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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1922)
v t t a ELECTlS'llE BIG JOB AHEAD Many Offices to be Filled by Election at Elections of This Year iudges.to. be named Terms of Kelley, Bingham, Bushey End-Lower House Delegation Slashed .Xltrm I the Job that He ahead of j tbe TOteri of Oregon for pri mary election day, May 12 next; To nominate one representative in congreaa for each of the three eon. , gresslonai district of the state, a governor, a state treasurer, three Justices of the - state - euprerae court,' circuit Judges for 10 Judic ial district, two district attor neys. 16 state senators and 60 v representatlres, or the entire membership of the lower house of the stat legislature, a superin tendent of public-Instruction, a labor commissioner and a mem ber of the public service com mis sion to reorettent the state at large. In addition the Republican and the Democratic parties win MISS DU PONT In SHATTERED DREAMS GEO. LARKIN - ': ' In ';-"? "CALL OP DUTY- A Thrilling Story of the RN.W.M.P. U " THE SKIPPER'S 1 "BOOZEM FRIEND" ' '. ' International News (tinUqaTiilow : Dally .; OBEilTY TODAY (1 NEW SHOW TODAY BIG BILL FAIIiBAiNKS . ' In , "FIGHTIN' BILL" A Wild and Woolly Western Feature - . blighIeam t. ' u ".Us 4'vii CJfJFl.v-' "' , " ' 4 ':j'-i --"-. t Ladiir Hoine Jocrnal Savings oh S Mason's t Newest mm NERY EA.ODEL , at their rightful price these stunninji creation were - considered exceptional values, but tomorrow they take on a ; new low price a price that places them in the bargain class ! I .. .. i s y That Has Hade Oar Store "The Lice Wire Store" All Wool in ' handsome stripes and pretty plaids; val ue to $5.50 yard special at- i v v Skirting SHE OREGON STATESMAN. each elect a national committee man. ... Koxer Statemrat In th Hectien- or winters- the legislature the reapportion ment act of the 1921 Session will be applied for the flret time. ! Sam A. Ko2r. steretary ot rtate, has issued the following statement relative to the numer ous offices to be filled by, election this yearr "The successful nominees of each political party for the offic es of congressmen from the first, second and third congressional districts will go on the ballot at the general election, November 7. 1922, to contend for the seats now occupied by Willis C. Hawiey. of Salem, N. J. Sinnott. of The Dalles, and C. N. McArthur. or Portland. respectively. whose terms expire March 4. 1921. High Offices to Fill I "The term of Ben "VT. Olcott, of Salem, as governor wh'.c com menced on March 7. 1019. upon the death of former Governor Jsmea Wlthycombe. expires Janu ary . 1922 and the term of O. P Hoff, of Portland, state treas urer, will end . on December- 31. 1922. On this date also Georgs tt. Burnett of Salem, will have completed a full six-year term as Justice of the supreme court. The term of two other members ' the supreme court. John McCourt. of Portland, and John L. Rand or Baker, will also expire on Decem ber 31, Judge McCourt having been appointed to fill the vacan cy caused by the resignation of Judge Charles A. Johns who ac cepted a place on the federal bench in Manila, and Judge Rand having been appointed as the suc ceesor of the late Judge Henry 1 Benson. A constitutional provis ion prohibits an appointee to any public office from holding over a genaraj election, but Judicial offi cers when elected hold for i foil term of six years. Judge To Be Elected 'Frank W. CalkTns of Medford, circuit judge in the first Judicial district comprising the counties of Jackson and Josephine, will com plete a six year term December 31. Full terms expiring in tho second judicial district composed of Benton, Coos. Curry, Douglai. Lane and Lincoln, are those or Circuit Judges G. K. Skipworth or Eugene, J.. Wj Hamilton of Rose burg, and John S. Coke of Marsh field. In the third judicial dis trict, Linn and Marion counties, both the terms of Judge Jercy U. Kelly, of Albany, and Judgo George G. Bingham, of Salem, ex pire; and Judges John P. Kavan augh, Robert Tucker, William N Catena and) George Taawell, --tHf Portland, will complete full terms in department Nos. 1, 3, 5 and 7, respectively of the fourth judicial district. :A fifth circuit judge for the Multnomah county:, district will also be elected in 1922 to fill the vacancy In Department No. 6, caused by the resignation of Judge JohnTMcCottrt to accept appoint ment to the state supreme court. Patterns For February Now the S UNPRECEDENTED REDUCTIONS ; T' -SSS SSBSSSSSSSSSSBiBSS . SALEM. OREGON Judge Walter II. Evaas being the governor appointee and present incumbent of this office. Term3 ia the fifth. Jodiclal district com prising Clackamas county, tue ninth district comprising Grant. Harney and Malheur counties, the 13th district comprising K'amatht county, the 18th district compris ing Crook. Deschutes and -I tf ar son counties, the ISth district comprising Tillamook and Wash ington counties, and the 2th uls tricl comprising Clatsop and Co lumbia counties, will ulso expire, the incumbents of then offices m the order; named being udge? J. IT. Campbell, of Oregon City, Dal ton Biggs, of Ontario. D. V. Kuy kendall. or Klamath Falls, T E. J. Duffey of Prlneville, Ceorg3 R. Bagley of Hillsboro. and Jame-i A. Eakin of Astoria. ClrartbOl'K Term Expirey "Resignations of Arthur Clarke of CorvaUi and Walter H. Evans, of Portland, necessitate the elec tion of district attorneys for Ben ton and .Multnomah counties, to fill unexpired terms ending Jan uary 5, 1925. O. MiddlekauT bold? offce in the former county, while Stanley Mrrs i; th ap polntee in the latter. "The voters of the slate at large will also nominate candidates for the ofrico3 of superintendent of public Instruction, commlssione. of the bureau of labor statistics and fnspect'or of factories and workshop, and commissioner ol the public service commission, ' the May primaries. J. A. Churchill of Hafcoir, present educational head. C. Jl. Gram of Portland, la bor commissioner, and Fred A. Williams of Grants Pass, public service commissioner, each being In the last year of a full four year term. "Candidates for 1C peats in the state penate. distributed abonp tlv first, sec.hnd, third, fourth, sixth, ninth, t Oth. 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th. 19th, 20th, and 23rd sena torial districts, will also be chos en, all places being open as a re sult of terms regularly expiring, with a single exception in the case of the 13th district, Multnomah county, where one of tho two can-, dldates to.be nominated win be for the unexpired terni of the late Wilr.on T. Hum which would have ended infI925. The full member ship of the lower house in the leg islative assembly is to be chosen from the 30 representative dis tricts, sdime of which were affect ed by the reapportionment act of 1921. Marion Delojatlon Cut "Marion county, constituting the first representative district, will have four members in. the lower house, Instead of five as formerly, i and the "representation from the second district compris ing Linn county has-been reduced from three to two. 'The joint rep resentatives from Douglas and Jackson counties which was desig nated the ninth district, has been eliminated, and this numeral and representation has been assigned to the new district composed o? Hood River county, the latter hav ing formerly had two joint mem bers with Wasco county - in the 29th district. Wasco county has been constituted the 12th district, with one' representative, and the counties of Lincoln and Pclk with on Joint representative now coa stitutes the ltth district. The eld 14th district lth -one joint rep resentative, for .Tillamook and Yamhill .counties has been ellnv inated, Tillamook being constitut ed a district by itself, designated tbe 29fh, with one meiiber. Mal heur county now constitutes thhe 17th district and annexed to the 27th U i'.rict, thus sharing in a Jont member with I tame y couu tr. The ttesignation c.l the point district composed - of Multnomah and Clscaamas counties, with one represe motive, has besn changed from tti ,17th to ftc-Stlth. Tho IStit ieiir?sentat!vc distttct. Mult ciiUJli county,. will have an adJt ttonal mSiriher, makirg 13 in ail. and pfheirepresentat'n from th- ' On Sale . (Balcony) of -Willamette Valley r - FQHMS flEAOY FOR SEEKERS Secretary Kozer Tells Re quirements of Petitions of Candidates PARTIES i ARE DEFINED Most Aspirants for Office Prefer Method of Paying riling Fee Sam A. Kozer. secretary of state, announces that forms fo filing candidate.', for nomination:; to bo made "at the primary elec tions May 19 next are now avail able for distribution. Different statutory regulations exist rela tive to the number of signers and the number of precincts to be rep resented on; the completed peti tions, according to the nomina tion sou glut. Mi his explanation of the pro- f ceaure to net. iouowea an tiling i candidacies, Mr. Kozer said: "Tho original method provided by Ih ; primary nominating law requirer. that a copy of the can didate's petition be filed with the secretary of State before or at th' time of beginning to circulate tht petition proper for the requisite number of signatures. Different statutory regulations exist with reference to; the number of sign ers and the number ofprecinits to be represented on the complet ed petitions, according to the nom ination sought. Fei Method Popular "What has proved to lie the more popular method of filing candidacies Is by the use of dec, larations accompanied by a fee, as' provided by tha legislature of 1915. Under thia plan the candi date is required merely to fill out a form containing the statutory pledges specified for all candidates,- and In addition a state ment in not more than 100 words of the principles he advocatas, to gether with the form in which he wishes his slogan to be printed vpoii the official ballots, this last to be in not more than 12 words. The fees to accompany declara tions of candidates, as prescribed by statute, are: National commi tteemen, $15; representatives in congress, goyernor, state treas urer, JU8HC0 or the supreme court, superintendent of public instruction, commissioner, of bu rsau of labor statistics and com misisoner of; the public service commission of Oregon, each 100; Judge of tke circuit court. S 50: district attorney, $29; state sen ator and state representative each $10; county officers, $?0; andi district officers within; a county (as justice of tha peace, constable, et.), $5. Signatures Kcqoired "In general, under the petition form of filing, the completed pe- tition must contain a number' of signatures equal to 2 per cent of the electors of the political paorty with which the-candidate tor nom ination, is affiliates. 1 For this purpose the number of electors; of any party Is identified and deter mined by th number of votes cast by the i members of such party for representative, in con gress at the last preceding general election. "the nominees or the republi can party for" representatives in congress from the throe congres sional districts of the state re ceived and : aggregate vote of 143,136 at the general election November 2,; 1920, and, based upon this figure, the completed petition of a candidate for nomi nation by the members of the Re publican party for any state of fice would be; required io contain 2,863 signatures. The law with reference to j petitions, however, prescribe that not more than 1000 signatures shall be required in the case jot a carididate for an office to be voted upon in the state at large, and inasmuch a tho gener al requirements of 2 per cent of electors exceed in this case tho maximum-requirement of the law, a petition signed by 1000 qualil fled j voters . of the Republican party would be sufficient and val id for the purpose of securing a place on tho; ballot for a Repub lican candidjte for nomination for a state office. The Democratic nominees for representatives ia congress at tho general election Jr. 1920 received a total of 120 4 S3 Votes, and petitions for candi dates of this party for nomination for s.tate offices.are subject to the sami regulations. Ouly Two LeesJ Paru "Petitions of candidates tor nominations for state offices must represent signers residing in at least one-tenth of the precincts in each; of at least seven counties of the state. There hare been 1729 precincts established in the state for the elections to be held in the yearp 1922, Multnomah county's 1 , 1 . ne tne reate8t couaty al locfetlon. and Sherman county 21stji- rict .f romprMnE' i rook, reschntet, Jefferson, K-amath and lAk counties, beer, increased from two to three. ; j Judge'? Term Fr.ds 'Po s Is dlsclos-a ft tn? r mntion in he! hands o' the secre tary! of vtqtff with relation io rrmrty Hi only Je.i-bn and Marion will tave candidates for counjty atthepri-naryelection inMay. . except U: tbe case f death o lesignauon leaving anexidrod trins.t Ifctr fenr year tern ur the ccutty . .-. iter 'of M .Itromah -fi.y will expire m Jannarv. 1923, as WU1 hjo the full term of assessors in Dearhntea tinim flTer )nd Morroir' conn ties, and Benton -conaty -will elect a record - r er - -; - , with only eleTenrbeinr the low esi. . , ' , "Only tho RcpaWlean and Dem ocratic parties hnvo attained the strength prescribed by statute as ;. 4-cqnfsito for iionUnating Uielr i prising more man one rauuij, candidates under the provisions of natures must equal 2 per cent of . tbe direct prtmafy nominating; t the electorn. or ;0 signatures,!, laws, namely, a polling of at least; whichever is lower. -Nominating in per nt of the entire vote cast j petitions for offices in districts in the state for presidential elec- j comprising only one cofciity mmt tors at the last preceding general 1 elec t ion. "Political parties which polled at least i per cent of the vot' east in the slate for representa- lives in 'congress at the last pre.j ceding general election are au thorized by law to nominate their candidates under the convention system. Neither the Socialist nor the Industrial-Iabor party will !. of nomination in 1922, each lAv ini, failed to poll a sufticient vote at the last general election. Assemblies Allowed "Nominations may ? made by smaller parties by, organized as semblies consisting of at last 100 electors, and independent candi dates may compete for an office by filing petitions signed by the requisite number of el ctors as specified in the original law of the state regulating nominations. 'Nominating petitions for Re publican and Democratic candi dates for governor, state treasur er. Justice of th. supreme court, superintendent of public instruc tion, commissioner of the buerau of labor statistics and inspector of factries and workshops, and com- missiouer of the public service commission of Oregon (state at large), and other offices to be voted for in the state at large at the primary general ejection in May. 1922. must be signed by at l?ast 1000 qualified electors, that is. registered voters. Petitions for ! df II WaL nfezjl I 1 11 I White Mercerized linen I U V White Tailor Made Cloth : I, 39cpTard P White Devonshire Cloth J A 35c Yard TOWELS Huck Towels with white or red borders; full size and , x good wearing quality, pair . .. .........25c Huck Towels, a heavier grade, 18x36 inches, red or white border, pair. ....; , ,...39c Bath Towels, substantial quality and a good size, per wPair- :...;: .U ..33c Bath Towels, large size, splendid weight for service, suggesting several pairs at, per pair......d. .. .49c LAWNS AND FLAXONS Here are items that recorn hend themselves to the thrifty housewife. Excep tional quality, Exceptional ly priced. INDIA LINENS The quality you want, per yard.. ..15c, 19c. 23c PERSIAN LAWNS Sheer, fine quality, yard 44 inches wide. ........49c 40 in Permalawn 59c 69c PLAIN FLAXONS Sheer and delightful for many uses, yard 29 and 80 inch .m .1. ..21c 40-inch wide; 33c to 49c ' FANCY FLAXONS Neat effects in the tiny checks or the larger plaids, also stripes, yard 39c, 49c ' L J TUESDAY MORNING, nomination for eongressmenmnstl" contain 2 pr cent of the etectora of the prospective cngtessionat dstrtcts; maximum reyuiremeat,: luitU signature In districts cou? contain sismatnres or z per centoi ih;i electors, the maximum re- quirement being: i00. McIImmLs i'Htrastl 'Precincts required to be rep- resented on a nominating. petition vary from at least one-tenth in each of at least ?-ven co'itities, as" in the case of an office to be Tot ed Tor in the statf at large, to at least one-fifth: hi one county, as in the ca?e or ;a candidacy for nomination for the office of dis district attorney;" in contrasting tha popularity of tho two methods of filing can didacies under the primary law, Mr. Kozer pointed out that there were 367 candidates for nomina tion at the 1920 primary election, 40 of whom filed by petition, while 327 availed themselves of the moie expeditious method of filing by declaration and paying' ine the fee. Receipts for, the fee? for filing declaration of candidacy' in the year 1920 amounted, to $6,26-". the money being in the stato treasury to the credit of the genera! fund. Petitions and declarations must be filed with the secretary of stato before Apt il 14, 1922, and statements and portrait cuts for the candidates' pamphlet are also required to lie In the hands of the secretary on or before that date;' There are a lot of rattling good second hand cars on the market aTHE ' LARGEST CHAIN ' DEPARTMENT -STORE 02GANIZATI02r IK "THE WORLE; We Now ; Feature An Enoirmous Presemtatiom of This is Mercerized Poplin, Nurses' Uniform Cloth, Gala tea Cloth, Middy Twill and a variety of Skirtings and Suitings representative J. C Penney Co. values. 1 ORGANDIES New, sheer crisp, popular Organdies fat such low' prices as to suggest several new dresses: Make up beautifully for coming -warm, weather wear. DOMESTIC ORGANDIES yard........ .l 25c, 35c IMPORTED ORGANDIES Yard ..49c to 98c 312 JANUARY 24. 1922 REM' CONTINUES Painters and Carpenters arc still hard at work changing the interior of our store to better handle the needs of our patrons. We are try ing to serve our patrons in the most efficient manner possible daring the change. We hope to be through this week. GALE & COMPANY ,x r - " ' Commercial and Court Streets N early offeriM of Muslins, Cambrics, Sheetings, Towels, Crashes, Damasks and Dress Fabrics, bought at a time wnea tne marm was at its lowest ebb and now offered to you ' . At Sarpmxngly Attractive Prices. 1 ; an exceptional onBortanitT to of dependaJble quafity for personal and household use for both the present and the future. The following items will demonstrate the extent to which we have gone to provide economies, fpr this' remarkable and early White Goods Event: ' ; MUSLINS Unbleached Muslin, 36 inches wide; made of se lected cotton and a serviceable quality, per yard......:: .-J..8 l-3c, 13c; :15c 17c Fine Cambric Muslin, Berkeley quality popular everywhere fpr its yard.. Indian Head lfuslip, soft finish, shrunk rthe pop ular clotttft&t, finishes like linen, 36 and 54 inches lwide.kt Reasbnably priced at 29c and 43c SHEETS AND PILLOW CASES. ' 72x90 Sheets, fulj standard size, popular weight cacliJa:::LU . 1119 12x36 Pillow Cases, serviceable quality, each 33c - -1 ; -SHEETINGS '. fr!'' Standard Qality Sheeting, 9-4 or 81' Inches wide. The kind that will wsh and wear well. Un bleached, yard 59c; bleached, yard, 65c Other widths priced in proportion.' - .'v ' PEQUOT SHEETING. SHEETS AND CASES Through our direct mill connection;we can supply you with this popular Pequot brand : of high grade goods in all widths, at material savings of money; hn " " ' CRASHES i Bleached Crash", 17-inch, red border, serviceable Bleached Crash, 17-inch, exceptional grade, yarcL1.12c Dundee Part-Linen Crashes," bleached and unbleached, the kind you like to use,' yard ......!.19c and 23c Stevens's Crashes, both bleached and unbleached Our buying arrangement permits us to sell this popular ; line at a big saving to you. PILLOW-TUBING 42 inches, admirable, quality, yard '. , . 39c Also carried in 36. 40 and 45-inch widths. I NAINSOOKS Nainsooks. 36-inch, fine English finish Yard..12c, 15c, 19c, 23c FRENCH NAINSOOK 36-inch sheer fine French finish, yard -23c 25c, 29c JAPANESE NAINSOOK Sheer, beautiful mercerized, of fine texture, yd 29c. 39c DEPARTMENT J 4 orovide snowy white fabrics finish and wearing ability, JZ5c LONG CLOTH 12c, 15c, i8c, 21c and 29c WHITE RIPPLETTE ' 25c " WHITE SOISETTE 35c ! v DMHTTES Checks and stripes, yard Uc to 25c WHITE YQILE Superior quality of 39-in. Voile, yard 29c STORES PL