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About Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1910)
BQWERMAN STATES POLITICAL POLICIES Will Support the People's Laws Including the Direct Primary. Portlsnd, Or. (To the Editor.) In the Portland evening papers of September SO there appeared an In tervlew credited to Senator Bourne, In which he endeavors to decetre the people into the belief that l am a re actionary and am not in favor ot pro gressive legislation and fsvor return Ing to the old system of electing Cnlt- ed States senators. In answer to this communication and other false and misleading art! cles recently published, I wish to say Statement No. 1 is a part of the direct primary law and I have heretofore publicly stated, and now state again. that I will oppose by every means within my power any effort to amend, modify or repeal, or in nay other manner render less useful or less sat is factory, any part ot the direct pri mary law, including Statement No. I, or any other law written on the stat ute books by the people of this state under the Initiative and referendum, If I am elected governor I will veto any and every measure which at tempts or undertakes to amend change or repeal the direct primary law. Statement No. 1, or any other law adopted by the people, or any part ot any of them. As a member of the senate and president of that body, I have never endeavored in any way, manner or form to induce any other member to violate his obligation or pledge under Statement No. 1, and If I am elected governor I shall pursue the same course and shall not in any manner or by any means interfere or attempt to Interfere with the conduct ot any member in this particular, or induce him to violate his pledge. It Is Impossible for the governor to prevent the passage of any law for the legislature has it within Its power to pass a bill over the veto of the governor. In order to prevent the possibility of any attempt being made to amend, modify or repeal any ot these statutes, I would suggest that the candidates for the legislature be invited to subscribe to the same obli gation I have heretofore1 taken and now take, namely, that they will op pose in every way any attempt to amend, modify or repeal any law made by the people. This will be an effectual guaranty to the people that these men, when elected, will not un dertake to tamper with these laws and I respectfully call upon the nom inees to define their position upon this question. I do not anticipate that Senator Bourne has any fear whatever that 'statement No. 1 will be repealed or changed, or that I will violate any of the moral or legal obligations I would owe to the people as governor of this state, but I do believe he is simply Indulging in a few cheap heroics for the two-fold purpose: first, of endeav oring to induce the people to forget his own shortcomings In the recent past as a senator, and second. In the further hope tbst he may create a false issue under which he might b returned to his high office. He evi dently feels that he will need the of fice of governor to assist him in his primary campaign two years hence, and perhaps has many doubts as to his ability to coerce, or otherwise In duce me to favor him over other cai didates in that primary nomination. J AT BQWERMAN. LET POPULATION INCREASE. Counties Where Division Agitated too Sparsely 8ettled. The Prineville Review sizes un the situation wisely when it says that the population in most of the counties where county division Is being agi tated Is too small and scattering. Many of the districts are too sparsely settled to permit the scheme. Resi dents and property owners would be taxed so high that It would mean ruin to a large number. Walt until the counties have more people and the list of taxables warrant county division, advises the Review as follows: "It would be unwise to make any sort of division of Crook County just now. It is too thinly settled yet. In due course of time, when the parent county shall have attained 25,000 or 30,000 and the list of taxables war rants It, division will be sure to come; It is inevitable. But it is not business sanity to divide a county of less than 10,000 souls, and a moment of sober reflection should convince any one of this. When the proper time arrives and a Just county division law Is en acted, the three cities most concern ed, Madras, Redmond and Bend, all of which have division schemes in mind, can settle the matter between themselves. But so long as the whole etato is required to vote upon a mat ter with which only a small part is even remotely concerned, we would advise electors to vote an emphatic NO, not only on the Deschutes propo sltion, but every other county bill." Express Delivery, Am running an exprecs waon and will guarantee prompt delivery to all pai ts o( the city. J'ianoB and household goods a specialty. V. M. White. 10-13 Seed Rye for Sale. At my ranch, 5 miles northeast of Madras. Good clean seed. 10 (10'. Philip Hastie, DEFEAT COUNTY DIVISION. (Albany Herald ) "There are no lew than e'sht sri'll cations for the creation of new coun ties to be voted upon by the pco.ile ot Oregon at this fall's election, Thoui:i there may be one or more of ti.cse new county schemes possessing son's degree of merit and are promoted by good faith, it would appear that in the main uey are not entitled to ths favorable consideration of the people at large, and as a untter of expedi tion and good public poller all ol them should be delea'ed "In the first place the Herald b lieves that the creation of a r.ew county is a matter devolving upon (be legislature and should not be submit ted to a vote of the poop.e at larg who cannot possibly have any lutein gent idea or the demand (or such pro posed new counties and are. therefore. In no sense competent to vcte upon (he measures What does the averag voter of the northeastern ; art of (lie state know about the practicability or wisdom of the clamor of the iouta western portion ot the sute for th creation of a new county? Cenainly. In the majority of cases, he would not be able (o cast an Intelligent rote on (he proposition "The submission to a vote of the people of the whole state si taese tar tous county division cbea.e ttere fore, would seeaj highly la,pricticMe. if not unwise .Morctr. tae tuccrM of these various division icnexvt would establi.-b a bad precedent. which might tend to retard the teaitay growth and reasonable prosper l( o! many counties ot (Be stale 'There are doubtless counties In Oregon which should be divided into two separate county divisions, but these, the Herald believes, should be taken care of by the legislature od not voted upon by the people of (lie state at large, who cannot possibly Judge of the merits or wisdom of (he proposed division of a remote section of the state, and In which (he voters at large can have no reasonable inter est. Many of the county schemes up tor consideration this fall are without question Ill-advised and prompted by impure motives, and the Herald sug gests a negative vote on all county measures as the most practical rem edy for the present county division epidemic. COUNTY DIVISION. Under the present laws In the opin ion of eminent lawyers, counties can only be divided or boundaries changed by the vote of the people. All laws snould be obeyed. Some taws should be appealed or amended The law creating new couDties Is un fair as voters are asked to create new counties where they cannot know the local conditions and might form a new county where four-fifths of the residents of the old county are op posed to It What do the voters of Clasnp know of the needs of Grant. Malheur. Crook, Umatilla, Douglas, Lane. Wash ington, Clackamas and Multnomah They could vote Just as Intelligently for the county officers In these coun ties as for their division or the chang ing of the boundaries. There Is strong opposition to di vision In all the counties mentioned and it would seem to be bnt Justice that these localities should settle their own local differences. You will have the privilege of vot ing for a bill to leave the function of new counties and municipalities to the districts interestd As betwe?n man and man, would not this plan be the more equitable? The average voter will certainly take this view of It. In all fairness now, will not your consclenrn and sense of right tell you to vote against all division and vote ' Yes X 352." which will relieve you of the task of voting for measures with which yon can not be familiar. STATE PRESS AGAIN8T IT. "The Nesmith county boosters. traveling In an automobile, were here this morning The atmosphere being exceedingly chilly they snnn moved on. Our people don't bflleve In county butchery to lurtlier the per sonal ends of a few schemers "Rose burg Review. If all the voters of Oregon who are opposed to the proposed wholesale formation of new counties vole "No" at the November election, they will all be defeated, but If those opposed merely pass the county propositions up without voting on them at all. they will carry by the "Yes" votes cast for them. This is a fact that It would be well to remember on election dny " Eugene Register. There are seven new counties pro posed, and may be more for us to vote on next November. Don't you think our taxes heavy enough at pres ent without taking on this unneces sary additional expense? Look into this matter before voting time. Echo Echoes. , Dr. Harold C ark WiB be ia Prineville for the Next Two or Three Weeks Prepared to do All Kinds of Dental Work. Those Wishing Work Done Please Call Without Delay to Give Time For All Possible Treatments. Temporary Office on Main Street, Opposite Prineville Hotel. Hilliman, Oregon, Crook County. To the People of Crook County: We are glad to announce to the public that HILLMAN is growing every day and the prospects were never BETTER for a CITY than at the present. We have a location here second to none in this country for a CITY. The largest area of productive land in the Deschutes Valley surrounds HILLMAN, Making this one of the largest trading and shipping points on the Oregon Trunk Railroad. The railroad has graded large yards here to handle the large quantity of freight that will naturally accumulate at this point. The Depot Sight is Graded. We have just completed the largest and finest well inVthe Deschutes Valley, having 40 Feet of Pure Water, Anil die pumping ol 12 gallons per minule has no effect on lowering it, showing thai lite flow is rapid, Hillman has a natural drainage in fact everything that lends to make a healthful City. Don"t lake v our word lor it. Come and See for Yourscll, we are on the ground to Show You. . Splendid Business Opportunities On Small Capital, jj-j See us hefore buying, Fine Accommodations . here. Two Feed Barns and Hold. Hillman Townsite Co., Hillman, Oregon. Carpets, Just Received Art Squares Rugs UNIVERSAL RANGES America's Best Make A. H. LIPPMAN & CO. Lost A ItllffUV rr.ViA UQS Irwot t. Tl 11 tmiu; roH.ii noivoan Nat. i . wv..i.fc, tioi is taujun huu tins city. Finder leave same at Prine VI lie CAvar Vnotnv a wl -...., .. i 10 0 tf iccovo ruwuru Founds A nnrsn r,an- V, rM..U TT11 rriday, Oct. 21, containing some money and other things. Owner can have same at this office by proving property and paying for this ad. 10-24-10 tf For Sale Cheat). Good team, wajfon and hfirnesn for lie M)tnn. Inmilr'a nt n.. iWood Sawing. Beginning November 1, I will b pre pared to saw wood on short notice. Phone to my residenec. II, L. IIowih. 10-20-3tp For Sale. Four head of Jersey cows. Call on o 'Dhone J. E. Adamhon. at Prineville Oregon. 8-25t Corset Found. The first day of Koptember, between Dare and John Grimes. Call at this otlice. 10-2!l-.'Sw For Sale. Cream Separator, one John Deere Sulky Plow, Hujierior Windmill top, new. Bargains. Apply to John Matt son, Prineville, Oregon, 10-20 tf Relinquishment for Sale. RelinqniBhment 100 seres for sale cheap. Has line spring and 30 acres cleared, 15 miles from Prineville. $200 each if taken at once. Ex. 341, Prine .ville, Oregon. 10-20-1 mp Brown Leghorn Cockerels (1st and 2nd prize winners) for sale, at $1.00 each. 11. F. Willioit, Prineville, Or. 11-21 Notice to Creditors, Nollce Im heroby slvin, by the tiniliwlgnoil, Mie uilMilnlHtnitrlx of the entitle of Juini-n fl. MeHHlnKer, d'C4'Hwd, to the cn-dltorii of anil all other. having cliilin. afrnlnift Miiitl ile opohc'iI to prnwiil thorn with the pro)er vouchor to the uinlemlsni-d nt the onto of M. K. Klllott. In Frlnovlllo, Orison, within nix mouth from the dale of thin nollue. Dated tlilnmh diiv ofHcpl., 1UI0. 1,110V K. MKHHINMKR, Arlmlnlfitmtrlx of tho Ktut6 of Juiiioh H. MenKlnger, deceiuied. ' tf-ftt Good Winter Apples for Sale. N. E. Vatiehan's Orchard, 5 miles north wept of Mitchell, Oregon. Into Clifton & Cornclt's Bip; Department Store WvV L " 1 V m , 1 i 1A V f 1 .AO Y viV v 1 L- 1 1 I n 1 ' I 1 JyJ VA T is not llir'sitnilisl lliing in (he wot LI to iIicm smartly, cvnt tlioiit;li llie clullus you wrar nrr smartly ktylctl. li is not always the rluip vvilli the most rxprn sive dtitlm vi ho looks most classy. It is not the pallrrn nor the style ol a suit which makes that suit fjooj and true. These are uM truths which we cannot dispute. Ae have nude it our xpaial business to help you dress smartly, even lluiimh you sometimes Icel that you will never appear as well dressed as the other lellow. It is not nrrr,varily the most expensive clothes that lend the most grace to a h! low's lifjurr. Becoming style in a satisfactory quality will do as well il not littler. When you look at clothes seek Style. Fabric and l it. Take a carclul look at "Modern Clothes," designed! and made by Brandeger, Kincaid ft Co. You are sure to lind in them many things you have wanlid but have not been aide to obtain. CLIFTON & CORNETT, Prineville, Oregon. w ti r 11 1 meo. i. nerKner, Redmond Harness & Saddlery I carry a full line of the wt Huml-uiadi) Team JUrnexs . untl .Strap-Work always on hand. The very best ol Cali fornia, oak tunned leutlnT is used in my manufacture. Also Collar, Itlankela, hips, etc. Prices Reasonable, Quality considered. Mr work in absolutely auaranteed. It4il - ni n fil ineo. rv. nerkner, Kedmond, ur 1 Cir Mof MwW I & it nrir- iu Mongan ot KeinKe, rrops I Beef, Pork, Mutton, Wholesale and All Kinds of Sausage Nice and Fresh I Home Cured Bacon and Lard. Fish and Poultry in Season. fee Butter and Eggs. Give us a call and we will save you money. C'l r.i L J m D'J UJ en I. 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