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 bon<J
PuL.¡shed every Thursday at purposes, stream s and forests from ssues and the added right to m ort
which may be drawn food to supply gage plants a fte r construction.
Estaeada, Oregon,
the human need. Every line of in
by the
ESTACADA PUBLISHING COMPANY, dustry is capable of being engaged A QUESTION ON THE
SEATORIAL SITUATION
in and under much b etter condi
(A corporation .)
tions th an can be found cast of the
The Wallowa Sun, as with all
Rocky mountains.
S ubsopiption R ates :
[ others who have the best interests
As
evidence
of
all
this
one
has
$1.60
OnejYear
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.76 but to look at the fast growing of Oregon at heart, takes the sena-
Six Months
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cities in the territo ry . Portland, 1 torial contest between Frederick
Tacoma, Spokane, Seattle, Eugene ■ Steiw er and B ert Haney seriously,
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
and Salem and many other smaller i very seriouely.
In the prim ary the Wallowa Sun
ones which have sprung up in a
The states of Oregon, Washington, few years and become wonders as opposed Stanfield and supported
Idaho. M ontana and the northern progrgSgjve communities, may be Steiwer. We were republican then
portion of California, com prising t he j cjted
Im provem nts on a vast and are now, but with a mind open
Pacific Northwest, is rapidly gain- ¡ 9caje ^
progregBing on all sides i to conviction. The issues of the
Ing prominence in all parts of the | and over night guch changes are j prim ary were not the issues of the
Union for the reason th a t it is the m#de ag are ast0nisheing. The ter- j coming general election. Then it
last of the g reat west and for the j Htory jg fagt popuiatin g and taking I was a choice among so-called repub-
w ealth of its natural resources and j j n s u c h a forw ard movement as is I licans. Now it is to be a choice be
many opportunities. This fam e has j ,yitne8ge(j no place else in the tween a republican and a democrat,
spread in the past few years United sta te 8 , i t ¡s pushing forw ard standard bearers of their respective
through advertising, our known very with all the energy an enterprising parties. Yes, it is more than that.
healthful and invigorating climate people can display, and destined to There are m atters th at transcend
and the enterprise of citizens in b.com c the abiding place of the party conflict.
building good roads, making so I mogt happy an d prosperous people
When we consider th a t Oregon,
much of it easy of access by the au- j Qn the wh0ie Am erican continent.
the parent of the g reat Pacific
tomobile. This has been added to I
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N orthwest is more backward in pop
largely by the railroads in giving 1
IRRESPONSIBILITY
ulation and development than its
cheap tourists rates, by local citi- j
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offspring, and yet the equal if not
zens already here inducing eastern I The unrestrained power asked in superior in n atu ral resources, it
friends to come and by the local jn the housewives’ am endm ent, pro makes us wonder why. And, won
new spapers published in every town vidillg f or state-ow ned hydro-electric dering, sets us to thinking.
of any pretention throughout the and irrig a ti0n, is in vivid contrast
Oregon is known as a standpat
whole territo ry ,
j wjth the present laws which safe- republican state. It rarely strays
For many years the Oregon guar(j the rights of the public in so o ff the reservation. The presiden
country was held back by adverse fa r as the hydro-electric develop- tial adm inistration has little to fear.
Teports of its wet character, east- I ment is concerned. It is conceded Oregon keeps the faith.
erners being led to believe th a t l th a t irrigation is a debatable subject
Not so W ashington. And W ash
was a continuous rainfall, and th a t an d only under national supervision
people were forced to go about in does it appeal to some minds as a
raincoats and rubber boots. This j feasible or possible enterprise. One
fallacy has been exploded however, , thing is sure: the state of Orgon is
and >t >« 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
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Oregon’s total bonded dept is already
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Its per capita state debt is the highest in the Union
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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
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