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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-14
CIRCUIT
COURT
SEVENTEEN INDICT-
MENTS RETURNED.

State of Oregon vs.. D. W. Nc
Caslin-arraigned Monday, plead
not guilty to indictment of murder
in lst degree. Trial set for June
9.
Dan P. Doherty arraignec
Monday, plead not guilty to in.
dictment for murder in the ond de.
gree. Trial set for June 4.
w. l.. Lowep, indicted for per.
mitting gambling in his saloon at
Hardman. Plead guilty, fined $50
Bud Swift, plead guilty to mis-.
representation of being q, to a sa-
loonkeeper for the purpose of OBJ
tanning liquor. Fined $25.
The following indictments were
returned today:
State of Oregon VS.. W. E. Bo-
Earth, wanton injury to personal
property.
State of Oregon VS.. Walter Fur
long, for wilfully breaking glass IN
a building not his own.
State of Oregon VS., Chas. Ear
hart, 5 charges, 8 for a>saultIwith
a dangerous weapon, and one for
allowing gambling in his saloon at
lone, one for intimidating an
officer.
State of Oregon vs.. Miles Bick,
erstaff. Plead. guilty on two in
dictments for selling liquor on
Sunday. Fined S25 on each
charge.
State Of Oregon VS. Ollie Hague
wood. Defendant made gun
plav at lone last fall. Plead guilty
and was fined SIS.
The jurors were dismissed last
night and court adjourned until
Thursday, June 4.
Report of the Grand Jury.
Before being discharged yesterday
evening the grand jury submitted the
report:
We, the grand Jury, drawn for the
Nay term of the circuit court for Morrow
county. having finished our labors re.
'pectfully ask that we be discharged.
We have been in session four days and
rave examined a great many witnesses
md have returned into court II true
bills, and not true bills. In addition
o the witnesses examined upon the
ases so reported we have also consd-
red number of other matters which
ad M, fxaN |
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NO.. 1fs-

Ity tax is about double what it is in
Sherman county und-r prohibition
AS TO FARM HANDS.
Our loss and gain account undec
the saloon system showed manr
items of loss brought about by
farm hands who "gave US only &.
pleasant look" (nothing else), an&
when they were paid off by the
farmer cashed their checks at the
ssloons, spent the greater part 2
it before leaving the joint, anS
then hit the trail, leaving only the
memory of that pleasant look thek
our nameless author mentions.
Last year we received more bus
lness from farm hands than we die
in the three years before (under
the saloon system) combined, and
we got the money, instead of the
SALOONS getting it. Our records
show that for the year endingAFeh
10. 1908, we lost not cent on ac-
count of farm laborers. Farm Ia
borers as rule do not buy muck
10 the line of clothing, but mostly
overalls, Jumpers, underwear, shoes
and gloves. AS result of this
when the seasons work is over,
and they are ready to return home.
the saloons not being here to rok
them, they have money to take
home with them to the ones that
are dependent on them When
we had the saloons it frequently
that men who had orked.
in the harvest fields during the
whole season spent their entire
earnings in the saloons and either
hit the ties out of town, or the sa-
loon men gave them back enough
to pay their fare out of the county.
The cowardly writer of last
weeks article in the Gazette would
have US believe that the citizens Of
Grass Valley and More
were simply bunch of ioutlaws,
and that our officials are no better.
Since the saloons went out of bus
ness we have lost lot of undesir-
able citizens, dead beats and eaas-
olers, and their places in the COM
nunity have been readily filled by
lecent, respectable and thrifty
people. If the name!ess writer oc
nyone else doubts the truth @,
herein, let him come over
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-14
CHAMBERLAIN
IN HEPPNER
Spoke to a Large Audience
Monday.

Governor Geo. +. Chamberlain. demo
cratic nominee for United States Sena
tor, addressed large audience in Rob
erts hall Monday evening.
ALI that the Governor did not favor
is hardly wo-th mentioning and he was
greeted with considerable applause.
Other democratic aspirants for office
present were Oglesby Young. for rail.
road commissioner, John. A. Jefrries,
for congress, and Joseph N. Scott. for
joint representative for Morrow and
Umatllla counties, all of whom delivered
short addresses.
Judge I. W. Ayers presided at the
meeting.
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Human Filters.

The function of the kidneys is to strain
out the impurities of the blood which is
constantly passing through them. Fo.
ley's Kidney Remedy makes the kid.
neys healthy go they will strain out all
waste matter from the blood. Take Fo-
ley's Kidnev Remedy at once and it will
make you well, Slocum Drug Co.
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Every question voter is called
upon to decide should be carefully
considered by the voter himself be.
fore the ballot is cast. The right
of ballot was given the American
citizen to exercise upon his own
judgment, not upon the say-so OF
some one else. The American cit
izen is sovereign within himself,
and under the statutes of Oregon
he is endowed with the privilege
of making and unmaking laws,
therefore in this state a duty de-
wolves upon the voter that is not
enjoyed in many states of the union
The voter is the legislator, and he
can cause his vote to be felt, it
therefore is his duty to thoroughly
inform himself as to what laws are
good for him Individually and for
the community at large, he should
weigh matters carefully, and not
depend upon some designing poll
tician to do his thinking for him;
he must do the thinking for him
self.
At the coming election a number
of issues will be presented to the
voters for their approval or reject
ion, and perhaps none is OF more
Importance to the average person
than that pertaining to the liquor
traffic in Morrow county. A move
is On foot to take the liquor traffic
in this county out of the channels
of legitimate business and place it
in the hands of the "boot-legger.'
So long as the traffic is allowed to
remain in the former channel the
saloons of the county will pay
considerable portion of public ex-
pense in licenses, but should it be
turned over to the latter no license
will be collected, though liquor
will be sold just the same in viola
tion of law, an occasional arrest
will be made, and possibly once in
a while fine will be collected from
some individual who violates the
local option law by selling liquor:
but if we judge from the results in
Linn, Lane, Benton, Sherman and
other counties that are "dry,' the
costs of collecting such fines will
far exceed the amount of fines. The
court records of those counties are
encumbered with numerous cases
where the authorities have sought
to punish violators ofthe local op-
tion law, but cases Of conviction are ,
few, and about all the satisfaction
the taxpayer has is that court ex. .
penses have accumulated while no 9
good results have been obtained. q
In Lane county one Japhas been 7
fined $4,000, but he is laying it G
out in jail at the expense of the
In Linn county there q
have been several convictions, but 4
the cases have been appealed to c
The higher courts at great expense q
to those who pay the taxes. Sher-
nan county has succeeded in get u
ing one conviction out of a num- ;,
,er of cases started. And this is .
about the average in the several
of the state that are trying -
O enforce prohibition-a lot of #
court costs and little if anything
Another feature that should be e'
by the voter is that in ~
his county there are II licensed NJ
aloons. On an averageehese sa- &C &C
oons give employment to three =
,eople, or A people in all. Many nj h,
# the proprietors own their own bi
and most of them as we'll to to
s their employees have families, er
ence it is safe to say that not less -
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Sherman county, to the three ar
ticles appearing in the Gazette las
week from the pen of John A
Douthit, of The Dalles. You asl
who is Douthit?
John A. Douthit used to rur
kind of newspaper at Prineville
then he went to The Dalles and
took charge of the Times-Moun.
taineer, one of the leading papers
of Eastern Oregon, This paper be
soon ran into the ground and was
forced to suspend. Then he asked
Governor Chamberlain to appoint
him to a state Office, but was
promptly turned down. Then he
turns to real estate at The Dalles,
and finally is picked up by the
whiskey ring to come to Morrow
county and try to defeat prohibi-
tion at the coming election.
Douthit has been a failure at
everything else and of course will
be at his present dirty job. He
Was even too cowardly to sign his
name or any other name to his
pack of lies, and before the paper
was issued he hit the train for
home. While in Heppner he made
the saloons his headquarters and
used the saloon men as his lieu
tenants to rustic data for his ar
ticle.
His article is replete with bare
faced lies, which will be exposed in
a future issue. Mr.. Gates reply
follows:
Mr.. E. NJ. Shut,
Heppner, Oregon,
Dear Sir:
am just in receipt of a copy
of the Heppner Gazette, containing
an unsigned, paid artic in which
the writer seeks to discredit the in
formation given you in a letter
written by myself some time ago.
We venture a guess that the writer
is failure 10 the business world,
and has now lent himself as a tool
20 the liquor men; perhaps this is
more congenial to his tastes. He
lidn't'even have the courage to
sign his article.
Had l known that you wanted
ny letter for publication l would
lave sent exact figures, but have
discussed this question with all the
'ounty officials and will again state
hat all things being equal, our
axes are lower than they were two
ears ago. Our nameless author
ives the 1905 levy as s mills, 1905
evy 10 mills and 1907 levy 10
nils This is easily accounted for
" the fact that the last Legislature
Increased the levy for school pur-
oses, and owing to the heavy
-ashouts in the north end of the
ounty last spring the count had to I
IVY special tax for roads and
ridges. County Clerk Mcdaniel
Ills us that the saloons being put 4
ut of business had not increased 3
lie taxes of the county a single B
TIA. And when we take into con- Z
daration the $500 exemption that /
as cut out it would make our
xes lower were it not for the ad- /
tional school and road tax. The
'unty (outside ofthe incorporated
wns) collects from the saloons u
revenue $1,000 per year. This -
more than offset in criminal
osecutions and the keeping of
unity boarders, We have this
om our Sheriff.
One of the councilmen of the
wn of Wasco informs me that the
crease in their city tax is due to
e fact that last spring the main
-eets of the town were completely
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Concluded On Page eighty
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[ ConcIut ed on page FIVE. }
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-08-07
The Newspaper and the Truth


"A few days ago a prominent clti-
zen was heard to describe the news
paper as thing that everybody he
lieved in, but which never tells the
truth"
The first part of the above state
Iment is true as far as 1t goes, but we
beg to take issue with that citizen in
regard to the latter half Of the dec
laration. He has evidently been mis-
informed, as is the newspaper at
| times.
1t must be admitted that quite a
few errors do creep into the columns
of a newspaper, although this fact
does not depreclate It's value consld-
cred as whole. The responsibility
for number of these must OF course
be attributed to the editor, as he is
decidedly human, and as a noted poet
has declared, 1t Is mans nature to err.
But the blame for the greater part
of these errors must be placed at
other doors besides those of the news
paper.
~ tlle iiiSt place. propaDly Ninety
i've pef cent OF plie errors mat creep
.nto " newspaper are aue 10 mlsln-
loiii'atio"' a prominent society
event mas mNeh pace OF some I'M
portant puolic ueai mas Deeh maue'
coHce'hins "hlch az sorts OF rnmors
are taPiulS spreading among me
people "heh approached by an
euitoF' persons VINO are informed o.
zen clther dellDerately misihlorm MIN
WIN regard 70 me ahalr' or only
teil Sucn lacts aDout y as VIII put
oie altair IN totally uinerent ngnt
rom "hat u shoula oe' thinking TINS
VIII KEEP II secIet' OF else VIII cause
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Louis Bennett, Democratic nominee
Tor governor, finds himself in the
notifying position Of having to re.
verse and change entirely his we'll
known stand as a bitter opponent of
the beneficial tax reform laws orig
mated by the Republican party or
lose the respect and support OF many
fairminded Democrats. Just what
his final attitude upon this important
question will be in the present cam
paign has not been clearly determin-
ed as yet and whether he will make
known his exact position is not yet
generally known.
Four years ago the Democratic
party Of West Virginia went upon
record in its platform as being dia-
mctrically opposed to the tax reform
laws. The party condemned the
regular and extraordinary sessions of
the state legislature called by the
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Some of the Democratic newspapers
are SO frightened over the disfran-
chisement feature injected into the
campaign by members of their party
that they studiously omit the pre-
amble of these planks, when citing
therefrom in their editorial comment.
For instance, Wednesday of the
present week the Clarksburg News
made prominent an editorial taken
from the Parkersburg Sentinel on
the subject, but neither newspaper
mentioned the preamble OF this dis
reimbursement plank. AS the Demo-
cratic state convention thought well
enough Of the preamble to insert it
in the state platform, 1t gives rise to
inference of various kinds, when
Democratic newspapers are too cow
ardly to insert it in their columns.
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years. 1t was while serving his sec
ond term as auditor that he went af-
ter the gubernatorIal plum. Getting
Office was SO easy that there was
nothing remarkable about scherr's
candidacy. He had reason to be-
lieve that he could land anything he
went after, but when the regular Re-
publican papers charge him with base
ingratitude in boiling and rending
the party because he was refused the
nomination for governor, they adj
vance an argument that the Lincoln
organs find is convenient to ignore.
The regular Republican press also
informs US that Auditor Scherr has
had two sons and his brother Julius
on the pay rolls as clerks in his Of
fee. to the exclusion OF other worthy
and able Republicans. All these
facts establish a strong case in sup
port of the contention that the Hon.
Undesirable Scherr is prepared to
step down and out of the race for
governor.
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Rewarded Enough.

None OF the Lincoln organs has as
yet advanced the claim that Arnold
C. Scherr merits the gubernatorial
office as a reward for faithful SER
vices, the Wheeling Register says
and all Of them are giving the boiler
only reluctant and half-hearted sup
port.
Mr.. Scherr, we are reliably in
formed by the historians, statisticians
and biographers of the regular Re
publican press, says the Register,
was native OF Switzerland, where
as a precocIous youth The conceived
the idea that public office is pri-
vato snap, and emigratcd to America,
the land Of political sinecurcs. He
continued to study the dope on how
TO get office, say his blographers, with
such success that upon attaining his
majority he had acquired pull
that landed him in the position OF
sheriff of Grant county.
That was in 1870, and in the inter-
vcning IS years he appears to have
stepped successfully out of one office
into another He was reelected
sheriff and official hangman, then he
went to the legislature, became
sheriff again, was delegate to the
National Republican convention OF
1884, a member OF the state commit
stee two years, and state auditor eight
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Bryan md the Courts.

The Democratic national platform
Is accepted as a bodily creation OF
Doctor Bryan, the eminent quack Of
that disintegrating political organ
ization. The platform says this year
that "the courts of justice are the
bulwarks of our liberties, and we
yield to none in our purpose to
maintain their dignity" 1t is pre-
stunned that the 1--WE" includes DIR.
Bryan. The party will certainly
yield to him as it has shown itself
to be in complete subjugatlon to the
dictates of this "emminent Doctor
Fiz."
Let US recall the doctors former
position in regard to unfolding the
dignity of our judiciary. in 1896
DR.. Bryan was one of the strong
supporters of the party's sweeping
attack upon the federal judiciary and
worked for its incorporation into the
Democratic platform of that year.
In the same year he displayed not
even the slightest blush of shame in
advocating the packing OF the United
States supreme court in order to Sc
cure reversal of that tribunal of It's
decision against an income tax law.
Old Doctor Quack prescribes the
medicines for his party, but he does
not have to take them himself. II
he should, he would suffer from
chronic attack OF inconsistency.
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expenses OF the government, the
Democratic platform just adopted at
Charleston declares. 'bear equally
upon all kinds OF property" The
Democrats do not even declare this
year that the tax laws need revising.
I'VE favor" they declare, only such
revision" as may become necessary
to make the laws equitable in their
working. This is the position OF the
Republicans exactly. II in time ii
does become necessary to revise
slightly these new laws in order to
conform with new conditions and
further to perfect them, the Republi-
can party favors such revision; but
these laws in their fundamental prin-
ciples are all right and the Republi-
can party will see to 1t that they are
kept intact as against the adoption
OF the sweeping change as was ad-
vocated by the Democrats.
But where Is Louis Bennett In this
Hopping over process? Is he now
the bitter opponent" OF the tax re-
form laws as he was formerly known
to be? What, indeed, does he
favor or oppose now? Or does he
know anything worth relating about
our system of state taxation?
The situation is just this: Bennett
has to come out openly and flop into
an Endorsement OF the Republican tax
reform laws, or remain, as heretofore,
a bitter opponent" of the beneficial
system and thus lose thousands of
Democratic votes. Certainly he is
up against It,"
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Pam anywhere stopped in 20 min
utcs sure with DR.. Shops Pink Pain
Tablets. Tho formula is on the 25c
box. Ask your doctor or druggist
about this formula! Stops womanly
pains, headache, pains everywhere.
Write DR.. Shoop, Racine. Wis, for
free trial to prove value of his head
ache or Pink Pain Tablets. Sold by
all dCalcrs.
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Take Kodol whenever you feel
that you need it. That is the only
time that You need to take Kodol.
Just when you need It; then you will
not be troubled with sour stomach,
bolching gas on the stomach, ric. Get
a bottle of Kodol today. Sold by al!
druggists
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-08-07

Louis Bennett has been the bitter
foe of tax reform all these years.
Maybe that is the reason the corpora
ton influences in the Democratic par
ty had him nominated for governor.
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Democratic newspapers in West
Virginia are not dwelling on the
various planks in their party's stat
platform. The reason is plain. They
found it almost as empty as a dry
gourd and have nothing to take there
from for food or drink as an editor
ial
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try it, The result is one bottle cured
him and he has not suffered with the
disease for eighteen months. Before
taking this remedy he was constant
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An Evening Echo.

That country is republican where
honesty and merit are recognized and
rewarded-James Ellis.
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Zirklc, OF Phllppi. w. Va He saw
chamberIain's Collie, Cholera and Di
arrhoea Remedy advertised in the
PhiiipEi Republican and decided to
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-08-07

sufferer. He is now sound and VOL.
and although sixty years old, can do
as much work as young man.
Sold by all dealers,
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STATE TICKET.

For Governor.
CHARLES W. sWIsHER.
Marion County.
For Secretary of State.
STUART f. REED.
Harrison County.
For State Superintendent Of Schools
M. p. SIAWKEY.
Kanawha County.
For Attorney General.
WILLIAM G. CONLEY.
Preston County.
For Auditor.
JOHN SHERMAN DARsT.
Jackson County.
For Treasurer.
D. L. LONG.
Mcdowell County.
For Judges of Supreme Court.
IRA E. ROBINSON.
Taylor County.
w. N. MILLER.
Wood County.
L. j. WILLIAMS.
Greenbrier County.
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Bennett and equal taxation do not
harmonic and we'll a large number
Of Democrats know it,
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My father has for years been
troubled with diarrhoea, and tried
every means possible to effect a
cure. without avail" writes John II
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For Clerk Of County Court.
HOWARD M. GORE.
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CONGRESSIONAL TICKET.
For Congress.
WILLIAM P. HUBBARD.
Ohio County.
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SENATORIAL TICKET.
For State Senate.
CHARLES G.. COLEMAN.
Harrison County.
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HARRISON COUNTY TICKET.

HARRISON COUNTY TIOI1I
For House of Delegates.
CHARLES NJ. HART.
MARCUS L. RIBLETT.
For Clerk OF County Court.
HOWARD NJ. GORE.
For Clerk of Circuit Court.
l. WADE COLEMAN.
For Prosecuting Attorney.
WILL E. MORRIS.
For Sheriff.
J. e. BARTLETT.
For County Commissioner.
JOHN B. STROTHER.
For Assessor.
ERNEST L. PIGOTT.
For County Surveyor.
CHARLES c. FITTRo.
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For Clerk of Circuit Court.
l. WADE COLEMAN.
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For Prosecuting Attorney.
WILL E. MORRIS.
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THE DAILY TELEGRAM
FRIDAY, AUGUST I. 1908.

Presidential Electors
JOSEPH H. McDERMoTT
j. NJ. McPBAK
District Elector -
FRANK w. CLARK
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Embroidery corset cover patterns,
made with the arms eye cut out Al
so beading for straps. Regular price
s1.5O. A few to close at Csc.
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SOC WHITE APRONS,
33c.

All styles in this assortment, large,
medium and small aprons, with and
without bihS.
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CHARLES NJ. HART.
MARCUS L. RIBLETT.
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For County Commissioner.
JOHN B. STROTHER.