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HEBMISTOH TTERALT), HERMISTON, OREGON.
That Government o f the people, by the people and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.-Abraham Lincoln
VOTE FOR
WHEELER
To sustain the principles of the Great Emancipator
Farmers, Laborers, Rally to the Cajse.
This is Your Fight
Why I Shall Vote For La Follette - Written by Zona Gale
An cnormou, respect for facts as asking them to analyze and inter
ington as senator, where he had
One plank favored the impending Under this provision lt was necess
"cippared with protestations Is the pret and ten judge for themselvee.
been twenty years before as congress Income tax law.
ary only for wealth to withdraw
frundatlon of my support for Sena-
It Is not enough for those who man. And here are some facts
One favored the extension of suf from industries here and be invested
• L" fo iistte fOr president.
believe In him to declare that he about him after he went to the cap-
frage to women—eight years before abroad In order to escape federal
?'y home town is In Wisconsin, is not a destroyer of business stabil ltol:
the regular republican convention taxation. The only voice originally
and thus for years I have been ac ity, or dangerous, and that he does
That he and his progressives be endorsed equal suffrage.
raised against this provision was
cumulating facts about the Senator. no, wish to "undermine the Constl-
lieved that if such legislation was
One could go on through the list Senator La Follette’s voice, but when
"It was not always so.” At first I tlon”— nor even to "leave the coun
good for Wisconsin, it was good of twenty-Beven planks presented by he asked for and obtained a record
oelleved the protestations of those try to the mercy of Congress.” It
for the nation. That they formulat the La Follette minority groups at vote, his amendment to strike that
Interested In the special Interests hi no good answering these questlong
ed platforms expressing these prin these four conventions, and now en provision from the bill wag sustained
and In,the political bosses whom he by opinions or loyalties. Facts alone
I appeal to the men and women
ciples and presented them to four- acted into law. Here are facts 36 to 30. Government tax experts
was opposing. In those days the can be the spokesmen. And If there
national Republican
conventions, which are campaign material wheth estimate that the exemption of the of America to enlist in the Progress
political bible of the people was Its are those who ask whether he lacks
saw them rejected by the platform er for or against him, but neverthe “foreign trader” from taxation would ive movement that is now forming
newspaper.,. One did not ask who Judgment, they must be those who
committees, presented them to the less facts.
have meant a loss of revenue to the to drive monopoly and special privi
owned the press or dictated Its pol do not know the facts which answer
convention as minority reports and
And here is another fact which government of $300,000,000.
lege out of control of government
icy or wrote Its editorials. One be and so eloquently explain— facts like
heard them hissed by the National surely cannot be remembered by
Facts about his stand on the Aid- and restore it to the people. It is
lieved. I believed. And I even be these Wisconsin facts:
Republican party in convention as those who fear hig Judgment, name rich currency bill, on the federal re
lieved the well-worn catch comments
your fight. The rights, the liberties
That lt was La Follette who first sembled. Hissed because the planks ly: That from 1903 to 1911 he
serve bank’g deflation policy, on the
of those who also believed. Gover said that the railroads should not
were dangerous to business stabil fought to have 40,000,000 acres of sales tax, on militarism, on soldier's and the happiness of your children
nor La Follette was a disturbing in pay merely a license on gross earn
ity, because La Follette was a rad Alaska mineral land placed under an bonus, on financial imperialism with and your children’s children will be
fluence, insurgent, dangerous.
I ings, but should have a physical val
ical, because he wae a "Red.”
Alaskan board of public works so which (he South American republics determined by the outcome of the
said so when, after living for three uation— even though this did force
Were these platforms so danger that minerals, fuel, oil, gas or asp have been menaced; and facts on
struggle 1» which we are now en
years fn New York, I came back to them to pay $600,000 annually In
ous? Because some of us must have halt Iand8 should be reserved from the doctrine that the flag— and the
.W isconsin to stay. And my father additional taxes.
forgotten what they were, or else entry or sale. He had already been boys— should follow Investments in gaged. The enemies of freedom
uttered a sentence which I have bad
That when this railroad tax leg they would not now be called Into instrumental in doing this for the
have assumed control of both the
to foreign countries; Innumerable
cause to remember. "You are wrong islation was passed, it was La Fol
question, here are the facts concern coal lands In Alaska. But not un facts all pointing in the same direc Democratic and Republican parties.
f about him. He Is a great statesman lette and his progressives who then
ing their chief planks:
til three years after the Ballenger tion, are facts which everybody They have entrenchd themselves in
and he can neither be bought nor brought about railroad rate legis
One provided for the physical val scandal of 1911 wao the Alaska Coal alarmed about stability should be defense of vested rlghtg and preda
hypnotised.”
lation in Wisconsin, lest that $600,- uation of the railroads of the whole Land8 Act passed.
tory interests. We have raised high
asked to discuss. And one threat—
It was then that I began assem 000 of additional taxes should come
the standard of human rights and
country; and Is now a law.
Also,
our
neighbor
Dakota,
a shining menace surely to stability.
bling facts nbout Governor La Fol out of the pockets of the public. And
propose to fight aggressively to
One provided for the exemption of knows a fact or two concerning La
—.....And
I
say
that
when
you
lette. It was not, easy. The mass that the whole matter of railroad
labor organizations from the anti Follette’s handling of a matter when get the truth of all thl8 before the maintain' them. We shall not be
of misinformation about him equate rebates to large shippers underwent
trust laws; and la now a law.
11,000,000 acres of the Dakota Re American people (the $5,000,000,000 content to hold the ground we have
that concerning the motion,, of the a transformation at the same time.
One provided for publicity of cam servation were opened, and the rail appropriated for war in 1920) they already gained but shall ever strive
enrth In the days of Ptolemy. The
That it was La Follette who at paign contributions and expendi roads were to be given “terminal
to advance the cause of freedom and
will sweep from power and place re
chief wrongs of the age of any great tacked the political convention sys tures; and is now a law.
facilities”— 160 acres, every ten presentatives who dare to oppose democracy. We set no limit to the
statesman are first, the wrongs tem in Wisconsin, an abolished lt,
onward march of humanity. The
One provided for the creation of miles. And when he got through an prompt and effective disarmament.
which he himself Is combating, and and brought about direct nomina
issue ig clear. No man can be in
a Department of Labpr; and is a law. amendment giving the railroadg 20
I
cannot
support
any
candidate
second, the misinformation which hi tion of candidates at preferential
One provided for the extension acres every ten miles instead, and about whom statements or promises zdoubt where he should stand. His
circulated concerning him. And one primaries.
of the eight-hour law to all govern prohibiting the sale of the land for or prophesies or visions are made brain and his heart alike declare:
set of evils does almost as much
That it was La Follette who forc ment employes; and is a law.
town sites or for any other purpose, which cannot be borne out Ijy his “Make common cause with your
harm as the other. I wish I could ed campaign expenditures both to
One called for the creation of a there was new fuel for his reputa record— fact after fact after fact, proven friends. Distrust and despise
believe that the principal facts of be limited and made public In the tariff commission; and is a law.
those who seek your favor only to
tion ag a menace to stability.
written Into his legislative or con
Senator La Follette’s political life are state.
i
deceive and betray you. Enlist with
One called for the creation of a
And
there
is
that
picturesque
fact
known to the voters of the nation.
Thus railways, political bosses, federal trade commission; and Is a of his exposure and defeat of the gressional or ambassadorial or presi those who are fighting your battle.
dential life. Nothing counts but
Not protestations. Not promises. some employers and a proportion of law.
"foreign trader” Joker in the revenue facts. I shall vote for La Follette For the sake of your wives and your
Not political philosophy alone. Not political candidates In Wisconsin
One pledged to build, own and bill of 1921 which carried a rider because his record marks him a man children be counted as a man.”
denunciation of anybody else, but were the ones who first called La
Sincerely yours,
operate a railroad in Alaska, and is providing that any citizen of the U. who is awake to the eternal motion
facts, facts, facts concerning his re Follette dangerous. He was danger a law.
ROBERT LA FOLLETTE.
S„ 80 per cent of what Income of the world away from the control
cord. He has never built on any ous. But the danger was to them
One pledged to extend the postal Bhould be derived from foreign in of the few to the expression of the
thing else. It is with facts above and not to the people.
(Paid Advertisement.)
service to include the parcel post— vestments, should enjoy that 80 per
many; a man whose acts bear wit
all that he comes to the voters now,
This space ispajd for by small
Then La Follette went to Wash that familiar daily visitor.
cent free from federal taxation. ness to his words.
contributions.
La Follette
Writes Special
Message
(Paid Advertisment)
RepublicanINational, Senatorial, Con
gressional, State, District and
County Ticket:
PRESIDENT
Calvin Coolidge
VICE-PRESIDENT
Charles G. Dawes
U. s . SENATOR
Charles L. McNary
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS
Second Cong-. D istrict
N. J. Sinnott
SECRETARY OF STATE
Sam A. Kozer
STATE TREASURER
Thos. B. Kay
JUSTICES OF SUPREME COURT
CIRCUIT JUDGE
Gilbert W. Phelps
REPRESENTATIVE 22ND DIST.
A. R. Shumway
REPRESENTATIVE 23RD DIST.
L. L. Mann
S. A. Miller
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Cyril C. Proebstel
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
R. E. Bean
SHERIFF
Zoeth Houser
COUNTY CLERK
Harry H. Belt
R. T. Brown
To succeed Judge Harris
ASSESSOR
Percy R. Kelly
R. O. Hawks
To succeed the late Judge McCourt
RECORDER o f CONVEYANCES
ATTORNEY GF.WF.T1 AT.
I. H. Van Winkle
DAIRY AND FOOD COMMISSIONER
J. D. Mickle
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER
Eastern Oregon D istrict
H. H. Corey
Mrs. Benjamin S. Burroughs
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
J. A. Yeager
CORONER
H. S. Garfield
$41,252,350
Recorded Damage Due to State
Income Tax
8 Timber purchases cancelled or Buspended................. $18,000,000
11 Construction of lumber mills, towns, logging camps
logging railways abandoned or suspended.... 7,875,000
32 Other Industrial Investments cancelled or suspend-
ed......................................................................................... 4,578,00
One ear’s operating payroll on foregoing Items.. 6,680,000
8 Dlslncorporatlons, $4,606,000 capital. Damage listed
1’10 only ....................................................................
460,600
10 Actual removals from the state, Including loss of
one year’s Pay roll.................................................... 2,440,250
22 Thratened removals, Including loss of only one
year’» pay roll................................................ ............. 2,218,600
31 Cases as to which definite amounts are not available
but which would amount to many millions; damage
listed as ........................................................... ,
0
34 Cases still under investigation; would amount to many
millions; damage listed as ..................... .............
0
21 Cases In which reported removal or investment else
where was stated to have been caused by the income
tax, but which cannot be verified in writing; damage
c , ,
................. ~ ..........
_____ °
Total recorded damage.................................. ........ $41 252 350
We have examined te signed statements and exhibits upon
which the foregoing tabulation te based and find that the total
of $41,252,350 is a conservative estimate of damage properly
attributed to the stale Income tax as a determining factor In
Influencing decision against Oregon investment In the cases
listed. We also find that many additional amounts could have
been included Justifiably in the total, so that, making every al
lowance for possible overstatements in individual Items listed,
the actual loss of investment attributable to the etate Incom^
tax Is materially in excess of $40,000,000.
(Signed) Frank E. Andrews, Pres. Portland Chamber of Com-
fnerce.
(Signed) Charles H. Stewart, V.-P. Northwestern Natl. Bank.
(Signed) Ben Selling, Merchant and Philanthropist.
(Signed) Chrlss A. Bell, Attorney and Member of Board of Dir
ectors of Portland Chamber of Commerce.
(Signed) J. K. Gill, Pioneer Portland Merchaat.
Repeal the State Income Tax
Vote 312 X Yes
More than 1,500 contributors to expense of getting facts before
voters; signers and contributors live In all parts of Oregon;
this advertisement Issued by C. C. Capman. Editor of Eregon
Voter, Initiator of repeal measure; residence; 161 Lownsdale St.,
Portland, Oregon.
SURVEYOR
Crossing the Ocean
in Colonial T i
A Journal written by a tourist
who crowed the Atlantic to New
York before the year 1700 baa recent
ly been discovered. It gives a vivid
picture of early shipboard accommo
dation. The passenger was traveling
for pleasure, not emigrating. Ue was
accustomed to the best treatment the
traveler ot that period could procure.
His Journal records that the dimin
utive sailing vessel get out on Its long
voyuge fripa Holland bound for New
Amsterdam. He begins early In the
voyuge to complain of the cabin.
There was no palatial lounge and
writing room in those days. Although
he was a first-class passenger, he could
not enjoy the luxury of a private
stateroom, but shared the little cabin
with men, women and children. He
notes that the deck above his head
was so low that though seated on his
trunk writing his Journal, he could
not sit erect. The space between
decks was little more than three feet.
He complains of the rough weather
and of the fact that most of the cabin
passengers were seasick. There Is,
besides, frequent comment upon the
quality of the drinking water, which
did not improve in the two months re
quired for tire crossing. The bath-'
tng facilities were primitive, consist
ing of a few buckets of salt water
enjoyed In n more or less secluded
corner of the deck.
The traveler girds at the customs
regulations. It is recorded that the
sen chests and rolls of clothing were
turned inside out with no consider
ation for the feelings of the owners.
The writer noticed that the pas
sengers who enjoyed political posi
tions were not molested.
“Cheshire Cat” Grin
Variously Explained
The expression, “to grin like a Chen-
hire cat,” has never been satisfactorily
accounted for. It was popularized by
Lewis Carroll In his "Adventures of
Alice in Wonderland." In this pretty
story the Cheshire cat Is a grinning
cat which makes its appearance to
give Alice advice. The first time the
cat suddenly disappears. But after
considerable persuasion hy Alice the
cat returns and then disappears grad
ually and almost imperceptibly. The
last thing to vanish was the grin, says
the Detroit News.
It 1s said that cheese originally
made in Cheshire. England, was
molded into forms like a grinning cat.
the word "Cheshire,” te pronounced
“Chesh-lr," with the accent on the first
syllable and the “I” short ns In “Irri
tate.” There is also a humorous ex
planation of this phrase. Cheshire Is
one of those counties In England
known as counties palatine—that Is,
the count or earl has certain royal
privileges. This Idea. It te said, 1s so
funny to the cuts In that region that
they are perpetually amused at it. A
person who shows ills teeth when he
laughs is said “to grin like a Cheshire
cat.” The expresslou is especially ap
plied to a forced or sneering smile.
“ H e a lin g ” Pouf era o f Flo w er»
Some qtinlnt superstitions still lin
ger around muny of the common flow
ers In rural parts of England.
Groundsel Is said to be a certain
cure for toothache, but the root mast
be dug up with an Implement having
no iron in It, and the aching tooth
la then touched five times with the
root.
The Juice of the red flower of va
lerian is a cure for splinters in the
flesh, while fennel flowers will beal
broken bones, or, If they need to be
glued together, the roots of Solomon’s
seal, ground up and drunk In ate, will
do the trick.
Eyebrlght is believed to be infalli
ble for treating all eye troubles, eape-
dally failing eyesight, the rurals
pointing out that birds and animals
never guttered from bad eyes becanse
they peck at the eyebrlght
i
Q uite C ap ab le
’
There la nothing sinful about hav
ing a reasonable pride in one’s be
longings and estate, but when a man
has not the sense to keep hla mouth
shut about them he becomes a general
nuisance.
A farmer of this order had met a
few of his acquaintances on the mar
ket day, and, as usual, soon monopo
lized the whole of the conversation,
talking uhuut his steam thresher, bis
reaping machine, ills barns, his this
and bis that, until they wera all
heartily tired of listening to him. Ha
was the first to go, however.
“Aye." says one of them, "and has
ye a wln’mlil?”
“Na, thut's what nil hue nne."
“Well, man. It'« a pity ye had nae.
for ye could hlaw it ycrsel’."—London
Weekly Telegraph.
Home of Little Spirit»
"Little Devil’s Hill,” which la to be
found in Clay county. South Dakota,
is a strange looking lint topped hill in
rhe midst of level prairie. It Is 30
yards long, 00 or 70 yards wide, and
about 70 feet high. The top 1a a
smooth level plain. The Indians made
this hill a great article of their super
stition. They called it the Mountain
of Little People, or I.ittle Spirits.
They believed lt was the abode of lit
tle devils in human form, about IS
Indies high, with remarkably large
heads, and armed with sharp arrows,
with which they were very skilful.
They were always on the watch to
kill those who approached their resi
dence. The trndlllon was that many
had suffered from these little evil
spirits.
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