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of building Oregon by sending us the names and adifresses of your
friends who are likely to be interested in this state? We will be
glad to bear the expense of sending them complete information
about OREGON and its opportunities.
Colonist Tickets will be on saleduring SEPTEMBER AND
OCTOBER from the East to all points in Oregon. The fares from a
few principal cities are
From Denver. . . $30.00
" Omaha . . 30.00
" Kansas City 30.00
" St. Louis . 35.50
" Chicago .. 38.00
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proper amount with any of our agents. The tickets will then be
furnished by telegraph.
W. E. PETERSON, Local Agent, Toledo, Oregon.
VM. McMURRAY, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon
LINCOLN COUNTY
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TOLEDO, OREGON.
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" Cincinnatte 42.20
" Cleveland- 44.75
New York 55.00
NOTICE FOR PLBLICATION.
V. 8. Land Ollice, Portland, Oregon.
September 6, 1908.
KnlLe is hereby given that Rialto L. Weath
erford.nl Sileti, Oregon, who, on Augut 15,
1907, mad liomeileail entry No; 163(18, serial
No. 0378. for oi nw4, se'i of nw" and no'i
of tw, section 25. township 9 south, range 10
west, Willamette Meridian, has Hied notice of
intention to make final commutation proof,
to establish claim to the laud above described,
before the County Clerk of Lincoln count.,, at
Toledo, Oregon, on Iho 24th day of October,
r. us.
Claimant mimes as witnesses:
Clayton Pond. J. J. Derby. W. C. Pischxt and
W. R. Hall, all of SilotK, Oregon.
Alorknon 8. tiKE.sHER, Register
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
U. 8. Laud Ollice, Portland, Oregon.
September 21. 1908.
Notice is hereby triven thai Harry J. Marker,
f Uucco. Oregon, who. on June 27, HOT, mnde
homestead entry No. nasi, Serlui No. 0405, for
of neli and nU iiw'4. section 8. tnwimhln
9ontli, ranee 7 we-it, Willameito Meridian,
hits "Jed uoike. of intention to make llnul
commutation proof, to establish claim to the
bind above described, before tho IteglKler and
Receiver, it Portland, Orison, on the (ith day
of November, 19C8.
Claimant tiauicH ah ivllnees:
B. C. Rose, W. R. Mel onaM, Fred Wltenstrom
and Albert Wilts, all of Roccn, Oregon.
Alukbmon 8 Dbesskk. HeglKter.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
U. 8. Laud Olllee, Portland, Oregon,
SuptoiiilwrVI, ItKW.
Notice is hereby given that Edmund McNett
of Falls City, Oregon, who, on August 24, 1907,
made homestead entry No. 16.112, Serial No.
Own, for e! of se, of He'.,', mid self of
v4. sevttciu 7, lowii-hip8(intn, ratine 9 went
Willamette Meridian, him filed notice of Inten
tion to make Una! commutation proof, to
establish clniiu lo the land above described,
before the Rcgifiter md Receiver, at Portland,
Oregon, on tin 5th day of November, 100M.
Claitnant namisns witnesses.
Clark W. father, lames It McMillan, Andrew
.I.Hplllersand Vasco W. lather, all of Falls
City, Oregon. "
ALOKHKoN 8. tlKKHAKK, Register.
(From Got. Hughes Youngstown
speech.)
When we conalder remedlea that are
proposed for tke trusts, we find our
selves Journeying la land of dreams.
Again the magician of 1896 waves his
wand. At a stroke difficulties dlsap
pear and the complex problems of mod
ern business are forgotten In the fas
cination of the simple panacea. And,
as the free coinage of silver In the
ratio of 16 to 1 was to destroy the
curse of gold, so the new found specific
of equal perfection is to remove the
curse of Industrial oppression. The de
lusion of 1908 Is comparable only to
that of twelve years ago.
The Brat sugestlon is that the law
should prevent a duplication of di
rectors among competing corporations.
However advisable it may be to have
independent directorates of competing
corporations, It would seem still more
Important to have Independent stock
holders, for a majority of the stock
holders of a corporation choose the di
rectors. ' If a law were passed pre
venting the duplication of directors It
would easily be evaded in the selection
of men who would represent the same
Interests. The most ordinary exper
ience shows that it Is not necessary to
serve on a board of directors in order
to control Its proceedings. Whatever
the advantage of such a law as Is pro-
pobed, 11 liuiuly lines lo the uiguily ut
a "remedy," or vindicates Its title to a
place In an Imposing scheme of reform
outlined in a national platform.
But the more Important proposal la
"that any manufacturing or trading
corporation engaged In Interstate com
merce shnll be required to take out a
federal license before it shall be per
mitted to control as much as 25 per
cent of the product In which It deals."
A license Is permission, and the object
of the remedy is not to regulate large
businesses, but to destroy trusts. Hence
the supposed efficiency of the plan is to
be found in the prohibition of the con
trol by any such corporation "of more
than 50 per cent of the total amount of
any product consumed In the United
States." This is another delusion of
ratio.
It might be interesting to Inquire
what Is the meanlirg of "any product
consumed in the United States." Does
It refer to a class of commodities?
And, if so, how shall the classes be de
fined? Or does it refer to each sepa
rate article of commerce? And, If so,
what account does this proiHisal take
of the skill and Initiative of manufac
turers who have built up a more or
less exclusive trade In particular ar
ticles, often protected by trade-marks,
although In most active competition
with other articles designed for the
same general purpose and seeking the
same market? In a desire to correct
the evils of business are we to place
an embargo upon honest endeavor
whose activities present none of the
abuses requiring remedies? And, if
not, what statutory definitions shall be
found to be adequate and Just If we
lay down our prohibition In terms of
volume or ratio of business and not in
terms of right and wrong? If we
adopt Mr. Bryan's proposal, to what pe
riod of production Is the prohibition
to apply? Is the excess for a day or
for a month to be considered? Or is
the average production for a year to bo
takeo? And what system shall be de
vised by which suitable Information
may be furnished in the nature of dan
ger signals along the routes of trade
so that the manufacturer may -know
when he is about to exceed the pre
scribed ratio? He may Justly be re
quired to govern his own conduct, but
how shall he be apprised of the con
duct of others upon which Is to depend
bis guilt or innocence?
The patent laws confer a true
monopoly In the exclusive right to man
ufacture and sell. Are these laws to
be repealed because a" "private mon
opoly Is Indefensible and Intolerable?"
Bonn's CrnA Reasonls.
An example of Mr. Bryan's reason
ing Is found In his statement thut
"when a corporation controls 50 per
cent of the total product It supplies
forty millions of people with that prod
uct." There are, of course, specialties
which have a limited market and are
used by a relatively mall number of
the people of the United States. More
than 50 per cent, and indeed even as
much as 100 per cent of the trade In
such articles may be In the control
of a particular corporation. This may,
In fact, be relatively a small corpora
iniu. ii may never mtrr Khpirwa ;j uits
unsavory renown of a "trust." But by
prosecuting Its particular line' with
fidelity and meeting satisfactorily a
limited want; or by reason of some
secret processes or advantage of experi
ence, it may control the trade In a giv
en article of commerce. Or, suppose a
concern controls the whole trade In
some useful byproduct which It has
found it advantageous to make, Is the
trade to be prohibited?
The Democratic platform makes no
ALtHAM WATOifclSk.
IS WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY
H and SILVERWARE
Greatest Assortment of every description ever seen in Lincoln County
jjjj A Beautiful Line of
1 1 SPECTACLES and EYE GLASSES
Fine Watch Repairing a Specialty
(TV rty Years' Experience)
H. b PETERSON,
va nmaker, Jeweler .md Optician
TOLEDO,
exceptions to cover such cases, and we
have learned that it Is equally "binding
as to what It omits."
If we could Imagine such a crude
prohibition to be enacted Into law, and
to be regarded as valid, what would be
the effect? Mr. Bryan, with his usual
readiness, suggests that the concern
may sell as much of its plants as are
not needed to produce the amount al
lowed by law. He speaks as though
eveiy iiKinufucturiug concern had as
many fully equipped units of produc
tion as would correspond to any given
percentage of trade which It might be
required to lop off. Plants, are not so
easily dismembered. Reduction in out
put means reduction in work, reduction
In the number of men employed and
curtailment ef the efficiency of a going
concern. Let us suppose a concern
which controls SO per cent of a given
product that Is to say, makes and
sells S,000,000 In value out of a total
trade in the product amounting to $10,
COO.OCO. Is It to be compelled to reduce
its output to $2,000,(XX) because only
$2,000,000 In value are made by others?
Then, if It could sell a purt of Its plant
on Mr. Bryan's theory, what should It
sell? Should It sell off euouKb to re
duce Us capacity to $5,000,000, and
allow three-fifths of Its plant to remain
Idle until others developed a capacity
for handling the other $5,000,000?
Should It assume that the total trade
will Increase and Is not always to re
main at $10,000,000, and hence retain
a larger portion of its plant in idle
ness? Or suppose a concern controls
100 per cent of the trade in some arti
cle, what plauts shall it retain? It
can proiluce nothing until others pro
duce; but It may produce an amount
equal to the production of others, and
it holies the trade will grow. What a
vision of business uncertainty and con
fusion, of idle and impaired plants, of
the ruin of worklngmen whose lives
have clustered around particular Indus
tries and who depend upon their con
tinued efficiency, Is presented by this
fanciful remedy for the destruction of
trusts I
Apart from this, if the dissolution
were effected in the manner desired
and portions of plants could be sold
and were sold as suggested, to whom
would the sale be made? Would It be
necessarily to foes or to those ambi
tious to be competitors and anxious to
take advantage of Its plight?
This proposal In Its utter disregard
of the facts of business, in its substi
tution of the phantasies of the imagin
ation fo the realities of life, stamps
the Democratic platform with the fatal
stamp of 1S!H. The commerce and In
dustry of this country, the interests of
its wage earners and of Its interdepend
ent masses, who must rely upon the
stability ef business, cannot afford to
give license to such vagaries.
In the solemnity with which this
proposal has been declared, and the in
sistence with which It Is advocated, we
find an appropriate test of the capacity
of our opponents to dotl wisely with
the problems of the duy.
BEST TR E ATM ENT FOR A TORN.
If fur no other reason, ChHinunrlHin's
Salve hliouM be kept in every hoime
hold on account of Its great value in
the treatment of burns. It allays the
pain almost instantly, bikI unless the
injury is a severe one hetils the part
without leaving a scar. Thist-alve is
also uneqtialed for chapped hands. Mire
tipples and dUtnt.es of the skin
Price 25 cents for bale by Ot.lo O.
Krogntad.
M. E. Church Sunday Services.
Sunday School at 10 :30 a. m. (Jeorge
lie'tierx, Superintendent.
PrenchinK at 11 a. in.
Clttsa meeting at close of morning
service.
Junior League at 3 p. m.
Preaching at 7:30 p. m.
All are cordially invited lo worship
with us. W. E. Rogers, Pastor.
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NOTIOK FOR PUBLICATION.
V. 8. Land Cilice, Portland, Oregon,
AtlKHHt 7, 1908.
Notice Is hereby given that l.ou A. Klllnlf,
of Sllets, OntKon, who, on April 9, IDtW, madu
bomeHtcad application No. 15WH. Burial No.
0180, for Loll 1, 2. 3 and t, section 3D, township
8 south, ranue 10 w, Willamette Meridian, haa,
filed notice of intention to make Huh! commu
tation proof, to estalillnh claim to the land
above described, before Ira Wade, County
Clerk of Lincoln County, at Toledo, Ortgon,
on th2Istday of Septen bar, ItHW.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Warren It. Hall, Ueorxe Miller, Henry Wilson
and o. C. Hell, all of Siletz, Orcjcun.
Alqeiinon H Piikkhkk, Register.
NOTICE KOR PUBLICATION.
U. S. Land Ollice, Portland, Oregon,
Heintemhor 21, lUOS.
Notice is hereby given that Stephen 1
Stiatton, of Bili'ti, Oregon, who, on June 2i,
1!KI5, made homestead entry No. 15732, Herlal
No. 0371. fori'.jof m'i ! section 25, and on
October 27. 19u5, iidilitlonal homestead entry
No. 10K14, Serial No. 0t.i5, for a", of sw'4, see
tion 25, towimhlpS south, range 10 west. Wil
lunette Meridian, has tiled notlca ol intention
to make final three year proof, to establlali
claim to the land above described, before tho
Register and Receiver, at Portland, Oregon,
on tne un day of November, lixig.
Clniinant imniex as witnesses:
A. W. Mortrim, Lambert Nelson, of SMels.Or.j
Jay W. Dunn, of Toledo, Or.; Ueorgu lleirels,
of Globe, Washington.
Attorneys for Plain tiff.
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