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154 JOHN C. ALMACK

Counties. A survey of the vote cast on the normals in the initiative election of November 5, 1918, shows these results :

For Against Percentage

Normals Normals Against

Coos 1081 1937 64

Benton 671 1730 72

Lane 2318 3578 61

Lincoln 288 647 69

Multnomah 18125 19333 50

Polk ..: 688 2277 77

Marion 1329 5939 81

Yamhill 1010 2554 71

Clackamas 1976 3966 67

Linn 1069 4277 80

Washington 1013 2685 72

Eastern Oregon counties in the same election voted as fol- lows :

For Against Percentage

Normals Normals Against

Crook 237 519 69

Grant 312 476 60

Morrow 323 425 57

Sherman 377 403 52

Wallowa 381 673 64

In Lane, Benton and Polk Counties are found the state uni- versity, agricultural college, and Monmouth normal respective- ly ; in Marion, Linn, Yamhill and Washington are located Wil- lamette university, Albany college, McMinnville college, and Pacific university respectively. The average percentages against the normals ran higher in those counties in which there are private higher institutions, and (notably in the cases of Polk and Benton) in those in which there are the higher state institutions.

We are now ready to summarize the reasons why the nor-