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1 . PAGE EIGHT - ' J ; ; J ; gfo OREGON STATESMAN, galea. Oregon, Tnesday Morning, December 23 19S0 , - . ...... ; : . I I n rrnrn nnnnmr o ; ; o 11 1 ! I-1 1 1 1 1 I H II 111 I" L I.LLULU UllnliUL IN LAWS TOLD Improvements in State Gov ern nient Outlined by -Norblad to Chamber . LEGISLATIVE CHANGES TO BIS RKCOMMEXDED BY GOV. NORBLAD Charge by state for "care of wards who hare property. $3,000,000 bond issne at special election, proceeds to go to a state Institution bnflding program. Reform In penitentiary practice and separate parole board. Grading; law for Oregon products. Compulsory anto Insur ance or statement of finan cial responsibility. Designation of Rooevelt highway a Oregon Coast highway. J FINDS HE'S WRITTEN BOOK J, -w X " Decrying the tendency to bur den statute books with too many laws, yet advocating what he term ed "seeded improvements" in state government. Governor A. W. Nor blad outlined salient points from his forthcoming address to the state legislature which will con vene here in January. Charges -on the part of the; state to families of wards or to the wards themselves who bare prop erty, were advocated by the gov ernor, who estimated that 1200 000 annually could be received by the state from such a source. The governor "said at least four persons alleged to be millionaires are now Inmates of the state asy lum and these and hundreds sim ilar to them should be made to pay for the cost of their support from the state. An extensive building program, to make adequate now overbur dened buildings ot the state in stitutions for the criminal, the in sane, and the siek, which could be financed through a $3,000,000 bond issue, received the gover nor's support. He feels that sueh an issue could well be brought forward at a special election next spring. The present is a good , time for such construction work. Norblad said, pointing to low retes on money and materials, and the need of men for employment. Senator for Every County "The present system of appor tionment to the houses of the leg islature, especially to the senate, is damnable," said the speaker. Each county in his opinion should have at least a senator, while the representation tn the home should be decided upon population In the various districts. "Every thinking Oregonlan must realize that Multnomah r- county has held back Oregon's de velopment," said Norblad. "It Is unfair In my opinion that this county have virtually seven out of the 30 senators, for while the county only has five senators. It is Jointly represented by two others who usually are chosen from Mult nomah county." - Governor Norblad was loud in his praise of a non-partisan Ju diciary, saying that a Judge had no necessity for especial party af filiation while he was on the bench. The governor said he. had received considerable commenda tion for his recent appointment of a democrat to the circuit bench in Multnomah county. Parole Board- Urged The problem of pardons Is irk some and difficult for a governor and no matter what attitude be takes toward the release of pris oners, he is In for criticism, said the speaker. He advocated the creation by legislative enactment of a pardon board upon whose de cisions the governor could act, but a board separate from the execu tive department and free from any insinuations that there was collusion between It and the gov ernor. The governor said present ad ministration of the penitentiary could be Improved by a further di vision of first-termers from hard ened criminals. "Many people seem to have lost sight of any re formatory measures in the prison; they think of it solely as a place for reform," said the governor. Other legislation advocated by the governor In his talk included a uniform grading law for Oregon horticultural products, change ot the Roosevelt highway to the Ore- v . - :,.Zi. . . Jr - ; . '.'flfe,w -St a -. . i- " s I . J" - " t -' . Y - " ' Jice. i r ike OONT TAKE A CRANCC INSURE, Lowest Farm Fire Rates Insurance for. evcry nezd AOfNTS TO TMl OLD PO.IA BtC ' . or 3UTTCVILLZ - . 215 MASONIC TTHPLL PriCMUSt When Professor Bailey Willis returned to his home la Palo Alto, CaL, recently after a year sojourn la Africa as the guest of tha British government, his wife greeted him with a question : "Why don't yon. write a book about Africa? Mrs. Willis demanded. "Impossible." replied Professor Willis, who Is a research as sociate ot the Carnegie Institution and professor emeritus of geol ogy at Stanford university. "You've written one just the same," the scientist's wife Informed him triumphantly. "A publisher ac cepted it. I illustrated it and the name of it Is "Living Africa. Mrs. Willis was unable to accompany her husband, bat while she remained at home, her scientist-husband wrote her voluminous letters about his travels, and these letters she carefully collected and later submitted to a publisher. RICHMOND SCHOOL KHI IS TODAY Parents and friends of Rich mond school children will be en tertained at a Christmas pro gram ' at the school this after noon, beginning at 1:30 o'clock. From 1 to 1:30 o'clock, the sec- iron Coast highway, provision for the placing of statues of Jason Lee and Dr. McLaughlin in the hall of fame at Washington, .and spme form of auto liability legisla tion providing for - statement of owner's responsibility or procur ing of a policy at the time his car ia licensed. ond grade will give a short pro gram for their parents, and their finished product, "The Building and Furnishing of a Home" will he open for , inspec tion. Numbers on the program to be given by the entire school In clude: Christmas carol, "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear"; liv ing pictures about Christmas by 35 first grade pupils; reading, "Santa's Helpers", by Mark Tweedt of the third grade; Christmas play, "A Quarter to Christmas", by S3 third grade pupils; cantata, "A Penny for Christmas", by the fifth grade, directed by Mrs. Fawk and with Maxine Case of the sixth grade at the piano; anthem, "Shine O Wonderful Star", by sixth grade, with carol. "Holy Night". DALLAS SCHOOLS E CLflS TUESDAY i DALLAS, Dec II. -The Dallas schools will close Tuesday, De cember IS, for the Christmas' va cation and will resume, work on January S. 1911. The vacation will be several days longer than last year, aa school started about three weeks earlier this year. ; The senior class Is changing the custom of having a school Christ mas tree where the students give each' other presents and is help lnr the Knights of Pythias in their eharity work. Due to the poor conditions tais year, nuying presents for school would worka hardship upon many of the child ren. . Instead of this all those who are able are asked to bring food or toys to school. These gifts will be taken charge of by a commit tee from the senior elass and will be turned over to the Knights of Pythias. . These will be distributed to needy families on Christmas morning. ? FOREST LOVE J , -o (Continued from page 4) shyly, because he had repeated It over and over ia his mind until It sounded oaeer. "He said he'd like the opportunity of real ly talking to you some day. we we might hate him to din ner." "If you like," Louise said ab sently. She was wondering If Mat would call up to ask If she- was tired after the opera. She wished he would. He had seem ed a hit cold towards the last perhaps It was because he was tired . . . he slaved so In the lab . . maybe she could call him other girls did those things. Mama's voice, shrill and high. bored Into ber thoughts. "I'm not very strong, as you know, and X think It is very un reasonable for yon to want to bring men to dinner Just at this time when I'm so busy " "Busy! Papa Questioned, a little unsym pathetically for him. "Tea, and worried with one thing and another.' She pointed a shaking finger at a Jar of Irish Elegants that stood on the piano. There was another on the mantle, and a bowl on the table. "Mr. Beamer sent them to Nancy. Three doxen ot them. And another box day before yes terday." "Why, Kitty, you don't think come aow there's no signifi cance in an older man sending flowers to a young girl? Tou don't think " "I don't know what to think." "But, Kitty dear, when you were a young girl didn't old Mr. what was his name the social leader punlop didn't he often send you flowers 7- A graceful trlbnte to a debutante, and a mighty pretty one," be fin ished gallantly. -Well " Mama felt better She patted her hair thoughtful ly. "As I was saying, It might be a good thing to invite Lachman Oliver Lachman, you know; to dinner. It would help me In bus iness, and he practically asked for the Invitation." Vlsionlng chicken and a sink full of dirty dishes, mama's headache came back. Not nowl" SteegfaSaieat Least for Time Photo . shows premier-designate Theodore Steeg of France who has completed a cabinet to suc ceed Andre Tardieu. Steeg is safe until after the holidays as the house of deputies la, (ad journed for three weeks. if h 'ft A f ew estions. . . . SueiQ tor Christmas Shoppers Metal Waste Baskets Foot Stools Smoking Stands Lamp Shades Book Blocks Sofa Pillows Ash Trays Smoking Sets Table Lamps Boudoir Lamps Bed Lamps Egyptian Lamps Cigarette Servers Candlesticks Magazine Baskets Fish Bowls Radio Lamps Table Scarf 8 Bed Quilts Toy of All Kind Bath Rugs Radio Stools Davenports . Easy Chairs "Rockers Radios Card Tables Cedar Chests Bedroom Sets . Dining .Sets V Floor Lamps Hall Clocks , Electric Refrigerators' " Baby Cribs Baby Carriages Sofa Pillows -Dolls, 49c up to $5 I Junior Billiard Tables Suitable for Boys and Girls she wailed. "You're always want ing to bring someone . home. First it's your mother, and now It's Mr. Lachman, and Louise baring that study club of hers for lunch Thursday I'm not equal to it X tell you!" "Well. Hollenbeck, what's the good news Mr. Lachman ask ed the next morning, rubbing bis hands. And of course, there wasn't any good news. Days went by, and the president seemed to bare or gotten the cashier was alive. He even stopped saying good morning. One Sunday, Just after a long striped box bad arrived from the florist, Nancy picked up the morning paper In the hope of getting It off her mind. She was beginning to worry. This was a regular bombardment of Jack's. He was laying siege. This was no haphazard generosity, as she tried to make mama believe. He was holding on to her, refusing to give her up. Yes, and sup pose he found out about Roger she'd have to tell him event ually and suppose . Roger, pa tient, loving Roger, who believ ei In her so fully, found out about him? What would he think, what would he do 7 She nipped the pages about nervously. The funnies. The lat est murder. The sport page. The society section. At least she could get that out ot the way before mama saw It. Mama would have a fit when abe read all about Vera Preston's tea for Lady Alice Collier, visiting cel ebrity from London, and knew they hadn't been lnvitea. - vara mean ef Vera, too Nancy thought without much rancor. What an awful picture of Lady Alice! Made her look like the Duchess la Alice in Wonderland. And of course poor 'Vera looked terri ble. My, but she was plain! Smiling vaguely. Nancy turn ed the page. A thin woman with strand after strand ot pearls looked wanly from the section page. . "Mrs-. John Herbert Beamer, who will spend the next, few weeks la Reno, as the guest ot her sister-in-law, Mrs. Anne Turnbull Thompson," the capt ion read. Then she'd gone gone to Re no already . . . Jack had made her go! . Passing Nancy's room a few moments later mama saw that the door was shut, but heard the unmistakable sound of muf fled weeping. Once she would have gone in to demand the reason, but with Nancy so secretive and excitable nowadays, she hardly dared. , "Dear, dear," she sighed, com ing - downstairs. "First Peter having a tantrum and now Nan cy. I'm getting tired of it. It must be that ranger. She ought to bo ashamed ... the idea! A girl like Nancy crying like that! With a good home and a loving mother, and Invited everywhere well, nearly everywhere I de clare, I can't understand It!" (To be continued) j 1702 Men in 13 Counties Put in Name Reports received by the state labor - employment commission from IS counties show that 1702 persons have registered for work under the emergency employ ment plan sponsored by the commission and the state high way department. Of those registered 427 are single and 12 7 B are married. They bare a total of 4075 de pendents. Many ot these regis tered have as many as seven children dependent upon them for support. A total ot SOS of those regis tered are home owners, while 1059 are renters. Approximate ly 2S0 of the home owners have their property paid for, while 2S6 are in debt. Counties- that have reported Include Baker, Benton, Clatsop, Coos, Douglas, Hood River, Jackson, Lincoln, Malheur, Mar-? Ion, Polk, Sherman and Washington. UGEMIDffiE IS OUT FOR PROGRAM ROBERTS, Dee. 22 Christ mas program liven by the Sun day school and community dob Saturday night at the church was by a largo audience. "'The' church was beautifully decorated with Christmas greens and a large Christmas tree at one end of the platform. The pro gram follows: Song, "Joy to the World" by the audience; reading, "A Brief Speech," Eddie Goodrich; exer cise, "Dewarpul Bettincourt," Jack and Mary Jane Osborn; song, '.'The Christmas story," Irene Selmer and Dora Hansen, exercise, "Living Decorations," second grade girls; reading. "The Christmas song," J. T. It ans: song. "Cradled In a Man ger," primary, grades; exercise. Christmas Porters. second grade boys; song 'Sleep Little Son.' Alfred Foster, James Ingram f reading, "The Christmas Jour ney, Leroy Edwards; exercise, "Wishes, third grade; songs, "Away, In a Manger" and "To Santa ' Claus," intermediates; reading, "Little Candles" Jessie Ivans.' I ." " Exercise, ''Hiking to Christmas Town, six boys; reading, "The Christmas Anthem," Frances Lott; song, "It Came Upon a Mid night' Clear," . Japanese girls; Christmas pageant, "Hope," by seventh and eighth grade pupils; quartet. Mrs. W. C. Pettyjohn, Mrs. George Higgins, S. C. Dav enport and George Veall; page ant, "Pictures We Love Best" by Sunday school pupils. The school will have a Christ mas party on .Wednesday tor all the pupils. A survey of Cuban coastal wa ters, begun by American forces during the Spanish-American war, is nearing completion. Longines - and & Modem The Modern Woman baa selected Longines as her own because it has been especially adapted to hex modern re quirements. It adds a touch of distinction to her evening; costume and its accuracy responds to the more stringent demands of her business activities. Oar Longines are priced from $35.00 up. Wt guarantee that they uM lWPTUJi ghe you satisfaction. 1 tfi POMEROY & KEENE JEWELERS AMD OPTICIANS S79 State BL Next to Postal Telegraph Arriving just before Christmas, w are offering these Dresses at less than Bankrupt prices. En Four if 'At an opportune time and at op portune prices. We were able to select these dresses from a stock isacrificd so that its owner need not go into bankruptcy. We paid less for them than we would bid on a bankruptcy sale, and so are able to sell them at less than BANK RUPT PRICES! There are crepes, printed crepes, jerseys, rayons, flat crepes, and many other, desirable . materials. The styles are new and the dresses should not ia any way be judged by the ridiculously low prices that we have pat on them. Coats . . . Too! There were included In this lot several dress coats and rain co4t8 .TO SELL AT SPECIAL PRICES NO ALTERATIONS-.NO EXCHANGES -r NO REFUNDS Quo Gvoup off at each (2 One lot of felt slippers for women while they last, parr c mum CTTo K rrp o M . Commercial at Court Street , -