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.Would Divide State Into Sixty
), Representative aria Thirty
Senatorial Districts. A ,
ORGANIZATIONS MEET .
. IN HOOD RIVER SOON
!: Strong Effort Will Be Made to Jn
" lUato Bill for Next General Elee-
tlon Large Attendance , Expected
V at Meeting Thla Month.' -
A naw division of tha atata Into aana
torial , and repreaeatatlva districts
through tha Initiative, new tax reform
laws, normal aehool adjustment, food
roads, text book changes and a multi
tude of other publlo queetlona will
. make the annual, aeaalon of the atata
grange a memorable and lively meeting
thla roar. Tha session will convene at
.'. Hood River Tuesday. Mar 18, at 10
' o'clock a. m. There will be about CO
v delegates la attendance. As all mem
, bera of tha order are entitled to attend;
j tha sessions of the atata grange and
. i re extended the courtesy of the door,
It la estimated that there will be from
2,000 to 8,009 In attendance. - -
: Tha delegates from Multnomah county
are: Fred Crane and wife, Roekwood
grange; A. F. Miller and wife, Lenta
grange, and It W. Gill, Ruesellvllle
- grange. - .
Evening Star grange from thla county
will aend a degree team of 61 members.
It will put on tha first, third and fourth
degrees Wedneaday. evening of the eec
ond day's aeaalon. J. J. Johnson, tha
master, baa eharge or the team.
f v Committees are now at work upon
. the various reform measures. It la
probable that one or two bllla will be
Initiated through tha recommendation of
the grange. R. W, Gill haa prepared a
resolution which will be introduced
early in the aeaalon. It reade aa fol
lows:
"Whereaa, A large proportion of tha
membership of our recent : legislatures
have shown an utter disregard and con
tempt for tha rights and interests of tha
people, letting corporate Interests and
private gain weigh against publlo good
and thua breaking- their pledgee made
oerore election;
"Whereas, Such lack of fidelity In out
law-making body ta not only endanger
ing and destroying our commercial and
social progress, but la opening the way
for the dollar-grabbing, grafting opera
tions of pernicious corporations from
the east that are turning their atten
tion to Oregon;
"Whereaa, We believe that tha mal
feasance shown in our legislature la due
In a large degree to a wrong system in
the manner of their election, which haa
jriven to a combination of bosses and
ring politicians situated i throughout all
the large cltlea and towns of tha atata
a balance of power In our legislature;
"Whereaa, We believe a new system
for their election ouch aa would divide
the atata Into 00 representative and 0
senatorial single member dlatrlota would
for the following reasons be a lasting
reform for tha people of Oregon:
"FlratBy creating amaller dlatrlota
would bring: tha choice of aenatora and
repreaentatlvea nearer home to the peo
ple so that In primary and general elee
tions the voter would be better ao
qualnted .and informed a a to the quail
ficatlon of candidates.
"Second-The DeoDle of a small die
trlct taking a greater interest In their
member would watch him more closalv
ana tnua cause him to have a better
regard for the voter's lnteresta,
Third Each section of the country
would have Its Just representation and
no political rlnr in the city could keeo
the balance ofMhe county from lta Juat
representation.
fourth -The expense to become a
candidate would be lessened and a bet
ter class of men could be Induced to run.
, "Fifth Under the preaent system the
mora thickly populated countiea of tha
atata have longr lists of candidates and
the average voter not knowing them
marka tha first namea on the ballot and
tha ballot being arranged alphabetically
givee-the onea heading the list an un
due advantage. Small districts would
remove this evil of the present system,
' "Sixth Wisconsin and Kansas have
thla plan and the reform legislation In
these states la due In a large part to
tnia system. ' f ..,
Bequeeta Hew BIU. '
"Whereas, It la self-evident that If
our own legislature represented tha peo
pla'a will there would be no need to re
sort to tha expenses of the Initiative
and referendum.
"Resolved, By ' tha Oregon state
grange In aeaalon assembled, , that we
reaffirm our stand for- thla measure
and that we ' hereby request and am
power tha executive committee of the
Oregon etate grange to frame and
Initiate a bill for the general election
of 10. auch a bill to contain la part
tha following provisions: 1 ,
Tlret The atata to be divided into
60 representative and SO senatorial dla-
Zf aayons ahotU4 aak yon, "XowM
wit maklar It ta kit Ufa against
tha Beef Trust T" Just tall them,
Tie's doing' all rlghtr Tell them that
the Beef Trust haa brought lta aolan
tlflo ruination theories Into Oregon, but
they haven't hart Smith, They nave
proved a boomerang and are sitting the
Beef Trust's own markets, , . . '
Frank L. Smith Aleat Co. j
aat-aao Alder It, Bet 1st and ad Sta.
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TIQBTKtt TXB BEIT TBTTST.rt
Veal Blew ... t.. ...... .81
Choice Breaat Veal .....101
Beat Shoulder Boaata,
Veal 10 and 12W I
Fancy Veal CntIeta. .. .iaM and 151
Fine Lega of Veal .lZttf
Beef for Soup and Meat Jelllee....2
Beef for Stews, Pot Flea, to Boll
and to Bake of
Prima Rib Roaat Beef, tha very
beat out ....i.. :....101
Round Steak, tender cuta... ...... 101
Roaat Beef, ahoulder cut. , .8
Pot Roasts of Beef ................81
Ecphomicai Mothers Appreciate' the Say
ings Gained by Purchasing-
trinta baaed nronortlonately upon thai
vote eaat at tha election of iioi. .
-flecond Cltlea to be divided aepa-
rately from balance of tha eounty where
such eltlee are enuuea to mora man one
member.
Third No district to have more tnan
one senator or repreaentatlve'
At the Mdyer
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ALL THE LATEST
SAILORS
Japanese Satin Braid
, SaUor Hats :
Special Tomorrow
4-inch Brim,. White Mi
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grade. Special . . . $1.49
il Jhc ; WpnderMiIIincry Co.
. x corner Morrison and FirstStreets
THE BIG BARGAIN MILLINERY HOUSE
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Boys' Sturdy Wool Suits at $1.05, ?2.50, $3.00, $3.50,
$3.05, and up to ?G.OO. - ' ' . i . -
A Baseball and Bat. or Catcher! Mit Given Away With Boys
wool suits. .
Endless Varieties of
Wash
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Splendidly Made, as Low as
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At an extraordinary reduction of 15 on every
piece of JEWELRY in our establishment
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You need not pay hll OUR -SILVERWARE
cash make a small LINE is also included
payment upon purchas-J in THIS SALE We
This Trade-Building Salrf didnt just happen it is quite
uic toiiuaiy.i adoux six montns ago we planned to
have a great clothing sale 6n suits which we could sell
for $9.85, $12.50 and $15.00. , It was no small matter
. to provide several thousand suits in v which the cloth,
making, and lining would be of a character that this
- store could afford to put out under its guarantee. But
- : we overcame all obstacles and here are the suits for
ties of suits our stock is practically unbroken, Come to
inc x rauc-xuuuing oaie, wnere two , suits can
be had for the regular price of one. ,
ing jewelry the
balance on weekly
payments of
carry, sets, ranging
in: size from ONE
to SIX pieces.
You Vear the Jewelry While Pitying Joi Same
credit Cors. First, Second and Yamiiill Streets credit
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$15.00
$ 1 ?r5rt For Suits WOfth $16.50, $18.00
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and $19.00.
For fine Tailor-Made Suits worth in
$25.00 ' and some as high as $30.0o!
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Corner Third and Stark Streets
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