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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1912)
:1 - THE MADRAS PIONEER Published every Thursday by PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. Subscription Rates One year. $1.50 Six months 80 Three months 50 Entered as second class matter August 29, 1904, at the Postof- fice at Madras, Oregon, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Thursday, December 5, 1912. Women Vote at Local Election Tuesday last was the banner day in Madras for the ladies who have been working for the Suffrage amendment to the Ore gon State Constitution for number of years past Their hopes awakened by those before them who have been making i strenuous fight for the past de caae to secure tne right oi wo men going to the polls and cast ing their votes the same as the men and having the same rrivi le ?es. This dream of theirs has been rea'ized, and well it may, and we hope that they will find it inter esting and that they will take in terest enough to look into mat ters pertaining to the public wel fare of the town as well as the state and nation, and continue to do so at each succeeding elect ion, ana otner matters that come under their right and privilege, the same as the male sex. The first women to cast her billot at Tuesday's election was Mrs. P.W. Ashley, several others ionowea immediately, wnue we do not desire to intimate that she was influenced to vote for her husband for councilman, or any others whose friends were r.mning for office. The women have the same right to vote for whom they may desire, as the men, and under the new election law, they are in a position to vote without their husbands knowing how they voted, or for a single woman to vote without any male escort she may have knowing her views on the sub ject. The election fnr the city officers was held in the City Hall in which appropriate looths had been fixed on one side for the accommodation of the voters, and many ladies who had not before taken an interest in the politi cai anairs iouna many new things of interest, by doing the same as the men do, in casting their first ballot into the ballot box Tuesday afternoon. Should Offer Cash Prizes The editorial columns of one of fie Portland papers the other day mentioned an interesting subject which would be appreci ated if carried! out by the differ ent Land Shows and land pro ucts exhibitions, more particular ly by the individual exhibits, that of giving more cash prizes, than cups medals and etc. "A little more cash in the dis tribution of prizes would go far toward encouraging the farmers to exhibit. Few farmers can afford to go to the expense of preparing exhibits to say nothing of sparing their time, without some assurance of cash return. If all the money that is invest ed in cups and such other ex pressions of good will were dis tributed to the successful com petitors in the shape of currency mare farmers would become in terested in these shows and greater number as well as greater variety of exhibits would be procured. " - It is true that the first time an exhibitor enters a contest whether of land products or live tock, it is a great satisfaction to carry home a showy silver trophy, and it is appreciated more than cash, provided the winner can afford it But after the first few cups have been won they grow monotonous." It is a fact that those who re ceived medals and cups in this section were not looking at the remunerative side of the ques ion, but were merely showing to the public what could be 'done in this newest part of Oregon, and all of the prizes received are fully apperciated, however with the cash prize we believe that nany more representative dis mays could be secured, when there is a possibility of liquid ating some of the expense incur- d getting up an exhibit suit able for one of these Land Shows. told them : tongue and Culver Won Second Prize In last week's issue of this paper we overlooked the fact that our neighboring town to the south, Culver, shared some of the publicity of this section and Central Oregon, in the way of receiving the second prize for potatoes against the other sec tions of the State that have more rainfall than this, at the North west Land Products Show which just closed, at Portland. I he following taken from the Oregon ion we are pleased to re print, as we are all mutually in terested in getting Central Ore gon before the public as much as possible and show to the work what we have and can raise this vast Inland empire. "Residents of the Culver dis met in central uregon were highly elated last night when they learned that they had been awarded second prize on pota toes. Culver is a new town on the line of the Oregon Trunk and nonstrous and ugly things whicl in Some Sins Worse Than Others (From Charlotte Gilman's Forerunner There was a certain Land wherein the People were a Pious People a Virtuous People, a Re ligious People and True Believ ers; nevertheless, being Human, they Sinned. Came persons and said to their vomen: "This will make the jaby sleep and do him no harm;" md they believed what was to'c! chem and gave the medicine ti he baby and he died. Thei vere they punished for killing che baby. Came ethers and told them: 'This is good food and will make -ou strong;" and they believed vhat was told them and ate the ood, and it was not good and l! t mi cney Decame J31CK. Then were those punishad for sellling bad food. Came others and 'If you slit a bird's ut out its eyes, it will sing bet- er;" and they believed what waf- ld them and did this to help less birds. Then were they pun ished for Cruelty to Animals. Came others and told their nen: "It is fine and manly to See Life, to spend money freely, ;o drink, to smoke, to gamble anc ;o consort with those whom w ;al) The Daughters of Pleasure ind also The Unfortunates;" anc hey believed what was told their md fell from grace and preform 11 . i a tnese various acts, and wen ot punished save as they sick- med, and their wives sickened, md their children sickened, and hey died. Came others and told theii -oung women that if they wor crettinp it awav from other! 2 people;" and they believed what was told them and strove with one another continually for Wea lth and Success and Happiness and there was Proverty and Fail ure and Misery without end. And the Righteous were griev ed at the Sins of the world, and some they called Vices and some they called Crimes, and they punished some and some they did not punish. And some they did not call sin at all. Nevertheless, some Sins are worse than others. In and Out. Soon after Martin W. Littleton wns elected to congress ho went to Wnsh Ingtoa and spent several hours watch Injr tho Bouuto and bouso In action lie happened la tho aenate whllo n western senator, one of tho parties to n filibuster irbtchclosed the last rcgu Inr session, was In the midst or a speech that had bo bearing on tho case at Issue. His eolo object was to kill time. Great Scott!" Bald Littleton. "I vt&b never so bored In my life. Wny do they allow a man to tnko up tho time of the senate In this manner?" "Why," whlspored a member of tho bouso. "did you not realize that be wns drinking steadily between para graphs?" "Yes, I saw blm drinking water from time to time." replied the New York er, "but what effect could that have upon the case?" "That wasn't water. It mlgbt have looked like It from a distance, but It was Scotch highballs be' was taking to stimulate himself," was the reply. "Well," said Littleton, "all I bavo to my la that what went In was a good deal stronger and better than, what came out." New Yotk World. HIM 6 run AMAjj SHOPPER; STOCKINGS flANCANDTO TOJ THE most complete stock ofYmflI.n 1 into Madras, is now on display a t mS?H mercantile establishment. Wn hn L " d.rfl3 leading in the line of Christm that v0 could desiro Holiday Neckties, Fancy Hose, Sus penders in Boxes, Christmas m'f. 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