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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
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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.
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Christmas
Hints
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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
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“THE BIG STORE”