Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-05
MR.GR|ER ACCEPTS
Dallas Business Men Make De-
mand Upon Him.
WRITE NAME AT PRIMARIES
Prominent Republicans Pledge Viii
liam T. Grier, Support for
Representative.

Realizing that the republican party
should not be without candidate in
the November elections for the office
of representative for the eleventh Rep
resentative district, comprising the
county of Polk, and feeling that the
office should be filled by man of
good business judgment, and one in
actual touch with the needs of the
state and Polk county, the republican
business men of Dallas yesterday sign
ed an open letter addressed to Will
liam T. Grier, manager of the Falls
City Lumber Company at Falls City,
asking Mr.. Grier to permit his name
to be used in connection with the nom
ination for this office. 1t took just
twenty minutes to secure the sigma
lures to the letter. Had the circu-
lators had more time, many hundreds
of names might easily have been Sc
cured. No effort was made to circu-
late it extensively over the county,
owing to the fact that it would involve
too much delay. 1t will be necessary
for republicans to write in the name
of Mr. Grier at the primaries for
this office. From all sections of Polk
county, assurances of support are be-
ing given. The letter addressed to
Mr.. Grier, and which has been for
warded to him, is as follows:
"Dallas, Oregon, May 4.-Mr. Will
liam T. Grier, Falls City, Oregon:
Dear sir: AS republican voters, we,
the undersigned, respectively request
that you become candidate for rep
resentation from Polk county on the
republican ticket. We make this re-
quest in recognition and appreciation
of the part you have taken in develop
ing the industrial and commercial re-
sources of Polk county, your constant
efforts in behalf of the welfare of a
Greater Oregon, and your consistent
loyalty to the principles of the re-
publican party. Realizing the need
of capable men in the Oregon legisla-
ture, we ask you to permit your name
to be used in Connection with the re-
publican nomination for representa-
tive, and we hereby pledge you our
most loyal and enthusiastic support. "
The request is signed by George 7.
Gerlinger, Walter L. Tooze, Jr., J. G.
Hayter, c. Stafrin, Henry Serr, w. H.
Gaynor, H. B. Viers, A. N. Vassall, W.
R. Howe, Jno. C. Uglow, A. B. Star
buck, W. V. Fuller, M. D. Ellis, N. L.
Guy, w. A. Ayres, II. Holman, +. j.
Coad, Frank M. Bethel, J. S. Ash
baugh, J. B. Teal, Finley Whitney,
C. H. Morris, NJ. Mansion, Dan P.
Stouffer, U. S. Loughary, Chas. Lane,
A. V. R. Snyder, Chas. Syron, Earl
Crook, c.. B. Sundberg, Bob Fl. Nc
Gallon, Ed. f. Coad, l.. A. Bollmna,
w. L. Soehren, and C. G. Coad.
Mr.. Grier is the manager for the
Falls City Lumber Company at Falls
City. He is now, and has for the
past five years, been councilman at
Falls City, in which capacity he has
accomplished much for the city by the
falls of the Luckiamute. He is a
sound business man, and one who, if
elected, will give the taxpayers of
Polk county an economical and bust
ness administration. Mr.. Grier has
never held political Office other than
the Office of councilman, and it not a
seeker after the office in question.
Before the above letter was circulated,
definite assurance was received that
Mr. Grier would accept the nomina-
ton if the republicans of the county
saw fit to tender it to him by writing
in his name for this office at the
primaries.