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PORT ORFORD NEWS
Volume VI.
Forward To Prosperity, Or
Backward To Harder Times
Port Orford, Oregon, Tuesday, October 25, 1932.
Number 49.
Analysis of Dry Votes; Heavy
Registration May Determine
Democrats See The Light "The Larger the Vote the Larger
United States Senator Arthur
Seek To Bond State
the Dry Percentage" is the heading
(From Bandon World.)
Capper of Kansas, publisher of
-T he people of Oregon are faced
of an article In the Christian Sci­
Capper's Weekly, in a syndicated w ith saddling a new bond indebted-
ence Monitor which publication has
Bandon,
Or.,
Oct.
18,
1932,
article published in Friday’s issue ness o( $65,500,000 If the voters pass
just completed an analysis of 1S1
Editor
Western
World:
of the Oregonian, gives the funda the grange hydro-electric amend­
I am in receipt of a letter from Wet-Dry elections to determine the
ments! facts regarding the com ing ment at the general election N o­
C. F. Parker, for a number of years actual Influence of the dry vote.
election on which the voter may Vember 8. N ot only this, but they
a resident of Bandon, and of Dem ­ This analysis shows:
determ ine whether he desires to go stand to be taxed for a grand total
1. That when 30 per cent of adults
ocratic ancestry for three genera­
forward toward prosperity or back- o{ $177,500,000. I do not believe, in
tions back. I too having been a voted the result was in the - t U o of
ward to still further hard times tim es such as these, that the voters
third generation Dem ocrat find three dry to seven w ets,
Senator Capper is from a farming will be foolish enough to allow
2. That when 45 per cent : >dults
I this letter so coincides with my
state and what he has to say is them selves to be loaded w ith any
| present understanding and views of voted the ratio w as eight drys to
HON. LOUIS L. KNAPP
generally considered carefully by such tax burden " declared W. S.
the political situation that I feel three wets;
farm ers at large owing to his wide U ’Rerr chairman, executive com­
3. That when 70 per cent of adults
it should be published in the hope
grasp of national affairs, particul mittee, A ssccU U?” to Preserve Ore­
Republican
Candidate
for
voted the ratio was six drys to one
that
more
may
see
the
light
before
arly as it affects agriculture. The gon's Credit.
November 8 and before it is too wet; and
article reads:
Re-election as .Joint Rep­
"One week from next Tuesday the ::
4 That when more than 70 per
late.
Things are bad enough, but they voters will be asked to pass on this ( ii
cent of adults voted the drys won
J.
F.
KRONENBERG.
resentative.
could be worse. They would have amendment sponsored by the state
the election in every Instance.
been much worse In these United grange. The purpose of this is to re­
R egistration figures generally In­
"New York City Oct. 9, 1932
States had it not been for the great quire all water for power develop­
dicate that an exceptionally large
“My Dear Jack
mind and the strong heart of Her­
ment and waterpower sites now or
"I suppose you have been reading vote will be cast November 8th, and,
bert Heaver, president of the Uni-
hereafter owned by the state to be
the
New York political news Its if the Monitor's analysis runs true
ited States.
held by it perpetually; authorizing:
hardly fit for publication but I , to form, the party receiving the
The country has suffered greatly the state to control, develop, lease 1
! guess some of it gets out to a lia- , dO’ support will probably win
Stores Close Earlier
Sees Improvement
Motor Burns Out
from the worldwide depression. But
water power and power sites; con-'
announce
tening world—our new-found savior j While the platforms of both ma-
our government still exists. Our
Bandon business men
San Francisco, Cal , Oct. 21.—R.
Monday
morning
Contractor
trol, use, distribute, sell, dispose of
financial structure, thanks to the
that earlier closing hours will be Roosevelt, and what he is going to J o t P“ r‘les provide for a re-sub-
electric energy separately or with Houck started up his crushing Stanley Dollar returned here today
R econstruction Finance corpora­
adopted
during the winter season do to lead us to the promised land, mission of the question, the drys
w
ith
a
replenished
store
of
optim­
the United States, other states or plant at Brushes Creek, after be­
what he means to the farmer and , ' « n heavily toward the republican
tion, has stood the strain.
administration, as la evidenced by
state subdivisions; fix rates and ing idle several days while a new ism about world business conditions beginning next Monday.
Our people, patient and long suf
-
*
j
, supply of gravel was arranged for. gleaned from a three m onths’ trip
Under
existing
conditions
it
Is
>
‘*,e forgotten man
1
£
* -
charges for water and power and
"He doesn't need to go away from the statem ent in the Oregonian of
fering, have shown great fortitude
®
found necessary to economize in
electric energy, and lend the state’s Shortly after starting, however, a in Europe and the east.
home to do it, for the N ew York a prominent dry leader, Fred A.
and endurance and we are coming
The president of the Dollar every way in order to keep down fa m in e have suffered more and Ramsey, of Cincinnati, who said:
credit and incur indebtedness not motor controlling the conveyor belt
through this depression into better
_ I steam ship lines, United States lines operating expenses while at the
"President Hoover’s fundamental
exceeding 6 per cent of assessed burned out, necessitating _ closing
tim es unless we lose our heads com­
down pending installation of an * and the American Mall line voiced same tim e it is the desire of the , ■ are taxed higher than anywhere in friendliness to the dry cause is
valuation.
I tho couni ■' and the forgotten man
pletely just at the tim e when the
other motor. The delay is expected the opinion that business condi­ m erchants to shorten the working has lost his money in the big bank som ething on which the drys of
Other Indebh-dneMa Cited
dawn of a better day is starting to
hours of their employes, so they failures here that were under the J «his nation can depend and he will
to
be
brief
and
will
not
delay
un­
tions
are
on
the
up-turn
In
the
Total assessed valuation of the
break.
duly the completion of the contract United States and "going ahead have decided to close at 5:30 In­ supervision of the state and he and ! help us to clear the fog in which we
Prices have started upward. Tax- state of Oregon is $1,092,807,215.08.
stead of 6:00 o’clock each day ex­
for the graveling of the Port Or-
es are coming down B uiness is be- The amendment provides for incut- ford-Euchre Creek section of the with a slow but steady stride which cept on Saturdays, and to close at his examiners knew of their con. ; are wandering now and to keep the
presages the exit of the depression,"
dltion long before the doors closed , 8»'«™
have made In 75 years of
ginning to move. Confidence is re- ring an indebtedness not exceed- highway, which is approximately
Besides finding shipping condi­ 8:00 o’clock p. m. on Saturdays.
millions of the forgotten man's I struggling to elim inate liquor traf-
turning. Courage Is replacing de- ing 6 per cent of this assessed val
75 per cent com plete at this time.
tions better, he said he observed
The m erchants hope that this will dollars gone through the crookea ftc
spair. Common sense and enduring uation. That means issuance of
Contractor Houck has the work that "commodities are better, m an­ meet w ith general approval and ness of the banks officers and n o t' "Definitely In that statem ent and
.
.
courage will pull us through this more than $65,500,000 of general ,
thing done about it Tam- ,
many others advocating the elec-
obligation bonds of the sta te of Iunder h*8 contract on the Blanco ufacturing has started w ith new that, the buying public will cooper­ i a d
crisis.
road will under way. This con- vigor, carloadings have increased ate w ith them in m aking condl-1
hands off. and he b ein g ' tlon of President Hoover for a sec-
Oregon.
But
bear
this
in
mind
This
many
says
It Is within the power of the vot­
tract calls for the grading and and everywhere people are buying tlons easier for all during the w in­
a Tammany man, jumps at the ' ond term, in his address Thursday
ers of the United States, on N ovem ­ indebtedness is in addition to the graveling of 1.1 miles at a cost of
at the Hoover rally at Lincoln high
more ”
ter season.
crack of the whip.
ber 8. to decide whether things are $100,000,000 of indebtedness, for sim ­ $6310.
fcll i school auditorium. Fred A. Ram-
The
follow
ing
m
erchants
have
ilar
purposes,
authorized
under
pro­
"It
is
tough
how
the
W
est
going to be im m ediately worse in
for the applesauce New York state W
prominent Cincinnati
1 adopted »he new closing hours:
the com ing year. I am not m aking visions of the grange power amend­
John Dickey, Dunham's, Bandon and the city Is in the hands of this facturer and dry leader, linked the
that statem ent as a partisan. I am ment approved two years ago
To
Repair
Dock
Registration Figures
Grocery, Bean
& Randleman, organization who simply and cooly president with dry cause. Mr. Ram-
saying it as a Kansan as an Amerl- Therefore, if the new amendment
At a m eeting of the Port Com­ T hrift Mercantile Co., City Meat I run things as they please; they own 88X arrived In Portland last night
can who loves his country and be- is adopted, the issuance of more
County Clerk Caughell has com­
o f - ' to speaa
"P*8* in
*" the place of Dr. Dan-
Market, McNair | the police, the courts and all of-
lieves in its governm ent and In its than $177,000,000 of such general pleted the compilation of the reg­ mission Saturday It was decided to Market, Cash
obligation bonds will be authorized istrations In the county, and an­ go ahead with the repairs on the Hardware Co., Bandon Hardware flees and we haven't a chance ! W Poling, who was unable to fill
future.
[ tho engagem ent.
nounced the results as follows. 1613 dock; and the work w as authorized Co., Golden Rule Store, Breuer & against this bandit organization.
It is my judgm ent that the forth­
"When
W
alker
resigned
In
face
| "He is a Godsend to us In these
done
by
W
alter
Barklow
It
Is
ex­
Son,
Elmer
Gant,
Carr's
Variety
Republicans;
617
Democrats;
16
com ing N o' ember election is by far Protect Farm Mortgages
S o cia lsts; 2 Progressives; and 51 pected the work will start this Store, Electric Shoe Rebuilders, L. of public Indignation and to save times of stress,” Mr Ram sey con-
the most Important held in the Uni­
Steps which have been taken by who gave no party affiliation.
week.
Myrberg Shoe Shop, F. Timmons Roosevelt. McKee, a real fellow tlnued. "He has been tested by the
ted States in many years.
the banking and industrial com m it­
2nd Hand Store Shipley A H ayn es,' stepped in and Immediately cut the fires and the perils and he has
The iegistration in Coos county
We have been hard hit by this
Chas. F. Winters, Bandon Clean- ! budget a hundred million by firing been superbly equal to the cccas-
depression We expect to survive it; tees of the tw elve federal reserve shows 8970 Republicans, and 5101
districts of the country to am elior­ Democrats.
w e expect to pull through alive and
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Johnston, ers, Hoyt A Eaton, Jameson A ' hundreds of politicians who were ion. Hia re-election will bring about
ate conditions concerning mortgage
keep on doing business. We do not
' Mrs. Miller and daughter, Hazel, Kay Geo. L. Coburn, Woomer Bros drawing fancy salaries and g ra ft-, a better life for all of us and his
foreclosures and sales of farm land,
want the recovery put off a m in­
and son. Roy, and Mrs Elizabeth O. K. Coppie, Spiller A Hadsall, C. ing In every direction, stopped the measures will obtain for us the re-
were reported recently to the com­
le ks and wan doing a w on d erfu l' lief we need."
ute longer than is necessary
Weed and her mother, Mrs. Clif­ J. Cottor. Bandon World.
It
is
understood
that
many
tax­
work for a city that is so heavily ,
--------------------
We are on our w ay out of this mittee of the Twelfth Federal R e­ payers from Port Orford plan on ton and Miss Priscilla Clifton of
serve district, held in San Fran­
R. L. W agner of Elk river was taxed Its credit is Impaired and
Plans Road System
Garrison Lake motored to town
depression, right now.
attending
the
m
eeting
of
the
Coun-
K. R Kingsbury, chair
a business visitor in town Satur­ property gone worthless, all of [
The important question is, are cisco. w by
h o ’ had' just returned from | ‘X Tax League at Gold Beach Wed- Sunday night to Community church
For the past number of years
which Roosevelt could have stop- >
day,
we going to keep on coming out of man
services.
nesday.
the Forest Service has received a
a
m
eeting
of
the
chairman
of
all
i | ed. Tammany steps In, favors an |
it or are we going to face a year
special appropriation
for
the
! election on November 8, puts up a
to a year and a half’s delay aftei the banking and industrial com­
b o g h e a d 'O ’Brien" fm m a^ r"w hich g lid in g o f
trails,to make
m ittees in Chicago, know as the
the November election?
the forest accessible for fire pro­
PULLING O U T — HE W O N ’T CHANGE
ousts McKcc; the city is up In
A change in administration at this central comm ittee. The meeting
tection In fact, the act appropri­
critical pe'iod will mean a year to was attended by representatives of
arms.
18 m onths of doubt and confusion the Reconstruction Finance cor-,
"McKee In his cleanup took 128 ating this money prescribes that
the money must be spent on pro­
to what congress and the ad- poratlon. the Federal Farm Loan
swell autos (they cost the city at
board
and
the
Federal
Farm
Loan
least $15.000 each) from th ese pa- tection loads. Up to the present
m inistration are going to do
time this money has been spent on
One of the candidates for presi- banks, the joint stock land banks.,
asites who had no right to them at
dent—and I don't doubt he is doing Insurance companies and by the (
all. All had chauffeurs at high sal­ important arterial roads which op­
It in perfect good f a i t h - i s promls- United Stales Secretary of Agrlcul-,
aries Walker’s car cost $20.00(1 and ened up larger Interior regions Now
that we are getting these main
by heck that was taken also and
ing great economic changes. He is ture.
put up for sale, thus saving the roads built. It requires a more sys­
going to try out some new experi-
Chairman H M. Robinson stated .
tem atic plan to determine just
city millions No wonder that Tarn-
ments. I am not exactly sure what to the Chicago m eeting that P resi-•
where is the most advantageous
those experim ents are. From a care- dent Hoover had requested the |
many knifed him. and that is the ,
,,
)
gang
that
this
new
savior,
Roose
P '* « “ > "P*"d ° ur
ful reading of Governor Roose- banking and industrial com m it-,
velt, with hia applesauce is affil- j By m aking a study of the fires
velt's speeches I do not believe he tees to go into the question of mort­
that have occurred on the forest
is quite sure him self what these g n ge foreclosures and sales of farm
iated with
I "The gang hired a couple of tugs for the past 12 years, we record
experim ents in government are go- ]ands, because of the very disturb­
and brass bands to welcome that the tim e that elapses between the
ing to be
ed feeling In many sections of the .
And that Is the fix all of us are COUntry. The president desired the |
wisecracking Walker home today. discovery of these fires and the re­
likely to be in if Governor Roose- com m ittees to explore the situation j
Gee what an ovation they will give port and the get-away, and the get­
By using
velt is elected president. No one w ph a view to amelioration of con- i
A1 Capone when he gets out. My away to arrival tim e
god, poor New York, the suckers these figures together with the
will know what experim ents In gov- ditlons in the areas where pres-
ernment are to be tried out So gurc exists. It was pointed out that I
But you must give the town credit areas of the fires that co.ne within
for when O’Brien or any Tammany the various tlnu limits of travel,
business Industry, finance, labor the private group outald» of the
man's picture is shown at the mov­ we are able to determine which
mining, transportation all will hold banks holding the largest amount
ies Its booed and hissed. So N. Y. Is sections of the country need trans­
off to see what is going to happen of farm mortgages is the life in-
portation facllltiei the most. The
It is my solemn judgment that g„ rBnce group At a previous m eet-,
| awake.
values Involved pre also constder-
the election of Franklin D. Roose- ing ,n N ew York the matter had
Our railroads, the various states,
the banks and big Institution, are , -d In determ ining tula plan. At the
velt as president, no matter how been taken up with the largest In-
now on their feet through govern- P r « -" ‘ m e Mr R A Bot c h e o1
much In earnest he may be In his surance companies In the eastern
ment loans money is loosening up ’ ‘he Porttand office I. on the Sis-
desire to Improve conditions will area.
, Confidence was being ree ttr e i and *»3™ Forest, making what we cal,
postpone the return of prosperity
At the Chicago m eeting director!’ ,'
now all Is a, a standstill on account 8 transportation
he
at least one year.
of the RFC stated:
I o f election No big m anufacturing ««>
A- ««m as this a com-
N either you nor I nor the coun­
"We. as representatives of the :
concern dare, make a move for if P'“ «»
try can afford to wait an extra yea: R. T. c personally favor and w ill j
Roosevelt
elected (which Oc d '«ram, of road, tha are'to be bu
for the return of good t.mes. The recommend to our board the rend-!
This program
ferbid) you can kiss yourself good-1ln the “ forest
“
right thing for us to do in Novem ­ ering of liberal help to any q u a li-'
show the type of roads that should
ber is to vote for Herbert Hoover fied agency Including banks, in- !
bye, get ready to face the toughest
be built In the various places, that
and Charles Curtis and get results surance companies, building and ,
I tim es this country has ever seen,
It. whether a road should be built
The main idea in thia election is loan associations, mortgage loan •
"Big business Is ready to go
for a certain speed, or whether it Is
not to punish Herbert Hoover for a companies, which will make new
ahead or fall back Think of the
necessary Just for an occasional
depression he did not cause, did not loans on farm s on a sound ba: i::
fools vllllfylng Hoover for loaning
start, did not prolong; In fact that at this time; and we believe the;
( the hanks and railroads money to road.
he did all in his power to mitigate, board will act in accordance with j
! carry on; you can't beat It. It
that he is combating now intelli­ our recomm endations"
saved the banks; I guess that
Mr and Mrs. John R. Marsh en ­
gently. patriotically, effectively
means som ething And the big thing joyed a hunting trie while guests a,
Paul Bestor, farm loan com m is­
The main idea is to bring back
is this, the large Insurance com­ the Baker ranch on Chinquapin
sioner, the Federal Farm Loan
prosperity; to give the farmer a
panies held the railroad bonds up Ridge the fore part of the week
fair price for his products, to give board said:
In the hundreds of millions, con-
_________
"The
federal
land
banks
state
to
the unemployed jobs; to open the
sequently If the railroads had gone
Int- receivers hands where they | Buster Anderson is attending the
factories; to get business going: to •he farm Ioan board that if a farm­
insure that the progress toward re­ er has made an honest effort to
were headed for, It would have Jus, Johnson Bible School at Klmberlln
r
renrezsce.
covery from a serious economic 111- m eet his payments and is unable to
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