The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, January 09, 1923, Image 14

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Newspaper Page Text9 i V i -i 3 v strong personality and brilliant disputation win make him an but 'tan'dlnfc character of the i82S ; session, ln-splta ot, the ?ct. that he Is an innately zdotftet fjiajajvrho trlea.ta keep Winjetf m ttfebac1c , ; ground and , is 'averse. toJsoiiia- -tional - publicity or .publicity of ny -jtlna. The Oregon Voter Bays ,1 of him: ' "He Is a bom fighter,, howerer, and there -will be times' when ' nothiEf -canv "Teirtrain him from ; jmlxlnjr -in"' a legislative!" scrap. ' When the remains are . gathered, M they -will not be WcMah,aa His j mind Js well stored; he has been I a close ohsenrer of Oregon -affairs . for many years i i he has -formed t positive 'opinions, some of which. " many whom the .public baa. placed ' upon a' pedestal; he contracts ' : prejudices -.wltfcn somewhat em ; barrass amicable adjustments. ); but "can be conTinced by" clrcum- r V. , i . Mi'" J i ,-' Tf ' v REE. L.H, McMAHAN. ' . ... ; Salem, Republican; -'xepresenta-H tire, 1923, 1st DiBt.. Marlon coun- $ ty. Attorney; , farmer, Xormer newspaper editor, , ' r -:' 1 : ity::..' l a - . v f. stances if not by Argument .that n ? the other ( fellow meant. ; right, ; -whereupon he .wJU ,as stoutly, de : j fend his enemy, under attack as.he li: will .denounce bJs bosom. , friend f for a- little 'difference, in opinion.- KnpwlMti ixatelt 'M yfen' ia . he K does," h'e dislikes getting mixed up .iin'controtersial afiaJra because of .' ii the earnestness with which he : ; -taJcea sides, .so ,ne has '..'seldom ; JT broken'" loose - except under ' ex :' tl tremepEOTiocatlon. Old. timers, : howeyer.:jtill' recall that it was . j McSaahan'Mvho- first started the i ( fight on lieu land - frauds ; later ' 'A he enjoined the Crater take road i $100,000 appropriation, graying - the odium of good roads boosters; similarly he antagonized , irriga ;,' tionists by endearoring to enjoin '. jj the S.50,000 appropriation tor ; ' the ..Tumalo .project. These ' are P samples of his activities, and It . il wUr.tW'rnMmbeJredthai'he con- ducted - his - own fights and ' paid If h ownvW3lk. -WedoiDt hotjthat ; he ' la, entering this session with . ' j competelj pacific and benevolent - w intenr, dui we apprenena inai oe- tore tnet session is imisnea mere j will nbefihose rhojwislrVhe ihkd never been born or that, having n been! .born. , he had : remained in U Anfcmi Baker sountw uhere he. - r-JoniVSf ,yeaw?ego...v'yt :, A "Mr. MCMaban was a. newspa- per man before, embarking, in the f U more nnpnnnejratiTOi profession? of I the law. He founded the Wood U burn Independent, 1888; was edi- ?r tor'of "the Salem Dally Independ - - ent in-1892-S; began -practice of jj lawInBalem.'IStTr made enough j :, money-to acquire some fine farm H property-In' Mission Bottom and elsetrheret ' 1 personally r operating ! the farms while practicing law to ! li support them? became interested Lt vitally In the tax question through t! tha tax Increases-forced -upon his ; ' property, and can. be. started taik- ; . ' lng on' the subject of taxation by 1 Si anyone whcr wishes an argument." ARTHUR McPHTTil.TPS Everyone 'in "" Yamhill county knows ' Representative- MePhlllips . by reputation, and his reputation la good vone There are not 'toaay-- aaen - w h o have won ?m ore $ completely " the 4 confidence ' of .jj townsmen and neighbors. For many-years, -whenever there waa a feeling i that' YamhUl county .I should B&d xm"e orherT bear zens-to JjCxe;;1esislatiry, -Mephi -r. lips name was mentioned ahd he was asked to run.- Although he 5 was a Democrat In Republican 5 county, the feeling Tilways 4 was that he would be electedi because he was so well -known ifcTidL' .3 versally admired, for his charac t ter. MePhlllips always succeeded in dodging the call nntil this year his name was written in at the 1 prlmarlea and he was' elected by LEGISLATORS Again we welcome yon and your asso : dates- to oar - city, the capital of the 'good .old state of Oregon. Hi ..f. i BonERco? 'Ice a large majority orer a republi can opponeat tinVKhfimier. ; v county Xarm ; graduated from, flis- REP. ARTHUR McPHlLLIPS McMInnvIUe, " Democrat; Repre- sentatlre, 1 92 3, 1 3 th - Dist., ; Yam hill county. ; Banker. ' ,j" tfict schools and McMlnnvHle col ege; read a course of law and ad mitted to the bar;, twice mayor of McMlnnville; . one of , the organ izers of and now president of the U. S. NaUonal Bank ot.Mc.Mian vllle; owns and operates a farm and i owns considerable other farm and city property; heavy taxpayer, well qualified for legislature, be ing the- kind of man-who should be kept there in the public inter est; one of ; the fine citizens -of the. state ot Oregon. V Jj. Ii. MANN L. ,L .Mann one of the Influ ential members' of 1909. 1911 and 1913 sessions of the legislature, with a record Of good, service to hfs constituents and to the state, is again a representative from the 23rd district. Mr. Mann has been farming . in Umatilla county for the, past 30 years, and farming sncees9fully on a large scale. Be ..'REP.L. L. MANN Pendleton, , Republican; Repr sentetlve, 1 90 9-1 1-1 3, 1 9 2 3, 2 3rd Dist., Umatilla county. Farmer. . . ' ' is married, has three children ahd. is proud of the American school system. ' He ; is a high class man nd his return to legislative halls la welcomed. 1 He Is of a practical turn ot mind, not given to pra tory, adverse to controversy, very much" interested In legislation in tended to improve agricuiiorai conditions and develop the state. FRED J. MEINDL Members ot "'' previous legisla tures will recall a '.quiet, courte ous and exceedingly efficient 'clerk who sat.'faclhr them from the ex treme -left 'end of the--desk tjust below the speaker's throne. This was Fred Meindl, the calendar clerk who-, mHm4.hm immeaiate right, of the reading clerk jotted down notes as to each action tak en on - each measure Just as ; it was taken. Each" notation was on a Separate slip, which, when tilled tratr-waa set to the state printer to ie set in type and inserted. in the daily House Calendar. ' Meindl did his -work so carefully and thoroughly that we have yet to recall a . single, complaint as : to SffV error. !X3n.bls record he was re-elected by succeeding legisla tures until 'he came to be regard ed as a fixture. He will be miss ing"' this year at the clerk's desk. but will be found this side Of it. 9 1 ft Great,! Company j -r -j; j ' fif !,, IMII " i r tfj v 1 I ' l I ill, ' ' " I I " ''""" I , : if v l f j V- ( rv - J - " v " occupying a seat as Joint repre sentative o! Mu'ltnom ah and Clackamas counties.", '.' v An intelligent student and dis criminating observer of legisla tive .methods. Meindl Is well qualified by. experience to per form useful service as a member. He praetices law In Portland and also operates a large purebred stock farm property in Clackamas county: has purebred Jersey cat tle and ; Duroc Jersey hogs; Is a heavy taxpayer. Born 1879; came to Oregon 1888. Clackamas county; graduated Oregon City public schools and Oregon! State REP. FRED J. MEINDL. j Railway Exchange Bldg., Port land, Republican; Representative 1923, 30th Dist.. Clackamas and Multnomah counties; Legislative committee and. , calendar . clerk. 1909-21. Attorney. Normal at Monmouth: taught school several years; practiced law in "Portland since ' 1909; served that same year as chief . clerk of senate committee on assessment and taxation; InV subsequent . ses- dlclary, committee; then dar clerk! marred- nA ann in QAC; another at Lincoln high; daughter two : years old ; ; member1 war draft board; prominent Odd fellow; Past Consul. Multnomah Camp, W. O. W.; protestant. SHERMAN M. MILES An iiiaKtiio1wA influential member of the 1921 legislature. Representative ' Miles again returns as a Democrat elect ed by. a Republican county over a Republican candidate. He stands very high in banking circles of Oregon aa well as in his , home county and community. He is one of the . salt of the earth ' and will have the respect v. f 1 f 7 REP. SHERMAN M. MILES f St. Helens Democrat: representa tive, 1921-23, 20th ' district,- Co lumbia county. Banker. and confidence ot ail his new col- leagues even as he enjoyed that Of the Old ones.. I Born, St. Helens, 1888; public I scnooia, oaiem ana i-oruanu; uap- ltal Business Colege. Salem;. Will-1 ameue university; enierea nana-1 ing business; now president Co- lumbla County ; Bank and vice- president and manager of First National bank of St. Helens; at tulned a fiLtv-or.rd for successful activity in' patriotic drives. . A. miller: Mr. Miller represented Umatilla county in .the 1921 session;, re elected Noyember 7 by the heavi est rote caBt for any candidate on the ticket tin -.Umatilla county. either state of county. Head of one of the oldest -and largest nur series of the. northwest, bank di rector of the First National Bank of Milton and leader in commun ity and county affairs. Born in Healdsburg, California, ,1866; moved to Umatilla county, 1872, to Present site of Milton: educat ed : in Milton academy; ift 1896 became . partner of . father m the nursery business; 1908 incorpor ated Milton Nursery Co.; man aged the business ever since; Milton city . councilman 14 eon- REP. S. A. MILLER MHton, Republican; represents- tire. 1921-23, 23rd district, Uma- tula county. Xiuxseyman, v - i - A ... K- r) i:h 'Vs. -V- V 'AN; .v. I y uL . - , ' : . ; w. l ' t I': m J If t '.;-;y:i:-.X.'-i W ' ' v ,v . - ' :: secutive years, ten of which was mayor- clerk of Milton-Preewater school district from 1895 to pres- v. .. .I.. T-t .hwi fli-tno. 1 !oWih with vaflnoB local Institutions and activities; married Delia Samuel In 1892: son and daughter; lis one of the substantial citizens of eastern, Oregon, -widely known for his nublic stkirit and constructive ac- tivlty In public affairs. : iiMPu y MOTT which swept over France at fre- quent intervals from the lGthfto 18th centuries resulted in einigra- i tlon of more than a million of its finest citizens, who were deter mined to worship after their own fashion. The English colonies re ceived thousands of Huguenot I families Numbers went to Peart- REP JAMES W. MOTT Astoria, Republican i representa tive," 1923, '19th district; Clatsop county. Attorney. : ; , : r: r v f - N f r '- v t-r 5 calen-IT1? and sav? the keystone Biaie some or us imesi biuuu. i4u one group who settled there I ih 1750 were ancestors of Represen tative Molt, who was bom in Clearfield county in-1884. Mr. Mott Inherits the enterprising and Independent . spirit which charac-J terized hisHugenot forbears. He J is all that is implied in the term-J I 11 V Wire ' ftUU UCWUCS UYiuB At. a m.A.ia. ' v. w made a Pnf 8a"ess in the pracUce oi mw uv uss u.o v" " citizen in his country's war and his community's affairs, . Mott was only 5 years old when brought to Oregon by his parents, ihe late Dr. W. S. Mott and WI1- letta M. Mott of Salem. Attended public schools, Salem, and Univer sity of : Oregon. ' Graduated, Co lumbia University (A. B., 1909). iEngaged for a time in. newspaper versity lawschool 1917,.and the !LP2r work. Graduated Willamette unl- Vio - . T i . ". !!. I XVeaumeu prBCUCB JO iaJ5. aiwieu I Iti.. . '.,, v ,V iTt W 1 which office still holds. Marrted. One daughter: Presbyterian: eo-.l of Commerce, Ad Club, Sigma Chi Fraternity, Acacia' Fraternity, Elks, Knights of Pythias, Wood men of the World. H. J. OVERTURF Reelected representative In spite of the fact that he was being pros ecuted - for,, alleged , traud in sol dier, loan aprajsements-Mr.' Over turf has reason to be prOud of the faith shown In him by his, home community, which gave him more votes than any other candidate. Mr. Overturfs friends justify his actions as loan annraiser on the I theorv that : h was hMntne ev-kol- 1 diftrii ohtaln loans adfiouafn to en- I able them to establish tbemselres I as successful Deschutes county farmers. While charted With I having profited personally he has I not been convicted and is entitled mv " 2 REP. H. J. OVERTURP j Bend, Republican; Representative,' 1921-23, 21st district, Crook, Jer- f erson, Deschutes, Klamath and Lake counties; county commis sioner, 1911-12; soldier loan ap praiser, 1921-22. Builder, build ing and loan agent,, land owner. former secretary commercial club. I to the full benefit of the doubt. I w wo auia ucuctii. ut iuo uvuui, He is an enterprlsin g.? progressive man of nroven capacity ascommu- I altv hnnflt.r ant atato lari.utnr I and his usefulness in the 1923 ses- slon has not been destroyed by his I dismissal as appraiser and nroee-1 cution. There are always two sides I and it is nothing but fair to await the final verdict before permitting one's self to harbor prejudice based solely on charges as yet an- proven. . Overturf had a great dear of I successful nolitlcal experience: one of the moving, spirits and for a time the r executive official of j Bend Commercial club: active" In hall central r Oregon development movements tor many ' years and one of the prime movers of same. Born, 1882, .Nebraska; Lincoln high school:' nrenaratorr school of University of Nebraska; 1903-4, 1 University of Oregon ; taught school in Nebraska; arrived Bend 1904 with " 60 cents and $400 debt; got Job and soon went Into I business for himself, real estate and , building; now ha district agency Western Loan & Building I .nmnanv and to flrtivoiv interest - laA in sfiipmi iiwai Anternrises and nroDtreieS. city and" rural; active In" Irrigation development: ten in' Irrigation development; ten years on Bend school board; coun- cilman 1909-10; appointed county commissioner soon as Deschutes county established, 1911; 'first lieutenant home guard; enlisted I officers training camp, 1918; ex ecutive com in ii i win m. a ior an nv 'lerty ioan arives, ttea wross arie ana i. m. u. a. arive; servea on committee to investigate state in- hiustrial accident commission; Ma woumH. 8. P. PIERCE This Is Pierce's fifth term in the house, giving him more exper ience as state representative than I any other 1923 member. While at tempting, no publllc speaking, he is one of the ablest, best-informed and most influential .-'assembly men, hfs abilities having caused him to be chosen once as chairman f roads -and highways, fisheries and salaries and thrice as member of ways and means.. He-has. a notable war record, having served 17 months In the British army af- REP. S. P. PIERCE Sixes, Republican; representative, 1911-13-15, 1921-23, 6th district, Coos and Curry counties. Farmer, contractor. I ter haTlng Deeen rejected by the IT snnv tPiann of sea limit. He is a "real fellow" in the fi nest sense. Born, Fort Steilacoom, Wash., 1866; father, captain ' in regular army, was in command of the tort; educated 'in Oregon common schools; became a fine penman; . . . . i manager of Hume's general mer- iKt 7. f ,1 ',i cuauuise, canniag anu iisu dusi-i. nooSRSayIS: er interested In sawmills; 'log- King, salmon fishing, placer mln- ng, bridge building and railroad MnllmMlnn . fni- lm.nl . -ha. farmed near Port Orford; present nPa inA i,vtn- an :,,',";".,.:' , 1 flume construction for mining, op erations; just completed dock for Port of Port Orford; was county clerk four years, school director, school clerk, three times, census so eager to get into World war that although rejected by U. S army, he enlisted in British srmy na ew oowonM ; service. GEORGE G. RANDALL Another of the real dirt farm era. one whn is noneh nf a real dirt farmer tn iv hooon oiortMi rranen master rd nrnrreaaivn I committeeman of the Clackamas eountv farm burean. Renresenta- tive Randall knows farm condi Itlons from experience. Kepresentative . Randall now owns and is living on the same farm miles south of .Oregon City, that his father purchased I ' ' . ; I KEr. UEUKUK U. KAWUAL.L1 ' I JK refn " W. "fDa, . , ... r ""'. xw 1 viacaamas coumy. .Farmer.- fifty - five years ago for 12 an acre. Consequently he admits that prob- lema of taxation are not entirely detached from the question of en- hanced land values.. . 1 Educated in the country school, then In the liberal arts in Willam- ette university. He has served for several years as chalrmna of I the Clackamas school district No. 63. Also as master of the Warner I grange. No other fraternal con-1 nections., One son. I LLOYD T. REYNOLDS One "of the most, experienced leg lislyators of the 1923, session la i Representative Reynolds, who I served three terms consecutively I from 1907 on. In 1909 and 1911 he was member of ways ahd I means, giving careful attention to try1- .. ' f V-.-t..-'- ; 1 the needs of , the- various- state in- stltuuons.,a aiso aervea uui per ot the State Boar or Hortte.nl I tura under the' Lord and Oeer aa I mintatratiOnB.' " He Is-a BUCcesBru I fruit groVer hid -orchard rbein I one of the show places on the-Pa cific highway three mues soum oi 5u : ..-Mrfl:.:' ' REP. LLOYD T. REYNOLDS Raifim. ReDublican: representa tive. 1907-9-11, 1923, 1st district, Marion county. Orchardlst. Salem. He built it up from a small start ins the '90,'s, paving eone to work On a farm immedi ateiy after graduating irom wu lamette university in 1894, soon thereafter having bought a few acres which formed the nucleus of his present developed property Although born in onto, ne rew ud and was - eoucatea m Bfuem, having been brought to Oregon -by his. parents .while a baoe. - his success in the fruit line has been so notable .mat ne was cnoaen president of the Producers Can ning & Packing company. He is an experienced man Df affairs. whoose abilities.4' character ' and personality always make an im portant place for him in the legis lature ,or in any other gathering of representative men EDWARD SCHULMERICH Representative Edward Schul- merlch, Hlllsboro, Republican; representative, 1923, 15th dis trict. Washington county. Banker. One of the substantial bankers of one of the principal bankipg towns of Oregon, Hlllsboro, Rep resentative Schulmerlch brings to the 1923 session an understand Ing of agricultural problems ahd tax questions, that is certain to be wa. wa v mat iii , ivug caicii- i-o, . ,'iii-'.. .tl t,.. todft on rnBldrftM, ffiSTPi1 ? Sf" if.t. "Sft tied for years with successful and progressive farming in Wash ington county. In a banking way his latest achievement was in bringing about "the reopening of the Bank of Sherwood. With other Washington county bankers and Senator Hare he reorganized the Institution, on a sound basis. advancing considerable of his own capital and assuming the presi dency. His own bank is the State Bank ' of Hlllsboro; . of which he t.n . The, banking connections of Mr. Schulmerlch at one time included1 v"rxT0M":rT"r n"?T befmens National Bank of Port- an interest in the former' Lum- land. CHARLES J. S HELTON cnaies Jackson Shelton was born, on a farm in Union county, j Oregon. 1886; public Schools. Union: University of Oregon Law pcnooi, uugene and ' fortiand, graduating 1915; practiced in Union until 1916, when he moved to Halfway, where he has prac ticed since except while serving REP. CHARLES J. .SHELTON Halfway, Republican; representa- Itive, 1923, 26th district,' Baker I county; u. S. Commissioner; may or, councilman,; recorder." Attor ney. .: , . . ' In the United States nm dnrintfi - , ..... - . World warr f f ive Veara as United f1'8 commission, for this dis; r j u - ici, one yew, , recoruer i naii- way ; for four ; years councilman, and during the last two years has been mayor thereof. Master of the. Masonic lodge' of Halfway: member of - K. of P.. D.O.K1K. and American legion. . . i : MRS.X. B. SIMMONS messed with a personality which radiates Intelligence, charm sud refinement, Mrs. Simmons is destined to be the most popular member ot-tne 11923 house, not because she is a woman, but be cause she is the woman she its. Her occupation is that of mother and housewife, her pride is in her children and her main rrespotfsi bllity Is that of i so handling her modest finances as to. provide adequately for f the education which" she feels is their due." For (income she has been on her own ,34 " ; f- i i'- . - f f -' 1 y ft -js " i 'X ; s v V r MMnfrar fnr fflin rAATKi and hSB carried the load without, sacrific ing the appearance ot youtn. -tier son left Yale to enter-the service, spent? two-years -in"- France "and Just " recently graduated front Stanford as a geological engineer. Oner" daughter ' graduated "from Lincoln high and is now attend ing the University of Oregon;-the other is how a student at Lincoln high. , . A native daughter of California ha, rMMtltg'M 49eTB- BhO has lived in Oregon 20 years,' part . . m W . of the time in .The Danes ana im. nronrto' fnr th last: 12. years in Portland. ' She: has been active in Club worK ior , 2v ytsaf", Mm (v.- 1 '' ' W 'i - ' ' ' REP. MRS. C. B. SIMMONS J; 495 Heights Terrace, Portland, Republican; representative, 1923, 18th -district, Multnomah county. Housewife, - : ' ; served as' vice president of i the Federated Clubs . of California. and later was ' president r'ot the Portland " woman's club which of fice s"he has held tor three years. During war. times she' was very active In organizing women; to You;will enjoy ihe com-, fortable : appointments, excellent c u i s i n e and thpugrhtful, efficient ser-; vice of this moxlerTi grilj and confectionery. - - - - V. vWe.have made spe- ciai arrangements to "' gire extra quick ser 'YiciB f ttflegislators ;.' and their attendants at all times. ' ' Wt Serve Short Orders at all hours. 50c Merchants'' Lunch U A. M. to 5:P. M. ' " ' Special Table d'Hote Dln- ner at 75c from 5 ' P. ML to 8 P. JI. '' THE SP A Grill and Confectionery Whiz Gear Grease and By Products K'-r X Legislators Mention -If. your car needs greasing &n4 you yanl it done right and at a reasonabfe izle, Brjag it to ii The Greace SpGi',, Tie one c Perfect Lubrication '..and., PURE PENNSYLVANIA MOTOR OUi SHELL . GASOLINE v- participate In war actirlt: more recent work was orr Ihe "women's dlVisfoa of tLd'C m unity: Chest. For three years she was on 11 $ National" Board of the" League c Women ' Voters, 1 whose "object u the education of ' women "in cltu zensaip and legislation pertalti to wdmen and children. Sha wal also regional ' director of tha League J for the seven ' Pacirs ' coast Btates." Including Washins ton,' Idaho, Oregon, Utah, : Nevada. California and 'Arizona. -Durin this time she organized the wot men of these states into' attire groans, encoararine 'them t 5 atiidy citizenship and. become la- teuigent voters. ' For 'the past tew years she has ' taken an active Interest in gtats legislation, having attended three , sessions of the legislature anl helping to promote a number tf bills'! relating o women ' welfara s and child welfare. ' ' ! J 1W UklkuU.UillilJ .1 ''OLD ONES 'FlOffO'MaWaOJXd Our Snecialiy Sterilised Call ad-Mircr YOURS EOlt SERVICE I CAPITAL QTY BEDDIIIG CO. ' Incprporatctl D. Poulin, Pres. :ilC0N.rCapitbl FrV. MuUer ; Sec'y arid Trcas. ; Phone 9 Sal em, Ore. Sunoco Motor Oil Lubrication, not just oil ; - 7, 0. Liberty St. I u 1 ; j i ; i i ij" i w f -it; . : . i . i I v V !: J 1 ! ! S . -