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bivs who, at the front, created the upportunify
for the purse-proud aristocrat Had it not been
for this decrepid old veteran and his comprades.
he who is now a rich aristocrat, might I* but a
begger. So, let us honor the old veteran, livir g
or dead. It can be, at most, but a few years.
when his call for aid and sympathy w ill be heard
no more. Yet, if his memory inspires a love for
Lberty and justice among the p«*ople who lives
after him; if his unselfish devotion in time of
g.-catest trial, inspires a feeling that we have a
government worth protecting, from foes without
and thieves within, the veteran, even though he
may have filled a pauper’s grave, is worthy of
having his name inscnlied upon the roll of honor,
alongside of that of Washington, Jefferson, lancoln
and (.rant.
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DJA'GEH .111E.II) EOE THE
STATE COLLEGE
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here is an old saying “ a man
should not bit? more than he can chew.”
This applies to public institutions as well
AliVKHTlMING ItATKM:
as
to
the
individual.
A town, county or state
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Car of thanks.................................................................................
should
not
contract
a
debt,
take on institutions or
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Special obituary notice«, per line..............................................
Ex tended wedding conimrnta, per line. ,
..................... U.' improvements, beyond Its ability to pay. w ithout
Display a«h. to be charged weekly if deaired, one column
working a too great hardship upon taxpayers.
wide each inaertion, per inch ......... ................................ It Oregon has violated this old saw. in burdening
Business local, per line Oral inaertion........................................ It
herself with state colleges. At the present time
Each subsequent inaertion per line
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about one-fourth of the state’s revenue is required
lx>ng time standing aits, contracts mail, on application.
for these institutions. A college education is a
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valuable asset for the young man or young woman, !
when starting out in life; but the question of
MEMORIAL D.1Y
whether or not the state should supply this asset, :
AST TUESDAY’ was the anniversary of the is a grave one. Undoubtedly the state could and
46th Memorial Day, which was observed, would lie more genorous in her appropriations for
WHOLESALE DEALER IN =
not only by the old veterans of the Civil the public schools, if the state colleges were not
war. but by the citizens in general throughout th« such u heavy draft. When we know that from i’
to
is expended annually for the stati
United States, north ami south, east and west.
and
college
student
and but $8 to $9 for the public ;
Immediately after the closing of the Civil war.
a number of the soldiers who had participated in school pupil, no wonder that we view this great i
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th«* struggle, met at Springfield, Illinois, and orga i difference with disfavor. Know ing that not more i Trlrpboo« Maia 175
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nized the (¡rand Army of the Reoublic. Genera than 5 jht cent of the boys and girls of the state i
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John A. Ixogan, the greatest of volunteer soldiers, attend the state college, the parents of most of
whom
are
abundantly
able
to
pay
for
the
A.
G.
WÄGERS,
Prop.
Salem,
Oregon
Harnt
was made the commander in chief. One of th«
measures enacted by the new order, was to appoint ' while, at the same time, the other 95 per cent,
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May ,'W as a day when the old veterans should, must be content with what the public and high
whenever practicable, scatter garlands of flower.- schools can give, the comparison becomes the more
ujMin the graves of comrades who had answered odious. As a matter of fact, a million dollars
the Final Roll Call. The idea was, at once, taken is too much for the tax payers of Oregon to pay
A. SHANKS
up by the citizens in general, and it has grown to for the sup|M>rt of state colleges. The return for
- Manufacturer and Dealer in—
be a day when, almost everyone, repairs with the investment is, practically, nothing. True the
Harness and Saddles
college man or w oman usually make excellent,
flowers to the graves of their beloved dead.
1911
CaeU<t Trimminr
Repair Work Solicited
But there is a feeling or sentiment on the part progressive citizens. But their life endeavor is for
themselves
and
those
dependent
upon
them.
They
AU
Work
Strictly
Guaranteed
of the old veteran who decofates the graves of the
During the month» of May, June, July,
give
nothing
to
the
state,
directly,
in
return
for
Augunt.
September,
on
date»
comrades who have passed to the Great Beyond,
SHELBURN. OREGON
shown below, the
that can not be felt by persons who did not partici the $1500 or $2000 expended for the graduation of
pate in the struggle, especially by the generations each student No wonder, then, that the referen SOUTHERN PACIFIC
THE ESMONB HOTEL
bom and reared since.
The old veterans, the dum is invoked against these extravagent appro
Will »ell round trip ticket» from
priations.
No
wonder
that
the
sentiment
is
grow
youngest of whom are now old men, know that
located, good
Il “est Scio ria Portland Centrally
they, too, must soon answer to the final trumjiet ing throughout the state against the state college.
rooms,
prices
moder
as follows:
call, and that while they have l»een permitted to They have become simply an excrescence or leech To
ate,
courteous
Farrs
live 45 years after the close of the bloodiest war ujmui the Ixxjy politic. The state would like to let Chicago.............................................. 9974.65
treatment
of modern history, the comrade, whose grave th *v loose of a part, if not all of them; but where to be Council Bluff»
Corner Mormon and front Sireeti
imaha
decorate, did his duty as they in the gn at struggle. gin is the question. But let the demand come up < Kansas
City
»2.15 PORTLAND
OREGON
They feel, as no one else can, that they an* paying each year, as at the legislature at the session of St. Joseph
St.
Paul
tribute to a comrade who was tried and true and last winter, and the people will, eventually, lop off
>1. Paul, via Council Bluffs
966.06
who ha<l assisted in perpetuating a government of, the entire business. The people may continue to Mmnva|H>hs direct.......... .............. . 962.19
give these colleces a reasonable support,
But Minneapolis, via Council Bluffs 966 06
for and by the people.
there
is
a
limit
to,
even,
all
good
things.
Boston.... ........................................ 9112.15
No one can have just the same feeling for the
New York ....................................... .9110.66
fnllen comrade as does the old veteran. Mayhap
St. Louis............................................ .972.15
the departed one fought at his side at Shiloh,
d USI H E H.1 RLAA'S D1SSEA T Washington, I). C........................... 9109 65
Gettysburg, Vicksburg, or in the final battles of
Sale Dates!
the great struggle before Richmond and he feels
HILE
JUSTICE
HARLAN
agreed
with
May 16, 17. IS. 19 22. 23. 24. 25. 27. 2S
that he is honoring the memory of a comrade who
and 29.
the majority of the supreme court that
was true to the cause of liberty and the comrade
June 5, 7. 9. 10. 12, 16, 17, 21, 22. 28,
the
Standard
Oil
Trust
should
be
dissolv
at his side.
2» and 30.
Only a few more years will elapse* until the last ed, he did not agree to the reading into the law July 1. 2. 3, 4. 5. 6. 19. 3). 2«. 27 and 28
of more than one-million men who wore the blue, of the words, “undue” and “unreasonable.” The August 3, 4. 5, 14. 15, 16. 17. 21. 22. 23.
28. 29 and 30.
will have responded “here” to the final roll call. following paragraph is his opinion in part:
It 1» true that there ha« been raised for yean the con
Upon others, who knew nothing, personally, of the tention that the act of Congress did not retain reasonable September 1, 2, 4, 5. 6 and 7.
An abstract BEFORE
Civil war will devolve the duty of garlanding the contract» in restraint of trade, but only unreasonable eon- : '■top-over» within limita in either direc
tion. Final return limit October 31.
you buy property—its
graves of the dead. The Civil wnr veterans will tracts. Counsel in tht» court have in effect been required to For fare» one way through California I
take
their
seats
for
arguing
in
support
of
this
contention.
an absolute necessity
soon I m * but a memory. Yet if the memory of his
inquire of any S. P. agent or write to '
deeds, while wearing the blue, inspires the present Since the law was enacted attempts have been made practi
if you want to Know
WM McMURRAY
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cally at every seaaion of Congress since then, to have the
and future generations, to guard jealously the law amended so as to give a legislative interpretation in General Paaaengrr Agent, Portland
about the validity of
government for which he fought, he will not have support of this contention. But the fact remains that up
your title.
lived in vain.
until this day Congreaa has bee.i satisfied with the law a» Geo. W WricM
Daa Ishastos
Honestly, to buy a
There is a class of people, proud of their riches, written in thia respect, and today the law stands that every
contract
in
restraint
of
trade
is
illegal.
The
important
fact
piece of real estate
who think but lightly of the old veteran. Indeed,
is that it never has been amended. There is no man in this
some of them, will scarcely give a seat to him, country
without
an abstract is
today who does not know it will not be amended
even if he wilks with the aid of crutches. These When men of vast interests are concerned, and they cannot
ATTOtMEYS AT LAW
taking a blind chance
are the jreople who, instead of going to the front, get law making power to enact amendments to construe the
on being sold an ex-
staved in safety and liecause of conditions, made law as they desire, they spare no effort to get some case N ot . »-♦ Wright BM(
A LEANT
pensive piece of liti-
OREGON
his fortune. To people of thie class, the Civil war before the courts in sn effort to hsve the courts construe the Beth rhooei
Constitution and the statutes to mean what they want them
gation.
has, altogether, a different meaning, to that in* to mean. In the case of overshadowing combinations of
OUR abstracts are
spired in the heart of the old soldier, It mean# to vast wealth and power, which may be a menace to the
DR. W. R. BILYEU
him, the period when he accumulated the fortune general business of the country, a law which has bestowed a
correct and complete
upon which he and his posterity have since lived wholesome rule is to be interpreted in such a way that it
DENTIST
** "•«’••n
th«*
have appeared a» defendants
in < ppulence. To him, the oid aoldier, mayhap
go to Congress to have it amended. The opinion today OVER
Linn County Abstract Co.
WOODWORTHS DRUG STORE
who is a cripple and who is moneyless, appeals in to
means that the courts may by mere judicial construction
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vain. The old veteran max be ra^ed and dirty amrnd the constitution of the United States and amend the
BOTH PHONES
ALBANY
OREGON
and, possibly, dissipated; yet he was one of the statutorv laws.
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OREGON
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