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AGED WOMAN IS LEADER IN FIGHT MRS. MATT MITCHELL. CF, COVE. IS UNAFRAID. Union County Lad Work Vigorously to Down "Wolf In Shfep't 0rb" Single Tax Dliiiktd. AlihmiKh nn old wnmim, Mm, Mint Mllohi'll, who Uvea ut f'ovo, Oretcot,, wiy h Ih never afnild to work wlmii Iho chuhb Ih k""1. Mra. MllrhcH'a hairm In Unlwn County, kIix hh', Ih one of thoH-i tlireNlnmid by the Hint?!' Taxora with tlmlr KIdkIw Tint propiiKiiiiflit. Aniline J by Hie effort of what hIio di'Mtirllieu an "U'lten and lilx Ilk" and tln-li 'fiilne fr8h." Mia. Mitchell tutu gone lulo the fluid herm-lf. Modern Joan of Are. Mke a modern but aud .loan of Am, ihla old lady orRiinliwd them awalnat Single Tax. At her own ox Mnae alio received hooka on the aub ject of Ihe fight umiliiHt Single T"X and ahe dlKtrlbutod 200 of Hume ir aelf over the great county In which h Uvea. "It. la iepile who own no real Mints,"' mild Mia. Mitchell, the other day, "who ate In favor of Single Tax, alao the Ignorant cliwa, and thoe who take no ncwannpor at all. II la a annum that auch men are allowed to vote at all on anything prtnlnlnii to taxation, while thotmunda of In t l!nt people, who are heavy tax payera, mum have their honiea taxed way from them by auch Ignorant peraona. Whole Section In Arma. "Union County la one of the cotin tlea aelecied by that 'wolf In aheep'a clothing,' U'lten, o we will all have to help In the fight. 1 am an old womnn. but not too old to work In a Rood caiiHe." Mr. Mitchell aaya that the whole of her auction la up In arma. Kvery property owner In Eastern Oregon, from the man or wmuin who u.:a a small lot lo the wheai iamors, la fighting what la known to be a con flacatlon of their home, dpclarea thla old woman fighter for the 'common good." Ballot Numbera Told. Mra, Mitchell, deapite her year, worked ardiinimly In the cimmilgn ajriilnat Single Tax. She c!.Tiilted petition, dlatrlbuted 200 book a, circu lated card and gave her tli 'u freely In addition, aim expended her iwn money In the fight. And when a person la wli,na apend real money In a fight for a vital principle It must b ca'VorVI there Ih real pntliuslHHin for what ahe I knows, to bo right. The ballot numbers which will tin:' Blngle Tax from Oregon an' 304, So1? and 308. ATWELL DISLIKES SINGLE TAX. H. C. Atwell, president of the Ore gon State Horticultural Society, who lives at Forest Grove, declares thai he la bitterly opposed to the Single Tax propaganda. "I ahall be glad to talk ngaliiBt Single Tax whenever I have the opportunity," commented Prealdent Atwell. Mr. Atwell Is one of the most prominent farmers In the State of Oregon and his views are considered valuable by many Orego-nliuiB. TEAMSTER DOES GOOD WORK. Traveling the whole extent of the country north of the John Day River, C. NV. Honham Is making an ardent volunteer fight against what he feels to be the doctrines .of Single Tax Mr. Honhnm makes his headquarters at Canyon City, Ore. "Although 1 don't get my mall regularly," said Mr. Rotiham, "I am doing all I can In the good work. My friend, Phil Motsclrn, can tell you of the extent of the country over which I travel." Mr. Bonhom distributed over 200 copies of "Single Tax Kx posed," a work by Charles H. Shields, secretary of the Oregon Equal Taxation League. Thla book should be read .by every voter In 'the State of Oregon. It proves conclusively that Single Tax is not a system of taxation at all, but a means to destroy private ownership of land. GARDINER, ORE., MAN IS GLAD. . "I am glad to note the steps be ing taken," remarked Fred Assen helmer, a confectioner of Gardiner; Ore., . the other day, "to stamp out such an unjust law as Single Tax." While Mr. Assenhelmer would benefit personally under Single Tax by re duced taxation, he declared that he did not consider it fair that he Bhould escape while his farmer friends were taxed out of existence. . "I am glad there are not many Single Tax people around here," he told an Interviews DENVER WOMEN DID IT Judge Lindaey Declares Denver Victory Due to Colorado's Women Voters. The Woman Suffrage party, of New York City, is rejoicing over a letter received by one of the workers from Judge Ben U. Lind sey, of Colorado. One of the recent New York Times letters opposing suffrage was ho full of misstatements concerning the equal suffrage states that it was cut out and mailed to Judge Lind-' sey, with a request that he reply. His answer, printed below, carries ! the joyful assurance that Colorado women are "on the job," as allj who know them felt they would be: " ! My dear Mrs. Suffren: Your letter came at the close of our municipal campaign for city and county offices, consequently this delayed acknowledgment. Inci dentally, let me say that I was re-elected Judge of the Juvenile Court on an Independent Citizens' ticket by nearly 30,000 majority. ! My opponent was a machine nominee on the Democratic ticket, with the endorsement of the Re publican machine, put up by them to defeat me because of my story of "The Beast and the Jungle," and particularly of the fight on corrupt polities in Denver. The entire Citizens' ticket won by 10,000 majority over the bi-partisan machine candidates, and the result is due largely to the fact that, women vote in Denver. I do not believe such a victory would have been possible had it not been for this fact I am tremendously tied up at this moment with a mass of cor respondence and accumulated work, which has necessarily been neglected during the municipal campaign for my re-election, and to defeat the bi-partisan machine that we have fought here for the past ten years, and it is physicalfy impossible to get up a letter just at this time, but I am going to try to do so at the earliest date. Here in Denver there is no question of doubt that the great victory the greatest in the his tory of American politics over corrupt politics, was due primari ly to the women's vote. It was the biggest single factor in the result. I suppose it would be impossible to get some of the anti-suffrage papers to publish the facts about it; however, if they will publish this statement for me, you are more than welcome to it Ben B. Lindsey in Woman's Journal. Reaching After Safety. "Safety," which is the watch word of the Southern Pacific, is to be moved further ahead in its code. It was the slogan, "Safety First," that helped to make the record of "No Lives Lost Through Collision or Derailment in Nearly Four Years," on this road. Now it will, through safety committees comprising officials and employes, try for an even better record for safety than heretofore and endeavor to pre vent accidents of all kinds. As much regard' shall be taken of the life and limb of the employe as of the passenger. This move means the organiza tion of a main safety committee to be composed of the division superintendents. Then there . is to be a safety committee on every division to comprise the superin tendent, members of his staff from various departments! a conductor, engineer, brakeman, fireman, yardman, trackman, signal-man, bridge " and building man and a shop man. Each of these craftsmen will be the chair- 0 o D D o D ITlczioirD Preferred Stock, The World's Standard Brand Groceries Chase & Sanborn Teas and Coffee which have no equal I Heinz'S Pickles, That cannot be purchased only of us. Pure White, and JerseyCreamFlour Sold by us Only. No Clerks needed to Sell these goods. Once sold always sold. We Cary ROYAL BREAD Produce a Specialty Monmouth Mercantile Co. Monmouth, Oregon cnocrD 5iroc3orDo1R man of another distinct safety committee. ; Between meetings, which will be held every month, each com mittee shall entertain suggestions that will tend to prevent acci dents in all branches of the rail road service. Then these , sug gestions are to be brought, up at the division committee meeting and then again at the general safety committee meeting. If a shop employe mashes his finger the shop committee will investi gate and try and find a method whereby others fingers will be protected from a re-occu ranee of the accident. The members of each committee are to be fur nished with a button of artistic design. Many of the suggestions that come from the employes may ap pear to be of minor importance, but at the same time easy to put in practice. This is to be en couraged by the committees as the men on the line see many things that mean for safety that may be improved and thus mini mize danger to life and limb. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE This great institution opens its doors for the fall semester on September 20th. Courses of in struction include: General Agri culture, Agronomy, Animal Hus bandry, Dairy Husbandry, Bac teriology, T Botany and Plan t Pathology, Poultry Husbandry, Horticulture, Entomology, Vet erinary Science, Civil Engineer ing, Electrical Engineering, Me chanical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Highway Engineer ing Domestic Science, Domestic Art, Commerce, Forestry, Phar macy, Zoology, Chemistry, Phys ics, Mathematics, English Lan guage and Literature, Public Speaking, Modern Languages, History, Art, Architecture, In dustrial Pedagogy, Physical Edu cation, Military Science and Tactics, and Music. Catalogue and illustrated litera ture mailed free on application. Address: Registrar, Oregon Ag ricultural College, Corvallis, Ore gon.' ' " School Year Opens September 20 6t 49 Better Than Ice Ice affords but temporary relief when suffering from heat a cooling breeze is more effective. Iced food or drink drives the heat of the body to the surface, making the skin feel hot and disagreeable; a breeze reduces the temperature of the skin by process of evaporation, thus keeping the whole body cool and comfortable. The G-E 8-in. Oscillating Fan provides the ideal breeze for homes and offices the swinging breeze that circulates the air in all parts of the room, so that all the occupants enjoy the benefits of its cooling influence. Let us install one in your home or office. Its breeze will keep you cool all summer for less than a-cent" an-hemr. Telephone DALLAS 24 Oregon Power Co. WHAT CONDITION IS YOUR CLOCK IN? J Need Cleaning? Spring Broke? Or perhaps it is a Weight Clock and needs new Weight Cords. When a Clock fails to run, ninety times out of a hundred it is dirty and out of beat Bring it in and have it put in good condition. Charges reason able and work guaranteed for One Year. "Honesty" is my motto. , WALTER G. BROWN, Watchmaker and Jeweler. 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