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7 I ill J 1 I -i'- 'V'." .'.. i'Th it!'1 l i m i.i ili ) i '! ; Shall the StateofOregonBuildR I 'I 111 , I i THE people of OrcRon are to vote on n constitutional amendment at the general election in loto, which, if carried, will give the stule power to build railroads. The campaign for state owned railroads is now on. Many of the leading men of the state are lecturing from public platforms and writing articles in favor of this amendment. 1 he Oregon-Idaho Development League, which Is working so strenuously for a railroad from Boise across Oregon to Coos Bay, tavors state-aided mitrnnd. There is also a bitter opposition to it. TltK BUU.KTIN, at ...... .. -r -. this stage of the discussion, takes a stand neitlicr lor nor against me amendment. Below, however, we print a synopsis of the address of ni r t? s WmmI delivered before the People's Forum in Portlnnd. Col. Wood is a brilliant lawyer and is one of the foremost advocates of the state-aided railroad idea in Oregon. We print his address as it gives concisely the argument of those who favor the proposed amendment. I-Hmtaatet Personality. "This is a matter which is of vital interest to the people of thi state and it ought to be discussed ultogcther apart from personalities No one is Justified in saying that the Oregoniaa is bought by the railroad people because the Oregon ian oppose? this movement. There nre plenty of able men in the state who are sincerely opposed to it, and the editor of thcOregonian has cotvsktentlv held to the views be is now expressing all his life. The feet k, it will be better that some able opposition be expressed, be cause the people, when they come to vote upon this amendment, should fully understand both sides of the question." The speaker said probably the best way to treat the subject would be to show how he himself bad been influenced. Continuing, be said: "For example, the state of Wash ington was building up because of the railroads. The railroad was the modern highway and without it settlement and development ol the state was impossible. Seattle and'fTacoma were growing because eastern Washington, which is trib utary to them, is developing rap idly. "Eastern Oregon, on the con trary, is practically as it was 30 years ago when it was Indian coun try. It is nothing but a stock country with very sparse popula tion, and yet eastern Oregon is just as good as eastern Washington. It is as large as the state of Maine and has greater resources, for it has all the pine timber of the cast slope of the Cascades and of the Blue mountains and many valleys into which the Willamette valley could be thrown and would-be lost. There are nearly 5,000,000 acres of gov ernment lands in the Burns district alone. llarrtoua's PoWcy. "The Harriman system has east ern Oregon surrounded and any line through central Oregon would in a sense parallel the Short Line and the O. R. & N. to Portland. There fore it is not to the interest of the Harriman people to construct this line until they have to, and it is not to the interest of the Harriman people to spend money in eastern Oregon (which territory in a rail road sense they own) while they are fighting for territory with other lines in Washington and California. "The truth of these statements is demonstrated by the fact that the JIarriman system has plenty of money to get terminals in Seattle, or to duplicate the line from Port land to the Sound, or to keep roads out of California, but makes no Reliable Seeds So much has already been said on the importance of buying your seeds from a reliable dealer that to repeat it is only watte of words. fU& Seeds have improved their worth our increas BLing business it proof indeed that merit alone has made the Chas. H. Lilly Co. fore HHBrnost seedsmen on the FffnTagSPacific Coast. Send H UngJRcfor catalog, 120 mmmwHSyk J Taaa.PEC tllus- I1TDI AKRMBMMgMSCrip- , - move to develop eastern Oregon un til someone else is ready to do so. "If. therefore, it is unwise for the state to develop itself by rail highways now, it will be just as un wise to years heuce, so that the logic of those who oppose this movement is that the state must wait indefinitely or forever until private capitalists see fit in their own good time and at their own good pleasure to develop the state. This seems bad Ionic. It docs not seem right that the destinies of a state should await the pleasure of a few individuals. It is loo much like feudalism, when a baron owned a county, or a province, and did as he pleased with it. In Grip of Monopoly. "It is this practical situation which calls for a remedy. Oregon is being held raw and undeveloped in the grip of a few railroad mag nates while her neighbors outstrip her. For this evil there ought to be some remedy. Millions of peo ple are wanting homes and would be glad to flock to Oregon, but in our time there is only ouc commer cial highway for the transportation of people and produce; that is the railway, and people will not come to the great empire of central Ore gon until the things they raise there can be taken to market. "Wheat, oats, barley, bops, sug ar beets, apples, small fruits, onions, cabbages; in short, pretty nearly everything can be raised in eastern Oregon, and are being raised there now for local consumption, but un til a railroad offers the means of carrying the stuff to market it must remain a grazing country. "What is the remedy? No one offers any suggestion in place of the one proposed, namely, that the state shall construct its own rail roads. Until some better solution is offered, either the state must con struct its own rail highways, or it must watt indefinitely uutil private capital chooses to do it. Exactions of the Railroads. "There is another general thought which strikes at the root of this problem: any business ougbt to be in the bauds of those most in terested in it. Now, in fact, the in terest of the people of Oregon, or of any other state, hi to have as many railroads as possible. The interest of the private railroad owner is to have as few railroads as possible and extract as much profit from the state as possible, with the- very least expenditure. The Oregon sit uation is a perfect example. Again, the interest of the people is for the lowest possible rate and a uniform service. The interest of the private railroad manager is for the highest possible rate, which is often calcu lated on bonus or watered stock and not on money invested. Thus, the real interest of the state is for more railroads and low rates; the interest of the private railroad owner is for fewer railroads and high rates. The logic of this is that the state ought la some way to direct the construc tion of railroads within its bound aries and regulate the rates. Municipal and State Ownership. "There is nothing new in the doctrine that highways are the av enues of civilization and that the state is vitally interested in them Before the days of railroads the states constructed turnpikes ntul canals. There are many such In the eastern state. The. state of Oregon is deepening her channel hi the Columbia and Willamette rivers ami has constructed a portage rail road. "It is a common fact ami indeed is the prevailing modern doctrine that cities should operate their own water works, uas works, maintain bridges, and there is no doubt that the same logic that requires that the city own and operate its street railway system should also apply to the state. "But it is said that the construc tion of state railways willbnuktupt the state with debt, will increase the taxation, will put the railroads into politics and will result in gen eral ill management, and it ts pointed out that the portage rail road is operated at a loss. These considerations are ull well worthy of attention; but, as it seems to me, the appeal to the old-time his tory of railroad grafting on the finances of the state is not appli cable here. Former Railroad Graft. "The evil against which the clause in our constitution wan aimed was that the railroad lobby got aid from the legislature or the city council (as tic case might be) cither in the shape of guaranteed bonds, or lands, and right of way. or direct subsidies; but in any event the railroad people pocketed these bonuses and gave absolutely noth ing in return, and yet frequently grafted enough to nearly build the road. No door to any such pro ccedingi is to be opened here. On the contrary, this amendment ex pressly provides that there shall be no aid granted to any private!) owned road; that no raid built by the Mate shall be sold; that it shall not be leased except upon terms that provide for the fixed charge;. and a sinking fund, and upou such other conditions as will guarantee the rights of the people. There is 110 possibility under this amend ment that any lobby or set of graft crs can get a finger into- the state treasury, or into the people's pocket. People Now Pay Expenses. "As for running the state into bankruptcy, the people of Oregon today arc paying all the expenses of the Harriman system within the state of Oregon and are paying Mr. Harriman all of the interest on his bonds, arc providing lim with a sinking fund to retire those bonds and are paying him good filtered on inflated stock. The people of Oregon arc not fools enough to be lieve that they are not already pay tag railioad expenses and paying the profits besides. "That the railroad might not pay until the country is settled up is true, but the history of the West shows that this would be a very Pacific Horse LMacitt Is prraared espretvly for Ifee w4 ol horsemen and ranchmen. II It a powerful and pene trallflf liniment, a reined lor emerf eq clet. A soelMftc embrocation lor the relief of pain, and the best liniment for tfrahM and twtnetj. UwoMled for csrlflf the wounds and Injuries ol BARBED WIKe and I heaHnf cult, abrasions, teres and bruises Pacilk Horse Untmenl It My tuaranteed, No otto I to food or helpful In to many ways. II HfaHt to satisfy, ealbof he alt dealers f 0 refund the purchase price. inu ioi omit 1 mi tixti HOVT CMISHCAI. CO, PoaHlap, OX. BOftkLBr IHLG For Sale by THE BEND DRUG CO. RECORD I.MM Ut. U4a Mint Vratrta TVttf. annually devastate our fields of growing groin. Their number may be k"? Itti.ttnl!..! t.v a avtitiftlt warfare Utultl tlicui, livery female killed before the young are uorn, reiwcra uic numw peats at leiut ten later on. Delimit v.. . w.v. .--. letlalds and destructive acrnt yet devised lor iiicir extermination, 11 i kwiuihi wnrranted to kill. Climatic clungr or . .. ..- ,. .1- .... .,.... id niomurc 01 inc ronn uu iwi nrii strength. It require no mixing or prepa ration, and ts alwaya reaiiy lor use. ru other (a to eood. IVnlern will rtfuud the rurcniur price, 11 not u cuuuni. lOVT ClIKMICAL CO,. Portland, Off ROD For Sale by THE BEND DRUO CO. short period, not to exceed three years. I am told that the North Yakima volley alone, in Washing ton, furnishes more profitable freight to the railroads than any area of like extent in the West There arc very nuny Yakima val leys in Eastern Oregon. If n lint through Central Oregon cost f to, 000,000, and this money was got on the sale of 4 per cent bonds, the interest on the investment would be 5400,000 a year; considerably less than $1 a head for the present scnuty population of Oregon; or, llit same interest would be at the rutcof to ccutn on acre per annum on the lands in the Bums district (To be continued next week,) EDUCATIONAL MEETING Will Be Held In Bend on Saturday, April 10. An educational meeting will be held in Bend on Saturday, April 10. It will be conducted by Coun ty Superintendent Ford, who is making a practice of holding such meetings at various places through out the county. , All teachers and school officers embraced in the territory south of Crooked river and cast of the Des chutes and all of the laidlaw, Tutnalo districts and that territory tributary to Bend are earnestly re quested to attend this meeting. Questions pertaining to the gener al interest of the public schools will be discussed. Some of the topics that will be discussed ure ns follows: I. Crook County lllj(h School train ing department Id by Prof. V. B. Chapman of Redmond and I'rof, M. II, llockcnbcrry of the Crook County High School, 1. The School Bxhiblt at the county fair How to make it a uccr J. Illfih Schools Their future led by J. Alton Thompton of taldlaw and ML. Held of Dend. 4. Literature In the Grades Mlta Kote n. Parrott of Crook County High School. 5. How I Teach the Little Polka Mist Richardson, Dend. 6. Agriculture and Industrial I'.du cation in the Public School Led y Prof. Thompson, John Tuck and Henry Hewlnt. 7. I,an;uagc in the Primary Grade Mita Nellie Jameaof Laidlaw. 8. How to Ilulld up an Ideal School Mil Ruth Keid, principal Ilcnd achoolt, 9. Reading In Fourth Grades MIm Smith, I'rlneville Public Scliooli. 10. The Recitation J. Alton Thomp son, of Laidlaw. 11. Inter-Elghlh Grade Debates and Declamation Contetts Led by Prof, li, L. Ashby, Principal of I'riiicvllle Public Schools and Mita Maude Vamlevert of Bend. How can any person risk taking aome unknown cough remedy when I'oley'a Honey and Tar cotta them no more? It It a safe remedy, contains 110 harmful drugs, and cures the most ol!nate coughs and colds. Why experiment with your health? Intitt upon' having the genuine I'oley'a Honey and Tar. Dend Drug Co. . 1 , For Sale Good strong 3-lncli wnpon, heavy harness. W11. Arnold, F0LEYSH0NWXAK teat tl-4 nouaf haala lungf Only a Few More Remnants of Clothing Left. Come and se if you can use some of them at YOUR OWN PRICE while they lait. We have a new line of Paint, nice fresh Candies, and a few Dishes left. Bend Drug Co. Ol'l'ICIAL CIIAUTKK 01' The First National Bank op mts'i). No wJ TtMtuljr !WpM"'lil, OlfKT of Cnmplrnllrl of the Cuntticy. WniMnjton, II V . Maith h IV WimaKa. Hjr MlUUtlncy rtt.lfiir .wntft lo Ihr unilmlgnr.!, II h t niailr ( rp' Dial "Thr I lrl National IU11W i. 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WIIITSE1T Horse Shoeing and General Biacksmithing WAOON AND PLOW WORK First Class Worjc (Jtiarantccd. IK-nlrd lu Ilia old Sheldon .hop. JOHN LEO AT PKatER IN Harness nnd Saddlery Trunks and Valises Repaired WOOD FOR. SALE BLOCK WOOD $4.00 Per Cord, Delivered. LIMB WOOD M.50 Per Cord, Delivered. Phone Me. F. M. CAR.TER., t)I 1 1 Jf fa3 Mat-aaaaBtenSatltfiteSw rlaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarjaaOl1"4' aaaalT WlaVK aaaaaaHIBn VflBHHPMPBift.T I w jaffe Registered Stock H Poland H 0 Chinas 0 G Duroc Q S Jerseys S lllack Langshnn Chickens, E. C PARK, Redmond.Or. The Pioneer Telegraph and Telephone Company Telegrams 1'urwatded to Any Tart of the World. Direct Teh r I'"' ne Cimniinl rutin with Cortland, I'rlneville ami all Pacific Coatt elite. Public Pay Station In Hank Ilulding at llcnd. at Uld law and IViMtll lluttc. MetieiiKrr service to any art of Crook County south of Crooked Hher, ,D0 YOU WANT A, HOMESTEAD WALKER VALLEY REALTY CO. ROSLAND OKI'tlON cowm'si'OMiiici! .soLicinm U. C. COE, M. D. Physician and Surgeon OI'I'ICK OVXK tlANK til llldbt Cclcpbotie Connection oav tklkviiom: NO, 31 IlltNl), OUIIOOK J. T. CUEWN, M. V Phyfilcian and Surgeon IlltNU, OKItUON. C. S. BENSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW OKKICK IN IUNK UUIl.tllNfl, iiitNl), oxicnoN DK. I. I. SCOIMULD, DENTIST. OI'I'ICK IN TKIl'I.KTT nUII.OINO NIIXT IHMIK TO HAKilKK SIIOI'. He ml, - Oregon, F. 0. MINOR tjtWMKNCK tlUIUHNO UFK-FIRH-ACCIDUNT INSURANCE Notary I'ubllc and Coneynclnc All I.rRal 'ajera Correctly Drawn. I' I I) It U T V II O N 1) 8 IWND I.QDCU U. D. A. F. & A. M. Meets on Thutttlny on or heforc the full moon of each month. Viaittnn biothets alwnys welcome. A. 0A8T.fl.ev K. O. MIN0H. W. M. THE First National Bank ' of Prlncville. Katabllahcil iRHi. Capital, Surplus and Undivided rronts, $100,000.00 ; All" . I'fitMfDt Will Wumv.ll.r in. ti. i...... T SI naMwIu .... Caihltr II. 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