2 THE FALLS CITY NEWS S ili* J ù t f f a (¡Itti; N f t n a D. L. WOOD at SON. Publishers. F.ntfivd a * •rfw .d t'iM i m ail a t th* p d tto fflcr ! a t Falla City. Folk County. Oregon, under tlK* j Act of CVagreM of M.itvh 3, 1ST». Ttltphont News Offk*. 83. S u bscription R m m : O ne year. $1.00: six month». 60 cent*; th re« m onth«, 26 cent«; sing:!« copy. 5 eta. A d v e rtis in g R a te s : D isp lay , 15 c e n ts a n in c h B u sin e ss N o tices. S c e n ts a lin e : F o r Sale, R en t. E x c h a n g e . W an t a n .l Fay E n te r ta in m e n t N o tice« . 6 c ts. a lin e . C ard o f T h a n k s SO cts: Leg* I Not lees, le g a l ra te s. C opy for n ew a d s. a n d c h a n g e s s h o u ld b e sont to T he N ew s n o t la te r th a n W ed n e sd ay OFFICIAL DIRECTORY O r FALLS CITY F. K. 11 a b b a id. M ayor. T. D. H o llo w ell. C o u n ci lin a r.-at -L arge W. T. G r e r . H . C. B row n, A lb e rt T eal. Cou n ell m en A, S am p so n , C. L. H o p k in s, R. A. T itu s. H . G. S tray e r. A u d ito r h o j »’*») no» W a lte r L. T o o te J r.. C ity A tto rn e y . W. F. le n i« . M arsh al an-* W .i*-’ S u . t . M. L. T h o m p so n . T r e a s u re r J . J . S am m o n s. E n g in e e r D r F. M. H t lh v a rth . H e a lth UIVtcer. The C o u n cil m e e ts in r e g u la r sessio n o n th e first M u id a y e v e n in g of e ac h l n th e office of th e F a lls r ’ ' -i ~ •» «*U»rk S a t u r d a y , O c t o b e r 31 . 1914 In a sta te m e n t issued a t Medford T hursday. Dr. J a m e s W ilhycombe. Re publican direct p rim ary nom inee for governor, outlines th e policies und ideals of s t a te go vern m ent to which he ad h e re s as an a sp ira n t for th e of fice of chief executive. T h e sta te m e n t, in effect, is a platform an d in It lie discloses fully an d u n n r s tu k a b ly his stan d ou the vital issues of th e earn palgu. T h e s t a te m e n t follows: “As th e R epublican d irect prim ary nom inee for governor of Oregon. 1 wish to a d d re s s to th e people of the s ta te a brief general ou tline of those Is of s t a te go vern m en t which it is my am b ition to put iuto effect and n hich moved me to become a c a n d i d a te for th e high office of governor. Aim is to Lighten Burden. “At th e ou tset I am going to name economy in th e a d m in is tratio n of s tate r.ffa.rs Not economy a t th e expense of eff'e'eney, bu t economy as a part It is my firm belief that tfcc i t hu rden placed upon the ta x p a y e rs of Oregon is ou t of all proportion to th e taxable w ealth of THE REPUBLICAN TICKET For U. S- Senate—Robert A. Booth. For Congress—Willis C. Haw ley. Gov—James Withycombe State Treasurer—Thos. B. Kay Supreme Court— Thos. J. M’Bride, Henry J. Bean, L. T. Harris. Attorney-General—George M. Brown. Supt. Public Instruction—J. A." Churchill. State Engineer—John H Lewis Commissioner of Labor—0. P. Hoff. Railroad Commissioner—Frank DR. J A M E S W I T H Y C O M B E J. Miller. Supt. Water Division No. 1— th e state. T h e burden has become James T. Chinnoek. galling, particu larly a t this time, and State Senator—C. L. Hawley. it will be my aim to lighten this load can be done. It m ust be done. Joint Representative—S. G. It E lim inate ex trav agance in s ta te a f Irvine fairs, ad m in is te r the affairs of state on a sane, business-like basis and th e Representative—W. T. Grier est will be te n s of tho usands of Circuit Juage—Harry H. Belt. harv dollars saved to th e people who foot The County Ticket. Sheriff—John W. Orr County Clerk—Ed. M. Smith County Treasurer—Fred J. Holman. County Surveyor—C. R. Can- field. County Commissioner—C. W. Beckett. County Coroner—R. L. Chap man. Published under the authority and by order of the Polk County Republican Central Committee. Pd. Adv. me actively a s the successful candi date. B R IEF NEW S OF OREGON 1 h ith erto h av e indicated my full eat s y m p a th y with the construction Four ru ral schools ou the Slualaw m eas u res placed upon the sta tu te ! books by th e people and I c o n stru e It river serve hot lunchee for the stu to he th e u n alterab le duly of the gov den ts each noon, doing aw ay with the e rn o r to uphold an d defend th ese iawa. cold meats I aui -particularly opposed to use of The Inter-M ountain Tribune, which the em ergency clau se’ for auy pur is published at Sweet Home, will bo pose o th e r th an that intended by the moved to Sclo w here the paper will constitution, an d never would I, as governor, p e n u lt use of the ’enter be published about O ctober 29. Miss Mabel Miller was eleeted to gency clause' to defeat the Initiative aud referendum. rep resen t Roseburg a t Fort land on "R oyalty" day. which was one of the H arm ony Held Desirable. "T h e relatio nship betw een the chief featu res of th e auuuul laud show executive an d th e legislature is a m a t there. United S ta te s S en ato r L a n e has re t e r upon which I d esire to brtn,» at ten tk n Aa th e h ig l u s t reprv senta turned to P o rtla n d from W ashington, j live of th e people's inlet cats it is the w here he hus been for the last 20 duty of th e governor to stand betw een m ouths u n e n d in g his congregational th e people and th e legislature a s the duties. gu ard ian of th e people's Interests. I With delegates from all iw rls of the believe m ore ra n be accom plished for s tatu in atten d an ce, the convention of the good of th e people if th e governor an d legislature work with som e d e (he Oregon C o n g r e n of Mothers aud gree of harmony r a t h e r th a n at the P a ren t-T each er Association opened sw o rd s’ point«, with mutual attem pt: s t Portland Tuesday. Republican Nomina* for at b ro w -b e a tin g Such would be uty T h e university of Oregon women aim. a s governor, but a t tho sam e are preparing to sew clothing for the COUNTY ULERK, POLK COUNTY, tim e 1 shall safeg uard th e public in Ited Cross socloty. 1 He finished th e stric te st way from u n necessary or j g a rm e n ts will be ft rw arded to the e x tra v a g a n t a p prop riatio ns o r in any Stands for efficiency and economy. action which m ay not be directed to , Europeau battlefield. T h a t th e s ta te p rintin g plant, un w ard s th e best in te re sts of th e pco (Haiti A d ve rtise m e n t.) pie. or th e laws enacted by tho people i tier s t a te ow nership, will save th e tux "I wisli to cull a tten tio n to the fact J payers about 135,000 from S eptem b er th a t I was the first m an tu Oregon 1 8, 1913, to D ecem ber 31, 1914. Is the to advocate publicly the single-item ' aiinouucem eut of S ta t e P ri n te r It A. veto. I have said, and now reiterate, | Harris. th a t th e single-item veto might prove j P relim inary s te p s w ere ta ken dangerous in th e hands of a narrow. | at Salem to organize th e Pacific Coast vindictive and vengeful governor. Uy ' this 1 menu that I oppose the giving Hop G rowers' association to include over of th e reins of s ta te governm ent iu its m em bership a t least 85 p e r cent * l eu bi oa n ficml'ue tor to any man who has not th e poise, i of the hopgrow ers of Oregon, Cali C O U N IY SURVEYOR balance, dignity and fairness which fornia and Washington. th e high position of governor de j P ass en g er serv ice w ill be established Solicits your vole on a platfnr.it mands. T h e single-item veto itself j betw eeu Eugene and Mupletuu, at Un- lfific l- is a necessity of th e first im portance.” bead of tid ew ater on the Stuslaw river. ol Efficiency and S ict.ee. ou N ovem ber 1, according to H, P. c«l all patrons «ill rn*vive |>r<tnpt Hoey. a s s is ta n t S o u th ern Pacific h i «11 • li 11 i It II ml lie* I llicc «ill la Proposal for Sale of Street Improv- gineer In c h arg e of the W illam ette open timin'; iu.-tnm hour* as ex Pacific construction. ment Bonds of the City of p itte d . I* I Ad* Republican Nomine« Following action on the part of the Falls City Eugene physicians who have declarad For Sealed bids will be received by that th ey will h e re u f te r Issue no pres the undersigned auditor and police criptlonB for alcohol or liquor of any judge of Falls City, Polk County, kind, the dru g g ists of the ctly signed OF POLK COUNTY an a g re e m e n t to keep no In toxicants Oregon, until 5 o’clock P. M. on w h a te v e r in stock. Tuesday the 10th day of Novem Uarl Weinegel and F ran k Wagner, M y ok tli of office is m y pi tfo rin . ber 1914, for the whole or any fugitive convicts from th e s ta te peni part of $3704.93, of Street Impro tentiary, who escaped T h u rsd a y night vement Bonds of said city of by rem oving bricks in the prison wall, I rra|vectfully s o lic it r o a r s u p p o rt. were cau g h t ju st ns th ey s t a r te d to Falls City, as authorized by ordi c ross the Oregon Electric railroad (P a id A d v e r t i s e m e n t ) nance No. 123 of said city; being bridge at Wilsonvllle. thirty-six (36) bonds in denomina Railroad co m m issioners appointed tions of $100 each, and one (1) a t Roseburg will soon pay a personal bond in denomination of $104.93,: visit to Coos Hay to enlist aid in the schem e of building a railroad front each to be dated Novemlver 2,1914. R oseburg to Coos. R oseburg bus al payable ten (10) years from d ate,1 ready voted a bond iBsue an d a like and bearing interest at a rate not1 Issue is desired a t Coos. DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR to exceed six (6) per cent perl A fter a successful session of two days th e tri-district rally of the Ladles annum; interest payable semi of th e Maccabees of N orthw estern annually on the 2nd day of May Oregon adjourned a t Albany. Lodges and 2nd day of November each In all p arts of W e ste rn Oregon from year; principle and interest pay Portland southw ard to E ugene were able in United States Gold coin at represen ted, 50 delegates being pres Believing that, with my several years experience of tax collecting the Bank of FallsCity, Polk County ent from P ortlan d lodges. Oregon, without charge, cost or . S alaries totaling $3,631,210 were and office work, 1 can save the paid the te a c h e rs of the public schools Is a Native son who is exper expense to the purchases or holder of th e s ta te during the y ear ending taxpayers of F’olk County money, I ask your support. ienced and successful and known of said bonds. Ju n e 30. 1914, and th e r e w ere employed (Raid Advertisement) to have a Public and Private Life The above named city of Falls in th e schools 1101 male te a c h e rs at without blemish or taint. City, Oregon hereby reserves the at/ av erag e monthly salary of $84.25, 4650 women te a c h e rs a t an a v e r right to take up and cancel the and Has secured more than $5,000,- age monthly salary of $01.74 above named bonds or any of; Thirty-five business jn en of Oregon 000 for waterways, public build Domocratic Candidate For them, upon payment of the face City, including Mayor Jones, th e Chief ings and other purposes in First value thereof and accrued interest, of Police, two m in is ters of the gospel District. to the date of such payment at j and an u n d e rta k e r, took a tu rn ut Of Polk C ju n ty ay construction aud with picks, Please road hi* rocord and platform any semi-annual interest period highw shovels, w heelbarrow s uud sand and (Paid Advertisement.) in voters' Pamphlet. at or after one year from the date # I gravel, bolstered up and took some of of said bonds, towit: at or after th e kinks out of Main street. A vote for Representative Holding thgt the petition for the one year from the 2nd day of Hawley is one for a Faithful, recall should have been filed with the November 1914. Industrious, Honest, Able and S e cretary of S ta te and not the County The above named bonds will be Clerk, th e S u p rem e Court decided th at If elected Circuit Judge of this Successful Public Servant. sold to the highest bidder, by the the recen t recall election in Columbia district, i shall he more concern city of Falls City, Oregon, at the county, a t which Glen R. M etsker re ed in the justice of the case than Republican Congressional hour of 7:30 o’clock p. m. on Tues ceived more votes for District A ttor its hair-splitting technicalities., Committee, day the 10, day of November, 1914, ney th a n W. B. Dillard, the.incum bent, Every case so far as possible W. J. Culver, Chairman. in the Council Chamliers in Falls was void. As a result Mr. Dillard con should be decided upon its merits. City, Oregon. The bids must state tinu es as District Attorney. H arry II. B e l t . the rate of interest, not exceeding j A total of 92 accid ents were reported (Paid Advertisement.) six (6) percent per annum; but to L ab or C omm islsoner iloff during (I’d. Adv.) said bonds shall not be sold for the wfeek and th e r e was one fatality. less than their face value, togeth T h e fatal accident w as reported from Post Office Time Card er with the accrued interes tthere-1 n e a r Marshfield, w here J a m e s T racy was killed while engaged in lo'gglng. on from the day of their date to: Accidents connected with sawmills and DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR Office hours: Daily, except Sun the date of their delivery, said o th e r woodworking in d u s tries and log day, 8 a.in. to 6.30 p.tn. delivery of said bonds will b e ! ging totaled 24, being one In excess of Mail arrives, from made at the office of the City th ose occurrin g on railroads. Treasurer of the city of Falls City If high w aters do not Interfere Salem 8.&U a.in., 5:li6 p.tn. Oregon. and wash out th e fish rncks during Mail arrives front Dallas, 8:50 1 ask your support as one fully The City Council of the city of the next two w eeks the C lackam as a. m., nnd 3:35 p. n>. qualified for this office, by over h a tch e ry probably will m a k e a record Falls City, Oregon, hereby re serves the right to reject any or ru n of salm on eggs th is season, un Mail closes lor Salem, 9:00 a m,, fourteen years’ experience in paralleled during the last seven years. 1 p. m. and 6:00 p. m. all bids. surveying and engineering work. Mail ilo.-cs for Dallas 9:00 a. in. Flight years active work of my Bids must lie marked “ Bids for S u p e rin te n d e n t C. P. Hinkle stated Street Improvement Bonds,” ac th a t betw een 5,000,000 an d 6,000,000 and 5:00 p. m. profession in Polk County, dur companied by a certified check for eggs will be secured and th at the Mail closes for Black Bock 11:00 ing which time I have had charge salm on run up to th e present tim e has ten (10) percent of the amount a. m. of the surveying on the railroad bid. and addressed to H. G. Stray- been fa r above th e average. Mail arrives from Black It. ck 2 for the Salem railroad bridge, T h a t th e sup erv iso ry powers of the er, Auditor and Police Judge of s ta te bank s u p e rin te n d e n t a r e limited p. m. Falls City, Polk County, Oregon. the Willamette Valley Lumber Done by order of the City Coun-1 to such tr u s t com panies as come under S u n d a y O n i . y / Co, Railroad, the Portland Ce cil of the city of Falls City, Ore the te r m s of the ban kin g act of 1907, ment» Co. Railroad, as well as Mail arrives from Salem, 8:50 or th e bill regulating tr u s t companies gon, made and entered of record doing a large amount of work for on the 26th day of October, 1914. passed In 1913, and th a t th e compa a m. Witness my hand and the of nies organized previously huve a val I am at present Mail closes for Salem, 9:00 a. m. individuals. ficial seal of the city of Falls City, id c o n tr a c t with th e state, and th eir Office hour?: Sunday only, 9:30 City Engineer of Dallas and be Oregon this 29th day of October, rig h ts can not be invaded, was the de to 10:30 a.m : lieve that I can serve Polk County cision of the suprem e cou rt In a ra s e 1914. efficiently in the capacity of Effective September 4, 1914. brought by the Pacific Title & T ru st 11. (J. S T K A Y E R , Ind Oregon Realty & T ru s t companies, Auditor and Police Judge. I k a C. M khhmro , Postmaster County Surveyor. ISeal] of Falls City, Oregon. l'he decision practically m akes the law (Paid Advertisement.) Falls City, Polk Co., Ore. •imperative. POLICIES OUTLINED ' BY DR. WITHYCOMBE P rim a ry L a w Endorsed. Econ om y Urged and Rural D evel opment Advocated. the bills. "It is hardly necessary for me to say th a t rural developm ent is a m a t t e r of the g re a te st possible im p ortance to th e state. O ur w ealth and pro sp er ity have th e ir foundation in farm er and producer. E n co u rag m en t and co operation m u s t be given to th e men who till th e soil and develop that wealth which is reflected in every in d u stry an d in which each and every citizen shares. Needs of Oregon Known. "In this connection I believe I a p preciate and u n d e rs ta n d fully th e need s of Oregon, th e rich est of s ta te s in natu ral resources. D uring th e 43 years of my residence in Oregon th ere is no p a rt of Oregon w hose resources, indu stries and special needs 1 am not th oroughly in touch with. F o r 16 years, as a m em b er of th e A gricultural College faculty, practical an d scien HOW SHALL I VOTE Before another issue of the News tific ag ricu ltu re have occupied a con siderable sh are of my in te re s t and reaches its readers the election will activity. be over and the question settled, <>f "T h e building of good roads is a n who shall control the finances an 1 other m a t te r th e im po rtan ce of which general welfare of the county anil m u st not be lost sigh t of. It is u n n ecessary to dwell upon th e value and state. im p ortan ce of good roads in th e de At the Primary, each party w a s velopm ent of Oregon. T h e w orking supposed to select its best men; men out of a netw o rk of good roads will whose honesty and qualifications J add to th e w elfare and prosp erity not were beyond question. I f tois is the only of th e farm er, bu t of every one case, the question of “ How shall 1, of us, since th e prosp erity of the fa r m e r is reflected to th e s ta te a t large. vote,’’ will arise, more particularly . C onstruction Cost a Factor. with the Independenfvoter. This is “Of equal im portance is th e cost of a question of vital import to the j n stru ctin g these roads, a cost which tax payer. Supposing eiC.i candi- j co m ay grow out of proportion to th e date be equal as to qualifications I value of a specified road. T h ere m ust then the question of the policy of the be an equable method of placing th e different parties comes in. Consider co st of good roads, and above all th e r e m u s t be insisted upon a system the past records of the Democratic of highw ay con structio n which will and the Republican paities. Do you give a d o llar’s w orth of road for every find that times have been as good j dollar expended. “On th e subject of law enforcem ent, under Democratic administration as when under a Republican rule? We and as to my attitu d e on the laws now existing and which m ay exist, any are now (?) enjoying a Wilson Dem man who asp ires to re p r e s e n t th e ocratic administration and many can people honestly as th eir governor can remember the “Good old days of have but one view. Law en fo rcem en t C eveland.” How many of you old is a fu ndam ental duty, one which m u st fellows remember the "Cleveland be m et fully and firmly a t all times. I have alw ays been on th e side of de Badges?” (for convenience, worn on cency and law en forcem ent. My whole the seat of your pants.) If we are life, public and private, bears th a t out not very much mistaken it will not to th e fullest possible degree. And be long, when the “ Wilson Badge” I will alw ays be found on th a t side. P rim ary Law Supported. will be worn in the same manner. If “T h e direct prim ary law has my you will carefully consider the his tory of the two parties it will be an fullest sym pathy and support. It has passed th rou gh its experim ental stage easy matter to decide how to vote at and become a successful established the election next Tuesday. Do not fact. T he d irect p rim ary law m ark s say that the Democratic policy does a big forward step in con structive leg not obtain in county a ffa irs ; for the islation and th ere is no stro n g e r evi same extravagant and unbusiness dence of Its trium ph in Oregon than is to be seen in th e fact th a t th e seven like methods as in national affairs Republican candida tes who contested are used in county affairs. “ Vote with me for th e Republican no m ina ‘«r Straight”—the Republican ticket. tion for governor at tile direct prim ary election a r e now united la s u p p o r tin j 0«'T., Hl, 1914 FRFD. ). H 0 1 M 1 H E. IN. SMITH C. R. CANFIELD JOHN W. ORB SHERIFF W. C. HAW LEY J. E. RICHTEN, County Treasurer Republican Direct Prim ary Nominee For Congress j G EO R G E C L A N F IE L D County Commissioner Belt For Circuit Judge S. B. TAYLOR, County Surveyor