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The spell has been broken at
Wood burn, and a newspaper,
the Tribune, has entered the field
to divide honors w ith the Inde­
pendent which has long held the
field and kept out all competi­
tion.
The publisher o f the Graphic left
on Wednesday morning for Cali­
fornia on a short vacation from
office duties, which has beenpvcr
due for some time. He hopes to
return from a change o f pasture
in better condition for w ork and
service in the interest o f his read­
ers. In the interval, any matters
o f interest noted by the readers
o f the Graphic will be appreciated
by those left in charge ot the
paper.
TEE GOVERNOR'S BLUNDER
advance the political fortunes o f
the men who elected him to office.
His only blunder was in gjving a
poor excuse for his veto, when he
might have given a good one.—
Polk Co. Observer.
WORK OF PORTLAND BOOSTERS
Portland, Ore., Mar. 7 (Speci­
a l.)—A prominent feature o f the
report o f the Promotion Com­
mittee o f the Portland Commer­
cial Club that has just been made
to the business men who main­
tain the work, deals with the
splendid spirit shown by the
whole state in co-operating with
this city. Tributes to the state
press were paid, for it was realized
that without its help, little could
be accomplished in the big
development movement under
w ay throughout the Pacific
Northwest.
I t w as conceded that the
editors are the best boosters
there are. Heads o f the Portland
papers attended the biennial din­
ner o f the club and helped with
suggestions for furthering the
work.
They are among the
most active ones m this city in
the canse and the same is true o f
the editors throughout Oregon;
their work is incessant and is
very effective.
The report o f Manager, C. C.
Chapman o f the Promotion
Committee o f the club gives due
credit for this valuable work.
The co-operation ot the various
commercial bodies o f the state
through the Oregon Development
League was mentioned with ap­
preciation, as was the assistance
o f their Coast cities in helping
along movements o f mutual wel-
The Observer has little patience
with the continual Republican
howl against the Democratic
Governors o f Oregon. Every
Democratic Governor this state
has had in the last tw enty years
has been elected by Republican
votes. • When the Democrat
gets into office and uses his posi­
tion to strengthen the minority
party, the Republicans profess
great surprise and make
prot ^ a p p a r m U ,u n m m d fi.lo < ]~ p ortlaiid
men who
the feet that they, themselves,
have contributed to the fends o f
are the ones who are to blame
the Promotion Committee were
for weakening their party by
shown that their support has
voting against its candidates.
been a great benefit in building
Oregon Republicans have been
up the state at large as well as
Democrats to the high
their own city and the detailed
unices iui years, and tlfen kick­
work shows the funds have been
ing because these officers have
well spent.
v
used their power and authority
Chairman Johnson o f the Pro*
in promoting the welfare o f the
motion Committee emphasized
Democratic party. Such protest
the great future o f Portland and
is childish. The D e m o c r a t
the Northwest and showed the
who wouldn’t take advantage
need for continued effort along
fA such an opportunity would lines so far followed. The work
be a double-dyed political chump.
o f the Inquiry Bureau of the
The Observer does not blame
Commercial Club, the conven­
Governor West for vetoing the tion and industrial bureaus and
“ second-choice” amendment to press bureau was reviewed and
the direct primary law. In the progress noted in all the varied
first place, the Legislature had activities. Greater progress for
no moral right to pass such a the future is the purpose o f the
measure. While the editor of Prom otion Committee and this
this newspaper is opposed to the ambition extends throughout
existing primary law and would the state.
like to see it abolished, he believes
that the people should have the
sole right to repeal or amend any WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH
law passed by the people. In the
THE WEST?
second place, no Republican who
William Allen White, the gifted
voted for Governor West, should
editor
o f the Emporia (Kans.)
complain because he has stood
by the combination which elected Gazette, focussed attention upon
him to office. Neither is there his state several years ago by
any cause for surprise in his asking the question: “ What is
action. He has only done w hat the M atter With Kansas?”
The interrogation touched a
every well-informed voter knew
responsive
chord in the conscience
he would do in the event that
any attempt was made to o f the decent citizenship of the
strengthen the Republican party great mid-western c o m m o n ­
and weaken the Bourne-Cham­ wealth and aroused its militant
berlain alliance. The Observer manhood to a realization o f the
rather admires the Governor for low estate tow ard which Kansas
having the courage to stand was drifting in the hands o f the
pat—for having done what he reactionaries who were shaping
was elected to do. The only its destinies.
criticism that can be offered is
The slogan “ W hat’s the M at­
that he sought to hide his real ter with Kansas” became a shib­
motive by pretending to ques­ boleth for civic decency the coun­
tion the constitutionality o f the try over and gave impetus to a
measure vetoed. That was his moral wave which has since
only blunder. His veto o f the swept every state in the Union
second-choice amendment was and shaken the pillars o f every
purely political; he opposed it venal political machine between
because he feared it might weak the Atlantic and Pacific sea­
en his party in future elections. boards. Those who hare been
He might as well have said so. watching the economic develop­
Then all would have admired ment o f the great agricultural
him for his frankness. Or, he producing states between the
could have given as his reason Ohio river and the foothills o f
tor his action that he was op­ the Pacific Coast are now
posed to the Legislature tamper­ prompted to ask “ What is the
ing with any law passed by the M atter With the West?”
With a climate and a soil
people. Such an excuse would
have given him an opportunity admirably adapted to the profit­
t o play his game o f politics and able cultivation o f flax, it is
escape with little criticism.
significant o f the neglect o f its
N o one can rightly blame the opportunities that the mill own­
Governor for taking advantage ers o f Minneapolis within the
o f a Republican mistake to last tw o weeks have been forced
to coutract for 400,000 bushels
o f Argentine flax seed in order
to keep their plants going during
the coming year. It will cost 40
cents a bushel in freight charges
to bring this flax seed the 4,000
miles from the place where it
grown £o Minneapolis. Under
any economic condition imagined
this would give the American
farmer a tremendous advantage
over his South American com­
petitor in the domestic markets,
could he meet the steadily enlarg­
ing demand for this product,
which is becoming daily, more
and more an indispensible staple
o f every day life. With the as­
surance that this demand w ill
continue apace with the develop­
ment o f the American linen indus­
try, to which the introduction o f
the Oxford processes have gi
such vita lity of late years be­
cause o f their ability to do here
in from one to tw o days what
takes tw enty to thirty weeks to
accomplish by the processes in
nse abroad, and that there is a
certain market for every ponnd
o f flax fibre raised on our own
farms it is incredible that our
farmers should show such a lack
o f ordinary business acumen as
they exhibit in their failure to
capitolize (he opportunity that
is literally knocking at their
door.
Fancy the cotton growers o f
the South, who today raise
approximately $ 8 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0
worth o f the world’s total out­
put o f the commodity, turning
their attention to less lucrative
things and placing the textile
mills o f New England in the posi­
tion ot being obliged to go to
Egypt or India tor the material
with which to supply their
looms. In effect this is precisely
the position ofth e Western farm­
er, who passes up the enterpris­
in g Argentine agriculturalist
contracts which should and
could be filled better and more
economically at home-*if the
Western Solon o f the soil showed
a keener appreciation o f the pos­
sibilities o f his farm than he ap­
pears t o have at this time.
W ith millions o f acres o f fertile
land available for flax raising the
mill owners o f the United States
should never have to go beyond
our own border for one pound of
it. M oreover we should be able
to furnish the rest o f the universe
w ith a large portion o f w hat it
consumes in the w ay o f flax.
But singular though it seems,
we don’t. Hence the question
“ What is the M atter W ith The
West?”
W e have ju st received and
assem bled our first car
load o f buggies, consisting
o f the follow ing w ell
k n o w n and guaranteed
makes, ranging in prices
$60.00 Up
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and the “ B A N N E R ” are
the three lines, without
question the most popular
and up-to-date on the
m arket today.
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The fact that w e have had the foresight and capital to brin g them direct, in quantities,
from the factory, thereby elim inating the jobbers' profit, makes it possible fo r us to place
them on the m arket at the above popular prices.
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Agee, Prin., avg. 1st mo. 79, 2nd
93.
Class C.
Dist. 26, Wright, Nellie Nelson,
Prin., avg. 1st mo. 98, 2nd mo.
98.
Dist. 81, Oak Ridge, Lena-
White, Prin., avg. 1st mo. 95,
2nd mo. 99.
Dist. 8, Lula Houk, Pain., avg.
1st mo. 94, 2nd mo. 95.
Dist.* 61, Abbie Smith, Prin.,
avg. 1st mo. 98, 2nd mo. 91.
Yours sincerely,
H. H. B e l t .
NEW HOME FOR GIRLS
Mothers o f w ayw ard daugh­
ters, may be interested to know
o f a home for just such girls, that
has been opened in a suburb o f
Portland. ‘ The girls have tw o
hours o f school-work, each day,
in the regular English branches.
They are also taught needle-
Work, weaving, laundry-work,
cooking, and other . household
duties. The home is under the
care o f the Sisters o f St. John
Baptist (Episcopal C h u r c h . )
F or farther information address:
The Sister in charge o f St. Eliza­
beth’s House, 201 E.82St. North,
Portland, Oregon.
YOUNG MEN'S SUNDAY
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in the afternoon a meeting for
men only a t Duncan’s Hall will
be addressed by Dr. George B.
Pratt, ot Portland, and at the
same hour at the Methodist
church, J. C. Meehan o f the P ort­
land Y. M. C. A. will speak to
boys between J2 and 17 years
of age.
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A t 7:30 in the evening a union
meeting will be held in the
Friends church with Stereopticon
lecture. * — ■■■— ■ . i ... ....... - r
Excursion.
The excursion train for the
basketball game between New-
berg High School and McMinn­
ville High School, will leave
Newberg for McMinnville at 7
o ’clock P.M . Don’t forget the
date Friday, March 10,1911.
To Rent.
89 acres—25 acres under cul­
tivation, prnne orchard, good
buildings. Four miles east of
Carlton. M rs . R ose B enedict ,
Carlton, Oregon.
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Notice For Rock Crushing.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned County Clerk of
Yamhill County, Oregon, will re-
ceive sealed bids until Monday,
March 20, 1911, at 10 o'clock
A.M., for crushing ro k for said
county, at the following designa­
ted and numbered quarries, and
groups o f quarries, to wit:
1. Poor Farm Quarry.
2. Muddy, Valley, Galloway,
Bewley Quarries.
3. Starr, Dayton, A m i t y
quarries.
4. Stout, LaFayette quarries.
5. Burton, Cove Orchard,
Smith quarries.
6. Etzwiler, Tallman quar-
quames.
Each bid most be for a com­
plete group o f quarries as d e ­
signated above, contractor to
move crusher from place to place
at his expense. All rock must be
crushed to a fineness satisfactory
to the county court or commis­
sioners: C o u n t y to furnish
crusher, and blast down the face
o f the quarries, contractor to
furnish all other things required,
keep crusher in good repair as
found, and giye bond in sum o f
$1000, all crushed rock t o be
measured at point o f delivery on
the road.
Dated this 6th day ot March,
1911.
G. W. J ones .
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County Clerk.
Notice to Contractors.
Notice is hereby giv^n that the
undersigned will receive scaled
bids till 10 o ’clock a. m. Monday,
March 20th, 1911, for the con­
struction of cuts and fills on the
county roads in Yamhill County,
Oregon, as per specifications and
blue prints now on file in this
office;
Also for construction and to
be constructed in said county,
during 1911, in accordance w ith
the data on file in his office, all
lumber for said approaches to be
furnished on the ground by Yam ­
hill County. Bids for cuts and
fills must give the location o f the
work to be done, and be for a
stated sum for each job. Bids
for building approaches must be
for a stated price per running
foot on the floor after comple­
tion, contractor to furnish every
thing except lumber.
pated this 6th day of March,
1911.
G. W. J ones ,
County Clerk.*
Next Sunday promises to be a
day o f particular ’ interest, es­
pecially to the young
yonng men o f the
c ommunity .
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REPORT OF SPELLING CONTEST churches have agreed to dispense
with the usual services and place
Dear Editor:
things in the hands o f the Y. M.
I give herewicn a report o f the
C. A. tor the entire day. At
first tw o months o f the Yamhill eleven o'clock the association
County Spelling Contest, and ; will place representatives in all
shall be much obliged if you will j the various churches. At three
7. Rex, S c h a a d , Atkinson
publish the same and thereby en­
courage this work which means
better spelling in our public
schools. The schools are ar­
ranged in three classes, viz: Class
A, or those schools which have
100 pupils, or more enrolled;
Class B, schools o f more than
one teacher and less than 100
pupils enrolled; and
nd Class C, or
all one room rural schools.
Class A.
Dist. 30, Willamina, H. H.
Lowe, avg. 1st mo. 96, 2nd
97.
Dist. 28, Dayton, James Dod­
son, Prin., avg. 1st mo. 93, 2nd
mo. 97.
Dist. 40, McMinnville, W. R.
Rutherford, Prin., avg. 1st mo.
84, 2nd mo. 92.
Dist. 11, Carlton, C. C. Ailor,
Prin., avg. 1st mo. 83, 2nd mo.
89.
Dist. 48, Sheridan, A. Dawkins,
Prin., avg. 1st mo. 85, 2nd mo.
81.
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Class B.
Dist. 9, Chehalem, Chas. Han­
is m a d e i n a g r e a t v a r i e t y o f m o d e l s a t p r i c e s
son, Prin., avg. 1st mo. 85, 2nd
up.
A s t a n d a r d m a c h in e a t a r e a s o n a b le
mo. 94.
Dist. 56, Springbrook, Ella
Macy, Prin., avg. 1st mov 86,2nd
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mo. 93.
Dist. 78, Whiteson, D. C. Bones,
Prin. avg. 1st mo. 83, 2nd mo.
93.
Dist. 21, Lakeview, Leona
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