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6 THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1907. PUTS REMEDY IN PEOPLE'S HANDS Malarkey's ( Bill Will Curb Southern Oregon's Land" Monopoly." TWO COUNTIES IN GRASP (reedy Corporation Ilefuses to Sell Holdings In Accordance With Terms or Coos Bay Wa gon Hoarl Grant. SALEM, Or., Feb. B. (Pjferlal.) To compel Coos County land barons to dis gorge their lands at $:.S0 an acre and In tracts not exceeding 160 acres to one purchaser this In compliance with the terms under which the barons received the lands from the National Govern ment and the state of Oregon, Senator Malarkey has Introduced Senate Bill No. 158. The bill cuts loose-the people of Coos and Douglas Counties from the grip of a inn,nno-acre land monopoly the Southern Oregon Company a corpora tion that refuses to sell the land and claims right to sell on Its own terms and at its own price as possessor of ab solute title, or to retain possession as It chooses all this In violation of the terms under which the predecessor of that company, the Coos Bay Wagon Road Company, received the lands from the National Government and the State of Oregon, by virtue of a land grant act of Congress of 1869. Those terms required sale of the lands to any applicant In tracts not larger than 160 acres to one purchaser, on payment of I2.SO an acre. The Malarkey bill authorizes any re fused applicant to sue the Southern Or egon Company in the name of the State of Oregon, and requires the Circuit Court, after due legal process, to order conveyance of title within ten days. This hill is significant of the wide spread demand of the state that the land grant companies of Oregon shall be held to the terms of their holdings. The Southern Pacific Railroad, as suc cessor to the Oregon & California and the Oregon Central Railroads, which received land grants from Congress In 1866-70, under similar stipulations as did the Coos Bay Company under the act of 1869, .holds 3.000.000 acres of land under these conditions ("160 acres" and "$2.50 an acre"), this being the remnant of the 6,500,000 acres received from the United States. State Was Not Party. The State of Oregon was not, how ever, a party to the grants made to the two constituent companies of the Southern Pacific, as to the grant made to the Coos Bay Company; consequently there is doubt as to whether it could sue to enforce compliance with the terms of the rants or authorize any of Its citizens to do so. As to the Southern Pacific lands, Sen ator Mulit, of Jackson, has presented a Joint memorial calling on Congress to take action toward rounding up that railroad and compelling it to comply with the terms of its grants of lands. If Congress should confer on individ uals its right to hold tlie Southern Pa cific to the terms of the railroad grants, the question as to those lands might be settled the same way in Federal courts, as the Malarkey bill proposes to do in the Oregon courts. The Coos Bay lands have been Jug- Kled by high finance ever since grabbed by the wagonroad company in the early 70s. The road was laid out so as to take in the largest possible bodies of good land and fine timber, with many windings and twists, which should not have been allowed, in this doing the same as the Oregon & California Rail road. The road was poorly built in the first place and Is practically impossible now for most of the year. For a long time it was a toll road. It is little used and Is of small benefit to its part of the state. Klljah Smith Is the heaviest owner in the company. The Malarkey bill is a long one of six typewritten pages, half of which contain the preamble, setting forth history of the land and grievance of the people of Coos and Douglas Coun ties. The lands affected by it were do nated by the National Government by an act of March 3, 1869, to the State of Oregon, for the purpose of "aiding the state In constructing a wagon road from Roseburg to Coos Bay. Country Then Unsettled. At that time the country lying be ttveen Roseburg and Coos Bay was not settled and contained no roads leading either to Roseburg, where there was communication with the outside world. or to Coos Bay, where there was ocean commerce, A road was needed, there fore, through this - great intervening; area. In order to open it up for settle ment and to establish communication between two important parts of the state. No few settlers could afford to open a road either way. but a large number of them, by contributing a small sum of money each, could raise sufficient funds to do the work. The scheme was devised by 'fearing- Congress withdraw from entry half the lands on each side of the road, designated by odd num bers, in a strip three miles wide on each side, this land to be offered fir sale in quantities of not more than 10 acres to one purchaser, and at a price not exceeding 12.60 an acre the pro ceeds to be spent on building the road and thus opening the country. To put this plan into effect Congress passed the act of 1SB9, creating the State of Oregon a trustee to carry It out. It will ba seen that there was no intention of allowing all the lands thus set apart to pass Into the hands of one person or company. The act set up guards against creation of a land monopoly, that has been created. The tict of 1869 laid specific Injunctions on the trustee, which became a part of the land laws of the United States. In 1870 the legislature passed an net donating the land to the Coos Bay Wagon Road Company, under the conditions and limitations set forth in the act of Congress of the preceding year. The legislative act was as fol lows: Text of Donation Art. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assem bly of the State of Oreg-on: Section 1. That there is hereby grant ed to the Coos Bay 'Wagon Road Com pany all lands, rights of way. rights, privi leges and immunities heretofore granted or pledged to this state by the act of Con gress In this act heretofore cited, for the purpose of aiding said company in con structing the road mentioned and described In said act of Congress, upon the condi tions and restrictions therein prescribed. - Kec. 'J. There is also hereby granted and pledged to said company all moneys. lands, rights, privileges and Immunities which may hereafter be granted to this state to aid In the construction of such road for the purposes and upon the condi tions and limitations mentioned In said act of Congress or which may be mentioned in any further grants of money or land to aid in constructing such road. Sec. i. Inasmuch as there is no law upon this subject at the present time, this act shall be In force and effect from end after Its passage. Congress did not Intend the road com pany to- acquire all or any of the lands of the grant, for the state. In execution or the trust "shall sell the same to any one person only in quantities not jrrealer man one quarter section. It is con tended In behalf of the state that the state could not grant the entire trust estate to the road company, for the lat er could not be the party entitled to them. The parties entitled to them were individuals of a numerous class, or tho public. Consequently It is contended that the road company was excluded as the sole beneficiary entitled to the lands. It Is also insisted that the limitations on the trusteeship attached Inseparably to tne land ana could not be dissolved. However, a question arises as to wheth er there was not a breach of trust in the State's conveying to the company, a breach since validated by long? lapse, of time and by subsequent enactments of Congress, authorizing Issuance of pat ents to the company through the state. Sold Them In Lump. InBtead of selling the lands to indi viduals at J2-W) an acre, in tracts not larger than 160 acres to one purchaser, the Coos Bay Wagon Road Company transferred the title to the lands to the Southern Oregon Company, which re fuses to sell to individuals, thus barring great areas from settlement. This is in violation of the act of Con gress, providing that "any one" might acquire the land by paying $2.50 an acre, the money to be devoted to building the road. The idea that one company or per son could acquire all the lands is, express ly negatived by the provision of the act o foCngress limiting sales to ISO acres to any one person. Only by disposing of the lands to many persons could the trustee discharge the trust and relieve the lands of the trust Imposed upon them. The people of Coos County, eager to have the land parceled out to individu als in 1904, caused I K. Nichols to ap ply for purchase one-quarter section and to tender the $2.50 an acre required by act of Congress. The Southern Oregon Company refused to convey title and suit was instituted in the United States Dis trict Court at Portland. Judge Bellinger presiding, to compel conveyance. Judge Bellinger, however, held that the suit could not be maintained because Nichols was not entitled to object to nonperform ance of the conditions of the land grant. To remedy this matter and give the people of Coos and Douglas Counties the right to enforce against the Southern Ore gon Company, the state's right that the lands be sold according to the act of Congress Senator Malarkey has intro duced his bill. The bill validates all sales heretofore made In violation of the terms of the act of Congress. WOULD XOT BE EFFECTIVE Why Wholesalers Object to True Weight Clause In Burns Bill. SALEM, Or., Feb. 5. (Special.) Object ing to a clause of the bill of Representa tive Burns, of Multnomah, regulating the branding of foods, a number of Portland jobbers were here yesterday and today, before the House committee on food and dairy products, Burns chairman. The clause, it is alleged, would require the rebrandlng of many goods which ire im ported into the state and which the deal ers have no means of knowing to be of full weight or measure. As the dealers have no means of con trolling the branding of such goods, and a state law could not reach the packers or manufacturers in another ' state or abroad, It is alleged that the clause If enacted would either be a dead letter or would shut out of Oregon many kinds of canned and bottled goods. The clause complained of in Bums' House bill 36 is as follows: For the purpose of this act an article shall be deemed to be mlsbranded ... If the package, bottle or container shall not bear the true net weight or net measure, the true grade or class of the product, the same to be expressed in clear, distinct English words. In black type on a white background. The size of the type shall be no smaller than eight-point (brevier) caps; provided, that in case the size of the package .will not permit the use of eight-point cap type, the size of the type may be reduced propor tionately. Among the Portland men who protest ed against the clause were L. A. Lewis, of Allen & Lewis: Samuel C. Kerr, of Wad hams & Kerr Bros.; Henry Hahn, of Wadhams & Co., and Ed Ehrman, of Mason, Ehrman & Co. It ,is contended that inasmuch as the interstate commerce law does not touch the goods that , would be brought into the state and would be made amenable to the proposed Burns law, the Ml' could not be effective. ALARMS WRIGHTMAN'S FRIENDS Coshow Makes Move Against Corpor ation Tax Collection Bill. SALEM. OK. Feb. 5. (Special.) Senator Coshow "threw a scare" Into the friends of F. T. Wrlghtman yester day when he moved that Senate bill 59, by Smith of Marion, be withdrawn from the ways and means committee and referred to the committee on Judi ciary. He said that the purpose of the bill is to Increase, the number of em ployes in the office of the Attorney General, and add new duties to the of fice, and he thought the bill belonged to the Judiciary committee. Senator Smith, chairman of the .committee, said that he exnects to rpnnri It tnmrtr.nm ) and thought since it carries an appro- ... -"unLii c iriL wiiii ma com mittee until a report could be made. Coshow then withdrew his motion. The bill requires the Attorney-General to collect delinquent corporation ta.xes, and permits him to employ a special assistant for this work. It is generally understood around the Capi tol that F. T. Wrlghtman Is to have the position if the bill gets through. When opposing Coshow's motion. Sen ator Smith said that he knew very little about the bill, as it was handed to him by Jittorney-General Crawford. This occasioned some surprise In the Senate Cnamber. for the sunnoattinn was that the Senator had prepared the diii nimseii. Senator Coshow's motion is taken as an indication that the Judiciary com mittee is not favorable to the measure and will slaughter It if It gets a chance. House Passes Northup Bills. SALEM. Or., Feb. 6. (Special.') Three bills of Representative Northup, of Multnomah, went through the House today, one extending the re demption notice that judgment debtors may give to the buyers of their real property from two to 30 days, requir ing buyers to record their place of res idence, so that they may be served with notice of redemption and requir ing redemption to be recorded. The other bill allows a husband or wife to act as attorney In fact for the other to mortgage their property or sell it, or bar dower or curtesy. The bill also enables the husband and the wife to bar curtesy or dower by signing separate deeds. The third hill -provides that deeds in foreign countries may be executed either according to the laws of Oregon or of those coun tries. Good tea and coffee, a nice pair of twins schilling's Best- KAY BILL DEFEATED Change in System of Trans porting Convicts Opposed. VICTORY FOR SHERIFFS Senate Fails . to See Advantages of Measure Fathered by Watchdog of State Treasury Gets but Five Votes." SALEM, Or., Feb. 5. (Special.) Sena tor Kay's bill for the transportation of convicts by prison guards Instead of by sheriffs was defeated in the Senate this morning by a vote of 5 ayes to 22 noes. Kay supported the bill as a measure of economy, saying that the act of the last Legislature for the transportation of In sane patients has saved 40 per cent of the former cost-of transportation. B'.ns ham opposed the bill, saying the law1 re garding transportation of insane was passed upon humanitarian grounds and not as a measure of economy. .He be lieved the sheriffs are not getting to large an Income, and if they receive a few dollars from the state for convey ing an occasional prisoner no harm has been done. Senator Mulit, of the committee which reported the bill favorably, said that one of the principal abuses which this bill seeks to correct is that by which sheriffs charge $2.50 for cab hire from the depot to the prison after arriving In Salem. In sane patients are taken from the depot to the asylum for $1, under the new plan, and the prisoners could be taken for 15 cents by going on the streetcars. "Why not have them walk and save the 15 cents?" inquired Senator Bing ham. Senator Whealdon asserted that there ha& been no saving in the cost of trans portation of insane, for the local author ities must rent rooms, employ attendants olid pay other expenses while holding a patient pending the arrival of an attend ant from the asylum. Neither is the new plan more humane, said he, for the pa tients are kept in cells or rooms not suited for the purpose, and would be uetter off if on the way to Salem. Senator Smith, of Umatilla, could not agree with Whealdon that the new pian of conveying Insane patients was not more humane, hut said the same reason ing did not apply to convicts. There is good reason why the Sheriff should ac company the prisoner to Salem. After a man has been convicted and there is no more hope of his going free, he will talk about himself and his associates, and if the Sheriff accompanies him to the penitentiary he has an opportunity to en gage in conversation with his prisoner and get out of him much information that he could not get while the man was jail awaiting trial. This opportunity to talk with prisoners has often been of assistance to the sheriffs. Senator Johnson opposed the Kay bill, s&ying that there was not the same rea son .for it that there was for the in sane patients bill. Senator Beach was also opposed and took occasion to 1ab Marion County. He said the Kay bill is simply an attempt to strengthen the Marion County machine by furnishing employment for- guards who will travel over the state. Senator Coshow said the principal reason urged so far in support of the Kay bill was that the Sheriff of Marion County got $8 for transporting a pris oner from the courthouse to the prison. If the purpose Is to cut out this charge it could be done without changing the whole plan of transporting convicts. Sen ator Sichel added that the discussion seems to show that the principal need is an auditing officer who will reduce sheriffs' bills like that spoken of, where $S is charged for transporting a convict two miles. Senators Cole and Nottingham thought the present law providing for transport ing Insane patients by attendants from tile asylum is bad. Senator Kay said that one of the chief abuses under the present system is that the Sheriff from Multnomah County brings up a prisoner at night after office l.ours and goes back in the morning, hut chaigeafor two days for himself and guard, whereas the trip should be mnde in one day. Senator Smith, of Marion, favored the present plan, as It will permit the sher iffs to visit the prison occasionally and Keep in touch with criminal affairs. The vole on the Dill was: Ayes Kay, Malarkey, Miller of Linn, itiulit, Wright, 5. Noes Bailey', Beach, Bingham, Booth, Bowerman, Caldwell, Coke, Cole, Coshow, Hedges, Hodson, Johnson, Laughary, Laycock, McDonald, Miller of Linn-Marion, Nottingham, Sichel. Smith af Marlon. Smith of Umatilla, Whealdon, President Haines. 22. . Absent Wart, Mays. Scholfleld, 3. UXIQCE QAVEL GIVEN DAVEY Made From Famous Pieces of Wood for Historical Society. SALEM, Or., Feb. 5. (Special.) A unique gavel was presented to Speaker Uavey today by George H. Hlmes, of the Oregon Historical Society. The gavel is made of five kinds. of wood, beautifully put together. Each wood is suggestive of important phases of Oregon history, as follows: The yellow wood is the Oregon grape, flist mentioned In the Journals of Lewis and Clark, classified by an English botanist named Pur'sh about 1820, and adopted aa the state flower of Oregon, upon my motion, at the meeting of the Oregon Horticultural Society at Hood River, July. 1891. A piece of apple wood from a seedling planted at Vancouver In 1825 the first seed ling fruit In American territory west of the Rocky Mountains. A piece of Royal Ann cherry, started in Iowa In 1845 by Henderson Luelllng. hauled by him, with 800 to 1000 other scions, across the plains to Oregon In 1847. and set out at Milwaukle, Clackamas County the first grafted fruit west of the Rockies. The lighter colored wood in the handle is service berry, from the donation land claim of Morton M. McCarver. near Oregon City, the first territorial capital of Oregon. A piece of Oregon yew, which grew near the site of Champoeg. the place wriere the first American civil government on the Pa cific Coast was born, on May. 2, 1843, com poses the main part of the handle. INCREASE ATTENDANTS' PAY Ways and Means Committees Agrees on Asylum Appropriation. SALEM, Or., Feb. 5.-(SpeciaI.)-An ad vance In salaries of ward attendants at the Oregon State Insane Asylum, amount ing to about 13 per cent, has been agreed to at the meeting of the ways and mean-: committee. At the present time salaries of these employes range from $27.50 to $42.50, only three receiving the latter amount. The new schedule ranges from $30 to $50. which will be applied in the same graduated way to employes now working under the present schedule. The proposed Increase of salaries of attendants In the asylum will cost the state $25,000 more In the next two years. Thfc estimated cost of maintenance of the Institution not Including this increase is $432,000. George H. Himes. of the Oregon His torical Society, appeared before the com mittee with an appeal for an Increase in appropriation for that organization f-om $7000 to $10,000 and the enlarged allowance will probably be granted. FAVORS HIGH SCHOOIi BILXi Committee 'Will Report Dye's Meas ure With But One Change. SALEM. Or., Feb. 5. (Special.) Representative Dye's District County High School bill will be favorably re ported by the House committee on edu cation. This bill provides for the con solidation of two or more contiguous districts for the purpose of establish ing and maintaining district high schools. The expense of maintaining such institutions shall be provided by a special tax on all of the taxable property within the district Included In the consolidation, and the advan tages of the high school shall be avail able to the pupils of eligible school age within that section. The only amendment reported by the committee, and it Is agreeable to the author of the bill, provides for the election of a board of directors, to con sist of one director from each of the districts Included in the consolidation. as originally drawn, the bill provided that the board of directors should be made up of the oldest members of the present Individual boards of directors of the different districts. ROGUE RIVER IS ALARMED Strongly Opposed to Perkins Water Code BUI. GRANT'S PASS. Or.. Feb. S. (Special.) The proposed state water code as pre pared by the Portland Board of Trade and embodied in a bill now before the Legislature is strongly opposed here In Rogue River Valley. A remonstrance against the passage of this measure is being very generally signed by the busi ness men of this city and by the fruit growers -and mining men of the county. Josephine County Is not alone in opposi tion to this radical change in the laws governing water rights, for a large re monstrance will be sent from Jackson County to Salem. The measure is looked upon here as being In the Interests of big corporations and against the farmer and other small water users. As irrigation is a very im portant factor in the prosperity of Rogue River Valley, any adverse legislation on water rights would be a serious handicap to the farmers and the miners. . More Money for Orphans. SALEM. Or., Feb. 5. (Special.) In committee of the whole, the House this morning amended Representative Gray's bill, creating a board of trustees for the A. R. Burbank trust fund of $14,000, so as to make the proceeds therefroiii ap plicable to either the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society and the Baby Home at Portland, and by which these institu tions were declared to be orphans' homes. The bill with its amendments was sent to the engrossing committee. Open Meeting on Insurance. SALM, Or., Feb. 5. (Special.) Chair man Sichel of the Senate committee on. insurance announces that his comm'ttee will hold an open meeting Thursday morning at 9 o'clock. A number of bills are in the hands of the committee ard will be considered at that time. The committee will be pleased to hear argu ments by any persons Interested In sup port of or in opposition to any of the bills. Local Bills Special Order. SALEM, Or., Feb. 5. (Special.)-The House today, on motion of Freeman, amended by Newell, made all local bills that in the meantime may come up for third reading a special order for 8 P. M Thursday. MUST ENFORCE ALL LAWS BILL TO PROHIBIT WINKING AT CRIME. Representative Newell Would Hold Elected Officials Strictly Account able to the People for Acts. SALEM, Or., Feb. 5. (Special.) Officers who wink at the violation of state laws and city ordinances in protecting friends whose services were enlisted on the strength of ante-election pledges that they would not be Interfered with in event of the candidate's election will be in danger if the bill introduced by Representative Newell in the House today becomes a law. By the bill District Attorneys and other prosecuting officers will be pro hibited from conniving at crime In any way, and will be prevented from consent ing to the return of any indictment charg ing a crime of lesser degree than that for which the arrest of the accused was made. The bill Is entitled "An act to define the crime of obstructing justice and pro vide a penalty or punishment for persons convicted of such crime." "The provisions of the bill follow. Section 1. Any candidate for any pub lic office In this state or county or mu nicipality who shall directly or indirectly promise or agree that If elected he will permit, connive at or consent or endeavor to Induce or advise any, other officer to permit, eonnlve at or consent to the violation of any criminal law of this state or criminal ordinance of any mu nicipality, shall be deemed guilty of the crime of obstructing justice. Section 2. Any person holding or acting as the lawful occupant of any olllce of this state or county or municipality who shall, directly or Indirectly, permit or connive at or consent to or advise the violation of any criminal law of this state or criminal or dinance of any municipality or advise or direct any officer charged with the en forcement of such laws, directly or indirect ly, not to prosecute- or arrest violators thereof, shall be deemed guilty of the crime of obstructing justice. Section 3. Any person convicted of the crime of obstructing justice, shall, upon con viction, be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000, or by im prisonment In the county Jail not more than six months, or by imprisonment In the state penitentiary for not more than three years or less than one year, and upon the convic tion of any officer of the state or any county or municipality, the court shall in all cases give Judgment removing uch of ficer from office, and any person so con victed shall not be permitted to hold office in the State of Oregon thereafter for a term of five years. . i Bills Passed by the Senate. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 5. (Special.) Bills were passed by the Senate today as fol lows: S. B. 68. Malarkey To give Circuit Courts original jurisdiction in forcible entry and de tainer cases. . x 8. B. 100. Malarkey To create the office of Deputy Constable for Portland and precinct. 8. B. 136. Kay To make the State Library the distributing depot for public documents. S. B. 144, Mulit To prohibit placing saw dust where it will be washed Into streams. S. B. 114. Kay To establish credit system by which convicts, gain, time for good be havior and work. " H. B. 161. Newel! For aid of circulating li brary work of Oregon Library Commission, PERIOD DESIGN FURNITURE Pieces that are true , in reproduc tion of the famous period designs of Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI, Empire, Sheraton, Hepple white, Chippendale, Renais sance and Colonial pieces that are correct in every detail and proportion that represent the very best ideas of the world's fore-' most designers of high-grade fur niture. In our splendid showing of parlor, library, dining-room, living-room and bedroom furniture is displayed period design pieces of the very best workmanship and finish. Such pieces as these ever popular ever stylish. Our decqrative department is capable of carrying to completion the interior decoration appropriate to the various periods. We also carry in stock wool, silk and cotton fabrics for the proper covering of period design furniture. Esti mates furnished on request. COMPLETE H0U5E-FURHI5HER5! YOUR CREDIT II IS 6000 J Iffl FDD HE DUD BUTTER AXD CHEESE INSPEC TION PLANNED. Representative Reals Introduces Bill Modeled After the Statutes of Minnesota and Wisconsin. For a Cheese and Dairy Inspector and a Creamery and Dairy Inspector, each at a salary of $1500 a year, to be appointed by the Dairy and Food Commission, Rep resentative Beals has presented a bill, which is now with the committee on food and dairy products of the House. Ths bill has the support of the Oregon Dairy men's Association and butter and cheese manufacturers. The bill follows the system of the dairymen of Minnesota and Wiscon sin, who have the reputation of produc ing the finest butter and cheese in the United States. The duties of these com missioners will be along the line of edu cation and will start from the farm where the milk . is produced. It will be the duty of these commissioners to give Instructions in the care and feeding of dairy cattle and the sanitary condition of the barns. They shall also visit and in spect each and all cheese factories and creameries in the etate and shall give practical instruction in butter and cheese making. They shall have power to enforce the laws of the state relating to dairy products and the purity and cleanliness thereof, and shall have power to seize, condemn and destroy any and all un wholesome, impure cream or dairy products of any character whatsoever. It is believed that the education of the farmers to produce a better quality of milk wll enable the cheese fac tories and creameries to produce a higher quality of butter and cheese. And as c losiii AT The most sensational values in our history are being offered now, as our new store will be ready about March 15, and we will not pack one single garment across the street to our new home. Every Coat Must Go COATS as Wednesday and Thursday Special, values up d0 GE to $12.50 tpiZD COATS as Wednesday and Thursday Special, values up d?C AH to $22.50 tpOUU COATS as Wednesday and Thursday Special, values up &Ck 7C to $27.50 O Suits of all descriptions and prices, and every one of them got to go. See window REMEMBER, we own, operate ajnd maintain a manufacturing plant of Ladies' Garments, and have the real man tailors to fit you. The garments you purchase in our store will be handled in an expert man ner. You will find no such equipment elsewhere MTV e J Oregon will soon be in a position to ex port large quantities of both butter and cheese it is desired that these products shall be of the highest standard possible. The bill carries an appropriation of $5000. Restricts Convict Labor. SALEM. Or., Feb. ' 5. (Special.) Senator Bailey introduced a bill today prohibiting the employment of convicts in the manufacture of overalls, shirts, hats or underwear at the prison for sale, and closing with an emergency clause, which declares that the public peace and safety require cessation of strife along these lines. Therefore, the act will go Into force immediately after its passage, if it passes. Routine of the House. SALEM, Or., Feb. 5. (Special.) House convened at 10 A. M. Opened with prayer S. B jf Jys a mother should be a source of joy to all, but the suffering and danger incident to the ordeal makes its anticipation one of misery. Mother's Friend is the only remedy which relieves women of the great ' pain and danger of maternity ; this hour which is dreaded as woman's severest trial is not only made painless, but all the danger is avoided by its use. Those who use this remedy are no longer despondent or gloomy ; nervousness, nausea and other distressing conditions are overcome, the system is made ready for the coming event, and tho serious accidents so common to the critical hour are obviated by the use of IVUtSI AV ID TT VA V AA 10 TV WUji AAA JViV) says many who have used it. $1.00 per bottle at drug stores. Book containing valuable information of interest to be sent to any address free upon BRAD FIELD REGULATOR OO.. g-Oirt 131 FIFTH STREET Petticoat Special SILK PETTICOATS, values up to $7.50, today and Q O C tomorrow bjdi3 Skirt Extra Special ABOUT 200 SKIRTS, values up to $10.00, today and & Q Of? tomorrow. , p.wO Thousands upon thousands of SKIRTS, and they have got to go. See Window. Iii.o Ac MAKE YOUR jj j j oy terms II 3 by Rev. Mr. Hoffman. Courtesies of House extended to Albert B. Ferrera. of Multnomah County, and ex-Senator ieorse W. Proebstel. of Umatilla County: Samuel G. Kerr and George L. Baker, of Portland. Twenty-one new bills were introduced, and the morning session was given to third reading of House bills. Courtesies of the House extended to George McMillan. 8. B. Huston. J. T. YVhalley. of Portland: Lloyd Wentworth. Henry E. Reed. George W. Hoyt, A. S. Rothwell, H. L. Holgate, T. Morris Dunne. Blow nt Cracksman's Art. SALEM. Or., Feb. 5. (Special.) Twenty to 40 years' Imprisonment is the penalty provided for burglary by the use of high explosives, as defined In Senate BUI 184, Introduced In the Senate today by President Haines, who is a banker and has had some ex perience with aaff-hlowprs. Every mother feels great dread of the pain and danger attendant upon the most critical period of her life. Becoming Mothers P,ggS$ all women, will application to Atlanta, Om. line a jpppf Sale (jOo