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Show WOMAN LOBBYIST FROM OREGON Miss Fern Ilobbs, private secretary secre-tary to Governor West of Oregon. Is unique among the lobbyists who have visited Washington. Her mission is to adjust many tangles, somo of them of long standing, between the State and national government. This sort of an errand usually Is considered Justification for the employment of a high-priced lawyer. Miss Hpbhs is a lawyer and is considered expert In land affairs. On her first day In Washington she . conferred with Senators Chamberlain Chamber-lain and Lane of kcr State, and arranged for a conference with Secretary of the Interior Lane, with whose department much of her business rests. Next she will hav to . learn in which of the congressional congres-sional committees certain legislation legisla-tion rests and arrange for it to be resurrected. Miss Hobbs speaks frankl.v but modestly of her mission. Apparently Appar-ently she considered this trip a part of her private secretaryship. Slvo said ; "I am the private secretarv of the Governor, and I go to Washington Washing-ton at tho Instance of tho Governor to look after questions In which 4 Oregon is . com matters. Some lodged in the i and I am sent "One of the involves tho cx tered school se the State and n serves for cant! will enable us t est. The bill pr pussed the Sena to help bring a age In the Hon "Some quest swamp lnnds al hope to com pie' or three weeks.' Miss Hobbs' ernor's private a year. She wn place last June been the Gover: In addition t highest, if not I woman in the Ilobbs can lay distinction for youth No ot tained such, an in the course of her age. She Is decide woman, having the ladder to su dens at times th couraged a less :crned, chiefly land of them have been rapltal a long tlms to pry them loose. principal questions change of tho scat- j ctlons belonging to JTr ow In the forest re-iguous re-iguous lands, which 0 have a State for-ovlding for-ovlding for that has te and I am hoping bout its early pass-se. pass-se. ions relating to so are involved. I p re this work in tw9 salary as the Gov-sei Gov-sei retary is $3 000 s appointed to that , having previously lor's stenographer. 1 being one of th ;he highest salaried public service. MisJ j claim to another me In her position ; her woman has at- Important position 2 7 years, which il idly a self-mad fought her way up ccess, carrying bur- ( at.wquld .have .dl determined person, v A |