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FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR No. 28.
OREGON CITY. OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1922.
ESTABLISHED 186
CONTEST IS FILED
111 CIRCUIT COURT
BY CHARLES HALL
Senator Expects to Add 4,123
Votes In State Through
Recount; 150 Ballots May
Be Gained In District.
SEVEN CHARGES ARE
LISTED IN PAPERS
Mistakes Are Alleeed in 17
Of 36 Counties of Oregon;
Governor's Move is Hidden
Senator Charles Hall of Marshfield
expects to gain 150 additional votes
in Clackamas county through the of
ficial recount of the ballots cast in
the primary election. Errors, inac
curacies and unlawful practices al
leged to have given to Ben W. Olcott
a seeming plurality of 521 over the
state in the May primary election for
governor are set forth in a contest
filed Wednesday in the Marion county
circuit court.
The contestant alleges that a cor
rect count would wipe out all the Ol
cott pluraliy of 521, and would show
that Hall actually received 44,833
votes to Olcott's 40,710, a Hall plural
ity of 4,123. These figures tally re
markably close to the claims made
from Hall headquarters within a day
or two after the election.
Olcott Is Silent.
Attorney John H. McNary and "Roy
Shields were in conference with Gov
ernor Olcott late Tuesday night, but
no information was given out as to
any action they had decided to take.
A number of attorneys said that :
short cut in disposing of the case
would be the filing of a demurrer by
Governor Olcott alleging that the time
for asking a recount of the ballots-had
expired.
Governor Olcott was non-committal
last -night as to whether he will file
contest proceedings in the precincts
which gave Mr. Hall a plurality of the
votes cast. The time for filing such
a contest would expire Wednesday aft
ernoon.
17 Counties Cited.
Some form of mistake is alleged in
17 out of the 36 counties in the state,
The first specific charge is that ot
rejecting ballots legally voted for
.Hall. This offense is alleged in 11
Clackamas precincts, affecting 52
votes. He expects to gain 712 votes
throughout the state in his charge
The second specified offense is that
of receiving Republicans registration
for those previously registered as
independents or other partisans, or
who had refused to declare an affili
ation, all of whom were alleged to
have voted wrongfully for the con.
testee. This, it is alleged, will affect
17 precincts in Clackamas county, 37
votes. A total of 530 votes are expect
ed to be gained, through the entire
stae.
Charge three claims that more bal
lots were credited for the contestee
than were actually cast. 8 Clackamas
couny precincts are affected by this
and a total of 21 votes. The contestee
says that 288 votes will be gained
throughout the state.
The fourth charge is that of permit
ting re-regisrations unlawfully and er
roneously, that were voted for the con
testee. It is said that only 3 votes
will be gained in Clackamas county
from the 3 precincts and a plurality
of 364 through the state.
Charge 5 is that of receiving Demo
cratic ballots with the name of Ben
W. Olcott written fn as gubernatorial
nominee and counting them as Re
publican ballots. This is alleged to
have occurred in 8 precincts in this
county, which will give Hall 28 votes.
He expects to gain 635 votes in the
state through this charge.
Charge 6 is that of allowing non
residents,' who did not sign the affi
davit of freeholders, to vote; all of
them being alleged to havevoted for
the contestee. Only 2 precincts ot
this county are affected, which are
supposed to bring 9 votes or a plural
ity of 260 in the state through this
charge. .
The last charge is that of refusing
to allow Hall checkers and watchers
to attend the count of the ballos in
Multnomah county, the general charge
toeing that large numbers of illegal
ballots were counted, the number - of
which the contestant cannot know.
In most of these charges, Marion
couny is alleged to be the greatest of
fender, outside of Multnomah. St.
Paul precinct in Marion 'county is
charged with having permitted 51 un
lawful registrations.
Hall's original majority in Clacka
mas was 154, the vote being; Hall
2054, Olcot 1900.
Marriage Licenses
Given Two, Couples
Marriage licenses were issued Sat
urday by Counety Clerk Fred A. Miller
to two couples. They were John W.
Boston, 29, Sherwood, and Eose 'M.
Jager, 21, Wilsonville; Erik Hedlund,
31, and Mary L. Gailinger, 21, both of
Oregon City..
HISTORIC PAGEANT WILL
BE HELD WITHIN MONTH
Definite Date for Staging of
Initial Performance Will
Be Set Soon, Says Director
The historic pageant which will he
drawn from the events that have sur
rounded Oregon City and the Willam
ette falls will be held during the lat
ter part of the present month or
early next month. This is the assur
ance from Mrs. Adah Losh Rose, well
known pageant director and drama
tist, who has started to dramatize the
earfy events from the time that Lewis
and Clarke first saw the Willamette
to the time that Governor Abernathy
was chief of the state.
Every civic, social and religious
club has been asked to have mem
bers serve as characters in this his
torical pageant. The plan is to put
ome organization in charge of the
pageant production which is necess
ary to its interests. From the com
plete body a committee will be drawn
to direct the financing.
It is planned to have the pageant
staged on the Willamette. Grandstand
seats will be built on the river bank
so that the spectaors will have a clear
view of the entire pageant.
This pageant will be given every
year and it will increase in size year
by year until it is expected will reach
its peak in 1929 when the 100th an
niversary of the founding of Oregon
City is to be comemorated. Around
this the celebration would be built
and it is contemplated that within the
seven year period that affair will have
gained a -well established reputation
all over the northwest. In the dram
atization of the story of the old Pio
neers Eva Emery Dye, whose nation
ally recognized books have been
based upon the early history of Ore
gon City, will take a prominent part.
Mrs. Dye has already offered her
books for dramatization purposes
and will assist in the compilation of
the historical data upon which the
pageant will be based.
The value of thefplan, it is said, is
to be made largely educational, to
teach the people of the state the his
tory of the western country in which
they live. The pageant in a ew
years is expected to take on the
size of a statewide affair, making" the
annual event here one of the festivals
of the year.
BOY CUTS HEAD WHILE
DIVING IN CLACKAMAS
Vernon Chandler Badly Hurt
In River Mishap; Lad Is
Barely Able to Get Ashore.
While diving in the Clackamas riv
er Sunday afternoon, above the rail
road bridge, Vernon Chandler, 16-
year-old boy. struck his forehead on a
sharp ledge, cutting, a gas three and
a half inches in length.
Although partially stunned, the
youth swam to shore and was taken
by Misses Veatrice Rauch and Mary
Meed and Fred Meed to the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Rauch nearby.
Dr. Guy Mount was called nnd several
stitches were taken in his forehead.
Young Chandler is a former Glad
stone boy, having graduated from the
public school last year. He had been
attending the Benson - Polytechnic
school of Portland. During the past
winter he made his home with Mr.
and Mrs. Woolrich, formerly of Ore
gon City.
Vernon Chandler is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. H. Chandler, of St. Johns
RUSSELL HECKER OVEN
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SALEM, July 6. Russell Hecker,
Albany youth who is sentenced to die
on the gallows at" the state peniten
tiary on September 22. for the murder
of Frank Bowker of Portland, was
dressed in" at the state prison at
4:30 o'clock p- m. Wednesday. Sent
ence was passed upon him a few hours
before at Oregon City by Judge J. U.
Campbell.
Hecker was brought to Salem in
custody of Sheriff Wilson of Clacka
mas county. The youth entered the
prison neatly dressed in a gray suit,
soft summer clothes, neat tie and
wore new oxfords and silk socks
These he left behind -him when he en
tered his cell in murderers' row,' and
wore instead a rather dingy prison
suit that requires neither dressy cra
vat nor other than a coarse texture of
socks.
Hecker was calm and apparently
not in a melancholy mood. He greet
ed Warden J.-E. Lewis and a newspa
per correspondent affably, but declin
ed to make a statement. Hecker men
tioned the effort being made to appea?
nis case to the supreme court ana
spoke of having lived in Albany near
ly all his life.
Oregon City Man To
Marry Canby Girl
A marriage license was issued Tues
day to Carl D. Josi, 22, Oregon City,
Route 3, and Augusta Rothenberg, 21,
Canby.
CONTRACTS ON 5
BONDROADSTOBE
LET, IS
County Court Opens Bids On
Highway Projects And Will
Sign Up Work; Funds to be
Guaranteed by August 7th.
CONSTRUCTION PRICE
LOW, SAYS ENGINEER
Eight Firms Are Represented
In Competition; Awards to
Be Made Here on July 17.
Bids for five new bond road im
provements were opened by the coun
ty court Monday and the contracts for
the improvements are to be let on July
17.
The improvements embrace the
combined bond-market road program
for the coming year, and the contracts
are to be let despite the fact that due
to legal technicalities the court today
was unable to sell the $152,950 in
bonds which is to cover the costs of
the improvement. The sale of, the
bonds is to be consummated on Aug
ust 7, and with the assurance that the
issue will be liquidated the county
court is to go ahead with the road
work.
No Delays Tolerated
The action in considering the bids
at this time, according to Harvey E.
Cross, county judge, is to allow no de
lay in the work as it has been outlin
ed. The court worked for a period of
several months in getting the road
program under way and is not desir
ous of having anything block the im
provements. Much of the construc
tion it is indicated, will be rushed in
order to take advantage of the remain
ing good weather.
The bids on the roads, according to
D. T. Meldrum, jcounty engineer, are
somewhat lower than were expected.
Although they have not been checked
over with the estimates as yet, it is
believed that they will be found well
wihin reason. The low bids on the
South End Road improvement will al
low the completion of the project, it
Lis hoped. This section both the judge
and the engineer stated, had involved ,
a considerable problem as the pros
pect of considerable expense loomed.
Improvements Listed
The improvements are specified for
7-inch concrete, and though alternate
bids were presented in all cases it is
indicated that the concrete pavement
will be laid. 'All of the eight firms
who- entered bids with the exception
of the Warren Construction company
bid on the concrete improvement type.
The bids have not yetbeen cheeked
over in tabulation, and the amounts,
unofficially listed, on each improve
ment, follow:
Molalla South, Market road 25, one
mile United Contracting company,
$11,214.45; Parker and Schram, $11,
291.05; W. D. Andrews. $10,868.75;
Warren Construction company, $10,
351; Lundstrom and Carlson, $11,778.
60; Pacific Bridge company, $10,876.
80; Oregon Contracting company, $8,
838.55; Archer Brothers, $10,431.
Wright's Bridge, Market road 25,
three and one half miles United Con
tracting company, $45,136.85; Parker
and Schram, $45,149.65; W. D. An
drews, $41,248.25; Warren Construc
tion company, $44,333.75; Lundstrom
and Carlson. $47,311.20; Pacific Bridge
company, $45,642; Oregon Contracting
company, $37,903.95.
Oregon City South, toward Molalla,
2,100 feet United Contracting com
pany, $9,230.70; Parker and Schram,
$9,801.15; W. D. Andrews, $7,974.65;
Warren Construction company, J9,
373.52; Pacific Bridge company, $8,
536.59; Oregon Contracting company,
$7,603.68; Archer Brothers, $8,809.25.
South End Road, Market road 83,
two and one half miles United Con
tracting company, $32,465.20; Parker
and Schram, $30,142.50; W. D. An
drews, $28,622.60; Warren Construc
tion Company, $33,012.80; Pacific
Bridge company, $30,622.45; Oregon
Contracting company. $34,087.20.
Hardscrabble Road, Market road 24,
two and one tenth miles United rnn'
trading company, $38,249.70; Parker
ana scnram, $36,297.13; W. D An
drews, $33,805.30; Waren Construction
company, $38,948.08; Pacific Bridge
company, $36,649.70; Oregon Contract
ing company, $31,251.52.
SALEM YOUTH DROWNS
WHEN CANOE CAPSIZES
SALEM, Ore., July 10 Donald Dun
nette, 16 years old. was drowned In
the Willamette river here late Satur
day when a canoe in which he was
paddling with Lester Arzell, 15, cap
sized. The boy was a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles O. Dunnette and was
employed by the Western Union Tel
egraph company as a messenger. Per
sons who attempted his rescue had
towed him almost to a landing
j he fought away from him and sank.
DECISION
AUTO ACCIDENT CAUSES
SUIT IN JUSTICE COURT
Man Claims Wife Was Kicked
in Stomach, Severely Hurt;
Wilson Scouts Intoxication.
A criminal action in the justice
court, growing out of an accident on
the Molalla road a mile west of that
place early Tuesday evening, was fil
ed Thursday by A. E. Bryson, ot Port
land. Charges of assault and battery,
of drunkenness and driving a ma
chine while intoxicated were brought
by Bryson against H. J. Detloff,
Charles Schuler. John Doe Dixon and
John Doe Wilson. The charge ot
driving a machine while intoxicated is
pending only against Detloff.
Bryson, who was in a machine with
his wife, alleges that the smashup
was the result of the car driven by
Detloff hogging the road. Detloffa
car was thrown into the ditch, and
Bryson aided in getting one of the
men out from underneath it. The
men, he said,, then started to' fight,
and in the mele Bryson's wife was
kicked in the stomach and severely in
jured, he claims. Refuge was taken
in the home of Gordon J. Taylor, Mo
lalla newspaperman, and Mrs. Bryson
later brought to Portland for medical
attention.
' After the affair. Sheriff Wilson and
Deputies Long and Hughes were call
ed to Investigate. Sheriff Wilson de
nied that any of the men were intox
icated and said that he refused to
make any arrests because there seem
ed to be no basis for official action.
Neither of the cars were severely
damaged and though Detloffs m
chne went into the ditch, only me
fender and top were broMtro.
109,001 AUTO LICENSES
HAVE BEEN REGISTERED
AT SALEM IN 6 MONTHS
SALEM, Or., July 9 There has
been registered iYregon up to the
night of June 30 a total of 109,001
motor cars, 2425 motorcycles, 423
dealers, 8801 chauffeurs and 198,285
operators, according to a report pre
pared here today by Sam A. Kozer,
secretary of state.
The total receipts from the license .
fees for the first six months of the
year 1922 aggregate $2,973,37S, or
$819,537 in excess of the receipts for
the same period during the year 1921.
The increase was 38 per cent. This
increase in the license fees, according
to Mr. Kozer, was due to a readjust
ment of the license fees at the 1921
session of the legislature.
During the month of June, 1922, a
total of 2621 motor cars, 160 motor
cycles, 690 ch.uifffirs and 3784 op
erators were licensed. Of this num
ber 861 of the motor car registrations
represented new machines or cars
that had not previously been licensed
in Oregon. Of the 690 chauffeur reg
istrations 91 were re-registered and
599 new registrations. All of the op
erators were new registrations.
On the basis of the registrations
for the first six months of the year
1922, taking into consideration that
the same" average of the year 1921
will be maintained during the remain
der of this year, the secretary of state
estimated that the receipts for the
present 12 months will aggregate $3,
250,000 and that the number of motor
vehicles will total 130,000.
Man Is Injured
Iii Automobile
Crash at Barlow
In an automobile ncrfrtonf at Ttar I
lowon the Pacific Highway 10 miles
south of Oregon City, Thursday,
Clarence Halverson, of Willmar. Min
nesota, suffered a broken shoulder and
contusions about the head and the oth
er 8 occupants of the car were se
verely shaken up. Due to a defective
steering gear the Ford car left the
road and toppled over when a front
wheel broke down. Halverson was
sleeping on the luggage rack on nt(
right hand running board, and was
precipitated several feet through the
air when the car turned over. Those
in the car escaped miraculously from
serious injury.
The party, which was en route to
Toledo, Oregon, comprised Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Halverson and two chil
dren, and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Halver
son, and three children. Lewis Hal
verson was driving the car and was
making about 25 miles an hour. He
said that he had been having trouble
with his steering apparatus, but ne
glected to have it fixed. The children
ranged in age from a babe of 4
months to a boy of 7 years. The fam
ily was intending to locate at Toledo,
where they know Mrs. Lee Wade, a
former friend from the east.
The injured man was taken to Can-
by for treatment by Dr. W. E. Hemp
stead, of Oregon City and Canby. who i
fortunately was driving along behind
the wrecked car and saw it topple ov
er.. He administered first aid, and
the other members of the" family were
later taken care of at a neighbors
house.
STOP VIOLENCE IS
ORDEROF HARDING
TO RAIL STRIKERS
Chief Executive In Official
Proclamation Demands All
, . ... .
Lusoraers tease; settlement
Of Quiet Nature Is Urged.
RIGHT OF OTHERS TO
EMPLOYMENT CITED
C. . j a J D 1
ltizens Asked to Aid in Keller
Of Situation By Assisting
In Movement of Trains.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 11.
President Harding, in a proclamation
issued at the White House late to
night, directed "all persons to refrain
from all interference with the lawful
efforts to maintain interstate trans-
poration and the carrying of he Unit
ed States mail."
. In the proclamation, which was is
sued aftei- a day In which continued
reports had reached the postoffice de
partment of interference by railroad
strikers with mail trains, the presi
dent invited the co-operation of all
public authorities, state and munici
pal, and he aid of "all good citizens'
to uphold the laws and to "facilitate
those operations in safety which are
essential to life and liberty, and the
security of property and our common
public welfare."
The peaceful settlement of contro
versies between shopcraft employes
and carriers, was requested "in ac
cordance with law and due respect
for the established agency for ' such
settlement are essential to the "cur-
ity and well being of our people."
SLAYERS OF TIL TAYLOR
PAY PENALTY OF DEATH
SALEM, Ore., July 7 In the Bertill-
ion room at the Oregon penitentiary
today the hangman's noose ended the
lives of John L. Rathie and Elvie D.
Kerby, who for nearly two years had
been denizens of murderers' row
awaiting the day when they must go
to death on the gibbet, sometimes in
hope that commutation migh come.
and then in despair as effort after
effort in their behalf failed in the
courts.
When the prison physician, Dr. W.
Carlton Smith, at 9:05 o'clock ap
plied a stethoscope to the. chest of
a suspended form that had been Elvie
Kerby, Wapato, Wash., farmer, and
laconically said, "That's all," and
when the body was cut down and
placed in the coroner's basket, there
had been enacted the last scene of a
tragedy involving the murder of a no
ble officer of the law, Til D. Taylor
of Pendleton, eenial big souled. be
loved, a drama terminating also the
careers of three youths, whose lives.
somehow, had gone awry.
CHANGES ARE MADE IN
OPEN SEASON HUNTING
(Announcement of a number of
changes in the regulations affecting
the open season dates for all types
of hunting, and for killing and having
In possession game birds and ani
mals, has been made by the state
game commission. Notices of the
changes have been sent here for post-
Inar tn warn the local hunters. TJn-
der the law, the- commission, by or
der, is given the right to make what
ever changes in the season regula
tions it desires.
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The open season for deer through-
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Aiif svnfiTA efota oh Oil hfl TTOTTI All- !
ytu.. iuo di v.i v oluc
gust 20th to October 31st of each
year. The season or quau ana m-
nese pheasants in all parts of the
state will be from October 15 to Oc
tober 31. Grouse or native pheasants
in all parts of the state, August 20 to
September 20. Sage hens in all
parts of the state, July 15 to July 31.
Prairie chickens in all parts of the
state October 15 to October 31.
The commission has not cfTanged
the limit that the hunter can get. Any
person who is caugoi wnu any e"""" I
in his possession which is out of
season will be prosecuted as the law
provides. , .
BY RAILROAD STRIKERS
CHICAGO, July 8. One man
was
stabbed six times and another
was
beaten with "blackjacks" today" in a
new outbreak near the Burnsida shops
of the Illinois Central railroad. The
men were on their way home from
work when the attack occurred. The
assault upon them is attributed to
striking railway shopmen.
EPISCOPALIANS TO HOLD
STATE CONFERENCE HERE
Annual Local Church Picnic
To Be Held At Gladstone
Tomorrow; Program Jv
-A. A.Wj O Ullllll CI LililJ Jt Vj
Oo Epis-
I copauana, mo ursrv.v.uQ in ure-
gon.- will be held avoc:.astone cnau
tauqua park, July 14 to 21, under the
general auspices of the Rt. Rev. W.
T. Sumner, bishop.
The Rev. Thomas Jenkins, rector of
St. David's Episcopal church, is the
registrar and minister in charge of
arrangements. The conference ia
fundamentally for laymen.
I uo eiven on religious
education, social service and parish
organization. The cost will be $1 reg
istration. fee and $1 for each course
taken. Tents and meals are to be fur
nished at moderate prices to those
who desire to camp throughout the
conference.
Each morning will be devoted to lec
tures, the. afternoons to recreation and
popular addresses will be given at
night. Faculty members include Bish
op Sumner, the Rev. H. H. Powell of
San Francisco, the Rev. Canon Bliss
of Seattle, Miss Lucile Withers of
New York, Archdeacon Severance of
Spokane and Dean H. M. Ramsey of
Portland.
The annual picnic to beld by the
members of the St. Paul's Episcopal
church to take place on the Chau
tauqua grounds during the session
will be held on Wednesday evening,
with Mrs. J. A. Cleland, wife of Rev.
Cleland. rector, chairman. All organ
izations of the church are to assemble,
and the picnic supper will be served
at 6 o'clock on the long tables at the
rear of the Grange headquarters. The
grange has kindly donated the tables
for the use of the church.
The affair is to be in the form of
a pot luck supper.
SUIT IS UNCONTESTED
Prominent Ranch Woman Is
" Given' Decree on ; Default.
Children's Custody Divided
Annie I. Hughes, prominent Clack
amas county ranch owner, was Satur
day granted a decree of divorce from
John E. Hughes. The suit, which was
filed here'June 27. was not contested
and the decree was issued on default
of the defendant.
Custody of the three children was
divided through the ammenatory or
der on the complaint issued by Judge
J. U. Campbell. The custody ot ice
lia B. and Kenneth A. Hughes was
granted to the mother and the custody
of Francis J- to the father. Provision
was made ' that either of the parents
could visit the children at proper in
tervals.
In the complaint, cruelty on the
part of the husband was cnargea.
No answer was filed in the case.
No property settlement was made
by the court. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes
were joint owners of the A. I. and J.
Hughes farm at Redland, noted over
the state for its pure bred cattle. It
is understood that the financial part
of the separation wayarranged out of
court. The couple were married here
March 19, 1914.
A decree of divorce was also issued
in the case of Ruby C. against Wil
liam Sechler.
COUNTY POSTMASTERS
TO MEET HERE JULY 23
J. J. Cooke, Oregon City postmaster,
has called a meeting of the postmas
ters and rural carriers in Clackamas
county on July 23rd at 2 o'clock, at
the Commercial Club rooms, for the
purpose of completing the organiza
riOn OI a VUUIILV IVCliaiC WLii-lliA.
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tion of a County Welfare Council.
A 11C 1.11 ot, aaav, nub Vi W U.UV
24th at which a temporary organiza
tion was made. All postmasters and
rural carriers are being invited to as
sist in the "forming of a permanent or
ganization. fhe purpose of the welfare idea is
to promote an efficient and harmoni
ous cooperation between postmasters
and rural letter carriers and between
them and the postoffice department.
J. J. Cooke is temporary chairman ana
F. E. Kirk secretary.
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ACtlOnS tO XVeCOVer
Funds are Begun in
Circuit Court Here
Two suits to collect a total of $1207
alleged to be due on a promissory note
were filed in the circuit court Tues
day by Berenice McCall against C. K.
Carey. A suit to recover $700 on a
similar action was filed by Josephine
IGollop against Unabel J. and Shelton
Bechtel. Suit to recover $986.53 al
leged to be due on an account . has
been filed by Frank Busch and Sons
against C. M- Jefferies. Cassius Case
has filed suit for $240 against the Wil-
hoit Springs Inc., for labor alleged to
have been furnished them. -
ALIENS DECLARED
TO BE MENACE TO
AMERICAN FARMS
Anglo Saxon Producer is Not
Able to Meet Competition
of Slav and Mongolian on
Land, Says Walter Pierce.
EXCESSIVE TAXATION
SEVEREST PROBLEM
Intangible Property Should Be
Paying Half of Burden Is
Statement at Chautauqua.
Recommending the exclusion of
Slavic and Mongolian farmers from
the farms' of -America to protect the
Anglo-Saxon, agriculturist, Walter M.
Pierce, Democratic "candidate for gov
ernor, on the Chautauqua platform
Saturday declared that the native
American farmer is not getting
enough money from the sale of his
products to continue to be a producer.
"If the Anglo-Saxon does not stay
on the farms, then our civilization is
doomed, for the city has to be con
stantly replenished with boys and
girls from the farms. The great body
of men and women who have made
America have had their birth and ear
ly training on the farms. We cannot
have the cities of Anglo-Saxons and
the farm communities of Slavs and
Mongolians."
Taxation Said P rob I am
Excessive taxation was pointed out
as one of the severest problems with
which the farmer has to deal. The
remedy proposed is the income tax.
"One-half of the burden at least
should be taken from real estate and -placed
upon intangible property, most
of which has a fixed dividend," he
said. "If you make a profit you should
give a porton to the state and nation,
but under the present system, the un-
fortunate farmer has to give out of his
income, if he has it, and if not out of
his capital, which, if continued, means
ruination financially.
Slandard Elevation Talked
Mr. Pierce .pointed out that it is
easy enough to tell the farmer to cut
down living expenses and retrench, .
but declared that "reduction of ex
penses means lowering of the stand
ard of living." In this conection he
mentioned the increasingly severe
problem that the farmer faces ia
keeping his children on the farm, and
insisted that the farm needs today
not a lowering of the standards, but
an improvement of standards of liv
ing if young men and women are to be
stayed from their drift to the city.
Problems of prices and the inability
of the farmer to control the relation
of production and consumption as the
manufacturer can, the uncertainty of
returns on crops, lack of school facil-?
Ities, lack of sufficient improved roads,
high interest on money borrowed (the
latter two elements being bettered at
present by state and federal legisla
tion) credits for harvest contingen
cies, the problem of the Isolation of
farm life, all were touched upon as
contributing to the things that are
causing the dwindle of the Anglo-Saxon
element from American farms.
Action is Outlined
Mr. Pierce in vigorous and direct
language, closed his speech with a
definite outline of the steps'-that he
believes must be taken to preserve
American farms to Americans, as fol
lows: '
Every worthless, useless official
must be driven from the public pay
roll. We must refuse to issue bonds
except for an emergency.
We must say to the great lines of
transportation and controlling combi
nations of business. You have no more
right to a fixed and certain dividend
than we, the producers, have.
We must make all bear their just '
share of the tax burden; then our load
will indeed be lighter.
As farming is the basis of all pros
perity, we are entitled to money at
the lowest rate; we can have it if we
but use the power in our hands.
We should be allowed to sit In
around the "green table" when prices
are being fixed, for in the future we
must haVe not only thecostof pro
duction returned to us, but added to
it a fair profit.
Exclusion Said Need
We must absolutely close oar doors
to Mongolian and Slav. America for -Americans.
We can't compete with
them, their standards of living forbid.
The Anglo-Saxon has been the leader
of the world's thought and action for
200 years. This proud position of
premiership in the affairs of the
world must never be surrendered.
There are a million more - births
than deaths in the United States every
year. A million more each year to be
fed and clothed. All good land now?
used. The demand for our products
greater, the supply less.
The golden era for, the American
farmer is just around the bend if we
bat act and use the remedies that we
already have.