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Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-07-15
CROPS AND TRANSPORTATION

The Department Of Agriculture pre-
diets a somewhat smaller yield Of the
principal grains than last year, yet
they exceed the figures Of normal
years. Considering the great shortage
of railroad equipment and facilities re-
sulting from conditions created by the
war. and with disturbed labor situa-
ton following a period of strikes that
has slowed up the movement of traffic
generally and caused loss Of trans
portation capacity, the question arises
as to how the railroads of the country
can continue to handle the almost UNI
precedented volume Of traffic, and
then cope with the further difficulty
of moving crop of large proportions
at time when a large part Of the
enormous 1919 crop has not vet been
moved to its ultimate destination.
Some of the more prosperous railroads
have been able to finance orders for
equipment amounting to about $l44,-
100000, but most of the roads have
been obliged to await distribution of a
$300.000.000 loan fund placed by the
TRANSFORMATION act at the disposal of
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
While some Of the cars already order
ed will be available for this season,
and plans have been made for rebuild
ing 1900 cars and locomotives. yet
this addition to the rolling stock will
nowhere meet the added demands that
will be placed upon the railroads Last
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-07-15
Our Washington Letter

year empty grain cars were stored
throughout the West awaiting the earl
grain movement, but this year, wher
the demand for box cars has contin-
.ually exceeded the supply. it has been
necessary, in order to get the cars in
the West for grain. to take them away
from eastern roads and eastern ship
pers. This has been accomplished BY
means Of our car relocation orders is
sued by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission and the Commission Of Car
Service, directing the movement Of
specific numbers Of empty cars, FREE
quently in solid trains. to specific wes-
tern lines, regardless of the local de-
mand for cars. This has had the ef-
feet Of increasing the shortage of box
cars in the East. but has been regard
ed as justified in view Of the nation
wide interest in the movement Of vital
food crops as well as. by the fact that
the cars ordered west belong to the
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-07-15
THE FILIPINoS AND THE IRISH

There is a lot Of noise about the
freedom of Ireland floating about
Washington. but occasionally someone
is attracted to the responsibility that
rests with America concerning its own
Filipino pledges. And that is always
more interesting than Great Britain 5
affairs. Here is what one writer, for
mer Congressman Clyde H. Tavener.
says about the progress Of the Flip
mo cause: There is nothing more
certain today than that the Filipinos
are slowly but surely winning Ameri-
can public opinion. And they are do
ing it, not by loud threats or with
charges of bad faith against America,
but by their tact and diplomacy"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-07-15
WHAT SHOULD cAPITAL Earn?

The problem Of fair return on
capital daily comes up in the lives Of
people who place their money in the
saving banks, buy mortgages, bonds
or invest in stocks. A financier re-
lates that "a high-grade electrical utiI-
ity soldits five per cent bonds in New
ember, 1916, to yield the investor A.
90 per cent, while in May, 1920. ii
sold a similar six per cent bond to
yield the investor FOB per cent The
Supreme Court Of the United States
in decision last year. observed that
1T is matter Of common knowledge
that, owing principally to the World
War, the costs of labor and supplies of
every kind have greatly advanced
and it is equally well known that an
nual returns upon capital and enter
prise the world over have materially
increased, so what would have been q
proper rate of return for capital inves-
ted in gas plants and similar utilities
a few years ago furnishes no safe cri-
terion for the present or the future. !"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-07-15

Many people in this section have a
wrong idea of what the NewlIano Col
ony is and how sometimes members
join and then get turned out.
1t is simple enough, and can be UNI
derstood by all.
The colony is operated upon a CO.
operative basis. That is, all members
put their small capital together and
run the farm and industries as one con-
Germ. Instead of one man putting sew
eral thousand dollars into brick-mak-
ing industry. the whole community
takes stock in it, and work it according
to their ability.
Man is peculiar animal; and once
in a while one will come and put in
his money and then want to run the
whole concern without regard to those
othrs who have also bought stock in
the corporation. When he finds him
self in minority he gets mad and does
silly things. IF he disbehaves himself
or works against the best interests of
the remainder, he gets turned out of
the Colony. This is only right, as the
rights of the many are paramount.
He still has his stock Certificate and
can sell same just as if it were stock
in any other concern. He does not
lose his money.
When a man gets turned out of the
Colony it is because he is an undesir-
able citizen. And an undesirable citi-
zen to the Colony is an undesirable
citizen anywhere.
Just as stock in the Standard Oil
Company does not carry job with it,
so Llano stock does not carry with it
employment in the Colony unless the
stakeholder be a desirable worker.
Agitators are attracted to a cooper
alive colony sometimes in the hope of
getting an easy job for life on a small
payment. When the Colony makes
good. as it will in few years when
the farm and industries are built up,
the Colonists expect to build fine
brick homes and live well. The colon
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-07-15

lists are not agitators, and these agita-
tors do not get much sympathy in the
Colony. They then make Leesville
their headquarters and agitate those
good people against the Colony. Ag-
itators will agitate in heaven or hell
when they get there.
The Colony is a cool, cold, business
partnership. The partners must agree,
or cooperation is impossible.
Faiths habit of springing eternal is
illustrated again by the fact that up in
Washington the people have hired a
rainmaker. Of course, there is no viz
tue in the claims of the rainmaker.
Gould rain be produced artificially,
the one with the power to do it could
reclaim most Of the desert wastes Of
the world and be millionaire, which
would be step ahead of Rockefeller,
and still going. However, returning
to the Washington situation, the rain
is falling. and it is not the season for
it.
~ **
Postmaster General Burleson has
ruled that all employees in the postal
department on reaching the retirement
age of sixty-five years shall be auto
matically retired or separated from the
service. Congress wrote into the new
law that if Such men desire to remain
in service and their chiefs certify that
they are doing efficient work, they
may be retained on the pay roll. Bur
Lesson would precipitateIy fire everyone
who has reached the age of sixty-five.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-07-15
WHERE HEARST AND
HOOVER AGREE

In Washington one of the daily
newspapers is owned by William Ran
dolph Hearst, and another, largely
by Herbert Hoover. The price Of each
paper to the public has been increased,
and Mr. Heast's two-cent Sunday
Times is now five cents, while Mr..
Hoover's one cent Daily Herald is two
cents. Thus it appears that in the
newspaper business these gentlemen
are agreed that the cost of living has
gone up in the paper line, by stages
Of 100 per cent.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-07-15

lwestern lines. During Federal con-
troll the cars were pooled regardless Of
ownership with the result that when
the railroads were returned they were
scattered helter-skelter. Eastern coal
cars were in the west and western
grain cars were in the east, and be-
cause of the preponderance of east
bound traffic the greater proportion Of
the cars were in the east, and extrao-
binary efforts were required to move
them westward particularly as the de-
mand for cars for local movement was
confined principally to the east. The
relocation orders will diminish the sup
ply Of box cars for local movements
in eastern territories, but the efforts
that ae being made are in the hopes
that the waste of transportation will
be reduced to the minimum. Many
western communities are fully alive to
the difficulties of the situation and are
working hand in hand with the rail-
road officials in an effort to assist in
in the solution of the problem, realiz-
ing that it is affecting not only the
farmers. the railroads. and the con
sumers, but all business interests as
well. Under present conditions it is
not to be expected that the railroads
can provide sufficiently prompt move
ment to do away with the necessity of
local storage at the point of produc-
ton.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-07-15

In every home where there is ba-
bv there should also be bottle Of Nc
GEES BABY ELIXIR. 1t may be
needed at any time to correct sour
stomach. wind collie, dianhoea, or
summer complaint. 1t is a whole
some remedy. contains no opium, NOR
phine, or injurious drug of any kind.
For sale by all druggists. Adv.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-07-15

When you feel lazy, out of sorts,
and yawn great deal in the day time,
you can charge it to a torpid liver
which has allowed the system to get
full of impurities. HERBINE cures
all disorders produced by an. inactive
liver. 1t strengthens that organ, pur-
flies the bowels, and puts the system
in good healthy condition. For sale
by all druggists. Adv.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1920-11-25
WHITE SALMON
IRON the Enterprisel

Norman MacLOud of the Northwest
ern power plant, has purchased the J..
j. Conger orchard of 10 acres i'm the
| Pleasant View district.
Trustees for the Columbia Fruit I'm
ion. with headquarters in this city. are
to be chosen at an election Of the Union
to be held Saturday, November II, in
the Commercial club rooms. Other
business of importance will also be
taken up at the meeting The C6lum-
bia Fruit Union was recently organized
with increased capital as the success r
of the White Salmon Valley Fruit
Growers Union.
Another dam for the storing Of irri-
cation waters is being constructed by
Herbert Williams of North White Salm-
on. on the 40 acres he recently pur-
chased. known as the Nelson place,
near the Mowery Bros ranch.
The location of the dam is said to be
a natural one and formerly was lake
bed until drained a few years ago. The
formation of the ground makes the con-
struction work light as only small I'll
at the lower end Is necessary. Already
II feet of water, stored from springs,
covers an area Of three acres. year
or two ago Mr. Williams built dam
on his place and up 70 this year had
only used water from his first project
to irrigate the spacious lawn of his
ranch. although pipes bad been laid
over the orchards The addition of the
second dam, which il to be connected
with the old dam by pipe line, will
enable the storing If a large amount of
water in both dams for irrigation of
the orchards on the Williams and Os-
born places during he summer months.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1920-11-25
MIR. AND MRS. TURNEY
HOLD CELEBRATION

Mr.. and Mrs. c. l.. Turney, who
were married at Baraboo, Wis. cele-
brated their golden wedding Wedres-
day night Of last week at the East
Side home of their daughter, Mrs. F.
B. Laraway, and family. Mr.. Turney
is a native of Bridgeport. Conn. His
bride of so years was born in Michi-
gan. The couple. however, 'haye spent
most of their lives IN Wisconsin, living
first at Chippewa Falls and later at
Stanley. Recently they sold their
home at Stanley and came to Oregon
for visit. They like the state so we'll
that it is likely they will locate.
Only two other Of the eight children
in addition to Mrs. Laraway, were
present for the jubilee celebration.
They were: Miss Ida Turney, of the
English department at the University
of Oregon, and Miss Jessie Turney, of
Pine Grove. The other children are !:
Mrs A. Henneman. Of Stanley, Wis. :;
H. B. Turney, of Boyd. Wis. Mrs.
Maude Murphy, of ST. Paul, MINI. ::
Mrs. O. G. Bannister, of Glenwood
City. Wis, and Miss Evelyn Turney, of
New York city. Mr.. and Mrs. Turney
have nine grandchildren and eight
great grandchildren
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1920-11-25
UNDERWOOD

Those who transacted business in
Hood River last Tuesday were VIM
Lane, G. A. Cole and daughter. Miss
Violet, and Kate WaIther, Mrs. Lena
Underwood and Mrs. Charles Walther,
w. b. Rine and Mr. and Mrs. r. II.
| Hazleton.
Mrs. W. D. Lucas has returned home
from visit in Portland.
Earl Keys has been employed as
chauffeur for the Underwood Auto
Transfer Co.
A benefit dance will be given here
Friday. The music will be furnished
by the White Salmon orchestra.
Mrs. Vernon Davis returned to her
home in Portland last Tuseday.
H. Knapp transacted business in
Stevenson last Tuesday.
Mrs. E. j. Cummins and daughter
went to Portland last Wednesday.
Mrs. Geo. Count went to Stevenson
to visit her daughter Tuesday.
4 Mrs. M. friedrich returned to her
home in Grays Harbor Friday.
G. c. Corlie transacted business in
Portland Thursday.
Mrs. Hazel Schwinge went to White
Salmon on business last Wednesday.
A, 6. Birk and family moved to
Hood River Thursday. He was work
ing in w. b. Rine's apple shed until
Wednesday.
A. Ausplund had the misfortune of
bruising his hand Thursday. He went
to Hood River Thursday evening to
have it dressed.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Brian and visit
ors. Mr.. and Mrs. Mckay, .visited
Portland Friday afternoon. Mr.. and
Mrs. Mckay will make their home
there. Mr.. and Mrs. Brian have re-
turned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Shipley will
make their home in Portland for the
winter. They left for Portland Friday
afternoon.
r. H. Hazelton attended the meet
ing of the Masons in Stevenson Friday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Graves attended the
stock show in Portland Thursday.
The Underwood school is closed this
week and the teachers have gone to
Stevenson for the institute. The school
attendance for three months ending
November 10, has the highest average
since 1914.
r. II. Hazleton and daughter, Eliza
beth, were shopping in Hood River
Saturday.
A benefit dance was given in honor
of Thad Thun Friday night. The IN
derwood music was used instead of the
White Salmon music, as was stated il
last weeks items.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1920-11-25
Letter Of ADDreciatiOn

In behalf Of the County Fair Board ]
wish to express our sincere apprecia-
tion for the splendid support given US
during fair week by the various troops
Of Boy Scouts in the valley Under
the able leadership Of Rev. w. 0. Ber-
thin Troop No. ]. from Parkdale, rem
dered valuable assistance in the form
Of various athletic sports. These sports
were highly amusing and made a very
fine impression. The other Troops on
der the leadership Of Messrs. Daven-
port. DuckWall and Axtelle. aided
greatly in the selling Of 6ckets and in
supervising the grounds.
Gordon g. Brown, Secretary.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1920-11-25
Marquis Cider HilI Burns

The cider and vinegar plant Of ".
Marquis, who 10 recent years has fig
ured largely in the local Gull apple
deal. was burned % Portland recently.
Mr.. Marquis located his manufactuI-
ing plant in Portland a couple ofyears
ago following destruction Of a cider
mill al Odeil by FIRE. Becaese Of the
stsgnati0n Of the cider business this
season resulting from TIE Nolstead-art,
the Marquis plant in Portland has not
been securing any stocks from here.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1920-11-25

= have taken the agency for the Spin
ella Corset. Cal. al B1elOW Tailor Shop.
Mrs. Kari Buel0v Hood River, Or. q
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THE ELECTRIC SLAVE


 
 
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CONVEN ADOPTS PTSPLATFORAN
 AND DEFEATS ALL AMENDMENT E

gently concluded, which commission was created by Democratic admin istration. The Democratic party has always favored and will continue to favor the fair and just treatment of all government employees.
 Free Speech and Press
 We resent the unfounded reproach- es directed against the Democratic administration for alleged interfer- ence with the freedom of the press and freedom of speech.
 No utterance from any quarter should be assailed and no publication has been suppressed which has not been animated by reasonable pur- pose, and directed against the na- tion's peace, order and security in time of war.
 We reaffirm our respect for the great principles of free speech and a free press, but assert as an indis- putablc proposition that they afford no toleration of enemy propaganda or the advocacy of the overthrow of IDS SONeIIltu6El Ol lht CAibCu AoSUeNS or the state by force of violence.
 Republican Corruption
 The shocking disclosure of the lay- ish use of money by aspirants for the Republican nomination for the high est office in the gift of the people, has created painful impression throughout the county. Viewed in connection with the recent convfc- tion Sf a Republican senator from the state of Michigan for the crIm- inal trangression of the law limiting eXpenses on behalf of candidate for the United States senate, it 1ndi- cates the re-entry, under Republican auspices, of money as an influential factor in elections, thus nullify1ng the letter and Haunting the spirit of num- erous laws, enacted by the people, to protect the ballot from the contaml- nation of corrupt practices. We ue- plore those delinquicies and invoke their >ern popular rebuke, pledgfng our earnest efforys to strengthen ing of the present statutes against corrupt practices and their: rigorous enforcement.
 We remind the people that 1t was only by the return of Republican senator in Michigan, who is now un-
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(Continued from Page B

forestry ConJrol as will permit the immediate initiation of the paper pulp industry.
 For relieving the territory from the evils of long distance govern ment by arbitrary and intoxicating bureaucratic regulation and to that end we urge the speedy passage of law containing the essential fea- lures Of the Lane-Curry bill HOW 2ending, co-ordinating and c0nsoii- 'lting all federal control of natural eSc'n ces under one department to territories should be qualified by be administered by a uon-partisan board permanently resident i,i the territory
 For the fullest measure of terIito- riais self-goyec1Ip- with the view to ultimate statehood, with jurisdic- tion over all matters not Of purely federal concern. including fisheries and game, an f;." an intelligent aJ- ministration ,f federal control we believe all officials appointed should be qualified by bona flee residence in the territory.
 For comprehensive system Of road construction with increased ap- propriations and the full extension of the federal road act to Alaska.
 For the extension to Alaska of the federal farm loan act.
 Asiatic Immigration
 The policy of the United States with reference to the non-admission of Asiatic immigrants is a true eX- pression of the judgment our our people and to the several states, whose geographical situation or fn- fernal conditions made this policy and the enforcement of the laws en- acted pursuant thereto, of particular concern, we pledge our support.
 The Postal Service
 The efficiency of the post office department has been vindicated agdsnst a malicious and designing as sault by the efficiency of its opera tion. Its record refutes its assail- ants. Their voices are silenced and their charges have collapsed.
 We commend the work of the Joint commission on the reclassification Of salaries of postal employees, re
Bisbee daily review., 1920-07-03
LEADS NON-PARTISAN

FARGO. N. D., July 2. - William Langer. independent candidate re- tsined a slight lead over Governor Fraiser, non-partisan candidate ipV governor. in returns tabulated ton'sht from Wednesdays primary election.
 it was not the time to make 1t an
 issue, and serve notice on our en-
 emies that even before the war IS
 over we are willing to go into
 state of demorslization.'
 'I am opposed to compulsory hlu- tary training in time of peace ne continued, but 1 am in favor ot com pulsory training in time Of war
 When the senator =sked what else inc opponents of the platform had there were yells of "vote' and Senator Glass replied, "all right. if you want it that way and picked up his notes and retired amid applause.
 That ended the debate and Senator Robinson ordered a roll call on. the Bryan dry plank.
Bisbee daily review., 1920-07-03
MARICOPA'S BETTER WISDOM

IN upon aicopa county and the city Phoenix by practically On attempt to the good of Macpa prises Fortunately the Arizona The Phoenix evening sion bill and also against which would raise the lid possible sSSO Narcopa county is l- Illuminating and is asserting itself petitions the proposed Arizona highway commission bl which recently by this by Gazette in previous editorial for b naners stand sainst th that utions ct this time distinctly | Apparently Arizona outside Tn opposing the highway commission plan From nearly every U have come expressions of and The state is vigorous in its depunciaton This county is coming in for connection with the circulation o petitions.
 Marcopa county must neverf forget that but section of those of Arizona whole This 10 dislike, of of the rot forget Tor one moment our duty toward Aizonas ctsnshp county cannot afford such universal opposition ccumscribedd in ing the proposed bland there doubt that they aretheu in the of wisdom let petitions bl certain of defeat but bulheaded irtng unnecessary disapproyaL' of the there confirmed jealousy
 
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MILLTOWN
By Edmund Vance Cooke

Mntown where the air is dark and dense the pangs off the fence never bue Whereth enements dngy and the people dngy too; and shrinking Forever ba faith, but hope,
 coked with cnder and he air charged with gas And Cod himself hasc patch of
 children toddng their pavementhardened feet hdens strdent of the cobbed street. And harpened and the little hard the soness and the of the sward And hownn may grow soul be clean is them their brows become brass where his grass O. maybe half live with no clear sky above poses still blooms shall wonen children earth their baby cries that they given brth their fathers, who we
 or their mothers, of the naion which has let children where
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der conviction and sentence for the criminal use of money in his cleo ton, that the present organization of the senate with a Republican ma jority was made possible.
 Conclusion
 Believing that we have kept the Democratic faith and resting our claims to the confidence of the peo- pie of the nation not upon grapdiose promises, but upon the splendid per formances of our party, we submit our record to the nations consroer- alton and ask that the pledges of this platform be appraised in the light of that record.