A
N o Decisive Swing to Either
Candinate in Straw Vote
Vote Now At 559.806 for Hoover
and 499.122 for Smith; Ballot
ing Exceeds Expectations
Results of Nationwide Presidential Poll to Date
H oover................. ......... ..... - ......... - ....... —- 569,806
Smith
499.122
Former Democrats Voting for Hoover
98,996
Former Republicans Voting for Smith
63,124
OLD CAPTAIN AUTHOR OF
STORY IN BIG MAGAZINE
('aptalii Elista»e Maude, for many
years a resident of this vicinity, now
.at Mayne Island. Vancouver. H I', Is
J the author of an article In the Seplem
her Allantic Monthly, according Io
word received her»i by relatives.
An editorial In the Dally Province
newspaper of that place commepdn
Kcceni storir* ol President Coolidgr » marksmanship haw been srm»-
the account highly. The story deals
mu admiration io i the president in all quarters ol ihe country
Here ne
,, shown at Brule. Wi».. in the act ol sho»>nng over clay i«geons. lie
with a trip of 97 ilaya In which tha
scored twenty-nine .ait ol thirty seven pigcoua.
' captain traveled 600 miles In a 26 foot
boat At this time he was 77 years of
I
age.
seven
consecutive
days
PHEASANT SEASON WILL
He la well known by mnny of the
Sportsmen state that the country
BE FROM OCT. 15 TO 31 especially around Brownsville Is full older residents here
Balloting in the Nationwide Straw
Poll conducted by this newspaper in
conjunction with 2.000 others the coun
Result of Straw Vote of Hearst Newspapers
try over has to »Ute far exceeded the
expectations of the Autocaster News
H oover.... .............
257,873
Service, through which Nationwide or
Smith .... ......... ...... ~...................................... 238,630
ganisation this poll is being taken.
The New York Dally News Straw Poll gives 36.789 to Smith and
There have been well over a million
36.201 to Hoover. This Is the closest ol all straw voles and Is the
votes cast to date.
result of polls takeu in New York State aloue.
Still nothing decisive can be as
The Yonkers. New York, Herald. In taking a Straw Vote of Yonkers
certained from this straw vote as
Open Beason on Chinn pheasants
and nearby New York sections, finds a result to date of 3.628 for Smith
yet. Hoover, true, is consistently in
will begin October 16 and continue un
and 2601 for Hoover.
the load, but his lead is quite slight.
til October 31. both dates Inclusive.
He has 559.806 votes compared to
Hunters expect to find many hlr.ls
The Farm Journal is also conducting a Straw Vote, this one National
Smith's «99.112 votes. In actual num
this year, since a large number of
in scope. The latest results, printed In their September issue, gives
bers the difference between these two
pheasants were llbera(»»d during the
12.762 to Hoover and 11.605 to Smith.
figures seems quite large, but on a per
summer and the warm dry weather
centage basts the difference is small.
proved ideal for their growth.
TOP OF OLD BUILDING
Hoover has about fifty-two and eight-
s t «*■
The hag limit Is tour birds In one
tenths percent of the total vote. This
CAVES IN ON SUNDAY day or eight In any seven consecutive
“ w h e r e s a v in g » a r e g r e a t e s t "
is a gain of one per cent over last
________942 Willamette St.. Bug «ne. Oregon.
Rumors of dire disaster spread here days, provided that not more than
week, when he had but fifty-one and
Sunday to the effect that the top part one female pheasant Is klllml In any
eight-tenths per cent of the total vote.
of the old building which housed the
When the first compilation of results
Archway pool hall at the corner of
was made. Hoover hid sixty-eight per
Third and Main streets had topped in
cent of the total vote. Since then his J
Now Located in
to the street. Just how many people
percentage has been going down slow
Miner Building
were killed or Injured the rumor did
ly. but this week he seems to be gain- ‘
not Indicate.
ing again.
Comparative
The general tendency, however, of
Strength
The truth of the matter Is that the
of State*
the vote seems to be a tendency to .
top of the building did do a little top
in the
"even up". Smith constantly ap
pling. but not into the street. The
Electoral
proaches Hoover's figure, then falls
building is being torn down and the
College
Shopping here is a sure-cure for those
back again The same is true of the
1928
top was so weakened by work done
Improve your appear
Straw Vote taken by the Hearst news- j
First-of-the-Month “Credit Blues.” You
Saturday that It caved in. Nn one was
ance
and
foresight
papers, where Hoover has. according
The total elec
In the building and no damage re
Pay Cash and therefore can face the
with a pair of our
to very recent figures. 257.873 votes to ,
toral
vote
for
suited.
1928
is
53L
glasses.
This
our
Text,
238,630 for Smith. Hoover has been in !
“First“ of each month with no fear of
The n u m b e r
hearing thatthe facade of the struc-
now you can preach
the lead in this Hearst poll, but his
necessary to
! ture might fall Into the street of its
unpaid bills or installment charges.
the sermon.
lead has been for the most part a
is 266.
1 own accord. Fire Chief Smltson dlvert-
lead of perhaps 10.000 votes. Recent
Paying cash makes you a shrewder
' ed traffic through Main street while
ballots boost him ue a little higher.
I he took a pike pole and pushed the top
judge of values, too, and curbf unneces
The fascinating fact atx5ht all this
Make Appointments
portion of the front of the building
Is that Straw Votes In previous years
Whenever Poseible
sary purchases.
have shown entirely different tenden though Election Day were only ten or into the street.
days
ahead.
dvc U
OB/V «...ww-.
eies. The man to win finally was i twelve
< < s
The total of the straw votes taken q |_ q ROUTE OF HIGHWAY
generally way up ahead in the Straw
D r. ^ H e r m a n ID . H l o o d v ,
_ ..CD1 c * c c c
Votes. In the Coolidge-Davis cam locally gives Hoover »7 and Smith 10
Springfield
like
the
rest
of
Oregon
Is
DISPLEASES
COMMISSION
O P T O M F T H 1ST * IV t l l C H T S P K l A l l t f
paign. the Hearst Nationwide Poll at
overwhelmingly Republican. More so I
Sprtngfleld to Cogswell hill, a
« U l T t 931 M I N I S t i l DU- P M U N t M»I
Just about this stage of the game
re
a
•
..
on ’ From springneia io i ogvweu m»», »
__
IA » T O K O A D W A V
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ported about twice as many votes for thlg year because Hoover was once an dlBUnce of abou, gpvpn ml|e, the oW
e t c i N t ’ O ftf.
5
Coolidge as for Davis, for example.
Oregonian.
route of ,he McKenxie highway must
The situation being what It Is this
(.ha
un(lpr th„ „ „
Another strange phenomenon of
(hp
this campaign, as we have commented Nationwide Straw Pol is of_th UP
wepk by
several times before, is the great num most importance. It mirror, the oplm
ber of “switches" in sentiment that ion of that great mass o
®er
officers of the Lane county chamber of
who live in the rural district. It is
are taking place.
The Nationwide Presidential Poll impartial. The votes received by us commen e.
McKenxle residents have objected
shows that 98.996 persons who voted are sent by us to the Autocaster News
a Democratic ticket have decided to Service of New York, where they are to the new route of the highway be
vote in favor of Hoover this year. And tabulated, and reports are sent us for cause, they state, it cuts up their
farms. By following theold route. It
63,12« former RepubPcan votes have publication.
Perhaps if every one who has not is said, much of this damage may be
been won over to Smith. Truly, party
lines are slackening considerably and yet mailed in a ballot will do so this averted.
the election gives every indication of week, some definite light may be
T. J. Flippin. Jr., secretary of the
brought
Druugu» to
iu the surface
------- The
---- new bal- i county chamber, presented the corn-
being a close, exciting battle.
Almost every day one hears of dyed lots may make the situation clearer, j prom,3e to the Htate highway commls-
(slon last week, but was told that the
in-the-wool Democrat changing his Vote today.
Clip the coupon. fl!l it out, and mall old route was not practicable and
viewpoint, deciding to vote for
Hoover; and of a staunch Republican or bring it to the office of this news i that plans for rerouting would have :o
I remain very much as they are at pres-
to balance him, declaring himself In paper today.
Do your bit!
favor of Smith Thus John J Raskob.
ent.
listed in "Who's Who" as a Republi
-—
“
can, Is now the chairman of Smith's OFFICERS OF LEGION TO
CALL AND SEE Dr. N. W. Emery
campaign committee. Thus It A.
INSTALLED FRIDAY on prices on plates and other work, tl
Owen, a former United States Senator, :
-
and a Democrat, is backing Hoover.
Installation of officers of the Am
and
Thus Nicholas Murray Butler, that erican Legion post will be held in the
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constant member of the G. O. P-. gives chamber of commerce rooms Friday
hints of bolting his party—no one evening, it was announced today.
The meeting will be featured by a
knows Just where he stands now. And
J R. Pally, of Hattiesburg Mississippi, hot dish dinner which will be served
resigns his position in the Democratic at 6:30 o'clock and at which wives
ranks of hs state to be able to vote of members of the post will be guests.
Officers to be installed are: Jack
for Hoover. Everything is in a state
of ferment. Traditions are being Larson, commander; M. B. Huntly,
first vice-commander; Clarence Fan-
broken History Is being made!
WM. RODENBOUGH
Big business men, heads of gigantic drem, second vice-commander; Tom
GARAGE
corporations are coming right out In swarts, finance officer;
William
Dealer
the open and telling who they are go-, vasby. adjutant; Fred Knox, sergeant- 533 Main St.
Phone 95
lng to vote for Many of these, too, at-arms.
show a complete reversal of their
usual political sympathies. Business
men are supporting both parties and
taking active parts in the campaign.
We do not know any more whether
the “solid South" Is to remain the
“solid South;” and states that have
been Republican since this generation
can remember, are now In the doubt
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