C E N T R A L POIN T A M E R IC A N
SCORES PLAN
TO PAY CORE
ANDERSON
STATES
NO RE IM
BURSEMENT W A S TALKED.
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Man
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Strongly A g a in »! Propoaal to Give
Chairman o f L o b b y Big Share
o f Cou nty Receipt».
Portland Oregon Journal
Medford, Oct. 8.— Bert Anderson,
local business man and Republican
politician, was quoted in a one and
one half column newspaper article
here Friday as decrying the move
ment fostered by the Jackson county
court, and acquiesced in by William
H. Gore, to reimburse the latter with
one per cent received from the
government by 18 Oregon counties
for his service as a lobbyist in effect
ing pasage o f the bill.
Anderson states that when the
$16,000 fund to defray the expenses
of a lobby committee at Washington
was provided by the timber counties
no understanding was had at that
time that Gore or any other member
o f the committee was to receive any
additional reward if the passage o f
the pending refund bill proved
successful.
Scares Proposal.
In commenting on a press dispatch
from Grants Pass stating that the
Josephine court had been asked by
the Jackson county court to make
payment to Gore, Anderson said:
"I have been in the movement for
the recovery o f these Oregon &
California land grant taxes from the
beginning and this dispatch made me
almost doubt there was such a thing
as honor, integrity and «unselfish
public service left in the world, for
I know that the Hon. W. H. Gore, nor
no other living ma nwas entitled to
a single dollar o f that recovered tax
money, every red cent o f which
should be dedicated to the relief o f
the sorely pressed tax payers of
these 18 counties.”
S t « i P o rk Barrel.
Taking cognizance o f the recent
action o f the Jackson county court
in passing a resolution to pay Gore
1 per cent for his service, Anderson
says the “ story of a pork barrel was
brought down to the minute, and be
comes an actuality, or almostso.”
Anderson then proceeded to tell
how and when this lobby committee
was first formulated and also ex
tended some advice to the several
counties affected in the following
paragraphs:
“ Now, lets get down to brass
tacks. I, with others from Medford
attended the convention in Roseburg
where a definite plan was adopted
looking to the recovery of these land
grant taxes. After much discussion
it was voted to send a strong delega
tion to Washington to give testimony
before the public land committee of
the senate and house and otherwise
to promote and aid in every way
possible Senator Stanfield and the
rest o f the Oregon delegation in
the passage o f this just and equitable
tax relief measure.
N o Pa y Conte m pla te d.
“ A t that convention I insisted that
W. H. Gore be made chairman o f
this delegation, knowing that there
was no man in the state quite so well
qualified, b f knowledge and exper
ience, to lead the fight as he.
“ Judge W. J. Hartzell, o f the
Jackson county court, was given the
job o f collecting the funds to finance
the enterprise and this fund was to
be ample for all necessary expenses.
There was no understanding or
agreement, intimation or suggestion
that any commission or bonus or tri
bute above actual expenses were to
be paid t o anyone. On the contrary
it was freely talked, even by Mr.
Gore himself, that all ‘slick* attorneys
professional lobbyists and other light
fingered gentry should be shooed
away: that we had a just measure:
that we knew our business, and we
would go down to Washington and
get the money ourselves
"Now, my advice to county courts
o f these 8 counties is to be damned
careful about how this tax relief fund
is handled. If they ever start to open
a pork barrel every other member
I o f the hand-picked convention that
» nominated Stanfield as an independ-
' ent candidate at the Portland hotel
] may want a slice o f this pork.
Just L ifte d Lid.
“ Now I have only lifted the lid an
inch or two— just enough for you
| tax payers to get a peek at what is
1 inside.
There may be some other
things inside that will interest you
and if you want to get a good en
compassing look you can take the lid
' clear o ff, for all I care.
“ What I have written has been
more in sorrow than anger. To find
that your idols have feet o f clay is
terrible.
How the mighty have
fallen!"
Most people o f Medford comment
favorably upon the stand taken by
Ander .on in his article and very few
support the action of the county
court in passing the resolution to
reward Gore with 1 per cent o f the
receipts from the tax funds.
It is
conceded that the committee’s ex
penses and time should be paid.
D o n ’ t Be a K no cke r.
My friend, don’t be a bellyacher.
Don’t groan and moan every time
things don’t happen to go to suit you
If you keep it up a spell it will be
come chonic with you and then you
will bellyache when you are not
aware o f it. The world wasn't made
for you alone.
It wasn’t made ex
clusively for any person or set of
people. This old world is not a cave
o f gloom. If you would keep your
stomach in good order and smile oc
casionally instead o f .moaning you
would soon get the habit. The days of
the bellyacher are full o f woe and
nights bring no rest to his weary
frame. His mind becomes feverish
and fly-blown and he has bad
dreams.
He wakes up with a bad
taste in his mouth and the singing
o f the birds grates harshly on his
ears. The sweet fragrance o f tjie
springtime flowers goes against his
stomach and his friends o f other
days pass him up on the street. The
children romp and shout and it makes
him sore. Fellows he doesn’t like are
elected to office and he gnashes his
teeth and imagines the country has
gon to the eternal bow-wows.
But
all his troubles are imaginary.
No
one else has them. If he would stop
his infernal bellyaching for just
three days the world would take on
a new purple hue and the people
would begin to speak to him on the
streets. Don’t be a bellyacher.
— Osborne Farmer.
point, so when he wrote up the death
o f a prominent citizen who died
suddenly on the street, this is what
he said: “ The old guy was going
along the street when suddenly he
put his hands to his heart and said,
‘I’m going to die!’ Then he leaned
against the fence and made good.”
— Altoona (Kans.) Tribune.
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