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DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR
STATEMENT NO. 1.
WILLIAM HLAKELEY FOR HEP-IlESENTATIVE.
A Fionw of tike County and Most
Popular and C'ible.
The attention ot the voters of Uma
tilla county Is called to the candi
dacy of Wllllum Blakeley for repre
sentative. He Is an old pioneer, hav
ing lived here continuously for the
lust ' forty years and has witness
ed as well as aided tho growth and
prosperity of Umatilla County. By
occupation he has always been a far
mer and whereever he is known and
by all whom he Is known he has a
host of friends. consisting of the very
best elements of citizenship. All his
life he has been a moral, upright, hon
est man, of clean habits, of perse
vering and progressive action.
It Is a well known fact that In this
campaign ho did not consent to bu
come a candidate until he had the ur-,
gent solicitation and " persuasion of a
great many people, and even then he
very reluctantly consented. Both his
private and public life Is an open
book. He was sheriff of this county
for four years and has represented tho
people In the legislature on two occa
sions'; therefore, four times he has
been honored by the voters of Uma
tilla county as a public servant and
each time he has fulfilled the duties of
his office with credit to himself and
with honor to his constituents.
In this campaign he stands square
ly upon the principles expressed and
implied In "Statement Number 1" and
If his opponent, Mr. Mann, had sub
scriber to this statement Mr. niakelej
would not under nny circumstances
have consented to become a candidate
and he owes his candidacy to the fact
that a great many people regardless
of party pnlltlcs Insisted upon his
asking a consideration of the voters.
If elected to the legislature he will
vote for, the candidate for -United
States senator who has received the
highest number of the people's vote,
whether it be Governor Geo. E. Cham
berlain or H. M. Cake. He believes
in the right of the people to elect
their U. S. senators and- he thinks
that the people themselves should
have the right In the first Instance to
say who shall be their representative
In the upper house of congress.
Having served two terms In the
legislature he Is perfectly familiar
with the general routine of represen
tative work. He favors the enact
ment of a state banking law which
will guarantee safety to depositors;
he believes that a state bank should
be strong and secure and that tt should
be Incorporated under such laws.
rules and regulations as will secure
every depositor who deals with It
every cent he has on deposit. At the
present time he thinks that a bank
ing law somewhat after the fashion
of the Oklahoma banking laws would
be safe to be adopted by the legisla
ture of this state; he believes In an
economic administration of legisla
tive n fairs and that a legislator should
be a business man and should repre
sent the people with every safeguard
ana Inst public and private losses and
that hu should transact the business
of the people In the legislature with
the same care and prudence that he
would superintend his own business
as a successful man.
STRAIN' IXJK REELECTION.
Most Capable Aon.Hor In History 0f
County.
C. P. Strain, candidate for reelec
tion to the office of assessor. Is too
well known to the people of Umatilla
county for any additional announce
ment. Unfortunately, he has been quite 111
for several weeks, "having had to un
dergo a serious surgical operation,
and has not been able to do any cam
paign work whatever. He Is still In
the hospital, but Is Improving nicely.
Umatilla county should be proud
of this man. His writings upon taxa
tion subjects have been published In
the leading newspapers of the north'
west. His fearless uction in causing
rich corporations to pay their Just
proportion of taxes bus been n subject
of comment nil over the northwest. Ho
has received hundreds of letters from
assessors in various states asking for
his literature upon the subject of tax-
,T. HUDDEMAXX, FOR. COMMLSSIONEIt.
A Heavy TuxnayT Who PIhiv.h tho People's Interests Paramount.
should bo given tho official acts of
the county court; that the people
should Vnow where and for what pur
pose their money Is used; that a care
fully Itemized statement of the ex
penditures of the people's money
should be placed before the public In
the newspapers often. In order that
each taxpayer may know where his
tax money has gone, and he promises
the people that as far as the law pre
scribes he will endeavor to carry out
the duties of his office to the very
best of his ability.
Mr. Hudcmann has recently retired
from his ranch to Pendleton, As far
as tho financial income from the of
fice of commissioner Is concerned he
does not consider the salary of any
consequence and he Is not seeking the
office for tho money there Is In It, and
he will take pleasure In giving his
time and attention to the duties. of
the office with the least possible ex
pense to the people.
He believes thnt every locality in
the county should be carefully con
sidered and that a county commission
er should keep In close touch with
the needs of the people. He was so
llclted to become a candidate by re
publicans and democrats alike, re
gardless of politics, and If elected he
will nerve the people without any re
gard whatever to politics.
J. Hudcmann, candidate for county
commissioner, came to Umatilla
county from' the state of Illinois 25
years ngo and has lived on a ranch one
mile south of Warren station on the
W. & C. It. It,, 12 miles northeast of
Pendleton .ever since said time. Ho
Is one of the large taxpayers of the
county;' Is the owner of eleven and
one-half quarter sections of wheat
land; considerable personal property
and has by careful, economic man
agement reached his present status,
beginning as a very poor man. Belli,
a large taxpayer himself he Is Inter
ested very much In the economic ad
ministration of county affairs. ' If
elected as one of the county commis
sioners he will endeavor to help con
duct the business of the county with
more care and consideration than he
would Tils own private business, know
Ing that he would be a public servant
and that his duty would be to serve
his constituents to the very best ad
vantage. Mr. Hudemann Is 59 years old; Is
well educated and for a number of
years has taken a keen Interest In
public schools, county affairs, and
economic questions, and feels that he
Is amply able to fulfill the duties of
a county commissioner In the best In
terest of the people.
He believes that the widest publicity
atlon. Hon. Jos. N. Teal, one of the
leading lawyers and business men of
Portland, was frank to say that Mr.
Strain's dissertation upon the subject
of railroad rates was superior to that
of Hon. Robert M. La Follette's of
Wisconsin.
A careful consideration of Mr.
Strain's official acts will convince any
taxpayer who is not prejudiced against
him thut he has been the best assessor
Umatilla county ever had. Two of
the leading republicans of Pendleton
men of education and considerable
property holding agreed in saying,
"C. P. Strain has been thebest asses
sor this county ever had and we are
going to vote for him."
Mr, Strain, before getting sick, be
gan to prepare a careful statement of
each parcel of real estate In the coun
ty, the nature of the soil, Its value,
etc., for the benefit of his office. He
Is a tireless worker and in making as
sessments treats every taxpayer alike
and has no pets, no favorites, and
knows nothing but his legal and moral
duties to the public whose servant he
Is.
A few press comments about him
are as follows:
Assessor Strain wears no railroad
collar, no bank collar, no corporation
collar. Weston Leader.
If any public servant In Oregon de
serves universal commendation of the
people of the state, that man Is As
sessor C. P. Strain. East Oregonlan.
C. P. Strain has made the best and
fairest asessment of Umatilla county
ever made. Milton Eagle.
C. P. Strain is waging what is prob
ably the most fearless, clear cut, and
logical fight for just taxation of rail
road propetry that was ever conduct
ed by a county assessor In - the Pa
cific northwest. Spokesman-Review.
SCOTT FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
lilulur Young Man of Athena Would Represent Umatilla
1 Coun ties.
and Morrow
The attention of the people Is called
to the candidacy of Joseph N. Scott
for Joint representative for Umatilla
and Morrow counties. Mr., Scott Is a
farmer by occupation, living on a large
wheat ranch near Athena. He is 31
years old; is a graduate of the Wes
ton Normal schol and Is a sou of Mr.
W. H. H. Scott, deceased, who was one
of the best known citizens of Uma
tilla county.
All of his life Mr. Scott has been
of clean, moral, upright, and manly
habits. He was born and raised In
Umatilla county and has lived therein
all the while. Wherever he Is known
he Is- respected as -a clean, scholarly
and competent citizen, a successful
farmer and business man.
He Is a staunch advocate of "State
ment Number 1," and believes In the
right of the peoplo to select their U.
S. senators by direct vote, and If elect
ed to the legislature will always vote
for the candidate for U. S. senator
who has received the highest number
of the people's vote.
Ho favors the enactment of a state
banking law which will secure every
depositor who deals with a state
bank. Mr. Scott's opponent In this
campaign Is cashier of a bank at lone
In Morrow county and It is for the
people to say whether they prefer a
banker to represent them in the leg
islature or whether they prefer a far
mer. Mr. Scott believes in banks and
Is not waging warfare upon his op
ponent because he is a banker, but,
owing to the fact that the state of
Oregon has recently witnessed a pe
riod of financial uncertainty and in
stability and that thousands of depos
itors have undergone great worry and
uneasiness on account of lack of con
fidence In our banking system, he be
lieves thata rigid system of banking
laws should be enacted so that every
person would have confidence In the
banks and that every depositor would
be absolutely safe In his deposit.
For a number of years Mr. Scott has
been an attentive student of political
economy, political history and socio
logical problems. He Is very familiar
with the needs of eastern Oregon and
If elected to the legislature would rep
resent his constituents with ability.
Six years ago he was urged to be
come' a candidate for recorder. .Four
years ago he was strongly solicited
to 'become a candidate for joint rep
resentative. Two years ago ie was
sought by many of his friends to be
come a candidate for representative.
The people who know him have con
fidence in his ability, Integrity and
manhood, and his certificate of nomi
nation was signed freely by republi
cans and democrats alike, regardless
of party.
If his opponent had subscribed to
"Statement Number 1" and declared
himself In favor of the right of the
people to elect their U. S. senators b
direct vote of the people he would
not. under any circumstances be a
candidate in this campaign.
Mr. Scott was a clerk In the state
senate during the session of 1902 and
is perfectly familiar with the general
routlno of legislature work.
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II. I. WATTS, A. R., LL. B.
Democratic Nominee for County School Superintendent.
H. I. Watts, a republican, "State
ment Number -" man, has been unan
imously nominated and sanctioned by
the democratic party ot this county,
purely in recognition of his qualifi
cations for the office. Mr. Watts Is
SO years old, a native of Athena, Uma
tilla county, Oregon, the son of a well
known pioneer ot that place Mr.
Watts, who is at present principal of
the Athena High school graduated
from the Monmouth normal school in
1897: from the University of Oregon
in 1903, and from Harvard University
In 1907, and has had five years' ex
perience in teaching, one year In which
he held the chair of mathematics in
the Ashland Normal school. If elect
ed he will devote his time and talents
to the development of the country
schools and the building up of the
educational system of the county and
state. It is his intention and purpose
to help teachers, students and direc
tors and to keep in close touch with
the needs of each school district
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WILL M. PETERSON
ATTORXE Y-AT-LAW.
CTLUIUIAX UMATILLA COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMIT-
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T. C. FRAZIER, DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR CLERK OF THE COURT
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Mr. Frazler was born at .Weston,
Umatilla county, 27 years ago, and has
lived in said county all his life. He
Is a son of Mr. Henry Frazler, one ot
the best known citizens in the coun
ty. He was educated In the publlo
schools of Milton, the Empire busi
ness college at Walla Walla, the com
mercial department of Columbia col
lege, and was' at Whitman one year.
For the past six years he has been an
employe of the Bank of Milton, the
last three years of which he has been
assistant cashier. For three years he I
has been treasurer of the city of Mil
ton. .
He Is a clean, sober, moral, upright
business man and wnerever known
has a host of warm friends. He baa
every qualification required of a clerk
of the court and It elected will make
an efficient officer. In Milton and
Freewater where he Is well acquaint
ed he is known, since accepting the
nomination, as "Our Tom," and will
be given a large vote regardless ot
party politics. He Is a strong ad
vocate of "Statement Number 1."
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JOHN Q. PEEBLER
Candidate for Recorder.
Born at Adams, and has lived in Umatilla
County all his life. Was educated at the -Pendleton
High School and Pendleton Aca
demy. Has had considerable experience in
clerical work, and has every qualification to
make a good and efficient official. If elected
will conduct the business of the office in a
careful, painstaking and courteous manner.
He is the son of George D. Peebler, an
old pioneer.