DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM. OREGON. MON'DAV, OCTOI1ER 24, IftlO.
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EXAMINES
COUNTRY
FOR HILL
VISIT OF PROF. 8HAW AND IH3
TRIP THROUGH CENTRAL AND
EASTERN OREGON, REVIVES
- RUMOR THAT HILL WILL
BCILD.
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OKITRD FUSS LaiSBD WIBB
, Portland, Ore., Oct. 14. The ru
mor that the Hill system contem
plates the construction of a railroad
line through Central and Southwest
era Oregon was revived today fol
lowing the arrival in Portland ot
Trofeseor Thomas Shaw, e-S'ricbl-tnral
expert In J. 3. Hill's personal
employ.
Accompanied by his son, W. T.
Shaw of the Washington state col
lege at Pullman, Prof. Shaw has
Jnst completed a thousand-mllo auto
trip through the central and western
part of Oregon. He expects to re
journ to $U Pul soon, where b will
'-eubtnit a exhaustive report cover
' Ins; the Agricultural possibilities of
the country lying between Ontario
and Prlnevllle, Oregon. This will
bo made to Mr. Hill personally.
Prof. Shaw said that he had no
peclflo Information as to the reason
why he had been sent on the trip.
II admitted however, that Hill nev
er had the habft of sending men out
for a pleasure Jaunt. The Journey
began at Ontario, and during lta
progress, Medford and Grants Puss
were visited.
A GOOD AND
EFFICIENT
OFFICER
WALTER W. JOHNSON, CANIH
PATE FOR CITY MARSHAL HAS
AN ENVIAPI-B . RECORD AS A
FEARLESS ENEMY OF CRIMINALS.
Walter W. Johnson, Republican
candidate for city marshal, to be vot
ed on at the next city election In
December, has a reputation for the
running down and ' apprehenBtou of
fugitives from justice that Is unequal
ed In the annals of poltcedom In the
city of Salem or Marlon county. In
fact he la natural-born officer of the
law and his record for the bringing
to jusdce Infractors of the law la
without parallel.
Mr. Johnson is 40 years of age and,
long before his arrival at bla major
ity, be devoloped the peculiar and na
tural Instinct ot ferreting out crime
and criminals and he has boon Instru
mental In the bringing to Justice of
soma of the most desperate criminals
that have been apprehended In yours.
II has been Identified with police
work for the punt 12 years ot
his 20-yenrs resilience In tho city and
the record that be has matte is one
that none should be ashamed of. Ho
was connected with the fire depart
ment of tho city for three years, serv
ing under three chiefs, and two years
erved ns chief, of the flr depart
ment. He has thrice been chosen,
upon spoclul occasions, as a member
of the pollco force ot tho city and
served with credit to hluiHelt and the
city government.
To bla natural Instinct as an offi
cer of the law Is credited the capture
of Homer Mack, the doseurate hold
up man and would-be ussustn of Pr.
Robertson, whom Mr. Johnson locut
ed and arrested at the point of a re
volver in a fence corner on the fair
grounds road in the dead ot night;
an!, whon five qpperate criminals
escaped from the penitentiary two
years ago, be was among the first to
volunteer his service to his state In
tbe chase and engaged the band in
Ingle-handed combat upon a dark
and lonely byway in Polk county. As
m TJult ot this conflict he received
a eorlou gunS!"t wound In the right
lee and he fired the aiWt ftat result
ed la tho deatu s! flwr-j.l
ate of the ceteris ot dcs."uu" "uu
the final capture of the entire gam.
Mr. Johnson has the reputation of
being a fearless officer of the law.
and, if elected to the office to which
be aspires, would doubtlesa render
valuable service to the public.
It Is In time of sudden mlahup oi
accident that Chamberlain's LInl
ment eaa be relied upon to tuke the
place of the family doctor, who can
not always be f und at the moment.
Then It Is that Cbamborluln's Llnl
uieut is never found wanting. In
eases of sprains, cuts, wounds and
bruises Cbamberluin's Llnlm.ut takas
out the soreness and drives away the
pain. Sold by all dealers.
Latest estimates of oasualtlee la
the Minnesota forest Area place the
deaih list as high M Self.
Do You Know
That during only a few weeks' circulation, 40,000 of your fellow-citizens signed
a written protest against statewide prohibition?
That had it been necessary to go further, fully four-fifths of the voters would
have signed it?
That this list of signers includes farmers, ministers, physicians, ranchers, lawyers,
workingmen, and almost without exception, the leading bankers and business men
of the State? . . 0
That it includes the names of many men who vote "dry" in their own community'
Why? Because
SrnrmAiHf nrnfiihlf-i'nn nhsnlntelv kills local ootion, and the people of Oregon
want local option. They want a voice in the settlement of this question in their
own community. It is their right.
Statewide prohibition robs you of that right.
It robs you of the right to have cider, beer, or liquor, in your own home! It
makes it a crime to give your friend or neighbor a glass of cider.
It permits any officer, special or regular; to break open your door at midnight
and search your wife's or mothers room for liquor! Do you want that kind of law
in Oregon?
. Maine, on September 12, 1910, repudiated its prohibition law of 57 years' stand
ing by electing, for the first time in 30 years, a Democratic governor upon his pledge
to re-submit the constitutional prohibition law. It was not political insurgency that
turned the tide, but insurgency against statewide, obnoxious, ineffective prohibi
tion, so-called. Will Oregon profit by Maine's error of threescore years?
Nothing is settled until it is settled right.
Let us settle it now and settle it. right
The Home Rule bill (No. 328 on the ballot) permits cities to vote on prohibition
within their own limits. It permits any precinct or number of precincts within a
city, or any precinct or number of precincts or the whole county outside the cities,
to vote for or against prohibition, as they choose. Under this bill every city in
every county, and every county in the State, may vote "dry" if they so desire.
But
If you want to preserve your rights;
If you want local option which means Home Rule;
If you want your glass of beer, cider or liquor at home even tho' you are
opposed to the saloon
You MUST vote these numbers (cut them out and put them in your pocket
as a reminder):
328 X Yes. For Home Rule.
343 X No. Against Prohibition Amendment.
345 X No. Against Prohibition Search Law.
Think it over !
Prohibition att.mpti to override sa
.dividual sod inb.rat right. That's
why failure iavarUbly follows enact
m.nt of ths liw. It tak.s the liquor
tr.tfio from licensed de.l.rs who are
subject to refutation and glv.s it to
lawbreakers who ars willing to Mil to
sainort, drunkard. anybody for fain.
P. 9. Alk your Prohibitionist frl.ad
to eatw.r this "notion: If, a th.y
claim, 38 million people ere Mir living
ia "dry" t.rritory, why it it th.t ts
U. 8. lnt.rn.l R.v.nue Dcpartni.nt
how. that more whiskey and more
b.sr is costumed than ever befortP
Respectfully,
GREATER OREGON HOME RULE ASSOCIATION.
(Paid advertisement.)
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