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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13

For many a day after Miss Chame-
leon moved under the ferns where
she could better watch Mrs. Cater
and her rubbish pile full Of eggs,
there was much of interest to see-
Every day, and several times day.
Mrs. Gate came to see that her eggs
were safe. And always she came
alone. Miss Chameleon really thought
that if eggs were so important as
Mrs. Cater seemed to think they were,
Mr.. Cater oughl to be curious about
them. too. But Wise Mr.. Owl said
not so. Said that Mr.. Cater was not
curious about the eggs at all That all
Mr.. Cater cared about was to get
plenty to eat and to lie in the sun.
But. however that might be, it was
quite evident that Mrs Cater was
very we'll able to look after her own
eggs. (Maybe Mr.. Cater knew this.
and that was the reason he was. not
She must have lived very
near. for if any danger threatened. if
any large creature ventured near
enough to step on the rubbish pile or
to endanger 1t, Mrs. Cater was right
there to brighten that creature away.
"She ought to be rewarded with a
fine big family" said Miss Chameleon
to herself, when Mrs. Cater had had
an unusually busy day Il wonder
what she does when she pokes the
eggs around with her nose that way?
1t looks as though she WIS trying to
poke up to the top of the heap the
eggs that have been on the bottom.
1 believe I'll ask Wise Mr.. Owl if
that's what she does
So up the tree trunk Miss Chame-
leon climbed to ask Mr.. Owl her
question.
Dear me, how do 1 know" ex-
claimed Mr. Owl testify, for, to tell
the truth, he knew no more about
alligator eggs than he had learned by
observation. Maybe she is turning
them around. Maybe she is What do
l care? You're so very curious, Miss
Chameleon" And he scratched his
head and snapped at his claws so
GROSSLY that Miss Chameleon was only
too glad to scramble safely back down
to earth and the shelter of her ferns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13

learn for myself. But 1 must say /
hope 1t won't be long till the eggs
hatch. Mrs Cater does have to work
so hard"
not have to wait long. The very next
day, when Miss Chameleon looked
over iowa the rubbish pile. she saw
a dozen-or was it hundred? little
CATERS, So tiny and SO hungry and
so Gravity that they seemed to be turn-
bling all over themselves
Now I'll have some coupanv INV
own size, said Miss Chameleon.
happily; but. GEAR mel little she knew
about ailigstors. It wasn't long till
she found that gaters-eyen little
baby gaters-have no use for their
cousins, the chameIeons- They would
mt play with her a minute. and more
over, she had to watch to keep from
peing eaten -(Copyright-Clara
Ingram Judson.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
DOES THE FARM paw

In every community there are a GER
tain number of farmers who have
found out for themselves how to
make a good profit from their farms
They are now being used by county
agents as practical object lessons for
their less successful neighbors. I'm
der what is known as the farm-man-
agement demonstration plan, the
county agent analyses the systems
that these men have adopted, COM
pares them with the practice on farms
that pay less or not at all, and learns
in this way the factors that make for
successful farming in a given COM
munity. He is then in a position to
say: This is the kind of farming
that pays. If you don't believe me,
look around you. It's not a theory;
it's a fact" The demonstrations of
this kind that the United States de-
partment of agriculture, cooperating
with the college of agriculture has
made already. afford some striking in
stances of the difference in results be-
tween good and bad farm manage
ment. Recently 64 groups of farms in
10 states were studied in order to
ascertain what the farmer obtained
for his years work after deducting the
interest at per cent on the value of
his farm and other captain. other
words, to find out his labor income or
wages. In each of these groups,
which included altogether 400
farms, the conditions were reasonably
similar. In each group the farmers
were divided into five numerically
equal classes according to their labor
incomes. 1t was found that although
the average labor income for all the
groups was only 1897, the average for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13

Most tobacco chewers have prob
ably never realized the true or market
Value of the pleasure of their habit.
IAN Indiana man who had his jaw in
bUred in an accident so that he could
no longer chaw on the weed wants
,s5 600 damages, not for the pain and
Suffering that the accident caused
him, but because he has been deprived
'bf the pleasure of chewing tobacco.
Nothing is said about his possible in
ability to masticate his food. That.
apparently, is a matter of little i'm
.1ertance to him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13

Few people probably had any idea
that Norman Hapgood. late editorial
writer for Golfers and later the edi-
Eorial writer of the late Harper's
Weekly, is a millionaire. Maybe he
sn't. But Henry Lane Wilson, for
her United States amba ssador to Mex
leo, has sued him for libel to the tune
be $35O,000. And libel suits, like
breach of promise suits. are generally
lows bank rcll.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
Journal Entries

Many a person has an undeserved
reputation for being clever.
+ 1. =
Nothing is quite so excellent for the
appetite as good food.
= + +
A popular boarer with his landlady
is the one who asks for a second help
ing of pruneS.
r + =
A man who admits that ou are SUI
perior to him generally has an Interior
motive of some sort.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13

From the sublime to the ridiculous.
A New York automobilist who was
participating in funeral procession
was arrested for violating the speed
laws for driving his machine at the
rate of % miles an hour. And he
gave as his excuse that he was trying
to keep up with the hearse. Possibly
the driver of the hearse wasn't ar
rested out of respect for the corpse
that he was rushing so hurriedly to
the grave
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
Household Hints


When ironing use a small piece OF
cedar to run iron over 1t will keep
the iron smooth and free from starch.
When baking bread put a small
piece of dough in an empty baking
powder can; when it is light, bake,
and you will have a nice loaf of sand
witch bread.
For those who have polished floors,
glue pieces of old felt hats on bot
toms of chair legs and rockers to keep
from scratching floor.
When sweeping down stair steps
use a child's broom; it is much easier
to get in the corners.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13

Speaking of disobedient Americans,
how about those whom the authorities
lot Washington have again deemed it
|necessary to warn out of Mexico. APP
|parently the only place away from
home where Americans have the right
Ito be these days is on merchant ships
HAT traverse the submarine war zones
lin European waters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
The Table.

Chicken Balls-Grind the white
meat of a chicken and two medium
sized onions; season with salt and pep
per- Mix with one egg and form
into balls Boil one quart of water to
which one carrot (cut in slices), par
sley and sliced onions (three small
ones with the skin on) are added.
Cook ten minutes. Add the balls to
the boiling water. Season to taste and
cook half or three-fourths hour
Dressing for Chicken Salad-Melt
one-fourth pound butter; when it is
very hot pour it over the beaten yolks
of three eggs, beating hard all the
time. Season with salt, cayenne and
mustard and beat until very light.
Thin with vinegar or lemon juice and
let it get cold. Just before mixing
with the chicken and celery add beat
en- whites of the three eggs to the
dressing.
Curly Peters-This cake recipe is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13

Topeka has been a trifle shy this
year on the snake stories that come
with the spring, ira, la, but it de-
veIops that she has been harboring in
her midst a pet alligator that rises on
its legs and sings like a frog, only
|louder, and at o'clock in the morn
ling Nexti
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
On the Spur
Of the Moment
Welcome. Emp,
By ROY K. MOULTON.


Tho Emperor of Japan has Joined
the poets union and has taken out his
first annual poetical license. His mi
tial effusion is as follows, the same
being taken from an Anglicized Japan
csc paper:
SASH noboru
Asahi no gotoku
Sawayaka nj
Motamahoshiki wa
KOkorO narikeri.
"Minato bune
kari we aguru
Koe no uchi
Mamiji shira mite
Yo we axe nj kerr"
The emperor's poetry is not so bad
as it sounds; we are very sure of
that, and what the emperor lacks in
makes UP in originality. On behalf
of the Amalgamated Association of
Transforming Bards. we bid the Emp
welcome to our midst.
Answers.
Lutte: You can keep your husband
at home by putting his trousers in the
Householder: You say chickens are
scarce. Tut, Wait until the next mu-
steal comedy strikes town and you
will see plenty of them.
Anxious: You can avoid buying so
much coal by spending your winters
in Florida. You're perfectly welcome.
Couldn't Be Otherwise.
Father and son have just left school
together in Cleveland, but it's a cinch
that the kid thinks he knows more
than the old man does.
Ever Notice That?
A woman contributor, who is a Wild
ow, signs her article: VERY Inter
esting Reader" Well, maybe she is.
A good many widows are.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13

Smothered Veal-Put in bottom of
baking dish two slices salt pork cut
fine, one layer sliced potatoes, little
chopped onion, one layer finely chop
ped uncooked veal, pepper and salt.
Continue until dish is full. Put over
the top pieces of butter. Bake forty
five minutes.
Fish Steaks-The steak of any firm
white fish may be used for this pur-
pose Cut into pieces one inch thick
and three inches square. Rub the
bottom of a small dripping pan with
a cut onion and butter it well. Sprin-
kle the squares lightly with pepper
and salt on both sides, lay them in
pan and cover with chopped parsley
and a little finely minced onion or q
few drops of onion juice. Drop on
each a small piece of butter, squeeze
over them the juice of lemon and
bake twenty minutes, keeping covered
half the time. Serve plain.
Lemon Snow Pudding Twill serve
eight)-Into two cups boiling water.
with one cup sugar, stir three table,
spoons cornstarch, juice of one lemon,
pinch of salt. Add by spoonful the
beaten whites of three eggs. Pour
into mold and serve cold. Sauce: One
pint milk, grated rind of lemon, one
teaspoon cornstarch, yolks of three
eggs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
DINNER STORIES.

A wen-known shipbuilder tells the
following story:
whenever see a toothpick I
think of a dinner that was given in
Rome in honor of two Turkish noble
men. 1 sat near the younger of the
noblemen. He glittered with gold
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13

Jack took me to see a ball game
yesterday, said the girl with the
white spats-
did he explain the game to you ?"
asked her friend, who also wore white
spats.
Eyes, but hef ell down awfully
hard when I asked him to explain
the squeeze play"
How was that ?"
why, the por fish got out a pencil
and a piece of paper and made a dia-
gram of it."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13

Choice steaks will probably soon
have a place only among the pleasant
of most folk. Some prime
steers sold in Chicago the other day
flor $1O.25 per hundred pounds, or 90
cents higher than ever before.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
TELEPHONEs.
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
RauizatJn. for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
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ean 10y &camhSgraaIdsen. -
MRS. CATER TENDS HER EGGS.
%ctaralngraaAsdson

He needn't be so cross about it,"
she said. when she was well out of
sight; I'll not ask him another ques-
tion-that / know! I'll watch and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-13
CouIdn,t Re Otberwise,

Father and son have just left school
together in Cleveland, but it's a cinch
that the kid thinks he knows more
than the old man does.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-24

shows that the average salary paid
female teachers in Eastern Oregon is
$10.41 per month greater than the
average salary paid similar teachers
in the Willamette valley counties, in
cluding Multnomah. There are 1882
teachers employed in the Eastern
Oregon counties and this salary stu
alton means a burden of $174,040
pei annum more than the William
cite valley counties have to pay for
similar teaching service. The sum
is four times greater than the an
nual maintenance desired for the
proposed state normal school at Pen
dleton. The failure of the state to
provide proper normal instruction for
Eastern Oregon works for added ex-
pense, net for economy to the tax
payers.
Vote Eyes" on this measure and
give the school children of Oregon
the same advantages that are enjoyed
by school children in our neighbor-
ing states.
COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION OF
THE CITY OF PENDLETON, By W.
3. Brock, president. ]. n. Burgess,
w. L. Thompson, w. ]. Furnish, G..
NJ. Rice, Chas. ]. Smith.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-24

Mexican border, Oregon was proud
of the regiment II had in readiness
for immediate duty. If there should
be a call to mobolize the properly
trained teachers of this state (for
educational work. Oregon could not
make such favorable showing.
Statistics furnished by the super
intendent of public instruction and
compiled from official records show
that during the year 1915 a total of
6055 public school teachers were en-
ployed in Oregon. OF that number
only 791 were normal school gradu-
ates. In other words but 13 per
cent of our teachers are properly
trained, and 81 per cent are imper-
fectly educated for the important
work they have to preform. In1919
so per cent of the applicants for GER
tificates in Oregon had received no
training above Sth grade.
One Thousand Teachers Needed
Vacancies in the Oregon schools
each year call for 1000 teachers or
more. Our one normal school is
turning out approximately one-tenth
that number, leaving school authori-
ties to select the remainder of the
teachers as best they may. The rural
schools are the chief sufferers be-
cause in such schools, the percentage
of normal trained teachers is the
lowest. At the same time, the need
of highly trained teachers is the
greatest in rural schools because of
the absence of supervision.
Plainly the situation is such that
the 1S7640 pupils in the public
schools of Oregon cannot receive the
grade of instruction called for by
modern conditions of life, and the
taxpayers of Oregon are not obtain
ing the results they should get from
the large sums spent annually for
public school purposes Tin 1914,
s7199,471.73). Efficiency cannot
be expected under the conditions that
now obtain.
Where the Blame Rests
The blame rests squarely upon the
state for not providing more ade-
quate normal instruction. The last
reports of the U. S. Commissioner
of Education shows that only five
states in the Union have less normal
school equipment than has Oregon.
Oregon has one normal school. Forty
states in the Union have more than
one normal, New York having IS,
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-24

Negative argument submitted by
F. D. Watts and others of Weston,
Oregon.)
The Eastern Oregon state normal
school was established at Weston in
1885 by legislative enactment. This
school is still in existence. It's plant
consists of four buildings occupying
ten acres of ground donated by the
city. 1t has a commodious school
building with three stories and a wo-
mems boarding hall, young mems
dormitory and gymnasium and presi-
dents cottage. When fully equipped
the plant represented value of about
SIS, 900. 1t is still owned by the
state, but is now occupied under a
lease by the Weston high school and
grammar grades.
Why should the voters of Oregon
be asked to provide a 1925, 900 nor
NAL school plant at Pendleton when
a $4,000 plant is already available
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-24
PendletOn's Advantages

Pendleton is favored as normal
school location because of its geo.
graphical position and other advan-
tages. 1t is the most accessible city
in Eastern Oregon; 20 passenger
trains entering the city each day,
giving service from five different di-
rections. The city has a healthful,
invigorating climate, and the death
rate is remarkably low. The city
is supplied with an abundance of
good, pure water from the Blue
mountains, the system recently con-
structed at a cost of 100000. There
is thorough sewage system. There
are excellent hotels, boarding and
rooming houses in abundance. At
times during the Roundup celebra-
tions Pendleton has cared for 20, 600
outside people at one time, giving
accommodations to all. Municipal
institutions that will be at the serv-
ice of normal students, include first
class public library, just finished, at
cost of $4,000; a beautiful public
natatorium, cost $4,000 and the
largest stadium in the state, with
capacity for seating 10000 people.
One Thousand Grade Schools
Pendleton's public school facilities
comprise the largest high school in
Eastern Oregon with an enrolment
of $40 students; three eight-room
grade schools, with an enrolment
of 1000 pupils. These pupils will
assure an abundance of pupils for
training purposes and will relieve the
situation at Monmouth where $50
grade pupils are not sufficient to an
swer the training school needs of the
Monmouth normal.
Neglect Has Been Costly
Eastern Oregon now imports most
of its teachers and salary induce
ments must be made to secure such
teachers. The report of the state
superintendent of public instruction
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-24
Pennsylvania IS, Massachusetts,, 12,
California, s, Washington, 8 and Ida
hn

Pennsylvania IS, Massachusetts,, 12,
California, s, Washington, 3 and Ida
no, 2.
Comparative Appropriations
The United States Bureau of Edu-
cation report for 1914 (page 357)
gives the following data as to appro-
priations for Northwest and Pacific
Coast normal schols:
190S-9 19O9-1O 1901
Idaho $ 44,OSO s 61,75O s 65,992
Wash :. 175,135 1S4,25O 10000
Oregon $4,000 5000 Nothing
Gal E. 222,S52 276,S79 324,SOO
1911-12 1928 1914
Idaho $ S5,25O s $3.50 $ $4,000
Wash 172,5OO 2O4,O41 256, 700
Oregon SS,795 S6,2OO 4S,254
Cal -. 299,S5O 9SO,926 536,4OO
Building Appropriations
Data as to appropriations of nor
NAL school buildings and improve
ments during the past six years is
to be found on page 35S, Bureau Of
Education report for 1914. The fig
ures are as follows:
ludlo '.'''..., .......S l14,075
Washington -. .......... 4S2,29O
Oregon ................ 1900
Callfornia ............. 1,553,212
From the foregoing it will be seen
that compared with neighboring
states Oregon's expenditures for nor
NAL school purposes have been ridi-
culously small. Idaho with a popu-
lation of 395,407 compared with
7SS,2S9 population in Oregon, has
regularly been spending over twice
the sum this state has devoted to
normal instruction.
Universal Criticism
The situation in Oregon is such
as to cause universal criticism from
the teachers, principals, superinten-
dents, and from educators in the
states higher institutions of learn
ing. The need of action to improve
affairs is recognized as imperative;
and it is the concensus of opinion
that a necessary step will consist
in the establishment of a normal
school for Eastern Oregon. On Oc-
tober 81, 1913, the teachers of Gill
man, Wheeler, Morrow and Umatilla
counties assembled in a joint insti-
tute, adopted by unanimous vote a
resolution calling for the establish
ment of a state normal school at
Pendleton.
In December of the same year the
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-24
State Teachers association, represent-

State Teachers association, represent
ing all parts of the state, assembled
at Medford, passed a resolution urg-
ing an Eastern Oregon normal school
and likewise a normal for Southern
oregon. 1t was in answer to these
requests and numerous private sug-
gestions from teachers and other pub
lie spirited citizens and organiza-
tions throughout the state that
Pendleton citizens have initiated the
measure now upon the ballot.
| Eastern Oregon's Need
The necessity for a normal school
in Eastern Oregon arises from the
fact students will not go long dis
tances at considerable expense to
secure normal instruction. The num-
ber of qualified teachers is always
greater in counties adjacent to a nor
NAL school than in counties for re-
moved from such a school.
Conditions in Oregon testify to this
statement, and the principle is rec
ognized by the Federal Bureau of
Education, Bulletin No. 10 (1916,,
deals with the subject on page 27,
under the heading Few Normal
Graduates in Sections Remote from
Normal Schools"
The above mentioned bulletin
treats of the location of new nor
NAL schools (page 23) and advises
that school be located in the most
convenient railroad center in the area
to be served, and in a town large
enough to provide more than ade-
quate practice teaching facilities. Sc
we're criticism is made of the loca-
tion of normal schools in towns too
small to provide proper advantages
and environment.
Students Go Elsewhere
The long distance from Eastern
Oregon to Monmouth, together with
the overcrowded condition in the
Monmouth normal have caused many
Eastern Oregon students to seek in
struction in the Washington and Ida
ho normal schools. 1t is estimated
by county superintendent of East
ern Oregon that 200 students from
Eastern Oregon are enrolled in Wash
ington and Idaho schools. One town
alone is sending IL students to Wash
ington schools. The bad feature of
this is that the laws of Washington
require Washington normal gradu-
ates to teach for a certain term of
years in Washington or else reim-
burse the state in the form of tut
tion fees.
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Continued on Page Eight.)
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-24
Building Appropriations

Data as to appropriations of nor
NAL school buildings and improve
ments during the past six years is
to be found on page 35S, Bureau Of
Education report for 1914. The fig
ures are as follows.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-08-24

The United States Bureau of Edu-
cation report for 1914 (page 357)
gives the following data as to appro-
priations for Northwest and Pacific
Coast normal schols:
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-07-17
APpE.eaFI0se MOI sssUI
Notice Of Application for Permission
to Appropriate the Public Waters Of
the State Of Nevada

Notice is hereby given that on the
9th day OF May. 1916. in accordance
with Section So. Chapter lao. OF the
Statutes of 1913, one FRANK c.
STRANGE OF Lamoille. County of Ell.
ko, and State OF Nevada. made appli.
cation 10 the State Engineer OF Ne
vada for permission TO appropriate the
public waters of the State of Nevada.
Such appropriation is to be made from
Lamoille Creek. at point in the
SWA OF SEA of Sec. 81. T. "a n. r.
50 E.. NJ. d. b. & NJ. by means Of a
dam, and 80 cubic feet per second is
to be conveyed to Lots /. and 3. Sk
OF NEA. SEA of NWA. Ell of SEA
of Sec. 4, T. "a N. r. So f., NJ. d. b.
& NJ, by means OF bitches, and there