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URGES ACTION
XbDOE SCOTT WRITES CIBCUXAK
LETTER SEALING WITH GOOD
SO ADS SUBJECT.
Head of County Government Explains
Use of Split-Log Drag and Advises
Liberal Use of New Device Recom
mends Special Levy.
County Judge John II. Heott has just
completed a circular letter, copies of
whieh will be. mailed to every road su
pervisor in Marion county and also ti
many of the tax pavers in the different
road district. The letter deals with
the subject of a special road tax levy
and urge, the people to take action un
der the new law providing for special
levies in road districts. Judge Scott
also suggests the organization of more
good roads clubs for the general dis
cussion of road improvement and winds
up with a .detailed description of the
"King Hplit-Log Drag" and a thor
ough explanation of it lines and bene
fits. The letter will also be printed as
a poster anil copies will be furnished
the supervisors to le osted throughout
their respective districts.
The text of Judge Scott's letter fol
lows: ' "Please take notice that the taxpay
ers residing in the respective road dis
tricts in the county who decide to levy
a special road tax in their road district
for next year should hold their meet
ings in time to report their doings to
the county clerk not later than Janu
ary 1. 101'Ji.
"The county court cannot levy a very
high road tax on account of a high spe
cial school and city tax in some of the
districts in the county. I would, there
fore, urge the people who desire a high
er road tax to. call a meeting and levy
a special road tax in your road district.
"Such has been the custom in several
of the counties in this state ever since
this law has Iwen in force. If the
: people want better roads, it rests with
tn cm to make it possible to get them.
'AVhen you levy your own tax you are
sure the money raised therefrom will
be exjended in your road district. It
is admitted by all that any improvement
to , our public highways - adds to
the'valuc of all real property within a
reasonable distance thereof; therefore,
the non-resident owning real property
in your road district ought to contrib
ute towards the expense of an improve
ment that will enhance the value of
Cut of
his property. If you depend upon catch-1
ing him upon your volunteer subscrip- '
tioh list, yon will nearly always be dis
appointed; but by levying a special dis
trict tax you will compel hjm to do his
part toward improving dhe roads in
your district. Vour resident owners
will thus not only ie benefited by hav
ing better roads, but by performing the
labor .required to build the roads will
get back the tax you have paid your
selves, and also that paid by the non
rcsident owner.
"The county is now quite well equip
ped with road-roaklng machinery and
by receiving your hearty co-operation
we shall be able to do a" greater, work
- in highway improvement than ever be
fore. I shall be pleased to make up
some blanks for you that will be suit
able for your guidance should yon call
a meeting of the taxpayers in your road
district for the purpose of levving a
special road tax.
"I would suggest that you organize
.a road club and thoroughly discuss the
subject of highway improvement and
how-to acquire better public highways.
We are in need of agitation and educa
tion upon the subject. Below you will
notice a cut or the "King Log Drag,"
and a brief description of its use.
"Make n it once and drag the
road la iron t of your premises and get
your neighbor to do likewise and drag
in front or nis premises, and bv so
doing you will help to reduce taxation
-ery materially and at the same time
improve the powie road.
What s Road Drag Does.
"The first notieeaDle effect is the
1 r ' I
smoothing of tne roao snnace ana this of the sheriff of Morrow eounty filed U; 7" ' 0 , t , . , J
holes bored through the lab. TheUhe court here today report, the land fY (RnI ut not
niteh is made, of strong wire or chain, attached in the aetlon. . : i i. I . ... .. ' .
the long end Mstenea to .e over
of the front slab. The short end should
ox in , made in center
TU till UUK,i
f lht3 -iab to prevent the back slab
tntinir forwanL Hitch at D and stand,
It C on Plank laid on the eross bars for
nrdlnarv wora;. 7- - - ---
; -r. - ditch cleaning or
stand a " ,irt Face
ma
ke the drag move -
The cinldren's iriend - V
od impurities. Makes
oives tone,
about one-half or two-thirds of the
right hand of the lower edge of the
front slab with iron, an old wagon tire,
worn share of road grader or -any piece
of flat steel will do if you have it. If
you have none of these the wood will
do. ' "
When to Use the Drag.
" At first you will have to drag when
part of the road is too wet but after
a while it will dry evenly, and the
first few times you drag it will be bet
ter for you to merely drive down one
wheel track and back the other, mov
ing the dirt towards the center of the
wag'in track. Gradually widen as you
get a chance. This will give a solid
foundation. If the wagon track is at
one side of the highway, begin right
there anyhow. The rest will iollow in
time. Don't bo in a hurry.. First make
a drag; second, use it every time you
can improve the road by dragging.
"The hitch is next in importance to
the time at which the dragging is done.
The right time is just after the road
dries a little after a rain, or when it
is thawed on top during the winter and
spring. A smooth surface for travel is
tlftis produced, but a more valuable re
sult is that the road will shed the next
rain instead of absorbing it. This is
the reason why the road should be
dragged every tirr.c so that it always
bo ready for the next rain. If I do not
sny. anything else that is remembered,
and if the reader does not get any other
thought. I want him to tret the idea
that the way to make a good uirt road j U'Ren and Mr. Davey 's answer are
is to keep it so that Ihc next rain wi-i : given below:
not go in it. Oregon City, Or., Sept. G, 1905.
' 1 would like to make the following! Dear Sir: We are sen. ling this let
stiggestions: Don't drive too fast; ter and enclosed folder to more than a
.lon't walk, get. on the drag and ride; , tlioasand representative citizens of Ore
don t wait for vour neighbors to take J gon to get their opinion on the wisdom
hold, they may "be waiting for you; j of trying to submit the enclosed sug
don't wait for the o.g gradt to c:me gestcd constitutional amendments, or
up and shape the road. All that you ;
can ilo tirst wiil.heip to make lue won i
.... . ,
of the grader ier:naiicnt: don't be par
ticuSar about material. An ax and a
two-inch .intrrr nnd almost anv !oi? can
be. made into a drag.
"Don't try to drag with one piece;
use two. ith one piece you would
scoop out the hollow in the road arid
deepen them. When two are used the
one keeps the other up; and in a short f
time the hollows will have filled and
become level and hard like the balance
of the road. Oo at once, brother, and
make a drag, ami use it whenever your
road ruts up, anil you will have noth
ing lut praise for n, and remember that
everywhere the rallying cry of this
movement is: ' From your own front
gate to your neighbor's front gate to
wards town.' Thus the thing always
starts with the farmer's own self-interest,
but leads n. m directly beyond
his own liae fence to the. place where
he finds hirnfelf working for the gener
al giMiil of the community."
nllows the rain to now off and encour
ages the disposition of travel over the
Boau Dras.
road from- side to side. Teams usually
follow the beaten trailj Dragging de
stroys the old trail and the new trail
broadened and less defined tnan before
is made upon a dinr"nt portion of the
highway. Uy dragging while the road
is yet moist the road Ijeeomes a series
of practically waterproof layers, ot pud
dled earth; each one of which is' rolled
and pounded by the wheels and hoofs
of travel. Almost imperceibly the
center of the road is leveled until you
discover you have made a smooth grade
which is riot easily affected by bad
weather. Dragging does away with the
lumps on each side of bridges and eul-
, ,
verts; as the wheel tracks are wiped
It. ,
out, the water does not run to the
bridge after every shower as it used
to do, so you can drive as swiftly over
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culxerts as over any other portion of
the road.
Description of Drag. ;
; "Take two halves of a split log ten
or twelve inches thick and eight or
nine feet long. Set halves (aa) flat
with strong stakes (bb) the ends of
which are wedged; in two inch auger
sides to front, fasten thirty inches apart
LABORER SUES FOR WAGES.
Joseph Mason, an old pioneer of Sa
lem, but at present a resident of lone.
Morrow eounty, Oregon, has commenced
an action in the circuit court for this
county against Mrs. Albertina Richter
to recover money advanced and to pay
for work which he claims he has per -
r .k. t xr t:.i..- .-
formed on the ranch of Mrs. Biehter in
e ranch of Mrs. Biehter in
Morrow eoun
ty. Oregon, and the return
! me ash which Mason flaims be ad-
vanced to Mrs. Richter on aeeount of
I hr-r unrMM .
1 .wsasa J S. CM SB UIUUH f
t he sum of $728.50 and the Ubor per- i
formed is alleged to have been w
$650 or in all the sum of $1378,
forrBrv
. -- - -- juKoiti..
TA.i..Ml
. M.an
in aro attorney, for the plain-
tiff.
strong nerves ana muscies.
NOT IN FAVOR
HOST. FRANK DA VST WRITES W. S.
U'REN REGARDING HIS PRO
POSED LAW CHANGES.
Two of Proposed Amendments Already
Dropped by the Amendment League
as "Not Available' Others Under
Discussion Mr. U Ren's Activity.
Mr. W, 8. U'Ren, leader of the " Law
Amendment League" of Oregon City,
has been in theeity for several days
endeavoring to work up enthusiasm in
the interests of his various proposed
amendments to the state constitution.
Mr. U'Ren does not state whether he
has met with much success here or not.
Two of the proposed amendments,!
the pro-ponuiistie proposals
of the
. , . i i i
eague .nave airva.y r h..,
navmg Deen ioun.1 wunoui yinue ;
the opinion of the people to whom they
i-k rt
have been suLmitted. These are the
clarifies providing for the "recall," be
ing No. 2 on the list, and the "finor
itv representation" clause, known as
So. 4.
The communication sent out by Mr.
some of them, and also an anti-pas.4
I M tj. A f . . . I W
iaw ior .hwh- omrerj, i me propie hi
ii.egon i.v mutative peimou at me
dune election next year,
Will you kimlly answe
quest ions as soon as possi
your srges'ions au 1 criticisms, espe
cially as to the language and purpose
of the amendments and the several ar
guments J
D you approve of Xu. 1, a constitu
tional amendment giving the people in
itiative and referendum powers on all
local, special nnd municipal laws, and
single items of appropriation Lillsf
Do you approve of No. 2, a constitu
tional amendment giving the people
rower to discharge any public officer
ry vote of a sjiecial "lection f
Do you approve of :'o. 3, a constitu
tional amendment
giving cities power- JJant Mih.p sjwman, respond
d their charters, sur- f Motion to dismiss anneal denied
to mske snd amen
ject to the
laws!
constitution and general
Do you approve of N'o. . a const itu
tionul Amendment allowing the enact
ment of laws for the election of officers
bv proportional or minority representa
tion? I Do you approve of No. 5, a constitu
tional amendment to allow the itai e
printer s on.ee . uties ami sa.ary j ceived -the decree dismissing the appeal
mmlated or abolished by lawt t .o;inston to lp ,if aside and the
i Do you approve of No. 6, a const.tu-Uti ,3tion n.ci t the .uUsal
t.onal amendment giving the people ex-1, u.,'( for hu Heywood Bros. &
elusive power to create publu ! mstita- Wskefield Co resjndents, vs. Doern
t.ons at other places than at Salem t l.ocher Manufacturing Co., appellants;
Do you approve of No. 7, a eonstitu- ( tMnnlt in mn, respondents' 1 brief is
tional amendment giving one legisla
ture power to propose constitutional
amendments, and to the ieople power,
to prevent calling constitutional conven-.
tions? . j
Do you approve of No. 8, anti-pars
law for public officers f j
We shall try to form an organization!
of four hundred or five hundred citizens
to present such of these measures as
may be agreed ujion.
Please address your reply to W. 8.
U'Ren, Oregon City, Or., and oblige, ,
Respectfully yours, j
Thomas A. McHrnle,
Henrv E. McfJinn,
J. N. Teal.
C. K. S. Wood,
, Frank Williams,
Charles II. Caufi'dd,
Ben Selling,
F. K. Beach,
F. McKercher,
J. E. Hedges.
V.. (!. Cauf.eld,
C Sehuebel,
C. II. Oram.
II. (I. Leedy,
. (ieo. M. Orton,
II. O. Kundret,
-XV. S. IT 'Ken.
Salem. Or.. Oct. 31, 1305.
W. H. U'Ren, Oregon City, Oregon:
'Dear Sir. Only recently in a round
about way I received your circular let
ter and folder asking my opinion opon
.. ... ,
ments, to which I cheerfully r
j ..,, i,. v i
I Amendment No. 1 It would
. .. , , .
certain proposed constitutional amend-
eply:
mean an
. 1" ""Tf'i
I .J "nK' '
for the display of cr
liersome and expensive
ve too much chance
isplay
cranky notions which
are apt to be aroused on the spur of
the moment by cranky and irresponsible
persons seeking notoriety without re
gard to consequences. And, especially,
it would accomplish nothing that is not
possible under our present system. I
would, however, 'confer upon the gov
ernor th'e power of vetoing any item
or section in a bill.
Amendment No. 2 Emphatically, no.
It is repugnant to fair play, to Ameri
can spirit in general and would tend
to make every public officer a coward
and s sycophant. :
No. 3 Yes."
He. 4 No. The spirit of majority
I81? " waoKf.onie .mt mis
? 'V! fr,M traight With
that kind of hybrid government we
j rnle is good and wholesome and tends
. Tr" V"'J 1
'
ility.
;-o-o ueneve ine eoncenira-
" t te institntions is a wis pro-
vi.ion ' Tt rla. u ::
its to"n- redaec. to a miaimnm the
r per-fpossil ility of l.g-rolling and eombina-'
wlrt-ri!?- tor tU 'r1-- th
i a. -.-''
t- m am , .
. . jr ii xr a iti r- n iiiii-m. rraxsr s m
snffieientlv virnlent w T:;:
I. " .u. ,
ng it as as eiddemie. Constitutional
conventions have not been so numerous
as to threaten tnr eviL
No. 8 No. It would te an insult io,
every .man of honesty and intelligence
in the state. If a man be of the kind
of stuff that win be influenced by the
eaurteay of a ride on a rauroau.
wonkl be influenced by any other equi-
aleat, and could be easily reaeneu. aty
in public life and nay obser
vation therein leads me to the belief
that the carrying of a pass has never
influenced a sufficient number of votes
io defeat or enact a bill in a legisla
ture, or bad any bearing upon a court
decision. It may have trought return
courtesies, it may have generated a dis
position for readier justice to corpora
tions, but I do not believe its influence
has been corrupting or harmful to any
serious degree. j
Very sincerely yours,
Frank Davey.
ISSUES WRIT OF REVIEW.
Judge Galloway to Hear Foots Guard-
ianahip Matter by Order of
Judge Burnett.
Judge George H. Burnett, of depart
ment No. 1 of the circuit eourt, for
Marion eounty, sitting in chambers
yesterday granted an order for a writ
of review and a writ has been issue. 1
by the eounty clerk in the ease of the
Fidelity k Deposit Company of Mary
land, plantiff, vs, Howard Foot and
Mrs. Amanda A. Johnson, defendants,
filed in department No. 2 of the cir
cuit court yester.lay by Bouham k
Martin, as attorneys for the company.
... The petition for the writ if quite
long, but the gist of it is to the effect
; that Mrs. Johnson was formerly guard-
I ian rrr iiuwari
? -f
Foot and that the Fi-
j
ilelity & Deposit Company was surety on
her bond as guardian. When she at-
temrjted to close ud the 2uardianshin
"
last May, when Foot came of age, the
county court disallowed her final ac
count and entered an order that she
had wrongfully spent about $500 of
Foot's money and the county court then
entered judgment against her and the Fi
delity & Deposit Company for the
amount and interest for three years
back, making in all over $700.
The Fidelity & Deposit Company
claims in its petition that the eounty
court had no jurisdiction to en'.er the
judgment and asks that it be set aside
ami also sues Mrs. Johnson because it
is claimed that she refuses to assist in
setting aside the judgment. The wri'
is returnable before Judge oalloway on
Xovember 20 1905.
nnro ts t
GOESTO PENDLETON.
r the" following j Supreme Coust paS8ea Upon Few Mo
slide, and with t 4nn. .a a4A..
Week.
After rendering opinions dismissing
appeals in two cases pending argument
overruling a motion to dismiss in an
other anil makiug some minor orders in
one other, the supreme court stood ad
journed yesterday noon for one week
and will leave today for I'endleton,
where a week's session will be held.
Motions for the dismissal of appeal
were allowed iu the following cases:
W. A. Miles, respondent, vs., Samuel
Ku-anaon. 4imipllWt XlLle ( 'iirteK :in
s n v,t Ttt. .,.,uji.. ... i c
isia .m m j v i nni if t l'v v'S
Wiley, et aL, respondents.
In the eaxe of 8am C'asto, apjiellant,
vs. Kmma Murray, -t al., a motion to
retax osts was denied. Minor orders
were made in the following: T. A.
Livesley, et al., respondents, vs. John
Johnston, et al., appellants; motion to
ecall mandate allowed ami when rc-
g respon
excused and ii is allowed thirty days
from date to serve and file the same.
CLOSE TAX COLLECTION.'
Return of Sheriff Culver Shows Small
Amount Delinquent on Mar
ion's 1904 RolL
, Sheriff W. J. Culver made a return
to the county court yesterday on the
condition of the 104 tax roll, showing
j that taxes to the amount of $10,765.21
I remain delinquent upon the roll. The
! total tax as extended upon the origin
j al roll was $301, 775.39. to whieh was
ad Jed $1038.80 in sheriff's assessments,
the latter amount offsetting the errors
and double assessments found upon the
. roll with the exception of about $31.
I A total amount of $2S5,S59.49 was col
! eeted by the sheriff and turned over
to the county treasurer, $268.09 re
maining in the sheriff's hands.
The statement furnished the county
court by Sheriff Culver is as follows:
! Total tax as cx ten Jed on '
J roll
; Sheriff's Assessments... .
1301,775.39
1,038.80
2 222.90
Penalty an J latere' t... ..
Total.... ...... ..
Taxes collected and turned
over to treasurer.... ...
Rebate. .... ..... .
Errors snd double assess
ments. . .. .-. ....
Delinquent on original roll
Delinquent on Sheriff's as-
$305,037.09
$285,859.49
7,073.88
1,070.42
10,714.36
50.85
26S.09
sessment.
I Cash on hand,..
Total
$305,037.09
Turned First Sod.
One of the latest additions to the
city museum is a plow which was used
in planting the first crop of wheat in
the northwest at Vancouver. Wash. It
bottom instead of narin ot m
.the dirt, according to the stylo of he
ir ulern plow. Amon otW a,l.lit;nn.
lhTS Mi ittl
that weWpUlS iSSwe-!
an early date bv the Hudson's Ttv
Com Dan v from YnlmA At K- i
1 mV7 J fom r.ngiand. At the old
VaueWverDaTraeki in 18J50 tW
cJed "j. a nt t7 a
! wtse"w!dJweitr nrUenSd7 tlVJTa
" t vivHIVU SrKXVSSa S M
a I. . mss .
1. . -w sw ise m-
Ttai n. tt Bnl m . Sk ti -t lul . a. 1 .
ZZll" r?. ir . TV 1DC:1"
. ton E. O.
vuuai r I L n F IllCUtl IDiri.l'llil A.
was brought around the Horn bv the!
w a -- - ui ssw. j a n a sa SB m (vn inar x a
crop of wheat was harvested at Van- iy5A K ki7 a. " V
eouver. The plow i. a heavy affair ' i i-o tlSf' f2'550? (5),'
53 inehe. i. iJhgth, and woufl t a'j.la
furrow about seven and s hilt inches 'JErsiJ? fSr??' iwaf TJoe
wide. The unique feature about it is'SiS' Sff? )f 4.39r879.25; value, $2,-t
its mold-board whiik t. 4- i ! : 9?-6' 3- Miles railroad bed (1904 and
JEFFERSON WINS
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QAD 1EADIKO FROM THAT CITT
TQ HAr.TTKt CABBIES OFF
FIRST PRIZE.
County Court Recelres Reports From
Different Competing Highways and
Apportions Prize Road Fund Offered
by Business Men of Salem and Court.
The Marion county commissioners
court yesterday apportioned $2160.07 of
the $2800 prize road fund made up last
spring by the business and professional
men of this city and the eounty court.
The fund was divided into seven differ-
ent prizes, ranging from $700 to $100,
1 'if... ....
and was offered for the largest amount
i . .
i volunteer worn io ue prriu.ioru
the different roads leading into Salem. (
The road upon whieh the largest amount
of work was done was to receive the!
first prize of $700, the next $600 and ,
so on, but in eacn ease me voiunierr
work was to be of an amount to make
the prize equal 40 per cent of the
whole. Although the work on the dif
ferent roads fell short, neat sums were
lealized out of the prize fund by the
public highways leading into this city,
ill of which will be spent in the further
improvement of the roads.
The following table shows the win
ning roads, the amount of volunteer
work performed upon each nnd the re
spective amounts realized from the
prize fund:
Volun. work
Prize.
$020.44
381.80
372.83
302.40
202.00
167.40
113.20
jcuerson road .....$1551.33
Slough road . .
Pringle road .
Kosedale road
Brooks road . .
Asylum Farm
Silverton road
954.50
932.08
756.00
505.00
418.50
283.00
road .
Total
$5400.41 $2160.07
TAXES TURNED OVER
Sheriff Culver Hanus to the Treasurer
a Substantial Installment for the
Servers! Funds.
Sheriff Culver yesterday made the
fifteenth turn-over to County Treasurer
Kiehardson of the tax collections for
the, 1904 levy, in the sum of $4,059.32,
divided among the several funds as fol
lows: State and eounty .
State school
Indigent soldier ..
Li lra rv
iol! tax ..........
.$1980.42
. 850.74
13.95
. , 13.95
. 3J.34
15.99
6.16
1.00
1.51
5.63
2-78
. 313.73
1.15
11.44
1.89
1.51
. .-3.-0
. 3.02
29.04
.84
2.30
.09
. 3.57
.63
16.74
.21
5.82
17.0O
6.70
.38
1.16
. .60
. 136.07
. 149.75
. 407.67
. 19.32
. i 1.82
School District
School District
School District
School District
No.
No.
No.
No.
4
5 ,
10 ,
11......
15 ..
20
24......
25
28......
37
School District Nfr.
Sihool District No.
School
School
School
School
School
School
School
School
School
School
School
district
District
District
District
District
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
42
District No. 59
District No. 61......
Distrin No. 71.
District No. 77
District No. 79
District N. 80
School District No. 84......
School District No. 88
School
School
School
School
School
School
School
School
District No. 96
District No. 97
District No. 98.
District No. 103.....
District No. 108
District No, 109.... .
District No. 113.....
District No. 116
Special road tax iistriet 27.
Road tax ,
Salem city and city road. . . .
Woodburn city
i Silverton city
Total ..$4059.32
Of th above amount $111.35 is pen
alty and $06.76 is interest on account
f delinquency.
ALL SHOWING INCREASE.
Summary of Wasco and Clatsop County
Assessment Rolls Placed
on Iae.
The assessment summaries for Wasco
and Clatsop counties for the year 1905,
were received in the department of the
.secretary of state yesterday, the totals
of both showing a material increase in
the assessed valuation of all taxaoie
property, over the previous year, not
withstanding the dedncation of the ex
emption. The Wasco summary shows the gross
valuation of all property to have been
assessed at $0,405,670, exemption, $343,-1
725, and the total, $6,001,915, as against j
$4,737,220 for 1904, an increase of $1,--
324,725. The following list if items
shows wherein the principal increases
in valuation were made: Acres of till
able land (1904), 116,803; value, 0786,
830; (1905), 132,45; value, $1,365,660.
Acres non-tillable land (1904), 382,107;
value, $861,345; (1905), 432,207; value,
0880,445. Miles railroad bed (1904),
69.73; value, $360,475; (1905). 69.68;
value, $65000. Miles water ditch,
(1905) 14; value, $2500. Miles tele
graph and telephone lines (1904), 225; i
r n 1 .. a 4 ir t . g nsv a.a .....
875. ' ' i
In Clatsop eounty the gross valuation '
a i, . i . . . .
w.th ai To . fi!?.?7 V ?'805'7?3'
. , 1 - , 0 ; " . !
V? T'- zuo.opo. Miles street
'nd l905 Tal,ie
$4900. Miles telegranh and telenhan a
linca (1904), 558.25; value, $19,146;
(1905), 644; vaine, $200,000. .
NEW ENGLAND FOX HUNT.
- CHARLESTON, N. IL, Nov. 6. The
New England Fox Hunting Club. , or
ganized to promote the native fox-
nonnd, opened its first meet here to-
.unu" xavorawe .auspice. The mee
1J Planned to Continna .lnrint !.. .
tire week.
Po Ideal Clippings
I - - .Marion County's Candidates. --
Claud Oaten', cashier of l4dW A
Bush, bank; Frank Wright man, assist
ant secretary of state and Lot L.
Pcares, manager for B. L. Wade k Co.,
I all are said to bo willing to accept the
nomination for secretary of state. Iacb
has a host of friends who will go out
and hustle at the primary election. The
Republican leaders in that eounty say
Marion eounty is entitled to place on
Uh. .t.t ticket. There was a strong
"'"probability at one time of ex-Governor
Geer entering the 'race for governor.
but some of his 'rf"n
r;ii nt be a candidate. Mr. ueer
- - - . .
! has not announced nis n
intentions.
Evening -Telegram,
"j Always Believed It.
Ike Maning, ot the Statesman, has
read the American Ecoiwunlst so long he
believes what it says. Eugene
Regis-
ter.---. ' ' ' 11
He believed it even before he ever
saw a copy of the Economist.
And Keeps It Oiled.
People who understand that Messrs.
Huston and Moores are congressional
candidates wonder wnere those gentle
men arc at. Mr. Tooze certainly is not
keeping his light under ' a bushels
Eugene' Register.
Are Comfortable Enough.
State Printer Whitney in a recent In
terview claims that the profits of his
office are nowhere near as great as
some people think they are, though he
modestly confesses that they are com
fortable enough to make him wish to
hojil the place another term if the peo
ple will permit him. Forest Grove
Times.
Who Are They?
An ideal country for nuts, says an
expert. Albany Democrat.
Only to Avoid the Danger.
This paper has not and does not ad
vocate state division' except as a pro-1 complain of . the indiscriminate use of
tective measure against the threaten-' searchlights at. Forts Casey and -1'lagler,
ed danger of making Portland, the ' resulting in confusion w inch, they an
metropolis of the state, the state eapi- . sert,( -may lead to the' destruction f
tal. East Side Enterprise. I vessels. Formal complaint will 1h- made.
TEMPERANCE VS.
Let us first understand the true meaning of ." temjierance."
Temperance is a moderate use of anything which, rsed t b us ino.lcratclr,
is good for the user. Iutemjeranee is an immoderate aud harmful urn- of any -thing,
no matter how gool in itself; and niorVover, a voluntary ilitisc of any
thin; good for the user is also intemperance. Thus '"total abstinence,"
which means no use at all, can uever be temperance, which mean a use in
moderation; but total abstinence may easily Im iiiteniHrarrrc, for a man lian
no more right to wilfully alndain from that which, used, will do him jjonil,
and, thus abstaining, be guilty of a "sin of omission," than he has 'to take
too much of that same thing, and thus be guilty. of a "sin of commiiMioii."
So a man who drinks as much leer as will do him good i, iu that matter,
a temperate man. The man who wilfully refuses to drink as mm h beer ns will
o him good has refused to be a temperate man in the uce of beer, and i
therefore, in that matter, a non-temperate, untemfverate or intemperate man,
as you please. This Kint is well illustrated in St. Paul's advice to Timothy
to "He no longer a water drinker, but take a little wine for thy stomach's
sake ami thine, often infirmities." - ' ,
tn that land and time, where and when .wine was the common drink, and
sometimes then, us now, intemperately used, St. Paul distinctly'' advixcl
Timothy to give up total abstinence from winef and use wine temperately be
cause it wonld do him good.
In this country and time, where and when beer, the wine of the North, i
the common drink and is sometimes intemperately used, the same advice holds
good, to give up total abstinence from beer and to drink as much beer us
will do the user good; and that is exactly what we mean when we advocate
the usefulness of Leer as a teuieranee drink.
Having made clear what we mean by " temjK'rance," we .ire now to deni-,
onstrate some of
The Admirable Qualifications of Beer for Use as a Temperance Drink.
1. Deer is not an intoxicating drink in any proper or practical use of
the word " ineoxicating. " "Intoxication" is from the Greek w.-rd which
means "a poison." An intoxicated man is it. poisoned man. Pretty nearly -all
the medicines used in their practice by our physicians are "poisons." that
is, they become poisonous to the human system when taken into it in poison
ous doses, ami not till then.
Arsenic and strychnine, for instance, are deadly poisons when yon take
too much of them, but given in small doses they are" excellent tonics and arc
often highly beneficial when "indicated," ashe doctor calls it.
Now, the theory of the so-called temperance people is that alcohol is al
ways a poison, whether in small does or large, ami here is just where tlicy
make their mistake.
Alcohol is a narcotic stimulant, and has its place in nature and in human
nature like other stimulants such as tea, coffee, "and tobacco, and any physician
not a crank or quack will assure you that oftentimes a stimulant is indicated
in a certain case, an. I not only a stimulant, but an alcoholic stimulant, ami
not only an alcoholic stimulant, but in one case wine, in another case beer,
in a not Iter case whiskey, and in another brandy. I remember some years ag"
Dr. Wiltard Parker, then the leading physician of New York City and a pro
fessor in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, wrote an article for the
Christian I'nion. tuon edited by Henry Ward Heeeher, in which the doctor
said that in a ease of typhus fever he" knew of nothing that would save his
poor patient except brandy. I have myself pointed out, nt her request, a 4,M'1
brand of beer to an excellent lady and active mernlier of the W. C. T. Tt
who. took the beer with good results, on the advice of her family physician,
nlso an elder in the Presbyterian church; and I have had the pleasure of send
ing some good wine from my own eellir to a godly preacher and fierce advo
cato of total abstinence, whose physician had prescribed a little wine to thi
modern Timothy. But stimulants, and particularly alcoholic stimulants, arc
needed in the world outside the sickroom and outside a physician's prescrip
tion. The men who do the work of our Christian world need some stimulant
io restore their work-worn energies, and most, of these men have found that
nothing short of ajeoholie stimulaut will fill the bill.
Now the trouble with distilled liquors is that they are so concentrated
thit it is very easy to take a poisonous or intoxicating dose either at on
d-ink or more, in too ouiek succession, so that. ditsn.i liniLnra n.l even some
of the stronger wine, and some other
. i . . " .- ..
: can "pulque," may with some show
tical accuracy, ie styled intoxicating
Hut when you some to beer, with its twenty to twenty-five parts of water
to one of cold-fermented alcohol, the simple fact is that any man in search i
an intoxicant is a fool to try beer; for if he wishes to get drunk, he fan
get drunk promptly and thoroughly on whiskey, but on beer he has to drink
so much water to get at a little alcohol that the chances are he will get a
poisonous dose of water first; and as a poisonous' dose of water acts promptly
a. an emetic, he will find that his stomach has eome to the rescue of his fo"'
head ami rejected the beer a. too strong of the water for the desired result
Thus, while I allow frankly that it is possible in the case of some weak beads
to get mildly intoxicated on beer, yet sueh case, are so rare, and so temporary
and so harmless in their effects when they occur, thst to classify beer s n
intoxicating drink on the score of these rare ease, is much like calling teata
an "explosive" vapor because it Is possible to blow up a boiler with it.
' Instead of calling. steam hard names anil. seeking to tax or legislate it out
of existence, we requite a safety jatve n" the boiler.
In the ease of leer the Inseparable" twentv-to-one proportion of water i
the ever present safety valve; and though mm dunderhead will sometimes
get 'fnll" on beer and become for awhile, if possible, more stupid than be
was to begin with, we claim that to allnr Jhese rare exceptions to place beer
in the same category as distilled liquors as an Intoxicating drink is simply to
apply a misleading epithet to the mildest and safest .alcoholic stimulant m
the world. From W. A. Lawrence's "Facts About Beer."
What the Press
of - the State
Has to Say of
Politics and
Politicians.
2T
Great -Ceasarl -Again?
Si News in an editorial cn
IIoiu M. A. Miller of this city
tW
dorses
for " re-election to the Oregon legisla
tore. Lebanon Criterion.
They'll Hare 'i-eir Right.
Home voters cannot be driven. They
do not want office, simply demanding
their right to vote as they plea,..
Woodburn Independent.
All Except (7)
-xAU the-' papers in Oregon are copying
aiter thcSalem Journal, whose editor
is the most modest man in Oregon! :
Albany Democrat.
- - " So Are AH Democrats. ,
The Oregonian is willing to sen.l s
Pepiocrat te the United States senate
Troin Oregon rather than have the state
suffer a loss of prestige and be deprived
of needed legislation.- East' Oregonian.
Don't Know Where They're At.
A patent outside.: printed on the
banks of the Columbia river, says that
Gov. T. T. (Jeer is undecided what
part if any he will take in the coming
political contest in the state, and that
is precisely what is the matter with
hundreds of other Republicans, some
of. whom have not yet been' governors,
senators nor congressmen. Sherman
County Observer.
Sees No Danger of Defeat.
With the race for the Republican
nomination for governor narrowing
down to" Dr. James Withycombe and
Hon. C. A. Johns, it is evident that if
Governor Chamberlain enjoys another
term he will have the satiHt'action of
having defeated a mighty g.i. man.
But if the 'Portland love'feant or gali
fest meant anything, there is no dan
ger" of such a contingency. Newberjj
Graphic.
WILL MAKE COMPLAINT.
SEATTLE, Nov. 3. The commnn.1-
- crs of vessels
entering 1'uget sound
PROHIBITION
. .if .
strong fer
mented Iiouor. like the Aiexi
of reason, though mJt with strict prsc
liquors. I