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K s ta b lis h e d 1 8 8 7 . II ■ I— — ■ ■ M o ro , S h e rm a n C o u n ty , O re g o n . J. R. Morían J m . Wilkie Or. Harvey W. Wiley Says “Vote 313 No’’ Drs Morgan & Wilkie Office on Firat street. Phone Main 83 OREGON MORO, Dr. G E. Gard D E N T IS T Office in Webb buildini, upstairs MORO, : NOW IS THE TIME Speaking before the Members' Forum of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Wiley, former ly head of the Government's pure food bureau and known as the "Father of the Pure Food Laws,” declared that the title of the bill was a misnomer and that it should be called da bill for the Increase la mortality In chil dren.'' “Never before have I been In a community where matters per taining to public health have been taken out of the bands of experts and put to a vote before the people," declared Dr. Wiley. "I do not think that a parent in this state who has children of school age will vote for this measure, because It means that the school children will 4not be protected against contagious dls- D E N T IS T S To Protect -Tour Far: Machinery From Winter Weather OREGON ANTI-C0MPUL80RY VACCINATION MEASURE D r . C . L . P o le y Mita Agnes Wilson, daughter of Secretary of Labor Wilson, candidate for congress from Pennsylvania dis trict . _ Phÿsician and Surgeon. Moro, Oregon. FARMERS REFUSE TO SELL WHEAT Office in residence. . Residence phone M 72 Office phone 463 J. Cartes Gharatey. 1.0. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Office opp. Hotel Sherman W ASCO. OREGON Houra by Appointment DR. G H. JOHNS Chiropractor Walla Walla.—Practically the entire 1920 wheat crop of the Walla Walla ▼alley remains Just where it waa first laid—in the warehouses and grain bine on the great farms of the val ley and up on the flat lands north of this olty, according to farmers and buyers alike, who were Interviewed. Farmers, coming into the city Sat urday afternoon as usual, stated in almost every case they were not look ing for grain buyers, and when ques tioned closely declared that they be lieved little if any of the 1920 crop would be moved for less than >2.50. They thought that when the price came to that figure things would loosen up considerably, and added that if the price remained down the local grow ers would hold their grain all winter. If necessary, to get what they conaid ered a fair price. FRAUD EVIDENCE IS FOUND MORO, ORE. Prosecutor Charges Wholesale Bribery O flrc t at Residence. J am es s te w a r t SIO C U IID BRANO INSPECTOR > * SHERMAN COUNTY ÀUress: MORO. ORE.f DEPUTIES Dr. Jos. Ss under«, V S Maro, Ora. W . H. Meyer, Wasco. in 1919 Race. Los Angeles.—Evidence of “whole sale bribery“ of players in the 1919 season by a ring of gamblers, has been discovered according to an an nouncement by W. C. Doran, chief deputy district attorney, who is con ducting the investigation begun by the Los Angeles oounty grand Jury into the alleged oerruption In Pacific coast baseball league games. Mr. Doran stated evidence already given the investigators indicated scores of games were “thrown” for money last season. Mr. Doran made the definite state ment that prosecutions would fol low possible Indictments under the California statute making it a fel- only to conspire to commit a felony. R eclaim ed S u pp lies to be 8old Poland. Theo.tìeletski, D.V.S. za\ Washington.—War department of ficials are preparing to sell millions of dollars’ worth jof reclaimed army supplies to Poland. The supplies in clude repaired shoes and uniforms. T General Leman Dead. Brussels.—General Leman, defend er of Liege against the Germans’ ad vance early in the war, died at Liege Sunday from pneumonia. 9*00° THE VETERINARIAN M ARKETS Portland. Wheat-»-Hard white, >2.17; soft white, >2.10; white club, >2.12; hard of Stellione tor License winter, >2.05; northern spring >2.08; red Walla, >2.05. Oats—No. 2 white feed, >45. W ASCO. OREGON Corn—Whole, » 1 ; cracked, 64. Telephone Maiq 5O2fl Hay—Willamette valley timothy, >27 @28 per ton; alfalfa, >22.60@23.50. Batter Fat—57 060«. Eggs—Ranch, 62@68c per dozen./ Cattle—B««t steers, >9 @10; good to B » r .e i Moro, Oregon choice, >809; med'Jm to good, >708. Hog»—Prime mixed, >17017.50; me dium mixed, >1660017. Sheep—Prime lambs, >9010; valley lambs. >809; ewes, >2.26 0 6.00. To My Patron«: _ U you cannot ^et^m* Stock laspactor S anders VETERINARIAN direct by phone at Moro, pleaae ceu m « a Ca.*a garage, who will promptly notify aw whan I return tt> Iowa Elwood Ginn G IN N F i v e G e n ts GOVERNOR PARKHURST MISS WILSON L . Schndewits, Kent Ora. F r i d a y . O c t o b e r 2.Q, 1 9 Ü O ........................................ John Muir A M Ü IR "" AUTO TR jJcK DRAŸ M ORO, OREGON Freiiht and Express I ’ Handled Promptly. Moving Efficiently Attended To. M ■tea l At the election, November 1, the voters of Oregon must decide on a question of the most vital Importance to the health of this state. On the ballot there will be—Number 313—a bill, entitled, “Anti-Compulsory vac cination amendment." „ While this proposed measure pur ports, upon its face, to be a bill de signed to prevent so-called undue com pulsory activities on the part of health offloers as at present constituted. Its provisions are declared by competent legal advisers absolutely to tie the hands of these health officers, so that, in case of an epidemic of disease of ■any kind—no matter how serious to a community—no stringent measures could be lawfully taken to protect the people. Officials of the cities and counties and even the Governor, would be es topped from compelling vaccination or inoculation in the gravest of epidem ics, shduld this bill become the law of Oregon, it is held by lawyers of the highest standing. All of the progressive work of the State Board of Health and any asso elation of people organised for the purpose of dlaeaae prevention would be rendered helpless under the provi sions of this proposed law, for even the curbing of venereal diseases, now being so successfully carried on for the general public welfare, would be ruined. All of the experience of ages, gath ered at terrible cost to human life— all efforts at preventable objective would be annulled, if thjs proposed measure should become the law of the state. While purporting to go only to the extent of accomplishing the prevention of compulsory vaccination, its language would prohibit the en forcement of measures long known to be necessary in the protection of the people. The best authorities on health legis lation and the beet legal talent of the state are agreed that, should this measure receive a majority vote of the* people, the result would be ruinous to public health. ▲ ORAVI. HEALTH MENACE Whatever view one may take upon the straight question of vaccination, it would seem, after careful perusal of the so-called “Anti-Compulsory Vac cination Amendment,” on the ballot for November 2, that it should be de feated by an overwhelming majority because of Its iniquitous over-reaching provisions, cloaked under a misleading title. Competent authorities, both legal and medical, who have gone Into this bill, declare It to be all-inclusive as to its effect; if adopted by the veters, on the sobject of prevention of diseases, no matter of what nature. That it robs the authorities, duly constituted, of power to act, even in an epidemic emergency, is ths declaration of men and women who have given it the most careful scrutiny. Read carefully the following excerpt from this bill knd determine for your self what it means: “No form of vaccination. Inoculation or other medication shall be made a condition in this stale for admission to or attendance in any public school, college, university or other educational institution; or for the employment of any person in any capacity or for the exercise of any right, the performance of any duty or the enjoyment of any privilege." . Under the provisions thus stated. If the English languase means anything, compulsory’ vaccination, even in the gravest emergency, would be prohib ited in the case of typhoid, paraty phoid, rabies, tetanus (lock-jaw), bu bonic plague, whooping-cdjAgh, and any other disease, including the most dan gerous and loathsome venereal dis orders. '•», In short, It would absolutely render powerless the hands of the authorities in every city and county of Oregon, if it became a law. A worse calamity could scarcely be conceived. < . This more or leas innocent-appearing title is No. 813 on the ballot, labeled “Anti-Vaccinatlqsi Amendment." Vote It NO in capital letters. Frederick H, Parkhurst, Republican, who waa recently elected governor of Maine. CHARGE OF KILLING - HAÏTIENS MODIFIED Washington.—Dertial that he had in tended to convey the Impression there had been "promiscuous killing” of na tive Haitians by marines during the American occupation of the island be tween 1916 and 1920 was made by Ma jor General George Barnett, ex-com mandant of marines. In a statement which he said was Issued at the re quest of Secretary Daniels, General Barnett declared that the statement in his letter of October 2, 1919, to Col onel John H. Russell, commander of the marines in Haiti, that “statement of counsel showed mo practically in discriminate killing of natives had taken place" was meant to express “without due process of law” and “not aa seems now to be misinterpreted as ’promiscuous.’ ** The letter written to Colonel Rus sell after General Barnett, the com mandant, had received a report of the counsel in the court-martial of two marines charged with the killing of natives, was contained in the report of American a itlv lie e in the island, recently made public by the navy de partment and whi,di resulted in a board of inquiry being named to in vestigate the charges of illegal execu tions. We have a complete line of Building Materials for all farm buildings. Free plans and blue prints furnished if desired. Our architect will assist you in any possible way. The Tum-A-Lum Lumber Com- pany makes a Specialty of furnishing materials for Homes, Barns, Imple ment Sheds, Hog and Poultry Houses etc.— See W . K. J o h n so n , L ocal M an ager Tum-A-Lum Lumber Company noRo OREGON BRIEF GENERAL NEWS King Alexander of Greece is criti cally ill from a monkey bite. General Felix Diaz, Mexican rebel leader haB been exiled from Mexico, Mexico is anxious to comply with her international obligations, accord ing the Provisional President do la Huerta. Continued success along the South Russian front by General Wrangel’s forces is reported. Application of the railroads for authority to increase demurrage charges on five days’ notice was de nied by the interstate commerce com mission. Refined chaulnioogte oil, which ex perts of the government public health service say has arrested the progress of leprosy, will soon be used by them In the fight against tuberculosis. The experiments with tubercular patients will be conducted in Hawaii. Preservation of America's forests by replanting and more rigid protec tion against devastating fires is con templated In a hill to be presented to cougreRH In December by industries tislqg timber resources. Auto Dives Into River; 5 Missing, l’ortland, Or — I'ive Portland men ire believed to have been drowned at 8:30 o’clock Sunday night when an automobile containing seven persons went off the Columbia river- highway and plunged down a 40-foot hank Into the Sandy river just beyond the bridge from the Automobile club. Two others escaped with slight injuries The five then of the party believed dead are; M. I). McDonald. 52. musician; Walter McDonald, 25, laborer; Alex McDonald, 10, musician; RIchaM McIntosh, 25; Edward A. Harty Jr., 27, baker. W ilson Asks About H a rd in g Speech. Washington —President- Wilson has jlrected inquiries to both the French government and Senator Harding as to the Republican candidate’s recent statement that he had been "approach- )d Informally” by a representative of '<"rance and asked to lead in the for mation of an association of nations. Seattle. Wheat—Hard white, . >2.15; soft white and northern spring, >2.12; white «.club and hard winter, >2.14; red Walla Walla, >2; eastern Walla Walla, >2.10; red winter. >2.12; Big Bend bluestem, >2.82. Hay—Eastern Washington tlnf&thy, >36 per ton, alfalfa. >30. Irish Hunger Striker Dead. Butter Fat— 56 068c. All of the armies and navlos of the Cork—The first death among the Eggs—Ranch, 65 0 75c. Poultry—Hens, dressed 27 028«; world have found vaccination and in 11 hunger etrlkers In Cork Jail wae oculatlon of untold -value in saving Sunday night. Fitzgerald died at 9:45 alive, 21033«. life, but the framers oLthe misnamed »’clock, having f»»ted «8 days. The Cattle—Best steers, >9.50 0 1 0 ; m e “Anti-Compulsory Vaccination Amend en other hunger strikers In Cork jail dlum to choice >«09 ment," to b< voted upon at the election Hogs—Prime, >17.60011; medium to November I. discount all of that ex passed the 68th day of thter fast in in extremely weakened condition. perience and testimony. eholca. >1650017.50. AN A P P E A L TO T H E V O T E R S O F O REG O N ‘ The Port of Portland Dock Commission Consolidation Bill on the state ballot Bhould be defeated. While it no doubt affects the whole state in some degree, the enormous expense which it w ill create must be borne by the taxpayers of the Port of Portland, which contains 209 square miles or less than one quarter of one per cent of the area of the state. The Chamber of Commerce, the Taxpayers’ League and other Portland organizations and many representative business men have joined hands to ac quaint the voters of Oregon with the facta and to enlist their opposition to the measure. The scheme of improvement proposed by the bill will cost >40,000,000. As a start er, >16,500,000 of bonds are authorized. In violation of the home rule provision of the Constitution of Oregon, the voter« of the Port of Portland are denied the right to say how large a debt they are w illing to assume. Nor are they given a voice in the selec tion of the commissioners who are to vote bonded debt upon them, levy taxes for them to pay and manage their business. The electors of the territory within the Port of Portland are better qualified than any one elBe to judge of the amount of bonded debt they should authorize or the taxes they should pay. Their liberality In assuming burdens of public improvement, not only for themselves, but for the state at large will not be questioned by any one who w ill scan the record of the Hugh total of bonds they are now carrying, amounting, in round figures to $3-f,000,000. It cannot be thought that the state w ill be the gainer by im posing upon its chief city the insupportable load of additional debt contemplated by the pending bill. The Rponsers of the Port of Portland bill have openly appealed to the electors of the state Ht large to vote for it on the ground that it w ill cost them nothing. This is log rolling of the most dangerous type. If such methods are to prevail in behalf of direct legislation, no county, city, port or other municipal corporation In the state w ill be safe from having intolerable debts and taxes foisted upon it by indifferent voter« from other parts of the state. Bills like this must be rejected by the voter« if home rule is to retain its vital force. Home rule and such bills cannot survive together. One or the other must fall. The voters of the Port of Portland are not aaking to be relieved of their responsi bility to create and maintain the necessary facilities for ocean commerce. They desire only that they be given a voice In the managemeot of their affairs, and that, through the established processes of law, they be permitted to adopt a plan of port development which will not load millions of dollars of debt upon them. VOTERS ARE REQ UESTED TO VOTE 311 NO Joseph N . Teal Henry E. Reed A. J. Gieay Henri Labbe R. L. Gliaan F . W. Mùlkey A. H. Devers * Leo Friede L. J. Goldsmith» Executive Cemmittee. Paid advertisement by Taxpayers’ League of Portland, Corbett B uilding, J. N. Teal, Executive Chairman, L. J. Goldsmith, Secretary. ■I « h
