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About The Lane County news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1914-1916 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1915)
.XJEMZQOWPEZ ,.NSPjxvWtAI kuCoirt of Ih. Four Smimm -I . . :siQ9Q9l tesoqC-r-.E -SB? -fc . ; .... . - J rr rWg . Published jEvery Monday ana Thursday by the Lane'County t4D- ; failing Aseociauan. r y 1 : 'RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. Ofio Year $1.60 Six MouthB .75 f Thrco Months ! . ,' Advertising nates Furnished on Application.- ,, i.t : ' .BO We Shall Be Glad 1 And Remember to Get a Stop-Over for Springfield. SPRINGFIELD, OREGON. THURSDAY. APRIL 15. 1915 IDEAS OF LIBERTY CHANGE. Decided changes in ideals of government have come into the American life In the half century that has just passed since the death of Lincoln, the Great Emancipator. One of the greatest changes, perhaps, is the enfranchisement of women, a movement in which the Western states have taken the lead, but one which Is attracting attentiqn in all of the states. Enfranchisement of thg negro came as the result of a great war; the enfranchisement of women is a bloodless revolution, but a sweeping one. The time is not far distant when all citizens of the republic will join in the selection of its officers and the enactment of its laws. Another decided change in policies of government since the days of Lincoln is in regard to the enactment of laws. In those days the representative principle of government was strong the people elected their officers and then depended upon these oIHcers to execute the laws. Nowadays we have the initiative, the refer endum and the recall, and the people are becoming the final auth ority, with lessened responsibility upon the elected officers. Two causes have produced this change. One has been the disclosure of graft in high places, which has caused the people as a whole to distrust in a measure their officers. A feeling that special interests were securing undue concessions in too many cases has lead the people to reserve to themselves the right to pass final judgmnt on legislation, or to Initiate it themselves if they feel that there is need. A contributing cause to this distrust of officials has come from the officials themselves. Whenever some problem faced a legislative body the solution has been, "Refer it to the people," with the result that in many instances minorities have beep able to dictate policies. Just as an example, a few years ago the. Eugene council submitted four different sites for a city hall to the people for a vote. A plurality of less than 200 carried the day for a site to one side of the center of the city and on the side opposite the line of future growth. This particular lot was owned by an organization of several hundred members, who were desirous of selling. Fourtunately for the city, a better site ha's now been selected. This attitude of officials, however, in their fear to take the Inltiavtiye, an decide., .the questions for. which-they were elected to office, has-aided the sentiment that officers 'need constantly' to be watched and checked, and even recalled from office upon oc casion. These forms of government and this extension of the fran chise were probabjy not in Lincoln's mind when he spoke of "government of the people, for the people and by the people," but they have indeed become a part of the life of the Nation for which Lincoln gave years of his best effort and then his life. BUSINESS MUST COME INTO THE OPEN. . Here is sound advice from a man well qualified to give it The speaker is Elihu Root and the occasion a dinner in Philadel .phia of a famous club composed largely of .successful business men, Ex-Senator Root says: "The first thing is that the business men of America should become vocal. Talk, agitate and, explain. Fight to clear the air." The trouble with business menj which is a vague term, but r You May Stop 10 Days AT San Francisco AND Hi ErMESS S5S9r' h III BBHfiBBBBBflHBHBfislBflEi SBlKBHiBflsSflE sis Ml 9HREwwn ' BfiSb&iiaBflBHY MONTriS In advance of Its opening the Pnnnnm-l'aelflc International Kx IHisltlon at Snn Frnnelsco was iKi per rent completed. The pbutoKntpli above shows u stately alcove lt the Court of the Four Season, of which Henry Unco 11. denlsner of the Lincoln memorial at Potomac Pnrfc. Washington. D. C Is the architect. In each tiHtio ToUr corner of the court are niches con taining fountains and symbolizing the m-mii- eprlrg. summer, autumn aui wiuter. '' "( ' pretty well understood Is that he regards "agitation" as the exclusive property of the social reformer and the civic busybody who is forever trying to "unsettle conditions." When agitation is in the air, the business man contents himself with peeviBhly in quiring why the heathen rage, aint then regards himself as abused when the people, naturally enough, imagine vain things. The method that has almost always been adopted by the business man to meet a threatened crisis is just the method that appeals least to the taste of. tie American public." It has, been characterized by unobtrusive organization, executive meetings, aversion to publicity. "Talk, agitate and explain,' sayB Mr. Root. Above all, explain. Nothing is more easily misunderstood than secrecy. "Gumshoe" is much more opprobrious than "agitator." It is better to be frank than to. be misunderstood. When business finds itself forced to combat the procedure of irresponsible troublemakers it must make in the open at least as good a showing as Its opponents. The class of publicists who fre quently are blamdd for present conditions never have been bashful about stating their case to as large an audience as possible. The theorist with a minimum of taxes to pay has no false notions of dignity. And if the owners 'of rifiich property decline to "talk, agitate and explain," who is to hear both sides of the controversy? Spokame, Wash., Spokesman-Review. -OPPORTUNITIES NOT ALL GONE. 10 DAYS Henry Ford, the au tomobile. manufacturer, was an engineer in an electric light plant in Detroit, says an exchange. Charles Murphy, the baseball millionaire, was a reporter on the Cincinnati Enquirer. ThomaB I. Ince, the motion picture magnate, was a comic opera comedian, glad to get $50.00 a week. Charlie Weegh man, owner of the Chicago Federal baseball team, and a string of restaurants, was a waiter in a. quick-lunch room. And so it goes. The list, could be strung 6ut to a column's length. There fore when you hear a boy or a young man complain that he has bad no chance, take him by the arm and tell him a few things. There never was a time In the world's history when there were more opportunltles'for a young man to push to the front. There never was a time when a little Intelligence and determination would provide a man with a competence in a few years. This is particularly true in the farming business for farming is a business. The young men of today who will take hold Of a farm with the idea of making it the best farm in the county and who will work intelligently for ten years, with that idea always before him, will not have to work for the remainder of his life. AT Los Angeles En route to the East. Why not see California apd its Two World Expo- 4 ,; sitlons on your way East? fCzU on nearest' Agent for full' Information, literature, tickets, ..reservations, train schedules, etc. SOUTHERN PACIFIC John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portlapl, Ore. ? Someone has suggested that Carranza makes good use of the emphatic notes he has been receiving from the United States ho probably uses them as curling papers for his whiskers. Progressives are congratulating themselves on the fact that the Republican party has developed so much and in Buch a way as to pennlt them to Indorse Its views. Scientists, arc at work on a "were enough kinds already. ,i licw explosive. Thought there Bay City The Tillamook Bay Fish company will build a can nery. ( North jetty at the mouth of the Columbia river will receive $1,500,000 in the next fifteen months. " Baker John Waterman will' erect a brick block at Center and;FJrst streets. 7 Frank M. Roberts has estab lished the weekly Watchman at Waldport on the Alsea. 1 'Bums: new metallc toll tele phone line going In to Rivorton. Oregon Cltj-Contract has been signed for $28G,7G5' pipe line 25 miles long to a fork of the Clackamas river for a muni cipal water' supply. To look nftor your tax mnttora. Bring tax statement If you have one; otherwise notify us curly and wo will secure a.statomcnt for you. ' J - SAFETY-CONVENIENCE-SERVIGE The Best Groceries For Less Money The Fifth Street Grocery Thos. Sikes, Prop. Phone 22 Pay Your Taxes Here ;We aror a depository for County funds and are authoriz ed to receive money in payment of taxes. One half in ay be paid on or beforo April 1st. Bring In your tax statements If you have them, and If not aslf us, and we will get them for you. No extra charge. Commercial State Bank Capital $30,000.00 FIRST NATIONAL BANK, EUGENE, OREGON. Established 1883 Capital and .Surplus r -- . . $300,000.00 Interests on Savings Accounts and Time Certificates tHH We Sell the Hamilton D.W, ROOF, Jeweler & Optician Springfield, Ore. Repairing a Specialty See Edwards & Br at tain For Farm and .City Property Exchanges a Specialty Springflold - Orogon y Phone 30 HERBERT E. WALKER ' NOTARY PUBLIC Office In City Hall, Springfield, Ore. jV J W. F. 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