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Entered as second class matter
August 29, 1904, at the PostoC
fice at Madras, Oregon, under
the Act of Congress of March 3,
1S79.
Thursday, July IS, 1912.
periencing some'torrid weather
in Madras, that probably it was
all due to some of the campaign
methods of the Colonel's choice,
and that Marse Horny was on
the job a press agent.
DIRECTORY
Who is to Blame?
When the United States Senate
voted that William Lorimer. of
Illinois, who had occupied a seat
in its chamber and had a voice
in its deliberations for eighteen
months, had secured his election
by fraudulent means, ana that
technically there had been no
election, it was a step in behalf
of honest government that means
much for the future. Too many
members of that body have
been members under suspicion,
or at least under suspicious cir
cumstances. One of the boldest
accusers of the Illinois Senator,
himself was under investigation
not many months ago. Various
other members have occupied
a seat, while many persons have
entertained grave doubts as to
the legality and honesty of their
election.
Whether or not these who have
under the fire of criticism could
have acquitted themselves had
there been an honest and search
ing investigation is not of the
greatest importance, . grave
though that issue might be. The
fact that the senior legislative
body of this nation must waste
any considerable time investigat
ing the credentials of its mem
bers, is a condition that should
not exist. That the Senate
and its members are continually
under suspicion cannot but lessen
its influence, and offer encourage
ment to those who have the pow
er and inclination to resist the
statutes enacted during its ses
sions. Public opinion is to the effect
that the issue between the Sen
ate and M r. Lorimer was de
cided according to the merits of
the case. Whether Mr. Lorimer
was actually guilty of all the
offenses with which he was
charged, the Senate believed he
was sufficiently wayward in his
conduct during the memorable
session of the Illinois Legislature
to have made himself ineligible
to hold the position to which he
claims he was honestly elected.
The entire proceedings leads to
the question whether the same
degree of proof should be neces
sary in determining whether an
official has been honestly elected
to an office as is required to con
vict a criminal of an offense
charged. If in the former case
the simple Scotch verdict "not
proven" is the result of the in
vestigation, it seems that such
finding should be enough to dis
qualify the candidate from hold
ing any position of trust. If an
official cannot show a clean re
cord in his election, all the pro
ceedings coming under his super
vision during his administration
might reasonably be looked upon
with suspicion.
There are several impeachment
proceedings underway at present,
and the Governor of one state is
under investigation charged with
graft. It is a serious situation,
and one which demands the clos
est attention of those who go to
the polls to cast their vote.
Colonel Henry Watterson,
veteran editor of the Louisville
Courier Journal was reported to
have said after the Baltimore
convention, that if the choice re
mained between supporting
Woodrow Wilson and the Devil,
that he was almost persuaded lo
render his support unto His
Satanic Majesty. It has occured
to us several times of late, after
reading stories each day of con
tinued heat in the east and ex-
Hogs Prom Nebraska
Speaking in good humor and
disavowing any manner of
offense, they are strong on the
hog back in Nebraska. Here in
Oregon we have the best hog
raising state in the Union; but
Nebraska has the fame and the
game, and when we want to eat
hog meat we send back there
and get it.
Every now and again we read
an item similar to that which ap
peared in the local market re
ports a day or two since, namely,
' 4 Eight carloads of hogs delivered
from Nebraska." We compare
these items with others which
show, the hog and cattle ship
ments from the eastern section
of Oregon to the Middle West,
and then we wonder how it all
happens, or why it is that we do
not raise our own meal for our
own consumption and make it a
little easier on "Jones who pays
the freight." It is evident that
with reference to this one item
of hogs there is need of activity
among the agricultural authorit
ies of the commonwealth. If the
Nebraskans are good hog-raisers
better than the Oregonians,
for example let the latter dem
onstrate that they've got the
state for porkers, of all states
under the Starry Banner, and
our import from the region of
the Platte will be people and not
hogs. We may even overlook
the secondary consideration of
changing the character of our
imports from Nebraska, and fix
upon the thing that is of first in
terest, namely, the greater de
velopment of an agricultural in
dustry that will pay and pay
handsomely.
There is no more reason why
we should import hogs from
Nebraska, or from any other
state of the Middle West than
there is for importing hops. We
raise all the hops we need and
to spare. We can do the same
thing in the hog line. It is
simply a matter of push and ed
ucation. Evening Telegram.
Harvest begins next weekand
the week following the farmers
should begin to realize that Crook
County is not :as bad as they
have thought during some of the
past vears. The good checks
that they will receive for their
enormous crops this year, will
make them ashamed of many of
their past remarks.
RURAL WATERS THE
GAUSE OF TYPHOID
U.S. Geological Survey Issues Warn
ing ln'Undergronnd Waters for
Farm use"
The rural sections, long con
sidered ideal so far as concerns
the health of their inhabitants,
have been dealt a blow by physi
cian investigators who maintian
that two-thirds of the cases of
typhoid fever in the city owe
their origin to insanitary condi
tions in the country and to pol
luted water supplis.
Farms, which are generally
remote from towns, cities, or
other areas of congested popula
tion, would seern to he almost
ideally situated for obtaining
pure and wholesome water, but
in reality polluted water is ex
ceedingly common on them and
typhoid fever rates are usually
greater in country districts
than in cities. Typhoid fever
is now almost universally be
lieved to be transmitted solely
through drink or food taken into
the stomach, and is especially
liable to be communicated by
pollute:! waters obtained from
I'NITKI) STATUS
President
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Poerotnry of Sinto
Si-creturv of Treasury.
Simti'Ihtv of Interior..
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tecrilivry of Nhvv licori! on 1.. li-j j-r
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Attorney (Senornt tteorKO . li-korttlium
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Sni.t. Pnt.lle Instruction I. K. AMurnmii
tilu Printer , W. H ImlwS
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... o j lonatlinti nourne, r.
Congressmen J A. V i.afforty
J8KVKNT1I JUDICIAL DISTRICT
itnrtipv V. I.. IlrmWmw
Atlnriuiv '. l'fOll V. WilMIII
CIIOOK COUNTY
.luilee.
Sheriff
Treanirer
Assessor
School Sucrlntunilent
Coroner
Surveyor
Commissioners
THE COURTS
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Warren Drown
T. N. Dalfonr
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CoMMissiosEit's CorrtT- First 'edneday In
Januarv, Mareli, May, July, Soptuiubor tiliil
November.
MADRAS SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 22.
(T. A. Lone Chin.
Directors V. R. Cook
(John Mi'Taircart
Clerk Marie Dlinoy
CITY
Mavor Howard V. Turner
Recorder . " JH-Kin
Treasurer D. V , . Harnett
Marshall 1 Slmiglnmt
u. A. rearce
fi. V. StHtitnu
V. R. Cool:
It. ltiiniIoli.il
J. L. Campbell
ti. t.. uray
Councllmon.
shallow wells near spots where
the discharges of typhoid pati
ents have been thrown upon the
ground and subsequently carried
down through the soil and to
the wells, and it is doubtless
principally this fact that ac
counts for the disease being so
common in farming regions.
3 On a great many farms the well
is located at a point that may
be convenient to the dwelling,
without any regard for the possi
bility of the pollution of the well
water through seepage from barn
or cesspool or through the cir
culation of water underground.
Information relating to the
underground movement of water
is particularly valuable, and on
this account the United States
Geological Survey is distributing
a report on the subject Water
Supply Paper 255 - "Under
ground Water for Farm Use," by
Myron L. Fuller. The demand
for this publication has necessi
tated a third reprint. A copy of
the report may be obtained by
addressing the Director of the
Survey at Washington, D. C.
SHERLEY GETS A
CLASSIC PLEA FOR SEEDS
Kentucky Lasvyer Uncorks His Elo
quence In Letter to representative
A "seed letter classic" is the way
Representative Swagur Slierley ot
Kentucky speaks of n communication
received by Ulm from James It. Ed
wards, an attorney of Louisville, plain
tively and poetically appealing for
llower and vegetable seeds for tils gar
dens in t Iio nine Grass state
The letter Hays:
Dear Swagar I am writing to divert
your views for n moment from lofty
tiolghts of national polltlcR and Interrupt
your ondenvorn In llmltlosH Holds of con
Btructlve Htatosmfinvhlp to call our attun
tlon to two npotK on Cardinal hill In tho
land that eouritu you Its favorite non-tlt
onq, which supplies tho talilo with all tho
nplendld vegetables that ripen under
Dixie's nun, and of n size that hag al
ready nproad tho owner's farnn abroad
and of u quality to dollfijit the palate of
an epicure and causo old LucuIIuh himself
to lite tho onyx paving stonon of paradlRn
and vault tho pearly Kates' of heaven to
enjoy their excellence; tho other, where In
profound confunlon all tho variegated col
or of tho rainbow commingle In a wealth
of luxuriant beauty, whoro the fragrance
of tho violet atid tho tubeiOHO. the Illy
of tho valley and the aweet pea, tho hya
cinth and tho lllc, tho daisy and the four
o'clock melt and mingle and jjlvu their
combined hwccUiohh to tho winds from the
four corners of the oarth with tli lavlnh
nonchalance of tho millionaire spendthrift,
druiilt with tho wines of southern France
u. splendid. Inspiring noul quaff, produc
ing a rent fill dreamless Bleep whoro nn
turo dips her brush In sunshine and'
moistens It with rain and spreads upon
earth's canvas every uhado of delicate
coloring from tlio pinkish sheen of (ho
lustrous pcnrl to the deepest red of tlio
mnanlflcfiiit ruby.
Hut ns words without faith are aa
soundlrifr braes and tlnUllnr; cymbals, eo
rtro mil-den spots without seeds as d. Kerts
In tho wlldernes, Ah yo sow ho shall yo
reap. Ono cannot fiathor lls of n thorn
tree nor KtapeK from thistles. As tho hart
pantelh for tho water broolf so pantoth
my soul for seeds seeds of royal lineage,
chemically puro, microscopically Inspected
nd tftfrm free,
Mr. Sliorley fenttlio Heeds. lie or
dered u (urge conBlgninent.
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