Fortunes of the World are Founded In Oil 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 « 0 * 0 * 0 e 0 « 0 * 0 * 0 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 « 0 e 0 * 0 * 0 « 0 « 0 « 0 * 0 * 3 c 0 o r show n in the la tte r d a y m ode o f elect Duties of fho President Makei ing th e vice p resid en t. In th e first ' nntionuJ ele lions held th e m an re Joe Chanslor, now several times a greater depth, produce a large and in ceiving the larg e st n u m b er o f votes In the ele toral college becam e p resident, millionaire, was not long ago, a clerk exhaustible oil supply as are the oth i w hile th e m an w ho got the se, ond la r in Los Angeles. He borrowed s o m e wells on adjoining properties. We art I g est n u m b er o f v o tes becam e vl e pres- ; «LtJ W ent re g a rd le ss o f p a rty . T h u s lu the money for the purpose of operating in offering a limited number of shares ii i e arly d a y s o f o u r c o u n try we had a California oil; the result was that it this Company at twenty cents pe' 1 p re s ire n t from one p a rty and a vlee made him one of the wealthiest men in'share. Do you realize w hattha ? fc.'w-..w-iS Fc ;-wed by the Electoral College In Choosing the £ p resid en t fro m a n o th e r. T h a t system w as te rm in a te d , h ow ever, a t th e opeu- the state. John A. Bunting, formerly means? It means that in purchasing I ^ Chief Executive and Vice President— Development • ing o f th e last c e n tu ry , and today (i brakeman on the Southern Pacific, this stock you become interested in a • of a System That Has Been the Center of • th ere Is but th e re m o te st possibility through the investment of $170.00 in company that can produce the oil. It h i t th e vice p re sid e n t will he o f a Various Momentous Disagreements • d iffere n t p a rty th a n th e presid en t. California oil land became a millionaire. is not a case of "they may,’* "they o • v) T h ere is one p h a se o f th e electo ral We could tell you of innumerable should,” but “ they are.” sy ste m th a t h a s been a ttr a c tin g con By F R E D E R I C K H T O O M B S . others. Why were Bunting, Chanslor, t ulon. A fte r election th e e le cto rs on sid e rab le a tte n tio n o f late. T h a t Is the Let us again impress these highly H A T th in g s a re not a lw a y s w h at and the many others, who made their lie w ln n in ' ticket a re req u ired to In equitable d e -ro e o f re p re se n ta tio n they te e m is very w ell ex em p li meet it som e pia e d e sig n ated by th e h id by varfi us s ta te s In th e el«s’to ral important facts upon you: The property money through investments in oil, suc tied by th e m a n n e r in w hich the f ila tu re o f tlie s ta te on th e second college. Som e s ta te s have fa r g re a te r is a producer, is entirely surrounded cessful? Because they were shrewd, A m erican people ele< l th e ir .Monday In J a n u a ry mid th en and th ere p ro p o rtio n a te re p re se n ta tio n th a n o th by reliable producing properties, that p re sid en t a n d vice p re sid en t. If you level headed, observing men possess ■i: t th e ir vote by ballot for p resid en t ers In re sp ec t to population. T h u s th e there is sufficient acreage (forty acres) w ere to tell th e a v e ra g e e x p erien c e d mil vi e p re sid en t, one of w hich ua- citizens o f th o se s ta te s so favored have ing unbounded confidence in the great to justify the drilling of forty more v o te r that he has nev er legally and ii mil < 'iid k ln te s a t least shall not be a la rg e r voi e In the choosing o f a future of the California oil fields and p re sid en t and vloe p re sid en t th a n the tec h n ica lly voted fo r e ith e r a p re s I wells all of which would be in the very d e n t or a vice p re sid e n t lie w ould i re sid e n t o f th e sam e s ta te as the v o ters o f less fo rtu n a te sta te s. F o r in the oil industry. The demand for oil electors th em se lv es. As a resu lt th e re core of one of the richest oil produc p re b ab ly c la ss you w ith th e people 'e v e r w ill lie a n a tio n a l ticket m ade stan ce, spventt'en s ta te s can he g ro u p is increasing daily. The consumption ing districts in the world. Remember w ho slid believe tile e a rth is Hat like :p o f tw o m en from th e sam e state, ed h a v in g a to ta l p o p u la r vote o f p ra c a pancake. far exceeds the output. Several oil for th e e le c to ra l vote o f th e c an d id a te s' tically the sam e a s th a t o f Now York, that Kern County produces as much T h e fact th a t a c a n d id a te fo r th e s ta te w ould be lost to them . At the yet th e electo ral votoa o f th e se se v e n companies paid substantial dividends oil as any other three oil producing president y is nam ed a t a n a tio n a l c o n appo in ted tim e am i p lace eac h body of teen s ta te s a re a lm o st tw ice th o se of .when oil was selling at fifteen cents York In n u m b e r N evada, w ith a counties in California. Shipping facil vention and th a t his nam e Is placed a t elei to rs m ak e s u p a list o f all th e c a n New p^per barrel. Oil is now selling at th e top of th e ballot on ele (ion day d id ate s Its m em b e rs h a v e for p re si p opular vote of 12.000 In 1004. has ities could not be better for the prop has no relation w h a te v e r to the coil th re e e le c trm l votes, o r one to a b o u t dent a n d vice p re sid e n t, w ith th e n u m sixty cents per barrel at the well. The erty adjoins the Southern Pacific stitu tlo n u l provisions re g u la tin g Ihe ber o f v o tes e:t h receives. E v ery raem - every 4.000 v o ters In d ia n a , w ith a total dividends for the year 1908, p o p u lar vote of 082.000 In 1004, has tracks. The company has valuable as m ode of choosing a p re sid en t. T he lier o f tile eollege sig n s a n d c ertifie s only fifteen electoral votes, o r one to from all the oil companies doing busi nam e o f the p re sid e n t or vice p re si the list, th e 'governor o f th e s ta te c e r ti sets in improvements: Two wells, der d e n t w ould be left « IT the ballot If the e v e ry 45.400 voters Now York is an fies it. a n d tlie re p o rt Is tr a n s m itte d to ness in California, not including the rick, tanks, tool and bunk houses etc. a c tu a l in te n tio n of th e fra m e rs o f th e the p re sid en t o f th e t ’n lte d S ta te s sen o th e r u n fo rtu n a te s ta te In th is respect, Standard, will probably reach the $6,- h a v in g one electoral vote to every c o n stitu tio n w ere follow ed, a n d in Before accepting the fiscal agency of sp ite o f Ihe " u n w ritte n law ” w hich ate. B oth houses o f c o n g ress a sse m b le 41.400 voters. 000,000 mark for the year 1909. There in th e i h n m b er of th e lo w e r ho u se on A dopted a f te r a prolonged and tm- (ore the natural conclusion to arrive the Kern Associated Oil Company we h a s developed the placing of th e n a the second W ednesday o f F e b ru a ry . b ltte re d d is p u te in th e fam ous c o n sti tio n a l c a n d id a te s' na m e s on th e ballot T he ele: to ra l votes a re th e n counted, thoroughly investigated every detail it, is Investment in Oil Securities. In it is in a n a c tu a l legal sen se done only and th e p re sid en t of th e se n a te th en tu tio n a l co n v en tio n o f 17«7 In Phlladel vest at once. We are offering for sale pertaining to the company and its a s a g uide to th e v o te r to in d ic a te in a n n o u n ces th e re su lt. I f a n y person phla. th e e le -to ra l college system has ple nr.d effective m an n e r w hat has re eived a m a jo rity o f all th e votes sin ce Its Inception been th e r e n te r of a limited number of shares on what we property. We did not take snap judg a set sim d N a -re e m e n ts of m em bers of tlie ele cto ra l c o l e ast for p re -ld e n t he is an n o u n ced to v a rio u s , m o m e n to u s W hen W ash in g to n w ns flr=t electetl to consider to be one of the best com ment, we never do, consequently want lege he Is to vote for. • ele ted presid en t, and a c a n d id a te T h e electo ral college, com posed of o r vice p re sid en t m ust also receive a th e p r e s ld c - c r th e le "ls la ta ire s o f New panies operating in Kern county, in to assure you that the stock of this p ro m in en t p a rtis a n s term ed e lecto rs m a jo rity o f ail votes e a s t fo r th a t o f York nnd New H a m p s h ire w e re to rn company at twenty cents per share is fact in California. We refer to the by d isse n sio n s w h ich re a c h e d so f a r tied w hose n am es a p p e a r on b a llo ts in fice to lie elected. th a t no e le c to rs w<jre chosen, a n d stock of the Kern Associated Oil Com the most unparalled opportunity for the n a tio n a l electio n s, h a s becom e a so rt Should a tie occu r In th e electoral W n sh ln "to n c c m e o u e n tly did not re investor that ever came under our ob of fifth w heel, a u se less a p p eu d ix , in pany. The Kern Associated Oil Com vote th e house of re p re se n ta tiv e s ceive a n y votes from e ith e r o f th o se Now is the time to v is it California When summer has passe«! in these northern slates, the suit is only mild under the bright blue skies of Southern California. This is one of nature’s happy provisions—eternal sum mer for those who cannot endure a more severe cli mate. California has been called the "Mecca of the winter tourist ” Its hotels and stopping places are as var ied as those of all well reg ulated cities. Visitors can always find suitable accom modations, congenial com panions, and varied, pleas ing recreations. T servation. pany is the best oil proposition ever We sincerely believe that the Kem offered the investment public. This Company owns free of incumbrance Associated Oil Co. is destined to pay forty acres in the very heart of the dividends as surely and as regularly as Kern river oil district, and situated on are now being paid by the Associated the Southern Pacific railroad. It ad Oil and other Companies operating on joins the San Joaquin Oil & Develop adjoining properties and we see no ment Company’s property which was reason why within twelve months the recently merged with the Associated Kern Associated stock should not be Oil Co.', whose stock is now selling at °luoted at many times its sellin* Price* $31.75 per share. It also adjoins the j You can invest any amount from justly famous Discovery well where oil i twenty (2 0 ) dollars up to twenty was first discovered in the Kern River thousand (20,000) dollars. We allow ! you five ( 5 ) percent on cash sub Oil District. scriptions. You Qtn purchase slock The Kern Associated Oil Company on the easy monthly plan if you so de has two wells on its property. Well. sire, one fifth down and one filth per No. 1 is in oil and gives about sixty month. Send in your subscription at five barrels of oil per day. With a once. Don’t delay. The stock of greater depth and a more approved the Kern Associated Oil Co. is the best pump the production will be greatly 1 , , ; , v .7 ' buy on the market today, increased. The Company desses to JOS. J. HOGAN CO., sink four more wells at once and to in 802-3 Metropolis Bank Bldg, stall modern compressed air pumps' San Francisco, Cali' We believe that well No. 2 will, with SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. W ill be glad to su p p ly some very a ttractive ll'e ra tu re , describing in detail the m any de lights ot w in ter in C alifornia. Very low round trip excursion tickets are on sale to C alifornia. T he rate from Forest Grove to Los Angeles and retu rn is & 5 6 .S O . Limit six m onths, allow ing stop-overs in either direction. S im ilar excursion rates are in effect to all C alito rn ia points. For full inform ation, sleeping car reservations and tic k e ts, call on, tele g ra p h or w rite W. BROW N, A gent. FOREST GROVE, OREOON or W M . M t M U R R A Y , C ir n . P a s s . A g t . P o r tla n d . O re g o n s ta te s At th e second election, h o w ever. W ash in g to n re eived th e u n a n i m ous vote o f all th e e le cto rs W. Not'ble Hrtorictl Episode. H. HO L L IS A t th e se ond election JefTerson a n d A ffo rn e v -a t-L o w B u rr a p p ea red a s c a n d id a te s. K e n tu ck y g iv in g th e fo rm e r fo u r v o tes a n d South rn ro ltn a giving the la tte r one. Forest Grove, Oregon Vt th e th ird o’e'dlon they a p p ea red — again and th is tim e m uch m ore prom t nently. Jefferson receiving «8 votes and B u rr 30. Jo h n A dam s, w ith a vote o f 71. Ju st one o v e r th e re q u isite ina- (orlty. c a rrie d off the presid en cy , and Homeopathist and Surgery Jefferson becam e vice p re sid en t. N orth C arolina. P e n n sy lv a n ia and V irginia O re go« each g ave A dam s one vote, g iving J e f Forest Grove, ferson th e re st, nnd th ese th re e s c a t te rin g v o tes m ade A dam s p resid en t. At th e fo u rth election Jefferso n nnd B u rr a p p ea red again, nnd the vote In H /V R U K R » the ele to ra l colleges w a s a tie. 73 eaoh. w hl h led to th e fa m o u s election has « cuttins a s p é c ia u x by th e house, an episode o c cupying a Postoffice Row Foiest Grov« p ro m in e n t p lace in A m erican h istory. In 1725 th e re w as a n o th e r election by th e house. F or p re sid en t A ndrew Ja c k so n ha.I 170 electo ral votes, Jo h n Q uincy A d am s 84. W illiam II. C ra w ford 41 nnd H e n ry C lay 37, and, n ei A L B E R T D IX O N th e r c a n d id a te hav in g a m njo rlty , it devc Ived upon the house to < hoo.oe ii Forest Grove • Oregon p re sid en t fro m th e th re e h ighest. T h e election cam e off on Fell. 0. 1825, und on th e first ballo t A dam s w as e le cte d — for A dam s, 13 s ta te s ; fo r Ja c k so n , 7; for C ra w fo rd , 4. In th is election Clay th re w his vote to A dnius. w ho in tu rn m ade him • ■oretary o f sta te , a n d the re su lta n t e rv o f b a rg a in and sale ruin FOREST GROVI ed th e g re a t K e n tu c k ia n ’s preslden- F ’.CIFIC AVE >lal prospects. Dr. Geiger -= M oulton & Bogan W ood Sawing Misner & Gordon liN S U R A lN C E I IN T U B BUNKERS HID MERCHANTS M U T U A L P IR B R B U B P A SSN . O f F o r e s t G ro v e , O re g o n :is t h b ; B est and Cheapest SPECIAL SALE /X U R Special Six-Day Sale proved ^ to be a success and as a contin uation of the Low Prices we are underselling all others. Come in and see our P u r n itu r e Carpets, Rugs, Linoleums, Window Shades, Mattings, Cur tains, W all Paper, Paints, Oils, Glass, Trunks, Suit Cases, „ and Valises. Pictures and Picture Framing. a _____________________________________________________ ______________________ Framing and Enlarging a Specialty John Wunderlich, BANKS, OREGON Prop. h fish io rt S t a b l e s .Stylish T u r n o u t s D R . J . M. K N O X A Celebrated Controversy. T h e c e le b ra te d S am uel J. T lld e n -R u th e rfo rd B. H a y es c o n tro v e rsy o c cu rre d In 1870. A v iolent p a rtis a n d isp u te C O U N TIN G T H E E L E C T O R A L V O TE IN T H E H A L L O F R E P R E S E N T a ro se o v e r th e e le cto ra l votes o f F lo ri da. L o u isian a, O regon a u d 8 o u th <’aro- A T IV E S. llna. T h e e n tire m a tte r w as re fe rre d by c o n g ress to an e le cto ra l co m m is fa c t, ow ing to a rad ical c h a n g e in the e le cts tlie p re sid en t, v o tin g by sta te s. sion com posed of e ig h t R ep u b lican s th eo ry o f g o v e rn m e n t in th is re p u b each s ta te h a v in g one vole. und seven D em ocrats. As a re su lt W hen h tic o c u rs fo r vice p re sid en t by a strli t p a rty vote 185 e le cto ra l lic. En* b s la te has us m any e le cto rs it Is the se n a te th a t h a s th e p riv ileg e and ele cto ra l votes a s II h a s m em bers votes w ere a w a rd e d to H a y es a n d 184 la th e se n a te a n d the house o f re p re of ilc iditig tlie q uestion to T llden. Som e o f the siip iu irters of se n ta tiv e s . and th ese m en w ere origi- Mr. T lld en b e ia tn e so a ro u sed over Votes Cast at State Capitals. n a lly inten d ed to ex ercise th e ir ow n th e decision th a t they openly talk e d T h e s u m ess; ul e le ito r s o f each s ta te in itia tiv e In voting for p resid en t and of " ta k in g T llden to W ash in g to n a n d vice p re sid en t a f te r th e election of iu ia riu b iy m eet a t th e ir c ap ita l to se a tin g him a n y h o w ." a n d th r e a ts of th e ir tic k e t nt the polls. W hen the cast th e ir votes. T h ree copies of th e bringlL g ab o u t a civil w a r w ere b r u it e le c to rs w ere given c o n stitu tio n a l ex result a re m ade, one being m ailed to ed a b o u t. isten c e it w as n e v er designed th a t th ey th e p re sid e n t of th e s e n a te (vice p re si T h e a b le st men o f th e n e w ly b orn should e v e r a ct a s a unit, acco rd in g to dent», th e second being d isp a tc h ed to U nited S ta te s founded th e e le c to ra l W ashington by a tru ste d m essenger, th e ir p a rty affiliations. T h a t is e x a c t college, choosing a sy ste m th a t w a s ai d tlie th ird us a p re c a u tio n a ry m eas ly w h a t th ev do to d ay nnd h av e done b u t one o f a dozen a d v a n c e d fo r th e ure is deposited In c are o f th e fed fo r a c e n tu ry Ea> h e le c to r Is today purpose o f d e cid in g th e p re sid en c y in ho n o r bound a n d pledger! to c a s t eral ju d g e o f the c irc u it in w hich th e and «Ice p re sid en c y . T o A le x a n d e r ele- to rs m eet. T he copies received by his vote In th e ele to rs i college for H a m ilto n 1» given m ost o f th e c re d it th e p re sid en tial c a n d id a te a t th e head the p re sid en t of th e se n a te a re pre- fo r b rin g in g a b o u t th e a d o p tio n o f th e s e n ed In a specially c o n stru c te d sa fe o f h is p a rty colum n sy ste m ns o rig in a lly c re a te d by th e and a d d itio n ally p relected by an e la b c o n stitu tio n . How to Secure the P re-id e^ y. o ra te sy ste m of b u rg la r a la rm s. WheD H a m ilto n d e v o te d th e p a p e r know n E a c h s ta te hav in g a definite n u m b er the pre Idem o f the se n a te receives us th e L X V III F e d e ra lis t" to th e o f ele cto ra l votes, it Is*’ ollies tlie ob tlie -■ led eiivelo|.es from the m essen s u l j e c t o f th e p re s id e n tia l election, je c t o f th e h ead s o f p re sid e n tia l tic k e ts ger i c o n ta in in g th e certified votes he and In It he u rg e d m a n y fo rc ib le r e a to c a rry a larg e r n u m b e r o f s ta te s or d e liv e rs to them a receip t couched In so n s sh o w in g th e a d v a n ta g e o f s u b th e s ta te s hav in g th e larg e st n u m b er the follow ing g u a rd ed a n d noncom m ittin g th e choice to a n in d e p e n d e n t in itial term s: o f eleeto ral votes r a th e r tita n to o b tain body o f m en. th e votes o f th e larg e st n u m b e r o f tlie ............................................................. A m ong o th e r th in g s he sa id : “ It Is ritix e n s o f the co u n try , for. a s read il • e q u a lly d e s ira b le t h a t th e Im m ed iate Vice P r e s id e n t s Chamber. seen, it Is possible fo r a p re sid en tial e le ctio n sh o u ld l«e m ad e by men m ost S e n ite U n ite d S ta te s . c a n d id a te to receive m ore Individual ! W a ^ h i n s t o n . D . C .. ------. 1909. c ap a b le o f a n a ly z in g th e q u a litie s v o tes th a n any opponent and yet lose Ref eiv ed o f ---------------, c la im in g a d a p te d to th e s ta tio n a n d a c tin g u n o l e a rn e> sen d er to d e liv e r th a th e presidency. T h is h a s occu rred d e r c irc u m s ta n c e s fa v o ra b le to d e lib im e. a sc led p a c k a g e p u r p o r tin g tw ic e In the histo ry o f th e c o u n try o c o n ta in a c e r tific a te o f th e v o te s e ra tio n a n d to a Jn d l io n s com b in a T h e c o n stitu tio n (artfi le II and %' :i fo r p re s id e n t a n d vic e p r e s i tion o f all re a so n s a n d Inducem ents a m e n d m en ts and a rtic le 12i pres, rlls-s d e n t o f th e U n ite d S ta te s by e le c t th a t w ere p ro p e r to govern th is choice. o rs o f the s t a t e o f ---------------, al th e n u m b e r of ele to rs a n d th e p a rtic “ A sm a ll n u m b e r o f p ersons selected le ed to h a v e been e le c te d N ov 3. u la r m an n e r In w hich th ey sh all f*>r MOIL by th e ir fellow c itiz e n s from the g e n form th e ir dnties. tint th e s ta te s h a r e C H A R L E S W F A IR B A N K S . e ra l m ass w ill be m ost likely to pos Vi *» F re e «lent o f th e U n ite d S ta re e a b so lu te pow er in d e sig n a tin g the sess th e In fo rm a tio n a n d d iw e rn m e n t a r.d P r e s id e n t o f th e U n ite d S ta te e m ethod o f th e ir a p p o in tm en t, a n d con S e n a te . re q u is ite to so com plicated an In v e s g re ss nam es th e tim e w hen th ey shall tig a tio n ." he chosen and the d a y on whl- h th ey G«N>rge W ash in g to n w as c h a irm a n sh a ll form ally m eet to e a s t t t d r ro te s. Nex to th e th ru s tin g a sid e o f th e o f th e c o n v en tio n , and a 'U v e p a rts Method of Election. system In w hich th e ch o se n elector* w ere ta k e n .»y such m en a s B e n ja m in T h e electors a re rb o se n th e first ex eicl-c d th e ir In d iv id u al choice fo r F ra n k lin , Ja m e a M adison. J o h n D ick T " o sd a y a fte r th e first M onday In No pr» -Ident a n d vice p re sid e n t th e g r e a t in so n o f New Je rse y . P in c k n e y o f v e m b e r every fo u r y e ars, on p re sid en est < hange from th e o r tg |n a | c o o a tlt* . Mouth f'a ro lln a . A le x an d e r H a m ilto n tia l election «Say. In e v ery s ta le In th e tlonal p rovisions is p ro b a b ly t h a t a n d o th ers. V u te iT n a rin n County Stock Inapt ctor Office. First Street and Pacific Avenue Both Phones at Office and Residence Monuments W M .K S 301 O t h mi. i.H A M T H CO. P o r t l a n d , firm. Tor Désignai a n d P r i c e s s e e V . H . L IM B E R Local Aûvnt t-'ormmt Urowm A. BALDWIN Real Estate Exchange Houses Rented and Rent» Collected Forest Grove Ore. P E R FE C T PRINTING PLA TE S I N O N E OR M A N Y C O L O R S LARGEST FACILITIES IN T H E W E S T FO R T H E P R O D U C T I O N OF HIGH GRA DE WORK HICKS-CH ATTEN E N G R A V I N G CO; I 2d A A l d e r . P O R T L A N D , ORK«