Condon globe., May 29, 1908, Image 6

THE NINETEEN MEASURES TO BE VOTED UPON NEXT MOM
Pamphlet Issued by the Secretary of State to all Regla
tered Voters Explains these Measures Study them and
Discharge Aright your Prerogative as a Voter.
For an amendment of Section S3 (evidently Intended to
be Section 29) ot Article IV of the Conitltutlon.
changing the compensation ot member ot the Legit
ture to 1400 tor each regular session and J10 per day
tor each extra session instead ot S3 per day and mile
aire. (Section 28 provides the time when law take
effect and the proposed amendment Is, therefore.
wrongly numbered.)
Vote TES or NO.
For an amendment ot Section S ot Article XIV ot the
Constitution, to permit the location ot State Institu
tions elsewhere than at the seat ot government by
act of the Legislature and vote ot the people. Vote TK8 or NO.
An amendment to Article VH of the Constitution by In
creasing the number of Judges of the Supreme Court
from three to Bve, until otherwise provided by law,
and authorising the Legislative Assembly provided
by appropriate legislation for the exercise oy the cir
cuit courts, ot the probate Jurisdiction theretofore
exercised by the county courts, and for the transac
tion ot county business by and before some appropri
ate body or tribunal. Vote TES or NO.
For amendment of Section 14 ot Article II of the Con
stitution, changing the time ot holding the regular
general biennial elections from the first Monday In
June to the 11 rat Tuesday after tne nrst Monoay in
November.
Vote TES or NO.
An act providing that In all counties the sheriff shall
have the custody of prisoners committed to or con
fined in the county Jail and such prisoners shall be
worked at such places and for such time and in such
manner as the county court may direct, and that, in
counties of over one hundred thousand Inhabitants,
the salaries of guards and Jailers shall not exceed
J90.00 per month, and the price ot meals furnished
prisoners shall be 12c each. Vote TES or NO.
For an act requiring railroads and other common car
riers to grant tree transportation to State officers
and county judges and sheriffs, m a conditiou prece
dent to acquiring land for corporate purposes by the
exercise of eminent domain, and to prohibit the pay
ment ot mileage for such free transportation.
Vote TB8 or NO.
An act to approprate twenty-five thousand dollars an
nually for four years, to be used In the purchasing
grounds and building armories for the use ot the
Oregon National Guard, the money to be expended
under the supervision ot the State Military Board at
any time during the four years, the board not being
required to use each appropriation the year It Is ap
propriated. The Oregon National Guard is required
to pay to the Bute Treasurer such rental, tor the use
of said armories, as may be fixed by the Bute Mill
tary Board. Vote TES or NO.
An act to amend Section 3529 of Bellinger and Cotton's
Annotated Codes and Statutes of Oregon by Increas
ing the annual appropriation for the support and
maintenance ot the University of Oregon. Vote TES or NO.
For equal suffrage constitutional amendment, permit
ting women to vote on equal terms with men. Vote TES or NO.
For an act prohibiting fishing for salmon or sturgeon
on Sunday from January first to October first, also
in the Columbia River only from October first to
December thirty-first, also In the navigable chan
nels of Columha River at night, also at any time In
Sandy River and In Columbia River west ot west
line of range nine west, near Astoria, and east ot
west line of range sixteen east, near Celilo, and
limiting seines anywhere in the State to one hun
dred and fifty fathoms long and four and one-sixth
fathoms deep, and providing penalties. Vote TES or NO.
For constitutional amendment, giving additional and
exclusive power to cities and towns, within their
corporate limits, to license, regulate, control, and
tax, or to suppress or prohibit theaters, race-tracks,
pool-rooms, bowling alleys, billiard halls, and the
sale of liquors, subject to the provisions of the local
option law of the State of Oregon Vote TES or NO.
For constitutional amendment providing that all
-dwelling houses, barns, sheds, out houses, and all
other appurtenances thereto; all machinery and
buildings used exclusively for manufacturing pur
poses and appurtenances thereto; all fences, farm
machinery, and appliances used as such; all fruit
trees, vines, shrubs, and all other improvements on
farms; all live stock; all household furniture In use;
and all tools owned by workmen and In use, shall be
exempt from taxation la addition to exemptions now
uuiuuzeu vj me constitution.
Vote TBS or NO.
For an amendment to Article II ot the Constitution,
giving the voters power to call a special election at
any time to discharge any public officer and elect his
successor. .
Vote TES or NO.
A bill for a law instructing members of the Legisla
'"t0o'te'1" "d elect the candidates for United
J ??ator wh? r.ece,e 0,8 nIhert " ot
votes at the general election. VoU TM or 0
For constitutional amendment giving tae people power
to make laws tor election of public officers by ma
jority vote Instead ot pluralities; to provide that
political parties and voters' organizations shall be
proportionably represented In all offices filled by the
election of two or more persons, and that a voter
shall vote for only one person for any office, and
may indicate his second, third, etc., choice; and to
r.u.iuo iW a Biaipie metnoa or nrftclnrr nMa,i
and registration.
Vote TES or NO.
A bill for a law to limit the amount of money candi
dates and other persona may contribute or spend in
election campaigns; declaring what shall constitute
corrupting use of money and undue Influence la
elections and punishing the same; prohibiting at
tempts on election day to persuade any voter to vote
for or 'against any candidate or candidates, or any
measure submitted to the people; to protect the
purity of the ballot; furnishing Information to voters
concerning candidates and parties, partly at public
expense, and providing for the manner ot conduct-
ing election contests
Vote TBS or NO.
For an act prohibiting, after August 26th, 1908, fish
ing for salmon or sturgeon at any time, by any
means, except hook and line, in the bandy River or
any of Its tributaries, or In the Columbia River or
any of its tributaries, at any place up stream from
Its confluence with the Sandy River, or with hook
and line during the spawning season. Vote TES or NO.
For constitutional amendment providing for the choos
ing of Jurors and grand Jurors, and that no person
can be charged in the Circuit Courts with the com
mission ot a crime or a misdemeanor except upon
Indictment found by a grand Jury, except when a
court holds an Indictment to be defective, the Dis
trict Attorney may file an amended indictment Vote TES or NO.
A bill for an act to create the County ot Hood River
out of the western portion of Wasco County.; pro
vldlag for its organization and fixing the salaries of
the officers thereof. Tote TES or NO.
.MEYlSlftBNEYCUii FOLEYSnOIOTTM
Makes Kidneys and Bladder Right stop tlae eotttftt sad beele lnnja
J, E. Burdett Answers.
To the voters of the 11th judicial
district and especially to those
who were present at the meet
ing held by the "Big Four"
aided by their eloquent speaker
and assistant R. R. Butler:
I wish to state that in sum
ming up the character or the
campaign that has just been con
ducted against me, you will note
that my character as a man has
not been assailed, but it is insis
ted that I am not a fit man
owing to my lack of ability and
experience as an attorney to fill
the office of district attorney of
this district, and to prove those
allegations the speaker produced
what he termed "documentary
proof," said proof was in the
form of a complaint wherein the
Arlington National liank was
plaintiff and William and Maggie
Brown defendants, after flaunt
ing said complaint before his aud
ience and pointing to you the
tne mistake that 1 had made in
drafting the caption of said
complaint, to wit: that said bank
was incorporated under the state
laws of the state instead of the
national banking laws as it
should have been, made the
assertion that, that was the limit
of my legal knowledge.
It is a fact that this clerical
error was made by me in draft
ing the said complaint, it is also
a fact that Messrs. Bowerman
and Butler who happened to be
the attorneys for the defendants
in the above mentioned suit filed
a demurrer to my complaint and
at the following term of court on
then own motion asked that
their said demurrer be overruled
and did not raise the question as
to this great mistake that they
now raise such a howl about,
the records of the court will fur
ther show that I, on my own
motion, asked to have my com
plaint amended as to this fact
and the Court granted me the
motion.
I consider said assertion and
insinuation an insult to the intel
ligence of the speakers' hearers
for who of you did not know
that there are state banks incor
porated under the state laws and
national banks incorporated
under national banking laws and
that this was purely a clerical
error, had this been my first
case I would of in all probability
copied the caption or thi3 com
plaint from some regular form
instead of writing it off hand as
I did and by so doing avoided
this mistake.
This suit involved over $10,
000.00 and my clients have not
lost faith in my ability to handle
their suit for them and I feel
very confident of winning the
same for them when it is finally
tried out in the courts.
Now if this was as great an
error as they allege it to be, why
did they not take advantage of
it at the proper time in the
court?
I am not going to say that they
(Bowerman & Butler) did not
know any better but I do say
that they did not consider it
material or that they over looked
it and if the latter they are as
guilty as I am if any guilt there
be.
I hold my opponent responsi
ble for sitting by and allowing
his spokesman to use such con
temptible tricks as the above in
his efforts to secure votes at the
election June 1st.
As to my qualifications as an
attorney, I wish to say that after
finishing the public schools I at
tended McMinnville College three
years, then went to Ann Arbor,
Michigan, and attended the state
university at that place, gradu
ating from the law department
of that school in the year of 1903
and have been engaged in actual
practice ever since said time.
I being raised on a farm and
my iatner oeing in limited cir
cumstances, was compelled to
make my own way in each of
these schools. I am, however,
not ashamed of this fact nor of
the grades I made while attend
ing each school.
If I am elected to tho office of
district attorney I will equip my
self and my office with efficient
assistants to take care of the bus
iness of that office with credit to
myself and to the people of this
district
I further state that I will fair
ly and impartially perform the
duties of that office, treating all
men, whether they be rich or
poor, alike.
I do not write this letter with
any unkindness or malice toward
my opponent, Mr. Collier, but as
a defense to the unfair and un
derhanded means that have been
attempted to be used against me
in this campaign and in order
that tho people might learn the
facts in the case.
I feel as though if I cannot
win out in this election on my
merits as a "man I do not care for
the office for I would feel as
though I owed too much to cer
tain leaders of the republican
party and would not be as free to
co-oporate with the people and
could not carry out their wishes
as I expect to. I however feel
that if I am elected on my pres
ent platform and on my individ
uality as a man and as an attor
ney, I have nothing but the wish
es of the people to obey and none
but the people themselves to
thank for my office, and I prom
ise to carry out their wishes.
Hoping to secure your suffrage
and further promising you a good
clean and fair administration of
the laws if elected, I beg to re
main, Very truly yours,
James E. Burdett.
Self-Explanatory Letter.
Mayville, Ore., May 23, 190
Editor Condon Globe:
My opponents are asserting in
their public speeches throughout
the Eighteenth Senatorial Dis
trict, consisting of Sherman, Gil
liam and Wheeler counties, that
I reside in the Willamette Valley.
The facts are, that I have lived
in Gilliam county for twenty-four
years continuously.
When my eldest son arrived at
the proper age to attend college
I decided that the Oregon Agri
cultural uoiiege was the proper
school for farmer boys. He was
sent there and graduated in due
time, as also did my second son.
Later wishing to give my
daughter the same opportunities
we sent her to the college, she
boarding at a relative. Later
this relative moving away from
Corvallis, my wife went to Cor-
vallis to look after our daughter,
who will graduate next year,
when both wife and daughter
will return to the farm which I
have owned and lived upon for
the last twenty-four years. Dur
mg the periods between terms
they have been at home on the
farm.
W. J. Edwards.
bo a great benefit to tho people
residing therein and will facil
itate the transaction of their
county business.
Because as the law stands a
county cannot be created by the
egislature; and finally,
Because the people of The
Dalles and the balance of Wasco
County are willing that Hood
River County may be created as
provided in this bill.
The assessed valuation in the
proposed Hood Uiver County in
1903 was $908,508. 00; in 190C
was $1,618,670, showing a gain in
valuation from 1903 to 1906 of
$710,102.00 or about 73 per cent.
The valuation in 1907 was $2,-
762.250.00; a gain over 1906 of
$1,143,580.00 or about 70 per
cent, showing the proportionate
increase in one year from 1906
to 1907 to be almost as great as
that in three years from 1903 to
1900.
The proposed Hood River
County has a population of about
7,500; an area of about 500
sqare miles; and twenty school
houses .seven of which are gra
ded schools having from two to
eight rooms each and with a $30
000.00 high school under cons
(.ruction.
There will be left in Wasco
County after Hood River County
is created, an area of 1,610
square niiles.a population 11,500,
and a valuation of $5,457,720.00
thus leaving it among the largest
and strongest counties in the
state.
Hood River Commercial Club
A AJayna, Prua. r Daviiltmi.rtov.; C I Ka.ljf.
w L Clark, Truman Hull.-r.KO Ulancbar, I'hu
Hall, Direr lora.
Hood River Gountu.
This bill is submitted under the
initiative for the following,
among other reasons:
A county is a public corpora
tion and it is apparent that sec
tion 2 of article XI, of the cons
titution of Oregon, a3 amended,
reserves to the people the right
to create a county by initiative
vote.
There is no general law for the
creation of counties now, and no
one knows when, if ever, there
will be one. The facts as to area
population and assessed valua
tion show that we are able to
maintain a county government.
Out of a population of about
7,500 the desire of a county for
the Hood River country is earn'
est and unanimous witn the ex
ception of a small fraction of one
per cent We are assured by
leading citizens of The Dalles
Dufur and other portions of
Wasco county that they have no
objections to the creation of
Hood River County as proposed
in this bill. More than 400 res
idents of The Dalles and Dufur
have signed the petitions asking
that this bill be submitted to
to a vote at the June election,
though forty-five names from
Dufur were received too late to
be filed with the Secretary of
State.
The people of the Hood River
country therefore ask favorable
consideration of the voters of
the state upon this bill for these,
among other, reasons:
Because the new county wil
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flillllia. Trwa. 1 m l-alirrauii.NK. anil Mr.
J R Hauler, R M Wllllama, N A Huiiii. r Mi ni-
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THE DALLES BUSINESS MEN'S
ASSOCIATION.
Tli Pali, OiTmi, May 15, IWM,
I'd Iba Prralilcot ani IMnxion IIihkI KlvarCow
marrlal Club, Hood KIcr,Oririn:
UtfutkaieiiYore4rjuiiiiili'alitiiiuf ttlb Inal.
rvicanilug ItialnltlaUva In tha nailer ol Howl
Hlver CHiuntr, waa rwl at Ilia rnmiliig ot our
board laal rvanliu and I Wat hiilruck'il lo con
ray to you tha gracUnira ol Uila board, ami u a
aura jroa thai your plan (or eulllns off tha new
county would ban Ilia lull aunport ol Dili laidy
and wa 1U you arary awceaa. Vary Ki'y
I, M. I'ArrKrMON.Keereiary.
VOTE THUS:
When you have spent
your money and have re
ceived nothing for it and
your eyes still truublo
you, see
WILLIAMS the JEWELER
Expert Optician
And get your money'
worth. Wo guarantee a
fit in all cases.
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YES
To Republican Voters.
An overwhelming majority of
Oregon's voters by registration have
formally declared that they believe
in the principles of the Republican
party. Let them now show that
they are honest by voting in accor
dance with their declarations. The
Oregon election come bofore tho Re
publican National Convention. Let
every republican voter in this dis
trict uphold the honor of the Re
publican party in Oregon ft lid
strengthen the influedce of Ore
gon's delegation in the National
Convention by voting for II. M.
Cake and W. R. Ellis. If either of
these nominees fail for election the
primary election synlem will be
discredited and a return of boss
rule will be invited. The good
name ot Oregon's voters will be
smirched and Oregon's delegation
to the National Convention will be
placed in a humiliating position.
For the effect it will " have on the
November election it is imperative
that the Republican nominees in
the June election shall be elected
by an overwhelming majority. As
a believer in the principles of the
Republican party it is your duty to
be at the polls on June 1st, and
vote for CaKe and Ellis. -SECOND
CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT REPUBLICAN
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
E.TI.FIagg, . W.E.Williamson,
Sec. Chairman.
PORTLAND
ROSE FESTIVAL
To iw brld In
PORTLAND, OKICGON..
JUNE I TO 6, 1908
Will be the most brilliant
FLORAL FIESTA
tirj
CIVIC JUBILEE
RVKIt 11JCI.tr IN l-ACIKIC .SOUTHWEST
Portland. "The Rone City," will be
a scene of splendor and the center
of world-wide interest for one weeK
Several important 'conventions
to be held in Portland on that
occasion ' ; -
THE
0.R.&N.G0.
Will Sell Special Tiokets
On This Oceasion From
CONDON TO PORTLAND
and -Return at
$8,
Children
lr $4
For particulars enll on
D. Tikknkv, Local Agent
Win. MeMurray, Hon. Pgr. Agent,
I'ortlund, Oregon
FILETS
KIDNEY CURE
WILL CURE YOU
of any case of Kidney or
Bladder disease that is not
beyond the reach of medi
cine. Take it at once. Do
not risk having Bright's Dis
ease or Diabetes. There is
nothing gained by delay.
50c. and $1.00 Bottles.
RIFUSI SUBSTITUTES.
Condon Drug Co.
BUTTE R
Just one of the "little things" that count big in innKing
a meal satisfactory Is good butter.
Depend upon it FOSSIL CREAMERY is always fresh,
weet and clean. Received twice a week in full weight
pound and two pound packages, 30 cents per pound.
P. H. STEPHENSON