EASTERN CIATKAMAS NEWS, of iron ore, vast coal fields, an d tion, m anagem ent or location of mines of all the precious metals, plants. Service would r.ot be ex­ millions of acres of productive soil tended to farm s as rapidly as pri- W. A. HEYLMAN, Editor. where all the grains, grasses, fru its \ ate interests are now giving it. In ­ and everything fo r the w ants of man stead of bringing industries to the Entered at the postoffice in Estaeada, are produced in abundant quanti­ state it will repel them. It involves Oregon, as second-class mail. ties. It has unbounded sources of the expenditure of at least $53,000,- cheap w ater power fo r in d u s .r j1. J 0 0 , with privilege of fu rth e r bont >« found th a t the annual not w arran ted in com m itting itself rainfall here is not so g rea t as in to a policy of irrigation develop- m ost of the eastern states. F act is | ment with state funds at this time, one can find in this region w eather Protection of the federal power suited to all conditions und tastes, act and the existence of an electric In the m ountain and plateau sec- public service commission in Oregon tions real w inter with snow and ice nfeguard the interest of taxpayers is found, while in the low er Inti- antj the w elfare of the public. Uu- itudes and along the coast a milder j dor the housewives’ plan as present- clim ate with rainfall in the winter, Pd for decision of voters November scarcely any snow or frost and the 2nd, there is no responsibility fo r landscape green during all the win- the expenditures of moneys other te r months. West of the Cascade than the recall, which may be in­ range the therm om eter never vl,ked. Conditions under a possible reaches zero and in the m ountain- future adm inistration by a board of ous region seldom getting but little five members, responsible neither Below. to the governor nor to the public The te rrito ry of tho Pacific service commission, would not re- N orthw est contains an em pire with- suit in benefits for the state. It in itself. It might be cut off from means tho difference between fi- th e products of all other parts of nancial safety nnd unsoundness, th e United States nnd not su ffe r It will increase taxes; we shall w unt for any necessary need. It has have a political machine in control the largest am ount of standing of large properties owned by the Ing tim ber left, and sufficient to state, in which the public will have la st for 76 yeard. I t has m ountains no voice or influence as to opera- Eastern Clackamas News THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1926 ington .through its Dill-Jones, dem- he was asked to introduce a similar presence. H e simply plays tail to i.'-r .tic republican com bination, gets bill in the house, he refused, and New York’s kite, and the people of id .hat he would introduce it “by the first district ought to retire him dollar-, in 'fed eral patronage where request” as he did not w ant his and elect Newton W. Borden to rep­ Oregon g; ts cents. And similarly, though som ew hat; name attached to legislation of that resent them, not only because of removed from the Pacific Northwest kind. Hawley will not deny this, Hawley’s do-nothing record, but for th ; Smoot-King, republican-dem o­ nd Crum packer is peddling repub­ his sins of omission. cratic combination in Utah. Utah lican propaganda or is ignorant of He has championed cancelling the h facts, or both, which is beside debts of foreign nations thereby generally gets w hat it goes afte r. Now, the supposition is th a t such the question. For the sake of tru th saddling said debt upon the backs combinations are so politically e f­ I simply w ant to contribute the of the taxpayers of America. The fective through fear they ex ert on foregoing statem ent, and dare Crum ­ farm ers of his district are laboring h j adm inistration— fear lest the packer or Hawley, either one or under an u njust system of taxation ¿m inistration offend and incur both, to deny it and debate the ques­ th at he helped to create and fo r needless hostility. In tim es of re­ tion with me. which he stands. publican ad m in istraro n the demo­ Mr. Hawley has been a member If the voters of his d istrict do not cra t can do the “d irty ” work, and of the House of Representatives be­ get any relief, they will have no one vice versa during a dem ocratic ad­ ginning with the Sixtieth Congress, to blame but themselves, fo r they m inistration. and I challenge him or any of his have kept him in office, and they Now we arrive a t our question, -onstituents to show wherein he has have it in th eir power to retire him lir, cted to the Oregonian not with made a good congressman. Every­ any in ten t a t confusion or em­ thing th a t has been given his district and his kind to private life. barrassment. but with the earnest 'nee he has been th ere would have Respectfully, ■xpectation of intelligent and in­ been given said district w ithout his Elton Watkng. form ative discussion from the pa- ) :r which of all probably has more it heart than any, the candidacy of he republican nominee: Can Oregon, in its present state ■ f retarded development, affo rd to >.ccede to an adm inistration request H. C. GOHRING, Proprietor for united repdblican representa- ion when there is no rew ard for tanding p at?— Wallowa Snn. THE ESTACADA MEAT CO. ☆ AN OPEN LETTER Press dispatches state th a t Con­ gressman Crumpacker, speaking be­ fore the Chamber of Commerce at Salem, Oregon, Septem ber 27, gave Congressman Hawley credit for the passage of the Stanfield 0 . & C. Land G rant Bill. I write to take exception to this because the fact of the m atter is th a t Hawley refused to have any­ thing to do with the bill nutil p racti­ cally driven to its support. When Beef, Mutton, Veal and Hogs Bought ☆ Open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays, open to 8 p.m. ESTACADA, OREGON TAXES Oregon’s total bonded dept is already A Safe Place to Put Your Money Its per capita state debt is the highest in the Union 1 *: j The Housewives Council "Water and Power” amendment would permit a new political board to issue $53,000,000 more bonds, or an increase of 32 per cent to start stattf adventures in irrigation and power. Thi# Company has invested over $77,000,000 1' in this territory. It has 90,000 light and power customers and -¡' serves a population of over 400,000. Its business is growing steadily every day. We offer you an opportunity to invest your money in this successful and well-managed business at 6.67 percent interest. Let us tell you more about it. $ 1 6 6 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 VOTE 337 X NO AGAINST AN ISSUE OF $53,000,000 OF NEW BONDS AGAINST AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF NEW TAXES AGAINST AGAINST AGAINST AGAINST AGAINST CREATING A BOARD OF POLITICIAN-DICTATORS ENROLLING A NEW NEW ARMY OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS PARALYZING INDUSTRY BY BUREAUCRATIC DESPOTISM REVOLUTIONIZING OUR FORM OF GOVERNMENT A WILD JOY RIDE WITHOUT BRAKES AT YOUR EXPENSE In self defense ! V o te 337 X NO! in N o v e m b e r INVESTMENT DEPARTMENT 820 Electric Building Portland Electric Power Company Portland Electric Power Company * PORTLAND, OREGON PHMA4r. tfO rsr-n FV-' Ur •, C c v r-i t w — C r-tw d -c th* F •*«'•** C w . il W « « m l P tw , «r-Tdrwm - 4?4 PseWle PwtlaiA Or*.