Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, October 13, 1916, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextjHE POLK COUNTY OBSERVER, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1916 NORMAL HELD IN FAVOR BUSINESS TERM OF INSTITUTE PASSES RESOLUTIONS. Continuation of Industrial Club Work Urged Favor Consideration of Teachers' Pensions. The eastern Oregon normal school, proposed for Pendleton, was endorsed at the business session of the Polk county teachers' institute Wjednesday afternoon. The teachers also urged the continuation of the industrial club movement as outlined by the Oregon .Agricultural college. They recom mended to the teachers consideration: of the 'teachers' pension bill, Reso lutions of thanks to the faculty menu-; bers of the institute, to ttiose who took piart on the program, and to the school board for the use of the Hugh school building, were all unanimous ly passed. Superintendent Reynolds was congratulated upon the success of the institute. County Superinten dent Reynolds and City Superinten dent Ford were elected as delegates to the council of delegates of the fjtate teachers' association to be held in Salem. Misses Fuller and My- ers were named as alternates. H. H. ' l)unkelberger was elected president of the Principals' club; B. A. Teats of Independence, vicejprcsident ; and ' Miss Alice Quint of Black Rock, sec- ' retary. The next meeting of the club will be held November 4 in Dallas. President J. H. Ackerman of tflie Oregon Normal school spoke to the teachers yesterday afternoon, and : had bis speech preceded the ' busi- , . Hess meeting, some of the things he presented td the teachers las planks ' for their code of ethics would prob ably have been endorsed. . President Ackerman 's speech made a profound .impression. Two of the things hejj urged the teachers to bear in mind' always were: 1. Do not apply foi mother. teacher's position unless you know positively that the teacher's po; sition will be vacant. 2. WUien you make a contract, stick to it. . . oupenntenuent neynolds lias re-: ccived the following letter from Earl Kilpatrick of the University of Ore s'"! :. . Mr. W. I. Reynolds, Dnllas. Ore gonDear Mr. Reynolds: The glimpse that I had of your institute yesterday makes me regret that oth er engagements 'prevented my stay ing through the1 regaining two days and enjoying the many good things that crowd the program. I lrnve sel dom seen an institute program so thoroughly crammed with high class and pertinent subjects. Your teach ers ought to be grateful to you for providing such an unusual opportuni ty for personal and profesmonal im provement. I am sure that those of as at the University who know you personally and who know what you have done in the cause of education in the past thirty or forty years regret t see yon leaving the eonnty superinten dency and wiph you all success in whatever work you may timlei'tnke af ter the first of the year. Sincerely yours, EARL KILPATRICK. 1 : POINTED PARAGRAPHS FROM SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE OF CHARLE3 E. HUGHES. It is apparent that shockingly unprsparsd. ws are Whsn ws eontsmplats indus trial and commsreial conditions, ws that ws srs living in a fool's paradits. Not only hava ws a host of rssourcas short of war by whieh to snforcs our just dsmsnds, but ws shall nsvsr promots our poses by bsing strongsr in woras tnsn in aosas. a Ws ars nsithsr dsosivsd nor bonumbod by abnormal eondi ditions. Ws know that wa ars in a critical psriod, psrhapa mors critical than any psriod ainos ths oivil war, Ths administration utterly failed to perform its obvious duty to sscurs protection for ths liyss and property of our citi zens. It is most unworthy to slur those who hava investments fri-Msxico in ordor to oscsps a condemnation for the nonper formance of this duty. It is only through internation al so-onsratton. giving a roason abls sssursnce of pases that wa may hops for ths limitation sf armaments. : I'Ws'vhavs dstsrminsd to out out, root and branch, monopolis tic practical, but wa esn do thjs without hobbling sntsrprisa or narrowing the scops of le gitimate achievement. ' Ws demsnd s eimpis, business-' fikis' budget. f believe it is ' through responsible budgst, proposed by ths executive, that we shall avoid financial wasts. - Ws hava had brave words k s series of notes, bur, deiprW our protests, ths lives of Amerr- oans havs been destroyed1. ; ASSESSMENTROLL DONE PROPERTY VALUATION IS $929, 665 LESS THAN 1915. Stocks Increase But Values Decrease. Loss of Land Values Is $835,565. WILSON FLEXIBILITY. L. D. BROWN HOUSE COMPLETED Family Expects to Mots Into It Next Week. The new bouse of L. IX. Brown, oc cupying a picturesque -site north of town on the Salem toad, has been completed by Frieseni & Co., contrac tors, and the family expects to occu py it next week. The house has been under construction for the past four months. It is of Colonial style, two and a half stories and is one of the largest and finest country homes in Polk county. The nine rooms are all equipped with modern nd approved built-in features, including a complete Dutch kitchen. The borne is 40x60 in sir.e, and oc cupies a large plot of ground, for merly part of the homestead of his grandparents. The landscape effects have been preserved by leaving the large Douglas firs standing in the front yard and the beauty of the place is already commented on by travelers over the road. THE RIGHTS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS DO NOT STOP AT THE COAST LINE. "Wben I say that I am aa American citizen I ouirht to say tbe proudest thine that any man can say In this world. But jou can't bar that pride of Ameri cas citizenry la a cheap thing. If It la not worthy of protection this wide world over. There Is no man who could successfully present to an American comma nlty toe platform that aa Atner n citizen's rtirbti stop at the roast tins and that beyond that American life is to be ths prey of any marauder wbo chooses to take it." From a Rpeech of Mr. Hag-net In tbe West ? We do not see irby there sliould ha ve been any stir In the seriate ovcr tliL discovery that President Wilson. Las completely reversed himself In the mat ter of the proposed chili) labor law. Senator Borah was stile to show ttiae Mr. ' WHSott described this legisla tion in ' hl "Caoetltuttonai Govern, ment" as unconstitutional, an "obvi ously absurd: extlaivagance," carryiaK the eongressioual newer to regulate commerce beyond the "almost boun daries of reasonable- and honest Inter ence" and making it' possible-, if sus taluedt for congress to- legislate oven every particular of the Industrial or? ganlzatton. and action of the country. That, we must confess,, sas also been tbe Evening Post's- view. But t he Evening Past audi Senator Borah . are old (ogles, dating back to tbe time "when It was the custom to bare fixed. beliefs and. principles and stick, to them. The senator has evidently not read Mr. Wilson's, tetter tat explaining? his change ot from on the tariff com. mlssion-that b) Is enly a narrow man. whose mind: la- stwDidtr esssed to. newt ideas, who does- ost alter his opinion. By this- test Mr. WUaes I obrloualx ae of the- bronikst minded mea. tbto country has ever produced, for be haa. changed' bis. mind t atote on the Initia tive, ieferendum rem 11, woman: snf fragev the tariff void mission, tarlS for reveane oaly. a, permanent diplomatic service beyond politics, the merit sys-. tern In, the ctvll service, the proper place of Tammany Hall In the- scheme of the noiverse. child labor legistotloB, pteparedBess, Bryan, a costtaeotsl army but why contlnuer It la a long eaongh Uat to prove that Mr. Wilson's political views are sot fossilized by any fear of Inconsistency. New York BvenloitPosL The totals of the assessment rolls of Polk county for 191tl show a val ulation loss of $929,665 as compared with the 1915 rolls. The greatest loss is that on 37,399 acres of the 0. and C. grant lands and a reduction of values on logged and burnt-off lands. This loss amounts to $835,-SG5. As opposed to a loss in valuation of $929,665 there is a gain, in three items, of $11,705. Tnere was a gam in the number ot cattle and swine but mi loss of $9,305 in valuation, "due to bad condition at the time of assessment," says the assessor. But though there was a loss of 1,656 head of sheep the val ue of the sheep herds increased $1, 020. "This gain in value of sheep is due to a raise in price of wool. Au item of lost valuation which will interest is that of the lessened appraisal of merchandise stocks. Polk merchants claimed they had reduced their stoeks during the year, even sufficient to. offset the higher Jevcl of prices, in the amount of $19,970. The valuation losses as listed were: land ' Values, -1835.565 ; deed liunji $3,720; deterioration of biildings, ,635 ; lessened merchandise,! stocks. $19,970 ;. loss, on moneys, notes and accounts, $11 ,9.10; . loss, on. hotel and office furniture, $3,2-10; horses, (nam ber decreased by -269)v . $36,000; eat tic (number inereased, 1,053),-$4,300; swine, (nnniber increased; 346), $5, 335. The valuation gains Vere" deed liiml (due to passing of title from im provements on land not deededtor pa tented in 1915 to deed lands in 1916) 5,200;! farming implements, $5,480; heep and gvmts (nnniber loss, l-,65(i) ?1.020.'i' "' '' ,"''" - WE 8HOULO CONSIDER WHAT 19 RIGHT, THEN DO IT, "Our government Is bassd on ths idss that ws havs Lsglsla tures to Invsstlgats, to eonsidsr what is right snd to do whst is right. It Is bassd on ths Idea that publlo opinion Is formed from discussion of qusstlons, snd thst ws csn n possibly to right solutions. It Is not bsssd on ths m.. th.i tha Qovsrnment must set without knowing ths justics and msrit. of ths csuss in whloh it sets." Mr. Hughss in His An..h . Portland, Mains. (THE WOKLD'S ALL BIGHT. The world's all right; serene I sit, And cease to puzzle over it. There's much that's mighty straug--', no doubt, But nature knows what she's about; And in a million years or so We'll know more than today we Unov Old evolution's under way What hoi the world's all right, I say. Could things be other than they are' All 's in its ulaee, from mote to star. The thistledown that flits and flies Could drift no hair's breadt'h other wise. What is, must be; with rhythmic laws All nature chimes, effect and cause. The sand-irrain and the snn'obey What ho! the world's all right, I s:iy. Just act your best your little part And be as happy as you can, And serve your kind, and die a mun. Just live tiie good that in you lies, And seek no guerdon of the skies; Aud make your hoavon iierc, today What ho! the world's nil right, I .m.v. Reinuinljcr. in creation's swing The race and not the train's the thing. There's battle, murder, Midden death, And pestilence with poisoned breath. Yet fjuick forgotten are sucn woes; On, one the time of being flows. Truth, beauty, love uphold their sway What ho! the world's all right, I any. The world's all right; serene I sit, And joy I am a part of it I And put my trust in nature's plan, .And try to aid her all I eim, Content to pass, if in my place I've served the uplife of the race. Truth! Beauty! Ive! O radiant day Wihnt ho! the world's oil right, 1 say. Robert Service. Comin(, i; NORMAL REGENTS FAVOR MEASURE BOARD MEMBERS ASSERT ONE SCHOOL AT MONMOUTH ' CAN NOT SUPM.Y NEEDS OF ENTIRE STATE. - ADEQUATE NATIONAL - DEFENSE DEMANDED We demand adequate national defense; adequate protection oa both out western and eastera coasts. We demand thorough ness and efficiency in both arms of the service. It seems to be plain that oar regular army la too small. . We are too great a country to require of oar citizens woe are engaged la peaceful vo- cations the sort of military serv- Ice to which they are now called. As well Insist that our citizens In this metropolis be summoned to pot out fires and police tbe streets. We do not count It In- consistent with our liberties, or with onr democratic Ideals, to have an adequate police force. 4 With a population of nearly 100,- 000,000 we need to be sorer of ourselves than to become alarm- ed at the prospect of having regular army which can reeon- ably protect our border, and per- form such other military service as may be required, la the ab- sence of a grave emergency I believe, farther, thst there should be not only a reasonable Increase In tbe regular army, bat that the first citizen rtiwrvt subject to call should be enlisted as a fed; eral army and trained nnder federal authority. From Mr. Boghea Speech of Acceptance Salem, Ore.;. Sep. 22. The Board of Regents of the Oregon Normal. School filed its final draft of a survey made of the Normal School condition to the State Superintendent of Public In struction on. Thursday. That the State of Oregon Is sadly la need- of an addi tional Normal School aa is provided by the Initiative measure creating such a school it Pendleton If recognized by the Board of ftegaote la their final re port made after an exhaustive survey of the condition of the one present school at Koomouth. They recognize too, in their report, that sny naw Nor mal Schoot should be located in a town having public schools large enough to provide ample teacher train ing practice for the (teacber) students of the Normal. "It la apparent to anyone wbo ha studied the situation that there Is need of additional Normal School facilities in Oregon; the Monmouth School alone cannot care for the number of students who desire to be or should be enrolled In Normal School, within the next two or three years, and It win be necessary to seed Oregon students to Wasbing toa aad California for their training." IN PREPAREDNESS THE AD MINISTRATION HAS FOL LOWED, NOT LEO. In the demand for reasonable preparedness the administration baa followed, not led. Those who demanded more adequate forces were first described a "net-vows and excited." Only about a year and a half ago we , were told that tbe question of preparedness was not a pressing one: that the country had been misinformed. Later, nnder the pressure of other leadership, this . attitude was changed. The ad ministration, it was said, had "learned something." and it made a belated demand for an In creased army. Even then the demand was not prosecuted con sistently and the pressure ex erted on congress with respect , to other administrative measuree was notably absent. We are told that the defects re vealed by tbe present mohlHza tton are dne to the -nTntem " nut It was precisely such plain de fects that nnder the mrmtmt warnings of reent ,ve:irn. wiib the whole world intent on mili tary concerns, should have heea studied and rectified The ad mlnlstrarloB baa fared to die charge Its responsibilities. Ap parently It la now seeking to meet political exizemie by Its naval program. But It has lm posed nnoo the country aa la competent naval administratioa -From Mr. Bodies' Speak of Acceptance Just try to get the cosmic touch: Tbe sense that. "you'r don't matter mueh. A million stars arc in the ky; A million planets plunge and die; A million' million men are sped j A million million wait ahead. Each plays his part' and has his day Wliat ho ! the world's all right, I say. . Jnst try to get the cheniic.' view: , 4 million million lives made "you." In lives a million yen 'will be Immortal down eternity; Immortal on this earth to rarare. With never death, but always ehange. You alwavs were, and' will be; aye What ho! the world's all right, I say. Be glad! and do not blindly gwipo I'or truth that lies beyond our scope. A sober plot informctli' nil Of life's uproariou carnival. Your day is such a, little- one, A gnat that lives from sun to sun; Yet -gu8 and you have parts to play r What ho! the world's all' right, I say. And' though start, iir9 written from the Buy Popular Priced Tailoring TCW li fer ft.. -at, October i Dr. Leon Smith o j' AtHtW The doctor, real, Jt fenng caused by euf the exhorbitant 3 ' specialists for theirJ-; special offer, foj ' eurcd (medietas J ; call. T This will i ... y ing, but money ikl pursmng this own,,, idly and peraonillji the sick and nfflii Diseases Tretlw Nerves, Blood ft. ach, Kidney and Li,, ' tarrh, Rheumatism, remote neaknen !, ed in one hour, Pa, operation. Men and woum in bed, bnt dm gloomy and hurft,s snouid call at out may be all you n( the asking. t 45 llif T." 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