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The Times Herald
Burns, Harney County, Oregon
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A. W. Lafferty, insurgent congressional candidate from Portland, will speak at the Burns courthouse on Sept. 16 at 8 PM, inviting other candidates to join. He opposes the assembly idea, focuses on national insurgency, and accuses the government of discriminating against Oregon in public lands, blaming Congressman Ellis for repealing a reclamation act section that diverted $5,360,000 to other states.
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A. W. Lafferty, of Portland, insurgent candidate for congress, will talk at the court house in Burns next Friday night, Sept. 16, at 8 o'clock, and has extended an invitation to all other candidates to divide time with him.
Lafferty is opposing the assembly idea, and besides the National issue of insurgency is basing his campaign on showing up discrimination against Oregon by the government in administration of public lands. He proves that the Interior Department has construed the homestead and timber land laws off the statute books, so that a man's rights to take up 160 acres of land are now practically worthless. He directly charges Congressman Ellis with responsibility for repeal of Section 9 of the Reclamation Act, which resulted in the government taking for use in other states the sum of $5,360,000 derived from sale of public lands in Oregon.
(Paid Adv.)
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Court House In Burns
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Sept. 16
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Insurgent candidate A. W. Lafferty announces a speech in Burns on Sept. 16 at 8 PM, inviting other candidates. He campaigns against assembly, highlights government discrimination in Oregon land administration, claims homestead rights are worthless, and blames Ellis for diverting $5,360,000 in reclamation funds to other states.