TIIE SrXDAY OREGOMAX, rOKTI,AAI, UhXISJlfJKtf 11. IUIO.
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PHILOMATH SELECTS
W. G. FISHER AS MAYOR
New Officials of Benton County Town Declare for Progressive Measure
la Municipal Affairs.
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PHILOMATH. Or, Dec. 10. (Special)
W. O. Fisher, mayor-elect, vu born
In Roanoke. Ind. He received his
primary education In the public schools
of Sacramento. Cal and Is a graduate
of the San Joaquin Valley College.
Ptockton. and the Bonebrake Theoloa
Iral Seminary. Xayton, Ohio, where he
received the decrees of A. If. and B. D.
lie was Instructor In ancient languages
In I'bllomath Coll rite during 100 and
1901. lie was director of athletics dur
ing his professorship at the college and
a member of the a!l-afar basketball
tarn of the Portland Y. M. O. A. In
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He was pastor ef the Vntted Breth
ren Church. Woodhrldire. Cal.. In 1S97
and ISM: pastor of the Klrst I'nltrd
Brethren Church. Fifteenth and Fast
Morrison streets. Portland. 10 and
1901: collector for the Anti-Saloon
League of Southern California for the
sis years between 1903 and 1909. At
present he Is manager and bookkeeper
of the Philomath Creamery Company.
He la an adrocate of municipal pro
gress ami especially enthuslastlo for
good roads and clean streets.
C. u eed. re-elected recorder, was
born In Southern Ohio, educated In the
public schools and the Academy of
Jackson, Ohio.
K. ilsthews. re-elected to the Council
from the second ward, was born In
Lafayette Countv, Missouri. July IS
1ST1.
Kobert A. Clark, who has been placed
In the Council for the third ward. Is
bookkeeper for the Benton County Mill
Inic Company.
lilenn Clbbons. elected treasurer, was
born In Pratt. Kao.. July II. ISSi. He
located In Philomath in 189S.
Alva (. Horton. councilman-alect. first
ward, was born In Klplev County. Ind.
and educated In the public schools of
Oregon. He took a course In pTTarmacy
at the oreiton Agricultural College.
Kraduatlns; In the clasa of 1904.
JOHNSON CALLS OREGON
LAND OF OPPORTUNITY
Portland Commercial Club Member's Address Before Development League
Presents Outline of Great Work.
OF. EGO N" as the lend of opportunity
for the young? man was th prin
cipal theme In the address of O.
V. Johnson, of the Portland Commer
cial Club, delivered at the meet! nr. of
the Oregon Development Leagu.j. at
Kilem. on November JO. and wnlcli Is
being reproduced for circulat'on
throughout the Fast. The address was
one of the notable papers presetted at
t'.ie meeting of the league from an
other standpoint, that of the dlatr'hu
tion of the cost of advertising com
munities throughout the Fast.
The speaker asserted that business
firms of the city of Portland luu in
the past contributed (0 per --nt of tl.o
funds used for publlflty work. Kr:u
tat money all of Orrxon has Mil ad
vertised, together with a considerable
portion of Southwest W ashlngtoa. the
plan being to call attention t terri
t y tributary to Portland's Jobbers
and wholesalers.
The addrvss was as follows:
ireat Work Accomplished.
"It Is not possible, for me to add any
thing of worth to the splendid ex
cursions and addresses of the past two
days. I can only sav that I sm In
hearty accord with the alms and por
j oses of the various commercial bodies
comprising t!-.e Oregon Development
league. 1 am convinced that a very
great work has already been accom
plished. The way has been biased.
Methods have been tried out and frtm
now on the activities of these vrtvus
urbanisations will be more effective.
"The spirit of hearty and sincere co
operation will be manifest. We will
all be big enough and broad enough
to seek the general good of the state
at large. Tv. larger yet the high
est goi and greatest development of
the entire Northwest.
"I was very much delighted when
1 read In .s morning's paper that
there was a plan on foot to have a
s'.ate appropriation made to pay the
cost uf publishing a book exploiting
Oregon and setting forth the splendid
opportunities which are here to be
found.
"This work supplemented by the pam
phlets, advertising, correspondence and
other activities carried on by the Indi
vidual commercial bodies, would be a
splendid thing.
Work Should lie Knlargctl.
"I think there should be no thought
n the pert of anyone of discontinuing
the work which has been going on. It
should rather be enlarged, it Is true
that burden has been pretty heavy
on a few. for In most every community'
a few men have furnished more than
sO per cent of the entire appropriation
for the puniiclty work. in Portland,
less than firms provide over 0 per
rent of the entire publicity fund. This
Is not right. I am convinced, however,
that many of our merchants and public
spirited men are going to take a great
er Interest In our publicity work, and
there will be some voluntary subscrip
tion, and when our soliciting commit
tee approach our merchants In coming
years they will be received more hearti
ly and subscriptions will be more freely
and generously made. It seems that
oir ifcerchants cannot help but resllze
tht nur:i of the prosperity which has
come to ns hss come romewhst direct-
as a result of the splendid work car
ried on by our promotion committees
throughout the state.
"For some time past I have thought
there should be more equable mAtm
of rasing this publicity fund. I do
net know whether It would be possible
f r each muntclpalitv to provide suth
a fund by taxation or not. bnt if It Is
not possible now. I ehonld like to see
a Mil presented at t.ie next session of
o-:r Legislature empowering municipal
IrXtt to provide a publicity fund bv
t txatlon. In this way the burden would
b more equally distrlhutrd. No one
wi-iid feel It and an ample fund could
be provided which would enable us to
propr!v exploit the merl's ind oppor
t jrlil-s offered. I hope tst something
ttise result from this suggestion.
-Tttre has been a, decided advance
made during the past year with refer
ence to the policy pursued by our vari
ous commercial organisations. For a
time there was a tendency to seek mere,
ly to upbuild the local cities, but I
think we have all become convinced
that what we need most are farmers.
i miners, lumbermen, manufacturers and
first-hand producers. We do not need
to worry about the merchants, profes
sional men. bankers and politicians.
Thy will come fast enough. What we
need, what you need in the outlying
communities is to plant a man on a 40
acre tract, one or five or 10 miles from
your town. That man will produce
something of real worth. It will find
a market througn your town, your com
munity, and will enrich you and will
therefore enrich the larger cities and
the state and we shall all find our
selves In a prosperous condition.
"It Is not necessarily the mnn with
a thousand broad acres, bto bands of
cattle, sheep and mules, that Is the
desirable citizen. The man who raises
a few hogs, who produces a few boxes
of fruit, who markets few hundred
chickens Is. after all. Just as desirable
a citizen as Is the larger farmer.
"What we want Is to be able to call
Ms name legion. Our cities will pros
per In direct proportion as our country
develops.
"So far as the Promotion Committee
of the Portland Commercial Club la
concerned. Its energies will be very
largely directed toward the upbuilding
of the slate at large. If we can be of
material assistance In the upbuilding
of Coos County, Lane County, Lake
County, Baker County and every other
portion of the state, Portland will get
its share of Jobbing trade. Its share of
general prosperity.
"I think I have made myself clear
let tie all co-operate, let us work to
gether for the general upbuilding of
the state, resting confidently In the
assurance that the oltlea will take care
of themselves.
"In conclusion, I am going to sneak
of one thing that baa possibly not been
discussed. What are you In your va
rious commercial organizations going
to aay to the thousands of enterpris
ing, ambitioua, forceful young men of
the Fast who have turned their faces
toward the West and are asking this
question: 'What opportunity la there
for a young man In that great country
of yours, who haa not sufficient capital
with which to engage in business for
himself?" Are you going to bid him
welcome, or axe you going to write
him to stay at home?
"There came to my attention recently
a communication of this ktno!. A young
man received a reply to the effect that
If he had employment where he was he
had better stay and not come to this
country.
"There Is 'a difference of opinion
among many of our best men aa to
how such a rase as this should be
handled, but even If I am all alone In
rr.y view I am going to say that I be
lieve we should tell the young man to
come but In telling him to come we
sluruld tll him squarely and wltr.out
reserve that he had better not come
unless he has courage, self-reliance,
ambition and a good degree of stlck-to-Itlve-ness.
I think we should tell him
that we have In our satls In the West
a very large unemployed class. Just as
may be found In Chicago. St. Loulm,
Cleveland and other cities of the Fast,
but that for the young man of courage
and ability, the young man who la
H illing to endure hardships for a time,
there are opportunities here such as
do not exist in the Kat.
"I might cite to you today a number
of well-known Instances where our
most prosperous men In Portland
came to the city five, and 10 and 70
years ago wtlhout money. They filled
positions as clerks, bookkeepers, even
did manual labor, but they found here
an opportunity to make for themselves
a pla.-e. and they have carved out suc
cessful careers.
"What we need In Oregon Is men.
The opportunities are here. I main
tain that the man who comes, even
without any great amount of raoaey.
but who Is a hard worker, who is a
man of good character. Is a, desirable 1
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& 4'S dmmmSkmi& We will send a piano
v mmmSiim! to your home now
TtfiW Kr-lf yf VKSlSl R M ttfi M m MMm U Yon can havft anv tnaiio in 'our store
T"Tv-7 ' siJNje?j lmw m WMmm ML ? w without Pay-
SJ TT SSMm LM; i! ing a cent down. You can use it through
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You can have any piano in our store
sent to your home today without pay
ing a cent down. You can use it through
the holidays, but you do not have to
begin paying for it till the first of the
year. We know that there are a hun
dred uses to which you can put your
money before Christmas.
1
Santa Claus Says "Get Your Xmas Piano at KoWer S Clase,
""When vou give a Christmas piano give a good one. Get it from an old reliable house like
Kohler & Chase and vou take no chances. They have been in business for over 60 years. Peo
nlP in California homrht nianos from them in the Christmas of 1850. They have a reputatkra
' for honesty and square dealing that has been built up by 60 years of honest piano selling. Get
3'our Christmas piano there.77 .
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Xmas
The world's best piano
The Weber
The Weber is the piano that the world's greatest
pianists use. Paderewski and Rosenthal have (rained
their tremendous reputations playing on the Weber
Fin no. The Weber is supreme among pianos as the
Pianola is among Player Pianos. It is a standard of
comparison absolutely, without an equal.
If you want the world's greatest piauo get the Weber..
Fischer Piano
The home piano
There is no piano that is so loved and cherished by
Its owners as the Fischer. We have sold over 70,000
Fiseher Pianos on this coast and we have never known
a dissatisfied customer. EAST TEEMS.
Just think what a Pianola Piano would mean in your home. Think of the beautiful home
concerts that would liven the evenings. You could play over 15,000 pieces if you had a Pianola
Piano in your home. "
By means of the Metrostyle on the Pianola Piano 3-ou have a guide to interpretation which
will enable you to play just exactly as the composers intended their pieces to be played. But
be sure you get the genuine Pianola. You can get the genuine Pianola only at Kohler &
Chase's. Choose from the
Steinway Pianola Piano, Weber Pianola Piano, Steck Pianola Piano, Wheelock Pianola
Piano, Stuyvesant Pianola Piano
Bargains in Used Pianos-We Have
An Ivorson at $149, a Hoffman at $179, a Kellar at $199, a Winthrop at $219. These pianos have been used
but are in good condition. Easy terms. Several organs, good as new, $10 and up.
Founded
1850 K
v Washington
cl and West Park
citizen, and should be welcomed and
should, throuKh our commercial clubs.
hrouKh the various activities or the
Oregon Development League, be en
couraged to come. I hope that this
clasa of youns; men will receive at your
hands throughout the entire state en
couragement, and yet I trust that you
will be absolutely honest with them
and tell them that S20 gold pieces do
not grow on the bushes in Oregon.
"Finally, let me say again, as chair
man ot the promotion committee of the
Portland Commercial Pluh, that we
stand ready to co-operate with you to
the limit of our ability, and let me
say in all, sincerity that we are more
concerned with reference to the de
velopment of the state than we are re
garding Portland itself. Portland is
growing fast enough. Portland, sit
uated as she ts. is the logical and
necessarily therefore, is to be the fu
ture metropolis of this great, growing,
glorious Northwest country."
Now is the time to plant hyacinths,
be chosen than great riches, but where
Is there a girl who wouldn't rather be
come the wealthy Mrs. Snooks than the
poor Mrs. Montmorencl?
Decatur. III., has a most considerate Cor
oner. Instead of sitting on on body, h
resuscitated the subject of the Inquest and
took him home with him to dine.
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able, modern and up-to-date
uropean Flan
Grill in Connection
Under the management of Mr.
Charles F. Kuster and Mr.
Charles Weiside. Mr. Weiside
for many years was manager of
The Dewey Palace, Nampa, Idaho
oria s-Largest
and Best Hostelry
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Completely Furnished by the
Olds. Wortman CQ. tlin Store
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