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Jefferson Myers, candieate for guver-
' nor. in introducing ex-Govornor Folk.
I of Missouri, to the five thousand or
Corporations C ctattd tie T!eW lealti'ti j more |>eople who assembled at the • flit Hill Lin« Kill Shot» Oregon Products lo
by IM lilt bse^lty
. Gladstone ehautauqua on the night of
Ibi East
I the 2l«t.
"Bravery, coupled with intense
patriotism ami marked ability, except-
It is of the utmost Importance that
I ionai. even now, among grrat men of i Portland. Or., July 2t5 Special)
good direct primary candidates for the
I our generation is the predominant Exhibit» are now being collected for
legislature should be rlected in rveiy
characteristic of our distinguished i the Oregon car to be operated through
county in the state. The next legisla guest.
Alone, practically unaid«!, ! out the East by the Great Northern,
ture will be a battleground in the
maligned. traduc«d, and his very life; and all aectiona of the state are urged
struggle between rul«- bv the (-««-pie on
threaten«! time and again, hr fearless to Iw represented. Fruita, grain»,
one side and a combination of politi
ly ami ably became the pioneer in suc vegetable», grasst»», etc., are being
cians ami corporations on the other. It I
cessfully destroying 'graft.' Leaders gathered for uae on th«1 car ami it ia
ia not necessary to recount hen- what
in other municipalities soon follow«! particularly deaired to have fruit» on
the issues in the coming conflict will
his example, until a great awakening the limb, allowing them exactly in
! tw. The l«-gialative ticket slated at the swept over our broad land, and the j their nntural state,
secret conferences of Portland corpor d mam! of curpvrati'ns through politi-j H. It. Wight, expert processor for
ation officials is sufficiently suggestive.
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‘ th«- Portland Chamber of Commerce,
j cal boas«-» was temporarily
It wss one move that has Isen dis
Fifth Street, is receiving shipments
'Hie political boss and the evil of graft
covered. How many similar moves : is the inevitable outcome of the con- of these products for the Great North-
will be made aa to legislative candidate« , vention or nesembly form of the politi < rn ear, which is being till«! under the
in other parts of the state has not yet cs! parties or partisan politic«. Against direction of F. W. Graham, western
Iwen revealed. Equally suggestive 1« the united effort» of politic») bosses of industrial agent. He urges that each
the effort te el«-ct certain cnr| oration
Imth parties, machine politic«, corpora- community forward some of its beat
attorneys to the bench. One, who as
| tion opposition. the people selected him products, shipping them by express to
counsel for the corporation, fought th«-
for the exalted position of governor of te Mr. Wight, either paying the ex-
recent reduction by the Oregon rail
J the great state of Missouri. In the preaa charges or sending shipments
road commission of the rat«» of th«-
i executive office he again displayed with C O. D. In the former Case, e x press-
W«-lls Fargo Express company, has iwrfect fearlessness the justice and age will be refund«! by Mr Graham.
been nominated fur supreme judge. probity of the honest man.
Th«- opportunity Oregon has to secure
There are other». Equally suggwitivc1
"These traits of a sterling character wide advertising in this way is very
is the fact that a telephone cuqioratioii
are now lieing generally recognised marked, Not only will the exhibits I o
ha» a suit now (tending by which it j
throighout the nation, and he out
■ MMB li ->f PM| la
hopes to destroy the Initiative aiuii ' ■ 1 j
a i,- ..■ ■ i i | ■
t,
in-■ m the ear but arrange
referendum. The state grange, by ( I bv the |M’ople who are seeking strong incuts have been made for apace at a
means of the initiative, secured p<iA»age i
' honest men as their public servants, circuit of state fair» and large exhibits
of a law taxing the fraiichuies of tele without inquiring aa to their
party will be made at the Land Show this
phone, telegraph and other corpora- i ' allegiance.
winter in Chicago. Th«' exhibit car will
tlons. These corporations had been
l>" a< companied by a lecturer ami will
■•scaping a just share of taxation.
lie on tour from early fall until next
Hill
City
Musings
They had »ecured the rejection of aI
spring Oregon people should reapoml
Haying
ia
nearly
completed.
similar law by the legislature. They
liberally wilh sjicrimens for this car.
Mi»» Ruby Turnidgc. of thia vicinity
refused payment of the add«l taxes,
Exhibits must be eomptetc in order to
and went into the state courts to beat • o-l Mr Steven«. <>( lA'ashingto- . w. re make the show effective and here ia a
married
recently.
th«- law. They pleaded that the initia
chance for co-operation between the
tive ami referendum is in violation of
J. R. Gedd< a ami family are domicil state and the railroad interests that
the United States constitution. It is ed on the ranch for the summer.
will I «* of grrat value to iioth.
said that many of the great «»rpora-
Mr. Wm. Tumklge, who went to
Forty-two million bushels of wheat
lions of th«- country ar«- aiding the Southern Oregon, will return home not
ia the estimated crop of Oregon,
Oregon corporations in their tight.
much improved in health.
Washington and Idaho, according to an
1 he alliance of the politician* and
Ralph Homer, youngcat mhi of A. D. authority here who has completed a
the corporations in the fight against
Horner, after a very abort illness, di< d trip through the grain section». He
direct legislation in Mr. Bowerman’s
and wax hurried in the Kings Prairie finds that Oregon will produce Ih.utiO,-
recent conventh n is history. Some of
cemetery.
000 bushels, Washington IM.000.000
the men on the ticket are signs of it.
bushcla and Idaho 9,000,000 bushels.
H
A.
Grafe,
of
the
Hancock
mine,
The alliance or politician» and corpora-;
tion» in the Multnomah convention, an old time friend of J. R. Ge«ldc» Kiwi Unfavorable weather conditions during
the past winter in »omo section» causeil
packed by the managing commit tre at with whom hr visited, is Investigating
the Cornelius hotel, is alno history, the Elkhorn copper mine, in which a falling off over the total yiek! of last
year which was 63,600,OM bush« ls for
The forces are »»•r-mbling for su-'h a stock he has invested.
the three states.
The
mill
com|iany
has
two
logging
c«mtr««l of the legislature. It is pian
Th«’ visit to Western Orogen of Dr.
ned to throw tile election of Unit'll engines on its logging road now.
State» senator back into the legislature. > T. Hennes* ami Mr. Bowers are Bernhard Boeggikl, the dairying expert
The corporations want it there, be building two tine dwelling» on their of the Univeisity of C<ipenhagen, dur
ing the week wm important. Dr.
cause by such an election they can ranches. •
Ilieggild said conditions in Western
control the senator. There is record of
Work will liegin on the new R'x-k
Oregon are ideal for dairying ai d thia
tcatimony in the federal courts in Greek bridge soon.
section can surpass the world in thia
Portland that a certain railrua«! cor
Rev. McLeod, the
Presbyterian
poration paid a certain Oregon iw-nator minister, preaches twice each Sunday industry. He said dairying is sadly
a salary of IfiOOO a year while he was in the Presbyterian church. Il** ia an neglected for it is capable of great
expansion here. Illustrating this, he
in office. It is support’d that he earned able man.
said Denmark, whose total area is but
the money for them in favors done or
Mill
City
is
getting
to
be
a
coamo-
II,000 square miles, has a dairy in
the corporation would not have paid i
him the salary. It ia to help throw isditan lumber point. Lumber ia »hip dustry yickling IM.OOO.OOO in butter
senatorial electiona back into the ped to every section of the United exports, lie thinks Western Oregon
lean at least double Denmark's present
legislature that the throe secret con States and to foreign lands as well.
Mr. Kaplingcr and family will »rain production.
ferences of corporation officials were
Oregon's apple show will lie held in
held to fix up the legilative ticket of leave for the Clackamas country to
Portland Novcmlier .‘to to D«-eember 2.
Multnomah county. Th«- same des-1 live.
perate gam« will be played through«»ut
Eph. Hcnncss has sold his timber It will lie a great exposition of the
the state wherever jiossibie. I.cgis In- [ claim to the Curtis Lumber Co. Con state's fruit growing possibilities and
it will lie of wide interest because of
live esndidat«» who want election of sideration $'.’300.
senator in the legtslatnre, whether I The fruit inspector ia needed, up Oregon’s fame as the home of the red
they know it or not, will be playing. here, to give ranchers directions aa to apple. There promises to be exhibits
directly into the hands of the corjiora- spraying, pruning and caring for their ■mtered in competition for prises from
every apple-growing county in the
tion program.
fruit trees.
state. The Corvallis Commercial Club
The only resistance possible 1« to put I
K orn K or
has already offered 1100 for the best
able and upright direct primary candi
apple exhibits from Renton County ami
dates up for the legislature in every '
Hew Law Firm in Albany
the Hood River Commercial Club has
county. I^et the coming attack be :
Mr. George W. Wright ami Mr. Dan offer«! |A<» for prises for the beat
met with a counter attuck by naming
for the legislature men who can be Johnston have formol a partnership apples shown from that section. Other
truste«l to r«-sis*. the game that the for the practice of law in Albany under count!««« will yet be bean! from in the
allied politicians ami corporations arc the firm name of Wright and Johnston. •ame way.
Mr. Wright is well known as a success
playing. — Sunday Oregon Journal
Our |>*of>le «houki make nume attempt
ful lawyer, having practiced his pro
F. J. Denny, one <*f our most pros fession in that citv for twenty-one to improve the road connecting Scio
perous and intelligent farmers was in years. Mr. Johnston, a graduate of with Weat Scio. If we cannot have a
town, Wednesday and, though he was Valparaiso University, ia a member of railroad we can have a good wagon
in a great hurry because ot farm mat the bar in all State and Federal Courts r<>ad if we will to do so. There is no
ters, had time to call at our office 'of Indiana from whence he lately more uneven road than this in the
and say "Now will you he goo«!" having arrived. They will give prompt amt county ami it is used as much aa any.
reference to the castigation administer ; careful attention to all business in Unless the people In a private rapacity
ed to "Editor Dugger" in Tuewlay'« trusted to them. Their office will be take hold of the matter, we are des
I Oregonian. We said we would until in the Wright Blo-k at the comer of tined to have a road which ia an injury
First and berry streets, Allmny Oregon, to our town, for years to rome.
next week.
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