East Oregonian : E.O., May 30, 1908, EVENING EDITION, Page PAGE TEN, Image 10

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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON. SATURDAY, MAY SO, 1008.
SIXTEEN PAGES.
TO WE II Oil
THE HOUSE FLY
EXTERMINATION CAMPAIGN
WAGED IN NORTHWEST
Seattle Health Officer Take the Lead
Walla Walla WiU Follow Suit and
Other Chios In Northwest Are
. Urged to Fall In Line Will Dratroy
' Breeding Grounds.
A campaign of extermination
against the common house fly Is be'
lng waged throughout the northwest
and much sentiment Is heard to the
effect that Walla Walla should Join
In the crusade, say the Walla Walla
Statesman. So far the city authori
ties have taken no action, but the
subject may be brought up at a fu
ture meeting of the city council.
A campaign against house files Is
chiefly the destruction of their breed
ing places, and these are open ma
sure piles or any place wher there Is
warmth enough to hatch the eggs.
An effective campaign . has Just
been begun under the direction of
Health Officer Crichton, of Seattle.
Although on a more elaborate scale
than Walla Walla could undertake,
Dr. Crichton outlines It In the fol
lowing statement
"To properly wage this campaign,
we will need the cooperation of the
general public, and In particular the
housewives. The danger from the
fly is in having the Insect enter the
home and get on the food. We will
be able to exterminate millions of
flies, but each housewife should make
a patricular effort to keep flies out
of her own home.
"I think that we will first have' to
wage a campaign of education.. When
files are more plentiful we will con
duct experiments and show to the
general public how great Is the dan
ger. Dr. William R. M. Kellogg, city
bacteriologist, will be asked to make
some tests, and we will have photO'
graphs taken. He will take flies, al
low them to light on execretions from
a typhoid patient and then light on
meat or other culture media. We will
have photographs taken through
microscope, which will snow now eas
ily the germs and bacteria are car
rled, and how kuickly they multiply,
This will show conclusively that the
fly Is one of the greatest spreaders of
disease germs.
"If the housewife would once wake
up to the danger, It would be a com
paratlvely simple matter to prevent
much sickness. The germs of many
diseases are carried by the fly and
mosquito, and if we can exterminate
the two, as Prof. L. O. Howard, the
government bacteriologist, says can be
done,- this will be a much healthier
city.
"The health department's work lies
in removing the breeding places for
Ties and mosquitoes. I hear dally of
dozens of places where the flies and
mosquitoes are breeding, and we will
nsk the citizens to notify us of breed
ing places they find In their neigh
borhoods. In this way we will be able
to make a thorough campaign this
summer."
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FOR
IIAFEK VPOX PROHIBITION.
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Manager of Crater Lake Lumber Com
pany Detrlen Efforts of Agitators
Who I "ay Xo Taxes.
Medford, Ore., May 24.
To' the Editor:
As our company Is a heavy taxpayer
and holder of large Interests in the
county and city of Medford, I am
deeply interested In the campaign now
In progress in which prohibition Is the
paramount Issue. I take the liberty of
giving you what I believe to be the
opinion of a majority of Medford
property owners in regard to prohibi
tion. In the first place, permit me to say
I am not Interested directly or indi
rectly in any saloon, brewery or dls
tlllery. and therefore have no direct
Interests to conserve. I believe I can
look at the proposition fairly, honest
ly and from a standpoint of Justice to
all.
First, stop and consider the mar
Farmers, Manufacturers. Dealers. Insurance Agents.
Transportation Companies and Wage Earners
The Brewers, .blisters and Disiillsrs of Iho United Slates Con
sumo in ihoir products every year.
3,31,75 BUSHELS OP CORN $27,274,208.00
62,700,000 BUSHELS OF BARLEY 02.780.MO.00
5,595,000 BUSHELS OF RVEX. 3,016,889.00
SUGAR PRODUCTS, HOPS AND ASSORTED GRAINS ... 16,358,999.00
LABOR (PRODUCERS ONLY) ' M.542,000.00
COAL AND OTHER FUEL 5,000,000.00 .
BOTTLES 15,000,000.00
LUMBER, RUBBER GOODS, STEAM ENGINES, MACHIN
ERY, TOOLS, STEAM FITTINGS, PLUMBERS SUP
PLIES, FILTERING MATERIAL, CHEMICAL SUP
PLIES, PAINT AND VARNISH, FURNITURE,
BRUSHES, PACKING HOUSE PRODUCTS, ADVER
TISING SIGNS, PRINTING, WAGONS, HARNESSES,
BUILDERS' SUPPLIES, ETC 150,000,000 00
FIRE INSURANCE PREMIUMS 15,000,000.00
RAILROAD, FREIGHT AND EXPRESS 20,000,000.00
Making a Total paid into the producing sources of the U. S. of$369,85 1,097.00
These industries and the Allied Trades have a total Investment cf upwards of $3,
100,000,000.00 they Pay annually State and Government License
amounting: to $271,867,990.00
In addition they pay City License, Real Estate and Pergonal Property,
Taxes aggregating the enormous total of $81,500,000.00. 1
The continued growth of Prohibition and the destruction of the Brew
ing and Drilling Industries will resid in the Farmer and the Allied Trades
In all lines of manufacture being made to suffer great losses through the
destroyed market for their products.
FARMMRS! Can you afford to longer allow stump speakers, who pay no taxes and
who are employed by city organization who pay no' taxes, to add to your burden by
compelling you to maintain public institutions that are now supported by the business
concerns these interlopers are trying to kill.
THE UNEMPLOYED OF THE UNITED STATES JUST AT THE
PRESENT TIME NUMBER MANY THOUSANDS WHO ARE CLAMOR
ING FOR FOOD AND SHELTER. THE PROHIBITION MOVEMENT, IF
ALLOWED TO EXPAND, WILL CERTAINLY AGGRAVATE THESE
CONDITIONS BY ADDLNG MANY THOUSANDS TO THE NUMBER OF
UNEMPLOYED AND OVERLOADING THE TAX PAYER BY COMPELL
ING HIM TO SHOULDER EXPENSES NOW BORNE BY THE INDUS
TRIES THAT THE PROHIBITION! STS ARE ATTEMPTING TO PUT
OU OF BUSINESS.
EVERY FARMER. EVERY WORKINGMAN, AND EVERY MANU
FACTURER IN THE UNITED STATES, SHOULD. NOW ASSERT HIS
RIGHTS AND USE EVERY EFFORT TO SUPPRESS THIS GROWING
EVIL OF PROHIBITION, WHICH IS JEOPARDIZING THE LIVELI
HOOD OF UPWARDS OF SIX MILLION PEOPLE AND THREATENS
TO PRECIPITATE THE GREATEST FINANCIAL CRISIS TIHS COUN
TRY HAS EVER KNOWN.
Women as Well as Men Are Mart;
miserable by Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.
Kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
discourages and lessensamtntion ; beauty,
vigor anrl cheerful
ness coon disappear
when the kidneys are
' out of order or dis
eased. Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not ancom-
' mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys. If the
child urinates too often, if the urine scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet-ling,
depend upon it, the cause of the diffi
culty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to a diseased condition of
the kidneys and bladder and not to a
habit as most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made miser
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold
by druggists, in fifty
rest aod one-dollar
size bottles. You may
have a sample bottle
oy mail free, also a Boe a inmp-soet.
emphlet telling all about Swamp-Root,
eluding many of the thousands of testi
monial letters received from sufferers
cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Bingoamton, N. Y., be sure and mention
this paper. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad
dress, Einghamton. N. Y., on every
bottle.
velous growth of this beautiful little
city and valley. Yesterday the Med
ford Morning Mail came out with the
following Item in large headlines.
reading:
"Big Growth in Two Years; Med
ford Increases Her Voting List 98 Per
Cent In Two Tears." It is Just 10
short of doubling. Counting one reg
istered voter to each five persons In
the city, as Is customary, Medford has
a population of 5560. I consider this
record phenomenal and which It Is
very questionable can be duplicated
by any other town In the state. Every
progressive citizen of Medford should
feel unusually proud of the record,
and ijhould put his shoulder to the
wheel and see If the same results
cannot be duplicated within the next
two years.
And what helps Medford cannot but
help the county In general. Jackson
county has gone through a great, If
not the greatest panic In the United
states has ever had, and today 'comes
out with flying colors, and with the
greatest prosperity It has ever wit
nessed.
Why then bring on the vital ques
Hon of prohibition, which is bound to
cause uneasiness and arrest our pro
gress? Why not let well enough
alone?
It has been my observation that
nine places out of 10 where prohlbl
tion has been tried It has eliminated
prosperity, retarded progress and ma
terially Increased taxation, with no
gain In morals to offset the lo;.
There Is no one who has greater
respect for a conscientious, honest
minister of the gospel than I, and the
preaching and teaching In most of the
churches Is certainly a great aid to
the betterment of mankind. But has
the time arrived when a handful of
meddlesome preachers who pay no
taxes, and contribute practically noth
ing to the community, can dictate to
the taxpaying citizens of Jackson
county, who are trying to build up the
most beautiful valley In the west and
whose morality compares very favora
bly with other communities, and by
their mere Ipse dixit compel people
to do as they say? Continual med
dling, constant nosing Into other peo
ple's private affairs, agitation for the
purpose of depriving people of their
liberty, will never build up a town.
I firmly believe the best Interests
of Medford and the whole country will
be conserved by the present license
law. And I regard any attempt to
swap for prohibition as being extreme-
yl dangerous to the material welfare
of the people.
EDGAR HAFER.
Central Committee.
NEW TRAINS FOR NORTH BANK.
Hill Advertises for Bita for Five Fine
Trains for New Line.
Bids have been asked for by the
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway
for five splendid trains that will be
operated between Portland and Spo
kane on the north bank road, says a
Portland paper. Theer are to be de-
delivered to the road by the first of the
year, when the new line will be In op
eration between this city and Spo
kane. Contracts for the work have
not yet been awarded but will be plac
ed within the next few days.
President Francis B. Clarke, who
has Just returned from St. Paul, went
east on purpose to arrange for th
placing of orders for the new equlp
ment. He says the new trains will
be as fine as anything on wheels In
the United States.
We expect to be running Into Port
land from Pasco by the middle of
August, said Mr. Clarke. Our line to
Spokane will not be completed, how
ever, before January 1. Work Is go.
lng ahead well on the bridges across
the Columbia and Willamette rivers
and materials are now on hand for
their completion. The Wllllamette
bridge Is delaying us somewhat but
both structures will be up early In
August.
z 'When the line Is opened to Spokane
through Pullmans will be put on from
Portland to St. Paul, connecting with
the Hill roads at Spokane.
Hs Grasped the lda.
"Tommy," said his teacher, "the
words 'circumstantial evidence' occur
In the lesson. Do you know what cir
cumstantial evidence Is?"
Tommy replied that he did not.
"Well, I will explain It to you by an
Illustration. You know we have a
rule -against eating apples in school.
Suppose some morning I should see
you in your seat with a book held up
In front of your face. I say nothing,
but presently I go around to where
you are sitting. You are busily study
lng your lesson, but I find that your
face is smeared, while under the edge
of your slate I see the core of a fresh
ly eaten apple.
'I should know just as well as if I
had caught you at it that you have
been eating an apple, although, of
course, I did not see you do ft That
la a case In which circumstantial evi
dence convicts you. Do you think you
know what It Is now?"
"Yes, ma'am," said Tommy. "It's
eating apples in school." Youth's
Companion.
' The Mormons.
The Book of Mormon appeared In
1830. Joseph Smith of Palmyra, N. Y.,
claimed that be bad received it as a
new Bible for all mankind. He began
preaching Mormon doctrines, gathered
followers, who migrated to Klrkland,
O., and later to Missouri whence they
were driven oat by their neighbors.
They then went to Illinois, building
the dry of Nanvoo, and adopted po
lygamy, but tbey met with string op
position there and finally settled at
Bait Lake. They had hardly reached
there before the foreign soli tbey bad
chosen was a part of the United States
by a treaty with Mexico.
Cottages and tents for rent at Long
Beach, Wash. Inquire of Lydla D.
Smith, SIS Lewis street, or phone
Main 5.
Recommendations ef Tax
Foyers' League lo Voters on
Certain Questions Submitted
to the People.
Amendment Increasing membership
of Supreme Court.
304. X Yes.
305. No.
Voters are advised to vote YES.
Changing time of
June to November.
elections from
306
307.
X
Yes.
No.
Voters are advised to vote YES.
Free transportation for office hold
era.
310. Yes.
311. X No.
Voters are advised to vote NO.
National Guard Armories.
312. Yes.
313. X No.
Voters are advised to vote NO.
Appropriation for University,
314 X Yes.
815 .No.
Voters are advised to vote YES.
Limiting power of state control ov
gambling, etc., in cities.
320. Yes.
321. X No.
Voters are advised to vote JJO.
Single tax amendment.
822. Yes.
323. X No.
Voters are advised to vote NO.
Making Indictments only returnable
by Grand Jury.
334. X Yes.
335. No.
Voters are advised to vote YES.
Cut This Ciit tr.d(Tcks fa ths
Polls.
CUE
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Official Nominees and Candidates
of the Republican Party
for June Election.
For United States Senator
II. M. CAKE; of Multnomah County.
For Representative
W1. R. ELLIS, of Umatilla County.
Justice of the Supreme Court
. . ROBERT 8. BEAN, of Lane County.
For Oregon Dairy and Food Commissioner
J. W. BAILEY, of Multnomah County
For Railroad Commissioner
CLYDE B. AITCinSON, of Multnomah County
Tor Prosecuting Attorney
GILBERT W. PHELPS, of Umatilla County.
For Representative Twenty-Second District
T. J. MAIIONEY, of Morrow County.
For Representatives from Umatilla County
C. M. BARRETT.
L. L. MANN.
For County Clerk
FRANK BALING.
For County Recorder of Conveyances FRED W. HENDLEY.
For County Treasurer
GEORGE W. BRADLEY.
For County Assessor
ROBERT T. BROWN.
For County School Superintendent
FRANK K. WELLES.
For County Surveyor
JOHN W. KIMBRELL.
For County Coroner
RALPH FOLSOM.
For County Commissioner
HORACE WALKER.
VOTE 'ER STRAIGHT.
Local Option Ad.
What is the Matter with Echo ?
Do you know during the last two years that
not to exceed one new dwelling has been erected
in this town which has a great many natural ad
vantages. Do you know why ?
Because the Saloons are in Control.
Home builders and saloons do not work in
double harness.
Five licensed saloons and a house of easy
virtue located on her main street are not attract
ive to house builders.
CITIZENS OF ECHO WAKE UP.
FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER
VOTE'
29 X Oglesby Young
The strong and capable nominee of the
Democratic' Party.
Mark Your Ballot
FOR. SHERIFF
41 X T, D. Taylor
Famous as an efficient officer, over the entire
Northwest. Let's keep him there. "
FOK DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
Mark your Ballot.
30 X G. W. PHELPS
Republican Candidate for Re-election.
Vote for the
FARMER CANDIDATE
FOR JOINT REPRESENTATIVE.
34 X JOSEPH N. SCOTT
A UMATILLA COUNTY MAN.
Statement No. 1.
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