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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE The SaUiprle It.. eSMjr Cletfce"e Iwnl, Htwfptt Ifcel print ail at IHa new) al tale aiewtaa Cewaly. ta wart Ih trie Com pv9 rt With MHfV tf liven aubMritx a a a a a OWKdON (TIT, (WI; ION, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 2. 1917. PIPTVPIMT VtAH-NO. ESTABLISHED 1M LrNGTHY REPORT ISON MADE WELFARE LEAOUt. SIMILAR TO ONI AT SINO SINO. PAVOR 10 V INVSSTIOATORS NfW PffilllNIURY. 10 Bf BUILT BY INMATIS. A180 (i( COMMENDED I Report Softest! Thai Naw Institution NtM Si Units. On. Pu Up las Veer Mara Baiane Dial la Declared N.ctaear, MAI. KM. ora. Jan It iHoaclal lo lb" ICulervrteel 4'ontainlni 101 page of typewritten mailer, exlualve of a summary, Ihr report of the Orrio i Prison Muray board, ronipoeed of P. W Matt) ' Wentworth. of Portland, and K K Urodlr. of Oregon City, waa hied hrn thla afternoon II I. ala rihauallvely wllh many problema of (iflaon admliilalratlon and makea a numbar of Important reoemmrnda llona thai will probably br preeenled to tha legtalature In tha form of bill Tha board rrcommenda thai lha In drlarmlnala aantanra b abollahad. thai th preeent mailmum erntenc be oooeldrrrd tha fliad ei-nlen.ee. rrpl ahrre lha mailmum la an aaalra. aad that tha parolr board lm author I ad lo rwromtn.iid for releaaa any In mala al any lima afiar ha la received at Iba Inatllullnn Tha parole board would ronalat of two turnibam to ba appolntnd by Iba governor, and Hi" executives prlvata secretary The warden and parole officer would nut ba member of Iba parole board l'ndr the present law the parole of ficer la appointed by the alate board of control, and the commlaalon ex preaaaa thr opinion that he ahould be appointed by the parolr board. Control Hoard of 1 Pavorad. Iterommendatlona for the con atrucllon of a modern penltentlarv and the creation of a mm aa'arlr.l rummlaaloti of thn to admlnlati-r it affalra. are contained In tho report Salf aovernment for prlaonara on ex iietiraental baala. and the rrpeal of the law forbidding prlaonera to inanufni lure arth-laa In eoinprlltlon with frer labor, are alao recommended. Thn cotntnlaalon which la to admin later tha prtaon la to be apixilnted by the governor, and la to meat monthly Tho terme for tho first commlaaloncri arn reonmmrnd -d tor two, four ami alx yeara, and on the explrutlon of their roaportlva term the commlaalon .... ,.nntni...l .h.ll I... for . term of alt : ON PR BY SURVEY BOARD yilri tlv Mueller In Iho mldat of u long It la auggoat 'd that a new prison h argument In opKilllon to the BSS ronetruotod tr tho site of tho pros ! This morning tho arguments were ent institution and that It bo built In I continued until shut off b ytho provl .1. ..Ma . e.li aaats aaxaf It 1. ra-om I oils QBSStion bring called for by Hit- mrndo.lthat an outaldo cell aystem be provided. Tho prisoners can bo nil- I I on most of tho construction work 01 the now building and In addition to reducing Iho construction coat, em-1 ployment would be thus provided for them. It Is suggested. Segregation Is I neciMiaary to reformation, and until :i new hiil'dlnir Is nrovldrd neltlmr IIIh I nor the vice problem can he solved Welfare League Recommended. Tho aelf governmriit for prlsbftSrS rerommnndod Is patterned after that used In Sing Sing prison. Itn omtm n dnl Ion is made Hint to attain this end a voluntary mutual wrlfuro lrugur bo established. In connection with punishments the recommendation Is mtds that authority to discipline prisoners bo not ilologatml by tho warden to guards. The report calls attention particu larly to tho nocesHlty of a balanced .li i obtatnlni si tbs psnltsntlsry. it Ih shown that heatlH are seivrd to the InmatiMi every morning at hreakfSSt and Hist the diet Ih BUOb that much of tho food Ih untouched, and wasted. I to cause of tho limited time In which to make Hm Investigations ami report) ths commission was unable to rusks any ipsctDc rsoommendstlon h to tho chariieter of Industries that should he oHtabllshml, hut It ronom inends that hiicIi IndilStrlei that WlU involve n miuiinuin of Investment he considered. Momboni of the ways and tnenns committee who wont to IVndloton to night wore glvon ooptes of tho report to examine iih to the practicability of malting appropriations to cover Homi of the recommendations. OVER QUESTON OF PURCHASE OF $300 LOT WEST LINN IS TO HOLD SPECIAL ELECTION Ovur tho question of n purchase of n $300 lot, the city of Wost Linn will have nn election. Jame Downey, of the Willamette district who tried unsuccessfully to sell the city council a lot for a site for a firo houso has circuited and de posited with Recorder Porter peti tion calling for an initiative election March 6. The petition will proba bly be formally filed today, as the recorder haa 10 days after receiving the petitions to go through this formality. taxpyerswould put STATE LIME OEPOSIIS LIAOUI PAVORS LAW EMPOWIM INO COUNTV TO OltlONATt OFFICERS. PIX SALARIES HAI KU. Or. Jan Z (Hperlal to I tike ttaierprUei The stale Ut payers l.-nKnr il II ninial meeting held here today, declared In favor of ualni prleon labor fur the manufacture of agrlnil tural lluir for the prlntlUK and pub j llehltig of lhi auprein rourt reports , within tha alal under competitive a(,ni on record In support of Ihr m b" h" " on llnads committee and warned all Ui ' ikying bodies Ml lo mlauer ihr C per ' rani tat limitation amendment hjr In- rreaalng lh levy each ..n by t p -r i rot iiuloaa audi InrreBar aliould be nrreaaery Thr league favora rounty home rule In lha HMDl that ea b county aha.ll !. permitted lo designate Ila own tiff I rare and lo fli Ihrlr aalarloa It waa pointed out that In Minn' rountlea, auch aa Multnomah, an auditor la nodsd. and that In that particular rounty tha office of munty aurveyor ehou'd br alxillahed. aa hla work la duplicated by I aag b,y n iba caaa are Ralph Hkula-1 Hcbuabal; auh-trnnk. W I. lUwIey. lha roadBiaater. It waa alao argm-d ,n (.tr i,niOD luymond Suitor, , jr - iranamlaalon wire. Itairoond Cao thal tha power lo regulate aalarlea tgj, Bhlndler. Ixiula llayai. Ruben j ne'd, ,nd guy wlra. 0. D Eby. Cecil of rounty offlrera ahould I taken out v,erK(n. J lleecbman and Stanley j V Kobcy will make arrang. mania for of tha baud, oi 'ba leglalatur I It la Olbton ,h w-eW. ,aBcht)n, probablr that an ainrmltiienl to lh.il T1. Hhlndler boy la the mm of ex- Tha i.lan of Invltlnr all the 5 road oti.tlliltloli. baaed upon Ihr recoln mendallon. will be aubmltted to the I .l. at Hie annual elation In lli The attendance waa good, and Sena tor Waller I'lerre. the league'a preal denl. waa In the chair The reeolu tlona committer conalntad of I'barlra K Hprni e. Ilrnry K Herd. Multnomah: Klbert llr.tr. lane; K K llnidle. Ciark amaa; 0, W Taylor, t'ataop: J. A. Millar, t'tilon. and Jnmea Stewart. Wheeler SCHOOL BIEl PISSED BY HOUSE MEASURE WITHDRAWS STATE AID' FROM ALL INSTITUTIONS CON. NECTEO WITH CHURCHES. SA1.K.M, Or. Jan 30 Th llownittti ;mtl socturian Inalltute bill laxaard the house thla morning, with 3S voting for. Su ugalnst, 1 absent and 1 excused. Consideration of the bill was taken up yostrrduy afternoon and tho eve- 'ilK adjournment found Roproaonla- er. but on roll call member after member rose to explain hla vote until! U half past eleven o'clock before , the roll waa completed, and the vote announced- Tho meusitro provides for thy care of dependent, ilollnciiiont and dofrctlvoj liclUlrcn. und withdraws all stato aid frcmi M'Ctariun ItiHtltutionH. It haa' been a storm center In tho house slncoj lis Introduction, charge being freel made both before the oomml und! on the BOOT Of the house that ulterior motives lurked back of the bill sad that It wiih nlmemd at the l atltollc in stitutions which have been cnrlng for dependent children, und rei ol mm; stair aid therefor. Bowman, the author of ths bin. opened tho discussion. Ho said the purpose of the bill was fair. It was an effort to change the policy of tho state in reference to the enro of de pendent ohlldren, to take state support from private Institutions, and cnuse the StatS to support them. It did not lake ohlldren now In the cUHtody of such Institutions from them, but sim ply provided that no additional aid hIioiiUI be extended. Representative Brownell, or Olsoka- nniH county, voted against ths bill and Representative Stephens end Oedmon, also of that county, favored It. DIVORCE DECREE SIGNED. Circuit Judge Campbell Thursday signed a decree divorcing Lucille Ward from John Ward, she is allowed to lake buck her maiden name, Lucille Kord. Tho city council, while not agreed on the site of the proposed fi rehouse, is unanimous in opposing the Downey lot, which is not on the Main street of Willamette. Mr. Downey want $300 for hi property, snd the city haa been offered lots nearer the cen ter of the town for $200. Mr. Downey circulated petitions asking the council to buy his proper ty, and as soon a he learned that tho council intended to purchase other property, he drew up petitions for an initiative election. TAKES UP OE 8 BOYS MILWAUKII YOUTHS SAMPLE LIQUOR AND START TO WRICK PIRIHOUM. THREE, INCiyDING SON OE EORMER MAYOR, SUSPENDED f ROM SCHOOL Boya Br.ak Tabla, Thraw Ink Wall Through Window and Pull Up Fanca Racordar Plnat lach of light .' " Kollowlng their plea or guilty Mon day night lo a charge of dlalurblng tba peace. It became known Here Tueaiiuy that tha dlatrlct atlorney'a office hai alarted aa Intoatlgatlon of tha caae of elKht Mllwatikle lioya. ranging In uge from Hi to 18 yeara. who became more! or leaa drunk on the night of January I ti at the rUat Mllwatikle flrehouae. I i M.,1P u Hhlndler. of Mllwaukli- tnd Hkulaaon aon of II. Q Skulaaon. a Portland attorney. Knlph Sktriaann haa bean auaiendrd from the Mllwauklo arhoola for the real of the year and Carl llanaon and l.onla Hhlndler for one month Thr boya met nt the Mllwnukle flre houae and overindulged In liquor. They broke a table In the flrehouae, threw an Ink bottle through n window I and pulled up a neighboring fence Thev are alito aald to have uaed nro- fun., lanctiage. The urrrnt. punlahment ind expul alon from achool of tha boya haa cre ated u blK arnitntloti In Mllwauklo. The luime iiIkIiI that they were taken be fore Recorder Mathewa. the school I lionrd met. dlacuaaed the cane and dr I elded lo attat-end thoar boya who were In the nffulr and were attending achool. Maralial Riley arreatetl the youtha He aaya he hnd dlfftrultv In nervlni; n few of the warrants, and It waa sev - - . I. - II I .. . ., STATE CASE WHO HAD BOOZE rrri unjii mii-r hsb li.? uinui i by Dr. Anderson, or liooa itiver ana the flrohouse before all the boya were Wmco' wlth MVCrii uriklng amend- nndor nrrasL II. 0. Skulason appoanHl j u,enU a minority report., content- ut thr hearing Monday nlsht, but uo!la,(,d rietiresentatlve Ufferty. of attorney appeared formally for the boys. They entered a plou of guilty and were fined $2.76 each Tbe fines were puld. Several weeks ago the Mllwatikle express office wna broken Into and about TO bottle of liquor were stolen. There mior oo some connection be tween the theft of the liquor and the kdrsntltrs of the eight boys. MACHINES ARE RUNNING IN W. P. HAWLEY MILL , big paper machine, however, WILL NOT BE IN OPERATION UNTIL MARCH 20. Machinery In the new $1,000,000 ud ill) Ion to tho plant of the Hawiey Pulp & Paper company la being touted out for the first time now und before the end of tho week practically nil of the plant, with the exception of the big paper machine, win be running. The first of tho six wood pulp grind era In the mill on the island were start ed up Monday and Tuesday the wet machines In the Main street mill were put In operation. A 1k plpo connects the mill on tho Islnml with the Main street plant, to curry pulp. The wot machines are now ut work preparing pulp for storage. W. r. Hawiey, Jr., said Tuesday that the new paper machine would probably be In operation about March 20, To date 44 cars of part have been received hero for this hugo machine yet there Is moro to come. Tho last car has loft the east, however, and only a few Individual part which will he the last to be put on tho machino 1 are yet to ho- shipped from Helolt, where the machine was made. Tha paper machine alono will cost $128. 000. RIOTS TO BE PREVENTED. RL I'ASO, Tex.. Jan. 29. Prepara tions were being made tonight on both the American and Mexican sides of tho river to stop any further quarantine riots nt the Intornntlonal bridge to morrow morning when tho port opens at 7 o'clock. Through Andre Gnrctr, inspector general of Currunza. consulates, the Juarez police and military will co opornto to prevent further demonstra tions, and a large number of de fncto roups and gendarmes will be stationed at tho Mexican end of the bridge when the port open. Lightning caused 27tt per ecnt of the 1091 forest fire auppretied by the Forest Service, In Oregon, Wash ington and Alaska, during tbe season of 1916. PRIZE WINNERS II S. P. FUR TO BE GUESTS 8E IT LIVI WIRIt PLAN ENTERTAIN MINT SPECIAL COMMITTII OOEB TO SALEM The 40 t'lackamai county man and woman who wop aaanl. at the I'aoa ma I'aclfU: eipoallkm In Han Kranrlaco will ba tueata of honor al tba Uva Wlra lunrbroa Tuaaday. K. iruary 13 ArrnniietnenU for the affair wara iiiad" at tha lunckaon Tuaaday Tba prliee and diplomat, which are now on dlaplay at Iba Compierrial i lub rooma. will than ba dlaUlbat-d The l.lrc Wlraa farther trengtbened their rampaigv agaJnai lianalnf the routr of the Pacific Highway from Ita preeent aurvay through ciarkamaa county, by appointing li. K Croaa. I). (1. M tark weather uifl " I' Kby a apa clal commit tea to go lo Sulrm Tuaa- day nlgbt and praaen' (ir. ron Clty'a caae liefore leglatalHr . ommltteaea A. King Wllaon. may r of tawe(o. dla- uaaiHl the proiioaad aute highway. , n ifln,.,j (n rtrlou bllli BOW before tbe iininluture. The following offlcrm were elected i iha Una Wlraa Main Trunk ('. aiipervlaora Into Oregon i lly and en tertalnlng them aoma day next month waa laid on the table until tbe Live Wires learn what the Irrlalature will do In regard to the law. Ku .emlng the aupervlaora RADICAL BONE-DRY BILL IS NOW BEFORE HOUSE RESTRICTIONS ARE EVEN MORE RADICAL THAN WHEN MEAS URE WAS INTRODUCED. 8A1.EM, Ore-, Jan. SO. One more atep toward making 0 econ bono dry' waa made tbia mom'" -vhen the com mlttee on alcohale- 'fic reported . f,vorahy on hottso bill 100. Introduced ... . M. A ltenton. never saw thr light us lis soon sor withdrew It before the adoption of the majority report. One of the most drastic changea In the hill, from Its original form, is the reduction from two to one quart a month that a person can buy on pre scription for medical, scientific or mechnnlcal purposes. Another strik ing revision is that physicians will not be allowed to prescribo Intoxicat ing liquors In any form for medical purposes. I'ermlts for the purchase of alcohol will hnve to be signed by the district attorneys in person and not by any deputy, as the original bill provided. five daya of grace after the enact ment of the law Is given to common carriers to deliver Intoxicating liqu ors imported under the original act, although un arden tight was made for n 10-day period, which received bitter oposition from the radical bone dry element. If the common carriers have any uncalled for packages after tho llve-dny period, they wll lhave to re turn them within a period of 30 days to the consigning firm. Not a member Of the house has fail ed to receive one or more suggestions from constituents as to modifications of the bill. Ono representative receiv ed a letter from a ministerial associa tion urging him to father a clause pro hibiting the bringing into the stuto, by an airship or sulunurine, Intoxicating liquors. At the request of Dr. Anderson tho hill was made a special order of bus! noss Monday morning at 10:30 when tho arguments for and against the emergency clause will be presented if any opposition to the bill Is to de velop. Representative Ix'wis raised his voice In protest against voting for the bill until printed copies of the amendments had been placed on the desks of the members, bo that they miKlit know what they were voting for. Speaker Stanfleld assured him that tho amendments were In the hands of the printer and that they will be on the desks In plenty of time to give due consideration. The Enterprise received a telegram from Congressman W. C. Hawiey Mon day announcing that the postoffico de partment had authorized mail service between Oregon City and Monitor over the Willamette Valley Southern. Two round trips will be made dally, ex cept Sunday. The route will mean a big improvement in the mall service in the district which It will serve. Service will begin Febnisry 18. At present mail to Monitor goes through the Woodburn postofflce and I taken to Monitor by carrier. The mall will go out from Oregon City over the new electric road. The Willamette Valley Southern haa been carrying mall only aa far aa Molalla. THIRD PLAN TO SPLIT COUNTY IS Af OOT AT SALEM RE PR ESI NT ATI VI STEPHENS AN NOUNCES BILL TO AOO "PAN HANDLE" TO MULTNOMAH SANDY, BULL RUN, BORING AND MUCH TERRITORY IN DISTRICT Houee Committee on Count. Reporta Favorably on Caacade County and Vela by Thwraday la Likely Stephana la Confidant HAI.EM. Ore.. Jaa. M Special to '" Knterpriaai-Another plan to ipllt ('lackrmae county the third at the present session of the legislature waa announced today by Repreeentatlre H. C Stephens, of Clackamas, chairman of tbe houee commlmttee on counties The boundarlea of tbe propoeed Csa cade county do not take In a atrip of territory along tba Multnomah rounty Una about one township wide. Includ ing the towna 'r1ng. Hull Run and Q.nilv mnt l.pa MWaan nt laretlne The fact that lha creation of Caa would leave a long panhandle along the Multnomah rounty line waa one of tho argument, uaed by antl-dlvlslon-IsU against the creation of th new county. Representative Stephens, while un derstood to be In touch with the move ment to annex the atrip to Multnomah, decllnned to say who would Introduce the bill. It will probably come up In a few daya. Cascade County Favored. The house committee on counties went on record today aa unanimously In favor of the creation of Cascade countv. The Cascade countv bill will j ,,,,,, up ror (ujrj reading in tha houaa tomorrow, but a vote before Thursduy Is not likely, aa about 30 bill are ahead of the meaaure on the bouse calendar. Representative Stephen i confident that the bouse will paw the Caacade county bill, but a lively Ogbt la ahead of It In the ienat?. a Senator Dlmk-k of Clackamas has bean active In lining up opposition during the laat few day. Brownell Introduce BUI. Representative Krcwnell. of Clacka mas, today Introduced a hill which would prohibit tbe endorsement of a candidate without the written consent of the candidate. Stephen made a vigorous apeech in favor of tbe eight-months school bill, which pass-d the house this afternoon. He U famllar with rural shcool con ditions. BROWNELL BRINGS IIP BILL 10 ABOLISH THE OFFICE OF RECORDER CLACKAMAS REPRESENTATIVE IS FATHER OF TWO BILLS, RE PUDIATES ANOTHER. SAI.EM. Ore. Jan. (Spoclal to the Enterprise) A bill abolishing the office of county recorder in Clackamas county wus Introduced In the state leg islature today by Representative lieorge c. Hrownell. of Clackamaa. Clackamas Is one of the few counties In tho state which still has a recorder of conveyances. In most counties this work Is done by tho county clerk. Representative Hrownell also Intro- duccd a bill whioh would extend the closed season for salmon in the Colum bia west of the Deschutes until Decem ber 1. A bill which bore the name of Repre sentative Hrownell to regulate licens ing and examining chiropractors was repudiated by him after Its introduc tion. He claimed thut someone had "slipped it over'1 without his know ledge nnd had forged his name to it. He said that it will be withdrawn in the morning. The contending senate and house committees, still sparring for points, named two sub-committees today. Ono committee will pass on the tax commis sion bills and the other on conflicting labor consolidation bills. This leaves Senator Dimick nnd Representative Hrownell practically out of the selec tion of which bills will be approved. Senator Dimick today Introduced the three highway bills as announced yes terday and already a lobby of road men has started to appear. WORKINGMEN OPPOSE PEACE MANCHESTER, England, Jan. 25. The labor conference this afternoon rejected by a vote of more than three to one a resolution favoring the im mediate offer of peace proposals. The conference defeated a motion proposing an international congress of Socialists to be held simultane ously with the peace conference. Some of the delegates said It would be Impossible for Socialists from the entente nations to meet Germans la this way. MANY n mi ... H oltK. IIIHTHHK iL OREGON ROAD SYSTEM ARE POINTED IT IN REPORT Tba lark of an ado.uale road coda and buslncaa rffiu racy In tba malateti an. and construe lloa of lha roada of Oregon la strongly brought out in lha annual report of John II. Lawla. stale engineer, which baa uat been pub- listed Ih - report takea up tbe bun- drad and one problems in connection with road work. die. uased paving from all IU angles and rile, rsainplea to bringing out the conclusions drawn by the stale ingMiay. Oregon spends on roada bet wean four and alx million dollara annually according to tbe report, yet becauee of an antique road system, lha state or county does not get 100 i enta on the dollar epent. la tha matter of road officials. Oregon baa ISt, members of county courts, It: supervisors. II sur veyora and about 1C ruadmoatera. over 1000 la ail. and all acting more or leaa Independently of each other In the ax pendllure of thla great annual aum. Systematic records, showing the coat par yard of fills and cute, tha coat of surfacing with grairl or crushed rock, of clearing or the other Items that enter Into tba conatructlon and maintenance of roada. are not kept. I ff cord, 10 J? thorough organization. Ilkewlae thrre la little or no buslaeaa ayatem In the work. Tbe report bring oat tbe Interesting historical fact that the preeent cum beraome syatem of road laws bad Ita birth la Oregon City. Many of the early settlers in th. territory of Ore gon were from Iowa. The first seasion of the legislature met In Oregon City. July it, 1S4. and adopted the laws sa a guide. No aeaalon laws were printed, there seams to have been some doubt aa to Juat what lawa were In force. Wheo the special session of May litiQ. met in Oregon City, a commit tee waa appointed to select and print 20 of the lawa of Iowa which would be of the great.- t acrvicn to the people of Oregon. Among theee were two chapter of road laws, and thus did ' the present rode have Its beginning. For the last OS year the code ha been changed by enactment, amondmeent and repeal untn many sections of the are dv.plVatew either In exact wording or In Intent, others are con fllcttng and still others of no practical use whatsoever. Theae condition cumbersome law, lack of continuity of effort and service are reponlble for one of the greatest waste of public funda. believe tho state engineer. Example are oil- ed. In one countv two steel bridge are under construction where the coat 1 estimated to be greater than the cost of changing the road to the oppo site bank of the river, thus lelinlnating both bridge. In another county a malntrunk road Is being built like a railroad, practically on level grade In a wet country, with long tangent nnd correspondingly heavy cut and fill, where the fills are on soft erounds. . causing shrinkage or settlement, in I some cases a much as 100 per cent, and correspondingly difficulty in build ing culverts. The report adds that the man In charge had no previous experi ence In highway construction. According to the report. Clackamas county has 1227 miles of surveyed rouds. This county contributes 3.6$ per cent of the mate road fund, yet has only 2.2S per cent of the total state roads Of work during 1916 in Clackamas county, tho report says: "Upon petition of the county court of Clackamas county the State High way commission on May 15, 1916, au thorized a survey between Oregon City and New Era. following the east bank of the Willamette river. This section when constructed will become a link in the Pacific Highway eliminat ing from that route the detour now followed over the hill between those places, wmcn mciuaes a steep granc of considerable length at each end. This survey covering 5.09 mileB was made by J. H. Scott, locating engineer, nnd completed in July, 1916. "On July 31, 1916. the Highway com mission made an allotment of $15,000 for ocnstructlon on this section, con- i tingent upon the county court of Clack- j HARMONY REIGNS IN MERGER PLANS WITH TWO CLACKAMAS LEGISLATORS HEADING MOVE SAI.EM, Ore., Jan. 26. (Special tt the Enterprise) Pence and quiel seemod to settle down on the mergei affairs at the closing of a joint ses stin of the consolidation commute, this afternoon when all side practicall agreed to report favorably on a bill consolidating the Industrial uccideni commission, the state labor commis sion, the public welfare commission and the board of child labor inspectors Tho bill cuts off two nccidont commis sioners and places the labor commis sloner on the commission with one ac cident commissioner. This was the report from the sub committee and Chairman Dimick and Hrownell both agreed to its provision It will probably be reported In Tuesday and every effort will be made to shove it through both house. lriiT Al. H(K ln V SU )Liii aasaa rounty appropriating tilM he esgeadsd in connect ion with the aula funds Inasmuch aa tha $2t.S0O thua provided would only shoot build tha eertlon from Oregon City to New Kra according to tha preliminary eatl- construction work was post to permit of the aubmlaaUm of tha project on request for federal aid Project plana and statement for this purpoae are la course of preparation aad II la proposed to submit a two-eee-aon program, grading lo be dove dur ing 117 and aurfariag la 1111, thua allowing tha county to provide Ita share of the necessary faads la two yean rather than one. The total ex P-nae to date for survey a, plana, eat! mates, etc.. haa been ISS1J7. In the meantime, the county, with aaalataace from tbe Southern Pacific company, haa constructed one small sectloo of the project, which ellml natea two railroad grade crossings, at an eipmae of approximately $10AS.n The Male engineer recommends tbe following state road plan: "We should divide our roada Into threw clsasae: -1. State. ' I. Coenty. -a. District. "State route should Include the Im portant Inter-county and Interstate route, and connect the various county Their distribution should be such aa to adequately serve the needs of all parte of the state These route should be selected by the legislature, and numbered in tbe law. State and government funds should be expended upon tbeae and no other. No commlaalon or body other than 1 the leglalaturr ahould have power to amend such plan. The 'state routes' should further be classified aa primary and secondary so aa to indicate upon which tbe great est effort should be oencentrated, though not prohibiting expenditure on econdary route until the primary route are completed. "These shou'd be ipoken of as ' state routes. ' for the reason that some of our shortest interstate routea have not aa et been opened up "Aa soon aa the state haa ronstrect- I ed any section of theee routes, snd ' undertaken the maintenance thereof. " hould ,hw known as a state ro'"1- "Pr1or 10 8u n construction of any I unlt- counties should construct or j nslntaln mad to meet their need, "rnese rou,e ,l!0ul Mr cribed In the law. such aa: Pacific Highway. Ileginnlng at the Washington state line In the vicinity of Portland, thence southerly through Portland. Salem. Eugene and Ashland , l the California line, j ' - Columbia Jtlver Highway. I Vrom Astoria, along the south bank j of tho Columbia River through Port- I """ lBm "" aeaae, m u Washington state line. '3. John Day Highway From Port laud, across the mountain south of Mt. Hood, thence up the John Day valley across linker and Malheur coun ties to the Idaho line near Ontario. "i. The Dalles-California Highway southerly through llend and Klamath Falls to the California line. "Other routes, though shorter, should be similarly described until u proper state system Is provided. These routes should be held to the minimum, which is necessary to equitably serve all parts of the state. "Only the important towns or cities concerning which there Is no possible dispute should be mentioned in such descriptions The detailed location should only be fixed after complete surveys have been made, and based upon engineering reasoning. "In the accompanying tentative plan of a state highway system, which has been prepared In co-operation with the representatives of the V. 8. office of public roads, the IT. S. Forest ser vice, and which has had the approval of the State Highway commission, there are approximately 2,240 miles Of primary routes, 2,026 miles of sec ondary routes, or a total of 4,268 miles. This is approximately ten per cent of the tota' mileage of the state." Representative Stephens stated to day thut the report of his committee on the Cascade county bill would prob ably be returned the middle of next week, but did not intimate what tho committee would say in tbe matter. Some members were away today, and no discussion is expected on the final report before Monday or Tuesday and It will probably be Wednesday before the final report i in. Stephens urged the passage of the Olson kindergarten bill before the house today. He pay most of hi taxes in Multnomah county and the bill affects that county only. Dimick introduced a bill making It a crime to threaten an officer and (till another bill relating to open bidding on specification for hard surface pavement