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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1918)
T H E POLK COUNTY Bumper Spring Crops P O S T . ECKER & CURRIE, Publishers Published Twice a W eek at Independence, Polk County, Oregon, on Tuesday and Friday State Senator From Eastern ✓ Oregon Announces Candidacy For Chief Executive. Application made for Entry as Mail Matter of the Secopd Class Subscription Rates: $1.50 a Year Strictly in Advance; Six Months $1.00, Three M onths 50cents. CLYDE T. ECKER, Editor. Oregon should be organ WALTER M. PIERCE ' ing ized I of believe from top to bottom for the win the war. No person’s tim e ia his own. Every man and woman FOR GOVERNOR : th ought to labor in some occupation at will help win the war. We should A fter due deliberations I have de cided to become a candidate for the Dem ocratic nom ination for governor at the prim ary election to be held May 17. During my 35 years of residence itt Oregon I have taken an active interest in public affairs. At present I am a state senator representing Union and W allowa counties, and am now and have been president of the S tate Tax payers’ league since itB organization. My position upon most public ques tions is well known and understood. If nom inated and elected governor, I pledge my earnest and unqualified support to P resident Woodrow W ilson and to the great effort he is leading to win the wnr. In this dark hour of our national life there is nothing else th at counts. We m ust win the war or the principle th at all governm ents "derive their just powers from the consent of the governed,” after 140 years of existence, m ust perish. I fear our people do not realize the seriousness of the present titanio struggle. It cannot be the end of free institutions. We shall win—and not a P russian peace either, but a peace J. F. CURRIE, Business Manager be so organized that farm s, shipyards, and factories m anufacturing war m a terial should not feel the shortage of labor. We m ust work together as a united people, with one purpose and one aim —or perish. W ages should be com m ensurate with the increased cost of living. W ith these beliefs firm ly fixed, if I were govbrnor, I would ask all state Institutions to lim it their money de mands to the very low est point pos sible, so th a t this state's financial strength may be conserved to be used for our defense and to alleviate the sufferings of our people th at m ust fol low this terrible war. I believe in prison reform so th a t the unfortunate ones we confine in our penal institutions may return to the walks of life better and not w orse by reason of their incarceration. 1 have been a laboring man m ost of my life and deeply sym pathize w ith those who honestly toil, firm ly believ ing th at opportunity should be given to all to earn an honest living in some useful occupation. My opposition to the Am erican sa loon in this state comm enced with my arrival here 35 years ago. 1 rejoice th at the saloon in Oregon is gone for good. I believe hi the stric t enforce m ent of the law. I favor national prohibition. I have alw ays favored woman suf frage and am in favor of extending the franchise throughout the nation. I believe in the people’s rule -jn the greatest possible participation by the people direct in all the affairs of governm ent com patible w ith the prac tical and efficient adm inistration of affairs. I am a firm believer in the futur» greatness of Oregon. Portland should be one of the greatest ports of the world. W ith her inland w aterw ays de veloped, steam ship lines prom oted and rural Oregon developed, her futur» destiny Is assured. I shall do everything in my power if governor to prom ote the business growth and developm ent of our state, never forgetting the necessity for con- itan t work for the moral uplift and educational opportunities. My m otto shall be: ‘‘O rganization o f Oregon for the winning-of the war." EVILS OF MOB RULE A mob may occasionally be justified in taking the law into its own bands, but very seldom. Its members if aroused to that degree of passion in which they will tor ture or kill are not in a state of mind to competently de termine the guilt or innocence of the one suspected, and it is far better that ten guilty escape than that one inno cent suffer. A blot upon the nation was the crime in Illinois last PUGILISTS SHOULD FIGHT—BUT IN FRANCE week when a drunken mob hung Robert P. Prager, who The two heavy weight pugilists, Willard and Fulton, tho of German birth, had repeatedly shown his loyalty are wanting to tight for a bjg purse July 4 and it seems to the United States. He had not only tried to enlist in to be quite the unanimous verdict thruout the land that the army and had reported a friend to the government they should their fighting in the trenches of France. who was guilty of making treasonable remarks, but had But why should we object to Willard and Fulton pum- demonstrated in several other ways his ' love for the meling each other while we let thousands of other pu country of his adoption. The following press despatch gilists in the country stage their mills? If the two big indicates that he died like a hero and to the very end pugs should fight in France, why not recruit an army of reverently honored the American flag: the “little fellows” and send them over also? They have Joseph Riegel, an ex-soldier in the United States no visible means of support other than to beat each other army, is said to have confessed to the authorities that up and their absence would not be a detriment to any in he led the mob which hanged Robert Prager last Fri dustry. day night for alleged pro-German utterances. He is It is more than likely that the Willard-Fulton “go” said to have declared that small boys took the leading would he on the square while most of the bouts of the part in pulling on the rope and paid tribute to the courage of the victim, who neither begged for mercy “little fellows” are fakes. If somebody is to be spared nor shed a tear, except when he kissed the American to preserve the “manly art” in America it should be flag. Prager is declared to have protested his loyalty Willard and Fulton for they number but two and the to the last, and to have made, as his last request, that “fans” would probably get their money’s worth while CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY JUDGE his body be buried wrapped in tho American flag. lesser and little fellows number thousands and just I hereby announce myself a can The government and state officials are making every the didate for the Republican nomina now, like the shell game, are a useless expense to the effort to apprehend the leaders in this outrage and in public when there is a shortage of farm hands and liber tion for the office of County Judge W A L T E R M. P I E R C E to succeed myself, subject to the tend to make an example of them. All of them need to be ty bonds to buy. th at will insure for all tim e the free voters at the Primary election to isolated from their fellow men a sufficient length of time dom of all nations, great or small. be held May 17, 1918. citizen in public or privata that they may think deeply undisturbed, commune with Frank S. Myers has concluded that he will not be a can life Every should give his loyal aid and as Sane business policy, economical, to the commander-in-ctyief of but not parsimonious administra their consciences and perhaps in the end become good didate for U. S. Senator, tho he admits himself that he sistance our arm y and navy—our president, tion. Special atention to Probate Wilson. T his is no tim e to American citizens with a love for decency and fair play. would undoubtedly be nominated and elected. Accord Woodrow Respectfully, falsely criticise, find fault or play pol Court.. E. C. KIRKPATRICK. itics. The Hun, w ith the dripping ing to the honorable Frank hi' cannot be spared from the (Paid Adv.) blood of m urdered millions, Is at the MORE WORK FOR THE WOMEN He would tre a t our wives and Portland postoffice in these perilous times and vaguely door. daughters as lie has treated the gen that should he desert his post the forces of demo tlew SWOPE & SWOPE om en of Belgium and N orthern The women may be asked to do more in the war than hints France, if he could. Our boys w ear LAWYERS cracy might be seriously handicapped. We must admit ing the navy blue In English w aters they have been doing. It is hinted in semi-official circles that it is rather surprising that no other Democrat in the and our boys in the olive drab some I. O. O. F. Building that they be encouraged to raise long haired dogs; not to big city of Portland could run the postoffice without pos w a here in France are as truly fighting Oregon defensive battle as though they were Independence, eat but for the ‘‘wool” upon the canines’back. This hair, sible detriment to the country. If that was all that kept resisting the advance of the Hun up Columbia river. it has been proved, is a near substitute for real wool and him back from entering the august senate of the United the I pledge my m ost loyal support to O o o o o o o o o oooO all our boys who have or may enter o E L I Z A B E T H L E V Y o answers its purpose in many ways. Women of England the w ar and who may be called upon o Teacher of VioUn o are “raising” the dogs and tho the nights are hideous States he should have made his fears known several weeks to ing shed their blood, possibly sacrific O O their lives for the perpetuity of ago and his political companions out in the state would! with howls and barks, our sisters in the British Isles are our free institutions. Thousands of o Will give lessons ill Indepen- o have come to his rescue. They would have sent somebody our brightest, bravest and best have o dence for beginners and ad- o patriotically doing their bit. In America, thousands of down gone, and many no doubt will be o vanced students. Best of o to the Portland postoffice entirely qualified and j called upon to make the suprem e sac little weazing pug dogs are petted and fondled like chil rifice for the trium ph of righteous o methods. Prices reasonable o properly equipped with spin’ s to keep his feet from slid dren. In this period of substitution, it will be suggested ness. o Inquire at the Post Building o I pledge m yself to labor unceasing o or write E. Levy, 563 Court o that the pugs be chloroformed and the “long hairs” be ing off the desk. ly to help alleviate the suffering so o St., Salem, Oregon. o given a place in the parlor. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + cuutury luuicuie Him me ¡salvation far as possible and adm inister to the O o o o o o o o o o o oO' Army’s drive for two million dollars 14-YEAR-OLD VETERAN to assist In financing the organization’s BACK FROM TRENCHES w ar work Will II. Hornibrook, of Albany, a Democrat of pro France, is m eeting with The Independence National Bank nounced progressive views, seeks to be elected national H+'H'++H+t++Ht+++++4++++ success. committeeman in the May primaries by grace of his poli Established .1889 tical associates. His opponent is a Portland politician. A Successful Business Career of All the Democratic voters, who have the best interests of Twenty-Five Years the party in mind, will not forget to vote for Mr. Horni Printed ns you brook. want them. INTEREST PAID ON TIME An Eastern paper suggests that Washington merchants DEPOSITS better commence to advertise their special sales as the dollar-a-year men are about to draw their pay. Officers and Directors B. F. JONES H. Hirschberg, Pres. D . W. Sears, V . P . Candidate for R epresentative Polk Os West has thrown not one, but two, monkey wrenches R, R. DeArmond, Cashier and Lincoln Counties, May P ri into the political machinery by becoming a candidate for W. H. Walker I. A. Allen O. D. Butler m aries. U. S. Senator. (Paid Advi-riisemm .) /iam nf AM» A n u n l n t r ’a d n fn n rln sa I d Butter Wraps The Post 1 It’s Easy to Send Him . a pouch of Real GRAVELY Chewing Plug NEW CHIEF OF STAFF MnJ. Oen. Peyton Conway March, lately appointed acting chief of staff, has the unofficial designation of speed er up. A man of quick decisions, m> he has proved him self to he both In m ilitary cam paigns and In the direc tion of scm ldvll governm ents In newly ¡acquired American possessions, he Is thought to he admlrnhly fitted for the new role. Participating In two expeditions ¡to the Philippines, hts name is asso* j elated not only with many of the de- I clslve battles and campaigns In those j | of Islands, but wlUi the names of some the moet notable of the Filipino : leaders who were captured or forced ; to aurrendur. Qeueral Ms reh Is a son of the 1st« IV anels Andrew March, long a profes sor In L afayette colleges and his brother. Francis Andrew, Jr., la now a m em ber of the faculty of that Institu tion. 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