East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-26

do, and which ought to be done.
Road Work Urged.
I'VE are now committed to a state
wide good roads movement. and see
no reason why the work of preparing
the road materials, such as rock
crushing. cannot be done in the win
ter months. and thereby work pro-
vided for those who are willing TO
, work.
1T may even be possible to parts
Of the state where climatic conditions
are favorable. to do some road work
during this period of the year / be-
lieve no one has any sympathy for the
man who will not do honorable work
at reasonable wages and I have in
mind making this suggestion, only
that class who really want work.
"If the state can do something for
them by adopting such a plan as
T, have suggested, ! am convinced it is
the duty OF the state to do So and I
have been looking in vain. during all
this discussion of the unemployed SIT
uation. for any more practical sugges-
heen offered
II have been interested in school
work during practically my entire life
in Oregon, and ! am convinced that
too little attention has been given To
the country schools. AS every small
percentage of our country boys and
girls ever get further than the local
schools. and thereby a more adequate
education and higher standard of cit
izenship assured for these country
boys and girls.
Practical Course Urged.
There extra courses should be
made practical and planned to meet
the needs of the particular communi-
ties in which they are given. Some
thing has already been done in the
! state along this line. For instance, in
Jackson county horticulture has been
! introduced: in Umatilla county agri.
culture This is commendable work.
| 1t gives the young men and women.
who cannot afford to go to college.
training of the same kind and val
ue as is being given by the agricul-
turaI college
while much of our school grant
! was frfttered away or stolen in early
years and millions thus lost to the
| school fund, 1t will be my endeavor
| to see the greatest possible amount re-
| allied from the sale OF the remaining
every dollar of the school fund is in
vested only in the best of securities.
| I'm this connection ! wifi continue
the present policy of endeavoring ia
secure patent to every acre of land to
which the state may be entitled under
grants from congress. ani also the
efforts now being made to perfect and
finally adjust all state land titles. with
a view to making state deeds absolute
evidence of good titles.
Carey Act Failure.
I'VE are confronted with a great
problem in our arid lands of eastern
and central Oregon. The Carey ac
has been failure. Spectators and
promoters have eaten up the profit
and made the schemes top-heavy. /
must be abandoned for some new
plan. What that plan shall be mus
be the subject of serious consilera
! ton. and it should be made the per
, manent policy Of tho state IL elect
, ed governor viii Undertake at a,
early date a consideration of thi
question by all interests. and woul'
hope. during my term of office, TO D.
: instrumental in formulating som
practical system of development or TN
! arid lands. Every uncultivated acr
: in Oregon represents lost opportu
nifty.
| Every effort should be made t
: force an early completion of the un
: completed Carey act projects AMI thu
: not only bring relief to many unfor
, tunate settlers. who have long wait
, ed for water. but also add to tn
! wealth and prosperity of the state.
e "Without a 40 foot bar at Astori
Y and open rivers on the Columbia an
, Willamette. Oregon can never full
develop. All the power of the stat
should be thrown behind the effort I
give adequate appropriations at Wash
ington for the building of dredges
!. Washington for the building G
0 dredges for carrying on the bar worI
e The Columbia must be made accessibl
r to the largest ocean going ships, an
!. and farmers and merchants alon
Z the Columbia. Willamette and Snak
. must be given the benefit of the re
e duced freight rates. which will folio
: from a comprehensive development
: these inland waterways.
II am a veteran in the service {
e popular government and. needless
e say. am a staunch believer in the Ore
e, gon system. My two terms in IN
a state senate U902. 1870 were
times when 1t was not so popular
3 be for the initiative, referendum an
y recall. as It isno W, but 1 stood, sine
I it was first suggested, for the Orego
system, and If elected governor woul
Q never consent to any modification I
e *, except at the hands of its reca
e friends