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S T A Y T O N , M A R IO N C O U N T Y , O R E G O N , T H U R S D A Y , J A N U A R Y 25,
¿3rd. Year, No. 4.
REVIEW OF WORK OF
OREGON LEGISLATURE
F e w of the Im portant tre a s
ures H ave a ; . at oeen
Introduced.
Appropriation« Asked for Total $425,.
OOO— Rural Credits Bill Cauaea Con
trovaray—Consolidation of Stats De
partments on Program—1
"Buns Dry’’
Bill on Way—No Change In Tea
Notice la w — Woman Introduce«
Meaaure.
penses of the present
within that figure.
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Serial No. 1093
CONSTRICTIVE RAILROADING
will keep
Appropriations aggregating 6424,
767.60 have been Introduced.
The
budget of tlm state game and fish com
mission csine In with an addition of
$89,600 and
miscellaneous claims
which have been filed make a grand
total of 6520,975.66 which has been
asked of the legislature during the
first two weeks. Inasmuch as the leg
Islalure faced a budget of $716,292.09
In excess of the 6 per cent limitation
amendment when It convened It finds
Itself ut the close of the second week
with a totul sum of $1,194.630.15 which
It must cut out to keep within the con
stitutional requirements.
Must Maks Rural Credits Effective
fine of the Important tasks before
the present session Is to enact a law
making effective the rural credits
amendment to the state ronslllutton
udopted at the last election.
Senator Shanks of Wheeler county
has sought to meet the situation by
Introducing a hill creating two new
offices and an expensive system of
administering the rural credits fund.
His hill already lias become more or
less of a storm renter and has engen
dered a controversy between Senator
Shanks and State Treasurer Kay. A
bill representing the views of the state
land board and the organizations
which Initiated the rural credits
amendment will be ready for Intro
duction this week.
An effort will be made at this ses
sion to work out an effective plan to
consolidate state offices and depart
The operetta, "Polished Pebbles” at
ments Doth bouses tackled the prob the high aeh iol audit*
I
lem last week. The senate desired to night was well attended and everyone
have a Joint committee of both houses
was well pleased w ith the productioi
handle all consolidation bills, but 'he
house rejected a senate resolution fa which was well staged.
The musical numbers were hits, ami
voring that plan; so each house will
have a committee to pass upon con Shows that the introduction o f music in
solidation hills.
t > the Staj ton schools three years ago
First Consolidation Measure Loses. was not a mistake.
The first of the consolidation incus i Over forty-five dollars was cleared
ures to come to a vote In cither house > by the entertainment, whicn will go to
provided for a new state board of rdu the gymnasium fund.
cation of three members and a paid
The next o f the aerie* wtU
secretary at $1800 a year. In this W iggs ot the Cabbage Patch,” which
board were to be combined the state will lie he I i some time in February.
hoard of textbook commissioners, the
There is no doubt but that the -cl.
board of higher curricula and the-t js going to more than make good on
T h e
board of regents, respectively, of the their gymi a*dum fui o pledge
University o f Oregon, Oregon ugrleul- boys have sold $100.00 worth o f wood,
tural college and state normal schools, thev are not tired yet.
The senate committee on education,
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returned unanimously a recommenda
Peter Deidrich is still selling Fords.
tlon that it be indefinitely postponed.
He reports the following sales since
The ««•
adopted the report.
Cron’
f a state department of last week's Mail: C. S. Bowne o f \\ -t
Hslrin—The l<xtntntlire* bottnn the
third week of the session with all the
big constructive legislation yet to ro-
cairn attention, fn fart, «aide from
Representative Anderson's measure
to make effective the ’’bone dry” con-
■Ututlonal amendment adopted at the
November election only one or two
other bills of any great Importance to
the state at large hail been Introduced.
When the legislature adjourned laat
Friday In order to permit members to
visit the agricultural collage at fo r
vallla Saturday, one third of the to
day limit which the law sets on the
session had expired and leaders ap
predate that It will be necessary to
get down to business this week If the
usual rush Is to be avoided during the
closing days of the session.
During the second week of the ses
sion the volume of blits Introduced
was larger than during the first week
and If the bills dropped Into the legls
latlve hopper continue at the present
rate the proposed legislation will be
almost as great as It was two years
ago. The senate adjourned with 119
bills on the calendar, compared with
99 at the same time In 1915 and the
house had 174 compared with 206.
Four measures passed both houses
two of which received the slgnaturv
of the governor. The senate sent six
teen other hills over to the house for
action and the house sent twenty two
more bllla to the senate.
Flrat Bill Signed la foe Expenses.
The first bill to pass both houses
and receive the signature of the gov
ernor was an appropriation of 125,000
to defray the expense« of the legisla
ture Itself. This Is only a starter and
several more bills relating to the ex-
penses are likely to follow. The total
expenses for the 1915 session ran up agni
to 166,416.02 and It Is hoped the ex
1917.
FUTURE IS VERY BRIGHT
FOR NEXT FIVE YEARS
—Donahsy in Clsveland Plain Desiar.
‘ POLISH ¡1 PEBBLES” IS OLD SETTLER PASSES
MONDAY, JANUARY 22
WELL ATTENDED
o f Oregon, and a well respected citizen
PENCIL PUSHERS MET
IN SALEM LAST FRIDAY
died at the home o f his daughter in
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Isaac C. Rates, one o f the pioneers
Lebanon, at which place he was visit-
irg, on Monday o f this week.
Mr. Bates was born in Gill, Mass, on
The State Editorial Association and
the Willamette Valley Association met
in Salem Friday, Jan. 19, in the Com-
May 1, 1835, and went with his parents
mercial Club rooms o f that city.
to Illinois at the age o f twelve years.
A fter the morning session, which
In that state he married Miss Lucy
was
presided over by Pres. E. E. Brodie
Smullen, who died about four years
, ago. In 1864 he came to Oregon, living j o f the Oregon City Daily Enterprise,
a year in Oregon City, and then buying | the doors o f the dining room were
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* » l e south o f Stay ton. in . thrown open and , ,u n c W
c<>oid
Linn Co., where he lived until eight I . . .
.
,
years ago, moving to Scio at that time. n,>- ^ beaten anywhere was given the
visiting editors by the Salem Commer-
Mr. Bat had not been feeling well
cial Club.
Governor Withycotnb at
for s -me time, and w as on a visit with
tended as a specially invite 1 guest.
his daughter, Mrs. Emma Parrish at
A fter luncheon the pencil pushers
the time o f his death. The funeral was
held a short session and then went to
held on Tuesday and interment was in
the state house where they were busy
a cemetery near that city.
as bees interviewing the members, and
His living children, all o f whom were
watching the two houses at work.
at the funeral are: Mrs. Emma Parrish
At 4:30 another session was called
of Lebanon, Mrs. Lilly Jeter o f Stay-
and reports received and a committee
ton, Chas. Bales o f Scio, Mrs. Minnie
appointed to see if some relief could
ler which would be con- Stayton, F. A. Zimmerman. Fred Zit- Nichols o f Lebanon, Mrs. Alice Burton not be obtained from the shortage o f
1 o f Jordan and Dudley Bates of near
ter and Alois Beitel, all o f Sublimit
(Cnntinued on lest page)
paper.
—. { Stayton.
A resolution o f thanks was passed
U ! CITY COUNCIL WILL
MEET TONIGHT JAN 25.
Special Values in - - - -
MEN'S GOODS
Brokem lines of our Fall Suits are now greatly reduced.
These suits include
many of the ve ry best patterns and styles— Hart, Schaffner & Marx $25.00
can be had at $21.25, and when there is but one suit of a lot, $19 85 Thirty
Dollar Suits during this sale $23.85. When you consider the increased prices
on all woolen goods -and we will guarantee these all wool— you can readily
see the splendid values we are offering.
; STAYTON GRANGE MEETS
SATURDAY, JANUARY 20
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Exceptional Values
M en’s Shoes
In our Blanket Sale Many are
surprised to see what they can
buy during this sale.
We are
closing out the odd stock of
our mills.
We might have just tie shoes
you want, and if you can get a
$5.00 pair for $3.90 you will be
making a big saving. Other shoes
at $3.30, Tans ami ¿lacks.
The meeting o f the Stayton Grange
|jj last Saturday was a success in every j
^
way. The meeting was attended by
V ,. H. Stephens, Master o f Marion
County Pomona Grange, and District
j 'J Deputy, Mrs. Zella Fletcher, both o f
L a whom made good talks,
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The regular grange dinner was served
at noon, and all piesent report a good j
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pective buying class. There remain,
then, 4,000,000 farm families whe are
possible automobile buyers.
In the urban class, covered by 11,000
towns and cities o f more than five hun-
dred population, there are about 5,t;00,-
000 home owners o f which number only
2,000,000 now on cars. Accordingly,
there remain 3,000,000 prospective buy-
ers in this class, or a total actual un
sold market, in both rural and
classes, o f 7,000,000 possible automo
bile buyers.
The accepted average life o f an auto
mobile is about five years in the hands
o f the original owners; and as the man
who once owns a car will not then af-
ter be without one, we must include
the re-order market which in the Cal-
endar year o f 1917 wili ^ about (><0 .
000, this being twenty per cent o f the
3, 00J,001 now in use.
For the year 1917, therefore, the
automobile business will face .i mar
ket o f about 7,600,000 possible but • rs$
Not more than 1,6.0,000 cars wil e
built in the coming year, leaving a
possible excess market o f 5,00i).000
buyers at the beginning o f 1918.
These figures are decidedly conserva
tive because they take ro considera
tion o f (1) any export outlet, (2) the
people who have or will have two or
more machines, (3) increase 1 popula
tion, (4) increased prosperity, (5) a
million or more town ani city families
who do not own the homes in which
they live, but are well able to buy and
J maints in a motor car, (6) the business
houses, retail and wholesale merchants
| who use thousands o f roadsters for
salesmen, and many thousands more o f
delivery cars (regular automobile chasis
with commercial body), (7) taxical s
and other cars for public hire,
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NOTICE
Owing to the fact that the demand
for Cars has been so great that, we
cannot insure delivery of either
Ford or Dodge Cars
session.
REORGANIZES ARTISANS
»•■id
SALEM
WOOLEN MILLS
STORE
for the splendid entertainment a n d
accommodations given the editors by
the Salem Commercial Club.
Those
attending ftom Stayton were: E. M.
Olmsted o f the M AIL and E. B. Lock-
hart, who at one time was city editor
o f the Statesman.
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Mrs. M. J. Queener left for Portland
yesterday.
From there she will ac
company her daughter, Mrs. Jos. Kor-
inek to Pendleton, where Mr. Kor'mek
is at work.
The city council has been notified by
the Mayor, o f a special meeting to be
held to-night, (Thursday) for the pur-
: pose o f forming an ordinance to set
I aside the Town o f Stayton as a sepa
rate road district. This step is being
taken on the advice o f the county court
and all tax payers are invited to be |
presi-nt tonight to state their views. j
The object o f the change is to get
the road tax paid by Stayton spent in
Stayton fixing our main streets.
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THE AUTOMOBILE
INDUSTRY GOOD
“ Constructive” is a favorite word o f
William Hanley's.
When he says a
thing is “ constructive” he means it -s
building up instead o f tearing down,
building for the future and not a hand-
to-mouth proposition.
"Constructive” railroading i s that
which builds up the country tributary
to the railroad, figuring that the pros
perity and'welfare o f the territory will
bring traffic and business and prosper
So much fas neen written relative to
ity to the railroad.
There is more o f
the
development o f the motor car in-
this going on in the country than the
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people have any idea of. That is why dustry and to many prophesies have
railroads have industrial experts, colo- been venture 1 without proper (onsider-
nizii.g agents, and agricultural experts | gtior, o f vital and controlling factors,that
in older to help the people o f their
a clear and simple analysis o f the subject
territory. The work o f the O-W. R.
& N. in introducing corn into Oregon , may serve to dissipate much o f the un
is an example o f this constructive rail founded conjecture.
roading, renting the O-W. K. & N.
The automobile market is divided into
rignt of way to farmers who will farm two broad fields. First the rural class,
it is another, and recently w e ran '
which includes all persons engaged in
across an article, telling o f the recent
farming and others in various businesses
' action o f the Southern Pacific in grant
who live in towns o f less that five hun
ing a low rate for hauling lime rock.
dred population. Second, the urban
This is an important matter to the
class, which comprises all people in any
farmers o f t h e Willamette Valley. but farming pursuits, who live in towns
The Southern Pacific granted the rate o f five hundred or more population.
with the sole object o f promoting the ,
In the rural or farming market, there
use o f agricultural lime in the hope of
j are 6,500,000 families. One million o f
increasing production.
The railroads these now own motor cars and one and
are to be commended for doing these
one-half millions are poor, illiterate, or
“ constructive” t h i n g s.—LaCirande negroes, who for the purpose o f this
Observer.
I study may be excluded from the pros
J, S. Sword o f Portland was here
Monday night and reorganized t h e
Lodge at this place.
> n Artisan
r ii
rs. J. P. Wilbur was chosen as
i Master
M Artisan. The lodge expects to
Mas
meet the first and third Tuesdays o f
each month, beginning on Feb. 6, in
the 1. O. O. F. hall.
J. P. Davie o f Stayton and E. C.
linker o f Turner were presented with
Yotornn Jewels, Saturday right in rec
ognizance o f belonging to the I O.O. F.
' lodge f.\- ¿5 years. Past Grand Master,
W. li. Hobson, presented the jewels.
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unless the order is signed up for
spring delivery. Come in and
your order at once and be sur _ u
your car.
Prices Guaranteee Against a Decline
Before Aug. 1st, 1917
Peter Deidrich,
Stayton Oregon