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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-30

10 keep Z grained and varnishetl
trsnt door. n good coalition. rub on
very lightly little brown boot-poiish.
II the door has I brown anish, ana
then polish the wood With . son clean
cloth, This b also 4 good remedy
Tor scratched furniture. II gives q
brilliant polish and hides the scratched
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-30

OF all the awful home brews ex-
tant, perhaps home brewed trouble
Is the worst.
When you see = fellow going along
with . dingbat that you cannot pos
sibly place and he wants $50 for it,
you can rest assured II 10 new &C.
cessory for = Ford.
Evening dresses are costing more,
at least, one advertiser in G city pa
per announces that they will be one
third on, whereas our impression 10
they have been not over one-third
on heretofore.
Medical men report that dirty pa
per money Is causing boils. You
san't brighten Us by any such announ-
cement rs that. We are ready to take
4 with boils, carbuncles or tumors,
,r anything from lump Jaw TO hp-
'osy.
The minister il expected to take
J two-line text and preach . two-col-
INN sermon from 1t, while the editor
must take . thrse-column sermon and
make . two-lins item out Of It, Md
ne job il just ~ hard ~ the other.
A
A forlorn dog, wearing m abandon
d look, sat for long TINA patient
= waiting 1t the north door Of ths
ourthouss several days ago. A pass
rby hazardsd the gueas that The
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-30
When Yea Are Con1tipated

To insure . healthy action Of the
bowels and correct disorders Of the
liver, take two Of Chamberiain's Tab
let's Immediately after supper. They
viii not only cause Z gentle movement
Of the bowels, without unpleasant eff
feet, but Danish that dull, stupid feel
ing, that often accompanies constipa-
ton.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-30
TALES OF TOWN
A NEW YEARS RESOLUTION

4As the pots says.
OPPORTUNITY knocks but vance at
every Minis duTe.
On some Minis dures it hammers
Till Il breaks down the dure
An then It goes In and wakes him
up
II he's asleep.
An ever Afterwards It warruks for
his ~ nightwatchman.
On other minis dures it knocks
An runs away.
An on the dures Of some min. it
knocks
An when they come out
1t hits thin over the head with Rn
axe.
But ivrywan has an OPPORTUNITY"
Mr.. Dooley.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-30

Carbon paper The kind that wont
mut at The Index o6iea.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-30

Little Joan's canary, WHITES, had
died. and the poor youngster seemed
heartbroken. To console her some
what her father gave her cigar box
In which to deposit the remains, and
with much ceremony he assisted in
burying the box in the garden.
Dad" whispered Joan, when the fu-
neral was over, will WHITES 70 TO
heaven!" II expect So" replied her
father. why" II was only think
ing" murmered Joan, chow cross St.
Peter will be when, he opens the box
and finds it isn't cigars after ALI"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-12-30

A crowd was sitting around . RS
taunant tabs In Dublin. 1t was On
. Friday. and - W had . Catholic
priest With NJ ws Ill ordered hsh.
Just before NJ were served anotksF
waiter brought . huge, juicy porter
house steak TO = man At the naxt
tahle. We al sniRed its delightful
aroma, - We were hungry, and ona Of
our party sighed audibly. "Fathar.'s
hs said. turning 70 the priest, ITS
= darn shame that we can't have u
Steak today!" "Well," replied the
good father, I'VE could have Il The
apostles had been butchers instead
Of fishermen"
q
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04

Figured silk stripe tops and sci
color dotted silk border and back. Tr
wanted rose, cadet and other shades
Lambs wool filling.
rst Floor, North
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-23

from Henry Georges Progress and
Poverty':
The simple vet sovereign remedy,
which win raise wages, increase the
earnings of capital, extirpate pauper-
ism, abolish poverty, give remunera-
tive employment to whoever wishes it,
afford free scope to human powers,
lessen crime. elevate morals, and taste
and Intelligence purify government
and carry civilization to Yet nobler
heights, is-to appropriate (ground)
rent by taxation"
That wages will be raised is shown
by the following excerpts from -Un-
used Democracy booklet written
by Harry II. Wilcox, a business man
of Pittsburg, Pa:
'sWages-the price of labor-must
fluctuate exactly as labor is plentiful
or scarce, but we do not always see
the comparatively small percentage
tht makes surplus or. shortage
"A difference of 10 per cent in the
available labor supply is all the diff
ference between high and low wages
for the worker, high and low buying
power for the people and between high
and low profits for the employer"
Thousands of men in industry
would go on the land with their wom-
en- and children, many OF whom are
now doing industrial work: this would
lessen the labor pressure and give bet
ter ages to those who remain in indus
try"
Jobs would be permanently plenti-
full and workers. as long as free land
would be permanently scarce
with resulting high wages and steady
for workers and good
business with good profits for em-
ployers in supplying increased de-
mands of a people with much great
or per capita buying power than at
present.
~The success of the own your
home campaign would be assured,
while at present 1t is largely nothing
but a dream for the great mass of
Americans. so per cent of whom are
now tenants facing a steadily increas-
ng rent, which Will continue with in
creasing land values Cheaper homes
md lower rents are but idle fancies
lnder present conditions"
That it afford free scope to- human
and elevate morals and in
is proven by the following /,
'eport to congress in 177S2 by Robert !
Norris. one of the fathers of the con-
'titution:
"A large proportion of America is
he property of land holders. They
nonopolize it without cultivation;
hey are for the most part at no ex-
ense either of meney or personal /
ervice to defend it, and keeping the
rice higher by monopoly than other
rise it would be, they impede the set
cement and culture of the country. A
md tax, therefore. would have the
ilutary operation of an agrarian law
-ithqut the iniquity. 1t would relieve
ne iffdigent and aggrandize the state
Y bringing property (land) into the
ands of those who would use it for
lie benefit of society,"
Farmers in Oregon do not own 5
er cent of its total land values. Most
I the tillable ad untillable lands are
ED idle by spectators and absentees-
armers do not own timber, mineral,
Il
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-23

Because OF the Importance of the
question involved, the text OF the sim
gle tax measure. on the ballot In Ore
gon this fall Is here given along with
the arguments. affirmative and Mega
tive, that have been filed.
ION OffScial Ballot, Nos. 500 and 30T)
AN. AMENDMENT
To the constitution OF the State of Ore
gon. TO be submitted to the legal
electors OF the state of oregon for
their approval or rejection at the
election to be held November 2,
1920. 10 amend section / of article
TX thereof: proposed by initiative
petition filed in the office of the
secretary of state OF the state of
oregon, June 8. 1920.
The following is the form and num-
ber in which the proposed amend
ment will be printed on the official
ballot:
Constitutional observation-disclosures
by Initiative Petition.
Initiated by The Oregon Single Tax
League. Harry A. Rice President.
1870 Front Street. Portland. oregon;
Mrs. Christian H. Mock. Secretary.
1sl Seventeenth Street, Portland,
Oregon.--SINGIE TAX CONSTITU-
TTONAL AMENDsTENT-Pur
To assess all taxes necessary for the
maintenance Of state. county. muni-
cipal aud district government sRp-
on the value of land itself irrespec-
tive of the Improvements in or on
1t and to exempt all other property
and rights and privileges from tax
alton, from July /, 1921, to July /,
1925; and thereafter to take the full
rental value of the land. irrespec-
tive of Improvements, as taxes, and
no other taxes of any kind to be
levied. by amending section of ar
ticle TX of the oregon constitution.
SOC Yes Vote YES or NO
307 No
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT
Section / of article TX of the consti-
tuition of the state of Oregon shall beq
hereby is amended to read as follows:
Sec. /. From July 1, 1921, to and
until July 1. 1926, all revenues neces- |
sary for the maintenance of state, |
municipal and district govern |
ment shall be raised by a tax on the (
value of land irrespective of improve l
ments in or on it, and thereafter the /
full rental value of land, irrespective /
Of improvements shall be taken in
lieu of all other taxes for the mainten-
ance of government, and for such 9TH
DR. purposes as the people may direct.
The intent of this amendment is to for
ever prevent the exploitation of the in
iividual through the monopoly of nat
iral or community made values and
For affirmative argument see page
u.
For negative argument see pages IL
ma 10.
On Official Ballot, Nos. 3O6 and 3O7)
ARGUMENT (AffirZnative)
Submitted by Oregon Single Tax
league. Christina H. Mock, Secretary,
n behalf of the Single Tax Constitu- !
ional Amendment.
The statement of the case for the !
'ingle Tax is set forth in following, T
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-23

None would build, save for his own
use--ho~ who would provide housing,
OFFICES for professional men, hotels.
rooming houses and small stores? Who
would loan for building upon land
that had no value?
No Incentive TO Improve.
Possessors of unimproved property
would not dare place costly improve
ments upon it, as it would be mere
speculation as to whether they would
be able to retain permanent possess
sion. There would be no margin of
safety, such as now accrues in the
form of increased values of land, of
which the owner now gets the benefit.
Those who entered upon vacant lots
without the purpose of erecting dwell
lings would hesitate to lavish their
earnings upon homes and grounds for
there would be no assurance of per-
manent possession. For if, due to
misfortune, the possessor was unable
to pay the high tax on the lot. could
not another enter upon and obtain the
lot merely by bidding it in at tax sale
with the improvements. and without
having to pay anything for the value
of the lot as as rot For no lot as lot
would have any value that could be re-
Elected in purchase price, for all val
ue would be extracted in the form of
the annual rent collected by the tax
gatherer
Horde of Roaming Renters.
This an,a,dr,a,,t r. do,,,.ior,
:, s s1,1..,a :. tli,u
complish no good for the homeless
and landless whom it is intended to I
$50 a. e : - -, ~ VI te
inc incenti,,a 70 rar,,,a,,a,,. ;,,,re.a,,o
noante ~ ho,,,a s,tas sa,.,,,,, saa.l,,
sitas ana h,s;nass s;,a. -.
world he stonnad and eoS 80 :"
nerous bon,a-ou,,;,,a, r~,,,,,,at,a
Womb ha tonnaa and ,,asraa,.a,,n p.,
bon,e-owninp nonuIa,ion wa,,,d ~ 80
placed NV eeneration 81 roan,ir-
.enters Sorca5 - aho,,ao,, 80 t.
,r Earn, +hrouat, ;nats;,stu - ~, ~ ~,
.a,faI vo,,,a "a ,ara,ae,,.s - 80 s
ind arotta, ho,,,a -. 80 go, ses,
.ien,,,y 1o,,, rantai S,o,,,a -. -. II
vo,ld he ab,e e., ,,,,,,a a. ,,;e,,
mar tax y,;st,o,,t =, i,s,,,,a,,a :. II
ufficiantI,, r., ,,,aLa - ,rod,,ati,,o
No,,o cr,,r.. .,r,,.,.l,s.. ~. III
For rora e,,,td t,o,.,,,.,, -. 80, iii
,ata ,n,,,rr,,ay,a,,s Tp ~" y. lan1 70
= securitv l., ,,,ir,a 60 az 1o,,9e,
~ 49, ~ -, =, ','lue ~ sne ieuuer, ior
" taxat,on And -,,,ot 'osa~ n go, go
ro,,i,Ta I,Is ,o,,i,,os, e. as,at,,a % 80.
han,e o. 49,, 49,. ~ ,s4 ~ ouiio
ma va1na could .cor,,a 80 o.at ~. e,se -, -
,an9 10 ~ - '"e
An exis,,rr n,ortaaas ,,f, II
.ndared ynrthIass go .o
. co,Id he s.,1,,ns.d go, go s.,s.'1i
ents mp '''
unfortunate yould lose An iii
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-23
rnrIict GROSS Iniusticc.

Improvement and highly productive
use OF land.---.------s--
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-23
D8PEOPE OF OREGON WANT TO HAVE SINGLE AyESTABEHED,

Here is Fun Text Of Proposed
fsfs8 NTENs
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-23

lcontinued on page 14.)
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-23

= INC THE BEST QUALITY OF
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-23
Would sune Prosperity.

America owes its progress very
largely to the fact that its national
and state governments have guaran-
teed security of private property. For
a state to use the ail-powerfuI instru-
ment of taxation as a means of wiping
out private ownership OF land would
be to doom its people to tenantry and
stifle the prosperity that springs from
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-09
RAIL MEN TO FIGHT COSTS BY PURCHASE OF FACTORIES;
 SELL TO CONSUMER DIRECT
Various Deals Announced by Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way, Employees and Shopmen Total $1,0OO OOO-
 Saving of % to 60 Per Cent. Estimated.

Detroit, Jan. 9.-Perhaps the most advanced move yet undertaken by or ganized labor to combat the high cost of living is about to be launched oy the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way employees and railway shop 1aborers. According to announce ment of the brotherhood officials, the purchase of tubing factory in New York State, a glove factory in Willi- amston, Mich, and knitting and un- ,derwear factories in Ypsilanti have just been completed as the first step in movement that is hoped will be followed by organized labor general 1y.
 O. c. Trask, Assistant Grand Presi- dent of the organization, which is the third largest in membership in the ranks of union labor, also announced that negotiations probably will be concluded within two weeks for the purchase of two other mills in To- ledo. Goods will be sold direct to the consumer.
 The various dealers represent an initial investment of s1,oo0,oo0, and
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-09

mark the first step in a campaign au- thorized at the national convention of the brotherhood in Detroit in Sep tember that is expected to effect a saving for brotherhood men of be- tween 25 and 60 per cent.
 The brotherhood also has taken over a building in Ypsilanti to be used temporarily as a distributing centre. A second warehouse will oe opened shortly in Toronto and others in Southern, Eastern and Western territory will follow as quickly as production necessitates, officials said.
 In addition the brotherhood has entered into contracts with overall makers and manufacturers of other articles needed in the work of rail- way men. It has already given to a local company a blanket order for 1000 dozen pairs of overalls, has completed plans, according to Mon days announcement, for taking over the entire cotton crop of a Southern planter, and will begin early in Feb ruary the mailing of price lists to its 3o0,000 members.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-09
HEROIC MEN BACK FROM
 WAR WORK

Boston, Jan S-A valiant little heroine of the World War, born ia this city, ,s slipping back very quietly
 into Boston, She is Sister Mary winifred of the Order of Notre Dame, hailed as a heroine by all Belgium.
 Her dauntless courage when, at tha
 outbreak of the war, she raised in
 the face of the advancing German
 army, the American flag over the
 Mother House of her order at Ma
 mur, and saved not only the famous old convent and the Notre Dame
 Cathedral, but the lives of many old
 people and children who had sought refuge there from the menace of the invaders.
 All Is in readiness among the No ire Dame communities here to give Sister Winifred welcome home. She reached New York on the liner Co., lumbia from Scotland, and there be- ing no house of her order in that
 city 1t is believed that as soon as expedient she will proceed directly here.
 The strict rules of the Notre Dame | order forbid that amy undue cere- | mony attend the arrival of the he roic nun. In fact the exact hour l that will bring her back to this city
 has not been revealed, even to close 1 schoolday friends who eagerly await | her arrival.
 | The Waltham Noviate Is to have l first honors and Sister Winifred will | spend the first few days of her stay | there The beautiful new convent ] in the Fenway is to be her home dur l ing the remainder of her visit. After
 & brief rest in her native city she is 1 to proceed to Washington, and it is | believed take up her work at Trinity College, of the Notre Danes, in that | city.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-09

with regard to the wish and opinion or the country are credited If there Is any doubt as to what the people of the country think on this vital matter, the clear and single way out is to sub init 1t for determination at the next election of the voters of the nation, to give the next election the form of a great and solemn referendum, a ref erendum as to the part the United States is to play in completing the settlements of the war and in the pre- vention in the future of such out rages as Germany attempted to perpe- I trate.
 we have no moral right to refuse | now to take part in the execution and 1 administration of these settlements 1 than we had to refuse to take part in the fighting of the last few weeks of the war which brought victory and made it possible to dictate to Ger many what the settlements should be. Our fidelity to our associates in l the war is in question, and the whole future of mankind. It will be heart ening to the whole world to know the attitude and purpose, of the people of i the United States.
 T spoke just now of the spiritual leadership of the United States, l thinking of international affairs. But 1 there is another spiritual leadership | which is open to us and which we i can assume. The world has been
 made safe for democracy, but democ-
 racy has not been finlly vindicated.
 All sorts of crimes are being com-
 nitted in it's name, all sorts of pre- posterous perversions of its doctrines
 and practices are being attempted.
 This, in my judgment. is to be the
 great privilege of the democracy of l the United States-to show that 1t
 can lead the way in the solution of
 the great social and industrial pro-
 blems of our time, and lead the way
 to a happy settled order of life as vel
 as to political liberty.
 "The program for this achievement
 we must attempt to formulate, ant
 in carrying it out we shall do mor' than can be done in any other wa,
 to sweep out of existence the tyran
 nous and arbitrary forms of powe
 which are now masquerading unde 1 the name of popular government
 "Whenever we look back to An drew Jackson we should draw fresl
 inspiration from his character an
 example. His mind grasped witt , such a splendid definiteness and firm ness the principle of national author , l ity and national action. He was S |, indomitabIe in his purpose to give re a.lity to the principles of the govern
 ment that this is a. very fortunat |. | time to recall his career and to re !. . new our vows of faithfulness to tn principles and the pure practices o . .. democracy. I rejoice to john you i this renewal of faith and purpose. hope that the whole evening may b of the happiest results as regards tn q fortunes of our party and the nattor
 with cordial regard,
 Sincerely yours,
 WOODROW WILSON"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-09
PAGES 17 TO A

and it's elimination from politics
 The investigators found consider able difference of opinion as to the character of the reservations that should be adopted, the strongest sen timent apparently being for the Tafs suggestions. The consensus also was the Lodge reservations that were ob- jectionable because of the inability of the Allied nations to accept them. should be promptly eliminated and the Treaty adopted at once with in- terpretative reservations of a mild
 character.
 That also was said to be the view rof Chairman Hays in 9 general way. Moreover, in private conversation
 the G. O. F.. chairman did not hesi-
 tate to say in substance that cit
 would be a calamity for the Republi-
 can party if the Treaty was held up indefinitely, and so made a prime issue of the campaign of 1920" The newspaper Investigators de- duced that the reason for MT. Hays changed attitude was due to the committeeman reporting that the Re- publican business interests of the country were insistent that their for eign and domestic commerce should no longer be held up by the United | States failure to ratify the Peace | Treaty. These business men very l generally attributed most of the pres
 ent financial and industrial unrest to
 doubt as to Americas real attitude
 toward a world peace, the committee
 men said, and they wanted Congress | to enact such measures as would re- i store foreign exchange to a. standing 1 that would allay present apprehen- sion, and make possible a loosening 1 of this country's hands in the effort | to eventually control the bulk o1 trade of all the buying nations of the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-09
FIX STOMACH
 RIGHT UP Tapes Diapepsin" at once ends Indigestion, Gases,
 Sourness, Acidity

You don't want a slow remedy when your stomach is bad-or an un- certain one-or a harmful one-your stomach is too valuable; you mustn t injure it with drastic drugs.
 When your meals don't fit and you feel uncomfortable, when you be1ch gases, acids or raise sour, undigested food. When you feel Jumps of in- digestion pain, heartburn or head ache, from acidity, just eat a tablet of Pape's Diapepsin and the stom- ach distress is gone.
 Millions of people know the magic of Pape's Diapepsin as an antacid They know that indigestion and dis ordered stomach are so needless. The relief comes quickly, no disappoint 1nent, and they cost so little too.- tAAY.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-09
PEOPLE DESIRE
 SPEEDY ACTION OF PEACE TREATY

Washington, D. C., Jan. 9.-A mo- tfceable feature of the meeting Of the Republican National Committee here was the complete official smoth- ering of any discussion of the Peace Treaty and the League of Nations. This was at the behest of Will H. Hays, National Chairman, but it did not prevent a very general discus sion among the committeeman From
 this source it was learned that the
 general party sentiment was not in
 accord with the statement of Senator
 Lodge that the Treaty is dead so far
 as the Republicans are concerned
 and that of Senator Borah that not
 only was the Treaty dead but that ii would stay in that condition because of the peoples vote in next years na- tional election.
 Several newspaper men made sin cere efforts to ascertain the general sentiment of the committeeman a: aecurte reflections of the nations thought. In confidential talks, so as not to violate the orders of the ma. tional chairman, practically all the l committeeman said the people want. ed a speedy ratification of the Treaty