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COUNTY QUOTAS '
, .IN V.R CAMPAIGN
Chairmen of Organization Also
' " Given Herewith.
Following nro tho official quotas of
each county in the United War Chest
Campaign, wook of Novomtier 11; chair
Bun of eacb county and his address:
I Bakor county, 118,060, J. P. O'Bryant,'
linker, Oregon; Benton county, $10,600,
,W. H. Kylor, Corvallis; Clackamas
oountr a6,700, A, C. Howland, Oregon
,City; , Clatsop,. ao,600, B. BV Stone.
'Astoria; Columbia, (.10,350,, Charles
LWbeelor, St, Helens; Coos, $18,160,
Charles Hall, Marsliflold; Crook, 14,
0,, W. King, Prlnavllla', Curry,
$2,650, Hardy T. Stewart, Port Orfordi
Doschutos, $0,600, T. H. Foley,, Bend;
Douglas, $18,400, Hon. O. P. Coshaw,
Roaeburg; Oilllara, $6,600, D, R. Parker,
Condon; Grant, 10,600, C. D. Tyloiy
, John, Day; Harney, $6,600, I, S. Goer,
Burns; Hood Ulver, $6,800 Leslie BuU
lor, Hood River; Jaoksom $20,860, Win.
O. Talt (NortbJ.Medford, H. Vt Carter,
'(South), Ashland;?, Jefferson,; $8,060,
iloward -i W. Turner,,, Madras;;- Jose
phine, $7,100, George, B. Lundborg,
Grants PasB; Klamath, $10,800,, A,, B,
Unperson, Klamath. Falls; .Lake, $6,
350, J, F, Burgess,, Lakoviow; Lane, j
$29,800, Richard S. Smith,, Eugene; ,
Lincoln, $4,650, B. F. Jones, Newport;,
Xinn, $22,500, P. A. Young. Albany;
Malheur,' $11,400, W; W: Wood, On
tario; Marlon, $37,660, W; I. Staley,
Salem,'; Morrow, $0,760, M, D. Clark,
Hoppner; Multnomah, $306,060, Dr. H.
Or Flxottv Morgan Bldg., Portland;
Folk, $12,700, H. I. Ponton, Dallas)
Sherman,;. $5,250; Geo, D, Bourhill,
Moro; Tillamook,, $8,660, & J. Edwards,-
Tillamook; Umatilla,. $81,200,
M. 11. ChesnmaQi Pendleton; Union,
$16,160. George Palmer. La Grande:
iWallowa,; $0,800, Wade Slier,; Enter
prise; Wasco, $18,260, H. O. McCoy,
The Dalles; Washington,, $21,560, J..
H. Garrott, Hlllaborq; Wheeler, $3,050,
C. O. Portwood, Fossil; Yamhill, $18,
650, WvB. Dennis, Carlton.
BRIGi GEN. J. L MAHONEY
Butter ' Wrappers printed . at the
Observer office. ;
VOTERS
of Oregon.,; .
Justice) F. A. Moore, of tho Supreme
Court, died last month, too late for
the name of any candidate to succeed
him to bo placed on the Ballot. This
condition makes it necessury to write
in the nume of your candidate. '
This is the most Important position
in the Judicial system of the State.
'It is esHcntiul to choose n mnn of
extensive legal training, of high character,-
nnd of broad vision. We com
mend for your consideration and vote
J. U. CAMPBELL
., OF OREGON CITY,
Resident of the State 30 yearst law
yer for 25 years; veteran of Spanish
American War and Philippine Insur
rection, having served with 2nd Ore
gon, Regiment; member of Oregon
legislature in 1007 and 1900 sessions;
Judge of the 6th Judicial District 9 '4
years.
In sit these positions) he has mode
good. His record ns a private citizen
and public official has tieen above
criticism.
Write in his name at the
General Election Nov 5th.
Brig. Gen. John E. Mahoney la. one
of the colonels of the . United States
Marine- corps who have been given
generalships,,. General Mahoney has
seen active seryioo In the Spanish
American war, In the Philippines, Mex
ico, Haiti and San Domingo. He was
appointed second lieutenant In 1883,.
first lieutenant In. 1090 and captain In-
1899. He Is now stationed at Guan-.
tanamo Bay, Cubs, .- ,
NOTICE.'
I,, tho owner of tho purse lost night
of October 18, give last notice to par
ty that found it,.- Call at 1707 Jeffer
son street or phono Black IB 42, or im
mediate steps will bo tiken to recover
sumo. Full description will bo given
for same to party when returned.
: 10-24-lt,pd.
Sidney i.ylo, tho pinnd tuner, is ut
the Hotel Foley. , 10-24-Iltp,
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A WANT AD will do IV 1
NEW RAILROAD
AJ1KIU04N . J;iI.T TKAFFIO
LINK IS AltCTIO,
nmimtic Tale Of Howl Built In
Ulghlwii Mi.iitlis Why Tiio
(iomiaiiH, Cunnot lliuik. ,
Tho, allies' wore (co "months
ngo, marching Into, Runslt from tho
noi th. They wore already far.
south of Archangel, whoro our mar
ines joined: them, And, - from the
hub,, tho now Murmansk, ral)road,
paialelling; tho Finn'tli border, na, it
doos for, almost-, ttu entira.. length,:
seems to offer tho most vulnerable
of open flanks, ' ' ' '
But 'he Oertitana thoinaolvas
knew bolter , thnm that. , The Mur
mansk, railroad is about as far ( as
possible from belni; an open flunk.
And Just now thero Is at least one
man in America who Is in a posi
tion, to tell, why. That Is Vladimir
(loi Ittchkovsky, tho big Kusslan cn
Klnoer who built It. It was built
in loss, than, eighteen months whon,
urtor nearly two years of war, Ttns
Hla found tho absolute need of hav
ing an lc.e;froo por; on tho Arctic.
Gorlachkovsky W03 chosen for the
Job- because , he was an engineer
who. had already B'jlvod many pro
bloms his. last work hud , been.: a
railroad' along tho loot, of- the, Al
tai mountains and ' it was known
tlmt t tho Murmanslt , would ; be
road of many problsms. And when
If was planned and located never
for a niomont .wiaH. lt forgotten that
It wan. a railroad, which, sooner - or
later might be, a would-bo objoot
of attack. ,
Diillvoi'les On. R('boiluI Time.
But, first, to look: at it only as
a tallroad. It iruns from Svnnka,
the main-line, junction east ' ot Po
trograd,,,' six hundred ! tulles . north
of Kola. , Ita last .- two hundred
mlllos Is within tho Arctic Circle,
and Kola Is tho-world's- only Airctlc
railroad tprmlniis..;- ,To build ; the
Murmansk.. In a, your and a half,
It was finished in November, 1917,
IO'OiOOO men and 15,000 horses
wsro , put ; tq workv , And in; one
sonse It. Is an , American railroad..
For It was built with. Amprlcan ma
terials., - '-.' ,.i'' ij :'.'
Three years before the marines
reached the- White Sea, our ships
and our freight handlers ;woro go
ing thoro- wlth. rails, and construc
tion- machinery. . When - no , plok
would open tho frozen . ground,
groat fires Woro built" to; thaw It
for brigades, of. Ainsrican. steam,
shovels.. When it . was, found lm-
posslblo to get supplies-, through
from tho construction camps, Am
erica, was drawn upon for the need
ed : flour and: ba.'on, And, from
first, tp last, ltv was found possiblo
to lot everything rost and depend
upon- Amorlcan business system. In
this way; 1 " - 1 r
When- a railroad.. i to, be built
In record time, work must hegln
simultaneously along almost the
whole line. And , the tools and
rails, tho bridge, work and supp .-s
must bo dollvered as nosr as Is In
anywise possible to tho particular
section for wlhch , thny are doslgn
od. Well, when tho .rinhl-nf-wny
was located, It was found that at
various points on ths road t?iero
wore adjacent . poin's on the coast
of Kola Bay rill tho White Sou
where It might bo poml'ile fur ships
to. make, a luiifiing If they could;
do It, and muko i:lr dolivcries x-
iiclly us per a .porviMisiyj'ariinugiMl
scncuuie, wiioiB luiinius coum uo
ved. And our ships did It. De
spite German submarines waiting
for them outside, and Icebergs Im
peding traffie within, they made
their deliveries as per schedule. Not,
a day . was, losU, nor a meal. The
bacon and, the steel arrived, togeth-,
er. It the, Murmansk now , prom-,
lues to be one. of the most useful,
roads on earth, America can claim
at least a part of the credit for its
being there. j
1 Ituindoon : Trails Anil I Mnrohes,
But wbycan 'It not. be finnkod
and cut from Finland? The answer,
lies la the nature of the country.
It is , absolutely, wild' and, virtually,
impassible. If is much like uorthr
westerns; Canada. There 18; , the
same amount 'Of game. When' our
boys are not fighting they can -fish
and shoot. There is the same -lack
of all roads. Tho sparse reindeer
trallsrolndeer, sledded In (the, first
Flench, ammunitlonr are 'the , bent
the Germans will; find In, that re
spect.. Born, Lako Onega, north
there are the same lakes and
marshes. For hundreds of" miles
Indeed,, the;- marsh, belt , between,
the railroad and Finland Is virtual
ly unbroken. 5 "And p marsh," said
Hunniba), two thousand yeai-s ago,,
"is of all, thlpgg aocursed ;lu,,warlf'
Where, in those Russian marabou
there, ore a; few labyrinthine cause
ways; onlyj the , wolves ' seem able
to thread, thcm And the. wolyes
ubound, To protect i their horses
and cattle in . summqr, the. natives
hard 'them on the Islands found In,
tho,.'hlggor flakes; 'And when, dur
ing;, the, building, of tlioj road, cer
tain, Gorman - prisoners, usedi in the
construction -gangs, avallodt them
selves pf their-; working liberty to
run for It; In general two days, or
at most three proved enough to
bring, them, baok; again,!
-' Whnra Tlio Iro In. Itail,.
All this, however,' Is true only
of the Bummer. ' In fact, south of
Lake Onega It 'isn't, true at all.
What off the wonlor, when ( solid
Ico should, furnish, road, beds? ' . In
both' cases the. railroad Is vulnera
ble. But, as will scon be seen, it
is a vulnerability tlMt need give us
llttlo Cause to worry. " y'
The Murmansk Is sub-arctic only
In a gpographical sense. , The last
reaches of the Gulf Stream' modify
the ' climate, and there Is moro
snpw than ice. On the large lakes
the gradually accumulating weight
of snow often forces the Ice be
neath the water, which, cannot make
for,, the, best of military, thorough-
lare. liven ill the, marshes., half
the invading airmy would be kept
busy digging out the other half.
And' finally, even if- a German
army did' get through, it could stay
only for the. winter. From,, Febr,ur
ary to -Novembar Its , connection
With Us base would be severed. ab-.
soluLely, During; tho. months of. lce
sleddlng It might ot course ulle up
supplies and ! munitions, enough, to
carry. It through the rest , of the
yoar. But under the strain and
drain ,of ; modorn fighting that is
unlikely. Henceforward,, ' too, the
Prussian military imagination . will
it
probably be less sanguine than
prevously has been. -'
So much for the regions north of
Lake Onega. What of th country
to- the south of it? From Petro
sovosk on the lake, . the line con
tinues south to. Bvankn,, 114 kilome
tres east of , Petrograd. -Between
junction and capital .all' is one open
plain, . and the, Germans - may ,- now,
reach Petrogrr.d at any time. Could
they get across the Murmansk
road from there?'
The 1000, Ton Barge To The Rescue
They., could not.;; Foiy again, ex
tending miles below. Lake On ago
there are ; marshes. Furthermore,
onoe we and the-allies reafh, the
lake, we shall no , longer 'need rail;
transportation, Frim r the, eastern
i-the prpteoted-Id'j'. of.f Onega
opons. the first of Russia's great
Interior oanals. Their huge steel
bdrges have always been-her main
.freight carriers. ' They ire ; among
these., things,-, which evolutions do
not destroy. They, are . almost- as
numerous as . American coal and
ore gondolas. , And whore the latter
carry tholr fifty tonB, ' Hussla!s
barges carry a thousand. All are
solf-powered,. , too, They ; may , be.
easily arrned.,. Tho. canals on, which,
they reach' all' Russia, from the
Gulf of Finland to, the ; Black Sea
and the Caspian. We may yet road
that Company , , ot the United.
States Marines got upon the enn
my's fls(nk, wjth . terrific 'effect by
arriving, suddenly a; high-speed" In,
its armored bargp, from the dir
eotlon, of Od,-issa.. , -i, , ! . ,
In.,the.meantiinei the Marlnos. aro
somewhere in'northein Russia, and
should bo hoard of first from there..
GERMANY'S NEXT
MOVE' IN TOE WAR:
(Continued from Page One)
Ho reminds, the Germans that the
powen of', the. king cf Prussia (the
kalBer) to control, tho policy of the
empire; la' unimpaired, and con
cludes with, the, warning that If this
power Is to be deal! with,, the -United
States and ; the .'elites . can, , de
mand nothing but surrender. -
As the note was dispatched, Se
cretary, Tumulty . at the, White
House, gave emphasis to the as
surance given by nil members of
the government that no Interrup
tion of rthe . military program is
contemplated, by making public cor
respondence between Secretary,
Baker. and. President Wilson,, shpwi
lng that mora than- ?, 000,0110 Am
erican, soldiers have embarked, for
the war overseas.: ', "
' Officials 'Approve - Note.
Approval , of, the persident'a.; ac
tion, was, voiced , everywhere among
officials, who declared that ' the
note demanded, the suirender upon
which America and ,tlie allies in"
slst,. and. at.'tho' same, time held, up
to the Gerpaan people a picture of
their situation in- a way likely to
hasten; their; rise p throw out the
kaiser and his war loards completely.
All Washington was surprised by
the news that the noto had, been
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newsboyB with, extras shortly after
9- o'clock Wednesday,, night; justi 11
hours eftar the,. official .text ,ofc the
last German ; communication, had
been-delivered by Frederick Oeder
lin, the Swiss charge. During the
afternoon. it-.nfttU.bet .autIloritaye
ly stated, that , there , would - be no
announcement of "tho, president's de
cision before Thursday, and the un
derstanding that exchanges between
Washington, London and Paris still
were proceeding. ; About midday
there was ajflmw of'.'lntarest when
Secretaries Lansing-,- and., Daniels,
and, GBneral Match,, chief' ofr staff,
werej oalled - to,, the. White,. House,
bufc 'ifi tho; deoiBlon-was, , communi
cated. ;theh,; these, officials kept the
secret well. "', ' .
' Allies In Batlra Accord;;
' How the- note, Is received 'by the
people, of; the alllB'I countries, will
be awaited with the greatest -Interest.
. Sa. far , as , the allied gov
ernments are, concerned, it Is as
sumed; that they; have heen- Inform
ed., and, are In, entire, accord with,
the. culminating st') of the- presi
dent's- policy.- Exchanges.. have, been.
going, on since, the wireless vereion
of the , German, reply to . thp presi
dent was picked up Monday.
AIJ.IKO POWEIW WIL
1MXR.MKD ON TERJI9.
LONDON, ; October, 24 Reuter's
Limited i learns , that the, allied , go
vernments as a result of continual
communications , are perfectly- acquainted-with
and agreed, upon the
terms under which, H-w-Ill. be possi
ble to enter, into negotiations for an
ari'inisticei It should; ba. observed
that naval questions have, never
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been dealt with in any-; negotia
tions between the .Uuited, States and
Germany and they nie of first Im-
VortanDe.,fromi the, allies'; viewpoint.
"The idea of freedom of the seas
as , understod , by Germany," says
the., Reuter , dispatohi . lsnot a mat
ter that -any allied government can
accept at all. It would appear that
the conditions precedent to an ar-'
mbxticet must include, the, question-,
of sea,, power as, well, as, of,, land
power,' but hitherto,. Germany has -always
limited' her remarks to laud
power. ,
"America,- Great Britain, France
and Italy owe so much to.soa, pow-',
er. in. canrying; on, the, war and In'
national' development that they can
hot omit ': consldaratlon of sea
power from the discussions con
cerning the armistice.
"The president' never ' assumed
thatTits eondltions would be. limited;-
to- the evacuation of" occupied,
territories,- as, 'the Germans always
urged. He put a number of - ques
tions to . Germany after receiving
the first note, as preliminary to
Placing- the matter before, tlio allies,"-.:
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For Justice of, the. Supreme Court to
fill, vacancy caused, by the death of
Justice Frank A, Moore,
Vote for. One
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the above, spare and, place an. X In
front of his name. - .
(J, Ui Campbell for Supreme Court
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A Few of the Many Reasons Why
Governor Withy combe Should
Be Re-Elected
i u- Heialoyallyi patriotically American. ' - 1
He hajs faithfully cooperated with the President in every war time actniity.
He wa foremost of Governors for preparedness and has. earnestly-supported
a vigorous prosecution of the war. ,'
He has stood for and insisted upou a square deal for both labor and capital,
industrial development of the state and suppression of V W.isnt
He has for more than 20 years earnestly supported.-: and, vigorously advo
cated yroman suffrage and prohibition and: has. stood: for a. better, audi cleaner
state.. . - ' ,
He did not assist in organizing the Non-Partisan,' League: iit Oregon neithr.
er was he ever a worshipper at the shrine of Populism and other organizations
of doubtful purpose and loyalty.
He has conducted his office patriotically, fairly and eoonomicallyr always
, has he placed patriotism and efficiency in. the public, service above, party pot
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He has. given his. earnest consideration and substantial effort in-promoting
the happiness and comfort of the boys in the service of; their, country, andi lastly
He has a record for a sound, business administration and loyal.and' earnest
effort in the nation's present crisis that should command the approval and sup-
port of the whole people.
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Re-Elect Withycombe Why Experiment?
.('Paid Adv.)
REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE;
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