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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
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TILLAM OOK, ORE.
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w h ic h
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c e llin g
lo w e s t p r ic e s p o s s ib le .
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w ill t r y to s a t i s f y in q u a l i t y and price?.
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