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THURSDAY
May 21, 190s
REPUBLICAN TICKET
CROOK COUNTY
For County Judge
11. 0. ELLIS, of Bend
Iror Sheriff
FRANK ELKINS,. of Madras
For Treasurer
V. V. KING of Prineville
For Superintendent of Schools
K. A. FORD of Sisters
ppr Assessor
F. E. DAYTON of L.aidtav
por Commissioner
JAMES RICE of llnycrcift
por Surveyor
FRED A. RICE of Prineville
RAIN TO TH RESCUE
Farmers throughout this sec
tion are jubilant over the time
ly down-pour last week, and the
opinion is expressed on all sides
that the rain insures a good
crop for the coming season.
Since the rain the weather has
turned warmer, which is addi
tional cause for rejoicing. Fall
sown giaiu was still in 'good
condition, though backward,
but Spring grain was suffering
from the long drouth and the
cold weather, and the heavj
rain and warm weather was just
in time to save it, according to
many.
This section of country was
not behind other sections of
the state, as far as prospects for
a crop this season are con
cerned, for the drouth and cool
.weather were general through
out Eastern Oregon. Over in
those districts through which
the 0. H. & JS. demonstration
train made a trip, the opinion
was expressed by experts from
the state agricultural college
that the crop prospects wete
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... ,. , -ii oneriii nuiuv rjiivina hud
still exceedingly good, provided t , e nt,aaa
j u : 1 proven himself to be a fearleps
there was a good Spring ram; . . , ,.
i .pi,. official in the discharge of his
and warmer weather, ihosc- . . ,
. ,. . , , foiKiii 'duties, and he should be re
conditions have been fulfilled ' ::...,
, . -J i . 1 e ected. No other sheriff in the
to the letter, and there is gen . ,
. ... , , ,, ' history of the county has done
district. It means thousands of
dollars to the wheat farmers of
the state, and it means more
than that to us, for a failure
would have offered a further
excuse for delaying railroad
construction into this section.
AS OTHERS SEE US
Malvern (Iowa) Leader.
Oregon seems to be a very
backward state when it comes
to ( matters educational. Just
now the educators of the state
and those interested in higher
education for the masses aie
very much interested in getting
a law passed granting them
larger appropriations for their
state university which at pres
ent is one of the poorest pro
vided for institutions of its class
in the United States. The pres-
ent appropriation amounts to
but $47,500 per year for main-
1 -.1. ..w'fM.l iinili
tenance, whm-ii cjinjm i-w
our own university 's $oo,uuu
rKifv'n ft2Rfi.00f)
lookB rather meagre. It seems
that a good many in the state
are so short-sighted as to light
further appropriation. A state
tts wealthy and proud as Ore
gon, should be content with
nothing but the best in their
educational facilities, and we
are surprised at the sentiment
against progression. Defeat for
the bill means a serious setback
to her future progress.
- Fred W. Wilson, the republi
can nominee for district attor
ney, needs no introduction to
il. ..nnnln nf WllKfiO aild Gl'OOk
counties and the voters of all
parties iro glad, to have the op
portunity of voting for Mr. Wil
son for this office. JJe has lived
in "Yasco county from his bo'
hood da) s till manhood's estate
and has endeared himself with
till who have.' come to If now him.
In the practice of law he has
been singularly successful and
lias taken part in the most im
portant litigation of recent
years in this district and will
bring to the district attorney's
office a training which eminent
ly qualilieo him for this duty.
As deputy district attorne he
participated in till the monien
tons criminal cases which have
attracted wide attention in our
county and has performed his
duty in a wnjT that litis brought
him the confidence and respect
of the people. This is the first
time Mr. Wilson lias ever been
a candidate for office and the
Chronicle, is satisfied the voters
will rally to his support in a
generous manner on election
day. There will be no mistake
made in his election. The
Dnlfes Chronicle.
An iniative measure to oome
before the voteis in June is the
proposed increase of compensa
tion to Oregon legislators of
from S3 to 10 per day. There
is leally no plausible reason for
such an increase. The legisla
tor's legitimate expenses while
serving the people at the state
capital are no greater now than
they were 10 t.'O years ago, and
there is no evidence that Oregon
has suffeied from insufficiently
remuneiating her public ser
vants in this branch of public
service. As to the plea that
men of experience and business
ability cannot afford to absent
themselves from their own af
fairs for such a small stipend,
it would seem that such argu
ment is baseless from the fact
that the state has never yet
lacked for men of affairs and
business ability to fill its leg
islative offices. In fact our most
representative men have always
sought the honor of repre
senting the commonwealth as
solons without regard to theper
diem. The present legislator
receives $3 per day and mileage.
oi , ,.
so much to discourage crime,
and his name has become a ter
ror to law-breakers throughout
the county. But neither the
sheriff nor any other, official can
accomplish his best without the
moral support of the comtnun
ity he represents. Crook coun
ty has had a bad reputation
throughout the country, and the
defeat of Sheriff Elkins would
be construed on the outside as
disapproval of his activity
against the criminal element of
the county. It is therefore im
portant that every law-abiding
citizen of the county interest
himself in giving Elkins an
overwhelming majority at the
June election, as an indorse
ment of his course in the pur
suit of the lawless. The repu
tation of the county is at stake.
I The voters of this end of the
j C0Ullty 8hould give H.C.Ellis
I . . -- i
0j jieuu tne it pnmicin norm-
I ..,
Fn the June election. There is
no man in the county better
qualilied to give us a lair, able
and economical administration
of county affairs. An effort is
being made in certain quarters
to divide up the vote and de
feat him, but he is certain of
election if he gets the votes he
is entitled to.
A Republican candidate has
suggested that the recent rains
should make the farmers of this
section feel like voting the He
publican ticket on June 1, as
these rains occurred under a
Bepublicau administration.
PROHIBITION COLUMN
mt.t- . 1. .. 1. .mI 111' it Infill
prohibition orcnnlzfttloti. nlul will 1)OooouiIlh1
by mutter furnished by thqiu, nm-lt week.
Eqiinl And uqt Toxntlori
It is generally mlinittud by some of
the advocates of the snoons that aside
from the revemio they yiiodueo for the
citv or villace there is or no ox-
cusn for their existence In other.wonls
the saloon i.s being defended by sume
because they say It helps to make im
provements without increasing the
taxes. The general principle of our sys
tem of taxation is that when anyone's
possessions are protected or inet eased in
valuation because (f public improve
ments those, parties being bcnelltted
should correspondingly pay for them by
way of just and equal taxation. Thus a
man having property valued at $5000,
should pay correspondingly more taxes
than the man whose property Is worth
only $100, because rich men have more
to protect and receive more protection.
But now these men who are advocating
the saloon as a means of revenue, whoso
only real asset is their perverted appe.
tites, to eomo and join them in keeping
the saloon in operation so Improvements
that are made in the city, and enhanc
ing the property of the rich man may
cost the weathy property owner as
little as pqssible, thus the poor man is
made to indirectly pay the property
owner's taxes, aud the laboring man
grows poorer whilo the other fellows
grow opulent. Now if these improve
ments arc made with this kind of mon
ey, 1 tniUK, it we were io usien eiost iv
with our moral cars as we walk over
many of our finely paved streets and
sidewalks we could hear something like
this from the dear little ones who have
naid so dearlv for them by way of priva
tion and suffering: "Don't step on tliisJ
brick for it took the last crust of bread
out of my little starving mouth, nor this
one for it took shoe3 off of my little
freezing feet, nor this one for it took my
little coat from my poor sick body," and
by Him who rules above, it were better
to walk on free American soil in mud to
the knees than walk on the finest im
proved streets when made with "blood"
money. Let us have equal, fair and
just taxation, and not based upon pert
verted'appetites.
Local Optlqn Increases Business
Speaking of the local option election
soon to be held in Yamhill county, a re
cent dispatch from McMinnville in part
says :
Considering the fact that the business
interests in many of the incorporated
towns were pretty generally, arrayed
against prohibition at that time (two
years ago) for what they believed to be
good business reasons, and considering
also that the conditions at present are
not as fearful as the theoiies were then,
it is conceded generally that the move
ol the saloon interests to again submit
the question to a vote was ill,advised.
It is true that the 11 incorporated
towns of the county have been forced to
levy a small tax for public maintenance
in lieu of the saloon revenue. It is true,
on the other hand, that merchant re
port increased cash sales from the time
the Knloons Went out of existence, and it
is true, in McMinnville at least, that
there is not a vacant store building in
the place, and scarcely an empty dwel
ling, with some newly arrived families
living in tents. Every town in the coun
ty has prospered and made substantial
improvements during the past two
years, and the country districts have
kept pace with the procession.
POLITICAL COLUMN
Announcement!! of oandldiiten published
under tlil lieadtng nro paid tor nt renulur
advcrtiiilng rates.
INDEPENDENT 0ANIDATE
POR 00UNTY JUDGE
To the Voters of Crook County! t
I hereby announce myseU ub an
Independent Candidate (or the otllce
or County Judge. Should I bo elected
I will endeavor to conduct the ofllfie
in a lair, impartial and buHlnei-H like
manner. JAS. T. RolilNS 'N,
Culver.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :
It has come to my knowledge that W.
C. Congleton, candidate for Hheriff ia ac
cuBcd of the burning of my hay. 1 wish
to Hay that bucIi rumor is unjuat, for Mr.
Congleton and I have alwayn been
friends. A. L. MACKINTOSH.
A Recommendation
Albany, Ore., April 20, 1008. .
To the Voters pf Crook County:
This is to certify that Professor W. R.
Cook, the Democratic nominee for
school superintendent in your county,
lias been a student and a teacher under
my supervision in this county for sev
eral years. During my 20 years experi
ence as principal and county superin
tendent and principal in Linn county, I
havo never met a young man of more
studious habits or greater worth in all
that goes to make a successful school
man, than Mr. Cook. Ho has always
been found true to any trust confided to
his care. I havo no hesitancy in stating
that I believe Mr. Cook will give to tho
peoiilo of Crook county a safo, wise and
progressive administration ns superin
tendent of schools.
W. L. JACKSON,
Kupt of Schools,
Linn County, Oregon.
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TIMBER LAND, Act June :t. li78.
Notice for Publication. Depart
,,.( of the Inte.lor, l S. Laud ()HW
The Dalles, Oregon, May 0, IMS.
tlce Is herehy ulven that
Ll'CY E CATHCAKT,
or The Dalles, Oreu who, on .May
lDOS, made timber application V
Um, for c4 i. Hwii.-4 of Mi-etlou H and
iH-in'w eo 17, tp 13, rile, w in,
Has filed notlcb of intention to nmke
final proor, to e-ti.hlls:. claim to the
Innd ahove lt"-erlt'etl lielbn the Ueijln
ternnd Hecelver at Thf Dalles, Ore
gon, on the 22nd day of July, 100S.
Claimant mimes as witt.es.vjH:
Daniel A McDonell, MIbIihbI O'Con
nor, Marv Ciithcart, William (t Ma
son, all of" The Dalles, Oregon.
C W. MQUHl'i
m2l-jl0 Kiglsler.
TIMBER LAND, Act June 3, 1S78.
Notice for Publication. Depart
ment or the Interior, United Smt'i
Lmd Otllce, The D.illes, Oregon.
May 11, l'JOS. Notice is heieby given
thai
GKACti WILSON,
or I'rineville, Oreuon, who, on April
23, 1008, iniide Timti"r nod Sione proof,
Receiver's receipt No. 11227, for Lot -3
anil 4, nee 7, lot 1. -eo 18, tp 12 , r 11
e, and tfeiiei feo 12, t 12 -, r 10 e, in.
Huh filed notice of Intention to muk.'
final timber proof, to ostatdlfdl claim
to the laud above ili-erlbed, before the
County Clerk nt Prineville. Oregon,
on the 21th day of July, IMS.,
Claimant names as wltm 1-
Maggie Glaze, Jtoi-crt (i S nith, II A
F. ster and Charlei- BhiIuII, all ot 1'rine
ville, Oregon, and Edwin D Urnhuiu
of SlHteis, Uregon.
C. V. MOORL, Register
HOMESTEAD. Notice lor Publl.
cation. Department of the In
terior, Land Olllce at The Dnlk'.t, Ore
gon, April 2'J, 10U8. Notice I hereby
given that
Emma C. Sumner, formerly Mmnia (',
Carey, of Atudrus, Oregon,
has filed notice or her Intention to
make final live year proor In support
or her claim, viz: Homestead Entry
No. 11020 made October 21, 1002, for J
the t-JiAvJ and Lois 1 and 2 or nee T, tp
! h, i 1 1 e, W in,
And that suld oronf will bo made
before Erank Otbnru, D. S. Commin
(doner, at bin olllce In .Madras, Oregon,
on June 12, 1008.
She names the following witiies-cs
to prove her contlnuouii residence
upon, and cultivation or, tho land, viz:
John H Drown or Culver, Oregon;
Ivan Halo, .Robert llurnett, Emory
Ranta, all of Mudras, Oregon.
0. W. MOORE,
tn7-j4 Register
HOMESTKAD. Notice for Publlca
tlnu. Department or tliu Intel lor,
Lund Olllce at The Dalles, Oregon,
April 20, 1008. Notice is hereby given
that
IcAAC 1). WtOWN,
of Madran, Oregon, bus filed notice of
his Intention to make final commu
tation prool in support or his claim,
viz: Homestead Kntry No. 11807
madn Jaiiuury 11, 1000, for the swuwi
wjswi of sec 14 and se.Jse.1 of seo 16, tp
11 s, r 13 e, w ni,
And tliut said proof will be made
before Frank Osborti, U. S. Commis
sioner, at Ills olllce In Madras, Oregon,
on June 12, 1008.
Ilu names the following witnesses
to provo bis continuous residence
upon, and cultivation of, the land, viz:
Rooky 0 Hohlson, Ed 1' Roblsou,
Fred Davis, William J Cowherd, all of
Madras, Oregon,
C. W. Mo-.itK,
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