Oregon Needs Norma's
In View of the fr-r thrt tho
Normal Schr.al f:u-s'J'-n will lie
presented to the- voters in bh?.lf
of Monmouth on the 8th clay of
November next, we shall take
this opportunity to state briefly
a few salient facts with regard
to this school.
Normal training is recognized
and fostered in every state in
the Union, save and except Ore
gon. Oregon has done it in the
past and will do it in the future.
The United States government at
Manila, P. I., maintains a Nor
mal School for the training of
teachers there, which is under
the d'rection of George N.
r.riggs, who is a graduate of Iowa
State Teachers College. This
proves, beyond any doubt, th.it
the normal training is a recog
nized factor in the education of
today. Many of these States
are increasing the number of
schools, which is further evi
dence. I
The State of Oregon own in !
fee simple the buildings, and the j
campus composed of something1
like ten acres of land, at Mon
mouth. The buildings are well j
adapted to the work required, i
and a fair valuation of them
would be more than one hundred j
thousand dollars. ($100,000.);
The location is admirably adapted
to the work; it is central with
regard to population, is easy of:
access, in a rich, fertile country,
heathful and invigorating. TtK
expenses for the students are j
here reduced to a nv.'iimuni, and
the work of the training depart-1
merit is not excelled on the coast.
Again, if this property should
be lost to the State, it wouid
have to be duplicated fit some
other point, and at a very much
greater outlay of mo.iey, fjr
real eslate 'in t'ie tyvns is ;imv
very high, and the additional ex-j
pense of arranging for the opera-
tion of the plant would :n-ccMi-;
rily involve a great deal of mon-j
ey. Now so far as the taxes are
concerned the siui-aiou resolves i
itself into ihi.s: it iho peop) . vote j
to open tin's x..-n.v 1, it vi.l cost
the man vn p.iys t tws o:i one
thousand dollars just four ce.its
a year a.'.d no r,:iv. r.ce.ans the
law is drawn Kpocilioally and un
til that law is civ-nge'i '.n adiiret:
vote of the peo; le it en 1 ;o.; cost
him nil. iv tlvn Iliac arv : t of
money. If ) pays i:i'.C' s o i ii:e
hundred dollars, of cour.se, u, o
cents a year, eic.
Now, ii is a pin in business
prop' it ion so I'm- as dolhrs and
cents are co: cernor! to vote YES
on this eiH-stiii'i and save money
to yourself by --o do'ng. Some
limes il.e argument is mrde that
this is only a beginning of dio
trouble, but that: is not: tivo f.;r
the law its'.'if speeil'n-j'iiy states
what the ta. shall be. :iid tl-.is
will have to !. ann-'Utl-Hl by the
p opl let')r u cv ald ,)
come nio;e.
We educate .'ill of our proiTos
sional v.cu r.ow except the teach
ers, and the average man is more
deeply interested in the welfare
of his child, and hence in the in
telligence and training of the in
dividual who is to teach his
child, than in any other line of
protl'essional work; hence it seems
so clear, that, for 1 he bagatelle
of four cen s a year, no one
should consider for a moment of
voting against this proposition.
Polk County Observer.
Pino Coantest
Result of -i iu-: 11ali.oti.ng
The result of the Chase Broth
ers Piano Contest is shown in the
following list of names with their
acompanying figures, which give
he result of the ballot up to
Wednesday evening, Oct. 19.
Hazel Loreni't 27135
Dora Zook 23260
Florence Burton 23110
Myrtle Withrow 23 90
Ruth Murdoek
Mrs. L. Mason . . .
Ruby Fream .
Lillian Uogert ... .
Ina Fishback ...
Mrs. Maiy Nott
Stella C hute
Mrs. J. F. Smith
Mario Mohan
Lora (.'raven
Edith Wolverton
Erma I'rown ... ..
Lnlii.n .Shipley
M.'s. l''. Y. J.Iulkey
Mrs. W. S. Campbell
E;n:na Parker.
Ethel Lucas... .. .
Esther Morelsind
Agnes Clark
Harold Haley . . ...
Clara Brant
Wilda Fuller . .
Amy Chancy
Mrs. E. Yea lit .
Lidia Powell
Mrs. R. VV. Coulter...
Vein Cibsun
Airs. Wm. Jones
Minnie Wunder
21230
1435
11235!
so !
8520 .
i
0520 j
6330 j
590') :
5400 j
5450 i
507,)
510 I
4285
3750 ;
3010 1
2000
2u(.;0
i
2350
2315
2235
2200
2100
2 "X)
1000
750
700
'iOJ
500
HOW HE GOT AWAY.
Dy T. ANTHONY TViN!N2. i
Copyright. 13CD. by . 'cx.i A??o-
c.a:.,...,
"What's that sii.ry. Ncvin. about
your escape ivova ilorro castle Curies j
the Spanish-American war':" '
"1 never escaped from jierrn cn'!!p."
"Well, you escaped lYom somewhere,
didn't you?"
"Sure. I vena captured w';' on
picket by a troop of Spanish cavr.Iry. :
The captain didn't want to be both
ered witli tr.' he left me vULi nil
old Cuban named aaipammi, a small
farmer, teii!::g hl.n iiiat he would be
back that way in a few days and if
he didn't Ciul uie he wouid burn the
house and tear up the iU'ue jr.irdeu
patch which contained all the fanner
had to live on for a year."
"Well, the captain didn't find you
who-i he came back, did he':"
he didn't."
"You laid n plan. I'm told."
"No; I didn't lay u plan, (honph I i
lind plenty of time. 1 was prhiclunily
enpipcd kl'.li'.ijj It the time -with my
jailer. You know Spaniards are the
most inveterate ramblers In the world,
and Campatn.nl I.e. it all the rest of
them. I had a lilt It loose change
when 1 v;im ruptured, and he won it ;
all. Then he won my naniieuls one
after the other, lie played fair too.
1 watched h 1 m closely and never could
det'-vt a bit of crookedness. In fact,
lie was awfully scrupulous in Riving
me every lulvantaue. I playeil tair.
too, vi lien it came to playing for arti
cles such as clothes, money, my watch
and all that, but I'll admit there was
one II. ins I didn't play fair about.
You see what do yon suppose put into
my head u way to net out of his
chit' lies':"
"What-:" !
"Koine bones and n lead pipe." j
"F.xphiiii."
"Yon tlon't see any connection be
tween the two. do yon': Hut there
was. The old nrin was very fond of
shaking dice. I langlil Mini poker dice,
and he went wild over tlie pi me. lie
was ready t.i play tor anything he
had, but I hadn't anything; to put up
thai is. mailing available, though
had plenty of money in oank al home.
Singular how funny it is the way
ideas pop Into people's heads. I had
borrowed my jailer's dice one day to
relieve t,he tedium, for 1 hadn't a
bock or a newspaper even in dago
language and. suddenly looking up.
noticed the lead water pipe running
through the room. See?" I
"See? No. I !o on." j
"Dice and lead meant loaded dice to :
me. That meant freedom. 1 would
draw my check for a lot of money and !
play It against myself with loaded '
dice. Sure tiling." - :
"Hut not exactly square."
"1 don't pretend it was. Didn't 1 tell
you that I played fair in everything
except one? Well, that was too impor
tant to play fair about, though the old
man didn't lose anything in the end.
as I will explain later. 1 first began to
tell him about tny bank up in the
States and held tny possessions up be
fore him long enough, to get his cupid- 1
ity on the rampage. Meanwhile of
nights I is chipping the lead pipe,
digging li: i It holes in Ihe dice and
studing in the lead. Canipanoni lent
tne a little awl. .never even asking
, what I wanted it for. lie waS no jall-
ersimply a tanner."
"I should think you could have es
caped from such a man.''
"Ksriipe! lie never took his eyes off
me in the day and locked me in safe at
night, lnu see, 1 was a mortgage uii
bis home to be foreclosed if not pro
duced. Wei!, when I'd tilled the bones
I asked for pen and paper, wrote an
order for scj.ono more than twice
what the farm was worth and offered
to stake it ir.rainst my liberty. Mi
jailer field out just live minutes.
"We sat down to a game of poker
dice. I'd practiced rolling them. and.
knowing just where I'd put the lead.
1 could do pretty much what I wanted
Witll them. Whenever he'd get a full
I'd get four of a kind, and lie got
fulls' pretty often, for the dice rolled
nearly as well for him as for me. 1
di.ln't beat him so bad, after all. But
1 beat him, and I saw that he was hor
rilicd at what he had done. lie was
sure everything would be destroyed
when the captain came back. 1 asked
him how mm h he would lose, and he
told me a thousand dollars. He hadn't
$r.(H) in the world - house, farm and
pivduoe--but 1 was so glad to get out
of it, besides needing a salve for my
conscience, that I drew bini a check
for the thousand and made him a pres
ent of it. lie was a rounding old fool
or he wouldn't have considered it
worth the bit of paper it was written
on. but lie never doubted and got his
money too. lie was as honorable as
be was confiding. You see. it was the
gambler in him. He considered gam
bling the most honorable occupation
in the world and would have srorued
to take the slightest advantage of his
enemy in a game, though he would
have cheated him out of the gold In
his teeth in a bargain.
"He let me m. and 1 wasn't long in
making my way back to camp. Who
should 1 see there among some pris
oners captured that very day but the
captain who had captured me. 1 took
particular pains that he should neither
escape nor be exchanged till the war :
was over. I didn't want him going
back to foreclose me on old Cumpauo
ni's farm."
"It seems to me you took an unnec
essary trouble. Why didn't you bribe
the farmer to let you go?"
"What with?"
"A check." i
"Hats! lie wouldn't havp taken my
cheek if I hadn't got him started
through his mania for gambling. I
had to work on him by degrees."
I
The Earth's Crust.
According I" the invest ijintinns
of certain scieiit :-' s. the solid crust
of tin earth rami lie irreuter than
sixty-two miles. Front the earth's
internal, re.-crv nir of heat radia
tions are bi.iri'il to be passing
away into space continually. This
loss, however, is declared to be
pomponsiited for by the heat re
ceived from tin sun.
Jules Verne's Romance.
The story of Jules Verne's court
ship and marriage is a most roman
tic one. Vorni was a shy young fol
low who lind it great dislike to the
society of women, and it was only
his affection for his brother which
led him to go to the hitter's wed
ding. Verne, however, arrived too
late and fouud Unit the whole bridal
party had left for the church with
the exception of the bride's sister,
a charming young widow, who ex
plained the matter. The friendship
thus accidentally begun rapidly de
veloped into a warmer feeling and
ended in a marriage which may be
described as ideal.
His Excuse.
A Frenchman was once arrested
at his lodgings. A lot of smuggled
foreign matches the dutv on for
eign matches is the prohibitive one
of a cent per match had been
found in his trunk. The judge said
to the man :
"Foreign matches have been dis
covered in yutir possession. What
have von to sav for voitrself, miscre
ant?" "Please, your honor," stammered
the prisoner, "it js true 1 use foreign
matches, but only to light our oirn
government ones with." Washing
ton Star.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
FRESENT CLAIMS
TO
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed has been duly appointed by the
County Court of Folk County, Oregon,
administrator of the estate of Aaron T.
Cross, disceased, and has qualified as
such. All persons having claims
against said estate are hereby notified
to present the same duly verified to the
undersigned at hi:; residence, Monmouth,
Folk County, Oregon, wuhin six months
from date of this notice.
Dated, Sept. 2:?, 1910.
Amos A. 15. Morlav,
Administrator of the estate of Aaron
T. Cross, deceased.
B. F. Swopk, Attorney.
MRS. M. CORNELIUS
MILLINERY PARLORS
E"i7erybody Invited
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raifM Iff iiSSiiy
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The popair.r C0L0M3T FARES will again be in ef
fect between beulember 15th and October 15th, during
which period tickets to MONMOUTH will be on sale
daily from
Chicago at
St. Louis
0 111!?-lie).
Kansas City
St. Paul
and from other cities correspondingly low. These are
Westbound, one-way fares only, but anyone here can
PREPAY for relatives or friends in the East, if de
sired. Consult your local railroad agent.
Mew Is Tine Time
to let the world know of our vast resources and splen
did opportunities for HOME BUILDING. Write to ev
eryone you know in the East. Send them good, in
structive, printed matter, and tell them that the cost of
getting here is but little more than half the usual cost,
and to call on a representative of the
Southern Pacific Company
for all desired information, or address
Wm. McMURRAY,
General Passenger Agent,
Portland, - - Oregon
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Gity Meat Market
Highest Cash Price Paid for Veal,
Pork and Mutton. Once a cus
tomer, always a customer. Sat
isfaction guaranteed.
HIGHEST CASH PRICE Paid for All Kinds of HIDES
SULLIAVN & PROPHET, Props.
Monmouth, - - - Oregon
W. W. Newman
General Blacksmith
and Horse shoer
Cold Process tire setting
a specialty
Wood work and Wagon
Repiaring
- ' - Oregon
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kiafy
Kid
$33.00
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