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and
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Silk P attern s^
Just the thing for
Easter Gowns
Something New in Poplin
Suits.
N ew Ginghams
N ew Dimities
N ew Percales
N ew Lawns
Late Shipment of
Men’s Clothing and Hats
H a m p to n B ro s . & C o .
TRAMP FROM SEATTLE
MERCHANTS STAND BY
TO NEW YORK CI1Y
THEIR LOCAL PAPER
T he Springfield News says:
I.ast week we stated that if the
business men of Springfield would
show a w illingness to support the
News th a t we would add a uew
cylinder press and other m uch
needed m achinery to our already
well equipped office. T his week
two of our leading m erchants have
taken each a quarter page. Now
to show you th a t we mean business
and will do as we say, we will in­
stall within th e n ex t ten days, the
very best cylinder press in Lane
county. At the present tim e we
are crowded “ all out of shape”
for space, but if you will bear
w ith us for perhaps one more issue
we will show you th a t we will
keep up w ith th e times.
“ Old F a ith fu l” , the famous
Yellowstone P ark geyser, will be
reproduced in G eyser Ilasin, one
of the central features of the
A laska-Y ukon-Pacific Exposition
w hich opens in Seattle on Ju n e 1.
It will spout water, illum inated at
nig h t by electric lam ps of different
colors, a height of 150 feet iii the
Mr. aiul Mrs. Ilild eb rn u t and
Frederick Lange of S eattle passed
through Cottage G rove S atu rd ay
011 their big tram p from Seattle to
New York w hich distance they e x ­
pect to cover in a year. They will
write a book oil their travels and
adventures. It is u n u su al to find
a woman p articipating in such a
freak undertaking, b ut Mrs. Ililde-
b ran t seemed optim istic and cheer­
ful as her husband and their com ­
panion, b u t then they h av e w alked
only a few hundred miles. It is
liable to become more m onotonous
a little later on.
RICHARDSON WILL
LEAVE PORTLAND
Tom Richardson, the fam ous
an d successful Oregon promoter,
has received an offer from W inni­
peg, C anada, am ounting to about
$100,000 for three years of work,
and will retire from office of m an ­
ager of the Portland Commercial
Club at the close of the present
year.
Big line new dress goods for
E aster at W . A. Ilem en w ay ’s.
There is great satisfaction in know­
ing that when you buy
G RO CERIES
You are getting New, Fresh Stock
of the best standard brands.
IN SHOES
W e can fit any foot and give you
Style, comfort and durability.
Cottage Grove Mercantile Co.
Phone Main 6 4 3 — Our own Delivery.
COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1909
VOL. XX. NO. 48
SUICIDE IDENTIFIED SPECIAL SESSION DENIES
8V RELATIVES
NEW
PEOPLE UNDER GUISE OF
BUT
of Mod­
E
LEGITIMATE TAXATION. Was esto, a Resident
California, it
is Ascertained
Ability to devise and adm inister iu the way of salutary tax revision,
a system of ta x atio n adjusted to adherence to antiquated an d ill-
A
chan g in g economic conditions is a adapted devices is slavish.
After em balm ing and holding
filial test of fitness for dem ocracy. people that bear to have a large
Social progress calls for constant portion of their hardearned in ­ for two weeks for ideutificatiou,
adjustm ent. In an industrial age comes filched from them (an d it is the rem ains of the strauger who
like ours the eternal vigilance that just such incom es we shall see are committed suicide iu the Cottage
is the price of liberty m ust be exploited by the prim itive general Grove city p ark by cutting his
largely exercised in the direction property ta x ) under the nam e of throat with a pocket k n ife about
of m aintaining a ju st system ol taxes, because some classes am ong Februaiy 26, Coroner Gordon, was
tax atio n
In our effort to secure them fail to contribute a fair share summ oned from Eugene Saturday
an ever higher degree of social tow ard m eeting public expendi to conduct an inquest before the
welfare, we are regularly increas­ tures, are free an d dem ocratic in rem ains were buried, all hope of
identifying the
strauger being
ing the activities entrusted to p u b ­ naineonly.
T he verdict of the
lic officials. In spite of ourselves, B L U N D E R I N G TA X L E G I S L A T I O N . abandoned.
Rash and blind innovation in corner’s jury was to the effect that
we are led far into the realm of
Socialism. T h e task of m aintain tax legislation, on the other hand, the m an w as unknow n to the jury
and th at he cam e to his death by
ing an equitable system of ta x a is free bootery.
T he large favorable vote for a tak in g his own life.
tiou under these conditions becomes
T he m an, it seeius, puqiosely
a most obdurate an d crucial prob­ most radical initiative tax m eas­
lem, testing the com petence of a ure last Ju n e in Oregon indicates a destroyed everything on his person
self-governing people. A problem strong and widely prevailing feel­ that would lead to his identity and
affecting so fundam entally the ing of dissatisfaction with our getting off the train at Cottage
social weal n atu rally can lie system as it is. It also showed as Grove, w ent to th e city p ark and
handled successfully only through clearly the utter lack of apprecia­ cut Ins throat with a large pocket
rationally devised an d crmsecutive tion of the m easure of disturbing knife. H is body was found about
effort and under the best leader­ effect of so sw eeping a change as two days after the deed was com ­
ship. Effective help tow ard a co n ­ it contem plated in the forms of mitted, judging from the condi­
Its tion at the tim e it was discovered.
dition of equitable sharing of p u b ­ property subject to tax atio n .
Every effort lias been made by
lic burdens will come not from the enactm ent would have m eant n o th ­
inspiration of the one or the few, ing less th an the transfer of at the coroner an d other officers to
but from the enlightened, loyal least oue-fifth of the property
and continued cooperation of the values in the S tate by sheer process
m any. First of all, therefore, of confiscating from one set of
there is needed in Oregon a com ­ owners to another. An industrial
petent, authorized agency to ascer­ crisis would almost necessarily
tain just how, under ex istin g laws have followed such high-handed
'l'he
bull-in-the-
ami methods of ta x adm inistration, proceedings.
public burdens are distrib u ted — chiua-shop act is nowhere else so
the degree of justice or injustice easy as it is in tax legislation.
actually realized liciug tested by Every change in ta x laws causes
the true standard of ability to pay. hardship. It even involves con­
For this purpose the facts th at are fiscation a n d is in uRd-of itself an
significant m ust lie fully and iu- evil. It is condoned only by the
dubtiably ascertained and they fact that, if iu the right direction,
must be secured through a jieriod it relieves others of the fate of su f­
of tim e sufficient to serve as a fering annually-recurring robliery.
Any change in the ta x cotie, there
basis for conclusions.
These d a ta m ust be organize«, fore, is to be deprecated unless the
and their m eaning interpreted. necessity therefor in the interest
T he experience of other states of justice is dem onstrated, as coil
with prom ising new departures in clusively as investigation co n ­
Emil Calnnchini. the Suicide.
tax atio n revision needs to be ducted with scientific m ethod and
exam ined critically for suggestion thoroughness can, and the direc­
discover the identity of the tnau,
as to the direction reform should tion th a t the change should take
and his body was em balm ed and
tak e for Oregon. T h e momentous has been as clearly determ ined.
held with hope of finding some
im portance of securing as nearly E X P E R T CO MM ISS ION A N E C E S S I T Y .
clew that would reveal his name,
just distribution of public burdens
T he n atu re and im portance of but without success.
as possible w arrants this care.
T he m an had the sum of $101.‘JO
the work of keeping a system of
Only through such a p ain stak in g
taxation adjusted iu a dynam ic on his jiersoii at the tim e of his
and rational course of procedure
society like ours call for the ser­ death, mid this was turned over to
is real progress tow ard this goal
vices of a perm anent, expert, in ­ the county treasurer by the coroner
insured.
vestigating State T ax Commission. S aturday m orning. T he ex]>eiises
P R E S E N T R E F O R M A C T I V I T I E S 1N-.
It will be seen th at Oregon has of the burial will lie met out of
ADEQUATE.
an absolute need for the work of this suin and the rem ainder will go
Yet there is no ta x reform activ­ such a commission.— E x tra c t from to the county treasury.
Suicide Identified.
ity in Oregon fulfilling these re­ University of Oregon Bulletin.
quirem ents.
O rganizations like
After h aving buried the remains
the S tate G range and th e T a x ­ SOUTH LANE COUNTY
of the stranger who suicided at
payers League recognize fully what
this place recently, a telegram
TEACHERS INSTITUTE cam e from Modesto, California,
the situation needs, but have not
the m eans n o r the authority neces
m aking inquiry regarding the case
A most interesting an d in stru c t­ and pictures of the dead nan, the
sary for securing an d publishing
the d ata th a t m ay serve adequately ive county teachers in stitu te was iiumlier of his w atch case, dcscriu-
held in the Cottage G rove high tiou of his clothing, etc., was
as th e guide to revision.
Tem porary commissions, like school building Saturday under the furnished and the deceased was
those created in 1885 and in 1005, directions of County S u p erin ten ­ promptly identified as Emil Calau
M any of chilli of Modesto, where his father,
to investigate the problem as a dent W . B. Dillard.
whole and to subm it their findings W estern O regon's ablest educators Peter C alanchini resides am i who
along with a com plete revised code were present to instiuct the teach­ has deposited a sufficient am ount
cam e to n au g h t. T h e experience ers of South Lane county of which of money with the local Wells
of other S tates w ith tem porary there was a good representation. Fargo express office to cover the
A m ong the instructors present
com missions has been quite u n i­
expense of having the body e x ­
formly parallel with th at of O re­ were: President Homan. W illain hum ed and shipped to Modesto for
gon.
Such procedure does not ette University:-Prof. 1.. R. Traver, burial, and by undertaker Marion
fulfill the conditions necessary for of M onmouth: Prof. If. D. Sheldon Veatch the Leader is informed
effective reform. In the first place, of U. of O ., Eugene; Prof. C. II. that the body will be exhum ed to­
the investigations of such ;om- Jones, Salem: Prof. W . E. Moses, day ami ship|>ed to Modesto to­
missiotis do not suffice to establish Creswell; Prof. W m . M cQueen, night.
T his at Iasi, clears up
fully the necessary facts upon Saginaw , all of whom, including what at ffrst ap)>cared t«> lie a very
w hich to proceed with revision: Supt. Barnes of the city schools mysterious case, and as yet, the
and, secondly, the import of their were down on the program for motive prom pting the suicide has
recom m endations is not m ade so addresses on Educational su b ­ not been m ade clear.
clear to the people of their repre­ jects, all of which were interesting
sentatives th a t they will dem and and most helpful to the teachers
The greatest autom obile race the
T he exercises by the
the enactm ent o f them into law. present.
world has ever seen will lie run
classes
of
Miss
Neva
Perkins,
first
Classes, or interests, who under
from New York citv to the grounds
existing practices are escaping grade, and Miss W ilson, second
of
the A laska-Y ukon Pacific E x ­
their rightful share of the public g- ade, was a new and interesting
position iu Seattle. The race will
Mature
of
the
institute.
T
he
burdens, see to it th a t all the con­
reading by Miss Ella Dickerson, start on Ju n e I, the day the e x ­
fusion possible is created as re­ was both appropriate and en ter­
position opens. A $2,Oi*i trophy
gards the effect of the proposed taining, while the lecture in the
and $5,.500 in cash prizes have
code, even if it is calcu lated to se­ evening by Dr. H om an of the
cure exactly the adjustm ent th at W illam ette University w as the I wen offered by M. Robert G ug
crow ning event of a most interest getiheira, the autom obile enthusi­
the situation requires.
N otw ithstanding these barriers ing day.
ast, who is a resident of Seattle,
Salem, March 15.—T he senate
and house this m orning adopted a
resolution proposing th at the work
of the special session lie confined
to correcting errors in bills passed
at the regular session and th at no
new legislation be considered.
T he vote in the senate was p rac ti­
cally unanim ous, while iu the
house there were .5,5 ayes au d 26
noes. All effort will lie m ade to
complete the business and adjourn
by T uesday uoou.
T H E RO UT IN E WORK.
State Capitol, Salem, M arch 15.
— Legislative business was not
thrown wide open at this special
session. Vetoes of the regular
session were not taken up. T he
only m atter outside of the defective
acts that has th u s far invaded the
Capitol is the norm al squabble.
Both houses have adopted reso
lutions to shut out any b u t subjects
of defective legislation, b ut these
resolutions do not bar any member
from exercising his constitutional
privilege to introduce an y bill or
resolution. They did not shut out
a new norm al bill in th e house.
T he senate has confined itself
wholly to defective acts of tile
regular session. T he house has
received a new $120,(HKi norm al
bill from Representative Barrett of
U m atilla, aud a bill to am end the
regular session act th at comjiels
rope fire escapes iu hotels, so as to
exem pt Portland. T he bills intro
duced are as follows:
SENATE.
S. 15. 1, ways and m eans com ­
m ittee—A ppropriations
for im ­
provements iu state institutions:
passed senate.
S. B. 2, Wood—To protect
ducks.
S- B. .5, Wood— To protect game.
S. B. 4, W ood—To protect deer.
S. B. 5, W ood—To protect elk.
S. B. 6, K ellahcr— E xem pting
Portland from act requiring rope
fire escapes in hotels.
S. B. 7, ( Iliver— A ppropriating
$7.5,000 for next two years for
Union E xperim ent Station.
All these seven bills are in te n d ­
ed to cure defects in acts of the
regular session.
HO U SE
II. B. 1, Cleineus— Amending
insurance law, so as to authorize
surety com panies as well as in su r­
ance
com panies
to
m aintain
bureaus and gather inform ation
for fixing of rates.
II. B. 2, Brady— E xem pting
Portland aud other cities from act
that requires rope fire escapes in
hotels.
If. B. .5, Barrett— A ppropriating
$120,000 for uortnals.
II. B. 4, A bbott— Amending
regular sessiou act so as to provide
salaries for bailiff, stenographers
aud clerks of Suprem e Court.
II. B. 5, M cA rthur—Curing de­
fective em ergency clause iu act
providing for uniform curricula.
1L B. 6, Farrell—A m ending act
th a t requires doors of public
buildings to open outw ard, by in­
serting word “ d ays” in clause th a t
defines punishm ent.
II. B. 7, B uchanan—Curing de­
fect in act th at provides for publi­
cation of 5000 copies of code and
providing for copyright.
II. B. S, Bonebrake— Raising
salaries of officers of Benton coun­
ty: indefinitely postponed by house
(th is bill was vetoed by Chamber-
la in .)
H. B. 9, Bones—A ppropriating
$<>000 for expenses of special ses­
sion: am ended to $7500 by senate.
Norm al members joined every
effort to have the legislature re­
ceive their legislation. In the
house they succeeded, despite
adoption of a resolution declaring
th at only defective acts should
have the legislature’s attention.
Iu the senate, however, they lost.
T h e senate adopted a resolution of
Bingham ’s lim iting to ten subjects
the m atters that body would con­
sider.
Adjournm ent sine die at 12
o ’clock noon Tuesday w as proposed
iu a resolution by A bbott of M ult­
nomah. O ther resolutions offered
and, with the Abbott m easure, re­
ferred to the committee on resolu­
tions were: By Philpott, propos­
ing that mem bers of the legislature
accept from the state only their
actual expenses for services d u r­
ing special session: Dimick, adopt­
ing same rules for special session
as were used at regular sessiou;
Jones (C lack am as), authorizing
ta x commissioners to compile and
publish 2000 copies ta x laws of
the state; Barrett, iierm itting voters
in general election November 1910
to say how m any norm al schools
should be supported by the state;
Jones (L incoln and P olk), subm it­
ting to voters in November, 1910,
questiou of providing a continuing
appropriation of $25,000 per a n ­
num for each of the three norm al
schools.
Mining Location Filed.
A. T. Doyle has filed on a m in­
ing claim iu the Bohemia m ining
district w hich he calls the “ Ophir
Lode” an d his location notice was
filed with the clerk Saturday.
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