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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-05-01
LAWS
TO BEDISCUSSED.
Meeting is Called for Tomor-
row Afternoon to Discuss
Initiative Laws
STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN
Voters Should Endeavor to
Fully Understand Measures
They Are to Pass on

The local Stop-Look- Listen League
has called a meeting for tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock in Knights OF
Pythias hall, for the purpose of dis
cussing the various laws that are to
be submitted under the initiative law
in November. Every citizen of Alb.
erdeen who can possibly do so should
attend this meeting. Few of us have
read the proposed laws or have a suf
ficient understanding of them to cast
an intelligent vote on them, and no
good citizen will admit an opportun.
ity to become posted upon such an
important matter.
AS indicating the Importance of
some of these proposed laws, atten-
tion is called to the provision of the
Eight Hour Law. Under it no en-
ployee shall be required or permitted
to labor more than eight hours dur
ing any day nor more than forty-eight
hours in any week. 1t will be observ-
ed that this law is very drastic and
includes all kinds Of labor whether
in factories, in stores, Offices, homes,
or elsewhere.
1t is doubtful if the trainers of this
measure realized it's full scope. Und-
er its provisions, every family, hotel
and restaurant or other place employ.
ing cook, would have to have three
meals within eight hours or employ
an additional cook. A logging camp
would be required to have three re-
lays of cooks, funkies and walters,
one for the eight hour day commenc-
ing in the morning, another to pre-
pare and serve supper and the third
for Sunday work.
Some Of the measures doubtless
possess merit, some may be so drawn
as to fail Of the object sought, and the
citizens at the polls, no more than
the legislator, is justified in passing
judgment upon law the terms and
meaning of which he is ignorant.
To vote upon any of those measures
without sufficient knowledge will 20
far to discredit the law permitting the
initiation of laws as we'll as place
Objectionable measures upon the sta
tute books which will require another
election to remove. Knights of Py.
thias hall should be filled to capacity
tomorrow afternoon.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-05-01
CITY COUNCIL
D0ESBUSINESS
West Heron Street Property
Owners Protest Against
Sidewalks Just Now
BIG CRACKERS BARRED
Firecrackers Over Three In
ches Long Prohibited at
Fourth Celebration

The city council established a speed
record Wednesday night, when the
solons got down to business and elm
mated oratory. A large volume o.
business was dispatched within 81
minutes.
c. F. Armstrong was given authority
to repair the ceiling in the city hall
Petition for culvert at the foot fc
Washington on River street from the
Aberdeen Brewing company and the
Lindstrom Shipbuilding company was
referred. Drainage of a more salts.
factory kind is desired.
The contract for lead for the water
plant was let to Crane & Co.
A protest was received from prop
erty owners on Heron street west OF
Washington to Monroe, against con-
crete sidewalks. 1t is felt the pave.
ment will serve all purposes for the
time being. The matter was refer
red.
D. w. Hartman, whose auto was
damaged by running into a hole on
B street, was awarded damages to the
amount Of $10265.
If the abstract is clear the city will
purchase from R. E. Paslay property
in Fairview addition at a cost of 5000
to be used in connection with the
reservoir.
Resolutions for 16-foot plank road
way on Polk street from Schley to Tay
lor and on Cedar street from Evans
to Dewey, were adopted.
An ordinance was passed regulating
the size of firecrackers used on the
Fourth of July to three inches. An
ordinance was laid over for a week,
combining the Offices of building in,
spector and plumbing inspector and
fixing the salary at $125 a month.
A protest against the Heron street
improvement resolution caused it to
be laid over for a week.
A resolution was adopted giving the
mayor and clerk authority to enter
into a contract for the purchase of
$500 barrels of cement for use on
the reservoir. the cost not to exceed
s1.6O net or 50 gross with a 10-cent
rebate for sacks returned.
The council ordered the width of
the sidewalk on East Wishkah street
reduced from ~ to eight feet at a
saving in cost Of $500
Councilman Empey was granted a
four-weeks' leave of absence.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-05-01
LUMBER RATE TO
NEBRASKA CUT
By Agreement of Railroads,
Rate on Lumber is Reduced
to Nebraska Towns

BY agreement between the Nebras-
ka railway commission and attorneys
for the Burlington, Missouri Pacific
and Northwestern lines, reduction of
the lumber tariff has been granted to
so or more towns in Nebraska, rang
ing from 212 to Az cents per hundred
pounds on lumber originating in the
Pacific Northwest. The interstate
commerce commission has ordered
hearing of the case.
The suit was brought when the rail.
road companies declined to comply
with the fourth section of the act to
regulate commerce, in that they were
charging and collecting greater
charge for shorter haul when the
shorter haul to these so towns was
directly intermediate.
Henry w. Blagen, representing the
Grays Harbor Lumber company at
Omaha, brought the attention of the
Timberman in June, 1913, to the man.
ifest discrimination in the tariff to
points in Nebraska The Timberman
printed map showing the discrimin-
alton and took up the matter with the
interstate commerce commission, who
promised an investigation. A com
plant was fled by the Nebraska rail-
way commission. with the result that
the case has been decided favorably
to the lumbermen. in carrying for
ward of the case the Pacific Coast
Shippers association Of Seattle.
through its traffic department, cooper
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-05-01
Carranzd Accents Good Offices of South Arneri-
can Intermediates, and European
Powers May Assist
Scope of Mediation BrOadened so as to, Include
the Warning Elements that Have Torn. Mex
leo ASunder for Years

speak for the Mexican people ready
and willing to discuss terms of per-
manent settlement"
President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan were pleased at the entry of
Gen. Carranza and the constitutional
lists to the peace plans, their hopes OF
broad and satisfactory adjustment of
the present crisis being raised to a
degree of confidence which they have
not hitherto felt.
The American government had not
yet made formal reply tonight to the
first proposal of the Intermediates
for an armistice, but it is understood
one will be made within the next "a
Hours.
Elimination Of Huerta
The report that Europe was asked
by the ENJOYS from Argentine, Brazil
and Chile to use their influence with
the United States to obtain the with
drawal of the question of eliminating
Huerta from the proposals of the
American government was met with
the comment at the state department
that the United States had not yet
submitted any terms on the main
points involved. Thus far all the pro-
posals have come from the interme-
diaries and no conditions involving the
big points in the situation have come
from any of the contending parties.
1t is suggested in some quarters that
the question of eliminating Huerta
need not be raised by the United
States in any of is proposals, regard
ing it as question between the
Huerta and Carranza elements.
Developments in the diplomatic
field of the Mexican situation were the
most absorbing although the army
any navy continued their work in car
ing for refugees and restoring order
at Vera Cruz. No movements of any
kind were announced but both the
army and navy exerted itself to the
utmost to accommodate refugees,
Europe to Assist
1t is asserted here on unquestion-
able authority that the three South
American ENJOYS, who seek to avert
crisis in Mexico, have appealed to
European governments for their
friendly Offices to facilitate mediation,
between Mexico and the United States
The appeal did not include a request
as reported abroad, that the Powers:
use their influence on President Will
son to name such conditions as would
insure the success of the negotiations.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-05-01

words to the legislature of 1906 were:
"To keep the expenditures within
the revenues will require constant
struggle. After the adjournment OF
the last session I felt constrained to
disapprove appropriation bills and
items of appropriation bills amount
| ing to more than 100000. Had this
not been done, and had it not been
found unnecessary to expend the en-
tire amounts authorized by other ap
preparation bills, the state debt in
stead of having been reduced during
the last biennial term would have
been increased several hundred thous.
and dollars"
The drastic exercise Of the veto
power by those governors had no last
ing effect. After the first legislative
session of his official term Governor
McGraw vetoed II appropriation bills
and items in the general appropria.
tions act. The approval of the tax
comparison to the storm of unmer.
tied criticism and abuse he provok-
ed. The same was true in the case
of Governor Mcbride.
Legislative Extravaganza Touches
Taxpayers Intimately
The evil of legislative extravaganza
lies nearer to themselves than the
taxpayers fancy.
When the state began business it
had hold-over indebtedness of ter
ritorial warrants amounting to about
100000. To provide for the redemp-
ton of this obligation a 31s per cent
bond issue was authorized at the
1890 session of the legislature and
when principal and interest had been
paid IL years later the total invest
ment of the taxpayers in the inherit
ed debt was $433,169.
With an assessable property valu-
alton in 1890 of $217,612,S97, small
special levy would have wiped out
this obligation and made impossible
the accumulating burden which had
to be paid years afterward.
State Debt Reached Highest Point
In 1896
The interest-wasting way of paying
dch's or making purchases on the in
stalment plan is an eXpedient Of the
gambling instinct, and particularly is
this true where the productive assets
of the state are Immediately avail
able.
The highest point Of state general
fund debt was reached in 1896. at ST.
786.264. Following is the biennial
debt schedule of the general fund up
f<> T., f01d.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-05-01
DO LAWMAKERS
FEAR TO Be JUST?
Discrimination by Congress
Indicates Fear of Farmers
and Labor Unions
FAIR PLAY IS A JEWEL
Favors Extended in Anti
trust Laws Have Really No
Meaning But Look Bad

We do not believe that anyone can
think of a really good reason why
organizations of farmers or laborers
should be permitted to do things that
organizations of manufacturers or
merchants are forbidden to do, says
the Mississippi Valley Lumberman
The only excuse it is possible to offer
is that the makers of the laws are
afraid to do things which may de-.
prive them of votes, and when it
comes to legislation they are very
careful to so conduct themselves as
to hold the largest possible number
Of voters. If the situation were re.
in as great proportionate numbers as
the farmers and labOrers are now.
we could expect laws made exempt
ing organizations of manufacturers
from the application of laws. And
one reason why organizations of re-
tail merchants are not granted those
forms of immunity is because they
have not enough numbers or because
they do not use their power concert
edly. The National Federation of Re.
tail Merchants has potential power to
ask for and to obtain the enactment
of measures which will permit the
members to protect their business.
but it lacks the cohesiveness to en-
force it's desires. Just now there
are before congress number of
amendments to the antitrust law,
and the representatives of labor and
of the farmers have succeeded in hav-
ing incorporated therein the following
clause:
Nothing in the antitrust laws
shall be construed to forbid the
existence and operation of fra
ternal, labor, consumers, agricul-
tural or horticultural organiza-
tions, orders or associations, op-
Grating under the lodge system,
instituted for mutual help and not
having capital stock or conduct
ed for profit or to forbid or re-
strain individual members of such
orders or associations from car
rying out the legitimate objects
of such associations"
Since the Supreme Court rendered
it's famous rule of reason" decision,
business men have constantly con.
tended that the antitrust law ought
to be so amended as to give it great
er definiteness. They have wanted
it to state what they could or what
they could not do in specific and defi
mite language. To this end, the re-
tail merchants of the country have
sought to have incorporated in the
(COntinuad m papo Eiuhf\
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-05-01
WOMEN'S CLUBS GATHER

The quarterly meeting of the Grays
Harbor Federation of Women's Clubs
Wednesday afternoon was we'll at
tended and was of unusual interest.
Addresses we're made by Mrs. Jose
prime c. Prestcn, state superintend-
ent Of public instruction, Mrs. e. o.
McGlauf1in, of Hoquiam and Mrs. ].
S. Mckee, Of Hoquiam. The next ses-
sion and picnic will be held at Mon.
, ,ano, July 20.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-05-01

ated with the Nebraska railway com.
mission in bringing this suit.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-05-01
APPEAL JUDGMENT

MONTESANO, April 30.-The suit
of B. H. Allen and others against
Scott r. Stevens and wife in which
judgment for $68 was secured in
justice court in Aberdeen, has been
appealed to the superior court.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-05-01

All the news all the time in the Herald.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-05-01

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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-05-01

The Elks lodge will give a May
Day dance tonight, in their hall.
About 300 invitations have been is.
sued and arrangements have been
made for pleasant time.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-05-01

Continued on Page Eight
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-05-01
Finances-Huge Debt

The headless management of school
finances, the inspiration of which is
disbursement without regard to cur
rent available resources, has created
debt progressively since the first year
of statehood. Here is the pyramided
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-08-13

other living expenses t,ke several hun
dred dollars from the salary. This is a
very desirable position and I attribute
my rise from 5000 to $500 within 90
months to the college training. A col
lege course puts man on horseback in
the race Cor success and makes his work
easier, more interesting and more profit
able"
Since being graduated Mr.. Currin has
been taught much by practical expert
ence that he could not have gained in
any other way. Among other things of
great value he has perfected system
of handling teams which is exceedingly
interesting and successful. When en-
|ploying a man by the day, he pays him
50. If the man has team he pays him
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-08-13

1925 for his own labor and q sum for
his horses determined by their size. For
the average size horse he pays 81 a day;
for medium heavy horse he pays an
extra 12c, and fof heavy horse he
pays $1.25 day. He has found that
three big horses at cost of 1915 will
do the work of four ordinary horses at
cost of 81. This is a small item but
when multiplied by many teams quick
ly counts up. 1t not saves Is cents, but
also saves on feed and housing expense,
for three large horses will not eat so
much or require 60 much stall room as
four ordinary horses. This is brains
applied to farming.
Through his influence on the com
munity this farm college bred man has
developed a change in the system of
farming in his community. His orch
ard required extra team work in the
spring, but when Mr.. Currin first came
in 1910 every farmer in his vicinity had
his hands full putting in his spring
crops. Quick advertising among the
towns from Portland to Ashland brought
outside teams. Seeing SO much money
60 past them, the local farmers began
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-08-13
Brains Applied To Farming
By R. M. Rutledge.

months later was placed in charge Of a
2,10O-acre hay, grain and fruit farm
near Drain, Oregon, at salary of 81 200
a year. At the end Of six months my
salary was advanced to $500 a year.
In addition to the salary, we are fur
nished home with water, telephone and
office supplies, horse and buggy and
their upkeep, fruits and berries, garden,
pastures and buildings for our cows,
hogs, chickens and turkeys.
"This is point worthy Of considera-
tion in choosing an occupation. Other
vocations pay as much as this for the
same skill, knowledge and work, but
often the items Of rent, water, fuel and
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-08-13

The greatest problem connected with
the drainage of our so-called white
lands and other lands Of similar
texture, aside from securing . com,
munity outlet ditch, is that Of making
. title "draw," or receive the water
from the surrounding soil and carry it
Oft.
The typical white land surface soil
is of fine ashy colored silt clay with
\ large percentage of potential plant
food. Underneath at depth Of 10 to
80 inches there is a change to an i'm
pervious, sticky blue clay, spotted with
iron rust. The blue clay stratum runs
from to IS inches thick, and below
that the soil shades off into yellow
nlt clay sub-soils. The water table re-
mains close. to the surface over this
blue clay stratum until June, delay
ing cultivation and growth.
A careful soil and ground water sur.
vey of any of these flat areas will
show that only part Of the soil in
the area is typical white land. A sec
ond portion is near white land, or in.
termediate between white land and
brown silt loam, while third portion
is slightly undulating brown silt loan
that has fair natural drainage.
Location Of Under Drains.
When it has been determined that
an outlet for the farm drains is avail
able, the next step is to 60 over the
wet areas with a soil auger or post
hole auger, making thorough study
of the subsoil and the soil water condi.
tions. Beginning at the outlet frequent
borings should be made to depth Of
at least four feet. This will reveal the
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-08-13

Ito get interested Gradually they
changed their ;,rain planting from spring
to fall, until now the supply of local
teams for spring work is more than
sufficient.
Today very few farmers in this neigh
borhood SOW grain in the spring. This
allows them to work on other crops in
the spring, provides more uniform dis
tribution of work, permits the farmer
to work more days in the year with a
consequent increase in the year IS salary,
and raises the standard of agriculture
in whole community.
Before entering the Oregon Agricul-
tural College, Mr.. Currin lived on his
fathers farm in Clackamas County,
near Kernsville. Work was no new
thing to him, and this experience was
necessary, for he had to be SO per cent
self-supporting during his college year.
After graduating he married domestic
science graduate of O. A. c. Today no
has a home, an excellent position, IL.
acre prune orchard of his own, and en-
joys high standing in his community.
He also is director in the Drain
cannery. Did his agricultural education
payf
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-08-13

&C n FTER all, home life is the
main point" said Harvey W.
Currin, 1909 graduate of the
Oregon Agricultural College, who is a
firm believer in judiciously double
cropping his orchard, as is shown in the
accompanying photograph Of his baby,
eighteen months old. His hearty out
door laugh greeted the question, "Did
your agricultural education and the four
years spent at 0. A. G. payf" To which
he replied as follows:
"Upon graduation I accepted posi-
tion as foreman Of Rogue River orch
ard at monthly wage Of $50, and was
raised to SIS within six months. Nine
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-08-13

location and extent of any impervi-
Gus stratum and also the more free
working strata from which water will
feed into the auger holes or into tile
drain most readily. Any seepage water
can be traced to its source by the
auger method and a tile line located
SO as to intercept the seepage water.
In draining saucer-like areas with re-
tentive sub-soil it is best to put
laterals over or under or around these
sticky sub-strata, and, for the most
part, cut off outside water before it
gets on to such strata. This leaves only
the excess rainfall of the area to be
handled and greatly simplifies the
problem.
How Drains Should be Placed.
In order to drain the bulk of the
root zone for ordinary field crops
quickly, the lateral tile drains should
not be placed far into retentive sub
stratum, even though the main drains
may need to 60 into or below this
layer. For field crops on white land
% to 36 inches is good average depth
for laterals and AZ inches for main
drains. For good thorough drainage Of
typical white land flats the laterals
will need to be as frequent as about
every two rods, for the intermediate
type Of soil about every four rods;
while for the brown silt loan a few
strings of tile placed up the draws will
give sufficiently thorough drainage for
ordinary field crops to pay fair re-
turn on the investment. The water is
taken into tiles more easily before it
gets out of this loan soil to the white
land.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-09-17
Getting at Alaska's Coal.

The proposal to nave a feet OF govern
ment steamers built to bring coal from
the termini of a government railroad in
Alaska need not surprise anybody. Sen
ator Cummins thinks 1t is logical and the
obvious. next step and Senator Chamber
lain optnes that If the pending bill for
government railroads passes, one for gov
ernment steamships will come in.
For naval reasons, we have need OF the
early development of the Alaska coal de-
posts. The naval reason is one of the
strong arguments for the building of a
government railway.
Now, h e navy IS not a stranger to the
steamship business. 1t builds and oper-
ates golfers and 1t needs a great many
pore of them than it has. Why not a
fheet of the eight kind of boats, to han
die coal from Alaska, and in time of war
to be available for collier service? 1t
to do.
Ocean-wise transportation to and from
Alaska is at present in the grip of q
monopSly that Is both eXtortionate and
easily spend $780, oO. 900 or $4,000, 900 build.
ing railroads., only to find that the Alas.
ka transportation monopoly was just as
strong on the Pacific as 1t had previously
been been on the Land. In the long. run, Il
Wiil be found necessary to provide every
link In the transportation chain, ant
recognition of that fact might as wei
come early.