Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-04-18


sketch of my life for over 3
quarter of century: rs years
ago / was preaching the gospe
as an evangelist In Ashland, Med
ford, Grants Pass, Marshfield
Coquell. Roseburg, Portland, and
nearly, If not all the towns In
Oregon and / continued In that
work for about eight years.
Then Mr.. II. H. Winters, a
wealthy man who resided in Port
land financed me and then | was
in the general merchandise bust
ness for about five years in Port
land. After this went on q
farm on Chelalem Mountain,
moved my family right into the
woods, l then cleared up the land
and made a fran out of 1t and at
the same time I was engaged in
the real estate business In New
berg and Portland. then moved
to Newberg fitted up and ran two
different hotels in this town.
also built a brick building In New
berg as well as doing other i'm
provements there. ! then purchas
ed farm at Butteville, on the
Willamette river and lived there
several years and cleared up forty
acres Of land Of the place and at
the same time ran a real estate
office In Portland, I organized the
Try County Push Club and was
elected Its president and much I'm
provement was accomplished. In
cuudeing the bridge across the
Willamette river at Newberg thru
the activity of this club. / then
purchased q farm at Noti, 1S
miles from Eugene, my family liv-
ing on the farm while l conduct
ed a real estate office In Eugene
until we came to Salem about -four
years ago. I have been licensed
real estate dealer ever since the
law came into effect and for over
25 years a Notary Public. in
stalled the best bath house ir
Oregon, in Salem, we have steam
tub, shower and plunge baths
with massage rooms and manicur-
ing, ! oversee this as a side issue
In my real estate business at the
present time. During all OF these
times have been a hard worker
am 60 years of age and the ia
ther OF ten living children and
after the litigation referred was
left $4,000 in debt. which has
practically been wiped out. In
1920 was a canidate and was
elected delegate from the state
at large to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention at San Francis
co, before election agreed to
vote for the peoples choice, II
elected, and the records will show
that / voted forty four times for
McAdoo with the rest OF the del
egation and on the 44th vallot
Cox was elected, then we all made
his election unanimous, would
have been there until now before
| would have disregarded my
promise to the electors of Oregon.
| have always been an advoca-
tor of the League of Nations and
| never made the statement attrib
uted to me by the Editor OF the
Capital Journal, concerning Pres
ident Wilson, | did say that was
very favorable impressed with
President Wilson and thot him
the greatest man living when he
got back from Europe, but the
course that he took in trying to
make Congress do as he wanted
them to do changed my mind and
after that | had no use for him
and that he meddled in Oregon
politics without being asked by
the voters. In. conclusion | will
say that am willing to debate
your editoriul of me and my Can
idatsy for Governor with you at
any time in public place.
Now Mr.. Editor of the Capital
Journal. as l have been courteous
with you in answering your at
tact on me | wish thru your coll
ums to give the public the reasons
for your Edltoriul in last Satur-
days issue OF your paper, YOU
WILL REM E MBER THAT
WHEN You WERE TRYING TIC
RAISE THE NECESSARY MON
Ely TO TAKE OVER THE CAPT.
AL JOURNAL THAT YOU AF-
FER BEING TURNED DOWN
BY SEVERAL WENT TO Elk
GOVERNOR WEST. WHO TOOK
you TO PARTIES THAT FIN
ANCED YOU AND PUT you ON
YOUR FEET. now are you going
TO support Ex-Governor Vests 4
brother-in-law for Governor,
thinking no doubt that one good
turn deserves another, and as you
have been posing as Editor OF a
Democratic paper you think that
you can pull votes from the Demo-
Gratis OF the state for olcott. but
il | am not mistaken the voters
are thru with this West-olcott
family In politics for awhile and
that II you owe West anything
the people OF Oregon are not go
ing to pay II for you, and your
attacking a Conidate that held a
deed 20 property over 10 years