.."SI .4 . THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 18, 1914. A DR. SMITH AS MAYOR OF PENLDETON SAVES CITY WATER SUPPLY His Ability to Protect Public Interests Against Attacks by Private Greed Proven. SMITH HAS WORKED YEARS FOR POPULAR GOVERNMENT BYERS' CASE RECALLED Effort to AUnAt Wtr Rifhts for Prtvat Benefit Thwarted .as Xioaf Ago m 1898. 7ndleton, Or., Oct. 17. During th time that Dr. C. J. Smith was mayor of Pendleton, In 898. there arose a ques tion that was of great local interest, and upon which the then mayor and ths present candidate for governor took a vigorous stand to protect the city's rights against the encroach ments of a private corporation. It ! a story that is of genuine interest in the gubernatorial campaign because it hows in a most convincing manner how Ir. Bmjth stood, when put to the tt. on the great and never ending struggle between public interest and Individual privilege. The narrative may be best Intro duced by the reproduction of an Inter view that appeared in the Evening Telegram of Portland about March 3. 1898. That interview was as fol lows: "W. S. Byers of Pendleton, whose flour milling property valued at I1M, 000 was burned, is registered at the Terklns. He informed a Telegram man that he has let a contract for an other mill Just as good as the old one, which will be the second largest in the state. He expects it to have a capac ity of 1000 barrels every 24 hours. Mr. Byers has Just returned from Wash ington, D. C, where he went for the purpose of getting a bill through to protect his water rights. Pendleton la under an administration which It eema, is making Mr. Byers consider able trouble in the matter." The administration to which Mr. Byers referred was the 'administration of Dr. Smith. An Attempted Grab, The bill which Mr. Byers then had before congress was not a measure to protect his water right, for his right was not being contested In any man Tier. The bill which had been intro duced in congress by Representative Kills was intended to extend the Byers' right so as to give the mill the ownership of the city's water supply f-r ,;;,;,:; -'.if fc'VSl It-, v WJ ' - If ' Sir,' v r u"' - y .tJ .ir;-- Dr. C. J. Smttli. of United States senators was the only logical method. "I was one of the most consistent supporters of Statement No. 1, and I voted for the first two senators elected by the choice and direction of the vot proud is the saving to Pendleton of its water supply. While I was mayor of Pendleton C. S. Jackson, then editor and owner of tha East Oregonlan, came in and showed me a four line telegraphic dispatch from Washington TOLEDO WOMEN ORGANIZE IN SUPPORT OF DR. SMITH era Johnathan Bourne and Fred MuP saying that a bill had been Introduced! key. That election, or rather confirma tion by the legislature of the people's choice proved we were beginning to make progress along the lines of prac tical reform. "in 1905, after the adoption of the people's government through the ini tiative and referendum, a lawyer from Hood River named Jayne, introduced what was called the Jayne bill to amend the local option law adopted by the people at the preceding general election. It was the first attempt to defeat the will of the people expressed by their votes at the polls. "By amending this act the action of the people was - abrogated and their will vitiated. Paul Wessinger was ; money, back or the bill. The Jayne bill pulled the teeth, and clipped the claws of the local option bill. The liquor interests were in Salem with a barrel of money to use in emasculating the law voted on the statute books by the people. It passed the house and came to the sen ate, A. F. Flegel came up to Salem to work against the liquor lobby and protect the law from the assaults of ( the liquor men. Malarkey led the i fisht for the liquor men. The bill j was referred to the Judiciary commit- j tee oi me senate. we learnea tney were about to report the Jayne bill favorably. Walter Pierce and I put our heads together. How BUI Was Pougrht. "Walter Pierce was chairman of the committee on education. We de cided to try to have the bill changed from the Judiciary committee to the committee on education. It was moved that the bill' be referred to the com mittee on education in place of the Judiciary committee. The president of the senate decided the motion was out of order. Next day I again moved that the bill be transferred to the com mittee on education. The president of the senate consented, the Vote was put and we won out by two votes. The ones most active in the fight for upholding the will of the people were Walter Pierce, Miller, Booth, Cos-how and myself. The committee on educa tion reported the bill adversely and their report was adopted by 16 ayes. 13- noes and 1 absent. We not only upheld the will of the people, making stronger popular government, but we taught the liquor men that they were no longer able to buy legislation as In the past. "One of the things of which I am didate for Law Enforce ment Indorsed, giving to W. S. Byers, the owner of D 0, , Byers' mill, the water supply of the PrOnOUnCed otand Ol Uan umatuia river, we wired at once to W. R- Ellis, our representative in con- j gress and a citizen of Pendleton, to ' hold up ail action till Pendleton could be heard from. We circulated peti tions and showed a sentiment so strongly opposed to such a betrayal! Toledo. Oct. 17. Rallying to the ure'wWTef151118 -"PP of Dr. C. J. Smith?candidLte "Now. as to your question why I for Sveior. because of his pro want to be governor and my policy. I j nunced stand for law enforcement and believe can be of service to the state, ' advocacy of better moral conditions, and I believe, public service, that is j the women of Toledo have organized working for the public welfare is more ' a non-partisan club to work in their wprth while than the mere making of ' candidate's interest. Jy policy will be to give the . Thirty of the best known nm state my best ability in advancing the make up the club s initial membership interests of all of its citizens. I would ; and it is expected that many more will want to work for what I have always ; become members before the end of the believed in, popular government, in j campaign. Of the club officers Mrs which all of the people have an in- j. f. Stewart, president, is the wife of terest and a voice." j the district attorney, and Mrs. Nellie Gaither, secretary, is the wife of To ledo's mayor. The following resolution was adopted by the club: "We, the undersigned women electors of Toledo, Or., and vicinity, hereby pledge ourselves to Join the Women Smith-for-Governor club that Is or- Speakera Announced. j ganized for the purpose of promoting .Tomorrow evening, at 8 o'clock i the candidacy and help secure the elec- aharp, there will be a meeting in the I tlon of c- J- Smit tor governor of the publio library. Tenth and Yamhill, ' f Jtem nJ u'JnrV b? . -j i . . T, the man best ritted for that office, SrtStpiC,e!ff e i whos Private n P"01 Hfe is above WM.ia-w aO.KUCI.V UUIIOIUQI ; rCprO&Cll POLITICAL NOTES Proposed Amendments Are to Be Discussed at Meeting in Library. amendments to be voted on at the No- j Many of the club members are Re- vember election. The following will women T Thev sav they are Hi.w BIap..0n-Sl"N?,rntt IwPPortln, Dr. Smith ' because he it , ... . ..., 'V1,V """fJ ("the best man." The membership list follows: Mesdames J. V. Stewart, president; P. Frederick. Ella Baird, Edith, Van Cleve, Josephine Fogarty, Bertha Lin genfelter. Hans Norgard, Anna Hart, Alice Waugh. Helen Mills, Al Waugh, John Sugg. M. I Trapp, Dudley Trapp, Representation;" A. D. Cridge, "$1500 Exemption;" Mrs. Maria L. T. Hidden, "Primary Delegate Election Bill;" Dr. J. B. Zeigler, "Docks and Wharves:" C. W. Barzee. "Industrial Commis sion;" Mrs. Millie Trumbull, "Eight Hour Bills f George S. Shepard, "Non Partisan Judiciary," . and Dr. Jean Cline on the "Dentistry Bill." Music will be furnished under the direction of Mrs. E. A. Beals. Miss Lida M. O'Bryon will preside. "Everybody" la Invited. Candidates to Speak. The Alberta Woman's Improvement club will meet Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at the residence ofMrs. Jose phine R. Sharp, 1033 East Twenty fourth street N. A. F. Flegel, Demo- T 11 s v ji , . L cratic candidate for congress, Thomas M. Hurlburt, candidate for sheriff, Roscoe P. Hurst, candidate for Joint representative, and others will Bpeak. The meeting will be open to the public. Boys Must Get Work. Two sons of a woman drawing a widow's pension, both strapping boys PoLtlanders Receive (ermaii White Book Authra-Ued Translat;oB Blames Inn i for Betraytng Oermany's Coafi- deaje and Causing war. Am3ng the Portlanders who have recei',d copies of the German White Hook 3s Abe Asher of 192 First street. The J tpy received by Mr. Asher Is an autht Hzd translation of the wow fa mous 'White Book Issued by the Ge man 'foreign office in August, in whici'"' the German version of the even precipitating the war Is set forth?- together with the original tel egrams and notes between the rulers and !heir diplomatic agents. Where Gerrfcn officialdom places the re sponblirty is clear from the title imKfli uir irniiBiaiiun, w men rcHua. "ThGermaii White Book (Onlv Ai thoriWd translation); How Russia and Her Ruler Betrayed Germany's Con fidence, and Thereby- Caused the Euro. pean'i'A'ar." fj . - "Bfshop" Wilkinson 1 Never Misses Day toa-V Who Hag Preached to Millloa air is and Clerks of Wall Street for DeWde on Hand Regularly nA To'rk. Oct. 17. Though Wall stre; Is officially closed and aa far as b'iness is concerned is absolutely deadjfyet one institution one form of its U'et continues as before. This- in stiton'is the Rev. Wlllia! son, better known to hu'ndr couh&y's most prominent financiers 1. B. Center, Nellie Gaither, secre'tary ; ' and t-i thousands of habitues of the rinarvpiai aistrict as i ne oisnop oi WalFStreet Foi the past 10 years this paster, who 4s one of the vicars of Trinity churfji. has preached dally on Wals streejC The curbstone has been his pulpit : and Ma congregation has been made-up of millionaires and clerks. All are tke to him. They are all a part of mjlnklnd and It is to mankind that he pr.iaches not any class or division. Siie the war started and the stock mart closed Broad and Wall streets havThresented a very dreary appear ance2T But "Bishop" Wilkinson has neve missed a day's appearance there. AndTjhere always Is a large "congre gatlo" on hand to hear him preach. Miss Ella Ralston, an enthusiastic worker in the Toledo women's Smith-for-governor club. J McGee, C. M. Grady. Rose Schenck, C. T. Baling, vice president; Iva llar locker. Robert Allen. Anna Avery, Onda Carey. Nina Culver Nora Fuller, Irma Bomberg, E. S. Hamel. Nellie Jackson and Miss Ella Ralston. of 17 and 18 years, were yesterday given one week to secure work by Judge Gateng of the Juvenile court. Falling to find employment in that time unless they can enow efforts which failed, will mean the rock'pile for each. The boys are said to remain idle while their mother works out at washing to help support them and their brothers and sisters. By F. I Pendleton, Or., Oct. 17. For more than 2 years, Dr. C. J. Smith, candidate for governor, has been one of Oregon's most loyal work- fers for popular government. He was one of the first and most earnest work ers for Statement No, 1. He was one of the first, most enthusiastic and hardest workers for the Direct Pn- In addition to the riirht to use the l mirv iMrnn TT It was who. while in wattr of the Umatilla river for milling the senate, led the successful fight to purpos.es. At that time as now, the defeat the Iniquitous Jayne bill which Byera' water right consisted in a per- 1 would have defeated the will of the nilt from the department of the inter- , ceod- bv modifvinir and makimr of ior under which the mill had the right to use the Uma.ulla river water for milling purposes bin not for other pur poses. Mr. Byers assumed he had the abso lute ownership of the river and claimed that Pendleton had no right whatever to take water from the river . for domestic purposes unless with his consent. He attempted to proceed on that theory and had a scheme under which he proposed to sell water to the city for all community uses. It would have been a good arrangement for the mill proprietor because the ownership of a water supply for a growing town like Pendleton is a valuable privilege. But the scheme did not appeal to Mayor Smith nor to C. S. Jackson, now owner of the Oregon Journal who was then the owner and publisher of the East Oregonian. Accordingly, the matter was taken up with the city council and a protest was lodged gainst the enactment of any law by congress that would extend Mr. Byers" rlpht, without first throwing adequate -nafeguards around the interests of the lty. An effort was made to give vrry possible encouraKement to Mr. Byers in his milling enterprise, but a firm stand was taken against allowing him to fasten a grip on the city's water supply. It was suggested by the public spirited citizens opposing the grab that an agreement could be made under which Mr. Byers. if he no effect the recently . enacted local option law. He led the fight in Uma tilla county against the assembly can didate for the state senate, causing him to subscribe to Statement No. 1. Integrity, ability and business expe rience are three of the qualifications a candidate for the office of chief ex ecutive of the state should possess. There are plenty of other qualifications he should have, but he must have in tegrity, ability and business experience. During the 23 years Dr. J. J. smitn has lived in Oregon his integrity has never been questioned. Dr. Smith had been in the limelight as is any man who runs for office. He has political enemies so that it is not because his record has not been thoroughly gone over, that his Integrity has not been questioned. The reason his integrity has never been questioned is that his record will bear the closest scrutiny. The most searching Investigation will prove he has been square in his deal ings. Becord Speaks for Itself. As to his ability the record of his 23 years of activity in Oregon speaks for itself. A man may be honest and Rave the best of intentions and not be able to -successfully administer the afafirs of state. He can not Intelligently direct the many and various activities of the governor's office unless he has the wished, could furnish the city with I poise and knowledge gained by busi- ity system and re- 1 ness experience. Dr. Smith has had water under a gravi ceie pay based on the cost of the work but the ownership of the water, It was insisted should remain in the name of the people, so the rights of the city would be made secure for all time. They did not want the city to have to pay unnecessary tribute to a private corporation for a right it had always enjoyed without cost. Guarded City's Right. That was the stand taken by the ad ministration of Dr. Smith and the stand had the effect of saving Pendle ton from losing Its water supply to private ownership. In the face of the protest made by the mayor and his colleagues congress did not Pass the long business experience along many lines. In 1890 he was appointed a member of the United States pension board and served for 22 years. For 18 yars he was a member of the school board at Pendleton. Dur ing the time he was in office all five of Pendleton'a modern school buildings were erected. It was Dr. Smith who had a course In agriculture installed in the schools at Pendleton, the first course of its kind to be taught in any public school in the state. Medford put In a course in horticulture prior to this time, which was the rirst at tempt in the state to make one's legislation desired and the mill com- schooling pay In bread and butter re- jtaLity wva nui niiuncu iu caiciiu uu- j suits. minion over every drinking faucet and kitchen sink in Pendleton. Thanks to the stand taken by the city administration of that time, Pen dleton continued to enjoy the bene fits of a municipal water supply and does yet. The city this year completed the improvement of its water system by constructing a $300,000 gravity sys tem under which it secures water from the fbothllls of the Blue mountains, 18 miles away, and provffles an abund ant supply for all community needs at prices based on actual cost. The cash income for the city supply is now over $30,000 a year. Had it not been for the efforts of Dr. Smith and his friends in 1898 that money would now be going to a private corporation and not Into the coffers of the city. The moral of this story of course is that if the people of Oregon wish a governor who has "gone through the mill" and Is known to stand firmly and Justly for the public interest when that interest, is assailed by private greed they can find such a man In Dr. C. J. Srp-lth. FAIR COMMISSION MEETS Oregon commissioners of the. Pan ama-Pacific exposition held a brief! meeting at the commission's headquar ters yesterday, disposing of a number of routine matters connected with the actual installation of Oregon's dis plays. Chester J. Hogue. the commission's architect, submitted suggestions for completing the art department. George M. Hyland, who returned yes terday from the Redmond potato show, " reported keen enthusiasm in eastern and central Oregon, which will have characteristic exhibits at San Fran cisco. O. M. Clark, chairman of the commission, left last night for San Frahcisco to look after final touches on the Oregon building. China -is unformed by Great Britain that she is powerless to interfere witji eta of her ally, .Japan, in attack on KJao Chau. Dr. Smith was chosen as mayor of Pendleton and had a chance to meet and solve some of the problems of government that, in a larger way, the governor of our state must meet. He was state senator from Umatilla coun ty, was appointed a member of the board of higher curricula, was a mem ber of the state board of health and is still a member of the committee of 10 appointed by the Pendleton Com mercial club to work for the Umatilla irrigation project. The committee has never been discharged, as their experi ence was desired in settling the many problems arising in connection with the building and administration of the project. They are now working on the west extension of the original project I spent a few noursvwith Dr. Smith a few days ago and I put in most of the time asking questions. I have known Dr. Smith a good many years. He is the kind of a man who wears well. "Tell me all about yourself. What you have done, why you want to be governor and what your policy will be as governor," I said. Publio Entitled to Know. "I will be glad to tell you anything you want to know. The public Is en titled to6 have the information. I thoroughly believe that you can trust the people to make a wise decision if they are given the facts. We have demonstrated again and again that the public will act wisely and for the best interests of all the people if it is sup plied with full and accurate informa tion. We certainly have demonstrated here In Oregon that popular govern ment Ib the very aalvatlon. of our in stitutions. 5 . "Now to your question. I was born August 23. 1864 .near Columbus, Ohio. "When I was 16, I began teaching school. I taught school to earn money to go to college. I wanted to make my money get me as .nuch education as possible, so X wrote to the various colleges as to rates and picked out tha Northwestern univer sity at Ada, Ohio, because I could get a room for .0 cents a week and board for $1.80 a week. I counted my savings and divided them by $2.30 a week, and decided I could get through. I taught summer school each year and secured my diploma- After some more teaching to earn money, I entered the University of OSTo, and graduated with the degree of M. D. Came West In 1890. "When I was 26 years old that was in 1890 I came west. I wenft in with Dr. Blalock at Walla Walla. He established a branch office at Pen dleton and put me in charge. In 1891, Dr. i Blalock was elected world fair commissioner. It was his duty to gather exhibits for the state, to be sent to Chicago. He turned the Pen dleton office over to me. "That same year, 1891, I was mar ried to Miss Lillian Gulliford, whose people lived near Echo. Her father served in the Indian war of 1856, with William Blakely. "Being from Ohio, I had absorbed In the very air as a boy an interest in politics. I felt I had no right to complain of bad government if I did nothing to help secure good government. "I attended the Democratic county convention. I found that in the Dem ocratic party, as in the Republican party, the. people had no real voice. I found that the delegates had noth ing to do with it I found that a few astute politicians from Salem or Portland dropped Into town the day before the convention, called a few of the leaders together in the Pack room of some saloon, or in some lawyers office, and fixed up a slate. I found that it was all mapped out m advance who should make the nominations, who should be nominat ed, who would second the nomina tions, what resolutions should be passed and how unruly delegates should be disciplined and subdued. I was thoroughly disgusted. Popular government apparently was a farce. State Conventions Boss-Bidden. "I found the state conventions were as boss-ridden and as corruptly con trolled as the county conventions. I found the few delegates who protested in the name of the people were laughed at as visionaries and kept off all com mittees. They were consideied un safe and told they didn't understand practical politics. I became indignant at the Injustice of the method and its lack of real representation. I told the party leaders it was an outrage. They saia l wouia coot aown as I got older; that both parties had to practice prac tical politics and do questionable things, and that I mustn't kick over the traces or I would have cause to re gret it. That threat didn't work as they expected it to. It made me de termlne to work for real representation of the people in the election of their officials. The desire for popular rep resentation and antagonism of the old corrupt methods was becoming more pronounced. The Direct Primary league was formed and I became an ardent member. One of the old time manipulators and beneficiaries of the Democratic party came to me and said, 'I am going to leave the Democratic party and go over to the Republican party. I am going to take over the best of my workers. If you will come over with me I'll see that you are taken care of. The Republicans have promised to take good care of any of my workers I take with me. I have my wires laid. I am going after the highest office in the state. I told him in language more forceful than polite where he could go. He was cold blooded, and where I advised him to go is no summer resort. If he had gone there it might have warmed his blood. He thought he had the price and could buy his way to the gover nor's chair. He paid the price, but his new friends couldn't deliver the goods. Walter Pierce, myself and a few Others worked night and day to see that Umatilla county rebuked him for his treachery and venality. He was defeated by less than 300 votes. Umatilla county giving enough votes against him to do the work and show him that the day of buying office was gone forever in Oregon. Served first Tern in Senate la 1903. "I served my first term in the senate in 1903. Fulton was elected, and every bit of legislation depended on, your attitude in the senatorial fight, and was tainted and corrupted by Fulton's election. If you would vote for Fulton you could have votes for your meas ures. If you refused to vote for Ful ton your measures were defeated. That session was .enough to convince any honest man that popular election IN WHICH of these groups are your children ?. Are they cooped up in some apartment-house or down-town dwelling flanked by shops, with only the hard pave ment for a playground when they dare to venture forth for a bit of God-given fresh air? Are they compelled, while playing the games you played when a boy, with the whole world for your out look, to dodge the ranting auto mobile, with its raucous siren, or dispute every foot of vantage ground with a procession of gro cers', butchers' and laundry wag ons, and be subject the while to the idle glances of every passer by? Under conditions like these, what will be their memories of childhood and "home"? What permanent youthful friendships can they make that will serve them in after life, living in one place one year, in an other the next? Would you want to exchange your memories of your own child hood for such as these? What of the adult members of your family that pass in and out through the same portals through which pass a hundred others whom you and they do not know whom you may never know. Can you call such a place home an abode which affords no spot where your foot may touch the earth, that you may be electrified by that potential, virile energy which comes from contact with the soil? For your own sake for the sake of your wife and children make a change! It can be done! You can do it! We will help you do it! This is the otter group a more pleas ant picture upon wnicn to .gaze; a pic ture of busy, con tented wife and hap py children at play; of fresh air and fragrant blossoms of ruddv cheeks and eager appetites! This can be XfOXir future home in rVestover Terraces, and it can be yours very soon if you will take advantage to your own profit of the offer we are now making to those who wish to buy sites and build hotYlQS. Telephone to me, call on me, or write to me; either method will enable me to tell you about this wonderful, offer. An offer that will tur prise you that will convince you that YOU can have a home in Westover as easily as others. Westover Terraces rest high above the city; back of them rise low. protecting hills, covered with a robe of evergreen, sprinkled now witb crimson and gold ; in front lies a wonderful vista of rivers, valleys, snow-clad peaks and mighty mountain cbain. Here, the air is' pure, with that quality that begets energy; here, at morn the sifp may rise over the mountains to the east, cheering you with its life giving rays, long before the jrhite sea of mist far down on the lower levels, y th here and there a lofty spire" peering through Kite a beacon, has dis appeared. Here, the tumult of the city cmes only as a pleas ant murmur. At night a miiUon lights flash out reaching in a silver crescent? from Vancouver on the Columbia to Oregon City; far up the Willam ette; here everything seems imote, yet you may reach your part of. the busings world almost at a moment's notice. The road to Westover, eitherby trolley or 'motor, leads through the most pleat jant part of the city. Stately residences line the streets on either side to the very entrance of Westovrir. There is nothing along the range of vision offend the senses; everywhere is the idea of horge! Westover is ready for you noiqf Delay no longer every day shortens the time in .Which you and those dear to you may really fcnoiu-tund enjoy hornet Westover will forever be onfg for homes; forever a place of rest a place of buty. f . ' "Eternal as the hills ajf fair as they." I: It: To reach Westover by automobile, motor up Love joy tret to Cornell Road then follow Cornell Road to Westover. A good roSd reaches to the very top of the Terraces. When going by car", take "Wcar marked ' "Westover" on Morrison streets and transfer at Twenty-fifify and Petty grove. So salesmen on the property Sunday. f l ! F. N. CLARK & COMPANY SELtlNG AGENTS J - v- Second Floor Title and Trust Buifiding r . Main 5423 A-7617 L Fourth Street n V