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Th OHGO!l STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon. Sunday Morning. Juno 8, 1S41
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Mai oritty
Laws
Onl Four
488
Approved
General Election
. . The bulk of the handiwork of Oregon's 1941 legislature, or
388 of its 488 approved bills, will go into effect in the state next
Saturday, June 14. , . - i
A survey at the capitol Saturday showed that 97 of the 1941
statutes signed by the governor carried the emergency clause
and already were in operation, and five others were under ref
erendum attack.
Four of the five bills against
which preliminary referendum
petitions have been filed, will also
become effective next Saturday
"unless the required 16,000 signa
tures are turned in on each meas
.ure. In the . latter . event they
would be placed before the people
at the next general election. The
.text-book referendum has been
dropped.
i . Petitions seeking to invoke the
referendum have been filed on the
following measures: '
Placing a tax f two cents a
"package on all cigarettes sold
In Oregon.
" Authorising investigation of
. voters registrations In Multne
i mah county (two laws).'
Prohibiting commercial fish
' ing nets In various coastal
, streams.. - , - .
Important among the laws
which become effective next Sat
urday are two Involving motor
Vehicle drivers. - ; '.."".
. One of these, the new Oregon
prima facie motor vehicle speed
law, fixed the designated speed of
automobiles on the open highways
at 55 miles an hour. Speed in res
idential sections continues at 25
miles an hour and in business
districts 20 miles an hour. In
cases of violations the burden of
nmnf ehifta frnm the arrestintf of
ficer to the offending motorist.
Speed Zoning; Provided .j "
The law further provides for
speed zoning under the direction
' of the state highway commission
and the state sneed board, the lat
ter composed of the chairman of
the state highway commission,
the superintendent of state police
and the secretary of state.
"- Many features of the present
basic rule law are retained In the
new prima facie speed act.
The other law affecting motor
vehicle operators increases the
cost of drivers' licenses from $1
to $1.50, with 50 cents of each
fee going Into a hospital fund to
reimburse hospitals for the care
of indigent persons injured In au
tomobile accidents.
. This fund will be administered
by the state Industrial accident
commission.
Creation of the fourth Ore
gen congressional - district la
provided in another new law.
The new district' will comprise
. Linn, Lane, Dong las, Josephine,
Jackson, Coos and Curry coun
ties. The first representative In
congress from the new district
will be elected at the 1942 gen
" eral election.
Two other important laws cre
ate a new Judicial district, com
prising Linn and Benton coun
ties, and make Marion a one
county district with two Judges.
Repeal of the non-resident mo
tor vehicle registration law, In
operation in Oregon for many
years, will become effective next
Saturday.
Other Outstanding Laws
Other outstanding laws of the
1941 legislative session which be
come operative Saturday:
New merit rating under which
employers who maintain table
payrolls will pay lower payroll
taxes beginning July 1. ' -
;Merger of the state board for
vocational education w 1 1 h t h e
state board of education.
.Increasing the weight of cer
tain logging trucks and load and
placing administration of the law
under the public utilities com
missioner. 'Authorizing establishment of
regional vocational' schools and
classes under the state board of
education, in cooperation with
' school districts. . ,...,,,
motor vehicle , operators arrested
for drunken driving in Multno
mah county. ' -
Barring from the ballot and
political appointment member
of all organisations advocating
overthrow of the United States
government by force or vio
lence. ' "
Providing that all public em
ployes called for military service
shall ' be reinstated in their Jobs
-when discharged from such serv
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Providing that mentally dis
eased persons shall be taken in
custody by health officers in
stead of by the sheriff and also
that they shall not be confined In
a jail pending commitment to an
Institution.
Wording Is Changed '
Eliminating the word "Insane"
from all Oregon laws and substi
tuting the words "mentally dis
eased.'
Giving state superintendent of
banks , additional authority in the
conduct jof small loan organiza
tions.
Increasing authority of state
utilities comraiision in connection
v. l-i the issuance and sale of utll-
i'.y securities. -
AclhcrLIag political subdlvi
tiers cf t '.z'.!, with exception
cf t;!.:.l cLtrI:I.j, to readjust
V iir -LuJtts, under new tax
levying and collection law
BiHsbi
Face
which becomes operative on
January 1, 1942.
- Authorizing appro priation of
$1,000,000 for construction of a
new office building in Salem.
(Date of construction to be deter
mined by state emergency board).
Authorizing governor to create
a state guard, to replace Oregon
national guard, whenever : he
deems such action necessary.
" Permit state game commission
to open and close seasons and reg
ulate' bag limits. " ' . .
Series of laws designed , to
strengthen forestry code and con
serve Oregon forests. :
.7 Increasing workmen compen
sation benefits under state indus
trial accident commission.
Aged Pensions Raised
, Increase maximum old age pen
sions from $30 to $40 a month. ,
f Reduce working hours of em
ployes of state hospitals from 72
to 60 hours a week.
Restore civil rights of prison
ers after they have served their
sentences.
' Permit public welfare commis
sion to regulate foster homes for
children.
Authorize the state board of
control: to spend $50,000 for
bottom land to be used in con
nection with the state institu
tions in the vicinity of Salem.
' Create administrative board for
regulation of watch making and
watch repairing.-'
Repairing of so-called private
clubs, under the supervision of
the state liquor control commis
sion and providing: for service li
cense at cost of $25 annually. .
Liberalizing the unemployment
compensation commission laws to
provide better protection for
those subject to their provisions.
Have Emergency Clause
Most of the appropriation mea
sures contained the emergency
clause. 7 -'
One of the larger appropriations,
to become operative June 14, pro
vides approximately $325,000 for
a new treatment dormitory and
three physicians' cottages at the
Oregon state hospital in Salem.
A survey of the legislative rec
ords show that most of the im
portant bills were approved late
In the session. A number of these
were vetoed by Gov. Charles A.
Sprague.
Copies of the new prima facie
speed law are now being printed
and will be sent to virtually all
peace officers in the state.
Ghost Town Comes to
life for Annual
Homecoming Event
LINCOLN The old ghost town
of Lincoln will come to life again
today when the Lincoln and
Zena communities, as well as ad
jacent districts will join in mak
ing the -fourth annual Lincoln-
Zena homecoming a success. Every
one is welcome.
Reminiscences of former days
when Wayne- D. Henry, Frank
Depth Charge Seeks Submarines
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In Geyser-Uke fury, a depth charge dropped by a former TJnited
States destroyer, now fat service with tba British, nary, explodes
somewhere in we Auanue.
Six Wee
Hidilen Were the
Pale Green Eggs
By -River's Edge
JULIAN -WALLACE GRAHAM
; , Special To The Statesman
. These two had .built their
nest where the - slough dromes
into the river, and the nest was
hidden by new willows grown
thickly, and the day dreamed
in warmness. Track the siltbar
up from the point, past the
stagnant pools . and lo, there
peeped the wood ducks' nest'
You'd never' spy it other than
chance, unless you were purpose
ly searching, . but - there it lay
tucked in the greenness only
yards from the river, - yet apart
from the life of the river. -
They were a busy pair minding
their own home, and worked the
reeds in the shallows, and whis
pered of the eggs to be and those
ducklings to come,' those beau
tiful ducklings of tomorrow. The
mother duck could hardly - con
tain herself for the thought, for
she was joyous indeed, with the
willow wind singing" gently of
love, and the small waves lap
ping on the sands, and the male
wood duck calling, Eee-eee! Eee
eee! The call was mildness.
They were happy in the days -with
shadows crossing where
the slough comes into the river,
where the drowsing bull frog
dreams by the lily, and the
scow lies half on the bank; and
the boys came for the scow. -Still
the wood ducks were con
tent and those eggs were very
special ask Mrs. Duck those
eggs In the nest so securely, not
so securely,' and the pair must
tight off that gang of haggling
crows, must dodge the swerve
of the hawk's wing, and know
not theghosting owl when the
moon runs silver on the river.
The pair had eight precious
eggs In the nest .
But the boys came for the scow
that lies half on the bank and
fished a little, cruising the brack
ish waters of the slough, and
stripped for a swim. They ran
along the siltbar, up from tha
point and indulged in early sun
ning. "Let's hunt for some smoke
wood. I've got matches," and
well, sir, you know they found
the wood ducks' nest with its
eight pale buff and greenish eggs.
"Later," they said without mal
ice, "well have fun with our
beanies when the little ducks
are hatched."
Came a time with the early
sun in the trees and the adja
cent lowland pasture wet in
morning dew, when the duck
lings were hatched. Six of them
hatched. Ah, blessed event tru
ly there was song In the world
Boebringer, Ralph C Shepard,
Walter Gerth and many others
courted their girls in the horse
and buggy era and the literary so
ciety flourished, will be features
of the impromptu program, which
will be preceded by a basket din
ner at noon.
Ralph C Shepard Is president
of the reunions. Mickeys Grove is
about a half mile south of .the
Lincoln store. .
Woodducks Thaf Never Grew
Air Cadet$
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As hundreds of feet of silken thread are spun from the tight little cocoon, so yards of silk parachute
spring from the compact seat-type pack wont by army pilots on all flights aloft Flying cadets on
the flying line at Randolph Field, Texas, marvel at the billowing folds of a parachute aa it Is caught
by the Texas breese after being snapped from its pack. Shown in clear 'detail is the small pilot 'chute'
which pulls the larger parasol from its ease. ,
today and the world was the
river. Really it was ; secret
though the west wind knew It
even as we know It and the
ducklings grew with the days.
My, how those ducklings grew!
When, they could swim, and
that was almost like saying be
fore they could walk, the proud
parents escorted their children
through the reeds In the shal
slows, though never to the mad
on the point Such beautiful
children, and you could ask the
mother if in doubt and sum-
Transplanted
T.TTJ.IF. L. MADSEN
All of us frequently quote, on
one occasion or another, that
"Only God Can Make A Tree."
But that doesn't mean that we
should neglect it after it has been
made and given us. Judging from
the amount of inquiries reaching
me recently in regard to trees,
there is a great deal of tree trou
ble in the Willamette valley.
Much of the trouble 1s just
due to neglect Some of the in
quiries Indicate that the owners
planted trees during the past five
or ' six months and' then' forgot
about them. Nature," they evident
ly thought should ,do the rest
But nature didn't plant the trees,
and had she done so might have
provided a different setting. At
least she would have started the
tree very much younger, and if
it reached its present age it
would have been well establish
ed. ,. .
' i Transplanting is a shock to
a tree. It necessarily Interrupts
Its progress. Vitality Is dimin
ished, and it leaves the., tree
open to attack of insects and
diseases.
One of the great dangers to a
transplanted tree is lack of mois
ture. We may have comparatively
good showers, but the water from
these will likely not reach down
the foot or two or three to the
roots of the tree. Tho tree must
be so thoroughly watered that its
roots get the benefit-
This need not be done very
often. It should be done several
times during the first summer.
Once a week Is not too often to
thoroughly soak the soil when the
rainy v season is over. But do not
keep watering each day. Keep the
soil around newly planted . trees
cultivated or, mulched. The tree
should not be forced into compe
tition with weeds . or tall grass.
Then, in the eases of older
trees: Keep them growing welL
A tree that has - healthy
growth does not seem to be the
big temptation , to Insects and ,
tree diseases that a, weak tree
is. Remember that kn the natur
al habitat in the forests, trees
are fed by a soil rich In organic
material. .
- On our lawns we carefully rake
off all humus and keep the grass
nice and green beneath. To make
up for the deficiency of soil fer-
Study Chl!tes m . "cacu
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mer arrived with a cloudless
Sky, The family of docks was
happy. "
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But tragedy has a way of strik- parents watched with pride their willow wind -caught tip a strag
lng quickly in the wilds. It comes -offspring take of brilliant plum- gling feather and carried it away
in a breath, but the memory of it age, for whoever has seen a sight in the evening. Perhaps come an
lingers long after the leaves have more enchanting than the alx other year,, the parents said ond
fallen, and a duck feels for its sponsa" of the lowland sloughs the Old One willing they'd cer
young no less acutely than a hu- the most beautiful of all the tainly rear some ducklings, those
man. The shadow of the hawk ducks. Surely now the family beautiful ducklings of tomorrow,
dropped true and three of the would be left in peace, for doesn't The male wood duck circled the
ducklings could never know the the Indians Old One see after his point where the slough comes
sweep of the . seasonal rain; it children? Perhaps he would in into the river, rningt Eee-ee!
happened twice within the week the morning.- Eee-eee! The call was wildness.
Trees Need Plenty of Care
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Speaking of trees, this one grew
from a riding whip, so Silver-
- ton's Homer - Davenport - lore
has it The tree, it Is said, once
.. was a twig used as a riding
whip by the cartoonist's moth-
. er. Bin. . Timothy , Davenport
and long was the only marker
to her memory near her grave
in a field. A DAR marker even
tually was placed near the tree.
with 1 col cut 3 col 24 stym :
tmty, feed the trees at least once
a year. The best time Is from
early spring until, the last part
of June. In; feeding, use a well
balanced fertilizer JL have given,
a number of times in this col
umn, tho proportions used at the
Shaw botanical - gardens at St
Louis, Missouri. -
Remember in feeding that you
do not give all the food to the
trunk. Bore holes about 18 inches
deep beneath the outer branches
and put your fertilizer in these.
Then water well. Some say that
trees get ' no - benefit whatever
from fertilizer put near the trunk
of trees. : " ' .:; "' -
I ' dont quite hold to this
theory, as for a number of years'
I have had jNUtsles growing be
neath a tulip tree. The bed
reaches out about two feet the
entire way around tho tree.
Each year I have fertilized this
bed heavily. No other fertHber
has been given the tree, and It
Is extremely - bosky, 7..;
Tree surgery belongs to the ex
, pert If there Is a deep wound
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and the fledglings' number was
suddenly reduced to three: Ver-
ily the word was caution and
more caution, and those proud
which must be cleaned out and
cement-filled, call In a tree sur
geon. Only he can do this nron-
erly. It this is impossible, clean
out the hole, removing all dead
wood, disinfect this and keep it
disinfected.
In the case of dead branches.
cut these out and disinfect the
places cut Those who drive by
the old home of Homer Davnport
In the Waldo Hills notice a plaque
at the side .of the road calling at
tention, to the huge poplar tree
which was once the riding wliip
of the famous cartoonist's moth
er. The tree has always been a
thing of beauty until the last
two years. Now the ton of th
tree is dead. - v- -vr
". Soon the. only memorial to
- the pioneer mother, will be the
plaque ' describing the tree.
Pnuilnf might save the tree.
Pruning of small dead branches
will frequently prevent the rot
ting of large branches. Tho
cats should be nude through .
junction.
' In removing, branches, it is ad
vised to cut tiifX from below, part
way throuch. and finish " from
above. The lower cut - will pre
vent the branch from breaking
loose and tearins off a section nf
bark below the branch, ,
If you must fill the cavities in
the tree yourself.' obtain the ore-
pared cavity cement a plastic ma
terial wnicn. is flexible and doesn't
get really hard at any time. After
you have dug out the dead wood,
paint the' wound with pruning
paint and fill according to " di
rections, y
Japanese Meet
Draws Couple
HAZEL GREEN Rev. Y. Harl
koshl and Mrs. Harikoshl are at
tending the Pacific Japanese pro
visional conference of the Meth
odist church at Berkeley, Calif.
At the conference last year the
Japanese churches of Idaho,
Washington, Oregon, California,
Arizona and Colorado were organ
ized into a separata conference.
- Bishop James C" Baker w&l be
the presiding officer. -Bishop Y.
Abe, Japan Methodist church, ad
dress wm I be "The Future of
Methodism la Japan."
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One by One They
Fell Victims to
Wilds of Nature
- The days drifted . like
'Z merl.cloud, . ,one int another,
while the caterpillars were gone ,
' by the river. What remained of
! t the' family was happy;, and they :
, fed and played In the shallows
; and likely visited the drowsing
bull frog by the lily. But the.
parents'' hush-talk took on of
anxionsness, and there was. that
of nervous haste In their, beau
. tiful bodies,' and wildness, and
fear -born of experience, when
the two remaining children
and that's all there were wan
- dered too . far from the reeds.
. Alas for the larger he wouldn't
. 'behave, and 'though the mother
warned him In' outcry she saw
' him polled swiftly under by the
j mink. . ". That would leave Just
; one half-grown duckling of the
' setting, bat ne had been a good
fledgling and "was always one to
mind. ' ' Yes, they said in their
way, well rear - him - to dock
hood, and they swam through
: the reeds in the shallows.
When the peaches were golden
and ripe, the boys returned to the
scow on the bank and they hadn't
forgotten the ducklings, They car
ried with them their beanies, and
i nothing must do but for' them to
go duck hunting where the
slough comes into the river. So
they built themselves a swim fire
on the point dropped their clothes
in the sand, and went hunting for
ducks, though they couldn't have
4 known there was only one of the
children left They couldn't have
known that '
In a manner of speaking the
boys weren't bad. It was noth
ing more than a whim and they
must kill the ducklings of the
river. They didn't wish to real- ,
ly, bat Bob coolant let Joe
know he was "chicken," -r and
Joe couldn't let Bob know. So
by patience and perseverance,
and not a little' of expert man
euvering, they eornered the
fledgling In the willows, and It
wasn't easy, and J the very last
of the children was gone.
"Gimme ' the - smokewood yon
got In oar hand," and the boys
most be getting home to sup
per. : , v- i
Did ever a mother's heart ache
more for her progeny, and the
British Sink
Of Bismarck
LONDON, June 7.-ff)-Three
German supply ships and an
armed trawler presumably aux
iliaries of the battleship'BIsmarck
and other Atlantic raiders, were
sunk by the British in the naval
mop-up that followed destruction
of the 35,000-ton nazi man-o-war,
the admiralty announces.
The existence of these supply
vessels If they were the . Bis
marck's indicates that she was
to be readied for extremely long
range action when she sank the
42,100-ton British battle cruiser
Hood May 24 between Green
land and Iceland only to be
pounded to pieces by the British
' three days later. '
" First Lord of the Admiralty A.
V. Alexander said last Sunday
that the sinking of the Bismarck
"frustrated important enemy de
signs," tacitly contributing to pre
vious - suggestions hv informed
quarters that .the Bismarck
planned to man captive ships or
possibly put landing parties
ashore somewhere. 7 '
The Bismarck was carrying the
extraordinary complement of 2400
men 800 more than normal
when she was torpedoed.
7 The Bismarck was believed
to have a range of about 15,000
miles without refueling. With
three supply ships, a couple of
tankers and a munitions carrier,
she could have ranged the sea
ways for a year without patting
Into port
The traditionally " tight-lipped
admiralty left it to the Spanish
government to disclose that the
10,000-ton Spanish cruiser Canar
las was near, at hand when the
Bismarck went under.
The Madrid announcement said
the Canarias, arriving by forced
draft at a battle scene which was
literally covered with bodies,
picked up a number of dead crew
men and buried them later at sea
with full military honors.,.! .
7 The' number of . bodies taken
from' the sea was not disclosed,
and there was 'no announcement
that any survivors had been res
cued by the Spanish.
Supply
Ships
Enviable Mark
Set by North
Marion
County
Only 29 of 346 Men
7.7 tic C. ri-- A m '. -;
' not Volunteers 7
North Marion county area, over
which the Woodburn draft board
ha jurisdiction, has ' 345 men
known to be in US military ser
vice. Of these only 51 were'reg
istered with the local board, and
of the 31 only 39 went through
the regular channels of selective
service. Of the 39,' ten were vol
unteers.'; i -
These figures show-that of the
346 young men of north Marion
county now in the army, navy or
marine corps, only 29 are not
volunteers of one kind or anoth
er. The volunteers include nation
al guardsmen, members of the
regular army, , navy or marine
corps, and those who asked to be
placed o nthe top of the list of
selectees. 7 ,
The proportion ' of north Mar
ion ' county's ' population now in
service figures out roughly to be
2 per . cent or approximately
twice the national average.
There are 2344 men ' regis
tered with the local board. Of
- these, 1050 have been sent ques
, tionnaires, and 833 of the ones-
- tionnaires have been classified.
'The other 217 are either In pro
cess of being filled out by the
registrants or are being studied
by the board. '
' Of the 833 registrants classi
fied, 77 are how in Class 1-A,
which means they are subject to
induction whenever called. Fifty
six, men have been classified in
Class 1-B, which means they are
eligible for . service except they
are not physically perfect
Classification . 1-C applies to
registrants now in the service.
Two have been classified un
der 1-D, which means they are
now attending schools and will
not be eligible for military ser
vice until completion of the term.
Twenty-seven men have been
placed in class 2 men en
gaged in Indispensable occupa
tions, as for Instance a man
responsible for the operation
of a farm. '
I The largest classification 1s .
Class 3 men with dependents.
Of these there are 533, nearly
every one of whom have a wife
or children or, dependents. .
The local board has received
a call for ten more men to be
sent in on June 16.
Vacationers!
Clieck First
Here's List of What
You Should Do When
You Start Jaunt
An important part of vacation
planning is the proper provisions
for checking at the last moment
according to the Oregon State
Motor association. For the con
venience of Oregon vacationers,
the association has compiled the
following check-list:
FOB THE HOME:
Have you temporarily stopped
deliveries of newspaper and
milk? . i v
Have you shut off water, gas,
lights, refrigerator?
; -Have you . temporarily discon
tinued services of your telephone?
Have you - provided for your
pets?--; -r , v ri -
Have you provided for your
mail to be 'picked up and for
warded? ';,.: ,
' Have you discouraged prowlers
by locking all doors and windows,
drawn the shades only part way
down, and advised neighbors of
your absence? ' 1 ; .
FOR THE CAS: . i
" Are your tires entirely safer ,
Has your car . been thoroughly
checked by a competent mechin-
ic? :.;-::v , . --ZZ , -
7 Have you the necessary sparo
equipment like tires, tool set Jack,
tire wrench, pliers and a flash
light? ; ; -.-v .
Have vou Drotection 'for von
car with different kinds of In
surance, and are. your policies all
up to date?- "'
If you are taking a camping
trip into the national forest areas,
have you the axe and shovel that
you must carry?
FOR THE DRIVER:
Have you properly planned
your itinerary for accommo
dations, points of interest route
information, and necessary maps?
Have you i your car registra
tion, valid driver's license, gaso
line credit cards, hunting . ,and
fishing license, bail bond provi
sion? 7,7., : ,
Have you packed all your per
sonal .effects? Vacuum. bottlo
Ann't fnrcret filmed . trtfl-
viaa a it v i i n i y -
et articles, sun glasses, a - first '
aid kit?
HAVE TOU CONSIDERED
THE FOLLOWING? . ,
Dont drive too fast - A&M
your time. .1. .; 7;" 77 . 7, ;. . : f t
Dont drive too far take It I
easy. . 7:.."
Dont drive when tired It
doesnt pay, . 7;