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FACE THE EACTS!
Weeks Talks About Our Navy
and National Defense.
insiste on Military. Commercial. Fin
ancial and Industrial Preparedness
— Let Uo Ü« Ready for Peace aa
Mall aa Mar.
Ry JAMES B MORROW.
In the Philadalpnia Record.
^,(INE of the Weekaee eave John
Mil.: ale the «etiator and Ibe
• ’ Mai
huantta
candidate
lor
pri'aldrni tolling aa they all did
among the granite bump« of New
Hamp dilrc
ever noted tor hl» ac-
oui. uiaiion of cash or property
.hoy
farmer» mostly. begin
n i; with laxinard Weeka. who. etui-
V-'.ng from England in I8M. became
t r- read and aourc f of the family
Ag. 'tilture sternly practiced among
Ho- embedded rocks and Irremovabld
bowlders taught them to be r< source
ful and to keep al least ono eye opeu
to opportunity
bo William 1». the father of the »<*n
atnr. was a probate Judge and once
ar ayed to be a manufacturer
With
tl.. looporatlon of neighbors, likewise
alert and adventurous, be started a
fu<lory at Ijtncaatrr for making starcb
from potatoes
I will never forget the look on ray
fathers Tate CaMBiB M ««*ks told me.
"when, on a Hunday morning Just as
we were leaving church, we saw men
and * ys running down the street and
board them crying
The starcb fac
tory la burning '
*.
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
teacher'fur tbefr district school Th«
school »IS then closed a group of
Ibe large boys having carried the
teacher into the road slammed him All Announcements under this bead are
dawn In the dirt and warned him
paid advertisements.
never to return
’Lick 'em and lick 'em good " the
. rudentlal commflt«« aald
‘Well
ba k you up If you do "
"The third day.
Captain Weeks
told me
a big r*-<l fa« rd boy took i «r.dxlat# for th« nominaUvn to the
bls pen in hand »nd lahorlousl be
office uf
gan lo write a letter that la. be «as
seemingly engaged In writing a 1st
ter; MS matter of fact he was show
•>« ’ I for« the a* bool and eipert-
* »• '*■ the ttew tea-hsr When
I am s ramlidatr for the nomination
I am
e-t-red to ,»t.t h.s pas svd pa -er to the office of county surveyor
.«w serving m. fourth t«*rm a» eoun*y
away h« smiled around ibe root, at
the pupils who had slopped work surveyor for Linn county and feel that
this service ,!»ou>d t>e a recommend to
ing and then resumed bls writing
I took him by the collar, dragged t .« voters of I inn county
The office of county surveyor is <me
him out of hla seal and gave him a
thorough whipping
lie turned out n which jgperiwMW makes proficient.
to be the son of the chairman of the It requires ■x-veral yvais «xperiance in
he matter of hot dung deed, road and
prud'-mial routmitt«-«*
Th« old man
never spoke to me again, not even « her record» in connection w-th the
when I met him In the road, be rid • ir»eyors office before a surveyor 1»
ing In a buggy and I walking to or r»mpetent to give hi» best matured
iudgi-ment to UMM requiring the *ame
from my work."
I am familiar with all pvrts of I inn
Went to Sea for Two Years.
On his graduation al ths Anna|»'lis county in c«»nnecUon with road ami
Naval Academy, young John Win- other survey a
I am the peraonal owner of what is
gate Week» went to s«a for a cruiso
of tern years He*, enty men were in known to the early settler» of the
his class hut there was mom for only county a» the E. T T. F isbcra fl« M
lo of them tn th« navy.
The navy note» which cover a period of over 20
It-«'If consisted of but five steam veo- »ears surveying in I.inn county. These
seis classed as first rates, and they r. tea arc the government tteHnoti-s
written in book for"» and have all the
were obsolete and unfit for active
r> e»lab!i»t ment» of government cor
d-ity. Georg«* I'arnett. his roommate, ners insert« d. Theac notes make an
went Into the Marine Carps and la ■ nvaluahle record f<«r accuracy aid ef-
now a major g«*ncral and the com ficisney in surveying
mandant at that branch of the naval
I attended school at the University
Service.
••( tiiegon ami served »ev« ral years as
In Florida where he had been en I S deputy surveyor m the district»
gag<-<! as a surveyor on a railroad, the
f w ashington «ml Idaho
late Mldahlpman W«eka l«arn«<! that
If nominated in the coming primaries
an old firm In lloston was going out »nd «lectc’i m Novcmlx'r to the office
of business One of ths partners had
f county surveyor. I «ill endeavor to
died and another bad become blind
•ive to the citigen» c»f Linn county th«*
Henry Hornblower, a sou of one of - »t of my know l«-dge ard experience.
th«» partners. and the youthful Mr.
Weeks bought Ibe business, the lat I* »id tdv )
ter borrowing the money with which
to begin bls career aa a banker and
broker
llornblower acted for the firm on
the floor of the 'ioston Stock Ek-
change
Weeks kept the books and
waited on th« ruslom-rs as they ap
peared In a few years the two young
men had offices all over New England
and lu cities as far away as Chb ago.
"1 got my first valuab'e business
Idea from a famous New ' rigland
dressmaker," Captain Weeks »aid to
the writer of thia artlcl
"A friend
u.io cam« to spend 'be night at our
bouse was talking to Mrs Weeks
while I was reading a newspaper I
hear»! her say that she had bought a ’aid Adv.)
dress in Jtoston. an«! that soon after,
on returning to the store, the pro
prietor. noticing her al the «-ounter
aake<! if she had purchased th«* dross
«he was wenrltig at his «stablishment
Republican candidate for nomination
On learning that she had. he said:
for the office of
' Il Is not right
Please give your
nam«* and address to the clerk and w<
shall correct the matter at once.'
A Story of Great alue.
' ’Hut." th«* * oaten replied the dress If elected I will continue my same pol
la satlsfa* tory lo m«
Whatever is • y to faithfully diachrrgv my duties
wrong is ho small that It Is not worth at all times; strict law enforcement;
mentioning
' 'Rmall to you. uadam.' th« man »¡ecial attention to tax collection, par
ticularly <ielinquent taxis.
answered hut very la»g«* to us'
(I aid Adv.
" And do you know,' the wuman
told Mrs Weeks, the dress was not
only taken back, hut it was kept and
I was given a new one.
I repeated th«- s'ury to my partnei
next day,' Captain Weeks said, and
from that time otiaard we tried tc
pleas«* our < uHtomers before we
thought of ourselves and the probable
profit*» we could make In our trans
actions.**
Three years ago. following at once
his eleciion to the upper II oum ol
Congress. Captain Weeks sold out t<
his partner» and dlspos«-d of every in
V
terest that might be thought, even In
directly, to Influence hi» Judgment as (Paul Advertisement)
a lawmaker
It It aald in New Eng
land that he has always been <cry
■ a refill about bls re| itation a» ■ lusl
nets man
An anecdote told Of him
In State street, the Wall street of Itos
ton. shows how his sensitiveness tc
Candidate for
public opinion on one occasion proved
highly profitable to bls («rtner and
himself
(Concluded next week)
Having had experience with the county
records, and being familiar with the
work in th«* Recorder's office, I feel
that I can run the office efficiently ai d
economicaliy.
Your support will 1«
Candidate for th<» Republican nomina ajipreciated.
(Paid Adv.
tion fur
ALFRED L GEDDES
County Surveyor
Ford
CWIl E'HS.IL cm
77/A’
There is only one n-aaonwhy Ford cars are de-
rrar>!«“-l by over half the car buyer» in this
They are better cars.
country.
The Ford has
demonstrated its auperurity by all the Usta of
tun--, in every kind of use
The demand is great
becauc'-thwvaiue is greet, liettcr buy y«*ur» now.
IL ■ al ut >390;
Touring Car S44O;
>.'4*0, Town t ar IMO; Htdan 1740.
•
Coupeiet
All price»
f. o. b. Iktroit.
j
On Display ami For Sale at
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FRED T. BILYEU Residence t
Ph no. Home 27
SCIO,
OREGON
R. M- RUSSELL
ItepilblicHli CHihli-
(hitc for
County ClerK
Present incumbent
D. H. Bodine
SHERIFF
Captain John Wingate Meeks
"There was no Insurance the pol
had lapsed and the Ore swept
Sway all of my father's means and put
a burdensome mortgage on his farm,
t -.o and a half miles in the country."
If there had been a navy of a re
•
¡able else In HUH John Wingate
Weeks would now be a captain In
• ad of a senator
Nor would he
t er have bocona» a banker and thus
> v ■■ »<•! nt naught all the traditions of
'.
>. f.. i.il» for self respecting,
«¿pable and wholesome poverty
And yet a i <y<hologiial analysts of
■h'-rttod traits might show that the
yenator come» naturally by his talents
• >r public affairs and finance
Anv
*»qulry Into his personality must In
'Chide the Wingates the chief of wbotn,
John, an Engllshniari. emigrated to
.New Hampshire In 1666
The Week»«» and the Wingates In
I rmarrled during the second Amer)
r <n generation - the Weekses to con
tinue as farmers, with an eicurslon
^Inlo potato starch as has been re
'corded, but the Wingates to become
soldier», preacher» and statesmen
, Paine Wingate for example the great
grandson of John, was a member of
the Continental congress and later a
senator from New Hampshire
A Big Man Physically.
John Wingate Weeks of Masaacbu
4 tt*. In hl» name, therefore goes hack
to the middle of the seventeenth cen
turv Perhaps his gifts are equally aa
ancient Whrrever they originated
he has made good use of th« m He Is
wellto-do hut has leas mon-w per
haps than la often represented and
republicans In Massachusetts have no
tified the country that he Is their cam
didst« for president
If he la nonti
naled at Chicago In June, th« main
reason will have been that he In a
husmea» man
His candidacy, then.
«Ill be something entirely new in na-
. * **' polltli a
in hl» measurements Captain Weeks
'i n A. ge man
A reasonable go ess
at J la weight would be !50 pounds
S!*s stature, perhaps is five feet and
elaven inches Ills eyes are gray and
k»< xx«ner la frank and heartv While
af Iks aaeal academy h« could slowly
ra.'ae a 11.' pound dumbbell above his
ka»d with his right hand Then kneel
teg w.'lk one leg. he could alowlv raise
•a g< pound dumbbell with his left
2>and More than that he could lower
h.ls hands to hie shoulders and slowly
and simultaneously put both dumb
veils above his head Ike second liras
A muscular youth he su recoin
•a..id cd bv hl» principal to the pru
dent lai committee' that cal1e«f at th«
ac.'.iicmy in Lancngter on a. hupt ct a •
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J. H. GLASS
■iw .MOr or »i»a».>«ics»»»*»«-'>l»uw»aoawH»i»w»MHmuKar«»Miaa.i»w: t
Mill
Park
SCIO.
Company
OREGON
<7\\ *»til«i In pIc.iM d t<> figure on your lions»* anti
barn liiU.x. <pV<* can fur.iinli «ilo nlave« in any
length r« <|iiire<i.
DOUGLAS
FIR
LUMBER
Brownsville, Ore.
Republican candi
date for nomination
(’onntv Treasurer
Ralph Thom
OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT '
JP
FOLGERSÍS
Is compii to and our
stock fresh and (dean.
üoideaÍMM S»
line of
Spiers,
and in
needed
Countij Recorder
CHARLES H LEONAFD
County Surveyor
radial«- m F*ig peering of O, l.C. and
I ave had six years practical experience,
on»' year municipal engineering ami live
• •are surveying in I inn county ar»<1 am
l.-c owner of the original field notes of
i T. 1 Fisher. County surveyor from
INMl to
| am familiar with hand
ling dceii», road records, and other
: .-coni» of the co ntv
| have platted
tne Road Indnx of all th«* couny roads
in I inn county which is in use at prvs-
«nt.
ii’aul Adv.
P. H. FREERKSEN
Candidate for Republican
nomination for
Linn
W E.
CHRISMAN
,,( )
Candidate for Re
publican nomination
tor (’onntv * < »oinmis-
sioner tor Linn coun
ty.
i Taid Advertisement)
COKNKK
J. S. STICK A, Proprietor
nerv, Ire Cream, TobaccoX
nr.d Cigars
J
Ost Cards a Specialty
r
SCIO. OREGON
J
(Paid Adv.)
Mrs. Ida Maxwell Cummings
Coimtv
•r Com-
County School Supt.
m ¡skinner
Subject to the primaries
May 19. 1916
;V
Republican candidate for
Personal supervision of ail schools,
lie tier text books and practical work.
Paid Adv.)
loid 1h»t I here Maa No «.ore lor
as well an your own satisfaction that a
Him
2Bc bottle of Chamberlain's tablets not
"After suffering for over 20 years only relieved me but cured me within
with indigestion and having some of two months although ! am a man of
the be»t doctors here tell n»e there was 65 years.” writes Jul. Grobien. Hous,
no cure for m<*. I think it only right to ton, Texas. Otnainable everywhere
tel! jeu fcr tie sake of oll-er svffeirrs