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(SON CITY CNTERPRIS The EnUrprli U th I 11 II only Clelm County II 11 4 Nwpapr Itut print I J all of In new of 1hl l growing County, Ha your uberlptlon ex- plredf Look at tha libel. You ihould hot mm any of our now number. Attend to It now. iQHTV SEVENTH VtAR No, 4, ORI-XJON CITY. OKHQON, FRIDAY, JAN. 2t, 1913. ESTABLISHED 1W nfflllEl OFFERS MM BILL CLACKAMAS COUNTY REPHESIN TATIVIS INTRODUCE MANY MEASURES DM FIGHTS AGAINST ODDS Senator Propo Dill Which Provide! that Road Supervisor D Elected by th Peopl SVI I M. Jan. Hi tHix'iliil) Tim t i.i . ('i)iinty iti'li'cutliiii i n.i (1n)' In Introducing hill mid In i rr..r in in curt a reaolut Inn lending up in a iiiiit- 11 p irtr litt U t fur un Inter- in'.- liililiin between Oregon nml i MiiKtun K, ,ri iiltl Nrhiiebcl Introduced .1 i.ill of i 1 1 Ii M 1 1 1 1 ' I It I ' I t Importance In '!;. nMiiim Inti-real (if Clm knuin t ! k .i rii.ia County, Rini tiilliiK Kir t .'( Iitw I')' taking llni Jill iadli lion (K in the Dull roliii'iiaitnnera the lit hi i.f i luting (he Willamette. Idvrr north i f ill.itm tie I'nll nl Oregon City l(. ;n reiiiall e Hrhnorrr I n 1 1 m) in i1 a hill in mix- din itury of the county arhniil 1 1 J -1 1 1 1 1 II 1 ' 1 1 1 (if lilrkllllt I O'UllV, Another dill Introduced l.v llrpre .(!( lit U r Hrhiiebel prnlica fur a method tif Imiidlllii! licit mi prtiicrty lliropiirittrll -1 1 la- llllil towns Sell- (i i . -r iMinltk lnt riiilin i ll a Mil provld II. 4 thai rtlflil llpenl'U ln elnti'd (Ih- people nml another providing a iih'IIhmI fur Incorporated t-tl ! nml town In rliuliKK llii'lr biiiitidurlr. Senator Dluilrk carried two heavy tixlm. nun righting n resolution ! i i. .villi fur a riiiiumitee, loo from lht house ami three from the sciuttn to meet a similar committee from Wash ington in dlsetiaa ami Invest Ignte ilie feasibility of an liilerntaif bridge. Senator Dlinlck tlliij a minority ro- i r t of tint i oiiiinlttt-e on resoliitlmia iti-itlual tlin resolution ami ei the IW.UI on tin' rliM.r. Ilia inoilon wn defeated Seiiainr Dlinlck a I no will he floor lender tomorrow In an effort tu puna i.w-r the veto of the Governor two nila Introduced hy Wood, of Washing inn County, nlmeil at ilefli leiii'lea of the at me Inatltullona. Thcan hllla i-rti to I'oiiie toilay. Those fath erliii: ihem arc afralil of the poaalbll ii v of their being passed and ecured u lav ever until tomorrow on thean hllla At t tint time the flitlit will bt carried which w ill I f considerable Importance In tlm future course of the present al ile administration. The aeaslon tmliiy were void of aeimallmial feiiturea Tim flsht on the iris hllla of tin' (inventor nirrleil on III the aetmte, 12 out of I? heliirf aimtiilneil hy the aefiute anil ".ill to the li in Hiv The hmiHe tnkea up the I. Ilia tomorrow. The M'liale paaaeil Ita llrn hill to il iy. It l.i'lnit of minor linpnrtntiee. DR. LAI 18 ELECTED SAI.KM. Or.. Jmi 21 Tw-fiity-i iKht memlier nf the alale aonato at noon today voteil for Dr. Hurry Ijine, of I'orllitnU, lint people'a cliolto for I 'nil-(I ISiitea aeimtor to aurreed .lomithim I Ion rue, Jr., on Miiir!) 4 next. Tint only two aKitl""l lJn tr- Calklim nml lt'u. h thi-lr vuiia for Hen Hi-lllnn. In tlm Iiouho of repri-ai-nliitlvea nt the Bum' tlini) 60 member cnat their totia for Hr. I furry l.itne. S. A. 1). Meek, of WnahliiKton Connty, heltm the only unit to vote for Bulling.. In thn hoiiHo 5H vole with cant for Lane hy memliora tnkliiK Sliiti-ment No. 1. Hellitntl of C'lntnp, lliouuli not pledm'd. aald hi) tlioiiKlit the will of the peoplo rri-Hter than th opinion of anv one man. nml alao voted for I .line. Itepri-Honlittive Meek, who wna iinpleilKi-d. voted for HellltiK. w-lth tlm explumitlon that he had refiiaod to bIkii tho alati'inent and ohjerted to I .ii mi a the nomime for United Htate Mi-nator lloakln and heater In tho annate, both unpledKed, voted for line, rx pliilninK their Itallot hy the naicr llon that they believed the will of tho people ahotild prevail. Dr. J. C. Hmlth, the unpledird member from JoKophlne, nlHO voted for lno, but mndti nn explanation. It I a' noteworthy fact that the election of Dr. lne evoked absolute ly no cnthtialaaui In either house; deitplta the nlowlnft apeerhe of Dent ixTiitlr. member, not a handrlapwaa heard nt any time SCHNOERR'S HIRSUITE ADORNMENT IS WINNER Heprenentallve flchnoerr, of Clack aniua, tay the Oregnnlan, ha tb only et of whlaker In the bona. That is, the only full fledged, itnmo leated et of whlaker. There are whUkers and whlakera, but he ha al lowed hi to aaattme proportion of PHtrlarchial matfnlflcence. In fact, Mr. 8chnoerr pronounce It "nore", with a (lermanlo tinge on the tint letter ha enough whlaker to make totip for Repreentatlve Carklna. I'pton and tatottrette, who are verr ing oa the pollahed itateiman clan. T llehlml a hill of iiiienllliiK title liilrmliireil ,y I ( j in-Hi-n t n 1 1 v n t; of ( liu kiimiia la pl'iivlalnii fur the repeul or ft-r ( it 1 11 In a Hint woitM aiiinmnil mlly ithiilUh the Columhla Kiver I'lltil i iiMilllUnlnll The imaniiKe of llila ineaniire woiilil i limine In a very ureal ilemi e tint anti ng of the Coliimliln Klvi-r pllntM ami plluia of I Ii Ciiliiinl.l.i nml Inmellii llltera. t inier the pn-ai'tit limit, the pilot riiinmlnnliiii, whlrh la rompiiiieil of ln liii-iiilieia, Inia the ekiiiniiiluK IHI'I llieiialm( nf nil pilot N In tlieae Jurla illrilniia Any pi-rmin who pilot a i-ie over the Imr or up the river, (lie In prnvlili a, wllhytit a llreiiai-. U lliil.ln to a Hue of I'iihi or all moiitha linprlaiiliiiienl. Willi the roliiliiUtlnll liliiillnlieil. tl.la :i. tun, would he repeuleil. CLACKAMAS SENATOR FIGHTS TOR BILLS VETOED BY STATE EXECUTIVE ALL INSTITUTIONS TO BE PROBED Weil la Defeated by D g Majority on Two Bill Patted by Senatt and Sent to Houie SAI.KM, Jan. IS., (Spi rial.) The lt-:ll.mire Biljiuirnid Friday after uiMin until MiMidav nt '1 oVIik k tifti-t aeternl new ri'inrda In b-Klalallve m lili'M-iiii'iila liiul been made. During (lie llml week of till Keaalon there were inirodui-ed n tnlal of bllla rninpareil with til', hllla of the flral ni-i-K of the laat aeaalou. Of thin number I'-n were Ititrodui-ed In the limine and T.'i In the aeliate. .Meilihera of the Clarkamaa Coiinty ileleKatiou w ere huxy Friday alt hough only one hill wua lulroiluceil by a metnluT nf thai ili-li'Katlnii. The bill wu Intro tinted by Krhuebcl and provide agnlnat profanity mid dUorderly con ditt't niiirlil" Incorporated i-ltli-a and low li a Senator Dlnilck led a flght for hill vetoed by the (Invi-rnor. Tbeae hllla were t h.miplniied by (inventor Went. The ti-jvertinr wna defeated by an overwhelming majority on both bllla which were acnl to tho hmiae. Senator Dlinlck declared the pre cut lyatt'tn wna eaarntlally wrong and without a redeeming feature na to the pmvlHlona relating to dellclein lea mid nttaikeil liiKtltullonal heada an well a the honor ayatetn of the (inv ernor. A aenaation waa created in the limine Alien l.wellyn of I. Inn County Introduced a reanlutlon callliiK for Invt-Ktlgallnii of nil ntnle ItiHtllntlona. Some IliHtilutloiiH coupled the fact that l.wtllyn waa formerly guard nl thu atnie ieiiltentlary under the pre enl regime with the enemies lighting an effort In Investigate the prison n-aulted In warm feeling which may develop ntiuaual iicrlinony and hltHT neaa. nccorillng to anme inetnbera. Otherwlhit thu aeaHlnn wua cpilet. I'rcpamtlotia werti made hy the com mittee for tlm election of I'hlted State Ki tiatnr next Tueadiiy. MUST HAVE MEDICAL ADVICE SAI.KM, Jan. No marriage lifelines will bo Issued In tho Htnte utiles It Is accompanied by a certif icate from a practicing physician that the mule party to the marriage has been examined by uch physician at lenat twelve hours prior to the cere mony mid that he physically fit to enter into such marriage contract hhonld a bill Inlrotrnced by Senator Diniick becomtt a law. The bill further provide. that should any false stutetnent be made In the certificate Issued It will be punish ed by a revocation of the license of the pliyslclun ao Imposing such cer tificate. County physician are directed to Issue certlllcnte uon application to the Indigent. 8PENCE WINS LAURELS A3 LEGISLATIVE WORKER C. T. Rponce, master of the State Orange. In here a usual, write the Oregnnlan Salem correspondent. He Is not only mnste- of the Grange, but Is considered a master among the lob byists. He I advocating good road bills a usual, with a few bits of legislation on the aide. T The county court Wednesday ap pointed Charles Kreba road upervl or In district No. ; John C. Miller upervlsor In district No. 68 which was created by a division of district No. 40 and W. M. Ilttmery of district No. 69, created by the division of district No. 14. All supervisor havt been appointed and the court doe not think there will be many declination. DIMICK LEADS III AGAINSTGOVERNOR FIGHT AGAINST 8 HOUH BILL STARTS "JOKER", IT IS SAID, WOULD PUT MILL PROPERTY IN ORE GON CITY SCHUEBEL PRESENTS SALARY SCHEME Clackama Rcpreienlatlv Would. Hav Uniform Rat for Coun ty Official In Stat SAI.KM. Jan. :'., (Special. I While the Clai-Kmuiia County delegation did III lie (inlay the LcglHlutiire hciihii pllnlii'd aevtral Important things. 'I In- Hi nutii derided to ai-ut Kdward, K. Klitdle nf I ' ii Ion mid Wallowa this nfli-riioiiu after a ili-termlned context waged by the Democratic minority In fuwir of Jnliti S. Ilnilgln. The ion trovirav, while not lit first political. iiHNiiini-d some such aspect before lhi rinsing ib-liate. Tin" Senate also secured the hon or of liisnlng the first hill of the M'ssion to go to the governor. It la pnilitbh V,e guv, "tier will s'l-ii tt. llMlise hllla p.-iBHfd by the Semite. 'I hi-1 are tnlimr laa to repeul un tliiiitti-d tuna. The iiiha un- guard to make n fight m-uliiM iMinlrk's hill iiltnid ut Oregon city' mills, arrived today In the per ami of I! T. Mr I in In, mill munugerof he Willamette I'ulp li Paper Com pany, Oregon City. A big delegation I expected today not only to fight the eight hour law, 'nit the iippiirt-nt "Joker' In Dlinlck' 'III amending the present law regad fug Incorporated cltlea and towns. Should the hill pas there Is a pos sllilllty nil mill sites and proper! Irs vrn from Oregon City would he tn'. rn Into the city, thus milling a hirt'i assessed valuation. The Clackama delegation lutroduc cd no b'Hs In the house today but effort were put lorlh to promote bills nlrtad) Introduced. The mem ber are lieliii; lined up to make a determined showing a to regulation of tlshlng In the Willamette Itlver at Oregon City. Senator Dlinlck took Into conference today Knrrell, of Mult nomah, uttd a tin in he,- of other sena tors In regard to the light against promiscuous salmon llsUng ut Ore .ton City. It waa stated ill. the con ference that loud of salmon lro tak en from ir e river Vii) In t.h-.l I'lrtiiL-n the streets for sale. Senator Dimh-k Intends to push (he question regard less of objections Hint may he. made by the Htnte fish and game commis sion. An Important development Is ex pected tomorrow In the shape of a resolution to put befnre tho people a constitutional umendmetit to repeal the home rule amendment passed in r.'IO by the pimple It will bo Intro duced hy Mean and Hiilklns of Ijine. mid proliohly wll develop one of the strongest opposition movements of the si'skIimi, according '.o present Imll cat Ion. The promoters of the amend incut state their Id. -a Is to give wom en n chance to vote on question they having been 'deprived of such opportunity when tho amendment or iginally came before the people. Itepresentatlve Schnehel will Intro duce two Important bills tomorrow. One-will be nt the request of Govern or We .1. nnd provides a uniform rate of stilar.i s of county olIU'-i'i . The other bill would place road districts under the same plan as school dis tricts, 'making them corporations with similar administration that are now enjoyed ny action lilstricts. BEAVER CREEK RUSHED Trnck laying on the Clucknmas Southern Is being rushed a rapidly as posdllile so that the road to Heaver Creek cun lie put Into operation be fore spring to handle the vast amount of cord wood- and other freight now awaiting shipment. Kuch morning large loads of build ing material, auch as lumber, ties and steel mil are sent out over the line whirh give the road a regular rail road appearance. The ofllcer of the conpnny state that they now have In the bank the proceeds of the sale nf their bond, which .s ample for all the Btecl to bo used on the entire length of the line, and the stockholders are mak ing a determined effort to raise an ad ditional amount to complete the lay ing and ballasting of the track. The company has plnced an order fur 7.r0 gross tons of new tin-pound rnlls. which will fully complete the first division, and when the roud Is completed the entire length of tho line It will be supplied with one size. Hint of the new 60-pound rail The first two and one half miles are being laid with flfty-slx-pound rails which will eventually he taken up and re placed with the heavier steel. Wlf Aiks Decree. Clara Hawkins Saturday filed suit for divorce against Charles K. Haw kins. There were married In Portland September 18, 1909. Plaintiff say ber husband deserted her soou after their marriage. Plaintiff ask that her maiden name, Clara Iliser, be re stored. SUES FOR $137.15 The Gould Company, of Portland, ha filed suit against George C. and F. M. Robinson for $137,15 alleged to he due for merchandise. The defen dants conduct a greenhouse at Jen nings Lodge. CANAL DEED STARES On Ha red tape Journey to the point of consummation deed for the transfer of the lock and canal at this city from the Portland Hallway, Light & power Company to thn war ili'purtmeiit, look a side step from the olllrit of Major Mclndoo to that of l ulled tSalea District Attorney Mr Court to bo Judicially scrutinized Monday When passed by thu olllct-r It will go to (icticrsl lllxhy, chief of engi neers at Washington, who will pass It on to the attorney general of the l ulled State for legal Investigation. On leaving hi department It will re turn to (it-ncral Plxby and then go the secretary of wur. That will be the llnal test and utiles frowned on ultimately It will b ordered thut the purrhune bo closed. It roughly es timated that two or three months will elapse before the government be 1111111 possessor of the property and tolls on thu upper Willamette Kiver Iraillc cease. HALF SCORE OF OTHER CONTES TANTS ARE CLOSE ON HIS HEELS MAIL CARRIER WINS SPECIAL PRIZE Another Special Contest to be An' nounced In Few Day Partic ular Given In Enter prise Automobile vote are Hying around as fast as snow Hakes these days. The leaders lu the great race for the big touring car has nearly a million vote to hi credit, while half a score of others are crowding him fast for lirnt honors. Number 2, the popular mall man. who runs second, won the first of the special prizes, the 42 piece dinner set. which was awarded tne contestant who sold the largest number of coupon books in the speo Hied time. Number 24 carried away the chest of silver which was present ed as second prize. The details of another special contest will be an nounced Bhortly. Kexall, the nume known to every household In the I'nlted tSates, will have l n inning soon and will help every contestant to raise his stand lug. Head the Knterprise each morn ing for full particulars regarding the "Special Days". The standing of contestants for Jnnunry lu Is us fol lows: Number Standing 1 102.94'i 2 $39,173 3 : 14Xfi:t5 4 2.000 5 635,303 . G 2.000 7 20:!.:S63 8 5SS.730 9 170.203 10 82.620 11 TO.OS.'t 12 2.000 14 140.700 15 104 500 It! 543.4S3 17 69.940 IS 608,790 19 458.210 20 102.350 21 463,770 22 131,945 23 625,200 24 2.00J 25 '. 464,015 26 77.S90 2S 365 425 29 81.075 30 2.000 31 : 35.8S0 32 646.33J 33 98,035 34 939.395 35 27,500 36 2S4.440 37 24,450 38 27.500 39 - '. 180.050 40 99.500 41 67.500 42 58,000 43 2.000 44 , 67.00t 45 44,525 46 2.000 J? fi 500 58,000 48 14.7501 50 19.500 51 71.500 52 2 000 63 2.000 54 2.000 65 182,250 56 520.870 57 2.000 58 2.000 69 , 62.25.' 60 61.000 61 2.000 62 2.000 63 2.000 64 !. 2.000 65 90.250 66 17,750 67 14.500 68 11.500 69 2.000 70 2.000 71 24.850 72 71,250 73 95,000 74 2.000 75 2000 76 ..- 2.000 77 117.750 Taylor Enter Pica. O. W. Taylor, of Canby, accused or illegal Intimacy with an adopt id daughter, entered a plea of not guilty In the Circuit Court Saturday. AUTO RACE LEADER HAS MILLION VOTES SENATOR DICK'S VITAL ORGAN SEVERED, 01 REELECTED nnw iimi nrinurn, BILLS ARE VITAL ONE PROVIDES FOR SHORTENING HOURS OF WORK AT MILLS OREGON CITY ONLV PLACE AFFECTED Another Meatur Would, If Paited, Enable Municipality to Annex West Side Without Town' Prmilon HA I. KM, Or, Jan. 21. (Special.) Four bills of vita Interest to Ore gon City and Clackamas County have ijirn Introduced in the legislature b Slate Senator W. A. Dlinlck. Thene. measures were presented lo the Sen ate on Wednesday and Thursday of lust Week and have been referred lo ciiiniuiUecK. Their ultimate fate Is pronlmatical. Two of Ibum were cou M.ien d at the 11)11 session of the leg uluture, and one was passed by the .Senate, alu-r a bard light and was Uu ally killed tu the bouse. This bill is ttit) meiihuro to restrict the hours oi iahor to mills lu plants that operate 22 hours or more per day, and Is aimed at the paper mills of Oregon City. The measure Is known as Son ule i -11 1 No. 45 and follows: A bill for un act to define and lim it the number of hours of labor cun siltiiiln:; a day's work for certain la borer and mechanics and other work men employed in certain manufactur ing tslablishiiit-nts or factories, and tixiug a penalty for it violation. lie it enacted by the people of the statu of Origou: lie It enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the slate of Oregon; Section 1. Eight hours shall con stitute a day s work tor air workmen, laborers, mechanics and other per sons now employed, or who may here aiter be employed, in or about any manufacturing establishment or fac tory employiug labor, except In cases of extraordinary emergency, lnvolv Ing tue protection of property or hu man life. Section 2. Any employer who shall require, permit or suffer any person employed in any manufacturing t tablishnieiit or factory, where labor er are tmploye', to work In any such place mentioned in this act, more lhan eight hours in a day of tweuty four hours, except as in this act pro vided, and any overseer, superinten dent, foreman or agnt of such em ployer, who shall violate any of the provisions of this ct, shall be deem ed guilty of a misdemeanor, and up on conviction thereof, shall be punish ed by a tine of not less than fifty dol dollurs nor more ethnn five hundred dollars, or by Imprisonment in the county jail not less than ten days nor more than one hundred days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Section 3. This act shall apply on ly to such manufacturing establish ments or factories as actively con tinue lu the business In which they are eiifcuged during twenty-two hours or more of any calendar day, and provided that it shall only apply in such Institutions to such employes as an-' engaged during their hours of labor In and about machinery oper ating twenty-two hours or wore on each or uny calendar day. Section 4. Justices of the peace shall have concurrent jurisdiction oveoany of the offenses mentioned in this act.' Another bill that will affect the paper mills anJ the property of the Portland Kailway. Light & Power Co. In West Oregon City Is the meas ure permitting cities to annex terri tory. Under the provisions of this bill Oregon City could bring Into Its limits any portion of West Oregon City without the consent of the prop erty annexed- The bill is designat ed as Smu'e Hill No. 65 and follow s: A bill for an act granting to incor porated cities and towns power to change their boundaries and annex adjoining territory under certain con ditions, and prescribing the method for making such changes of boundary and annexing such territory. He it enacted by the people of the state of Oregon: He It enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the state of Oregon: Section 1. In addition to the meth ods now provided by la.w for change nf boundaries and annexation of ad joining territory by Incorporated cit ies and towns, every such Incorporat ed city and town is hereby granted power to change Its boundaries and annex and Include within the said city or town limits, as a part thereof, jiny adjoining territory not exceed ing two hundred acres at one time. and said adjoining terrlotry and the nronerty therein contained shall be shown by the assessment rolls of the county to have been of an average assessed value of not less than thre thousand dollars per acre for the three years preceding the proposed annexation. The proceedings for such change of boundary and annexa tion of territory under this act shall be as fallows: The common council or other leg islative body of such corporation shall, upon receiving petition there for. Blgned by not less than ine-flfth of the qualified voters of such corpor ation, as shown by the vote cast at the last municipal election held there in, for the office of mayor, submit the question to the electors of such cor poratlon. Such question shall be sub mitted at a special election to be held for that purpose, or at a regular elec tion, as may be demanded by said pe tition . Such council or legislative body Bhall give notice thereof, by pub lication in a newspaper of general cir culation in such corporation, and in the county In which the same is sit uated, for the period of four weeks prior to such election, also by posting (Continued oa page 3) .mi hill .mm CLUB PRESIDENT Although a piece of his liver la missing. John fostello, three-year-old ana I Mr. John Costello, of Il:d land, will recover. The boy was play ing with -a pocket knife Saturday wlieii he accideutly stabbed himself In the abdomen. HI mother realiz ed at once that the lad was serious ly wounded and summoned Dr. II. S. Mount of this city. A haaty examin ation revealed that the knife had pierced the liver and Dr. Mount brought the boy to the Oregon City Hospital, where it was found that one end of the liver had been severed. Despite the serloiines of the wound, the lad has improved contlnuosly since given surgical attention and Dr. Mount say there 1 no doubt a to his recovery. John wa trying to close the knife by pressing the blade ag.ilnst hi abdomen when be s tab hid himself. TO BE SUSTAINED COMMITTEE REPORTS AGAINST DIMICK'S BILL URGING ABROGATION CLACKAMAS REPRESENTATIVES BUSY Gill PreaenU Measure Relating to Road Districts, Corporation and Salarie of Offi cials SALEM, Jan. 21.. (Special.) Sev eral bills were introduced by Clack amas County representatives today. Schuebcl strenuously objected to steam roller tactics, said to have been exercised In the house iu passing a veto over the Governors head. Dim Ick has the losing side in his senate bill to repeal the present rural school supervisory law. The Clackamas County delegation waa in the lime light in the legislative session today. Representative Uill Introduced bills requiring that a director be a stock holder fi a corporation; providing for the creation of county road dis tricts; fixing salary of all county o Ul cers in state and repealing sections of the code reputing to the poll tax Representative1 Schnoerr introduc ed bills providing for county election precincts and to require county offi cials lo publish semi-annual reports of the financial conditions of counties. Repit sentative Schuebel presented a bill providing for lending money from the school fund for Investment of surplus In bonds. A test fight was waged in the house this afternoon in house bill introduc ed by Thompson in the 1911 session, providing for the disposition of cer tain lauds in Oregon which the Gov ernor vetoed. Today's fight resulted In passing the bill over the Govern or's head. The charges of steam roller tactics were fruitless when Hagood attempt ed to speak and was turned down on motion of previous question. Schuebel, explaining vote, arraign ed dictatorial tactics which throttled the chance for members voicing sen timents in regard to bills. Dimick's proposal to repeal the sup ervisory law was reported adversely from tho committee. He made a fight against the adoption of the report and consumed most of the morning session in the senate There were sharp clashes between Diirflck and Joseph. An adverse report also was made on Dimick's bill to repeal the naval militia act He asked re-reference to the committee, declaring he had beard members of the militia were "coming to attack the senate with drawn sa bers and flashing gold braid". He said a big delegation was coming to fight for the bill. Re-reference was secured. BILL FIXING SALARIES SALEM, Or., Jan. 21.,( Special.) Representative Gill of Clackamas in troduced a bill in the legislature em boding a plan for unifying the salar ies of county officials, according to the population, assessed valuation and area of each county. It was er roneously reported that Representa tive Schuebel Introduced the bill. To meet the objection that the sal-1 aries in some of the sparseley settled counties in Eastern and Central Ore gon would be too large In proportion to the salaries in some of the small er but more populous counties If the area was included in fixing the sal aries, the bill fixes a minimum of 3,000.000 acres to be used in the es timates for the counties that have a greater area. The bill, as introduced does not state the salaries for the various classes of counties, of which there will be six. but leaves that to be fill ed In by the committee that will con sider the measure. The deputies are classified Into first, second, third, fourth, and fifth classes. The deputies of the first class shall receive a salary rqual to 60 per cent of the salary of his em ployer, while the second deputy will receive 90 per cent of the salary of the first deputy and the salary of each subsequent class of deputies drops 10 per cent It provides that all fees eoIl-c' by any county official shall be Into the county treasury. SUPERVISOR LAW PAPER MAN IS GIVEN HIGH OF FICE BY UNANIMOUS VOTE LATOURETTE ALSO IS COMPLIMENTED O D Eby Elected Vice Preildent and Frank Buach Treasurer Re ort are Gratifying A signal honor wa conferred upon II. T. Mclialn Saturday evening when he was re-elected president of the Commercial Club. The vote wa unanimous and Mr. Mclialn was cheered enthusiast. cally when he start ed to make his speech of acceptance. After the reports of the various of ficers bad been rrvle, Including a gratifying one by O. E. Freytag, man- B. T. McBain, reelected Preildent of Commercial Club. ager of the promotion department. Hon. Harvey E. Cross, who had been mentioned for the presidency, declar ed that Mr. Mclialn was the one man best fitted for the office. Mr. Cross iu a graceful address told what Mr. Mclialn bad done, and declared it would be to the interests of the club, the city and county that Mr. Mclialn be retained in the office. T- W. Sullivan, on behalf of the club, then presented the president a handsome pin. declaing that Mr. Mc lialn had been an untiring worker for the interests of the community. He agreed with Mr: Cross that it was an honor due a worthy officer to reelect Mr. McBain. Others paid compliments to the efficiency of the president and upon motion the secretary was in seutlng the entire club for Mr. Mc Ilain. The president in response to the unanimous approval of the club Eaid he would continue to work at least four nights a .week in the inter est of Oregon City. This statement elicited more cheers. T. W. Sullivan, O. D. Eby and M. D. Latourette were elected members of the board of governors. Mr. Lar curette succeeds himself and Messrs. Eby and Sullivan succeed T P. Ran dall anu Linn E- Jones. The hold over governors are Frank liusch, J. E. Hedges, Harry Draper, 1). T. Mc lialn and R. L. Hulman. Immediately after the meeting of the club the governors elected O. D. Eby vice-president, Frank liusch treasurer and M. D. Latourette, secretary. President Mclialn in his annual report paid Mr. Latourette a high compliment declar ing that the club could hardly get along without his efficient services Refreshments were served, structed to cast one vote as repre- The report of President McBain la as follows: It being the custom for the retiring president to make a report of the years' work at the Annual Meeting I respect fully submit the following as my re port, showing what I feel the Club has accomplished during the past twelve months: At the last Annual Meeting the Kv Laws were amended, making it possi ble for the members to elect their president from the Board of Governors and the membership limit was raised from 200 to 500. In January, 1912, through, the ef forts of the Clubs Publicity Commit tee, the first chicken show was neld, at which the Oregon City Poultry As sociation was organized, which Asso ciation hud charge of the second show just held. On February 29th a Booster Meeting was held, at which time the By Laws were again amended giving the Board of Governors power to change the membership fee from $25.00 to $1000 at their pleasure. The Board of Governors early in the year subscribed to 250 of "Orego.i City Publicity" the official publica tion of the Club, one copy to be mailed each member. Early In March, Colonel E. llofer, of the Manufacturers' Association, held a "Made in Oregon" campaign meet ing the Club rooms. On April 2nd, the Club entertain-! the members of the Estacada Ciui, county division being the subject un der discussion. During the month of April the Club held a very successful! Biliard Toup ament In the month of May the 1 County Automobile Cltihell ized. June 10th to 13(ne ciub.thi seated the jfe , g) ton, being-Do-elf r