W hat a lot of good prom ises all
of th e can d id ates a re offering to the
public th ese days!
Do you th in k
they really mean w hat they sav?
W hat a suspense and w hat a d isap
pointm ent a fte r it is all o ver
Hut
we sta n d for re-election, w henever
a person has proved by his deeds th a t
he lias been faith fu l to his prom ises
before (Jotl and man.
L et us re
elect him, no m a tte r w hat party he
belongs to. Any person holding a
position for political purposes » h o
has done his best to m ake his pocket
book big and fat, an d has f u rth e r
m ore w asted th e ta x p ay ers' utouey,
right and left w ith ex tra v ag a n t m an
agem ent of the money they huve in
tru st, we say, "Down and o ut w ith
th e m ."
.Ur. un>^ Mrs. N ew ton C o u rier, of
JOHN P. KAVANAUGH
L atou rell Kails, have closed th e ir (
sto re and are m aking p rep a ra tio n for ,
Republican Candidat*
a trip to A laska.
Mr. H. S hoults
For Re-election
» ill have ch a rg e of th e postotfice a t i
th a t place.
FOR C IR 'T IT * JUDGE
D epartm ent 1
Mr. an d Mrs. A. W oodw art’. Mr
and Mrs. F. H inkel ju s t r e tu r ted
Ballot No. 56
from G ran ts Pass, w here thpy at-
— I ’a .d \ l'/«»!* U seraient tended s ta te g ran g e and r e jo r t a
splendid m eeting,
but
t •ry bad
roads.
T here was « g oad cr.iwj out S at
urday n ig h t to see th e play given at
o u r g ran g e hall by th e young folks
aro u n d here. E veryoody ta k in g part
did th e ir best to m ake It a jolly
event.
Rudolf H ecker and fam ily have
taken possession of th e ir new home
here at K n ig h t's co rn e r on th e H igh
way, » h e re a new m odern equipped
garag e has been opened.
Jam es P o u n d er lias a fine new
Dodge.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M organ e n te r
tained th e railro ad nten at a banquet
: on Sunday.
A te rrib le d isa ste r befell Mr. and
Mrs. G ossit, of L ato u re ll F alls, yes
terday, when Mr. Gossit ran his au to
down in a creek on th e way to G resh
am. Mrs. G ossit was badly h u rt and
th e ca r is ruined.
L ittle F lo ren ce D arling, who a t
tends school in th e city, sp e n t a few
Candidate lor One of the Twelve days a t hom e w ith h e r p a re n ts at
Representatives to be Elected th e M eier place.
Front Multnomah County to
Miss Pow ell, who has been te ac h
the Coining Legislature.
ing the last te rm a t H u rlb u rt, signed
Thirty-five Years a Resident and
a c o n tra ct or. S atu rd ay to teach the
Successful Business Man of this County g ra m m a r school a t D istrict 39. We
w ish h er success.
He sta n d s fo r stric t econom y,
W e a re so rry to h e a r th a t Miss
sound business principles, protection
of th e in d u strie s we now have, the C oulter, th e high school in stru c to r, is
en co u rag em en t of new ones and the going to leave -js. Miss C o u lter has
developm ent of th e n a tu ra l resources been of m uch help to th e young folks
□f Oregon.
in th is vicinity, and h er p leasan t per- ,
Official Ballot Number 100.
so n ality has won for h e r m any |
____________
P a id A dv.
frien d s, who will g rea tly mis# her,
b u t o u r loss will be o th e r's gain.
Miss H elen D eaver le ft fo r e a ste rn
W ashing to n y esterd ay , w here she w ii'
spend th e su m m er w ith Air. an d Mrs.
C a rrie Zill.
T he w ate r in th e C olum bia ri- or Is
so high now, th a t fishing is at j
sta n d still. T h ere is so m uch d rift
wood in th e riv e r th a t it is d an g er
i ous fo r th e nets.
Senator Theodore E. Burton
Republican Candidate for
P R E S ID E N T
•
Prim ary May 19, 1916
Senator Burton lias visited Oregon repeatedly in the inter
est of the Columbia River and has fathered its development at
all times.
He knows our agricultural possibilities,
lie knows our tim ber resources.
Vote 34 X Burton, Theo. E.
— P a id
WHY A. W. LAFFERTY
SHOULD BE RE-ELECTED
done?”
T he political sages seem to be
very much at Bea In th e ir forecasts.
T he sphinx-like a ttitu d e of H ughes
coupled w ith th e m eteoric tendencies
of R oosevelt, lin k ed w ith th e en try
of Root, m akes possible som e g reat
su rp rises a t th e convention.
The
m ore com plicated th e q uestion be
com es, the m ore difficulty expert
enced in m aking a political diagnosis
of th e situ a tio n , th e m ore likely will
it be necessary a t th e critica l h o u r
to p resen t and n o m in ate a m an of
w ell-know n p olitical position.
In th e vast n u m b e r of men now ii
th e lim elight for th e n o m in atlo
none sta n d s o u t so conspicuously in
his political ach iev em en ts, th e defi
n iten ess of his position on all grea,
n atio n al q u estio n s, «us happy geo
g rap h ical location and preem inent
ab ility as one of O hio's g re a te st men,
th a n T heodore E. B u rto n of th a t
state.
His recent an v en t in to the
s ta te of Oregon, th e g reat P o rtlan d
speech which will probably, if re- I
ported, go down iu th e political h is
tory of th e co u n try as a classic, ;
b ro u g h t him closer to th e Oregon
people th an any o th e r ca n d id a te u n
d e r co n sid eratio n . B urton seem s to
be th e ntan of th e hour. He com
bines all th e Bturdy q u alitie s of the
illu strio u s list of O hio’s presid en ts
RODERICK L. MACLEAY
w ith th e fact th a t he rep rese n ts the
Born in P o rtlan d fo rty-one years
last an d best th o u g h t in th e p o liti
ago,
p resid e n t of th e Maeleay E state
cal problem s co n fro n tin g th e co u n
try. He is safe, san e, m a tu re, able, Co., o p era tin g in business in Oregon
stro n g physically and m en tally , to an d W ashington. Lives in P o rtlan d .
ta k e up th e g reat w ork as th e P re si H as never ru n fo r office before. Is
actively in te re ste d in real estate, tim
d e n t of th e next adiw vntatration.
T he d eleg ates at C hicago a re men ber, logging, saw mills, salm on can
n ot governed by se n tim e n t and in ning, sto ck raisin g , d airy in g , retail
th e selection of a sta n d a rd b ea rer m erch an d isin g , and is a d irec to r of
j they will dem and a m an of action th e U nited S tates N ational Bank. E d
and a man w ith a p o litical past. ucated In P o rtlan d an d a t P rinceton
H ughes sta n d s o u t sphinx-like. He U niversity, sou of tho late Donald
is Btrong in m ystery. H e has been M aeleay, who p resen ted iMacleay P ark
a m an of ach iev em en t, b u t since his to th e city of P o rtlan d .
" I d esire to be elected to th e legis
p resid e n tia l boom has been launched,
w h at will he do, w h at w ill be his la tu re because my business experi
p ro g ram , is m ere g u essw o rk , and th e ence has convinced me th a t th e poli
d eleg ates a t th e co n v en tio n will be tic al reg u la tio n s of th e s ta te have
at a loss to know w h e th e r o r not he m uch to do w ith th e p ro sp erity of its
will be able to sta n d firm ly upon the citizens, an d I firm ly believe th a t
g re a t A m erican p la tfo rm th a t is now p ro sp erity can be Increased an d m ade
being fo rm u lated fo r th e h isto ric m ore o r less p erm a n en t by wise laws
ev en t in Ju n e a t C hicago. N ever did Ju st as easily as It can be lessened or
th e R epublican p arty d em an d a man d estroyed by foolish laws.
If elected, I will striv e fo r condi
who is know n In all Its p a rts as now,
an d in looking o v er th e list of p o ssi tions in th is sta te fav o rab le to the in
bilities. O hio’s g re a t so n , com ing in v estm en t of cap ital, th e p ro tection of
to th e Chicago co n v en tio n backed by labor, th e conduct of business and th e
th e solid d eleg atio n from th a t sta te s ta rtin g of new en terp rises, w ith the
and as th e Ideal second choice from co n seq u en t larg e pay rolls an d ac
a g re a t n u m b e r of o th e r sta te s , will tiv ity in all lines of en d eav o r."
(P a id Adv.)
hold th e key to th e situ a tio n and
lead
th
e
R
epublican
p
a
rty
on
to
vic
A d v » r t l . j e i le n t
tory In N ovem ber. T he n am e B urton
so u n d s Success.
R E -E LEC T
H e r e Is th e a n s w e r :
B io g r a p h ic a l.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
R a is e d o n M is s o u r i fa rm .
DRIVES SHARKS OUT
PLOW DEN STOTT
A d m itte d to S t a t e S u p re m e C o u r t B a r
a t 2 i.
D
uring
th
e
co
n
d
u
ct
of
his
office
C ity A tto r n e y , M o n tg o m e ry . M o , a t 22
C a p ta in in M is s o u r i N a tio n a l G u a rd Mr. E vans has acted ¿is th e legal a d
a t 27.
viser of all county official«. D uring
P r o s e c u t i n g A t t o r n e y a t 27
lii a d m in istra tio n th e people of th is
S e n t to O re g o n n s S p e c ia l A g e n t G e n
co unty au th o rized th e Issnance of
e r a l L a n d office a t 29.
62,500,000 of bonds for th e con
S t a r te d L a n d G r a n t S u i t s a t 31.
H alf a C en tu ry Ago.
E le c te d to C o n g r e s s a t 34.
stru c tio n of th e ln te r-e ta te b rid g e to
T he usual n u m b er of perso n s were
R e -e le c te d to C o n g r e s s a t 36.
V aucouver, W ash in g to n , an d th e
o u t rid in g y esterd ay but we h ea r of
R e c o rd In C o n g re s s .
p
av em en t of co unty roads.
All of
I
l
u
r
in
g
firs
t
te
r
m
s
e
c
u
re
d
a
p
p
r
o
p
r
i
a
a less nu m b er being a rre ste d for vio
tio n s f o r C o lu m b ia a n d W i l la m e tte r i v th e legal work In th ese m a tte rs was
latio n of city ord in an ces.
Officer
e r a m o u n tin g to »2.100.000, a y e a r. N o p erfo rm ed in th e D istric t A tto rn e y 's
W ard took one fast rid e r u n d er his
o t h e r C o n g r e s s io n a l I '¡ s t r i c t In t h e U n i t
office w ith o u t a d d itio n a l expense to
p ro tec tio n .—-Oregonian.
50
years
' d S t a t e s r e c e iv e d a s m u c h . T h e s e w e re
th e l a r g e s t l t l v e r nnrt H a r b o r a p p r o p r i a th e tax p ay ers ar.d in ed d ltio n to th e
ago.
t io n s r e c e iv e d b y th e D i s t r i c t In O r e re g u la r w ork of th e office.
T h a t sto ry has a fa m ilia r sound
g o n ’s h ls to r v .
Mr. E v an s' e a rn e st efforts to ca rry
and m ight happen any tim e, b u t one
D u r in g se c o n d te r m D i s t r i c t h a d b een o u t th e provisions of th e p ro h ib itio n
sp eculates on w h at th e people were
■ ' l l d o w n to M u ltn o m a h c u n ty .
S e c u re d
lib e r a l
a p p ro p ria tio n s
fo r
d e e p e n in g law have m et w ith th e a p p ro b a tio n
of th e people.
f ro m P o r tln n d to m o u th o f C o lu m b ia .
I . daysI was
H e lp e d s e c u r e a p p r o p r i a t i o n o f *1,.
In th e prosecution of a rso n cased,
1 t*le river.
0 0 0 .« n o f o r n ew p o sto ffice b u ild in g a t
Mr. E vans has achieved a n atio n
P o r tla n d . S a m e n o t y e t c o n s tr u c te d .
S e c u re d a p p r o p r i a t i o n o f $5.000 f o r wide re p u ta tio n by su c ce ssfu lly p u n
A lady
p u r c h a s e o f p o sto ffice s i t e a t S t. J o h n a . ishing m ore offenders th an any o th e r
11 in« how-
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
H e lp e d s e c u r e a p p r o p r i a t i o n o f 316,. county n ot excluding New Y ork city.
{ She plays
000,000
fo r
G o v e rn m e n t r a ilw a y
In
He
has
driven
o
u
t
th
e
1
o
an
-sh
a
rk
s
A. W . L A F F E B T Y
A la s k a .
she m ust be d raw in g h e r tw en ty cent#
For State Representative
— B u s h n e ll P h o to . 1916.
S ecu red
am endm ent
to H o m e s te a d from th is county who m a d e it a b u s
■ per day from th e soup e a rn e rs.
L aw . r e d u c in g r e s id e n c e p e rio d f r o m 5 iness to prey upon th e n e e d s an d d is
F i r s t a n d F o r e m o s t.
MADE GOOD LAST SESSION
to 3 y e a rn .
tre ss of th e w orking p eo p le.
Milk R ecord B lan k s.
H e is o p p o se d to th e e x p o r t a t i o n o f
W a« flrn t to I n tr o d u c e 8 -h o u r la w f o r
— P a id A d v o r tls e in c n t
M onth's record of m ilk p ro d u c a r m s a n d a m u n itio n w ith w h ic h to m u r w o m e n In th e D i s t r i c t o f C o lu m b ia a n d
L ist of Ijetter a.
tion for ab o u t 16 cows. J u s t w hat d e r o u r b r o t h e r s a c r o s s t h e s e a s
H elped s e c u r e it« p an n ag e.
you need to keep trac k of y o u r herd. )
R em aining le tte rs un called fo r In
V o te d a n d sp o k e f o r N a tio n a l W o rn -
H e f a v u r a e n f o r c in g th e O.
C. L a n d
C onvenient and cheap. O utlook.
a n ’» S u ffra g e .
th e G resham postoffice fo r week en d
G r a n t to t h e le tte r .
V o ted f o r K e n y o n L aw . w ip in g o u t
H e s t a n d s f o r a g e n u in e R u r a l C re d it c o m m e rc ia liz e d v ic e In th e D i s t r i c t o f ing May 14th, 1916:
Uw
L e tte rs—-C. H. H a ll, Mrs. Phoebe
C o lu m b ia .
H e s t a n d s f o r a r e d u c tio n o f O r e g o n 's I
V o ted f o r W e b b -K e n y o n L aw , g iv in g E arls, Mrs. W. C. M: u tc h e ste r, Mrs.
I ta x e s o n e h a l f b y a c o n v e y a n c e o f th e i to d r y s t a t e s p o w e r to r e g u l a t e o r p ro C lara T aylor.
j f o r e s t r e s e r v e s in t r u s t to th e s t a t e to ' h ib it th e I m p o r ta tio n o f liq u o r f ro m w et
T h ese le tte rs will be s e n t to the
j be h e ld p e r p e tu a lly a s a s ta te - o w n e d a n d j i nt a ten.
dead
le tte r offlea on May 2 8 th ,
I o p e r a te d f o r e s t.
T h e p r o fits f ro m th e
V o te d
fo r
s u b m is s io n
of
H o b ao n
In
s a le o f rip e tim b e r e a c h y e s r w o u ld re- a m e n d m e n t f o r N a tio n w id e p r o h ib itio n 1916, if n o t d e liv e re d before.
liu c e o u r t a x e s o n e h a l f a n d w o u ld g iv e to th e s t a t e s f o r r a ti f i c a t i o n o r r e je c tio n
calling fo r th e a b o v e , p lease says a d
O re g o n p e o p le jo b s b e s id e s
l i e I n tro - j
W a s p ro m o te d d u r i n g l a s t te r m to v ertised, giving daU ; o t H.»t.
d u c e d s u c h a h ill a t th e l a s t c o n g r e s s
c o m m itte e on I n t e r s t a t e
a n d F o re ig n
I. fdcC O L L . P. M.
T h e tim b e r m gh o p p o se d It
T h e y w a n ' ' o m m e ri'e , th e h i g h e s t c o m m itte e on
to k e e p O re g o n ’s t i m b e r lo c k e d u p to ro l I w h ic h a n y O re g o n m e m b e r h a s s e rv e d
in d f a ll to th e g r o u n d w h e r e I t s t a n d s s in c e th e l a t e C o n g r e s s m a n F i l l s r e tir e d
T he office of fa r m m a n ag e m en t of
| u n le s s th e y c a n g e t It Tor th e m s e lv e s fro m th e c o m m itte e on W a y s a n d M e an s th e U. 8. D. A. ha a co m p leted a s u r
fo r a so n g
T h e y o p p o s e a s ts te - o w n e d
W o rk e d In s e a s o n a n d o u t o f s e a a o n to
f o r e s t, s a y in g It w o u ld p u t th e s t a l e In p u s h O. A C. L a n d G r a n t c a s e to a au c- vey of one of th e best farm ed coun
c o m p e titio n w ith th e m
C h e ste r
c e a a f u l c o n c lu s io n , a n d lo o p e n th e la n d a ties In th e Unite) I S tates,
A g e n u in e R u r a l C r e d it L a w w ill so In v o lv e d lo a c t u a l s e t t l e r s u n d e r a d r a w county, P enaaylv an ia
T h is survey
I n c re a s e th e \ o l u m e oj so u n d m o n e y s s in g s y s te m , g iv in g to e v e r y c itiz e n w h o
lo b r in g h a c k p r o s p e r o i s c o n d itio n s f o r w ill r e g i s t e r f o r a d r a w i n g a n
a b s o show s th a t the tcro^ yield p rp d u ced
a ll a n d m a k e a r tif ic ia l p a n ic s I m p o s s ib le lu t e l y e q u a l c h a n c e , a n d Is s t i l l w o r k in g by In ten sify in g li ¡e farm in g p rocesses
In th e f u t u r e . T h e b a n k s n o w h a v e n e a r - to t h a t e n d
rises along w ith th e la b o r in co m e up
| ly *20.000.900 lo a n e d to th e p eo p le. T h e y
T h e re f o r e . M r. L a f f e r ty a p p e a l s to v o t
to
a c e rta in poll it. A fter th a t point
h a v e e a c h d o l l a r lo a n e d o v e r a n d o v e r e r s to m a k e t h e i r b a l l o t s c o u n t f o r
la rg e r yields pr oduced by intezialve
' a g a in . T h e re a r e o n ly (3.500.000,000 m 1 t h e i r ow n b e n e fit on M ay 19. b y s u p p o r t
farm in g a re a c a im p a cted by a lose in *
e x is te n c e In t h e I 'n i t e d S t a t e s . g o ld s i l - . in g h im f o r r e - e le c tio n to C o n g r e s s
FRED J. MEINDL
! v e r a n d p a p e r, o r J35 p e r c a p i t a
I f th e i
th e lab o r ln co in e.
in o th e r w orda, '
A W L A F F E R T Y . 651 P ttto c k pile
R
e p u b lic a n ( u iiiliila le for
g o v e r n m e n t w o u ld lo a n so m e o f th e
P a id A dv.
as in ten siv e fm rm lag is th e re p r a c
HTATB REPRESENTATIF E
c r e d i t " i t w o u ld re d u c e th e c o s t o f llv - i
JOHN C. McCUE
In g a n d ta k e t h e p o w e r (o s t r a n g l e b u s - I
ticed, th e re I* a p o lu t a t w hich It
Tax LI n o ta tio n , F ew er Laws, C on
T he S panish g o v ern m en t la con costs m ore in la b o r th a n it brin g s in
in e a s o u t o f t h e h a n d s o f R o c k s f e l l e r !
stru c tiv e L eg islatio n , le w e r Taxes,
FDR DISTRICT ATTORNEY
a n d M o rg a n .
te m p la tin g th e estab lish m e n t of d i crops — F a rm and F ire s id e .
Economy Efficient Service.
L a f f e r ty a t a n d a f la t-f o o te d f o r t h e I
'•Strict Ian en forcem en t ; im par p o o r p e o p le H e a p p e a la to t h o s e w h o s e rect w ireless service w ith th e United
BA l a b o r NO. 1112
S tates
tial and econ om ical ad m in istra tio n ." b a c k s a r e b r e a k in g u n d e r c o r r u p t p o ll- I
The
in q u isitiv e
subscriber
at — P a id A d v e r tis e m e n t
t ie s ,— to th o s e
w h o se s to m a c h s a r e '
Rockwood w ants t»> know how the
e m p ty a s th e r e s u l t o f d is h o n e s t g re e d ,
F ren ch new spapers are much em
Ballot No. 117
T he av erag e m eat consum ption of
•ton e gets Inside t h e cherry. 3<ind
to s t a n d b y h im in th i a fig h t, a n d If th e y
do s o h e w ill w in . T h e v ic to r y w ill b e I b arrassed by th e sh o rta g e of paper, us about twenty par unds of good ripe th e e n tire w orld is a b o u t th irty -n in e
Primary Election May 19 1916.
and th e ed ito rs have agreed to pool
t h e i r s a s w e ll a s h is.
For President
Albert B.
Cummins
U. S. Senator from Iowa
‘ THE MAN WHO CAN W IN '
Some of the reasons why Sen
ator Cummins is entitled to the
support of Oregon Republicans.
He is a statesm an of the
highest and best tvpe.
He is not an EXPERIM ENT
He is one of the strong men
of the U. S. Senate and one of
the great men of the day.
He is one announced cand
date who can unite all factions
and lead a united party to vic
tory in November.
He is not being urged oil mei
FA ITH —his views on the great
questions of the day are known
to all and are approved by R
publicans everywhere.
lie is a true friend of til
farm er and laborer.
ib' is the only candidate from
the West and for the first titn
in the history of the p arty th
M st has a real chance to nom
’¡tat ■ a w, stern man.
IF is strongly OPPOSED to
WAR.
.!• is just ami fair to all Na
> ‘ild all people.
His many years of faithful
ami superior public service ami
his m asterful achievements en
title him to the hearty support
c Ot-t gon Republicans
lie received a m ajority vote
in Minnesota, Iowa. Montana
and Nebraska, the only states
is name appeared on the
ballot.
HIS NAME W ILL BE ON THE
OREGON BALLOT
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