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Newspaper Page Textt'ii K SUWUAt OKEtfOMAJi. FOKTLAND. JULY 13, 1913. 11 PUBLIC OFFICIALS WORRY OVER LAW How Did Women, Now Seek ing Pensions, Make Ends Meet Before? Is Asked. SMALL COUNTIES HIT HARD In Many Communities Drain WH1 Be Heavy on Treasuries With No Provision Made In Tax Rate to Take Care of Depletion. In view of the proved fact that only a fraction of them were receiving pub lic aid before, how did the women, now being placed on the widows' pension roll throughout the state, manage to make ends meet prior to the enactment of the law? Will they now allow their Individual initiative to lapse and be come pensioners pure and simple? These are the questions being pon dered upon by public officials in all parts of Oregon as a result of the many applications for pensions being received. It is admitted that the law will be a hindrance rather than a help to so ciety if these women and their chil dren are encouraged to be dependents. Another thing worrying the smaller counties is the great drain on their public treasuries. In many of them the tax rate will be Increased materially. From all parts of the state come re ports showing that many women In comparatively comfortable circum stances have applied for pensions. They are willing to swallow their pride In the hope of getting something for nothing, a tendency towards the erad ication of which society has trended. In other words, the law bids fair to be destructive of Individualism and become a step towards Socialism. The applicants with private means are consistently being refused help, but there remains the fact that when their substance is gone they will be come eligible. "Will this encourage wastefulness and lack of thrift? Multnomah County's treasury will be hardest hit, which is natural, as It is the most populous county of the state, and includes the city of Portland. Al ready there have been more than 200 applications here, of which 44 have been allowed, at an expense to the county of J1100 per month. The num ber refused is about 20. If this ratio continues throughout there will be a drain on the county treasury of more than $50,000 a year, and this does not take Into account the salaries of sev eral additional deputies added to the Juvenile Court staff. Washington Has 25 on File. HILLSBORO, Or.. July 12. (Special.) Washington County has 25 applica tions under the widows' pension act, and If all are acted upon favorably it will mean a payroll of $588 per month. The county court has as yet granted none of the petitions, careful investiga tion following every application. All conditions of life are portrayed in the prayers, and the proposed pensions run from $10 for one child to the highest at $62.50 per month. There are quite a number who swear that their earning capacity Is but from $3 to $6 a week, and of these not a few have had financial aid from granges, church societies and neigh bors, while several have drawn aid1 from the county for several months. Three have husbands somewhere In the world, addresses unknown, while two have husbands entirely Incapacitated for labor. One widow has one child, earns $20 per month, has 3 acres with a $500 mortgage and her four brothers in Ore gon appear to be of no aid to her. Another widow has four children un der pension age, and she receives $75 rent from a small farm, while another woman has three small children and her Income Is $252, annual interest on a mortgage. Another applicant owns property worth $2600, with $300 debts, and last year she received $250 from a religious conference with which to sup port her six children, the eldest of whom Is but 13, and the youngest an Infant. , A widow whose husband was killed by lightning owns a house and lot In a Wisconsin town for which she re ceives rental of $5 a month, all of which goes for street Improvements, taxes and repairs, and Bhe pays ,$5 per month rent here. One petition sets forth that the applicant has been mar . ried twice and divorced from both husbands. Bhe has four children, two of whom are taken care of by relatives. She says she earns but $3 per week as a maximum. A farmer's widow has six children under pension age. Her husband left her 73 acres of land, and she receives $240 per year rental, and owes a $900 mortgage. A Hillsboro woman, whose husband was killed by a dynamite explosion, has 40 acres of land, gets $75 rent, and owns a home in the city. She has but one child. A Forest Grove widow, call ing for $17.50 per month, owns her home, has $500 in the bank, and owes nothing but a street assessment. The maximum application is a widow near Forest Grove. Bhe has seven children under 16, two being twins, and her property consists of a cow and 24 chickens. She has been receiving coun ty aid of $15 monthly for some time. The court probably will formulate the pension roll In a few days. Llnn Grants 1'5 Pensions ALBANY, Or July 12. f Soeeial. Of 30 applications for widows' pensions filed In Linn County Judge McKnight una Kmuiea id ana dismissed seven, and the other six have been continued for further investigation. Twn cations filed in July will not be passed upon until later. Th 16 applications allowed will cost me county wt per month in pensions. awv wjuuwb Will orBV 147. RO Y-I- month, each having six children under me age or le . years; two will receive $40 per month; one, $32.60; three, $25; three, $17.60 per month, and four the minimum of $10 per ' month. In two cases where pensions were granted, the oldest cnud ior wnom . an allowance was made will reach the. age of 1 years within two months. One of the widows whose application was dismissed Is 71 years old and the youngest of her five children, as shown by her application, is 84 years of age Four of the other six whose petitions were rejected filed like this old woman through misapprehension of the law They have husbands living, and while husband and wife are not living to- getner and the children receive no sup port from their father, under the terms oi me law they cannot secure the Ben slon. In one of these cases the hus band and wife are divorced; in two others they are separated but not di vorced, and In the fourth case the ap plicant remarried after the father of the children for whose support she asks a pension had died and is now sep arated from her second husband. From the number of Inquiries re ceived by county officers it is evident that many people secured an erroneous Impression that (the pensions are for widows generally Instead of being ex clusively for those with children under the age of is years. Many of those who had Intended to apply under this misunderstanding made inquiries before securing blanks and filing them, so did not file and no formal action was taken in their cases. Two of the seven applications dis missed were rejected for the reason that the applications showed the widows were living on their own property and had money in banks. While in one case this deposit was small the court ruled that it was a source of Income until used up. Most of the six applications con tinued for investigation were in cases where the applicants have some means of support or are residing with rela tives who afford some support, and their needs will be looked Into more thoroughly, before their names are placed on the monthly -pension payroll. County Judge McKnight devoted a great deal of time investigating the applica tions, and owing to the fact that some features of the new law are not en tirely clear he went over all of the ap plications with District Attorney Hill before passing upon them. It is a noticeable fact that most of the widows whose applications have been passed upon thus far reside in the local centers of population. Exactly half the number reside in Albany and five of the others live in Lebanon, second largest city of the county. Three of the applicants reside in Halsey, two in Brownsville, two near Shedds and one each in Harrisburg and Sodavllle. Attorneys Prove Costly. PENDLETON, Or., July 12. (Special.) Two features have arisen in Umatilla County's experience with the widows' pension act, which render several of the local cases distinct from those that have been ordinarily reported from other parts of Oregon since the law went Into effect. County Judge J.-W. Maloney will not permit applicants to be represented by legal counsel, his reason being that the cost of -attorneys' fees should be elimi nated from this class of court work. Attorney-General Crawford has writ ten an opinion in a Umatilla case to the effect that the wife of a drunkard can draw a pension. Judge Maloney already has granted six applications. About half a dozen applications remain. A number of ap plications have been rejected, on the ground that the applicants have rel atives who are able to support them or that they possess property In their own right. In one case a woman with five chil dren was granted $40 a month; an other with three, $25. The lowest pen sion Is $17.60. The average Is $27.50. One woman, before applying, wrote to Attorney-General Crawford, telling her woes and asking his advice. She had three children and had been mar ried three times. The children were bv her first two husbands who. were dead. She divorced the third husbandl for drunkenness and non-support. This case puzzled the authorities, because it Is said that the law isn't Intended to apply to divorced persons, but it ap plies to a woman "whose husband is by reason of mental or physical dis ease wholly unable to worn. jvir. Crawford decided as follows: "I believe that a common drunkard comes within the term 'physical or mental disease and wholly unable to work. Most of the cases m this county are pathetic. Judge Maloney says that the county will make up the losses because destitue mothers can keep their chil dren at home, raise them in decent en vironments and make good citizens out of them. Several of the mothers, who have been placed on the pension roll. have been drawing money from the county at times before, anyway, but the faots were not made public because the court desired to save them from humil iation attending the acceptance of pub lic charity. Now this aid is extended to them as a matter off lawful right. Baker, Allows Six Pensions. BAKER. Or., July 12. (Special.) Since the widows' pension law became effective June 3 there have been 18 ap plications. Of these Blx have been al lowed, three" rejected and four returned because the applications have not been filled out correctly. The others have been held pending Investigation, and four will be held until the next term of court next month. Of the three rejected, one widow was found to have $800 In the bank and a son of 21. who was able to work. An other had two husky sons. The third was not sure she was a widow be cause she had heard her husband was still alive, although she had not seen him for five years. Two that are held up show that one woman's flrBt hus band is dead while she was divorced from the second; In the second case the husband is blind but is able to do canvassing and make almost a com fortable living. The largest pension granted Is to a widow with five children One boy is Just past 16, but the others are younger, and she gets a pension or $32. &o a month. The principal contention here Is that the new law will make many take life easy. Of the applicants 40 per cent had been able to live without applying for any aid. Whether they will cease their efforts and merely live off the pen sions is the question to be decided by time. Some of those who applied also asked for aid from the county before, but this is a comparatively small num ber. The other applicants were not pre viously known to be In need. It Is believed that the county will soon have 100 pensioners drawing an average of $25, making a strong drain on the county, as there has been no provision for the reimbursement of the county treasury for this particular tax. The idea here is that while the law Is good In theory. Its practicability is yet to be proved. Klamath Has 11 Requests. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., July 12. (Special.) There are 11 applicants for aid In Klamath County under the new state law called the widows' pension act. Of these five have been approved by the County Court and six are still under consideration. If all the children live until 16 years of age, the limit under the act, the county will pay out in pensions, on account of the approved applications, the sum of $9870. On the pending applications the amount cov ered by the lives represented would be $13,830. The payments the first year on five approved will be $1590 and on the six pending would be $1620 if ap proved. some of the cases shown on the applications are out of the ordi nary. One woman has a small house and lot on which she is paying $4 i month. Her husband deserted her, leav ing her without means and with four children, who are now from 4 to 12 years of age. She takes In washing and will receive $32.50 per month from the fund. The husband of a second widow was drowned in 1907, leaving no property for his family. The widow is 44 years of age and has borne 16 children, nine of whom are living. Four oi these come within the age limit, and she will receive $32.60 per month, at nrBt. bhe pays $10 a month rent and works at anything she can find to do. A third woman is 40 years of age and ner nusband is in the Oregon peniten tiary for life, for a -crime committed against one daughter, then about 16 years of age. She is supporting five children under 16 years of age. She Is assisted by the oldest daughter and the oldest son, 14 years old, works In a box factory. The family pays $8 a month rent and receives $40 a month pension. Still another woman, who is 31 years of age, has a husband who has-been blind for several years. A lodge, of which he is a member, has lent the family $560 aside from the weekly bene fits, which have amounted to several hundred dollars. At first considerable money was spent In an attempt to save the man's eyes, but without avail. There are three children under the age limit, so that If the application Is allowed, the mother will receive $25 a month. A seventh widow is 29 years of age and has three children from 8 to 7 years of age. Her husband was the only one In the list who left any life insur ance. He was Insured for $1100 and left a lodge benefit of $100. Only one of the applicants ever has been divorced, and she says her first husband was an epileptic and Is now dead. She says that her second hus band never had any property and has deserted her. Only one of the appli cants has a bank account and that was for the sum of $8. All of the applicants have been strug gling to keep their children together, and with the help of the pensions prob ably will succeed without being driven to apportion the children among strangers. Douglas Has 11 Requests. ROSEBURG, Or., July 12. (Special.) Although it has been predicted that no less than 60 widows would apply for relief under the widows' pension law. there have been but 11 applica tions filed In Douglas County to date. The applications of Mrs. Rhoda Chap man, of Roseburg, and Mrs. Emma Smith, of Ruckles, have been approved by County Judge Wonacott and the pensions granted. Each of these appli cants have one child of pensionable age and will draw $10 a month. Other applications now pending be fore the County Judge are those of Mrs. Elisabeth Knauss, Roseburg, two children, asks $10; Mrs. R. Anatetn, of Camas Valley, three children, asks $25; Mrs. Ora Tapp, Gardiner, two children, asks $17.50; Mrs. Luclnda Moore, Rose burg, one child asks $10; Mrs. Eunice Wagoner, Drain, two children, asks $17.60; Mrs. Mabel Hodgson, four child ren, asks $32.50; Mrs. Jeanette Taylor, Roseburg. one child, asks $10. . Another application presented by Mrs. Olive Clark, of Roseburg, has been "denied for the reason that she left Douglas County soon after making application for the pension. While only 11 applications have been received to date. County Judge Wona cott Is of the opinion that many more widows will apply for relief under the terms of the bill before many weeks pass. - " Incidentally many humorous situ ations have arisen since the law be came effective and applications began to arrive. In one instance a bachelor desired to know whether he was en titled to relief under the bilL In an other case a grandmother appeared ana inquired whether she was subject to draw a pension. Clackamas Has Many Calls. OREGON CITr, Or., July 12. (Spe cial.; -sixty-seven children and 21 widows will be cared for this month by Clackamas County under the pro visions oi tne widows pension law enacted by the last session of the Leg islature, ana $523 will be expended in their behalf. The largest pension, paid will be $47.50, and the smallest will be $10. In all but two of the cases the full amount allowed by law will be turned over to the widows for the care of their minor children; but In the two caseB, both of women with five chil dren, one will get $30 and the other but $18, owing to the fact that they have other means of revenue aside from the county. . In all 28 widows have applied to the County Court for relief under this act. Aside from the 21 to whom pensions have been granted there are four whose cases are pending before County Judge Beatle, and three whose applications have been denied because it was found by the court that they did not right fully come under the provisions of the act. It Is expected that more applica tions will be made this month, but pen sions In such cases will not be paid un til August. Four pensions of $10 each will be paid, four of $17.50, one of $18, three of $26, one of $30, six of $32.60 and two of $47.50. , - Marlon Has 49 Cases on, file. SALEM, Or., July 12. (Special.) With only two of them having hus bands alive, 49 women have appealed for pensions to the Marion County Court, under the so-called widows' pen sion law. The amount asked monthly is In excess of $12,000, but it is prob able that County Judge Bushey will not allow nearly this sum. He said today that he had not examined the applica tions carefully, but would do so this week. There is no appropriation for widows' pensions and the Judge will call a meeting of the Commissioners to provide the money. The largest sum asked Is $75.60. but this amount will be reduced for several of the children mentioned by the ap plicant are more than 16 years of age, the maximum age for beneficiaries un der the law. One of the children was born in 1877 and another in 1879. One of the women whose husband is alive Bays her husband is confined In, the state penitentiary for a long term. An other says her husband is unable to work and that she has to support him. '85 uunney oeiieves mat axter the granting of the first batch of pensions there will be many more applications, many women now holding back because of their pride. Four File in Croolc County. -PRINEVILLE, Or., July 12. (Spe cial.) The widows' pension law, which recently became operative in Oregon, does not appear to have received much consideration in Crook County by those whom it Is Intended to benefit. No applications were filed In this county until the present term of the County Court, when four applications were re ceived from Bend, two of which were suspended for defects in form only. Of those allowed one was the appli cation of a wife whose husband Is serving a term in the Oregon peniten tiary. The wife is supporting herself and four children, and under the new WEEDS MAR PICTtRB SHOW'S PORTABLE LAMPS. PANEL MIRRORS law she will draw $32.60 per month from the county. . The other pension granted la based on the application of a woman who was deserted by her husband on June 9, 1913, less than a month prior to the date of her application for a pension. Having four children within the age prescribed by the act she will draw $32.60 a month from the county. The granting -of this pension hss caused some comment among the legal fra ternity because of the fact that the act granting the widows pensions does not provide relief for deserted wives. Clatsop lias 1 5 Requests. ASTORIA, Or., July 12 (Special.) Fifteen applications for widows' pen sions under the recently enacted state law 'have been filed in Clatsop County. Seven of these have been passed upon by the Juvenile Court and hearings on the other applications will be held soon. Of the seven passed upon four were granted, two of the applicants being allowed $32.50 each per month, one $25, and the fourth $35, In accordance with the number of children under 16 years of age who are depending upon them for support. All but one are widows of former fishermen on the Columbia River. Of the three whoso applications were denied one was found to own a house and lot, another owned a house and two lots, while the third had $1000 in a bank. The court held that they were not wholly dependent upon their own labor for the support of themselves APPEARANCE OF PRETTY HOME CONDITION OK VACANT LOT ON EAST pi I tm I .v,,. . . . . inww display ia our Art Department on the second floor. No fJTf reserved, but everything put on sale at one-half off. This gives all lovers of art an SS'-Si !?i ItT9 "tme l0Ue ,C?Veid article at a rfatenloTudy low price. While these prices win vtn.TAiv8 ek- you t0 BhP earfy. as the first customers will have the ad vantage of unbroken stocks. We give S. & II. Green Trading Stamps at these prices. vtkincj silvue This line, of which We made the first showing In the City of Portland, will also be offered at one-half price. We have de cided to reserve absolutely nothing in the POST CARD FRAMES Just the thing for preserving that post card which you are so fond of. They come In brown, black and gold, usually sold for 20O. During this sale 10 each or 3 for 25 AUSTRIAN POTTERY We believe that wn have the most beauti ful line of Austrian pottery ever shown in the City of Portland. Vases of all shapes, colors and descriptions are here in a be wildering display which Will gladden the heart of an Art Lover. BEAUTIFUL AMPHORA STATUARY Showing the mighty Arab on his favorite steed; his patient camel kneeling for him to mount, or his blooded horse In battle pose. Regular price forgotten, now separated into two sections, one table containing values up to $8.00 now your choice for 81.98. The other table contains values up to 910.00 now your choice for 83.98. PORTABLE LAMPS Antique gold base, beautiful shades, regu lar price very reasonable, now all are offered at ONB-HALP OFF. UNTRAMED PICTURES Just a few listed here, as the stock Is en tirely too large to enumerate each. Genuine Sepia Platinum copies of famous paintings, former price from 50o up to f 1.26 now offered at OSSi-HALF' OFF, IMPERIAL AMPHORA STATUES. and their children, and thus were not eligible to receive widows' pensions un der the terms of the state law. Gilliam Waits for Widows. CONDON, On, July 12. (Special.) No applications have yet been made in Gilliam County by widows for pensions under the law. County Clerk Iaugh risge states that he has sent out several blanks to various districts and that replies received stated that there seemed to be no widows in the county who could take advantage of the law, Sherman County Proud. MORO, Or., July 12. (Special.) No one has applied in Sherman County to any county official, clerk or judge for any sort of relief, either under the widows' pension bill or any other. Also, this county has no one on Its pauper account, even to the extent of partial help and has not had for some years. Morrow Has Six Applications. HBPPNER, Or., July 12. (Special.) There are six applications for widows' pensions before the County Court of Morrow County, none of which have been passed on by that tribunal up to this time. Portland's Piano Sensation. July Inventory shows $67,870 piano values now offered at $43,630 for quick disposal. See Graves Muslo Company removal sale adv., page 6. section 3. DISTRICTS. NI1VETEE1VTH STREET. WOODAR CLARICE & C Wonderful Sale in the ART DEPARTMENT The Entire Stock on Sale at ALL THIS WEEK We have decided to place on sale oar entire stock of Art Goods, in cluding pictures, framed and unframed; imported and domestic pot tery, statuary silver and bronze frames, in fact all the-merchandise METAL PHOTO FRAMES . in gilt and silver. This, popular Una tO-tro at OjVE-HAIJB' 1'RJCIi K LOVERS OP ART BRASS This Is your long-looked-for opportunity of Securing a pleoe of brass which you have set your heart upon, but on which you have thought the-price prohibitive. Our one-half-price sale now brings this same within your reach. Hanging ferns, footed ferns, violet baskets, wood boxes, -candle sticks, outdoor fern tubs, wood baskets, ornamental vases, outflowed vases. COLORED ENGRAVINGS Slae 18x20. burnished oval frame with orna lnRi mountlnga. Former price $5.00. tunf, COPIES OP OLD ENGRAVINGS Antique Oold Frames, ornamental mount lugs. Blze 18x17 H. -Former price $2, now GENUINE PASTELS Size 16xS0 burnished gilt ornaments. Xtormsff prlce 13.76, now 81.88. PANEL PASTEL Else 88x13, burnished gold ornaments, gold frame. Former price 14.00, now 82. OO. GENUINE CARBONS Both domestic and foreign, frame In genuine Circassian walnut, rosewood, etc Former price from 2.60 to $15.00, now offered at GERMAN POTTERY Blue and gold, ranging from small ahse) Violet Baskets up to mammoth size Fern, ?Jib8i Regular price from $2.00 each op to $10.50, now on sale at 0.1G.UALF PRICE, PORTLAND ART LOVERS, ATTENTION! sJ,'!.cia parchment etchings artists' proofs. . Values rra to (20.00 now offered at ridiculously low pries of LOVERS OF ART BRASS COMB KARLY. WEED WAR STARTED Vacant Lots Must Be Mowed. Says Commissioner Dieck. LEGAL NOTICES ARE POSTED Where Owners Fall to Comply Olty Will Do Work and Assess Cost, Beautiful Residence Districts Marred by Neglect. . War has been declared on weeds. City Commissioner Black took, of ficial action last week against the weed nuisance by causing to be posted legal weed-cleaning notices on vacant lots In the city. According to the new law, the City Engineer Is authorized to engage men to remove weeds from lots if owners of vacant property fall to cut the weeds down within five days after the official signs are posted. In cases where the city does the work the cost will be assessed against the property. Commissioner Dieck and his force of weed-cutters are being aided by mem bers of the Irvlngton Club. Directors of the club last week went on record against the weed nuisance. Many va cant lots in Irvlngton and adjacent residence districts have been permitted to grow up In almost a. veritable wild erness, with the result that home own ers have resolved to see that the weed cleaning ordinance is enforced. In many Instances beautiful residence places are marred by the unsightly condition of adjoining vacant lots. Af ter today, however, the nuisance soon will be abated, for an army of work men, armed with scythes and sickles, will be seen throughout that territory. Paradoxical though It may seem, some of the worst and unkempt places are around the offices of real estate men.. Operators and brokers apparent ly have been neglectful In keeping their properties. In an attractive con dition. EXPERT'S BILL QUESTIONED Bridge Superintendent Thinks Civil Engineer Has Been Paid Enough.. W. A. .Grondahl. civil engineer, who was employed by the County Court, together with Robert Wakefield, to ex pert the Burnslde bridge last year, de signed a truss for the bridge which cost $2000 and whidll must now be sold as scrap iron, as It Is useless for the purpose. This is the report made to the Coun ty ComrcJsioners yesterday by M. J. Humane, superintendent of .bridges and ferries, to whom was referred a claim of $20 by Grondahl for extra O. If Pri amphora vovmacsr so, bo. services. Mr. Muraane says that the extra services oonslsted of getting Grondahl to show how the truss was to be made of any practical use. Mr. Murnane thinks that Grondahl already has been paid enough, if not too much. Monday there will be held In the Commissioners' office a meeting of Grondahl, Wakefield and F. W. Moore the latest expert employed by the Com missioners on account of the Burnslde bridge, at which notes will be com pared as to the repairs necessary for the structure and how they should be made. MISS LILIAN TINGLE SAILS Head; of Domestic Science In Dort- land High Schools Goes to Europe Miss Ldllan Tingle sailed yesterday on the Zeeland from New York for Eng land. Miss Tingle, from the Impression she has made on the rising generation of school girls from her domestic science teaching, has made her name a household word throughout the state. 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