The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-09-19

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= Whereas, the National Editorial
Association Is to hold its 1919
session in the Pacific Northwest, and
| Whereas, the members of the Ore
gon State Editorial Association
should be afforded the best opportu-
nifty to attend the sessions of the
National Editorial Association while
that Association is meeting in Port.
land, Oregon, therefore be it,
/ Resolved, that the selection of the
time for holding the 1919 session of
the State Editorial Association be re-
ferred to the executive committee of
this association, with instructions to
schedule the 1919 meeting of this
association at the same time and at
the same place as the 1919 meeting
Of the National Editorial Association
while in Oregon.
| Whereas, the 1919 session of the
National Editorial Association will
be held in the Pacific Northwest, and
| Whereas, this organization will
visit Oregon, where sessions will be
held and where it will be entertained,
and
Whereas, the Oregon State Edi-
t0rial Association desires to give the
delegates to the National Editorial
Association cordial welcome and an
enjoyable visit therefore be it
Resolved, that the President of the
Oregon State Editorial Association
be and he hereby is authorized to
appoint a committee consisting OF
members Of this association and
citizens of Oregon to arrange for the
entertainment of the National Edi-
torial Association while that organi-
zation is within this state Oh the
occasion Of its annual meeting in
1919.
/ Whereas the National Non Par
tisan League has announced its in
tention to invade the State of Oregon
in behalf of its propaganda and or
ganization and
A Whereas, the advent of said
League into this state is inimical to
its welfare for the following
reasons:
1st. That its leaders have failed
to support the Government in the
prosecution of the war and have
made seditious utterances.
End. That it is Boss controlled
and holds its causaes and meetings
behind closed doors.
3rd. That in its attempt to fur
ther its propaganda it has sought to
intimidate public officials and the
press. ...
4th. That IT seeks to thrust upon
the people of Oregon radical changes
in our system of Government at a
time when all our energies should be
devoted to the single purpose of
winning the war.
Therefore Be 1t Resolved by the
State Editorial Association in con-
vention assembled that we heartily
congratulate the National and Ore
gon State Grange on their outspoken
opposition to the Farmers Non
Partisan League and do hereby urge
every newspaper in the state to warn
its readers against the aims, methods
and records of said league.
| Whereas, as bill has been initiated
by c. S. Jackson and his attorney,
R. w. Hagood, of Portland, which
said measure comes before the legal
voters of the state of Oregon at the
November election, 1918, the purpose
of the bill being to limit the charge
for newspaper publication of all
legal notices,
And, whereas, such rate proposed,
viz: 80 cents per column inch of nine
lines of solid BREWER type the inch is
only 3 1S cents per line for each in
sertion which is rs per cent less than
the prevailing commercial rate,
against cents per line, the present
prevailing price for the publication
of all legal notices, is unjust and
unfair in every particular to the
newspaper publishers of the state.
Therefore, be it resolved, that it
is the sense of the members of the
State Editorial Association. now in
regular session, that the newspapers
Of the state launch publicity cam
paign that the taxpayers may be ap-
prised of the true intent of the i'm
pending law, that it is nothing more
or less than the mailed fist of the
Portland Journal which under the
disguise of alleged economy, is at
tempting to carry out pet measure
and punish the country press because
they have not, in the past, and will
not in the future, bow to the will of
the self-styled czar of newspaperdom,
and which would endeavor to crush
the country press into submitting to
a most unreasonable, unfair and un-
just compensation for fair price for
performing.
Whereas, the Oregon Journal has
submitted to the voters of the state
a measure providing for the repeal
of the statute relating to the publica
ton of the delinquent tax list, has
conducted campaign of misrepre-
sentation in behalf of said measure,
has vilified the newspaper publishers
of the state and placed them in