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T he P olk C ounty P ost INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, VOLUME 1. LIST OF CANDIDATES WHO HAVE FILED FOR STATE OFFICES 32 LAWYERS AND 31 FARMERS FILE FOR OFFICE AT s,. \11 Must Save Salem, Or.—Lawyer and farm er candidates are crow ding each other closely in the filings for legislative offices at the prim ary election . An exam ination of the lists discloses th at thirty-tw o lawyers are candi dates for the legislature, against thirty-one farm ers. Occupations of a few other candidates are not known. Eight new spaper men have filed, w hile doctors are next, w ith six. The insurance fources have four candidates striving f o r places. Three m erchants, three contractors, th ree bankers, three credited with being capitalists, two m usicians and two real estate men also are in the race. The following trades or profes sions have one each: Abstractor, a g ricu ltu rist, bookstore proprietor, n urserym an, m iller, educator, pub licity m an, laborer, crim inologist, steam boat m an, preacher, printer, sporting goods m anufacturer, house wife. For the gubernatorial nom ina tion an osteopath, lum berm an, law yer, farm expert and veterina rian , expert accountant and real estate m an are on the Republican side, w hile a farm er is pitted a- g ain st a law yer-stockm an in the Dem ocratic race. The Congressional race presnts an educator, three lawyers, clerk, a real estate m an and a housewife, w hile for the United States Senate six law yers, a stockm an and a school toucher are striving. REPUBLICANS ARE NUMEROUS WHILE DEMOCRATS SEEM SCARCE ONE WOMAN FILES FOR CONGRESS No One W ants Congessmen Haw ley’s or Slnnott’s Job and They Needn’t Worry Republican Candidates U nited S tates Senator, long term —S. B. H uston, P o rtlan d ; Charles L. McNary, Salem ; Robert N. Stanfield, Stanfield. U nited States Senator, short term —Charles J. Schnabel, Fred W. Mulkey, P o rtlan d ; A. H. Burton, Portland. Members of N ational Committee— Ralph E. W illiam s, P o rtlan d ; Bruce Dennis, LaG rande. R epresentative in Congress, first d istrict—W. C. Haw ley, Salem. R epresentative in Congress, sec ond d istrict—N. J. Sinnott, The Dalles. R epresentative in Congress, third FORMER SALEM ATTORNEY ARRESTED IN ALASKA d istrict— A. W. Lafferty, C. N. Mc A rthur, Portland. Salem, Or.—W ord w as received Governor—J. E. A nderson, The D alles; L. J. Sim pson, North Bend; here of the arrest in A laska of Gus C. Moser, P o rtlan d ; Jam es E rnest Blue, form erly an attorney W ithycom be,, Salem ; Ben W. 01- here on the charge of m isappropri cott, Salem ; F. C. H arley, Astoria. ation of funds while acting as City State T reasu rer — W illiam Ad T reasu rer for W est Salem. Blue is am s, P ortland; E. D. Cusick, Al said to be a deputy U nited States bany; Thom as F. Ryan, G ladstone; A ttorney for Alaska. In the fall of 191(i Blue left Sa O. M. Plum m er, P o rtlan d ; Ben F. lem, saying he was going on a W est, Salem ; O. P. Hoff, Salem. Justice of th e Suprem e Court (to h u n tin g trip, an d failed to return. It is asserted $2300 W est Salem succeed Justice W allace McCamant) —Percy R. Kelly, A lbany; Charles A. funds were unaccounted for. Blue w as active in church cir Johns, P o rtlan d ; John S. Coke, cles here and leader in the fight Marshfield. Attorney G eneral — George. M. th a t m ade Salem dry before the pas sage of the state-w ide prohibition Brown, Roseburg. Superintendent of Public In am endm ent. His nam e w as also associated for a num ber of years stru ctio n —J. A. C hurchill, Baker. Labor Com m issioner—C. H. Gram, w ith all moves tow ard civic uplift. W illiam A. Dalziel, John Holston, It is expected he will be brought back for trial. Jo h n N ickum , all of P ortland. P u b l i c Service Com m issioner (state a t larg e)—F ran k J. M iller, Al- 1 Did you ever dodge a m illion? bany; Fred A. W illiam s, G rants You d id n ’t? Well, then see Mabel Pass. N orm and do it at the Isis tomorrow S u perintendent of W ater Divi- j night. sion No. 1—H. E. Abry, St. Helens; Percy A. Cupper, Salem ; J. B. Schaf W ill II. Hornibrook, Albany; J. W. fer, Linnton. State Senator, N inth d istrict— | Morrow, Portland. U nited States Senator, long term — (Benton - Polk) — I. L. P atterso n , W ill 1!. King, O ntario; Oswald Eola. W est, Portland. L egislature, E leventh district R epresentative in Congress, third (P olk)—W. V. Fuller, Dallas. Legislature, Tw elfth d is tr ic t- district M aria L. T. Hidden, Port (Lineoln-Polk)—B. F. Jones, New land; John S. Sm ith, Portland. port. G overnor — Harvey. G. Stark w eather, M ilw aukie; W alter M. D em ocratic C andidates Pierce, La Grande. M ember of N ational Committee J ■* m in ili i i i iu in in iii lim im i lim im i m FOOD CONSERVATION g demands that we eat less wheat, sugar, meat and fats. We claim to be patriotic and are doing all in our power to uphold the Government. —SUBSTITUTES— I ■ 1 f I g I f i i i fl 8 TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1918. cost more than wheat Hour but it is no fault of the Food Administration or of ours that such is the case as congress did not give the Food Ad ministration control of the grains from which substitutes are made but you may rest assured that our price is as low as we possibly can sell them under the present circumstances.. Senator McNary of Oregon has a bill before the Senate now which if acted favorably upon by congress will place the control of other grains besides wheat in the hands of the Food Admin istration. Until that time we must pay the little extra price and do it cheerfully and patriotic ally. ■ ■ Ï to Win the War By W IL L IA M G. M’ADOO, Secretary of the Treasury. Econom y la th e consum ption of all th e th in g s needed by th e n atio n fo r th e w iuuing of th e w ar— th e releusing o f lab o r und m a te ria ls from th e p u r su its o f peace to th e bu sin ess of w ar— th ese fu n d a m e n ta l n ecessities of o u r w ar p rogram m u st he u n d ersto o d by a ll o u r people if w e a re to p u t our w hole stre n g th behind o u r m en In F ran ce. We m u st w ork an d save a s never before in o ur h isto ry . W e m u st In crease o u r o u tp u t a n d red u ce o u r do m estic consum ption of all n ecessary p roducts, In o rd e r th a t th e re m ay be a g re a t in cre a sin g volum e o f w ar m a te ria ls going fo rw a rd to o u r a rm ies and th e allies who a re fighting side by side w ith us. As th e people reduce th e ir perso n al consum ption th ey will be enabled to finance th e w a r by lend ing th e ir savings to th e g overnm ent, w hile a t th e sam e tim e they help them selves by In creasin g th e ir personal reso u rces an d Income. T h e econom ic re a d ju stm e n ts neces sita te d by th e tra n sfo rm a tio n of an u n arm ed and p eacefu l n atio n Into a fo r m idable arm ed co m b a ta n t hnve caused unavoidable losses an d h ard sh ip s. Such th in g s can no m ore be avoided in tim e of w a r th a n sacrifices of blood If th e rig h ts of th e n atio n a re to be vindi cated and m ade sa fe fo r th e fu tu re and a ju s t p eace Is to be secu red for th e world. Call to Supreme Effort. We m u st fa c e th e se tria ls w ith phil osophy, reso lu tio n an d calm ness. We m u st see In them not alone th e in s p ira ti o n b u t th e call to su p rem e effort. ¡W hen th ese re a d ju stm e n ts h av e been com pleted It w ill be fo u n d th a t all the b ra in s and energy o f th e n atio n w hich have been released from o ccupations j non-essential to th e w a r w ill be re qu ired In e n te rp rise s and a c tiv itie s I w hich a re e ssen tial to th e w ar, and th a t th e w elfa re an d p ro sp e rity of th e co u n try a s a w hole w ill n o t be Im p a ir e d . “B usiness a s u su a l” can n o t of course be adopted a s th e g uiding p rinciple in 'tim e o f w ar. I t Is a w holly w rong the ory nnd should find no ndvocacy o r ac c e p ta n c e by th e sensible nnd p a trio t ic people o f A m erica. B u sin ess m ust be re a d ju ste d to th e w ar-m aking func tion of th e nation. W hat Is of su p e rla tiv e Im portance In th e re a d ju stm e n t th a t m ust take place Is th a t o u r people m ust be Im p ressed w ith th e necessity of econo m izing th e consum ption of a rtic le s of clothing, food nnd fuel nnd of every o th e r th in g w hich c o n stitu te s a d rain upon th e a v ailab le supplies, m a terials and reso u rces o f th e country. T h e w aste of a n y th in g now Is nothing sh o rt of crim inal. So fa r ns I have been able to observe th e A m erican peo ple a re not sufficiently aro u sed to the necessity of econom y nnd of saving in th is really serio u s tim e not only In th e life o f A m erica b u t of th e n ations ¡of th e w orld. Up to th e p re se n t th e re h as been a re lativ ely sm all denial of pleasures, ¡com forts nnd conveniences on th e p a rt of th e a v erag e citizen. H e is d raw in g upor. th e g en eral sto re supplies In th e co u n try w ith nlm ost th e sam e freedom a s b efo re A m erica w ent Into th e w ar. T h is can n o t continue w ith o u t a serio u s h u rt to th e n atio n and to th e w orld. T h e g re a t financial o p eratio n s o f the governm ent ennnot be carried forw ard successfully u n less th e people of the U nited S ta te s econom ize in every pos sible directio n , snve th e ir m oney and lend It to th e governm ent. Aid Own Prosperity. T hey a re a t th e sam e tim e increas lng th e ir own m ate ria l p ro sp erity In th e ir sav in g s and th ey a re directly helping th e ir g overnm ent by lending It th e m oney w ith w hich It enn buy th e n ecessary su p p lies and com m and th e n ecessary serv ices to m ake our fighting forces s tro n g e r and m ore e f fectiv e In th e field, and th is m eans an e a rly victory fo r A m erican arm s. T h e g re a t difficulty Is to Im press this lesson o f econom y upon th e A m erican people. It will re q u ire w idespread prop ag an d a an d c o n sta n t effort w o h fat- SMALLER PROBLEMS UP TO STATE R. R. COMMISSION Salem, Or.—It is the plan of the railroad ad m inistration to en tru st as far as possible to the Inter-state ■ I | com m issions duties in connection with the control of railroads, ac i cording to advices received by the ■ Public Service Commission from Buy Less Candy—Be Saving of Your Sugar— John B arton Payne, general coun But bear in mind that we are here to serve you g cil for the federal board. He asks at Cash prices which are considerably less than the commission to advise him as to I all m atters pending. the stores who do a credit business. In his letter he says: Yours Truly, ■ “We are advised there are a nuni- Iter of m atters pending before the state com m issions affecting pas naiMHM.1 i i » « » i « i i « i i « i a i i « i i « i « i M i i « i i « i i m M i t i E m senger and freight rates, building II I JOHNSON & COLLINS jin view It w as my privilege to sugge.st to the congress th e ra isin g of $2,000,- 000,000 by the sale of W ar Savings stam ps and T h rift stam ps, so th a t the A m erican people w ould have th e oppor tu n ity as well a s th e d ire c t encourage m ent to econom ize an d save m oney by p u ttin g w ithin th e ir reach th e oppor tu n ity of lending th e ir savings In such sm all am ounts even as 25 cents to th e ir own governm ent. T hese stam ps a re n o t Issued by the governm ent as an Investm ent fo r th e rich. T hey a re Intended fo r people of sm all m eans p rim arily . T hey a re Intended to brin g w ithin the reach of every one In th e U nited S ta te s th e op po rtu n ity of Investing In th e obliga tions o f th e U nited S ta te s governm ent upon term s u n usually ad v an ta g eo u s to the investor and to encourage every one to save bis money nnd lend It to the governm ent. The plan offers the m ost d irect In centive to econom ize und sav e ever offered to the people of th e country. When th e governm ent m akes It pos sible fo r every one to know th a t by saving 25 cents, w hich o therw ise would have been w asted, he can In vest th a t 25 cents in a governm ent ob ligation, It is a definite o b jective to which each one’s econom y may be di rected. Will Benefit Whole Nation. I look upon th e w ar savings cam paign w hich th e d e p a rtm e n t h as now Inaugurated as prom ising th e m ost wholesome benefits to the A m erican people and producing fu n d am en tal conditions th a t w ill be of Im m ense help In financing us well as In suc cessfully p rosecuting th e w ar. Interlocked w ith th e question of “sm all savings” w hich can be Invest ed in W ar Savings stam p s a t In terest is the question of “large suvings” which can be Invested In L ib erty bonds a t in terest. T he men an d women of large an d m o d erate m eans ow e a g reater duty, because they hav e a lurge m argin of Income, to c u t off self- indulgences, to deny th em selves use less nnd needless luxuries, to m ake sacrifices th a t will effect genuine econ om ies and set an exam ple to th e na tion. E v ery d o llar saved re p re se n ts ac tu al supplies suved and m ade available fo r heroic soldiers and suffering civil ian s in E urope and A m erica. It is easy to visualize th e course of a d o lla r suved from w aste and Invest ed in governm ent b o n d s: F irst It goes to th e governm ent as a loun fo r the w a r; second, It is expended by th e governm ent fo r food, clothing nnd am m unition, w hich go directly to a gal la n t so ld ier o r sailo r whose fighting stre n g th Is k ep t up by th e food, whose body Is kep t w arm by th e clothing, uud w hose enem y Is h it by th e am m unition. I t h as not been expended In th e p u r ch ase of needless food and clothing fo r th e m an a t home, and is th e refo re released fo r the use of the so ld ie r; It is saved w ealth to th e m an a t home, nnd can be loaned to his governm ent a t In terest, with resu ltin g benefit to h im self and to bis governm ent. Must Uphold Credit to U. 8. We m ust realize th a t the govern m en t’s cred it Is v ital to th e success of th e w nr ; th a t it u n d erlies every activ ity. It Is a sacred d u ty of every citi zen, an d it should be regarded a s a glorious privilege by every p a trio t to uphold th e govern m en t’s cred it w ith th e sam e kind of self-sacrifice and no bility of soul th a t o u r gallunt sons ex h ib it when they die fo r us on the b attlefield s of E urope. I t Is as Im p e ra tiv e to su sta in th e governm ent’s c re d it ns It Is to su stain our urm les, because our arm ies can n o t be su s tain ed unless the governm ent’s cred it is alw ay s abpve rep ro ach . 4 T h e courage and resources o f th e nation a re so u b u n d an t th a t A m eri ca’s success In the w a r is beyond ques tion If they a re properly organized and Intelligently used. T he economic and financial condition of the country w as n ev er so stro n g and A m erica's s p irit w as n ever m ore aroused to th e Im portance and necessity of going fo r w ard. resolutely and reg ard less of sac rifice, to the accom plishm ent o f the g re a t task to w hich (Jod h as called us. of stations, num ber of trains, etc., on roads under Federal control. “It is the earnest desire of the Director-General to co-operate w ith the state and in terstate com m is sions, and so far as such co-opera tion is a*, a 'i cot: is; *nt with the act kind w ith * le successful dis charge of the n at B u st which the w ar conditions hove npost'd upon the Adm int ‘rV .on, and it seetns that, m any of thus» m r V. s may be disposed of by correspt Jence be tween the three govem rn ntal agen cies charged w ith thi duty, ex pense nnd Int onveniencc thereby saved, nnd the public better served th an could otherw ise be done." NUMBER 7. GRAND JURY ADJOURNS The Folk county g rand jury convened last M onday and af te r several hours of deliberation adjourned. N > indictm ents were returned. ENROLLMENT WEEK IS DESIGNATED BY THE GOVERNOR POLK COUNTY DISTRICT UNITED STATES BOYS’ RESERVE COURT IN SHORT SESSION TO BE ENROLLED The Polk county circuit court has THIS WEEK been in session this week with Judge H. H. Belt presiding. No very im p o rtan t cases were docketed for this term and some of these were CAMPAIGN WILL END dism issed or defaulted, so th a t the term this year w as a short one. H. ON SATURDAY NIGHT H ointan and W. A. T eats w ere ap pointed bailiffs, and th e various cases w ere disposed of ¡is follows: Churches, High Schools, and A ll G. N. Tice vs. Robert Barff Thom p Young Men’s Organizations son et al, default. W alther-W illianM H ardw are Co. To Co-Operate vs. W. H. Stonehocker, dism issed. Antone Dyinensk: vs. Antone Le- laski, non-suit. D uring this week the S tate In teh case of G. J. Ferguson, ac Council of Defense expects to en cused of non-support, a not true roll 9500 Oregon boys between the hill w as returned by the g rand jury. ages of 16 and 20 as the state's H. A. Yocum, indicted for selling quota for the U nited States Boys’ m ortgaged property, pleaded guilty, W orking Beserve. The m ovem ent w as sentenced a n H paroled. is nation-wide, and its purpose is The g rand ju ry w as excused from the enrollm ent of 250,000 young fu rth er service u n til April 15, at 9 men for em ergency work on the o’clock a. m. farm s to insure a m axim um food N. F. Gregg vs. J. F,. and Ida M. production. Compton, appealed from justice Governor W ithycombe has issued court, ju ry retu rn ed a verdict for (lie following proclam ation desig defendant. natin g this week as “Enrollm ent W illiam Block vs. L. C rane, dis W eek" for the purpose of enlisting missed. this reserve w orking force: H. E. T hayer vs. I*. M. Skeels, ver W ith the official sanction of dict for plaintiff in sum of $200. President W ilson, the D epart In th is case, M artin Edw ards,sub- m ent of Labor a t W ashington peonaed as a w itness, neglected to is conducting a country-wide appear and w as brought in and cam paign looking toward the fined $10 for contem pt of court. enrollm ent of 250,(XX) Am erican The last case was th a t of Minnie boys between the ages of 16 and Guy vs. W. P. McBee, w hich resu lt ed in e verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $000.—D allas Observer. (Continued on Page 4) The Box Event o f 1918 : R e tu r n o f The Office Mabel Normand • • • • Sixty first-run houses in all of the greatest cities of North America today are playing to Normand production that has been released in eighteen months. Millions of admirers have clamored for her— and here she is at last in a splendid Goldwyn achievement. 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