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THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS iimllrrumUr cl n( t'oiiRrn of M w h" IH7V ncooml- SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 11, 1917 VOL. XV, NO. 10ft MANY BILLS HE INTRODUCED BY LAW MAKERS Rotronohmont And Economy & Favorotl By Mombora of Stato Lorjislnturo. GOVERNOR READS MESSAGE Proprietary Medlclnes Are Hit In The Bono Dry Legislation Druggists To Qlve Bonds. Sulom, Or., Jan, 8. With tlio elec tion of Uobert N. Btunfleld of Uma tilla county as speaker of tho housu and (Jus C. Moser of Multnoinnh coun ty as president of tho sennte, hoth without opposition, tho twenty-ninth Oregon legislature effected arganlzn tlon rapidly today and passed quickly to tho nomination and election of clerk nnd othor employes to serve through out tho session, Doth houses ndoptod a resolution memorializing congress to prohibit the liquor tralllc In tho District of Co lumbia, Economy In Clerk Hire. Salem, Ore., Janunry 0. Senator Gnrland led tho fight In the senate this afternoon for economy In legis lative clork hire. Ah a result of Garland's move, the resolution passed, calling for five clerks for each committee. It Is a reduction over last session when one committee hud eight and the other ono nlno clerks. , Senator Dlmlck, chairman of the res olutions committee, said tho saving over last sosslon will bo 91200. Senator Garland pointed to tho voto nf Mm nnnnln on I ho 6 nor cent lax limitation and to tho governor's mos-1"0 sago urging the legislature to bogl'i Its economy at home. Next followed a resolution by Sen ator Orton providing for tho appoint ment of clork for tho Insurance com mittee a t$5 u day. It wns quickly carried. Governor's Message Is Read. Tho senate and Iiouho mot In joint session this afternoon at 2 o'cloek to listen to Governor Wlthycombe rend hltt biennial messugo to tho legls. lature. I Wtinn 2 n'clnc-k nrrlved tho HOIiato ..nVm.,i in iiu ,.i.n,.,i.nr nn.l look n ro. cess to attend the joint session In tho out numerous Instances where the ng- turcs of la8t Mondny ovcn,n8 s 8es Bcnate. headed by President Moser. rlculturlst has been of great bonellt. ' 8lo,n wns he pass"g0 f an rd nanco After tho convention of tho Joint iTio fact wns cited thnt checking tho ordering the vacat on of a certain per nniinlnn with President Moser In the chair, committees were sent to escort the governor, tlio momuors or uio su- prerao court and all elective stato of- flclals to tho hall. Upon their nr rival Govornor Wlthycombo wns Intro duced to- tho joint assemblage und rcud his uiesuago. Limits Introduction of Dills. Sonator Dlmlck ono of tlio .mom- hers who Is standing for economy and KrnnuuK mo iu.i iuau ur u...i . An nppUcaton (rora E(1 Dorapler efficiency In tho .legislature Itself, us "PProved by the budget and lnpaylnkng porm,s8i0n t0 keep a hog on well uh tho other branches o f tho stato ors mooting. f his property on West E street on Em- govornmont, todny put through tho Commissioner Sponcor, who has Juat ; 0ria Heights, was presented nnd re Honato a ronolutlon providing thnt no assumed ofTlco.ls not ready to announce forred to tho marshal. Tho latter bill shall bo Introduced by any momber ( his final decision yet. ' roported that tho city ordinance would of tho sonnto aftor the thirtieth day , It. D. Hotzol, director of extension not ftii0w tho granting of tho permls of tho sosslon without two thirds con- work nt the Oregon Agricultural col-' Biou 8 the location was too closo to Bent of tho sonnto. togo nnd I'. V. Mnrtns, stnto field work- ,il0 residenco pnrt of town. This will not Intorforo with tho In- or, will bo In Eugonn Friday to present The reports of tho recorder nnd troducttoii of blllB by a contmltteo, but j tho mnttcr to tho county court, und tron8uror wore presented for the Is Intondod to prevent Uio grout Mood ( tho court will defer flnnl notion unlJI ,nonth of Decembor, were by motion of bills during tho closing dnys of . uftor theso olllcors havo boon horo. approved, nnd ordered placed on fll3. the session nnd ollmlnato, to a largo extent, tho opportunity to slip through In tho confusion of tho last hours Jokor I lioiin 4 r n I n r-Crt ' bills. Rural Credits Amendment. Elnbornto machinery, with several now ofllcors, Is provldod by Senator M. D. Shanks, In u bill Intended to curry into effect the rurnl crodlts timond inent to tho constitution. Tho bill crontos tho olllco of supo lutendont of farm lounsi to bo appoint od by tho stnto land board, at a salnry of $2400 a year. It ulso provldos for tho appointment by tho board of a title examiner at a sulury of $1500 u your. Proprietory Medicines Are Hit. V D. C. Lewis introduced two bllh in tho Iioubo tills morning, bo dry that thoy crncklod nu thoy woro rend, i 'Ono wuh to prohibit tho munufucturo salo or keeping for sulo of uny patent or proprietory modlclno containing 'mora than ono huU of ono por cent of alcohol by volume, where such modi ' (Continuod on pugo two)" CONTEST DATE IS JAN. 28. Lane Pupils May Then Try For Dec lamation And Debate Honors, Tlio ditto of tliu tioxt declamatory contest for tlio schools of tlio coun ty In Jatiunry 28, announces Suporln tundunt K, J. Mooru. Tlio iloclunmtloiiH should l)o (jlllior humorous or' puthctlc , and tiny questions nmy bo tukun for ' debate. In rcKiird to tlio eighth crude "Vli'Toitirt t,W upcr,nton,,crtt myn ) "Tlio next olKhth Krndo uxnmlnntlon will bo hold Janunry 18 and 10. You i cnnnol try out your puplln ; you must I... ..I.I A .11.. A.- .I.-!- t I . . iiu unit) in cur i n y iu uieir imvum ,lono 1,10 nulred work. If any nro entitled to exemptions In any subject?, HOnd to mo for exemption cards at onco. Tho requirements for profes Hlonnl cortlflcatcn of merit will bo tho hiuiio thin yonr as Inst year." Ask that Agent Robb Be Retained Mooting of Fnrmors' Committee And Chamber of Commorco; Urgo Reconsidoration. It appears that there Is a general desire on the part of county organl-' zutlons and Individual farmers that , N. S, Itobb, county agriculturist, who ' recently resigned from olllcc when his sulary wnH cut from $2000 a year to $1500 annually, be retained. i Aftor a joint meeting of tho Pomona grnngo agricultural council and a spe- i clal committee from the agricultural bureau of tho Eugeno Chamber of Commorco held at tho county agricul tural agent's olllcc Monday afternoon, tho delegates adjourned to tho county court whore they presented, their ngu nicnts for keeping Mr. Itobb, Tho county court h'ns taken the matter under advisement and Iti decision will be announced later. Mr, Itohb's record was lauded by the committeemen, who urged that steps tnho 10 l,,(,uc0 to reconsider his resignation. Mr. Hobb's support .era pointed out that tho county agent ' should ho allowed to work on a per-' mnuent and unhindered basis as long as ho gave scrvlco that Itobb has given Tho members of tho delegation al igned that It would cost far nioro than $500 to break In another man and that It would take him a long period to grasp tho work as Mr. Robb hat. J Tho court said that It would want th0 promise thnt Mr. Robb would servo longor than for ono year If tho cut wus annulled. Tho members of tho nnrti- until Hint u-linlliar II wnnlil nnv . i .i. .. ..,,.. , .w.i.,,i., wnH ,arKolyq duo to tho efforts' of thoMvh'ch "umbo4r, w" discussed agriculturist's office ., 1MU DOIUU HIM COunty more than tho salary for manv I yours. Munv jhuko uown sum uik o was opposeu 10 raising mo sniury. oui fountnn councilman Dressier stat stiitod that ho would nbldo by tho do-i.,, thn, h ,BH TnnrMn- ,.mniAI, nn,i clslon of tho majority of tho court. Commissioner Harlow Is In favor of 1 1.. !. .. .. . . .1 1 5 BILLS ARE INTRODUCED Lane County Men Are Already Active In Oregon Legislature. Five bills woro Introduced In the legislature of Oregon on TuoRday by representatives from Lane county. The propoROd luws nro us follows: H. H. No. 17. by Walter D. Jones To requlro county court of Lnno county to nny wnrrants now outstnndlng, as purchase grounds and buildings for fl8 would permit fulr purposes. , Mayor Morrison, who entered the H. H. No. 18, by Walter D. Jonos lueoting lute, presented tho mnttor of Empowering district governments to " ohungo in tho Btilury of tho city ninko tax lovlos. troaauror, the luttor having asked for II. 11. No. 19, by Walter n. Jones Incrcaso. Tho mutter was discus Repealing law providing for county aod at somo length and referred to school supervisors, the financial commlttoo. 11. H. No. 20, by Wultor.D. Jones' Tho finunco commltteo roportod fav 'xlng school census In InHt week of orably on tho following clulms and by Octobor Instead of lust week In No- motion, tho recorder wns Instructed vombor. 'mw warrants on tho treasurer H. 11. No. 21, by L. E. Denn Em-' tor the sovornl amounts: poworlng stnto govornmojit, Jo. lssuo.W- H. Jsmn.i, night watchman, salary such botujs us may bo nsflded to moqt Dsoomher $G0.00 fodornl road fund for 'poriol of fivu- J- DWwir. mnrshul, enlury for Doc. yours, . RECOMMENDATIONS IN GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. Decentralization of power tendency pointed out. Placing of penitentiary property under governor's jurisdiction, with crntrol of administration or power to appoint supervisory hoard urged. Inductions totaling $401,000 In stato budget without Impairing scr Ico said to ho sposlblo. Legislation to Incrcaso state's rovenuo $200,000 proposed. Equal appropriations of $100,000 for Univorsity of Oregon and Oregon Agricultural collogo recommended. Reduction of bounties on wild animals 25 per cent favored. Handling of work of child labor and Industrial welfare commissions by state Industrial accident commission recommended, eliminating for mer bodies with advisory body to cooporato on social features. Eliminating of Social Hygiene society and placing of Its work under stato board of health urgod. Reduction of appropriation of food and dairy commissioner, limiting his activity to dairying alone and placing food Inspection undor stato board of health proposed. Reduction of forestry department's costs and suggestion that timber owners meet more of expenses recommended. Dunking department called practically self-supporting and elimina tion of appropriation suggested. Cut callod justified In department of mines and geology expenditures. Cost of stato engineer's ofllcc and water board called excessive In view of work to bo done. Public service commission reduction without impairment of scr vlco deemed possible. Licensing tho peddlers, oxcluslvo of those selling farm products, un der supervision of sealer of weights and measures proposed. J'onltcntlary budget reduction on basis of 4G0 population instead of fiOO recommended. State hospital maintenance cut suggested on basis of expected re ductlon In number of Inmates and unexpended balance. Reduction In legislative expenditures urged. Inheritance tax and changes in state Insurance department suggested as foaslblo sources of new revenue. Continuance of state trunk highway construction and taking advan tage of the Shackelford method of federal road aid by appropriations to meet requirements advocated. Increased license fee for automobiles proposed to raise additional road funds. Commission of three without pay to handle highway department with powor to employ highway engineer suggested, appointed by governor. Legislature called In duty bound to make provisions of prohibition measure absolutely effective. Legislation for relief of supreme court urged. Military training in stato university and high schools advocated. Passage of rural credit legislation necessary. Abolishing state labor commissioner and giving duties to industrial accident commission. Sterilization of the unfit is advocated. Codification of state Insurance law is urged. Incrcaso of angler's feo to $1.50 advocated. Economy in state printing urged. DD MUCH BUSINESS Ordinance Passed, Committee Reports, Requests Heard, Bills Ordered Paid. As usual, tho regular monthly scs- 1 bIoii of tho city council was a busy no. Ono of the most important fea uiiu icuu tuiuu t- iii u a vuiuto jjuooabui At the same meeting, tho Fire and jWator commlttoo reported tho pro I cress which has been made in tho mBttor of 80cur!ng a pubnc drinking i - " drawnB8 of granIt0 bnge8 ond foun. tains hero In a few days. m i i i i Tho matter of consolidating several dlfferont funds of tho town was dis cussed, and Councilman Dressier mov ed that the mutter bo roforrod to tho attorney to Investigate and report at the next meeting. Tho motion car ried. A motion wus also curried that the treu surer bo authorized to call as ii ' i" nn ?aro Two) GOU GIL SESSION LOCAL HOSPITAL IS SOLD TO J.E.SCOTT Daughter of Owner In Charge As Superintendent; Improve ments Are Planned. J. E. Scott of Salem has purchased the Springfield hospital of Mrs. R. M. Baker, and his .daughter, Miss Hazel E. Scott, took charge Tuesday morn ing as superintendent and full mana ger. Miss Scott Is a graduate of St. Vincent's Hospital Training school of Portland with tho class of 1914, slnea which dato she has been doing private nursing in and about Salem. As tho hospital building, which was now stands. 18 patients can be ac- commodatcd. Miss Scott plans to make such improvements in the building as the changing of a ward Into private rooms, etc., so that a greater number may bo cared for. The building which stands on F street, between eighth nnd ninth, Is 40 by 75 feet In size and two stories high. It Is fitted with modern equipment. A separate building ns a homo for the nurses was built a yoar ago. No changes will bo made In the nursing staff just now, tho new sup erintendent announced, Miss Flor ence Dawson and Mrs. Ola Rankin are caring for the patients, of which there are 12 at present. "We moan to conduct tho hospital for tlio Interests of tho local people and for tho doctors," Miss Scot said. "We plan to mako it as agreeable as posslblo, and are anxious for tho cooperation of the Springfield people. Mrs. Dakor tho formor owner plans to visit a short tlmo In San Francisco, and upon hor return Bho and Mr. Dak or will tnko up their residence in the Minnie Knhler residence as Sov enth and C streets. Mr, Daker Is a conductor In the employ of tho Southern Tuclflc company. Ho op orated tho pas&enger trains on tho Wlllumotto Puclflo railroad during tho construction period. Springfield To Meet Junction. Tho first InterBcholnstlo baakotbnll game of tho season will bo played In Junction City Friday evening whon tho boys' team from tho Springfield high school will meet tho toam from Junction. Tho gamos with Spring field are usually closo and Interesting and a faBt gunio is expoctod Friday evening. LANE LIQUOR BILL IS HUGE Increase In Shipments Cringe The 1018 Total To $35,000. Lane county spent In 191C approxi mately two-thirds ait much for liquor under tho provisions of the prohibi tion law a for tho support of Its churches, according to figures compli ed from tho affidavits on file at the of flco of the county clerk. This county sent to California town about $35,000 for liquor during the year. Affidavit for 15,300 shipments of beer, wine, whiskey and other In toxicants were filed with the clerk, Tho amount of beer Imported, accord ing to these affidavits, was 14,938 gal lons and other liquors 6412 gallons, a total of 21,354 gallons. The shlpmemn Increased during the year until Decern ber showed that ore- 2000 people im ported liquor to thl8 county. Rules Are Issued For Speed Tests Pupils To Have Chance To Show Ability In Arithmetic; Also Spelling. Arithmetic and spelling contests for the public schools of the county will be held on Friday of this week, ac cording to an announcement made by superintendent of school's E. J. Moore. The rules for the arithmetic contest as contained In a circular letter sent to the teachers are as follows: There are two sets of 20 questions each, sent to teachtrs. One set will be for the fifth and sixth grades, and the other for the seventh and eighth grade and the questions will cover only wor'j already finished. Thirty minutes will be tho extreme time limit for this work, and the manuscripts not turn id In before being collected at the end of that time, whether the pupil has fin ished or not. A blank space is left af ter each question for putting down the answer. The pupil may work the questions mentally or with pencil and paper, as ' he may choose, but only the answer ' Is to be set down under each question Pupils taking part should not sit near each other, so that they may "copy." When any pupil has finished his work he must fold his paper and put his name on the back of it, and the teach er notes on the back the number of minutes used. The .teacher should 1 grade the paperst by giving five polnt3 ! for each correct answer and then keep a record of all pupils and the time used. WAS STABBED IN THIGH Springfield Farmer Attacked by Two Men at Early Hour. Oscar (Zach) Parsons was the vic tim of an assault at an early hour yesterday morning when he was at tacked by two men resulting in an ugly knife wound In one of his thighs. ! Parsons has been living on a small vegetable farm south of Springfield, near the Doris farm, t orsomo time past He says that about 5 o'clock yesterday someone rapped on the door of his cabin. He arose to see who It was, and, according to his story, two men lunged at him, one of them having a knife., Parsons, tried to ward off the blow, but the man with tho knife suc ceeded in cutting him on the thigh. Parsons says he grabbed his gun and ' the men "beat it" He took two sho.'s ut them, but they had almost disap peared In the darkness and he thinks he missed them. Parsons says he knows who his as sailants are, but ho will tell no one, I nor will ho give any reason for the as buuIL Ho says ho Is going to keep still and somo day intends to get re venge. His wound Is not serious, but It was necessary for a surgeon to sew It up. ALL OFFICERS REELECTED First National Bank Has Stockholders Meeting; "Outlook Is Good." The regular annual meeting of stock holders and election of olllcers wus hold at tho First National Dunk of Springfield on the evening of Junuary 0,'ut which tlmo J. F. Smith, A. Middle, ton. Margaret Morris, E. F. McDeo, L. k. Pago, E. E. Drattuln and Chas. L. i Scott were re-oloctod as directors for the ensuing year. Tho ofllcors serving the past, year 1 were re-olected j Chas. L. Scott, presi dent; E. E. Drattuln, vlco president; and D. S. Deals, cashier, i Dusiness nt tho First. National Dank tho pust season has been quite Batlt fnctory and tho outlook is good for tho coming soason, It is said. Si BOARD OF LEGISLATURE ATWORKON BUDGET All Appropriations Asked Forr Will Be Thoroughly Investigated. $75 FOR STENOGRAPHERS Joint Ways And Meant Committer Finds Only $5333 In Items That J Are Killed on First Reading. State House, Salem, Jan. 10 In tha process of pruning state appropriations tho senate and house ways and means committees are not going to overlook: tho offices of the .governor and the sec retary of state and the state treasurer; At a joint meeting of these cosa mittees tonight, members "hopped" upon the appropriations requested for those offices and the committee in structed the clerk to request an item ized list of the payroll of each de partment Senator Wood, chairman of the joint committees, was insistent that no official or department head should be permitted to pay a stenographer more than $75 a month. This view met with the general view of the committee which looked askance at the item of $1200 a year for tho gov ernor's assistant secretary, who is la reality his stenographer. Entire Budget Scanned. "What about the stenographers and clerks hired by the legislature at more than $75 a month?" asked Senator Farrell. No one volunteered an an swer. , . Acting on the suggestion of Sena tor Strayer, the committee went through the entire budget, which call for .appropriations totaling $4,781,145 and picked but the items which the committee unanimously agreed should' be allowed. Out of nearly five millions asked for, the committee found a total ot $393,270 which the members were will ing to stamp with their O. K. for the time being. They found three Items, totaling $5333, which they were positive right off the bat that they did not want and immediately dumped them on the scrap heap. These thret Items were: Items Are Disapproved. Board of higher curricula, $333; re imbursing counties for support ot non resident poor, $3000; stallion registra tion board, $2000. The appropriations temporarily ap nroved were: Apprehension of crim inals, $4000; superintendent of public instruction, $15,920; State Teachers association, $500; McLoughlln Memor ial assoclatio n,$50; emergency board, $200; apprehension of fugitives from justice, $15,000; G. A. It.. $500; circuit court judges, $200,000; district alter neys and deputies, $136,400; state land board, $1S,000; publication of procla mations, $500; rewards for arrests $1200. Other Appropriations Held. All other requested appropriations were held for Investigation and most of them will bo put under the knife. It was brought out that the maintenance of the stato institutions must be pro vided for and the pruning will be dono on requests for new buildings and sal aries. Another item In the appropriation ot stato officials and department headi which Is going to receive close atten tion Is that of traveling expenses, Sen ator Strayer and Representative Kubll, chairman of the house committee, in sisted the committees should be ad vised as to the purposees for which thi traveling expense appropriations are being spent. Booth-Kelly Team Defeated. in a wild and ragged contest that resembled a ten man wrestling bout moro than It did a basketball game the Dooth-Kelly team wus defeated by the Thurston Athletic club pn tho Thurston floor last evening, 20 to 10. Quite a number of local fans attended the (earn at Thurston aud gavo thorn. cheering support Tburstou A, C. Perkins f Mc Kinney Ashworth ( Calkins g Parkor g Tho linoup, Dooth-Kelly Mtllor L. Gossler McQulnu O. Gosslot1 C'Rourka' , Walter Dlmm ot Bprlngflold wa. referee.