T h e N ew s stands for a greater and better Falls City all the time FALLS CITY NEWS Buy all goods o f home merchants and help to make Falls City greater FALLS CITY. OREGON. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1914 VOL. XI Less Legislation Demanded ARIZONA ACTS PROCI AIMtD From lb* Blue Mountain Regie. The next plague will be the Dry law ami Anti-Alian Labor Moasuro meeting o f the legislature. This is a meet uncomplimentary man­ ner in which to refer to the meet­ ing of that august body o f grave and reverend senior but it is re­ ference couched in popular ver­ biage. Whether it is deserving o f such reference is and may be a matter o f difference in opinion. Like the initiative law the legisla­ ture is an imperfect function of government. In the main it ser­ ves the purpose; in detail it don’t. Much o f the legislation ¡8 for con­ stituency. It represents the de­ mands o f a locality and that the ends might be secured the means are justified. The broader prin­ ciple of the greater good for the greatest number is often lost sight o f and localities are favored. O f course in order to do this it too often becomes necessary to effect it with compromise and vicious measures are made the law in order to save the meritorious. One Berious and well made criticism directed at the initiative and re­ ferendum is the fact that it is worked too hard. Too much leg­ islation is proposed and submitted to the people and the same is a situation that exists in the legisla­ ture. Often one thousand bills are introduced in one session, and it is a physical impossibility for a mem­ ber, however industrious and well disposed to familiarize himself with all o f the important matters connected with the deluge o f ill prepared legislation. What the people should demand from all of the' legislative function is less laws but more carefully drawn and more seriously considered. Local­ ity should be lost sight o f and members should represent Oregon and not some special county or particular district. Effoctivo January 1. I’hoenix, Ariz., Dec. 14.—Gover­ nor George W. P. Hunt late today proclaimed the measures carried at the November election, includ­ ing the prohibition and the anti­ alien labor measures, effective January 1, 1915. The attack upon the dry law in the form o f four separate applica­ tions for injunctions will be filed in the Federal Court, probably to­ morrow at Tucson, v The measure providing that 80 I»er cent o f the employes in all businesses with five or more em­ ployed be Americans, has been protested to the State Department already by the British and Italian Ambassadors upon the theory that it violates treaty rights of aliens. 47 miles wide along the Colorado River. Under)the Carey act the state may take up 1,000,000 acres. The plan is to construct an irrigation system for the reclammation of the land, with the labor of the un­ employed. 'Those who refuse work for wages on the reclamation pro­ ject are to be treated as vaga bonds and sent to the rockpile. A fte r the development work has been done the land would be open­ ed to settlers on time payments. ADVERTISING PAYS PARSON. In T w o Yoara Ho Marriod Ninety-tw o Couple* at Paria. III. Terro Haute. lad.—The Her. (1 B Patera, pastor o f the Kind Christian church o f Paris, til . deslrea the patron age o f couples who go over the state Hue from Terre iiaute to the lllluola Grt-tuu Green He Is hot diffident. Therefore he haa written to a Terre Haute uewapa|>er to bare It say: “ Parts has a eure enough marrying pursou-tbe I lev H. U. Cetera o f that city baa qualified In I omi Ilian two ♦ ♦ • years be baa married ninety two eon plea, o f whom twenty-two couples were from Indlaua. The Kind Christian ebureb o f Parta Is a large organ ¡/.a lion California Commission Would Use o f over I.20U members. The churrb 1« located one block from the public Labor to Reclaim Vast Area. square and within a half block o f the luterurban station. The parson baa an office In the churrb and Is ready to San Francisco, Dec. 14. —With meet the young people at all hours, i f the double end in view o f provid­ l>cople are determined to leave Indiana ing for the unemployed and o f de­ to get married they can do uu better veloping the resources o f the state, thau strike tor Purls and look up the marrying parson.” HEROIC ZOUAVE SAVED A BRIDGE ARE YOU D O IN G Y O U R C H R IS TM A S SHOPPING? What will make a better Christmas present than a pair o f shoes or slippers? We have men’ s dress shoes, regular $5 line for <4.50. Woman’s patent leather and gun metal shoes. For the next two weeks we will make special prices on men’s slippers and womens felt slippers and moccasins. All goods and prices right. MRS. E. FORSHEY. Quarterly Collection of Taxes Lower Taxes and Cheaper Lands Reform in collection o f taxes was an issue in the late campaign and general sentiment favored quarterly collection o f taxes. This plan has much to commend it, and if it coupled with a proper arrangement in regard to penal­ ties is considered ideal. Taxes becoming due every three months if not paid when due should bear the same rate o f interest the county and state pay. That would be six percent, and there is not a good reason why the citizen should pay a higher rate than the county collects. On this plan any taxpayer who did not see fit to pay taxes when the first quarter was due would pay six percent on that quarter. The same with each quarter’s taxes not paid when due, and then a final penalty should be add­ ed when the taxes become delin­ quent. The final penalty should be suf­ ficient to cover cost o f advertising the property and cost o f collection added to that. The people are opposed, it seems to rebates and excessive rates of interest or excessive and unneces­ sary penalties. It is acknowledged bv all who are anxious for the development o f the state that the problem is to get more people upon the land. To accomplish this more industries, lower taxes and cheaper lands are the great essentials. Few persons realize how slowly the lands o f Oregon are settling up, until they look the facts squarely in the face, and remem­ ber that 67 per cent o f the area of Oregon is government owned and controlled land. The census o f 1910 shows that while the cities and towns increas­ ed in population in ten years 213,- 160, the rural territory increased in ten years only 46,069, or about 3,607 per year added to the farm­ ing population. During the ten years from 1900 to 1910 Portland increased in popu­ lation 116,788, while all other cities and towns increased only 96,372, and it must be remembered a great deal of the gain o f cities and towns was from the country. The reports sent out by the State I-abor Commissioner that Oregon has 800,000 population are mis­ leading and not based upon real development o f the lands which are largely government owned and not open to settlement. HIGH COST j.4" H -H -l“H -H “HH-H "l"H "H -4H "H -H ' 1 M i l H I I U I H I I I I I t I I I H - • Gait His Lid to Foli German | Rasa In Belgium HIS BODY HOT IDENTIFIED. Sound Am id Many Other Deed After French Victory— Corroepondente Toll Many Unusual Stories of Ineidsnte on Firing Linos— Raid on London by A ir le German Flan. Parle.—A note appended to a recent official statement from tbe war office tells o f one o f the many side tragedies and heroic deeds o f tbe wsr. I d Belgium a few days ago, the note says, s Gerinnu column marched on Orl Gracbter bridge, forcing before It a group o f Kreuch zouaves wbo bad been X J ^ .. ; ‘ •. BIG VALUES FOR MERRY XMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR WE CAN LOOK EVERYBODY. WHO HAS DEALT WITH US. STRAIGHT IN THE FACE. WE HAUE TREATED THEM HONESTLY. WE HAUE CIUEN QUALITY GOODS FOR AS LOW A PRICE AS QUAL­ ITY MERCHANDISE CAN BE SOLD FOR. WE SHALL BID FOR YOUR TRADE NEXT YEAR WITH THE SAME METHODS WE HAUE ALWAYS USED. WE THANK OUR OLD CUSTOMERS FOR THE BUSINESS THEY HAUE GIVEN US. WE INVITE THOSE WHO HAUE NOT GIVEN US THEIR TRADE TO TRY OUR STORE. WORK FOR IDLE PLANNED the California Conservation Com­ mission decided here today to un­ dertake an immediate reconnais­ sance of 3,000,090 acres o f land along the Colorado River in San Bernardino, Riverside and Imper­ ial counties, now held by the Fed­ eral Government. The reconnaissance is to be com­ pleted before the Legislature ad­ journs and a report to the Legisla­ ture is to be made. Roughly speaking, the land extends south­ ward about 80 miles from a point north o f Needles in a strip about No. 16 OF EDUCATION. Doubles In Tw elve Years In Minneapo­ lis School«. Minneapolis.—It coat $38.81 |»er pu­ pil for elemeutary education In Min ueapolls public schools In 1914. ns com psred wltb $18.30 In 1902. uud tin high school cost per pupil lu the same period has mounted from $3.8.42 to $72.09. These comparisons have been made by Miss Katherine IIrazee, sec rctary to School Superintendent K. K Spaulding. The cost o f best, light and upkeep o f buildings Is not included In these figures. In 1902 there w A f Ct build lugs In use. 900 teachers and 39.082 pupils, as compared with 71 buildings. 1,423 teachers and 49.107 pupils en rolled In 1914. The wider range of courses and the care given defective cblldreu are given us causes for the Increased coat. O U R B IG S A L E Is still going on g ivin g you unexcelled j opportunities for purchasing your w inter jj supplies at reduced prices. i Wishing You A Merry Christmas, S E L I G ’S . T¡ 1 I 'I-M - M - I I I I I 11"M - 1 I I I 1 PRACTICES LAW AT 85. ® 1914. by A m e ric a n P r e s * A ssocia tion . A BEJ.lt (AM VIKING ON GERMANS FROM Minnesota Man Attends to AM Details BEHIND A THEE. of H it Legal Businass. Itocbester, Minn.-Charles O. Wilsou, takeu prisoners. The Krench trenches dean o f the Olmsted county bar, cele­ ceased tiring after the Hermans bad brated his eighty fifth birthday re­ forced the zouaves to cry out “ Cease Bring!” cently. When tbe zouaves were very near Mr. Wilson dally gives personal at­ tention to a lucrative law practice, ibe bridge, however, one o f them yell­ attendtug to nil o f the detnlls himself. ed out lu a commanding voice, “ Open His legnl talent was recognized by the Are, nom de Dteu!" Involuntarily the French trenches state In 1892, when he was appointed official reporter o f the decisions o f the opened n volley nt the command. The supreme court. He reslgued In 1890. result was that every zouave was kill when the legislature reduced the sal­ ed. and all the Germans were finished off with mitrailleuse. The Krench then ary from $3.600 to $2.000 a yenr. Mr. Wilson has never been an office- took the bridge. The name o f the Krench hero wbo seeker, but has devoted his time to the gave the command to fire remains un practice o f hie profession kuown. There was nothing from which be could be identified in the heap of bodies on tbe bridge. COW EATS “ FRUIT” ON HAT. Mauy other touching stories arc told by correspondents. Knocks Woman Down and Injures Her In a diary found on a dead German to Qet Ornament*. officer at Dixmuda appears this de Peck ham, Colo.—The fondness o f the scriptlon o f the horrors o f war: family cow for fruit came near caus­ "M an Is becoming a beast There Is ing Mrs. Paris Cogburn serious Injury uo respite from the roar o f the guns and resulted in the destruction of a We continue to shoot, starve and die. tine new hat and Its ornamental trim One of our pontoons across the Vser luiugs. has been destroyed, and that means a The cow saw the fruit on the hat more horrible Inferno thnn ever. Just as the womnn left the bouse and “ On every side ore the dead and dy started for It. She knocked Mrs. Cog Ing. Our colonel and major—Indeed, burn dowD and stepped on her hip three-fourths o f our battalion—wo while sho munched the bat. have left on the bloody field. More­ Help arrived, and the woman was over, the confusion o f the units Is un taken Into the house, where medical believable. nasistance was summoned. She bad a “ A regtmenL battalion or company deep gash In her blp no longer exists. AM Is now debris. We Just wander about and have noth English W alnut Record. tug to do hut make targets for tbe Galt, Cal.—On the farm of Alfred C. enemy. Tbe whole thing Is Impossi­ North at Valley Oaks a young Kng ble, but the only order we hear from ilsh walnut orchard bolds a record our base is, ‘Go o n f ” which many o f the old settlers claim Russia's soldiers take a sporting de­ to be the most remarkable in the slate light In battle. They carry this qual Last March North put out forty acres Ity so far that they sometimes embar o f young walnut trees. By actual rass their officers. measurement recently It was found Cossacks chafe for action. When that n number of the trees stand they can't have action they senreb for twelve feet high, showing a growth Imitations and sport During n recent of ten feet In seven months. A large lull songs were sung, races run and Im­ acreage In this vicinity Is being plant­ aginary Turks' beads pierced by wild­ ed to this variety o f walnut. ly charging horsemen. The Austrians fired and killed the pony o f a Cossack jockey who was three yards from the winning post. The Jockey rose and by a terrific exertlou o f will dragged bis pouy past the winning |iost He was declared the winner. Bank Clerk Kills Three Dears. Wenvervllle, Cal.—Three hears were killed within five miles o f here In one day by Van B Young, hank clerk, who was out hunting nlone with two dogs. He came upon a mother and her cubs. The mother was dispatched quickly, but the cubs put up a strenu­ ous fight before they were finally kill­ ed. This Is more single handed bear killing than any other local hunter has heard of MOTOR ARTILLERY TO SPEED UP WAR I M I I-l-l-I- l I H i l -H -M - I- H -H undoubtedly this system of self pro- peled vehicle could have been brought to a stage at which Ms practicability would have becu recoguized through­ out tbe world today. “ As It is, since 1S78 be has been perfecting bis machinery every year and got it to an extraordinary stage before the war broke out. Some o f tbe heavy machines that the Germans are using reveal, moreover, that they have not been slow to study bis in­ genious scheme whereby n self pro­ pelled road vehicle can also he made to break across country, over plowed fields or any other surface that It may he necessary to negotiate. “ In Belgium the Geriunus have been using heavy motor tractors with wired wheels In front, designed to Insure steering way when going through slime, in that whichever way they tend to slide they must presently dig themselves In deeper laterally. The rear driving wheels are really a vari­ ant o f another British Idea evolved In some o f the motor sledges tbnt were taken with Captain Scott on his antarc­ tic expedition.“ Tractors Carrying Big Guns COAST OF ENGLAND Not Daunted by Bad Roads. RAIDED DV CERNAIS London.—That motor artillery may be used by the belligerents before the present war ts over Is the conclusion of an automobile expert expressed lu an article publlsed here. He bases this Idea on tbe success of motor transport over broken country. Ap proving tbe phrase “ This is a motor war,” he says: “ One of the most Interesting phns ee. In face o f future developments of automoblllsm foi military purposes, ts those vehicles which have becu de signed and which are lieiug used fur breaklug across country where roads do not exist or where surfaces are exceedingly bad. In this connection tome extraordinarily lugculous pioneer work baa been done In this couutry. notably the Dtplock Pedrnil. If tbe Inventor had received more support i Four Otties Bombarded and Muck Damage Dona. ENGLAND TERRORIZED BY RAID London. Dec. 16.-F o u r towns on the English coast were bom­ barded by a German cruiser fleet today. Scarborough, Whitby and Seaton Carew, North sea ports, were each in turn visited by ves­ sels of the German fleet Build­ ings were shelled, and many kill­ ed and wounded. The Germans ( Concluded on page 4)