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IDAHO LEGISLATURE IS FREE WITH COIN Appropriations by Eleventh Session Reach Total of $3,321,000. POLITICAL HARMONY GONE Aftermath S More Discontent Among Rank and File of Both Parties Than Ever Since Idaho Became a. State. BOISE. Idaho. March II- (Special) Idaho's 11th hour Lcsrlslatur ha passed into history and with It departure the ;em Stmt ha beicun seriously to con alder Its accomplishment. In many respects th aftermath la Interesting. Probably ther U more lack of politi cal harmony, mora dtacontent orer the pledge-breaking record, more unreat within the rank and file of 'the two predominating- partlea In the wake of the passing of the Eleventh Legisla ture than since Idaho became a state. It will ba frequently said within the next two years that the recent Legis lature was one of the most extra varant. Its appropriations ran well Into the millions and waa an Increaee over two years a so. To be exact the veneral appropriations bill carried $1,160,000, and waa passed In this form. The bond Issu crested Is 11.171.000 and the to tal I 3.a:i.0OO. an Increaee In appro priations alons of $04.3S0.tS. The mill tax created Is nine and a half miffs. Just one-half a mill short ofthe consti tutional limit, which If exceeded, would hare forced an Immediate extra session of the Legislature. Figures Are Large. The figures are the facts thai the people har to face through taxation. The decrease made by the session over the tenth amounts to but 11750. divided as follows, the amounts showing what has been taken from off the various bi ennial salaries of State Departments: tiovernorr office. $500; State Auditor's office. t2i0. State Treasurer, f 500; Ulna Inspector. $500. The Increase over two years ago ag gregates ss follows: Secretary of Ftate. $ :: Attorney-General. $7000: State Kngtneer, $750; Superintendent of Pub lic instruction. $1310; Adjutant-General. II300; Insurance Commissioner. $1100; Mate Land Board. $14,000; Supreme Court. $4000: District Courts. $72,300: University of Idaho. $10,300: Academy of Idaho. S14.S80: Lewlston Stat Nor mal. $.S00; Albion Stat Normal. $34. 004: Blacxfoot Asylum. $!0.000: Oroflno Asylum. $25,000: Deaf. Dumb and Blind School. $37,070; University of Idaho. $53,934: Academy of Idaho. $5S.00; Lewlston Normal. f29.870.tS: Albion Normal. $3O.S0(: College of Agriculture. $30,000. The Isx latter Items are for bandings at the various Institution. Had the Legislature followed out the recommendations of th Investigating Kducatlonal Committees sent North and South, all of the state educational Insti tutions would have been placed on a till tax basis. While the Improvement and additional building asked for by Institutions would have been granted Jn so far as the Legislature could pro vide, th mill tax would have taken car of them and placed them on a permanent financial basis. These committees went north and after Inspecting the University of Ida ho reported that th law school should he abandoned, a Idaho could not well afford a department of this kind and In view of this fact a' poor school waa not necessary. The commute also rec ommended that the preparatory work of the university be stopped and that Institution be mad a university In every sense of the word. The committee thst went South rec ommended that as every graduate gtvan a diploma in th Albion Normal cost the stat 1500 and It was virtually a high school for th town of Albion. It should be abandoned following th present school year. Th commute also recommended that th high school be taken out of th Academy of Poca telio and that It be mad a Southern Idaho university. They alsb recom mended that a. I stat institution be placed on a mill tax basis, thereby as suring them a permanent annual In come. Rrcomxnendation Are Ignored. But th Legislature absolutely Ig nored th recommendation of thes committees, though It was known be fore they went North and South that they wer to Inspect and not to Jun ket. That th lobbyists or these In stitutions are responsible for blocking th carrying out of th committee's recommendation I now conceded. Aided by their respective representa tives and Senators in th Legislature, th stat educational Institutions with the two exceptions of th Lewlston Stat Normal and th Academy of Idaho at Pocatella. actually succeeded In placing the Legislature In a position of refusing to acceed to th commit tee's demands. It was this lobbying and th action of a clique In the Legislature to lgnor th committee that led to trouble In both branches of th Legislator and an open fistic encounter In th Senate. Senator Page, of Bonner County, waa th recognised bead of th commute that went South to visit th state in stitutions Senator Pugmlre. of Bear Lake, waa th head of th Northern rommltte. Both men stood out on principle and had the committee rec ommendations been followed to the let ter Idaho would have been saved over a half million dollars at the start and many hundreds of thousands In future years. Senator Pag mad a deep study of th question and waa firm In his belief that the Legislature should listen to the committee recommendations. Pag fought for that principle. Ills oppo nent waa Senator Jerome J. Day. of Moscow, who has for years championed the cause of th University of Idaho. Senator Day was Just as firm In hi demand for recognlsatton of th Uni versity of Idaho. Corporation Influence Felt. There was without question corpora tion Influence need with effect on both lions and Senate, th latter In partic ular. The lobbyist of those corpora tions became so bold that It was neces sary to place a large sign on th Sen ate door ordering them to keep out of th chamber and th cloak room. They were denounced In both the Senate and th House. Members of both houses wer continually attacked aad cor nered by them. There I an anti-lobby law on th statute books In this state, but It had never been enforced although on sev eral occasions members of th Legisla ture threatened to resort to It. When th fight broke on th stat educational Institutions, the following arcaatia aad suggestive resolution was adopted In the Senate: "That th beads of all stat Institu tions and all lobbyists, who are her In violation of th resolution passed on January SO by this body, be now ex cused from further attendance upon this Legislature; that they may return to their respective Institutions to resume-their official duties for which they ar being paid by th state. Many Measures Fall. Th Legislature failed to enact Into a law measures, many of which had merit, and It was due to the bard fight against tha bill that they failed. Here is a list of th Important ones: State-wide prohibition; both by ststu tory enactment and through constitu tional amendment; railroad commission. Carey act commission, bank guaranty. general anti-pass law, rax commisaiu... extending residence applicant for di vorce, trespass hunters on farms, ballot reform, declaratory direct primary bill. Nex Perc. Lewis and Idaho County Tenth Judicial District bill: Tenton, Jefferson. Kandall. Power and Kamlah County division bills: Lewlston and Boise charter amendments; Lewlston Clearwater state bridge appropriation bill for 50th anniversary of Idaho as a terrttoy to be celebrated at Lewlston. Many Good Measure Pass. Th following ar th Important bills passed: Proposed constitutional amendment. WASHINGTON ROAD SITUATION DISMAL Hiahway Development Left Only Enough Money for Office Work. SEPTUAKE V4R1AW REJIDEJIT OP NEWBKHG. OIL, PASSES WAY. t it t " -. - v-e5T I r.a-:i V James Maloy .Vests. NEWBiJKO. Or March II. CSpeclal.) One of Newberg's older residents. James Maloy Vestal. 71 year old. died here Monday. Mr. Vestal was born in Moores vllle. Hendricks County. Indi ana. He was married to Martha Jan Llghtfoot September . 1S65. and after residing In Indiana for a short time they moved to Kan sas, thence In 1S to Newberr. Or. He Is survived by his widow and four children. P. E. Vestal, of South Pasadena, Cat.; F. K. Vestal, a buslnesa man of this place: Mrs. Emma Ehret and Wil liam J. Vestal, of Newberg. Mr. Vestal was a member of th Friends Church here. Fu neral services were conducted Tuesday by Rev. Llndley Wells, of Portland, and Interment was mad In Friends Cemetery. Initiative, referendum and recall: search and aelxur local-option bill; taxation of express compsnles; taxation of refriger ator and sleeping-car companies; direct primary amendment; anti-trust law; In spection of slaughter-houses. hotels, drugs; weights and measures law: grain commission; pur seed and noxious weed bills; school code; prohibiting white-slave traffic: optional commission form of government for towns, villages and cities; requiring road poll tax to be paid In money: changing Irrigation elec tions; appropriating $750,000 bonds for state capltol building: wagon road and 14 bridge bond, appropriating about $:2&.000; mill tax law for stat institu tions; repeal of indeterminate aentence; district wagon road law; general banking and general Insurance laws: benevolent association laws: prohibition of saloons In untnoorporated towns, villages and cities; bill prohibiting us of water In Idaho lakes and stream for use outside of th stat of Idaho: creation of Lewis. Clearwater. Bonneville and Adams coun ties, making t7 In this state; giving ad ditional Judges to the Second, Third and Eighth districts: creating the Ninth Ju dicial District out of Fremont and Bon neville counties: employers' liability law and measures enabling laborers to se cure their pay. Hattabangh Continuation Surprise. Probably th conurmatlon of Isaac C Hattabaugh. of Grangevllle. for Insur ance Commissioner, was on of th greatest surprise of th session. It would have never been possible wer It not that th Democrat themselves had uncovered double dealing within the rank and file of their party and called Hatta baugh to the capital to mak a fight a second time for his good nam and of fice. - Behind the scenes It Is asserted here In political circles, that Senator Bavenal Macbeth, minority leader, operated a deal by which th Republican wer not to enflrm Hattabaugh, due to th charge preferred, and that later th nam of Macbeth was to be presented, and h was to b confirmed. Senator Homlbrook. a Democrat, mad th fight for Hattabaugh In th Senate against Macbeth, and he waa confirmed. The Joint .Investigating committee could find nothing corrupt, nothing un lawful and nothing Illegal In connection with th actlona of ex-Governor Brady, ex-Secretary of State Robert Lansdon. ex-Superintendent of Schools S. Belle Chamberlain, ex-Governor Frank R. Gooding or Attorney-General D. C. Mc Dougalt In connection with th Mackay dam charges, the Fremont County leases, the Emmet bench charges or the Wash ington Water Power Company's land deal. TAFT'S HINT IS REJECTED Underwood Says Hoose Will Revise Tariff at Extra, Session. WASHJJfQTON. March 11. "Nothing In that." was the terse comment of Representative Underwood. of the House commute on wsys and means, today. In referring to President Taft's suggestion that the extra session b confined to reciprocity legislation. "Ther ar two things to be done by th extra session." said Mr. Underwood. "Oj Is th passage of th reciprocity measure and th other Is legislation on the tariff. W will pass a reciprocity bill through th Hous. and w will put a tariff revision through." Replying to suggestions that th President might veto any measure In which revisions were provided for as riders to the reciprocity bill. Mr. un derwood said no conclusion had been reached. Meadot la eae of the most flourishing province of Argentina. Ceneue returns Shew 30S S33 population. M being American; taere axe cattle. 131.S3S horse. J . 123 sheep. 37.J7 goats and 2.1. 581 pl: total Talue eX livestock. 11. 04.77 1'nlled tales gold. CONVICTS ARE CALLED IN McXeely BUI, Only Important Meas- ore of Kind Passing, Gives Counties Right to Build and Weakens Commissioner. m TUPti Wash ' urareh 11. fSte- cial) Sine th Twelfth Legislature of . . . t m Washington failed to adopt any ainu of plan for a practical roa programm . . . , th. nn,lb Deiore i v siijuuiurn jeiciu..i - -. - .kl. 1 a an full of lion o( i c.u, in wi,d " - - V complications mai no one naa i able to explain satisfactorily what the situation really is. It Is agreed how- over, tnai t ne cause vi uw - 1 - M.lAn,). The State Highway Department ha cert to conduct the bare routln of th office work. The only Important road measure that did get through was th bill as a substitute for the state-ald- roaa law. i ma iui jmv.... - - Neely bill, has been signed by Cover- . a . I TT.,,1 nor nay ana is u cucvu Its provisions Luunin. v. . - on road construction without th state participating in m . . i . i , v. a ftfate Iurinf r luan uucviiuB Highway Commissioner to deter mine tne reasioiiity 01 prepweu Farmers Want Voicei Heretofore there has been a one-mill aiaie ic jr ivi mo v. . vj . v. a, fund. This fund was divided between tne county rua.ui ,nu aiaicu Under the working of this law. It was, necessary for every county desiring state aid road to raise an amount equal 1U me Hllivuui i oc i' J aj- road levy In that county. This entire amount then went Into the state treas ury. Tn proposea roaa was uiea ed upon by the State Highway Com- I i A tf w. InttnA I, f .1 II i h ) P BlIHIUUCr IIU A . he ordered the survey made and took cnarge entirely or tne uihi.uii the road. By this method. It was found that the amounts raised for various . . - I I. m a r. ir raae wcri almost entirely cqnsumed by the cost of tne survey, ine tariuers ubuiwiuou thst they have a voice In carrying- on their road work. Commissioner Supervises Only. The new measure provides that the work. of surveying and building roads shall remain In the hands of the County Commissioners and the County Engi neer. The State Highway Commissioner exercises only a, general engineering supervision. Although the salary of the commissioner was raised from $2500 to $2000 a year, under the new act. he will have but little money to spend and little work to do because of the failure of the various other road law to pass, . There Is reapproprlated. however, the sum of 194.929. to complete contracta now In force on state roads. When these contracts are completed work on state roads will cease, and the Highway Com missioner will act largely as a consult ing engineer for th county engineers of the state. One of the effects of the defeat of the state road appropriation bill will be Immediate calling- off of convict la bor on the roads. Highway Commis sioner Powlby notified Warden Reed yesterday, to call In the 90 convicts thst have been employed in maxing tne two-mile cut at Carrolton In Cowlits County as there will b no funds avail able to complete th work there, oniy half of a mile of work remains to be done to finish th cut. State Aid Refused. Senstor Stewsrt of Kelso, asked Gov ernor Hay to provide means to carry on the work at the carrolton cut, out waa Informed last night that no assistance could b given. Senator Stewart says that It will take about iio.uuo to nir for the work that remains to be don. He declare that th people of UOWlItS county will i.BC muoi by private subscription and go ahead with the work. This cut Is Included In the survey of the Pacific Highway project over which the Legislature locked horns with th House and de feated with, all Important stat road un dertakings. In addition to tha McXeely bill the Basset law waa passed, but It was so amended that a half-mill levy may be ra'sed for the purpose of creating a permanent highway fund, but no pro vision was mad a to bow the money shall be used. The McNeely bill 1 the only saving feature of the entire legislation on roads. One of th great disappointments waa the defeat of the Pacific Highway bill. In which the people of Southwest ern Washington were Interested espec ially. Cholera Kills So In Hawaii. v HONOLULU. March 11. Another case of cholera developed her today among th parsons segregated after contact with previous victims. This makes 2( rases, of which 21 have proved fatal. In a report to the Board of Health, Dr. Clegr. of tha United State Publlo Health and Marin Hospital Service, expresses th opinion that th disease was brought to Honolulu from the Orient by what are known as "chronic bacilli carriers," not necessarily suffer ing from cholera. Its slow development apparently . precludes th theory of origin from Infected water or food. Loeb Men After Smnjrgler. NEW YORK. March 11. Collector of the Port William Loeb, Jr, has deter mined to have a closer watch kept on the Influx of dressmakers and milli ners with Spring styles from Paris. In accordance with his order,' 500 trunks the property of 10 tradeswomen who fpfBiffIIn Restores color to Gray or Faded hair Removes Dan druff and invigorates the Scalp Promotes a luxuriant, hcajthy hair growth Stops its falling out. Is not a dye. $1.00 sad SO at Dro Stores or iitert eoa neeapt ot price sod dealers aeae. Send 10c lor staple bottler Phil Hay Specialties Co, Newark. N.J.U SA , REFUSE ALL SUBSTITUTES METHOD Employ strict busi - ness methods in your every business trans action by making a record as you go. You will be" greatly aided by making all your payments by check. Ve invite your pa tronage. For convenience of its patrons this bank will be open Saturday evenings from 6 to 8 o'clock. MERCHANTS SAVINGS & TRUST COMPANY ' ' S. -W. Corner Sixth and -Washington Streets. W. If. Fear, Prealdent. Wlllard Caae. Vlre-Preeldeat. . ('. Uortzinerer, Cashier. K. M. Hnldea, Aaet. Cashier. have Just arrived from abroad, are un der guard at the appraiser's stores to day, where a more thorough overhaul ing will be made than waa possible when the Inspeotors went through the trunks on the piers. Customs officials say that the valuation, totalling about $100,000. which the owners placed on the trunks will be shown to be far short of the real values. Two fashionable dressmakers. Miss Ella Croker and E. T. White, already have been penalised for alleged undervaluation. ST. JOHNS FERRY WINS VOTE 436 TO 16 FAVORS PCR- CHASE OF LANDINGS. Wharves to lie . Turned Over to Slultnomah When Bonds Are Sold for Free Boat Service. ST. JOHNS, Or.. March 11. (Special.) The returns from the special election held today for the purpose of deciding the question of the purchase of the ferry landings of the St. Johns Trans portation Company rave 436 votes in favor of the measure and It against It. Today's election-was held in accord ance with the act passed by the last Legislature authorizing the County of Multnomah to build a free ferry at St. Johns on condition that St. Johns would purchase the landings of the local transportation company. As soon as the bonds voted for at today's election are sold the landing places will be purchased and turned over to Multnomah County. The com missioners then have six months in which to Install the free ferry. The cost of this Is estimated at $8000 to $20,000, and will be In design similar to the ferry at Sellwood Citizens of St. Johns are anxious that the county leave the present ferry and operate It until th new ferry Is com pleted. Word "Theater" Is English. Many of what In England are called "Americanisms" ar really good old English. For Instance, "theater," so spelled, is commonly supposed to be distinctively American. But It occurs In an advertisement printed In the Lon don Gazette May 4, 16S. A man named Ogllby at that time invited everybody to buy tickets for bis lottery or dooks In the "Old theater between Lincoln's-lnn-flelds and Vere street." The Canadian superintendent of Immi gration reports that the total Immigration Into Canada last rear was 241,174, as com- piret witi isn.'sa In lo tw-Wim - - Hps'1'--' - wk - ' 7F' , Benjamin Clothes FOR Spring and Summer Nineteen-EIeven CepyfUM 111 by SlVea tnjarn.JneGLjVewyofk Maker ot ftenjaiTijn Qot!es are now ready for the tho rough consideration of men and young men who. value high quality and authentic New York style. (J Every model is distinctive in design and made from a fabric of rare beauty and un questionable strength. (J If you will favor us with an inspection, you will learn that although Benjamin Clothes are known all over the world for their style and quality, they are not high priced in fact they are low priced, value considered, $25 and Upwards uffum & Pendleton 311 Morrison Street, Opposite Postoffice FAMINE FUND SWELLED 3IR. SEIXIVG HAS- $1600 FOR SECOND IXSTAIXMEXT. Sunday Collections Expected to Add Materially to Amount Xeeded to Stop Starvation. "Ben Selling still has hope of sending another $5000 to Hongkong for the benefit of the famine sufferers In North China. He had nearly $1600 last night toward the second Instalment of $5000, and was confident of obtaining: more. There are said to be 200 deaths a day from starvation In th famine district. . Suffering- Is Intense and it Is asserted that unless aid Is received soon the death rate will be doubled. "I look forward to largo returns from Sunday." said Mr. Selling. "Many churches and Sunday schools will take up collections today. We ought to g-et & good-sized sum from this source." Mrs. N. Davis contributed $5.50. The Sunday school at Allcel, Or., sent $5.80 and a check for $20 was received from the First Methodist Church of Jose- phlne, Or. A family at Klamath Falls sent $11. "I am still looking for that 1000 men to give $20 each' said Mr. Selling yes terday, "and I believe that I Bhall get them before I am through. We must have $20,C00 for these sufferers. Hu manity demands It of us. They have the same feelings as you ana x. fore I hope that the people of Oregon, who are always generous In a good cause, will come to their rescue." Doctor Accused of Poisoning. DENVER,. March 11. Dr. C. W. Wright, a physician registered in Ne braska and Colorado, and Leo Neujahr were arrested late last night on the chartre of murdering fhiiip benuen, Jr., by poison. Schuch, who was pro prietor of a so-called "cancer cure," was found dead In his bed yesterday morning. It was supposed he had died from heart trouble, but an autopsy dis closed the fact that arsenical poisoning was the cause of death, wrignt naa been associated In business . with Schuch. But they are said to have quarreled. Neujahr is the son of a patient Schuch and Wright recently had brought here for treatment from Gresham, Neb. Alaska Coal Fraud Inquiry On. CHICAGO, March 11. 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