Oregon City Enterprise.
VOL. 32. NO. 25.
OREGON CITY, OREGON. FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1906.
ESTABLISHED 1860.
HEARD BOTH SIDES
Governor Chamberlain Advocates
Non-Partisanship
VOTE-GETTING ARGUMENT AN
SWfc HtU UY MAI AMKI. V.
State's Executive Failed to Tell All
Ha Knows About State
Taxee.
Governor George V. Chamberlain
and Judge T (I Hallcy, candidate fur
Supremo Judge, of the Democratic
statu IU'kiM a(t1ri'NHil an audience of
more (ban :i')0 pimple at Shlvcly'x
Optri HOUM IohI Thursday night. The
Governor wax very cordially received,
ami the audience wax not at all stingy
wltb tlx applause Mayor K. (I. Can
field presided ax chairman, ami In
presenting Governor Chamberlain
made it few remarks decidedly cum
pllmcntary to the Democratic candl
dale, for whoxi. retention hi tb head
..f I Ik Mate Kvriimii . lb.' chairman
annininrl, he hail found sentiment to
bi quite agreed.
Nun partlxan ixdltlcx whm the prlu
ctpal Ibi'ini' of the two speakcrx. Pres
ident Roosevelt wax ciilogUcd by the
Governor ax the eminent apostle of
tit' ilortrliu of nun pari Isan adrnlnlx
tratlon of affalrx, mid In thla connec
tion the Hpi'Bk-r asserted that then!
k no issue lictween tin' two great pur
ties, rltlnK the Incidents at tnllrtK the
conslderat Ion ami pa- . f th' rail
road rat- bill aa evidence of thlx fact
Credit wax claimed by the Governor
fur the enactment of the Inheritance
tax law and the meaxure licensing
corporatlonx upon their capital atock
'and the fellow servant law Thla lat
ter meaxure Governor 'huinberliiln
claimed to have recommended In hlx
message, while the meaaure ax It wax
enacted wax tin- product of hlx own
preparation He believed that IU pro
vlalonH nhould lie extended to hazard
MM employments of all kind The
Governor explained hlx ixixltlon with
reference to the appropriation bill.
ujHin which the people have a vote
at the June election, tile KrailllllK of
fraochP. 'X. pibllc ownerxhlp. and
promlxed thai If elected he would la
bor to xerure lower xtate taxex. the
careful KiiardliiK "f the school fund
and the public lands, and mi economi
W. S. EDDY. V, S., M. D. V.
Graduate of the Ontario Veteii
nsry College of Toronto, Cannda.
and the McKillip School of
Surgery of Chicago, has located
at Oregon City and established an
(illm- at The -'ashioli Stables,
Hcventh Street near Main.
Botfe Telephones.
Tanners' 131 Main 131 1
C. D. and D. C. LATOURITTet.
ATTOIlNBTfl AND COUNBRUJRB
AT I.AW.
Main Street, Orefon City. Oregon.
Furnish Abstracts of Title. I .nan Money,
Foreclose M.hIkbk'- and transact
General I .aw Bualneas.
W B. U'Esn 0. Bohasbtl
U'REN A SCHUEBEL
Attornnya at l.nw .
Pctr1)cv bvoltat.
Will practice) In all courts, make collec
tions and settlements of estates.
Furnish abstracts of title, lend you mon
ey, lend you money on first mortgma.
Office In Enterprise Building,
Oregon Cilv, Oregon.
J. U. CAMPBELL
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Oregon City, Oregon
Will practice In all the oourta of the atate
Office Id Caufleld Building.
ROBERT A. MILLER
ATTORN EY-AT-L AW.
Practice In all courts of the state.
Federal and United States Supreme
Courts.
Room 306 Commercial Building
Portland, Oregon.
When you require an Abstract of Title
to lands in Clackamas County, have
It accurately and reliably prepared
by a responsible company incorpor
ated for the purpose. Our rateB are
reasonable. We invite you to ex
amine our complete set of Abstract
Books.
CLACKAMAS TITLE COMPANY,
60C- 608 Chamber of Commerce Bldg.,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
Money to loan on Clackamas County
Property.
cal iiiid efficient administration of the.
slate's government,
Governor liamlicrlaln claimed,
ftnODfl other 1 1. 1 i,r that durlriK hlH
administration the Kliito taxes have
been reduced, uml iih evidence of the
contention read xtHttNtlcH xhowlng
that the slate taxes In IHOZ. the year
In-fore In iciiiutni cl tin- ( iovernoriiblp,
for ('luckamax County, amounted to
f :0.Ko. Kor the year I HOG Clackamas
County's xhure of the xtate tax lx but
2O.wrt7.50, which being more than
flMKKi exx than the taxex four yearn
uko. the Governor claimed amounted
to a reduction In the at ate taxex for
thlx county of l-i) per cent. Thexe
flKurex an read were correct, but the
Governor took palim to avoid showing
what the xtate tuxex for Clackamas
county were In the IntervenliiK years
ami which were ax follows:
lim.'l $25,400.00
1604 41,087.60
INI 34,337.00
Under Governor Chamberlain's ad
mlnlHtratlon, however, the Mtate taxeH
puld by ClackamiiH County have been
higher by 2700 per annum on an aver
age than for the year preceding the
time Hie Democratic candidate took
hlx office tu January, 1903. The av-
eragc amount of xtate taxex paid by
... , , , ,
lackamax county for the per lod i
. i .i i
xbown lu the above flgurex wbm J,!,-;
ill mi, ax agalnxt $;io,820 for the year
prior to Governor Charaberlaln'H term
and from which the Governor made hlx
deductions
Governor Chamberlain wan followed
by Judge T G Galley, who xpoko In
favor of a non partisan Judiciary, baa
ing hlx argument on the claim that,
there Ik no mIIUch In the office of
Hupreine Judge
llexblex Mayor Cauflebl and the
speakcrx of the evening n'""l"'r '
other prominent Democrats occupied
xeatx on the platform at the meeting,
among them being Chairman John J
C.x.ke of the county centra! commit- 0,ll(.rw,K ,,a() ln.nded supporting an i he and hlx friends feel that he Is en
t. e . uibert i H; 'lK,. l Utour- !(K,,.aMion8 nomnH. on lne minority i Gtled to a second term. His record is
ette. ami r A Mllea. party'a ticket. clean and no Republican who wants
sti 1 1-1- I- -J I
vn.mu.r ..n is n.w,ru.
Governor bamberlaln x nonpar;
tlsanahlp" plea wax handled without I
glovcx ami thoroughly exposed by
u .. .. .1 ll...r. ..!.! . . . t i.i'
State Senator Dsn J Malarkey, of
Multnomah county, who addressed a
representative audience of Oregon City
voters at ttie opera House Hat . may
night Senator Malarkey showed tba.
t.overnor ( hamberlaln Is merely seek-
Ing to clllitlire Reimhllcnn Votes In Slip-
, ;. , , .,
ixirt of bis candidacy for re election
The speaker didlculed the Governor".
mm partisanship iirgument as merely
a clever scheme for acquiring R.-pub
II, sn votes for candidates on the IH-rn-
ocratlc ticket that was nominated by
a D..niocratlc convention, dominated
over by the obi Democratic warhorxes
Besides, Senator Malarkey contended
that Governor f bamberlaln In claim
Ing the credit for the enactment of the
Inheritance tax law. the corporation
tax law ami other measures. Is ap-
propriating to hlrnse f credit that be.
longs to others The speaker then
stated that the Inheritance law as It
now
stands on the statute laws of the
state was Introduced by himself. Ma
larkey. on the second day of the legis
TV ,," 'Vr'r
. before he Gov-
een read and be -
late mhIoii of '.:'
ernor's message had I
on- the afithor of this hill had know-
ledge that the subject was even dlx-
cussed In the message The law tax-
fun- the iibtbor of this bill had know
Ing corixiratlons, for which the Dem
ocratic gubernatorial candidate also
claims the credit, was shown by the
xpeaker to have been presented to the
legislature by Kddy, likewise prior to
the time the Governor's message sug
gesting such a measure, was submit
ted to the legislature
There was a time, Senator Malarkey
stated, when Republicans could offer
an excuse for not supiairtlng the tick
et that hail been mimed but at this
time the opportunity Is entirely lack
ing, the ticket having been named by
a majority of the Republican voters of
tbo. state Senator Malarkcy'x address
was enthusiastically received.
Preceding the address by Senator
Malarkey. Senator Hrownell made a
short; address In Which he briefly re-
vlewed the record of the Republican
imrtv which was liirmdv reHiionsible
part) V.IIKII V.IIS IlllgllV ri sponxlOlO
S""':: aftoffiSk, SHSISS
1 1 ill 'if na t ! i na I affa s 'lmlnlHtra"
lion oi national anairx.
Henntor llrounell nhoweil that the
Initiative and referendum amendment
to the state's constitution, through Htat0 (lck,,, ftIU, lts countv tlckl.,s, for
which the direct primary law was made , th( Knat(r par, wero set Up by self
possible, was enacted by a Republican ,,,,,,,.,, 1((1SS,,S in advance. A group
legislature to the upholding of civic ((f .,olt(.ani, fmm a half-dozen coun
virtue and the maintaining of the dig tu8 me, al pl)rtlan(i, n advance of the
nity of American citizenship primaries and nominated a state tlck-
Llvy Stlpp, secretary of the Republl -
con county central committee, presid-
ed at the meeting which was one of
the best that has been held during the
campaign.
THE BARLOW TOLL ROAD.
Oregon City, Or., May
TO the Editor:
10, 1906.
Dear Sir: I would like to submit
some focts conccrnlne the nronosed
sale of the Barlow toll road to the
State of Oregon for IM.OOO. I believe
it should be voted down because:
It Is not worth the money. The pro
motors have an notion on the road
from the owners for S8.000 and will
make $16,000 If they enn sell It to the
state. Farmers In Clackamas county
are obliged to pay a toll to get their
products to market. Very few farm
ers live near the road. The seven
miles of toll road between the lnoun
tains nnd the end of the nubile road
WU offered to OtaekftmM county as a i ty Democracy In naming Its ticket,
free gift about three vears ago and The nominees were selecte.il at a meet
rcfuaea. No provision Is mtdfl In thelln of a few of the members of the
law for an examination of the title of , county central committee and In no
the alleged owners, nor requiring the I sense does the ticket represent the
title to bo free from Incumbrances. choice of a majority of the members
There Is very little travel on Mils road, j of the party of the county as no ex
I drove over the rood across the nioun-1 prosslon on the subject , was has.
talus and back seven years ago and. Dr. Withycombe has gained in
did not meet an average of one team strength dally In this county. Not a
a day. Yours truly, I Haw has been found In his private and
W. S. U'RRN. public life. Ills record is beyond re-
e ' proaon and Is such as to Invite the
Portland Evening Telegram, dally, support of every voter who approe-
and the Weekly Enterprise, both one
year, for $5.50.
CAMPAIGN ENDED
Both Parties Await Result of Mon
day's Election
REPUBLICAN TICKET WILL BE
ELECTED.
Majority Party Lived Up to Direct
Primary In Nominating
Ita Candldatee.
The campaign In Clackamaa county
1h practically ended. Monster ralllex
have been arranged by the Republi
can to be held at Hhlvcly's opera
. , ,. ,,,, .
bouxe at Oregon ( Ity and i'ark ace
' , ' . . ,.. ' ' .. ,
Saturday night and then the verdict
... ' . ,, ,,..,. , ...
of the people at Monday'a election will
be awaited.
Chairman Hchuebel, of the Republi
can County Central Committee, Ih con
fldent for the xuccexa of every nomi
nee on the Republican ticket, moat en
couraging reportx having lieen r
reived from every section of the coun
ty. The attempt of Governor Cham
berlain and other Democratic nornl
i h to capture Republican votes In
,1 w MM 1 1 ti tr u niiii.nnrf lyan n1 m In lut rt, -
M,)n (), .-.in, f kUIp, ha H-rl only
to solidify the Republican vote In the i
county and electors
fill now vote
th
.
xainni iiepiimi-Bn ucse, wiii.
I'"' W
Some Th Accomplished.
. minulr-M,.n of .rr.ir. the
R.m.1)llcllIll, (Mackamas county have
" 9
kent faith by fulIllllriK all pledges.
Tt.,. mumiv'tt iiei,t has been nractl -
rallv eliminated and the current ex -
,u.m..m ,.t lh o,,nnlv liuvi. Keen reilue.
(() & mMmnm ,n mattt.rB of legls -
m (,)(, H(.pnb(.anH an. ,.nt,.,, ,
(,r)(U( U)f ,h(. lnlMa,,V). am) n.f,.r(.n
, u ,. ,,
Illllll BIIienoiIl'Hl 1111011KII nilli-ii 1 iit:
.., .... ,
,, , m(Illlnate their
1 ran(jllU,e fir mce from United
Sui.h 4).naU(r t(, 0)nHtable. various
((thor N.KtHliatltn. Including the Inherl-
,., , rtir., ... ia.
n) (.,mlr,)UtnK materlaly , lhe I partisan politics,
iUU,., reVenues and relieving the bur- Chauncey . Ramsby, for recorder
(,n f ,axaon w,.rt. t.nBCtea Dy , Re.of conveyances, is made of the right
..... 1. 1 .1 Hn.i ,,f mufi m mka faithful and f.
Nomna,,ont Pr0perly Made.
K nominee on the Republican
. . . reitularlv
m,mlna.d ,,' ,he prov)lllos of the
, Kach candidate
'....', 'm";. , . mai,ir),v
represents the ch,
3 . 1 n t i
' , ' '
01 Hie nei.iioiican inern 01 1 laic
ami county and Is entitled to every Re-
Publican vote at Monday s election,
mach -
1 . ' . . '?,.,,. ,Un
brn :.n,IWn,PH. Kverv Re-
, ,,. ,irlmarv election
1 ' ... . .... .' . . i
1 1 1 1 n 1 it 1 1111 11 111 iK'iiiiiiniiiik. iii'
for the men be intended to sunuort In
the elect Ion and If his choice for ev-j Coroner R. L. Holman will be elect-j of the Oregon State Grange, is a na
ery office had received the nomination ed to succeed himself, as he should I tive son of Oregon, having been born
he would have exnected everv other be. having established a record for : at Forest Grove in 1872. He was a
Republican to stand bv the ticket,
What everv Republican expected of
nil other Reoiibiicans be should now
do that Is, support the whole ticket,
' ' .... ... ..
Discussing tills feature cu the situ-
atlon. the Oregonlan recently publish -
ed the following editorial comment:
i "No clique, combine, machine or
i faction, no group of professional poll
ticlanx; no association of bosses or
warborses. has had the least to do
with making the Republican ticket
now before the people. The nomina
tions have come directly from the peo
ple themselves. No caucus, no con
vention, no assembly of bosses or del-
egates. has bad the least to do with i
flw, Kiittlna.a Th.t 11 nmihlleA n Voters!
e-- -
, , .ll.,u nin, e .llriet V hv Ihem-
" ln th,"r S V,,n,
"But as to the IK-mocratlc party, it
. ,.,.,,, , w th th form of the
-i-- --- -
popular primary, but has Ignored com
nletelv the Hiiirlt ami substance. Its
: ,,t by 'Inviting' certain men of their
selection to become candidates.
"Through this machine method we
have the Democratic state ticket.
Democratic county tickets, generally,
were nominated In advance of the
nrlmaries. in the same way. A little
j group of bosses, here and there, did
j the business. There was no occa
sion to hold a Democratic primary any-
; where
and such primary, wherever
; held, was a petty farce
"Suppose the Republican nomlna-
Hons had been made In this
wn
,'thods
what .' A roar about ring m
and machine boss rule, till the welkin
i had rung with It
"But our Democratic brethren do
; the machine and boss act by the sim
Die means of 'Invitation.' They know
how to commit the oldest sins in m w
;st kinds of ways, and to give the pro
ceedlng the gloss of a new name.
It was such methods as these that
' were adopted by the Clackamas coun-
lutes clean and capable men, not wily
politicians. In public office. Jonathan
Hourne, Jr., and F. W Mulkey, candi
dates for the long and short termx.
respectively, for United Htatex Hen
ator; W. (',. Ilawley, for Congrexx; F.
W. Denxon for Hecretary of Mtate;
leorge A Steel, for Hlate Treaxurer;
Robert Kakln, for Hupreme Judge; A.
A. Ualley, for Joint xenator; and .lax.
U. Campbell, for Joint repreaentltlve
from Multnomah and Clackamaa conn
tiea, are all In full sympathy with the
modern progrewilve Ideax of govern
ment act forth In the Republican xtate
platform. A vote for all of thexe men
lx a vote for" the xtrlct enforcement of
the direct primary law and the peo
ple's election of United Htatex Sena
tors tor all time to come and they can
all be depended on to nupport Presi
dent Rooaevclt at all times In his ef
forts to obtain Justice for the people
against all trusts and monopolies.
The County Ticket.
Clackamas county Republicans nev
er nominated a more able and reprea
entatlve ticket than that before the
people this year. With Representa
tives Jaa. U. Campbell, C. H. Dye, C.
(i. Huntley and Linn K. Jones In the
legislature, the people thay be as
sured that the highly honorable and
effective record for better laws will
be continued.
Grant R. Dimlck. for county Judge,
Is well known to the people of the
county. He has promised to keep the
county out of debt and It is Juat such
a man for the head of the county gov
ernment that the taxpayers want and
will support. John Lewellcn, than
whom the county never had a better
commissioner. wlJI be elected to that
office aa he should be. Mr. Lewellen
la a man of wide experience in the
building of roads and bridges and will
be an especially valuable member of
the county court
Ell C.
Maddock Is the nominee for
i uw. (-in
, a, n
Mr. Maddock xeveral years
upvaH nnf. tr.rrr. In thU ..ffl .nri
-'' --".'. .
to do his duty will fail to vote for Mr
Maddock next Monday
Fred W. (ireenman. candidate for
I a. a 1 . A . .
! county ciers, is competent ana eni-
1 dent, painstaking and accurate. In
1 the year that Mr. Greenman has serv
led the taXDavcrS of C'lSCkamaS conn-'
j ly as clerk under appointment by the
county court, he has conducted the of-
lice at less expense than it was ever
1 niangml Mr ttreonmnn n.-lll
w
,iniv repetve the anniMirt of the
: Republican voters of the county but
! that of every other voter, regardless
, of politics, who can consider an tf-
flclent. economical and business-like
administration of a nubile office above
! flclent official He has served as dep-
uty in this office for some time and Is
1 acquainted with every detail of the
, work.
J. C. Paddock, for treasurer, has the
1 unanimous aunnnrt and Indorsement
L,f h. hri. ricUm vm.
r v " ' ' '"'
ers throughout the county will find
pleasure in supporting this honest old
, veteran of the Civil War. having the
nnn,iene. th.t ho will Horv his con.
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stltuents In a public capacity as faith -
: fully as he served his country in the
' r.,i K
1 60 s.
conducting this office at a minimum of
expense to the taxpayers. Inquests
have been held only when clreum-
stances warranted and at no time have
I II J. V. 1 1 1 . 1 I 1
neediest witness 0111s ueeu nicurreu.
1 Voters who appreciate such an admin-
istration of this office, which can be
made a source of great expense to the
county, will do the proper thing by
supporting Mr. noiman. naung no
I opposition. S. A. D. Hungate. candi -
date tor surveyor, win. 01 course, De
elected.
m
GAVE INTERESTING TALK.
Lady Anna Von Rydlngaford Telia of
. M I M-ik. .
acanainavian rom ong.
"
One of the most Interesting and in-
8tructive meetings of the Derthick
Im-v. u.u ci.j-..
viuu tins year was nem r i uu) nun-
noon at the home of Mrs. J. W. Mof
fatt, who was assisted in entertaining sessions of that body as the sole rep
by Mrs. P. K. Hammond. The fea-1 resentatives of Oregon,
ture of the afternoon was a lecture j The committee on legislation made
by Lady Von Rydingsford. on "Scan- j a fav0rable report on the resolution
dlnavian Folk Song. fronl Multnomah county, recommend-
The lecturer explained that one pe- ,ng that the varlous counties divid
cullarity of the Scandinavian folksong eu into districts for nomination of Sen
is that all of the songs are written In ' ators an,, Representatives. The meas
the minor keys, even songs of joy , ure brollght out much discussion in
oeing so coinpose.1 n-eiereiice w
also made to the purity of thought and
high moral tone that characterizes
the folksong, several of which were
sung by the speaker n the Scandinav-
ian toiiKue. a iter luiv.iig nri tiauBiat-
en lilt' woilis. I lit iiiiiiioriB weir
sung with such expression and earn
estness that they were appreciated
for their full worth even though the
words were not understood. In dis
I Ousting the lecturer treated her bud-
ject un,,er several subdivisions, as
follows: 1-Dance song; 2-Peasant
u 7 ,.' T i
tjllt-lisil nii,l irniuiiiiii u ij.tt an, i
sorrow : ti Honor and devotion : 7
Patriotic.
One of the songs given by Lady Von
Rydingsford was that of the chorus
sung by the students of the Unlver.
sity of Upsala, the old university of
Sweden. The Students Of this Unlver-
sity won first prize for singing the
chorus at an International contest at
Paris.
The next meeting of the club will
be held at the home of Mrs. H. K.
Straight next Friday. This will be
the last meeting for the year.
If your stomach troubles you do not
Conclude thtl there is DO cure, for a
great many have been permanently
cured hy Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. Try them, they are
certain to prove beneficial. They only
cost a quarter. Sold by Howell &
Jones
WORK OF GRANGE
Successful Annual Meeting Held
in Albany
WILL MEET AT HOOD RIVER NEXT
YEAR.
Organization Goee On Record Aa Fa
voring Certain' Leg
islation. Albany, Or., May 28 Yeaterday af
ternoon's session of the Oregon State
Grange was mostly devoted to reports
of officere. That of 8tate Master
I.edy was a comprehensive review
of the past year's work, Including the
session of the National Grange, which
he attended last November. He not
ed much more general co-operation
than for many years past, since the
last meeting, and urged active and ag
gressive work on the part of every
member during the remainder of the
present campaign, so that the Grange
measures would be winners.
Mr. Leedy suggested a change in
the by-laws, enabling the executive
committee to audit the books of the
secretary and treasurer, Instead of
having such work done by the finance
, , 4 .
lwn"""l l present
Mm ri.ru H W.Mn .1... Wi,
reported nearly all subordinate
granges to be In excellent condition,
and making much progress, both Intel
lectually and educationally. She re
i P?.rted an arrangement with the State
utmmij commission, whereby the
Granges were being furnished with
boxes of books, and recommended that
all Granges take advantage of the op
portunity to secure the benefits of a
traveling library.
H. Hlrschberg, treasurer of the Or-
jegon State Grange, submitted his fl-
.n.i.i ,rrf oo (n..
I nanclal report as follows:
j "j ,1 '5.364.70
Received during year 3,607.29
I Jotal
v arrants paid 3,046.31
Balance on hand $5,925.68
The secretary made detailed report
concerning membership in the state.
Tbe re,Prt " Granges, with
! " membership of 5599. The re-
I gave Multnomah County an ex
wn,.v .ft.
ednesday afteraoon s session was
entirely devoted to election of officers
tne Oregon State Grange, the 'sys-
lorn r.f h kii i,v
' ' T"'
" " T" " ,,r
gggffg
ballots for each officer
iring several
The choice
. ,
!
at ,are
Austin
is decidedly satisfactory to the order
I Austin I. Buxton, the new master
student at Pacific University for sev
eral years, and graduated from the
State Agricultural College at Corval-
. Ita in 1895. He was married that same
I imoi l . ,..!.. I I I ... . M
1 jca. ,0 .uiaa jua nuuuius. ui 1 iach.i-
j mas county, and has two interesting
children.
j Mr. Buxton is a practical farmer
; anr) i8 now iivlnK on tne farm where
he was born. He has been a member
0f the Grange for ten years, during
which time he has served the State
j Grange one term as assistant steward,
two terms as state lecturer, and two
1 years upon the executive committee.
While lecturer he reorganized the lec
! ture work and established the State
I Cpunira Rllllotln ,i.hi,H la ....,!.. 1 1
v. ........ ......l., .
mnnthlv- onrl rr.oo Inlr. i',..,
home.
Mr. Buxton's new position makes
. j t, ri . .t
nun aim nis woe memoers OI ine INa
- itlonal Grange and they will attend the
whlch u ghown rura)
trtcts of Multnomah, Marion, Clacka
mas and Wasco Counties were domi-
j nated hy the conge8ted centers and
j (hat the farmers had reCeiVed no rec-
ognjtion at ,he primaries
Judge Boise pointed out the dangers
of pressing an immature bill, and the
measure was referred to the State
Grange legislative committee for re-
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ab,e report Qn thp woman.g suffrage
' resolutions and the anti-cigarette law
and the secretary was instructed to
send copies of the latter to all mem
bers of the coming legislature.
It was late Friday night when the
convention adjourned, after the in-
ceremonies; A d Fr(.
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day was devoted to routine buslnasa,
and the work of receiving committee
reports and discussing resolutions waa
carried Into the evening session. The
1 most. Important resolution adopted
i Friday, and in fact, the most note
I worthy of the whole convention, was
i that proposing an Imperative mandate
i law. by which public officers could be
recalled before the expiration of their
term by popular vote. The resolu
tion urges members of the Grange to
use strenuous efforts to secure aucb
a law by the Initiative system. The
proposed law would give a certain
percentage of voters the right to pe
tition for the removal of a public of
ficial at any time during his term,
and upon the filing of such a petition
an election would be held and the of
ficer would have to retire If there
should be a majority vote against him.
The most Interesting discussion of
Friday's session was on the question
of postal reform. It was argued that
the 116,090.000 annual deficit In tbe
Postal Department prevented the ex
tension and perfection of the rural
free delivery system. It waa claim
ed carriers were Insufficiently paid,
and instances were cited of routes
where no carrier could be secured on
the Government salary, but the peo
ple had to subscribe additional sums
to secure the service.
The election of United States Sena
tors by direct vote of the people waa
also indorsed by resolution. The
Grange has for years advocated this
method of choosing United States
Senators, and Friday's resolution waa
merely an affirmance of former in
dorsements. That agriculture be taught aa one
of the main branches in the public
schools was an important recommend
ation. The report also contained words
of appreciation of the good work done
by the inspector of horticulture.
The resolution asking that the whip
ping post be abolished In Oregon fail
ed to pass after considerable discus
sion, principally in a humorous vein.
A great deal of time was devoted to
the subject of good roads. The Tuttle
road law was condemned and the
standfng legislative committee was
instructed to put forth all possible
efforts to secure Its repeal at the next
session of the Legislature.
The report of the committee on
good roads, of which Frank Butler of
Dallas, is chairman, called attention to
the fact that all National effort has
gone for the improvement of rivera
and harbors, and that farmers had to
pay increased special taxes if they se
cured good roads to the railroads. The
report stated that there should be
three kinds of roads National, state
and county. In our state, it said, there
should be. of the first type, one broad
highway on either side of the Willam
ette River and South to the Califor
nia line, one or more east of the Cas
cade Range, and east and west roads
from the ocean to the eastern bound
ary of the state. These should bo
built in the best manner with Nation
al funds by state authorities somewhat
in cost to the amount which for scores
of years the farmers of Oregon have
contributed in taxes to the river and
harbor improvement of the whole
land.
The use of convict labor on the roads
w.as favored in a resolution addressed
to the committee appointed by the
Governor to report on the best meth
ods of employing convicj. labor.
The habit of damping garbage and
rubbish into the public highways was
denounced in a strongly worded res
olution. The executive committee of the State
(Jrange was authorized by resolution
to expend $2000 the coming year in
extending the order,, by sending out
deputies to organize granges, and in
educational work. The committee
was also instructed to invoke the ref
erendum on all legislation opposed to
Grange interests.
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion J H. Ackerman was requested to
furnish a copy of his address on
"Rural High Schools." delivered to the
Grange. Wednesday evening to be pub
lished in the monthly bulletin of the
order.
The purchase of the Barlow road,
which Is to be voted on in the June
election was opposed In a resolution
adopted yesterday.
The act of Congress in passing
the free-alcohol bill was commended
in a resolution passed with consider
able enthusiasm.
The committee on pure food sub
mitted a report which was adopted,
commending the work now done in
Oregon in the interest of unadulter
ated food.
Hereafter officers of subordinate
granges cannot serve more than two
years at a time in one position. This
custom was abolished in a resolution
passed yesterday. The practice was
opposed on the ground that It makes
the Grange dependent on a very few
members and tends to creat a dormant
Grange.
The two bills proposing a tax on the
gross earnings of corporations, which
are to be voted on at the June elec
tion, and which are Grange measures,
were heartily indorsed.
"Dr. Thomas' Eclectrlc Oil is the
best remedy for that often fatal dis
ease croup. Has been used with sue-
.ti r. In i.nr fomllv, fr.p ofo-ht v-ejll-s "
Mrs L WhUeacre, Buffalo, N. Y.
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