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the Democratic, the Bull Moose and
the Prohibition parties. The label
gives the voter something to go by,
and 'saves him from being utterly lost
in a sea of aspirants for office.
We are really suffering from too lit
tle party politics in Oregon. If our
state political organizations would
adopt platforms embodying certain
definite policies to which their can
didates would be bound, the voter
would have something to go by. As
It Is, each candidate makes his own
platform and then forgets It just as
soon as election Is over The result
is increasing demagogy. No one Is
pledged to anything definite, and
broad, general principles are un
heard of.
Those who shout that party poll
tics Is dead are merely seeking to
gain some personal or partisan end.
What they really mean is that all
parties save theirs should be dead.
Political parties are merely symbols
for certain principles, and principles
can best be carried out through par-ties.
Best
Here's the
of All!
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They easily stand at the head of the list of
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"H. M. B." Originally blended for Queen Victoria; something fine. Quarter pound tins,
25 cents; half pound tins, 50 cents.
SILVER LABEL "5 o'clock Tea." A choice blend; better than the usual English blend
sold here. Half pound tins, 40 cents; pound tins 75 cents.
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Give this Job to a man
who will reduce Taxes
and cut down expenses
If you had an interest in a private business
you wouM want it conducted on business
principles. Ymi have ;in interest in the
affairs of this State. The State of Oregon
is a business institution run for the benefit
of the people in it -vim, in a ccitain sense.
are stockholders in its business interests.
TAXES MUST BE REDUCED!
In the commit primary election, Charles A. Johns, of Portland,
will ask the vote of every person who believes the State of Oregon
needs to have taxrs reduced and expenses cut down. The only way
to reduce taxes and cut down expenses is to apply the same principles
in running the State that you would apply in running your own business.
Hov many institutions would run alonij with an increase of oper
ating expenses from year to year ? Not many. Well, let's reduce
our taxes and cut down our expenses. Charles A. Johns, of Portland,
is running on that platform and stands on his platform. Get him on
the job! Start thinking about this today!
Will you elect a man who will cut down expenses and reduce
taxes, or a politician, as our next Governor f The issue is clear.
One will cut down taxes the other will give jobs to his political
friends. Which du you want ? Paid Advertisement.
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320 ACRES VOW SALE
One hundred and thirty acres In
cultivation, plenty of running water,
all fenced. Fair buildings. 190 acres
of good pasture, 2 acres In alfalfa
?, acres more that can be put in
alfalfa. 130 acres In wheat and oats
goes with this place. $20 per acre
buys this place four miles from
Heppner. One-half cash, balance
terms to suit. Smead and Crawford.
Frank McNally of Elgin is in the
city on a short visit.
D. E. Gllman went down' to Port
land on a brief business trip Tuesday.
A'OTICE OP ESTItAY.
Notice is hereby given that we
have taken up and are holding for
disposal according to law, at our
place at the mouth of McKinney
creek, one estray horse, described as
follows: A buckskin with star In
forehead and two white feet; brand
ed H on right shoulder, and bearing
also an obscure brand on left hip;
weight about 1100 pounds. Said
animal may be recovered by the
owner by paying pasturage and the
costs of this advertising. . '
RUGG BROS., Heppner, Ore.
A 30-3t.
Tarty and Politics.
Eugene Register.
A few newspapers in Oregon please
themselves by asserting from time to
time that party politics, so far as
state and county affairs are toncern
ed, is dead. They make the asser
tion frequently In the hope that ul
timately they may come to believe it
themselves, and bolster it up with the
platitude that it is the man and not
the party label he wears, that counts.
It is noticeable that most of these
papers are Independent or Bull
Moose in politics. Formerly non-partisanship
was the favorite topic with
Democratic newspapers and" politi
cians, but since the national adminis
tration is Democratic and since jobs
are peddled out only to the faithful
and the orthodox you hear little non
partisan talk from your true Demo
crat, who is now whooping It up for
the party of Jefferson and Jackson.
It may be that in county politics
political affiliation counts for little,
although as long as Oregon's pri
mary law remains as it is parties will
be an important factor. Most of the
cadidates for county offices are
known to he voters either person
ally or by reputation, and an econ
omical and business-like administra
tion is all that is desired. Few im
portant questions of policy outside
of good business policy come up,
and political affiliation has little to
do with the settlement of such as do
make themselves felt.
But in state politice the situation
is different. Few of the candidates
are known to the voters even by rep
utation, and choice necessarily be
comes a matter of label. If the Re
publican party stands for a certain
thing it is reasonable to assume
that the candidates of that party
stand for the same thing. So with
Dr. A. D. McMurdo has purchased
the Hayes property on Chase street.
He is contemplating the erection of
a modern residence in the near fu
ture. The consideration was $1200.
Mediators Have a Hard Problem to '
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Solve.
Spokesman-Review
President Wilson has been saj'ing
for a year that Huerta must be elim- j
tnated. But his process of elimina-;
tion has failed to bring the desired
result and borne us to the brink of ,
war. With equal firmness or stub
bornness, term it what you will,
Huerta has declared his purpose not
to yield. "I'll be president of Mex
ico when Mr. Wilson has gone back
to private life," he has said.
How to reconcile these incom
patible attitudes is the hard nut
which the South American mediators
will have to crack if their labors are
to bring success.
Hope lies in the thought that nei
ther principal is quite so firm at
heart as his front would indicate.
The constitutionalists have made
"headway within the past ninety days
and Huerta knows what would hap
pen to Huerta if Villa should lead a
conquering army into the city of Mex
ico. On the other hand President
Wilson shrinks, as well he may,
from the consequences of his well
meant but mistaken policy of moral
pressure and watchful waiting for
results.
Nor can the president be wholly
unmindful that from the start the
world's best judgment has pronoun
ced against the wisdom of his Mex
ican policy.
European journals experienced in
diplomatic history and events, states
men everywhere of long training in
that field, and the diplomatic corps
at Washington and every other cap
ital of note, have regarded the pres
ident's optimism with a half-amused,
quizzical and cynically tolerant air.
"The sort of waj" into whioh the
United States has wancered in a cas
ual, somnabulistic way," comments
the London Standard, ''threatens to
ba a very bad sort of war Indeed.
The events of the last few days in
Mexico show the impossibility of
conducting hostilities on the limited
liability principle. They also show
the folly of ignoring the ordinary in
stincts of human beings. President
Wilson is, of course, perfectly sin
cere, and his mistakes are those of a
highminded man, but it is now cer
tain that he has committed his coun
try to an enterprise of the most ar
duous depression, and one which
Americans are entering into with
profound depression, and one which
the issue, whatever it may be, can
scarcely fall to be unsatisfactory."
The Standard's opinion is fairly
Indicative of the general tone of
friendly British comment. It had
expression before the mediatory of
fer came from Argentina, Brazil and
Chile, with its hope and prospect of
working out some medial basis for
the prevention of war, the extrica
tion of Mr. Wilson's administration
from Its unhappy dilemma, and the
possible restoration of government
and order in the revolution-distracted
republic across the Rio Grande.
European powers, the press dis
patches have pointed out, have been
requested by the three mediators to
exert friendly influences on the pres
ident. Should these friendly Inti
mations fall on stony ground and
the president persist in a mood to
yield nothing and demand all, med
iation will fail and its failure may
leave the United States in a more
difficult situation than before.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
FOR UNITED STATES SEN
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The registration throughout the State shows an im
mense majority of the voters are Republicans.
R. A. Booth is the Party's unanimous choice for
United States Senator.
He has announced a platform, progressive and sane.
He has made an active, clean campaign and is enti
tled to the.support of every voter registering as a Repub
lican. Let no voter shirk the responsibility of expressing
his choice at the primary election, May 5th.
Mr. Booth has spent his .entire life in the State as
one of the developers not as an office-seeker.
He knows the interests of the State and can serve its
people with great acceptability.
He stands for agricultural development and good
wages and fair treatment of labor, r the reclamation of
land, cheap money for the farmer and stable business
conditions.
He is interested in our State's progress and is devot
ed to its people and their interests.
If you believe in the restoration of the Republican
Party to power in the nation and want a loyal, capable
native son as your representative in the United States
Senate, swell his vote on May 15th.
R. A. BOOTH CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
(Paid Advertisement)
We Are Offering a
Consisting of 920 acres;
60 acres in cultivation;
house and outbuildings,
good orchard; well water
ed by natural springs.
Best Grass land in the Country
Some Timber.
This is suitable for Dairying and
Hogs, or any kind of Stock.
$600 per Acre will buy
this now.
$2000 Cash Balance to suit.
Must be sold soon
SMEAD & CRAWFORD
Heppner, Oregon