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About Gold Hill news. (Gold Hill, Jackson County, Or.) 1897-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1910)
The Gold Hill News Batrrvd at Ik* ttoid Util poM o*c* for iran*ml> •Ion thrnuzh the Vailed state« malia u , n o a d -tla » matter »1.50 S atvmiay , D ecember 8, 1810 A N U M B E R O F THINGS I t !► unlawful io kill alk in Oregon A caaa aae decided at Oregon city iaal week, concerning the itillinir of an elk •eel January by E. E Storet, of Gre»- jam , a ho * a * convicted and fined 9SÜ0. A naw wood .«Imoet as heavy ae iron and capable of »oriamlnz a fine polish, Will be used in the eooetructioo oi a mau'Oh uni for the late emperor of China, Kwang So. The name of the W ool ie pagai-pat. I t is not found io Ireland, but in the Philippine«. Lvnn Purdin of Ceulral Point Globe announce that be will suspend public ation of that paper and will remove the plant to Medford in about two weeks, at which time the publication of the Rogue Magazine will occur from its own press. .Mr. Purdin having associat ed himself with Aurther Brown and others io the Rogue Magasins oomoauv In the eternal fitness of things, Bryan should be the next democratic and Roosevelt the next republican nomine^ for president. Toe money element in both parties is afraid of both men, though Roosevelt never hurt it mnch— except in later years in adopting and preaching the doctrines for which he once bitterly condemned the Nebraskan as dangerous. The people of the whole northwest teem to be of hot one opinion as to where the great exposition should h held to oelebrate the completion of the Panama canal. San Praucisco Is the | unanimous choie-, and senators and representatives in congress from the northwestern group of etates are so advieed. New Orleans’ claims to the exposition are based wholly on a larger surrounding population and closer proximity to the great eastern centers T hat claim it not sound, for Jamestown and Norfolk had still a greater pop ulation to draw upon, yet the James town exposition was the most complete 1 failure ever koown. San Francisco has already raised millions, and her people are earrestlv at work for the ex position. Both for selfish and sentimenU.l reasons, the whole west should back her claim J The distinction between a booster a n l a boomer was never more finely defined than by Howard Elliot«, presi dent of the Northern Pacific, who delivered an able and iostrnciive ad dress before the Oregon Development League convention a t Salem Tuesday H e eaid that there is a great difference between the booster and the boomer The boomer may not have the right article to advertise, and although sin cerely enthusiastic bis advertising In extravagant language will not produce the reeulta which follow the wise, well planned and conrervative poblicity and promotion campaigus ; the boomer is too apt to consider only the immediate effects of bis efforts, not caring for any damage that may flow from bis mis guided energy. The booster builds on proven facts, not only for the present but for the future, and be doee not undertake to exploit an article or a situation unless it is worthy. Four hundred thousand invita tions to attend the Oregon good roads convention in Portland hav»- been sent to representative citizens in every county in the state. The convention plans to put into defin ite shape the practical road-build ing campaign to follow the passage of the recent amendment giving to counties the right to bond them selves for highway improvements. February 1 is the date fixed for the inauguration of train service into interior Oregon over the new Hill line up the Deschutes. By then it is expected the line will t>e in operation to Matolius, 150 miles south of the Columbia river. Grad ing has already been completed through Madras six miles north ol Matolius Rails are now laid more than thirty miles south of the Col umbia. Portland leads the entire United States in wheat exports for the first ten months of 1910. At the pres eni rate it is not unlikely that the Baaver metropolis will stand first in ihe country for the entire year Increased wheat production in the tributary country and additional railroad liDes that bring a wider area within the city’s reach as a marketing point are adding to Port lands prestige all the time as an expo t center. Better take The News. IS THE HOME RULE AMENDMENT INVALID The Home Rule constitutional amendment is invalid, in conflict with the constitution of the United States, and in conflict with the constitution of the state, in that the people have no right irrevocably to delegate the sovereign power of the state to to any municipal corpora tion. It has no more force than so much blank paper. The word “exclusive” used in the text of the law invali dates the law. The city attorney’s office will advise the council not to grant any licenses for the sale of liquor under the new law. The old law will stand as before. The repealing clause in the Home Rule law will have no effect The above is not merely the opinion of some “prohibition crank.” It is an opinion given to the press shortly after election by Deputy City Attorney Benbow of Portland. He had looked up the law in the m atter at the request of the members of the city council. Mr. Benbow’s stand is that the Home Rule law apparently surrenders finally and irre vocably the police power of the state. The text reads that the municipality shall be granted the “exclusive power to regulate” the liquor traffic. This is a divesting of the state’s sovereign police power, which is a thing impossible u n le r the constitution—or under commonsense, for that matter. With such authority as the deputy city attorney of Port land to sustain their contention that the Home Rule amend ment is a legal anomaly amounting to a hodge-podge, why don’t the anti-saloon league people attem pt to knock the thing out? Especially would it seem that such action should be expected in Jackson county, which w entdry by a majority of 258 or November 8th. If the deputy city attorney of Portland is correct in his opinion, and the anti-saloon league is not mistaken in its contentions, every saloon in Jackson county is nothing more or less than an open blind pig, doing business in the fancied security given by an impossible law. Instead of publishing grandiloquent pronunciamentos, weak ly boasting of a “victory” that left the saloon still selling whiskey, why don’t the anti-saloon league of Jackson county make a few arrests and put their convictions to the test? The anti-saloon league can take a lesson from the socialists, who work almost, if not quite, as hard the day after election as they did the day before. And one conviction for selling whi-key in Jackson county will do their cause more good than all the platitudes they can publish in the newspapers. F Christmas Hints * ORTH DAKOTA has no Statement No. 1 provision in her primary law, but a modification of the statement idea made its appearance in that state in the late campaign. Ev ery candidate for the legislature, republican or democrat, was pledged either expressly or by implication, to vote for the senatorial candidates of his party who should be nomi nated m accordance with the provisions of the primary law. Now that election is over the people reasonably be lieve that nothing remains in the m atter of choosing sena tors but for the legisluture to meet and confirm their implied selections. But there are papers in North Dakota so blind to the sacred nature of a pre-election promise that they are gravely discussing the advisability of the legislature’s elect ing or not electing one of the men the people have a right to expect will be elected. The Grand Forks Herald, unquestionably the leading paper of the state, raises its voice strongly for the proposition that the legislators-elect can in honor do nothing but to ratify the will of the people. As the North Dakota legislature will be republican by a large majority, there is nothing for it to do but elect the repub lican senatorial nominees. North Dakota needs more than a mere pledge that legis lative candidates if elected will vote for the nominees of their party for senators. North Dakota needs a statement No. 1, such as Oregon has, which pledges legislators to vote for those senatorial candidates, regardless of party, receiving the highest number of votes at the primaries. The Herald indicates that this need is realized when it says: There are those who say that our government rests on the political party. We deny it absolutely. The political party is a useful propositiSn, nothing more. It possesses neither sovereignty nor sanctity. A.nd, when it is used as a means of coercing men against their own sense of right, instead of a benificent institution it be comes a menace. The government rests, not on the political party, but on the patriotism, intelligence and rugged independence of the voter. N O CITIZEN of Oregon but who must have taken pride in the magnificent majority given Governor Benson for secretary of state at the late election. It evidenced warm hearted sympathy on the part of the people of the state for the misfortune of a man who had served them faithfully and well. Mr. Benson came back from California, where he had been for several months attempting to regain his health, and the Portland newspapers proclaimed he was cured of his grievous ailment. Now Mr. Benson has gone to California again, for the same reason that took him away before—a disease which prevents him from fulfilling his official duties. It is with the utmost respect for Governor Benson’s worth as an official, and with as much sympathy as was felt by any who voted for him at the late election, that it is sug gested th at it would be quite the proper thing for Benson to resign from the office of Governor and to decline to qualify as secretary of state until such time as he is fit in every way to qualify. Sympathy is an excellent commodity, but it may be overdon.. Mr. Benson has no apparent right to a perpetual pension x’tr inary—or, if he is receiving no salary dur ing his indigence, to the honor of holding an office which he is unable to fill. Sentiment aside and commonsense to the fore, Benson should resign. Contest Toilet Cases Manicure Sets Shaving Sets Hand Mirrors Safety Razors From now until Saturday evening, December 24, I will give with every twenty-five cent cash purchase or for every Dolls two bits paid on account, a ticket which will entitle any girl Cut Glass under fifteen to one vote in this contest The girl having the largest number of these tickets when the contest closes the Cigar Jars Cigars night before Christmas gets the doll. And such a doll! One of the most beautiful dolls that has ever been shown in any store Pipes window in southern Oregon. She is aprize worth working for. Box Perfume Latest Books Burnt Wood PostCard Albums All that is necessary for the little girls of Gold Hill and vicinity to enter the contest is to pledge their friends to save the tickets for them, write their names on the tickets and turn them in as votes. Baby Sets Hammered Brass Hand Bags Fountain Pens Pictures Pocket Knives Razors See the Hammered Brass Demonstration at this Store Next Saturday Hair Brushes Combs Desk Sets Child’s Sets NORTH DAKOTA NEEDS STATEMENT NO. 1 Big Doll Voting SA VE YOUR VOTES FOR SOME LITTLE GIRL FRIEND Music Rolls Bill Books Purses Cigar Cases Jarvis the Druggist Gold Hill, Oregon J £ a n ta C la u s is a F r ie n d o f O u rs N L ance & C om pany “THE BIG STORE”
