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1fW7Jpw wawiji e V DAILY CAW TAL JOURNAL, SALSMT, ORBGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY B, 1007. a EE LOCKS AND OPEN RIVER DEMANDED RMERS ASK PASSAGE or JONES BILL wtiMENT OF WESTERN OREGON IS UNANIMOUS FOR TAKING DOWN ,Anlo Demand That State and Federal r,nwrnment Unite to Remove Ob stacles to Transportation of Products. tu to the question DO YOU FAVOR FREE LOCUS AND CANAL 'MfiprnV CITY?" The Capital Journnl hns received following ble expressions of opinion, nnd out of nil the replies only two re ra nn nnlnlon nnd one says, he Is opposed to free locks. OTMirS.l lilt -- ni friends of free locks quoted below are the most Intelligent farm- J It growers, dnlrymon, and shippers in westorn Oregon. Almost ' of them arc oulco holdors and their opinions nre given regardless of tlltlCS. ... ,.,', nil , .1.1 .. !... These opinions couiu do muiuimi.u iu mi ihibuo "' n' ..uajj.iiu., um m the first declaration inni uny tow ujdiuiu iiuuikiuuiu iu mu mm ... ... tnrtentienllv tbo'snmo ideas ns arc now embodied 4Q WHO f' tov" " i the Jones bill, these nro the unbiased expressions of tnxpnyers and Uucers of western Orogon. Thero Is no measure- boforo the logislnturo that would meet with such Lersal approval beforo the innssos of tho producers nnd citizens of all rtles as ono to secure public ownorshlp of tho locks and cnnal at Ore Inn City at tho earliest day possible. "While somo want state ownership, y somo want federal ownorshlp, all want public ownorshlp and free, ra, and unrostrlcted competition botweon tno waterways aim tno rnn- idi wherever thnt is possible, ueaa mo opiniens: II TolU Intolerable ITm. A toll rond is an intolcrnblo Ktanen at all timos. Either buy old locks or build now ones. Th-- dacere of tho stato would much Ether pay their money in taxes to blld public conveyances than pay continual dribbling of toll to prl kt corporation. Glvo tho pro- sen and tho business public a frco tlrnr to tho markets. Tho law ir.ers of tho state owo that much ) hungry humanity. H. C. LUTTRELL, Myrtlo Point, Ore. freight rates on all freight carried by rail. Tho Wlllametto valley farm ers have paid enough excess freight charges to havo built tho locks many times over made possible by private) ownorshlp of the locks. W. W. PERCIVAL, Independence, Ore. I'cmld Be a Grent Tiling I think It would bo n good thing pr the peoplo of the WUlamotto vnl Ir tnd Portland. O. MARTIN, Days Creok, Oro. the Jlaldcn'u Answer Yet P. GOODPASTURE, Eugene, Ore. Fors Joint Action Yes, purchased by tho stato nnd tpt up by tho nntlonnl government 0. W. KUTHE, Jefferson, Oro. ln to Free Xnvlgntlon Y- I bcllovo thoy should 'be Pa to tree navigation, nnd that we Mold hare an appropriation from Sorernment sufflclont to keep iem up. DWIGHT REED, . Oakland, Oro. 1 ! W.ht nnd Just I think mi navlgablo streams "Snttobe free and unobstructed for juporutlon. It Is right nnd just i should havo freo locks at City. Wo havo a grand coun 7 nere and tho people of tho east JwalnMo reallro It, and wo the wjtnthauends to oppress tho in wi of the people at large. I! "re to meet condition our trail's. J2 had"18 l b th be8t that S. LINDLEY, I-ebanon, Ore. Make Vnlley Prosperous Tho members of Winona Qrango also briefly discussed tho question of tho locks at Oregon City and, whllo from our location wo nro not ma terially affected by them, yet we real ize that (tho prosperity of tho whole valloy Is to tho best interest of nil thcreforo wo are in favor of freo locks. First by tho nsslstnnco of government aid If that can bo se en r.ed and if not then by the state alono. J. U. HENRY, Sherman, Routo 5. Tolls Rob the Farmer I am also in favor of freo locks as tho tolls they havo to pny now Is robbing tho farmors of this vnlloy of thousands of dollnrs, and no doubt if tho locks were frco tho railroad company would mnko lower rates. G. C, BOLTER, Porker, Oro. Own Them by All Menus Yes I think tho stato ought to own thoso locks by nil means. J. A. COCHRAN, Amity, Yamhill Co. Open tho Market Yes. To glvo tho peoplo, of tho upper Wlllametto valley a freo and opon river to tho markets for their produco. To relievo tho peoplo from tho exorbitant rates of the railroads. Ab a matter of Justico to tho people of tho Wlllametto valley the federal government should own and operate tho canal and locks at Oregon City D. Q. LEEDY, Lecturer State Grange, Sherwood, Oro. Freo Passage Way I am boartlly In favor of an opon rlvor from Portland to the head of navigation of tho Willamette river; wo of Oregon City feel that there should bo no toll placed upon goods by olthor private or public corpora tions that pass from tho lower to tho upper river. TWOS. F. RYAN, Oregon City. Need All Wo Coh Get Yes. I am in favor of the stato owning tho locks and canal at Ore gon City. As I think tho country CoroomMm, JL'co u th j I needs all tho water competition It aSiS ! ?"M?Dd umer can get. he f the :err .l ?ot a. j. warnw, 8l to eemn;;: :. .uv "ajr wua Norton-. Ore. ru, or corporation. N. H. DATEMAN, Shedd, Ore. T-r! th charges of w U7. ,a forco for th0 50 1 &Ter 0. ,C mIyo I Bame Parchi Kw .. &, orbr h , gOTernn"5nt of r,dl.Ir It ' B- sovernment. a:UonCbythOBV HWsrtrJ , ' la my 6tlma- UomrWa!:t0lD8urathe CYfi L. KNAPP. Elk City Ore. Means Competition- Yes as then wo will have compe tition. As It Is now wo havo very lit tle for tho expense of going through the locks stopB It. Should tho pres ent owners ask too much I would be in favor of bulldlns new ones. RICHARD SWIFT, Milwaukie, Ore. Live Stock Shipper's OfiialoH Yes sir. It is one of the most Im portant measure beforo the people today. We sot only pay toll on all produco pstag tkrowck the locks, but it makes it peesible for tke rail roads to add thai such aaor to tktfr For the General Good Yes, 'for the general good of tho country. R. D. COOPER, Independence, Ore. Mnko All Streams Free I nra In favor of making freo locks nnd cnnal nt Oregon City, In fact to mako all navlgablo streams In tho groat state of Oregon freo. WM. R. STEPHENS, Box 23, Dilley, Oro. Bhould bo owned nnd controlled by the stne. With Just as fow public servants to bo paid nnd supported by tho taxpayer as possible. H. M. GRAHAM, Route 1, Grants Pass, Oro. Purchase or llulld ' I do If thoy can bo obtained at nny price In ronson, olthor by purchnso of tho presont locks nt a reasonable price, or if thnt cannot bo done by building of Beparnto or other locks, by the stnto In tho most nvallnblo lo cation for the snmo under the direc tion of tho stnto. CHAS. N. WAIT, Cnnby, Clackamas Co., Oro. Plain mid Emphatic Yes I do. D. 11. WILLIAMS, Newport, Ore. Mhkc Us Moro Independent Yes I favor freo IocIcb nnd cnnnls at Orogon City. I thing it will mnko us as n pcopla moro Independent of tho roalroad. C. I). aUINN, Oakland. Short mid Swwt Yes. F. D. PHILLIPS, Cootngo Grove, Oro. A Logical Argument I favor nny public improvement whoro It Is to benefit tho peoplo by so doing I thcreforo favor this Im provement if it can bo dono within tho menns of tho peoplo to do tho work. Whllo directly It might not benofit mo personally, but indirectly It will benofit us all. Tho moro you can Improvo the stnto tho moro valu ablo it makes tho wholo utnto and tho greater valuo tho easier tho taxes aro raised. C. E. EDWARDS, Allegany, Oro. Right to the Point Yea. J. P. LOGAN, Kings Vnlloy, Denton, Co. All Producers Favor It I do favor freo locks and canal at Oregon City nnd I think all produc ers In this county favor tho samo. W. R. WARD, Arago, Coos Co., Oro. Wnnts Government Ownership YeB. Bought or built by tho na tlonal government. By tho stato no. S. B. SEELY, Sherwood, Routo f. As Ho Would Vote I do. ALBERT JOHNSON, Ashland ,Oro. Will Reduco Transportation Yes. By all means let us reduco transportation wherovor possible Freo locks will havo a tendency to do so for tho Wlllametto valley, GEO. MARSH, ' Looking Glass, Ore. Ills Vote tho Same Yes. J. W. WOLFE, BrownsvlUo, Ore. Good of All Producers Yes for tho good of nil producers. Every man that I havo talked to fav ors freo locks. C. P. Wells, Parker ,Ore. A Marion County Farmer I favor free locks nnd canal nt Oro gon City provided they nro bought at their presont value. If not, build now ones. But tho legislature should see to It that thoro Is no graft at tached ns was tho enso with tho Bar low toll road. J. D. RITTEIt, Route 2, Aurora, Ore. Favors a Fair Price Yes. I favor freo locks and cnnnl, but I do not favor buying tho old ono nt no such prlco at contemplated, for at presont the railroad bonta control tho rlvor trnillc nnd thoy nro tho onos thnt nro getting ho benefit of the locks if frco locks will encourngo competition It will bo nil right. If not they had better bo toll locks. W. 0. MORROW, Independence, Oro. of the Wlllamottto river. Inclosed plcnso And 25 cents for your Dnlly Journal to March 1, 1907. W. E. FLESHER, Sublimity, Oro. Absolutely Xeccssnry Yes. I think It absolutory nccos snry for tho futuro wolfnro of tho stnto for many rensona nnd I favor If government will not net, our gronf stnto of Oregon ns early 'ns posslblo procure the old locks, or build now ones. ED. HOLLOWAY, Brownsville, Oro. Wants Federal Control If by tho government, yes; but by tho atnto It will rcqulro a groat donl of safe guarding of tho railroad will reap tho bonollt, whllo us fanners nro busy paying tho taxes to purchnso said locks. If by tho Btnto I would Biiggest onough toll to pay for operat ing the locks. M. N. NICKELL, McMlnnvlllo, Oro. A Voice from Lincoln I do. D. TRAPP, . Chitwood, Oro; Open tho Whole River Yes, and an opon river ns fnr ns Eugene, ns I think river competition will lower freight rntos which nro oxcesslvoly high. In fnct so high that tho srowth of this part of Oro gon In very much hold back. E. F. MEISSNER, Kerby, Oro. For an Open Rlv I certainly am in favor of an open river. It would bo tho means to keeping rates of freight at reasonable figures. 0. VALZ, Sublimity, Oro. State or United States The stato should own or tho United States. I could get a petition of any amount of names. O, M. Sanford, Yes. Peter Kurre, Yes. L. M. Butler, Yea. Henry Mott, Yes. Amos B, Wysong, Yes. Independence, Ore. More Locks ad Less Tax I keUv4 that all loclcs awl canals Costs' 9ino,000 n Year I am In favor of freo locks nt Ore gon City ns I think It would bo a great saving to tho fnrmora nnd ship pers of tho Wllln'inotto valloy. The $150,000 a year tonnngo paid by the producers of tho "Vlllnmctto vnlloy would soon pay tho cost of construct ing locks nt Orogon City. F. B. SIMPSON, Jefferson, Oro. Prefers Uncle Sam I favor free locks nnd cnnnl nt Oro gon City but built by tho U. S. gov ernment. E. W. MANNING, Gorvnis, Oro. People llnvo Paid for It Many Times Well wo surely do need something better than thnt little old Bluco box down nt Oreaon City nnd If thorn Rockofollors down thero will not soil It to tho stnto for what it Ib worth lot tho stnto with tho help from Uncle Sam put n cnnnl nround tho old lad der thnt tho peoplo havo pnld for many times wlint It cost. Send tno the pnper. ) C. II. M'CLURE, Routo A, Sherwood, Oro. No Humor In Tlilfl Yoa. - G. D. HARRIS. Routo !, Lebanon, Ore. Tw Men's Opinion I do not favor tho stato owning thorn. They should bo governed by tho United States. ' C. T. LEEVER, 0. R. TITUS, Lebnnon, Linn Co., Oro. The Waterways Aro Our Friends Yes bocauso tho waterways nro our friends; rnllronda do not compoto with ench other nny moro but thoy Btlll havo soco respect for freo water ways. Opon tho Wlllnmetto rlvor frco to tho peoplo nnd put n heavy IIcoiibo on ovory boat owned by a railroad company. I bcllovo In this kind of rebate W. J. WIMER, Waldo, Oro. Open tho Whole Rlveiv- Certainly nnd nn opon rlvor from Portland to Euzono. CLARENCE KOON,"1 Junction City, Oro. Unite State and Nation Yes, If tho gonoral govepunont will bonr n good portion of tho cxponso. Favors Stato Ownerslilji , " Not In favor of paying tho prlco the ' For freo locks nnd cnnnl built and present ownors nsk for tholr plant. ; owned by tho Btnto. J. J. SWAN, Routo 2, Lebanon, Ore. FRANZ KRAXBERGER, Aurora, Oro. No Monopoly of nn Open River Yes, by all monnB. Thoro la noth ing 'thnt will do ns much for ronson- aoio rates as a rroo willamotto nnd s Impractical. n frnn riln inltln ThA.n .. l. .. .. ...vi X.W1I...I.I.I, 1IIUIU Cllll UU IIU monopoly of nn opon rlvor. J. M. SETTLE, Lebanon, Oro. At Head of Navigation I am in favor of "freo looks" by nil menns. LEE GAETSCHINS, Eugene, Oro. Will Equalize Freights Yes, to cquallro freights botweon tho Wlllametto valloy and other places. J. M. PRATHER, Buona Vista, Oro. Froo tho Waterway Yes, and freo waterways wherever posslblo and no obstruction or deflec tion of tho natural waterfalls. I look with very deep concern at tho evi dent intent to solio tho wntor by solf Ish Interests by tho allowanco of franchises which can only bo used for mining ns stated miners inches can not be used for exploiting power or irrigation or anything olso away from tho people. A. P. TODD, Sherwood, Oroi Favors Stato and Nation I do, but I believed tho general government Bhould stand tho ox penso the same as hnrbors and other such Improvements If this cannot bo done I would favor tho state taking tho matter up. This would look like taxing too many for the benefit of the fow,. but a broad view of these matters is what is needed othor parts of the state may have other wants at some other time any way. LEWIS STRONG, Myrtle Point, Oro. 0e Mm Opposes No, I don't Mnk it would boneit any or but few farmers as tkere U a rallrcxMl rn-nlnj tke etfre tfisteaee Wants Ktnto Railroad No, to this alHo flrst bocauso the navigation of tho Wlllametto rlvor It Is only for tho pur pose of regulating freight dates that It Ib thought of; thoro aro other wnyu to reach tho doslrod ond that nro moro practical and moro In kooplng with progress of tho prosont ago, ono of tho best plnns would bo for tho stnto to parallel somo of tho great rallroadB with another rond nnd run It nt a small profit to tho Btnto. J. M. PIIILPOTT, Ilnrrlsburg, Oro. Casts III Vote on tho People's Side- Yes. J. W. ELSTON, Amity, Oro. Pay a Fair Pri I favor freo locks at Orogon City provided thoy can bo secured without paying nn exprbletnnt prlco to tho presont ownors, Tho competing freight lines thus established would result In substantial benefit to moro thnn half tho peoplo of Oregon. II. O. STARKWEATHER, Mllwauklo, Oro. P. S. Incloso subscription to March 1, 1907, Favors Jones' Hill Yes, but am not In favor of stato paying threo times what they aro worth, Tho $300,000 appropriated by state with aid of government will build new ono. W. P. YOUNG, Sherwood, Ore. o A Stitch in Time Will save nine. So will a bottlo of Ballard's Horehound Pyrup alwayi kept on band sard many a spell of sickness, A euro euro for coughs, colds, bronchitis and whooping cough, Mrs. S , Hot Springs, Ark., writes; "I keep a bottle of Ballard's Horohound Syrup in my medlclno chest, and thank my forethought many times. It has prevented many severe spells of sickness." Sold fcy D, J, Fry, Free Catarrh Cure Had llrcntli, K'llnwltlitg and Spitting Quickly Cured Fill Out Frco Coupon Below. "My .New Discovery Quickly dire Catarrh." C. K. Gauss. 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