Central Point herald., May 21, 1908, Image 5

CENTRAL POINT HERALD
SUPPLEMENT.
C E N T R A L P O IN T
Some
More
of
O R EG O N , T H U R SD A Y , M A Y 21, 1908.
the Amendments. b e an effort to p u t th e o th er fellow out
(Continued from last issue.)
The next a ct is one to increase the
appropriation for th e S ta te U niversity
from $47,500 to $125,000 annually. E x ­
haustive a rg u m en ts for and again st
this m easure m ay be found in the
pam phlet sent out by the secrc ¿ary of
s ta te to voters, and both should be
carefully studied. The a rg u m e n t sub­
m itted by E ugene Palm er and Cyrus
II W alker for the Linn County Coun­
cil, P atro n s of H usbandry, is a strong
docum ent and m akes some telling
points a g tin st the increase Among
o th er thin g s tie s arg u m e n t points out
th a t, while the U niveisity claim s an in­
crease of 23 per cen t in students, it ¡3
asking an increase of nearly 300 per
cent in appropriation; th a t n e ith e r the
U niversity nor its stu d en ts a re “ po o r,”
since lust season they employed a
“ coach” for th e ir football team a t a
salary of $1500 for tw o m onths’ in­
struction and boasted in the new spapers
th a t it w as th e biggest salary ever
paid a -co ach ” in th e N orthw est. It
is also shown th a t m any courses given
in th e Oregon A gricu ltu ral College a re
duplicated in th e U niversity, entail ng
a needless expense on the sta te . I t is
shown th a t the cost per pupil to th e
•state a t the U iversity is now 1299 per
year, while th e cost p e r pupil a t the
common schools of th e s ta te is but *8
a year, and th a t in m any country dis-
t-ic ts th ere is but four m onths’ school
per y e ar because of lack of money to
pay teachers, and teach ers a re scarce
because so poorely paid. Less than
one-tenth of one p e r cen t of the pupils
of th e sta te receive direct b e refit from
the U niveriity, while less th an 8 per
cen t of the pupils of th e s ta te pass
beyond a common school course. V oters
should in v estig ate th ese a rg u m en ts
carefully before voting.
The n e x t am endm ent is th a t for
equal suffrage, p e rm ittin g women to
vote on equal te rm s w ith men. This
am endm ent is only a m a tte r of ju stice
to the women of Oregon. No one will
a tte m p t to deny th a t th ey a re the
equals if not th e superiors of men in
intelligence and tru e patriotism , and
for the men to longer deny them equal
political rig h ts is n e ith e r good judge­
m ent nor good politics.
T here a re tw o m easures offered re­
latin g to th e fishing industry in the
Columbia River, one offered by the
upper river fisherm en and one by the
low er riv er fisherm en. Each seem s to
of business, and to a person not versed
in th e fishing industry it appears b e tte r
to adopt both m easures and th u s give
the salmon a chance.
An am endm ent to th e constitution
is proposed giving to cities and towns
the exclusive rig h t to license, control
or prohibit th e a tre s, race track s, etc.,
and the sale of liquors su b ject to the
provisions of the local option law of
th e s ta te of Oregon. A rgum ents for
and a g ain st th is am endm ent a re suD-
m itted in the pam phlet. The affirm a­
tive claim s this am endm ent will give to
cities and tow ns practical home rule,
while the negative declares th a t the
real purpose of th e m easure is to knock
out th e local option prohibition law
V oters should read up both argum ents
The am endm ent re la tin g to th e e x ­
em ption of certain classes of property
from tax atio n is p a tte rn e d a f te r the
H enry G eorge theory and aim s to ex­
em pt all dwelling houses, m an u factu r­
ing p lan ts and all fru it tre e s from ta x ­
ation. J u s t w hat benefit to th e people
generally it will be to allow all w ealthy
m an u factu rers to escape taxation, while
piling th e burden on small m erchants
and land owners, is not a pparent. The
single ta x is a beautiful theory but it
is a question w hether Oregon is ready
to adopt a half baked torm of th a t
theoiy.
An arg u m e n t favoring the
am enem ent will be found in the pam ph­
let.
The “ Recall A m endm ent” provides
for th e calling of a special election a t
any tim e for the purpose of discharg­
ing any public official and for electing
his successor. The a rg u m e n t in favor
of this am endm ent claim s th a t in order
to g e t the b est service from public
officials i t should be m ade as easy for
the people to discharge any incom petent
or c o rru p t official as it is for a farm er
to discharge his hired man. Many of
the m ost progressive cities, including
Los Angeles, S e a ttle, G rand Rapids,
and L ew iston, Idaho, have adopted this
plan, w ith excellent results, and San
Francisco adopted it recently. Oregon
has had cases w here this pow er by the
people cou d have been used w ith excel­
len t re su lts and to th e good nam e of
th e sta te .
The Proportional R ‘presentation bill
s intended to enable every political
p a rty or organization of citizens to
elect m em bers of the legislature in pro­
portion to the num ber of its supporters
in th e d istrict. A rgum ents on this
question will be found in the pam phlet.
A nother bill provides for pu rity of
elections, lim iting th e cam paign ex­
penses of candidates and the prevention
of corrupt practices. T his a ct is an
im portant one and is intended to stop
much of the corruption in politics th a t
has m arked th e past. A rgum ents by
the Good G overnm ent L eague will be
found in the pam phlet.
The n e x t am endm ent o f im portance
provides th a t no person can be indicted
for a crim e except by a regularly em ­
paneled gran d ju ry , and tak in g away
the presen t pow er of d istric t a tto rn ey s
to se t as a gran d ju ry and bring indict­
m ents a g ain st whom they please. This
is certainly a ju s t m easure and should
carry. A rgum ents in its favor will be
found in the pam phlet supplied by the
se c re tary of sta te .
The Dalles Cherry Exhibit.
The m idsum m er m eeting of th e S tate
H orticultural Society and C herry Fair
will be held a t T he Dalles, Oregon,
Ju n e 30, Ju ly 1 and 2, 1908.
Following a re th e prizes offered by
The Dalles business men to exhibitors;
O ne B ox E xhibit (T en - pound B ox ).
V ariety
Royal Ann
Class
Prize
1st.
cup
4 «
4 «
2nd.
cash
14
44
cash
3rd.
1st.
cup
Bing
44
cash
2nd.
44
3rd
cash
1st.
cup
L am bert
cash
2nd
‘ “
cash
3rd.
Bl’ck R ep’llic ’n 1st.
cup
4 4
4 4
cash
2nd
4 4
4 4
cash
3rd
F ive Box E xhibit (T k . - pound
cup
1st.
Royal Ann
4 4
4 4
cash
2nd.
4 4
4 4
cash
3rd.
cup
Bin?
1st.
44
cash
2nl.
44
cash
3rd.
cup
L am bert
1st.
4 4
cash
2nd.
4 4
cash
3rd
cup
B. Republican 1st.
4 .
.4
cash
2nd.
4 4
4 4
cash
3rd
Value
$10 00
3 00
2 00
10 00
3 00
2 00
10 00
3 00
2 00
10 00
3 00
2 00
Box).
$15 00
5 00
3 00
15 00
5 00
3 00
15 00
5 00
3 00
15 Oil
5 00
3 00
G eneral E xhibit 15 or M ore 10- lb .
B oxes N ot L ess T han 3 V arieties .
-
-
-
1st. - - cash - - $25 00
2nd. - - cash - - 15 00
3rd. - - cash - - 10 00
All fru it entered for prem ium m ust
be grow n by exhibitor.
An a ttra c tiv e program consisting of
speeches, vocal and instrum ental music
is being a rran g ed and will be published
in a short tim e.
R. H. W EBER,
A. E. LAKE,
G. E SA N D ERS,
C om m ittee.
lo M in ify or Gsorga G. Selby.
C entral Point, Ore , May 15, 19'‘8.
To th e officers and m em bers o f Cen­
tra l Point Camp, No 3219, Royal
M eighbors of A m erica:—
We, your com m ittee appointed to
p rep are resolutions in m em ory of ouv
late N eighbor George G. Selby, re ­
spectfully subm it the following:
W hereas, The Grand Guardian of
heaven and e a rth has in His wisdon
seen fit to rem ove from our Camp our
beloved Neighbor George G Selby, who
d eparted this life May 2, 19J3
W hereas, We m iss his presence from
around our Cam pfire, y e t we bow in
hum ble submission to Divine will.
T herefore be it
Resolved, T hat we extend our sincere
sym pathy to the beloved wife and sons,
tru stin g th a t Divine love will com fort
them in this, th e ir hour of sorrow.
And be it fu rth e r
Resolved, T hat a copy of these
resolutions be g:»en the fam ily, and a
copy be given our local paper for
publication; also a copy be spread upon
our m inntes.
S tella B F ox ,
I sabella L eever ,
Z ena G risham ,
t om m ittee.
Timely Showers.
Tha copious rains of the p a st week
w ere of inestim able benefit to this val­
ley, as well as to all o th er p a rts of the
sta te . A lfalfa and g rain fields, g a r­
dens. berries, in fa ct all vegitation
needed th e a tten tio n of Mr. J. Pluvius
m ore th an a t any tim e in years The
fe a rs occasioned by fro st dam age a re
largely dispelled by the tim ely rains
and evetybodvis happy. In the eastern
O regon w heat belt the tim ely show ers
assu re another bum per w heat crop, and
all Oregon is feeling p re tty com fort-
ahle, thank yon. Condon had three
inches of snow last week and Sham ko
had eight inches, but snow w ater m akes
th ? w h -a t grow a 'lie sa m ee rain in th a t
country.