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B y J. H. L’ ptox
Beau Bill slut iu»i»t» that eim
pany'» till«’ i< unusAsiUbl’ , answer*
the Judgt-*» i-h» Hence »imply l»>
•eying that 111«-it It C<> *pay» him
nothing, yet, bowsvrr, anti n ew t
No doubt moat of yoor reader» lhc!*-e, Judge Wood end the r«*et «»»
•M u tied with intarrat lion L. E. u t, see million« in it for the com
Bn»o'< lengthy reply to my article pany when Mr. Bean haa won out.
•xpu»ing the akeurdily of hie non-
Tba Columbia river fishermen
tention in behalf oi the S
R K.
have finally got tha price of their
Gt.. that the |»euple of Oregon can,
catches up to 10c per pound, and the
by |H>pular vote, rapeiil tba Chatn-
big canneries are canning fortune«*.
tatriaio Act r«VOTilng the 2,OUO.uOO
Courageous, intelligent Laboi union
ami mid acre* of grant |.«n<i* IU_ t h e
i»m did tba business.
gov« run»» ut uf the United Htalee.
Since my urliuls end M r. Bean’r
Ihouvands of men and women
teener appeared in your column** remembering the boast of the con
the U S. Supreme Court hat deoid* spiracy of corrupt contractor« that
ed (he whole quasi ion in fsror of they had tha »It ids under BowIby
the people, and specifically v s liiU l will vote efininai the I «,000,000
lug the eaid Chamberlain Act. And bond issue in resentment of the
would you hare believed it, could treatment of that courageous, «IB
you have believed it, Mr. Bean atilt eienl engineer.
insists upon a vote being taken June
The types last week somewhat
4, on hie B ill, which, to have tb«
muddied the water» by subetiluling
efiect «ought, tn tn l not only have
“dt*ci»ion” for adhesion where 1 had
(he effect of repealing the Chamber,
slated that 'he President had finally
lain law, but of reverting the lateet
given in hia adhesion to the prinCi
decision of the highest Court in the
pie of conscription.
land. Could any ootiteotion be wore
U n g lo ir, Or.
.
a<finine and absurd?
HARDY i . 8 T EW ART
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A O T A B V
E d ito r T w n u « « :
Publish»*! Kvwry Wttdneeday, by
H A BIO » . ST B W A B T .
T h e more one tead? o f German cruelties in Prance and
B elgium , the more he realizes the demand of cisiliaation
that Prussian niilitariain oe crushed, and the more he fuels
lik e shouldering a gun artd helping in the job.
The raining uf a war fund by a graduated tax on large
incom es is just and equitable, but, unless there is govern
m ent regulation of the prices these holders of large incom es
are allowed to charge for the necessities of life, the comm on
people w ill, in the end, be the ones who are com pelled to
pay the war debt.
Port Orford’s young men have responded wq U to their
country's call, and the com m unity feels a g lo w of* pride in
away to war. Yet m ingled with this pride ia a shadow o f
sorrow, for war is a cruel m aster and in the bloody years
that loom ahead tim e only can tell how m any oftheeo buys
who are leaving in the flower o f their m anhood m ay be
perm itted to return again. And in the m eantim e the heart
o f m ore Ilian one mother w ill be heavy with dread o f news
that com es from the front.
O O M M I » S I O I N IG M
l’U U U O
l*« » rt O s * fo r < l, O r e g o n .
¿EFF O. FRENCH
Port Orford, Oregon
Ask me for any information regarding
Timber or Real E state in Curry County
FOR SALE.
O ne I'e Laval Separator; used three
m»*e; g o .ri a s new . W ill sell at n bar
g a in .
Inquire of
A. S. J oumsto «,
Port Orford, Or.
A new wooden tank capable o f bidd
ing 6280 gallons.
Inquire o f .
W illis T. W hit « Sr,
Port Orford, Or.
N O T IC E F O B P U B L IC A T IO N
DarsaTMiXTov n t« I ktkkio » ,
U nited S ta te s L a n d Office,
R oseburg, O regon^M ay ath, -1917.
'Notice is hereby g iv e n th at
1IENRY A D O L F H SE N
Now, as to -‘ taxation’* contention,
I have ail along viawrd it as sham Notice of Sale on Foreclosure-
of Port Orford. Oregon. Wbo, on April
pretense. For the real motive be.
8, 1912, made H om e, tend E ntry, Serial
No. 07909 tor Lots « and 7 and BW V
bind the claim we must look fu r
of S E X o f Section J , Township S3 8 ..
ther; and right here 1 desire to put
Range 16 W est, W illam ette M eridian,
has tiled notice o f his
Intention
Mr. Bean on the stand and prove
to m ake final F ive-year Proof, to
by himself hia turn hypocrisy in the
eetablish claim to theJAnd above des
cribed, before H aidy T . Stew art, U. M.
“ taxaiutti* matter. W ill Mr. Bean
Commissionsr, at his office at Port Or
gainsay tha fact that land grant
ford, Oregon, on the 14 th day o f Jane,
1917.
railroad companies have habitually
Claim ant nam es aa w itn e sses:
delayed taking oqt patents for their
A. J. Marsh, of Port O tfo-d, Oregon.
J . M. Limpach, of
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lands as long a»'possible to protect
C harles F o r t y , Of
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themselves against taxation under
R . O. M cKehsle, o f ”
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W.
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C
axom
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the fiction that unpatented lands
Register
are nnlaxable lands. And.sretbers
or are there tioi three hundred thou
Notice to Creditore.
sand sores of this S. P. grant still
unpatented and therefor« untaXed
IN T H E COUNTY OOURT O F T H E
•luring all these year»? And is
STATE OF OREGON FO R
CURRY COUNTY.
there any record to allow that Mr.
I » THB M A T T I« O» TM R IS T ATS I
Bean or any of Ills present coadjutors
or
i
hava ever registered a kick ugaimtl
F bai . k A. S tkwakt , dsckahxl »)
this subterfuge to escape taxation
T h e undersign«.! h a v in g been ap
pointed by the C ounty cor.rt of tha
on the part of the S. P. Co., aud if
ntnte of O regon, tar Curry u >uuty, a>l-
not why^not?
m lu ia tru to r o f tho e s ta te o f Frank A .
Stewart, ilect-ast-d, nu -l h a v iu g ip ia li-
fie<l, n oU oe ¡« beiel'V g iv e n to th e
And Mr. Beau did not mend Ifie
o re o lto r s o f , sn-1 all p erson . h <v-
situation materially by coin balling 1
We publish in this issue one of the m any articles ap
pearing in the press throughout the U nited States show ing
how our people are being outrageously exploited by the
big com bines controlling the price of foodstuff^. The situ
ation is grave and dem ands im m ediate action by our gov
ernm ent. Prom ises and investigations are not sufficient.
I t w ill take drastic measures to give the relief that is need
ed. A t Coos bay petitions are being circulated ca llin g the my laferanee that the 8. 8 C o, b a il1
attention of Congress to the seriousness o f the situ ation , paid for the printing of tha pamph
and the urgent need of action that will relieve it. It is a let carrying hia speech when aa
ewer« that tba pamphlets had been
good m ove, and from every ham let in our land the Presi printed nt atata expense. W liatL
d ent and C ongress should be flooded with euoh petitions right bad the stale to assume any ■ <
that they »nay be im pelled to act before internal troubles part of tha expense of an aalerpri»«.
result.
,
f — intended for the aggrandisement 1
The U nited States is at war. H er people are patriotic; of the 8 . P. Co., and incidentally
th ey love their country, and are loyal to their governm ent. I he .glorification of the author of a ,
“ speech" antagonistic to its beatin-
T hey are goin g to fight and d ie that the stars and stripes terests, it might be in order tor
m ay wave eternally as an em blem of right, of justice, and somebody to rise and explain.
of m an’s hum anity to man, When her subjects are givin g
M r. Bean says that I had misrep-
their life's blood for their country, surely that country can resented tha facts in my statement
ill-afford to delay in protecting them , and their dependent that he had emasculated tba quo
ones, from the m erciless hand of extortion.
tations ha had made from • legal
Our country needs the support of a united people, and opinion by Attorney Gen. Brown
she has it, but the adm inistration should bet awakened to by substituting italios where that
offloer had employed plaia Roman
th e fact that em pty stom achs do not m ake a contented peo
letters ooastituting oertain words
ple and that hunger is not conducive to the enthusiastic and clauses. Now, ae to that, it
support of any cause however meritorious.
11 only remains Io be said that every-
body, eave the college man, who
early peace and low prices h aw been don’t have to know anything in
caught and in their franlio efforts general or very much in particular,
to get supplies to meet the contracts that it is, at the vary least inelbical,
B y B a sil M. M a n l y .
■>f their short sales have helped to for one writer quoting from another,
York, May 9.— Present food run prices up to the present faba to add to or take from the text as
oonditione cannot oootinoe very loue figures,
one finds it; and one may Just as
muob longer without an explosion,
I have been «mesad at the frank- well be guilty of adding words or
that may ba a serious menace not neea with whioh brokers and oom clause« to the text as to add empba-
only to the United Rutee but to mission men admit tba speculative sis to words or clauses not intended
the success of the great war for da- control of the principal food staples, by the writer. To this extent Mr.
mooraoy in whioh wa are now so
In ordinary timee, it ia hard to Bean was guilty aa obarged, by be
gaged.
find any trader who w ill admit that spattering hie extracts from Mr.
I hava tried to be as conservative Prioee are made exoept from the Brown’s opinion pretty plentifully
ae possible in estimating the «to a working« of that grand old fraud with italics, and thia without, the
tioo, as typified here in New York, lb®
of «apply and demand, but usual apology end explanation.
ba I^oannot ««cape the fading that now, inspirad, I believe'with real
Never since th e inauguration of
J am standing on the rim « f a ro l. patriotism, tb e m rjb rity W tha re.
Initiative and Referendum in Ore
nano that may at almost any mo. sponsible food traders, fed .that the
gon has there been such a degree of
ment break its crust in an eruption, existing conditions ara too great a
pressure broughuto bear in favor of
Thera oan ba no denial uf Ina big menace to the nation's security to
any pending Measure as is now so
outstanding facto in the situation ba allowed toaonlinue unchecked
tiva in favor of tha 16,000,000 bond
J hate talked to men of conservative «*d many of them advócala ¡em e
Bill. The law ordering the vote
temperament wbo are authorities ‘bale intervention of the federal
carries a map showing tba particu
on variooa aspeóte of tba food prob government.
lar roads on which any of the bond
)em and hava found no disagreement
"W e know the people era being
money may ba legally expended«
on essential facto.
forced to pay much more than there
Tha Highway Commiaaiooera ap
I find in New York that the poor *• anY justification fur end that the
pointed by Witbyeumbe have mark,
ara on tha varga of actual starvation whole aitustion ia rotten," a butter
ad down savaral other routas, on«
after mneihs of under f i l i n g . The ai|d e g g dealer said to me today,
inside tha Coast line down through
middle elasaee arr feel.ng the pre« “ but what can I or any individual
Curry, but just whet the purpose
rare of famine price, keenly, while dealer do about i t f ’
wee in designating tha naw rands ia
it the same time ev»r> factor in ! "W e are «imply aoga in the ma
not stated, bat it ia oertain that
food production and distribution obine playing the game the only
none of them oan participate in tha
nuept tha amelier retailers and food way art know it, ta d short o i an $6,000,000 distribution.
peddlers, are making greater pro agreement ©fall the traders to obaege
Its then aver before.
tba roles of the game— and that
The same question occurred in
Bpeoalatore, taking »dvantagaof would risk indiotmenl aader the the mind of Judge W . A . Wood that
Re extreme uncertainty and the Sherman act— we ara powerless to has doubtless occurred to bnodrede
of other minds, vlxt Who is paying
dMlaratios of war, have run away
"The most nnenrapuloos dealers far all this strenuous work to bent
ilh the market.
set the pane and the rest of ns are tha Government out of the grant
A few spvnntstois I t <« trae, who ‘»rrled along in tbs current.”— lands ia Csvor of the Southern P».
k) abort on tha upautation of Mairabftold Rmmrd.
olio R. R. Co? The author of tbs
ln x cla im » a^uiiiat sa id o eo cu a ed , to
p resen t th e m , v erified a s re q u ir e d by
law , w lth i i s ix m o u th s a f te r Ute ilr s t
p u b lic a tio n of th ia n o tic e , t >-wit Hie
istli d a y o t A p ril, 1917, to a u i I lla r d y
T S te w a r t at hi» rvkideuue a t F o rt V i-
ford , O reg o n .
H a bbt T. S tkw ast ,
Adm inistrator o f tu e estate of
Frank A.' 8 to w art, deceased.
D ated this 17th d a y o f A pril, 1917.
Dean Mastenbrook
Jeweler
W atches and Clocks repaired
at reasonable prices.' A ll
work guaranteed.
J. H . U PTO N ,
NOTARY
ffas Svwry Z’asility 3?©r
papdlizig Ycur Businecc
Banking by Jxfail Solicited
Interest paid on Saving Äs’ts.
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