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BOARDMAN, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY" APRIL 25, 1924
SINNOTT STANDS SCRUTINY
tse:
NUMBER 10
NOT TO RETURN HIM WOULD BE A
CALAMITY FOR THIS DISTRICT
out further residence on iiis home
stead; a law giving ex-soldiers re
ceiving compensation for disability
credit on their homesteads for term
of enlistment.
Adds Millions
He rendered
to Oregon
Fund
a signal service
His Record in Congress Speaks For Him.
Has Delivered the Goods.
He
We Had Better Not Trade Horses In the Middle of
the Stream.
One of the problems that most
perplex-ed those trying to work out a
compromise that would make it pos
sible to organize the House of Repre
sentatives during the deadlock at the
beginning of the 6 8th Congress was
who shall be on the steering commit
tee. There was one man who was ac
ceptable to all factions. During the
preliminary conferences at the capi
tOl in November 1923 this man was '
enroute from his home in Oregon. :
Bot! -ides in his absence and, with
out li is knowledge agreed o? him.
Thus, Nick Slnnott of Oregon, be
came one of the House official lead
ers, for this powerful committee is
the instrumentality of the House,
which considers what legislation
shall be taken up at a given time.
Concerning this, the La Grande
Observer said editorially on Decem
ber 11, 1923, under the caption
"Slnnott as a Leader":
It is notable that Congressman
N. J. Slnnott from the Second
Oregon district has been selected
as one of the steering committee
in the present congress. This
means that recognition of the long
service and earnest application of
Congressman Sinnott are recog
nized by his fellow workers among
the law-makers.
Few men of the entire lowi r
house have the grasp of affairs
in general with the equal of the
Oregon Congressman. Few men
stand as well with every depart
ment of government as does Nick
Slnnott. He Is a deep student of
governmental matters, a good
speaker on the floor, a congress
man who respects the rights and
opinions of all members, and Is
therefore, chosen as one of the !
committee tQ steer the work of I
the present session.
Leader on Other Big Committees j
Besides this he is a leading mem- j
ber on two committees of primary j
Importance to Oregon and the West; i
Chairman of Public Lands and
ranking member of the Irrigation
Committee, which positions make I
him a member of all conferences be-!
tween the Senate and the House on
legislation affecting the public lands '
and irrigation. Surely the people ofr
Ms district in Eastern and Southern
Oregon do not wish to surrender
these points of advantage by choos
ing a brand new congressman who
would have to start again at the
foot of the congressional ladder. j
Commenting on the great advan
tage of Sinnott's committee position 1
to his state, the Portland Oregon-
Ian said January 13, 1921: I
Mr. Sinnott is at the head of
the committee on Public Lands,
and as such is in a position to
render valuable services to his
entire district and state and na
tion. Sinnott as a Performer
"Action speaks louder than
words." The record of Sinnott in
congress speaks for him. He has de-!
livered the goods; is a performer!
rather than a promiser. No one who
has ever represented Oregon in Con
greM has written his name on more
legislation. The ordinary new Con
gressman is happy and lucky if he i
can secure the passage of one bill
for his constituents during his first
two years in Congress. During three
years in the 66th and 67th Congress,
Nick Sinnott got the House to pass
23 bills introduced by him; secur
ing favorable committee reports on
38 bills during those congresses
alone.
Space permits mentioning only a
part. After years of fruitless ef
fort in Congress for the relief of
Sherman County settlers dispossess
ed by the Supreme Court decision in
the E. O. land case he secured pass
age of the Sherman County Relief
Bill. He secured an appropriation of
$1 50.000 to combat the pine beetle
destroying the forests of Oregon and
later two reappropriations of the un
expended funds.
His bill relating to the Malheur
National Forest in Harney County
was followed by the gale of timber
in this forest and the present con
struction of the railroad from Crane
through Burns to Bear ValleiO thu.s
opening to development Harney
County.
At his instance the forest service
Is cruising for sale a large body of
timber in the Oregon National For
est which will mean the develop
ment of large lumber activities em
ploying numerous men In Wasco
County. Recently he got the House
to pass a bill authorizing the expen
diture of $7,500,000 during the next
three years in building roads and
trails in our National Parks, includ
ing Crater Lake National Park.
The Evening Herald of Klamath
Falls, Oregon, commented editorial
ly on this legislative achievement in
its issue of March 24, 1924, as fol
lows: Another Big .lob Finished
When the national park road
bill, carrying an appropriation of
approximately $7,500,000 for
construction of roads, trails,
bridges and like improvements in
the national parks, passed the
House last week, Nick Sinnott
won another triumph.
Men high in public life, rec
ognizing that the success of the
measure was due to the efforts of
the congressman from Eastern
Oregon, and the confidence re
posed in him by his colleagues in
the committee and on the floor,,
showered congratulations upon
him.
Which shows the influence
Sinnott wisely wields, and the
confidence reposed in him by his
fellows of the public lands com
mitee and the lower house of con
gress. Incidentally, $300,000 of the
seven and one-half millions will
be spent in Crater Lake Park.
It was a good day's work for
the west, for Oregon, and especi
ally for southern Oregon, but it's
all in the day's work of a wise
and able representative. Today
and tomorrow- there will be some
thing else and Sinnott will be
working just as hard, just as ably
and with continually greater in
fluence, to put it across for the
development of the beloved state
he so well serves.
They say there are people In
his district who want to replace
Sinnott. They'll not do it. If
they would pay more heed to the
Congressman's record, and less to
their small preiudices, they'd not
want to do it. Nick Sinnott would
be returned to congress, as he
should be, as his bills go through
by unanimous consent.
RecIamaMon His Hobby
Reclamation for Oregon has been
his particular and persistent hobby
. He has never missed a proper op
portunity In eleven years in talking
to officials of the reclamation serv
ice, the Secretary of the Interior,
committees of congress or on the
floor of the House, to bring out the
idea that Oregon has been discrim
inated against in the apportionment
of reclamation funds. The results
have been remarkable. He found
Oregon the step-child of the Recla
mation states today largely through
his persistence she is fast becoming
the favored daughter.
He secured the passage of the
Mineral Leasing Act of February
25, 1920 with royalties going to the
Reclamation Fund enhancing the
fund over $12,000,000 and as a re
sult in the last two House bills cov
ering Reclamation appropriations,
Oregon leads all states with appro
priations of over $4,000,000.
This achievement has been the re
sult of tireless and persistent effort.
He induced Secretary Lane to alter
his new reclamation proiect pol
ley to the extent of making the
West Extension of the Umatilla
to
Oregon during the 65th Congress in
trie adjustment of the Oregon and
California land Orant. In the Puhlic
Lands Committee and on he floor of
the House Sinnott fought for Ore
gon's interests and in the face of
bitter opposition secured for his
home state concessions which it is
estimated Will result in adding,
when the grant is administered, at
least $10,000,000 to the irreducible
school fund of the State and an ad
ditional $10,000,000 to the land
grant counties for common schools,
highways, etc.
Commenting on this great serv
ice, the Oregon Journal baid editor
ially, March 30, 1916:
Congressman Sinnott made a
beautiful fight in the final strug
gle over the land grant bill in
the Ferris Committee. His ag
gressive endeavors to build up the
Oregon School fund must be sat
isfying to himself, and satisfying
to the people of his district and
the state.
He has been tireless in his efforts
both before government depart
ments and in the hall of Congress
for things that would benefit the
farmer and stock man. He has
successfully fought immediate in
crease in grazing fees on national
forests.
His Determined Fight (or M
Hattgeu Kill
During the present session of
Congress he has battled early and
late in behalf of the McNarv-Hauir-
en bill to make the exchange value
of the farmer's product equal that
of other producers. He has urged
upon his fellow members of the Re
publican Congressional Committee
the importance of favorable action
upon the bill. At his invitation eight
meetings of the committee of con
gressmen from the grain states
pressing for immediate action on
this bill have met in his committee
room. Time and again he has
brought to the attention of his col
leagues on the House Steering Com
mittee the necessity of prompt con
sideration of this bill by the House
when it shall have been reported
out by the committee on agriculture
and he has urged the passage of the
bill upon the President in a vigorous
talk in behalf of its provisions.
ta-the
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Herald of
and
tu
L'Xnry
Mplentf
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to be a tru
to that
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Project the one exception
rule in the United States.
During the 67th Congress he se-1
cured an appropriation of $400,000
for the Deschutes Irrigation project; j
but on account of local co.npllca-j
tiens the Reclamation Service de
ri I' d it was impracticable to UBe
the appropriation. Undaunted bv
this the following winter he secured
an appropriation of $400,000 for the
Baker Irrigation Protect and in the :
no- t Congr9M $500,000. During the
present session of Congress a re-ap-,
nropriation of this half-million dol-;
lars for the Baker Project was
made.
He secured the appropriations
for the construction of the McKay
Dam on the Unia'illa project and
the passage of an amendment to the
Columbia Basin bill appropriating
$5n,f 00 for an Investigation of the1
Umatilla Rap'ds project.
sinnott and the Soldier
He has supported all legislation 1
for veterans of the world war, In
cluding adjusted ompenaation ; se
cured passages of laws giving the
veterans preference rights to file on
public lands, including reclamation
projects open to entry; for disabled
veterans to make final proof with-
X. J. SIN NOTT
Republican Candidate tor Nomi
nation for Congressman, Second
District.
Commenting on these services
The Dalles Chronicle said editorial
ly, February 27, 1 924:
Congressman Sinnott has
through his long experience in
Congress and through the work
ing out of priority rules achieved
a place of prominence where his
word is heeded by the powers
that be. He is one of the hard
est workers in Washington in be
half of the McNary-Haugen bill
and with the help of other North
west representatives succeeded in
bringing this agricultural relief
measure from virtual obscurity to
its present position where it has a
good chance for passage.
If it Is humanly possible to make
the McNary-Haugen bill a law,
Slnnott and his handrul of co-j
workers In the House and Senate ;
will put it across. Herbert I
Egbert, president of the state!
Farmers' Union, who spent a'
month is Washington lobbying in
behalf of the bill, had an oppor
tunity to see the good work Sin-1
nott is Jolng. and came back
warm in his praise of the repre
sentative from the second Oregon
District.
"S. nt It to Siiinott." A Household
I'lirnse
But the busy chairman of the
"busiest" committee of Congress
can always find time to do an offi
cial kindness for any of his consti
tuents "Nick S'nnott is the big brother
of every citizen in bis district, " said
the Madras Pioneer. Hundreds of
struggling homesleaders and soldiers
whose trouble he has made his own
and straight ned out with the de
partments In Washington have rea-!
son to indorse this tribute. j
Said the Blue Mountain (Canyon
City) Eagle, February 10, 1922:
Mr. Sinnot is a mighty popular
man, and this popularity is based
upon his efforts which nre ilnnvi
School for those whom he ronraaonta
When any district in Eastern
Oregon wants anything attended
to in Washington they "Send it
to Sinnott." "Send it to Sin
nott" has become tt'most a house
hold phrase in Eastern Oregon.
And Sinnott attends to it. He is
si ways prompt m his correspond
ence, obligine and consild rr.n tt
He is a hard worker, honest and
enthusiastic. In looking over the
proceedings of Congress in the
Congressional record we find the
name of Sinnott prominent in all
running debate on matters per
taining to the land laws affecting
the West. Sinnott is authority
along these lines. He spent much
oi nia me on and about the
cant lands and he knows what
locator has to contend with.
Commenting on the case of a
aler boy, the Even:n
Klamath Falls, said:
uregon nas a representa: iv
uiai tias a soul, tha; has a heart
t.iat has a brain a man who for
nraisen and selfish aggrand
i..ement and works for the r, lj
"i wenare and assistance
01 ms constituent;. That man
" " imou - they love the
man wtio hears their call
nigw or day has shown
stands ready to serve them.
rress I'mises Sinnott
Service
"UUUI ana newspapermen froi
ever part ot his district have
peatedly written concerning the
i.itt.iwime record winch Ni.k Sinnot
nf nimn 1, . i
,. ,i muue 111 congress
'''lie Representative
in everj instance durln
tlw long period that he has rw
f. ..... , I 1 1 .
rcooiiicu i ue people of Eastel
uregon 111 the national
n0 has shown himself
public servant.
Each year, or ho. lie kak.
tour of his district and talks witl,
Mie people 111 nearly every sectio
Of til., ir .,,, I .... ,. , .
hum Biuire which lie rep
,,,,,la' curing these many year
sum conduct no has come U
understand conditions and th
..eeus ot tne people throughou
his r . ., 1 1 .-. . ... r . .
' nrausc 01 nis con
:!''(! ... ...
.v.t,.lluUBiiOTii as a puoilc servant
e nas gained th- confidence ot
-K.is constituents who have expres
bto uie'r eonridenee at the
year after year
in 1 ne national capital his ahi
"y may be measured bv the groa
esteem in which he is held by fel
congressmen and by the fact
or nis membership on Importan
congressional committees Cong
reaamaq .sinnott has proved him
self a true public servant in eve
rj sense of the word. From
"tutorial in Lakeview Examine
March 20, 1924.
Said the Malheur Enterprise, ed
Itorially, March 22, 1924, after'sug
grating .mat the retirement of Con-
gressman Mnnott at the present timi
wuuiu ne notntng short of a public
calamity:
11 a new man is elected, he will
not assume duty until March.
1 925. If he was the greatest maa
in native ability that ever enter
od Congress he could not in one
year after entry command the In
fluence the Incumbents now hold
In other words It would be twi
years from the present before w
could possibly receive any hem
fits from a new represijntat iv
Can we wait
Our hacks are against the wall
in the last battle of the world
war the battle of reconstruction
It Is now In the balance. The
coming two years will determine
whether w have won or lost, and
It must and will be settled before
we can break in new recruits.
We had better not "trad'
horses In the middle of a stream."
Sinnott nn Untiring Worker
.iild the Hood River Glacier, De
cember 6, 1923:
Representative Slnnott, who l
known as one of the most until
ing workers of the great national
body of legislators, is chairman
Committee on Poblli
He Is considered one of
informed members of
on the reclamation
the western country.
Hood River N'ews, April
Iioll
1 1
of the
Lands,
the best
Congress
needs of
Said the
. 1924:
When it is
Slnnott Is the
rigtire of the
at Washington
nave every
he will be
deal
Hire
LEG
reuiembi red that
one outstanding
Oregon delegation
his many friends
reason to believe that
renominated
pondence with nis constituents,
Ilia personal replies and personal
handling of trlval matters that
make a congressman stiong in his
district, is a matter of gemeral
knowledge.
The Dalles Chronicle in an editor
ial dated February 27, 1924, among
other tilings, said:
Mr. Slnnott hoe a clean record
and one of achievement. He ever
has had an attentive ear for the
wishes of his constituents, and no
plea, no matter how trivial, lias
failed to elicit response. Men of
his type iu congress, unfortunate
ly, are rare. If there were more
like him there that legislative
body would not now be so bollig
erently Inactive, with is blocs,
factions and cliques, all ohstruut
ing the passage of needed laws.
Attempts have been made to
defeat Mr. Slnnott before, and at
timer, the opposition ha3 been de
termined and vigorous, but 011
every occasion voters of the dis
trict showed their realization and
appreciation of his work by send
ing him back, with substantial
majorities, it is almost Inconclev
able that such will not be the
cae again, for any thinking per
ron cannot but realise that 1101
only the eastern part of the stato,
but all of Oregon and all of the
Pacific coat WOUld be the loser
if lie should be retired.
"Sinnott Stands Scrutiny"
The Bind Bulletin of Februat
:7, 1924, said editorially:
If the Repu' II :i.i voters of th
second congrva lonal distii-t ar
interested in doing (he nest
thing for their district and lb
state of Oregon, they will reuon;
inate N. .1. Hlnno t. of The Dalle
at tilt! coming primary election
No oilier man can do so much ii
Washington for his constituency
lor what he has already done It
lii-- previous years of service hf
deserves the reward of a renomi
nation.
II lakes year.; in fie nMloun'
house for a member to secure roc
ognition, win authority, attain
membership on importan! com
mittees and be placed at the hem'
of one. All these thlnge "Nick"
Slnnott has done, therein puttim
himself in a posit'on to do mud
lor his dtattlict, He is chairman 0
the committee on public lands, h
h well and favorably known te
the b ader;' 01 the house. He 1"
Indeed, himself one of the lead
ers. We happen, ourself, to bav
seen a good deal of Mlnno:'
among his fellow congressmen
we have seen the work he doer
arid we know what we are talk
ing about.
Il was "Nick" Slnnott who se
erred the first designation of !h
Denchutes project and the appro
priation of $4 50,000 that vns bit
tor losl because of disisatioa on
the North Unit; it was he who
secured the change in the rout
ing of mail to Tunialo from Bond
Instead of Detcbtttes He secured
the passage of the Derchutes ex
change bill. In the North end of
his district he has obtained ap
propriations for the McKay dam
and Umatilla rapids project':
vhl''h means much 10 that M0l breaks
tlon. These are nut a tew 01 nis
accomplishments for the district.
He has likewise done much In a
nat'onal wav on public land mat
ters. In the lesser affairs
en which lib- constituents desire
help In Washington, before the
department and otherwise, he Is
indefatigable. In this work he Is
ereattv aided by his secretary.
Ned Baldwin, a rormer newspaper
man, ex-deputy United States at
tornev and a prominent Sbriner
11 is both a fortunate and un
fortunate thing that a man in Mr
Sinnott's position should have to
face ii contest, It Is fortunate
since It causes the Incumbent lo
knOW that bis acts arc always un
der scrutiny. He is as il were
always on trial It Is Uttfortttnati
Ince i' gives the opportunity oi
displacing bin because of sonu
Inmnnnn grievance, SinnoH
stands serullny. No grievance ' v
IstS which would warrant the din
rct In doing away with his serv
Ice.
sinnott should be renominated
and elected!
STATE MARKET
PJ ItT.MKXT
I1
(C. E. Speuee, Market Agent,
Portland, 723 Court House.)
Before the potato grading and in
spection law was put into enforce
ment by the state market agent.
Oregon's I'otatoea were considered
the poorest stock, on the Pacific
coast tnarHets. Today they are h-t,d-inc;
the marker. This show; what
grading and an honest pack can do.
Before the labeling grading and
Inspection were enforced, the De
partment of Agriculture of San
Francisco made the published slat
ment that Oregon potatoes were the
riskiest stock on the San Francisco
markets, and the only way the
dealers would touch them was on
consignment. The marketing asst.x,
ant stated that Washington and
Idaho potatoes had always found a
good market there.
Recent federal market quotations
from San Francisco are as follows:
Oregon, U. S. No. 1, $2 35 to $2.40;
Yakima, $1.90 to $2.00; Idaho, $2.
25 to $2.30. Uos Angeles quota
tions: Oregon Burbanks. U. s. No. 1.
2, $1.50 to
this law has
potato ai) from
eohsiganti nt
$2.25 to $3.00; No.
$1.75.
Enforcement of
brought the Oregon
a "take-your-c nance"
risk to topping the Californlan mar
ket price. The state market an '-'t
thinks it has been well worth while.
While th,. law has the loop holes or
iao3t new laws, and it would have
been difficult to have enforced it
with a club, yet the market ag t
department has had the cooperation
of nearly all dealers, retail merch
ants and big growers and It
'orki'd out most sal Isfactorhilly.
The supply has been reduced by
keeping tin- cull stock "ii the far' n
for feed; the demand has !)(- n
greatly increased by the consumers
having confidence in the esttiMiah
id grades and there i confidence
on the part id' both grn rs and
rs Ihat Oregon will have a fu
bls place 'n the best markets.
WEAKNESS n
DUE TO HAD
l INAQB&fENT
Leg weakness in chick Is a rath
er peculiar disease found i-o't oft-
n in Incuba'or batched chicks at
the age of 10 to 40 davs. It fre-
Ittently attacks chicks which have
ecu apparently healthy and grov-
by. When this disease appears In
brooder there ure usually rive il
S"s at about the same time. Oc
casionally a very hijth percentag of
Hie chicks develop It within a few
lavs.
The majority of outbreaks of leg
weakness coming lo the attention of
the veterinary department of the
Oregon Agricultural college seem to
be associated with the method f
management
"Every MVere outbreak we have
Observed lias been in chi'ks that
wen- closely housed and that were
being fed a ration containing only a
small amount of green feed," lavs
Dr. II. T. Simins, professor of Vet
erinary medicine.
"Il Is a significant fact that very
few cases are ever seen in chicks
hatched under liens and allowed to
run with the old birds. In SOUM OUt-
we have observed thai this
trouble appeared in only a part of
a hatch.
"Chicks which were out in the
sunlight and which had a sufficient
amount of green feed ('Heaped tie'
(rouble, while II developed In Hie
chicks kept In and fed very little
green stuff.
"Treatment after syDTptomS are
well developed is not v ry satisfact
ory, A change In the met hod of
management win usually prevent
development of more cases. Such a
chance cijumnIh In allowing the
young chirks lo run In the direct
sunlight and t have a pUjnttful
supply of tender green grass or
clover."
EXPERIMENT STATION NOTES
Corn seed treatments to repel
squirrels. China pheasants, crows
and similar corn field pests have
usuall boon unsuccessful, the Oiv
gon station finds Some of the tarry,
'sticky kinds Interfere to a consider
able extent with planting. In fields
where these pests are I roublesoiii",
additional amounts of seed must be
planted, and a replanting 1h some
times .necessary. POIaonod grain
scattered about the sdgea ofl the
field will slop some of these pests.
The Oregon Voter. under the
caption, "Reconnlzlng Slnnott" Bald:
Nicholas J. Slnnott, representa
Mvp In Congress from the second
congressional district, is chairman
of the committee on BuMfc lands
, and ranking member of the com
mlfep on Irrigation of arid lands
In the House. He Is also a mem
ber of the all-powerful BOOM
steering committee, which directs
the flow- not of oil- but of leg
islation through the house
through its control of the house
calendar. Mr. Slnrott Is one of
the group of western representa
tives best able, through seniority
and committee appoinments, to
secure the passage of desired leg
islation and appropriations for
projects within his district.
His close attention to corres-
The Ncwlands project cow OSj
Ing association Is OTobab'V b'
I rea test factor for their dalr!lir
success. Last year's figures how r
wide variation 'n the profit per
cow. The fed cost of production
was directly related to the proline
tlon of the cow. Nineteen per cen'
of the cows produced less than 20'
pounds of butterfal at an gvoragi
feed cost of 25 cents per pound or
a return of $1 77 per dollar')'
worth of f'-ed with hav valued at
$10 per ton. Recent f Inures I BO"
that a cow BIOS I produce 24'
pounds of BUtterfat a year to show
a profit Ten per cent of the cow:
produced In ecess of 40 pounds o'
bu'ter fat at a feed cost of only X
cents per pound or a return of $3.70
per dollar's worth of feed. The av
erage production was 2 '.'. pouuJs o
butterfal a year at an average
of 17 4 cents tor feed and an aver
age return of $2.46 for one dollar')
teed The cost of operating this aiuto
riatlon Is 15 cents per eow per
month.
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