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Show 0. S. L EMPLOYES TO BE ADiTTEO TO MEMBERSHIP Oregon Short Line employes are tc be admitted to membership In the n Pacific Kducational bureau of Omaha as a result of an agreement reached between S. B. Dunn, assistant assist-ant general mannger of the Short Line, and D. C. Buell. chief of the bureau. Tli.- bureau of I he Union Pacific is similar in many respects to a corre spondenco school, but the subjects t muht are limited to those branches of learning that relate to railroads. Buell was In Ogden on Thursday In the educational car and he will return here shortly to put the matter before all employes. The agreement was reached with Dunn :n Salt Lake two days ago. When the Union Pacific Instituted the railroad school of correspondence, employes could register and obtain In Btructlon by mail without charge Within the last two months, however a small fee has been required. The railroad found that instruction given freely was not taken seriously Sever.' Sev-er.' I who began dropped from the classes Now the price for lnstru ! tlons Is just enough for the cost. Buell 6tated while In Ogden that most of the larger railroads have such correspondence prnools for the instruction in-struction of employes aid others are rapid i -stahlishing the schools. Capable Ca-pable men are the instructors Text books are sent out in the same man ner as by correspondence schools and those who register in the subject send in lessons for correction at regular regu-lar Internals. rwi |