THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
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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
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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.