Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1924-04-24
Writes From Leavenworth, Wash

Editor Democrat In renewing
my subscription for another year, to
the good old Democrat, / want to
write few lines to my old Morgan
county friends, to let them know
that | am still in the land, hale and
hearty. Since my last renewal to
the Democrat, there has been quite
a goodly number OF friends back
there that have passed to the great
beyond. Among them was DR.. Gate
wood and ARA Evans, whom / was
well acquainted with in my boyhood
days. | was great admirer Of DR..
Gatewood. He was man of great
energy and honor, one when he was
friend to you, that could be count
ed on at any time and place. ARA
was good boy, always jolly and
friendly, but those are the kind that
have to go, as we'll as the rest of us,
when the final summons comes
| see by the papers that they have
discovered lots of oil in Washington,
d. c. When they discovered oil in
Ohio when | was there, the people
seemed to get excited and thought
it a great honor to be in the oil bus
mess. G guess it is a different kind
q
one dozen doughnuts that the Hon.
Chris Mckee, of Noble county. who
has been in the oil business for the
last so years, and who always had
his quart of "old hunter in his cup
board, does not now smell one hun
dredth part as strong of either, as.
Harry NJ. Daugherty does who has
only been in the business two years.
told the people out here after
Harding was elected and had select
ed his cabinet, that you would see
the most corrupt administration that
ever took charge OF things at Wash
ington. (Some prophet, ] guess
Just cast your eyes at the present
secretary of the treasury, man who
owns stock in all the large indus
tries Of this country, and sitting
there telling the people who should
be taxed, and who shouldn't
| don't hear the Republicans back
there talking that Ohio will have
good man to present to the national
convention at Cleveland, in June. |
suppose it is because their timber is
all in Washington now. What is
the matter with Lawyer Kuntz of
GAINESVILLE, DR.. Cain of Caldwell, or
George Brokaw of Windsor town
ship? The Republicans of this state
have selected delegates to go to the
state convention which is to be held
in Wenatchee, Wn., April 5, in
structed for Coolidge, and the sol
diers' bonus. So you see that the
people out here are for the soldier,
and they should be in every other
state
Our greatest industries in this
country are lumber and fruit and
wheat raising The lumber mills
are not running as they should, if
the country IS on as sound basis
as the Republican papers and the
party claim it is. The apple market
here was, or rather the prices were,
so poor that lots of the. ranchers as
they are called went Broke, didn't
get enough out of their crop to pay
the expense Of raising it. Besides,
some of them owe their help yet.
Wheat is SO low in price, and freight
so high in rate. that it does not pay
to raise it. Stock, such as cattle
and hogs, bring a good price, and
the farmer who is fixed to raise
them, makes some money. Our win
ter was short and not very cold, and
we didn't have very much snow, only
about seven feet on the Cascade
mountains, where we usually have
from 2 to 25 feet most every win
ter. Weather has been fine here ever
since the middle of February
In conclusion, / want TO say to my
Democratic and Republican friends,
in the good old county of Morgan,
when you go to the election to cast
your ballot, be sure that you do not
smell any oil on it, and we by that
way, will get men in Washington,
d. c., who will represent the people,
and not WALL STREET. | was
raised in as strong a Republican
family as there was eyer in Morgan
county, but / tell you that my, ballot
will be. asapnre as lamb skin or
white apron, as 54t. q qsai4 ,@ =
Wishing you all the best of health
and prosperity, am very respectful
'ly, O. B. Miller.