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would have been Just as easy for us
to have been Confucian. Budd 1st.
Mahammedan or Catholic, aa to have
been protestant. Why then, Bhould
we question the religion of any man?
The trouble with this age is not the
kind of religion which exists, but
Subscription Rate»
rather, the lack of religion of any
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Published every Thursday at Her
miston, Umatilla County, Oregon by
the Herald Publishing company, Inc.
Entered as second class matter,
December 1806 at the postoffice at
Hermiston, Oregon.
State M o n o p o ly o f Schools w o u ld cost—
: W hat
In taxes—
Over
Over
ROY W. RITNER
$1,000,000 a year for operation
$3,000,000 for buildings and grounds
All Eastern Oregon should note
A dvertising Rates
'H E first c o st of state monopoly of schools
Display ...............— 20 Cents per Inch with regret that some element In
x would be som ething over three million
Classified or Local 10 Cents per Lino Umatilla county, for some cause
for Mist Insertion, 5 Cents for Sub which can be none other than selfish
dollars for new buildings and grounds. W e
or very short-slghter and unappre
sequent Insertions.
w
ould have to pay a yearly tax of over one
■ !i- J L ciative of service rendered during
long years of service for the county
m
illion dollars for operation in addition to
THE COW
and entire eastern part of the state,
w
hat
w e are paying now.
That the cow has done her share have placed an independent candidate
toward bringing prosperity to farm In the field against Its veteran legis
T hey propose that Oregonians pay this bill
ers is generally admitted. When times lator, Hon. Roy W. Ritner, present
are hard and crops fail It is always president of the state senate.
for Real Americanism.” B u t it is not Amer
the cow that Is called upon to tide
The irrigation development, road
icanism to take aw ay the right of the parent
over until a better year.
improvement particularly in Uma
to control the education of the child.
The Minneapolis Tribune made the tilla, his home county, and his un
following discovery when tiieir agri tiring efforts in behalf of all east
O z - ^ > pr3 x^ e that w e ,Pay this
to havo “Compulsory
cultural editor went out to find out ern Oregon projects, all of which
School.
B u t we actually have compulsory school right
the true worth of the cow;
have progressed far in excess of the
now under the present law.
"Said a leading Jobber to C. F. proportion to which population and
Collisson agricultural editor: We can assessed valuation would entitle,
W hat
burden of added taxes will
trace on our ledgers right where the surely will prevent the thinking vot
go or isi an experiment in education along communistic
dairy districts lie. They are to be er in Umatilla from casting a vote
S a n t e l h®i8u.bst3tution of state monopoly ta education for
found right where the farmers and against him which would not only
the country merchants are paying stand as a beacon for Ingratitude and
J ? uss,a
Lhis experiment
L et us profit by her failure. L et us maintain our demoo-
their bills promptly'."
lack of appreciation for years of hon
racy and save millions of dollars.
"Said a banker; ‘During these est, efficient public service, but
times of low prices for grains, we might deprive all of eastern Oregon
can easily see from our accounts of its tried friend.— Redmond Spokes
which farmers are milking. Times man.
would be very much harder If It were
not for the cow. Farmers who are
milking are the ones who are paying ♦
4
cash for their groceries’,”
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OREGON INDUSTRIAL
♦
"Said a lumberman: ‘The only ♦
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places where we have extended a line *
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of credit to farmers are in those <> 4 4 4 4 4 < - 4 4 > 4 4 4 > 4 ? 4 < » 4
towns that are In the midst of dairy ' Lebanon— Presistent rumor that
Called on the Ballot Compulsory Education Bill
districis. There we know that the new railroad is to be built from Leb-
farmer8 have a regular and steady anon Into Cascade mountains.
This a d v e n t ™ „
for by
Income In cash, regardless of wheth- | Astoria— Actual work on construc-
ec grain crops fail or succeed, or tlon of navul base at Tongue point
whether cattle prices rise or fall'." I to begin about Jan. 1.
Oregon state debt »54.40 per cap!-' North Bend to have new I. O. 0. F.
No argument Is necessary to up
"in French, pays means country," may be interpreted as an act of war.
building.
hold the cow, She stunds on her own ta.
announces a well-informed contem- — Houston Post,
Roseburg— Apples by train load poary. In Canada, the word has no
reputat'on. It lg only to be hoped
Canb, plans erection of new elec
being packed.
that her number will multiply whe» tric lighting and power plant.
meaning.— London Opinion.
"Ch'cago Judge Appeals to Law to
more and more farmers come to learu
Portland— Bids called for new p ic-' ' tttttt ta ta ta tao ta tao tao tao ta t
Curb United States Murderers." Many
If the current printing presses in
her actual value In dollars and centa ture house, seating capacity 1000, to
of our best people think it would be
Europe would declare a lessatorium
cost »60,000.
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 v 4 .> .> .> ,> .j, *
an excellent idea.— St. Paul Dispatch.
4 a mortatorium might not be need
North Bend— Labor shortage not-i *
THE COMPULSORY EDUCATIONAL
*
WIT AND WISDOM
❖ j ed.— St. Lou’s Globe-Democrat.
ed in Coos Bay lumber mills.
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Newspaper tells of New Jersey wo
BILL
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Salem— Styx Ink Co. gets contract *
In Europe’s trade revival the pray- "’an Wh° used a telePh°ne for the
The compulsory educational bill to to furnish 1000 cans mimeograph ink i 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1St tiWe in 70 yeal'8- Probably she
cr reads, "Forgive our debts and
and
be voted on at the general election to war department on low bid againstI
There are three kinds of Ameri we’ll forgive otir debtors. -The was on a party line.wNew York
November 7 has narrowed down to a Eastern manufacturers.
American.
cans: Bootleggers, peoplo who buy Weekly Review (Shanghai.)
matter of religious freedom. If the
Oregon bank deposits show net I from bootleggers and government
people of this state are to be allower Increase of »1,852,659 In year.
Any baseball coach can tell you
Women aren’t smoking so much
, ¡agents
____ who make a very comfortable
to believe an they wish and raise
as they used to. That’s because no . that too many young men go to col-
Stayton to get modern store build- living.— Life
thq’r children according to their be Ing.
u ..
body objects to their smoking any | lege without having learned the basic
non
79
,
Much generous emotion has been
liefs the bill Bhould be killed at the
principles of infieldlng.— New Your
Salem «210
»210,000. 72 apartment expreg(,ed lntely on t„ ,s Turktsh more.— New York Tribune.
coming election.
Herald.
building planned.
j
Llnn.on-B eaver Llnnton Mills to 1 matter,
England and
will every
do his man
d u ty exDects
- N e w 4 that
S | There being no laws as yet to reg
In a recent nddress In Portland
ulate broadcasting by radio, the ex.
Probably the Germans are best
Judge Stephen A. Lowell of Pendle erect »15,000 wharf
Times.
■ pected has happened. Some cruel per- qualified to tell whether the work
ton set forth clearly the protestant
Astor’a— Showing of gas Is gain
The country may need a good 5
. T 1’"15 out free verses.— of Secretary of War Baker was ef
attitude on the pending bill. He said: Ing in Lower Columbia Oil and Gas
ficient or not.— Charleston Gazett.
‘‘We must conclude that the spon company’s well as oil rig passes 400 cent cigar, but It also needs a face I Cinc,nnati Ea«iuirer.
sors of this bill are actuated by re- , feet.
powder that won’t come off against
It is said 3,000 cases of American
lllgious bigotry, and that the measure , Fiigpne— Rapid progress being the shoulder of a blue serge suit.— I soap have been shipped to Russia.
Its a delightful family food. Ro
Is a blow aimed at (ho catholic church made rebuilding Penn Lumber mill.
We can’t predict the result, but It man Meal. Kingsley’s.
Adv.
"I am a protestant. So far as I
Astoria— Work of widening Wot-
know all my forebears upon either
port channel finished.
side were of that faith (my wits
Oiegon City—Street improvements
and children are likewise protest-
ants), but when I havo any doubts 1n Oregon City projected by Commer
about the right of every man to cial club.
Salem to have new one story brick
worship Ood accord ng to the dic
tates of hls own conscience I have building to cost »20,000.
only to go out upder the stars made
Vernonia— New bridge over Ne
by the creator of all of us and there, halem river completed.
beneath the Jewelled dome of night
Bandon— Cranberry crop reported
alone with the master, aHk myRelf short owing to dry season.
these questions: What would have
Halfway— Work on reservoir com
been my belief had I been reared in pleted.
China? Or In India? Or in Arab’a? Or
In Spain?
Roman Meal Is an unusual food.
M r. P ie rce 's R e c o rd
M r. O lco tt's R e c o rd
,
are
I” religion about Adv.
#9,376,000 of state taxes for 1929,
?•
He
introduced
a change in the atate sec
-rur-' •
sPecificaUy approved of $8,864,039.
retary ■ report which has saved the state many
This n 99 per cent of the total. Mr. Pierce had
thousands
of
dollars
since
1412.
r
no opportunity to vote on the other • per cent,
. *■ His renovation of the penitentiary saved
as he was not a member of the legislature when
the state nearly half a rnjUion dollars.
it was up for vote.
. *i j i He, rerured funds for a training school
#• He voted for 9* per cent of all tax appro
building for the Boys Institute without a single
priation bills of the 1919 session of the legisla
dollar or additional taxes.
Is now In order and Cotton Batts w ill b» In demand,
We carry
ture, and for all the appropriation bills of the
the full Comfort size In nice fleecy cotton at »1.50.
_ *• He ’» the originator of the Oregon Blue
special session of 1920.
Marshall
bky Law’, which saves the Oregon people mil
Field Quality.
lions
of dollars annually.
1
s-, The, State Highway Commission new
p eta rd " 0 h“' e Sl,koVne and Cre,on ,or «'«verlng at 25 to «5 cents
.
He w.as resP°»isiUe for the stopping of
works without pay. Mr, Pierce introduced a bill
junketing trips by state officials at state ¿xpenae.
to pay the commissonera $12,000 a year.
. He » « “red the passage of a budget law
4. He voted to submit a bond issue of $400 -
s e t T n aVn “ T ,a" dl!,P,ny ° f 8ton,Pp'’
1» collar and Cuff
effecting large economiesjn the state govern
f°r
?ew Perutentiary. Governor Olcott
ment, which could not otherwise be accom-
setts linen and Indian head Buffet sets, luncheon setts dresser
has repaired the old one with convict labor at no
pusnea.
tax expense.
scarfs, chllds rompers and night gowns.
7. The change in the State Sessions Law
recommended by him, saves the state $10,000 a
5 Mr. Pierce claims he wishes to relieve
year.
real estate of the tax burden; yet he is the
author of a bill submitted to the legislature
♦ * 2 * -£ .n h“ ’T ? universally commended for
which would exempt from all taxation moneys,
the excellence of his official appointments.
notes, credits and accounts.
.#• He is responsible for changes in the ad-
mmstraUon of the state farms, which this year
2. In the last few years he voted for 185 sal
" I he Best o f
brought returns of $491,000 into the state. ' -s
“ The Best o f
ary increases.
Good Service ’
. ,10’. He has shown himself, by his acts, a
Good Service"
7. He voted against the bills to consolidate
friend of the ex-service men. has warmly sup
the state bureaus and commissions.
ported the bonus measure, and has administered
—u 1
the J a w in the interest of the exservice men
2. He introduced a bill providing for the
with honesty and efficiency.
most elaborate commission any state ever had.
11. He has taken the first real constructive
lie specifically provided “to secure every citizen
step in the equalization of the state tax situation
of Oregon an opportunity at all times to work
by the appointment of a committee of experts
for the state, ’ and provided a $5,000 salary for
to investigate and report to the legislature the
the head of the commission. This bill was
entire scope of the tax problem in this state
purely Socialistic.
thus assuring that any changes to be made will'
9. In the 1917, 1919 and 1920 sessions of the
. HJ. e alvug sane, conservative and construc
legislature there were appropriation bills intro
tive lines, which give far more promise of secur
duced totaling $10,552.000. Of these Senator
ing results than demagogic bewailing and idle
Pierce voted for $10,075,000.
campaign promises such as are being made bv
the non-partisan candidate of the Democratic
Measured by every standard, Mr. Pierce is
party especially in the light of his record aa
the most consistent little tax booster the state
the ctiampion tax producer of the state of Ore
of Oregon ever had.
gon.
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School Monopoly Bill
Candidates
Governor
is home? i
Eight hundred replies came to the question
“ What is home.” The most popular answer
was: “Home-The place where we grumble
the most and are treated the best.”
Make your home more than
a place in which to grumble
An architecturally correct home means
economy, convenience and saticfaction—
nothing to grumble about. Yet it costs no
more than the haphazard kind.
Hundreds of modern home designs are on
display at this offioe. They are architectur
ally correct, economical to construct and
conveniently arranged.
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free to customers.
Plans are
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Phone 331
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