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The Direct Primary, the Initi- defender did not like. Yet he, H.
ativeand Referendum, and the J. Parkinson, who stands as
Recall lw u .kJaucha great defender for the
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Oregon System. This Oregon
System Is very popular with the
irreat majority of the people of
tate. Any person who has the
temerity to attack any one of
k.!:t:iTar ,aws "otiNow he acta himself upas
nine 10 escape we oncKS
nd other missiles hurled at him
almost
before hia utipranroa
leave his tongue. No particular
Political party or faction has any
thing on the other fellow when
Itcomesto defending the sys
tem, for every party has espoused
"wl Of course there are
ome people who think that cer
tain changes should be made In
ome of the Iws but In the main
"ey have come to stay. How
ever there are those very patri
ic citizens in Oregon who have
ken upon themselves the self
mposed duty of defending these
ws in such manner as to do a
Jat deal more harm than good
jor the cause. For instance,
there is one H. J. Parkinson,
torneyand counsellor at law
th offices in Portland who is
JSw"01?1 ttentlon t0 "
Jrontred referendum
Djr it recently decided
An Expense
Reducer
One of the Reasons
For The
Following Prices
16 lbs. Fruit Sugar
17 lbi. Dry Gxanulated Sugar
Pure Lard. 5 lbs
Pure Lard, xo lbs.
Sugar Cured Breakfast Bacon
Sugar Cured Hams
Smoked Salmon
4 lbs. Head Rice
J.H.WdliMtOR
by Judge Galloway in Salem
wherein the referendum was
invoked, or attempted to
be, against the appropriations
passed by the last legislature for
the University of Oregon. He
seta up that every member of
the legislature from Lane Court
ty is a crook and dishonest be-
I cause they voted for some cer
tain bill that Parkinson did not
want, as he says, just for the pur.
pose of securing votes for the
University appropriations. Of
course the same reasoning would
apply to the other member who
voted for bills which the great
sacred popular laws, in circu
lating his petitions for this same
referendum, secured to many
hundreds of fraudulent names to
his petitions that the court was
romnollpd to throw it all out.
iudee or every man s motive on
every puplic question and if the
vote does not suit him, the voter
is a crook and is an enemy of the
popular laws. If there wa any
danger or likelihood that the initi
ative and referendum, the uirect
primary or the recall were to be
attacked with any chance of
avoiding them, just such fellows
as Parkinson and hia fool letters
would be a great assistance to
the attack.
The action of the Portland offi
cers in substituting brick for
stone in the pavement of a numb
er of atreets in that city is quite
a set back to St. Helens rock men
for the time being. Mr. Monta
gue of theSL Helens Quarry Co.
received the contract and it was
estimated that 900,000 paving
blocks would be used to complete
the works. We are sorry that
the Portland officials have made
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$1.00
i.oo
.75
1.45
lb. .18
lb. .17
lb. .15
.2$
6 lbs. Broken Rice .25
3 cans Carnation or Sun Rise Milk .25
3 cans Tomatoes 25
3 cans Corn 25
3 cans Beans .25
4 pkgs. A & II Soda .25
3 pkgs. Lilly Gloss, Corn or
Celluloid Starch 25
4 pks. Saratoga Chips 25
3 pkgs. Raisins J 25
this change and make the
statement that they have made
a big mistake. The bid on the
paving with stone was about $SG,
(XX) and for brick alnrnt $71,(XH.
Experts claim that stone will out
last the brick at least I times, so
that with the small dilTort nee in
the cost it certainly appears that
somebody has made a mistake.
It is certain that a mistake
has been made so far as St. Hel
ens is concerned, as under a stone
contract the blocks would have
been made here while with brick
we do not get any benefits.
However if Portland dont want
our stone we may do some street
paving ourselves some of these
davs and show them.
Outside of an unkaded"gun,
the most dangerous plaything for
a boy is an air gun loaded with
shot which enables him t shoot
at other boys and girls, as well
as horses and cattle. An airjrun
1 in the hands of a boy is a danger-
ou3 weapon ana its use snouia ,
be prohibited
Court Proceedings
Continued from Page 2
In the matter of the application of
W. A. Killers for liquor license
for ScapiMtose I'rec,
rin i hid I nth dav of January.
I j 9l2 conui9 on for ht.ariK the
, 4.titit,n f h. a. Ehlers, for a
.. t0 ,,jrjt0us, vinous, ami
malt liquors and fermented cider
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ONE PRICE
in less Quantities than one gallon, in
Scapx)se Precinct, for the. period
of one year.
And it satisfactorily appearing to
the court from proofs filed herein
that due notice of the pendency of
this proceeding has been given as
by law required: that petitioner has
not been convicted of wilfully sell
ing or delivering spiritous. vinous,
fermented or malt liquors to a
minor, or of wilfully allowing a mi
nor to loiter in or about any place
where such liquors are sold or dis. j
pose! of: and it further appearing
to the court that said petition eon
tains the signatures of a majority of
all the legal voters of said precinct
who are actual residents thereof,
and who have actually resided
therein at least thirty days Immedi
ately preceeding the signing and
presentation of said petition.
And said petitioner having filed
with the clerk of this court a bond
duly approved by the County Judge,
and also having filed a duplicate re-
ceiiu or the unmty ireasuror in
the sum of Four Hundred Dollars,
and the court being advised in the
premises, it is ordered by the court
that said petition be granted, and
that License issue to the said II, A.
Thiers, to sell spiritous, vinous and
malt liquors and fermented cider,
in less quantities than one gallon, in
Scappoose Precinct, foi the period
of one year from this date.
Whereupon, court adjourned un
til February 7, 1912.
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