Wnman Suffraae in
Oregon Exciting,
Writer Explains
Corvallis Husbands and
wives go to the polls together
now in Oregon, but half a cen
tury ago that didn't happen.
The men went, but the women
stayed home.
' There wasn't, in fact,, a
woman voter in all of Oregon
in 1909.
" The reason, of coarse, is
that women were not allowed
to vote in the state until 1912.
The long struggle by wom
en for "equal rights" is one of
the most interesting chapters
in the state's development, ac
cording to Dr. Joseph W. Elli
son,: head of the history de
partment at Oregon State col
lege. .Writing New Book
A widely-known historian
and author, Dr. Ellison is writ
ing a new book on the woman
suffrage movement in Ameri
ca. It is tentatively titled
Women Are Also Born Free
and Equal," a statement that
would have been disputed at
the turn of the century.
- Oregon was in the "middle"
In the suffrage movement, Dr.
Ellison noted from his exten
sive research. It trailed Idaho,
Washington, and California in
giving women the right to
vote but was still ahead of
-several other western states.
The national woman move
ment for equal political and
"economic rights was launched
"in 1848 with Susan B. An
thony and others as leaders.
In Oregon, the movement be-
- gan about 1870 with Mrs. Abi
gail Scott Duniway as the
-J'champion" of the cause for
women.
To Dr. Ellison, Mrs. Duni-
- way ranks as "one of the great
women of the west.
Becomes School Teacher
Abigail Scott came to Ore
gon in 1852 as a girl of 17, Dr.
Ellison relates. Despite little
formal education, she became
a school teacher, writer, busi
nesswoman, editor, and most
of all a dedicated and able
crusader. Shortly after her
marriage to Ben C. Duniway,
he was hurt in an accident
and incapacitated for farm la
bor. The family burden fell
on Abigail or "Jenny" as she
was called."
During her work in Albany,
she heard all kinds of stories
of women's problems, hard
ships and injustices. The fact
that all women were denied
equal educational, profession-
tl, political and economic
rights equal pay for equal
work, for example deeply
troubled her. "One half of the
women are dolls, the rest of
them are drudges, and we re
all fools," she reportedly said.
Convinced that the only
way to better things was to
win voting rights for her sex,
Mrs. Duniway moved to Port
land where she started a news
paper devoted to "enfran
chisement of women." The
first issue of the "New North
west" appeared May 5, 1871.
It declared itself for "free
speech, free press, free peo
ple," and compared favorably
in editorial excellent with the
Oregonian, edited by Abigail's
brother, "Harvey Scott, Dr,
Ellison says.
Praised and Denounced-
The New Northwest, pub
lished for about 15 years, was
praised and denounced. Mrs.
Duniway was maligned as an
"infidel, free thinker, a dan
gerous, crazy woman."
In 1871, Susan B. Anthony
came to Oregon and toured the
state with Mrs. DuniwaV, or
ganizing suffrage groups.
Though a mother of five
children,' Mrs. Duniway found
time- and energy not only to
continue with her newspaper
but to travel across the state
speaking for women's rights.
At Jacksonville in 1879, she
was showered with eggs.
When she returned a week
later for a second meeting, no
women of the town were al
lowed to attend and local feel
ing ran so high that the sher
iff felt obliged to protect her.
Put on Ballot .
In 1882, the question of
woman suffrage was put on
the ballot. It was decisively
beaten. The same thing hap
pened in 1884. The question
of woman suffrage then died
down for a time, Dr. Ellison
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MAIL TRIBUNE, MtJforJ, Or.
B Thursday, Aug. 13, 19S9
Medford Man Gets
Six-Month Sentence
Ira Herschell Imhausen, 19,
of route 4, box 398C, Medford,
was sentenced to six months
in the county jail Tuesday by
District Court Judge E. Roy
Bashaw for operating a motor
vehicle while his license was
suspended.
-rlmhausen will be eligible
for probation in 60 days. The
jail sentence is to be served
concurrently with a 10-day
sentence given previously for
failure . to stop at the scene
of an accident.
Imhausen's attorney, O. H.
Bengtson, Medford, yesterday
moved to dismiss an appeal
from the jury verdict on a hit
and run charge. Judge Ba
shaw dismissed the appeal.
In other district court ac
tion, Thomas Spurgeon Gray,
24, of 908 Launsdale st., Med
ford, was bound over to the
grand jury on charges of
breaking and entering a pri
vate dwelling with intent to
commit burglary. He is being
held on $1,500 bail.
Gray is charged with enter
ing a house at 2425 Neilo st.,
Medford, Feb. 18.
Chemical Society
Sets National Meeting
Chicago -(DPD The" Ameri
can Chemical society will hold
its 134th national meeting
here Sept. 7 to 12 with more
than 14,000 chemists and
chemical engineers from all
over the U.S.. and several
foreign countries expected to
attend.
Dr. Clifford F. -Rassweiler,
president of the society, said
the main topics for discus
sion will be new develop
ments in science education,
advances in the control of air
pollution and progress in
the chemical attack on cancer.
From 1939 to 1952 indus
trial wages in Sweden rose
by about 200 per cent.
fii fH 1
reports. But after the adop
tion of the initiative and ref
erendum system in Oregon,
the question of woman suf
frage was referred to the vot
ersor men in 1906,. 1908,
and 1910. Each time, the mar
gin of defeat grew smaller.
Finally in 1912, the measure
passed by a vote of 61,265 to
57,104.
Mrs. Duniway, then 77, was
given the privilege by Gover
nor Oswald West of drawing
up the proclamation declaring
the results of the election and
heralding the right of women
to vote in Oregon.
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SUCCESSFUL DIVE Skin divers James Rice Oeft) and
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Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
Airplane Wreckage Found in Idaho
That Measley .Five Per Cent
Makes Man Miserable ,
Insurance statistics, compil
ed over a long period of time,
show that most automobile ac
cidents are caused' by a very
small percentage of drivers.
Likewise, of all the thousands
of varieties of insects in the
world, somewhat over five
per cent of the species are
harmful to mankind.
The 95 per cent are either
entirely harmless, or are bene
ficial. It is unfortunate that
the measley little five per
cent should be so persistent
and aggressive as to make us
think all "bugs" are bad.
Don't Hunt Victims - ' '.
In this' group are mosqui
toes, ticks, bedbugs, some
species of flies, cockroaches
and some of the gnats. The
ants, bees, wasps, and some
of the others will bite or sting
under provocation, but they
do not hunt out their victims
as do the members of the
"biting five per cent group."
There are upwards of 750,
000 varieties of insects. Nine-
tenths of all living creatures
on this earth are insects.
They are found in the deep
est caves," in the snows of the
Artic; high in the air, on the
highest mountain and on the
hot sands of the desert.... .,
It would be next to impos
sible to perfect a repellent or
a poison that would work on
all of them. -
No Favor Asked
z The "biting fifth" has" been
plaguing man since the begin
ning of time. It could almost
be the reason for the coining
of the expression; "fifth col
umn," for these are the crea
tures that really "bore from
within." This minority asks
no favors: Their rate of re
production is 200 times as fast
as man's and for this reason
alone they can readily adapt
themselves to changing . con
ditions. They can and do
build up an immunity to
poison. So, to be wholly ef
fective, insecticides must be
changed from time to time.
If you think the figure five
per cent seems low, you might
Idaho Falls, Idaho - (DPD -Wreckage
of a twin-engine
plane with the remains of one
remember it represents the
species, not the individuals.
Often the number of mosqui
toes is so astronomical as to
make the five per cent figure
seem meaningless. The meas
ley little "five per centers"
loom so large because of their
bold and aggressive nature.
The harmless bugs go their
mundane " way, are seldom
seen, and little appreciated.
(Released by The Register
and Tribune Syndicate, 1959)
crash victim was found on a
mountainside 100 miles east
of here Tuesday.
Pilot of the plane was '
thought to be James S. Rob
bins, a Seattle contractor,
who vanished on a flight
from Denver to Seattle !ast
Dec. 7. Robbins is the father-in-law
of Jon Lindbergh, son
of the famous flier, Charles
Lindbergh.
A sheepherder, who found
the plane, said he saw only
one body inside the aircraft.
He said he also found a ski
with the name "Robbins" on
it.
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