Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-04-29
w. P. LAFFERTY.
Voters Will Make mo- Mistake In Electina
Him County Treasurer.

Voters Will Make mo Mistake In E1ectin
/ Him County Treasurer.
/ The Republican nominee 70
treasurer of Benton county wa.
born in Harrison county, Ohio
and was reared on a farm
near Cadiz. The family movec
to Chillicothe. Mo-, in 1866, ane
in the following year the mothe,
was called to her reward, leav
ing the lad homeless. At the age
of sixteen he entered the Office
of the Constitution, at Chilli.
cothe, to learn the Printers trade.
After working there for a yea,
for the meager salary of $2 SC
per week, he went to Trenton,
Mo-, and accepted a position as
compositor on the Trenton Re.
publican. At the end of the first
year in his new place he was pro-
NOTED to the position of foreman
OF the paper, which place he fill.
led until 1873, when he retired
from the newspaper business to
assume The duties of treasurer OF
Grundy county, to which office
he had been elected for term OF
two years.
He went into the grocery busi-
ness with his brother in 1880, re-
firing in 1885 on account of ill
health. Two years later in part
nership with w. A. Smith, under
the firm name of Laferty &
Smith, he engaged in the Dry
Goods, Boot, Shoe and Clothing
business, and built up an extern
sive trade, which was swept away
in that period of financial depres-
sion from 1892 to 1896.
Mr.. Laferty came with his
family to Oregon in 1898, and
chose Corvallis as his place of
residence No better proof of
the esteem in which he is held in
this community could be given
than the action of the recent Re-
publican convention tor Benton
county in nominating him for
the very important Office of coun-
ty treasurer by acclamatiou. The
nomination went to Mr.. Laferty
without solicitation on his part,
and every Republican in the coun-
ty should take a pride in indors-
ing the action of the convention
by casting a vote for Mr.. Lafertv
next June.
The following letter, which is
self-explanatory, will be read with
interest by Mr.. Laferty's many
friends in Benton county.
TRENTON, MISSOURI, April 10, 1904.
Mr.. J. R. SMITH, Chairman
Republican Central Committee,
Corvallis, Oregon.
Dear Sir:-I learn from friends here
that MIR. w. P. Lafferty, formerly of this
city, has been nominated by the Repub-
lican convention of your county as can
didate for treasurer. The very high re-
gard in which Mr.. Lafferty was held by
me, personally, and by the people of this
county, prompts me to say a word to you
in his favor.
have known Mr.. Lafferty personally
and intimately for over thirty four years.
When first purchased and took charge
of this paper, in September, 1869, 1
found him, then quite young man, an
employe of the Office. He soon won my
confidence, and in few years became
foreman. He continued in this position,
I think, for about fifteen years and un-
til he voluntarily resigned, having been
chosen treasurer OF this county. He
held this official position for two years.
His work with me was always of an emil
nently satisfactory character and his con-
duct as an official was highly so to the
people of the entire county.
When he was elected treasure, know
ing him as I did, asked the privilege
OF going on his bond of $12O, 100000, and
Iassc-e vcu that lost no sleep on that
*.,rt
Asse rty was universally regarded
ne our best citizens and was
&c nd in line with the best peo-
PIE. assure you that your people will
make no mistake in electing him.
Wishing Nr. Lafferty and your entire
Republican ticket abundant success,
am Very truly yours,
W. B. ROGERS.
The voters are not talking
much Dolitics as vet br1t thew are