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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1910)
DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM. OREGON. MON'DAV, OCTOI1ER 24, IftlO. VTTTT-4 EXAMINES COUNTRY FOR HILL VISIT OF PROF. 8HAW AND IH3 TRIP THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN OREGON, REVIVES - RUMOR THAT HILL WILL BCILD. I vr OF o OKITRD FUSS LaiSBD WIBB , Portland, Ore., Oct. 14. The ru mor that the Hill system contem plates the construction of a railroad line through Central and Southwest era Oregon was revived today fol lowing the arrival in Portland ot Trofeseor Thomas Shaw, e-S'ricbl-tnral expert In J. 3. Hill's personal employ. Accompanied by his son, W. T. Shaw of the Washington state col lege at Pullman, Prof. Shaw has Jnst completed a thousand-mllo auto trip through the central and western part of Oregon. He expects to re journ to $U Pul soon, where b will '-eubtnit a exhaustive report cover ' Ins; the Agricultural possibilities of the country lying between Ontario and Prlnevllle, Oregon. This will bo made to Mr. Hill personally. Prof. Shaw said that he had no peclflo Information as to the reason why he had been sent on the trip. II admitted however, that Hill nev er had the habft of sending men out for a pleasure Jaunt. The Journey began at Ontario, and during lta progress, Medford and Grants Puss were visited. A GOOD AND EFFICIENT OFFICER WALTER W. JOHNSON, CANIH PATE FOR CITY MARSHAL HAS AN ENVIAPI-B . RECORD AS A FEARLESS ENEMY OF CRIMINALS. Walter W. Johnson, Republican candidate for city marshal, to be vot ed on at the next city election In December, has a reputation for the running down and ' apprehenBtou of fugitives from justice that Is unequal ed In the annals of poltcedom In the city of Salem or Marlon county. In fact he la natural-born officer of the law and his record for the bringing to jusdce Infractors of the law la without parallel. Mr. Johnson is 40 years of age and, long before his arrival at bla major ity, be devoloped the peculiar and na tural Instinct ot ferreting out crime and criminals and he has boon Instru mental In the bringing to Justice of soma of the most desperate criminals that have been apprehended In yours. II has been Identified with police work for the punt 12 years ot his 20-yenrs resilience In tho city and the record that be has matte is one that none should be ashamed of. Ho was connected with the fire depart ment of tho city for three years, serv ing under three chiefs, and two years erved ns chief, of the flr depart ment. He has thrice been chosen, upon spoclul occasions, as a member of the pollco force ot tho city and served with credit to hluiHelt and the city government. To bla natural Instinct as an offi cer of the law Is credited the capture of Homer Mack, the doseurate hold up man and would-be ussustn of Pr. Robertson, whom Mr. Johnson locut ed and arrested at the point of a re volver in a fence corner on the fair grounds road in the dead ot night; an!, whon five qpperate criminals escaped from the penitentiary two years ago, be was among the first to volunteer his service to his state In tbe chase and engaged the band in Ingle-handed combat upon a dark and lonely byway in Polk county. As m TJult ot this conflict he received a eorlou gunS!"t wound In the right lee and he fired the aiWt ftat result ed la tho deatu s! flwr-j.l ate of the ceteris ot dcs."uu" "uu the final capture of the entire gam. Mr. Johnson has the reputation of being a fearless officer of the law. and, if elected to the office to which be aspires, would doubtlesa render valuable service to the public. It Is In time of sudden mlahup oi accident that Chamberlain's LInl ment eaa be relied upon to tuke the place of the family doctor, who can not always be f und at the moment. Then It Is that Cbamborluln's Llnl uieut is never found wanting. In eases of sprains, cuts, wounds and bruises Cbamberluin's Llnlm.ut takas out the soreness and drives away the pain. Sold by all dealers. Latest estimates of oasualtlee la the Minnesota forest Area place the deaih list as high M Self. Do You Know That during only a few weeks' circulation, 40,000 of your fellow-citizens signed a written protest against statewide prohibition? That had it been necessary to go further, fully four-fifths of the voters would have signed it? That this list of signers includes farmers, ministers, physicians, ranchers, lawyers, workingmen, and almost without exception, the leading bankers and business men of the State? . . 0 That it includes the names of many men who vote "dry" in their own community' Why? Because SrnrmAiHf nrnfiihlf-i'nn nhsnlntelv kills local ootion, and the people of Oregon want local option. They want a voice in the settlement of this question in their own community. It is their right. Statewide prohibition robs you of that right. It robs you of the right to have cider, beer, or liquor, in your own home! It makes it a crime to give your friend or neighbor a glass of cider. It permits any officer, special or regular; to break open your door at midnight and search your wife's or mothers room for liquor! Do you want that kind of law in Oregon? . Maine, on September 12, 1910, repudiated its prohibition law of 57 years' stand ing by electing, for the first time in 30 years, a Democratic governor upon his pledge to re-submit the constitutional prohibition law. It was not political insurgency that turned the tide, but insurgency against statewide, obnoxious, ineffective prohibi tion, so-called. Will Oregon profit by Maine's error of threescore years? Nothing is settled until it is settled right. Let us settle it now and settle it. right The Home Rule bill (No. 328 on the ballot) permits cities to vote on prohibition within their own limits. It permits any precinct or number of precincts within a city, or any precinct or number of precincts or the whole county outside the cities, to vote for or against prohibition, as they choose. Under this bill every city in every county, and every county in the State, may vote "dry" if they so desire. But If you want to preserve your rights; If you want local option which means Home Rule; If you want your glass of beer, cider or liquor at home even tho' you are opposed to the saloon You MUST vote these numbers (cut them out and put them in your pocket as a reminder): 328 X Yes. For Home Rule. 343 X No. Against Prohibition Amendment. 345 X No. Against Prohibition Search Law. Think it over ! Prohibition att.mpti to override sa .dividual sod inb.rat right. That's why failure iavarUbly follows enact m.nt of ths liw. It tak.s the liquor tr.tfio from licensed de.l.rs who are subject to refutation and glv.s it to lawbreakers who ars willing to Mil to sainort, drunkard. anybody for fain. P. 9. Alk your Prohibitionist frl.ad to eatw.r this "notion: If, a th.y claim, 38 million people ere Mir living ia "dry" t.rritory, why it it th.t ts U. 8. lnt.rn.l R.v.nue Dcpartni.nt how. that more whiskey and more b.sr is costumed than ever befortP Respectfully, GREATER OREGON HOME RULE ASSOCIATION. (Paid advertisement.) e X