Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-06-01
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of Mankind

Editor courier
An honest press is the most potent
factor known to modern civilization
for the betterment of mankind and
the enforcement of laws. The way to
public sentiment is through the press
and through public sentiment is all
law enforced. When the public is lax,
officials are lazy and laziness is the
father of crime. AS l understand it
the Observer is distinctly party organ
and its editor dare not print anything
that will jar its musical harmony.
am republican all the way through,
but an honest one, and am heartily
tired of the disgusting antics played
by the mercenary officials of the past
regime in Josephine county. / am
told that ring existed and that the
Observer was a member in the past
and the two together has been running
things in high handed manner One
thing do know, and that is there has
been dishonest officials somewhere in
the county, if not how could it be
possible that SO many land frauds have
been perpetratedl In an editorial in
the last issue of the Observer there Is
acknowledged corruptness in republi
can ranks gone by. Speaking of what
voters should do it says: ''They
should sink personal differences. vote
the straight ticket, elect every repub-
lican candidate and so do their part
and their duty in aiding the new
and better regime of the party in
the good government and development
Of Oregon. That is all right, but
we should be sure the new regime
tas not been bred, fed and nourished
by the old. And another thing, the
editor of the Observer stated that my
article was too long for his paper and
advised me 10 take it to some maga
zine. Now, there are two facts to bt
considered-drst, am not a writer
for national circulation-what / have
to write is for the good of Josephine
county alone, and as such wish ny
feeble efforts considered. Second fac
is while the editor of the Observe
could not grant me column and
half for what l consider common
sense, he gave to Mr.. Chausse a
much space to tel. how j. o. Boot
and DR.. Kremer beat the county ou
of s53. S31S and the oil tank lie. VIII
don't some one harp on somethin
more important. The fraudulent &C
quisition of thousands of acres of pub
lie lands in Josephine county, for in
stance l wonder if Hon. J. o. Boot
ever charged $40 for advertising a part
ner out of claim and another ON
slS for the same work. Chausse di
this by E. NJ. Albright and so Al
bright is willing to give his affidavit
1t has been charged that time an
time again, when Chausse was editor O
the Observer that information regard
ing land frauds was mailed to hin
and all were promptly smothered.
do not claim that Mr.. Chausse di
this, but if there was no fire whenc
came all this smoke, aud Mr.. Chauss
sayshis opponents think he knows to-
much. No one down our way have
heard accuse him of that. / am
stranger to Mr.. Chaus:e. Mr.. Boot
and Mr.. Jewell and in fact a strange
to all the county candidates and
would not knowingly wrong any o.
them, but from what little informa
tion l have been able to gather, the
atmosphere in Mr.. Chausse's direction
is somewhat hazy. Voters would
do well to throw party issues aside
and vote for good, clean men in
county affairs. If Mr.. Chausse's re-
cord is clear, l say vote for him. II
not, and Mr.. Jewell's is, why vote for
him. | did not come to this country
intending to interfere in politics, but
these rascals with hob nails in their
shoes have been tredding on my toes
My whole interests are centered in
this section of the county and here
agricultural and mineral land has
been gobbled up by the lumber bsrons
through the Vaccinations Of corrupt
county officials. l plead with all
voters, regardless of party. to vote for
good, honest men. | would like to
say whole lot more but will close by
saying this literature has father, Q
full'grown dad, with whiskers.
L. r. WEBB,
Deering. May 81.