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OREGON 'CITY. OREGON. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1907
25th YEAR.
No 28
OREGON
BRYAN MAY
BE DRAFTED
WILLING TO BE A CANDIDATE
FOR THE PRESIDENCY
NEXT YEAR.
HE TALKS AT BANQUET
Denounces Tariff Revision Proposed
By Republicans and Says People
Art Ready to Let Democrats
Reform Conditions.
LAFAYETTE. Ind.. Nov. 18. Wil
liam Jennings Bryan received an en
thusiastic welcome when he address
. ed the members of the Jackson Club,
their banquet tonight. Seven hund
red plates were provided for, of which
45 were at the table at which the dis
tinguished Nebraskan sat. In addi
tion probably 2500 others were pres
ent, Mr. Bryan said that, after serving
In two campaigns, he did not feel like
volunteering again, although he would
accept the Presidential nomination In
1908, "If drafted."
He said that he' was glad that the
unprecedented discovery of gold had
taken the money question out of poli
tics. "But I want It known," said the
. speaker, "that our arguments on the
money question advanced In 1896
have been vindicated, not by the Re
publican party, but because God Al
mighty took pity on the poor people
of the world and opened up to them
vast storehouses of gold."
Mr. Bryan denounced tariff revision
as proposed by the Republicans, and
accused the Republican party of bad
faith in promising revision. "The de
lay of a single year means much to I
the people of this country, and they
are being defrauded out of hundreds
of millions of dollars In the mean
time. The people are ready to let
the Democrats reform the tariff," as
serted Mr. Bryan.
The speaker declared that Presi
dent Roosevelt should not be held re
sponsible for the present financial
stringency. Mr. Bryan placed the
blame on the Wall Street gamblers.
Mr. Bryan expressed himself as in
favor of the postal savings bank and
said he believed It to be a better plan
than an asset currency. He said:
We are In the midst of a financial
stringency that Is in some respects
more acute than that of 1893. Pam
not going to blame the President or a
Republican administration, but I
know who would be blamed if I were
President. If I were President, every
cross-roads Republican would be
blaming me. The panic of 1873 came
12 years after the Republicans took
power and 11 years before they sur
rendered power to the Democrats. I
am not going to blame the President,
because I don't think blame should be
laid at his door. I am going to do him
the Justice to say I won't join the
chorus of Eastern financiers who
Keep Brigh t and You
Will Keep Busy
- ELECTRIC LIGHT is the magnet that draws trade. - The bright store is
the "hypnotic eye' of business. People can no' more resist the the at
traction of a brilliant, Electrically lighted store than resist the clarion call of
a brass band.
Is your competitor with the Electrically illluminated show windows,
bright interior and sparkling Jilectric Sign getting an advantage over you?
The moth never flutters around the unlighted candle 1 Up-tordate stores
nowadays consider shop-window lighting a necessity, whether they remain
open after dark or not. Competition forces modern methods.
A show window brilliantly illuminated with Electric light will make
manyjt sale "the night before." Electric light compels attention, makes
easy the examination of your display, shows goods in detail , and fabrics in
their true colors.
And don't neglect the Electric Sign. It is soliciting "tomorrow's"
business every moment it is lighted burning your name in" the public'raind.
It is a solicitor that never becomes weary never stops work costs little.
Portland Railway, Light & Power Co.
e. G. MILLER, Agent
Oregon Gity, Oregon
want to make him the scapegoat.
Those who violate the law shouldbe
blamed, not those who have turned
on the light recently.
There is no excuse for the people
being afraid that their banks are not
solvent. What is the cause of this
panic? The President Is not to
blame. Who Is to blame? The Re
publican leaders who "had control of
the counter for 47 years. They have
so chained us to Wall Street that,
when a Wall Street gambler fails our
business world trembles all over the
country.
The common people and not the
Wall Street gamblers should handle
the situation. The man who will
draw out his money now, when he
does not need It, Is in the Bame class
as the man who would refuse to aid
his country In time of war. This is a
time when great patriotism is needed.
DAIRYMEN WILL MEET.
State Association to Be Held In Port
land December 12-13.
The 16th annual meeting of the Or
egon State Dairymen's Association
will be held In Portland, December
12 and 13. The programme covering
the two-days' session is made up of ad
dresses and papers on subjects bear
ing on various matters dealing with
the dairy Industry. It Is arranged so
that 20 minutes is to be devoted to
a discussion of each paper read at the
meeting.
At the closing session Friday, De
cember 13, election of officers will be
held and awarding of premiums made.
Following is the programme:
Thursday, December 12, 10 A. M.
Address of welcome, Tom Richardson,
Portland Commercial Club; response,
annual address, President E. T. Judd,
Turner; "Testing Milk on the Farm,"
Dan Bleuer, Brooks; "Winter vs.
Summer Dairying," John Dinwiddle,
Woodburn; Discussion, 20 minutes;
"Necessity for Clean Milk," L. B. Zie
mer, Tillamook.
Thursday, December 12, 1:30 P. M.
."Care of Cream for Shipment," T.
S. TOwnsend, Portland; discussion, 20
minutes; "Succulent Feed for Win
ter," William Schulmerich, Hlllsboro;
discussion, 20 minutes; "Milking by
Machine," Mrs. S. A. Yoacum, Marsh
field; "The Dairy Cow at Home and
Abroad," Joseph B. Wing, Mechanics
burg, Ohio.
Friday, December 13, 10 A. M.
"How and What to Feed the Dairy
Cow," Dr. James Withycombe, Cor
vallis; "Advanced Registration for
Dairy Cattle," Professor F. L. Kent,
Corvallis; "Practical Dairy Sugges
tions," H. L. Blanchard, Hadlock,
Wash.; 'Future of Dairying in East
ern Oregon," A. Bennett, Irrlgon.
Friday, December 13, 1:30 P. M.
Business session; reports of officers
and commlttess; election of officers;
address, J. W. Bailey, State Dairy and
Food Commissioner, Portland; ad
dress, B. D. White, Dairy Division,
United States Department of Agricul
ture; announcement of premium
awards.
A Republican contemporary assures
us that politics have no place In muni
cipal elections and that Tom Johnson
was not elected as a Democrat, but
as a mayor. And it may be remarked
that Mr. Burton was not elected as
either.
HUGE ISSUE OF
FIFTY MILLION
CANAL BONDS OF GOVERNMENT
DESIGNED TO HELP PRESENT
FINANCIAL PROBLEM.
HELP TO MOVE THE CROPS
Treasury Department Will Also Issue
Certificates of Indebtedness For
$100,000,000 to Run One Year
at 3 Per Cent.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 Secreta
ry Cortelyou tonight made the Import
ant announcement that as a means of
affording relief to the financial situ
ation the Treasury would Issue $50,
000,000 of Panama bonds and $100,-
000,000 certificates of indebtedness,
or so much thereof as may be neces
sary. The certificates will run for
one year, ahd will bear three per
cent Interest.
The Secretary's action In coming to
the relief of the financial situation
meets with President Roosevelt's
hearty approval, and the plan is the
outcome of the several White House
conferences which have been held
within the past few days, when the
financial situation was under consid
eration.
Secretary Cortelyou says that the
Panama bonds will afford substantial
relief, as the law provides that they
may be used as a basis for additional
National bank circulation. He also
states that the proceeds from the sale
of certificates can be made directly
.available at points where the need Is
most urgent, and especially for the
movemtnt of crops, which he says, "If
properly accelerated, will give the
greatest relief and result in the most
Immediate financial returns."
The Secretary calls attention to the
attraetiveness of the bonds and certi
ficates as absolutely safe investments.
Secretary Cortelyou adds that these
relief measures .will enable him to
mieet public expenditures without
withdrawing for that purpose any ap
preciable amount of the public mon
eys now deposited in National banks
throughout the country. Two Treas
ury circulars, one inviting proposals
for the issue of bonds and the other
asking for the certificates, will be
sent out under date of November 18.
In his letter to Secretary Cortelyou
approving the Treasury plans, Presi
dent Roosevelt states that he has betn
have under consideration a currency
have under considtration a currency
measure "which will meet in perma
nent fashion the needs of the situa
tion, and which I believe will be pass
ed at an early date after Congress
convenes two weeks hence."
The President also suggests that'
what is needed most at this time is
that the people should "realizt how
fundamentally sound business condi
tions in this country are, and how ab
surd It is to permit themselves to get
a panic and create a stringency by
hoarding their savings Instead of
trusting perfectly sound banks."
DRAW OUT IDLE MONEY.
Bankers In East' Commend Issuance
of New Securities.
NEW YORK, Nov. 18 Satisfaction
was general in banking circles today
because of the Government's plan of
relief to the market by the issue of
$50,000,000 in Panama Canal bonds
and $100,000,000 in one year Treas
ury certificates. The Issue of short-
term certificates was more of a nov
elty and as such attracted more dis
cussion. The general opinion was
that both measures would tend to
draw idle money from' private hoards
and thereby break the premium on
currency and restore normal condi
tions in the money market.
The response from the public to the
offer of new securities is expected to
center largely on one-year certifi.
cates. The Panama bonds, paying
only 2 per cent and selling at a pre
mium, are expected to go chiefly to
the National banks to be used as a
basis of circulation. If the experi
ence of the popular loan of 1896 is re
peated, however, in respect to the
certificates, they will be over-subscribed
several times.
PEOPLE ARE PROTECTED.
Governor Chamberlain Explains Rea
sons for Bank Holidays.
Governor Chamberlain delivered an
address on the local financial situa
tion at the monthly meeting of the
Ohio Society Tuesday night.
Governor Chamberlain in his open
ing remarks referred to the scandals
In the New York life Insurance com
panies as the beginning of the grow
ing disturst of the methods of high
financiers, which resulted in the with
drawal of large sums of money dur
ing the recent runs on the large bank
ing houses In New York.
'Portland banks all had plenty of
money," said Governor Chamberlain;
their securities were in good shape
and business was running along
smoothly, when like a bolt out of a
clear sky word came on October 28
from New York, Boston, Chicago, Den
ver and Omaha and every Eastern
city telling our people, that no money f
would be shipped west. Portland
banks had large balances in New
York which under ordinary circum
stances could have been got here in
five days, tl was a condition border
ing on bankruptcy that the Portland
banks confronted. In order to protect
the banks it was necessary to pro
claim holidays.
'If the Portland banks were com
pelled to pay out the money In their
vaults, all the industries In the city
would have had to close down with
heavy losses to the community. If
the- banks had been as Impatient as
some of the depositors were, many of
our factory men who do a large credit
business would have been ruined.
The bank holidays were declared to
protect not only the bank and Us de
positors, but the men who owe the
banks.
"It doesn't do any good to run
down these financial institutions, but
we should help to tide them over by
expressing our confidence In them .1
have my home and I don't want to
lose It, and I don't want It to depre
ciate in value, but If runs are made
on our banks every man who has a
foot of ground in this state will find
it depreciating in value.
"The present condition la . an ab
normal one at a time when crops
are so abundant it can t long contin
ue. So J say let conditions stay as
they are until relief comes which, I
confidently believe will not be long.'
THE USE OF SLANG
For the Benefit of Young America
This prevalent habit is one of the
growing evils of the day. Nothing is
more indicative of a want of thought
still most of the girls and boys think
their language is not in the "latest
style" unless helped out or made vul
gar by the newest slang phrase. Ev
ery generation has its own expres
sions, and they even change from year
to year, and the slang that was to be
desired in its way last year has this
year become common and for some
reason less expressive. A new phrase
has taken Its place as, "He's a dead
swell," "There's no flies on her," "Oh,
cut that out," "You're not the only
pebble," "It's a corker," and many
more entirely too numerous to men
tion and some of which shame on us
are not fit to be repeated in print
In a decent paper, are used In com
mon. Such unruly sentences I am
sorry to say are used by maidens at
home and at school which they do not
often allow themselves to use In soci
ety. What an intelligent foreigner would
think of the conversation of these
young maidens who affect the fash
Ion, would puzzle a conjurer to con
jecture, and he would find though hav
ing once learned our tongue he would
have It to learn over If he would un
derstand the utterances of the girl of
this period, allowing of course for the
exceptions which prove the rule.
My dear friends, you wno haye the
blessed privilege of hearing and read
ing should remember mat tne words
which are a part of the language of
"street Arabs" are not fit for the lips
of a sweet young lady; the best of
phraseology only snoum belong to
these fresh young lips. Surely, slang
Is the basis of a turbulent language,
and I do not believe God, meant we
should use our time and talent for
such unnecessary expressions which
are of no benefit to any one. Only
think it is an insult to our language
to suppose it Is not capable of con
veying in as brilliant and particular a
manner when spoken currently as
when spoken In slang terms. Dear
friends, do not think it attracts; no,
so far from attracting is it that Its
use only disgust all those who are
worthy attracting ana wno mucn pre
ferthelr language drawn from "the
well of English undeflled." Now let
us all use as good language In as
cheerful a manner as is possible for
I think It will be more appreciative
to all those around us, and perhaps
more satisfactory to ourselves, at
least after we become used to it
A. U S.
ISSUES MORE
THAN MEN ARE
FEW CANDIDATES IN THE RUN
NING FOR OFFICES IN THE
COMING CITY ELECTION.
DR. CARLL FOR MAYOR
Charter Amendments and Excise Law
Are Main Topics for Considera
tion of Voters of Oregon City
on December 2.
Interest in issues to come before
the voters at the municipal election
December 2, has completely over
shadowed candidates for office and
there Is no struggle for positions. The
only candidate for the Mayoralty Is
Dr. W. E. Carll, and there is no op
position to the desire of Treasurer
Mortimer D. Latourette to succeed
himself. Councilman Williams has
had all he wants of office holding, and
In the First Ward J. E. Jack Is slated
for his shoes, In ward Two there are
two vacancies. William R. Logus has
been asked to make the race against
time for the short term to fill the
chair of Ernest P. Rands, resigned.
Mr. Logus has been In the council
two years, having been elected in the
place of William Sheahan, who left
the city for Camas. For the term of
three years Edward Sheahan and
Charles H. Dye are being boomed.and
this is the only semblance of a fight.
In ward Three A. S. Hunt will be a
candidate for the short term, and
Councilman Betzel, who was chosen
by the council last summer when J.
N. Harrington resigned, will try for
the place held by Henry Brandt, who
will not run again.
Charter amendments and the pro
posed excise ordinance are the real
issues. The amendments are three in
number and provide for a heavy in
crease in the salaries of the treas
urer and recorder, the creation of a
sinking fund by the levying of a spe
cial tax for the redemption of bonds
to clear off the floating indebtedness
of the city, and a new method of Im
proving streets by creating property
districts. These amendments are
supported by a majority of the mem
bers of the charter commission, but
they will be heartily antagonized by
the people who believe that there is
no demand for charter changes and
that the present charter is satisfac
tory. The excise ordinance Is receiving
strong support from the church
people. L. C. Ott, ex-chief of
police department of Lincoln, Neb.,
where the law is in force, will be here
a few days before election and will
explain the insi&e workings of the
law In his town. There Is heavy op
position to the ordinance, but the gum
shoe vote is an unknown quantity.
PROBITION IS SLOGAN.
Advocates of Excise Ordinance Show
Their Hand In Address of Brougher.
The hand of the adherents of the
proposed excise ordinance was clear
ly shown in the declaration of Dr.
J. Whltcomb Brougher, pastor of the
White Temple of Portland, that the
utter annihilation of the liquor traffic
in Oregon City Is intended. This
statement came as a great surprise
to many, but the saloon interests
have been reliably informed that the
fight is in the open and will take
measures accordingly to protect -their
business.
Dr. Brougher has been heard here
and at the Chautauqua grounds be
fore and drew a large crowd. Sev
eral saloonkeepers were in the audi
ence, which tested the capacity of the
Baptist Church. It was a noticeable
fact that at the Chapman meeting last
week the workingmen predominated
in the audience, but at last night's
meeting the merchants and profes
sional men of the city were present.
The .applause was liberal. Dr. Brou
gher said in part:
"I have no objection to the saloon
keepers in general, neither do I have
any particular objection to the bed
bug the only thing I do not like Is
the way they make their living. There
are three ways In which this fight Is
going to be won: First, by arousing
the sentiment among the religious
and moral people of the community;
second, by education, not mere Infor
mation, but by educating the people
to the great fact of the moral leprosy
of the saloon business; third, by ham
mering away and keeping everlast
ingly at it until the victory Is won.
"The very fact of the opposition of
the saloon keepers to the excise law
Is conclusive proof that there is some
thing wrong. The argument of the
saloon keepers that there are things
which the mothers and sisters of Ore
gon City do not want to see behind
the screens, is the very evidence that
these screens ought to be removed
and taken down. The objection Is
also made by the saloon Interests that
we are doing this thing underhanded
and that our real purpose Is prohibi
tion, i Now In order that there may be
no further misunderstanding let me
Impress upon you that we propose to
exterminate the saloons In Oregon
City.
"Let me tell you the story of the
man who on Saturday went to a store
and purchased a pair of trousers. He
took them home and tried them on
and found they were six inches too
long. He asked his wife to cut them
off, but she had to shine the shoes of
the children and mend their clothes
to get them ready for Sunday school
the next day and was too busy to
make the alteration. So off the man
went to his sister, but she bad an ex
cuse ready and told him to go to his
daughter, but that young lady was
due to go to the opera, and the father
faced the alternative of being without
Sunday trousers. Late that evening,
however, the wife finished her house
hold duties and getting the trousers
out of the wardrobe, cut them off six
inches, and carefully pressed them.
The sister relented and going to the
wardrobe brought out the trousers
and performed a similar operation.
The daughter came home from the
opera and desiring to make her father
happy and fit for Sunday sat up un
til midnight to amputate another six
Inches from the legs of the unlucky
trousers and the next morning father
wore nlckerbockers. So it - is with
the situation in Oregon City. We
will enact this excise law that will
cut off six inches, and then we will
cut you down six inches more and
more and finally you won't even have
trunks to wear."
MILWAUKIE TO HAVE STATION.
Ordinance Granting Franchise for
Erection Pending Before Council.
Mllwaukle Is to have a passenger
and freight depot. An ordinance is
pending before the council granting
the Portland Railway, Light & Power
Company the privilege of erecting a
freight and passenger depot at Jeffer
son and First streets, Mllwaukle. It
Is set forth in the ordinance that such
depot shall stand south of and adja
cent to the present traveled portion
of Jefferson street and west of the
track on Jefferson street. The depot
must be built that it will hold not
less than one carload of freight and
must be contsructed according to the
plans approved by the Oregon State
Railway Commission. It is also ' re
quired in the ordinance that the Port
land Railway, Light & Power Company
shall keep the streets adjacent to the
depot In such condition that teams
can have access to the building at all
times and the company shall maintain
the streets. The right granted by the
ordinance will expire 15 years after
the passage of the ordinance.
'Another ordinance Is pending grant
ing the Mllwaukle Water Company a,
franchise for 21 years. It is provided
In this franchise that the company
shall after January, 1908, pay to the-
City of Mllwaukle 5 per cent of Its
gross receipts for water rents. These
two ordinances were introduced No
vember 12, and will come up for final
consideration November 29,
SPRAY THE TREES
Orchards Should Be Treated
Now For Pests.
The time has arrived when we must
re-commence the crusade on the fun
gus and insect pests that Infest our
orchards. And I want to insist that
you commence at this work NOW.
We realize that one of the most des
tructive fungus diseases that we
have to contend, with Is what is
know as black spot or antracnose,
and to check and control that we
must spray In the fall about the. time
the rains begin. Either the Bordeau
or the lime and sulphur solution Is ef
fective for this disease if applied at
the proper time and in the proper
manner. But as the lime and sulphur
is also a specific for San Jose scale,
branch' form of wooly aphis, oyster
shell scale and all other forms of In
sect or fungus life that may be hi
bernating or dormant on the tree, I
should recommend Its thorough and
persistent use, I believe Intelligent
use of this remedy alone will come
near emancipating us from the many
pests we are fighting, both Insect and
fungus. There Is one thing I want
to emphasize, If you don t understand
what to do and how to do It, don't
know what remedy to use to obtain
certain results, don't do anything till
you have Xound out so you can work
intelligently. There is nothing that
has a greater tendency to retard the
work than doing and not getting the
results. "Be sure you are right be
fore going ahead," would be a good
motto in this matter. Begin at once
to do the work and you will have no
excuse for not doing it for want of
time. Those that sprayed last season
and did the work Intelligently and
well will not have to be urged to re
peat the work this season. But there
are those that neglected or failed to
do the work last winter for some rea
son and that class will be urged em
phatically to do their duty to their
neighbor If they cannot be aroused
to Its benefits on their own account.
There are a number of old diseas
ed orchards In the county that must
be removed. They cannot be reno
vated and still they are left to cum
ber the ground, spread peBts and
disease; are without value to any
one. These must go. There has been
a large amount of good work done In
the county, but there Is much to be
done. When we see the progress that
is being made on all sides of us it
behooves us to get a move on if we
don't want to be distanced in the
race. Let us all do our duty and then
we can all rejoice In the results that
are sure to follow. I am at your ser
vice and shall be glad to do what I
can at any and all times to aid and
advise as far as I am capable.
A. J. LEWIS,
Fruit Inspector Clackamas County.
Farm Eor Sale
Our business is to show investors that Clackamas
county farms are better investments than U. S.' golJ
bonds. .
Thre are many real estate signs in town but the
office over the Bank of Oregon City continues to do
the real estate business of the county.
Get Down to Business
If your farm drags on the market let's talk the mat
ter over. Maybe you need the services of a live
agency. The "con" talk of the amateur agent won't
sell your land. For results see '
Eastham, Patison & Co.
, Over the Bank of Oregon City Successors to C, N. Plowman St Co.
TWO TICKETS
AT MILWAUKIE
GOOD GOVERNMENT LEAGUE IS
BEHIND MOVEMENT FOR
A CLEAN TOWN.
GAMBLING MAIN ISSUE
Present Administration Is Severely
Criticized For Permitting the
Country Club To
Remain Open.
Two tickets were nominated Tues
day night In Mllwaukle for the munici
pal election which will be held De
cember 2. One convention was held
by the Good Government League, and
the other by citizens in mass meet-
Ling. ' The former was in opposition to
the Mllwaukle Club and to the present
city government and its policy. The
latter ticket represents the present
city government.
At a meeting of the Good Govern
ment League Ben Irwin was the chair
man. E. S. J. McAllister, formerly of
Portland People's Forum, was present
by Invitation and delivered an ad
dress. He spoke for civic virtue with
considerable force, and denounced
gambling as theft, whether it be car
ried on in churches or in a gambling
house such as the Mllwaukle Club.
Mr. McAllister called special atten
tion to the Mllwaukle Club and de
clared Its business was no more hon
orable than that of the highwayman.
It rested, he said, with the good citi
zens of Mllwaukle to wipe out for all
time by electing men who would re
fuse to support It or to run the city
in partnership with It. At the con
clusion of Mr. McAllister's address
the following candidates were nomi
nated: Councilmen For two years, A. J.
Walker and W. H. Grasle; for one
year, Fred Blrkemelr; for recorder,
Fred Leahman. No other candidates
were nominated, the offices of mar
shal and Treasurer being left vacant.
Election of these candidates would
mean control of the city by the Good
Government League.
At the mass meeting of citizens in
the town hall a ticket representing
the present city government was nom
inated. Mayor William Shlndler call
ed the meeting to order. Charles
Lakln was elected chairman and O.
H. Dowling secretary. After the sec
tion of the charter setting forth the
methods of placing 'candidates In the
field had been read by the secretary,
the following ticket was nominated:
Councilmen For one year, Philip
Streib; for two years, T. R. A. Sell
wood and John R. Kelao; recorder,
Fred Leahman; treasurer, E. T. El
mer; marshal, R. S. Johnson.
No mayor Is to be elected as this
election, and the present Incumbent
will hold over for another year.
The Good Government League has
Issued the following circular letter
to the voters of the town:
' "The Good Government League
does not believe that it will be nec
essary In this campaign to attack the
character of any man, but, voters of
Mllwaukle, the three councilmen
should be men who will show as
much Independence and energy In
civic affairs as they do in their pri
vate business. Is It possible that
Mllwaukle cannot get men to take of
fice, who will use common, ordinary
ability In caring for the affairs of the
town?
The council was exhausted for three
years by Its attempt to open Irving
street and that street Is still Impas
sible. , Not a north and Bouth street
has been opened, and the present
council Is certainly not equal to the
task of opening streets.
The councilmen came to a square
agreement with the water company
and then let the water franchise hang
fire two years from sheer lack of suf
ficient energy to settle a dispute.
No drainage, garbage thrown In
Mllwaukie's front door, money Bpent
for an unnecessary hall that might
have been used for a park, or for civic
improvement; these things result
from an Incapable council.
For four years the mismanagement
of Mllwaukle has been In the hands
of men who are willing to be assisted
by lawbreakers, but are not inclined
to build up the town on Its own foun
dation. Consider the gambling house
as a business proposition. Do you
think it pays to be burdened with a
black and blackened reputation?
Don't you think good men will hesi
tate when asked to reside In Mll
waukle, to buy property here for a
home? And the slightest breath of
hesitation will kill a real estate trade
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