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OO O O o , oOC cz-.o O oo cOo o G o o n u G O o o B O o O O o o. O ting Process Outlined ,-. An estimated 80 per cent of t-1 Jackson county's 35.229 regis tered VOtfirs will on tr, h nnlli r- " ' ' - " ' fcetwefrn dam. and 3 p.m. Tues day, Nov. 6, to vote on candi dates r,4 measures On national, Ute and local levels. ' But will they be allowed to vuu? And w;!l their votes.be Counted? They will, according to Mrs. Beretri P. Hopkins, co'tin- O y clerk, i electors adhere to procedure specified by law. G Otherwise. thy will not. To be aa eligible voter, one mult be ti years o age. a citizen n of the United State. b able to read and write the English Iftlifiage and be properly reg O ftered. '. 3 Voting Hours D .c Queiifi-d voters may vote at " eny time between 8 sum. and 8 c,p m. Thoe who can are urged to vrtle as early in the day as Oj? possible to avoid congestion at the polls" wten working people 0 arrive-in the lae afternooi and - even Leg. , After entering the "polling. place, the elector Rives his name Hind address to the election board clerk. "He then signs- two poll fcooks. One of the election board members tears off one erf two numbered stubs on his ballot and hands the ballot to the voter. The voter takes the ballot into the poll booth anf! vote. He then folds his ballot ana1 hands it to O the first clerk, who tears off the remaining numbered stub and deposits the ballot in a contain er r Ballot Secret q Although the ballot mimber U writWn beside the voter's name in the pell books, the bal lot cannot be identified. Both numbered stubs are removed from the ballot before it is placed In the container and there are no Identifying marks left on the E ballot, a The law requites an elector to vote in the election precinct Cin which he resides. The poll books should contain the identi cal addreas information given to the' registration official. However, If the voter gave inadequate or hazy information concerning his residence, the 'registrar may have mistakenly placed him in the wrong .pre cinct. If. a voter finds he has been placed in the wrong precinct, he may contact the county elections department tn the courthouse. The county clerk and deputies will be on duty on election day KYJC o 7:00 p.m. f G&IEB y an? f -7X1 At e member of President Eisenhower's cabinet Dong McKay helped build policies that ceded the war in Korea and' avoided aggression in Morse bitterly fought and opposed the President on isstaes that brought as peace. A vote for Morse is. 0 ill? S. V. VMbinfte. GIVE c that they may live! One (Jollor will provide more than i00 pounds of America's food .t surplus for frsedom-lovihg, hungry victims of wot; famine and dis aster in countries everseas. Support the' Thanksgiving appeal for overseas relief sponsored by your religious faith Protestant, Catholic or Jiri. Under the ouspices of these three great re!i y glons magnificent overseas relief programs are carried on. Millions . of pounds of feod, clothing and medicines are distributed; hospitals ond orphanages maintained; resettlement and rehabilitation pro s'15 established. In Protestant Churches, give to the SHARE-OUR-(: SURPLUS APPEAL. In Catholic Churches, give to THE BISHOPS' THANKSGIVING CLOTHING COLLECTION. In Synagogues, give to the UNITED JEWISH APPEAL SPECIAL SURVIVAL FUND. Give thanks by giving this Thanksgiving she through your faith! P'ib?isbrf a. a puhh'c nerric? yt rnnprration with The Advcrthg Connni and the Xacxpaprr Adrn-tisifff Extcttives Aociation. and will issue certification of an elector's right to vote in his cor rect precinct, i Changing Residence !- If a voter moved into another precinct before the Oct. 6 regis tration deadline and did not re register, he is r.o longer qualified to vote in either precinct. If he moved within the precinct boun daries, he should so inform elec tion officials at the polling place. I They will make a notation of the I change opposite the elector's J name in the poll book before i issuing his ballot. If a voter is properly reeis : tered but will be in another county on election day. he may 'obtain a certificate from his county clerk. This certificate will permit him to vote in any county in the state. If he votes by certificate in a county within ,the fourth district, he may vote (for district, state and national candidates and for any state measures on the ballot. If he ! votes in a'ny county outside the fourth district, only his votes for State candidates and measures ;and national candidates will be : counted. Mar Get Certificate If he has moved into another precinct within the county since !the Oct. 6 registration deadline, ihe may obtain a certificate of I registration from the county clerk. The certificate, when pre jsented in his new precinct, will authorize the election official to wri'' the elector's name in the poll book and give him a ballot. Only clearly marked white ballots will be counted. Any bal lot from which it is impossible to determine any of the elector's choices will not be counted. If it is possible to determine the elector's choice on part but not all of the ballot, the part that can be determined will be counted.' The ballot is divided Into three columns where a city bal lot is not included. The first column lists the candidates for national and state offices. Mark X To vote for president and vice president, an X must be marked between the tjumber and the group. An elector must either vote for the full Republican group or the full Democratic group. The vote will not be counted if a substitute's name is written in for either president, vice president or electors in eith er political partv. However, a voter may write in the names of NOW more ttiofl ever before President Elsenhower needs men in the Senate who will support his policies for peace. a vote against Ike Pvrilauwi & Orcfh candidates and electors for any third party of his choice. I Mrs. Hopkins reminds voters to check instructions on the bal lot to determine the number of 'candidates he is entitled to vote for in each category. For U. S. senator, representative to con gress, governor, secretary of stale, treasurer, attorney general and any county office, he may , vote for one. Fop state represen tatives, he may vote for two. Referendum measures are num bered, but to indicate his choice a voter is advised to place an X in the square marked "yes'' or . "no". . Wrile-In Procedure I On the non-partisan ballot, ! position 301 under the section marked "official judiciary bal lot" does not carry a candidate's nameThe voter is instructed to "write in one ". He will write in the name of the candidate of his i choice. An X will not be re quired between the number and ! the name written in. I It is a voter's privilege to : write in the name of a candidate of his choice for any state, coun ty or non-partisan office on the line furnished for that purpose. The name will be counted if it can be ascertained for whom the vote is intended. If a voter inadvertantly marks his ballot wrong, he should not cross out or erase the error. In stead, he should go to the first clerk and request another bal lot. If a voter spoils three bal lots, he "must accept assistance to mark a fourth one. If he re fuses assistance, he can not vote another ballot. Assistance Permitted A crippled or blind voter may gpjjIdUl STEVENS The Mighty Mercer A new novel, a story of more than passing interest for even an old brushhooker is "Cargo of Brides." (Little-Brown of Bos ton.) The author is Helen Ruck er of Seattle. The novel tells the love story of Marianna Bancroft, " a spirit ed redhead of seventeen who left the shelter of her well-bred Boston home to venture West." She ventured as one of the 46 marriageable ladies ten were widows who were brought to Seattle by Asa Mercer on the ship Continental in 1865. They were good girls, one and all, daughters of misfortune orphans and young widows of the Civil War. Each young wom an had education that equipped her for teaching common school. Asa Mercer himself was not a marriage broker but an educa tor, the first president of the University of Washington. Two of the "Mercer Girls" made re markable records as early public school educators outside Seat tle Lizzie Ordway in Kitsap county, and Annie Stevens in Lewis and Thurston counties. Others taught in Seattle schools. All but one Miss Lizzie be came wives and mothers. One marriedAsa Mercer himself. All were active churchwomen. The Oregon Granger Asa Mercer was a mighty ax man, of the Illinois breed of Abraham Lincoln. He became an author, a bussiness man who built the first grain dock in As toria and who according to his torian H. H. Bancroft, managed the first shipment of wheat from the Pacific Northwest to Liver pool. Mercer also fathered the initial farm publication in Ore gon "The Oregon Granger." Earlier, in 1865, Asa Mercer had written "Washington Ter ritory; the Great Northwest. Her Material Resources and Claims to Emigration. A Plain State ment of Things as They Exist." The two trips made by Mercer to the big cities of the east were not simply to gather up cargos of brides for the boys back home but were also to boost his "Great Northwest." On his second trip he did heavy promotion of his book. He became special commis sioner of immigration under Oregon's Governor Woods. Wyoming Editor While yet in his thirties. Asa Mercer left- Oregon or Texas, where he was soon publishing four newspaDers "Vernon Guard," "Wichita Herald," "Bowie Cross Timber," and the "Mobeetie Panhandle." It was wild country. Outlaws were on the loose. The bold- editor of four newspapers in four tough towns could have four fights on his hands at once, without half try ing. Yet Texas proved to be too tame for Asa Mercer. He headed HYPNOTISM Hai been successfully used In muscular rheumatism, corutipa Hon, menstrual disturbances, migraine headache, insomnia. stuttering, etc For information recording Hypnotism see W. L. WHELDEN 336 S. Riverside, Med ford. Or. request assistance m marking his ballot. He may bring someone with him to mark his ballot, but a board member must accom-1 pany him to the poll booth. If i he is alone and requests assist-: ance. the judge and a clerk of 1 opposite political parties will accompany him to the booth, one to mark the ballot as he in structs and one to observe. No paper of any kind except a green sample ballot may be taken into ; the poll booth by an elector. A voter must not communicate ; with anyone while marking his I ballot and no smoking is allowed in the polling place by either electors, officials or poll watch ers. Law prohibits electioneering on election day within any poll ing place or within 50 feet of a polling place. The United States attorney's office in Portland will have an attorney on duty throughout the day and night Nov. 6 to assure enforcement of federal election laws. The actual mechanics of conducting elections is exclusive ly the subject of stale law and the federal government plays a minor role in the field. However, conspiracies to stuff ballot boxes, alter election re turns, cause multiple voting, bribery of voters or exercising violence against voters to in fluence their choices are among acts which may constitute a fed eral violation. Citizens may confer with the United States attorney or an as sistant concerning any alleged violation. The office is in the fed eral courthouse in Portland and the telephone number is Capitol 8-6171. for Wyoming, .after seven fat years. In the windy state, Mercer had the fight of his life. He founded the "Northwest Live stock Journal" in 1883 and built it into a thriving journal of the cattle trade. But then, in 1892 Mercer took the side of embat tled homesteaders (and rustlersl in Johnson county f against the big cattlemen, who were deter mined to drive the settlers off the range. This story has been told a thousand times in books and movies with "Shane" a recent sensational example. Mercer told the living story from the home steader's view in a book that was first called "The Powder River Invasion," then "The Banditti of the Plains." (It has been reprint ed by University of Oklahoma Press). The book was eventually suppressed, and the author sub sided into common editorial en deavors. Asa Mercer lived on until 1917, in peace and quiet. Helen Rucker brings the young Mercer alive in her "Car go of Brides." There is romance and adventure in it and history too. Pre-Election Polls Show Ike Will Win Washington U.P.) Pre election polls and surveys indi cate that President Eisenhower will win over Adlai E. Stevenson next Tuesday by a comfortable majority of electoral votes. If these soundings prove cor rect, Stevenson will make a better showing as the Demo cratic standard-bearer than he did four years ago but will still fall short of victory. Insofar as the payoff vote in the electoral college is concern ed, Stevenson's strength is shown in the Democratic south and in the border state area running from West Virginia through Kentucky, Missouri and Oklahoma. -"V"; I n irtiTrtlliiiliniri'a T ' r inn J VOTE FOR AAAYOR - ,28XPAULJ.SELBY Pd. Pol. Adv. PHOENIX PH Celebrates By LILLIAN KNIGHT Phoenix Phoenix High school staged a parade and pep rally before" the homecoming game played Friday night with Glen dale, which Phoenix won 38 to 13. The parade, led by the band and the pep club, started at 2 p.m. from the school, and went into town, where a pep rally was led by the cheer lead ers. Each class and school club had a float in the parade. The junior class float represented a pirate sailing ship won first prize. Each class had a queen cand idate. Senior candidate was Reba Hensley; junior, Wanda Aetkin; sophomore, Linda Med ford; and freshman, Sandra Ed wards. For the first time at a game the pep team put on half time activities. A dance was held after the game which had a record attend ance for a school dance. The stage was decorated with corn stalks sprayed with royal blue paint and decorated with bou quets of red roses with white satin ribbon. The hall was trim med with royal blue streamers. The junior Candida le, Wanda Aetkin. was crowned homecom ing queen at the dance. Her es cort was Sandy Coker. A floor show was held which included a dance by Mary Lou ise Cole and Dolores Newell call "jazz boogey." and another dance in which Virginia Martin and Nancy Stewart twirled and danced to "don't be cruel." A brass quartette consisting of Don Wallace, Glen Bradley, Eldon Mitchell, and Charlotte Unruh played a number. Mr. and Mrs. Fleet Waldron and children. Mrs. Don Williams. Harold and Jimmy Waldron. re turned Oct. 30 from Bend, Ore., where they attended funeral services for James Miller, fath er of Mrs. Waldron. last week. Miller came from Bend several months ago to make his home, with the Waldrons. Art Boner and Warren Hag gard have opened an office across the highway from the Old Oregon museum building for displaying the furs and pelts of nutria. They also have several stoles and other fur pieces which were made from the pelts of these animals. Wednesday morn- Search Resumes for Walla Walla Youth Pendleton (UP.) Search was resumed Saturday for 18-year-old Allen King, Walla- Wal la, Wash., missing in the rug ged mountain country 40 miles northeast of Walla Walla in the Umatilla National Forest. The search was halted be cause of darkness last night aft er 200 men, including 50 honor prisoners from the Washington state penitentiary at Walla Wal la, undertook a widespread search. A helicopter from George Field in Spokane airlifted the prisoners to the search area after Gov. Arthur B. Langlie" approv- ed the move. King became separated from a forest trail crew Tuesday aft ernoon. Foresters said all cabins in the area had been searched without finding a clue, and they expressed doubt the youth could remain alive exposed in the area which is intensely cold at night and is covered by more than two feet of snow. BY A NOSE Akron, O. OJ.R) William Smith headed for work after visiting his girl friend at Akron City hospital where she was taken for treatment of a broken nose after an auto- accident. Smith's car hit a pole and he was taken to the same hospital, also suffering from a broken nose. Um MaU Tribune Want Adf ELECT KARL L. Janouch County Treasurer Jackson County's Finances are big business. It is important that the time-tried, efficient operation o the office of County Treasurer be continued. Karl Janouch has given this job unquestioned business-like management he is trained, expe rienced and thrifty ELECT HIM NOVEMBER 6th. (Paid adv. Democratic Central . Committee) 2 YEAR TERM Selby for Mayor Committee Monday, Norember 5. 195( Homecoming ing they received by air from Argentina a shipment of 22 reg istered nutria of various colors. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Lappin have moved into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Kansky. The Kanskys. now in Fairbanks. Alaska, were expected home in September, but business affairs will keep them there until spring, when they will return to their home with the hope of retiring. Kansky is a governs ment engineer. Mr. and Mrs. Lappin own and operate Tabu Dinner House in Medford. Mrs. Phillip Sturtevant re turned Monday to Ardmore. Okla., where her husband is now stationed with the Air Corps, after spending several weeks here with her mother. Mis. Cornelia Barnes. A pink and blue shower, giv en in honor of Mrs. Michael Wrede, was held at the home of Mrs. Johnny Cauikins in Med ford Friday evening. About 20 ladies were present. Pumpkin pie with whipped cream and and coffee were served. Mrs. Burton Skinner was co-hostess. Mr. and Mrs. Wrede are present ly staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Furry. Mrs. Burton Skinner, who is currently staying with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Stevens, received a letter from her husband while he was in Hawaii, on his way to the Philip pine Islands, in which he said that he spent a day with Bernal 'Buzz) Stevens, who is stationed there in the submarine service. Skinner, who is a' jet pilot, flew ' Mr. Robert W. Ruhl, Editor Medford Mail Tribune Medford, Oregon '. Dear Sir: " o o I was born in Cushman, Oregon, in 1915iand spent my life in th) State, living in Florence, Eugene, and Portland. I was stationed in Med ford at the District Headquarters for the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1934 and 1935. In September, 1940, I was called to cfuywith Co? L, 162nd Infantry when the Oregon National Guard was mobilized iafo federal service. Upon discharge I attended the University of Orejpn under the G. I. bill. I came to Alaska in 1 949 and have lived lere since. o As an Alaskan and a former Oregonian I feel that the pending elec tion in Oregon is the most significant and important n the United ( States. In no other State do the candidates personify th opposinp points of view on the critical issues as Wayne Morse and Douglas McKay? ' Nowhere are the battle lines so clearly drawn along so widt a front as in the following: . 0 Public vs private power development. (Hell's Canyon, Dixon-Yjesp Conservation vs "Give-Away" of natural resources. (AI0Sarena) Q Aid to education vs the mounting school crisis. (Remefnfeee what happened to the Hill amendment to the Tidelands Oil till?) Aid to small business vs political favoritiim in awarding lucrative0 defense contracts.. o Fair labor legislation vs Taft-Hartley. 0 0 Real vs pper prosperity for the family farm. Constitutionally guaranteed procedures vs McCarthy?sm for government employees. These are not all the issues but serve to emphasize the0princfl ones. The overall issue seems to be the public interest vs special o interests. o Who else have more staunchly championed the public thsi Senator Morse or Adlai Stevenson? Where have the special interests found greater aid and comfort r than through President Eisenhower and his Secretary of Irfferior, 0 Douglas McKay? ' As an Oregonian I vividly recall the power crisis in Orecfon when such a drastic measure as the "brown-out" was proposed to conserve electricity, and the capitol city of Salem was facedwit,h severe restrictions on its power usage. Yet, when many of u? concerned were suggesting a study of the Columbia Va.lley Authority and Federal o Power Dams, from the Governor's mansion came Douglas JAzYAy'i classic reply, "What's the matter with the way we're doing itiow?" G As an Alaskan I recall Douglas McKay's reception of our Committer to plead for Statehood. The delegation was told th$t Alaskans were not ladies and gentlemen although there was no indi&atioij0 of rudeness from any of the members unless a desire for our cause to be given a hearing could be interpreted as such. As the Secretary of the Interior is the virtual ruler of Alaska the committee had nS f- course other than to swallow its pride and await some fjjture time. As an Alaskan I cannot vote for the President or pass on the Secre tary of Interior, the Satrap appointed to rule us. We Alaskans have already voted for those who represent us in the very?limited manner permitted to territories, and the vote wai overwhelmingly Democratic, o We elected two Senators and a Representative to Congress but they have no official status and are only symbolic of our determination Q to achieve Statehood and the right to work out-our own salvation. We reelected Bob Bartlett as our Delegate to Congress. "As an Alaskan he has no vote with which to pass on the matters that concern us. He can only suggest, wheedle", beg and look0t frierttlly Representatives and Senators who-do have votes for help. Alaskans know from experience that Douglas McKay is eot sympa thetic with our problems and aspirations. As a Senator he can do us irreparable damage. On the other hand, Wayne Morse hfs consistently worked on our behalf. o o We Alaskans will be eternally grateful to the people of Oregon for Reperesentative Edith Green and Senator Richard leuberger0whose efforts resulted in modern commitment proceduresofor the mentallvo ill in our Territory after years of seeing them barbarously committed as criminals. We ask candidates for office have the privilege of We urge you to Stevenson on November 6th. Paid Adv. from Oakland tg Hawaii and then on to the Philippines and will be with the 2th Sqn. et Clarke Air Force base. Mr. end Mrs. Andrew Stevens are on a combined vacation and MEET MARY KELLY AND MBS. WATRE KOSSE AND HER FAKILT! L .1 - Tonight, 6:25 p.m. to 6:40 pffl. KBES-TV Pd. Adv. Jackson County ftsmocratic Central Committee, Larry Sheehan, Chrm.Q you to further help ui0by jjroxy to pass on these that so vitally affect both ouf voting. We do not. vote for Senator Wayne Morse and Adlai Sincerely, Howard O. Withrow, Director Alaskans Need Morse Committed 0 o o O O MEDFOHO (OBCOOIT) MAS. TeUBOm-iftf I O o r. busines trip Boifi. Iaho Spoken, wash., PoetlaUid gjid Hood : Rivr, Ore, At Hocfrver will visit Aaiftw'i aunt they jnd uncle who til b celebrat- O lni their emu wtddinat nni- versary this mil O CO o 0(1 -'Alt? Box 78 o Anchorage, Ajaka o oQ Q o o o O destinie. tfou O (5 O O Co o o o o o
