V . mSuhim iNtEitfiuiE. weunesi")Ay, feukuaky. A.I3U. 1 5; ' t J LITTLE AGCOUPUSHED BY OREGON SOLOHS Annartionment Bill Causes U!S satisfaction; Referendum on Salary Bills. . Salem,. Or.jIt 1 conceded that the fewer laws passed tbe better for the state, then the present legislature U it accomplishes m UttU during the remain Ina- dava of the session U it bit during the first four week, may be regarded a bright and shining example ot successful legislative body. No Important legislation haa kaon niiHil ud to the aovernor tor signature. One very apparent reason way nothing la accompllahed I the in cllnaiton to Indulge In uteleea taik. II mim method could b' devised to ap ply a strong doc ot gag rule aud top the flow ot purpoaeiesa oratory business might be expedited. By far, however, the greatest tos of time ha been in political debates. These hare been numerous and telr end la not ret. They hare accom plished nothing other than to atlr up dissension and bring on vituperation and peraonalltlea, which have been and will be Indulged in at great length. There have been 67T bll'a Intro- duced.-oT""waTca"sv' B5T8 h off the 'calendar by Indefinite port ponement or failure to pase; approx imately 30 have paaed both House and bare either been filed by the gov ernor or are on the way to the execu tJve office, and there are 487 bill to . be disposed of. To date, the jesslon has not Introduced aa many blUa as la ltOI and 107. Tboae sessions reglatered 700 bllla each, but with 577 bUla on tb list now, there la time for the. legislators to make ap the defi ciency. The bllla which will come later, with the exception of the ap propriation . bill, will have email chance of getting through. , la; order to accomplish anything at all night sessions will have to be held practically every night this week In order to catch up and wade through the bllla ahead. . , Apportionment Bill Unsatisfactory7 Oenerel dissatisfaction from repre sentatives, and aeaatora from all parts of the atate la expressed over the bill of Senator Joseph reapportioning the , legislative districts.- While Joseph in creases .Multnomah's representation In the Senate by one and adds ftr to the House, there 1s already com plaint among the outatd members. Even Multnomah does not gain a' great deal, tor bow It haa six sena tors and a Joint with Clackamas and Columbia and the Joseph kill coats it the joint but add two straight sen ators, making seven. Ia the House Multnomah fares better, the Joseph bill swarding II representative. Not many changes are made la the senatorial districts, bat the represen tative districts are considerably dis arranged. . Josephine, which has had a single senator, loses this and Is coupled with Curry and Jackaon, while Coos, which has been Joined with Curry for several years, has In the Joseph bill a senator of Its own, aad Curry Is shifted over to Joseph, lae and Jackson. Moat astonishing, however, la the abseae. of Columbia from the new list Senator Joseph appears to hare obliterated that county from the map or treated It as though foreign terri tory, for ho does not take care of It la bis bilL Gilliam, Sherman and Wheeler, which have had a Joint sen ator, must, share him with Morrow, according to Joseph, and Morrow has heretofore, been with Crook and- Uma tHla. The Joint aenator Umatilla pas had with . Union aad Morrow la lost to Umatilla. Marlon County will complain about the. representatives. Now it has live and Joseph allows four, with a Joint representative . with Ciackaiuaa, the latter county being a gainer of s Joint representative, but losing Its joint senator,, , Hoa.lsasthree representa tives aad Joseph Jops one off. DougJw and, Jackson lose Na Joiqt representa tive. .Graii. and .Morrow are hlfcbed for a Jolat representative, while Crook, which has. 4 Joint with Klam ath and Lake, gets fc representative of Its own and. Klamath and Lake continue together, Umatilla not only loses a joint senator, . but also a Joint representative. -yBaaar, . which - bad one representative. Is givea another, and Sherman, Gilliam end Wheeler, which bad twa representatives, now Ptn! 'PPHlorjment:(blUst... at least two athera, era pom being draft ed and will be presented this week. ' tenate pivlslen K"pt. ' . One of the bills la course of prepa ration will propose that the member ship of the state Senate rental a sub- atantlallr aa It la both 1. iA -..'-.v.. . of senator and. it ronJLt,iT the tl araatorla! Alrt-rtMm - 1- & mining the representation Ma th .. - .. . Ne Daily? ' . , M Te2ewlnf Cirtrprla U to b aa Oltr asisaatld St BWat n4a hav th. ILr.f boTtin 0r For a limited time tb Moraiaui sssaaem - subwcHbers aa follows: - By Carrier, 1 rear Br MalL 1 rear Band In your nam n rmlrtan. House, It Is proposed to give each county a representative. The total m.mw.hln.wlll be limited to 10 as provided In the constitution and th other 26 menibere will be apportioned over the atate oa the basis ot popula tion. Still another measure being consld red is one la which the membership ot both houses will be appoMlooe among the 14 counties strictly on the basis fixed by the constitution. Un der this plaa. however, the authors will take care that Multnomah does not receive her proper share eltv of the senators or representative. May Have Congressman at Large Oregon's third. congressman, pro eton f 1 whom will be made by Cou grass under lb recent census, all probably be elected by the state at laree. for the first term at least. II la unlikely that the legislature in Its d resent session will take any action upon a congressional reaismcimeui as only a provisional bill could be en acted. , There has been some talk ot wheth er It would be advlssble to hold special session In order to take up thla subject, but Governor West does not see any such necessity. He de clarea that Oregon can get along very well by rhoos rg a congressman from the state as a whole until the next sesslun. We fe-e"'"m en Salary Bllla. Various county officials throughout crease In sa ary by legislative enact ment, will hitve to go before the peo ple If they ale to get more pay. That Is the sentiment of th House committee on salaries of .state and county officers, to which all salary bllla are referred. This committee, In the consideration of these measures, baa established an Inviolable rule to attach a referendum clause to every bill, giving to the voters of the county affected the right to Invoke the refer endum If a petition signed by 15 per cent of the legal voters Is filed with the proper authorities within day after the bill become a law. Label Convict Made Good. Oregon manufacturer will be bene fited by the bill which passed the leg Islature during-the week compelling the us of th convict label on prisor made good. Wholesalers and re tailer agree that the public will no buy merchandise which it knows ba been made by convicts. Thus the; argue th competition of this cheap labor will be removed frcm the field Removal ef Dairy Commissioner . Declaring that the charge of Incom potency against Dairy and Food Com mlasloner Bailey cannot b disproved and that the charge ot mlsapproprlat Ing state funda has not, Oovernor West ent an urgent message to the legislature this afternoon, recommend ing tae abolishment ot the offlce or removal ot It Incumbent. Ballot Counting BUI Introduced. a Mil designed to expedite ballot counting has been Introduced la the House. It provides that the first elec tion hoard, .provided for by law, shall report at the respective polling places at I o'clock la the morning oa the day of , election. , The second election board. Instead of reporting for duty at 7 p. aa., is to report to the polling place to which It was aaslgned at o'clock In tb morning on election day la a convenient room or building In the vicinity of the polling place and begin counting the ballots. Exemption Fixed at $300. The House pissed McKlnney's bill re-enacting the ISO persons) tax ex emption lause and providing a uni form method of assessment and taxa tion, after aa attempt had been made to. Increase the exemption to $500. This bill Is to be submitted to vote ot th people, la November, ,1912. ,Jf adopted it will have th effect pf an nulling th single-tax measure paased by th people last Noiember, . Judiciary Net to Revised. Oregon's legislature apparently Is satisfied with the Judicial system ol the state a It exists. At any rat, both the House and the Senate killed by indefinite postponement bills pro viding for a commission to revise th present, system There la a well-defined aversion on ths part of both branches of the leg islature against Interfering In any way with th popular law. Weuld Advertise State. By the provisions of a bill Intro duced by Representative Abbott th offlc of. state Immigration agent is created and $25,000 appropriated for carrying on Immigration advertising by the stat for the text two year. Th jneasur contemplates the ap pointment by the governor of aa In cumbent for the office within to day t th passing of th act, whose term shall, be. four year, aod.', who shall serve without compensation. 1 West Sign First Veto. ' Oovernor Ves exercised hi right m lor th first time whej he re- turBea Senat with his dlsan- Proval Senator Nottingham's bin. nr- y?tK? ffr tb" forehr ot i niechaav v iwb. sibc poms eaa. auccMcful as this Interests of Oregon nniMrt nf 11 . Tk. a.- L - - City and Clackamas County Tour ls will . . wui b sold to paid in ad van re HK 240 Story He Bmiim Cvknsd That Bis Wife Was a HesaarkeMe Wesas 7 r. a. Mrrcnti Coprrlahl by Amertean rlettnn. I'll 1 am a steeplejack. Now, 111 admit that er.hJack k a verv unlnu Individual. We have "doctor, lawyer, merchant, chief." llb'tniu. but bow many e'eepletnckul Probably not ou la a million cltlxeus Au 1 aut aware that while a a'eeol Jack I very attractive to a crowi b la a constant aourv of worry to bis own family, who dou't know when b' mangled body tuay be brought to M ham oa a stretcher or la a wsgoa. If his wife see him at th work v which be earns tbelr dally bread she nmat be one of a crowd watching him. one hair dreading mat ne win ran and the other half feariug be wont NV4.cJ0tS "1 asvan irmDBB to cusi rr. (all. Taking hUo altogwtoer. a steeple jack la not desirable member of a family. That vaa the reason vh Mr. Davis, when I asked htm for bis daughter. Molly, turned, facwd me squarely and said Impressively: Tea. yon tuay bav Molly when ah will marry yon. each on of you swing lag from aa arm of the gilt cross on th top of 8t. T bo Bias' church." ' Ton mean by that, I suppoa. Mr, Davis." I replied, "that I can't ba Molly at all aad braue 1-sui s steeplejack. Do yon deny. sir. that a teeplejack bas a heart tb same ss ny tpsnf "I'm not Interested In steeplejack's heart. 1 dont propose ' that my daughter aball marry a man out of whom she ran never et more than a bar living except by Insuring bis life." I "U mT 1 replied to thla thoughtfully "Not a bad scheme. Now. snppow-"-- "Ton get out of here, I bsv some thing els to attend to tban listening to airy schemes for my daughter's betterment Good morning, air." Being thoa cruelly choked off. I left blm crestfallen. 1 thought it - very hard that be wouldn't even permit me to propose my plan, though I'll admit that th only way to mak it a auccesa was to die. I went to Molly aod told her what bad occurred between her father and me. I was very liirinrtous about It and expected a lot of sym pathy. What did she do bat bnrst out laughing. Thn made me look more disconsolate than ever, whereupon ahe threw her arma about my neck, ex claiming: "Stupid, get that woeful look off your face." . "That reminds me," replied, "of when I was a kid.. When my mether need her slipper oa m she would say after ahe had finished. "Now be good and look pleasant" Molly laughed again. "Seriously," she said, "did father aay you could bav me. when I waa willing to marry yon swinging from th cross of St Thomas' 77 ., "Tea, be did." ... "Then thst's th wy we moat be married. Grandma left me 120.000. but I'm net to bav U wlthoot father" con sent. when 1 niarry.,. Were, ther any witnesses present when be said thtsT" "There was some one In th next room, ant I don't know whoT! Til find ooL I've get to bocom steeplejack like you. That la to aay, I've got to learn to climb steeples. mast get such control of myself that I can go qp to tb cross of St Thomas' snd hang there long enough to be mar ried " "Nonaenaer I exclaimed. "No aonsene about It. If I'm to marry yv anew father veil enough to ba sura that If b say a thing he'll tick to It. He ba aald. or, Implied, that b will only give his consent to our marriage under certain condition, which be meant for a refusal. Rut In law. If the renditions are fulfilled, bis consent bs been jrlven." -"How do yon kpow tbstT r"l don't but ' I csn ask a lawyer, "'fir,..,. s- ,-: ... lM. "But good gracious, yott jno't learp to ciltnb etreplea. .0p must b born with a head for that; tbey aay a Stee plejack has absointeiy perfect eyea." "Well, can't yoa hoist me np there al th end of a rop with a bag over m year , . thought for somf time before an swering this .question. At last I said "Idoo't know but I might" "Com In tomorrow., Meanwhile I'll find aut0 w have , witness to fa ther conditional . conaot.M., . '. n u , YOU! HOUSC I C VollR FARM VOUR HORSI aa ia. 1 . , 1 . fifX) I I eSBjrjsBB W " , . Try what th cheap columns of the Morning Knurpv4 ean do for yea. wHt rv ben dismissed." Thst don . not matter. Fat ... tk.t t da as 1 11 less. He la aware that aia oaly bold ou m I that hi couseut to my marriage la uc ... t.x m ratline mr h-aacy. he pretty sur I wou t giv ua I'.XK QUO for a steeplejack, and a very slus ol uue si taaC Her last word cwfc aie l th heart but she out ber arma srouad y sn.l av me a hug. bah Ud fl better. I left br feWlug that ah bad a wor level head on her shoulders k.. 1 .v If alts itii lr t rmno .ittiiM as I could. The next day went to her, aud she eaWI ab had discovered who we lu the othwr ro.ua wbra her father bad beu talking la u-a Uasterer who bad brought tiliu an eetlaiat for aoiu work. Hb had found tb man and kM lf k roukl rvoeat what was said. H S tha nulrlinoabil CoudlUnn WMt for word. Molly took It ilowa In vrlllng, and b slrul It Molly I S iullny IM-nclk-al girl and a very etiergetk one. ."There," she aakt concluding her as connt of what ah' bad dit. "w v ot father Just where we want him. "It seem to me," I replied iloleruuy "that he's got us Juat where we d-o't want to be." She laughed, and because I wouldn't laugb with her ar nut my ears ainl mid "look pleasant" Th made m look worse than ever, but ahe kept boxlnr my ear till I had to smile to stop her. Sha a greet woman. Woliv -that la. In a certain klu f way A few dv later I received a no from ber saying that she had mad an arrangement to vial; a coi"la In N ttirte several churches, all with steeple She told m tn meet her there with climb ing1 tackle and ah would tnVe her (lot lesson. I put my res aud pulleys In a baggag car and went wl'h 'hem to N. I found Molly In gymnasium cost urn. She had taken prise la gvm nssttrs, and she said so would go right out t taka a lesson. I sen my Urkl to tb church with the lowest stsepls, climbed to the mof. fixed beam from which I buug a pulley, then aag out to Molly to put the kwp oa tbe end of th rop noder ber a'roa and haul herself up. She did It without ny trouble. Then I. went to win dow mldwsy ap to the Steele, fixed another beam, and this ttn pulled her ap from below, and she rot In at tb window. I was surprised that sb didn't wine. Bat. as I've said, there's a lot of "sand" tn Molly. Before w bad finished tbe first les son Holly waa aitnng on toe base or the ball capping the steeple a bundr"1 feet from tbe ground A number'of people bsd collected below, wstrblng bar. and sbe kissed her band to them. I aaw from tbla that sbe bad a tepi Jack's bead aa well a I. 1 remained tn N. a Week, and every day w did some cllmMng. Isst day I wss there going- to th top of tb most difficult steeple of all o climb. It waa not very blgh. bat there aa a long tmll with no rests fra th bas to th ton of th aplr. Oa th apes were a ball aod a crosa, aad Molly bung from on aid of th crosa. AaI looked at ber banging there II struck me more tbsa ever that for that kind of girl Molly beat any on I bad ever tackled. Tbla waa valuable preparation, but th height waa only 140 feet, while St. Thomas wss 230. Bat Molly said that If b could hang 140 feet above ground with her eye open sbe could bang 230 with them shut She seemed verv hsppy over It all. and 1 wondered whether she wss glad becsna sb was going to get me snd her 920.000. too. or on srenunt of hsvlng demonstrated her abll'ty to climb. 1 "Molly," I ssld. "It seems to me that yon're mighty plesscd stthe prospect of getting a man who Is nothing but s steeplejack." "Well. Ill tell yof why I'm so pleased." "WhyT "Ever sine I wss a little girt, fstber. In speaking to me pf marriage, haa dinged It Into me that I was to marry high up In tb social seal." , "Molly." I said, with difficulty con trolling my trembling vole, "you've crushed m to earth." I waa pulling out my handkerchief to wp away a tear when Molly kissed t away. ,,,f m1j i r ; rNever mind. Jlrn." ah said. "Doubt less there'll be lota of. couples Just Ilk us, but there'll be oon more loving." That comforted m awfully. W went back. bona. .1 old Molly that she must continue ber climbing In order to keep her besd st greet heights.. Sbe said "All right" but didn't Isy sny plsns for any more of It One dsy sbs wrote me that sb wished to so me . at one. I went right round. X didn't se anything on oawal In. her appearance, which sur prised me when sb told m why she wished to see me. And what do you suppose It waa? Her father had heard of ber climbing snd,. Ter7 much as tonished and angered, asked her wbst It meant, whereupon sb told Mm ber scheme.. He fumed god fretted for. a whole day., then gar In. But he In sisted on my leaving tb. Steeplejack trad and going Into business with him. "Well, now." I aald. overjoyed, "isn't It fine that yon won't have to climb St Thomas'?" "Nonsense. I never Intended to climb It." "Ton didn'tr.. . "No; I contrived that father should bear of wbst I. wss doing, and I knew It would bring hlna round without that" .'. ,., . ., W'y been married flv year now. and I am getting to think aemetlmes tn some thin that my wtfe I my aapertorv elthewgfc I'm ssore used to "going np In tb sir" than sbe. "DOMBIY AND SON" . . . Pi , , ,w ' Recslvlna-.AttenaJ, a th Hand y. , of .th Dloken Club. . . , , . -rIiKI,Cfc!:' Club' ch la reading Uih andJohn.Adam sLr.ei, Monday night, and a most anloyahl avenlaa Z Rfrhmenta war served during thm avanlng. , Tha nxt ,rneet Wa ri 14 tU honM Mr, w, k. u item.... ,..1 o.Metnher attending Mondav nlrnt's mentlna war Mrs. Max Jlolliek, Mrs. W" H- ,'r'y. Mrs Theodore Clark n.M MlM M.rjrto cIJ CMfiem. Caufleld, Mta. Nll mm ry KAll HIXN J. M CURDY . rr.r CrlsM er America Prss ss" rlsllon. IH. Lord Ijltleton came over to N Turk In eearctfof a wife, II brought letter U m. and I 1-t hlu. up those clubs to which I belong.- I dldu't need to Introdue him to our art bocsus It was known he waa coiulu-. aud all tb womeu with mar. rlageable daughter - I mean thus who are looking for foreign lltl fiomled bliu with Invitation aa sooa as be arrlvvHl 1 had a matrimonial acheiu on hand myself. I dltta'l nl money, you know, having a coupl of hundred thousand ln.H.111. but I liked MU Aurblucloaa. who had as much mora, Thrr ar tbi- of us well to do peopl who don't wish to be btitbered making more mouey. We usually marry smoi'g ounmlvee, so you It was possible fur MU Auchluclos ami w to ron sklor lov Just Ilk ordluary people. Well. I lntrwlued tb alngllsUman I her, and what did be do but mak up to her and offer bliiuwlf. Th first I knew of It Mis Aucl.lu. close sent for me sud told me mlud you, I hadu't proHwed to her-that ahe waa lutrnulng to accept my loruiy friend. "Lov match r 1 asked, controlllug my aurjirls. y j -'.,u.iir , "Tiller "Of course. W all wUh to get up la th social scale, and. aay what you like, a title la always a step higher tban ao title." y '- "How about th man you have to tak wtth Itr "Lyttleton la passable." W all T . ; ' - "What do you think of Itr . "it'll l a good thing for m. I don't e how a man can put another mora aader obligation la himself thaa by tatroduclng blia to a girl he hoped to get for hi wife and giving ber up to blm. When I go to London I'M bav some on to do a lot for m. I Hies be know of my pretensions?" "Not till I tokl him." "WIL gvodby. Too hsv accepted him, I supposa." "Tea, but w'r not to b married for a year. . I'm to go ev,r aod bav a kk at th castle. H says tlOO.UW for mi Irs will b required," "Welti wish yon Joy la your title. I bade her good by, and, going to my dab, I found Ijrttleton. 'Hello, old chappler b aald. "fllsd to as yon." Aeret)t my roogratalatlons upon your engagement" "ttbe'a told you, has she? Well, old fellow,, sb told m she has turned yon down for me. iHrured poor taste. yon know. Don't ae how. sb could bav dona It By th bye, yon couldn't let ma have a matter of 11.000 or so for a few weeks? I'm getting remit tance of rents from my agents da a month from today." "Certainly. Two thousand If you Ilk." Well, make It two wbll your about It." J wrote him a check for f 10.000, and befor he left th country I bad lent hiss tW.OOO more. Thla giving up my girl to him sad lending blm the sums I think wss, to say th At magnanimous. I told blm I should b over tha water soon after his arrival, whereupon, ba said perhaps 1 wouldn't mind waiting payment till I reached there. I told blm It wouldn't trouble me at all. or pours th first thing I did an reaching London was to notify him of my srrivsl. II ram right down to my hotel and shook both my banda heartily. . , ., I her on thing about It over here," b aakt his exuberant welcome sobering down, "our club don't allow introducing strangers at all. It's w fully disappointing not to be abl to pot yon op. old chappy, but I can't you know." , , "Oh. It doesn't matter." I aald. "I suppose I'll meet some nlr people In othr wya.", "So yon' will; ao on wIlL , put why didn't yon coma In tha season? Most of my friends ar out of town." ."Toa me a at tbelr country plac aren i they to be n there?" - '"Certainly, on Invitation. But yon know, their guests ar all booked for this season. I fa. awfully awkward, yon know." "I se. Don't fa Ud about It" "I must b going now. I hsv aa appointment wit . Colonel D Gran ville, on of th king's querrt.. m telephone yon aa to my plaa for you,' That waa tbe last' I aaw or beard of Lyttleton. and a for my loan tbey ar loan yet ....... - I vra about tw return, to America when I rrlved a pot from Mia Au chlnclosa asking m to com to se her Sb waa at a hotel, which surprised me. U ft ""'Tl" Plaaeant Tlaitr ah asked. "Kin." . "Selg lota of th aristocracy? "Loads of them." ! Sh broke Into a lapgh. "Oot tb moner rou lnni t -..1 L toor How did yon find out about thatr teM 1 "Ufh'd '"D' "A Mttl bird 1. 1 ',1 ' ' vi.n.. I sat tapping my foot. with naraa,. Its sl off between Lrttlatoa- and se.) I never IntanoaA t.. without sn Inveetls-stlmt f- . , . , - uiauv Ml Ancblncloa and f wsMtw wAM. on th same etemr and when w ar rived were engaged. Th ten-year-old aon ot ni,.. ... enMnV. CV."d, Org .upaAitanJ nt in the ffawlsrv m 11. 1. . . with typhoid fvir. ' "7 "c" At A . . h's spsc. Hther . 1 I Z Fr,sne unnecessary. JwdW I ! h " aomwthlnae s.y will find thl h arTpsr I ' fssfe a awalnwM)!: I trtftsrav Maerisy !T. ? 4 tar svHT WerrenV aM't -r , dra, .. AvsrtJa4 a. Ai?(S If Si f II I I'lillO !. - ' a -r"t i . r f 1 , ' . I The Mdiiiiljj Boost - aaawax 1, , SJ I svTkiniM 1 1" ll -V. 1 ll : r tT, IPfl fJ laT Ik i-F aU tU IVVJ To tike P A I L Y ji p a W'j f a- ...t Is (o be as successful as the intci J ests of Oregon Glty clemiiS it must rteeds hAve the ..the suppal? of all. The new daily hli l big work before it m boc7 Oregon City and Clacko G)unty. Yoiif support rod mbfe strength for. the' wofrr Will You Help U Interests f a, for a lirniteel tirne the Morhiig Kterprise will ' be sold to pcM in advance subscribers is tdWovtb t t. lend iii Your Na it ' ' . . it' anti RehiiBaK 1 , . . ,,. .- , . : II '- ' l v ' "' - ' ' ' ' . .J orfisa CHy. Oreaen.