The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-05-09

Because United States Senator
Charles H. McNary has made good he
should be nominated to succeed himself
in the Republican Primary, May 18th.
From the day he became senator ne
has Loyalty championed the prosecution
Of the war, and during his term of
office has accomplished more for Ore
gon tn IN any other member in congress
IN a like period.
Among his colleagues he is known as
"the man on the job, and during the
present war crisis Oregon should con-
slider itself fortunate in having an Op
portunity to return him and not be
compelled to send to Washington
new, unframed man.
Believing that the supreme OblIga-
tion he owes his country is to help
win the war, Senator McNary, instead
of returning to his state to conduct a
political campaign, is at his post in
Washington working for Oregon and
aiding in the prosecution of the war.
Always since entering the senate he
has been a friend of our soldiers and
sailors and has introduced Legislation
giving them preferential rights and
repeatedly championed their cause
when their welfare was in jeopardy.
Championing the cause Of the Oregon
farmers, Senator McNary procured for
them primary wheat market, saving
thereby several million dollars to the
wheatgrowers of the Northwest.
Realizing the present food control
law fails to fix prices for many com
modites, Senator McNary has intro
duced, and is laboring for the passage
of bill, striking at protiteerlng and
fixing prices on the necessaries of life
Senator McNary has procured
Government contracts for the first
time in the states history for Oregon
products, such as prunes, dehydrated
potatoes and vegetables in large guam
titles
Large contracts from the govern
ment for army clothing and shipbuild-
ing and numbering industries.
Favorable action by the senate com
mittee on irrigation on bill providing
/ for the government marketing of dis
trict irrigation bonds, thereby supply
ing funds for irrigation district pro-
/ lects.
Favorable action from same commit
tee on bill authorizing the Secretary
of the Interior to accept irrigation or
district drainage bonds and exchange
them with the Secretary of the Treas
ury for certificates of indebtedness,
thereby providing funds for Legitimate
projects.
Senator McNary is working:
For prompt payments of allotments
to dependent relatives Of our soldiers
and sailors
A comprehensive plan for the utiliza.
ton of the water power resources of
Oregon.
A location of a cantonment in east.
ern Oregon.
For the construction of coast mill.
tary highway at government expense.
Senator McNary was born on a farm
in Oregon reared in the Baptist church
educated in the public schools; worked
his way through Stanford University
is lawyer and farmer and has been Z
life long Republican
He was formerly a Justice on the
supreme court and later chairman OF
the State Republican Central Commit
tee.
Space forbids further enumeration Of
the vast amount of work Senator Me
Nary has done for Oregon, but anyon,
will realize from the foregoing the
Senator has displayed truly remarkable
ability, coupled with extraordinary dill
igence and energy. His native stat,
can best show its appreciation of hi
faithful and efficient SERVICES by nom
mating and electing him.
Thomas b. Kay.
State Treasurer,
B. W, Sleeman,
Bus. Rep. of District Council of Car
penters.
Mrs. Geo w. McMath,
Pres. of Cooperative League.
Thomas A. Mcbride,
Chief Justice of Oregon Supreme Court
T. B. Neuhausen,
Vice-Chairman Hughes Campaign Com
mittee. paid adv.)
When in Portland stop at the moderl
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