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The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-09-10

antee depositors have gained $4,000
900 in deposits, while the banks which
do not guarantee have lost $1,000
900 in deposits. National banks are
now giving up their charters and
taking out state charters. In Kan.
sas and other adjoining states bank
ers says money is leaving their in
stitutions and going to Oklahoma,
where it is secured by the state law.
This probably explains why many
Western bankers favor the adoption
of the Oklahoma system in their
own states.
To make the object lesson even
more vivid a bank recently failed in
Oklahoma. Within an hour the bank
ing commissioners were in charge
prepared to pay every depositor in
full, and starting prosecution of the
officers of the bank who had violat.
ed the law. The commissioners sent
word to all depositors to come in and
get their money, and Governor Has
kell of Oklahoma told me the other
day at Chicago that instead of rush.
ing to town in great panic as soon
as they heard the bank had failed
the depositors took things very calm.
ly. Farmer Jones had $1,000 in the
bank, and when they telephoned out
to him to come in and get his
money he replied: TOO busy now
with my wheat. Be in some day
next week"
In the presence of such facts as
these one need not be surprised at
the popularity of the new idea.
Nor need one feel surprise that the
philosophic arguments against it
make small impression upon the
masses. All who have studied this
question know that the fundamental
weakness of the system of enforced
insurance guarantee is responsibility
without power and temptation to i'm.
prudent banking, since the reckless
banker can offer the same security
as the careful banker. To make all
banks pay assessments to meet all
losses, and then give every banker a
free hand as to methods, might in
the end do far more harm than good.
Judge Taft's objections to the sys.
tenn were based on this solid ground.
But the Oklahoma law. does give
power along with the responsibility.
That is, it throws safeguards and
restrictions around all banks. 1t
makes it practicable for the careful
banker to watch and detect and re-
port for discipline the reckless bank.
er. 1t limits the interest that may
be paid on deposits.
A great majority Of the people of
the West evidently believe in this
system and see no reason why it
should not be extended to the entire
country by federal laws. On the
whole it is one Of the most interest
ing questions now before the Ameri
can people.
WALTER WELLMAN.
The News Record S150 a wear
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-09-10

In the West they tell me a. great
majority Of farmers have money in
bank. When the money panic start
ed In New York last October and
caused a wave of more or less need.
less alarm to run throughout the
country, many farmers took then
automobiles. their carriages or theli
wagons. went to town, withdrew
their money from the banks and hid
1t at home in stockings, or trunks
or between floors. or out in the
barn. At any rate. farmers who did
not do this. as well as farmers who
did. were set thinking. And theli
thoughts. am told by men who live
among them. ran this way:
when the federal government de
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-09-10

The city water system will not be
Installed a day too soon. The coun
is erecting some fine large build
ngs in this city and it is impera
i've they be supplied with plenty o.
water for the lawns and trees, anC
)ure water for drinking purposes
It is needed now at the high school
Ind will be needed at the couri
house by the time the system is in
stalled.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-09-10

posits money in bank it demands Sc
curity. States and cities do the same
thing. Why shouldn't we have Sc
curity, too?
National banks are created and
controlled by the government. SC
are the postoffices. If we go to the
latter and buy a money order the
government guarantees to pay the
money to the man in whose favor IL
is drawn or to return it to us. Why
shouldn't we have the same sort o.
a guarantee from the national bank:
AS it is now, instead of depositing
with the bank with a guarantee OF
return whenever wanted, our depos'
it's are loans to the banks, which
may or may not be returned on
demand.
IF we ship money or jewelry OF
other valuables by an express com
pany, it is responsible to us. 1t guar.
antees the value. Even a railway
company guarantees the value OF
goods entrusted to it. Why shouldn't
bank do the same thing?
OF course there are many other ar
guments which appeal to the farmer
He can see that with guarantee Of
deposits there will be more money in
bank, which means in use in the
| channels of trade, and less in hid
ing in trunks and stockings. HI
can see-for our average farmer o.
today is a reading, thinking well in
formed man-that with bank deposi
I guarantee, if a panic threatens ther'
will be far less fear, less alarm, les!
hysteria, less withdrawal of funds
fewer bank runs and failures. Wha
might be called the broader aspects
CT the question are not lost upol
him. But, like every one else, hi
clearest, most vivid view is of hi
personal relations to the bank-wh.
his deposit in the, bank at the count.
seat should be guaranteed by some
thing better and stronger than tn
promise of that individual bank t,
repay.
If the tradesman, the farmer o
the salaried man wants an objec
lesson of the value of deposit guar
antee or insurance, he finds it il
the Oklahoma system. Down Eas
here they sneer at everything tha
comes from Oklahoma. 1t is a joke
1t is "reub," has hayseed in it
hair, and is wild of eye and altogeth
er peculiar. But the people of tn
West are not so cynical. Oklahom
is young and progressive and enter
prising. Perhaps Oklahoma has gon
too fast, possibly has made mistakes
But is is American, it is a part O
us, of our own people, and is entitle
to be judged on merits, on perform
ance. The Oklahoma law has bee
in operation about seven months
Five hundred and fifty banks ar
subject to the law, fifty of them bt
ing national banks. Five hundre
and fifty national banks are outsid
the system. The banks which qua
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-09-10

Before the election the JOSEPH
Herald .contendei title to the pub
ic square would not be given tt
he county, but last week in a labor
Il editorial a column long, it con
irced even itself the title is al
light and vested in the county. La
er on it will probably soak in th'
act that the title is inalienable
live Brother Kinney time. He will
'atch up with the facts after while.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-09-10

Everything in the fishing rod line
from cents up to 50, at Burnaugh
a Mayfleld's.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-09-10
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SPECIAL ADVERTISING NOTICE.
Resolutions, cards Of thanks, obituar!
poetry, and notices of entertainment
the object of which is pecurfary gai
(outside pure news me eltion) al
charged cents line.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-06
AND sl.oo
CITIZENS OVER s5
nay BE PgSslm
British Parliament is Exp,c.l
Pass snch an Act Appro.sI]
Session William z. Cun
Tells Of Bill 70 Give Ind.
gents $l.25 Per wsst.

Washington, Jan. 2l.-As st,.
one of these letters the other a,
British Parliament at its auu,rl
session Is expected to pass !,
granting a pension Of 81 Is pr
for every man and woman N
poor, lazy or Industrious: drp.|
sober, In the United Kingdom
passes the age Of IS years
their grandfather and Rrapdml
are taken care OF 10 that wsy n
Dor unions and other socialistegl
cations will Insist that all cbBaJ
years and under shall also be M
ed by the public treasury.
They reason 10 this way: M
lawful and proper for the Sh
give the children Of its subiecs,
education, 10 should provide susl
nourishment TO put them in cOd
TO make the best OF the instr
offered them. Again, II it is
and lawful for the State to n
books for the education Of h,
dren, there should be no oblscuj
providing boots and shoes, undsJ
ing, jackets, trousers, dtesm
oyercoats to keep them warmsa
serve their health so that tbu
make good use Of the books.
still further, II IL is proper aud
TO furnish lunches at school reca
poor children, why is 1t not N
proper and lawful TO furnish \
breakfasts and dinners? By thb
cess Of reasoning the advocates u
State maintenance convince \
selves that every child between
IA years Of age should be fed, ID
and educated by the National q
ment In order to make healthy
.lIgent, honest and industrious cid
OF them. In several countda
lunches are provided for ebGta
the public schools, because 50
parents are unable TO give
nourishiDg food.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-06
HUMAN STOMACH HAS
BECOME DEGENERATE
Animals Are Healthier Because of Strong
Digestive Apparatus.

the new medicine. eFor y q seven
years I suffered with catarrh OF the
stomach, and for th9 past year / was
lame with rheumatism. I attributed
this to my stomach trouble. 81 my cir
eulation was very poor. What food I
ate would turn to gas almost at once.
! would have a sensation OF hioating,
and would have to belch frequently
to relieve this. Ny heart also became
affected, and I would suddenly become
dizzy and have palpitations. I was
tired and dull and respondent at all
times, ] lost a great deal Of flesh, and
was nervous and depressed. This went
on for v e seven years, although I
spent hundreds Of dollars trying En-
get relief.
"When Cooper was IN Boston /
heard a good deal about his IDEAS on
stomach trouble. Next, one or two
friends told me that his medicines had
greatly helped them l purchased
some Of the New Discovery medicine.
Today / am perfectly well; / sleep like
q boy, "a eat anything and have no
rheumatism or heart trouble. I no
longer have any gas on my stomach,
and feel e. f-did years ago. No one
.coaid be more astonished by these
facts than myself. They are remark
able, but true. This is indeed q won
derful medicine"
The Cooper preparations have been
more widely sold and discussed since
being introduced than anything Of the
kind ever before sold by druggists. We
sell them and explain their nature
&C. A. Buckner & Co
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-06

OF Poland China hogs. The
home of the Stats Fair Winner,
sired by three great bears.
Meddler end 362oo, On and
On and 1896, Mos Keep On
and 45348. The get Of Med
der ? won more premiums
than the get OF any other boar
at Missouri StateFair this year,
showing against the winners
from Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, In
diana and Missouri's State
Fairs. Now this sounds a
little stiff but nevertheless it is
a fact. We have some choice
males and sows ready for SER
vice sired BY this great boar
with size bone and quality.
Come and see my herd. We
can please you il you want the
good easy feeding kind. Prices
reasonable, also some fine
Plymouth Rock Cockerels for
sale. Farm 81 miles northeast
Of Mexico, Mo. Have phone
on both lines. Route a.
H. A. GRIER & SONS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-06

An interesting Interview was re
Gently obtained with L T. Cooper, the
young man whose theory and medi-
clnes have created such a sensation
during the past year.
Mr.. Cooper. in speaking Of the re-
markable success OF hts medicine, had
this to say on the subject; MY medi-
cine regulates the stomach. That is
why It Is successful. Tho human stom-
ach today has become degenerate. and
is the cause for most III health. In
the horse. the dog, and the wild ami
mails generally. you see 10 nerve X
haustion, no chronic debility. They
are not shut up day after day with
practically no exercise, and they are
not able to stun themselves with food
when their bodies have not had enough
work to Justify II. The human race
has been doing this for years, and
look at the result-half the people are
complaining Of poor health, not real
illness-just a halfsick, tired. droopy
feeling. They don't really know what
is the matter with them.
II know that all the trouble is
caused by weak overworked stom-
achs. ! have proved this with my.
medicine to many thousands of peo-
pie in most of the leading cities OF
this country. l expect to do the same
'hing in Europe next year. This Ii
the real reason for the demand for
my preparation"
Among those who have recently
been converted to Cooper's theory is
Mr.. Monroe Brown OF s Hancock
Street. Winchester, Mass. MFR. Brown
has this 10 say Of his experience with
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-06

The Academy students gave q de-
lightful dance, Thursday evening to a
number Of their girl friends. Need.
less 10 say the hours passed quickly at
this pastime and another such Is INK
iously longed for be the guests.
Ms. Cortez Edmonston rave q Of
her hrst-class lunches, Monday ut
twelve O'Clock, to a few Of her friends.
The afternoon vas spent 10 converse
tIon and fancy work. Her guests we're
Mrs. Dea Carr Smith, Mrs. Latney
Barnes, Miss Annie Lewis and Mr..
Arnold Edmonston.
The Chautauqua Club held = pro-
fitable meeting this week with Mrs.
N. r. Rodes. The study OF American
literature is now being pursued by
them with great vigor Two good
papers we're read, one on Prescott by
Miss Katie Ferris and second on Mot
ley by Miss Emma McPheeters. The
club will meet again with Mrs. n. r.
Rodes next week.
The members Of the Mexico High
School Secret Society met, Monday
evening, with Miss RiIla Ricketts,.
-Four fresh victims met their doom on
that occasion, namely, Marie Rose,
Ligia Bolts, Gladys Van Ness and
Carrie Moore The fortunes OF initia-
tion concluded, reparation was made
10 the shape OF a bountiful schoolgirl
spread, each member present having
brought IN q generous supply of pic
kles, candy and sardines.
Miss Julia Arnold was hostess for
the +. A. e Club, Monday afternoon,
and entertained her guests in her al
ways pleasant manner. A great deal
OF chat followed BY some good games
made the time pass rapidly. Mrs. r.
A. Morris out-distanced everybody In
the magnitude of her score and was
rewarded b. the gift Of . pair OF desk
scales. A delicious salad course lunch
concluded the afternoons pleasure.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-06
THE HOGS In JANUARY, 100000.
Receipts This Month Larger Than.in
ANY Previous Month.

Nearly 6OO,0 900 hogs we're marketed
In Kansas City in January. There
were sos 900 received at the Kansas
City stock yards and 80. 900 at the
Fowler yards. This was 30 increase
OF 2A3, 100 at the stock yards and ST.
500 ut the Fowler yards, as compared
with the receipts in January last
year.
The largest number OF hogs ever
marketed In one month before In Kan
sas City was ais. sT6, July, 1901 and the
Fowler yards were not in operation at
that time, SO this months receipts
were the largest eyer recorded by 1884,
600.
The combined receipts OF hogs at
the five Western markets In January
we're 2,4SS. CSC, about so per cent more
than in January, 1907.
Prices the past month averaged
s2.26 to 81 90 lower than In January,
1907. Seven dollars was the top .
year ago, as compared with s4.62i To-
dav.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-06
Administrator Notice.

Notice Is hereby given that letters
OF Administration upon the estate OF
william III. Triplett, deceased, have
been granted to the undersigned by
the Probate Court OF Audrain County,
MO-. bearing date Of January is, 1908.
All persons having claims against
SAID estate are required to exhibit
them Tor allowance TO the undersigned
oscar X. TTiplett within one year after
D cate OF said letters, or they may
De preclnded from any benefit OF said
estate, and II such claims be not ex-
hibited within two years from the
timelof the publication OF this notice,
they will be forever barred.
OSCAR r. TRIPLETT,
4b-4t Administrators.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-06
Striking Sentences From The Prsai
dents Message.

There is no question In my mind
that 1t injunction against labor has
sometimes been used heedlessly and
uniustly and that some OF the injunc-
tlons issued infict grave and occas-
ionally i~rreparable wrong upon those
enjoined.
There is no moral difference be-
tween gambling at cards or in lot
teries or on the race track and gamb-
ling In the stock market.
Certain wealthy men > who
commit the hideous wrong OF teach
ing our young men that phenomenal
business success must ordinarily be
based on dishonesty, have = = .
made It apparent that they have
banded together for a reaction.
Part OF the movement to uphold
honesty must be q movement TO frown
on dishonesty.
Just as the blackmailer and bride
gtFer stand on the same evil, emil
hence OF lnIany, 80 0 man VINO makes
an enormous fortune BY corrupting
legislatures and municipalities and
Fleeing his stockholders and the
public, stands on the same moral level
with the creature who fattens on the
blood money Of the gambling house
and the saloon.
The defenders and a~pesogists Of the
great corporations = are lay
Ing up q day OF wrath for the great
corporations themselves.
lido not for a moment believe that
ths actions Of this administration
have brought on business distress;
IT Is due TO the speculative
folly and fragrant dishonesty Of q few
man Of Rreat wealth.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-06

demurred. He told his friends that
ne would have to be in Jackson county
to make bis campaign. They assured
him that ne would be taken care Of at
home and that all would be we'll.
They urged party service and upon
this plea, Congressman Cowherd con-
sented 10 devote himself TO the elect
ion OF Democratic congressman all
over the country, instead OF looking
after his own interests at home. He
took charge of headquarters at WASH
ington and directed that we'll nigh
hopeless campaign for the electien OF
Democratic congressman.
The year OF 1904 was marked by the
Republican landslide. To make mat
ters worse for the chairman OF the
Democratic Congressional committee
there was a split In the party lines at
home. Gowherd came home and made
o campaign Of one week. There was
no opposition to him in the party at
home and everybody seemed TO be-
lleye that he would be elected. He
went back TO his work Of electing
other Democratic congressman, fear
full that he would be beaten, but be
went back just the same.
When the votes were counted, 1t was
found that Cowherd had been beaten
by something like 1000 votes. Other
Democratic candidates had been
beaten by 5000. 1t is admitted by
nearly every one who knows the
situation that he would have returned
to Congress had be been allowed by
his party to remain at home to look
after his own interests. No man has
ever heard w. S. Cowherd complain
of the cost Of the sacrifice. II reminds
one OF his remark: 81 never belonged
to anything much but the Democratic
party"
Since his retirement from Congress,
Mr.. Cowherd has been practicing law.
When his law business has not claim
ed his attention, be has been spending
his time with his wife, his mother and
a sister, who comprise the Cowherd
household
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-06
TOR RODDING
Pennsylvania
TKE FIRST OF THIKTYssEvKE
CAPITOL GRAFT TRIALS
BEGINS TO-DAY.
Deishasnis Arr Charged with Con
spring 70 Cheat the State Dat Of
4lss.00O By Fslhfying the
Weight and Measurement
Of Msbrials.

HARRTsBURe, Pa, Jan. 28.-The
fnt OF thirty-seven criminal suits
against exstate oficers, contractors
and others connected with the build
iss sse furnishing Of the new II
million dollar capitol Of Pennsylvania
will be brought 70 trial in the Dauphln
county court tomorrow before Judge
Kunkel. The defendants In the suits
listed for trial are Joseph N. Austen,
architect, and John Sanderson, con-
tractor, Of Philadelphia, ex-Auditor
General William P. Snyder, Spring
CITY; ex-St2te Treasurer, William N.
MathueS OF Media, and James N.
Shumaker, J~ohnstown, exsuperinten-
dent Of public grounds buildings.
The defendants are charged with
conspiracy to cheat ana defraud the
state out Of sl35, 900 by falsifying the
weight and measurements OF certain
furnishing supplied bY Sanderson
under his contract with the board OF
grounds and buildings. The prosecu-
tion has selected five cases against
these defendants to be tried first. The
suits against Representative III. Burd
Cassell OF the Pennsylvania Construc-
tion company, which supplied the
metallic furniture for the capitol, who
Is under Indictment on charges Of
conspiracy and false p~retense, and the
remaining eight defendants in these
prosecutions viii be tried later. The
total cost Of the capitol was IL million
collars, OF which 4 million dollars
was expended by the building COM
mission for construction and 8 million
dollars by the board Of grounds and
buildings for furnishings. S~andersons
contract amounted to s5,4s7, 500 and
his profit In some instances is said to
have been as much as 1000 per cent.
Huston designed the capitol and the
furnishings and received in commits
sions more than s4OO, 900. Shumaker is
accused Of having failed to audit the
bills OF Sanderson and other contrac-
tors and with having accepted Hus-
tons Qualifications that the work was
according to specifications. Mathues
is said to have passed the bills with
out them having been audited In
either case.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-02-06

Silas tGrandpalEngle who resides In
southwest Mexico with his grandson,
Jesse Coil, accidentally fell Friday and
broke his leg above the knee. Mr..
Engle is quite an old man, and the
accident has caused him to be In q
very critical condition; Grandpa En-
gle was one Of the Oldest young men
in Mexico before bis misfortune. His
many friends hope to see him up 10 q
reasonable length Of time.