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About Cloverdale courier. (Cloverdale, Tillamook County, Or.) 190?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1916)
j ^ # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # H AP P IN ESS. 1 Here is good advice for those seeking happiness: Do not wor ry, eat three square meals a day, keep digestion good, exercise, go slow and go easy. Maybe there are other things that your spe cial case requires to make you happy; but, my friend, these will give you a good lift.— Abra ham Lincoln. Fish Out of Water. W hen a living fish is tak en ou t o f th e w a te r i t kicks vigorously, erects its flqs, g asp s convulsively, an d in a sh o rt tim e, fifteen to th irty m inutes, it be com es m otionless. H ut th e m uscles still possess w h a t physiologists term " irrita b ility ,” w hich m ay continue for sev eral hours, in som e fish lastin g from ten to fifteen hours. In such fish as th e salm on it la sts longer th a n in cod o r haddock, o w ing to the sm aller am o u n t of contained w a te r in the m uscles o f th e fo rm er.—All Outdoors. Lest Moti on. " P a , w h ere does th e rain come from ?" "F ro m th e (len d s, my son.” "A nd w h ere do th e <! uds got it?” " I t rises In the form of vapor from th e ocean an d Ihe lakes an d rivers." “ W h ere does it go a f te r it falls upon th o g ro u n d ?” “E v en tu ally It gets back to tho ocean.” "W ell, w hy c o u ld n 't it stay in one plnce all th e tim e an d save all th a t tro u b le?”— St. Louis P ost-D ispatch. A (splendid Pose. PENDLETON IS IDEAL LOCATION FOB NORMAL 308 X YES IS A VOTE FOR YOUR CHILDREN C I T Y ’S R A IL R O A D , H E A L T H , E D U - C A T I O N A L A N D O T H E R F A C IL I- T I E S A D A P T I T FO R S C H O O L S ITE . P en d leto n , O re.— P e n d le to n ’s claim s for th e e sta b lish m e n t of a S ta te N or m al School a re based upon th e unusual a d v a n ta g e s offered for such an in sti tu tio n . It is ideally located w ith re sp ec t to railro a d fa cilities and in the c e n te r of th e co u n try w hich it will serve. Its h e a lth con d itio n s a re ex cellen t. It h as a b ountiful supply ol clear, cold, pure m ountain w ater. It o ffers a lib ra ry of 12,000 volum es to w hich a re added 3000 a n n u a lly housed in a b ea u tifu l new building e rected a t a co st of $40,000. T h e la rg est a th le tic stad iu m in the N orthw est, ca p ab le of accom m odating 20,000 peo pie; a n atato riu m , m odern and eq u ip ped fo r th e use of m ea and wom en, b u ilt a t a co st of $11,000; am ple a u d i to riu m room for lyceum co u rses and le c tu re s and a school system th a t is w ith o u t equal in a city of it fa cilities and th e stu d e n ts _____ for p ra ctice teac h in g have been g u a r an tee d by th e city board. ONE It is a w ell e s ta b lis h e d fa c t th a t o ur one N o rm al School c a n n o t su p p ly th e n ee d s of th e e n tire sta te . T h a t is w hy we a sk fo r y o u r w ork and vote for th e pro p o sed E a s te rn O regon S ta te N orm al School a t P en d leto n , O regon. G IVE E A ST E R N OREGON SQUARE DEAL E i g h t counties In the W i lla m e t t e V alley have employed d u rin g the past five years, 203 teachers who have g r a d u - ated fro m the M o n m o u th N o rm a l as against 39 M o n m o u th N o rm nal a l Scho< School gra dua te s for the eight leading counties of E a s te rn O regon. D u r i n g the past five years the attendance of students fro m nine W i lla m e t t e V a lle y counties was 877 students as against 91 students from nine of the leading counties of E a s te rn O regon. O w ing to th e cro w d ed co n d itio n of o u r one N orm al a t M onm outh an d also th e d ista n c e and ex p en se of a tte n d in g , s tu d e n ts from E a s te rn O regon a re com pelled to go to n eig h b o rin g s ta te s to se c u re th e ir tra in in g as te a c h e rs . Ancient Rome’s Arm y. ONLY "W h y did you strik e tills m a n ? " a s k ed th e Judge stern ly , "H e called m e a liar, y o u r honor.” replied th e accused. " Is th a t tru e ? ” said th e Judge, tu rn ing to tin» m an w ith th e m u ssed up face. "S u re It's tru e." sah l th e accuser. “ I called him a lia r because he Is one, and I can p ro v e It.” " W h a t h av e you to say to th a t? ” ask e d th e Ju d ge o f th e d e fe n d a n t. " I t's got n o th in g to do w ith th e case, y o u r h onor,” w as th e un ex p ected reply. “ E ' en If I a m a liar I guess I ’ve got a rig h t to be sen sitiv e about It, a in 't 1?" C O ST S 4 CENTS PER $ 1 ,0 0 0 T h e annual m a in te n a n ce cost of the proposed State N o rm a l School In E a s t e rn O re gon am ounts to but one 2Sth of a mill or 4 cents on a thousand dollars of taxable p ro p e rty . Is n’t It w o r t h this to have y ou r ch ild ren trained to become uaeful and p rodu c tive citizens? STRONG ENDORSEMENTS A m ong th o se w ho stro n g ly en d o rse th e e s ta b lis h m en t of th e pro p o sed E a s te rn O regon N orm al School a re G o v ern o r W ith y co m b e, J. H. A ck erm an , P re s i d en t of th e M onm outh S ta te N o rm al; W. J. K err, P re s id e n t of th e O regon A g ric u ltu ra l C ollege; P. L. C am pbell, P re s id e n t of th e S ta te U n iv e rsity ; R o b ert C. F ren ch , fo rm e r P re s id e n t of th e W esto n N orm al, and p ra c tic a lly all of th e lead in g e d u c a to rs of th e S ta te. J. A. C h u rch ill, S u p e rin te n d e n t of P u b lic In s tru c tio n , voices th e s e n tim e n ts of th o se who are m ost fa m ilia r w ith th e need of m o re a d e q u a te N orm al fa cilities w hen h e sa y s : ' “ O r e g o n ’s greatest need for Its ru ra l schools Is the teacher w h o has had full preparation to do her w o rk . Such pre paration can beat come t h r o u g h N o rm a l School t r a in in g . “ I tru s t th a t the v ote rs of the state w ill assist in raising the standard of ou r schools by establishing a State N o r mal School at Pendle ton. T h e location is central, the I n terest of the people of Pendleton In edu cation most excel- lent, and the large n u m b e r of pupils in the public schools will give ample o p p o rt u n ity to students to get the a m o u n t of teaching practice required in a standard norm a l school.” All th e above ed u c a to rs in s ist th a t a S ta n d a rd N orm al School m u st be located in a tow n of 5000 o r m ore p o pulation and hav in g enough g ra d e pupils for teac h in g p ractice. VOTE RIGHT B y vo tin g Y E S for No. 308 you w ill help to give to the school ch ild ren of O regon the same a d v a nta ge s enjoyed by the school ch ild ren of ou r neighboring states. V ote Y E S for No. 308. Papers In China. Why Not? ENOUGH Of more th a n 6,000 school teachers In the public schools of O regon, but 13 per cent have been trained fo r t h e ir profession of tea ch ing In N o rm a l Schools. I t la an a sto n ish in g tilin g to be told th a t " th e organized force of Hom e con sisted of a re g u la r arm y th a t a t no tim e seem s to huve exceeded 275,000 m en.” T h a t is less th an th e arm y e ith e r o f G reece o r o f B ulgaria, y e t th e R om an em pire of th a t tim e stre tc h e d from th e F irth o f F o rth to the P e rsia n gulf. T h e provinces con sen ted to R om an ru le because It g av e them good g o v ernm ent, u n d istu rb ed o rd e r und an unequaled sy stem o f law and Justice. —Y outh’s C om panion. Voracity of the Cormorant. F ish in g w ith c o rm o ra n ts used to be an E nglish ro y a l sport. T he b ird ’s voracity is such th a t som e h av e w ished to spell its n am e “co rv o ran t,” though the tru e d e riv a tio n Is “co rv u s m ar Inns.” sen cow. T h e c o n tra s t betw een the c o rm o ra n t w hen d a r tin g a f te r Its prey, as one secs It a t th e zoo, and w hen sta n d in g , th e p ic tu re o f dull leth argy, m u st h av e been p re se n t to Milton w hen he d esc rib ed S a ta n sittin g in the tre e of life “like a c o rm o ra n t." —Lon don C hronicle. NOT O regon h a s h u t one N o rm al School. T h is school is lo cated a t M onm outh. E x ce lle n t as is th e w ork of th is school it is u tte rly u n ab le to su pply b u t a sm all p a rt of th e n eed fo r tra in e d te a c h e rs fo r th e S ta te . " flo w w ould you like to be th e cap Economy. tain o f n su b m arin e liner?” "You apt n j e n tire ly too m uch m oney “T h e Idea doesn’t appeal to m e at on d re ss," said the m an of th e house. all.” an sw ered th e m an who Is fond of “T h a t sim ple little freck M rs. S m ythe j display. w ore la st n ig h t looked a g re a t deal j "W ell, w h y n ot?” b e tte r th a n th a t e la b o ra te gow n of “F o r m e h a lf th e fu n of bein g th e yours.” ca p ta in of an ocean liner w ould be to "O f course it did, my d e a r," replied s ta n d on th e bridge an d sw eep th e sea his w ife sw eetly. " T h a t sim ple little w ith m y g lasses in full view o f h u n frock, as you call it, cost $.300, w hile d red s of ad m irin g p asse n g ers s c a tte re d m ine cost only $150.” “ W ell, then, go out a n d buy one ab o u t on th e u p p e r deck.’’—B irm in g ab o u t tw ice a s e la b o ra te a s th e one ham A ge-Ilerald. you've goL M aybe you cau g e t i t for nothing.”—New York W orld. P ap ers published in C hina a re re ported as having sev e ral classes of readers, th e first class being th o se w ho first p u rc h ase th e p ap e rs a t th e su b scrip tio n price. W hen tln-se papers h av e been read an d th ro w n aw ay they are carefu lly g a th e re d up a n d sold a t a less price to a less p ro sp e r ous elem en t am ong th e people, an d from these, In tu rn , they a re passed on dow n to th e poorer classes, each paper, If It has lasted th a t long, th u s finding th re e grad es o f re a d e rs.—C h ris tia n H erald . NORMAL Eastern O reg o n State Norm al School Comm ittee By J. H. Gwlnn, Secy., Pendleton. Ore. (Paid a d v e rtise m e n t) It pays to advertise in the Cloverdale Courier H i» Three Question». “ I'll Just !>et you cig ars for th e crow d,” r a t i o n « o f a p a r ty o f protnl nent m en to one of the n u m b er who was brag g in g of w h at ho could do, " th a t you w o n 't a n sw e r ’y e s’ to any th ree q uestions I ask you.” “ D one." said th e bo astin g one. “W ell, w ere yon ev e r lit Jail?” “Yes.” “ W ore you ev e r electro cu ted ?" “ Yes." ’ Will yon pay fo r th e cig ars if I lose?” C u rtain . New York G lo th in ^ S t o r e TILLAM OOK, ORE. 1 _ J AS a big l i n e o f u p - t o - d a t e Clothing w h ic h rre arc c e llin g lo w e s t p r ic e s p o s s ib le . W h e n v i s i t i n g T i l l a m o o k c a ll w ill t r y to s a t i s f y in q u a l i t y and price?. in at and J . G l i c k m a n a n d M . P a r m e r , P r o p r i e t o re.