Friday, March 31, 1922
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OLCOTT IS RUNNING ON RECORD
Governor Ben W. Olcott, in announcing his candidacy
for governor on the republican ticket, says: "My record
is the best guarantee I can give as to the conduct of
affairs in public office."
Fair enough. Let's see. What has been accomplished
during the time Mr. Olcott has been governor? Don't
all speak at once. We remember two accomplishments.
He acquiesced in a bill raising the governor's salary from
$5000 a year to $7500 ; he called a special session of the
legislature in the interest of the Portland fair, which
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terminated in a veruaDie nzzie.
Incidentally, during his regime, the bonded indebted
ness of the state has been increased so many fold that
it has become staggering. Not all of this is chargeable
to Olcott, but he has voiced no strong sentiment against
the orgy of spending which has been rampant during
the past few years.
Then again, speaking from a party standpoint, Olcott's
record does not add much lustre. He managed brother-in-law's
gubernatorial campaign a few years ago
said brother-in-law running on the democratic ticket
and subsequently said brother-in-law appointed Olcott
secretary of state. A fine family arrangement.
We have always tried to bear in mind that the governor
ship wras thrust upon Olcott. The death of Governor
Withycombe advanced him from secretary of state to
the chief executive. We had an idea that when he
had fulfilled this duty he would be ready to step down
and out It is his privilege, of course, to be a candidate
for governor on any ticket he may elect. It is now a
matter for the people to determine whether they con
sider he has made good, or rather, would make good for
the years to come.
WHEAT IMMUNE TO SMUT
New Varieties Evolved Totally Resist
ant to Disease.
The Dalles, Or.Wheat that li to
tally resistant to smut or bunt some
thing heretofore unknown has at last
been evolved, aa result of experiment
conducted at the Moro experiment sta
tion by B. E. Stephens, superintendent,
and his associated, Mr. Stephen an
nounced here. Smut hag long been
the bune of Oregon and Washington
wheat growers. I
Superintendent Stephens has pro
duced four distinct varieties of wheat
that are completely Immune to smut.
From these he has evolved hybrid
varieties of great promise, by crossing
his smut-resisting wheats with some
of the most productive of the present
varieties grown.
TURKISH CLAIMS ARE
GRANTEOJY ALLIES
Memorandum of Peace Pro
posal Concedes Virtually
All Demands.
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CDc independence national Dank
INDEPENDENCE, OREGON.
MOT MUCH SNOW IN NORTH
WLILIAMS NOT TO RUN AGAIN
Dissatisfied with the treatment he is receiving: from
the people, Fred A. Williams has announced that he
will not be a candidate to succeed himself as a public
service commissioner. It is barely possible, however,
that Mr. Williams' name will appear on the ballot, in
the event that the contemplated recall of the commission
ers materializes.
Mr. Williams was elected on a slogan "Six cents is
too much for a five cent ride." This slogan referred to
an increase which had been granted to the Portland Rail
way Light & Power company in street railway fares.
After his election Mr. Williams states that he found that
the increase wTas justified.
Granting that Mr. Williams' statemeent is true, he
had but one alternative tender his resignation. He ap
pears to have overlooked that important point, and now
is chagrined at the insistence of people who are demand
ing that he be recalled.
Mr. Williams has found that pre-election promises
are considered binding; bv the neonle. and bf is rlicpn irov-
l'ng that he is presumed to be a public servant so lone: as
icmams ill a puDHC OlllCe.
3ological Facts Which Are Soma
thing of a Surprise to the Aver
ago Raadar.
Ity the figures of the United Stntes
weather bureau anew full In winter In
St. Louis, Mo., or in IUehmond, Vu., Is
:hree or four times as great as for the
lorth coast of Aluskn, while we believe
:hnt the snowfall In St. Louis or the
highland of Scotland If! ten times as
sreut as on the north tip of Greenland
r on the northerly islands discovered
3y my expedition of 1D13-1S, writes
V'llhjulnnir Stefunsson In the World's
Work. In the north polar regions there
Is, to begin with, very little snow on
the ground at the end of winter. We
have already said that In some parts
of the polar regions the tajnperature
Is 100 degrees In the shade In the sum
mer. It would have to be a very pe
culiar kind of snow If a little of It
more or less covering the ground
In winter would last far Into the
spring. Of coufse, It does not last
long, but dlsapiears like maple. For
three or four or five months, according
to Just where you are, yon have green
prairies and flowery meadows that are
a' delight to the eye, and would be de
lightful to every sense but for the un
believable plague of Insects mosqulr
toes, sandflies, horseflies and the like.
EXPERTS BUILD FUR WRAPS
The Enterpnse is not in accord with the movement to
change the public service commission from an elective
to an appontive office. We are willing to grant that the
people err in their judgment at times the present com
mission is an illustration but for the long pull the
judgment of the masses is superior to one.
STRYCHNINE-BARLEY DIET
GETS GROUND SQUIRRELS
Killing ground squirrels in Oregon
with strychnine mixed in barley or
oats has been found by experiment
station tests to be the cheapest and
most effective way of combating the
pest by Oregon farmers. Between a
teaSfpoonful and a tablespoonful of
the bait, forms the appetizing but
fatal meal for the animal.
Because strychnine doesn't deter
iorate rapidly as does cyanide it is
much safer to use than phosphorus.
Usually a biological survey assistant
or county agent in one of the Ore
gon counties mixes poison and sells
it at a reasonable price.
The variety of squirrel determines
the mixture and srrpno-tli f a
poison as well as weather and other j
conditions. One quart of poison is j
usually sufficient for from 40 to CO
baits. ! started the organization in North Da-
The person spreading the "squirrel 1 kota in 1915 an(1 nas been active In
killer" may travel either on horse- ! extending Its ramifications to the
other states. Recently he has met
with considerable oppoaition in his
attempts to swing the league senti
ment to his proposed "balance of
power" in state politics. The plan
called for elimination of the strictly
league ticket and substitution of in
dorsing of ' individual candidates, re
gardless of party affiliations.
TOWNLEY SAYS
HE WILL RESIGN
Fargo, N. D. A. C. Townley an
nounced that he would present his
resignation as president of the Na
tional Non-Partisan league to the state
meeting of the Minnesota organization
in Minneapolis March 31.
This resignation must be submitted
to the national committee and Its re
jection would constitute a vote of con
fidence. This situation is similar to
that of two years ago, when Mr. Town
ley refused to accept re-election by
the national committee until it had
been confirmed in a referendum by
the league membership.
Mr. Townley, the recognized "father
of the Non-Partisan league movement,"
Making of Crazy Quilt Nothing Com
pared to the Piecing Together of
Bits of Skin.
Of course It would not be quite the j
thing to look a gift fur In the lining.
or rather to rip up the lining and look
at the under side of the pelt, but If the
dollurs that pay for the scarf or the
wrap have been saved up out of your
own pay check. It might be wise to do
so, according to a Jovial and friendly
member of the "fur mosaic" workers.
For It Is In scraps and trimmings of
fur that they work, setting together
these discards bought In bulk from fur
riers who will not bother with them,
says the New York Sun. Endless ps
tlence In matching and attaching, skill
that Is traditional and careful sew
Ing result In a piece of fur that would
pat the most Intricate crazy quilt of
our grandmothers' time into the ama
teur class.
Does It wear well? A friendly mem
ber of the Oreek colony in Sixth ave
nue that makes this luxury fabric of
scraps shmged his shoulders and said:
"Why for you aska me soch thing?
You should know. Fine for the looks.
Can make extra careful care, no-yes)
Don'ta forgetta the eheap price."
Paris. -Turkey is concoded nearly
all her claims, except those to Adrian-
opto and part of eastern Thruco. in
the memorandum which the allied
foreign ministers forwarded to Athene
Angora and Constantinople with a
view to its acceptance as a prelimin
ary peace settlement, revising the
treaty of Sevres.
The linos Media lino In Thraoo la
modified ho as to give Turkey more
territory on the llulgarlun frontier,
but the old Turkish capital of Adrian
ople la excluded.
Constantinople remains Turkey's
and she retains Armenia with the pop
ulation under league of nations pro
tection, but she loses the (Jalllpoll
peninsula and Mesopotamia.
The salient features of the memo
randum are:
Perpetual freedom of navigation of
the Dardanelles and the Hosphorua.
Turkish sovereignty over ult of Asia
Minor and all of the territory hounded
by the Caucasus. Persia, Mesopotamia
and the Mediterranean and Aegean
seas.
The Armenians to he under the pro
tection of the league of nations, but
the territory Inhabited by them to be
under the sovereignty of Turkey with
an eventual national home to be found
ed for them by the league.
Adrlanople to go to the Greeks, but
a, large percentage or 'in race to or
returned to Turkey.
The peninsula of Galllpoll to go to
Greece.
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is mose used because it often takes
less time.
Sheep May Pasture Larkspur
Sheep are scarcely if at all sus
ceptible to larkspur poison say re
ports of the O. A. C. Experiment
jstation investigations. Most lark
spur poisoning occurs among cattle,
for although horses are susceptible
they are seldom poisoned under range
conditions. Sheep can eat from two
to five times as much as cattle with
out harmful results. For this reason,
the station recommends that where
feasible sheep be grazed on infested
iBreas before cattle are turned on
them.
Tyranny of Clothes Custom,
Three hundred years ago Shakes
peare could make Polonlus say, with
some measure of truth, that "oft tlte
apparel doth proclaim the man." Cer
tainly this sort of proclamation has
been made less and less "oft" as the
three Intervening centuries have gone
by. Almost before Shakespeare laid
down his pen the doublet and hose,
the swinging mantle, the Jeweled
sword and the fluted ruff of his time
were sobered out of existence by the
steadily growing Puritan Influence. In
the age of Queen Anne the apparel
proclaimed not so much the man as
the man's tailor, remarks a writer in
the Christian Science Monitor. A
century later still we have Charles
Lamb brooding rather querulously
over the mystery that a "mere melan
choly ninth of a man," a tailor of
Fleet street, should be able to tell
him how many buttons he would
wear on his coat, and tell him with
an authority not to be gainsaid. Since
the time of Lamb Inch by Inch and
garment by garment the clothing of
the modern man has been taken out
of the range of his own free control
and handed over to the tyranny of
custom and convention.
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Irish Bill Passed By House of Lords
Lonclon. The Irish Free State bill
passed its third and final reading in
the house of lords. The bill was
passed without a division. Lord Birk
enhead, the lord chancellor, in dealing
with the future of the Anglo-Irish
treaty, said he was not extravagantly
optimistic over it, but that there was
no ground for abandoning hope.
200 Middies Will Get Commissions.
Washington, D. C Only 200 of the
21 seniors who will be graduated
from Annapolis naval academy this
spring will be given commissions in
the navy under terms of the naval
appropriation bill shortly to be offered
In the house.
10,000 Textile Workers Strike.
Lawrence, Mass. Lawrence, scene
of bitter battles in previous industrial
wars, was plunged into another strike
when 10,000 textile operators walked
,otft rather than aocept a 20 per cent I
'wage cut.
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