THTIWDA Y, HKPTICMHKR 16, ir crook corvrt journal Tag 4 CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL K. G. WALLACE, Editor Katend at tbt vmtofMr at PiinvrUK Orrtoa at aacoa4-laM autter. riIBU8UKD EVEBT Tll'BSDAT rrka ILM par rw, paraMt strictly la aaaaa. la caw at chaasa at addna ptoaat aatu aa at aaca, (ivlaa kotk all aa4 at Faiai AJianwaa R THE AMERICAN PHt-SS A.SSOCIAllONl MOTTO TW al ! at Cnak Caaaty. aa4 any C4 pity Ua auta waa Oat ANOTHER MILESTONE PASSED With thii issue of the Crook Coun ty Journal, another milestone In tti career has been passed and it starts forging ahead on its twenty-fifth year. It is rather satisfying to look back over the past years' work and see from Issue to issue not only the Indications of steady advancement Id the town and county, but also to note the constant and undivided sup port of our live business houses. With the beginning of another year In the history of this publica tion, we have made a resolution to put forth even a greater effort, (it uch a thing be possible) for the ad vancement of every proposition which would tend to benefit Prine Tille and Crook county, and would ask our large family of readers and supporters to join with us in the great work we have to do, as we re alize that there is no saying more true than in union there is strength.' .We believe there is no community in the state with a brighter'prospect than the one in which the Journal is published, and the only way to get all of the benefits and advantages is tor each individual to put his or her shoulder to the wheel and keep it there. By such a system, we hon estly believe there is nothing Impos sible, so let us join hands and make Prineville, the beautiful and produc tive valley surrounding it, and Crook county at large, the best place in the whole West to live in, and also make the. outside world familiar with the wonderful opportunities to be found here. In all these things the Jour nal will be found in the forefront of the fight, waving the banner of vic tory for every foot gained in the ad vancement of the best county in the state of Oregon. annum. Do yotf think the bank will carry you at the new rate, or would the bank be forced to Insist npon payment of the old not In cash, and if they should do thia, where would you get the money? Do you think that people would loan money iu Oregon at five per cent when the money market demands eight per cent? The Instant this measure pas ses, money will become tight, all loans will be called In so the money ran be taken to some other state tor investment, and In a very short time it will be Impossible to borrow mon. ey In Oregon for any purpose. No farmer or business man will be able to finance his business, and this will be true in every line of business. What would happen? It - would leave a trail of ruin throughout the state never known before. How long. Oh, Lord, will the people of Oregon be cursed with the muttoa headed tool? WHAT IS THE RISSIAX SOVIET? A VICIOUS MEASURE One of the most vicious proposi tions put up to the people of Oregou for many years is the one which at tempts to fix the legal rate of inter est in this state at four per cent per annum, or five per cent per annum by contract. Doubtless very few farmers and business men in Crook county are free from debt; every one is forced, form time to time, to bor row more or leBS money from the banks or from individuals. If you borrow from a bank you execute note due from thirty to ninety days j or perhaps in twelve months at the very best. For example, say you j owe the bank five hundred dollars due in six months at eight per cent per annum; when the note comes due you are not in position to take care of it without trouble; if you are working and your reputation is good, the bank will gladly extend the payment, but in this case a new note must be executed. If this new note is executed, it must bear inter est at not to exceed five per cent per This is how It compares with the Government of thia country: There has been so much discussion concerning the present Russian Soviet System of Government and so little real information available us to just what the system la and how It works, that it will be useful to all of us to have some definite information about it, and an opoprtunity to com pare it with our own government Representative Burton French of Idaho has made a very careful study of the Soviet Constitution, and has written a pamphlet called "Soviet vs. American Government," which con tains some very interesting Informa tion. If any of our readers want to read the whole pamphlet it can be obtained from the Chamber of Com merce of the United States, Wash ington, D. C. The word Soviet means merely a council a legislative or delibera tive body. It might just as well be called a council, a congress or a par liament. In Russia there are sever al different Soviets, the local rural, the district rural, the village, the county, the provincial, the regional, and the All-Russian Congress of So viets. These Soviets correspond generally to deliberative bodies uf our precincts, towns, counties, states and nations. But there is a great difference between their government and ours, in the way these bodies are elected. In the United States the citizens vote for representatives in all its legislative bodies, the city, precinct, and township organizations, the county commissioners, the state leg islatures, the Senate and House of Representatives, and in effect for the President. But In Russia, the citizens vote only for representatives in their local soviet, and the vote by trades, electing members of the par ticular trade to which they belong. This local soviet in the cities and towns is called the urban soviet, anJ in the country it is called the rural soviet. In other words the difference Is shown in this table: OFFICERS VOTED FOR Russia 1. Members of the local soviet. United States 1. Precinct, townshio. villaee. and city officers. 2. County oflice.rs. 3. State officers. 4. Members of State Legislatures. S. Member of congress. (. Presidential (lector. In Russia the farmer hav less to say about th government than the cltlsen la th towns, for whll those in towns vote tor urban aoviuts who vote directly tor member of the provincial soviet, the farmers vote tor member of the rural soviet, who vote tor member ot the district rural soviet, who In turn vote for member ot the provincial soviet.' In other words, the farmers have a re presentative In the provincial soviet for every 125,000 Inhabitant, while the cities have a representative tor every 26,000 voter, or a farmer ha only one-fifth aa much voting power a man living in a city. This I the way th Russian and the United States Congresses and chief executives are elected: Rural 1. Cltisens vote for member of the local (town or country soviet). I. Member ot the local soviet (in the country) vote for member of th rural soviet. 3. Members of the rural and ur ban soviet vote for member ot th provincial soviet. 4. Member of th provincial So viets vote for. member of the All Russiao soviet. 5. The All-Russian soviet elects an Executive Commltt ot two hun dred member. 0. This Executive Committee I the real Congresa and elect the chief executive. United State 1. Every citizen vote direct for member of Congresa. ' . 2. The President Is elected by El ectors, who are voted tor by all citi zens and instructed how to cast their votes. It is also Instructive to note that In Russia the voter consist only ol all over 18 year ot age who have acquired the mean of living through manual labor, and also persons en gaged in housekeeping for the for mer; soldiers of the Army and Navy, and members of the above clasae when incapacitated. That is to. say all merchants, all minister, who have an income from capital or pro perty, all who employ hired labor such as manufacturers, and every farmer who employs even one help er is cut off from all voice irr-the Russian Government ",' Mr. French in his pamphlet, sum up his analysis of the Russian system as follows: 1. The people have no direct vote or voice In the government, except the farmers in the rural soviet and the city dwellers In their urban So viets. . 2. The rural, county, provincial, regional and all-Russian Soviets are elected indirectly, and the people have no direct vote in the election. 3. The people have no voice in the election of executive officers of the highest or lowest degrees. 4. There is no mention of Inde pendent judicial officers In the con stitution. 5. The majority of voters are Cast Your Ballot Here Get out the Vote and put Your Town on the Map - The eyes of the Nation are focused on the Rexall Store Straw Vote, Here is an nuparalelled opportunity for every qualified vot er in every city and in nearly every town in every state in the Unicn to register his preference for the Presidency. All voters in Our Town are an important cog in this great wheel, and it is your Civic Duly to voti; and help swell our grand total. The newspapers in Our State will do likewise, and, in fact, nearly every newspaper in the United States will carry the full returns from the Rexall Stores Straw Vote, as each sees in it the one great opportunity to place the finger on the pulse of the people. The vote you cast today will facilitate the efforts of the Rexall Stores Straw Vote Department to announce to you many days, and perhaps, weeks in advance of November 2. which of the two nation al candidates is to occupy the White House for the ensuing four years. HARDING? COX? Vote Now! PRINEVILLE DRUG CO. ttosxnL Start disfranchised. 6. The farmer of Russia Is dis criminated against. 7. The system strikes a blow at the church and the home. 8. The system raises class against class: the voter vote by trade and craft groups instead of on the basis of thought units. 9. The system Is pyramidal and means highly centralized and auto cratic power. This soviet system Is obviously un J u st, unfair and discriminates against large parts of the popula tion; and the average workers them selves in whose interests ft was pre- I sumably established, have very little ! if any, real say in the government. As a matter of fact, it has already proved itself to be so autocratic and arbitrary that the only government with which It can reasonably be com pared, for tyranny, is the govern ment of the Russian Czar, which it has displaced. frwti i to ' ,., , ' W:.: f..-.., i-.-'.' 'he iy '-t"';i l" d' Paper ol Linen, '.'r tiuf .cfn e of in per V! n.' Wr, irtrlbnted f ; ut iitn rang - 'lie lentil century to Heme Above All. Home Is the chief school of human virtue. Its responsibilities, Joys, Bor rows, smiles, tears, hopes and cares form the chief Interest of human life. Clianning. By Another Name. Under the name of "Sicilian oil," pe troleum was burned In lamps in Rom In the days nf Pliny. What Star Gazers Lack. Our observation Is that nn astrono mer has n great ilenl of latitude, but not much money. Dullas News. PRINEVILLE, OREGON. Onion Breath. The onion breath dreaded by muny s rtnne away with If a little milk is trunk afterward Negative Argument on the Constitutional Amendment Lowering the Legal Rate of Interest in Oregon Submitted By M. L. Jonet If the state of Oregon were to, and could, establish a schedule of retail prices somewhat like the following : Potatoes (sack) &0 cenU Eggs (dozen) J2 cents Wheat (bushel) cents what would happen? ., Naturally, fanners would be resentful. They would ship to adjoining states every bushel of wheat, every sack of potatoes and every case of eggs, so as to obtain a fair price and a market price. Money is a commodity. The price of that commodity id known as interest ! 1 " . ", If the people of the state of Oregon should pass this so-called constitutional amendment, they would establish the price to be obtained for the use of money in Oregon as $4.00 per annum for the use of each $100, or $5.00 for that use, as the case might be. And it would not matter whether that use was to finance a crop or was on a mortgage. The price for money would be fixed. But with the market value of money or the interest rate far be yond that fixed rate, does anyone believe that those who lend would loan money in Oregon? The instant this measure passed, money would become tight, loans whether on farms, homes, livestock or notes or whatnot, would be called in, so that the lender might obtain in some other state, or by investing in bonds or securities, a higher rate for his money. . In a very short time, it would be impossible to borrow money in Oregon at all. No farmer would be able to finance his crop. The only far mer able to make progress at all would be the farmer able to carry himself. And in every line of business this would be the same. AS A FARMER MYSELF, I KNOW THE NEEDS OF THE FARMER. I KNOW HE MUST OFTEN BE FINANCED OR HE WILL SUFFER GREAT LOSS. Hence, I strongly recommend that every farmer in Oregon cast a vigorous "No" on this vicious interest-fixing amendment, which if passed, would leave a trail of ruin throughout Oregon. Farmers of Oregon : Vote "No." Interest your friends and bury this pernicious amendment so deep that it will never be resurrected. M. L. JONES. Ports! A carload of these beautiful little cars are here and we want to show you a value that is mighty hard to beat They come in both wire and wood wheel patterns and are now on sale at the following prices: Five wire wheel design at $1385 Four wood wheel design $1320 You cannot fully appreciate the beauty of design and ease in riding until you have tried them out. Come in and take a ride. We have larger cars coming in which will be attractively priced, among them being the Velie, Allen and Chalmers. Also several used cars on hand which will be offered at bargain pries. Lib 'eral allowances made on all makes of cars. Central Motor Sales Co. Opppsite Prineville Hotel PRINEVILLE . - - OREGON a .