OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, "APRIL 6, 1906.
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SECRECY OF BALLOT
CLACKAMAS COUNTY PEOPLE
RAISE SETTLED QUESTION.
Citizen Who Will Not Give His Polit
ical Affiliation May Not
Vote at Primaries.
SALEM, Or., March 29. The valid
ity of that portion of the direct pri
mary law which requires a voter to
register his party affiliations has been
questioned by residents of Clackamas
County, who have presented the mat
ter to the Attorney-General for his
opinion. Mr. Crawford has replied,
quoting the plain provisions of the
. statute which says that no person
shall be permitted to vote in a pri
mary election unless he has regis
tered his party affiliation.
The Attorney-General says that in
view of this plain provision, it would
be impossible for him to hold other
wise than that it is the duty of elec
tion judges to reject the ballot of any
person who refused to register his
party affiliations.
The point the Clackamas county
people raise is that the requirement of
registration is a violation of the se
crecy of the ballot, for such registra
tion gives notice to the world which
party the voter belongs to. This same
question was raised when the primary
law was before the people for adop
tion and it was then shown that the
primary law violates the secrecy of
the ballot no more than, did the old
system of con ducting primary elec-(
tions.
Under the old system, the party pro
maries were conducted separately and
in order to participate in Republican
primaries a man must acknowledge
himself a member of that party, and
do it publicly. The only difference
under the present system is that the
voter must make his party affiliation'
known at least ten days before the
election.
One purpose of the direct primary
law was to prevent the members of
one party from participating in the
primary election of another party.
That end could not be attained with
out requiring a man to acknowledge
party affiliation. It was necessary
under the old system and is now nec
essary. If a man wants to keep his
party affiliation secret he must stay
out of the primaries. And this was
true under the old system as under
the new.
The direct primary law does not,
therefore, make any change so far as
the secrecy of the ballot is concern
ed. If a man refuses to acknowledge
himself a member of either the Repub
lican or the Democratic party he will
be refused an opportunity to partici
WOMAN'S TRIALS.
Her Bitter Disappointment.
The bitter trail in a woman's life is to
be childless. Who can tell how hard the
struggle may have been ere she learnt to
resign herself to her lonely lot? The ab
sence of this link to bind marital life to
gether, the absence of this one pledge to
mutual affection is a common disap
pointment. Many unfortunate couples
become estranged thereby. Even if they
do not drift apart, one may read the whole
extent of their disappointment in the eyes
of such a childless couple when they rest
on the children of others. To them the
largest family does not seem too numerous.
It will rather appear to them that those
on whom this blessing has been most
richly bestowed hardly value it suffi
ciently. In many cases of barrenness or child
lessness the obstacle to child-bearing is
easily removed by the cure of weakness on
the part of the woman. Dr. Pierce's Fa
vorite Prescription has been the means of
restoring health and fruitfulness to many
a barren woman, to the great joy of the
household. In other, but rare cases, the
obstruction to the bearin? of children has
been found tei be of a surgical character,
but easily removable by painless operative
treatment at the Invalids' Hotel and Sur
gical Instituti, UufT'ilo, N. Y., over which
Dr. Pierce of the "Favorite Prescription"
fame presides. In all cases where chil
dren are desirei and are absent, an effort
should be mj.de to find out the real cause,
since it is generally so easily removed by
proper treatment.
In all the various weaknesses, displace
ments, prolapsus, ante-versions, retro
versions, inflammation of ovaries, leucor
rhoea, giving rise to disagreeable and
weakening drain?, and in all cases of
nervousness, nervous prostration and
debility, Dr. Piene's Favorite Prescrip
tion is the most efficient remedy that can
possibly be used. It has to its credit
hundreds of thousands of cures more in
fact than any oth-5r remedy put up for
sale through drus-rgists, especially for
woman's use. Yoi do not have to take
Dr. Pierce's word alone for this, because
the ingredients of which the "Favorite
Prescription " are composed have received
the most positive endorsement from the
leading medical writeis on Materia Medico,
of all the several schools of practice.
All the ingredients a'e printed in plain
English on the wrapper enclosing the
bottle, so that if you arr an invalid woman
and make use of this famous medicine you
know exactly what yon are taking. Dr.
Pierce takes his patients into his full con
fidence, which he can afford to do as the
formula after which the "Favorite Pre
scription" is made will bear the most
careful examination.
You do not have to experiment when
taking Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription,
as with the many fake., Cheap John Med
icines that are sent out on trail, composed
of cheap and often harmful ingredients.
Dr. Pierce resorted to Nature's Labo
ratory to get the ingredients for his "Fa
vorite Prescription," believing that the
indigenous, or native, Medicinal roots of
our country are endowed by Providence
with the most marvelous curative powers.
The only- rational way to attempt to
cure disease is by assisting the natural
functions of the body, and to do that
there is nothing like Nature's remedies
which act in Nature's way, toning and
invigorating the digestive organs, the
. liver, the stomach and bowels and the
nervous system, which always suffers to
a great extent in all the various derange
ments of the organs distinctly feminine.
The medicine of known composition is
the one to rely upon the one that has a
record of nearly forty years of cures the
one devised and manufactured by a regu
larly graduated and experienced practi
tioner of medicine. By addressing Dr. R.
V. Pierce, at Buffalo, N. Y.. you may
secure, free, a little phamphlet giving
numerous extracts from many medical
pate in the selection of candidates for
either of these parties.
PROGRAMME FOR CHAUTAUQUA.
List of Lecturers and Entertainers for
This Year's Assembly.
The crowning feature of the 1906
Assembly of the Willamette Chautau
qua Association, which will be held
at Gladstone, July 10-22, inclusive,
will be the musical programme which
in quality of entertaining features will
eclipse anything of the kind ever offer
ed the music-loving public of the
Northwest. This and other features
of the Chautauqua programme were
arranged at a meeting of the board of
directors held in this city Tuesday.
Prof. Gilford Nash, of Portland, has
been engaged as musical director for
this year's Chautauqua. This engage
ment includes three separate pro
gramme will include the oratorios,
concert, including vocal and instru
mental selections. The second pro
gramme will include the oratorios,
Mendelssohn's "Hymn of Praise" and
Rossini's "Stabat Mater," witn tour
soloists and a large chorus of 100
voices. The concluding musical pro
gramme of this engagement will con
sist of the presentation of Haydn's
masterpiece "The Creation." In order
the success of this feature
of the Chautauqua the board of di
rectors authorized Secretary cross to
engage for the two oratorios an or
chestra of 31 pieces.
Mrs. Imogen Harding-Brodie, of this
city was selected as Chautauqua solo
ist. This selection is considered a
deseryed recognition of one of the
most talented and charming vocalists
Oregon has produced.
Contracts have been entered into
with the followine named lecturers
nnri entertainers whose services are
insured: Dr. Chas. E. Locke, of Brook
lyn, New York;.. Captain Jack Craw
ford, famous poet-scout; Dr. Ernest
E. Baker, of Oakland, California; B. R.
RniiTnsrardt. the noted astronomer and
lecturer of Los Angeles, California,
who will give two illustrated lectures;
Rnsani. the Jueeler: Miss Martha Gie-
low, talented reader of Southern dia
lect and melodies; and Prof. Mark B.
Beal, elocutionist, of Los Angeles.
An appropriation of $500 was made
for the baseball tournament and the
nonnl ammmt was fter. aside for the
pyrotechnic display that will mark the
formal closing of the Assembly.
CHAMBERLAIN'S SALVE.
This salve is intended especially for
sore nipples, burns, frost bites, chap
ped hands, itching piles, chronic sore
eyes, granulated lids, old chronic sores
and for diesases of the skin such as
tetter, salt rheum, ring worm, scald
head, herpes, barber's itch scabbies,
or itch and eczema. It has met with
unparralleled success in the treat
ment of these diseases. Price 25 cts
per box. Try it. For sale by Howell
& Jones.
writers of prominence, extolling the vari
ous ingreuients which enter into Ijr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It, is
worth looking over if you are a sufferer.
Dr. Pierce does not claim for his "Fa
vorite Prescription " that it is a "cure-all."
It is recommended as a most perfect si e
cific for woman's peculiar ailments. o
uniform are the results which follow the
use of this remarkable remedy, that it
can be truly aliirmod of "Favorite I re
scription "that it olu tr; hclyx and almOul
aluays cures. Ninety-( -ight j:ct cent, of
the women who give this medicine a fj'.ir
and faithful trial are cured and remain
curod.
It is a powerful invigorating toni- im
parting health and strength in parti Milcr
to the organs distinctly feminine. T:ie
local, womanly health is so intimately
related to the general health that when
diseases of the delicate womanly organs
are cured the whole body gaina in health
and strength. For weak and sickly
women who are "worn-out," "run-down"
or debilitated, especially for women who
work in store, onice or schoolroom, who
sit at the typewriter or sewing ma
chine, or bear heavy household burdens.
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription has
Eroven a priceless benefit because of its
ealth - restoring and strength - giving
powers.
As a soothing and strengthening nerv
ine. "Favorite Prescription" is un
equaled and is invaluable in allaying and
subduing nervous excitability, irritabil
ity, nervous exhauion, nervous prostra
tion, neuralgia, hysteria, spasms, chorea,
or St. "Vitus's dance, and other distressing
nervous symptoms commonly attendant
upon functional and organic disease of
the womanly organs. It induces refresh
ing sleep and relieves mental anxiety and
despondency.
Cures obstinate cases. "Favorite Pre
scription " is a positive cure for the most
complicated and obstinate cases of leucor
rhea, excessive flowing, painful menstru
ation, unnatural suppressions and irregu
larities, prolapsus or falling of the pelvic
organs, weak back, "female weakness,"
anteversion, retroversion, bearing-down
sensations, chronic congestion, inflam
mation and ulceration, inflammation,
more or less pain and tenderness over the
lower abdomen accompanied with "in
ternal heat."
Dr. Pierce's medicines are made from
harmless but efficient medicinal roots
found growing in our American forests.
The Indians knew of the marvelous cura
tive value of some of these roots and im
parted that knowledge to some of the
friendlier whites, and gradually some of
the more progressive physicians came to
test and use them, and ever since they
have grown in favor by reason of their
superior curative virtues and their safe
and harmless qualities.
Your druggists sell the "Favorite Pre
scription" and also that famous altera
tive, blood purifier and stomach tonic, the
"Golden Medical Discovery." Write
to Dr. Pierce about your case, ' He is an
experienced physician and will treat your
case as confidential and without charge
for correspondence. Address him at the
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, N. Y., of which he is chief con
sulting physician.
It is as easy to be well as ill and much
more comfortable. Constipation 'S the
cause of many forms of illness. Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipa
tion. Thev are tiny, sugar-coated gran
ules. One little "Pellet? is a gentle laxa
tive, two a mild cathartic. All dealers in
medicines sell them. " -
Dr. Pierce's 1000-page illustrated bcok
"The Common Sense Medical Adviser," is
sent free in paper covers on receipt of 22
one-cent stamps to pay the cost of mailinu
only. For 31 stamps the cloth-bound
volume will be sent. Address Dr. E. V.
Pierce, Buffalo. N, Y.
IT'S UP TO THE VOTERS.
P. Carter Wonders If People Will
Properly Acquit Themselves.
Gladstone, March 31, 1906.
Editor Enterprise :;
It ha3 been said by some wise man
that "the proper study of mankind is
man." How few of us realize the truth
of this saying? Man, the culminating
object of all creation, for whose use
all things were created.
It matters not whether we consider
man as created by an act of Almighty
God as described in Genesis, or wheth
er we consider him developed by the
slow process of evolution as taught
scientists, how true it is that there
is, there can be, .no higher, more im
portant study than the origin, the de
velopment and the ultimate destiny of
man.
Who that has given any thought to
the subject but can see the hand of
some overruling power manifesting
itself in every step of man's progress,
sometimes it seems to us in strange
ways, yet always tending onwards and
upward towards a higher, better, purer
life, both individually and collectively,
as seen in the pr6gress of mankind all
over the- civilized world? In the pro
gress of this development, it has long
been recognized by thoughtful men
that there is no more important factor
than good government.
Without government there can be
no progress for if each individual alone
and unaided, were striving to accom
plish his own ends, what a chaos this
world would be.
But so soon as men begin to com
bine their efforts, begin to realize that
they owe something to their fellow
men, to society, then must inevitably
spring up some kind of government.
And the more-enlightened, the more
humane, the more just ' and honest
such government, the greater will be
the progress of man as an individual.
This being an indisputable fact, then
where is there a more important study,
a more important duty devolving on
man, than in his duty towards himself,
to his family, to society, to study the
question of government, and then to
use his utmost endeavors to make the
government under which he lives as
nearly a perfect instrument for the up
building, not of his own little personal
selfish interests, but of the interests
of his fellowmen, of society in gener
al, as it is possible for human govern
ment to be. How few study this ques
tion from any such standpoint? The
great majority of people take no in
terest in their government except in
so far as it applies to their own im
mediate selfish ends.
In view of the wonderful develop
ment of our country industrially, the
complex and intricate public ques
tions pressing for solution, it becomes
more than ever necessary for each in
dividual to sink his small personal
ambitions in a broad desire for the
public welfare.
In order to do this he must study
public questions, not from a personal
standpoint, as for instance, how he
can best secure a job of road super
isor or some other little position,, but
how can he best place his vote and
his influence to serve the public good.
Students of government have long
recognized that the place to commence
this work was in our primaries. But
under thejold convention system, the
voters were very frequently disap
pointed to find that after attending
their promaries and electing delegates
to the conventions their efforts were
rendered of no avail through machina
tions of the political boss of their
county, state, or nation as the case
may be. In desperation at these re
sults, the people have now decided to
try a new system of nominating can
didates for office. It remains to be
seen whether it will be any improve
ment over the old system or not.
One thing is. certain, if the voters
are indifferent and careless about their
political duties the present primary i
law will allow the "boss" to maintain
his control even easier than under the
old convention system.
Let us see how it will work. Take
Clackamas County, for instance.
We have here as smooth working
and unscrupulous a political machine
as the Tammany machine of New York j be named by the Prohibition party in
and run by precisely the same meth- ; this county this year, but the tem
ods. How many of my readers wholperance people will unite their efforts
have grown indignant at the iniquities to prevent any changes in the law as
of the Tammany ring ever realized , it now stands.
that for the last ten or twelve years
we have had exactly the same thing
on a small scale right here at home?
For years past every candidate for
office, with any hope of success, has
been obliged to secure the favor of
the "boss," either by direct -purchase
or by indirect methods some of which
methods if they could be laid bare to
the public would make interesting
reading. This machine has its agents
in every precinct of the county, some
of them bought outright with cash
furnished by the Senatorial candidates
and corporations and distributed
through the political boss. ' Others are.
bought by some little petty office or
preferment, others who would scorn
such methods by being patted famil
iarly on the back or sometimes' even
affectionately hugged by the boss, and
called familiarly Tom,'' Dick, or Harry,
as the case may be by the boss who
has the name of every voter in the
county on the end of his tongue with
a knowledge as to just the proper
method of getting at the weak point
of all those susceptible to such influ
ences. Now it is easy to see that with such
a smooth working a machine the boss
can put up his candidates for the vari
ous offices and all his henchmen will
vote solidly for these candidates while
though the opponents of the machine
may greatly outnumber the faithful,
yet having no head, no organization
through which to -work, there is great
danger that they will scatter " their
vote among a number of candidates,
thereby allowing the machine candi
dates to secure more votes than any
one of the opposition, thus securing
the nomination when they may be the
choice of but a small minority of their
party. I claim that this is one of the
most important elections ever held n
the county. The new primary system
of nominating, candidates for county
and state offices and of electing TJ. S.
Senators is on trial. There is no doubt
in the- mind of any thinking man, of
any man who has confidence in the
loyalty, patriotism and good sense of
the voters of the county, as to how the
people stand on the question of boss
rule and machine politics.
There is another question to take
into consideration. Oregon is just now
entering upon 'a period of greater
prosperity, development and progress
than ever before known in the history
of the state. It is going to be a period
of organization of many new schemes
for exploitation of the public through
franchises of all kinds. Can you af
ford to send men to the Legislature
known to be corporation tools, or men
who will be controled by corporation
tools?
There are now about thirteen candi
dates for the Legislature In this coun
ty. Each one has selected some few
measures to advocate by which he
hopes to catch a few votes.
But, do you realize that there will
undoubtedly come before the next leg
islature many measures of which no
one is thinking at this time, but of
far more importance than any advocat
ed by any candidate? And oh, those
promises. The voters have so often
relied on those promises only to find
that yiey were only made to catch
votes, that I am tempted to make no
promises whatever myself. But I am
going to put my promises on broader
grounds than any of them. I am not
going to hunt for any little catch vote
measures, but I will say this: I have
always believed that members of the
legislature, the same as any other
public officer was a servant of the
people and in duty bound to do the
will of the people. If I am elected to
the legislature I will between the time
of my election and the next session of
the legislature, do all I can to find; out
what legislation - the people want,
either in the way of new laws, or in
the repeal of laws already on the
statute books and will do my best to
carry out the wishes of the people of
the county.
I have already pledged myself to
vote for the' people's choice for TJ. S.
Senator not because it was popular,
but because I have always believed
in the people electing, TJ. S. Senator
by popular vote.
I shall always consider myself as
the representative of the producing
and working class (no danger but the
corporations will take care of their
interests without any help from me).
Now, all I ask is for the voters to
look over the list of candidates, their
past records, both piblic and private,
and select, honestly, conscientiously
the men whom you can trust to best
serve your interests in the legislature
and I shall be satisfied with your de
cision. I have not felt that I could
afford to make a canvass of the county
for the small compensation allowed
members of the legislature, as I can
see only one hundred and twenty dol
lars of honest money in the position
if elected.
E. P. CARTER.
WILL OPPOSE ANY CHANGES.
Temperance People Satisfied
Local Option as it is.
With
A vigorous fight for the preserva
tion of the Local Option Law, practi
cally as it now is, will be waged by
the temperance workers of Clackamas
county this year.
This conclusion was reached Mon
day afternoon at a conference of the
anti-saloon leaguers of Oregon City
and Clackamas county, held at the
Congregational church in this city.
Besides the pastors of the- local
churches, several clergymen from the
interior of the county attended the
meeting which decided that under no
circumstances will any support be
given any candidate who has taken a
stand favoring the proposed amend
ments to this law.
Active work of the temperance peo
ple will not be taken up until after
the time of the primary nominating
election when nominations of the two
parties will be made. A committee,
the personnel of which was not -made
public, was named at Monday's meet-
ing to interest the . temperance' peo
ple in each precinct in a movement for
generally educating the voters of the
county as to what is contemplated in
the proposed amendments to the Local
Option Law.
It is probable that a ticket will not
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Signature of
COMPLETE LEGISLATIVE TICKET.
Democrats Will Have No Blanks This
Year. .
The Clackamas county . Democrats
have completed their legislative ticket
with the addition of Henry D. Aden, of
Wilsonville, as third candidate for
nomination as Representative."
Mr. Aden is a member of the gener
al merchandise firm of Aden & Peters,
of Wilsonville, and among other
things advocates the keeping of "con
vict labor out of competition with the
wage earners.
The Democratic legislative ticket
for this county as completed is as
follows :
Senator, J. E. Hedges, of this city.
Representatives : C. N. Wait, of Can
by; O. D. Eby, of Oregon City and
Henry D. Aden, of Wilsonville.
"HELLO CENTRAL, GIVE ME 54."
-ocal Switch Is Installed and Is In
Operation.
The Oregon City & Farmers' Inde
. pendent Telephone Company on Mon
! day began the 6peration of its local
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store building of Huntley Bros. Com
pany. Twenty-five business houses of
this city have installed this company's
i instruments by which connection is
afforded with nearly 1000 subscribers
to the various rural systems that are
j maintained throughout the southern
and eastern part of the county. Miss
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DO YOU GET UP
WITH A lyAMT? BACK?
Kidney Trouble Makes You .Miserable
Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
cures maae Dy Jjr.
Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kid-
jt ney, liver ana Diaa-
aer remeay.
It is the great med
ical triumph of th
nineteenth century ,
discovered after yeari
of scientific research
by Dr. Kilmer, the
eminent kidney and
bladder specialist, and is wonderfully
successful in promptly curing lame back,
uric acid, catarrh of the bladder and
Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec
ommended for everything but if you have
kidney, liver or bladder trouble it will be
found just the remedy you need. It has
been tested in so many ways, in hospital
work and in private practice, and has
proved so successful in every case that a
special arrangement has been made by
which all readers of this paper, who have
not already tried it, may have a sample
bottle sent free by mail, also a book tell
ing more about Swamp-Root, and how to
find out if you have kidney or bladder trou
ble. When writing mention reading this
generous offer in this paper and send your
address to Dr. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton,
N. Y. The regular
fifty-cent and one-
dollar siie bottles are Homo of Swamp-Boot
sold by all good druggists. Don't make
any mistake,' but remember the name,
Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilsier's Swamp-Root
and the address, Binghamton, N. Y., on
'.very bottle.
Hurlburt is in charge of the local
switch board.
The Enterprise office has installed
one of these instruments, the tele
phone number being 54. At any time
our suburban readers desire to com
municate with this office on matters
of business, we will be pleased to hear
from them. Remember the number
54.
OREGON CITY IS SUED.
Defective Walk Involves City in $5000
Damage Suit. .
Oregon City has been made defend
ant in a damage suit brought by Mrs.
Clara B. Batdorf who seeks to recover
$5000 for damages because of perma
nent injuries alleged to have been sus
tained by reason of a defective side
walk. . .
Plaintiff in her complaint alleges
that while walking on Fourth Street on
her way home January 16, last, she
stepped into a hole in the defective
walk, the danger not being forseen
because of the dimly lighted street.
Her ankle becoming fastened, she
claims that she was thrown violently
forward, bruising and injuring her left
limb which is permanently disabled as
a result. .The municipality is charged
with negligence in permitting the
sidewalk to become worn and defec
tive and allowing the same to remain
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AND SOLD FOR A
. QUARTER OF A CENTURY.
LIKE ALL
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It is mftde of the best
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fully guaranteed, and sold by
reliable dealers everwhere.
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Anyone sending a sketch and description may
quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an
invention is probably patentable. Communica
tlons strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on Patents
sent free. Oldest naency for securing patents.
Patents taken tbroaeh Munn & Co. receive
tptcittl nntice. without cbnrse, in the
Scientific Jhtterfcmt.
A handsomely lllnsrrated weekly. Largest cir
culation of any scientific journal. Terms. (3 a
year: four months, (1. Sold by all newsdealers.
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In that condition to the risk of passing
pedestrians.
C. D. and D. C. Latourette are at
torneys for the plaintiff and the suit
will be tried at the next term of the
circuit court.
LAWS ADVOCATED BY GRANGE.
License Tax on Classes of Cars and
Express and Other Companies.
' MACLEAY, Or., March 29. The
State Grange executive committee,
composed of B. G. Leedy, Austin T.
Buxton and C. E. Spence, has issued
the following addressed to "the people
of Oregon":
The approaching election is one of
the most important in the history of
the state. Every voter should care
fully consider his ballot before cast
ing it. The people here and else
where are just awakening to see that
elctions are often a contest between
the rights of the people and the cor
porate interests.
Among the initiatitve laws to be
voted on in June are two put forward
by the State Grange, Patrons of Hus
bandry, which have been largely in
dorsed by the farmers, the working
men and the taxpayers generally. One
bill provides for an annual license tax
upon the gross earnings of oil car,
sleeping car and refrigerator car com
panies. (Vote 318 X yes on ballot.)
The other provides a similar tax upon
express, telegraph, and telephone com
panies. (Vote 320 X yes on ballot.)
These corporations have been doing
a profitable business in the State of
Oregon and have hitherto escaped
paying any tax worth mentioning. The
expenses of state government are rap
idly increasing and the burden of tax
ation falls more and more heavily up
on the owners of real estate. Other
states have similar laws in force, and
relief has come, thereby, to the farm
er and to the man who owns his home.
The Grange has labored long to se
cure a more equal taxation in Ore
gon, and has petitioned for these laws
in the expectation that every taxpayer
er and fair-minded citizen would sup
and fair minded citizen would support
them.
The provisions of these bills do not
revoke or change any law upon our
statutes. They seek to accomplish
what is right and just.
Printed copies are in the hands of
the County Clerks for free distribu
tion. We urge the citizens to examine
these laws, and all others to be voted
on June 4. The conservative and sub
stantial character of the Grange is
a sufficient guarantee that these laws
are moderate in demand and in the
direction of necessary reform.
SCIATICA CURED AFTER TWENTY
YEARS OF TORTURE.
For more than twenty years, Mr. J.
B. Massey, of 3322 Clinton St., Minne
apolis, Minn., was tortured by scia
tica. The pain and suffering which
he endured during this time is beyond
comprehension. Nothing gave him any
permanent relief until he used Cham
berlain's Pain Balm. One application
of that -liniment reliever the pain and
made sleep and rest a possible cure.
If troubled with sciatica or rheuma
tism why not try a 25 cent bottle of
Pain Balm and see for yourself how
quickly it relieves the pain. For" sale
by Howell & Jones.
Astoria & Columbia
River Railroad Co.
Leaves.
UNION DEPOT
Arrives.
8:00 A.M.
Dally.
For Maveers, Rainier
Dally.
11:10A.M
!
9:40 P.M.
Clatskanie, Westportl
Clifton, Astoria, war
ren ton, Flavel, Ham
mond, Fort Stevens,
Oearhart Park. Sea
side, Astoria ana
Seashore.
Express Dally.
Astoria .express.
7:00 P.M.
C. A. STEWART, Comm'I Agt., Hi
Alder street. Phone Main 906.
J. C. MATO. O. F. & P. A.. Astoria, Or.
ELLO 15-
2,000 miles of long dis
tance telephoned wire in
- Oregon, Washington, Cali
fornia and Idaho now in
operation by the Pacific
Station Telephone , Com
pany, covering 2,250
towns
Quick, accurate, cheap
All the satisfaction of a
persona communication.
Distance no effect N to a
clear understanding. Spo
kane and San Francisco
as easily heard as Port
land. Oregon City office at
Harding's Druer Store
JOHN YOUNGER,
Mear Huntley's Drug-Store,
FORTY YEARS EXPERIENCE IS
" Oreat Britain and America. .
C.I Grami,
PIONEER
Transfer and Express
Freight and parcels delivered
to all parts of the city.
R ATE S v R EASON ABLE