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About Gold Hill news. (Gold Hill, Jackson County, Or.) 1897-19?? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1916)
■ a a e m e - 1 '--*'Me»«Mea**4HiaM«wea«‘-'*aM-^gf!*nMBw. - * >Sk»iv»s w^.i ■■■ -.m-- ■ ■ «S-Beefc I D em ocra tic C a n d id a te For COUNTY ASSESSOR N n I have had three years’ experience in the field as Deputy Assessor in the south part of Jackson County and am thorou ghly familiar with valuations and assessment methods in this county. I have personal knowledge of practically every section of Jackson County. I will reduce the expenses of the assessor’s office in every possible manner and will have both an official and per sonal interest in every taxpayer in Jackson County. I have had practical experience in farming and stock-rais ing and in determiningcity valuations. It is my purpose, if elected, to permit the people of each assessment district to choose their own deputy. 71 O n t h e R a II o ì . VOTE X -7 1 For Better ASSESSMENT I pledge myself to give the people of Jackson County an economical, efficient and equitable assessment of all proper ties in Jackson county and to exercise great care in prevent ing double assessments and their consequent embarrassments and losses. And, further, I will not change the valuations of properties assessed by the deputies without first giving the party assessed written notice and an opportunity to have a hearing and defend himself. If the people of Jackson County honor me by electing me to this office, I will have no other business to distract my at tention from that of my official work, but will devote my time and energy wholly to my official duties and to the property owners and taxpayers of the county. —Clint Gallatin. (P a id Advertisem ent) a year. Allowing their highest fig ure, »100,000,000, the farmers ef the United State« would have lest mere then this in thirty day« had there not been a men in the W hite House big enough to protect the interest ef the j whole people. Five cents s bushel on wheat la easy plektug for the pit gamblers when they ; can play the market at tbelr own sweet will. It would have meant flfty million dollnrs' loss to the farmers on the billion bushel crop. James K . Armshy, one of the largest sblnpers of fru it In California, a Ite- publlcan, recently said that If the strike bad taken place It would huve bankrupted many of the fru it growers of that State. He said it would have caused a lose ef net lees than »20,000,- 000 te the fru it Industry ef California alone. This amount le probably mush toe lew. Tha peach crop now going te market, with a value ef about »55,000,000, would have been praetioally a total less. The »200,000,000 apple orep would have been shrunk by half In value. The potato crop, ef a value ef about »220,000,000, would have Involved a fu r ther less ef at least »50,000,000. The cabbage farm er of Northern Ohio, the grower of tomatoes for the cannery und the celery grower of Michigan aud Florida would have kept mournful company. Melons from Colorado, Cali fornia, Arizona and Delawure-, grapes from western New York and from Ta- kfma and Wenatchee, prunes, pickles, poultry, butter and eggs should have gone down In the common cataclysm. W hat would a strike have meant to the live stock market of the farm er! And what would It have meant to the consumer, with, the cold, storage facili imjo They More Than Any Others Owe Gratitude to President The Home of RUINOUS LOSS Dependable Goods We are laboring to one end—to build up a business that should be known every where as “the home of dependable goods” We have taken as our watchword the word TRUTH Our in te n tio n is th a t TRUTH sh a ll rule in a ll our d ea lin g s. A few c e n ts or d ollars gain ed by m isrep resen tin g a n a rticle is no in d u c e- to u s. By tr u th and h o n esty w e m a k e frien d s We Are Building For The Future Come and let us prove to you that we will deal fairly with you. Theo, J, Halstead Rogue River, Oregon. PREVENTED. Cassation of Railroad Opsratlon Would Hava Wiped Out the »65,i00,000 Psaoh Crop, Cut In Half the »200.000,000 Appla Crop, Taken »50,000,000 Off tha Potato Crop, and Those Items Are Only a Drop In tha Bucket. B y r H A . S U . C. O V £ L L . E d ito r /'/.O r a jK a E a r m M a ja a in l, The fanners of America recently faced a crisis, from which they were delivered by prompt action by the President of the United States — the threat of a nation-wide railw ay strike. The railw ay managers and the repre sentatives of the 400,000 employed In train service were deadlocked over hours of labor and wage schedules. President Wilson volunteered to act as mediator, but bad no power to force arbitration. Au Impasse was reached. The Brotherhoods Issued a strike or der effective on Labor Day, Sept 4. The railroad managements showed that they recognized the Imminence of the strike. Embargo orders were Issued , on freight shipments. Supplies and 1 strike breakers were mobilized. The country waited, breathless, for the i storm to break. I t was apparent that j neither aide was bluffing, The President saw a national calam ity Impending. He called leaders of : bis party Into conference with him, and with them wrote the bill present ed to congress with the special mes sage of the President next day. Neither the railroeds nor the railway Brotherhood« woro oonsultod. Neither tide knew wbat the bill oontained, neither made any demand or had the slight««» influence in the framing of the bill. m a t portion or the Din providing an eight-hour day for employees engaged In the operation of trains became a law. I t was accepted by the Brother hoods, the strike order was cancelled and the calamity was averted. No class stood to lose to much from the strike a t the farmer. A single week of inactivity In freight r.nd express service would have paralyzed hie mar ket for a month or more. Coming at the time of marketing of perishable products, hie loss from this source alone would have run into millions. Staggering Losses Averted. I t Is estimated by the railroad man agement that the Increase In wages because of the eight-hour day will amount to from »Ej0.b00.000 to »100.000.. I ties in control of the |«ckera' combine? Would Have Paralyzed Industry. The direct uml Immediate lose which the farmer would have sustained In ease of a strike la but one phase of the danger which threatened Ida Interest«. The depressing Influence upon market prices, resulting from the Inability of consumers to buy tiecause of lack of employment, would have been felt In every Item of this yea. a farm prod ucts. Take this sluglo Instance: Thia telegrnm, sent to Vreshleut Wilson on September 2d by Henry Ford, the world’s greatest automobile manufac turer:— m e rreainent—Tbe moment It la positively known 'hat a strike will become effective on tbe railroads, the Ford Motor Compnuy will of absolute ticuessiiy shut dowu its factory and all of its assembly 1 plants throughout the country, and every man of It« more than 40,000 workers will have to go off tbe pay i “ SI. i «incerel.v something can lie done to overt thp «trike. Your e f forts are appreciated mid should be commended l»y avery citizen In tbe countrv. At tbe anuual meeting of imstnuks- tere In Washington teceutly the first assistant poatuiuetcr general lauded tbe postal savings system. That must have been a bitter pill for Postmaster General Burleson, who aat on the same platform with his assistant When the postal savings bill was passed Mr. Burleson, then a congressman from Texas, voted against IL Every vote east against it was cast by a Demo c ra t Not one Democratic congress man voted for IL Yet President W il son says the Bepuhllcan party has not bad a new I lea In thirty years. Whose I Idea was I t / S y s t e m a t ic S a v in g . One of the most important steps in your life is the start to save a certain amount of what you earn each week or month. A saving account if carried with a strong and conser vative bank is one form of insurance, insuring you against the evils of carelessly spent money and also against “rainy days’’ that come to every one sometime. A growing bank account will give you a feeling of independence and power that nothing except a bank account can give. An account will teach you, and especially your young people, the value of a dollar and how much can be done by systematic saving. ONE Dollar will start an account with us. 4 percent interest on time deposits. FIRST STATE BANK OF ROGUE RIVER
