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CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL
K. G. WALLACE, Editor
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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
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