MAYOR BAKER'riPFNsl
: CAMPAIGN FOR SENATE
cessions and,lenef its from the gov
ertmentWflu these states
I Jilvebeeji entitled to, mind you
prcffon.Tiaa not received her share.
As a - result ; our develoment .has
.been neglected and .our Growth
stow. . 6 wlQ
V ut ,a .eastern Oregon stands
hiuidrwl of thousands of aero nf
SV w har? o . waste
' i fv ha? pilous of feet of1
i timber, hundreds of thousands of
, uifiermei. land and thou-
Fatods more acres of land that can
fco Pot under cultration; water
ehongh to Irrigate mlllons of acres
iu;. potential .water power as
Breat as a , dozen : eastern , man 11-
facturlng states combined; many
uuuu capaoie or handling the
; Kriesi.oi snips. ,we have these
assets fcut they are of no use to us
unless wt can make a market and
merest the government or private
capital In develdpment and can Im
l part to thf world1 the . fact that
these assets exist and are avail
; able, e Our great need now Is mar
i kets and increased Donulatlon. and
there are several ways In which
the federal . government can help
us get both. ;
As. mayor of the city of Port
land during- the' past seven years,
I have adhered to the policy of ob
taining for Portland -what Port
tend has been entitled to. Our city
Its grown . and , advanced In every
lray,and -whav had an .era of
prpsperlty greater than ever before
10 the city's history. Industry and
population have Increased by leaps
and tounda and conditions have
been and continue to be very fav
orable. I do .not' wish ' to . Infer
that I have -been responsible for
this because I have not. I cite the
fact meroly.to show that a city,
alive to possibilities, and able
through Its people and Its govern
ment to keep all' its problems - on
in eves keel and' to obtain the
outside help it is entitled -to, can
and does prosper.
Where Is A Sheik
Not A Sheik?
: On His Native Heath!
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13o Sajri ; Hose : Wilder
ane, Writer and Ex
i plorer, ' Who Has
' Met Several at
' Somebody's been ' spoofing the
ft rls. ' Rudolf ' Valentino ' kas o
'often been represented as Amer
ica' national 'eheile that: when
;the t word is 1 mentioned every
maiden has visions of a creature
tf lithe, ? liquid-eyed, sta-cottbed
STace. - But ''sail wronjf. 1 -
. " Roso Wilder Lane, writer, just
returned from ' tWo years in the
,land of sheiks, says a real-shcik
lis the old, wise man- of a -desert
tribe. He has already some hun
dreds of wives and Is too ancient
'to bo interested, tcn remotely,
in the charms of the young and
beautiful .damsels who dreamof .
fum x: a ' . I
"Now
if t they raved . about
.1-cti Mrs. Lane. lha
would. -hftHnt' I reiii'-mbsr
Well t)z tu-ir c RsouH, a b?.Kti
iful youth ci shctceh who ateiudy
had five" Uvircss and. wore . 'tis,'
fcafr in il.iivaJong 4raids. ila
j looked' e.ctly like
Follies'
nn3 Wobegon statesman, : g alem. oregom
What la true of a eff v 1 tmn'M
a state. Oregon is' a land' of op
portunity. Our vast assets: have
not been touched. VWe are strug
gling along with a population of
about a million, whereas we have
a state worthy, through industrial
possibilities, of many millions. But
development does not force its own
way. We prosper only so-far as
we seek prosperity and we increase
In population and we take advan
tage of our possibility only so far
as we reach out and create con
dition's and causo demand for the
products of our farm, field, stream
and mountain.
What has Oregon received from
the United States government in
the last few years? Ask yourself
this question and consult the rec
ords. We cantlnd only the one
fact Oregon has been shamefully
neglected. Then look at Idaho
and, Washington and California
and see what has been accomplish
ed there.
At the present moment we are
on the eve of an election and we
note considerable activity in Wash
ington. We note a flurry of ef
fort to obtain for Oregon and for
Oregon people one or two of the
things that Oregon deserves. Why
all the flurry now? Why not a
year ago, or two years ago, or
three years ago? Did Senator Bo-,
rah from Idaho wait until just be-.
fore election to go. after and ob-;
tain for. Idaho the great irrgation
projects there? '
Did senators from California
wait until just before election to
obtain the protectivie tariffs that!
have protected California pro
ducts? Did they wait until just
before election to have cyanide
placed on the free list to help the
citrus growers of California? Did !
they wait to present the measure
which is about to be passed by con
gress erecting a dam In the Colo
rado river to protect southern Cal
ifornia from flood and to irrigate
two millon acres of land?
No!, These men and Senator
Jones of Washington and Senator
Smoot of Utah have obtained these
aire with a hundred thousand
tnt and 50.000 cavt-n '
Mrs.' Lane adds -that' we pro-i
nounce the' word sheik wrong.
Ita really ' 'shake,'" she ex
plains. ' ' ' ; '
This writer was the first for-1
eigner to enter the mountains of
Albania" and her book, "Peaks of
Shala," describes beautifully audi
for the first time the life of these
mountain ; people from ;whom ;
sprang Alexander- ths .Great. ' '
j , Like Jazz j
She says the only things Amer-)
ican the Albanians seem to have ;
heard about arc money and jaza. j
She often heard our latest tri- j
umphs of syncopation on the na-J
tive Albanian instruments. i
, . "One 'song which 1 hoard vcrj
often and which is a great favor-
te is 'MCoBclcrf ul . One.' This, I;
unacrstana is wnnen oy our wa,
The Albanians really have;
very beautifull folk songs. The:
famous 'Merry Widow Waltz is
a native tuac The operetta, eo
fall of Balkan airs, was vrrittea
Hot ; " .'privath , "peHomancc fbr
tiw King of-lIonno.ajad.th
AlSani.m folk Ronir. one of his fa
coacessians by uotfrlng efforts and
by eternal viglance the day after
election as well as the day before.
That" is why these states have
obtained these concessions' from
the government That is why our
neighbor Btates at this time have
veteran hospitals for their wound
ed soldiers. That is why Oregon
now must, send its men to one of
the several hospitals in Washing
ton. We are even now . about to
loso the ono rented hospital we
have.
Let me tell you, II the activity
now being displayed in Washng
ton had been displayed during the
past five years Oregon would be
a lot further along than she is at
this time. Personally I have "no
patience with the offcial who waits
untfl just before election time to
stir himself into activity . in behalf
of the people and the state he rep
resents. To obtain these benefits
requires vigilance. Portland has
discovered this fact durins the
course of seven years or more of
activity. It has required business
men and officials who were wiling
and anxious to remain on the job
regardless of election day; men
who had the interest of Portland
at heart.
Developing Oregon Is ,my one
great outstanding thought. I am
a native Oregonlan, and I expect
to be an Oregonlan the rest of my
life. I have traversed the state
from one end to the other and I
have seen the shameless neglect
of development and I have studied"
the causes. People do not know
Oregon and the possibilities, and
they will never know them until;
we ourselves part with the secret J
which we have been keeping.
It is time for a statewide devel
opment movement and a move
ment to concentrate all the forces
of tho Pacific coast in a: great
program of coast development. I
firmly believe that If all Pacific
coast states will get together aud
present a campaign to the govern
ment we can bring about a devel
opment such as the entire' Pacific
coast has never before experienced.
But perhaps you say thegovern
ment cannot be Interested in de
velopment of the Pacific coast. If
that is your belief, or if that is a
fact, It is high timo conditions
were being changed through the
medium of public sentiment and
public representatives.
Stop and reflect a moment.
Since 1914 the United States gov
ernment has dumped into Europe
a total of something like $20,000.
000,000. We may get a trifle of
this back and again we may not.
If we have owed an obligation to
Europe we have most surely paid
that obligation, and we should call
a halt
Suppose now the government
should drop this European assist
ance idea forget the capitalists
who 'are holding ;tha- bonds of
shaky natlons--and put five hun
dred million dollars one-fortieth
of the amount loaned to Europe,
into aid and development of the
Pacific coast. Can you imagine
what that would mean to this
country?' Can you imagine what
that would mean to the eleven
great irrigation . projects in the
west which are starving to death
because our government is too
poor.
If w can throw billions to Eu
rope to help keep In power govern
ments that are inherently rotten,
can we not put a tew millions in
to helping perpetuate our own
prosperity and safety and welfare?
Can we not help some of our irri
gation projects, our farmers, our
harbor developments? Can we not
grant a few dollars for subsidy of
Pacific coast ships to bring the
United States the greatest trade
ever known? Can we not erect a
few hospitals for tho disabled and
crippled men who fought our late
war? Is it more important that
we keep Europe than we keep our
promises made to the soldiers be
fore the war. when we were induc
ing them to go over and flghh our
nation's jbattles? Assistance 8
Pacific coast 'shipping would be
one of the greatest benefits Ore
gon could receive. It would mean
new markets tor our products, for
Oregon Is at the door of the great
markets of the orient.
It should be the business of our
representatives in Washington to
see that hereafter we exist for the
safety and welfare of the Ameri
can people that we get real low
down selfish. Our motto should
bo let Europe work out her own
salvation and let us proceed to de
velop our nation and take care of
our own people- Let us revert
back to our old status the status
that made possible our declaration
of independence, our constitution
and the spirit that has brought our
nation up to the present point
the greatest nation on earth.
This Is a program- It Is a feel
ing and spirit which Is instilled
in my soul. I want to fight tor ft
because I believe it is right. As
I see the possibilities in Oregon,
the hardships that are being en
dured by disabled veterans, the
neglect that is so apparent In our
shipping and our harbor develop
ment and in our irrigation pro
ject! the vast areas of rcclamablc
land; the vast stretches of fertile
country that is standing idle for
want of help from the government
as . I see .these things and see
the government dumping money
Into Europe to help Europe add
neglecting our own people becauso
of lack of money. I want to fight.
So much tor that, Aside frob
the possibility of consistently ad
constantly . gpiog after the ' things
that, belong to Oregon and(which
are obtainable in Washington hot
probably for the . asking but for
United States Senator . involves
other development' possibilities. A
senator who knows his state and
who knows its assets and its op
portunities can do a world of good
in the east by exploiting and pro
moting these possibilities among
the industrial leaders wro frequent
Washington. These people are
not as a rule thinking Oregon and
they know nothing of the state.
If they can be told and can be
given facts and data there is al
ways au opportunity to interest
them.
What wonderful opportunities
there are in Washington and
among the leaders who visit there,
to exploit our industrial possibili
ties our possibilities for coloni
zation, for factories and for mills;
the possibilities for trade. A man
in Washington with the interest
of Oregon at heart can do vast
good in exploitation and promo
tion', not to mention the good he
can accomplish in 'obtaining the
things from the government that
belong to Oregon.
So as I have said, my platform
is to be built on the policy of ob
taining tor Oregon the things that
belong to Oregon. This subject
is one I have always been interest
ed in and shall continue to be
whether elected United States sen
ator or not. I believe in Oregon.
And I do not say this and act'olrt
my part in this line only for the
short period before election.! It
has been my policy for the past 10
years anti 1 have taken advantage
of every opportunity within my
cooumaud to play tho part.
Now. the hour is growing late!
and I shall touch briefly' on some
other points upon which 1 intend
to stand. If elected I shall con
tinue to be an advocate of law en
forcement. I ara( in favor of pro
hibition and in favor of rigid en
forcement. My term as mayor of
Portland has, I believe, demon
strated this fact very conclusively.
I have endeavored to keep Port
land clean and through the co
operation of an efficient police de
partment and other agencies have
succeeded- Everything that could
be done to clamp the, lid on vice
in Portland in the last few years
has been done.
Also, let mc remind , you that
my program of law enforcement
has not merely been spurted as a
pre election policy. It has cover
ed a period of the seveu years that
I have had an opportunity to en
force law. Portland, when lait
rated by the federal governmenJ
was first in the list or clean cuies
in the United States. This could
never have been possible without
a mayor who was entirely In sym
pathy with law enforcement-
On the subject of immigration
I stand for enactment of law to
exclude all future immigration un
til such time as the foreigners
now in this country shall hate
been assimilated and American
ized- We have much to do in this
connection and our gates Bhould
be closed until the work has been
accomplished. Unrestricted ImmU
gration is a menace.
Since 1899 a cosmopolitan horde
of 16,000,000 has streamed into
this country. Today over 33,000,
000 of population are foreign born
or of foreign extraction, the Ital
ian and Slavic stock being repre
sented in great proportions. Just
think nf such a thine as the
Greeks from the island of Zante
having their own king in Amerl
ca. Imagine the Lettish voters in
Pennsylvania being so much more
powerful than the Letts of their
native land that they selected a
Pittsburgh lawyer president of La
tivia. These are, briefly, some
statistics which should cause us
to ston and consider our future
welfare and safety, remembering
as we must that a percentage I
might say a very large percentage
of these aliens do not have the
conception of our Americau prin
ciples and are not the best mater
ial in the world for the melting
pot. The time has come to shut
the gates and assume the all-important
task of assimilating and
Americanizing those we now have
before admitting any more immi
grants. On the question of our national
policy In respect to service men.
I believe the neglect of disabled
veterans has been criminal and
that immediate steps should bo
taken to correct this condition.
The men who became disabled in
the servico of their country your
country and my country and your
cause and my cause should have
the immediate attention and relief
they are entitled to. The men
responsible for such happenings
as that recently when a young
ex-soldier died through lack of
care the day before he was finally
granted permission to enter a vet
erans' hospital should be ousted
from office and their places taken
by men who have a heart. I don't
care what the bill may be even if
it is as great as the loans we have
made to salvage the rotten gov
ernments in Europe I am in fav
or of and shall fight for the prop
er care of our disabled veterans.
Furthermore I stand in favor
of an equitable adjustment of tho
compensation of all cx-scrvlce men
who Bcrycd during the war. There
was no lack of sincerity In our
promises to these men as we wav
ed them farewell at the depot as
t&eyfert for war and there should
be' no less Interest nowt after they
have done their work regardless
of sacrifice. Again, If the United
States can finance Europe to, the
extent, of $21J,0M)p0,Qq?. it can
surely pay its debt to our own
American men who -saved us from
au -existence such as . we are. pay
ing to overcome in Europe.
As previously stated ! will not
attempt tonight to outline my en
tire platform, or to discuss fully
all the subjects and issues I ex
pect to make a part of my cam
paign. These discussions will
come in duo course as I expect
from now on to make a tour of 4he
state and to publicly express mv
opinion and stand on all subjects
in order that the public mav know
exactly what my attitude will bo
on the issues of the day.
Purine my camDaieu I Khali
discuss such Miiberls as th; crea
tion of a federal department of
education to assist ju our great
task Of Americanizing our great
alien population; the question of
creating a department of mines
and minerals to further th inter
ests of mining in this and other
States; the adoDtion of tariffs for
'.protection of Oregon industries
ana proaucis; ana oiner suojects.
pon poifus
FROM THE COLLEGE
Some Paragraphs That are
Timely Coming From the
Experts at the 0AC
(Following arc a low timely
poultry polpts taken from current
buliotins of the department of in
dustrial journalism of the Oregon
Agricultural college.)
Experience has taught ns that
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE for
clean, new ground for the young
clifeks. It, however, is impos
sible to put chicks on new ground,
gravel placed about tho runway
of the brooder house to a depth
of four or five inches will help.
It should extend at least 12 to IS
feet from the entrance.
, One of the quickest ways to kill
young chicks is by feeding ,'thera
moldy grain. Do not try to save
a few cents by feeding tfume of
the grain that was left over from
last year and allowed to become
juoldy. Examine it carefully and
if there is any doubt don't use it.
Get the chicks out on the grouud
as soon" as possible.. Do not make
hot house chicks of them.
SNOW
THOR
ELECTRIC
IRONER
Having received many inquiries and requests from out of town patrons,' about these
Labor Saving Methods, people Who were unable to attend this "demonstration the
first three days of this week we therefore will continue until Saturday, eyening with ,
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THURSDAY M0RNINGlAnCH J3, 1924
nraiu
for cons
La Grande Man's;Statement
Returned-for Correction
Others' File
(Jeorge T. Cochran of I.a Grande
yesterday submitted to the secre
tary of state his statement as a
candidate for the Republican nom
ination for congressman from tho
second Oregon district. Owing to
a defect in the statement it was
returned and will be filed later.
Mr. Cochran offered as a slogan to
go after his name on the ballot
"National educational program, se
lective, restricted immigration;
play fair with ex-soldier and farm
er." Judge Fred W. Wilson of The
Dalles filed as a candidate for the
Republican nomination to succeed
himself as circuit judge for the
seventh judicial district. He is
completing his first term as judge,
though he served for a time prior
to Jus election by appointment.
James H. E. Scott of Milton
filed as a candidate for the Re
publican nomination for district
attorney for Umatilla county. His
platform is:'
"If 1 am nominated aud elected
I wiH, during my, term of orfice
not forget the taxpayers, but will
conduct tho office of district at
torney in the interests of economy,
efficiency and Justice, and promise
to enTorce tho criminal laws of the
state of Oregon fearlessly and im
partially." D. C. Lewis of Portland filed as1
candidate for the Republican nom
ination for representative in the
legislature from Multnomah coun
ty. "For the greater development of
Oregon" is his slogan, and his plat
form says: "Endeavor to keep
down the expenses of government;
aid in making the automobile laws
more equitable; will be conscienti
ous in the discharge of official
duties; win oppose any and all
measures having for their purpose
tho creation of industrial unrest
and disruption of business1 stability."
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Prof. Waite of Maryland College
has a table showing hatchability of
eggs .kept Jor varying periods be
fore hatcuing. He does not give
data as to temperature and other
conditions under which tho eggs
were stored, and not many eggs
were incubated which wero three
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siw jthaC ioughly speaking) eggs
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