BUYING POWER OF
THE STATIONARY BOUQUET
Uf . Dor it Cuntel
Sotihomort, loot High School
"Say, niggah whose gwine t '
dat bouquet
pecpin' up
avail iK
fence?" said Raitui.
"If ah' aim mistaken ho. dat guy i
mc," replied Anthracite.
And o the trouble commenced.
Ka-tu was a short, stout, malicious
sort of colored boy who reminded
you of a strutting rooster when he
vii among his crowd, lie was like
the saying- "dauntless in love, and
V fearless in war,"
His companion was Anthracite who.
was called, Anty" for short. Anty
wu as opposite from Rastu as black
is from white. He also ran opposition
against Rastut when thry both tried
to court Rachel at once. Andy wan
gangly, iiiite humorous and always
wore a faded straw hat which perched
abruptly on his left ear.
So it happened one day as the two
were strolling down the bond
walks of Supvillr, they came into vie
of g lovely bouquet of flowers. The
flowers seemed to be growing on the
oppotite tide of a fairly high fence
and were bobbing and swaying as a
little breeze caught them.
"l'se tellin' you Anty, dat bouquet
gors to Rachel an' ah dun' mean
maybe."
"Vex, said Anty, about de time
you'se grabs 'dem flowers you done
get punch in de orbs. I'se don'
mean to ttnrt 'nuffin ah can't finish."
"Say, niggah, how 'bout 1 race to
to dem nose gays. I done holler
when to start an you wait till ah cat
ches up wid you. Den we's gonna see
whose de lucky pelt," said Rastus.
"Alright, said Anty, you'se jes'
This is the
Ten percent of the farms of Oregon have electric service, ,
all from regulated ut lities.
Less than three percent of the farms of Ontario, Canada,
enjoy the benefits of such service.
In Oregon the regulated utilities are extending their'lines
as fast as business conditions reasonably permit. Grad
ually but steadily that service to rural communities is
increasing.
Ontario, served in part by the provincial government,
serves the centers of population.
Government operation mean politcal operation.
Political operation is after the votes.
The Housewives Council "Water and Power" Amend
ment gives an inexperienced board absolute authority
to spend fifty three million dollars from the sale of
bonds, for which all property in the state would be
mortgaged. The farmer-taxpayer helps to guarantee
the debt, but the Ontario experiment shows who
gets the Service. .
Don't Mortgage Your Property to Politics.
Vote 337 X No!
I'mJ AJv. by Orgon Public Utility Caomittee-Oprote J to tl Hou ive' Council ' W.iier wJ Power" BunJmg AmenJnwnt
. ' 414 fVific BuilJj' ( PortlwJ. Oregon.
watch mah' dut."
"One, two, three, go," yelled Rastui.
By the time Raitus had collected '
his number tens he noticed that Anty
was already tithing for the bouquet
which had disappeared beyond his
haitv reach.
iRastus came runnig up to the fence
where Anty stood dangling for the
vanished treasure. '
"Don' look like ah'rn gwi'ne to get
de none gay, she 'done disappear,
said Anty.
Just then the bouquet appeared and
both niggers made grab for it. A
they did they heard a terrified screech,
for up came a beautilul bouquet, a
black hat, a peroxide wig and a
couple doen hair-pins, and over the
fence appeared the distorted face of
a bald-headed woman.
"De lawd preserve "., ns,w yelled
Ratu, "Hell have no fury like a
woman scorned" "
Rosa: How do you like your new
electric washer, Sanky? ' , '
Sanky: Oh, not so good. Every
lime I start, to get into it the darn
thing knocks me off my fect. ,,
i ; ' ,
Guard Again$t Fire
More than lfl.ooo lives are lost an
nually by fire In the United State,,
the statisticians declare. At least
that number of persona are seriously
Injured. U has been estlmiitod thut
0.) per cent of these fire occur In
homes, and the greatest percentage of
the vlctlma are women and children.
The majority of Area, could be pre
vented la their Inclplency If proper
methods of extinguishing them were,
, at blind. There Is growing need for
every household to h equipped with
some form of fire extinguishers.
'There should be one at hand on each
floor. While the fir department U
rushing to the scene there are alwayi
few minutes In which the occupunta
can do something to put out the blase.
Difference
STOLEN MELODIES
Irving Berlin, at a dinner party In
New York, listened In alienee to
number of harsh criticisms on the
music of lllnnk, a popular composer.
"Well, Mr. Berlin, what do you think
of ltlirtik T" a woman asked.
"I think It'e rather unwise to make
fun- of Itluiik'i compositions,", said
Mr. Iterlln, "for you never know who
composed them." Pittsburgh Curon-Icle-Telegruph.
A Hard Day
"Wclk. aweeUe.: how bos "ipy little
brl'le been all day?" asked Younghus
bund on his return from his office.
"till. George!" cried his wife, break
ing Into tears. "A salesman came
here and culled me bis dear nmdiim
and I culled a police officer and now 1
have to go to court Wednesday I"-
American Leglou Weekly,
A MATTER OF COURSE
Slier I wouldn't marry the finest
man living. ' '
llo Tliwt, as ft mntter of course,
that gives 1110 n chancn. ! '
A Portrait '
Ht's a chap with too much money,
Una of tdl. wasteful life.
He's no hero to his valet,
Hs's a sero to his wits.
I
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Caut Enough
"So you've quarreled with Charley
Rrown. What was the cause, If I may
ask"
"He proposed to me again last
nlht."
"Where wn the harm Id that?"
"Well, I bad accepted him tbe night
before."
Nxt
Maxwell I hear you have been op
erated on again,
Munders Yea.
"How many timet does that maker
"Four. They're going to put a
swinging door on next time."
Rtmarriag table
"Has Mr. Nexdore any marriageable
dn lighters T"
"Not Just now, but he expects to
have In a couple of weeks; there
seems to be no doubt about their get
ting their divorces."
LOUD
"What do you think of my sultr
"I can't aay that It listen well."
Old Rhyme Du$td Off
Willis to th elrous wsnt,
He thousht It was Iminsnss.
His littlt heart wsnt plt-s-pst,
Ths excltemant was In tsnts,
Oft
SUZZALLO IS FORCED
OUT ONJNIVERSITY
Washington Board of Regents
Demand President's
Resignation.
Seattle, Wash.I)r. Henry Su.zallo,
11 yearn president of Die Vnlrorxity of
Washington, was put out of office
Tuesday, the loner Id a fight of two
years' duration between supporters of
Suzzallo' educational program and
Governor Roland II. Hartley.
On the heels of this development
came word of the resignation of the
only two University of Washington
regents not appointees of Governor
Hartley. They are Mrs. Ruth Karr
McKee of Vancouver, and John T. Hef
fernan of Heal lie.
Regents of the university, a major
ity of whom are appointees of the gov
ernor, Monday eight requested Suz
tallo's resignation, effective Tuesday.
tie declined to quit after protesting
that no reasons had been given for
bis dismissal and that he had no hear
ing. The regents then gave' him a
leave of absence and appointed David
Thomson, dean of the college of liber
al arts and dean of faculties, as acting
president.
Students of the university were In
dignant at their leader's removal. Four
thousand out of the school's 6500 en
rollment held a torchlight procession
through the campus, chanting "Strike,
strike, strike." They gathered In front
of riuzzallo's campus home, where he
asked them to refrain from demon
strations and return to their classes.
Following their action the regents
gave out the following statement:
"The majority of the board of re
gents, having an Increasing conviction
that politics should have far less
prominence in the president'! office
of the university, and therefore In Its
best interests, while fully appreciat
ing the services and standing of Dr.
8uzzallo as an educator and adminis
trator, feel called upon to ask his res
ignation. Affairs of the university
will be managed by Dean Thomson
until a new president Is selected."
EIGHT STATES WILL
VOTE ONFRQHIBmON
Chicago. Voters In eight states, at
the November election, wilt have an
opportunity to pass upon prohibition.
The states are California. Colorado.
Illinois, Missouri, Montana, Nevada,
New York and Wisconsin.
In New York, Illinois and Wisconsin
the referendum Is on the question of
king congress to amend the Vol-
:rad act.
The question In California Is wheth
er to repeal the Wright act. the atate
enforcement law, adopted by the peo
ple at a referendum In 1S22.
In Colorado tbe question will be
submitted as a proposal to amend a
aertlon of the state constitution en
abling the legislature to provide for
manufacture and sale of Intoxicating
linuors, such amendment to be Inop
erative as long as in conflict with the
laws of the I'nlted Hlales.
Tbe Missouri vote will be on the
n I T I ' f f 1,1 nf Pun..rillM ,Ka .'-. r.r. fn..m
i m- nt laws passed in 1923.
Thn Montana proposition Is on the
: qu-stlon of repealing all state laws
jreluting to liquor control, except the
' law forbidding sale of liquor to minors.
The Nevada referendum Is In the
form of a memorial to congress to
submit the ISth amendment again 0
, the states.
LIQUOR C0NVCTI0NS GROW
Oregon and Washington Figures Show
Violations Increasing.
Washington, D. C Convictions Of
I prohibition violators In the fejjeraldis
t"k! court for Oregon Jumped from
172 In the fiscal year 1!25 to 278 in
1926, according ' --"v.-:-s received at
tbe department i ; it'ee.
The Oregon di .U ". court also Im
posed tines aggregating SS3.S95 upon
convicted, violators, and "padlocked"
six places In which liquor had been
Bold by issuance of permanent injunc
tions against them.
Federal convictions of persons ac
cused under the dry luw Increased
from 427 to 794 In western Washing
Ion during 1926. with sentences aggre
gating 167 years and fines totaling
$219,024. In eastern Washington con
victions dropped from 137 to 110. Sen
tences aggregated 31 year and fines
$33,i29.
Democrats Pick Woman for Congress
j Holse, Idaho The democratic state
j central committee named Mrs. Mary
I George Cray, Ha!lcyv os the party a
1 congressional candidate in the second
I rilalHot liiltlne tin. hlnnn nt P 11. .r.
Uoss, TocatcHo, who resigned.
Columbus Day Not Legal Holiday
I'ortlam1!, Ore. Frank C. Hi am well,
sluts Biipnrlnletidcnt of banks, has re
ceived opinion from the attorney gen
eral that October 15, Columbus day, is
dot legal holiday In Oregon, con
trary to general belief.
FARMER SLUMPS.
Whole Price Level Drops, But
Farm Products Fall
Farthest.
Washington, D. C The fall In price
of cotton, wheat and fruits, the depart
ment of agriculture announced, ha
brought the general Index of purchas
ing power of farm products down from
93 In August, 1925, to :!2 this August,
the lowest point reached In 26 month s.
While the whole price level ha
been falling, the department said In
It October report, farm products bav
fallen faster.
Of the four chief money crops, cot
ton, wheat and fruit were described
as large enough to "depress price
somewhat."
"1'otatoes, on the other hand," th
department said, "are neither a large
acreage nor have early diggings turn
ed out very good yield, so that price
remain relatively strong."
The report added that the total
acreage of 21 cultivated crop wa
about 2 per cent above that harvested
last year.
Unofficial monthly crop summaries
Indicate that tbe total yield of corn
will be about 2.724,000,000 bushels and
that tbe crop condition Is around 74 5
per cent. These figure, which are
based on returns made immediately
prior to and Immediately following the
frost, were Interpreted as meaning
that the crop outlook ha Improved,
and that the amount of soft or un
keepable corn will represent only a
small percentage of tbe total crop.
WORLD COURT AGAIN
ABSORBS CAPITAL
Washington, D. C American adhe
sion to the World Court of permanent
Justice bobbed np again a a subject
of discuHsfon in tbe nation' capital.
While President Coolldge know of
no movement for withdrawal of the
I'nlted States proposal to Join the
court, Representative Theodore Bur
ton, republican, of Ohio, who returned
from the session of tbe lnter-parlia-mentary
anion at Geneva. Informed
the chief executive that European na
tions are Just as likely to accept tbe
senate reservations as the senate 1
to change those conditions.
Meanwhile Senator Claude Swan son,
democrat, Virginia, who drafted the
reservations, returned from Europe
with doubts a to the success cf the
disarmament conference In Geneva or
of payment of tbe French war debt to
the I'nlted States under the term of
the Mellon Brenger agreement.
President Coolidge was pictured a
regretting that the recent Genva ad
visory conference did not approve out
right acceptance o! the American con
ditions. Representative Burton In
formed him that an Impression pre
vailed in Europe that the United
States already had been granted too
many concessions and that American
membership conditions should be mora
acceptable to European power.
FIVE-DAY WEEK IS GOAL
Program Definitely Announced by
American Federation Council
Detroit. The five-day week for all
workers came to the fore as a definite
goat of the American Federation of
Labor program In the final meeting
of the executive council of the federa
tion preliminary to the 46th annual
convention, which opened here Mon
day. President William Green and hi
cabinet, composed of international of
ficer of affiliated unions, agreed upon
the five day 40 hour week as the car
dinal point in tbe advancement pro
gram of organized labor and determin
ed to recommend the policy to all af
filiated organitatlona as a basis of ne
gotiation tor contract renewal and
employer. "The 40-hour week Is In
evitable In American labor," Mr.
Green said In a public statement after
the meeting, "for the simple reason
that It 1 economically sound and prof
itable. It is profitable for the worker,
and for the employer and ha been
tremendously luccessful in numerous
crnfis in which It I already partially
effective."
Queen Marl Get t-'S.OOO Film Offer
Hollywood, Cal. Queen Marie of
Rumania, who will visit the United
States this month, was offered a con
tribution of $25,000 for the relief of
the needy children of her kingdom if
she will appear one day In the role of
a queen In the film now bolng made
here by Edwin Carewe from Count Leo
Tolstoi' book "Resurrection."
British Rum Agreement In Effect
Washington, D, C. The now rum
smuggling agreement with Great llri
tain, negotiated at the time of Assist
ant Sucratnry Andrews' visit to Lon
dod last summer, ha been declared
effective a of September 89.