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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1908)
Candidates at Names of Men Who Want Should Vote REPUBLICAN. ;. v For Asiessw. C. II. Allen of Floru, Republican nnm inOf fcir Com ty AHi-n'.-'or, lielioves in n "Hijiuire deal aw'g: incut, mid )'.-: edges, if elected, to fulf il the iluliea of the iillic-t to tift of liia ab.lity, fairly hiuI impartially towaid every probity owner. . " County Treasurer William T. Hell U the Republican lion-inee for County T mumT. Mr. Pell's latforn "Safety for the voniity money." Mr. BWI in ont of the Ix'Ht known men In the : unly h'ikI his r co Is known of all n en. INDEPENDENT : ' To the Voters of Wallowa County. ; I will be a candidate fori re-election an County Surveyor on an Independ ent ticket as uhiihI. On intromit of my qualillcatinus and my experieiu-., of the hint four yearn In the Position,! u ..,,", ....... .... AI.H,i. ,u t iHiir ir ... ..ir.ii m I ill ttlltl etui lietter serve the interests of the , people of Wallowa county as County Surveyor for the next two years, and ' If ,.t..ntA 1.a . ..................... Af ...J if elected the permanency of lines and corners already properly ewntbliHhed are assured. Respect fully, H. K. Mf.khy.man, . ; ,. '..." , . County Surveyor. .: Jii'V. Geo. H. DeiCuy of Portlm-d, who lias been engipcd by .the Law and Oriier le.igue to conduct a prohibition campaign in tbis county, will speak at a macs meeting in the Christian church next Sunday" morning and evening Mr. DeKay has already spoken trim ml times in our community an 1 lrn hown himself to be a man wh' me.in-- busi ness and knows how to do what liu b; s undertaken. Dates of Pr oliiaitiori Meetings h Cotn Fev. leo. IT. DeKav . of Portlnnil, ; prohibit on lecturer, will speak at the following places af p. m : Tuesday event g, May . 12, Pv.anip Cree!' . church.;' ' ;.' ,. :. ' . Wednesday i veiling, Liberty fcl.ool , house No. 4. Thursday evening, Lone Pine school ioue No. 40. Friday 'evening, : Leap, ' v ". Prisoner Attempts Suicide. . J. 'R . B rre, life prisoner in the penitentiary from this county, was very Jadly. bnr.ed by aiu.explosion of gaso , lino. In .bis cell V ednesday night ef last weel;. Rhmill Blakely has re ceived u letter from the superintendent giving tbt particulars and saying that Ayhilo Ha rru is very badly burned, the prison doetoro think he will, recover. IJaire and his cell mate covered the walls-of their. cell with gasoline ol- t.iined in the shop where they worked, and V vii inruck a match and the ex plosion followed. Barre claims the tnff was' kerosene, put on to kill bed bngrf. Tlie superintendent says there is no doubt it was gasoline, and that pvisoners are furnished an insect h iler and sprayer for use in extermi nating bedbugs. B rre requited that the news b kept from his wife. Barre w ai2.fiit to the penitentiary for life for killinu "I'.rick" Johnson lu Oft' saloon herein Kuterprise t.vo years ago. : Large, open-end envelopes jiift the right size tor mailing the county book let at News Record office. "A. G." High Grade Percheron WW make the season of 1908 at tho ranch of Baker Rros., on Swanip Creek, 7 miles uorlh of Luterprise. $8 To Insure Colt PASTVRE FURN1SHKD. "A. C." Is a handsone black gray, 3 years old In May, aod wvigbs 1560 pounds. $15 CASH $15 To the three l'pilB of Wal lowa , County ..hcliooU w ho bring the largest nutnW.r of their Uuster Brown Acis cut form the News Eecobd to 7 J. FUNK & CO.'S store by Govern ber 1, 1908. Cut out the ad each week and have all joui friends ave ads for you. Ther are found only in the News Becorb. June Election. Your Votes And Why You For Theni. DEMOCRATIC. Candidate fcr Be-election. Frank A; Renviw, :;emocrntio candl date for ru-election to tliednce of Coun ty Treasurer, will safeguard the potinty fundx if elected and Berw t lie best in terests of the taxpayer. COMMUNICATIONS Continued from editorial pe growing out of those eoudition, mid they testify in the most positive man ner to the improvement of tlia moral and politic il conditions of the comity. If, In the bliort space of two years, with the law not. as rigidly entnrced as it might be, proliilitii n will bring to pass such very desirable results as herein noted, besides many others that could be noted did space permit, what will the improved conditions be after five, ten , ....,l o.u ..f l.:u:.: ...o .......... j . u i n y,i mi uinuiiiuii i ivurv ( eoa,l)u " J"" continuance of tlie prohibitory law with a more rigid en- fotceinent of its pro.imonr. while we dc -. ' r 9 ' n.it nml a-iy sen ible reason for a 're-. turn to tho conditions that, prevailed under the saloon pyMtem. Everv inch if grornd upon which.' the saloon in terests "based then arguments of two years ago ha9 been cut from under thci by the prevailing mo:-.:!, political and biuine n ootuUtio.i l.et the law bo coutinnix ,' strength m il and more rigidly enforced. J. A. Bm-.irioit. Law and Ortcr League. On April 4 an ornnization was efio'rted to be known. a the Wallowa County Law and Older league. This was done by representatives from differ ent parts of tho county wl o are inter cut' d i:i prohibition, men who are o.-roced to '!.e open saloon and in favor f the enforcement of the laws of the flfjite. They also believe that it is very n 'JesFary to eleit men to fill the van- i u offices who w ill do their duty and joiif - irco. the law:'. It is expected to niaka thia organization permanent. The following officers were elected: Prebident, A. L. Howarth, Joseph; executive committee, F. F. McCally, A. L. Howarth, .1. T. McClain, Thomas Morgan, Joseph ; James Burleigh, Carl Whitmore. Enterprise; Samuel Wade, Lostine ; Dr. O. VV. Gregg, Wal lowa; Frank Johnson, Flora. The league has secured the services of George De Kay of Portland to as.-ist ill the prohibition campaign during the mcnth of May. Mr. De Kay comes to us highly recommended as a man of experience and ability in the work. He j will speak at Enterprise Sunday, May 10, morning and evening. We invite the people- to co operate witli us in this great work. ' A. L. Howabth, President. J. B. OLMSTED'S PLATFORM. Enterpris , Or gon,' May 4th. , 1908. To the Editor: I am, as you know, a. candidate for the office of, county jridge. The county court, of which the oonnty judife is chairman, is the bubi nsn re'.reseDtative of the people. That tho court, therefore, should be compet ent, conservative and honest, is a mat ter vitally affecti g the welfare of everj person, interest and industry within the limits of the county. Recognizing that fact I deem it to be my duty to make public the position I will assume concerning matters which will affect the interests of lha people, ' In the first place I pledge myself, if elected, to gie to the management of the people's bupiness the same care and prudence which T would exercise to wards my own bin-ines, always keeping in mind the fact that for every dollar expended I will require, a dollar's worth of value. In the second place I pledge myself to administer the road funds of the county with justice and impartiality, giving to each section of the county its j'lft iliie and favoring no section at the exp Mie of any other. In the third place I. pledge rnyelf to the people that 1 will rot build a court house or other public buihlirg which will cost more than the absolute u eds of Ihe county ..conservatively estimated, wi'l rrquire. My opinion is that $25,000 is (in ample sum to pay for such a buildiirg. Ah a member of the court I Hill not favor nor will I vote, at a board meeting, for the erection of such a building in any town which will nit give'nt tenet $o000 and an udctinte site, by way of IxinuK, for the building. It having come to my ears that I am charged with iiitviuiiny U build dormi tories in connection with the county hiish whool, I tako thin Ntrtuiiify of denying mch slorii-ii, and of pledging myself to the ( pie that I Will not. . And I further pledge myself that 1 will make the people' business my bus ine?j; that I will ul wan, within reason able hoiire, be acccHflible to anyone having businen with the county judge's olfice. ' ' Very Rwpucl fully, - J. B. Olmsted. Buy a lot in Beautiful Birchland ad dition to Enterprise and make - eaey money by the advance this summer. Por tale by the O. R. A I Co. ' , PASSENGER RATES. Fmin thoTfmes Peraoe.rnt, New Or igins Lai , of .lan. 2o, 1908 The action of the Texas Railroad Commission in dismissing, some days ago, its motion to promulgate an order reducing passenger rates in that ftate from three to two and a half rents, assigning as its reason that "the pres ent time la unfavorable to lower faros In Texas," is significant" and fnootiraina. A more reat-onable drift of pnblin tvnti inent in matters affectii g the common carriers is indicated, not., alone in Texas, hut ir. modified degree in other southern states which have been ex perimenting with reduced rates. The reaction was inevitable, but the recent flurry and tho industrial deprvsioii that followed have naturally hastened it l'ut a few months ago comniereiid demards upon freight equtpmeut had swamped toe carriers. Ktnpty freight cars, everywhere requisitioned, . weie not to be had, and the car famine w as more acute than that of. tho preions yenr. Today thousands of "empties" are standing upon the sidings, with the millions of money invested in them earning practically no return. Ob viously the time is ill-chosen for reduc tion of railroad rates, and the action of the Texas comuiistdon proves that t he public is intelligent enough to rero: nize this fact and reasonable enough to see that justice, be done. The Times-Democrat, throughout the period of agitation, has contended that passenger rates ought to be reduced only after a careful and thorough in quiry by competent investigators has shown that reductions would prove equitable to all concerned. We lii questioned the , wisdom of arbitrary laws, hastily enacted by legislators ill informed as to the effect upon the carri ers. Particularly is there need of caution in the southern states, most of which are so sparsely, populated as to render arbitrary reductions hazard ous. It is true that the ci mors nave been guilty of grave abuses and that their ill-chosen methods cf opposing rate reductions have been shrewdly cal culated to inflame the public mind. But two wrongs never make a right and THE SOCIALIST PLATFORM. (Adopted by the Socialist Party in National Convention at Chicago, 111., Slay 5th, 1004, and endorsed by ref erendum of the party membership, July 20th, 1804.) ' The Socialist Party, In convention assembled, makes Its appeal to the American people as the defender and preserver of the idea of liberty and self government in which the nation was born; as the only political move ment standing, for the program ..and principles by which tire liberty of the individual may become a fact; as the only political organization that Is democratic, and that has for its pur pose the democratizing of the whole of society. To this idea of liberty the republi can and Democratic parties are equal ly false. They alike struggle for power to maintain and profit by an industrial system which can be pre served only by the complete over throw of such liberties as we already have, and by the still further en slavement and degredatlon of labor. Our American Institutions came in to the world in the name of freedom. They have been seized upon by the capitalist class as the means of root ing out the idea of freedom from among the people. Our state and na tional legislatures have become the mere agencies of great propertied In terests. These Interests control the appointments and-decisions of the judges of our courts. They have come into what is practically a pri vate ownership of all the functions and torcesaot government. They are nsin? thesa t.n hetrnv And ennniipr foreign end weaker peoples, In order' to establlsn new markets for the sur plus goods which the people make, but are too poor to buy. They .are gradually so Invading and restrict ing the right of suffrage as to take away unawares the right of the worker to a vote or voice in public affair 3. By enacting new and misin terpreting old laws, they are prepar ing to attack tho liberty of the in dividual even to speak or think for hiniBelf, or for the common good. : By controlling all the sources of 3ocUl revenue, the possessing class is able to silence what might be tho voice of protest against the passing of liberty and the coming of tyranny. It completely controls the university and public cchool, the pulpit and the press, and the arts and literatures. By making these economically de- pondet:t. upon Itself, it has brought j all the forms of public teaching into servile submission to Its own Inter ests. - Our political institutions are also being used as the destroyers of that Individual property upon which all liberty and opportunity depend. The promise of economic independence to each man was one of the faiths upon which our institutions were founded. But, under the guise of defending private property, capitalism is using our political Institutions to make it impossible for the vast majority of human beings ever to become posses sors of private property in the means of life. Capitalism lis the enemy and de stroyer of essential private property. Its development is through the legal ized confiscation of all that the labor of the working class produces, above les ' cubslstence-wage. The private ownership of the means of employ ment grounds society in an economic slavery which renders intellectual and political tyranny Inevitable. Socialism comes so to organize In dustry nd society that every individ ual shall be secure In. that private property In the mean of life upon which his liberty of being, thought oppressive reprisals by legi-dnture? or1 public comruh'Mons have ferved to in crease, rather than minimize, the diffi culties of the problem. It is well understood that no state or community can thrive without adequate railroad I facilities, and a sound public policy ile-' niands that the cai riers be encouraged in their legitimate develoj nitnt and that their right to a fair return upon their investment be conceded. Where reduction of p ssenuer rates is justified by bii-i'iiuc condiMoos th recan be no objection to its enforcement but the reductions' onul.t to lie based upou exact mathematical calculation, never upon muniment or prejudice. Gov. Hughes of New York look the correct position w hen h vetoed the two-ct lit r;ite l ill pasM-d by his own legislature, on the ground that the question had m t been carefully considered and that careful and competent investigation of tho late qut.stiuii uiuat be made before sneh a rata could justly . be enforced. If thin pronouncement bo applauded in New York, a itate in w hich passenger traffic is enormous, how much fctror.ger is its claim to consideration in the southern statep, so thinly settled tht the earn ings from passenger traf'.io must of necessity be much smaller, The growing popular demand for more reasonable rule regulations, and for enactments that shall be fair nlika to the public and the carriers, points the way to better understanding be tween the clashing interests and to a HtUfactory adjustment of the differ ences exii-ting: a consummation de voutly to be wished. 2tl Gams Laws. Any person knowing of any violation of the game or fish laws of the ttate, or of persons not properly keeping screens over irrigation ditches", aro requested to notify Jom Clumons, Deputy State (iamo and Forestry War den, Zumwalt, Oregon. 42tf Have You Any Friends In Hie east? Send them a Wallowa county descrip'ive pamphlet a beauti ful book issued by tho county court. Get them free at tho county" cleik's office in Enterprise; or of J. D. Walcli, Joseph ; Couch & McDonald, Wallowa; Bowman & Mays, Lostine; Moore &; Conlev. Flora. i and action depends. It comes to res cue the people from the fast increas ing and successful assault of capital ism upon the liberty of the individ ual. II. As an American socialist party, we pledge our fidelity to the principles of international socialism, as embod ied in the united thought and action of the socialists of all nations. In the Industrial development already accomplished, the interests of the world's workers are separated by no national boundaries. The condition of the most exploited and oppressed workers, in the mose remote places of the earth, inevitably tends to drag down all the workers of the world to the same level. The tendency of the competitive wage system is to make labor's lowest condition the measure or rule of its universal condition. In dustry and finance are no longer na tional but International, In both or ganization and results. The chief significance of national boundaries, and of the so-called patriotisms which the ruling class of each nation Is seeking to revive is the power which these give to capitalism to keep the workers of the world from witting, and to throw them against each other in the struggles of con-j will soon destroy them, tending capitalist Interests for the Into the midst of the strnln and control of the yet unexplored . mar- crisis of civilization, the socialist kets of the world, or the remaining movement comes as tho only conser sources of profit. j vativo force. If the world Is to be The socialist movement, therefore, ' saved from chaos, from universal dls- ls a world-movement: It knows of no conflicts of interests between the workers of one nation and the work era of another. It stands for tho free dom of the workers of all nations; and in so standing, it makes for the full freedom of all humanity. III. The . socialist movement owes Its birth and growth to that economic development or world-procoss which is rapidly separating a working or producing class from a posseslng or capitalist class. The class that pro duces nothing possesses labor's fruits and the opportunities and enjoy ments these fruits afford, while the class that does the world's real work has increasing economic uncertainty, and physical and intellectual misery, for its portion. Tho fact that these two classes have not yet become fully conscious of their distinction from each other, the fact that the lines of division and Interest may not yet be clearly drawn, does not change the fact of the class conflict. This class struggle Is duo to the private ownership of the means of employment, or tho tools of produc tion. Wherever and whenever man owned his own land and tools, and by them produced only the thlng3 which he used, economic independ ence was possible. But production, or the making of goods has long ceased to bo Individual. The labor of scores or even thousands, enters Into al most every article produced. Pro duction Is now social or collective. Practically everything Is made or done by many men -sometimes sep. arated by seas or continents work' ln together for the same end. But this co-operation in production Is not for the direct use of the thing made by the workers who make them, but for the profit of the owners of the tools and means of production; and to this Is due the present division of society Into two classes; and from it have sprung all the miseries, lnhar monies and contradictions of our civ ilization. Between those two classes there can ba no possible compromise or Identity of Interests, any more than there can be peace in the midst of war, or light In the midst ot dark- i stltuent; and for every gain or ad ness. A society based upon this clais ' vanfuse for the workers that may be division carries in Itself the seeds wrH'ed from th capitalist system, i "Careful Banking Insures th Safety of Deposits." Depositors Have That Guarantee at ' WALLOWA NATIONAL BANK OF ENTERPRISE, OREGON - CAPITAL $50,000 SURPLUS 140.000 We Do a General Banking Business., Exchange Bought and Sold on All Principal Cities. Geo. V. Hyatt, President Geo. IS. Craig, Vice President P1UECTORS Gico. S. Ckaiu U. Phnnell Geo. W. R. I. CIVIL ENGINEERING anil GENERAL LAND SURVEYING Hydraulic and Irrigation Engineer ENTERPRISE, OREGON.' ENTERPRISE PAINTING CO. MOORE Sg IRVING PRACTICAL PAINTERS House Tainlins Cairiase Painiins Taper Hanging Up-to-Da:e Signs iMEGS FAMOUS FlTltNI TURE POLISH Shop and Repository River St. ENTERPRISE 'OTOuvcacxKiftEattflMiiiiiMiiii : of its own destruction. Such a so- j clety U founded in fundamental In justice '.' hero can be no possible basis for Boclal peace, for individual freedom, tor mental and moral har mony, except in tho conscious and complete triumph of the working cluss as the only class that has the right or power to be. IV. The socialis program is not a the ory imposed uiion society for its ac ceptance or rejection. It Is but the j interpretation of what ia, sooner or i latev, inevitable. Capitalism is al- i ready struggling to its .destruction It ia no longer competent to organize or administer the work of the world, or even to preserve itself. The cap tains of Industry are appalled at their own Inability to control or direct the rapidly socializing torcea of industry. The so-called trust Is but a sign and form of the developing socialism of the world's work. The universal in crease of the uncertainty of employ ment, the universal capitalist deter mination to break down the unity of labor in the trades unions, the wide spread apprehensions of impending change, reveal that the institutions of capitalls society are passing un , dor the power of inhering forces that ; ordor and misery, It must be by the union of the workers of all nations In the socialist movoment. The so cialist party comes with the only pro position or program for intelligently and deliberately organizing tho na tion for tbo common good of all its citizens. It is the flrBt time that the mind of man has ever been directed toward the conscious organization of society. Socialism means that all those things upon which the people In com mon depend shall by tho people in common bo owned and administered. It means that tho tools of employ ment shall belong to their creators and users; that all production shall be for the direct use of the produc ers; that the making of goods for profit shall come to an end; that we shall all be workers together; and that &1I opportunities shall be open ana equal to all men. V. To tho end that the workers my seize every poslsblo advantago that may strengthen them to gain com plete control of the powers of gov ernment, and thereby tho sooner es tablish the co-operative common, wealth, tho Socialist Party pledges It nelf to watch and work, In both the economic and the political struggle. tor each successive Immediate Inter est of the working clas; for short ened days of labor and Ineroaso of wages; for the Insurance of the work ers against accident, sickness and lack of employment; for pensions for a;;ed and exhausted workers; for the public ownership of the means of transportation, communication and exchange; for the graduated taxation of Incomei, inheritances, franchises and land values, the proceeds to be applied to the public employment and Improvement of the conditions of the workers; for the complete education of children, and their freedom from! the workshop; for he prevention of tho uae of the military against labor In the settlement of strikes; for the free administration of Justice; for pov'iHr povernmont. Including Init iative, referendum, proportional rep- rosentation, equul ruffrago of and women, municipal home men rule, i and the recal of officers by their con W, II. Holmes, Cashier Frauk A. Keavis, Asst. Cashier II y ait Mattik A. Holmes W, H. Holmes LONG falcimlning Show Cards PICTURE FRAMES GILDED and that may relieve the suffering and strengthen the hands of labor. We lay upon every man elected to any executive or legislative office the first duty of striving to procure what ever is for the workers' most Immed iate Interest, and for whatever will losscn the economic and political powers of the capitalist and Increase the like powers of the worker. But, In so doing, we are using these remedial measures aa means to the ono great end of the co-operative commonwealth. Such measures ot relief as we may be able to force from capitalism are but a preparation of the workers to solze the whole powers of government, In order that they may thereby lay hold of the whole system of industry, and thus come in to their rightful inheritance. To this end we pledge ourselves, as tho party of the working class, to use all political power as fast as it shall be entrusted to us by our fellow-workers, both for their Immed iate Interests and for their ultimate and complete emancipation. To this end we appeal to all the workers of America, and to all who will lend their lives to the service of the work ers In their struggle to gain their own, and to all who will nobly and disinterestedly give their days and energies unto the workers' cause, to cast In their lot and faith with the socialist party. Our appeal forthe trust and suffrages of our fellow workers Is at once an appeal for their common good and freedom, and for the freedom and blossoming of our common humanity. In pledging our selves, and those we represent, to be faithful to the appeal which we make we believe that we are but preparing the Boll of that economic freedom from which will spring the freedom of tho whole man. S6500 T Stock In Beet lUininess in iho County for $5000 2u0 acres on Imnaha - $1600 1(10 acres on Cliesnimnua - 800 1G0 ticiet 8 miles from town , 5500 Bargains in Town Property INSURANCE In Best Companies. , W. E. TAGGART, ENTERPRISE, OREO ON. A Bad Title Is always shown up by a GOOD ABSTRACT.! , . Abstract of Title Accurately Made From The Law Oiti-e of 0. II. HNS li ENTKRl'IUSE, OREGON. OflioH on Main HtrePt 1 r
