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VOL. X.
ROSEBURG, i DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1019
NO. 88.
RESUMPTION 0F1R
BUTTE STRIKE GETS
Fl
NEW SENATE BILL :
TO VIOLENT STAGE
PROVES TO BE DECOY
' BILL PLANNED
EMM
OPPORTUNITY IN
MERCHANT MARINE
President Wilson Is Credited
With Saying U. S. Army
Might Be Recalled.
QUESTION OF ARMISTICE
W1U New German Government Refuse
to Comply With Terms of Agree
Mcnt. Americans Rescue
Allies From Reds. .
(By Associated FresB.) .
' PARIS, Feb. 13. The extension of
time given In the armistice which -expires
Monday, February 17, and there
is no little discussion of the probable
attitude.that the new German govern
ment will take at that time. Non
execution of the terms if the armist
ice on the part of Germany would
doubtless lead to crave consequences,
It is, alleged, and President Wilson is
reputed to have stated yesterday that
an incident of that -nature at this
time would Justify the resumption of
the war. He said that he would not
hesitate to order the United States
army to take up arms again in event
.Germany fails to live up to her agree
ments. Further reports allege that Presi
dent Wilson regards the resumption
of hostilities as a grave eventuality,
to which he would agree only bn the
most absolutely esential considera
tions, and not for any secondary mo
tive. The supreme council will re
new the armistice Feb. 17 for a very
brief period, the entente allies re
serving the right to suspend the
agreement at any if Germany fails
to carry out the new clauses in the
armistice. It is expected that the
new terms will provide that Germany
cease hostilities against the Poles and
maintain their forces within a fixed
limit.
A special commission will draft
the conditions of the armistice which
will continue in force until the final
signing of the treaty. ...These new
conditions will probably call for the
demobilization and disarment of the
entire German army in Germany.
These terms will be communicated to
the new German national assembly at
Weimar, so that the question may be
given time for discussion among the
representatives asembled,
AMERICANS TO RESCUE.
ARCHANGEL, Feb. 13. United
StateB soldiers, marching over thirty
miles of forest trail, reached the hard
pressed British and Russian troops in
the region of Sredmakrenga, yester
day, where they came in the nick of
time to, relieve the deep anxiety felt
for thejsafety of allied forces at the
garrison there. An immediate result
of the reinforcements was that the
Reds, who have been launching some
strong attacks in this region, retired
southward, apparently abandoning
the offensive movement. It was evi
dent that they feared being cut off
In the rear.
CAPTURE RED AGITATOR.
BASEL, Feb. 13. Karl Radek, a
Russian Bolshevist emissary, who was
accused by the Germans of instigating
numerous radical outbreaks in Ger
many, has been discovered and arrest
ed by Berlin police, says a dispatch
from that city. The whereabouts of
the man have been a mystery for
some time.
ARMY OF HALF MILLION.
PARIS, Feb. 13. Under the socie
ty of nations plan, according to the
Havas News Agency, the United
States will maintain an army of not
less than half million men.
ORDERED BACK TO WORK.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13. A
telegram from acting President Wey
and, of the Boilermakers and: ship
builders linternational union, today
instructed Pacific Coast boilermakers
of whom several thousand are out on
a strike, to return to their employ
ment and to strictly observe all agree
ments with the government and em
ployers. Weyand threatened to re
voke union cards of men recusing to
obey the order, which applies to all
unions on this coast.
Miss Lillian Flint, will entertain
this evening, at her home on South
Stephens Street, in honor of Miss
Kate Powell, who Is visiting with her
parents in this city lor a few dayB,
after several months spent at Cor
vallis, where she is attending the
Agricultural College. The evening
will be Bpent in games, music and
social converse and a dainty lunch
eon is being prepared, which will be
served at a late hour. The guests
will be: Misses Kate Powell, Virginia
Biggs, Lucia Fancher, Lois Cobb,
miWtoiI Rlack. Ruth Powell. Mary
Ti.Hnia Zonie McDonald, Lorine
Conlee and the hostesss Lillian Flint.
WILL ENTERTAIN
FRIENDS TONIGHT
Strikebreakers Home Dyna
mited During Night and
Porch Blown Away. ;
WAS NO LOSS OF LIFE
Puzzling Numbers Pinned to Door of
Aliner's Home Rods Held at
Taooma for Deportation
Boumania In Revolution. '.
(The Associated Press.)
BUTTE. Feb. 13. Strikers or their
sympathizers are showing marked an
archistic tendencies here, and at
tempts at violence are being discov
ered at various points In the cityC
Chief of Police Murphy caused the
arrest of a man giving the name of
Brandy, who Is alleged to have thre
atened to blow up the street cars
If attempts were made to operate the
system. Three other men, 'foreign
ers, were also arrested yesterday for
Interf erring with workmen going to
their employment. Despite the fact
that still additional unions endorsed
the strike today, more men appeared ,
at the mines for work this morning
than at any previous time since the
walkout occurred. There Is Increas
ing unreBt apparent among the strik
ing element and the military force
was increased during the night as a
precautionary measure. The home of
C. H. Nolan, a miner who refused to
walk out- with the strikers, was dy
namited last night by someone throw
ing a stick of dynamite under the
building. A portion of the front
porch was blown away and a shed
demolishred by the explosion, but al
though the family was within no one J
was nun. .rinnea to cne rronc aoor
of the house were the figures "3-7-
77." These characters were the
same as were found pinned to the
body of Prank, Little, an I. W. W.,
who was lynched about a year ago
for pro-German utterances.
AAVAITING DEPORTATION.
TACOMA, Feb. 13;8i foreigners
are held' here as federal prisoners
due to their revolutionary actions,
and will be1 deported. The Reds have
been arrested quietly within a few
nays by secret service officers. It
is understood that the accused men
include some well known radicals
who used their influence to bring
about the strike.
WANT A REPUBLIC
BERLIN, Feb. 13. A general In
surrection Is progressing throughout
Rouniania, according to a Vienna dis
patch. King Ferdinand was slight
ly wounded during an attack which
occurred while the royal family was
endeavoring to get away from Buch
arest. Workmen blockaded the way
and the royal party was forced to
return, when the men fired upon
the palace. Rioters are demanding
the overthrow of the dynasty and
the formation of a republic.
.
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
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Riddle, Ore., Feb. 11, 1919.
To the Editor of the News:
Through the columns of your pa
per, I desire to make a few comments
in regard to Senator Farrell's bill,
Senate Bill No. 216." This bill is
one of the most vicious measures 1
have ever known to be submitted to
any legislature. It proposes to give
to a Commission of five men, com
plete authority to make new laws, set
aside old ones, change the opening
and closing season on all game and
Dsn, and to name the method which
shall be practiced In fishing and the
specific appliances to be used. If this
bill should become a law. .the Fish
and Game Commission woulu have I
greater powers than the Legislature
bzecause, if the Legislature changes
a law, the Governor has the right to
repeal it, while if, under the provi
sion of this bill, the Fish and Game
Commission should change a law, the
Governor has no alternative, he must
issue his proclamation in accordonce
with the recommendation of the Com
mission, within 10 days after their
findings have been filed with the
Secretary of State. In other words,
the Fish and Game Commission will
have the same powers as the Legis
lature ana the Governor combined.
ThiB would be remarkable departure
from the famous Oregon System.
Judging from the source of its in
troduction, the drastic termB of its
provisions, it looks as though the
common people are to be entirely
ignored. Imperi.l autocracy has noth
ing on this proposed measure.
With only about a week of the
Legislature left, with hundreds of
bills to act on yet, it wea a clever
scheme to Introduce such a measure,
at the last minute, with the hopes
that it would sneak through with
the last grand rush of bills. From
my experience, I find that one can
usually look with suspicion on these
bills that pop up at the last minute
and this Senate Bill 216 it not an
exception. Every citizen should pro-
Great Interest Shown on Part
of Stockmen In Baby
Beef Showing.
VALUES ARE INCREASED
Showing That Proper Feeding Mo
ll axis Increase Value of Stock
and Gives larger Profits
to Owner .
Over 75 stockmen were, present
this morning at the demonstration
given at. the Sam Miller ranch at
Dillard under the auspices of the
Douglas County Stockmens' Associa
tion. The meeting was primarily
for the purpose of showing to the
farmers of the county the proper ana
beBt methodB of feeding baby beef.
Mr. Miller is feeding 35 head or
calves between the ages of 11 and
14 months. These calves were al
lowed to run with their mothers un
til Nov. 1, when they were put in the
feeding shed. . At the present time
they weigh between 660 and1, 800
pounds each, which at the present
market price of $13.50 per hundred
will give a total of almost $lu"
each on an average. These calves,
which will be shipped to the Port
land market next week were fed
three ttmeB a day, their daily ration
being 25 pounds of ensilage, eight
pounds of ground corn and three
pounds of ground barley.
In addition to these calves he is
feeding 120 three-year-old steers
which were put in the reeding lot
last November; The daily ration for
these steers has been 40 pounds of
ensilage and from 10 to 12 pounds
of alfalfa hay, and for the last two
weeks he has been adding to this
10 pounds of corn. The steers have
been in the feeding lot approximate
ly 100 days and: during that time
the 'weight has increased on an av
erage from 1050 pounds to 1300
pounds, a net profit of $30 each,
while ra-vjeality. the profit -Is much
greater as the quality of the animals
has increased from nine to 13 cents
per pound, so that the value is much
greater per pound now than before
feeding methods were applied.
Mr. Miller advises purchasing well
bred stock, but not necessarily pure
bred for beef purposes. He says that
any farmer owning 10 head of cows
can easily afford to pay $1,000 for a
pure bred sire if one cannot be ob
tained for a less price.
County Agriculturist Hurd, who
has done much to promote the demon
stration, says that the result of the
meeting will be shown in several car
loads of calves which will be fed out
next season.
iS.CJ.MAi OIES
Mrs. Clara A. Mahn, aged 65,
died very suddenly at noon today at
the home of her mother, Mrs. C.
Kruse, with a sudden attack of pul
monary trouble. Mrs. Mahn was
born near Cincinatti, Ohio, and came
to this country with her husband in
1876. She lived at Yoncalla until
about 10 years ago whenr following
the death of her husband, she mov
ed to this city and' for several years
has been making her home with her
mother. She had been failing In
health for te past year but her condi
tion became serious only yesterday.
She is survived by sichildren, Mrs. C.
S. Plaster, of Cottage Grove; Ed.
H. Mahn, of Enterprise: Mrs. Barton
Helliwell, and Miss Alice Mahn, of
Roseburg; Fred L. Mahn, Base Hos
pital, Camp Lewis, and Clarence C.
Mahn, who left a few days ago for
Coquille. No funeral arnngements
will be made pending word from the
members of the Immediate familq.
A NEW WRINKLE.
A suitcase, containing 12 quarts
of whlske which was taken from
the northbound passenger -train last
evening 1b now in the hands of Sher
iff Terrell awaiting a claimant, when
Speed Cop McDonald boarded the
train at the depot on its arrival ana
spotted the tell-tale suitcase every
one in the car of course atsclalmcd
ownership and it was promptly con
fiscated. The BUitcase was found to
be lined with chloride of lime, sod
that in case one or more of the bot
tle were broken the chemical action
off the lime would destroy the odor
of the whiskey and make it Impos
sible to tell what the fluid was,
Mcdford Tribune.
test against the passage of this hill,
on the grounds of 'Democracy' alone,
even though they have no concern or
take any interest In the Fish and
Oamn resourco of the state.
Very respectfully.
:.. V . B. F. NICHOLS.
Hidden Fangs Found In New
Fish and Game Code Intro
duced In the House.
PROVISIONS IDENTICAL
Interests Had Expected to Slip Meas
ures By Willie Fight Centered on
" the Act Which It Was Plain
Would ' Moot Opposition.
Evidently with the expectation that
sportmen would concentrate their Ar
tillery on Senate Bill 216, Fishing in
terests have produced a more drastic
but cleverly camouflaged measure
which at this they had apparently
hoped to sneak through under cover
of the smoke raised! by their clear
cut issue. The new bill which was
introduced by the committee on Game
in the house and which is known aB
House Bill 876, contains practically
all of the provisions of the, Senate
Bill, but in a disguised form and hid
den among many confusing amend
ments. . t , .' ,' ' '.'
Section 7 of the House Bill pro
vides: "Said State Board of Fish
and Game commissioners shall have,
in addition to all other powers here
tofore granted, the power tp fix the
compensation of all its officers, ap
pointees and employees. - Said com
pensation and expenses actually In
curred by said officers appointees and
employees, when so employed, shall
be paid monthly from the game pro
tection fund or hatchery fund."
These salaries Include those of the
Game Warden nnd deputies -so that
all members of the commission have
the right to regulate and control their
own compensation: t , . ,
Section 8 provides (a) That the
said State Board of Fish and Game
Commission Is hereby authorized to
MAKE and declare such rules and re
gulations which shall reasonably be
required in the. administration of Its
duties. ' . , '
(b) EVERY person SHALL obey,
observe and comply with EVERY or
der or rule or regulation made by
the state Board or Fish and Game
Commissioners of Oregon, under au
thority of thlB aot; any person vio
lating or attempting to violate any
such rule,, order or regulation shall
be liable to a Density of not exceed-
one hundred dollars, u'nlesB otherwise
specifically provided. .
Section 38 provides (c) Trout, over
ten inches jn length, open season all
year with hook and line only. Bag
limit, fifty fish, or fifty pounds
in any one day; PROVIDED, how
ever, that there shall be a closed sea
son on trout and . OTHER GAME
FISH from January first . to March
thirty-first, both dates Inclusive, and
It shall be unlawful to take trout and
other game fish in any manner what
soever d'urlng said closed season."
Section 26 No person, firm of cor
poration shall use or permit to be
used in any waterB of the State of
Oregon any electrical device, appli
ance or current which shall In any
manner have a tendency t6 retard,
scare, frighten or obstruct any sal
mon fish, food fish or game fish in
their migration or movements in said
waters, WITHOUT FIRST HAVING
OBTAINED THE CONSENT OF, and
a permit from the STATE GAME
WARDEN.
DAIRY HERD IS FOUND
Ira Hull, who conducts a dairy
buBineSB just east of the city, has
recently had his herd tested for tu
berculosis, with the result that the
state veterinary found al of the cows
in a perfect condition, vigorous and
healthy. - To the average consumer
of milk this means a good deal these
days, when diseased cattle are fre
quently discovered among the milch
cows. While the law requires that
all dairy cows must be tested, the
work Is necesBarity delayed on ac
count of lack of assistance in the
state veterinary office. Mr. Hull
finally succeeded in getting the work
done, and the satisfaction of know
ing that he Is selling milk free from
tubercular taint is a big item to him
and doubtless will be equally appre
ciated by his many customers. The
dairy herd is composed of fourteen
cows! at present, and Mr. Hull Ib
sparing no pains or expense to bring
in the best methods In the production
of milk products. The barns and
stalls are kept in the best' possible
condition, and) applied sanitation
marks every feature of his business.
The milk is handled after approved
methodB, so that there is the mini
mum of exposure, properly cooled and
bottled, and when it reaches custom
ers is in the very best possible condi
tion, and has a keeping quality that
makes It desirable to patrons.
Sportsmen Consider Bill Set
ting Aside River For
Sport Only.
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED
Resolution Aldkxpted Against Senate
: iBill Aiming to Give Monopoly of
Salmon Fishing to Larger
, . Packing Interests.:
A bill to Bet aside the Umpqua riv
er as a stream devoted wholly to the
prorogation of salmon and game fish
for sport only, to prohibit commer
cial fishing at any part of the river,
and to prohibit the sale of any fish
taken from the Umpqua river, was
considered last night at a meeting of
the Umpqua Sportmen'B Association
and will probably be In form to pre
sent to the senate before the close
of the session. At present there 1b
no stream set asffle''wh'ere the' fish
ermen who are out for snort alone
can enjoy their recreation unhinder
ed by commercial interests, which
at nresent have almost a comnlete
monopoly so that the catching of a
salmon with rod and line Is almost a
thing of the past.
It Is believed' that a stream set
aside for the purpose of supplying a
pleasant and profitable pastime for
the followers of Isaac Walton, would
meet with great favor throughout
the state, while from a , mercenary
standpoint would bring a good pro
fit to the county from those who
would come to the community to
spend their vacations. It Is realized
that the season is almost passed for
the Introduction of bills .in either the
senate of the house, but it is thought
that the . measure can be prepared
and acted upon before the end of the
session if prompt action Is taken.
The bill' will also carry a clause
to divorce the sporting and commer
cial fiBhlng, making each separate
and selfHsupporting. The money how
derived from the - sale of .licenses
would be used only for the employ
ment of wardens to protect fish and
game and would have no connection
whatever with the commercial inter
ests who would be required to pay
all expenses of their operations. The
meeting was unanimous In favor of
the creation Of a fishing reserve and
immediate action is expected. -
A great spirit of hostility was ex
pressed against Senate bill 216 which
has as Hb aim the securing of . a
complete monopoly on the part of
the packing interests of all fishing
in the state and the placing of legis
lative powers in the hands of the ilsh
and game commission.
A. C. MarBters spoke at some
length on the constitutionality of the
proposed measure, saying that he
believed , it to be strictly against
the state' constitution to -place such
powers as suggested in the hands of
the commission, to delegate to a few
men the poweiB which are supposed
to be exercised by the representa
tives of the people. He doubts the
ability of the bill, providing it be
comes an act, to stand te test or
the courts, but says that It must be
defeated now to avoid the expense
and delay of costly and long drawn
out litigation. He urged the adop
tion of resolutions and proposed cor
respondence with legislators.
Dr. C. H. Bailey saldi that the sun-
port of the state Grange is assured
and that he will personally write to
various grange leadera requesting
them to use their influence. He said
that the grange in principle Is op
posed to any measure which so lim
its the powers or legislation and cen
tralizes It In a few. Personally he
says he will devote every Influence
to defeating the bill and will en
deavor to list many more in the fight.
B. F. NichoiB, stated that he be
lieves the bill to be unconstitutional
from the fact that It elimlnatos the
power of veto on the part of the Gov
ernor, if for no other reason, He pro
duced an editorial showing It to be
the work of the big packing lntorests
and backed by men who own large
shares in theso corporations. He
showed that a great percentage of I he
men engaged in the actual fishing are
foreigners and branded the bill as
Bolshevikl in tendency.
Other speakers diBCUBsed the pro
posed enactment along similar llneB
attention being called to the fact that
the interests were undoubtedly hon
ing for a compromise at the last mo
ment and urging the unconditional
defeat of the measnre.
It wail proposed that a delegate be
sent to Salem whenever deemed
necessary and the expense, be paid by
the Association. , , .
The following resolution was un
animously adopted and will be for
warded to Senator Eddy and the
Douglas County delegation In the
house,
At a special meeting of the Ump
qua Sportsmen's Club held at the
city hall, Wednesday, February 12,
1919, at 8 p. m.
The following resolution waa adopt
ed, In reference to Senate Bill No.
216, Introduced by Senator Farrell,
February 7. 1919.
Whereas:. Tuero hat been Intro-
Way Is Open For Boys. Who
. Desire to Enter a Career
. On the Ocean.
WILL RECEIVE TRAINING
Will Be Given Several Months School,
; ing and iWlll Thou Be Put On ,
Board Ship With an Opjtor- .
, tunty to Work Up. -
- - (By Dr. O. H. Bailey.) .... .
What red! blooded American boy
who has- read 'Twenty Years Before
the Mast i Jack London g "Sea Wolf"
and other stirring stories of the seas.
has not 'had a longing to become a
sailor? ' The way is now open for
such an ambition, for Uncle Sam Ib
developing a merchant marine of mil
lions at tons and thousands of young
men will ' be needed to man. these
vessels. .
Boys who have been discharged
from the army and navy are especi
ally invited to look into the merits
of this service, for the opportunities
of advancement are unlimited'; am
bitious young men being advanced as
rapidly as their qualifications permit.
Young men accepted for the new
United States Merchant Marine serv
ice from the Factno Northwest are
sent to Seattle tor their Initial train
ing, being paid their fare back after
arriving, and receive $30 per month,
hoard, quarters and uniforms. . The
pay of crews In the merchant marine
ie much higher, ranging from that of
chief stewards at from $100 to $146
per montn to tnat or mess boy at $56
per montn. from these ratings com
petent young men can work up to
higher gn.des and pay.
Volunteers lor the merchant mar
ine service sign a' contract to serve
one year and are rated' as apprentices
and trained to serve as sailors, fire
men,' coal passers, cooks or mesBmen,,
and; at the conclusion of the appren
ticeship they, are glven.tbo .rating for
which they have been trained and are
shipped on board, cargo or passenger
vessels making mercantile voyages
between American and foreign portB
or in coastwise service.
The length of the course of train
ing for an apprentice may vary, ac
cording to circumstances, from not
leBS than a month to . more than two
months, after which he takes his
place in actual work at sea besides
experienced men who will respect his
legal status among them. After two
years of suoh actual experience, he
may enter a school of navigation to
fit himself for an officers license, and
In three years may be able to pass
through all three grades as mate,
3rd', 2nd and 1st In order, and then
may be promoted to the command
o! ship.
Any of the returning soldiers or
sailors, who have an honorable dis
charge and are Interested in a career
upon the sea, are invited to visit
the office of the United States Em
ployment Service at 410 Cass Street
and obtain further Information along
'nnt una, i
IS
INTERESTING AFFAIR
India and its teeming millions was
the subject ol an illustrated lecture at
the - Adventist church, last night,
where a capacity house greeted the
speaker at seven o'clock. Elder Geo.
Enoch, for 17 years a missionary with
headquarters at .Bombay, west coast
of India, was the speaker, and for
two hour's thrilled hlB audionce with
the wonderful recital pf his work
there, and the work of Bcores of othor
missionaries. The pictures were fine,
illustrating the native people of the
various provinces, and thore were
dozens of those photographs. The
poverty and the wealth, the squalor
and beauty, hovels- of the poor and
palaces of the woalthy, the diseaso
duced in the Oregon Legislature, a
bill, known at "Sonato Bill No. 216,"
which has for Its purpose, to Increase
the powers of the Oregon Fish and
Game Commission and
Whereas: If this bill become a law,
It will delegate to the Oregon Fish
and Game Commission, a greatef
power than the State Legislature, the
Governor, or the people. It will de
prive the people of any voice In legis
lation or administration -of the fish
and game resource of the state;
Therefore be it resolved: That It
Is the unanimous sense of this meet
ing assembled, that the proposed law
embodied in Senate Bill No. 216. In
traduced in the Oregon Legislature
by Senator Farrell, is a dangerous
measure and should not become a
law. It Ib further resolved' that the
Secretary be Instructed to forward a
copy of this resolution to Senator
Eddy, or Douglas County, asking his
cooperation in defeating the bill; also
a copy be sent to each of the Douglas
County representatives in the House,
County School Superintendent
Gives Opinion on Import
ant Amendment.
VIEWS ARE REQUESTED
Snpriontendent O. C. Brown Asked to
Explain How The Proposed Act
Would Affect the System .
. In This County, (
At the request ' of the Douglas
County delegation at the State Legis
lature, County School Superintendent
O. C. Brown Is submitting his opinion
of Senate Bill 63, which annuls the
sections of Lord's Oregon LawB, per
taining to the county High School
Fund, Mr. Brown will go on record
as opposing the bill as he believes
the present method to be more equit
able, democratic and tending to the
encouragement of the formation of
the smaller schools.
Under the present law, the county
court must call an election, when 10
per cent of the school voters petition
for a. vote on-the matter, and the
school electors will then have an
opportunity to decide whether or not
they care to adopt the County High
School Fund system. This method
was put in operation in Douglas coun
ty several years ago and' is still being
used. A tax Is imposed upon the
entire county each community paying
at the same rate, timber, railroad and.
public lands being Included In the
tax, this fund being placed in the
hands of the County treasurer and
expended upon warrant from the
County school board, which is com
posed of the county court, School
superintendent and County Clerk. , A
canvas is made to ascertain the num
ber of children of a high school age
In . each community and the amount
Is, allotted out at) the rate of $40
each for the first 20 pupils, $30 each
for the next 20 and $12.60 each for
the remainder. . In the event that a
dlRtflftt has nnhlirh schonf the' rilf-'
tton goes to' the school where the
pupils of the community do attend. .
By this method the tax is evenly
distributed over a large area and no
district is affected more than another
while the smaller communities re
ceive sufficient funds to justify them
In Btartlng and maintaining a Stand
ard High School. A certain standard
is set by the Btate law and all schools
drawing money from the High
School fund must comply with the
terms laid down. . .,..'
It Is proposed to cancel this law
and- restore what is known as the
High School Tuition Law. This pro
vides that the clerk of each school
district must prepare a statement
showing the exact number of students
or a nign scnooi age in tnat aistrict,
which list must be verified and sworn
to and to the County School superin
tendent who must then prepare a
budget basing his estimate on , the
number of pupils contained in' the
totals of the reports. The expense
Incurred In each Bchool, for educating
each pupil is worked out and this
tuition becomes the basis of estimate.
Each community outside a high
school district, Is then taxed to raise
the amount of the tuitions for that
community and Jhese applied to the
upkeep expenses when attendance Is
Hated. ..For each pupil attending
school outside the county, the board
will be required to pay the amount
of tuition on which the school, where
the pupil Is attending, is operated.
As many business colleges, Universi
ties and other educational Institu
tions operate at a much higher rate
of exenBe than the ubllc schools, the
counties would be forced, It Is claim
ed to pay a much higher tuition for
those pupils than for those attending
at home. -
It Is claimed that the Tuition Fund
Law Is much more complex and does
not afford as-just and equitable me
thod of taxation as does the High
school fund law, nor does It hold out
the advantages to the smaller com
munities to operate high schools.
The High School Fund law has
been tried in only a very few coun
ties, out wherever It is now In use
it Is very satisfactory and Is Unproved'
by all who have been associated with
It. It Is belloved to be much better
than the system proposed, and It Ib
thought, that an effort will be made
to defeat the proposed amendment.
and misery, were depleted'. WorV
of the medical missionaries, who go
among tne natives and treat them,
thus geting in touch with them as
they could In no other way, was viv
idly described. Need of more mon
and women to go Into those fields
was Blow, and the educational work
in the home land was Interwoven
Into the lecture to show how conse
crated' young men and women may
be recruited for missionary fields.
At the close or the lecture the mat
ter of the Southern Oregon Acad
emy, proposed to be established at
Suthorlln, was brought before the
audience . and in a few minutes
pledges to the amount of $1,000 were
secured for that project.
Elder Enoch will lecture at OranU
Pass tonight, ,