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SATUBDAT EVENING
January 12, 1918
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0: A. C, BOARD "EXPLAINS"
According to a dispatch in the Oregonian (Kerr's
personal organ) from Corvallis, the board of regents of
the 0. A. C. had issued a statement taking upon them
selves the full responsibility for Increasing Kerr's salary
from $7,000 to $8,100 a year. The dispatch says the state
ment was prepared by a special committee consisting of
J. K. Weatherford, president of the board; J. A. Ghurchill,
state superintendent of public instruction; C. E. Spence,
master of the State Grange, and was unanimously adopt
ed by the board at its regular mid-Winter meeting, held
at the college Wednesday.
The entire statement is devoted to praising Kerr and
does net pretend to explain why the report was published
through the Oregonian and other papers that Kerr had
been offered $0,000 a year to go to Kansas m a similar
capacity. All the statement has to say in regard to this
report is the following:
"The board de-'in it fitting to ninl c to the public a statement as to the
rircmimtanres controlling this ro.ont nction. There had been reports in the
newspapers to the effect that the presidency of another agricultural college
bi been fffered to "President Kerr, coupled with an otter of larger sal
ary. It is not too much to snv that tie prospect of Dr, Kerr withdrawal
from educational and public nctiviti B in Oregon was viewed by the board
mid bv the slate at lame with no sail H measure of disquiet. The newspapers
were practi.nllv a unit in an expression that every proper moans should
be taken by the board of regents to keep President Kerr in his present
ldnce. Telegrams and letters, literally by the hundreds, conveying the same
message, came to the various ineinbe's and individual citizens made it their
business' to interview the regents tor the Mine purpose.
'President Kerr was then on his wav home from Washington. He had
lieen in attendance tit the national ('invention of agricultural colleges a;'d
experiment stations, whero it was common knowledgo that the plan to call
Iiim elsewhere was under considerat on. A meeting of the board in Corval
lis was arranged for a date a few days subsequent to his return to the
Htate. There was no opportunity prior n that time for a full discussion of
the matter between the members of the board and President Kerr."
'. So it seems the fake Kansas offer of $9,000 had noth
ing to do with the raise, the board simply deciding that
in these war times when everybody is being taxed to
death it was up to them to make Mr. Kerr a present of
$1,400 additional of the taxpayers' money for fear he
might not be able to live in comfort on $7,000 a year.
Also, the board wished to present him with a testimonial
of their personal esteem and instead of taking it out of
their own pockets they tilched it Irom the state treasury
This great public demand for Kerr's retention they speak
of was but the work of the Kerr machine aided and
abetted by the Oregonian's plea to keep Kerr out of the
grasp of the Kansas kidnapers. .
It is no longer even contended that Kerr had an offer
of $9,000 from Kansas, as it now transpires that state
only pays its agricultural college president $6,000 a year,
although the man recently elected receives $300 a year
additional in lieu of house rent that formerly went with
the position.
All those columns of stufT printed by the Oregonian
and other papers about the Kansas attempt to steal Ken
is now admitted to have been pure fabricationan ex
cuse for raising the salary of a public official, already too
large. The personnel of the board which perpetrated this
treasury raid and by staging the fake Kansas story has
humiliated tbp entire strte of Oregon, is:
J. K. Weatherford, of Albany, president; N. R. Moore,
secretary, Corvallis; C. L. Hawley, treasurer, McCoy;
M. S. Wroodcock, Corvallis; Clara H. Waldo, Portland;
Cenrge M. Cornwall. Portland; W. M. Pierce, LaGrande;
H. Von der Heller;, Wcllen; Jefferson Meyers, Portland.
The governor, secretary of state, state school superin
tendent and master of the State Grange are ex-officio
members.
KERR'S SALARY EXEMPT FROM WAR TAXES
President Kerr of the O. A. C. has recently had his
salary raised from $7,000 to $8,400 a year in- order to
prevent him from accepting an offer of $9,000 a year
from Kansas, which had never been made. As a state
official his salary will not be subject to the war
income tax like that of the men who earn their salary by
the sweat of their brows. This fact is of interest mainly
in illustrating how some are born lucky while others have
fortune thrust upon them through the agency of an active
press bureau working in conjunction with a newspaper
like the pregonian. However, Kerr must have belonged
to both classes to be presented with such a large hunk
of luck all at once.
Margaret Garrett's
Husband
By JANE PHJ7.LPS
THE REACTION.
PASSED BY TWO-THIRDS OF ONE VOTE
The Armenian and Syrian relief campaign is under
way in Marion county. It is a worthy move and all
should contribute something to relieve the necessities of
these long-suffering people. Out of our abundance it is
. in our power to help the distressed of all the world, the
burden not fallling heavily on anybody if all do their
share. There should be a quick and generous response
to this call for assistance remember these people are
dying of starvation and disease and they have only the
American people to appeal to in their dire distress.
The bill to submit the national suffrage amendment to
the constitution to the states, passed the lower house of
congress, Thursday afternoon. The vote was 274 for and
136 against. To amend the constitution requires that
"two-thirds of both houses" shall be necessary to submit
a proposed amendment. The language is decidedly am
biguous, in that it does not define what is meant by the
term "house." Does the wording mean that a vote equal
to two-thirds of the entire membership of the house is
necessary, or that two-thirds of a quorum is sufficient?
Undoubtedly the latter is the construction placed on this
clause of the jconstitution, for otherwise the submission
of the sufferage amendment was lost. There are 435
members of the lower house and two-thirds of this is 290,
or sixteen more than the bill received. If two-thirds of
a quorum is all that is needed, then according to the vote
it was by an exceedingly narrow margin the bill passed,
for it passed by only the fraction of two-thirds of a vote.
There were 410 votes cast. Two-thirds of this would be
273.33, and favoring the measure were but 274. If this
construction .that two-thirds of a quorum is what the
constitution means, then a minority of the houses may
submit a constitutional amendment, for a bare majority
is a quorum and two-thirds of this would be sufficient.
In other words with a membership of 435 as at present 218
would constitute a quorum and a vote of two thirds of
this number, or 146 just a trifle more than one-third of
the membership of the house can submit a constitutional
amendment.
The battle has been half won, and it only remains to
be seen what the senate will do. A recentjpoll taken of it
showed suffrage was 11 votes shy of the required number,
but it is pointed out that conditions have changed and
also that the president has placed his tremendous in
fluence behind it. This it is believed by friends of the
movement will assure its passage. W7hen the last vote
was taken on the amendment in 1914, it was beate'n with
35 for, 34 against and 26 not voting. The suffragettes
flushed with victory are now concentrating their efforts
on the senate to secure speedy action.
With snow drifts twelve to fifteen feet deep in Chicago,
and the mercury hiding in the cellars throughout the
East, Oregonians have nothing to complain about, for
here the rain "falls as the gentle dew from heaven," and
the lawns starred with golden dandelions are in need of
a spring hair cut.
King Ludwig, of Bavaria, recently asserted the Bavar
ians were "victorious everywhere" and added: "May we
succeed also in defeating our latest enemies, the Amer
icans." If the present king who is descended rom a long
line of illustrious craiy ancestors, defeats America as he
has the allies he will be pretty thoroughly licked.
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hy Walt Mason
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SNOWY WEATHER
The snow is deep where'er I walk, and there
is ice beneath; and now and then I fall a
block, which sprains my ankles and my
hock, and jars my wooden teeth. The snow
chapteb cvin.
I scarcely spoke to Bob for the next
two hours. He was the gayest of theui
all, and everyone seemed to become hil
arious all at. once. I felt hopelessly out
of it, although I tried bravely to hide
of it, although I tried bravely to hide
my feelings.
"What's the matter, Margaret f You!
started in so bully, and now you've!
petered out all of a sudden. What is I
itf" Elsie said to me when we were j
alone for a moment.
' ' There ' no use, Elsie. When he ;
danced with me he hardly spoke, and!
when he did, was disagreeable, there
was no need to tell her who I meant I
by HE.
"It's too bad, but if you allow a
little thing like that to discourage you,
you miffht as well give up the whole
thing. Brace up like a good girl. Show
them all what a dead game sport you
are, "antl Elsie gave me a loving look
along with her slangy advice.
"I'll try!" I returned as someone
called her away.
"If at first you don't succeed, you
know," she called back r.t me.
After a bit everyone tired ot dancing
and we had some music. Gladys Root
sang, and the quartette played for her.
Then about two o'clock the party brokej
up. Toward the last John Kendall tamo
and sat beside me. He said:
"May I compliment you upon your
looks, Airs. Garrett? I never have Been
you look so well. The country must
agree with you."
X felt like telling him it was the ef
fect of what had been done in the beau
ty parlor, not the country which had
made me look so well, but I replied in
the customary language of soeiety. He
then said:
"You have broken the ice, now I hope
you will often join us."
"Thank you, I hope to," I knew my
voice was cold, my answers stilted, but
for the moment all my dislike of this
malt was with me. Had it not been
for him perhaps Bob would never have
cared for the things which I blamed for
our unhappiuess.
As we wero putting on our wraps El
sie said:
"I'll come down to the Halldorf in
the morning. Don't go until I sec you"
then as Bob came for me:
"Good night, Bob, you should be very
proud tonight. Everybody here has vot
ed your wife a great addition to the
party."
"Ves indeed!" Henry Creedmore
agreed, "and best of all Mrs. Garrett
has promised to become one of us this
wiutor always supposing those boys of
hers keep well."
I could see in Bob's manner that the
praise had had its effect. It had been
what clever Elsie had intended. She
knew that a man is always impressed
by what others say about his wife
especially when it is said publicly.
"They are pretty sturdy," Bob an
swered for me, ' ' I don imagine they
will keep her home."
Then amid many promises to see each
other we drove away. 1 leaned oacK in
the coiner of the taxi waiting for Bob
to speak. But he too was very quiet, and
seemingly disinclined to talk. So we
rode to the hotel almost in silence.
"Did you really have a good time,
Margaret !" Bob "asked as I brushed
my hair before retiring.
'Yes, very! didn't you?" I turned to
look at him. The comb caught in my
hair and Bob leaned over and set it
free.
The touch of his band brought back
to me all the bitterness of knowing I
was an unloved wife. He had not lin
gered over the task, he had freed the
comb as carelessly as if it had been
Donald who was in trouble; or some
one he knew and wished to help.
"I always have a good time with
the bunch," he replied as he dropped
first one shoe than the other with a
ns thud.
was near. I had to close my
a moment. I knew my lips
so turned awav that Bob
i I might not see me. If only he had said
X ! he had a good time because I was there
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BUILD SOLIDLY
If your aim and ambition for 1918 is great
er thrift in the home or better business in
store, office or upon the farm you can lay
no more solid foundation than to open a bank
account and form a financial connection with
the United States National Bank.
Buying Thrift Stamps is a
splendid start for the
youngster on the "GET
AHEAD" road too.
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The Daily Novelette
THE KNITTED WEDDING.
DEATH OF ALFRED L. GROVE B.
Good morning, Mrs. Kissen Eun",
jsaid the reporter from the Morning
Glory. "I came tor the details of your
daughter's wedding."
"Ah, ves," murmured Mrs. Kissen-
Alfred Laurence Grover, aged 28
years, committed suicide at Vancouver
Wash., Dec. 31st, by shooting himself
while his wife and hoy were visiting
at Woodland, Wash.T5is body was found
the next day by neighbors.IIe wrota
letters to his parents at Woodburn, to
his wife and to a neighbor. In one of the
letters he said he was hopelessly in
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brows over the nose warmer she was , CCJ". B his jhby tipped over
knitting for the soldiers. " Have a stitch;1? h,h c,li"r' '? ,head "klnS sharP
, J v..!ii ..l.. coiner
and death resulting. Deceased
1 1 I 41 XT 11. TT. T
if I keen on working ns I tnlk. but I 've ' . ""l"yeu. uy ii.e iviriu iwk wjf
list learned th s new stitch and I m ' ' . wyiy . i.it"
'afraid to stop until I'm quite sure of it Woodburn Ihursday night and the
"Well, my daughter Odora was mar- i fl,""'al "'as rday- vices were held
ried at 11 o'clock six under and lion I" l"e Aovenusi cnurcn aw p. m. ev.
two 11 o'clock this mornine to Mr.r"- Ernston of Monitor officiating.
iw. r,,,m.,ta tfcn ,, ti, l.ri.wltermeut was at Belle Passi.
maid's purl one and duck and purl two ! b"nl a (fold Hill, Iowa, Sept. 6,
Mis Glodialo litrin, Miss reverse
In-
Deceased
and drop four Miss Webbia Flounder,
Miss Paillette Teehee, and Miss Agacia
Cocoa. They wore skip six and purl
four white spiff led dargandie ' over
cheamie silk. The bride six half-Nelsons
and a pirouette wore embroidered
mulloon and carried bend two and hes
itate a bouquet of hothouse stosties
and chump fern. The sink one and dou
ble officiating minister was the Kev.
Clyde Line."
Unsteadily the reporter made' his way
out, and the next day's Morning Glory
printed the following account of the
wedding:
"Miss Percy Duck and Mr. Chump
Tcphofi were united in six half-Kelsons
by the Rev. Embroidered Mulloon yes
terday morning at drop four. The brides-1
maids were Miss Sink Double, Miss
Bouquet Reverse, Miss Skip Two . and j
Miss Reverse Hop. The groom carried!
a cheamie cocoa fern and was dressed
in six pirouettes and a double."
1889. He was the son of Mr, and Mrs.
Joel A. Grover of this city. He also
loaves a sister, Mrs. Edna Berg of
Tillamook, and a half-sister, Mrs. C. H.
Hanson, of Goldfield, Iowa. Woodburn
Independent..
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how happy I should have been, instead
of saying he "always had a good time
with the bunch."
1 was determined not to give way.
but back of this determination I dimly
i-..nli-,,.il th:it liorhnriB in suite of all
1 could do. Bob might be swept away
from; as if no resolution would matter
vcrv much. As if there was nothing
I could do, really.
Tii stimulation of the crowd was
irit seemed to be dead. Uniy
i . . . 1 1 A- r i- J tvSII
ij, tpicau uyuii me ea suae two leet uetp . e The excitemt.nt f
or more; ana, tnougn tne children yell witn'tuo evening
glee, it doesn t m;
it makes me sore,
had worn on my nerves
1 : l.:. .. 'iL . .f.,,.4. ii,tv keved to the highest prteh. 1
11, uuu I, iiiaiwc HH ilU mc, in Vav ev, ami the slow tears oozed
ror SnOW DnntrS OUt ailj between mv Uds. I did not wipe them
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LADD & BUSH, Bankers
A Government income tax officer will be at the
Court House from January 2 until January CO, 1918,
and will, to all those who wish it, explain the new
income tax law, and will furnish the necessary in
come tax blanks.
All single persons having an income of $1,000 or
over, and all married persons having an income of
S2.000 or over, will be required to make a report.
lurking ills which plague the human frame,:??-."!' TZZt ZLTt t
j inaugurates rheumatic thrills, and makes a:ui.s formed a voiceless prayer that uod
man invest m pills, and boost the druggist's i wuuW :7r,.T!rJrrd to
JJ game. When snow is deep, up to my knees, -v,wie And to Via my husbW;
uni,'CTu my friends an wail and yip; they talk of!, '. breakfasted i our room. Bob
'.i . , . t , J V. . J I had said kindly:
nothing but disease, describing all the; need tor vou to hurry, Mar
maladies that have them on the hip. Each talks with W! h' hUd" re"! " J
.M a.i v. i il. e would have teU plumed, bur in bed
I whence ausuiu in aniutms mai are ms, oi acnes uie jj,d rest."
! worst you ever heard, so I can scarce get in a word about ! an,hour after h,haJ 4goa:' Jen
u i- a-v ft i , t . . n. . i office illsie came and found me stul in
my rheumatiz. One talks about his trifling cough, how bfd.
. tough it makes him feel, hew he laps nostrums from aj yM"ia a shopping Expedition.)
trough and thus you see where I get off; I cannot make! cuba faces-tamece
,my spiel. One talks of tonsils on the bum, that hurt him : r and
; day and night, of aching tooth and throbbing Uni; fUtl shortage' of serious proportions
cheer up, the worst is yet to come! There is more snow ; threatens .ui-a according to cabw re-
in sight! The snow is good for winter wheat, and wheat Ji'cTl
will win the war; so let's forget rheumatic feet, and give tmpobie heights despite govern
jthree cheers for snow and sleet; that's what our lungsjhV tti "
I are for. (been accentuated bv the daily inereas-
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