appropriation of 1250.000 biennially and, |.o«j»ibly,
I «ed>wg mim * Low a.
thia amount will satisfy the demands of that insti- MHk emtama water, fat, pr..«*n*
tution for the present All of the other five, how- i-t*»» or rurdj. aagar and a«h. ami
ever, are Making a total of nearly $900.000 for the, '»•—
•" «*»•
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next two yearn. And th>s la not enough. Il ia Ul
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Politically Independent
proposed to establish another Normal school, to be |„ the
h,r l(„
.„„p.,,.
located in Multnomah county.
Evidently the »• <i. s. .I»-, to* ■ Gm*i.» ■!■ •■!>>< ■>■■
purpose of making a college countv of Multnomah h*r ••«n taaly, and gradually l*gi>m »«•
EtiU*r«>l at ih» posto«!»*» at tela, Oragoa, aa Mruad-ela**
is to increase the number of college county legisla-••••••»*»
<>» *•«*•
»nail malt«».
tors for the puriose of having power to unlock the # )( g. w-„ „ H <
mgy
r
vaults of the state treasury at will for college ap- rr„m buqf,r Bnb.,ugh *h» i* full
l-cni IMKKli KVMMY FHttlAV MY
propnationa.
*»*i* hay. but th* *!•■ i<*run>*. i»««»
T. I*. DUGO ER
The N ews has often stated as its opinion that *ml d«d not vi«M «1** milk •••«! ban»*
the state made a grave mistake when she embark-1*6’ *h’ul*1-
",llk ■o,u
•
eu in the college business and. the present as^ult.
,<u„t
on the people's strong box. bears out the wisdom ,,„„G«...ru. |tl n,„.. ap<»<»>ng m
H<’ IIH« •HimON HATFM:
of the opinion. Just how long th«* |H*«»ple will .ilg.*ui4* »•■!* hay «w aawduat
•r*j suffer a lot of grafting tax eaters to bleed them «>• '» than th» farmer him-*lf can m*k*
One Mar In advAlx*»
........
1 s>
On* **.»*, nt *i»«l
»*•*
under the, almost, aacred name of ••«Im ati n, is l«ut'»r tr- m ak m milk. Mb» nmat m>>
1 i
On* »*•*, at *1*1 of 'I »rar»..
only ha»« • *«n«r..u» auppl* of r-«l
0
2
Ona »«ar. at en<f of 3 yrara .
yet a conundrum.
food, but it moat contain »nifi« Ir I
ali month* in a<1vai>ra
...
Normal schools are sup|* s «l to
for amount of the mitrim’* needed for
R
Thr.-r ru*><>th* In advance ..
16 the one purpose of training t«-,n !>• r> alone,
1 bat I making a ilk. I.'mil thia ho t la Under»
Singh*copy in wrapper ....
is their purpose in other and oi<i« r dat s. In Ort-i••««*! a« d appreciated, »iirc**»lul.
AnVKKTIHlMG HATKS:
gon they are colleges of general e«lucation with < pf,,«,a*dairying i* ><>t ti>*
•4
Ilion. Many lorcihle illustration* of It*
the teachers' training course as a a»rt of si e tru'Mi In««* ha** I* n fun4*l»-d l«y th*
Cani nf thank* ................................. ....................................
’•
hnerial nbitnarv notice«, |«*r line................................ ..........
issue.
1-ewi than one-fuurtn of tne graduates oi agricultural eip*rtu*out »talion*. - li
Ktlended w««fdl,"g commenta, ner line.........................................,r
these
so-called
normal colleg« s. take up teaching i B. npeed.
Ixtcal *<|verti*lng. per line l>*r lamie ......................................... Bf
I*i-pl*v ada, 2 change* <*r month, one column wide.
as a life work. True most of them attempt teach
per Inch
................................................. .. • lf
The twenty-fifth biennial aeaaion of
Pri.tc*«i<>n«1 card* Iincbee, per mon'h
....!<* ing for a year or two; but as a maki shift only
Icrng tlm* contra, t* for advertising made on application.
until they take up their c I wmii i'fe work. Until the Oregon legislature will go down In
history as the moat eipenaive, if not
the doors of the Normals arc otM*ned only to ■ he muat eitravagant of any of its pre-
students who purpose to make leaching a life work dereeaora. There will probably lie
ST A TEN ENT ONE A WINNER.
tney will nave no more right to style theinselves •on*» referendum buainea* within a
X
"Normals.” than ony other college tn the state. •hurt time after adjournment.
HE ORDERLY AND lawful election of Gov Indeed Albany, McMinnvil'e, Sah in or Newberg
••mor Geo. E. Chamberlain by our legisla turns out ss many teachers and as succe sful ones,
ture, last week, to tF^ highest office withir as do our Normals.
the gift of the state, all conclude«! within onr Realizing as we do that the state is overload»*»!
hour, speaks emphatically in favor of our direct with Normal schools, which are such in name
vrimnrv law including Statement No. 1
Illinois o ily, what can we or what will we do als»ut it?
haa a primary law as well aa Oregon. Her candi When the human body is afil>cU*d witn an in
dates for U. S senator were, like Oregon, nomi curably disesseil arm or leg wine i endangers tl.c
nate! by the people but she has no^tatement No life of the patient, the intelligent physici i. dm s
1 Oregon <«l«*cta in one hour; Illinois has bee* not hesitate to remove the diseased meinb« r. As
h«M*n trying to elect for two weeks, and no electin* each one of these normals ha- an jm I r e it to i e
had result«*«! when this article was written. Is s ipported by the stat«;, th«* onlj j .>* and • quitable
not the Oregon plan preferable’
method of procedure will be to lop off the entire
. * * i
• ■ ■ ■
«■'»If . «
Of course machine politicians and some of the bmch. Now, as each of thes»* schxds arc demand-
Adminlairatixa I mrl N»lk»
R«*puhlican l<*gislators who ha«! subscrilied to i tg new buildings would I m * a most propitious
Nutir«
ia hereby giv«n that th* u'Mfrr-
Statement No. 1. are verv sore at having a Demo ti ne to resort to heroic treatment. The objection *ign«*<i haa
«led hia final account a* ad
cratic U. S. senator elect«*«! in a state which is will at once be a s »1 ”»Vhat wil our p blic schools nmtatrator of th» »«tat» of Wild».
deceaaed, in th* Count)
two-thirds Republican. The N ews «litor was do for teachers?" So long as Pearly every private ' Goodiellow,
Court of Lmn County, Oragun, and tha>
present when the voting was done in the state college maintains Normal dej»artnn ntb. we arc not ; «aid court hai duly set th« hearing ot
thereto and th« final *«ltle
senate. One rcuk! not help f«*eling sorry for the likely to be worse off than we are now in that |>ar- ; objection»
nent thereof for Monday, the Ifith «fa
¡»osition in which some of the Republican members ticular.
«if February, 1*.<UV. at 1 o'clock I* M. oi
»aid day, tn the court room of aal
When the stale has given her boys and girls a ourt
were placed. One could see that the dose was ar
at Albany, in aaul County an
excessively bitter one; yet most of t^e sena*on> piblic school education, including tin* high school, | ' State
liatml thia 2nd day of January, A l>
did their duty without protest No doubt most of the state has done its full duly. Il t•.«• boy or girl !W.
them said to themselves "I'll never get into sue! has not the grit to hustle fur a college trailing,
Faai> (¡ooiifKi.ixiw,
Adminultator
a fix as this again. ” Yet every one of them sub- the state is simply wasting money in attempting r
Frank A Turner, Attorney.
scribed to Statement No. 1, last spring, in order to to force one upon him or her. Tl.e state is und< r
get vot«.*s and then knew they might I m * required n> obligation to attempt giving a technical educa
to vote for a Democrat as they have just done tion to a few of her Isiys and girls unless sue can
But who is to blame for present condition of politi give it to all. As it is impossible to teach ail of
cal affairs? Republicans enact«! the Direct Pri h-r boys and girls a trade or profession, this
mary law and. also, placed Statements No’s 1 and feature should be elmmated from the state's
2 in the luw. Now if they have been given a lift educational curriculum.
by their own petard, they should accept the blam«
Tu abandon the Normals may se«*m to some of
am! make th«* beat of it In no manner can they our readers, as taking a step back wanl; but it is
attribute blam«* to the Democratic part for their mL When a traveler becomes sw itched off from
his correct route, if he is sensible, he will lake the
present discomfiture.
But, we are told, that Governor Chamberlain is back track until he gels right. The state went
n>»t the choice of the people for the office to which wrong when she permitted four normal schools to
he has been elected that his election was secur«l e igruft themselves upon her. To get right should '
Of time, traveling ex
by a trick or juggle. It ia claimed that Democrats be the one purpose at the present tune. To erect
were responsible for the nomination of Cake at tin new buildings at each of these schools, is simply to
penses and fatigue can
primary election and that the Fulton Republicam- keep going on the wrong track.
be made by using the
The state can only justly, and the N ews believe*
defeated Cake at the general election last June.
shortest route East.
Possibly them* features did contribute to the re constitutionally, support the public schools. Ix-l
sult.
Possibly Fulton Republicans di«i prefer I ns make it possible for every boy and girl to ob-
Then* is but one short
Chamlierlain to any Republican oth« r than Fulton tain an education up to and including the twelfth
for Unitetl States senator. Thia fact does not grade, and the state has done its full duty.
and direct route between
show that Chamberlain was not the choice of th«
the West and East.
people. The fact of the business ia, Oregon Re The Oregon Agricultural college was, primarily,
publicans have formed the habit of voting for found»*d for the purpose of teaching agriculture,
Chamberlain. They elected him prosecuting at horticulture, agronomy and all other subjects re
torney for the 3rd judicial district; they elected lated directly to the farm, dairy, poultry raising,
him attorney general; they twice elected him etc. If |his college would conjine its instruction to
THE O. R. A N.
prosecuting attorney for Multnon a i countv; tney the purposes first intended, then there would be
twice elected him governor of Oregon, and now buildings in abundance for all puriKMes. But it is
Oregon Short Line
they have elected him United States senator. rapidly taking on the nature of a trade school and
.......... and .........
Surely, if frequent repetition constitutes a habit, engineering, electricity, carpentry, blacksmithing,
our Republican bretheren have the Chamberlain printing, pharmacy, etc., are subjects luirg
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taught. Of course all of these various trades, are
habit in a virulent form.
After all, why may not Senator Chamberlain be- useful to society, as well as to the mechanic the
There is unsurpassed
unsurpass«!
come one of the best, if nat the best, of senators school turns out. But. in order to teach these
through fast train ser-
ser
Oregon has had? He has made gtxxi, eminently, various trades, extensive buildings and plants ate
vice
to Denver,
Denver. Omaha,
in all of the official positions he has heretofore requisite. These are what are costing the state a
Kansas City, Chicago,
belli and he will make gtxxl in the United States I >t of money and will continue to require extrava-
with direct connections
The question is: Can the jieople
senate. As he is about the only Democrat in the gant sums.
to all points East and
afford
the
expense?
Is it the duty of the tax
nation who has formed the habit of being elected
South.
by Republicans, we opine that he will find himself payers to be burdened with a school of technology
There is an abundance
very much at home with his adopted political as O. A. C. is being convert«! into? Is it right
of matchless scenery,
brothers in Washington I). C. and, p«>ssibly, may for taxpayers to tn* burdened with the «ducati» n
aid in submitting to the people an amendment io of lawyers. doctors. dentists, civil engineers,
and an opportunity to
the Federal constitution, by which senators in electricians and mechanics of all classes?
make a daylight stopover
congress may be elect«! by direct vote. Who
at Salt Lake City if it is
knows?
desired.
Oregon should have a fundamental law*, if there
is not one now, by which an afficial'a salary max
I>et us tell you all about
Let
be neither increased nor decreased during hia in-
THE STA TE COLLEGE GRAFT.
what
can be done, before
cumbency. Wher the official is elected he. in
you purchase ticket
contracts to do what is required in the office
HE PRESENT SESSION of the legislature effect,
to which he ia elect«*»!, for a stat«*«i salary. It
T J. DANNEN, Ag»nt
has covered
cover«! less than one-third of ita
its consti-
consti would be a violation of this contract t»> r«*duer hi.»
tutional *10
40 days and there have been apprv-
apprr- «alary and the violation ia just as fl igrant if hi.-'
W»at Sale
salary
priation
pnation
bills bills
introduced
introduced
aggregating
aggregating
over over
six mil-
six mil
is increa ed. It's a a |M*>r rule which will
lions of dollars. Ov;
‘r one-sixth of thia amount h
Ov;*r
b not work both ways. These lobyists, down at
wm. M c M urray
Salem, who are seeking to have t ieir salaries
for the benefit of our six state college.
The
slate
colleges.
raised will do well to go horn«* and attend to the
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ueiversity has not been heard from as yet; but it duties of their offices. If they are not content
ueiversly
will be remembered that there is now a continuous with the salaries they get they can always resign.
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