MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1916.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAGE SEVEN.
ENGAGEMENT
ARCADE THEATRE
2 DAYS S Nov. 8
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CIVILIZATION
Special Orchestra
EXTRAORDINARY
FRED S. ASHLEY
Nominated in th Primary by the Republicans For
Joint Representative
UNION AND WALLOWA COUNTIES
vf' jj. t,'i.nrv.ii
The Pendleton Normal School Graft.
La Grande, Nov. 6. (To the Edi
tor) Before voting for the proposed
Pendleton Normal School measure it
is well for the voter and taxpayer to
know what the amendment contains.
The circulars and newspaper adds, we
read, are quite misleading and do not
contain all the truth. Head the pro
posed amendment to the constitution
and you will find the following:
"That Article XIV of the Constitu
tion of the State of Oregon shall be
and hereby is amended by adding
thereto the following Section, which
shall 'be designated as Section 4 of Ar
ticle XIV.
"Section 4. The location of the fol
lowing public institutions of the
State of Oregon towit: The University
of Oregon, at Eugene, Lane county,
Oregon, and the branches thereof, in-
cuding the Medical Department there-
ot at Portand, Multnomah county,
Oregon; the State Agricultural college
at Corvallis. Benton county, Oregon,
and all branches thereof; the Oregon
Normal School at Monmouth, Polk
county, Oregon, and the Southern
State Normal School at Ashland,
Jackson county, Oregon, are hereby
expressly validated; and in order to
provide adequate normal school in
struction for the teachers of the
grade schools of Oregon, there is here
by located in Pendleton, Umatilla
county, Oregon, or within two miles
thereof, a normal school known as the
State Normal School- of Pendleton,
which shall be conducted' as a stand
ard normal school as denned by law; consulted in the matter. It is a large
provided, that within sixty days after ; country, and Union already has land
the adoption of this nmendment suit-1 and a good location belonging to
able grounds for the erection of neces-1 the state, upon which to build such
sary buildings shall be provided," etc. i a Normal School. It was bought upon
"And there is also fixed an appro-' which to build a branch insane asylum,
priation of $125,000 for erection otjbut Pendleton did r.ot consider it the
buildings; and also a fixed levy of one proper place (?) so by political
twentieth of a mill for sustenance of t measures, she got it away from
this school each year." j "Eastern Oregon." Pendleton al-
It is a matter of history that ther: ; ready has this asylum, the location
has been in tho past, established ?t of the terms of the State Supreme
Ashland, and Weston, in Umatilla 1 court and the United Statis District
county, State Normal Schools with ; court and now is the only place for a
buildings costing many thousands o. ! Normal School. Probably, the pern
tentiary will come next, as Pendleton
is Eastern Oregon, and no other lo
cation is proper.
Talk about the Salem hog, or tho
Portland hog. The ter.Ti is inade
quate. C. II. FINN.
The Republican Ticket
VOTE IT STRAIGHT
For President of the
United States:
CHARLES E, HUGHES
For Vice-President of the
United States:
Charles W. Fairbanks.
TO THE VOTERS OF UNION
COUNTY:
On nccount of not caring to
take tho time from tho work for
which the Taxpayers aio paying
me to do, I have not been able 1
to see as many of you person
ally as would of liked to. How
ever I wish to assure you that
your vote on November 7th will
be Appreciated by fnithful and
conscientious work if elected to
the Assessor's office for another
term.
U. G. COUCH.
Paid Advertisement.
A Business Man's Platform for Every-Day People.
Fewer laws and laws that the ordinary man can understand
without the aid of a lawyer.
Less red-tap in all State offices.
For every dollar spent see that the state gets its money's worth,
just the same as if you were putting in your own hard cash.
Betttr roads, but no bonding; pay as you go.
Mark Your Ballot
50 X FRED S. ASHLEY, of Wallowa County Republican
Paid Adv.
Warms Sap Your Child's Strength
Is your child pale and fretful?
Does he cry out in sleep or grind his
teeth? These symptoms may mean
worms and you should obtain relief
at once. Kickapoo Worm Killer is a
pleasant remedy that kills the worm,
and by its mildly laxative quality ex
pels it from the system. Worms sap
the vitality and make your child more
susceptible to other ailments. Your
druggist sells Kickapoo Worm Killer,
25c a box. Adv.
It's easier to have music than you
think. Come in and talk over our
easy terms on Victrola's and Edison
Disc machines. Newlin Book and
Stationery Co. Adv. 10-11-tf.
Depend on This
YOU CAN DEPEND ON
A GOOD CONVERSA
TION WHEN USING
OUR COPPER TOLL
LINES.
HOME INDEPENDENT j
TELEPHONE CO.
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For Representative in
Congress, Second Dis
trict: 34 N. J. Sinnott of Wasco
County.
For Secretary of State:
36 Ben W. Olcott.
For Justice of Supreme
Court Vote for Two
vt a Oil.'.! .1 '.
For Public Service Com
missioner: 45 H. H. Corey of Baker
County.
UNION COUNTY TICKET
For Senator, 21st Sena
torial District:
47 Ed. E. Kiddle.
For Representative 24th
Representative Dis
trict, Union and Wal
lowa Counties:
50 Fred S. Ashley.
For Representative, 25th
Representative . Dis
trict, Union County:
53 Charles Albert Small.
For District Attorney:
57 Rodney J. Kitchen.
For County Commission
er: 60 W. J. Townley.
For Sheriff:
62 Thomas II. Williamson.
For County Clerk:
64 Kenneth McCormick.
dollars and were maintained by yearly
appropriations by the legislature until
a few years ago when it became
known that tho burden of taxation
was increasing while the demand for
teachers was decreasing, and upon
recommend of the same people you
find in the circulars, including Prof.
J. H. Ackerman, the legislature, upon
vote of the people, discontinued ap
propriations .for thos" schools and
they have stood idle ever sinco. We
are told in the proposed amendment
that there exists "inadequate normal
school instruction" 83 a demand for
the Pendleton Normal School. When
was that found out? And why was
it not told to the legislature that it
might have rehabilitated the schools
at Weston and Ashland that the de
mand might be supplied by simple ap
propriation of funds as before? It is
a well known fact by all the people,
that there are today in Oregon more
competent teachers than schools or
situations. Where is there a school
unsupplied in this vast domain? This
Pendleton idea neither proposes any
choice of location or investigation of I
demand for this new institution, cost
ing the taxpayers additional thou
sands in coin. And what about the
hundreds of new teachers being
turned out yearly by the State Nor
mal School at Monmouth and the
State Agricultural School at Corval-1
lis and the State University at Eu
gene? Are the latter two institutions j
incompetent to licensa an ordinary
school teacher ? Whoever thought the
Normal School at Monmouth and the
State University and the Agricultural
College at Corvallis required validat
ing until tho idea originated at Pen
dleton? The scheme, any one can
tee, is to catch votes for the Pendle
ton institution, all over the state, es
pecially from the friends of the Ash
land Normal.
Now another fine scheme is to bn
found in this amendment. That is to
prevent the discontinuance of the Pen
dleton Normal should it be estab
lished, as was done with Weston, it is
proposed to take the power from the
people as well as the legislature, to do
what they did with Weston and Ash
land, by putting the absolute power
in tho Constitution by this amend
v ..where ..jjeithec the.Supreme
. x or legislature can interfere with
tablisbment of the school or the
: ' on to support same, should
the demand or people require
ie taxpayer does not realize by
' erature he reads that to estab
i'lis proposed Normal School at
-iJ iton that he revives the Ashland
il School, taking an additional
)f il mill levy each year to
maintain it. It is a known fact that
most of these initiative measures con
tain what is known as a "joker"
which people seldom realize until af
ter election, and this seems to be one
of them. Now what has the "valida
tion" of old institutions to do with
the establishment of a new school at
Pendleton ? It is put there to get the
votes of those who imagine that the
stabiltiy of these great institutions is
in danger. 'I see that the opinion of FOR SALE 160 acre timber land sit-
VOTE
56 X JNO. S. HODGIN
of La Grande for Dis
trict Attorney.
I have been a resident of the
state for over twenty years, and
engaged in the exclusive prac
tice of law in Union county for
over nine years, and know its.
needs.
During t. part of last year I
filled' this office under an ap
pointment of the Governor, and
made good; and upon my record,
which is within the knowledge
of all, I ask your support, rather
than upon any statements of my
own, or a house to house can
vass. JNO. S. HODGIN,
(Paid Adv.) La Grande, Ore.
Want Ads.
WHEN IT COMES TO untiring
sellers, finders and traders, an
Observer Want Ad can't be
beat. It works overtime on
straight-time pay. Rates,
one cent Per word per issue
no ad less than 25 cents.
FOR SALE
FOR SALE Two mares, one two
years old and one four. One 3-inch
farm wagon. Inquire 2804 N. Sec
ond street. Adv. ll-3-3tp
FOR SALE Steinway piano. A-l
condition. Phone Black 3412. Adv
113, 4, 6, 7, 8pd.
For County Treasurer:
66 John Frawley.
For County Assessor:
68 TJ. G. Couch.
For County School Sup
erintendent: 71 Mrs. A. E. Ivanhoe.
For County Surveyor:
74 L. D. Ilowland.
For County Coroner:
76 J. P. Graham.
(Paid adv. by Republican County Cen
tral Committee.)
1031. II 1, 2, 3, 4, 6.
the Governor is printed in support of
this Pendleton vote. Why has not the
chief executive of the state followed
the constitutional provision of advis
ing the legislature of the needs of the
state, rather than lend his voice to a
political and commercial scheme not
within his official duties?
T!;c legislature elected directly by
the people, coming each session direct
ly from the people, knowing the
pressing needs of the people, should
be intrusted with the regulation of
the school system of Oregon. When
there shall be an excess of teachers,
and the fact known to the legislature,
it ought to have the power to discon
tinue the perpetual grind of taxation
by discontinuing these normal schools.
Hut by this amendment the taxation
will be a perpetual motion and the
yearly tax will continue to pile up,
whether needed or not. Is the tax
payer ready for such a graft? Pen
dleton circulars inform us that one
reason for destroying the Weson Nor
mal School, which the state already
lias, is because there are but few chil
dren there for the embryo teachers to
practice upon, while Pendleton his
many. The argument is not good.
The amendment provides that the new
school may be located at Pendleton,
or within two miles. If located a dis
tance from town wliere will bn tli?
children upon whom to practice? U
il be an argument and a valid one,
why not move the State Normal
School from Monmouth, a town of
tight hundred, and the one from Ash
land, a town of two thousand popula
tion, and this one proposed at Pendlc
ton, boasting of less than six thou
sand, all to Portland, a city of its
hundreds of thousands, where children
are plenty?
If it be necessary to have children
to sustain a Normal School, does it not
nppear reasonable that Pendleton pro
poses to educate its children at the c.
pensc of the rest of tho state? Hut the
circulars say that Eastern Oregon is
entitled to have such a school; But
Eastern Oregon does not seem to be
uated on Thomas & Ruckle road 3
miles from Summerville; will take
$G50.00. Inquire 1420 Adams Ave.
Adv. 11-2-tf.
FOR SALE Sweet cider; 20 cents a
gallon delivered. Call Black 2042.
Adv. 11-2-tf.
FOR SALt: 300 head of coarse wool
ewes. Farm or pasture sheep, large
and in good condition. F.. D
M'CULLY, Joseph, Ore. Adv
11-2 to 11.
FOR SALE Horses.-
Farmers 18 Adv.
-W. J. Hughes,
1 0-18-14tp
FOR SALE One
one work horse.
Saddle Pony and
C. E. Crossen.
10-14-tf
SHEEP FOR SALE 300 head of
Cotswold ewes. J. E. Reynolds,
Phone, Farmers 64. 10-9-tf
FOR SALE New 6-room bungalow,
M Strset near high school. Phone
Main 716. 9-23-lmo
FOR SALE CHEAP Piano, Willard
Make; good condition. Phone Red
1671.
FOR SALE Used Overlnnd car in
good condition. A bargain. Write
P, care Observer. Adv. 10-25-tf.
MISCELLANEOUS
FOUND Pocketbook. Provo owner
ship. J. L. Mars. Adv. 10-31-Gt,
The
Correct
Viewpoint
MANY HAVE A MIS
TAKEN IDEA THAT IT
IS BECAUSE PEOPLE
ARE PROSPEROUS
THAT THEY HAVE
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.
PROSPERITY IN CON
NECTION WITH SAV
INGS IS THE EFFECT
RATHER THAN THE
CAUSE. THE INDIVID
UAL WHO PRACTICES
THRIFT, WHO LITTLE'
BY LITTLE BUILDS A
SURPLUS AND WITH IT
CHARACTER AND REP
UTATION DOES NOT
WAIT FOR PROSPER
ITY HE MAKES IT.
WE INVITE YOU TO
JOIN THE RANKS OF
THOSE WHO ARE IN
SURING THEIR FU
TURE WELFARE.
The
United States
National
Bank i?i
Oregon.
KM
WANTED Cattle to pas!
feed for tho winter. Term
"able. TM." O. McGee Min
gon. Adv.
TO LOAN Client has $900 to loan at
8 per cent, long time, first mort
gage on farm land. F. S. Ivanhoe.
Adv. 10-16-tf;
Wanted, Apple Pickers. Phone
Farmers 286, Imbler, Oregon. Geo.
W. Marshall. Adv. 10-2-tf.
! 1jfeDIRTORSirTSjr,
WANTED Hair goods. Ladies bring
your combings and see the new
styles. Will teach the trade.
Toupees mndo at Mrs. A. D. Vande-
car's 1620 Sixth street, Cor. Sixth
and Spring. Adv. 10-23-tf.
WANTED Second-hand range. An
swer Observer A. ll-3tp
A PERFECT FOUNDATION
FOR FITTING AND WEAR
ING DRESSES AND GOWNS.
MODART Corsets form the
proper foundation upon which
to build the clothes and give
them that peculiar elegance and
attractiveness which is so much
sought after.
THE smooth perfect fitting
back, the graceful body lines
and the pliable resilient boning
contribute to displaying the
tailored suit and delicate even
ing gown in all their beauty.
LOST Short beaver fur in school
.house or on way to town. Return
to this office. 11-4-St1
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Sommer Hotel Bldg.
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