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age Grove, Ore., as second class matter
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FRID AY. J A M AKY 13, 1922
TA X P A Y E R S SET POOR EXAMPLE.
Railways undoubtedly are fuirly the
subject of certuin criticism but the
railways unquestionably are right i
claiming that the same board whic
fixes the rates shoubl also be the
wage-fixing board. These two fun«
tions now are performed by se|Nirat
in
organizations—rate making by t
terstate commerce commission and
wages by tin» labor bourd.
under the present arrangement it
possible for the commerce commission
to reduce rates to a point where wages
set by the labor board cannot be puiil,
or the labor board may fix wages so
low that they make the rates fixed by
the commerce commission unreasonably
high. One board might easily nullify
the actions of the other by making
conditions impossible to meet without
concessions on the part o f the other.
No ordinary business could long ex
ist with profits and expenses set by
two separate departments of the busi
ness without regard for the facts iu
the possession of the other department
of the business. No business attempts
t«i conduct its business iu any such
ma uner.
Expenses of any business are neces
sarily regulated by probable receipt:
and the railroads have a right to ask
such consideration for their business,
Railroads can not always exist under
u method of regulation which woul
wreck the finances o f even a peanut
stand.
The Oregon City Enterprise and sev
eral other pipers of the state are tak
mg a rap at the so-called taxpayers’
budget meotmg.
Those» interested are just learning
how easy it is for a bunch to go to
one of these meetings and put over
proposed changes in the budget, as
prepared by the county court and
budget committee, without any con
sideration or regard for the advisabil
ity or wisdom of such action.
A flagrant case occurred in Clack
The Aurora Observer thinks that
amas county. Upon motions made, put
and carried without discussion thou judicious advertising of Oregon prod
sands of dollars were lopped o ff of ucts in Oregon-made newspapers would
this or that fund, done away with en solve the Buy Oregon Made Goods prol
tirely or added to some other fund or U»m—and The Observer is considerably
more than half right.
funds.
There was no consideration of what
Says the jealous Corvallis Gazette
position the county court of this tight
iradiest o f the tightwad counties of Times: "T in regular annual report of
hens
in Cottage Grove picking up gold
the state might be put in by this pro
posed violent rearrangement of funds, nuggets is being sent out a lit tit
which had been carefully placed by the earlier than usual. Perhaps the mild
court for the carrying out of well-laid weather has caused the gold to ripen
sooner. *’
plans.
Men who have no doubt many times ¡
I f a person could bo compelled to
criticized thi legislative bodies for ill
considered and hasty actions acted like list his property for sale at the price
a lot of kids, if we are to judge by it is liste«l for assessment purposes,
newspaper accounts, and acted much there would be no inflated values.
like the youngest of the family on
Christmas morn handling a new toy
The man who makes his wife un
and shaking it around just to see what
happy is often fully repaid with
may happen.
Fortunately, at least in a case such squawking youngsters.
as this, county courts are not bound
We generally admiro a fighter, but
by the actions of th«- taxpayers' meet
mg and may fly in the face of such pity the man who fights the inevit
action if they have the nerve, as has able.
been well demonstrated in Lane county.
The Enterprise probably well says,
Reformers are hot after the opium
" I f county officials exhibited as little
and the Chines«* are
judgment in the discharge of their curse in China,
duties as did the taxpayers at the taking the cue.
meeting they would be recalle«! within
Some floks may not be helped by
a week.'
The taxpayers, of course',
do not have to stand up to th*• gaff. going to church— but they certainly
Any mistakes they make and which won’t b«* hurt.
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are permitted by the court to stand
will finally be blamed u|>on the county
An aero mint foil from his mnrhiue
court which only followed the tax
payers’ instructions, rather than upon into a ohuroh. Deaths resulting from
falling airplanes are so common uonra
those who gave the instructions.
days that some novel or unusual fen
Of the 100 railroad grade crossings ture like thi. must be arranged to in
which existed when the Pacific and sun its getting full positiou iu the
Columbia highways were designated as papers.
the two principal road projects of
Oregon, only five of the hazards now
Patience is usually a virtue, but
remain. Someone had to do something there are times when it requires too
to save a few to be killed and in
jur«*«l by reckless driving at points much humility.
where unusual hazards do not exist.
Many would rather bo right than
president, which show's that they have
learned not to covet what they can’t
have.
Cottage Oroyp Soon to Share iu Payroll
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of Federal Government Which
I f yon don’t know' what you want
Now la *119,077.
there is no use trying to get it.
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D o d g e B rothers
will announce on February
1, 1922, a substantial reduc
tion in the prices of their
cars, effective from January
1, 1922.
N. J. NELSON, JR., DEALER
On the other hand tin* law provides
that where in criminal actions the
complaining witness or the defendant
is under the age of eighteen years and
in sex cas«*s one half of the jury shall
be women.
The law also fails to set a time for
returning the certificate of refusal
and it is possible that four or five
women may be drawn on a jury and
just a few minutes before court con
Oregon derived n net profit of $11#, vcties one or all may rofu»«* to serve
077 in the operation o f it* national and court will be delayed while the
guard during the past year, according clerk calls additional jurors and ser
tin annual financial statement is vie«* o f the summons is made.
sued by G«*org«* A. White, adjutant
general of the state. This was accom STUDENTS FROM HERE T R A IN
plished under the joint army partner
FOR G A IN F U L OCCUPATIONS
ship with the federal government
through which the United States treas
University o f Oregon, Eugene, I)«*«*.
urer distributed in armory payrolls and 5.— Business ndminist ration, romance
camp pay among 2100 Oregonians lo language, architecture, music, zoology,
rated in 20 Oregon cities the sum of economics, education and chemistry ar«*
$100,077, the total cost to tin* state «if th«* subjects M|M*<*iully studied by t h *
administration and upkeep being $70, ten students from Cot tag«* Grove regie
075.
t**rc«l this year at tin* University of
This year’s profit was nearly four (>r«*g«iii. Marian M. White is a fresh
times as much as was deriv«;«l from tin man in biisin«*** administration; Mar
government’s payrolls last year, due to tha Huey Johnson is a sophomore in
the increase ill size of the state service romance language; Koscoe H«*mea%vay
and success in meeting all government is a senior in nrchitictum; Glen D.
requirements for pay o f the Oregon Bin i tli is a freshman hi economics;
citizen soldiers. In ad«Jition to tin Ruth V. Htewnrt ami Kathleen Kem
$100,077 received in cash the «tat« are both juniors in music; M. Enid
secured the award of federal property Vcatch is a freshman in education;
amounting to $257,217.20.
Elsie A. Lea is a junior in zoology;
Towns receiving bumll«** of U. H. Clyde W. L«*«nmr«l is a sophomore in
treasury checks for drill anti camp zoology and Donal«l M Wooils is a
pay of citizens include Ashland, Med fresh in an in chemistry.
Th«1 professional courses that d«*fi
ford, Marshfield, Newport, Toledo,
Roseburg, Eugene, Albany, Ha 1cm, Fort nit«dy train for gainful occupations
land, ludepemlenee, Corvallis, Dallas, are tin* nnist popular with tin* 2U»4
McMinnville, Milverton, Woodburn and students enrolled. Four hiindr«*«! ami
tw«*nty-five am r«*gister**«l in business
Lebanon.
Companies are now being forme«! at administration, 152 in in«*«lie i no, 142 hi
llood River an«l Gresham and the Cot journalism, 112 in law, 101) in archi
tage Grove company completed its or tecture, 105 in education, 104 in phy
sical education, #4 in music and 22 in
ganization last night.
sociology.
Th«* college o f lit«*ratiir«*, seamen ami
the arts has an enrollment o f ni«ir<*
than 900, inclu«liiig 37 who are sp<*
cializing in ch«*mistry, 147 in pr«*
medics, 31 in geology, 32 in mathemat
ics and 55 in pr«* <*figiiie«*riiig.
NoikCompulsory Feature of Law Ex
pected to Result in Muddle in
Then* is no <*xcus«* for being crabi«l
and mean ami, besides, it «!«>«** yipu no
Court Procedure.
g«i«j(i.
OREGONNATIONALGUARDIS
PAYING INDUSTRY
Every woman would want to vote if
the word came from Paris that it was
fashionable to do so.
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Stop it i>y getting our
skilled refracting
glasses that correct
and fit.
Sherm onlVM oociu
afcl WILLAMETTE ST
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l.et not your tongue know whnt your
brain thinketh, mid you n il! avoid lots
of trouble.
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I f th<* time that has been wasted
trying to find a chemical that W'ould
change the baser metals into gold had
been spent in trying to discover some
thing that would change bile to the
milk of human kindness, some good
might have been accomplished.
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The high ta riff fellows are too
1 modest. They want to cover too much.
When sickness
comes
ÍT C A L L S FOR V N U S P A L
A R T IC L E S A N D NEEDS.
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The Rcxall Store has given painstaking
attention to these demands and is *
equipped to supply every article your *.
physician may recommend.
Realizing that upon the prescription
may depend the patient’s recovery, we
use only highest, potent, drugs ajid chem
icals and have competent pharmacists
to compound them.
K E M ’S
(T U X MODERN P H A R M A C Y)
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WOMEN MAY SERVE ON JURY
DURING NEW YEAR
A large numlnrr o f women will be
Whi'ii a g irl acts shy, i t ’s no sum
drawn for circuit court jury duty sign that she is.
«luring 1922, according to member* o f
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the county court, who at the begin
Ligh
tin
g
and
power
compani«** might
ning «if each year select about 300
citizens to serve on grand and trial male«* a hit by g«»tting out th«*ir meter
juries. Th«* proportion o f women to hills in rhym«\
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men has not yet been decided upon,
but it is likely, said ou«* member o f
W f ll!lV<‘ HCfll TOOK' ItH'n HO rhl'oky
th«* court, that about a thir«l of th«* that the mump* wouldn’t chnagp tin-
panel will be mad«* up o f women.
apiwnriwiro o f their faro».
Under the new law pass«*«! by a
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r«»cent session of th«* state legislature
It
I
h «»pneinlly hard to keep a hoc rot
it is provided that w«>m«*n shall serve
on juries as well as men, but women when you know soim-thiiii; that would
are given the privi!«?g<* of refusing to shut o f f th « romplimi'otH l>«wi|' paid
serve and ar«* not compelled to assume an undoaorving on«.
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th«* «luties unless they so desire.
A great many difficulties are ex-
T h « w h ««ls o f prnRr«»» grind »low ly
pecteii to arise over th«* n«;w jury law. but »urely.
YYom«*n may lx* «iicuse«l without giv
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ing any reason, by merely signing a
A man w ill bury th « hatobet
printed' statement which will accom
pony the subpoena served upon them.math the spot
Richard Walton Tally presents the ever pop
ular I lawaiian Romance
Am erica’s Everlasting Stage Triumph
Richard Walton T a lly ’s fascinating and ap
pealing play of a woman’s soul.
A ItltllililA N T NEW I AST OF I'LAYK K S W ITH
ANN
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Christian Church, Notice
Annual meeting, election o f officers for the
ensuing year, and great
Basket Dinner Sunday, January 15,1922
A splendid time is anticipated and all are in
vited to share it with us.
baskets and stay all day.
Bring well filled