Polk County observer., June 10, 1910, Image 2

Polk County Observer
J. C. HAYTER,
KDITOH AND PCBL1SHKH
Published Semi-Weekly at t.60 per
Tear. Strictly In advance.
Entered as second clasa matter
March 1, 1907, at the post office at
Dallas, Oregon, under the Act of Con
gress of March 8, lata.
DALLAS, OREGON, JUNE 10, 1910
The way to build tip Dallas is to pat
ronise Dallas peopU.
OBJECT IS WORTHY.
It is reported that the Oregon His
torical Society will ask the next Legis
lature to appropriate an amount suf
ficient to erect a permanent home for
the large aim valuable collection or
relics, documents and papers now on
display in the Portland City Hall, to
be known as the History Building. For
years this valuable collection has been
given a place in the Portland city
building free of rent, through the
kindness of the city officials. The
time has come, however, when all this
room is needed, and . an emergency
faces the Society. It must have a
fireproof building in whieh to properly
classify and index this material, and
of sufficient size to accomodate col
lections for years to come, in order
to make is usable. The building
should also be arranged in such a
manner as to make it possible for
every institution of learning in Ore
gon, and the public generally, to have
access to these collections, oucn ac
cess is not possible under present conditions.
Although the work of gathering a
historical collection has been in pro
gress less than twelve years, an idea
of its magnitude and vulue may be
gained from the following summary:
It contains f)500 documents, 224
diaries and account books, 165 maps
and charts, 172 bound volumes of
newspapers, 115,000 unbound news
papers, 11,700 books, 10,000 pamphlets
30,000 letters, 1750 pioneer relics,
4500 pioneer, Indian and scenic pho
tographs, 30 historical scrapbooks, and
probably 40,000 historical scraps not
yet booked. In addition, there is a
vast amount of material not included
under anv of the above heads. None
of this collection belongs to the Histor
ical Society. By the terms of its
charter, everything secured by the so
ciety is held by it in trust for the peo
ple of the State of Oregon. "
The importance of providing a suit
able building for the safe-keeping of
this valuable collection will at once
appeal to every citizen who has pride
in Oregon's past and interest in its
future welfare. Aside from any sen
timental view of the suhjoct, the move
ment to secure a State historical
building is commendable irom a prac
tical, business standpoint, hucli a
building, owned and maintained by the
state, would be one of the best adver
tisements Oregon could have.
The building should be located in
Portland, in order to give the greutest
possible number of strangers visiting
the state an opportunity to see the
collection. The structure should be
large enough to accommodate not
only the historical records and relics,
but to afford space for a permanent
exhibit of Oregon products. Such a
combination of "past and )resent"
would tell the story of the state's de
velopment in all lines of commercial,
industrial and social activity more
eloquently than any words.
1 It is only right and proper that the
slate should bear the comparatively
small cost of erecting such a building.
It need not necessarily bo expensive,
but should be constructed of fireproof
material and should he made to pre
sent an attractive appearance. In
erecting such a building, Oregon would
but be following in the lead of prac
tically all of the more progressive
states of the Union. A building of
the character suggested would be a
credit to the state and would, in ad
dition to providing a permanent home
for a priceless historical collection,
stand for all time as a memorial to
the pioneers, anil would bear witness
to the fact that Oregonians of the
present day and age anureciate the
achievements of the noble men and
women who rescued Oregon from (he
wilderness and placed in the diudem
of states one of its brightest jewels.
how unworthy a thing you make of
mel You would play upon me; you
would seem to know my stops; you
would pluck out the heart of my mys
tery; you would sound me from my
lowest note to the top of my compass;
and there is much music, excellent
voice in this little organ; yet cannot
you make it speak. 'Sblood, do you
think I am easier to be played on than
a pipe t Call me what instrument you
will, though you can fret me, yet you
can not play upon me." The people
of Oregon have come to the place
where they will retuse to be played
upon as a pipe.
OREGON'S GREAT NEED
0. N. McARTHUR'S ADDRESS ON
STATE CONSTITUTION.
Importance of Constitutional Conven
tion Is Clearly Pointed Out
v by Speaker.
Of the eleven Congressmen chosen
in Iowa, Tuesday, eight were elected
by the progressive, or insurgent, wing
of the Republican party. The result
should cause no great surprise. The
man who cannot see the finish of Can
nonism is a victim of political myopia.
. Down in Oregon City the State
Grangers had a number of yells,
among them this one:
Boom, bang, bum!
What's the matter with Statement
Onef
What's the matter with Statement
OneT Why, it's "bum." That's
what's the matter with it. The ques
tion is its own answer.
Direct Legislation fanatics are un
able, or profess to be unable, to see
anything but evil in the Oregon Legis
lature. They pretend great fear lest
the Legislature may take away some
of the "rights of the people." Be
fore trying to frighten us further with
this bugbear, will not some of these
wild-eyed and cantankerous " reform
ers " please tell us who made it pos-
sible for the people of Oregon to adopt
the direct legislation system 7 Was it
not the Oregon Legislature f
The Constitution of Oregon was
adopted fifty-three years ago and, as I
have stated, its few unamended pro
visions are either disregarded or have
become dead letters. The questions
now before us are: Shall we continue,
at a great expense, to attempt, in the
present spasmodic, erratic, and un
systematic manner, to revise a faulty
constitution f Shall we continue, at
each succeeding election, to vote upon
amendments proposed by any manner
or group of menf Shall we continue
to adopt proposed amendments with
out amendment or debate 1 Shall we
continue to allow our Constitution
making to be done by self-appointed
law-makers who are responsible to
nobody t Would it not be better to
submit the whole question to a body
of sixty men, selected according to
law, and then at the polls pass upon
the results of their deliberation?
Would it not be better to follow some
well-defined plan, rather than continue
to patch our Constitution piece-meal
and at random, where those who pre
pare the amendments are generally
unknown and responsible to no con
stituency T
' 1 " liIIPIMI'lIIWH tWMlJJ IMiMHMWMgMcaiiiirK i
! fit WEL MESSED MAN
ii is nrst lor tne people to say
whether or not we are to have a Con
stitutional Convention; it is then no ratification or rejection of the Const;
to the people to select the delegates; tution, a single issue should confront
"rob the people of their rights" or to
repeal the popular features of our
present constitution. All members of
the Legislature-were elected under the
Direct Primary law, and a majority of
them were friendly to direct legisla
tion. The Legislature felt that no
material changes should be made in
the Direct Primary law, and that the
Initiative and Referendum, under cer
tain limitations, should be reserved by
the people. Members of the Legisla
ture took the ground that the people
are willing to accept improvements,
but not impediments. The charge that
members of the Legislature conspired
with corporate interests in order to
overthrow the Initiative and Referen
dum is false and without foundation
an insult to the intelligence and hon
or of the Legislature; and, incident
ally, to the electorate of the state.
Such charges spring from the counter
feit zeal of the demagogue, rather
than from the sober apprehensions of
genuine patriotism. It is a misfortune
that public measures are seldom inves
tigated with that spirit of moderation
which is essential to a just estimate
of their real worth.
In passing the Constitutional Con
vention bill, the Legislature very wise
ly proviaea mat a special election
shall be held for the purpose of al
lowing the people to select delegates
to the Convention, and another special
election is provided for in order to al
low the people to approve or reject
the Constitution. These special elec
tions were provided for to the end that J
tne election ot delegates should not be
obscured by . the regular countv and
state elections and that factional poli
tics snoiiia, as tar as possible, be elim
inated; also that, in the election for
Grant B. Dimick, a candidate for
the Republican nomination for Gov
ernor, sends out a circular to the
voters condemning the assembly.
Among other things, he says: "Since
the adoption of the primary law, all of
the old factional strife in the Re
publican party has died away." lie
might have added "So has the
Republican party." Politicians of
the Dimick sort care nothing of what
becomes of the party so long as they
get the offices., Republicans, how
ever, to whom the name means some
thing do care, and that is why an as
sembly will be held.
GRADUATING PROGRAM
Public School Commencement Will
Be Held Next Monday Night.
The Dallas public school will bold
its commencement exercises in the
Woodman Hall next Monday night.
The program is as follows:
Invocation, Rev. N. S. Reeves.
Song, Quartet.
Essay, "Growth of Our Navy,"
Zulu Heistaud.
Oration, "Conservation," Harold
Miller.
Piano Solo, "German Triumphal
March," Pauline Coad.
Essay, "Panama Cnnul," Jean
Byers.
Oration, "Labor vs. Capital,"
Merle Hall.
Piano Solo, "Angel's Dream," Ada
Longncc ker.
- Cltwn Prophecy, Ernest Farnham.
Address to Class, It. F. Robinson.
Song, Quartet.
COURT HOUSE NOTES
Court Items, Real Estate Transfers,
and Other News Briefly Told.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Claud L. Johnson and Clara Ear-
hart; Richard G. Frerick and Myrtle
Palmer.
REAL ESTATE.
Henry Grazer et ux to F. M. Smith.
land in Dallas, $U500.
E. L. Ketchum et ux to Charles K.
Spaulding Lumber Company, 100
acres 4n Polk County, $1.
Jacob Fuist et ux to L. L. Lantz,
lots in McCoy, $350.
Alice C. Clarke to R. M. mid W. 15.
Ewing, 110.18 acres, t7s, r5w, .fill.
E. B. (Jobat et ux to George E.
Myers, 102.2 acres, t 9 s, r4 w, $5100.
THE DEMAGOGUE
A demagogue is a man who attempts
m control the multitude by specious
or deceitful arts, gays the Albany ( it-
wen. He is an unprincipled ami fa
cetious political leader. Religious
leaders tell us that comparatively few
cople are converted after the age of
twenty and that scarcely any chan;
their ways after fifty.
The changes of heart exerienred
o.v me demagogue are many and var
ied. They are likely to increase w-.ih
age. The man who has spent the best
years of Ins life attempting to pur
chase nign political preferment, sud
denly becomes a wild-eyed reformer,
lie informs the people that the tate
is full of corrupt politicians, and he
ought to know for be has spent his
life in making that kind of men. He
projHwes to deliver the people from
the system of his own making.
)regon has had some exjierienee
with (he demagogue. He is abroad in
the Mate now. He is making himself
heard mid will continue to do so ei-l-cially
during these next few months.
He has played upon enough of the
people of Oregon to get himself elected
to Ligh positions. It remains to be!
seen what he will be able to do this
yesr.
hen Guildenstern. at the queen's
command, eomes to liamlet as spv
Hamlet bring forth a pipe and ask
!n false friend to plsy upon it Guild
ewifern says, "I know no touch ff it.
my lord. Hamlet replies: "Tis Sj
4-any as lying; govern these rentage
wish your fingers and thumb, pve it
breath with your mouth, and it will
dircfiurse most eloquent music. Look
you these are the stops." Gnihb-n-r'.frn
(deads: "But these cannot I
command to ary utterance of har
rm.r.v; I have not the akiiL" Tiwn
IJattJet rei-hes: "Whv look you now, 1P10.
New Type Face.
The Observer is out in a new dress
of tH' this week, larger and more
easily read by those wild failing eye
sight, comments the Iteuu'zer. We
might say Hint this letter was nut
on the linotype for convenience in cor
recting proots while making two long
runs of bonk printing, the book hav
ing lieen set in the siune letter and it
being somewhat tedious to change
the magazines on the machine every
time a corrected slug might lie needed.
It had not been our intention to set
the newspaper in this dress only for
Ihe two issues this week. However,
if we could be made to know that a
larger face of tyie would lie appre
ciated by our readers, we would will
ingly make thp rliiins;e. In the ab
sence of any considerable demand for
a larger letter, we shall return to the
usual dress next week.
One-Sided Game.
The baseball game between Dallas
and Chemawa, played on the home
grounds Tuesday afternoon, was so
one-sided as to he scarcely worthy of
further mention than was given it in
Tuesday's par, when a three-line
local announced a victory for the
home Isiys by a scorp of 13 to 3.
I hemawa has always had a good ball
team before, but I his year the Indian
lads have f:.iled to keen no their rec
ord.
Not It .
Partita knowing; themselves Indrbl
cd to the firm of Ouy Tirol hen
Dalton will .lrae call and -.tile
accounts at the Sterling- Furniture Co.
-l-tf.
and finally, the people must pass upon
tne proposed Constitution at the polls,
It would be a reflection upon the in
telligence or the people to say that
they are not competent to pass upon
all ot these propositions in an intelli
gent manner. In view of the exper
ience of this and other states, it is
reasonable to assume that the sixty
delegates chosen under the direct pri
mary law, would be representative of
the nest citizenship of the state. They
would average better than the same
number of legislators for the reason
that no senatorial fight would becloud
the issue before the voters and men
would, in nearly every instance, be
chosen upon merit. A glance at the
membership roll of Oregon's first and
only Constitutional Convention shows
such names as Matthew P. Deady,
Stephen F. Chadwiek, I. P. Prim,
Dclnzon Smith, George II. Williams,
L. F. Grover, Reuben P. Boise, Jesse
Applegate, E. D. Shattuck, John R.
McBride and many others who, by
ahilily and uprightness of character,
made names that will live long in the
history ot the state. The recent Con
stitutional Convention in Michigan
was composed of ninety-six mem
bers, chosen by popular vote. From a
party standpoint, the convention was
overwhelmingly Republican, only eight
out of the ninety-six members being
Democrats Party lines were, how
ever, not in evidence and the conven
tion entered upon its work in a spirit
of earnestness and patriotic devotion
lo duty, it has been said that the
convention consisted of the best and
most thoroughly representative body
of men ever gathered together in the
State of Michigan. After a session of
sixty days, the convention, by a
unanimous vote, adopted a constitu
tion which was ratified by the voters
of Michigan by an overwhelming ma
jority. In speaking of the new con
stitution. Professor John A. Fail-lie,
Junior Professor of Administrative
Law at the University of Michigan,
says :
"It can hardly be denied that the
new constitution contains all that was
valuable in the old constitution, that
it eliminates a good deal that was no
longer serviceable, and that it lnclud
many new provisions thut will nink
the fundamental law of the stale much
belter adapted to the conditions and
needs ot the present.
1 he experience of most other states
Hint have recently adopted new con
slil litmus has been similar to that o
Michigaii.'iind us the people of Oregon
are average American citizens, t her
is every reason to believe that their
experience with a constitutional con
vent ion and its results would be
happy one, and that there is no reason
to believe that the "enemies of the
people" have called the convention
the hoio of getting rid of the Initia
t.ve, Referendum, Direct Primary law
etc. This charge bus been freely made
by opHineiits of the pending bill, but
it is mere clap-trap and is advanced
lor Ihe sole purpose of arousing prej
udice against uie measure, it can
not be denied that some of our pres
cut constitutional provisions should be
siiteguarded by certain restrictions,
but any attempt on the part of the
Constitutional Convention to abolish
the laws and constitutional provisions
iion which the iieople have already
expressed themselves and which thev
wish to preserve as a part of our or
ganic law, would meet with defeat at
(lie polls when the promised Const i
tot mil comes up for approval or re
jection. A t oiiHtilutional Convention
should preserve the Initiative and
Referendum, but should increase the
erecntage of signatures required for
their invoking, and on a state-wide
measure should require signatures
from several counties. The Initiative
should not be invoked unless 15 n-r
cent ot ihe electors demand it, and the
Referendum should require 10 per
cent. There should also be a clear
distinction between statutes and con
stitutional amendments. No consti
tutional amendment should be pro
posed except upon petition of at least
-u per cent of the electors or a two
lliirds vote of the Legislature, and a
till Hr cent vote at one election or a
majority vote at two successive elec
tions should lie required for the
adoption of such amendment. The
present ' 'Change-1 he-Const it ntion
while yon-wait" method should be
discarded but the right to change the
organic law should not be denied to
the people. The old system of amend-
the people and that a free and fair
discussion of the question might be had
without the consideration of liquor
laws, county divisions, single tax
amendments, woman suffrage, normal Ij
school appropriations, etc., which oc
cur at our regular biennial elections. !
Learned gentlemen who are opposed
f Q the pending bill tell us that S250- :
000 will be the approximate cost of the :
Constitutional Convention and the ex-
penses incident thereto. I do not be-1
litve that this estimate is correct. A
liberal estimate of the expenses would
range somewhere in the neighborhood ;
of $150,000, a sum which the state can i
well afford to spend m order to secure '
a strong, up-to-date Constitution. We :
are spending almost that much at
every election upon the various Tnitia-'
tive bills proposed by the rieoole and
referendum measures submitted by the
legislature. We are told that the
pending bill is unfair in this: that it
is intended to secure the election of,
all the delegates from the Republican'
party, if possible. The experience of
other states shows that Constitutional
Conventions have not 'divided upon
party lines, except in the South. It
mutters little whether or not the Con-:
stitution is framed bv Renuhlieans. 1
Democrats, Populists, or Socialists!!
the voters of the state must pass upon I
it oeiore nnai adoption.
Must Submit to People.
This brings me to another important
phase of the subject under discussion
the right of the convention to pro
mulgate a new constitution without
submitting it to the people for appro
val or rejection. We are told that
there is danger that the convention
will refuse to obey the provisions of
the bill by which it is called anil that
nn objectionable constitution will be
loisted onto the people without their
consent. This is not only a reflection
upon the intelligence of the people,
ho will choose delegates to the con
vention, but it suggests that our Su
preme Court would recognize anarchy
in uregon, and shows that some of the
Eelf-appointed guardians of our peo
ple's rights believe that they them
selves are the only apostles of politi-
.m purity and virtue, and that all who
oppose their schemes are sinful men,
unworthy of public confidence. As a
matter of fact, it would be hard to
Hnd sixty representative men in Ore
gon so utterly lacking in political
principle and civic honesty as to con
ceive and carry out the plan of pro
mulgation without popular ratifica
tion. No man who voted for such a
measure could live in the State of Ore
gon thereafter; no court of justice in
the state would hold such an net to lie
lawful. But granting, for the sake of
aigiiment, that Oregon's citizenship
s corrupt), and that members or the
Constitutional Convention would be
tray their sacred trust, let us see
whether or not tho luw would permit
l promulgation of the proposed consti
tution. The proposed law providing
fot the Constitutional Convention
says:
After the Convention shall have
approved the draft of the proposed
Constitution, said proposed Constitu
tion shall be submitted to the people
for adoption or rejection, as a whole.
m the first Monday in April 1912."
1 tail, therefore, to understand tin
ier what process of reasoning, or
principle ot law, it could possibly be
held that the members of the Consti
tutional Convention could promulgate,
adopt and make effective any Consti
tution without complying with the
am provisions ot ie iwmkIiu: bill
v Inch is to lie voted uiion in Novem
ber, and through which the members
of said convention will derive their
powers. No stream can rise higher
thhn Its own source. Before entering
uiHin the disc ha lire of their duties.
members of the Constitutional Con
dition would, of necessity, take an
oath to supHrt the Constitution and
aws of the lulled States and the
Stale of Oregon. Thus thev would be
in duty bound, required to submit the
proposed ( oust it ul ion to the people
for approval or rejection.
I have examined a large number of
ecisirrns niion tins question, which i
Irad to the following conclusions:
1. A Constitutional Convention
nntrameled by conditions imposed by
the authority calling the Convention,
has power to enact new Constitn-
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right) to promulgate a constitution.
The convention contemplated by the
pending bill is not to be called for the
purpose of amending or proposing
amendments, but its declared object is
to propose a new constitution, and ac
cording to the teims of the pending
bill, this constitution must go to the
people for approval or rejection. In
view of the language of our Constitu
tion, it 'is difficult to see how either
the Virginia or Kentucky cases can he
given consideration, for our Constitu
tion plainly contemplates submission
of proposed Constitutions to the elec
tors of the state. This Constitutional
provision, together with the language
of the pending bill, would indicate
that a Constitution framed by a Con
vention must he approved by the peo
ple before final adoption.
Costly Litigation Unlikely.
Members of the People's Progress
ive Government League tell us that a
new Constitution will be followed by
many years of uncertainty as to the
meaning ot its provisions and that i
great deal of protracted and costly lit
igation will ensue, yet, in the same
breath, they propose a series of consti
tutional amendments most revolution
ary in their character, and destined
to keep the state in the throes of con
stitutional litigation for many years
to come. The experience of other
states shows that there has been a
minimum amount of litigation arising
out of the adoption of new constitu
tions. In addition to the subjects already
suggested, the proposed Constitutional
Convention could provide for a better
system of local municipal government
in the cities and incorporated towns of
Ihe state, place certain limitations up
on the power of the Legislature, pro
vide for an improved judiciary system
with uniform flat salaries for judges
of the Supreme and Circuit Courts, re
al range and harmonize judicial and
prosecuting attorney districts; adopt a
more equitable and uniform system of
assessment and taxation, make perms
nent arrangements for public educa
tion, and adopt a more satisfactory
provision lor the creation ot new
counties than we now have. There
arc other questions of a purely consti
tutional nature that a convention
might consider, but all legislative mat
ters should be left to the Legislature
or the people.
I have briefly outlined a few of the
reasons whv the proposed .Const it ii-
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ment was too difficult: the preaent 1 Convention derive it power provides 1 0f t he measure. The people, through
i system too lax. vt fiat ws need is a
Wntic f tv-, i c ..i . ! system that can be operated when lm-i
Nouc. of Tinal Settlement qnMtioM M ,t bnt
Anlirf lit ht'ivhv tnven that !! un.tv-Wh J, , ..!
I t iivt art UiiUVUil ia j
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nun his final scrounl in iha i T,nnuUA r .n v
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L Where l nnt cnffiriunt virtn tnnnr mn fnr
"quire sQomission to u self Government. Oreir-m needs a new
people, it most bo so submitted and constitution badlv Constitution de
become operative only upon their ap-;,,, lo meet the pnwent-dav needs,
proval or rejection. Other states are foreinst ahead but we
S-ection 1 of Art.cle XVIII of Lwr in the race. Ut n move
nt it ulion of Orrpon says : f orward, confident in our own si renelh
"No ron vent ion shall h rail.! In1 a : . i i. i
. . , ... - , j .. , - and iiiur, wou ow-nrasiiiK ioauv i
I.. LI '-V! I,al "-on. Art, f T-ril.tnr. f.n,MM or propose amendments to thw,our beloved stale and a deeper rrirard
has been ap,..,nted by s.,,d Cort Actio" I"sialatro Defended. Cnn.t.lni.nn. or to propose a new Con- f.. th, w.,fire of our emmon coun-
I lie time and ttlmt for the hearinv of i- I f.wl thai I mm s fn rwtenl witns. ' St it Ut ion. OIllcsM the law limvi.lmv f.r
object Hint to the said final account , in the matter of the intent of Ih 12- jsnch convention shall first he approved "" (The end.)
FTiiM'lwni inervmr b alnn in uihmil tit i f Mivlm, UT Ifie neotil on a mTrn,liim rut at
IIKXKV (i. CAMTREIJ inicasure. It as paed in Ihe Hou-e ! a ntular irenersl eWtion."
Administrator of tha At Kp r.f 411 itM Ia 1? n-a m-,k I Arfvoritmc f.i thia aawtirtfi nf An,
Jennie Shsrk deceased. Ithn member absent : and ia Ihe ''"""ti tut urn. a invention mav be
tscsr Jlavter. Attorney. i Senate bv a Vwte of 21 aves to 8 bivs. 1 called to amenj
-u ana nrsi published Jane 10. i!b. one absentee. 1 bre wss no m
Phonographs at Cost.
I am closing out all of my Phono-
rruohs at cost. Only a few left. s.
cent cylinder Indestructible records for
2 cents; SS-eent Double Disc records
for 42 cents, as long as they last. One
new Cylinder $33 machine for tit. A
II. Harris. Jeweler. 524-tf
of Jennie Shark, decease). !
his tiual account in the I'miiiit-
lourtof the 'State of Oir-pm for Polk ! electorate with their petty scheme,
tountr and that .Sahmlay. the "ih jTht people of Orefon want tha Initia-
o v, wuiv. at the hour of ten
o'clock in (he forenoon of said day,
at the (rart mora of the said Conntv
Ut and Referendum and tho Direct!
Prim ary Law, and will resist attempts j
to nullify any of them, I
Action of Lefialaturo Defended.
Two
For Kale or
llrM driving
Trmde,
horara;
Stock to Pasture,
lrge pasture and abundance of
fed and water. Haven't had any stock
in It up to May IS. Hones called for at
" iMAturm tor 91 peri
- v n - x. Bri(tgs
on Ml Pisgah farm, known as Kim
ball's ranch or address Box 2(9. Dal
las. Pasture known as the Mrs. Le
P""- . 2-lm
weight
Wood for sajf..
Do you need wood? In preparing
to place your order, remember that
I am able to furnish yaa all kinds of
- ironi euner or the Da!l
or prorswe amend- about ! nouda. six and Mine veara . . ml pooeiNe rate, i
awnts, or propose a new constitution. ! old. Will sell, or trade for beavter ' w".J." r?lT-. 'J..b e,th Phone.
.. . ... , . i . . -"uai nn lieu 111. a .
i irui on lam nn ui inm iriTisjaiur io oui luc n eonreniion ka n. .1 mm iKa normL mature ai tnta oraa aiz.tr i r -u
a-4-tf
SPECIAL RATES
FOR THE
Portland Rose Festival
JUNE 6th to 11th
On The Southern Pacific Company
(Lines in Oregon)
OF
One and One-Third Fare
FROM ALL POINTS LN OREGON
Sale Dates: From Roseburg and all stations north
thereof, including all branches. June 6, 8 and 10.
From all stations south of Roseburg. June 6 and 8th.
Final return limit, June 8th.
For further particulars as to rates, etc.. urinlT to any
i ---
S. P. Agent, or to
Wm. McMURRaAY
General Pissenger Agent Portland. Oregon