THE
POLK
COUNTY
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DEMOCRACY
REM EDY
FOR UNREST
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Pacific
Northwest.
In the effort to learn the truth re­
garding the labor troubles in the north­
west which guve rise to reports o f a
vast un-American conspiracy on the
part o f the I. W . W., the New York
Evening Post commissioned Robert W.
Bruere to make a first hand investi­
Nothing 1ms been said or written to contradict the
gation and report his findings without
statement, made three weeks ago, that no one had vet
fear or favor. Mr. Bruere went into
Think of the welcome he will give it—this con­
the northwest lumber country, where
given one legitimate reason why Charles L. McNary
densed plug of fine tobacco that slips flat into his
ship timbers and airplane spruce are
pocket, ready to give him tobacco comfort and satis­
should not be returned to the Senate where, tho as a new
cut, and into the national forests, and
faction anywhere, all the time!
his observations were given in a series
G ive any man / (L e w of R ee l G ravely Plug, and he will tell
member, he has accomplished so much iu so short a time.
of articles, the last o f which was pub­
you .h a t i the kind to jc.id. Send the be.«tl
While The Post does not believe that Mr. Stanfield has
lished April 13. In part, he says in
O rdinary plug is false economy, it costs less per w eek to
CHARLES L. M’NARY.
cher,- Real C ra/cly, b r . v : 5 c\ ..nail chew o f it lasts a long
horns or that money has spoiled him altogether, we do not Because United States Senator this last article, in which he deals
w ill.!.
with possible remedies:
i f you r u ' c ' !
~’ V - C —ivc*y ’ vith your knife and add a little
think that this is his race. He has entered at the wrong Charles L. M cNary has made good he “ I have faith that the practical an­
to y vur
‘ < u«.co •• »: tv i' r «■ .' --'o r—im prove your smoke.
should be nominated to succeed him­
swer to the problem raised by the I.
time. The efficient McNary must not be repudiated.
SEND V'UH FfcttKv U \'Z" V . i\ ITi-W f
WUClt b t GRAVELY
self in the Republican primary— May
W. W. and the widespread unrest
Dealers all around here carry it in 10c. pouches. A 3c. stamp
The people of Oregon would certainly be ungrateful if 17th.
among the millions o f workers who
will put it into his hands in any Training Camp or Seaport of th«
they repudiate a representative who has been such an aid From the day he became senator he have no knowledge o f the I. W. W.
U. S. A. Even “v/er there” a 3c. stamp will take it to him. Your
has loyally championed the prosecu­ creed, is not the veiled autocracy* of
coaler will supply envelope and give you official directions how
to them in the national law making body.
to address it.
tion o f the war, and during his term Liberty committees, spurious Loyalty
o f office has accomplished more for leagues and strong arm heresy hunters,
Oregon than any other member o f con­ but fearlessly applied democracy.
The Patent Poach keeps it Fresh and Clean nnd Good
gress in a like period.
“ I am convinced that the only way
— I t is not Heal Gravely without this Protection Seal
Among his colleagues he is known
an which to unify our nation and de­
Established 1831
as “ the man on the job,” and during
, I F H E R STOM ACH D O N ’T CARE, SHOULD W E?
velop the lrresistiblo drive o f an un­
the present w ar crisis Oregon should
clouded moral conviction is to purify
(B y R. M. C.)
consider itself fortunate in having an
our democratic faith, not in lip service
opportunity to return him and not be
Little Miss Pink,
only, but in practical action.
tlon by fire last summer; from Colo­ TO BE NO SOCKS FOR SO LDIERS
compelled to send to Washington a
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Swallowed some ink;
“ I have written at great length nel Disque, who, by reorganizing the
new, untrained man.
about the I. W. W. not because their lumberjacks o f the northwest into his
, Mistook the stuff for water.
Believing that the supreme obliga­
A Washington dispatch alleges mat
organization, as such, would under Loyal Legion o f Loggers and Lumber­
tion he owes his country is to help win
But don’t you. think
normal circumstances be entitled to men, and by meeting their reasonable American soldiers at training camps
the war, Senator McNary, instead of
consideration as a major influence in demands in the spirit of essential dem­ and in the field w ill go sockless this
That bothered Miss Fink—
returning to his state to conduct a
our industrial life, but because our ocracy, has succeeded iu providing the summei. It is planned to serve out
political campaign, is at his post in
She immediately swallowed a blotter.
official attitude toward it has seemed government with necessary spruce in light socks in place o f the woolen
Washington working fo r Oregon and
In some oases the men w ill
to be symtomatic o f one o f the most a territory where the bigoted autoc­ ones.
aiding in the prosecution o f the war.
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serious flaw s in our national morale. racy o f private employers had wrought wear silk socks, although the “ light”
Always since entering the senate he
or “ cotton” sock is said to be popular..
Throughout large sections o f the coun­ industrial chaos.
“
LESS DOG H A IR A N D MORE W OOL
has l)ecn a friend of our soldiers and
try fantastic charges against the hun­
“ It was the leaders o f the I. W. W. The men w ill be ins- seted to grease
sailors, and lias Introduced legislation
(Dallas, Texas, News.)
dreds o f thousands o f men and women men among the Bisbee deportees at their feet well and wear the light sock
giving them preferential homestead
Poodles and pull, poodles and pull— cut out the dog hair rights and repeatedly championed their who have found in the I. W. W. a Columbus, N. M., who sent an appeal as long as possible. By the time the
bond o f groping fellowship have been to the federal government last sum­ light sock Is thoroughly worn out, it Is
and raise some wool.
cause when their welfare was in jeop­
used to beat down the perfectly justi­ mer to assume control o f the copper believed the men’s feet w ill have be­
ardy.
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fiable and healthy desire o f all wage mines, promising that if that were come toughened to an extent which w ill
Championing the cause o f the Oregon
workers to rise to the dignity o f full done, they would bend all tlietr energy Iiermit them to go through the sum­
farmers, Senator McNary procured for
HOME G A R D E N E R ’S O F F IC IA L ODE
democratic citizenship.
From cham­ to the maximum production o f copper. mer without socks.
them a primary wheat market, saving
Since soldiers are expected to walk
(Tennyson J. D aft)
bers o f commerce In insignificant and It was the I. W. W . leaders In the
thereby several million dollars to the
isolated communities to tho United northwest who last summer gave the more or less in drilling, at least, i f not
Every onion in your garden, every bean pod on your vine, wheatferowers
o f the northwest.
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. , States senate, the I. W. W . bogey has government, In the midst o f the con- in marching. The Observer would sug-
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Helps to whip the haughty kanser, helps to hold the , Ralizing the present . food control been used
as a disingenuous weapon splracy roundup, unqualified coopera-1
that the men who have inaugur-
law falls to fix prices fo r many com-
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; against all normal expressions o f in- tion in saving the national forests flted this scheme abandon socks for a
batle line.
modities, Senator McNary has intro- *
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fire. The m ajority o f the men who time, grease their feet nicely, and
Then hoe and weed and water till your harvest comes at duced, and is laboring for the passage1 “ By dealing with the just claims of have rallied to the liberal democratic walk 10 miles a day fo r a few days,
o f a bill, striking at profiteering and
just to see how it works.— Observer-
length,
fixin g prices on the necessaries o f life. the unorganized wage workers to a policy o f Colonel Disque are, or were,
according
to
the
report
o
f
the
presi­
voice
in
the
control
o
f
the
conditions
Senator McNary has procured:
And remember, oh, remember, that in onion there is
Government contracts fo r the first under which they must work and live, dent's mediation committee, more o r ; German and Austrian newspapers
strength.
time in the state’s history fo r Oregon and by meeting their reasonable de­ less closely affiliated with the I. W. are beginning to express their fear
such as prunes, dehydrated potatoes, mands for legitimate reform in an un­ W. The unjailed leaders o f the I. W. concerning the entry o f the United
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sympathetic and narrowing autocratic W. Agricultural Workers have just j states into the war, which they pre­
nnd vegetables in large quantities.
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Large government contracts fo r fac­ manner, onr official prosecutors, aid­ appealed to representatives o f the fed- viously had referred to with scorn,
tories fo r army clothing and for ship­ ing and allotting the bigotry o f spuri­ oral food administration to give them “\ve must hurry and obtain a soUd
(A d in Columbus, Kan., Advocate.)
ous Liberty committees and Loyalty a contract fo r the harvesting o f the victory by arms before the American
building yards and lumber industry.
leagues, have spread among thousands coming crops, pledging their full co- j forces arrive,” is the tenor o f their
Senator M cNary is working:
j plea now.
For prompt payment o f allotments o f wage workers, both within and operation and loyalty.
T stand behind every brass bed I
“ The adoption o f a liberal demo- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
to dependent relatives o f our soldiers without the ranks o f the I. W. W., a
sell.
Scott Paul.
cynical skepticism o f the honesty of cratic policy toward these men at this
and sailors.
our
democratic professions. I am con­ time would not involve any official
For the construction o f a coast m ili­
recognition o f the revolutionary doc- |
tary highway at government expense. vinced that if our federal and state
trines o f the I. W. W . As the presl-1
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Senator McNary was born on a farm authorities would yield to the guidance
dent's mediation commission found, a I
o
f
pure
democratic
ideals
In
their
deal­
DOC, Y O U ’D B E T TE R O P E R A T E ON T H IS PO ET in Oregon: reared in the Baptist
had $2,500,000 invested in western Can-
church ; educated in the public schools; ings with the thousands o f men In our
(B y Pretty Punk Poet.
I. W. W. membership are realy under-
mines,
our
forests
and
agricultural
dis­
worked his way through Stanford uni­
standing followers o f sub^grslve doc- Candidate for Representative Polk
versity ; is a lawyer and farmer, and tricts, the great m ajority o f these
Tho u soldier at present,
and Lincoln Counties, M ay P r i­
trine. A liberal democratic policy guar­
has been a lifelong Republican. He carnal workers would respond to the
maries.
A doctor of yore,
anteeing justice to the men and secur­
call
o
f
democracy
by
giving
themselves
was form erly a justice on the supreme
(Paid Advertisemen-.)
ity to the employers so long as they
He now does with his sword
court, and later chairman o f the State without reservation to tho service o f
practice justice, would not only rally
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the country.
Republican Central committee.
What his pills did before.
these
discontented
workers
to
the
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Space forbids further enumeration
"Surely, this is no time to permit
thuslastic support o f the government’s
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o f the vast amount o f work Senator bigotry nnd false pride to restrain us
I hereby announce myself a can­
program, but would wipe out the very
D A N G E R CONFRONTS IN NO C EN T B Y S T A N D E R M cNary has done fo r Oregon, hut any­ from correcting blunders that have foundations o f the revolutionary I. W. didate for the Republican nomina­
one w ill realize from the foregoing the tended to wonken our national morale.
tion for the office of County Judge
W. creed.”
(B y Scud.)
senator has displayed truly remarkable Whatever the immediate trend o f the
to succeed myself, subject to the
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voters at the Primary election to
W e have observed that the greatest danger arising from ability, coupled with extraordinary dil­ great battle In France, we can be un­ I h e , local , ,__.
institute was held Satur-
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igence nnd energy. His native state der no further Illusions as to the colos­ i
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be held May 17, 1918.
widows is that they are liable to marry innocent bystand­ ean best show Its appreciation o f his sal demands that w ill be made upon day
at Independence, with about 50
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1 sane business policy, economical.
teachers in attendance. The attend­
faithful
and
efficient
services
by
nom­
us
if
we
are
to
carry
our
w
ar
for
ers.
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but not parsimonious administra­
inating nnd electing him.
democracy to a triumphant issue. W e ance was small considering the type tion. Special atention to Probate
of
work
offered,
which
should
have
TH O M A S B. K A Y ,
o f all nations can least afford to be
Court..
Respectfully,
half hearted In our allegiance to demo­ attracted all the teachers. The public
State Treasurer.
TH E W A R C A R R IE D IN TO M ISSO U R I
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E. C. KIRKPATRICK.
school
was
in
regular
session,
with
I
B. W. SLEEM AN,
cratic Ideals In this bitter crisis. But
CLYDE T. ECKER, Editor.
J. F. CURRIE, Business Manager
SENATOR McNARY SHOULD BE ELECTED
Every F e w Days Send Him
a pouch of
Real GRAVELY Chewing Plug
P. B. GRAVELY TOBACCO COMPANY, Danville, Va.
JELLY, JUICES AND JAM
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POLITICAL ADVERTISING
B. F. JONES
(Higginsville, Mo., Jeffersonian.)
Our merchants are warlike. Going into a store this
week we found the boss and clerks all seated around the
stove waiting for a counter atack.______________________ _
Chicagoan’s Device to Evade Garfield’s Orders
w e shall imperil the cause o f democ­ the normal student teachers doing T ftid Adv.)
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racy I f we permit inherited bigotries most of the work, thus offering the 1
nnd prejudice to poison our practice of visiting teachers the opportunity of
Conner for County Clerk
democracy at home. I f we do, w e shall seeing what normal training means,
I hereby announce my candidacy
soon again face a disastrous Interrup­ and also giving them some excellent
for county clerk of Polk county,
tion o f such basic industries as copper •lass methods.
Dinner was served In the hot lunch subject to the decision of the Re­
mining and lumbering, and we shall
he compelled to let untold quantities kitchen o f the public school building publican voters at the primary
o f agricultural produce go unharvested by the rarent-Teacher association. In election to he held May 17, 1918. I
for lack o f adequate agricultural labor. the afternoon a patriotic meeting was was bom and raised in Polk county
“ Repeatedly I hav^ been asked what held in the Isis theatre, where the and believe I can successfully per­
as a matter o f actual practice I should various grades o f the public school form the duties of the office.
do to quiet Industrial unrest throngh- gave a musical program and an ex­ 10
GEORGE W. CONNER. .
Istganhemes Are Good.
out the vast areas In which the I. W. cellent address wos given by Mr. Lee
(Paid ad. by George W. Conner)
No wonder the loganberry Is so good j W. has flourished and to consolidate o f Portland.
and wholesome. Its chief acid is citric the morale o f the mine workers and
— the acid o f the lemon, as is shown j l u m b e r j a c k s and the farm workers
in the new O. A. C. experiment statical ,n support o f our w ar production pro-
hullettn, " A Chemical Examination of * ™ m-
the Loganberry, by Milo R. Da ugh-j
“ i f J had the power I should induce
ters.
Hie ash o f the Juice is highly the department o f justice and
the
alkaline, another good point.
T h e ; leaders o f legitimate organized labor
pulp may he used as a flour substi- to forget In this crisis that hundreds
A Successful Business Career of
tute, in making jams and jells, for o f thousands o f metal miners, lumber-
Twenty-Five Years
making a drytng oil. or as a fertilizer, jacks and agricultural workers hold j
Copies o f the bulletin are free.
membership In an ’outlaw’ orgai Ita-
------------------------- ! tlon. I should take my cne from the
Business Representative o f District
Connell o f Carpenters.
MRS. GEO. W. M’M ATH,
President o f Cooperative T/eague.
TH O M AS A. M’ BRIDE.
Chief Justice o f Oregon Supreme Court
T. B. NEU H AU SEN,
Vice Chairman Hughes Campaign Com­
mittee.
(Paid Adv., by M cNary for Senator
League. )
10-11
HICAGO.— Huh H. Stommcl Is the proprietor o f a thirst parlor In Wast
Randolph street, nnd If It shall come to pass that he emerges upon fame,
let no cat hereafter go forth hungry from his door. Fuelless Mondays rode
heavily upon Hub. Other saloon men
■ closed, but In Hub’s ears there rang
the pleadings o f thirsty patroni.
“ So. thinks I." said Hub. “ I ’ll try
to keep the place open I f I can do It
without breaking the law. O f course,
you
don’t
need
no
coal.
After
a
few
warm
friends
gets
ltk-
kered up pleasantly and call each oth­
er some names It gets hotter’n yon
expect.
“ Well. Tm talking to Pete, the
porter, aud he ain’t such a bum as he
looks. *1 got an idea about lights,’ he says. *Get a lot o f cats.* Now, what
do you know nbou that? Tete tells me that eats has got more light in their
eyes than a whnddayacalllt. Pete go's him a basket and some liver and a
string, and pretty soon he’a back here with 22 cats. Come on down here In
the basement.
The American people seem to 1« ' * vnt
" I* rlffln“ of *nch j
“ Now, can you see ’em? All eyes, bey? Forty-four eyes. Them big ones w illin g
that W illa rd and Fulton I
Z,
m '™ * * 2 * “ T *
belongs to Electron). H e’s the grum!:ather o f all the cati you evar eee. I should fight the— lluns.
H “ ? op ” ° * ° r
^ n ^ a t i o n who.
with a force o f I. W. W. w orkm 'm .:
her he could whip a goat. See the nexi one? That’s Kleetra. She’s hts wife.
launched the first wood« -' sh'o for the i
I f sh > ever got after me I’d go so fast I’d find a new street.
“ No v, here’« the dope: I put a big mirror— looking glass, you know—at
S W O PE & S W O PE
emergency fleet corpoiation; from tl>e!
each end o f the bar: I put the c its looking Into the mirror at one end; the
acting district ' o rester at Missoula, ;
LAW YERS
reflection from the cats’ eyes shoots back to the other ;iass. and there yon got
Mont., who, with a force o f 10,000
the light from three times twenty-two pair of ayes. Wouldn’t that atop your
mem. recruited with the help o f I. W j
dock? l it say It would.”
T n J a m iw l.i,«.
r»
I W. leaders, saved the national forent
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