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“ Rule of the people” worked its
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about) of the total poll. In spite which will permit no man over 20
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thirds of all the votes polled were chanic, railroad man, bookkeeper or
east for other candidate, Mr. factory hand for more than 10 hours
Saturday. May 11. 1012.
Roosevelt gets the delegation— a day more than six days a week for
under the plurality principle, less than $2.50 has been prepared by
E A TTL E seems to have a faculty of electing mayors who shock “ Rule of the people” is truly a direction of the state federation of
its moral, patriotic or other sensihilties. The strange part of it beautiful thing in theory. But, for labor and will be placed oil the ballot
is that Seattle goes into the business of electing such mayors with its the sake of precision, there should In rlit» November election.
Women over 20 years of age are
eyes wide open and then shouts with anger when the expected hap be a change of phrase— the style
pens. There was the ease of Ili Gill. Mr. (¡ill entered the municipal should lie, “ rule of a minority of not to be permitted to work over 10
hours, more than six days a week, or
the people.”
campaign in the I’ uget Sound metropolis pledged to give the people
The Oregon election supplies an for less than $1.65 as clerks, book
an “ open town.” He was elected on the issue. He carried out his other anomalous result in the nom keepers, factory hands, waitresses or
policies, lie shocked moral Seattle, and moral Seattle recalled him.
ination in the Republican primary at hotel or laundry work. No child
J. H. MORTON, M E.
ORRIN E. STANLEY
It need not he disputed that reformed Seattle acted properly, in of Mr. Hen Selling for the United under 16, It Is proposed, shall be per
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER.
M. Am. Soc. C. E.
showing its regeneration by cleaning up the town and cleaning out States Senate, as against Senator mitted to work for hire except in har
Designs Complete Industrial Plants or any
ENGINEERING ADVISER.
DRAFTING
Jonathan Bourne. Mr. Bourne is vest time or with parent or guardian
component part, mechanical or structural.
the mayor’s office, but it was to be expected that the voters, after
AND BLUE PRINTING.
the pre-emient champion of what for less than 15 cents an hour or more
Old Plants Modernized.
Drafting.
the experience with Gill, would show stronger inclination to look has dime to he known as the Ore than six hours in one day.
Telephone Marshall 1554.
Phone Main 1622.
into the proeilivities of its mayoralty candidates. It was a faint hope, gon idea. That is to say, Mr.
Farm work is not affected by the
824 Chamber o f Commerce, Portland, Oregon. 924 Chamber o f Commerce, Portland, Oregon.
and not realized. Just now Seattle is shocked again. It finds that in Bourne is a progressive of pro bill, except that a minimum wage of
$1.65
is
established,
and
where
board
place of a mayor who condones the red light, it has one who condones gressives. He stands for all the
novelties, all the isms, all the and lodging is included in the pay, It
ARTHUR D. MONTEITH
the red flag.
quackeries. Mr. Roosevelt in his shall not be charged for at a greater C. J. WILSON
CIVIL AND HYDRAULIC ENGINEER.
During a parade. May 1. of I. \Y. \V. members and Socialists, a maddest moment goes no whit sun, than $4 per week. Those receiv
General Surveying, Landscape Engineering,
ing
$4
per
day
or
more
and
those
en
COMMERCIAL
A
RTIST
AND
group of patriotic citizens of Seattle became incensed at the display further than Mr. Bourne. Yet, in
Construction Superintendence, Reports and
Estimates on Projects, Water Supply, Irri
CARTOONIST.
by the marchers of the emblem of anarchy side by side with a masted a primary election in which two- gaged in occupations governed by
gation, Sewerage.
laws of congress ure not affected.
Phones: Main 5645.
Res. Phone E 6185.
flag of the Union. They tore down the red ting. The marchers then I thirds of the votes polled were fon
Portland,
Oregon.
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Market
Street,
Roosevelt and La Follette, ultra
Lumber Exchange Building.
turned on the Stars and Stripes. They dubbed it a “ damned rag” j
Two of Engine Crew Die
progressives. Mr. /Bourne is de
Columbia City.—The lugging engine
and attempted to trample it under foot. The American flag was cisively defeated. It would be
rescued and borne to safety. In a signed statement Mayor Cotterill difficult to account for this result of the Peninsula Lumber company, of !
Phone East 63.
this place, while at work in the woods j Increa se Y o u r Business
deplores the outburst of patriotism by spectators of the parade; he on any theory not fatal to the con
on the logging road owned by the
by placing your advertisement in
condemns the publication or public discussion of the incident, and be sistency of the people of Oregon. company, eight miles from this place, ,
U. S. LAUNDRY CO.
Apparently the voting body lias
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asserts that the red flag is ‘ an international emblem of a peaceful po
ran away down a moderately steep j
180 GRAND AVE., COR. EAST YAMHILL,
gotten itself in a state of mind so
Portland, Oregon.
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litical education and evolution toward universal bumnn brother confused as not to comprehend grade, and was derailed and wrecked. '
Engineer William Bodsley and Fire- |
h ood,”
the plain significance of anything,
man Brettan, the latter a resident of
The more the operation of our
It is not remarkable, in view of these remarks, that the Industrial j
Deer Island, were instantly killed.
modernized
“
rule
of
the
people”
Workers of the World bail Seattle’s mayor as benfaetor and patron,
is observed, the more it appears
while 700 veterans of the Spanish-Anierican war denounced him as
Co-Ed Athletes Meet
marked by the vagaries of chance
Eugene.—Safely hidden from all ;
neither American nor patriot. Yet it was a stand that might have I and less by the guidance of con
masculine eyes, the women of the Uni- j
been expected by the present denunciators, among them arc those sistency and reason. The most ob
versity of Oregon held their first offi- |
who put him in office. George F. Cotterill is a man of many attain-1 vious fact is. that the new system cial track and field meet here in the
of
“
rule
of
the
people”
is
in
fact
incuts, lie is a polished public speaker, and is personally clean. He
men’s gymnasium. The class cup was
the rule of a peculiarly low type won by the sophomore women with j
has served several terms in the Legislature and has been a candidate
of adroit and self-seeking poli
for Congress ami other offices. Hut though nutwnrldy a Democrat, lie tician.. We have yet to see one in 470.25 points. The freshmen scored j
302.75 points. An individual system j
has persistently and continuously advocated the adoption of experi stance under the new order of
of scoring was used.
mental governmental vagaries, policies, isrns and theories. The pres things, so loudly exploited as
ent order of government, state and national, lias not been good “ rule of the people,” in which
MAN S U E S E L E C T I O N J U D G E S
enough for him. lie lias not preached gradual improvement, but up the linn I result has not been ati
tained by a minority vote. It is so
Asks $1500 Damages Because Vote
settings and revolutions.
11 is mental looseness was. or ought to
in Oregon. It is so in California,
Was Refused.
have been, known to everybody. No one should he surprised that to where even our Hiram came into
Roseburg.— Denied the privilege of
impracticable and theoretical Cotterill the specious plea of the an office by the will of much less
voting at the election held in the city
archists that the red flag signifies universal brotherhood should ap than half the total vote. It is so of Glendale on April 1, of this year,
Yes, that is a personal question, a
everywhere.
In
other
words,
the
peal, while he remained blind to actual and open desecrations of the
because he was not the owner of real
very personal question—one that affects
“ rule of the people” is not rule of folate, F. C. Ladd, a merchant of that |
American Hag by the frowzy “ brotherhood.”
your whole life; and yet you would
the people at all. S. F. Argonaut. city, has filed suit in the circuit court I
thank us for asking it if you knew what
In Union Park Square, New York, on the same day as the Se
against the three precinct judges, de
an immense power for betterment we
attle incident, the same aggregation tore down the Stars and Stripes
manding $500 damages from each of
could be to you and your salary.
with denunciations and hoisted the red banner in its stead. In Port
them for the ‘‘humiliation” which, he
To draw a small salary month after month, year after year, is your own
says, he suffered. The complaint re
land these advocates of “ universal brotherhood” have turned a peace
fault. It is pure negligence and nothing else, for there is an institution
cites that the action of the judges was
able meeting into riotous disorder and insulted one of the city’s and
that is ever ready to enable you to rise to the highest, best paying posi
based on a provision of the city char
tions in the profession of your choice—no matter how poor your circum
Nation’s noted guests. The speakers of the rabble that call them
ter that no nonfreeholder shall be eli
stances may be, how old or how young you are, no matter where you
selves workers have stood in the shadow of tin* soldiers’ monument
gible to vote at a city election. This
live. And to prove this the I. C. S. points to hundreds of thousands of
SE A TTLE, Wash. “ The Rose provision, the complaint declares, di- !
in the plaza and reviled by name the men who lost their lives while
other men who have secured advancement and success through the I. C. S.
Festival will la* the biggest show rectly contravenes the state constitu- j
lighting for their country. They have torn the American (lag to
plan; to hundreds of others in worse circumstances than you are, whose
on earth,” said Mr. Ralph Hoyt,
pieces and stamped upon the shreds. They have jeered at passing president of the Portland Show tion, which, as interpreted by the slip- j
stories of advancement read like romance; to a growth from a mere idea
reme court in a test case several
with one Course of Instruction to one of the largest educational institu
funeral corteges and otherwise abused and spat upon American lib Association.
“ The Golden Pot years ago, gives a citizen the right to
tions in existence with 208 Courses of Instruction, backed by a capital of
erty. All this for the honor and glory of the red ling of “ universal latch will also be the biggest vote at a municipal election, whether i
six million dollars, and a total enrolment far in excess of any other col
show
on
earth,”
added
George
he owns real estate or not. The court
brotherhood.”
lege—a growth made possible only as the result of success in its business
Hutchins. " A l l of which makes also held that the election judges |
Probably if some present-day Captain Kidd should ravage the two biggest shows on earth,”
—and the business o f this place is to raise salaries.
would be amenable to actions for dam- I
seas and then plead that his skull and crossbones stood for universal chimed in Dr. Drake, vice-presi
Without doubt this plan is the most practical, the quickest, easiest,
ages.
broUirrhnnd. Mayor Cotterill and other parlor Socialists would de dent. These three hustling Port
and cheapest way in the world for YOU to secure a better position
fend the emblem. It would not he much greater perversion of sound
and increased earnings. It puts
Democrats to Have Weekly
landers arrived night before last
and righteous thinking. The red tlag. to the American people, is as
you under no obligation whatever
Salem.— What is designed to be a
International Corresoondence Schools
as advance guard of Portland’s
clearly the insignia of anarchy, lawlessness and sedition as is the
to send us this coupon and allow
permanent
Democratic
weekly
maga-
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Ad Club delegation which fol
Please
explain, without further obligation on my part,
black tlag the emblem of piracy. The actions of its followers pro
our experts to explain our system
how I can qualify for a larger salary and advancement
lowed yesterday
afternoon
to zlne, devoted to the state-wide inter- I
to the position before which I have marked X.
claim everywhere wluit their words attempt to conceal. We know for
of instruction, and adapt a Course
eats
of
the
Democratic
party,
was
participate in the Seattle club’s
Ad Writer
to your personal needs.
what it stands and should act accordingly.
A rchitect Draftsman
Show-Card Writer
installation of officers and annual started at a meeting of the county
Structural Engineer
Window Trimmer
Do you really want to earn
Structural Draftsman
In spite of their failure to study beforehand the men they pul
central
committee.
The
magazine
will
Civil Service I rams.
high jinks. They are losing no
Contractor & Builder
Ornamental Designer
more salary? Would you like the
Foreman Plumber
in oilier, some of the people of Seattle are to he commended. It re
be
published
at
Salem,
and
the
first
:
Mechanical Engineer
opportunity to host the Rose Fes
Civil Engineer
Mechanical Drafts.
salary bag to yield you more each
quires some such action by red-blooded men somewhere to start the
R. R. Con. Engineer
Foreman Machinist
tival. Visitors will be met by a issue will be out about June 1.
Surveyor
Electrical Engineer
week or month? Then make a
Mining Engineer
wave that will engulf the malcontents and disrupters who have in
Electrician
Chemist
full delegation of local ad men
Power-Station Supt.
Bookkeeper
definite attempt to bring this
vaded America. It was good example and Seattle ought to be proud
Coal is Struck in Excavation.
Architect
Stenographer
and they will have the greatest
about by sending in this coupon.
of having given it. As to the other weakness, a few more recalls will
Oregon City.— While workmen were |
time in the history of the Seattle
Tomorrow never comes. Do it
probably cure it.
excavating on the Farr property. Sev
Ad Club.
today.
t
enth and Monroe streets, a few days
Street and No.
MORE U RENISM .
ago. a vein of coal was struck. From
City __________ ___ State _
indications it « iw a i* that it is neb
R U ’ RKN is ti gtvii lawgiver, no doubt. Ho is groat on giving
laws, corta inly. Ilo gave us tho Oregon system, inolilding (ho di
rect primary, tho initiative, recall and all. Now ho has .in entirely
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OREGON
now scheme for turning our state and county governments inside out
and upside down and he will submit it to the voters at the next elec
Trop Condition» throughout Oregon
tor Oregon, ana the nomination was
tion
It proposes to do away with pretty much everybody and every
! having been Hied with city officials.
' ire the beet on record.
ordered favorably reported by the sen
thing we now have in the way of public officers and public offices, and
Three
big
Columbia
river
salmon,
Lafayette
is
to
have
a
fine
new
Events Occurring Throughout
ate Judiciary committee
to substitute about everything we do not have
It includes a Go\
frozen in blocks of ice. will be dis
, ichoolhouse. costing $12,000.
George and Charles Humphry's, on
ernor’s cabinet, a state business manager, county “ directors” and a
the State During the Past
\ The Kpworth league» of the Eugene played this week in show windows at
trial for the killing of Mrs. Eliza Grif
business manager, abolition of the State Senate, tirst. second and
Dallas.
Tex.,
to
advertise
one
of
Ore
|
Jlstrict
met
in
annual
convention
at
Week.
fith at her home near Philomath on
third choice of candidates, abandonment of the direct party primary,
gon's many resources.
l Eugene Friday.
June 2, 1911, have been found guilty
and so on.
With $1.600,000 on hand in the state
Plans are being considered to make
of murder in the first degree, and
Mr. r ’Rren tried a similar stupendous scheme before and it was
Hermiftcn Work Moves
Ritli Him forest reserve a wild bird treasury. Oregon is better off financi
voteti down
Now we are to pass on it again. Evidently the people,
llermlston.
Government officers end game refuge.
ally today than ever before in its his sentenced to hang on Friday. June 14.
Government land must produce gold
«h o never make a mistake, according to the Hourne-F Rren lexicon, here will commence work in a few
The Jury in the case of \V. R. Foote, tory. The state has no bonded indebt
in paying quantities, and cannot be
are to he given another chance
days signing up the lands under the charged with murder In the second edness and all debts are paid.
Mr. I "Ren is an innovator not a statesman
If one system does west extension oi the Umatilla project. degree, at Marshfield, disagreed.
Charles W. Thebatid, former presi characterized of mineral value by a
showing of merely blend mineral col
not suit him, his method is to tear it down, and try another
\Ye are Contracts for water rights will be
Senator Bourne is urging the estab dent of the Vnited States National
not by experimentation or trial to discover the faults of present meth made, and ns soon as this work has lishment of a star route from Burns bank of Vale, has been convicted of ors. according to a decision handed
ods. and correct them; hut we are to destroy, and create some other been completed it is expected con to Bend and from Canyon City to getting away with trust property and down In the Roseburg United States
land office.
struction work will be ordered. Tho Prineville.
novelty.
converting it to his own use.
Postal savings banks will be opened
We have had too much of agitation and revolution in Oregon few months’ delay was caused by
The
strike
situation
on
the
Albany
The Presidential Postmasters Asso
and too little of patient and careful development of our present gov ! legal technicalities, but these have ciation of Oregon. Washington and extension of the Oregon Electric con June 1, at the following fourth class
been now overcome and the movement Idaho will convene In Portland June tinues about the same, the company I postoffices: Banks. Bay City, Brooks.
emmental scheme.
I Coburg, Cornelius, Dayton. Dtlley,
forward will become more active.
11. 12. 13 and 14.
« working a number of men. and the
The thriving little town of Dayton strikers conducting themselves peace- Florence. Gaston. Gervais. Halsey.
PERHAPS
, Lafayette, Linnton. Monroe. Scap-
Concern to Prospect for Oil.
ts to have the honor of establishing ! fully.
KRIIAFS thè Portland city cnuiu-il is righi
poose. Scio. Troutdale. Turner, Wlb
Albany.—The
Linn
County
Oil
com
County
Judge
Bushey
at
Salem
has
the
first
automobile
street
car
service
“ l ’erhaps thè managing director of thè Portland streetear s> s
j « o n v i llf v
pany.
recently
organised
with
a
capi
signed
a
temporary
restraining
order
in the state of Oregon.
tion in thè franchine of thè Portland street railway. or in anv other
talisation of $1.000.000, has secured
M u c h E a s ie r.
Assessor C. P. Strain of Umatilla enjoining Secretary Olcott from call
franchisi'.
It *.s much easier to ngre* to what
“ Perhaps it ts better l’or a franchine to he indeffuite in its terms tho land leases and other assets of county bas filed a statement of his ing a special recall election against
tho Valley Oil company. The com campaign expenses, showing that he District Attorney Cameron of Mult- . you know Isn’t so than to argue with
so douhts and litigation tnay arise later over what wns intentici)
the man who doesn’t know anything
\ nomah county.
“ Perhaps stile managing director of thè Portland streetear s\s pany now holds leases on approxi* spent Just 60 cents to be re-elected.
alK>ut it.—Purk.
mately 0000 acres of land in what is
Another effort is being made to have
Senator Bourne has withdrawn his
tem was wrong and did noi know bis business «ben he said in Port
known as the laicomb district, and Baker desert commission form of gov opposition to the confirmation of Les-
land. March loth, that thè hintory of thè country sho«s that there
Wealth may seek as. but wisdom
announcement is made that active ernment. a new petition to that effect ! lie M. Scott as Cnited States marshal
shoitld he public regni «tinti fnr puhlie Utilities.
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