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About The Ione independent. (Ione, Or.) 1916-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1926)
V. BONDS! BONDS' BONDS! HARTLEY RECALL ' PETITION FILED E. F. Blaine is Chosen Executive Head of Forces Against ' ' Governor H. P. SAVAGE HEADS AMERICAN LEGION Election of Illinois. Man Ends Apparent Deadlock; Foch and Pershing Honored. Voters arc ur-d tu .vail Section 4 of ths H msewives Coun cil Constitution' ! Amendment authorizing the State of Oregon to go into irrigation schemes and into the business of manufac turing and selling light and power: "HonJs of fie stite of O.vj ) .1 nol to excee I five per ccnlum of the assessed v il mtl i of the si may be issued and sold from time to time tt; carry ul tin- purpose .of this Article and H12 full faith and credit of the State of Oicjjwi is he ehy pledged for the payment of the prlnclp.il of sold hoods as the same mature, and the interest ac crunu thtreoias the same fa'!s due." Every voter should know that the assessed valuation of Or egon is $1,058,880,736, and that the Housewives' Council "Water and Power" board could issue and sell bonds for $52,944,000. Your property would be a guarantee for the payment of this huge debt. Oregons total bonded debt, including that of all political subdivisions, is now morethan$166,000,000. ItsState bond ed indebtedness alone per capita, $47.08, is the highest in Union. As fast as this political board might retire bo Ji, k would have the power to issue more; and as tie assessed valuations increased the amount of bonds could also increase. North Dakota Is Still Paying For Her Failures Vote 337 X No! PiU AJv. hy Otr.-on Public Uuiity Comnrntt.iOprwcJ to Ux Housewives- Ci .til W,ter nJ Power" Bon-j.l4 Amendment- 4.4 PicilV BuiIJi g PortUnJ, Ortijon. t . . Olympla, Vanh. Charges on which the recall movement against Gover nor Hartley 1 baned were officially stamped as "Hulimltled" by Bocretary of State Hlnkle at 3:30 Monday after-! noon. The typewritten copy of the charge was received by Mr. Hlnkle from A. 8. Kerry, chairman of the recall committee. I Because of the size of the commit tee which brought the document to ; Olympla, the secretary of state ar-: ranged to go to the senate chamber, where be offlelully received the pa per. I The accusations against Hartley ! consist chiefly of the following: 1. That he thwarted the will of ; the people and unlawfully overrode I acts of the legislature; 2. That he removed University of Washington regents and other educa tional beads arbitrarily and without caune appointing In their place per-1 sons subject to his domination; I 3. That he used his office to re-, ward political henchmen with lucra-' live slate positions. j A dirt farmer, E. F. Elaine, of Yak ima county, for 35 years a figure In the state's agricultural and buslnex I life, was chosen as executive chair man of the recall forces, with the un derstanding that be devete all his time to the task without remunera tion. I A. 8. Kerry, general chairman of the recall organization, in announcing Maine's appointment as executive manager, stated that Wlnlock Mllltr, Seattle, would be assistant executive manager, and would also serve with- salary. FROFERTY RETURNED TO FORMER KAISER Berlin. The former kaiser became one of the richest men of Germany when the Prussian diet ratified the compromise agreement turning over to the Hohensollerns 15.000.000 marks in cash, 30.000 acres of land, a num ber of castles and many objects of art. a total estimated value of between thirty and forty million dollars. Th final vote on the agreement. which the predominantly socialist gov ernment of Prussia steamrollered through the diet against the violent opposition of the communists, was 25S yeus, 37 nays, with 65 abstainers. The former crown prince keeps his estate at Oels and the ex kaiser gets Castle Honburg as a residence should he return to Germany. Philadelphia. Howard P. Savage of Chicago was elected national com mander of the American Legion In what was the stifrest fight for office In the history of the organization. The election was made suddenly by acclamation when the national con vention was In apparent deadlock. His principal opponent was Colonel J. Monroe, Johnson of Marlon, S. C, who withdrew, while the 21st ballot was being taken. It took but a few rrlnutes to name the other officers, who are: Vice commanders, J. G. Sims, Marysville, Tenn.; John A. Towne, Watervllle, Me.; Stafford King. Minneapolis, Minn., and John E. Curtlss, Lincoln, Neb. Chaplain, Rev. Joseph J. N. Wolfe, rector of St. Barbara's Catholic church, Philadelphia. The new national commander Is general superintended of mainten ance of way of the Chicago elevated railway and. Is 42 years old. He was a member of the 55th engineer and served with his regiment in France as a first lieutenant In constructing and repairing railroads. The I.ug!on, by acclamation, elected General John J. Pera'.ilng and Marshal Ferdinand Foch honorary command ers for life. The men who command ed the A. E. F. will thus lead them back to Paris next year, and there be greeted by the guiding genius of the allied armies. Mrs. Adelln Wright Mucaulcy of Me nominee, Wis., was elected national president of the American Legion auxiliary. San Antonio. Tex., won the 1923 convention of the legion. FLAVOR FOR STAMPS ASKED f'VtmtTHTVVTVtHiitmvM4MMMMtMiSMmU Events vi the Lives of Little Men il i I nop. mam I Pmttrl r,.h... Perfect shape, site, uniform color, nd even luster art the criteria that determine the value of the penrl. So from the long ago man ha been do alrou of wresting from Nature the etory of pearl culture. In these ef forts, China and Japan have been In the lead by centurle. Nature Mnga-iliie. An Inopportune Call The doctor was relating his experi ence of domiciliary visit paid to a patient whn bad reported himself as too 111 to attend a medical hoard. "Not only did I find the patient out," the caller complained, "but I bud to mind the bnby while his wlfo scoured the neighborhood to find blm." Man chester Uuardian Weekly, eomitt y "I tmmt slop nnd get the newspa per he explained t nie we wre K'diei by a news stund. "The maids re. not sMIxlied utiles they have the evening ptipi r. You see we live so f'sr from tuu; n that they get lonesome ff we don't b ike care of them well nnd give them lie little pleasure which they enjoy. "Dou't u have, trouble getting help to cots a so fur out of townr I asked. i "We've hi d the snme mnlds for nine jenr," he-1 answered. "We try to nmke theaii coiilfortuhle, we give tlumi good iittti j privileges, and we make n effort h understand them, and so We Imve-ns trouble." That w i the secret of Louden'! I auccesi: Ui ) understiMid people. . 1 . 1IISJ, Wulirl N.w.twpw Down.) Mil WI!!Uk n $100,009 III premium! Larger, Gmter, a more sciipendous array of pure bred Beef and Dairy C sitle. I tones, fcwine, Mteep, Uoats and roes man ever amcm'.iled hero or cttewherc. Also Munufscrurers and land Products fcliowi Pa. ltic International Dairy Products ShowilndiiMrt.l Kpa.liloonrf WarU-F.mmi. Hon Sltowofftrins mS nrmlas 114 In Amrrtra. 1Mb Annual Lsttinn, IO-.C r p.-llloo buuJuis.I'aRUiul.Urtsoa.Ocl.JO.NaT.e. jlnJoced bni all tUUrosJ. lie spoke to everyone as we passen along and everyoue seemed to know ami to respect hlin girls, colored workmen In the foundry, men In over all", and white-collared superintend ents everjone gave him courteous recognition. Mnny of them he called ty their first mimes, and he spoke to thent ns If they were more thnn mere parts of the machinery of the estab lishment, but were reul human being! In whom be hnd personal Interest. "How'a the new baby?" he Inquired of a husky negro who was wheeling barrow of cement aa we passed. "He' nil right, boss," the nuin re em!'.!n! and oleosei IS Iression. "Iki yon ever have itrlkoar I asked. There are five thousand men nnd women employed In the establishment, "No," he answered, "we've never iia (I one yet, I could understand. Ills organiza tion was like a big family of which ho was the father, nnd he took a per sonal Interest In bis children. We were riding out to his house In the country In the evening. He lives out of town four niHo It n Iwntttlfitl ALONG LIFE'S TRAIL By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK lira of Man, tBlvcraltr ' llllnuO. Sirsaparilla and Chocolate Syrups Recommended to Postoffice Dept. Washington, D. C Postoffice de partment officials scratched their ht-atls in wonder and amaxemect over the latrM voluntary auggestion to toer.i their business. It came in a letter from the "always wlHirg to help" manager of a trade magnzlne who expressed enthusiastic approval of everything about I'ncle S:;m' stamps except the "stlckum" on the back. "It's the same flavor we have had ever since the Civil war days." the lcttsr complained. "It is bad tasting. I want you to put some flavoring ex tract In the paste; have some pepper mint, sarsaparllla and other nice tast ing flavors, tt will help sell stamps. People, will feci a longing for a little flavor and they will go In and buy a stamp and write a letter to mother.' Bend Gets Pdr; f:r Curbing Flrts Fresno, Cal. Kresno was awarded the Ince fire trophy in Its class for the third time at the convention of the Pacific Coast Association of Fire chiefs. The trophy Is now the per Imanent possession of this city. For cities of 100,000 population or over, the award went to Sacramento, while for cities of 15,000 or under, Bend, Ore, was declared the winner. UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE WHEN Rnyono spoke of Londen they were wont to remaps that he wo lucky. He had beer, made .manager of the big tnniiufnettirtng concern of which his father was pres ident when he was thirty, and every- one of course said it was drug that got him the Job.. I was not nt all sure of that fact, however, for I had known Louden In college and what he had won there had been accomplished by tnct nnd hard work, I was speaking In his town not long ago, niftl by Invitation waa staying at his house. He (bowed me through the manufacturing plant during the afternoon. Dean Ressler of O. A. C. 1 Dead Corvallls, Or. Edwin Devore Itoss- ler. 67 dean of the school of voca tional education at Oregon Agricul tural college and one of the best known educators of the Pacific north west, died at a hospital In Seattle, accorf'lng to word received bore. He had been 111 for several months with Cancer. JOHN GOOLIOGE HAS BODYGUARD Washington. John Coolidge, son of the president, has a personal body guard at Amherst, where he Is a junior. The guard I Colonel Ed. W. Starling of the White House secret service force. John and Starling live In a private bouse near the cam Us. Starling's duties are numerous and varied, but his chief task I to kep John out of the papers. He will ac company John on all occasions, help select his companions and watch bla health. The president was said to be dis pleased over the publicity John re ceived last year in his campus boxing bouts. Starling will see that It does n't happen again. The White House spokesman de clared that Starling' assignment waa temporary. MAIL PROTECTION PLANNED Postmaster General New Adviaet Hanging All Postal Bandits. Washington, D. C The United States mails will be protected against bandits even It It become necessary to call upon-the army, navy and ma rine corps to guard them. This deft went forward from Post msster General New following a deci sion reached by President Coolidge and hi cabinet as the result of the MOO.OOO mail robbery at Elisabeth, N. J. The postmaster general added that he would recommend to Congress the passage of legislation to make an armed attack upon the malls a capi tal offense. Any man participating In such an attempt, be declared, "has murderous intent and the world Is a good deal better off without him." Publlo Service Ncmlno Resign Portland, Or. Thomas K. Camp boll, chairman of (he Oregon public service commission and republican nominee for rot lection, resigned his place on the ticket because of Illness. The republican Btnte central com mittee will fill thi) vacancy on tba state ticket. Western Orator World Champion Washington, D. C Five school boys from five different countries tried out their eloquence here on a distinguished audience, including President and Mrs. Coolidge, In the first International oratorical contest held here under the auspices of about 1500 American and foreign newspa pers. Herbert Wenlg, of Hollywood, Cal., representing the United States, was declared the winner. Jose M un cos Cota of Mexico won second place. Government to Quit Air Mall Washington, D. C Tho govern ment intends to relinquish operation of the transcontinental air mall serv ice and within 30 day Invitations will be issued by the postmaster gen eral calling for bids fur it operation by private enterprise. Rhode Island Dry Law Vote favored Providence, R. L Ilesubmlsslon of the ISth amendment to the people was favored in a plank incorporated by the republican party of Rhode Is land In the platform adopted at the biennial convention.'
