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9 TTTE SUXDAY OREGOMAN, PORTLAND PECE3IBEB 23. 1913. Grove, Rogue River. Broadmead, 100: HIGH LIVING COST SIX-YEAR TERM IN HOUSE PROPOSED second. Spring Valley. .: laira. ..k.-h. rvwhean. Enterprise. 99.S: sixth grade, first. Red Prairie. l'm chard s. Gooseneck, mien. Star, 100; second. Fir Grove. 89.3: third Butler. 8.6; seventh grade, first yl BLAIDTO CAPITAL Station. Gooseneck. Cochran, u Point, McTlmmonds Valley, sunnyn", Concord, Oakdale. Lone Star. McCoy, Cherry Grove. Broadmead, 100; ec.on J. G. Mack & Cos Bridgeport. 99.; tniro, w""- ' .8; eighth grade, first. Ward, Cherry grove, Oakhurst. 100; second, Cochran, 98.1; third. Orchards, Upper Salt Creek, Enterprise. Concord, 98. Schools making highest average for Dean Small Says We Not Only Pay for Today's Dinner, but for Many Yesterday's. Kent of California Couples Re call With Scheme to Make Tenure Longer. all grades are: Class A, Monmouth. 97.67; Class B, Kicareaij, n.", ' C Lone Star, 100. r The following schools made 95 per cent or more In the designated grades: Third grade, Perrydale, Rickreall, Buena Vista, Dallas, Parker, Orchards, amiuiary LOANS PAID 'AND REPAID ay PRESENT SYSTEM FAULTY Member of Lower Branch of Con' grees Xow Commonly Walts IS Months for Seat, Then Be gins New Campaign. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Dee. 17. Six-jrear terms tor members of the Rouse of Representa tives are suggested by Representative Kent, of California, who has offered a resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to this effect. Mr. Kent couples with this provision the right ol snjr constituency to recall Its member of Congress If it becomes oissausnea with his record or work. It will rraulre an amendment to the Constitution to change the length ol terms of members of lbs Lower House, and as the proposal Is one In which few are directly interested, it probably would require a good many years to secure the ratification of such an amendment. If it should be submitted to the states by Congress. There is much to be said in support of Mr. Kent's proposal, especially If Con gresses are to assemble, as at present, more than a year after the election of members. Prcvallins system Faulty. The existing system Is faulty, beyond a doubt, for under the Constitution as it stands, a member of Congress does not take the oath and enter upon bis Congressional duties until II months after bis election, unless there happens to be a special session the Spring fol lowing his election. For example. Con gressmen elected for the first time in November. 1912. at the time President Wilson was elected, would not have begun their Congressional service un til the first of the present month had not the President called a special ses sion. True, there was a session of Con gress last Winter, but that was the lest session of the 3d Congress and at that session sat many members who had been defeated at the polls one month before that session opened. It Is therefore apparent that the pre vailing system Is faulty, not alone In that It denies a man the seat to which he has been elected for more than a year after his election, but In the case of members who are defeated, they serve one full, though it ba a short ses sion, following their defeat, and they serve their last term under conditions which do not bring from them their best efforts. Their defeat has killed their enthusiasm, and they fcave noth ing to look forward to. Barrotfe Waal Chance Time. Senator Shafroth. of Colorado, pro poses to amend the Constitution by be ginning tne sessions of Congress on January 1 each year, and by further providing that members of Congress and Senators elected in November shall take office the first of the following Jannary. that Is within two months after election. That amendment, or the Kent' amendment, would remedy this , fault. The Kent amendment Is aimed 'at another practice which Is not pro ductive of the best results. While mem bers are elected In one year, and not seated until IS months later, they come to Washington for the long session of Congress, and no sooner are seated than they have to make plans for their campaign for re-election. Thus they are obliged to devote much time to looking after political fences, whereas If they were elected for terms of six years they would have no such worry constantly on their minds, and they would also be relieved of the biennial expenditure to defray the cost of a campaign. It would bs economy for tha Govern ment If Representatives were elected for six-year terms, instead of two-year terms, for two-thirds of the campaign literature that Is now dumped In the malls and carried at Government ex pense, causing a deficit in the postal revenues, would be saved, and inci dentally, members would have more time to devote to legislation and the study of public questions. CHILDREN SPELL WELL IkF.VrRIL POI.K COl'STY SCHOOLS 10O TKH t EXT 1 CONTESTS. t.raeral I improvement Indicated ay (.raaea Stare Flan IVaa Adopted of Sapertatendeat Calving Tests. MONMOUTH. On. Dec. 27. (Special.) Results of the first Polk County pelllng contest among the schools this term, just given out, show that several schools have been graded 100 per cent In the work. Since the con test waa started, several years ago, each report, as a rule, has shown an Improvement over the previous one. A list of 60 words is sent tha schools and th words are spelled in the form of an examination and returned to the County Superintendent for correction. The value of this contest has been shown in several ways. One of the most Important of these has been the raising of the standard of spelling In the eighth grade examinations held in l'olk County during th,e past few years. The resulta of the last contest fol low: Class A (schools of more than five teachers), third grade First place, Pallas. 9S per cent; second. Monmouth. ; third. Independence, 1; fourth grade, first. Monmouth. 98. second. 1 'alias. J.7; third. Black Rock. 7.1: fifth grade, first. Falls City, &.: sec ond. Dallaa, S8.SJ: third. Dallas. 7; sixth grade, first. Monmouth. 7.s; sec ond. Falls City. .S4: third. Dallas. S.; seventh grade, first. Falls City, second. Monmouth., ii.t; third. In dependence, J; eighth grade, first. Fails City, 100: second. Monmouth, .; third. Dallas. .07. Class B (schoois of two to five teaca ers) Third grade, first, Buena Vista, 8; second. Perrydale, 97: third. Rlckre all. 9t; fourth grade, first. Buena Vista, Ktckreail. 100: second, Smtthfleld. 97.7a: third. Hopville, 97.47; firth grade, first, Perrydale. Rickreall. 100; second. Ball ston. .; third. Buena Vista. 9.S; sixth grade, first, Buena Vista, 99.75: second. Ballston, 99.S: third. Rickreall. ts.: seventh grade, first. Ballston, Buena Vista, Hopville. 100; second. Mountain View. 91; third. Rickreall. .; eighth grade, first. Buena Vista, 99: second. Ballston, SS.5; third, Hop ville. 98. Class C (schools having one teacher) Third grade, first. Bunnyslope, 100; second. Oakhurst, 97; third. Parker, Oooseneck. Fir Grove. McCoy. 96; fourth tcrade. first. Zena Broadmead, 100; second. Upper Salt Creek. 99; third. Fernvllle. Il l; fifth grade, first. Fern IHERWOOD. OR GETS EW PUBLICATION WITH FOR MER MI.NF.SOTAJf AS EDITOR. tit &fj-..b::tf Framk M. Melville, SHERWOOD, Or.. Dec H. (Special.) With the new year a new Oregon weekly newspaper will make Its advent, this little Tualatin Valley town being the fortunate one to have been , picked out by Frank M. Mel- I ville, formerly of Minnesota, who on January X will bring out the first issue of the Sherwood Journal. Mr. Melville formerly was con nected with tha Minneapolis Journal and Is a practical print er aa well as a newspaperman, receiving his education in Minne apolis schools. After some time passed In newspaper work and printing In the Gopher State. Mr. Melville, with his father, came west and purchased a fruit ranch at White Salmon, Wash., but the smell of printer's Ink was too much for the younger man and after arriving in Port land he began to look around for the best location for an Oregon weekly, choosing Sherwood as having the best future for a live, up-to-dtuto weekly publication. Ward. Gooseneck. Cochran. Fir Grove. McCoy. Oakhurst, Sunnyslope. Fourth (trade Zena, Red Prairie, Or chards. Gooseneck. Elklns. Buell, Upper Salt Creek. Euver, Greenwood, Oak hurst. Broadmead. Sunnyslope, Black Rock. Monmouth, Hopville,. Buena Vista, Rickreall, Smlthfleld. Dallas. Fifth grade Ballston, Perrydale, Rickreall, Buena Vista, Mountain View, Falls City, Dallas, Red Prairie. Or chards, Ward. Gooseneck. Cochran. Oak Point. Spring Valley. Enterprise, Crow ley, McTlmmonds Valley, Fir Grove, Sunnyslope, Concord, Oakdale, McCoy, Pioneer, Highland, Rogue River. JBroaa mead. Sixth grade Red Prairie, Bridgeport, Parker. Orchards. Gooseneck, Butler, Oak Point, Elklns, Antloch. Buell, Mc Tlmmonds Valley. Fir Grove, Sunny slope, Oakdale. Lone Star. McCoy, Oak hurst. Highland, Valley Junction, Falls City, Monmouth, Dallas, Hopville, Buena Vista, Mountain Vle, Rickreall, Perrydale, Ballston. ' Seventh grade Smlthfleld, Ballston. Bethel. Perrydale, Rickreall, , Buena Vista, Mountain View, Hopville, Mon mouth. Independence, Dallas, Falls City, Bridgeport. Antloch, Orchards. Polk Sta tion. Ward. Goosenck. Cochran. Butler, Oak Point Popcorn, Crowley, McTlm monds Valley, Fir Grove, Sunnyslope, Concord. Oakdale. Lone Star, McCoy. Cherry Grove, Highland. Broadmead. Eighth grade Orchards, ward, tjocn ran. Harmony. Upper Salt Creek, En terprise, Concord, Cherry Grove. Oak hurst. Broadmead. Falls City, Mon mouth. Dallas, Hopville, Mountain View, Buena Vista, Ballston, STOCK OFFERED FARMERS Washington Frnlt Growers' rian to Operato Cannery Approved. CENTRALIA. Wash-, Dec 27. (Spe cial.) A Joint meeting of the officers and members of the Washington Fruit growers' Association and the farmers of Waunches Prairie was held In the Oak View Grange hall last night, to Induce the growers living north of Cen tralla to buy stock In the association, which recently decided to take over the Centralia canning plant which has been Idle for the last three years. Tne asso ciation Is capitalised for 50u0. and much of the stock already baa been sold. The organisation promises to dispose of all the fruit and berries raised In this vicinity this year. When no market Is available for the fresh fruit it will be turned over-o the cannery, and In this manner it is believed that the annual loss sustained by many farmers here through lack of a market will be eliminated. The meeting, which was presided over by J. O. Norton and E. O. Pears all, president and secretary of the-association, was a decided success, the farmers heartily approving the plans of tha or ganisation. COURSE REVISION DESIRED More Comprehensive Engllsli Kductw tkm to Be Suggested. SALKatf. Or- Dc 37. (Special.) To provide mun cumicuougi vj . o la English for the high schools of the suite. Edward A- Thurber. president of the Oregon Council of Teachers, which met here during the recent convention Ot the altl incuvn Avavvimuwu, uaa appointed the following; committee: E. T. Iteea, UregUH -tv in.uiiuia vwncac, m T T D.sHBnnas I'nlvaraltV n t gon: Miss Lota E. Owen, Baker High School; Miss Florence Wag-ner, Ashland Hitch School, and Miss Jessie Godd&rd. - , - 1 - tl I W CnUnnl y QQ COUlUllaMV AM VS0iH aas rioyst- . 111.. 111 v-4w. Kk ateuna- ration or iaa coui uuv, oui tntendent Churchill will have It adopted qqqKB SAT. VUUitUlll tuiua. u.v fsusal' courses of the schools could be greatly it..uklll s.I.lrai a Vi.li..W improve., a - - -ro PrffMor Thurber appointed the committee to do the work. Austria's ovmmrl-owBd rtUwia in valued at IM4O,(HM.O0U, Interest on Railway Improvements Declared Perpetual Charge on Earnings, Depressing Wages and Increasing Bates. - MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 17. The over head charges of the capitalistic system are the causa of the Increased cost of living, according to the address today of Dean Albion W. Small, of the Uni versity of Chicago, to the 26th annual meeting of the American Economic As sociation. Dean Small Is secretary of the Sociological Society, meeting with the Economio Association. "Our Inquiry into the problems of our time will amount to nothing," eaM Dean Small, "until the leaders of our thought and action consent to a pol icy of candid and thorough inquiry as to whether there is something radical ly mistaken In the capitalists system itself. "Now, when we are paying for to day's dinner, we are paying also for dinners served and paid for long ago and we are also paying Installments on our dinners that will be served gen erations hence. Yet we marvel at the growing else of the bill. htinri Still Betas; Paid. "We are still paying Interest on our $441,000,000 Of national aeoi ineurrmi before 1865. Interest payments al ready have equalled the original loans twice over. Through continuance of the annual payments which do not re duce the principal we are now dis charging these loans a third time. . i h nnt SO vears wtll ba paying Interest for portions of the Panama Canal ana at irai um win have repaid their borrowings, but the principal and Interest still will be Just as much due as If no payments had been made. "Improvements of railroad terminals completed or projected In various cities are bonded Tor 100.000,000. The Inter est will be a permanent charge, on the earnings. It will press down on wages and lift demands for higher rates. Our Industries will repay these loans over and over again to the children and the children's children of the original lenders." Fwaetloaal Fallacies" Indicated. Dean Small pointed out what he de scribed as "functional fallacies that radically ignore social efficiency." Among them were: "The fallacy of treating capital as if It were an active agent and of crediting income to the personal rep resentatives of capital. Irrespective of their actual services. "The fallacy of incorporating the fallacious capitalist principle, thus pro moting the legal person to immortal lty. "The fallacy of a system of Inherit ance which assigns tha powers and privileges of Incorporated capital to sentimentally desiirnated individuals This creates hereditary economic sov ereignty which eventually must become more Intolerable than the hereditary political sovereignties overthrown by revolution." New Evils Often Worst, "Man is so constituted that when he feels the evils of an existing system he Is likely to adopt measures of reform which will produce evils as great as those he is seeking to remedy," David Kinley, president of the association, said, tonight. "That danger," he continued, "exists t. v. n.in,inla rtf rnmnAtltton has UUW. 1UO y 1 .,1.... . , been too valuable to the progress of mankind to be given up altogether. For competition has been a developing iorco even if it has failed somewhat as a controlling one. "Aside from Industries that are clear ly monopolistic by nature, the whole aim of government In reference should be to establish conditions which will induce healthy competition." JUDGE CH1LDS ON SCENE J l HIST WILl, BE ATTORNEY FOR IllLEY TOOLEY IS REPORT, Magistrate. Who 14 Years Ago as Aa Attorney Defended Van Pelt, May Re-enter Noted Murder Case. ROSEBURG, Or, Dec. 2". (Special.) J. L. Childs. Superior Judge at Cres cent City. Cal., and the attorney who successfully defended Thomas Van Pelt at the time of the latter s arrest in Curry County. 14 years ago. on a . r killing A. I. Coolidee. ar rived In Roseburg last night. It is understood here that juage -nuu u been retained by prominent Oregon rf.f.nrl Ttllev Coolev. under arrest on a charge of murdering Thomas Van Pelt, soon alter me irs: death of Coolldge. Judge Chllds went to West Fork this afternoon, where he is said to be awaiting Cooley's arrival from--San Francisco. Cooley left San Francisco In charge of Detective Stephen Doyle this morn ing and should arrive In Roseburg early tomorrow. After a few days here he will Be taken to Curry County. District Attorney Brown has already Instructed the state's attorney ol Curry County to summon the prosecu tion's witnesses in order that Cooley may be given a preliminary hearing soon after his arrival there. GALE BLOWS AT NEWPORT Ocean, Stirred by 70-Mile Wind, Takes Out Bnlkhrad. NEWPORT. Or, Dsn. 17. (Special.) Although a 70-mile-an-hour gale be- - o A,ninv thla tftarnnnn. the kjan fc " , - damage was confined to the washing out Of 150 reel Ol paniy uui-v-head at the Ocean House. ' The new bulkhead was being built to replace the bulkhead more than JO years old which waa washed out last Tuesday. The surf and Yaquina Bay were stirred up and the bay became very rough. Had the tide been high or rising doubtless rouah damage would have occurred, but the water was quite low and falling at the time of the storm, which lasted about an hour. All told the damage from unusual high tides in Newport this Winter amounts to about tlOOO. James McNaushton. vlce-prwaldent and manaser ot th Calumet a Hscla Mlnlns Company. Calumet. Mich., is said to earn ti:o,oo a year. ' a-wa-ani . 1 . I I ' I COPPERRELD IS UNEASY SALOONS RUN WIDE OPEN) MER CHANT GETS VEILED THREAT. Pidnre of Bomb Sent to Sam A kiln, Wko Declares Conditions Not Mis represented to Governor. BAKER. Or.. Pec. 27. (Special.) Saloons are running wide open In Cop perfleld today, but there is a general tone of unrest in tne town, awaiting word from Governor West on his return to Salem. Sam Aklln, proprietor of a merchan dise store, yesterday received a postal A -mfUIaH k. DHflnhpH SlfiTnlf lCSnCO and in which he sees a threat from the saloon men or their inenas. no g had on it a picture of a bomb, while beside it was a picture of a man with a hammer about to strike the bomb. Penned on the card was written the words, "We will arrive soon." iwiu m.vm tia tian tried to keen out of the mlx-up at Copperfield and that, while ne saw mo pen""" " . n . nAv.rnnr West and was viwnwci --------- - - approved of its sentiments, he refused to sign it. saio iwuw unable to trace the source oi tne wnv hut thai the uostal was mailed at the Copperfield postoffipe. Mr. Aklin said today that the peti tion to Governor West had been signed generally In Copperfield, there being several whom ho described as being members of the "saion eiemeni wnu w j .i.n.ri it Ma aavs that condi tions In Copperfield are bad, as bad as painted in tne pennon w West, but says that the saloon men feel secure from prosecution in view of the attitude taken by the District Attorney's office and the Sheriffs of fice In Baker. - i m PARENTS' CIRCLES WANTED School Superintendents at Salem to Discuss Industrial Work.:' ' SALEM, Or Deo. SI. (Special.) Plans for the organization of Parent Teacher Associations in all school dis tricts of the state were discussed by the County Superintendents of the state who were in session here Friday. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Churchill is anxious that a good work ing organization be established in each dlstriot. and has offered suggestions to the superintendents. While tne meet ing of superintendents was called pri marily for the examination of papers of applicants for teachers' certificates, ... i - . I l.t.nHnn ftf the 11 UP. H Tit Ptld- ents while here to consider questions of M.nnwtanat Ia tha, arhnolll. Plans suggested by the State Super- Wood-Lark Bldgt. Alder and West Park from Us- carries comfort and safety.. Our truss-fitters are expert men and ' women. Our prices fair. SDTSLE TRUSS, gl.OO UP DOUBLE TRUSS, 81.50 UP V Truss Begins Tomorrow Substantial Reductions on Ever$ Article in This Splendid New Stock of Furniture Carpets.Rugs; Drapery Upholstery and Decorative Fabrics Excepting Only a Few Contract Goods Adhering to our policy of conducting a sale during the first month of the year, we art noucTfor thelLt Zee days of December and throughout the month of January our Annual Sale, an event that is eagerly looked forward to by hundreds ofhomm furnUher. who appreciate its genuineness and the opportunity for selecting Furnu tire, Floor Coverings, Drapery, Upholstery and Decorative Materials ol ' the better kind at prices considerably lower than those which apply at any other time of the year And bear in mind the fact that this is a complete and new stock from eadg furniture makers, such as Berkey & Gay of Grand Rapids d C,wan of Chicago, and from the looms of the world's leading manufacturers of C "pets. Rug s and Drapery and Upholstery Fabrics, both at home and abroad. No odds and ends or broken suites, but a splendid new showing of individual pieces and complete suites. The sale begins tomorrow, including everything with the exception of a few cony trait goods. Orders and inquiries by mail will receive prompt and careful attention. J. G. Mack & Co. It Fifth and Stark intendent's department and the exten sion department of the Oregon Agricul tural College, for the organization of boys' and girls' Industrial clubs will be discussed and definite action taken to obtain the best results. The school exhibits at the recent State Fair have awakened the people to the importance of the work of the children, and plans have been made for a much larger and more comprehensive display next year. WOMAN ARRESTED AGAIN Mrs. Elizabeth Patrick "Wanted This Time In 'Washington County. EUGENE, Or., Dec. 27. (Special.) Mrs. Elizabeth Patrick, wanted in a dozen towns of the Pacific Northwest a I...... n Voir tawitnhea and hair combings, was arrestee today at the request or tne tsneriii oi inamusu County Just as she was leaving the Lane County JalL Local charges against mo woman 111 .Wn,tn h. H i UTT1 i BHpd The WOnl- an was arrested in Portland two weeks ago To the Portland A Club and Public In General Beginning tomorrow morning, we will close out the balance of our stock of Sterling Silver and Plated Hollowware, such as Tea Sets, Bowls, Plates, etc., as well as all Cut Glass, Clocks, Umbrellas and many other articles, at Absolut To the "Truth" Committee of the Portland Ad Club and the public in gen eral, we invite the closest investigation of this extraordinary pfer! It is a bona fide closing-out sacrifice, as Dan Marx is retiring from this firm, and in continuing the business in the future, Mr. Felix Bloch will positively, discontinue the lines mentioned above. Cost with us ia exactly what we paid the manufacturer, with NO selling costs added. In order to realize .cash on Mr. Marx' interests in this firm, we will continue the sacrifice prices on all Elgin and Waltham Watches, Gold and Gold Filled Jewelry, Sterling Silver Novelties, etc., for a short time only. M LIQUOR PRICES SLASHED oregox crrr sai-ooxs offer GOODS AT BARGAIX SALES. Despite Preparations For Permanent Closing, Applications Are Made For Renewal of Licenses. OREGON CITY, Or., Dec 27. (Spe cial.) Cut-rate prices on liquors are being offered at several of the saloons and liquor houses of the city, in an ticipation of the permanent closing on New Year's day. Though the saloon element of the city has taken such legal steps aa are necessary to get the case Into the Su preme Court, most of the owners be lieve that they will have to close the Baloons, and some of them are trying to dispose of their stock as rapidly as they can. Advertisements are be- ln? carried in the local papers onr e Wh olesaie LARGEST DIAMOND DEALEES IN OREGON 10 ' 283 MORRISON STREET, BETWEEN FOURTH AND FIFTH j-J lng the best grades of liquor at half price, while nearly all of the dealers believe that December SI will be the last day on which they may operate. In spite of this fact, however, sev eral of them have advertised that they propose to ask the City Council for a renewal of their licenses on the next regular meeting date, in order to be in the band-wagon should the Supreme Court declare that the election held in November was illegal as far as the prohibition issue Is. concerned. As the majority of the members of the City Council is dry, and the two elected at the regular city election were known to be dry before they were chosen, it is probable that the Council will take upon Itself to refuse licenses to the saloons even if the Supreme Court of the state should later hold the elec tion void. Attorneys of the city be lieve that the Council has the right to grant or refuse to grant licenses, and that the saloonkeepers have no method of appeal over the decision of a dry City Council In a matter of this kind. 1 Sixty thousand dollars a day Is tti esti mate ot the loss due to the recent strike at Dublin. Ireland. ilocii