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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1915)
DEADLY BARB,WIRE DOINGS OF OREGON’S LEGISLATURE A Brief lieHuine of Proceeding» of the People’s Representatives st the Htate Capital, Bills Introduced, Paaaed, Rejected, Etc. European Nations Have Chosen American Design. Houne Pannett New Hank Judiciary Committee Han Hill Except Hine in Salary Hill tor New Dintrictn Stat« Capitol, Salam Shall the sal ary of the state bank examiner be in creased from 13000 a year to 14000? After an hour of snappy debate the house decided that It shall not. With the exception of this detail the house accepted In every particular the bank ing committoe's bill revising the state banking laws to conform with the new Federal reserve act. Under the provisions of the bill state banks will be placed in [xieltlon to become members of the Federal re serve system if they so elect. One change in the present law will prohibit state banks from investing any of their assets in the capital stock of any cor|>oration with the exception of that of the Federal reserve bank at San Francisco. All state banka acting as reserve agents need carry only 16 |>er cent of their total demand deposits ami 5 ¡>er cent of^their savings deposits in re serve. The present law places this limit at 16 per cent in cities of less than 60,000 jMqmlation and at 26 per cent In cities of more than 60,000. No state bank or trust company can i* approved as a reserve bank unless It shall have an unimpaired capital and surplus of (76,000 or more. The state bank examiner under the now law will need to examine those banks that are members of a regularly organised clearing house association but once a year. Other banka will be subject to the existing semi-annual ex amination, however. It is assumed that the clearing house banka will be under constant inspection by the clear ing house examiners. With these few changes in the exist ing law state banks will be enabled to become members of the Federal re serve system without any trouble or inconvenience. Hill to Aid Oregon Goodn In Approved Slate Capitol. Salem - The senate Judiciary committee by unanimous vote decided to report favorably on a bill by Senator Bingham whiCh, the mem bers nay, will aid the manufacturers of the state and relieve the unem ployed situation to a large extent. Manufacturers and organiled labor leaders, who appeared before the com mittee, were a unit in urging ad|>otion of the bill, which provides a differen tial of 6 per cent in favor of Oregon concerns in the letting of contracts for public work and the purchase of ma terials and supplies for public use. Senator Hingham explained that under the bill county courts, boards of county commissioners, school boards, city councils and all other public boards and commissioners charged with the letting of contracts for public work may accept bids of Oregon con cerns which do not exceed by more than 6 per cent the bids quoted by competitors of other states. D. M. Dunne, director of the Manu facturers' association, said the passage of the bill would aid employers by koeping their plants in operation and employes by providing them with work. ________ l*ruon Fund Enlarged. State Capitol, Salem —An additional appropriation of $25,000 for support of the state [>enitenticry was voted by the house and senate ways and means committee. This action was due to the representations made to the com mittee that the "population" of the institution would be substantially in creased in the next two years, inas much as Governor Withycombe does not propose to practice a policy of wholesale pardoning». Moreover, a little extra money will be needed owing to the desire of the present governor to place the institu tion, as far as possible, on a xelf-sup- [Mirting basis. The committee again discussed several plans through which the prisoners may be employed. A flax plant and a wagon-making plant are under consideration. If cither one or both of these plans is adpoted, it is probable that further appropriations will be allowed for the penitentiary. Divorce Ad Hill In Panned. State Capitol, Salem—A bill by Rep resentative Littlefield prohibiting law yers from advertising for divorce busi ness and fixing penalties for violations was passed by the senate Thursday. Senator Strayer, of the committee on revision of laws, in reporting the measure favorably, said the practice was common in Portland. It was thought an encouragement of litiga tion should not be allowed. Senator Kellaher said there was no reason why divorce lawyers should not advertisixe for business if they desired. State Capitol, Salem Four new Ju dicial districts are provided for in the plan reported to the house by the Ju diciary committee by substitute house bill 30K. This plan will give the state a total of 17 Judicial districts and will supersede entirely the system proposed by President Thompson, of the senate, for 24 districts ami an appellate court. It also disposes of the numerous inde pendent district division bills intro duced by various members of the house and the senate. The new plan, as worked out by Chairman Olson, and other members of the judiciary committee, moved up a notch when the house passed Senator Thompson’s bill creating the Four teenth Judicial district by detaching Lake county from the present Thir teenth district. This leaves only Klamath county in the Thirteenth. Create the Fifteenth district to con sist of Lane, Lincoln and Benton coun ties, by detaching them from the Sec ond district. Create the Sixteenth district, com prising Coos county, by detaching it from the present Second district. Create the Seventeenth district by detaching Curry county from the Second district and Josephine county from the First district. Jackson This photograph was taken as the order to charge was given a French force and the men were leaping from county alone then will embrace the their trenches and rushing on the German position that had been shelled by the light artillery. First district, with Judge Frank M. Calkins in charge. Thia plan will leave Douglas county alone as the Second Judicial district ami the billjirovides that Judge J. W. Hamilton shall remain the circuit judge of that district. Indiana Firm Expects to Turn Out Enormous Quantities of Its Product for Use Before the ' Conflict Is Ended. It has remained for an American to devise the moat murderous form of fortification that can be used in the present European war. Since the latest inventions in big siege guns have made ordnance forti fications not only useless but death traps to their garrisons barbed wire entanglements have come Into general use to hold the enemy at bay. But where was the kind of barbed wire necessary for this work to be found? A Kokomo (Ind.) manufactur er has answered the question to the satisfaction ot some of the nations at least. A plant at Kokomo manufacturing wire has Just completed special ma chinery for turning out a murderous type of barbed wire for use in the European conflict The drawing shows the wire in its actual size. This spe cial wire has barbs more than an inch long, wound on a one-elgbth-lnch steel rod. The barbs are placed In sets of four at one-inch intervals along the steel core, the points standing out at right angles. The barbs are sharp- WOMEN’S VOLUNTEER RESERVE ON THE MARCH Votern to Reginter but Once. State Capitol, Salem — House bill 191 providing for [termanent registra tion was passed by the senate without argument. The law provides that as long as an elector resides in the pre cinct in which he registers and votes at one election held throughout the county within the biennial election [teriod ending November 30 following the regular biennial general election, slxm l r m * he shall not be required to register >». ■flf Ji again. If the elector .fails to vote] as stipu lated he shall re-register or notify the ft TB county clerk in not less than 30 days AM nor more than 60 days after the regu WiÄ wk J lar November election that he resides in the district from which he regis tered and requests in writing that his name remain on the register of electors. This is the second permanent regis C0PVHIOMT Bf UNDEJtWOOO 6- UNDtRWOOO tration law that has been passed by the Oregon legislature, one passed at the session in 1913 having been de Members of the Women's Volunteer reserve on their first route inarch through London, The object of the corps clared unconstitutional by the Supreme is to train a body of women skilled in first-aid, cooking, signaling, riding, driving, the management of horses, and court. The new law provides that the marksmanship. When the corps Is fully trained It is the intention to offer it to the war office. county clerk shall use the card index system in keeping his register of elec NEW OBSERVATION LADDER tors. Each elector shall sign a card giving his name, age, political affilia tion, etc., and shall take an oath that he is a citizen of the United States. The cards shall be public records and shall be kept in the office of the county clerks as other public records are kept. WEDDING OF CANADIAN SOLDIER Dintrict Road Plat I.onen. State Capitol, Salem — One more road bill was defeated in the house, but another is on its way. By a vote of 41 to 17 the house defeated Repre sentative Sam Browne’s bill to provide a system of state, county and district co-operation in road-building. The measure carried a half-mill tax levy and it was this feature to which the house seemingly took objection. The good roads enthusiasts are not discour aged, however, and have prepared an other bill to be submitted through the roads and highways committee. No Pontal Saving Limit Winn. State Capitol, Salem—The senate, by a unanimous vote, adopted the Joint memorial of Senator Dimick asking congress to remove the limit on postal savings deposits and to use tF.esie- positx ax a basis for establishing a system of rural credits. It also is pro No-Party Bench Act In Out. vided that interest to depositors be in State Capitol, Salem — Representa creased from 2 to 3 per cent, and that the provision for depositing the postal tive Tom Handley has consented to the deposits in national banks be abolished. indefinite postponement of his bill pro viding a non-partisan judiciary. The Fair Dinplay Wanted in State. measure had been indorsed by the State Capitol, Salem—Senator Day State Bar association. The attorneys has introduced a bill providing for an in the house generally favored the bill, appropriation of 117,600 for returning but they were opposed to passing it at the Oregon exhibit at the Panama- this session, for the reason that the Pacific Exposition to this state and people defeated a similar measure at the recent election. making a permanent display of it. * er than those on the usual barbed wire and are capable of inflicting severe in jury to a horse or man. In spite of the size of the core rod the wire is flexible to a remarkable degree and is wound on ordinary reels for shipment The local company ex pects to turn out immense quantities of this special wire in the near future. Just Wouldn’t Be German. Trading Stamp Bill Diet. State Capitol, Salem —By agreeing to the indefinite postponement of Rep resentative Forbes' bill to levy a heavy tax on trading stamps, those members who are opposed to the use of trading stamps in the state are centering their efforts on Representative Tom Brown's bill which probably be up for final passage soon. The mail of every member of the legislature has been flooded for the last few weeks with letters from constituents who repre sent either side of the question. The bill promises to arouse considerable debate. Road-Merger^Act Panned. State Capitol, Salem -By provisions of Senator Hawley's bill passed by the house the Southern Pacific company will be enabled to proceed with the consolidation of its subsidiary com panies, plans for which already have been completed by the railroads affected. The bill amends the present law so that one road may own and operate a competing line. The South ern Pacific plans to consolidate the Portland, Eugene & Eastern, the Cor vallis & Eastern, the Salem, Falls City & Western and several other minor roads it owns for the purpose of re ducing expenses and promoting effi ciency in operation. Here Is a Sample of the Deadly Barb Wire Being Made In America for European Use. A German appeared in the naturali zation bureau for his second papers admitting him to citizenship yester day. A comely woman came with him as his witness. "I am his wife,” she said to John Hein, who is in charge of the bureau. "You won’t do,” she was told, “be cause only a citizen can be a witness.” The woman bridled and said: "1 would have you know that I am a citizen; I was born in New Jersey.’’ "But when you married a German you became a German yourself.” "But 1 positively will not be a Ger man,” she declared, "and I defy any body to force me to be one.” "Well, well.” said Mr. Hein sooth ingly, “you will be an American again as soon as your husband gets his pa pers." "And I want to tell you,” said the woman, turning to her husband, ‘that you had better be quick about it. Why, that's the most ridiculous thing I ever heard of. It makes me feel like an orphan."—New York Times. This new observation ladder with a ■teel shield Is used In connection with the famous 75-mlllimeter gun batteries of the French army. Found Husband on Film. Population of Cities. "The New York World Almanac for 1915, Just Issued, gives the estimated population of Birmingham as 180,000 —the same as last year—and those figures are very conservative.” said a statistician of Birmingham, Ala. "We probably have between 190,000 and 200,000 Inhabitants. "Atlanta is estimated at 200,000— the same as last year. But the Texas cities, especially Houston, Dallas and San Antonio, have been moved up considerable. In the census of 1910 Texas wax without a city of 100,000. Now Houston Is credited with 132.000, Dallas with 125,000 and San Antonio with 120.000. "New York city grows bigger every year and Its estimated population Is 5,625,000. Chicago, according to the World Almanac, has 2,437,526.” Only Woman Aviator. The Princess Shapovskaya Is the only woman army aviator in the great war. She la said to be in active serv ice at the front In East Prussia. At first her application was rejected, be cause of her sex, but she demonstrated beyond a doubt that she could man age a flying machine as well as a man. and waa finally accepted. She learned to aviate In Germany. There Is an Interesting little tale connected with the marriage of Lieut Kenneth Edmiston and Miss Marion Allen. The lovers were planning to be married when the lieutenant, who Is attached to the Nineteenth Alberta Dra goons, was suddenly called to England. When he arrived there he found that his company was not to be dispatched to the front for quite a while, so he finally sent all the way to Alberta for his sweetheart. The climax of the romance is pictured here, showing the happy couple passing under an archway made up of the company's swords, after having the knot tied by the regimental chaplain. FAMOUS “270” BATTERY OF THE FRENCH During a moving picture show at Liverpool, a Belgian woman refugee recognized her husband in a film de picting scenes in the Belgian trenches. The husband appeared in the picture to be in the best of health and spirits. As they had been separated early tn the war, and the address of each was un known to the other, the woman tried frantically to obtain information from the theater, and even wrote to the film agent. But the name of the place where the husband was seen had been deleted by the censor. The film com pany, however, promised to try to trace the matter through the camera operator. It Is a Question. A Boston dispatch says that children of the tenements who search dump heaps, freightyards, markets and ash barrels for food, fuel and clothes are the subject of a report just issued by the Massachusetts child labor commit tee, which recoiumends legislation to exclude these “child scavengers" from the dumps. We wonder if the labor committee recommended any legisla tion that would help to make It unnec essary for these starving '’hlldren of the tenements fo "scavenger" in order The picture shows one of the famous "270” batteries, which the German* to get food sufficient to live on 7— Hous ton Poet. ••»->.- 1 • ' admit have forced the latter to give ground In Alsace. •i-