The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-01-28
ARE BEND IN EDUCATION.

ARE BEND IN EDUCATION.
That the United States of Americ;
ranks ninth in education is shown BY
q report just submitted to the lower
house of congress by the committee
on education. This is a deplorablt
condition. we rank first in almost
everything else, but eight other ma
tons have better education than have
Americans. Yet, here in our own
state, a strong effort is being made to
not only stop the progress of edu-
cation, but to put it back many years
The determined fight being made
against Idaho's educational system by
politicians led on by gang at Boise,
headed by the Idaho Statesman 90
after that paper and the Boise people
had ''soft-pedaled" expenditures for
education until Boise got 100000 for
a new wing to the capitol buildinfi, is
dangerous to our educational insti-
tutions. Reports come from Boise
that there is really grave danger of
the foes of education winning their
fight.
1t is pointed out by the Boise
Statesman 90 that the University of
Idaho and it's experiment station and
extension work got much larger
sum two years ago than ever before.
But the Statesman CO neglects to
point out that the work done by
these institutions during the past two
years has been greater than ever in
its history. 1t fails to point out that
the enrolment at the University of
Idaho has more than doubled and that
for the S384,000 appropriated to years
years a return of $6,785,000 TO the
farmers of Idaho was made on in
creased crop production and similar
work in a single year. If the state
got 10 per cent as much in return for
the other money spent that it gets
for the money used in experimental
and extension work for the University
of Idaho, it would soon be the richest
state in the Union.
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"GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER."
On the first ballot the jury in a
Spokane court that had heard the
testimony. concerning the dragging
to death of Mrs. S. Kirkpatrick,
formerly of Moscow, by speeding
automobile driven by @. ]. Van
Skike, voted II to 1 guilty of man
slaughter. The other juror held
out" for some time, but the verdict
was returned into court by unanimous
vote of the '.12 good men and true"
This verdict will cause rejoicing.
Van Skike's horrible deed shocked
the people of the Inland Empire as
they have seldom been shocked He |
struck the woman. who caught the
front of the car with her hands and
was dragged 10 blocks (more than a |
mile) while people on the sidewalks |
he driver to stop. Instead of stop
ping he increased his speed when he
'ound he was being followed by other
cars, lodged from one street to an
,ther and finally Jared the woman
Dose and the wheels passed over
Ter. She was still conscious. despite
her terrible experience, but died a
ew hours later. The number on
IAN Skike's car was taken by a man
n a Ford, who turned out his own
lights and sneaked up close enough to
et the number after Van Skike hadq
slowed down. and turning on the
lights, got the number of the big
Cole 8" driven by Van Skike and his
rrest, trial and conviction followed.
he penalty is from 10 to 20 years in
ne penitentiary and people will wish
lat Van Skike be given the heaviest
ena1ty possible. There is no ex-
use and no extenuating circum-
ances connected with this horrible
eed.
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