CITY NEWS
FALLS CITY OK KO ON, SATURDAY. MAY 20, 1916
VOL. XII
PLAIN FACTS ABOUT MEXICO.
Primary Vote at Falls City
President
R —Theodore E. Burton. ........
Albert B. Cum m ings........
Chas, E. H u g h e s ...............
I). Woodrow Wilson ...............
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40
96
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Representative in Congress
161
R.— W. C. H a w le v ..................
Secretary o f State
R.
( ’ has. B. M o o re s ..............
Ben. W. O lcott..................
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85
85
Joint Representative
R . - W . V. Fu ller,....................
119
No. 39.
Primary Election Returns
The country is indebted to for-
Only very meagre reports were
ler Secretary of State Knox for
obtainable at the time o f going
clear and concise statement of
I to press so that it is impossible
acts and dates relating to the [ to get a very clear idea o f the re-
n the early (>art o f j suits. It is said that Hughes and
when the Madero Govern- Olcott lead in the state. In the
in Mexico was being over- county Swope and Tooze are
__. • • - . i ____ close; Holman leads for Clerk;
n and the pro\ laiortal gov- g nydw. for Tresurer; Robb for
jnt o f Huerta inaugurated. Surveyor; Miss Fuller and Rey-
statements were made in nolds are close. Mansion has a
ition o f a recent assertion heavy lead, but we were unable
get the probable results o f
Jr. Wilson, coming Into o f
!
other offices.
larch 4 in that year, found
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exican problem left on his
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by his predecessor, Mr. NEW PRICES FOR BLACKSMITHING
Mr. Knox, who then was
Prices agreed on at a meeting
t
inet, said, speaking at a Grant jn DaIlas on Aprii 17 and which
SHOE SALE
Regardless o f the fact that shoes are advancing
in price we will fo r the next 10 days allow you a
discount o f 10 per cent on shoes and Oxfords with
the exception o f white rubber sole shoes.
Our shoes are solid leather and neat workman
ship and it is to your interest to look to your foot
wear needs at this time as special discount prices do
not last long, our only object being to reduce present
large stocks.
Representative
R . - W . J. Clark.......................
Mrs. Ella J. M etzger........
Conrad S ta fr in .................
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81
District Attorney ...................
R . - B . F. Swope ...................
Walter L Tooze, Jr...........
D . - E . K.Piasecki, .................
79
101
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Sheriff
R.
John W. Orr .....................
167
County Clerk
H. Chas. Dunsm ore........
Fred J. Holman
Lewis V. Mack i n ..............
D.— Asa B. Robinson..............
31
108
31
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County Treasurer
R .— Mrs. Winnie B raden.......
Joseph H. Brown,...........
A . V. R. S n id e r..............
D.— Willis Simonton,...............
66
30
87
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R.
County Assessor
R — C. S. G raves......................
D.— Carl B. Fenton...................
Frank E. M eyer................
145
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School Superintendent
R.— Miss Alemeda J. Fuller.....
W. I. R eyn old s.................
D.— Fred S. C ro w le y ..............
109
68
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What Mr. Wilson inherited from
] Ir. T a ft was an outstanding un
answered diplomatic request to
provisional government at
1]
co City for definite assur-
Horses wearing shoes up to and
No. 4 are $2 for new Bhoes; No. 5,
6, 7 and 8, $2.50 for new shoes;
resetting up to and No. 4. $1.20;
5 6i 7 and 8> $1 -50 ^
hor8e; Bar
shoes $1 each shoe; Rubber pads
of $1.50 a pair, extra; sharpening
u
plow shares, 12-inch 30c, 14-inch
36c, 16-inch 40c.
What Mr. Wilson did
Owing to the advance in all iron
iate the policy o f his and blacksmith material, the raise
in price becomes necessary.
N. LUNDE.
djustment o f American rights
npossible.”
Therein is a challenge which
' riU go unanswered. Mr. Knox
. rights,
I« time all o f which he saw and
s. Thus re-
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SPECIALS IN GROCERIES.
and the adjustment
far from press-
preliminary and essen-
>gnition, Mr. Wilson an-
ry soon after his in
that “ under no cir-
which may arise”
>gnized. The ex-
w shown, by the
in their chrono-
High grade canned Sour Kraut, special
10
An excellent canned Ptach, special
15
Bottle o f good Catsup, special
15
Sunshine Flour
HUMAN SIDE OF
SENATOR BURTON
Selig’s Cash Price Store,
Many Anecdotes Related of the
Ohio Statesman.
“ Meeting and Beating Competition*'.
One recult o f 8enator Theodore EL
Burton'll being mentioned co promi
nently In the papers Is that several
times each week he receives letters
from college and high school students
In different parts of the country ask
ing him to help them in preparation
for debates. H e always makes It a
rule when his engagements will per
mit to help students by suggesting ar-
;rnment with which Mr. T aft of his public service. However, a few
had been negotiating for specific days ago he received a letter from a
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student In a normal school in one of
R. C. R. C anfield..................
rantees was a constitutional! the northern states suggesting a most
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Wm. A. Himes
•rnment under Mexican law ;' Interesting arrangement. The young
111
Homer A. Robb.................
Huerta, e\en if an assassin, lady wrote him that she w as about to
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enter a prize contest and she had
D.— Sanford B. T aylor,...........
in no sense a usurper; that j chosen for her subject a question on
lib succeeded in the office not Ma-1 which he was regarded as a particular
Coroner
She proposed that If he
» but Lascurain. following Ma- j authority.
166
would write her essay and it was
R .— R. L. Chapman
dero's resignation February 18, awarded the prize she would divide It
and
Huerta’s own appointment to with him fifty-fifty. He sent her his
County Commissioner
succeed Lascurain as minister of regrets that he was unable to accept
her proposition.
141
R.— Moses Manston ..............
foreign affairs, next in the line of
Senator Burton is a prodigious work
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Cal. D. Shepherd...............
lidential succession under Mex- j er, and the light In his study can al
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Geo. A . W ells...................
ican law. On Lascurain’s resig ways be seen burning fa r into the
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small hours of the night. H e says that
D.— John S. Bohannon,............
nation, February 19, Huerta was he Is able to pursue hts studies to these
chosen provisional president by late hours by alw ays retiring for an
--------------------------- ! the Mexican Congress, then in hour late In the afternoon.
One afternoon President T aft want
r==?r i session. Withholding recognition ed to consult with Senator Burton on
sermon Sunday and leave next | under such circumstances was in the telephone and w as connected with
REPUBLICAN RALLY
the Rochambeau exchange. The Ro-
The Republican Rally at the week for his new home. May his contravention o f all our previous chambeau operator Informed the presi
continental policy.—St. LouisGlobe- dent of the United States that Senator
Wagner Hall last Saturday night path lead in pleasant places.
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Democrat.
Burton was ssteep and she could not
did not prove to be a very hilar
Special Rales
from Falls City to
Principal Eastern Cities
County Surveyor
ious affair. - Quite a number of
candidates were present, but they
all declared that they were no
speech-makers and subsequent
events proved the truth o f their
ascertions. They were all agreed
on one subject, however, and that
was that each believed that he, or
she, was eminently qualified to
fill the particular office to which
they aspired. B. F. Swope and
W alter L Tooze, Jr., rival candi
dates for the office of District A t
torney passed each other bouquets.
GOES TO W00DBURN
Rev. H. A. W alter returned
Monday from the Free Methodist
conference held at Portland last
week. He has been assigned to
Woodburn for the coming year.
N. Welter will succeed him here.
Rev. W alter has been in charge
two years and during that time
has made many warm friends
who regret to see him go. He
has been an earnest worker and
has done much for temperance
and the upbuilding of the commu
nity. He will preach his farewell
V IA
CALIFORNIA
On sale daily: June 1st to Sept. 30th, 1916
Stopovers allowed
Return limit: 90 days from date o f sale not to
exceed Oct. 31. 1916
“ T# start right is ta end right”
T H E S H AS TA ROH TE
is the right way to start
Attractions
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upon, recently hail thla experience:
He was accosted by n man who de
d ared he w as hungry and needed a
quarter. Senator Burton replied: “ My
friend, t don't wnnt to see any man
go hungry. Just come with me to a
restaurant and I will buy you some
thing to eat.’’
“A w , I want a quarter; I don't want
none of your charity,'- the man replied
oaroato
w
SEE
Mt. Shasta
—
Shasta Springs
—
Mt. Lassen
San Francisco
-—
Los Angeles
— Yosemite Valley
Southern California Beaches— Panama California Exposition
or
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[ disturb him.
Mr. T aft replied, “But this is Presl
E r J t T
»on o f
“ RlW nf « H D V TO «U1T.
dent Taft,' who wants to speak to Sen-
David Hall, died at Dallas, Satur-
Berlin- ,May 15.-Constant rei- ator Burton.”
She answered: "1 can't help i t
I
day o f last week and was buried teration of the declaration that the
couldn't call him even If It were the
in the Hubbard cemetery near German government is ready and king of England.”
this city,Sunday afternoon. Young willing to enter into peace negotia
President T aft told this story on Mr.
Burton at the next W hite House din- j
Hall had been ill for more than a tions is believed to be having a ner that Mr. Burton attended.
moral effect upon the people o f all
year with tubercular trouble.
Senator Burton Is a practical anti
belligerent nations, so powerful race sulcldlst Inexplicable to his
that the respective governments friends as it is that he has never mar
Tuesday’s Observer contained
ried he Is the personification of devo
will be forced to listen.
tion and tenderness to children.
a story o f how one Engineer S.B.
The tenor of press dispatches
When he was In the senate he had
Taylor, who was in the moun
sent from Germany is that the an appointment to a position at hls
tains above Black Rock, osten
There w as s score of appli
people are ready to end the war disposal.
cants. Out of the number he selected
sibly surveying for the W il
if the governments will consent.
for appointment a man with a family
lamette Valley Lumber Company,
of seven children.
while squinting through his tran
“The man needs It," said the sena
sit discovered a bear’s trail and
Three students o f the VY illam- tor. "H e la doing more for hls coun
decided to follow it. Later it¡e tte University were discharged try and the next generation than any
of ua.”
was discovered that a much Monday for using intoxicating li-
Senator Burton, who cannot bring
larger bear had trailed Taylor. | quor. They were ducked in the himself to stick to the principle of or
“ Sandy” is still imbued with an creek by fellow students. Their ganlzed charity as against open hand
ed. Indiscriminate giving, but who has
unquenchable thirst to do honor names are D. Adams, Boise, Idaho, # flrin dctertnlnat]on not to be Imposed
to Polk county by serving as A. Irwin and Herman Edwards
Countv Surveyor. W h i l e he o f Eugene, Ore.
‘might’ have been pursued by a
large and voracious bear in the
H. A. Bowman, who got his leg
vine-clad hills near Black Rock, Sroken
time ago. while
we opine that he has a more for- - ...
.. . .. „ „ „ p i..i, p „„i,
midable foe that will lead him a fall,n« timber near Black Rock,
merry chase in the race for Iwas able to return from the hos-
pital the first o f the week.
County Surveyor.
$1.30
LIMITED TRAINS
all Soatharn Paelfie routes.
OOl’EN ROUTE—‘The route of Limiteds.’
SUNSET ROUTE—’Through Storyland.’
EL PASO ROUTE—‘The route of the lowest altitudes.*
Call on local agent for further information or write
John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland Oregon
SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES
Cor« Again Offers
Ptace Resolution
HERE’S GREGORY'S CHANCE.
The supreme court has decided
than when an advertiser leads
people to expect more than they
Oklahoma Senator W ants President get, by reason o f misrepresenta
Wilson to Offor to Act as Mediator tion o f the goods he has to offer,
in the Croat European War.
the offense is indictable as fake
advertising. This paves the way
Washington, May 15.—Senator for the punishment of the Demo
Gore o f Oklahoma today introduc cratic editors and orators who ex
ploited the promises made in the
ed in the senate a resolution urg
Baltimore platform, such as the
ing the president to again offer to
demolition
o f the high cost o f liv
act as mediator in the European
ing,
the
abrogation
o f Panama
war, taking this measure to pre
canal
tolls,
the
reduction
o f nation
serve neutrality.
al
expenditures,
the
single
presi
It is reported that Gore’s resolu
dential
term
and
other
pledges
too
tion is the forerunner o f a new
i
numerous
to
mention.
Now
is
the
j eace movement on the part of
time for the attorney general to
Bryan Democrats.
The resolution went over, under get busy, let the fines and jail sen
the rules, for future consideration tences fall where they may.—
National Republican.
i without debate.