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CONDON. OREGON. FRIDAY. OCT. 21.1010.
NO. '29
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CONDON
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ROUSING RECEPTION FOR
DEMOCRATIC ASPIRANT
Immense Crowd Extend Wishes (or His Success-Takes
Rap at Perpetrator of Grain Rate Fraud Explains
Stand in Regard to School Lands of Oregon.
When Oswald Wesb, Democrat
ic Candidate for Governor, arriv
ed in Condon he was greeted at
the depot by the Condon band
and one of the largest crowds
of cithtena ever gathered in Con
don to meet a candidate for
office. Wheeler Count citizens
drove twenty miles to hear West
fa Condon. At 7.S0 the Court
House was packed with people
and at eight o'clock the aisles
were crowded and the doors
jammed with men. The meeting
was called to order and Demo
cratic County Chairman D. J.
Kavanagh, before introducing
the speaker, made a few pre
liminary remarks and then in
troduced Mr. West as the next
governor of Oregon. The house
then rang With cheers. Before
Mr. West launched into the Is
sues of the campaigu he declar
ed that he was not there for the
purpose of telling the - people of
Condon why they should not
vote for Mr. Bowerman but
rather for the purpose of telling
r them why they sh ould vote for
Oswald West He then declared
that he was in favor of the di
rect primary and statement one,
the initiative and , referendum
and the corupt practice act; That
this campaign is of a greater
importance to the people of Ore
gon than any that has ever been
before its citizens. It is a
question of people rule or the
servants of the corporation rule.
He said that he was standing
. upon . his record as a servant
of the people of Oregon: that he
had fought graft and thieves
J. J.'.' Johnson, the past lecturer I
of the Oregon State Grange, re
turned to Portland on Monday
after visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. C. - J. Quinn of May
ville and Mr. E. M. Clymer of
Fossil. On Friday he delivered
an address at the May ville Fair
on the subject "The Grange.
Its Principles and Work." Mr.
Johnson is a most excellent
speaker , and the thoughts he
presented along the lines of his
subject were most favorably re
ceived by a larae audience. He
also attended the meeting of the
Mayville Grange on Saturday. .
The board of Trustees of the
Athletic Club held a meeting on
Sunday afternoon for the first
time in several months and de
cided to' immediately put the
gymnasium in shape as usual for
the winter months. The appar
atus is all in good condition and
ready for work with the excep'
'Jtion of the shower bath which
ivl- will be fixed in the near future.
J.'E. Schroeder and Jas. Smith
wer? appointed to Ifill vacancies
onlhe Board. The general elec
'tion'iir beheld W Tuesday
'evening, October 25th at which
ever Bince he had been in . office,
and that he is now attacked by
a lot of men who are opposed to
him because he is working for
the best interests of the people
of Oregon; but that he is not
discouraged. He hotly denounc
ed, as malicious and libelous,
the story appearing in the Ore
gonian about him having retain
ed the money he collected as
milage from the United States
Government and not turning it
it over to the state until after
he had been threatened with ex
posure. Listen! "When I turn
over that money to the state
treasurer he was so dumbfound
ed and surprised that he did
not know what to do with the
money as he did not know what
fund to apply it to." In taking
up the grain rate reduction mat
ter haidtht-the-TedHced
rates were acquired through the
hard work of the commission
and not the efforts of Mr. Gains
who had made contracts with
the farmers in various Hections
of the country, agreeing to get
reduced grain rates for a value
able consideration. To the
astonishment of all a voice broke
out from the audience and- ex
claimed, "Mr. Gains is here and
would like to repudiate that"
"Help yourself brother" replied
Mr. West. After waiting a few
seconds for Mr. Gains to speak
and no reply being made, Mr.
West again asserted that Mr.
Gains was in no way responsible
for the reduced rates and advis
ed the farmers to not pay the
unlawful contracts they had
time
three
Trustees are to be
elected in the place of Fred
Edwards, Oscar Veatch and H.
A. Hartshorn, whose terms ex
pire at this election.
All members are requested to
be present at this election.
Fred Edwards handed m his
resicrnation as president of the
club and the same was accepted.
A new president will be chosen
by the Board after the general
election. A basketball team will
be organized in the near future
and it is probable that the High
School ivill also have a team
this year. This promises to be
a banner year for the Club as
much interest is being manifest
ed in indoor athletics. ,
It is a gross abuse of the
rights guaranteed by the Init
iative and Referendum' Amend
ment to the Oregon Constitution
to bring up women suffrage at
every general election. This
measure was submitted in 1900
and was beaten by a plurality of
2137. In 1906 it was again; pro
posed and was beaten by 10173.
ini i0& it was again oMhe1 bal-
lot and it was beaten by a maj-
made with Mr. Gains as they
were without consideration.
At this juncture the crowd made
the building echo with cheers
which fairly shook the court
room. He then paid his respects
to Mr. Bowerman relative to the
cards which he is circulating on
which are found words which
make it appear that he is a
friend of the school children and
will preserve the school land,
" I want to tell you that when
the state had the Benton County
tide land8(which lands are now
in Lincoln County) up for con
sideration and the railroads had
acquired them, the Oregon people
needed legislation regarding
them and I caused a bill to be
introduced which sought to pro
tect the good people of Oregon
against the corporations and
because we had a peoples' leg-
islature the bill was passed.
But I ask you if your fellow
townsman, Jay Bowerman, vot
ed for it No, he could not do
so as a corporation lawyer and
an employee of the railroads.
If he is such a good friend of
the children why did he not vote
for this bill and protect the
common people of Oregon? I
tell you why, because he dared
not do anything which were
against the wishes or his em
ploders, the corporation." "I
want to tell you I stand for the
common people of Oregon an d
if jou elect me Governor of Ore
gon I will give you a run for
your money and the greatest
administration the state of Ore
gon has ever had.
ority of 21649. Notwithstanding
these repeated defeats, more
decisive at each election, the
same, measure is again on the
ballot this year. The ballot title
is. misleading and indicates a
proposal to give votes to taxpay
ing women only, but the measure
to be voted on is the same prop
osition which the people have so
of ten and so recently condemn
ed. It should be voted down
this year by an increased major
ity, especially because of the
fraud undertaken to be perpet
rated on the people by the use
of a false and misleading title on
the ballot
Oregon Association Opposed
To Woman Suffrage.
(Paid Advertisement)
E. C. Rogers went to Portland
on Wednesday for a few days
stay.
Dr. White of Portland was in
this city on Tuesday evening.
He is the Secretary of the State
Board of Health.
N. Howland : of Gwendolen
was in this city on Thursday.
Marsh Welshons $ of Clem
siJeftt Sunday iusthisJcity.' 4
3
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LECTURE
WELL ATTEHDED
Mrs. Ferris Proves to
4
- be Real Artist. !
1 1 .
DB. FERRIS WILL PRESENT
j "THE FACE OF JESUS."
Hallowe'en Social Will be Gven at
the Parsonage-Everyone to be
. Dmsed for the Occasion.
Bonnie Scotland in Story
and Song" as presented at the
Court House Wednesday evening
proved to be one of the interest
ing as well as educational events
of the beason. The program
of the evening was begun with
a piano solo, "Annie Laurie" by
Mrs. Wilburn. Mrs. Ferris then
discussed the merits of the
Scotch poets and historians,
reading several stanzas from the
works of each. Alex Robertson,
in his ever pleasing manner
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sang, Bonnie uoon , ana , Aiy
i
in. Folk!'. The second half of
e program proved to be even
more Interesting than the first,
Mrs. Ferris reading, "His
Mithers Sermon" and "Cuddle
Doon", greatly to the delight
of the audience and especially
so to the Scotch element, of
which there was a goodly num
ber present Her accent is
clear and striking and way above
the average, Not being of
Scotch descent her attainments
in this line have been the re
ward of much study and practice
as such are greatly appreciated
bv those who are so fortunate
as to hear her recite. The en
tertainment was a financial suc
cess also a neat sum having been
cleared. Three more numbers
will be given on the lecture
course this winter. The next
one, "The Face of Jesus" by
Dr. Ferris which will be pre
sented during the first of next
month is considered .the equal
of any $100 lecture on the Amer
ican platform. It will be illus
trated with stereoptican views
and is presented by Dr; Ferris
free of charge to the Endeavor
Society. More announcements
will appear later.
The Christian Endeavor
Society is to give a Hallowe'en
social at the parsonage on Mon
day night Oct 31st Everybody
is invited to come and dress in
irhostly apparel. Everyone not
wearing a sheet will be fined
cents. We are to assemble at
the parsonage promptly at 7:30
and form in line and parade
through town returning again to
the parsonage. Anyone speak
ing above a whisper for the first
half hour will be fined 2 cents.
Each person be measured and
shall pay 2 cents for every foot
he is high. Every one who fails
to drink the witches broth will
be fined 5 cents. A grand good
time is expected. Delicious re
freshments will be served and al
sorts of ghost stories and fun.
The ghost stories will be told
while the ghosts roast their
A. W. LAFFERTY,
Republkaa Candidate (or CongreM.
"Give Oregon the Benefit of
her
own Natural Resource.
STRAIGHT REPUBLICAN TICKET
(Paid Advertisement)
The following is the straight
Republican ticket Nominated on
September 24th by the people
under the provisions of the
Direct Primary Law.
'or Congress
A. W. LAFFERTY
For Governor , .
JAY BOWERMAN -
For Secretary of State : .
F. W. BENSON
For Treasurer
THOMAS B. KAY
For Justice of the Supreme
Court for four-year term .vote
for both
HENRY J. BEAN
THOMAS A. MCBRIDE
For Justice of Supreme Court
for six-year teim vote for both
GEORGE H. BURNETT
FRANK A. MOORE
For Attorney General ! V; ;
A.' M. CRAWFORD
For Supt Public Instruction
L. A. ALDERMAN
For State Printer
WILLIS S. DUNNIWAY
For Labor Commissioner .,'..
O. P. HOFF !
For Railroad Commissioner
FRANK J. MILLER
For State Engineer
JOHN H. LEWIS
For Supt Water Division' No. 2
GEORGE T. UOUHKAJN
Eleventh Judicial District
For Circuit Judge
D. R. PARKER
For Representatives 28th, Repre
sentative District vote for botn
C. A. BUCKLEY
Wm. J. MARINER
County
For County Judge
H. A. TIESSEN ' . '
For County Commissioner for 4
years . -. . . "
J.W.DYER
For County Commissioner for
years
C. C. CLARK
For Sheriff 1 s -
ELMER MONTAGUE V -
For County Clerk
CHAS. H. HORNER
For County Treasurer
EDWARD CURRAN -
For County Surveyor
JOSEPH W. KIRSCHNER
Andrew Patterson was over
from Mayville a few , days this
week. ,
A. W. Witchey of Gwendolen
was in this city last Saturday.
Miss Pearl Titus was up from
Mikkalo a few days the fore part
of the week. ;
marshmallows over the candles.
Don't miss this evening of ; fun!
Secy, of C 'E. "Society
LAFFERTY MAKING
OF DISTRICT
Will Speak in Condon
October 27th.
NS0H6ENT CANDIDATE OX-.
INS STDENDGUS CAM
All Voter Requested to Ton Out
and Hear Political Discussioa
From Progressive Platform. . ...
A. W. Lafferty, Republican
nominee for Congress, will speak
in Condon next Thursday, Octo
ber 27th at 8 p. m., at the Court
House. -
Mr. Lafferty is going over the
entire Congressional district a
gain, as he did in the primary
campaign, when he covered 586
ilea by stage and nearly 2,000
miles by rail. On this trip he
will speak at some places he
missed before-the primaries. He
is the only candidate to make
such a strenuous canvass, and
while he feels that, bis election
by a large majority is certain, he
wants to meet as many as possi
ble of his future constituents and
et them know what he stands
for. He has curtain definite
ideas of what Oregon needs at
the hands of Congress, and it'
ooks like he has the ability to
getit ,
F. H. Douglass of Olex was in
this city on Monday.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH ;
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Mothers can now attend church! .
A kindergarten under the charge
of Mrs. Dennis has been opened
in the parsonage. During the
time of morning service, any
mother who so desires, may leave
the babies and small children in
charge of those who will give
them the closest care and atten
tion. A warm room is provided
with every convenience. Child
ren who are old enough will be
interested in regular kindergar
ten methods. Come weary moth
ers! You that have been com
pelled to remain away from
church are welcome to this free
service of the ladies of the church
The young men have been or
ganized into a club called "The
Young Mens Battalion" and the
boys under 14 into a club called
"The Boy Scouts." Both of these
clubs meet at the parsonage Mon
day evenings at 7:30. - All young
merrunder twenty ought to get
into these. All sorts of educa
tional work and sports.
Dr. Ferris will preach on the
coming Sunday morning on the
subject, "The Abiding Signifi
cance of Jesus" and in the even
ing on "The Wisdom or Foolish
ness of Atheism." : Don't for
get the Bible School at 10 a. hi.
and the Y. P, S. a E. at 6:30 'p.
m." ,The morning preaching js
at' 11 o'clock and the eveningat
,7:30.-You 'will have to. coifle
early to get a seat .... i
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