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FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR No. 2.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1921.
ESTABLISHED 1866
C TY
ENTE
SE
of
NO DANGER Of
DIVISION BILL
PASSING,REPORT
SALEM, Jan., 11. Current rumors
at the statehouse today gi- r the pro
posed Clackamas coun Session
bill little hope of ever q
committee in the event L
troduced.
Wv.'t of
OSWEGO GETS
BIG SHARE OF
ROAD MONEY
Marion county members wi. v
ho. Kill tV.rt n-vmml V. r. 4- 4 a " S. V
may precipitate a move to divide ls thro"gh swe.go
,.-ti Tvrit oh cr, Q-e to that district.
According to County Judge Cross,
money expended for highways in the
Oswego district has been enormous
and that this district has received
more than its share of county and
public highway funds.
On the Oswego-Oregon City high
way $52,187.12 has already been
spent; Sucker Creek bridge, $65,851.'
14; Tyron Creek bridge $8,479.98. All
of these sums have been spent in the
Osweeo district, besides it has re
ceived its regular quota of road dis
trict money. Not only this, but a 20
foot concrete pavement will be laid
T'rom the Multnomah county line run-
without ex-
ment seems to be against annexation.
The senate committee on counties,
to which such a bill would undoubted
ly go, consistes of senators Hume
and Staples of Multnomah, and Ryan
of Clackamas, while the house com
mittee consists of representatives
Sloan, of Umatilla; McDonald of Mult
nomah and Clackamas; Martin, of
Marion; Stone, of Clackamas, and
McFarland, of Multnomah.
It also appeared evident at the
statehouse today that the legislature
will not be asked to vote upon a cash
bonus bill for ex-service men, but in
stead will probably be asked to con
sider a land loan bill, extending the
credit of the state to holders who
wish to purchase land. This was re
ported to be the result of an informal
conference of American Legion lead
ers here today.
NEW DEPOT FOR
CITY IMPERATIVE
SAY LIVE WIRES
rumored that Oswego is dis
with the present allotment
o. momev bv the court, and it
wai s&o reported that .a meeting was
to be held there for the purpose of
discussing the subject. Judge Cross
and another member of the court
were in Oswego Tuesday evening with
the intention of attending this meet
ing, but it is reported that no meet
ing took place.
In spite of the fact that the above
sums of money have been spent in
the Oswego neighborhood, it is rumor
ed that annexation to Multnomali
county of that district has met with
much approval there, and members
of the court are at loss to understand
Oswego's attitude in the matter.
ROAD BOND
ISSUE CALLS
FOR BRIEFS
YEGGS ATTEMPT TO LOOT FIRST
NATIONAL BANK AT MOLALLA
The Live Wires committee, ap
pointed to secure a . new Southern
Pacific depot for Oregon City, has
unlimbered its guns, and is ready for
action. At a meeting held yesterday
evening, Al. Price was appointed
chairman of a sub-committee to gath
er data for the Public Service
Commission, which will meet in this
city soon and hear representatives
of the S. P., company and investigate
data furnished by the local commit
tee. The commission at this time
will decide whether or not Oregon
City should have an adequate depot
and shipping facilities.
Wallace Caufield, chairman of the
main committee, has already filed
with the Commission complaints
showing why Oregon City should have
a new depot, and members of the
commission at that time alleged that
if matters were as bad as pictured
here, the S. P., company should build
the depot.
It is the object of the committee
from the "Wires" to have all persons
who are interested in a new depot
for Oregon City to file their com
plaints against the present facilities
with Mr. Price, in order to have them
nresented to the Commission when
they arrive in this city for the hea
Ing.
It ia also alleged that the more
data filed with the committee in favor
of the -depot, the better the chances
will be to get the structure.
At the present time, several dray
men and transfer men have refuse
to deliver or receive freight from the
present depot, for the reason that th
facilities are inadequate for
loading or unloading freight
Stockmen say that livestock
shipped to and out of this city
has to be driven over the passenger
platform to the cars, causing dis
agreeable and unnecessary conditions.
The Commission will order the S,
P., company to build the new depot
and freight building if the present
facilities are shown r-to be inadequate
for this city, and it Is up to those in
terested to see that this data is turn
ished Mr. Price, chairman of the com
plaint committee.
STATE HOUSE, SALEM, Or., Jan.
11. The rehearing in the case of W.
P. Hawley vs. H. S. Anderson, county
judge of Clackamas county,involving
the legality of $1,700,000 in county
road bonds, will be based upon brief3
and records already filed with the
supreme court on which the court
in its former opinion held the issue
to be invalid as exceeding the 2 per
cent limitation fixed by the act of
1913.
A stipulation by the attorney's on
both sides of the case to that effect j
was allowed dv tne supreme court
Wednesday morning.
Yeggs forced entrance into the
First National bank at Molalla about
3:30 o'clock Saturday morning, blew
both doors to the vault open with
nitro-glycerine and escaped before
they could be captured by residents,
who were awakened by the explosion.
The robbers got nothing and T-re
scared away by the prompt action of
Gordon Taylor, who discovered them
and telephoned the night operator at
the switchboard of the robbery.
The men entered the bank buildin
through a window in the wood-house
adjoining the bank, and after enter
ing the bank proper, hammered off
the handle to the vault door and load
ed the hole with "nitro." The first
explosion did not have the desired ef
fect, and a second charge was set off
by the yeggs.
Taylor, who lives near the bank,
heard the first charge go off, and
rushing to the window of his home,
saw two of the robbers keeping watch
in the street, while a third compan
ion was opening the safe. Taylor
telephoned the night operator, who
in turn notified several residents in
the immediate neighborhood. The
yeggs, seeing the lights turned on in
the different homes, knew they were
discovered and beat a hasty retreat,
without taking money or securities.
Sheriff Wilson was notified of the
attempt to look the bank about 4:00
o'clock, and in company with Deputy
Hughes, made a flying trip to the
scene. The sheriff immediately tele
phoned to Oregon City and other
places in the county to keep a sharp
watch for strange men, and the
night police force here" watched the
suspension bridge closely and other
roads leading, out of the city.
No clue to their identity or
whereabouts can be found, but last
night a cordon of police officers were
placed in the Molalla neighborhood
to catch the men if they were hiding
near there or attempted- to leave
the country.
According to a detective from the
Bankers' Protective Association, who
arrived in Oregon City late Saturday I
afternoon, the work was done by. old
heads at the game, who knew their
business. ,
He pointed out the fact that the
men broke into the W. V. S. Ry. tool
shop and carried to the bank a crow
bar, hammar and pick-ax." "While
While he and Taylor were collecting
a squad to charge the yeggs, the
three men made their get-away.
In "blowing" the vault, the yeggs
placed old clothing and rags, which
they found in the back of the building
around the vault door to deaden the
explosion. An opening in the vault
doors was obtained by hammering
off the handles over the combination
and nitro-glycerina was placed in the
bole thus made.
Outside of the damage done to the
vault, the bank building is not injur
ed. Sheriff Wilson ' discovered a
transom over one of the doors with
the glass missing, and it is believe1!
the average layman does not know I tnat the vesres broke the elass in ord
the value of these tools to bank rob- j 6r to keep watch up and down the
Ders, he saia, nevertheless, tney are street through the opening.
, .T T ' ? "fT- It is claimed by the officials that
"" 1U" useu l" the robbers are
ftf V " Innlra th nlnlr -w f. I. I
breaking open of safety deposit box
es and the hammer to "tap" the dif
ferent soaps and other materials in."
The detective also alleged that the
famous John Stroff, known far and
wide as the best little "safe-cracker"
and all-round yegg in the business.
is at large. He served a term recent
ly at Salem, and has been free for
several monthsi. Also "John Bull,"
and "Spike" two notorious bank rob
bers are at large at present. The de
tective also said that the attempted
robbery at Molalla was identical with
the ones at Kelso, Wash., and at
North Plains, when the robbers
"blew" bank vaults in those two
towns.
W. W. Everhart, cashier of the
First National bank of Molalla, also
saw the " robbers leaving the town.
attempt to leave until night time. A
large number of depuies and detec
tives,' under Sheriff Wilson and De
puty Hughes, left Oregon City Sat
urday night for an all-night vigil, and
it ia expected that the yeggs will be
rounded up before Monday morning.
Police at Canby, this city and all sur
rounding towns have been notified of
the attempted looting of the bank,
and are keeping a sharp watch for
the robbers.
The detective, who represents the
Bankers' Protective Association, al
leges that if the yeggs are the old
heads that he thinks they are, then
when cornered, they will put up a
stiff battle. He says that ordinarily,
the men would not take human life,
but in a pinch, shoot to kill, is pos
sible, especially one of the trio.
TAX-LEVYING
BILL TO COME
UP AT SESSION
MORE BONDS
FOR HIGHWAY
TO BE ASKED
SALEM, Or., Jan. 7. The legisla
ture probably will be called upon at
its coming session to authorize a
special election next May Or June to
vote additional highway bonds in the
sum of $5,000,000, according to James
S. Stewart, former member of the leg
islature, who was here today. Mr.
Stewart now . lives at Corvallis. He
published a newspaper at Fossil for
many years.
Othr reDorts reaching Salem dur-
inir tho nas.t few days indicate that
the program of the state highway
commission will be approved by the
legislature. The members of the com
mission have been working on a
plan of operation for several months,
but as yet their finds have not
been made public.
Anderson Compiling
Data for Court
Ex-Judge Anderson is now employ
ed by the present county court to
tabulate data concerning the amount
of money spent by the court during
the year 1920 on highways north ot
the Clackamas river, and east of the
Willamette. The figures will be
STATE HOUSE, SALEM, Or., Jan.
11. Herbert Gordon's bill to put
teeth in the tax supervising and con
servation commission law made its
appearance today. The measure.
which has the support of the Tax
payers' league and other bodies in
Portland, has for its principal pur
pose to promote efficiency in ad
ministration of government and
economy in the expenditure of public
funds.
GOVERNOR 0LC01T GIVES
MESSAGE TO LEGISLATURE
Touches on Japanese Question Highway Program Aid
for Ex-Service Men Traffic Regulations Budget
System Protecting Bond Investors Etc.
CREDITORS HOLD
ANNUAL MEETING
HERE SATURDAY
At the annual meeting of the cred
itors of the John Loder estate, who
have incorporated, officers of the or
ganization for the coming year were
elected. Those elected on the board
of directors were H. E. Steavens, I.
J. Hodgson, Miss Anna Smith, C. W.
Swallow and A. J. Marrs-
The matters of the estate have not
been fully straightened out as yet.
and it will be a year or more before the
creditors will be able to determine
just how much they will receive from
their investments. To dat 30c on
the dollar has been paid in, and more
is coming in to the association right!
along. Owing to the mixed state of I
the afairs, little pretaining to ths
value or income from the estate has
been fully determined, but the cred
itors have organized to secure better
results during the next year.
The total liabilities of the
estate amounts to $65,052.
Loder
FEDERAL JURY
CALLS MANY
LOCAL MEN
Men from Clackamas county who
will serve on the next federal jury
which convenes at Portland January
24, are as follows:
C. T. Blackburn, route No. 3, Ore
gon City; Ben Dya, route No. 5, Sher
wood; Ernest B. Evans, route No. 1,
Eagle Creek; C. D. Hartman, Scotts
Mills; J. E. Jack, Oregon City; Fred
Kamrath, route No. 3, Oregon City;
T. Llewellyn, route No. 4, Oregon
City; Ortley Plimpton, route No. 3,
Milwaukie.
SOUTH DAKOTA
MAY PASS SIX
MILLION BONUS
PIERRE, S. D., Jan. 10. The state's
attorney-general is drawing up- a bill
for presentation in the legislature
which provide the $6,000,000 fund
necessary to pay ex-service men the
bonus voted at the November -elec-
The people of the state by their bal
lots have incerased the cost of state
government largely in excess of that
allowed under the six per cent limita
tion amendment. Measures adopted
by the people at the special election
last May carried heavy tax provisions
and the expense of these must be met
Burdens of taxation, already heavy,
have been augmented to a great de
gree but it removes none of our re
sponsibilities in seeing that our in
stitutions and necessary adjuncts of
state government continue to operate
efficiently and well.
You, as legislators, by the practice
of economy in your appropriations, by
a careful scanning of items for those
that are unnecessary and unwise, may
very materially help the situation.
Oregon, being essentially an agri
cultural state, I bespeak your consid
eration and help in ascertaining ways
and means to bring the products of
the farm closer to the consumer.
Some well devised move of this sort
would be of vast benefit both to the
people on our farms and to the popu
lation of the cities. While the people
rejected the state market commission
bill, I do not consider that as a repudi
ation of the idea that there should be
a more direct means of disposing ox
the products of the farm, and legisla
tion tending to curb excessive profits
in between, the producer and con
sumer will be a decided boon to man
kind.
I need not mention to you that it .is
a well defined legislative interpreta
tion in this state that the six per cent
limitation amendment from year to
year by the tax levying body than an
increa.se of six per cent over the pre
ceding year, but it means as well that
the legislature shall confine it appro
priations within the available rev
enues. I shall deem it my constitu
tional duty as executive to disapprove
any items that may be in excess of
the six per cent limitation.
.OUR BUDGET SYSTEM
Perhaps one of your garvest respon
sibilities is to lead with the financial
system of our commonwealth. I have
long believed that the basis of an
economical administration of state af
fairs is the budget system. We have
had such a system in operation in this
state since 1915, with splendid results.
But there are weaknesses in the sys
tem which I desire to call to your at
tention, and also, in turn, to present
what I consider a remedy.
Our budget is prepared on the fol
lowing basis: The head of each de
partment, institution or state activity
estimates his needs for the coming
year and, except in the case of state
institutions coming under the board
of control, submits these estimates
directly to the secretary of state. He,
in turn, compiles them in budget form
for submission to the legislature. The
secretary of state has nothing to do
with these estimates save to act in a
purely ministerial capacity and do tho
I believe all estimates should ba
passed upon ty some responsible body
before they are presented to the leg
islature and its ways and means com
mittee for their consideration. ' This
body should have such an intimate
knowledge of the needs of the state
that it could prune estimates down to
essentials, and thus enable the legis
lature at the outset to take stock of
its finances and determine to what
extent appropriations may be made to
cover them, as the final responsibility,
of course, for the appropriation of the
people's money rests upon the legis
lature. Under present conditions there Is
no central body responsible for the
budget estimates, leaving each depart
ment and branch of the state govern
ment to make such estimates and
claims upon the state's finances as
they see fit. I recommend that the
state board of control be made respon
sible for all burget estimates, and
that each department and branch of
the government be required to submit
their estimates to this board a suffi
cient time in advance of the biennial
session of the legislature to permit
a full examination of all claims. The
board of control should be given
authority to consider and prune these
estimates as it deems necessary for
the best interests of the state. After
the board has passed upon the esti
mates they should be filed with the
secretary of state for compilation m
budget form for presentation to your
body. This change in the budget sys
tem would give to the legislature the
benefit of the judgment of the mem
bers of the board of control. This
would necessarily place a heavy ad
ditional burden upon the members of
this board, and ample provision
should be made for providing the
board with necessary expert and
clerical help to give this matter the
close attention which its importance
would warrant. Our budget would
then be a budget in substance as well
as in name and I am convinced that
the results attained from this plan
would more than justify any expense
that may be connected with it.
tenance so that the unfortunates may
be properly fed and clothed, given
proper medical attention and all of
the necessities required to make them
as-happy and comfortable ' under tne
conditions which circumstances have
forced them.
There has been some talk of the
erection of an additional Capitol build
ing. I appreciate to the fullest extent
the crowded and cramped quarters in
which ' our departments are housed,
and the handicaps under which they
suffer because of such crowding, and
every consistent effort should be
made to alleviate such conditions. But
while we are attempting to care for
pouthful offenders in a training
school, the physical plant of which
does not reflect credit to the state;
while the institution for the feeble
minded and the state hospitals for the
insane are crowded to capacity, and
while other institutions are suffering
for want of room. I am of the opinion
first consideration should be given
these institutions. ,
BOYS' TRAINING SCHOOL
The boys training school I consider
one of the most important of all of
the institutions coming under state
support. - Here is laid the foundation
for present reform of future criminals
and present conditions show us the
economic fallacy of leaving undone
any step which may result in turning
the youthful offender into a good citi
zen. The physical plant at the train
ing school is hopelessly obsolete. The
building is antiquated, the plan of the
institution is medieval, and the name
of "training school" attached to it
without apology. With the exception
of a few successful, but limited at
tempts to provide some vocational
training for the boys, nothing is done
to prepare them to battle with life by
the use of their hands in an honest
trade. Academic instruction is given,
it is true, and to a measure in a sat
isfactory degree but the instruction
received is but poor material upon
which to remodel a life startej under
such unfortuitous circumstances and
such inpractical envoirnment.
Man Recalls When
Coffee Was 8 Cents
Flourt $2.70 Barie
SANDY, Jan. 11. R. E. Jarl soli
his interest in the Kelso store recent
ly to Albert Jonsrud, so the firm is
now Eri & Jonsrud. Jarl bought thi
store in 1905 from his brother, Joel
Jarl, who had just $70 with which to
buy his first stock of goods, but that
was in 1S93, when "normalcy" prices
obtained. During the recent transfei
the first bill of goods Jarl bought 28
years ago was found and prices ran
as follows: Arbuckle and Lion cof
fee, 8 cents a pound; a dozen over
alls, $3.70; sack sugar, $3.75; barrel
flour, $2.70; 30 pounds candy, $1.70.
Kelso postoffice was established by
Jarl, who carried the mail six months
gratis, after which Mrs. D. D. Jack
of Pleasant Home was the first mail
contractor. His postoffice was dis
continued in 1S94 on account of rural
delivery coming into this section.
RELOCATION OF
ROAD IS CAUSE
OF BIG MEETING
About one-hundred farmers from
the Clarkes, Beaver Creek and High
land sections attended a meeting ia
the county court rooms in Oregon City
Friday afternoon. The matter up for
discussion before the court was the
relocation of the Beaver Creek and
Clarkes road. A petition, signed by
a number of taxpayers in the Schuebel
district remonstrating against the
change, was presented- to the court,
and quite a number in favor of the
change in the road were present to
urge its completion.
Many addresses were made on the
subject, and sentiment seemed to be
in favor of the new road, although
the project met with considerable
opposition. Many in favor of the
proposed road came from the High
land and Clarkes districts.
The court took the matter under
advisement, and another meeting of
both factions will be held in the
court rooms on January 17, when the
matter will be threshed out. O. D.
Eby, attorney, represented the peti
tioners, and Chris. Schuebel was the
attorney for the opposition.
HOSS ELECTED
MAIN TRUNK OF
LIVE WIRE CLUB
SUPERVISORS
FAVOR OLD
1915 LAW
STATE PENITENTIARY
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
The first chage upon the public fin
ances should be the care of those un
fortunate wards of the state, who
through some mental or other defect
It is a pleasure to call your attent
ion to the condition of the Oregon
State Penitentiary which I believe to
be equal to any time in its history,
both as to the physical appearance of
the plant and the morale of the men.
This i-s a condition that exists regard
less of the fact that but few appropri
ations have been made for better
ments and repairs at the institution
during the past several years, due to
the fact that on two occasions the
electorate were asked to pass upon
the question of an appropriation for
a new penitentiary and until such de
cisions were passed the current legis
lative assemblies doubted the wisdom
of expending much money in better
ments or repairs on the old plant.
Brenton Vedder, county school sup
erintendent, returned Friday after
noon from Salem, where he had gone
to attend, the Supervisors (conven
tion held at that place. Mr. Vedder
reports that the convention unan
imously went on record to have Sec
tion 458, Oregon School Laws, repeal
ed at the next session of the state
legislature. The law as passed in
1919, is an eye-sore to the' heads ot
the schools, and they claim that the
old law passed during 1915, is just,
and that the new one is a "joker." It
was also voted at the convention to
have teachers in every district take
up the reading -circle work.
There are now six vacancies in
rural schoolsi of Clackamas county,
and teachers are hard to get. If the
present vacancies are kept open, it
will sadly undermine the educational
institutions of the rural districts, and
cause many a scholar undue hardship
it is reported.
BANK ROBBERS
MAKE CLEAN
GET-AWAY
are restrained against their will-! Through the initiative of Dr. R.
While continually confronted with the
growth of the state and the conse
quent increase in the unmber of such
wards, Oregon has liberally supplied
wants for such institutions in the past
and I have no fear that the legislature
now convening will do other than
extend to our institutions all financial
support within its means. Realizing
that the six per cent limitation
amendment still confronts us, the
board of control in passing upon bud
gets for these institutions has careful
ly eliminated everything that it deems
unnewssarv and iipoopnti?'
Steiner, temporarily acting as warden,
and his successor, L. H. Compton, the
present warden, vast improvements
have been made at the place, largely
through betterment funds derived
from work at the institution itself. I
will be pleased to have the members
of the legislature investigate the insti
tution and ascertain what has been
done there.
PRISON FLAX PLANT
We still have the flax plant at the
prison in operation. As an industry t
rroc; not
No trace of the Molalla bank yegg-
men has been discovered so far, al
though the woods are full of detec
tives, more or less on the job. Rum
ors are flying thick and fast as to
the possible whereabouts of the safe
"blowers" but to date, no word has
been received here as to their cap
ture. The nearest that some of the
detectives have gotten so far is the
sheriff's office, where thrilling tales
are told to bystanders of stunts pull
ed off in bygone days.
One "Sherlock" from Portland yes
terday aiternoon tnougnt ne had a
"clue" but it was discovered that the
overhalls worn by the "clueist" were
soiled, not from crawling through a
window, but from hard labor at the
Hawley mills.
LAND OPENED
VERY SOON FOR
HOMESTEADERS
Desert lands in Harney and Mal
heur counties will be opened to public
homestead entry from February 25 to
March 17, according to Harry E.
Lausrhlin, chief of the Portland field
division of the general land office.
Approximately 3000 acres of land in
the Vale and Burns districts are af
fected by the order.
The 20-day period, from February 4
to February 24, is set aside for pre
sentation of filing on the land at the
Portland office. Further informatibn
may be obtained at thp land office ftn
The regular weekly luncheon of
the Live Wires of the Oregon City
commercial club was livened up by
the election of officers Tuesday with
the following being chosen: for Main
Trunk, Hal E. Hoss, advertising
manager of the Morning Enterprise;
Sub-trunk, W. B. Eddy, of Eddy's De
partment Store; Transmission Wire,
W. B. Cook, county assessor; Guy,
Wire, D. F. Skene, of the Oregon
City Abstract Company; Insulation
Wire, Rev. H. G. Edgar, pastor of
the Presbyterian church.
The new officers were given the
reins by the retiring regime and will
guide the destinies of the club for
the ensuing quarter-year. The Main
Trunk will announce his appoint
ments of program committee and
Feed Wire at the next meeting.
Considerable discussion on the
county division matter, which is on
the boards for action by the present
legislature, was heard, with conflict
ing opinions. . L. A. Henderson urged
the club to immediate action toward
organizing a delegation to attend the
legislature, declaring that the Mult
nomah delegates were aU solid for
the annexation of the northern por
tion of the county, and the meas
ure might carry through. Judge
Grant B. Dimick, on the other hand,
said that the Multnomah people did
not want the plan to succeed, inas
much as they were now badly in debt,
with $330,000 in unpaid warrants now.
nd m event they absorbed a portion
of Clackamas county, estimated at
about one-tenth of the area, it means
according to Judge Dimick, that they
will have to absorb that portion of
the bonded indebtedness in proport
ion. Further, declared Dimick, the
splitting up of the county now would
impair the road bond issue, and would
force Multnomah county over the 6
per cent limitation to take care of
the added expense.
L. A. Morris, president of the com
mercial club, told the Wires that the
road committee of the club had con
ferred with the county court on the
matter and had assured them their
cooperation in combatting the agita
tion for division. He also reported
that the Lake Grove people, near
Oswego, had a substitute bill to pre
sent the legislature in event the bill
for the whole annexation scheme was
lost, wherein is provided for that
particular district to cecede to Mult
nomah. L. A. Henderson brought up
the expense of making the division
from another angle when he stated
that it would cost Multnomah county
$50,000 to transcribe the records oC
the county.
A committee from the Hill Im
provement club, consisting of F. J.
Tooze and T. J. Smith, presented a
plea for cooperation from the club
in establishing a municipal band, and
M. D. Latourette was appointed a
committee to confer with the band
leader and present a plan at the next
meeting for consideration.
RYAN AND STONE
TO HAVE SAY ON
COUNTY DIVISION
With the 31st session of the Ore
gon State legislature opening Mon
day morning, Clackamas county far
ed well in committee appointments,
and Senator Thos. F. Ryan was ap
pointed head of the important bank
ing committee by President Roy Rit-
ner. Senator Ryan also occupies a
place on the judiciary committee of
the senate and is a member of the
committee on counties which will act
on county division measures.
Wm. M. Stone was appointed a
member of the counties, public lands
and printing committees, which
means that Stone will have a say on
the county division matter which is
expected to come up at the session.
All division bills will come up before
this committee, which is important
to Clackamas county.
Phillip Hammond heads the com
mittee on legislation; F. D. Shank
elected a member on the agriculture,
livestock and election committees,
and Speaker Louis E. Dean and W. R.
McDonald, joint representatives of
Multnomah and Clackamas counties,
heads the corporation committee.
With few exceptions, the session
Monday morning went as per
schedule, both in the house and the
senate. Roy W. Ritner, Umatilla
county, was chosen president of the
senate, and Louis E. Bean, Lane
county, was elected speaker of the
house without objection. k
Senator Ryan introduced a bill in
the senate Senate Bill No. 3 ex
empting from royaltp . payments on
sand and gravel used in the construc
tion of highways, bridges and public
buildings.
Representative W. R. McDonald haa
also been appointed a member of the ,
(.counties, expositions, fairs and insur
ance committees. The governor will