THE FARMERS SOCIETY OF EQUITY OF CLACKAMAS CO.
National Headquarters, 227 Washington St., Indianapolis, Indiana.
J. A. EVERETT, President
H. F. CUTTING, (Portland, Oregon) Organizer
S. L. Casto, President, Oregon City, Route 3
COUNTY OFFICERS:
F. C. Buchanan, Secretary, Oregon City, Route 3
E. E. Brenner, Organizer, Oregon City, Route 3
Officers of County Unions.
Alberta Pres. Jesse Mayfield,
Sec., Ferris Mayfield.
Beaver Greek Pres. Fred
Kanierath, Sec. W. W. Harris,
Canby Pres., Geo. Koehler,
Sec. 11. G. Brodie.
Cams Pres. A. J. Kelnhofer,
Sec. S. L. Castro.
Clackamas Pies. J. A. Sieben,
Sec. Frank Ilaborlach.
Clarkes Pres. Albert Gasser,
Sec. John L. Card.
Logan, Pres. W. E. Cromer,
Sec, P M. Kirchein.
New Kra Pres. Aug-. Staehel
ey, Sec. C. B. Rcvcrman.
Macksburg Pres. C. D. Kees
ling, Sec. J. W. Smith.
Maple Lane Pres. If. N. Rob.
bins, Sec. G. F. Mighclls.
Ml. Pleasant Pres. P. W.
Meredith, Sec. F. G. Buchanan.
Shubel Pres. Chas. A. Menke,
Sec. Elmer Swope.
Sunnyside Pres. R. P. Grady,
Sec. E. Oehlschlaeger.
Stone Pros. T. E. Bfown, Sec.
M. J. Byers.
for your produce? We need you
and you need us. We want to ar
range for a local in your neigh
borhood. Don t wait .for your
neighbor to write us. Send for
information. Get ten far as many
more as you can to join and send
for an organizer to meet you. Do
it NOW..
A FEW THINGS TO THINK OVER
Clackamas county Union is the
hub of the Pacillc slope, as far as
organization is concerned, and it
will bo the one big factor in secur
ing an early state organization.
Tho county union is the school
The Monmouth County Farm
ers' Exchange of New Jersey in
1911 did a business of one and
one-half million dollars and
saved its members $125,000, be
sides making a net profit for the
Exchange of $17,000. Its $5.00
shares are now worlh$7.00.
In Nebraska there are about
250 shipping associations and
Nebraska has made a law regu
lating and legalizing the farmers'
business associations. (Senate7
Bill No. 88.) How has it effect
ed the local merchant? One
hardware merchant says " My
sales amount to about four thou
sand dollars more than the year
before. I
A grocer, said I have sold be
tween three and four thousand
dollars' worth more than I did
ist year and have less bad
debts."
AN OUTSIDE VIEW.
If you are bleeding the farm
er Mr. Merchant, by exacting
profit, interest or rent on prop
erly that does not exist, wo are
that will furnish the competent ' after your sralp and are going to
leaders to the commercial equal-
ity for tho fanner.
We are very much in need of an
order of business suitable for the
business that comes before tho
I county union.
We have wasled precious time
trying to make by-laws that are
already made. Read our by-laws,
study and read again.
gel it, too. If you are an honest,
useful distributor, we will help
you. Are we right?
Our county organizer spent
last Thursday tramping a locality
organized a local union walked
home four miles through the mud
and got to bed during the small
hours of the night. Bo was up
at six and came to our county
union without breakfast. These
are the quality of men that have
won all the battles for humanity
from the beginning.
Wo have found out that the Lo
cal is the solo judge of the eligi
bility of its members.
It is tho opinion of the writer
that any mail' who spends sixteen
hours a day trying to glut all the!
markets between the north and
tho south polo and subscribes to
all Hie agricultural journals that
are teaching him how to raise
more slull', and then voles for
some lawyer who tells him his
poverty is duo to laziness, is good
timber for any local to work on.
Farmers will gel good prices
when they put on the market only
what the market has a demand for
and the surplus he must hold
and stop glutting the markfl.
He cannot do this without the
help of all the oilier farmers.
Organize.
It is through the combinations
of others that millions have been
made poor and tho cost of living
high, and tho farmers only hope
is to meet this small band o
wealthy men willm gigantic army
organized for a long and bitter
struggle; to wrest from greed our
once free and contented citizen
ship mid if the surrender comes
soon we shall all rejoice the
sooner.
Tho officers of tho county union
are the business heads for mark
eting the crops of tho county.
This subject will be our main is
sue for our next county meeting.
The local that furnishes the best
plan will bo entitled to a vole of
thanks from all others.
Farmers of Clackamas county,
do you need the help of an organ
ization Vo get prolllablo prides
Notice to Soolety Momebrs.
Each local secrelary is request
ed lo get dunning rales irom the
Oregon City Courier and procure
is many subscript ions as possible
especially among the interested
and active working people in and
out of tho Union.
Tho olllcial organ will save us
many dollors, much time am
complete our organization. But
il MUST BE well patronized to
reach a high stale of efficiency.
It will save us much in having
less county and local union meet
ings. We can do so much thru
its columns in Iho way of hand
ling our plans when perfected.
Wo need a medium, we must
have one. The Courier will mako
every member a special rate and
one that every member of tho so
ciety in tho county can afford to
take advantage of.
P. W. Meredith.
The Way a Non-Member Looks at
Equity Society.
Editor Courier:
On Saturday, January 11th.,
Ml. Pleasant was honored by the
presence of the Clackamas County
Society of Equity in an all day
session. lne weather being
stormy and nothing else to do I
dropped in with no desire to in
trude, but a little curious to see
and hoar what these "embattled
farmers" stood for. I found a rep-i
resentalive body of mostly young
men gathered from all parts of
the county, intelligent, earnest
and well behaved. There seemed
no lack of good sensible talkers
but no attempt at eloquence of
the kind that beats' the air.
The central idea as set forth by
mo of the older speakers, was to
raise the price of farm produce to
the producer and lower it to the
consumer. A consurnation to be
greatly desired by everyone ex
cepting only that elusive person
known as the middle man, who, if
l rightly understood, was to be
put on short rations until per
suaded to quit his hoggish ways.
The president of the society
was an ideal presiding officer
ably seconded by a competent
secretary, and to them is due
much credit for tho orderly dis
patch of tho day's business.
The Society seems to be fairly
launched under capable officers
and a spirit of mutual helpfull
ness, which must be productive
to every member. Every farmer,
and especially every young farm
er in the county should enroll
with 'this body. Put the harness
on and learn to work with the
team. It does not require a dip
loma from a college. Only be in
terested and active and ho will
find in the combined wisdom of
these honest men all education
which endowed schools do not
give.
M
authorities and arrangements are
well under way for securing a
warehouse and for handling the
crops of 1913. and also to look
after the buying the supplies of
lhe farmers, the benefits of
which some of us have had a
taste of already.
The meeting was filled with in
terest from start to finish; wac
composed of a bunch of progres
sive, wide awake farmers,) who
begin to realize what the need,
and they are going after it in the
right way with the right spirit.
lhe Mount Pleasant Local nut
up a nfagniflcient spread, such an
one as only farmers' wives know
how to prepare, and in which
those particular ladies are known
to excell. After a vote of thanks
for our liberal entertainment the
meeting was adjourned to meet
with the Carus Local on the sec
ond Saturday in April.
A. J. LEWIS.
Minutes of the County Union
House called to order by the
president, credential committe
reported and all delegates seated.
Motion carried that the ofllcers
and directors be authorized to
represent the county Union as
delegates to all meetings of the
order not otherwise provided for,
The present officers and di
rectors were re-elected for the
GOING AFTER THINGS.
Clearing House Under Way and
Warehouse being Considered
Oregon City, Jan. 13.
Editor Courier:
Al a meeting of the farmers
Society of Clackamas county held
at Mount Pleasant Saturday, Jan
uary 11, there was an attendance
of about 70, 54 accredited dele
gales, representing local organ
izations from Clarkes, 'Shubel,
Carus, Beaver Creek, Maplo Lane,
Mount Pleasant, New Era, Canby,
MUeksburg, Clackamas, Logan,
Damascus, Sunnyside. And there
was not a dead one in the whole
bunch, as would bo indicated by
tho fact lhat many of them drove
ten or twelve miles through a
louring rain and over bad roads
to attend. There was a large
amount of business to coino be-
bre the meeting, election of of
llcers and hoard of directors, ad-
plKin of constitution and by
aws, appointment of committees
in publicity and extension, etc.
l'hei'o was enthusiastic en-
lorsenient of the movo Jo es
ablish a clearing house in Port-
and, for which plans have been
nade; tho incorporation papers
have been II led with tho proper
ensuing year.
two important committees
were added to the county organ
ization, one on publicity, the
chairman of which is to edit the
the space in our official organ; the
other one on organization. The
secretary was instructed to pur
chase the necessary books - and
stationery.
Tho by-laws were amended so
as to require a two-thirds vote to
change; also that a majority tff
the delegates constitute a quor
um. v
Adjourned for dinner.
A motion of liianks was ex
tended to tho Mt. Pleasant local
and their families for the excel
ent lunch served.
The invitation of Carus local to
meet with them was accepted.
I'he Oregon City Courier was
unanimously adopted as the of-
llcial organ of the County Union.
The question for a purchasing
agent for Oregon City was dis
cussed and refered back to the
local unions.
An assessment of five cents for
each member, in the county was
levied for county purposes.
Adjourned until regular meet
ing in April.
Call fop Meeting.
The Publicity and Organization
committees will meet at the Cou
rier ollico Saturday at ten o'clock
a. in., and arrange to meet at
some agreed place with the offi
cers of the County Union for a
business meeting of importance.
Wisconsin has a law and by
laws for governing co-operative
organizations. What is the Ore
gon legislature doing for tho far
mer?
GOVERNOR WESTS
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PLAN
u( S:c1o Finances Goo J
iicc; ;i!i(ii;ti( s Legislation
c..i V.zrJ Lines.
To the Honorable, the Members of tho
Li'r.isliiti.i-o of t!iH atato of Oregon:
Gentlemen: I:i accordance with the
usual custom, and tho command of
the Coiiritiuitio.i, il again becomes my
pleasant (in l y to present for your In
lorniulion a brief Klatoniout of tho
condition of our public affairs und of
fer for your Kindly coiiKiderntloii n
few suggestions which, It appears to
roe, would mako for the greater de
velopment of tho State and the In
creased prosperity of her people.
Important questions will be present
ed for your consideration ut this sea-
won, among them: A compensation
act, a revision of our judicial Bystem,
un Insurance code ami tho Jefferson
Street Levee and tho Columbia South
em. Irrigation matters. These have
been brought to your attention and
qulto fully discussed through special
reports which have boon mailed you
from time to time.
There Is, therefore, no noed of my
taking your time, or trying your pa
tience, with a detailed discussion of
these several questions. Suffice It to
Bay that the reports have been pre
pared by men who have given the
subjects most painstaking Investiga
tion and study and whose recommen
dations merit your earnest considera
tion. The State's finances are in a splen
did condition. We have no debts,
bonded or otherwise, to worry us and
there are ample funds on hand to
meet all current expenses. Unexpend
ed appropriations and accumulated re
ceipts from license fees and other
uuicca iu excess of a million dollars
will bo available for expenditure dur
ing tho ensuing yonr und mako neces
sary a State tax levy of but $1,000,000
us against $3,000,000 last year.
The State Institutions.
You wero promised two years ago
that the maintenance appropriations
made by you for the support of our
State Institutions would answer the
purpose und that you would not be-
called upon to mako deficiencies good.
I tun pleased to advise yon that this
promise has been kept.
Our state penal and eleemosynary
Institutions have an approximate popu
lation of 2,700 Inmates. Their care
has necessitated the hire of 370 em
ployees and an average annual ex
penditure during the past two yeurs
of about $1,000,000. This Is a vast
sum of money for the taxpayers of
the state to be called upon to pay
each year, yet Is It a condition which
has to be met. These Institutions are
a product of the times and present day
society and until we consent to study
these causes we may expect to be cull
ed upon to meet, not only the present
demands, but grea'ly Increased bur
.i i- .u- '
uena iu mu iuiure.
Too often these Institutions have
been used ns political foot balls so
ilmt their affairs and needs have many
times fulled to receive nt the hnnds
cf tho legislature the sober, sincere
und unbiased consideration which
they merited.
Tho lust legislature treated tho In
stitutions with a fair liberality, and
the board, through close attention to
tholr affairs and the hearty co-opera-
tlua of officers and employees, offers
them today for your Inspection la a
far superior condition tlmn has ever
before existed. Should their needs re-'
celvo the consideration which they
merit at your hnnds, and I am sure
they will, the bonrd cna promise you
two yeurs hence a group of institu
tions ranking among the best, if notJ haste was made by the bonrd In the
the best, In the United States, und this
notwithstanding that many of the
buildings nre old and out of date.
The State Purchailno Board
The Purchasing Board has proved
Its usefulness not only In simplifying
the purchase of supplies for state In
stitutions and at most satisfactory
prices, but In pointing out the advan
tages which would accrue to the state
from a further consolidation In the
management of all state Institutions.
All state penal and eleemosynary
Institutions should be placed under
a single board of control and to avoid
creating new officials and expense the
said board should consist of the gov
ernor, secretary of Btate and state
treasurer. The state purchasing
bonrd should be merged with this
board. Dy this arrangement the man
agement of our Btute Institutions can
he greatly simplified and the cost re
duced.
Insane Hospitals
The overcrowded conditions which
have prevailed at the Oregon Btate In
sane asylum at Salem during the past
few years have been relieved to
certain extent by the occupancy of the
new receiving hospital and will be
further relieved by the transfer with
in the next few days of a large mini
lie r of patients to the new hospital at
Pendleton. This transfer would have
been made upon the first of the year
hud it not been for an unfortunate de
lay In supplying certain hardware
needed for the final completion of the
Institution.
The present needs of our insane
therefore are well cared for but their
future requirements muBt not be over
looked.
The Institution for feeble-minded
has been unable to meet the demands
for admission made upon it. The lust
legislature, owing to the crowded con
dition, appropriated funds for the erec
tion of a building to relieve the situa
tion, but made no provision for the
maintenance of au Increased popula
tion. In view of this no particular
mutter of erecting tho new dormitory.
It Is now completed, however, and will
be ready for occupancy at any time
or as soon us the legislature nukes
mgs De provided for the school, the
matter of securing a more suitable lo
cation for the same should be given
consideration.
The State Training School
mis institution is being used as a
dumping ground for boys who should
be living In better homes. Many par
ents cause, or permit, their children
to be committed here for no other
reoson than that they may be relieved
of the burden of their maintenance.
This should not be tolerated. Parents
, should not be permitted to cast a life
long stigma upon a child In order that
they may be relieved of a duty which
they owe to It and to society.
On the other hand there are lncor
rlglbles committed here who are too
vicious to be associated with boys
whose reformation would otherwise be
possible. These should be sent to an
other Institution a reformatory, a
halfway station between the training
school and the penitentiary, - a place
where those whose age or records
make them out of place at either Insti
tution, could be confined.
The Institution's dally average popu
lation appears to have been one hun
dred and the monthly per capita cost
$23.25, to say nothing of the expendi
tures for betterments and improve
ments. Of this monthly per capita
cost about $10 went for salaries of
officers and employees. This Is an
amount nearly twice that of similar
expenditure at the penitentiary. These
figures go to show that the Institution
Is, and will be for years to come, top-
heavy, and that It Is placing unneces
sary burdens upon the taxpayers.
I would, therefore, recommend that
ftie Institution no longer be used for
the purpose to which It Is now devot
ed. I would further recommend that
simple cottages and other necessary
buildings be erected upon the lands
owned by the state at Union, Oregon,
and that after about one-half of the
boys now at the school have beea re
turned to their parents or placed In
suitable homes, the remainder be
transferred to said farm at Union
pi-uviBiou to cover the necessary addi
tional maintenance cost
The tuberculosis sanatorium was es
tablished to serve a worthy- purpose,
but for some reason, either because it
Is Improperly located, Its advantages
not thoroughly understood, or because
It Is ahead of the times, Is not prov
ing the success Its friends anticipated.
The board having supervision of the
institution's affairs Is made up of a
number of public spirited citizens who
have unselfishly devoted much time
and effort In an endeavor to make it a
success. Most of these gentlemen con
tend that the institution should be
continued and believe that It will even
tually prove Its worth. I am unable
to . take this view of the situation,
however.
Tho institution 1b top-heavy. We are
spending much money to heat and
maintain a large structure which Is of
but little use to the Inmates. This
unnecessary burden and the small pop
ulation produce an unusually high per
capita cost It seems to me that until
the demands of the state Justify the
maintenance of such an Institution,
that all Indigent sufferers from tuber
culosis should be permitted to patron
ize such private sanitariums as may
be licensed by the state through the
state board of health and that a reas
onable per capita charge be paid to
cover the expense of keeping them.
Should the institution be abolished
the buildings could be used for a
home for the aged or a home for way
ward girls.
The School For The Deaf
This school is well located and such
buildings as have been erected are
well adapted to the needs of the In
stitution. . Some additional outbuild
ings and equipment are still needed
as will be shown by the report of the
superintendent.
The buildings at the school for the
blind are not only veritable wooden
fire traps, but are so located that a
railroad track, a mill race and a creek,
which at times in the winter Is a rag
ing torrent, must be crossed by the
blind children In going to or from the
school or city.
Fire proof buildings should be pro
vided or the school closed. Otherwise
it is only a question of-time until we
will be called upoa to shudder at an
awful holocaust. I am opposed to any
further appropriation for the mainten
ance of this school unless It comes
coupled with provision for better fire
protection. Should fire proof build-
there to receive all necessary training
and education.
, The Oregon State Penitentiary j
This institution had its birth about
forty years ago. Added years and
population brought it added filth and
added rubbish. For two whole years
we have Bhoveled and scraped and
scraped and, shoveled in an endeavor
to make the Institution and grounds
clean and sanitary. We have made
much progress, but still have far to
go. However, this coming year will
see such work pretty well taken care
of and the institution and properties
take on an appearance which will
compare favorably with the -best of
similar institutions in other states.
The superintendent's report presents
In detail much Information in regard
to the affairs of the institution and
merits your careful consideration,
The institution's problem is what to
do with its surplus labor. This ques
tion must be met. During the past
year we have been able, In spite of
unjust criticism, misrepresentation,
and many obstacles, to keep the men
all busily engaged and at occupations
which were of profit to the public.
Upon taking office I found scores
of idle men in the Institution and
their ranks were suddenly swelled by
the cancellation of the stove foundry
contract. Notwithstanding the delap-
mated structures and the filth and
rubbish sadly In need of removal,
many of these idle men were locked
in their cells or permitted to loaf
around the prison yard.
To relieve the situation, those whom
it wns thought could be trusted were
sent out to work on the roads and at
various state Institutions. The bal
ance were kept busy In and about the
prison premises cleaning and repair
ing the building and In clearing and
reclaiming waste and unproductive
lands.
The people of this state at our re
cent election by a large vote endorsed
the policy of working convicts on
county roads and at state Institutions,
It can therefore be taken as a settled
policy and one which will' take care
of about one-third of our prison popu
lation. A similar number can be util
ized in the ordinary upkeep of the
prison and prison properties. This
leaves one-third of the population not
provided for. These men cannot and
must not be left In Idleness. The In
stitution can work out Its own salva
tion if the jiianagement Is given the
right and authority to conduct It on
business principles and use Institu
tional earnings to cover operating ex
pense, Install additional Industries and
take care of needed Improvements.
What Oregon's prison policy shall
be in the future rests largely with you.
We have put forth our best efforts In
an endeavor to solve the prison labor j
problem and feel that we have made
much progress In fact far more than
was thought possible In the beginning
With the installation of Industries
and the manufacture of article for
state Institutions only, the prison can
within a few years be made self-sup
porting. Industries can be gradually
Installed and paid for out of the In
stitution's earnings If such a course is
authorized, but it not authorised then
an appropriation of at least $25,000
should be made for the use of the
management in procuring needed ma-
Our Institutions of higher education
are either needed or are not needed.
If needed they should receive liberal
support; otherwise they should be
abolished. Provision should be made
at this time for placing them on a
mlllage tax basis In order that they
may be- relieved of the necessity of
coming begging to the legislature each
session. . , . .
. Other Proposed Institutions -Our
jails and state Institutions are
crowded with victims of the drink ha
bit These unfortunates are a con
tinual exnense to the taxpayers. A
meritorious compensation act which
makes each Industry provide for the
families of its killed and injured is
being proposed at this session. - In
view of this, I can see no reason why
the burden of providing for down and
out "booze fighters" or their families
should not be borne by the liquor traf
fic. These individuals being the prod
uct of the saloon should be cared for
by that institution
Some day, and in the no distant fu
ture, this state must have a reforma
tory where the better class of prison
ers may be placed and thus avoid their
being thrown in contact with the con
firmed criminals at the penitentiary.
Should the recommendation made as
to the state training school be follow
ed that Institution could be used as a
reformatory to accommodate the said
better class and overflow from the
prison. The lands surrounding the
institution could be farmed through
the aid of this labor and the products
distributed to such Institutions as
night be in need of them.
Figures obtained for the year' 1911
show $236,272.23 to have been spent
by the several counties in this state
in the support of their poor. It is
estimated that there are about 600
of these unfortunates now being cared
for by the counties. This number
could be cared lor at a state Institu
tion for about one-half the said cost
and receive much better treatment
than many of them are now receiving,
Three tax amendments approved by
the legislature were submitted to the
people at the last election. Of these
two were defeated and by a very small
vote. Their defeat was not due to
any particular opposition, but because
of the great number of tax measures
upon the ballot and the inability of
muny voters to distinguish them from
others which they were anxious to de
feat.
Similar measures should be again
submitted, for they open the way for
rational tax reform. The amendments
should permit the adoption of the so-
called "Michigan plan" of devoting the
taxes collected from public service
corporations to the Bupport of the pub-
expense for 1913 at $2,200,000. After
deducting cash on hand, or which will
be on hand, there is left a balance of
about $1,000,000 to be raised by taxa
tion. Should the appropriations nt this
session place the expense for the bl
ennlum at the same figure as tho last,
viz., $5,600,000, there will remain the
sum of $3,400,000 to be taken care of
in 1914. Deducting $000,000.00, or the
estimated amount of accumulated li
cense and other fees, would leave $2,
800,000 to be raised through direct tax
ation in 1914 as against about $1,000,-
000 this year.
To bring about greater equality as
between odd and even years, the law
should make it the duty of the state
board, consisting of the governor, sec
retary of state and .state treasurer, to
prepare for the use of the tax com
mission a. budget setting forth the
amount which In its opinion would be
necessary for the proper conduct of
the state government.
Labor
Most Important among the questions
which affect the Interests of the la-,
boring classes In this state is the pro
icsed compensation act. Just com-.lens-ttion
lo an injured workman or
Ms family Is right In principle. The
iieaf.ure proposed was drafted only
n.fter painstaking investigation o.v rep-
naoiita-ttves of the different interests
nwl.oJ. These different interests
rrch bad to give and take a little in
- 're to c.t struct a measure which
i v f,i-i; for the common good. It
(continued on page seven)
The Open Door
SCIENTIFIC NEW DISCOVERIES.
Bv the electro-magnetic telegraph an
operator can exactly locate a fracture In
a submarine cable nearly 3000 miles long.
A few fossils sent to an exuert geologist
enable him to accurately determine the
rock formation from which they are
taken. This ho can describe as Derfectlv
as if the rocky formation was before him
on the table.
So, also, in medical science. Disease
has certain unmistakable signs or symp
toms, liv iciison of this fact the nhvfil-
clans and specialists connected with Dr.
Pierce's Invalids' Hotel and Surgical In
stitute at Buffalo, are enabled to accu
rately determine the nature of man
chronic diseases without seeing and per
sonally examining tholr patients. In rec
ognizing disonse without a personal exam
ination of the patient, they do not claim
to possess miraculous powers. They ob
tain thoi knowledge of the natlent's dls-
caso by practical and well-established
principles of modorn science. Certain
diseases display certain peculiar traits.
Subjected to scientific analysis they fur-
msn auunaani aata to gniuo tne judg
ment of tho skillful oractitioner. This
method of treating patients at a distance,
by mail, has been so successful that there
Is scarcely a city or a villlage In the
United States that is not represented bv
11c schools. If such a system was in "n.e r. moro. caft,a W'n Th.e records of
cueui iu uregou louay ana me taxes gical Institute. Sirch rare cases as can-
paid by the public service corpora
tions, together with the interest earn
ings of the common school fund, ap
portioned to the several school dis
tricts in this state on a basis of school
population, It would be found to be
sufficient to practically cover the cost
of conducting our public schools. Such
a plan would do away with the neces
sity of school districts levying a tax.
It is the duty of the board of state
tax commissioners. In January of each
year, to ascertain the total amount
of money necessary for state purposes
and to apportion the same among the
several counties. In ascertaining this
amount the law states that the board
shall take into consideration all Items
of expense to which the state will be
subjected under the existing laws, ali
deficiencies, including interest upon
unpaid warrants, the current expense
of the Oregon National Guard, the sum
required for the support of the Univer
sity of Oregon and the Oregon Agri
cultural college, and when such appor
tionment is made In an odd year that
$200,000 shall be added to cover ap
propriations which may be made by
the legislature for additional public
buildings. .
The system Is all wrong as It falls
to equalize the levy as between odd
and even years. Last year the levy
was In round numbers $3,000,000, this
year $1,000,000. The board, following
lng the law, ha estimated.. the state
d to the several counties upon the
basia of the number of Inmates charg
ed against each.
There 1b a crying need for a home
for wayward girls and a request which
will be made at this session for the
not be treated in this wav. which ronulra
surgical operations or careful after-treatment,
or electrical therapeutics, receive
the services of the most skillful specialists
it the Institution.
Dr. It. V. Tiorco long ago established
this Invalids' Hotel aiid vSiirgiciil Insti
tute with a full Staff of Physicians who
wore expert in their specialties. Theso
jMijoiv-imia ,11,1; U1J CI'IISIIIM'U, Uy lCliei,
tree and without charge whatever, if you
wish a specialist's advice upon any
chronic malady. Tho same system of
speciality" is observed as in the depart
ments of a medical college. The professor
who would assume to lecture in a 1 riennrt-
monts Willi equal enso und proliciency
would bo severely ridiculed by his col
leagues, und it is just us ahr-tircd to sup
pose that the general practitioner can
keep himself Informed of the many new
methods of treatment that are being con
stantly devised and adorned In the severnl
departments of Medicine and Surgery.
People who havo been patients at Dr.
Plorce's Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y.,
have much to sav In remin! 1,. t.l,icn-n...
derfully equipped Sanitarium, where all
tho latest electrical apparatus, as well as
c ectrlc water baths, Turkish baths, static
electric machines, high-frequency cur
rent, and other most, mmlr
date apparatus are used for tho cure of
chronic diseases. Tho treatment of the
chronic diseases that are peculiar to
women have for many years been a large
factor hi t in mires eiwt,i .i ,i,t....
lids' Hotel and Surgical Institute.
The violet-ray treatment, which Is
another interestlmr nriicrwUnrr in .,i. .j
, n i '"in,, i.iuu n-u
out by concentrating the light, rich in
i . . Vl 1!F or cnemical rays, from an arc.
light with a specially prepared carbon
upon ay portion of the body that may be
mo anaii ui Uiil 1. o lllel-ers fri.m iw,
gia, sciatica, rheumatism, strains, sprains
also from those obscure exhausting pains
ktho origin of which cannot ut times be
accurately determined) frequently find
Immediate re ief from n aimrfo I
and usually with a little persistence In
the use of tins aid, comfortable health or
perfect recovery is obtained.
Then, there Is the Incandescent light
bath, consisting of a cabinet In which the,
patient is bathed In the , , 7. . f" .l
of many electric lights. It has m-o-duced
really wonderful results In diabetes
sciatica, rheumatism, obesity, anam a
and some forms of kidney and heart
trouble. It has also proven valual e in
chron c bronchitis bronchial astl Z and
the various skin diseases. As a eoner il
establishment nf nnph an InitKntinn
" .uuv.buiuu i . . . lis a general
merits your earnest consideration. lyfcriT,Bti!,8 emdcV can scarce-
u cnarnaDie institutions receiving
state aid and all private sanitariums
chlnery.
devoted to the care of the insane
should be under state supervision and
regulation.
Good Roads
We still need good roads legislation.
The people Indicated through their
votes at the last election that they
were opposed to any but conservative
action along these lines. We have
made some headway during the past
two years, and the way Is open for
further progress through the passage
of legislation not inconsistent with
the vote of the people at the said elec
tion.
Appropriation Bills
The practice of the past of submit
ting for your consideration blanket
appropriation bills should be. avoided.
These bills should be reduced to the
smallest practical units In order that
the members my have a better oppor
tunity for considering the merits rf
each.
Our constitution should be amended
so as to permit the governor to veto
any Item in an appropriation bill. As
the matter now stands useless appro
priations are allowed to slip through
for the reason that they are Included
In a bill carrying appropriations of
merit
In medicine them hn. k., .
real progress during recent years and Dr
Pierce has kept up with the tin cs hi that
he has had the manufacture and 1 gredll
hf hswe "-known remedies improved
In a modern laboratory by skilled chem
ists, the greatest care Ving exercised to
see that the ingredients entering tatohli
well-known medicines Dr. Pierce's Fa
Er9 P,refcnPtion as well as the -Golden
Medical Discovery are extracted from
the best variety of native medicinal root?
gathered with ureal, en n ni , . -ts'
season of the year, so that their medici
nal proport.es may be most reliable
mavt rrn that no fKpe1
a Pi- p'erce's Common Senso Medicnl
8ont f,reft 9!' "ceipt of stamp
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