The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material (1919) (14804985803)

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Title: The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Foster, Ellsworth D., ed Hughes, James L. (James Laughlin), 1846-1935
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: Chicago, Ralph Durham Co.
Contributing Library: Internet Archive
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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the innovations in l\ government adopted by Oregon in recent ;j years ? M Why is Portland noteworthy? 1.1 When was Astoria founded ? For what HI purpose ? For. what industry is it now I:! a great center? Il Why is Oregon called the beaver ;;:l state? U What is the states rank in population M and area? ;i Where is there a canyon of remarkable IJ beauty? M Account for the aridity of Eastern M Oregon. ;;.l How was Oregon honored at the Pan- j-j ama-Pacific Exposition? ji How does the state rank in amount of I) lumber cut from national forest areas? Ij What railway companies have trunk M lines or branches in Oregon? jj What is the states record in regard to ;; expenditures for public education? ;i What early explorers visited the Ore- l-j gon country? ;Ii What was meant by the slogan Fifty- h four forty or fight ? \\ When did the people first exercise the ;j power of the initiative and referendum? ;;;; What; is meant by the recall ? M When was it adopted in Oregon? ;!i; OREGON 267C OREGON
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Institutions. The charitable and penal in-stitutions include a state hospital at Salem,an eastern state hospital at Pendleton, a pen-itentiary at Salem, an institute for the fee-ble-minded, a state training school, a tuber-culosis hospital, schools for the deaf andblind, and an industrial for girls, all at Salem,and a soldiers home at Roseburg, Government. Oregon is governed underits first constitution, effective in 1859. Thepolitical history of the state is a story ofsteady progress in extension of popularrights. Oregon began nominating its Sena-tors by primary elections in 1901; in 1903the initiative and referendum went into effect,being applicable to acts, of the legislatureand to amendments to the constitution. Allelective officers may be recalled by the voters.Women vote on equal terms with men, cap-ital punishment has been abolished, and state-wide prohibition went into effect in 1916, inadvance of national prohibition. The legis-lature consists of a senate, which cannot ex-ceed

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