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Arizona republican., 1911-12-03

tury to do. entered into the campaign
 with a pledge that if elected he would secure statehood during his first term or he would retire to private life giv- | ing way to a better man.
 On that issue he was elected. He took office March f, 1909. He found a congress tired of the talk of state hood for Arizona. The joint state hood bill had been so violently dis cussed that its defeat had left many sore spots Cameron sought those out and soothed them. He studied his colleagues and pleaded the cause of Arizona so eloquently that he made friends among them rapidly so rapidly that on July 15. four months and eleven days after taking his oath of office. he felt encouraged to introduce the bill which eventually formed the basis of the Enabling Act under which the constitutional con vention was called and which gave us statehood.
 He made good. He secured the passage of the Enabling Act which made possible the calling of a con ShiNuti'iieiA hiib Niit ton of a constitution. Conscious of the lurking feeling of animosity to- ward Arizona in the minds of some. knowing that jealousy of prerogatives would cause advantage to be taken of trivial things to delay the bring ing about of a realization of Arizona's hopes. he urged the constitution makers to be wary of innovations. His advice was disregarded. the in- nOvations were incorporated in the fundamental law. the delays he fear ed were brought about but undis- mayed he fought on until finally two years and a few days after the in troduction of his original statehood bill he saw the fruition of his hopes in the approval by the president of the Smith Flood resolution subject tO conditions which will be carried out at the polls on December 12 next
 Cameron has won the right tO ask that the people of Arizona send him as one of the two representatives tO which the state is entitled in the United States senate. He has made good. he has redeemed the pledge he made when he was elected as a dele gate to congress.
Arizona republican., 1911-12-03

through and it will if pursued as only Cameron can and will pursue it, that infamous back haul" charge for ser vices never performed. and which is such a burden to Arizona consumers will be wiped out.
 Ask every merchant or manufac- turer in Phoenix, Tucson, Yuma Prescott, Bisbee, Douglas. Globe or any other city or town in Arizona what the wiping out of the back haul charge would mean to them and to their customers.
 Is it believable that the Southern Pacific, the Santa Fe, or the Fl PasO X Southwestern railroads which are moving heaven and earth in this cam- paign to defeat the republican ticket, are not actuated by a fear that Came ron's idea of acquiring a port on the Gulf of California will be sanctioned the City of Mexico.
 Is it believable that they have en- tered so heartily into this campaign purely out of love for George w. P. Hunt and Mark Smith?
 Is it not more likely that they feel that with Mark Smith in the senate the Cameron project would be per mitted to languish and that they will be permitted to continue to make in iquitous back haul' freight charges anG through them mulch the consum- ing public of Arizona of millions of dollars annually for an indefinite time to come?
 The railroads have vital interest :n decrying the Cameron idea of q port of entry for Arizona on the Gulf of California and they naturally turn ed to Mir Hunt. Mark Smith and other allies of former years who, for the qualification of desire to hold office would stand in the way of every practically progressive measure calculated to benefit the people of Arizona.
 It may be asked by some who know or who have heard or read that Mir. Hunt is at the head of a great mer- cantile corporation in Globe, why he should be opposed to any measure calculated to reduce freight rates?
 In Globe it is very openly asserted though no proof has ever been fur nished that MT. Hunts freights have been very generously cared for by the Arizona Eastern which is col lateral branch of the Southern Pacific and that because of that generous treatment Mir. Hunt has always been careful that nothing offensive to the railroads should get through any leg islature of which he has been member.
 Be that as it may. the fact remains that Hunt is favored by the railroads today and the best evidence of that fact may be found in the warm sup port being given him by the corpora ton papers, the Tucson Star. the Bis bee Review. the Douglas International. the Clifton Copper Era, the Phoenix Democrat and by Mir. Hunts own paper. the Daily Globe.
 With Hunt in the gubernational chair and Mark Smith in the United States senate. and possibly with Carl Hayden in congress the railroads will feel that their interests, so far as be- ing permitted to prey upon the pub lie is concerned. will be thoroughly
Arizona republican., 1911-12-03
CAMERON CERTAINLY
 MADE GOOD RECORD

The one big, paramount issue in the rampaign now on. at least so far as the personal equation may he taken into account is: Has Ralph Cameron made good: has he redeemed the pledge he made the people when he was elected in the face of great democratic majority three years ago, and if he has made good and if he has redeemed his pledges is he not deserving of reward at the hands Of he people by being elected as one of he two senators who will be sent rom this state to the United States senate this fall.
 Commenting on this question the Prescott Journal Miner of recent late under the caption, Cameron and Gratitude" says:
 Three years ago Ralph Came
 ron was nominated by the repub-
 lican party of Arizona as a for
 lorn hope. He had as his oppon-
 ent Marcus Aurclius Smith with
 a record of nearly twenty years
 in the house and having behind
 him all the tremendous power of
 the gigantic railway and mining
 corporations of the territory.
 At the time Cameron was nom
 mated the newspaper power of the
 territory had been largely wield-
 ed by what was then known as
 the Kelly syndicate. The syndi-
 cate. backed by the hundred mil
 lion dollar Phelps-Dodgc Copper
 Queen Mining company, absolutely
 controlled the Tucson Star. Phoe-
 nix Democrat. Douglas lnterna-
 tionaI and the Bisbee Review.
 The Kellys. who were merely the
 tools of the Copper Queen and
 other great corporations which for
 years held Arizona politically in
 the palms of their hands, had for
 years been potent in the cOunsels
 of both the democratic and the
 republican parties"
 With the tremendous force behind him, with a record of twenty years in congress behind hom, although it was a do-nothing record. with per sonality which had won him great popularity among the voters of the
  that time to keep him in congress in spite of his record for having never done any good for the state and who had given him majority of three thousand but two years before. Mar GUS Aurelius Smith entered the cam paign of 1908 full of confidence that he was invincible and that he would have a walk a way in his contest with Ralph Cameron. the comparative lv unknown young man who had come out of the north to try conclusions with him.
 Cameron. handicapped by poverty. the candidate of a party. at that time rent asunder by internecine strife and as moneyless as he. realizing that the development of Arizona and the prosperity of her people depended in d great measure upon her admission into the union. something she had been striving for a quarter "r cen
Arizona republican., 1911-12-03
THE NEARLY LOST ART OF WRIT
 ING LETTERS.

How many of your correspondents actually answer what you write to them? Unless you are fortunate be- yond most women. you have letter after letter come to you. perhaps full of brightness and interest yet in whicd you feel a definite lack as you turn page after page in vain search for some slight reference to the urgent question you sent weeks ago. l have suffered so often from such oversights on the part of friends dearly loved and all mired that l have come to look on the obligation to give the clearest possible rely to each question received in T letter as one of actual honor. It rests with the mother to form this habit You can make it a matter of early training in the simplest possible way. Teach Lassic and Jack to read over the letter from Cousin Kit or Uncle John from beginning to end before beginning to write the reply. IT they are still so small as to make the not ing down of each point which can be made q part of that reply too much of q task. take the trouble yourself. un- til their pride in doing even that for themselves shall set you free The young daughter who has grown up with clear understanding why a well bred woman ignores m question ad- dressed to her, unless it be one which the other person has no right to ask. will quickly realize the emphasis giV- cn that silence by her previously form cd habit of courteous and thoughtful reply under all other conditions.
 And after all the questions have been answered. and after some little reference has been made to each eS- pecial thing told in the letter to be answered? Ah, there comes in the use of what is well worth your care ful fostering-thc child's power of imagination, as used to put it in an
 other persons place. through love. and
Arizona republican., 1911-12-03
And of Course Statesman
 Will Not Try
SHEET MADE A BLUNDER
Puerile Attack on Ralph Cameron is Shown to be Based on Premises That Are Directly Contrary to Facts.

George w. P. Hunts newspaper published at Globe has delivered it. self of the following profound thought:
 The republican organs of the Hitchcock machine are unable to say word in favor of Ralph Cameron's candidacy, except that he favors a seaport for Arizona on the Gulf of Mexico. Of course. the seaport idea
 is pure flap-doodle, for campaign con
 sumption only. But if it were a
 possibility. and if Mexican law per
 mitted the transfer of territory, the
 success of the transaction would not depend upon Ralph Cameron"
 Of course everything is fish which comes to the democratic net and hay ing no issues of their own to talk about they must follow their natural inclination to tear down what others build
 The making of Arizona a maritime state with all of the benefits which would follow particularly in the mat ter of freight rates based upon water transportation is not an irridescent dream. Secretary Gadsden had it in mind when he prevailed upon the national congress. sitting at the time to authorize him to make his famous purchase. but his engineers went astray and the errors they made were forgotten in the excitement of the discussion of the more momentous slavery question. which at that time was the question of the hour
 The discovery of America was not in the light of subsequent events. remarkable thing in itself-any sailor might have done it. but Columbus did it
 Mark Smith during his twenty years in congress might have set on foot negotiations. looking to the squaring of the southern boundary of Arizona with a view toward giving us access to the open sea and d port of entry which would have relieved the people of Arizona from the fearful y high freight rates which they have been burdened and of which they complain bitterly. but he didn't do it. Cameron did do it however. and to Cameron shall go the credit and Cameron should be returned to the senate to carry out the work so well begun.
 The Panama canal was fought for years by the ans-cOntinental rail roads. because they feared its con- struction would cause them to reduce trans-continental freight rates to a live and let live" basis
 The same railroads will fight and are fighting Cameron's proposition to acquire a port on the Gulf of Cali fornia for the same reason.
 They know that the acquisition of such a port which would be port Of entry for Arizona, New Mexico. Colo rado and West Texas and the basis of freight rates for that vast territor! would revolutionize trade and force them to cut their present high rates to basis. comparable with the rates charged dwellers in more favorably situated localities.
 Arizona merchants though they may ship direct from eastern factories must pay the rate to Los Angeles. plus back haul charge. though the back haul' is never made.
 If Cameron's proposition goes
Arizona republican., 1911-12-03

to think in what that other p"rsyn would find interest Whf sDu can begin with them even before the littie hands can trace The tDffsrinY capitals for themselves. Laf them help yD4 tO write your letters
 "Lassie." you call fD fine 5-.ear-Dld girl on the porch step. I'm writing letter to Aunt Lucy. What uould we tell her about frat if ahe ~cre right here. coming up the path from the gate And what would We want her 10 tell Cousin Kit When she ven home again? Just think. if sou had hold Of her hand. what would you
Arizona republican., 1911-12-03
Incorporated

take h~r c. see2 The new doghouse and The chickens and the five red buds on the rOscbush. one for each of ypur '.ee fingers: Then we'll put all about them in my letter to her. SD that ghe will feel as if she were her. looking at them"
 You needn't look on any quaH. baby message as too trivial to put r. your letter. If it comes of itself out of the eager young brain it is worth while You are thus encouraging that brain to be on the alert for things tl think about and observe.-Housekc CT
Arizona republican., 1911-12-03
IS v Years Old

'I am an old soldier and am seven ty-seVen years old"
Arizona republican., 1911-12-03
DOCTORS
 PUZZLED

nervousness and another enlargement
 Of the liver. My stomach was in , tad shape. There vas nothing whici
Arizona republican., 1911-12-03

seemed to do me much good
 i tried other remedies. but did no; .aiu any G,sl. uutil I commer ed taking your Ft' :Ia. which bull, me :Irtt up ha'e taken several lot ties. but have not taken any nov for about six W"cHS
 ''I am seventy-three wears old. never expect to be entirely well or young again. but l am thankful for what Peruna has done for me"
 Feels Ten Years Younger
 Mir Henry Merz. 1924 Upper Mt. Vernon Road. Evansville. Ind, writes: When I first wrote to you l had bronchial trouble for four years, and had tried several doctors, but they could do be no good. I had pain and rattling in the chest. cough, eXpecto- ration. especially at night.
 "I took Peruna. and can now say that I am entirely well. l feel ten ,c years younger since v o,L using Peruna. I recom-
 rears O.o mend Peruna to all my friends, for I was in bad condition.
 ''I am an old soldier and am seven ty-seven years old"
Arizona republican., 1911-12-03
SEQUEL WANTED.

'I see says the man with the crocheted cravat, that the secretary of agriculture has published a valu- able pamphlet on How to Prepare the Cheaper Cuts of Meat"
 Yes. I read about that" answers the thoughtful man. 'I wish he'd get out a companion pamphlet on How to Procure the Cheaper Cuts of Meat That would be really helpful. - Judges Library.
Arizona republican., 1911-12-03
"BUcKET-BRIGADEp CURRENCY

They might have had a panic in Berlin this faill. There had been speculation and over trading. Credit was under a severe strain. says the Saturday Evening Post. Some ESQ., 900, 900 of treasury notes were matur-
Arizona republican., 1911-12-03


 Mir John O. Atkinson. 1859 N. Elm poria Ave. Wichita. Kan. writes of his wife's case: My wife had been suffering from a complication of dis eases for the past twenty-five years. Her case had baffled the skill of some of the most noted physicians. One of her worst troubles was chronic constipation of several years stand ing.
 ''I wrote to you about her case. You prescribed a course of Peruna and Manalin. which We at once com menced. and have to say it complete ly cured her. She firmly believes that she would have been dead only fer these wonderful remedies"
 Suffered Forty-five Years
 Mir. J. R. Prince. R. R. 1. Tuckahoc. x. Y. writes: 'I am not very well satisfied with the picture that I am sending you. but when the reader looks at this picture if he could only realize that the original suffered for forty-five years. the best of his life. until your kind advice and prescrip- ton cured him. h. would know from whence these wrinkles came Next month I shall be sIXJy-sIN years o'u."
 Nervous Prostration
 Mrs Martha Avery. 2s Graham St. i.ecminster. Mass. writes:
 -Four years ago I had nervous pros traitor I employed several doctors cooc-ooc One would say had COG U catarrh of the stomach and bowels. another rervousness and another enlargement Of the liver. My stomach was in d tad shape. There vas nothing which
Arizona republican., 1911-12-03
VI ANNIE F. LOUGHRAN.

Eckman's Alterative is effective in
 Bronchitis. Asthma. Hay Fever: Throat and Lung Troubles. and in upbuilding the system. Does not contain polsons. opiates or habit-forming drugs. For sale bv all druggists Ask for book | let of cured cases and write to Eckman
 Laboratory. Philadelphia, Pa, for addi- tional evidence.
Arizona republican., 1911-12-03
COnsumptives Helped By Tuberculosis Medicine

Ii is folly to believe that Consump- ton differs from every other disease in not requiring the use of any specific medicine for it's cure. The trouble has been that none was known until the many cures effected by Eckmans AL terative began to be realized. Now. for ten years. an enormous mass of vol untary and thankful testimonials from persons who consider that they owe their lives to this remedy have been accommodating Surely plenty of time to demonstrate its lasting value. You can write to any of them. Here is one:
 5323 Girard Ave. Philadelphia. Pa
 "Gcntlcmcn: In the winter of 1908 Pneumonia. and later by Consumption. 1904 I had cough. night sweats. fever and raised quantities of awful looking stuff and later I had many hcmor- successive days. Milk and eggs be came so distastefu could keep nothing down. Three physicians treated me. was ordered to the mountains. but did not go Eckman's Alterative was rec commended by friend. After taking small quantity I had the first quiet nights sleep for weeks. My improve ment was marked from the first. gained strength and weight and appe- tite never had another hemorrhage and my cough gradually lessened until entirely gone. I am perefctly well. Everything I say here can be verified by my family and friends
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-11-03
PAST MONTH WAS DRYEST
RECORDED FOR YEARS
Portland Rainfall Only .99 of An
Inch; Average According to
Weather Data 3.43 Inches.

In October there has been rain
fall in Portland of but so of an inch
as against a normal showing for the
month Of 3.43 inches, according to
data kept on file at the Weather Bu-
reau, 1t is the least rainfall TO the
credit of October since 1895, when
the month was accredited with only
trace of precipitation.
Because Of the dryness Of the
month Just drawing to a close the
river at Portland is at an unusually
low stage. 1t stood at but Z of a
foot above the zero mark at O'Clock
this morning. Navigation in the up
per Willamette is being carried on
with the greatest Of difficulty. Boats
still manage to work up as far as
Salem by plowing through a number
of sandbars.
But the river at Portland is not
at the lowest stage ever known. The
records show that on December s,
1890. 1t stood at % feet below zero
and on November u, 1895, it stood
at 8 Of a foot below the low-water
mark.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-11-03
OBSERVED
Falls City Society Event Attended
ed By Weird Ghosts, Hobgoblins
and Witches Galore.

FALLS CITY, Or, Nov. 2.-(Spec-
ial) Mr.. and Mrs. N. Selig and Mr..
and Mrs. A. B. Dennis, gave a joint
party to large number of friends
in Selig hall, Tuesday evening. The
spacious hall was artistically decora-
ted with autumn leaves and grin
ming pumpkins were visible on every
side. Weird ghosts and beckoning
witches fitted about with super
natural gravity. Five hundred,
Finch and Jack Straws were played,
Ennis Funke winning the first prize
at Five Hundred Mrs. /. G. Sin
gleton captured first honors at Jack
Straws, and Mrs. M. L. Thompson
was the winner at Finch.
A two-course luncheon was served,
Mrs. Selig and Mrs. Dennis being
assisted by Mrs. w. F. Nichols, and
the Misses VIOLA Selig and Laura
Flankington. This party was the
most enjoyable social event of the
season.
The following were the invited
guests: Mr.. and Mrs. Clay Oxford,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. Robinson, Mr..
and Mrs. A. B. Servey, Mr.. and Mrs.
0. P. briggs, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Walker, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter l..
Tooze, Mr.. and Mrs. C. j. Richey,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Wurtzburger,
DIR. and Mrs. F. M. Hellwarth, Mr.
and Mrs. w. F. Nichols, Mr.. and
Mrs. George March, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. F. Courier, of Salem; Mr.. and
Mrs. M. L. Thompson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. l. G.
Singleton, Mr.. and Mrs. j. d. Moy-
er, Mr.. and Mrs. H. Brown, Pro-
fessor and Mrs. J. E. Dunton, Mr..
and Mrs. G. J. Pugh, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. G. White, Miss Eta Waters,
Miss Vola Selig, Miss Mae Lynch,
Mrs. F. P. Heydon, Miss Ina Gra-
ham, Miss Chloe White, Miss Alice
Voight, Miss Ruth Mum, Miss c.
billiard, Mrs. w. E. Gilbert, Mr..
Ennis Frinke, Mr.. Leslie Tooze, Mr..
A. w. Porter, Mr.. Glenn Clement,
Mr.. F. P. Barber, Mr.. w. A. Gra-
ham, Mr. w. T. Grier, Professor Ell
mer Barnhart and Lamar Tooze.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-11-03
For Sale.

l have rented my farm and must
get rid OF all my stock. l have one
registered o. 1. C. brood sow with
three pigs left, one black team, one
mare and one horse, and a large black
colt 18 months old, three good COWS
giving milk now, one full blood
Jersey and two of them are three
fourths Jersey, and one-fourth Her
ford, all good mixers, will be fresh
about the first Of the year, one No.
2 Sharpless separator, good as new,
one good long bed buggy and single
harness for $40, one 1900 washing
machine, latest improved, and one
good, strong, old wagon. All yet
on the farm near Perrydale, Polk
county. w. M. SARGENT.
393-tf-10-13
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-11-03
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BUSINESS LOCALS


advertisements under thia head
are charged at the rate of ! cent per
word, first insertion; " cent per word
for each insertion thereafter; 80
words or less, 81 per month. No ad-
vertisement inserted for less than 16
cents.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-11-03

order your slab wood now and be
sure Of having a good dry supply for
Winter. can sell you either slabs.
blocks. or trimmings. Can furnish any
other kind Of wood desired. Plenty Of
good oak and hr. Send IN your orders
BY either phone. Mutual. 1876 Bell,
44a. AUGUST BOMAN.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-11-03
To Farmers.

, After you have registered
your farm name, come to The
Observer Office and leave an or
der for some up-tO-the-minute
, printed stationery bearing your
, farm name. Wen do the work
for vou at reasonable rates and
; with dispatch. Printed station
; erv has a distinctiveness all its
own and lends a dignity to your
business and even your social
correspondence
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-11-03
Notice to Creditors,

All persons knowing themselves in
debted to me are requested to call
at my home and settle at once, as /
am about to leave here. All bills
against me should be presented at
once. S. D. Steffy, Dallas.
414tf1O31
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-11-03
Lost.

Long, white silk scarf at last
of Artisans at Woodmen
Hall. Leave at Observer Office.
412-27-1O31
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-11-03
Cows Bought and Sold.

Wanted, good dairy cows; also cows
for sale at all times. R. A. Campbell,
Sheridan, Ore. 328tfS4
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-11-03
For Sale.

Ranch in Tillamook County, Or.
Would exchange for real estate in
Dallas. O. E. Dennis, Dallas. Phone
Black 515. 4l0-113
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-11-03
Room to Rent.

Furnished bed room for rent cleo
trio light, bath, telephone, nice loca-
ton. Inquire No. 222 Jefferson,
street. 406tf1024
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-11-03
For Sale.

Team of horses, two and three
years old; weight about 1000 pounds;
practically broken; cheap, Ed Mex
kers, Perrydale. Amity phone.
405-1031