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f m SWINE f DiE3 OF HUNGER STRIKE ¡I on the 74th Day of His f ast. ìJ L , B* Lv. [ PEARL OIL 1 j g r H h A I A N D U C f H T j cRciinitig Outside, but Inside — — the; warn» steady ¿{low o f a good oil h eater filled with P k a h l Oa.. W hatever the day or the* time, P k a k i . O il is ready to tfive you cheerful warmth at the touch o f a match. No smoke, no odor. Kconomical and evcr-ohtainahle. Sold in bulk by dealers everywhere Order by name — P kaki . O il . b l A N D A K I) OIL CO M PANY iCaUluf ilia) I.(indori Torcine MuoHwlrioy, lord muyor of Cork, died ut Urlatoli prlaon foilowliiK a humo r ntrlko of 73 daya H ie loril m ayors death occurred at & fu o'clock Monday morning Father I tornitile, lila privale chaplain, and hia bruì her, John MacHwlimy, were with him at the I line MaeHwIney waa iinronsrlous for thirty ali houra before hla death. It la atatid. Father liomlnlc therefore waa annido to give him communion but he udmlnlatcri d extreme unction. The enuae of MacHwIney'a death wan hi art failure, accordili* to a atatemeot by the home office. When line of the officiala waa naked m garillii* Mra MacHwIney'a a faience from Ilo le datile when ib uth occur rei|, he replied that the reatrlctlona which were recently Impoaetl upon the vlnltn of r< lutivi a were urged by the attending phyalciann aa vital to the primmer’* own Intercala. Ti retici’ Miu Hwlniy waa 40 year* old and waa one of the moat prominent Minn Kelnera. lie atnrteil life aa n diaper'a modulimi. hut became a poet, author and a playwright la-fore tak In* up politica aerloualy. latter he ficcarne violently null Fagliati. MaiHwIney'a hunicer atrlke waa bo- Kiln on A ukiih I 12 when, with ten of hla uaaoclntea, he waa arreated by sol- diera In Cork while attendili* a scs- h I oii of a Sinn Fein court. After trial by a court martial iunior the regula- t li him of the d o f f urn- of the realm act, he waa found KUtlty of ai-dltlon and aenteiu-eil to two years' Imprisonment, which he waa serving In ilrlxtou pris on In Lyndon. CABLE TRUSTEESHIP MAY BE DEMANDED WuahlnRton S o m e form of Interna tional trunteeahlp of the aelxed tier man cablea may be Inalati-d upon by the tfnlttd Statca In the event no equltubln (llatrlbutton of the cables la agreed upon by the delegate* to the International communication* con ference In session here. Since dlHpimttlnn of the (li-rman ca ble# umoiiK the five powers reiiulres unatilmouH conaent. offlrlala aald It waa |Mu>alhle that no agreement other than an Interiiutlonal form of operation miKht iMiHHlhly be reachod. Thta, how ever has not yet been proposed by the American commissioners and It waa atnted that It will not be unless It development that no other agreement was poaslblo. One of the American delegate* con firmed reports that tho United States, while not disposed to question Jupun's title to the Island of Yap under a man late awarded her by the peace conference, would most certainly In sist upon the safoKuanllnK o f the richta of all nations to Important cable communications centering about tho Island. 2-CENT LETTER FAVORED BuHeton Contemplates No Increase In Request to Congress. WnahliiKton.— Postal estimates to bo siibniltti-d to the cumin* session of emigres*. Postmaster-Oeneral Hurle- nnn said, will not recommend any In crease In the 2-cent first-class letter rate. In connection with any plan of taxation revision, and will renew the department's previous recommenda tions for a 1 cent local delivery rate. The postmaster-general estimates that a reduction of the local delivery rate from £ cents to 1 cent would probably Increase postal revenue rath er thnn decrease It. YVATiTII YOITU L A I ’. KL- IT W I L L L AY YOL Kill Foreign Diplomats W ill Get Liquor. Washington.— Tho customs servlco receded from Its position with respect to the Importation of liquor by the diplomatic representatives of foreign countries. Officials of the service said Hint not only could the diplomats bring liquor Into the country, hut that liquor consigned to them In shipment would huvo to be admitted. That Cold With CASCARA QUININE FOR AND Calda, Coughs IH lord Mayor of Cork Succumbs r * \(f = Lever Act Held Partly Void. Pittsburg.—The fourth section of the Lever act was declared unconsti tutional by Judge Thompson In the United States district court hero. He dismissed the government's petition for an order for removal of three rail road men to Chicago Indicted there for conspiracy to vtolnte the section ruled unconstitutional. La Grippe Neglected Colds are Dangerous Tab« no rhanrra. Koi'p ihlk alanilnnl lemoly hantly for tho firm an para. Breaks up a colt! In 24 hour* — Krliavna Orippa in 3 ilaya—Kmvllcnt for Headache Quinine in fhia form iloaa not affect ihe h*-ud — Camara fa bam Tonic l a «alive—No Opiat« in Hilt'a. A L L D R U G G ISTS SELL IT No Trace Found of Mayor Perclval. Vancouver, W iih I x — No trace of Mayor Perclval has yet been found. The mayor hns been missing more than a week. The river 1s being watch ed and more circulars have been sent to outside cities. Practically every city In the United Stales has now been covered. SI A Statement to the Voters I lie time oi year lor tin- election of County olticci* is approaching, aim my name will again appear on llie ballot lor the office oi County Judge. it ha* been suggested that I get out-aml viait the different parta oi toe county ami meet people aim talk mailers •ivi i with them. I I iih I would be glim to do. .Noliiing Mount give mu more pieusure Ihaii to spend a week or ten days visiting date rent pails oi the county, but 1 do not led lliai it would be right lor me to lock up my oilioe and neglect tm- business ot llie County win n tin- taxpayers are paying me a salary to look alter llicir intcicsl», and l do not l»c1 1 •• vc that they do expect tins ol me. I herdore, t take ibis method ot expressing my gratitude tor past favors and for kind treatment during my terms ol ollicc. .Six years ago, when the voters wrote my name on the primary ballot, 1 accepted the Humiliation and promised the people of bane County, it elected, that 1 would devote my time to the work ol the office, doing ull in my power to promote tlie tote-resta ol Lane • minty and to see, a» lar as possible, tnat the tax money was spent to the best advantage m order to do llie greatest amount ol good. Inis 1 have tried to do, meeting every iv-mi) as it came up, always taking u stand lor what 1 thought was right and just under tin conditions as presented. I he ollicc of County .Judge of Cune County is a very responsible position, as I Ins is u large county. the business ol too ollicc lias nearly doubled in tnu last six years. .Many and diliicull are tlie problems that come bcloru the County .Judge lor set- ilcmcnt. 1 lie County .Judge bus many dillerenl lines ol work to do. '1 ins ollicc hus the loor, I'robate, .Juvenile, Insane, Widow* Pension, and last but not least, a share ot the Koud and Itiulge problems oi llie county, and today this latter is one ol the most impor tant questions mat comes before the people. When 1 began looking alter the poor in Hilij. Lane County was appropriating f l J.bdd.isi a year lor tlicir care. Last year, PJJ9, there waa appropriated $'J,uutj.uU For l > 20 , due to advanced costs ol all commodities, this was increased to *10,0UU.UU. Thus n Will be seen, that in spue oi tlie high cost ot living, a reduction ol lroin $4,0U0.UU to ■t-VssMJd per year has been mude in the cost ot earing lor the poor. During my term ol cc, m veraJ aerea ol lead have been cleared at the Com Farm, and at the present time tie lurm is all in cultivation except about three acres, which we hope to have cleared this wi nt e r . We have just installed a new heating plant, eh-ctric lights, electric motor for pumping water, and built a new addition to me barn and u new silo; also, we have uu- provi'd the herd ol cattle. All tins has ticen accomplished and the budget decreased lrom ■r!*,000.1X1 to ^UUU.UU. 1 also think, without doubt, that we have one oi the best equipped larnis lor the ¿mor in the state. Ijjp Next, the .Juvenile work is last lieeoming a great work. By hiring a Juvenile OliiciT, a saving hus been made, and a great deal better service given. By the middle 01 the jreai i had apent only I3/8.UU out of the budget allowance ol $1,1(10.00, and aa this is less than ball, 1 feel quite sure mat the employment of Colonel llarbaugh has not only Is-en a great saving m money, but that we have, at this tune, one ot the best .Juve n i l e organizations in tJie state. 1 wo Jiundrcd cases have been .handled tin., year, yet only a very lew have I k - cii made public record. Our object in the Juvenile Court is to co-operate with the parents so that they may be able to control their children and save them from Iming disgraced or having their names on the public record. 1 feel that tins is one oí the greatest works in the County. The public does not realize the enor mity or seriousness of it. m a llie W idows’ 1‘elisions have been held to about the same amount, although the numbers have increased. If 1 remember correctly, it cost about $9,000.00 last year. On account oi the mcn-used prices ot ail articles, the Budget Committee appropriated $10,- 000.00 lor 1920, hud I tecl sure that we will be able to get through with that sum. Last, but by no means least, is the Hoad question. At the beginning of my term oi ollicc the taxpayers, at the taxpayers' meeting, urged the County Court to adopt some system ol road building, to buy some modern equipment for the construction of roads. At lust the County Court hesitated about buying machinery, as they wanted to he sure when they made tlie investment that it would be ol' some use. W e finally bought a Holt Caterpillar Knginc, a Bussell Cruder ami a Scarifier. After the first year’s work, the people were so well pleased that they went on record urging the County to buy more equipment ami proceed with the load construction. We have tried very hard to carry out the wishes ot the people, and 1 do not hesitate to say that Lane County today stands at the head of the list for good roads, it has more miles of high type roads than any county in the slate. It has the beat road-building equipment and has built good roads cheaper than any other county. In the first place, lalmr is scarce and wages are high, therefore the only economical method is to use modern, up-to-date machinery. You might as well ask the farmer to discard tlie tractor, truck ami automobile and go entirely back to using horses ami wag ons us to ask the county to stop using modern machinery for their work. Counties that cling to the old methods arc not getting the results that we get in Lane County ami their taxes are just as high as ever. Lane County is iu a sound financial condition. It has some outstanding warrants, but plenty of tax money on the rolls, if collected, to take care of all the expenses. More over, we Hope this lull to be able to redeem nearly all the warrants. In addition, the county has about $2oo,UOU.UO iu load equipment which is all in first-class condition, ready to operate whenever it is needed. A division of the road question that has assumed a different character in the last six years is the bridge problem. Prior to my term of office, the travel was largely by team or light automobile. .Now heavy trucks travel nearly every road in the county and put loads on our bridges that u lew years ago were unthought of. It "has been said that road and bridge travel has increased a thousand percent during the last ten years. All this means that our roads and bridges must necessarily wear out much quicker than in former years. Therefore, methods ol design and construction that seemed satisfactory a few years ago will not do at all now. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and a bridge must be safe for any lawful load that may pass over the road to it. I ’nder these conditions the Court decided in 1917 to put a bridge engineer over the County bridge work, and give him charge of design, construction ami repair. The results have been highly satisfactory. In spite of labor shortage, high wages, high priced lumber and other materials, the total expenditure for bridges has been kept down to about the pre-war level, and the bridge system in general improved. The average expenditure for bridges for five years before 1917 was £15,582.45. Since the war began, the eost of all labor and material has more than doubled. Therefore, an expenditure of approximately $71,00*1.00 might have been expected, but tin- Court has been able to keep the average to $39,780.31, nu evident saving of many thousands of dollars ¡mr year due to efficient supervision. In my opinion, lor counties of this size, it would be better to leave road and bridge matters entirely to the Board of Commissioners ami let the County Judge take care of the poor, probate, juvenile, insane and widows’ pensions. Also, it might hi- better if the County Judge were an attorney, us it sometimes seems something of a joke to have a man who is not a lawyer sit upon the bench ami try cases. The probate matters of the county an* very important. Titles to land, divisions of estates, etc., are all important matters, and unless u man has had some experience or some knowledge of the law, he will find himself lost as to the procedure. Now that it is impossible for me to visit the different parts of the county ami meet friends, 1 would be glad to have them call at my office ami talk matters over with me, for, if I am correctly informed, some things are circulating that are not true. 1 do not think it right that men should take political gossip ami peddle it without first finding out that it is true. 1 grant that every man has » right to his own opinion of all public acts, for tin- acts of every public official are public property. People hate a right to endorse or condemn, hut no man has a light to toll a thing unless he knows it is true. Some times candidates, in the hope of getting votes, are willing to make promises to do almost anything. No man can promise anything more than his best judgment on each issue as it comes before him, because circumstances change from time to time. 1 might promise a thing today ami in six months from now it- would hi- impossible or foolish to do it. One thing is sure, that if a man makes too many promises he is either ignorant of what he is going to try to do, or unscrupulous, and does not expect to fulfill his promises. With these few facts and words l will leave it to tho voters, and whatever their decision is, I assure you I will he satisfied. If they see fit to support mo and re-elect me, I will give them my best efforts, and anything my friends can do lor tne I will appreciate. 1 will say again, as I said before, that I will devote my time and do the best 1 can tor the county’s interests, therefore, 1 have no apologies to offer or new promises to make. 1 am sorry that 1 cannot meet you all personally, hut 1 think 1 have explained the reasons why, then-fore 1 will leave it with yon to decide. . Yours truly, " * II. L. B O W N , . (Paid Adv.) f f, . ¿ É » * ’ County Judge,