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State Monopoly of Schools would cost In taxes over $1,000,000 a year for operation Over $3,000,000 for buildings and grounds THHE first cost of state monopoly of schools "-would be something over three million dollars for new buildings and grounds. We would have to pay a yearly tax of over one million dollars for operation in addition to what we are paying now. They propose that Oregonians pay this bill for Real Americanism' But it is not Amer icanism to take away the right of the parent to control the education of the child Thoy proposo that wo pay this bill to havo "Compulsory School." But wo actually havo compulsory school right now undor tho prosont law. Bo not deceived What this burden of added taxos will So for is an oxperimont in education along communistic nos tho substitution of stato monopoly in education for Earontal guidance Russia is trying this oxperimont ot us profit by hor failure Lot us maintain our democ racy and savo millions of dollars. Vote NO on the School Monopoly Bill Called on the Ballot Compubory Education Bill Till dmtbtmcnt It paid for by die Non-Scctarian and rrotetttnl Schooti Committee God gave parents their children Governments cannot rightfully ' take them away MF.HICA fiai nlwnya itoori for the protection of natural and Inallen. A able rlghti, among which none lioacrcd a thai of parent over their children. AHItAILAM LINCOLN taldt "Tlie Family It the cornerstone of toclal ortlcr and tho guarantee f public tafrty. No Government can take the place of the Parent, and hould never be permitted to unurp it." (Speech at Qitlnry, III., 1U59.) The rendu of the campaign agaliut the no-called CompuUory Edu cation Kill, which It In fact a Hill to Ettabllth Stole Monopoly of Educa tion, may be grouped under two lieutUi Facts demonstrated The FACTS DEMONSTRATED, no InngM Mrlouily disputed by anybody, are lliete Ttjit the Bill wa (iven a Falie Title, to mla. ; lead'thc public and deceive the voter r ' That it In no reined pretend to improve the txlitinr.Uw at to the I'ublicSchooU. but timply deilroyt the Private School. That not one cent of public monry goes to the upport ( any private or parochial tchool in llilt . State, or ever ha, or ever can, under the plain prohibition of the Constitution and law , That it will increase taxation at least $1,000,000 each year, and require from $1,000,000 to SJ.OoO,. 000 investment in new public tchool buiblings, That it vests in the County Superintendent ar bitrary and unappealable power to grant special I'Hvilcprs to the wealthy ami influential, by which they will be exempt from the law. That It will prevent parent from educating iKcir children in private school both inside and outside' of the State, at they cannot even send their children elsewhere to be educated That to far from being united in tupport ol the Mill, she .Masonic Fraternity in the Stale is li vided, mny ol the leading Mason tie openly opposed ip it, and the Grand Master ol the State brand Lodge hat publicly denied that the Grand Lodge indorsed it. That the best elements In the social, religious, educational, and political life of the Slate are op posed to the measure. ( That the educational leader, Inside and outside of theiState, are opposed to the Bill . Dr Nicholas Murray Hutler, of Columbia University, tay "It should be called a Dill to render the American system of education impossible in Oregon " The President ol Yale, Princeton. Chicago, Leland Stanford and other great Universities have em phatically condemned it. j Thai-she private schools, under the existing law, are required to conform their course of stud ies to the public schools standards, the English language Is made compulsory, and they are tub. ject to the inspection and supervision ol the Stale authorities.' Thai' the proposed taw will close up every orphan asylum, home for defective and dependent children, and other private charities, where any elementary instruction of the inmates is at tempted. That it destrby the rights of minorities the most vital and valuable principle of Americanism, and the one that has preserved this country from the tyranny of Old World Government! ,THE ARGUMENTS UNANSWERED against the bill' are contained in the "Voters Pamphlet' ' 'issued by the' State The chief point of the ume a at follows- Arguments unanswered 1 THF, LUTHERAN ARGUMENT "If you see fit to send your child to a school in which your religion is taught, not one day in the week, but every day, and the whole training of the child i permeated by such religion, the Stile, under the Constitution, must not prohibit you from so do ing. This bill is manifestly unconstitutional." 2 THE I'ORTLANDCITIZENS ANDTAX. PAYERS' ARGUMENT "If the number of chil dren now attending the public schools is to be in creased by adding those now taught in the private tchoolt, it is inevitable that overcrowding must result unless new buildings arc supplied, and it is ' also certain that taxes must he materially increased." 3. ST HELEN'S HALL (EPISCOPAL) AR GUMENT "No invidious fact or condition affect, ing public interest ha been called to our attention that would furnish in the slightest degree an excuse for ihe proposed legislation I. THE PRINCIPALS OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS' ARGUMENT "It is against the best American ideals of freedom, in that it denies to men an women freedom of thought and action in the choice of environment and influence for their chil dren.'" 5 THE SE F.NTH-DAY ADVENTISTS' ARGUMENT. "We are not at all certain that a man educated in the public school is more intelligent than if he ere educated in a private or sectarian , teliool. nor have we heard any convincing argu ment that a person is necessarily more patriotic if educated in a public tchool, than if he were edu cated in school not supported by public taxa tion,' i 6 THF. CATHOLIC ARGUMENT "There is no occasion now for agnation that will estrange old friends and neighbors, and that mil divide our people into classes and factions. No greater mis fortune can befall us than movements calculated to create divisions 7. THE PRESBYTERIAN MINISTERS' AR GUMENT, "it is based on the philosophy of autoc racy that the child belongs primarily to the State, it is an unjustifiable invasion of family authority, and threaten ultimately the guarantte of our American liberty." The foregoing "Negative Arguments' are a strong today as when written and filed They re main unthaVen and unshakable after three months of public discussion. The great International Convention ot the Episco pal Church, meeting in Portland recently, adopted strong and unequivocal resolutions condemning thit bill The Stale Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at its meeting in Salem last August, refused to entertain any movement looking to an endorse ment of the bill, by the express ruling of Ihe Presid ing Ilishop. Upon the foregoing statement of the case we invoke the fair and Intelli- ..gent judgment of the voters of Oregon, confident of the result if a regard for the inherited and fundamental principle of reaaonablr liberty are to tyl fa -r prevail in t hit state. CATHOLIC CIViq HIGIITS ASSOCIATION OF ORECON , . . . By Dudley C. Woolen, "SI 6 Morgan Building, Portland, Oregon. Executive Secretary &te 315 X NO against School Monopoly Bill fgl Named on the ballot, Compulsory Education Dill Ftld Adrtrtli8Dl GALL FOR ST. JOHNS IM PROVEMENT BONDS. In accordance with I lie prnvis- u.ns tit I ttl tniiino No. 41 VJ j, passed by tho Council October 'Kb, St. .Johns Improvement Homls numbered 002 o 072, inclusive, dated December 12th, IfllJJ, arc hereby called I'-o re demption December 12th, 1922. The face value with accrued in tcrcst will be paid upon prexenta tiou of said bonds at Ihe olllce of the undersigned on the aliov date, the said date being sent annual coupon period. From an niter said date the interest on said bonds .shall cease. Witf. ADAMS, City Treasurer. Portland, Oregon. Date of first publication, Oct 27, 1!)22. TRAJAN'S SOUL IN HEAVEN? ml R III Choice Grocer e A full line of the choicest groceries at most reasonable prices, constantly on hand. WcijivcS. & II. Green Trading Mamps wiui All rurcnascs L Simmons & Co. Quality Grocers Republican Nominee for CONGRESS C. N. McARTHUR Mr. McArtliur has worked tire lcssly for Oregon, particularly lor rivers nuc! harbor development. I Ie Introduced and secured the passage of legislation establishing tlie tol utnbia River Naval Bnse. lie Introduced and secured the pas soce of measure which are protect ing Portland's water supply from contamination. He occupies a position of ittfltt lance at the capitol, n position it would take years to attain, wuy change? Why replace him with a new and untried man? Tali! ml, by Kenublicnn Congressional Catmmlgii Committee, 12U7 Ycon llullil- intf l'otiiaiui, uregon, 0. K. CASH STORE 517-19 N. Jersey St. Phone Empire 1277 Meats and Groceries Advertisers, pleaaa get your copy in byfWedsesday noon, if at all possible7 Fot Sale Cheap and sightly building lots. See J. S. Downey at once, 933 N, Syracuse. 12c Tickle the old man with a pair of ROGERS' houso slippers on the bottom of the feet. Trade Here and Save Money. We Deliver. Nettie Leona Foy PIANO Pupil of Gabrilowitsch STUWO 207-B Tilfonl IluilillnR riiunos Ilroadwsy 2607, anil IUit 1080 St. Johns Representative, Mrt. Hiud Stewart Home Studio, 401 Oswego St. Phone Ktnpire 09C5 Member Iluilders Kxcliane W. P. Greene & Son Contractors & Builders 625 . hTCHAN'AN STRIiliT Portland, Ore. I'lione Umpire 1025 Berenice McCall PIANO LESSONS High School Credits Given 310 V Fessenden St. Men, come in and Holler ut KOOEKS for a foliar. Prayer of Pope Gregory Said to Hav Resulted In Entry of Pagan Into Paradise. The Itoninn emperor Trnjnn wns the only paitii. nceorumK to medieval theohi;lnna, who wns received Into Pnrmllso. Ills unlvntlon cimio nbout throiiKh the olllces of Pope Gregory the (Jrent. The nope wns one dny walking through Trnjnn's forum In Home. iiumIiik on tho emperor's mnny merits nnd grieving tlutt so good n limn should bo etcrnnlly lost. He ac cordingly dropped to his knees nnd prnyed for Trnjnn's snlvntlon, nnd presently n voice wns henrd from on high nnnotinclng thnt his prnyer wns granted, hut thnt henceforth ho must pray only for Christians. There nro several different conclus ions to this legend. One of them nnr- rates Hint Gregory, although his con duct was prnlreworthy nnd success ful, "broke the rules" hy praying for Irnjnn's soul, nnd wns therefore pun ished hy numerous distressing mnln- dies. Another Is to the effect that Tiiijnti's soul wns sent hack to his l'"ily. which wns duly baptized hy On-gory, whereupon the soul took lm- tni'illnlo wing to heaven. The whole circumstance wns one of the knottiest prohlems which the casuists of the Middle ages endenv- nrod in solve, for they nil recognlr.ed the humanity which Inspired Greg ory's prayers, hut could not forget that the ttnlinpllr.ed pagan wns, after all, nil tiuhnptlr.ed pnguii. "Land of the Mind." A I'rencli author onco coined the phrase: "The hind of the mind." It Is n realm that many of us have forgotten. There the Imagery Is real; there death Is unknown, nnd the only riches uro men's thoughts. With every age It grows In spleti' dor. Dlrkcns, Milton, Shakespeare, Hugo these ami countless others have left their all for those who travel then. Tho demands of existence have htluded some of us to the Joys that lie In such travels. As children we roamed the Melds of Imagination, but now wo believe only In the material. Yet wo call ourselves wise. Tho dreary nights of winter are ahead. Why not cheat them of then drvnrlnifs, and on the wings of lit' cntluro journey to the I.unU of the Mind? Portland Orcgonlnu. Qerni-KIIIIno Walls. The Investigations of one hyglentst show that paper nnd tupestry wall coverings In houses nro favorable to the preservation of disease germs. On the other hand, walls covered with stucco or good vnrulsh cannot only he readily freed from germs by washing hut they pnsn Ihe properly of clenns Ing themselves Hpontuneoiisly from hirlerln lodged upon them. It has been found that Ihe germs of typhoid. of rholera nnd of pneumonia, when placed on such walls, perish within '.'I hours, while on walls covered will dried slxo they survive for weeks and oven months, PumpucH Increase" and prolongs the danger. Windilngton Star. Fo of Dandelions. Iviist nnd west, north uud south In this fair land of ours, one of tho greatest pests to a hooutlful Iswn is tho daudollon, Tho mure, wo try to get them vllmlnaled tho tnoro thuy thrive. Now tho unrest remover Is u few getwe. Thoy prefer thtudellou to uuytlilng else. If ouu cannot afford to buy tho gootw, for they uro ex pensive, get 11 few of tholr eggs, give thorn to an old lieu. She will hatch and raise them. They lire sturdy lit tle fellows. Take a strip of wlro fencing !l feot high, Mako It In a circle ahout 1 feet In dhunetur, iriuctr this 011 the liiwn; put tho gto In It with it pan of water to drink. Change It annul us fant us thoy cloutt up u siuit. Thoy require llttlo eUo to out unil bucomo very tnmo. Thrift Maguxlne. Shifting Sand Made Trouble, The shifting of tho Bunds of tho ien. shore very ofton Invohos oxts'iislvo litigation. In 1KS5 tho counties or At lantic and Iturllugton. of .Now Jersey, entered Into tin expensive lltlgNtlon comtsnilng tho houndury betwts-n them, Thoro wus 11 dispute as to ono ot tho corners of this houndury. It wuh stuted to be, In tho original sur vey, "tho next Inlet In tho south shlo of IJttlo Hgg Hurhor's most houtherly Inlet, and thouco along the sencisist o tho lino of (mrtltlon between eust and west Jersey." Hut It could not bo found In Its original homo when thoy went to look for It, thus bring. Ing up to dato tho ancient saying ahout a ropo of sunt). Omaha Dig Dutter Maker. Moro than $'X,W0,(W worth of but tcr wus monufuctured In Omaha dur- ng 1020, according to nn estlmato hy tho Omaha chamber of commerce, members of which report that tho city In Kehrasku still rotulns Its position as tho chief city of this Industry In tho United Htutes. Tho figures on butter production us given by the chamber for recent years show u steady Incrcuso since iuh when tho government census showed that tho production for thut year was $-l,&t0,840. Faltering Faith. "Do you hellovo In the wisdom of tho plain people as firmly us ever?" "Up to the present time," rejillwl Senutor Sorghum. "Hut If my an tagonist shows as much strength us ho clulms ut the next election It's go Ing to sliske my faith soiiunhnt" Pulley & Zurcher tombing, Heating & Tinning We Repair Aluminum Ware hone Col. 92 207 S. Jersey S t MY5TERI "NUMBER 88" IIOLMnS LODGE NQ. 101 Kruiiiiis or PYIIIIAS Sm) MceH every VtMay night nt K?iMTia "'otocV In mCKNHR mtg- 1 r Vlsli ors always wcl- l unit: . K. K. rilll.LIPS. C. (1. A CtHt. rJl-XSON, K. R.3 PENINSULA CHAPTER No. 43 R. A. M. Stuted meeting!) on the first Monday o( rirli month in Ma sonic Hill. Visitors Welcome. j n wi FHTHK.it. it. r. ':. 11. 1 i mon Hfcttury. .Laurel Lodge, 1, 0,0, F. v. . . N. iBfl. SI. Johns. Orapon .Meets each Mnmln ivining in Odill'el lows hflll nt 7.31). A cordial welcome to nil visiting brothers. IM V. Oullo. N- O i- u- ru.. f n H.J. IlunuuKlm Krr mv.; (i.W.Nertiie. fl'n.Hfc', ii. i' t. ir. i rrai. SI, Johns Camp No, 7546 Modern Woodmen of America. We henrtilv solicit the attendance n our members at otir tegular meetings every &1 and Itli Thnrvlay evening. A. S. Ilcrry, l. II, Irish. Conoul. Clprl;. 202 It. I'olk St. 417 It. Chlcairo St. Woodmen ol tlie World St. Johns Camp 773 '.OO'I live mrrtlllL-. evrn Moiulo rmilmr In ItUkiicr Unit llm IIiirIoii nmt Jrey ttrccl. Vl.it.it-ftllTUT- Hit.. .in- Olil lllrinlmra rum out ami M-r Wli.it n lir rnmi you Ixliittu In. n l.l.BI 1.1, V . 1. ,. THUUT, LlCtW. DOHIC LODGE NO. 132 A. I'. end A. M. Meets the first nnd llilnl Wednesday of each month In MhmiiiIc Unit. Visi tors welcome. John M. Illalr, W. M. A. W. Dsvls, Secretary. Minerva Chapter No. 105, 0, E. S, x AT Metis cvvrv mciiiii1 nml fourth TutMfsy o( wich mouth In Mitsoule Mull. Visitor-, welcome. !. I.. Btalf. W. M ii- AmlictM titttet. Tlie Fraternal Boosters tu-Mlay in the Odd Follows' Hall Join ami Mclp lioost Office Umpire Res. Minp, 0177 Dr. E. P. Borden DENTIST Puitileiw extinction ol teeth under nitrous oxide Kin lYnliiMilii n.uii; llldg. St. Johns. 1'oUluiiil. Oregon TN the Potter's field Just oulstdo tho gloomy walls of tho Asylum for tho Criminally Insituo nt Mitttewnn, N, Y., there Is n hendnleco which benrs tho number "SS" nnd, bnck of lids simple Inscription, Is n story of Identity concenled even In tho fitco of tho lnw's most determined efforts which tnnkes fiction npnenr pole nnd commonptneo by comtKirlsoti. Alt thnt Is known of the early his tory of "Mrs. Henrietta Itohlnson," tho pulpnbly ntsumed nnme of the womnn whoie body rests henenth tho num bered headstone nt Mnttewnn, Is thnt she wns of either Ungllsh or Ciumdlnn origin nnd thnt she enme to Troy, N. V In 1851, being nlwnys well sup plied with funds from n source which remained concealed even during the rigid Investigation which followed her nrrest on tho chnrge of murder. Some months nfter "Mrs, Itohlnson" settled In Troy n strnng nnd npimr ontly Inexpllcnble trngedy occurred. A merchnnt nnd a young womnn who wns living with his finally dropped (lend nt the tuhte. A post-mortem ox nmliintlnti showed thnt they had been poisoned nnd, desplto tho nhseuce ot motive, "Mrs, Knhlnson," who hnd been present, wns nrrested, but re fused to sny n word even to her law yer. To ndd to tho nlr of mystery which surrounded tho entire case, the de fendant Insisted upon appearing In court shrouded In n heavy black veil which effectually concenled her fea tures. All during the trial she wit. Impnsslvo nnd unmoved, apparently taking unt tho slightest Interest In the conduct of tho proceedings. When the stnto had concluded Its ettse, u com pnrnttvcly flimsy structure of elmini stnntlnl evidence, tho counsel for the f defense uroso nnd, admitting thnt ho I. ...I ... -l.-... I n( .11...... ....I.I..., ...1 lllll. IllPi II nill.'tl 111 llll.-Xl lll.'ll. II .11 F ff, ... ... ,l . , I . ,t, nlT..r. IntnwIiii-.Ht tho t.l.m ill' Inm.nlu- K"l 1 ,rl" "'"1 WCtf At the concluhliiii of tho trial and before delivering his charge to the Jury, tho presiding Judge culled utteii tlnn to tho fact thnt no one In tin court hail seen Ihe defendant's face nnd requested "Mrs. Itohlnson" to lift her veil. Slowly uud with grout dignity she tirose, but made m effort to comply with the court s reijuost. "I inn hero," she stuted, lit it volco which penetrated to every corner of tho crowded courtroom, "to undergo n most painful ordeal, not to lie gated ul." Tho ropiest wns not re pi Kited nnd, nfter n dellheriitlou of several hours, tho Jury returned n verdict of "(lnllty" nnd the prisoner wns son tenced to death n decree which was Inter commuted to life Imprisonment by order of the governor, though not before "Mrs, Ilolilnsoii" list! niiido her ono formal statement In the shadow of tho gallows: When I urn deud," she dcclMrod, "nil will die with me. I Imvu prom Ised to lie silent, to die without bo- trajliig anything." Tho first 18 yours of her life sen tence were passed In Sing King H-id lontlnry. Kho was then iiiohI to tin Auburn Htltto Prison for the Iiishio. where slio remiiluixl for 17 yesrs, sml tlniilly to the Asylum of the i'r(utlmill) Insiiuo nt MHttewnu, whon th himiiuii of mystery llmilly died on Mil) I, 11 .". sfter W years In prison. During nil tills time, however, she never wrote u letter nor spoke n word, uvo to her lawyer who lhlted her nt regular In tervuls uud wlio mlmlttod (hut his services hnd been paid for hy 'Vermin Inllueutlal personages" whom lie wa not nt liberty to name. All thnt wns known of "llMirioilu llitblusoii" wus that she played the organ ut Slug Slug with tin. touch of u master musician nnd tlutt tw died ns hhu bad lived- In slluiice, Htter sml absolute, leaving ns u helling.- N4me of tho most puzzling question In tho history of criminal procfisllisxs : What was tho woman's imhI iittme and where had she come from? Uud shu polsouiKl the inert-hunt mid Ids young guest nnd, If so, with what motive) Why had slio Insisted uikhi cotavnl- Ing her face during tlio trlsl? If she were Innocent, why did sli refuso for moro than half h ivnliiry to mako any plea for lonloi?'? What did she menu hy her state ment that she "hud promlso.1 to U- silent, to illo without betraying anything)" Who suiiplled ths funds with which thu luwyur was paid) The answers to those mid as iiiuoy moro uusolved rlddlivi connected ltli this womuit of mystery lie cuticeuiod beneath that simple hwulplocu In the Potter's field at Miittewuu, h heHt stone heurlng only thu miinher "hX." PENINSULA HUE ABSTRACT i REALTY CO H. HENDERSON, Mnn.in.or 402 N. Jonoy Btrarl Abstracts of Title l'ieMrei Titles lUainiiicd l'hoiie Umpire OiV. Poff & O'Neil St Philip Pounded Oratory, Tho memory of St. Philip should bo treasured by all music lovers, ns being lurgely rosiwusthlo for tho Institution of oratorios, u form of composition om- ployed by the greutost of iiiuslcluns. St. Pldllp founded In 1M1 the religious order of tho Oratory or pruylng place, und with tho Intention of drawing youths to tho church, Ihe old firUrs of tho Orutory Instltutuil oratorios, pleci'S divided Into two parts, tho one performed before, tho other nfter the sermon. These early oratorios, which shortly gained renown, bringing the Oratory Into repute, dealt with such Ulbllcnl subjects as tho Prodigal Son, the Good Satuaritun, uud Toblt uud the Angel. Legal Guarantee Giveru No nttJol Knlft-no plri coatlnuu vr(k. Ats to oe Ulc-ouu ru Treatment. Ciix'ru'H I'ov Until St. lohns. Orii!iu iSoj Typewriter paper for salo nt ' Itlna nttwn I'rii'ii V.'io nor- linn. W . . . U U I . . X. W , W U ...... 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