The Redmond spokesman., January 21, 1915, Image 1

Redmond
Spokesman
Published at the “ Hub C ity” of Central Oregon
VOL C. No. BI
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ESUME OF WORK OF
STATE ^LEGISLATURE
Legislators During the
Past Week.
«ount Of Flr«t W e e k ’« W o r k S m a ll.
is Usual — In e ip i • n t
M u t in y
In
4 euse - T w P r o h ib it io n B ills In-
reduced— May R e g ú la la C o m m it-
lion Houaaa— t t a t *
H o r t ic u lt u r a l
lem m lM lener Proposed— Ta« Meat
iraa Numerous.
HR
lalem.—J u s t aa In pr«vious •<>»
aa, the fir s t week o f the tw enty
hth session paaaed w ith very little
om pllshsd aside from organisation
Vhan organisation * » • completed,
taad o f g e ttin g p ro m p tly down to
-It considerable tim e was watted In
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° * , r lh* ■t*l,‘,,”r ot clerk» and
'(U ltoo g rap b eiB
rmployed Home
he lawmakers, In view of the ecsn
y talk which prevailed. thought It
lid bo a good Men to begin with
ting down tha running expenses of
aaaaloa by ts ttln s along with few
clerks. hut after the flow of talk
— ——eed both houses concluded the on
_____ number of clerk» would be necea
r.
I tha senate. with Renator W I.air
r w~t on peon, of Laba county, a» preaid
officer, tha la*l»i alive wheel» ap
[ X L t r to **• runn**,k sm oothly, hut in
house, as a rasuit of di»»ntl»fac
over Speaker Pen Helling » coin
LA
D
$1.50 PER YEAR
nounced that they were well p|ea»ed
with the management or all Instltu
tloii» visited mid were especially well
pleased with the management of the
liiMftne n»ylutn.
S t r ic t R e g u la tio n s to P r o t e c t F a r m e r s
»view Of Doings of Oregon's
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REDMOND, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1915
tee appointm ents and an antagon
• s p irit w hich arose agalnat the
tnom ah county delegation, a well
aad mutiny again»' the house or
laatloa developed A few hotheads
> talked of deposing the speaker.
Ify ln g hla com m ittee appointm ents
'd asm substituting otlo rn nominated
i the floor of the h„u»<
it
B illa In tr o d u c e d
xher of Important
hilo much of the first week of the
Ion waa taken up with organiza
, Inauguration of the Oovernorand
oratory over clerkships, when
legislature did get down to law
.lag a number of the important
‘ ’ Alena to come before the session
p TBIm ret la the shape of hills These
ided measures to amend the tax
l< )l I, consolidate depart menta of the
u
Rigid regulation» for com m ission
merchant» are prescribed In a bill tu
traduced In the house by Represent»
tlve Hlanchard, of Josephine county
The bill amends the present law re
luting to com m ission m erchants, and
provides for the transfer of Jurisdic­
tion over them from the state railroad
commission to (he secretary of state
Provision Is made that before a com
mission merchant can enguge In bust
ties» he must obtain a license and give
u bond that he will faithfully report
to all persons consigning horticultural,
agricultural and vltlcultural produce
and farm products to him. and prompt
ly pay to each the proceeds of all sales
after deducting a com m ission of not
more than 6 per cent on carload lota,
and 10 per cent on sm aller lots, and
actual disbursem ents connected with
the aale of the produce.
H o r t ic u lt u r a l
B ill
Is
Up.
The bill providing for the creation
of a state horticultural com m issioner,
prepared by the state horticultural so ­
ciety, was Introduced In the house by
Representative Vawter. of Jackson
The measure alms to regulate the
fruit and orchard Industry of the
state, .prescribes uniform Inspection
system s and requires owners to spray
their trees and otherw ise protect them
from Insects and various other forms
of pesta.
The measure proposes to abolish the
present board of horticulture and
plate a com m issioner to be appointed
by the governor In charge. Hla sal
ary Is filed at $3000 a year.
It also provides for the appointment
of fruit tree inspectors In ................
coun­
ties of the slate that care to appoint
them at their own expense Ruch In­
spectors, however, are to be subject
to the regulation, of the proposed law
and report to the state commissioner.
l m Po r ’ » d E g g e G o t A t t e n t i o n In H o u s e
GAVE « i n
<<)l M il,
1 \li
TIIE ed selection» which the dancer»
sang as they danced, and which waa|
HIMRAXDH OF MEMBER* OF
appreciated by those who did not
I HE MOM I V S ( I .I II HANQI ET. dance.
At m idnight the crowd adjourned
to the lower hall and partook o f a
sw ell feed. At the close of the ban­
A Safe Deposit Box in our Vaults is
I,AWT EVENING
quet Mrs. Nell Irwin, as toastm is-
the best kind of insurance for your valu­
tress. made a most pleasing talk
about the organization of the W o­
able papers, documents and heir-looms,
man's Club and the purpose for
I be W o m a n s ( lu b of this city which they had organized, and also
because—
gave an evening o f entertainm ent gave a brief review of-w h at the club
and a banquet In the Ehret building had done In the short tim e they had
In case of fire, or thieves in your home
to their husbanda and m em bers or | been at work.
the present city governm ent last j
.
. . , , .,
, . i
you get—not the cash value of your Ioss-
1 Mrs. Hosch. president of the club,
night.
responded in an able m anner, and
The , early
but you have YOUR VALUABLES IN­
, , part
, of , the
. evening
. . was
. i then Mrs. Burdick kept the crowd I
passed In dancing, Interspersed with
laughing for a few m inutes.
TACT.
vocal m usic and recitations.
W hile
Mayor Hosch was called upon and 1
the crowd waa gathering C. H. Mil­
And the cost of having this protection
ler accom panied aeveral of our local congratulated the club on their e f ­
vocalists while they rendered sever­ forts, and told them to keep It up.
is but $2.00 per year.
H. A. Schneider follow ed with one
al of the old tim e son gs that never
of
the
best
talks
o
f
the
evening.
lose their attractiveness.
A. Munz made a hit when he said
Mrs. Lennon gave a splendid Imi­
tation of the little boy who has all "It was wonderful how the women
kinds of trouble and doesn't want to could do so much on the old man's
m oney."
cry about It.
Ur. Barr was then asked to give a I
Mrs. Roberts sang a pleasing solo
talk
on "sanitary drinking trougns i
and responded to an encore which
made It a double pleasure for the for horses,” and in the course of his
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rem arks he stated that he thought
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audience.
Mrs. McKIrfesh gave a recitation, they would be all right as our may-1
and aa an encore recited "Mlgel or had approved o f them . He also
Schneider's P arty” —a num ber very said that the mayor had made the
statem ent that lie at one tim e ow n­
® ucb enjoyed,
ed
an autom obile, now he ow ned a
Mr' Hobb" ,hen '«eltghted the
people with a bo I o and encore and Ford, but hoped som e day to own a
at the request o f a num ber of danc- horM and b,,KKy- and that an>' fur-
ers she repeated the encore. "Night ,her
regard to drink-I
Tln,e ,n '»•»'■gundy.” and several cou Ing troughs could be secured from |
pie danced a two step to the song i the mayor.
This was a feature of the evening. i Mrs. McLallin then talked on th e' YOl'NG MAX IS NOW VNDERGO-
FIX E
PROGRAM
AND DANA'E
Redmond Bank of Commerce
DOG THAI BIT HARRY
STOCK IS DYING
Several tim es the orchestra play-
Continued on Page 2
Three bills striking at Imported
IXG AXTI RABIO TREAT­
DOWN IX GRAXT COVNTY POI-
eggs wero Introduced In the house by
MENT IX PORTLAND
Representative Allen, of Marlon coun­
SOX IH V8ED TO ERADICATE
ty. The first provides that all eggs
Imported and sold In the state shall
THE COYOTE PKST THAT CAR­
be marked "Imported" the second that
RIER TH E DISEASE OVER A
Harry Dobrentl of Pow ell B utte
all food products In packages In which
who was bitten by a mad dog som e
eggs are an Ingredient shall be mark
LARGE TERRITORY
tim e ago, is still in Portland receiv­
ed "Imported eggs used," the third
ing the Pasteur treatm ent under the
provides that drink dispensers who
direction of State H ealth Officer C.
use
Imported
eggs
In
any
drink
they
v n * government for economy, to
S. W hite. An exam ination of the
‘ "
0 effective the prohibition amend sell must hav? a sign posted In their
The Blue Mountain Eagle, pub­
head of the dog which bit the boy
establishm
ent
advising
the
public
of
t and revision of the game laws
A R O IT 4« HEAD HOLD TO THE MANY FILINGS OX DES4 H l TES revealed a w ell developed case of lished at Canyon City, Grant county,
recently published the follow in g in
ie economy spirit manifested It- this fact.
FRENCH GOVERNMENT TVER-
A M ) CROOKED RIVERS AND rabie8> an<» »l»6 county court o f this regard to the prevalence of rabies In
In the senate when that body Woman Legislator Introduces Bill.
; county has been notified that there
Miss Marian B. Tow ne’s first bill
d to elim
el inate appropriations for
DAY— Hl'YING ALMO KEEN IN
MQVAW CREEK MADE BY RES­ is now no doubt that the infection that section am ong the cattle:
In a recent conversation with H.
accountancy board and the to he presented to the house was In­
am ong the cattle and dogs in this
D IFFER EN T PARTM OF STATE
IDENTS OF TH IS SECTION THE
Ireland, supervisor of the W hitm an
» Immigration commission and b; troduced Friday. The only woman In
county is rabies.
National F orest, he stated that peo­
the saspeiinion of the de- the legislature .'.as a m easure to pun
FOR EARLY SHIPMENT
Dr. W hite has sent Dr. J. S. Saur-
PAST FEW DAYS
ple in general were not taking seri­
lal census, effecting an approxl Ish conspiracy, the present laws, she
man of th is departm ent, to Harney
says, having nothing to cover the
ously enough the epidem ic of rabies
i saving of tl70,0oo.
county w here there are said to be
now com m on beyond
all doubt
the oloee of th e firs t w eek the point. Hhe would punish by a fine of
hundreds of cases o f the disease
am ong the coyotes of th is section,
e b ad 101 b ills b efo re It and the from 1100 to 110,000 each person who
French Inspectors were here this
The recent reported discovery of am ong th e stock. More than 100 and that to h is know ledge at least
te 4#. A ll peaeed second reading accom plishes any part of the consptr
week
Tuesday
to
buy
horses
for
the
gold In the sands In the banks along head of anim als from Crook and 75 head of ca ttle had been bitten
acy or would Imprison him from 30
y MeaOuree Reading in H o u s e ,
Harney cou n ties have been exam in­
French
governm
ent,
and
It
Is
under­
the
D eschutes and Crooked rivers
and died through this cause during
a lls there Is no universal agree days to one year In Jail or In the peni­
ed and a large num ber found to cou-
stood
they
bought
about
40
head
and
Squaw
Creek
a
short
distance
the past year in his forest alone.
tentiary
from
one
to
five
year».
on the prohibition question, It Is
from farm ers and horse dealers in lront Redmond by Portland parties, tain the rabies germ.
Both Mr. Ireland and Cy J. Bing­
Tex Bills A re In tro d u c e d .
.In that a measure will tie passed
this Im m ediate vicinity. The horses a full account o f which w as printed
ham
o f John Day. supervisor o f the
^ iv In accordao<> with the pro
Renator Smith of Coos and Curry
are wanted for both cavalry and ar­ In The Spokesm an last w eek, has
M alheur N ational F orest, agreed
ns of the constitutional a m e n d Introduced a bill for a new tax law. It
tillery service In the French army, had the effect of creating a mid ex-
with me that a great deal more could
. adopted by the people at the No- changes the date for which a ssess
and the inspection of the stock is d lte m e n t am ong people in this city
be
accom plished toward the abolish­
■
ter election.
Tw o
p r o h ib itio n m eats should he made from March 1
very rigid.
and im m ediate vicinity and a desire
m ent of th e coyote pest if the stock
to
January
1.
and
provides
that
the
/ i t no* ar* Peni,nK 1,1 tb<' bouse
| The prices paid for the horses at to tile on claim s along these waters.
men would co-operate to this end
Committee Of One H u n d r e d » hill first payment shall become due on No­
Last week Jim m y Fox, who knows
than to depend alm ost altogeth er
| \ L ' t b e firs t m e a s u re in tr o d u c e d in vember 1. of the year In which the a s­ the sa le w as said to be very fair, but
no fancy or top prices were paid.
every foot of the reported gold fields,
upon the bounty being replaced, and
body. It has been referred to the sessm ent Is made and the second pay­
The Inspectors lately looked over located a num ber from here, and
on
the com paratively few trappers
alttee on alcoholic liq u o r. D. < ment shall become due April 1 of the
104 head of horses In the vicinity of has also been busy this week doing I
THEY DO AWAY WITH THE OF- j that would thereby be induced to
s. of St. Johns, Is the author of following year. No penalties are pro
Burns In Harney county, and only the sam e kind of work. AU the lo- j
j take up the work of exterm ination.
isr measure now In the hands of vlded.
ER E OF STATE IMMIGRA­
bought 20 head, as the stock did not cation notices are filed at the Jeffer­
This view is taken on account o f
Senator
Barrett,
of
Vniatlllu.
also
Kind» same committee
Vet another
com e up to requirem ents.
son county clerk ’s office at Culver.
the very great success Cy J. Bing­
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ure may be Introduced th is w eek Introduced a tax bill In the upper
In different parts of the state the Mr. Fox stated to The Spokesm an
ham m et w ith last year in experi­
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' It. Porter, »prom -niii'iie from house, and members of the Multnomah French governm ent has had Its In­
that he had known for a long tim e
m enting w ith a new poison. He has
county delegation have another m eas­ spectors looking over and buying
,iirfhi*!ae county, la the a u t h o r
j that there was gold in the sands
sent the data to the district office in
presentatlve Lewis declared that ure In course of preparation. It prob­
In the Interest of low er taxes the Portland, and if it m eets with their
ttlwaj» traduced a bill on the subject be- ably will bo Introduced In the lower horses for both branches of the ser­ along these stream s, and he was
vice, but horse ow ners are not get with the Portland men, Tie says. L egislature has abolished the Oregon approval, of which there is very lit­
I bus '» he was dissatisfied with the house within a few days. These meas ting very anxious to sell Just at the when they made their locations.
State Im m igration Com m ission and tle doubt, pam phlets w ill be issued
iltte e ’s .M Il. H is measure Is rad- ures are sim ilar In som e particulars, present tim e as they think the de­
Many
outside
people
cam
e
in
last
the
office of State
Im m igration describing the method used in set-
1 the extreme.
but differ In other essential provis­
mand later w ill be
greater and tlte w eek, both to Redmond and Terre- Agent, the latter held by C. C. Chap- j tin S
o u t- A s I understand it the
II ®' » legislators are determined to ions. Both provide for semi annual
prices higher, with not such rigid bonne, to get in on the ground floor man.
As neither the m em bers of P<>l«on is not put
in the carcass but
niiditx* an effective prohibitum law ir payments. The Multnomah county bill specifications as to qualifications re- and file claim s before all the b e s t ; the com m ission or Mr. Chapman re- is placed around it in the form of
Committee of One Hundred's bill allows a discount for all payments In qulrt,tl.
ones were taken up. But. as it is celved any salaries or other com pen sm all baits which, if any are left,
It w ill he to make It more excess of 50 per cent made at the first
All of the horses
bought In C e n -' claim ed there is gold all along the sation. they did not oppose the re- m elt and run into the ground with
period, while the Barrett bill does not. tral and Eastern Oregon are to be D e s c h u te s and Crooked rivers, there peal of the law.
the advent of warm w eather, there­
fo r Institutions May Stand The Multnomah county bill attaches a shipped to Baker City and held there seem s to be plenty of claim s yet left.
The principal part o f the funds fore leaving no danger to the dogs
it the estimates made by the penalty of 12 per cent per annum until orders are received to forward
It is understood that the Portland which have hitherto been used for of sheepm en. A lso the m ost im por­
board of oontroi for approprla against delinquent payments, while thè w hole lot to France.
5 people who first made public the state w ide farm organization has tant part is the m ethod o f placing
for the various sta le institutions the Barrett penalty Is fixed at the rate
gold find In the Portland papers, w ill been subscribed by Portland bus!- t»le baits as stated above. This is
and 1914 w ill not be materlal- of only 8 per cent. The payments
WANT PROTECTION
soon begin the erection of w orks for ness men, and w hile the work w ill, an original idea of Mr. Bingham 's,
ged, If changed lit all. Is the dates also differ.
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I gettin g out the gold, and if it is of necessity, be som ew hat curtailed an<» aa be found as many as nine
L e g is la tiv e N u gg ets.
a fte r the firs t week's session of
Potato grow ers of Oregon are ask- found in paying q uan tities they w ill when stnte support is withdraw n, It <lea tl coyotes around one carcass, it
gtslature. Betimntos were made
Indications are that Renator Dim Ing that a strict quarantine be es­ eventu ally buy up all the prom ising is certain that a ctiv ities for the de- having been placed only one night.
the superintendents and eon- Ick's bill to abolish the Oregon naval tablished against all potatoes ship­ claim s along the tw o rivers, for it velopm ent of the sta te at large w ill there is no question o f doubt as to
ble reductions made by the militia Is going to have easy sailing ped from C alifornia, ow ing to dang­ would cost too much for Individuals not be perm itted to cease.
its feasibility.
In several Instances,
In the senate.
er of the tuber moth gaining n foot­ to work the claim s for them selves.
K nowing th e country as they do
Portland business men realize that
i committee on ways and means
A bill designed to keep heavy freight hold In this state. So far ns known,
the city Is overgrow n, in com parison in their respective sections the
' J senate
senni
Is probing thoroughly automobile trucks off unpaved high­ Oregon potatoes are now entirely
A man w ill pay a dollar for a 50 with the agricultural developm ent of stockm en could distribute and kill
irVlhtanage, iment of the Institutions ways at certain seasons of the year free front th is pest, and the State
cent article that ho wants. A woman the state, and Instead of being d is­ any aged horses, diseased cattle or
visited the blind school, the was Introduced by Renator Vinton. It Board of H orticulture has been ask ­ will pay 49 cents for a 39 cent arti­ couraged by the w ithdraw al of sta te other an im als to be used for lure
school and the State Insane asy provides that they shall not go on un­ ed to take such action as w ill Insure cle that she doesn't want.
assistance, they are determ ined to to the very best possible advantage.
A fter spending a day at the lat paved highways between October 16 future safety.
continue their efforta to bring m ore In fact a great deal better than m ost
stitutlon aad the cottage farm,
Spokesman C lassified ads b rin g farm ers to Oregon to people its va­ of the trappers.
It seem s reason-
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T he Spokesman fo r good p rin tin g . re su lts— t r y th e m — d o n ’t cost m uch cant lands.
oommlttee members an-
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