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Published every Thursday st Her-
mistpn, U m atilla Cotrnty, Oregon by
Haymond Crowder, E ditor and Man-
s«er.
Entered as second class matter,
December 1909 a t the poetoffice at
Hermiston, Oregon.
hard to bring the public schools up
to the standard that they have a t
tained and you can bet your botom
dollar they are not going to hand
over absolute control of these schools
to one man to do w ith them as he
wills.
Throw the County U nit Plan Into
the political scrap heap. There Is
where It belongs.
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THE COUNTY UNIT PLAN
A t various times shrewd politic
ians come forth w ith an idea that
w ill save the “ dear people" a lot of
money and Improve a system that
Is already established and giving per
fect satisfaction. In most cases if
you w ill but investigate It Is appar
en t that their real motive Is per
sonal gain and the Interest that they
claim to have for the "dear people"
Is only a blind used to catch votes.
W e believe this Is true of the pro
posed County U n it Plan. The only
ones, so far as we can ascertain, who
seem enthusiastic over the County
U n it Plan are those who expect to
hold down a Job that carries w ith It
I
a nice fat salary. They are whoop !
ing it up day and night, Informing
the pubic that taxes w ill be cut and !
guaranteeing a better school system '
than we have at present If we w ill
hut adopt their proposed plan.
But In order to receive these bless, I
ings that they claim Is In their
power to bestow you must first con
sent to hand over your public schools
to them. Relinquish all rights and
be contented w ith a local school
board that Is nothing more or less
than a Punch and Judy affair.
Strings are attached to them and are
In the hands of the county super-
vsor. They set only as this Czar
of the schools wills that they should
act.
The supervisor Is to have a corps
of assistants. There w ill be a clerk
to hire and this office w ill nlso hnvc
a
number
of
assistants
each
of them on a salary no doubt great
e r than the one at present paid the
county superintendent under the sys
tem that now governs our schools. In
the fnce of the numerous salaries
that yould be Incurred by the adopt,
(on of the plan combined with other
expense necessary for the mainten
ance of the schools, those who tell
us that a tax reduction w ill be made
must be endowed w ith a real sense
of humor. At first the voters mere,
ly snickered hut now they laugh out
loud when this tax reduction 'bunk"
Is handed them.
The present day policy of hand,
ling our schools are satisfactory to
the majority. The board that con
trols the destiny of these institu
tions are elected by the people and
ns a rule r — • en of storing charac
ter and have the Interest of the
schools at heart. There Is no thought
of a salary and work only for the
betterment of their local schools,
taking pride In the achievements
made while they are members of the
hoard. Take the local pride away
from the aehools and you have under,
mined the very foundation upon
which they stand.
The people have worked long and
M. Loquln. a former president of the
icademla de Bordeaux, holds thst the
man In the Iron mask was none other
than Mollere, whose disappearance the
Jesuits ware supposed to have urged
the king to compass after the great
triumph of "Turtufte."
“Mollere," says this learned man.
“died February 17, 1073; the captivity
of the man In the Iron mask lasted 31
years, from February, 1073, to Novem
ber. 1708.”
The significant sllen-e that prevailed
once Mollere was regarded as dead and
burled, the foul slanders that were
spread abroad shortly afterward and.
finally, the deatruction of all Mollere’s
posthumous works and the strange
disappearance of every single line of
his writing point to a sinister object.
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
N ovell in a N utshell
Much has been written In criticism
of English, French snd Russian novels,
but never have their essential natures
been so crisply described as In these
paragraphs of anonymous origin:
An English novel Is a book In which
two people want each other In the first
chapter, but do not get each other an-
til the last chapter.
A French novel Is a book In which
two people get each other right In the
first chapter and from then on to the
Inst chapter don't want each other any
more.
A Russian novel Is one In which two
people neither want each other nor get
each other, and round that fact 450
profoundly melancholy pages are writ
ten.—Youth’s Companion.
Experienced
A victim of chronic bronchitis called
on a doctor to be examined. The doc
tor, after careful questioning, assured
the patient that the ailment would re
spend readily to treatment. “I suppose
you must have had a great deal of ex
perience with this disease?” said the
sufferer.
The doctor smiled wisely, and re
plied: “Why, my dear sir, I've had
bronchitis myself for over fifteen
years.“—Chrlstiun Evangelist.
H obo Loyal to H it Dog
A homeless hobo who was nppre
hended the other day refused an »ffei
of »500 for his mongrel dog which ac
companied him. The police sergeant
,nld that the dog's loyalty was already
proved, but he wanted to prove the
hobo's. But the hobo knew that he
could easily lose the $500, but the dog
wus worth more than that to him.
Human H air Cloth
Tons of human hair are being used
now In making a strong cloth. A
Southern factory la supplying the de
mand of cottonseed oil mills for a
fabric that will resist for a time nt
least a pressure of 4,000 to 4.500
pounds a square Inch. Only that made
from hair Is strong enough. When the
price of camel's hair became prohibi
tive experiments were begun with hu
man hair, with the result that special
hnlr-weavlng machines were devised
and a source of supply of humun hair
wns located In China.
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Going A m erica One B etter
China's newest department store In
Hankow Is to have a theater, a con
cert hall and other entertainments
alongside the bargain counters for the
amusement of Its shoppers. The Wing
On company, conductor of department
stores In Shanghai and Hongkong, has
acquired about two acres of land on
the main street of Hankow for the
erection of the several buildings.
Salesm anship
Hesitant Flapper—Aren't these hose
a bit flashy?
Salesman—Yes, miss; Indeed they
are, and the papers forecast strong
winds for the next few days.
Hesitant Flapper-—I'll take them.—
Boll Weevil.
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PEN D LETO N , OREGON
A Vote for Hall IS a Vote for
Efficiency, Economy, Enforcement
of the Law
Especially the 18th Amendment
H. M. STRAW . MGR.
Exclusive Representatives of Nationa
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L eg a l Blanks For S ale at The i e
ice
The
Consolidated
M o to r
F r e ig h t
U n e s , Inc-, Oakland,
operates a fleet of
large trucks in mer
chandise tranepor-
tation. Zerolene oils
are need exclusive
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REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
— TOR—
SHERIFF
PENDLETON, OREGON
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High tea would have been deemed
an ubomlnatlun by the Chinese poet Lu
Wuh, who held that no food should be
taken In conjunction with the most de
licious of all beverages. Lu Wuli
maintained that only three Ingredients
are necessary for its decoction—tea,
water and salt—but each should be
selected with care.
“The leaves of the tea plant must
hnve creases like the leathern hoot of
a Tartar horseman, must curl like the
dewlap of a mighty bullock; must un
fold like the mist rising out of n ra
vine, must gleam like a lake touched
by a zephyr; and be wet and soft like
fine earth newly swept by rain.” Ac
cording to this authority a mountain
spring furnished the best water for
ten making, with river water and or
dinary spring water next In order of
excellence.
“There are three stages of boiling.”
Lu Wuh goes on to say. "The first
boll Is when the little bubbles like the
eye of fishes swim on the surface.
The second boll Is when Ihe hubbies
are like crystal beads rolling in a t'uun
tain. The third boll Is when the bil
lows surge wildly In the kettle."
Salt la put In the first boll, ten In
the second boll; at the third a dipper-
ful of cold water la poured Into the
kettle to settle the tea and revive “the
youth of the water,” after which the
decoction Is poured Into cups and
drunk.—Manchester Guardian.
Primary Election May 18, 1924.
Paine H elped Create
and Nam ed the U . S. A.
I hereby announce myself as a
Republican candidate for Joint Re
presentative for U m atilla and M or
row counties In the coming Prim ary
Election, subject to the w ill of the
Republican voters In such counties.
W IL L IA M B. BA R R A TT
Dated April 7, 1924.
To the average American Thomas
Paine la known merely as an “Infidel."
He has been told that Paine wrote a
book entitled “Age of Reason” that as
sailed orthodox Christianity. Me mny
not know that two decades before the
"Aga of Reason" Pslne, a nntlve of
England, wrote a pamphlet that started
the American colonists really to think
of separating themselves from Eng
land and Joining themselves together
as a new nation, says the Detroit
New«. When the revolution first start
ed it was only a revolt against oppres
sive measures of taxation and unjust
political discrimination. Even Wash
ington as late as May. 1773, declared
himself against separation.
Then. <-arly In January, 1770, Paine
published “Common Sense," In which
be not merely proposed en Independent
nation to the dissatisfied colonists, but
raised the rebellion to the higher
plane of e war for liberty. Washington
was converted Immediately. Pslne de
clined to accept any profit from the
work for himself, hot gave all the
financial proceed« te the patriot cause.
It waa In “Common Sense" that the
present name of the nitlon. “the
United State« of America." first ap
peared.
W. R. (JINKS) TAYLOR
Pendleton, Oregon
Candidate For the Democratic Nomi
nation
FOR SHERIFF
of UmatiUa County
Primary Election May IS . 1924
AU Ford Car* *t* sold m coavenien« M e m d Hnaa. at
may ba purchased under the Ford Weekly Purvhaaa lien.
CARS • TRUCKS • TRACT l ? * “5
“ The Yard of Best Quality
PRIM ARY ELECTION
M AY 16, 1924
Jas. T. Brown
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Candidate for the Republican Nomini t on
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Not only is it the lowest priced five-passenger car on the
market, but it is also a car that costs little to operate, little
to keep in condition and has an unusually high resale value
after years of service.
Let us give you co t
m od el 4 0 0 capacity
A. G. HALL
Simpler than the usual meteorolog
leal Instrument Is a combined ther
mometer and clock which records ihe
temperature und tells the time on a
card for a week without attention.
It requires no technical knowledge of automobiles to appre
ciate the outstanding value of the Ford Touring Car.
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(Those who hare not received one of
and get one.)
“This bootlegging must be a good
business. You're probably making s
fortune."
"Aw, It ain’t de coin what counts
so much wit' me, Indy. It’s de people
you meet."— Life.
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N e e d ie s t E xpen se
A traveling man for an Atlanta
house tells of an incident he observed
In one of the towns of Georgia. He
was seated In the wnltlng room when
a typical negro of the backwoods type
appeared at the ticket window and
asked ihe agent for a ticket to Macon.
“Straight or return?" asked the
agent.
‘ Straight or return?” repented the
negro.
"Yes,” continued the ngent, “a
straight ticket will take you to Macon
only, aud a return ticket will bring
you back here."
The negro understood at once.
‘‘Sa.v,'' he shouted, “what do yo’ think
I wants a return ticket fob when I's
already heah?”
Build Your Own Home
and Quit Paying Rent
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Yöw c a n roll
Their Own Fault
Keen, but Nervous Amnteur—I say,
old chap, what shall I do If they ask
ne to sing?
Candid Friend—Do? Why. sing, of
course. It’ll he their own faull I—
London Humorist.
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T h e Consolidated M otor Freight Lines, Inc.,
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Independent Tests Verify Claims
Subjecting the anti-western oil superstition to the
test o f actual comparison in service, this Com
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engine as w ell or better than any oil on the
market, irrespective o f price, and w hether o f
eastern or western origin. A part o f their letter
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