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old home thia summer for a visit.
He was partcularly anxious to
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
formerly worked for the family. He
was informed that Prince was run
ning a barber shop for the negro
A cut ot 10 per cent In the valua
tion of 'hent land, the withdrawal of
some unpatented land in govern
ment Irrigation districts from the tax
roll according to a court decree, and
a lower assessment against banks are
responsible for a cut o $3,379,007
from the assessed valuation of Uma
tilla county this year, according to
County Assessor R. O. Hawks, who
has Just completed compiling the fig
ures. The total valuation without the
exemption of $54,910 to old soldiers
and their widows, and without the
public utility valuations, which are
made by the state tax commission, is
$44,132,449. The valuation ot util
ities Is expected to amount to about
$10,000,000.
The reduction In assessments of
banks comes about because of the fact
that banks have in cases been com
pelled to take over land on which
they held mortgages, Mr. Hawks ex.
plained. This land when taken over
by banks Is not assessed.
There Is a drop of $461,590 under
the head of merchandise and stock In
trade. The chief loss under this score
cor us from the smaller stocks of
v. heat held by farmers this spring
under what they hel din 1921.
Following is a comparative list of
assessments for 1922 and 1921:
Acres of all lands 1922, 1,407,325,
value $29,522,210; 1921, 1,407,879
value $32,047,529.
Improvements on deeded or pat
ented lands, 1922, $1,917,330; 1921,
$1,834,665.
The writer called at the barber
shop and Prince met him at the
door with a big welcome, Baying that
h’s business was doing wonderful.
“But, Mr. Al. you bein’ a writln’
man, I wants to ast you sump'n. I
want you to tell me what’s the mat
ter wid 'at sign hangln* on de wall—.
how come all de white gemmum
laughs when dey sees it?”
The writer looked. On the wall
hung a sign in a pretty gold frame,
lettered by the hand of the propriet
or, reading:
Roses ig Red, and Violets Is Blu£,
But don’t ask me for credit,
For I’ll have to say no.
— Saturday Evening Post.
value $1,089,330; 1921, 18,922 val
ue $1,150,960.
Cattle 1922, 20,819, value $633,-
810; 1921, 20,019, value $660,620.
Sheep 1922, 90,183.value $360,-
770; 1921, 104,032, value $316,705.
Swine 1922, 3.378, value $28,345;
1921, 3.3973, value. $26,953.
Dogs 1922, 152, value $2,190; 1921
219, value $2,475.
Bee» 1922, 2,840 colonies, value
$5,680; 1921, 3,396 colonies, value
$6,960.
Total 1922, $44,132,449; 1921
That Cellar Light
$47,511,456.
In our home we were forever neg
The soldiers' exemptions this year
lecting to turn off the cellar light,
total $54,910.
says a writer. Th’s is my reminding
plan:
A. T. R. Story
I have a good-sized past board pla
card
on which Is printed In black let
One of T. R.’s standing favorites
concerned some cowboys who, after ters. “The Light Is On,” hanging to
catching a supposed horse thief, dis the cellar Tght switch In the kitchen.
covered to their dismay that they Now, when a member of the family
had caught and executed the wrong turns on the switch he removes the
man. One among them who had a card before descending to the cellar.
Upon returning he sees the card, is
reputation for tact was selected to
break the news to the victim’s wife. reminded of the burning light, hangs
"Are you the wife of Jake Smith?" up the card, and turns off the switch
the impromptu diplomat began. This saves much unnecessary burn
"Yes,” the woman replied. “No, ye ing of electricity.
Hint, neither; you’re his widow,” pro
ceeded the tactful one. "I have his
Harmless Cheer
body out yonder In the wagon. We
"Bob,” said Coyote Joe. "what’s
hung him for hoss lifting. But there’s one of these here optimists?”
no need to feel bad about it. We
"Well,” answered Broncho Bob,
found out after that he was not the “as near as I kin make out, an op
guy we was looking for. The joke is timist is is a feller that kin look at
on us."— Argonaut.
a pair of duces an’ lmagin It’s as
good as three kngs; an’ still have
Have you tried Roman Meal Bread? sense enough not to bet on the hand.
Adv.
Washington Star.
WALLACE
REÍD
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God gave parents
their children
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Governments cannot rightfully
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take them away
A M E R IC A has always stood fo r the protection o f natural and inalien-
/- A ah|e rights, among which none is so sacred as thut o f parents over
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th eir children.
ABRAHAM LIN C O LN said.
“ The Fam ily is the corner-stone o f social order and the guarantee
o f public safety. No Government ran take the place o f the Parent, and
should never be permitted to usurp it.” (Speech al Q uincy, Ills., 1 8 5 9 .)
T he results o f Ihe campaign against the so-called Compulsory Edu
cation B ill, which is in fact a Biff to E ita b lith State Monopoly o / Educa
tion, may be grouped under two beadst
Facts demonstrated
Th e F A C T S D E M O N S T R A T E D , no longer
•eriously disputed by anybody, are these
t T h a t the B ill was given a False T itle , to mis
lead the public and deceive the voters
T h at it in no respect pretends to improve the
existing law as to tnc Pub lie,Schools, but simply
destroys the Private Schools
1 T h a t not one cent of public money goes to the
support of any private or parochial school in this
State, or ever has. or ever can. under the plain
prohibition of the Constitution and laws
T h a t it w ill increase taxation at least $1,000,000
each year, and require from $3,000,000 to $4.000.*
000 investment in new public school buildings, j
T h at it vests in the C ounty Superintendents a r
bitrary and unappealable power to grant special
privileges to the wealthy and influential, by
which they w ill be exempt from the law.
T h at it w ill prevent parents from educating
then children m private schools both inside and
outside of the State, as they cannot even send
their children elsewhere to he educated
T h at so far from being united in support of the
B ill, the Masonic Fraternity in the State is di
vided. many of the leading Masons arc openly
opposed to it. and the Grand Master of the State
G n n d Lodge has publicly denied th.it the Grand
Lodge indorsed it
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That the best elements in the social religious,
educational, and political life of tlie State are op*
posed to the measure
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T h a t the educational leaders, inside and outside
of the State, are opposed to the Bill D r Nicholas
M u rray Butler, of Columbia University, says “ It
should he called a B ill to render the American
system of education impossible in Oregon ' The
Presidents of Yale. Princeton. Chicago, Leland
Stanford an«, other great Universities have em-
phatieally condemned it
T h a t the private schools, under the existing
law, are required to conform their course of stud
ies to the public schools standards, the English
language is made compulsory, and they are sub
ject to the inspection and supervision of the Slate
authorities.
I T h a t the proposed law w ill close up every
orphan asylum, home for defective and dependent
children, and other private chanties, where any
elementary instruction of the inmates is a t
tempted.
I That it destroys the rights of minorities the nv«st
vita, and valuable principle of Americanism, ami the
one that has preserved this country front the tyranny
of Old W o rld Governments
T H E A R G U M E N T S U N A N S W E R E D again«
the hill are contained in the “ Voters Pain,»Met*
issued h> the Stale The chief points of the tame
are as follows*
Arguments unanswered
1 TH E LUTHERAN ARGUMENT
If you
see fit to send your child to a school in which your
religion is taught, not one day in the week, but
every day. and the whole training of the child is
permeated by such religion, the State, under the
Constitution, must not prohibit you from so do«
ing This bill is m anifestly unconstitutional
I 2 T H E P O R T L A N D C IT IZ E N S A N D TA X «
PAYERS ARG UM ENT
“ I f the number of chil
dren now attending the public schools is to be in
creased by adding those now taught in the private
schools, it is inevitable that overcrowding must
result unless new buildings are supplied, and it is
also certain that taxes must he materially increased ”
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S T H E L E N ’S H A L L (E P IS C O P A L ) A R -
GUM ENT
" N o invidious fact or condition affect
ing public interest has been called to our attention
that would furnish in the slightest degree an excuse
for the proposed legislation “
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T H E P R I N C I P A L S O F P R IV A T E
SCHO OLS' A R G U M E N T
" It is against the best
American ideals of freedom, in that it denies to men
and women freedom of thought and action in the
choice of environment and influences for their chil
dren “
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THE
S E V E N T H -D A Y
A D V E N T IS T S ’
'A R G U M E N T .
“W e are not at all certain that a
man educated in the public school is more intelligent
than if he were educated in a private or sectarian
achool. nor have we heard any convincing argu
ment that a person is necessarily more patriotic if
educated in a public school, than if he were edu
cated in a school not supported by public taxa
tio n.’
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T H E C A T H O L IC A R G U M E N T
“ There
ts no oerasKHi now for agitation that will estrange
©Id friends and neighbors, and that will divide our
people into classes and factions. No greater mis
fortune can befall us than movements calculated to
create divisions '
JU N IO R NOBLE A N D JOE H IL L
hnd will tend to accumulate nitrates
which would otherwise be leached
♦ 0. A. C. FARM REMINDERS ♦ out. The green manure formed by
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« plowing under such a crop and its
<5>
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❖ •> root growth, makes the soil more
Dried beans and peas Intended for mellow the following year.
wtorage should be fumigated with
carbon bisulphide to prevent weevil
Exercise, for the brood sow In the
infestation. Obtain the regular liquid winter is an excellent tonic. Pasture
material from your druggist and use if available 'Is a wonderful help.
at the rate of 2 tablespoonfuls to an Grain Is always fed with the pasture
ordinary 5-gallon lard can or 1 pound to obtain the best results. If pasture
to 25 bushels of material. Place seed Is not available use some other form
to be fumigated in a gas proff con- of roughage, such as alfalfa or clov-
talner for treatment.
| ,.r hay or roots. It will make your
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] sow stronger and better able to pro-
The really serious strawberry in- duce a strong litter if these points
sect pests are those attacking the are carried out.
roots. No soil treatment or spray
insecticide will
prove
effective
Poultry yards near the brooder
against them. Plan to grow strawber house should be disinfected with lime
ries only two full crop years on the and turned under and a crop grown
same ground. In the fall succeeding to renew the soli.
the harvesting of the second crop,
plow up the field, working it up well
A light near the celling of the
and if practical plant to fall grain. poultry house is only half as good
Do not plant this field to strawber as one near the floor. Reflectors
ries for at least a three year period. save light.
A cultivated crop as potatoes should
occupy this land one of the three
Pullets about mature“ are suscept
years.
ible to leg weakness or paralysis.
Watch the feed supply, especially
Ground from which row crops are kale and buttermilk.
harvested is easily fitted for fall
Plant barley or oats and vetch
seeding. Such cultivated land should
not go through the winter In a bare now for green feed next spring. Kale
condition a sit Is more subject to loss often freezes so It is well to have
by leaching. If heavy rains come on other green feed to depend on. It is
before crops can be drilled in, vetch better to have too much feed than
and grain can be broadcast by hand not enough.
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JANE NOVAK i
“Belle of Alaska” !
Super Photo Play
TUESDAY
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Thomas Meighan
A Great Girl Rider
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A Special Feature
7 THE PRESBYTERIAN MINISTERS’AR
GUMENT
“ It is based on the philosophy of autoc
racy— that the child belongs primarily to the State.
it is an unjustifiable invasion of family authority, and
threatens ultimately the guarantee o l our American
liberty ’’
The foregoing ‘"Negative Arguments’ are at
•to»ng today as when written ami Med They re
main unshaken and unshakable after three
months of public discussion.
The great InternatHwial Convention ot the Episco
pal Lhurch. meeting in IMrtland recently, adopted
strong and unequivocal resolutrnns condemning this
bill
The State Conference of the Metho»list Episcopal
Church, at its meeting in Salem last August, refused
to entertain .my movement kxAtng to an endnrve-
n n n t o f the bill, by the express ruling of the Presid
ing Bishop.
Coming to Hermiston Nov. 3
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By Dudley G. Wooten,
IjccHlire Secretary
Vote 315 X NO against
School Monopoly Bill
N am ed on the ballot, Compulsory Education Hill
“SI” STEBBINS
COUNTRY STORE
Free Prizes-100 Laughs
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“WALTON”
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C A T H O L IC C IV IC R IG H T S ASSO CIATIO N OF O REG O N
Doris. McCleave Is probably better
known to the general public than any
other show horse rider In the west.
Her youth, ber magnificent riding and
daring combine to make her an idol
with the people. The picture shows
her on her horse ’’Vlctorln," goUut
over the bare. She will be nt row
Night Horse Show of the Pacific in
ternational Live Stork Exposition.
Portland. Or«.. November 4-tI.
The Night Horse 8Low became so
popular last year that three matinee«
were added to the program. and they
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I ’,»<»»» the forego ing statement o f the ease we invoke the fa ir and intelli
gent judgment o f the sotem o f Oregon, confident o f the result if a regard
fo r the inherited and fiindanieiituJ principle« of reasonable liberty are Io
1» re vail in »hi* «late
816 Morgan Building, Portland. Orrgon
“TOO
MUCH
SPEED”
In addition to their training In regular school courses of study Ihe younger
cadets ot Hill Military Academy, Portland, ar.; given military drill and lessons
in service to others Paul Noble and Jce Hill (both Juniors) are among the
small boys of the academy who joined the basket brigade on a recent expedi
tion made by the young pupils of the school and who took baskets of provi
sions to poor and deserving families When the fall term opened recently,
the first thing these lads asked was, “May we save our allowances up for a
basket shower?’’ Saving allowances means no candy for several weeks and
that takes courage when one Is seven years old
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Over $16.000 is offered in premiums
for the Horse Show alone and seven
$1000 stakes are offered—almost un
precedented in horse show annals. One
of these is for the heavy borae driv
ing content. an event of wild excite
ment among tile hcreemen. The horse
show this year la replete with colqy
and action Some of the finest horses
of the entire country will show their
pares la the big arena, and some of
the moot enthusiastic horsemen, driv
ers and riders will exhibit the paces
of the prancing beauties ot tbo equine
continued th is y e a r, ot coarse. j w orld.
The Comedian and illusionist, presenting
. Vivisection or Sawing thru a Woman
Remember Walton divides the box in 8 sections
before your very eyes
Two hours o f good clean vaude
ville for the whole family
Àdmission-15 and 35 cents
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