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y mi.n r MORNING ENTERPRISE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1911. OREGOir LEGISLATURE HOPELESSLY CLOGGED Night Sessions To Be Held During Final Week; 686 Bills Have Been Introduced. .:: ... WiTloalnglteTMUfert 'bund and hrtug out a fw hitch la It suspenders. Reapportionment Hard Problem. The reapportion raent problem la by far the largest one before the Legis Uture lace a compromise baa prac tically been effected by tbe good road Interests which wilt result la the ultimate aettlemeat of the differ ence that hare existed between tbe warring food roads faction. Mult- k1" - Salem, Ore. The concluding week I noaah. on account of having one-third ths present legislative eealon flnde ' the population of the ttate and both House hopelessly clogged with Pymg more thaa one-third f the work. It Is by many regarded a tba I which upporta tbe atate gov moat mnrMiui tin.l .k rwi hv I ernmenL .believes that ' ha should aay session la year. Doubtless ex-1 rightly bare one-third of the represen tended night session will be held, but tatlvea and 10 aenatora. The outly It would seem utterly ImoosaJble for district will be leagued against th tw Hm n -i.r un th mu I the Multnomah delegation In both of bills that have been dropped Into Houses. the legislative hopper during the past I special committee will be a five weeka. There are really more J pointed by Speaker Rusk to consider bill to be dlaposed of during tbe re- reapportionment measures tba mainlng day than have received at- presented. Every session tentlon durlnr urevlous weeks. A to- will & overshadowed by the reappor- Ul of C8 bills have been presented tlonment problem and all legislation nd not half of then have received o whatever nature that come up for A Spy of President Lincoln Br DONALD Q JAM BERLIN CoprrUtM by Amerirsn Frees Awe elation. Oil. attention. The trouble la that both Houses let the early weeka cf the aeasion slip by while they puttered over" petty bill or consumed valuable time In political discussion which nerved no useful purpose. la the meantime the Important legislation ha been neg lected " and" 'must" how' '' heceaai'rnyTj rushed through, without careful con sideration, eoarcely any big leg'. 1- - Hon baa been d' cussed. Good roads alone kvia been the consideration In either House la bound to be affected more or leas by the re apportionment bogey. Bailey'a Removal Blocked. Efforts to remove State Dairy and Food Commissioner Bailey from office were blocked for tbe present In the House and Senate. - In the Home -the report of the ape clal legislative Invest'gatlng' commit tee, accusing Bailey of Inefficiency, misappropriation of state funds and demanding his .resignation, waa laid on the table. In the Senate the ac- r only atatewlde leglalatlon receiving uoa on w repo" oeierrea ana attention, and thi haa not been dis- B0 ctUa ta llk,lT 10 Uk,n- - posed of. Notable legislation to" be Governor Upholds Whipping Post, considered 1 the legislative reappor- Denouncing the wlfe-beater aa at - tloament, the - creating of - new con- heart a barbarian and aa such deserv- gresslonal districts, the public service lag of the only kind of treatment commission bills. Insurance, the eight- which will appeal to a person of brut- bour bill, public- levee, half rate for tab Impulses. Governor West vetoed long dlstaanca telephoning at night I the bill abolishing the whipping post. It la believed the governor1 will alao veto the Bowerman bill, which pro- v- r and the railroad rate measure. Appropriations May Break Record. The) Indications are that whea the session concludes Jts labors the ap propriation for the neit two years will eclipse all previous records and the taxpayers of Oregon will see an aggregate amount of coin voted out of lbs state treasury that will make them sit up and take notice, likewise) Tides for the creation of the office to! assistant secretary of atate, delegat ing full powers and authority of the secretary himself. Fruit Boxes Standardized. A standard size for apple and pear boxes Is prescribed In a bill offered In the House by Westerlund of Jack- reach deeper Into their pockets when I on- Th l'o' ! of n PP-e they face tbe tax collector. rive million dollars, by consecutive estimate, will represent the minimum sum total of appropriations, and tbe Indications are that It Till be closer to 16,000.000. In fact, members of the Joint waya and means committee frankly admit that they believe the figure will be nearer 16,000,000 than It will $5,000,000. in tbe general appropriations bill filed by the ways and means commit tee of the House there Is contained an aggregate appropriation of $8,J20. The general appropriation bill does not Include the eastern Oregon aay lum, the amounts to be expended on the University of Oregon, the Oregon Agricultural College and tbe Mon mouth Normal School, the continuing appropriations of every character, tbe amounts to be allotted for country " falrsTths-mbneyTeexpendedlri road and highway Improvement, should the expected compromise be tween the fsctloas be carried through. aad numerous other Items. Special Appropriations Heavy. The way and means committee of the House decided to allow tbe eaet- cra Oregon asylum $310,000 Instead of the $400,000 asked. It was also coacluded to grant the Monmouth Normal School $50,000, one-half the amount petitioned for. Then there Is $570,000 contained In the Oregon Ag lieultnral College bills. Including Its biennial appropriation. The Univer sity of Oregon la scheduled to receive In round numbers $503,000 for Im provements sad acquisitions of land and $250,000 for salaries and mainte nance appropriations for state boards, eleemosenary institutions, fair asao clationa (which have Increased by a dosen In two years). Improvements and additions for the stats Insane asy lum, the penitentiary, the home for the blind, the home for the feeble minded and other stste Institutions, not contained la the general appro , prtatlon bill, which does not include V Improvementa of any character, the appropriation f $50,000 contained In b,U 'or the Astoria centennial " celebration, amounts ssked for fish V1"" ' hatcheries snd increases in salarlea t scheduled for many offlcea. with more Z t depntiea, and creations of new offices with goodly salarlea and expenses. - Tbe state Is growing, say the legls JJ Utor! Property values are increasing, C Improvement are going ahead rap : .'y idly, Institutions are building up and ' greater appropriation should be ex'- pected. 'Thi cannot 'be denied, but tompared with ' the appropriations mads by the , Legislature two years . ago, which stsggered the taxpayera, , - the sum total this session will convey ;-' the impression that tbe growth must 7- Ire so rapid that the state will soon box Is fixed at IS Inches long, im Inches wide, 104 Inches deep, Inside measurement. Dimensions prescribed for the pesr box are: 18 Inches long, 11H Inches wide and 8 Inches deep. Inside measurement Attack On an Initiative Law. Thirty-two members of the House voted to repeal the law passed by the people at the last election prohibiting fishing with any other device hut the hook and line cn the Rogue River It Is the first of the people's measures to be tampered with at the preseftt session and those behind tbe proposal bad no easy time In getting a majority of the representatives to vote with them. To Protect State Fund a. The misappropriation of state funds Is made Impossible by the passage In tbe House and Senate of a bill re- ftutrTn grth r "secret ary-of- state- to -pass upon and determine the validity of all expenditures by state officers. Another blir which paased the House will have a far-reaching effect in bringing all moneys now held by various board Into possession of the state, for It compels the treasure' or any other person having possesion or control of unexpended state money In the hands of any board, commission or other state organization to turn over the un expended atate money within 10 days from the passage of the act. Conflicting Asylum R sports. Conflicting reports aa to ths suit ability of tne sits purchssed for a branch Insane asylum at Pendleton were made. Tbe report of the Joint legislative committee, presented to the Legislature, approves ths site selected and declares It tbe most suitable and appropriate of thoae available. In the report filed simultaneously with Gov ernor West, the committee, consisting of former superintendents of the ssy- lum, named on the committee by tbe governor, flnda that the alte pur chased by tbe atate la not convenient or practicable for th purposes for which it was bought House Declares fer Clesn Pupils. Members of the House backed up the Senate in Its demsnd for cleanli ness among dudIIs la the nubile schools and passed Senator Chase' bill which empowers the board of di rectors f any school district to en force sanitary regulations governing the personal appearance and cleanli ness of untidy pupils. Prohibit 1 1 ntermarrlago of Races. With Clemens. Clyde, Mann, Pierce, Few persons bave ever been aware of tbe connection Prealdeut Lincoln bad with spies. It la singular bow those raa ( found to do such work. especially, since an tguomlnlou death la the penalty for twins caught. Tbe etrangest feature of tbe spy system Is that the more delicate woman should bave done ber share In It. One day a girl about twenty four yeara old went to Allan Plnkerton, who waa at the bead of the United States secret service bureau, and told him that ahe bad lived at Richmond, the rapltal of the Confederacy, and waa auppoaed to- b a seceesloulst. She proposed to go there. Intending to offer ber services to the Confederate gov eminent, to return to Washington and take bark Information to Richmond. la other words, by pretending to be In th Confederate aervlce she hoped to get Information of their Jntentlona or condition for the Federal aoveru tuent She said her object wss to make money to lift ber ak-k mother out of porty. PHILADILPHIA ATHllTICS HAVI BCST RECORD FOR PAST TIN YfAR J, Striking aa average for tea years, Conule Mack's Philadel phia Athletics bare s larger percentage of victories than any other American league club, thelt grand average being .076. During only one season that of X IKHrV-have tbe Atbletka failed to finish better than .000. Tbe Chicago White Sox are aecoud with a graud averaK of -Ml having bad two bad seasons. 1003 and 101X Boston Is third, alao with two lslug seasons, while Detroit Is fourth, having been as low aa .3.S3. Then comes Cleveland with having fallen below .(WO In four years. Th Napa' high water mark baa been .683 In 11)03. It low water mark .397 In 1901. Tbe Athletics when they won tbe pennant, last season set a new high mark for the league with .CSO, Boston being tbe former bolder , with .OtM. . Washington holds the booby record with I RACING ON THE ICE IN CANADA, Sport That Even tho Horses Seem lo Enjoy. . ! I LESSONS FOR SOME TRAINERS BADGERS' NEW ROWING COACH rtnkerton set several trans for her Harry Vail. Fsrmee Harvard Man. te Take Charge of Wisconsin Msn. With the engagement of Harry Vail of Georgetown, Canada, aa coach of the Wisconsin crew for this year wilt coioe th end of tbe form destroying, back breaking, bucketing stroke which baa been tbe characteristic of tbe crews from the western collrgsntfough keepale, N. T. He takes the place of Sweetlaod, who bad succeeded Tea Eyck. but waa in order to test ber fidelity to tbe Federal cause, and. having satisfied himself of It sent her to Mr. IJncoln. This wss la 1S'i4, when the struggle waa drawing to a close. Tbe work Mr. Lincoln gave ber to do waa to dis cover what commissary stores were In Rk-hmoml ami what further eupplluaJ could be obtained. Kate Bale went to Richmond, going through the lines without ' much trouble. Her accent, which she hsd unable to fill bla engagement on ac Reynolds, Smith and 81mpaon voting 'dracy rollapned. acquired In tbe aouth. waa distinctly southern snd a great help to her. She wormed herself Into the confidence of ths wife .of aa Important officer la the Confederate commUutary department and naked him if there waa not eotne plan by which ahe could assUt aouth- era aympatblxers in the north In running eatables Into the south, fie told ber there were only two wsys. by blockade running snd by getting a vessel to some spot of southern terri tory unwstrhed by northern troops. She proponed to start an expedition on the last named plan. She waa taken to President Psvls and to tbe commissary general. She told them that abe knew southern men In Baltimore wbo would run supplies through if sure they . would be met by a southern fores. After much dis cussion a point was named where sup plies might be landed. During these discussions tbe spy lesrned that If Grant succeeded In tsklng Petersburg, sll supplies belnar rut off from the south, the troops and people of Richmond - had almost no provisions whatever to rely upon. Tbe surrender must follow very soon. Having gained tbe Information abe wished for. Miss Beale made ber prep arations to return to Washington. The day before she Intended to set out she wss met 00 tbe street by s man one of the many Washington southern sympathizers wbo waa car rying information to Richmond and who bad seen ber not long before com ing ont of Allan rinkerton's office. He looked at ber with a pair of steel gray eyes under busby eyebrows and with a more than ordinary interest. She did not remember ever having seen him before, but considering ber mission abe felt sure ahe was in danger. She pretended not to notice tbe msn's interest in ber. Walking on.' but wtthotJtttn-ntng"to see 1fbs followed her. she spied an empty csb. Beckon ing to the driver, be pulled up at the curb, and she entered, telling blm to drive ber to ths presidential mansion As she wss driven away tbe aaw tbe man still looking at ber, but pretend lng not to notice ber.' When she stop ped at tbe president's borne and alight ed tbe man came hurrying up. She went in and asked for Mr. Da via. Hs waa busy at tbe time; but, having wait ed awhile to see blm, she went away. When she psssed out of tbs door ths msn with the bushy eyebrows bsd dis appeared. Apparently ber bluff gams had succeeded. But she dare not remain In Rich mond a minute longer. Not daring to go directly northward, abe concluded to drat go aouth and told ths cabman to drive her to ths battlefields that bsd been fought on by Lee and Me Clellan two years before, and. arriving there, she dismissed him. Hiring vehicles where she could. walking where sbe could not hire tbem, sometimes floating in a stolen boat on tbs James river, she at last reached Fortress M u n roe. In posses sion of tbe Federsl forces. There sbe found a naval transport about to leave for tbe north and. reaching New Tork. took a train -for Washington. When the nams of Kate Beals was taken up to Mr. Lincoln bs muttered a thank God", and directed that abe abould be Immediately conducted to him. When she entered tbs room where be was snd be arose to greet ber it seemed to ber that his tall, lank figure would never cease rising. He took both ber bands in bis. and bis ex presslve. eyes told ber how relieved he wss to see ber. I have Important news for you, Mr. Lincoln," she ssld, and she told blm what she bad lesrned. . It wss but a month after that that Grant took Petersburg and the Con- count of sickness. Vail was assistant coach at Harvard for alx years, and the westerners will be taught tbe Wray atroke, which haa been a great aid In Harvard victories Istely, snd Wisconsin abould bs more dsnperoua than ever In June on the Hudson. For aeveral years Vail coached the success ful Ariel Rowing club sf Baltimore. C0UL0N GOING ABROAD. Clever Bantamweight Fighlse Will Try Hia Skill Against Fereign Cracks. Johnny Coulon. claimant of Ibe ban tamwelght championship, thmiich his father and manager, h:is m-repted a tentative offer to tuske. hl flr-t ap v----) o. the House psssed Peterson's bill prohibiting tbs Intermarriage of whltee with Japanese or Hindus. Ths bill also prohibits such marriages be tween whites and persons having oae fourth Japanese or Hindu blood. Ae Yoti a Subscriber to the New Daily? If Ths Morning Enterprise Is to bs aa successful as tbe interest of Oregon City demand It must needs have the support of all. Tbs new dally baa bs; work before it in boosting Oregon Cy and Clackamas County Your Jnsjet mesa more strength for tbe work. 7&J? Help Bocat yoot own Interests? , 1: " VU in a- 1 y cutter, t s HS I f-, w, SLSlM' mi 1 44 rBvWHtsnWwsMai c. vanes ft 04 2-Oe Kate Beale was paid a large sum from the secret service fund, with which ahe ministered to ber mother's wants. She ssld afterward thut the work waa ao fasclnstlng that bad the war continued longer abe would have mads snot ber trip. If you would sell your House YOUR FARM YOUR HORte Try what tbe cheap column of th Horning Enterprise eaa da far you. JOBHST COULON, OLBTVBH L1TTLB BANTAM WaJOBT. pearancs) in England against tbe Ana trallan bantam to be named by Pro moter Mclntoab. Coulon Is to meet the best bantamweight that Promoter Mclntoab can secure. INTERNATIONAL MOTORING. Amerioa Building Six Beata Speolally ts Keep British Trophy Hers. Commodore II. II. Melville of the Motor Boat Club of America, apeaklug at tbe dinner of the . Royal Motor Yacht club In London recently, an nounced that no less than six boats are now being specially built in this country to try to keep the British In ternatlonal trophy here thla year. The races, be said, would be beld In Hunt ington (N. Y.) harbor. Smithsen te Join Olymplo Club. Forest 8mlthson. champion high hurdler and bolder of the world'a rec ord in tbat event, will Join tbe Olym pic club of San Francisco In addl tloo to bla skill in stbletlcs, Smlthson recently while In Portlsod. Ore., took up aviation and Is quite an expert in handling a biplane and Is a clever automobile driver. He will be one of tbe contestants In the Portland road race, which Is scheduled to take plsce In Ssn Francisco on Feb. 22. Jennings te Try Kirks In Left Field, nngbey Jennings Is banking upon Jay Kirks, a young lnflelder. to suc ceed Matty Mclnfyre In left field. KIrke was not a bowling success s a an lnflelder. but Manaaer Hurher thinks that ths youngster Is possessed of enough speed and bitting ability to ably supplant ths veteran. Another Qiant Wrsstler After Ootoh. .' Another foreign wrestling glsnt hss srrived In tbls country In the person of 8amson. tbe German Hercules, wbo Is resdy to tsks on a few American heavyweights. Samson 1 described ss being twenty-eight years old and stsndtng six feet four Inches high and weighing 200 pounds. "Don't envy the well dressed worn. an!" Buy a Kabo corset at W. A. Holmes.' Hsndlers of Hsmsss Harass Who Think That Trotters snd Psoer Must Be Conditioned In Warm Climal should Vloit Dominion's Trsske.. Those trsluers of trotters sud pacers wbo find difficulty, In getting their charges ready for the early tneetluga of tbe graud circuit, whlcb never opena until June la almost over, abould visit Canada during the winter mouths and take a leaf from the experience book of 'hair fellow horsemen of th north. From the time the anow come their trotter snd pacers are kept at work, and by Christmas, when tbe Ice racing season begins, they are ready to go as , many beata aa are necessary to get tbe money. When tbe anow and Ice j disappear In the early spring the 1 horses have a short letup, but tbe mo- ment the half mile-tracks are fit-to drive on the work of preparation for ths spring, summer and autumn cam paign la ..resumed the meetings ona J majority of the tracks being scheduled , to open on May 2-1. known throughout I Canada aa Victoria day. The fashionable trainers wbo find it ! necessary to spend tbs winter months 1 at Memphis, Tenn.; Mscon. (is., or In ! California would probably be afraid to j eubject tbelr peta to tbe euppoeed i rigors of ths Canadian climate, but the trainers of tbe northwest say tbat ths cold, bracing atmosphere and the abort. sharp work on the snow or Ice are ' beneficial to the horses reared there 1 and point to Tbe Eel, General II. and j ether stsr performers ss proof tbst the argument ts sound. There Is on thing certain when tbe grand circuit oens 1 tbe horses from all parts of Csnsds ' sre as Bt as Inn nurtured lu tne south and often fitter. , For Ice trotting tbe homes are, of course, so shod thst there is little ; chsncs for a mishap. There are calk- j ins of raxor edg aharpnes to hold the , bora firmly on tbe anow or Ice, and , these Iteiret confidence to an unusual degree. They are placed one at Ibe toe 1 crosswise and one 00 either flange run I nlng lengthwise at the heel. Aa tbe j trotter or pacer marches over tbe fro- ! sen surface of the road or track the cut with a eharply defined . "cheep j cheep" at each step, a ltd the sound of : a bunch of horses racing Is Inspiriting There wss a -time when horse rsclng 1 over tbe ice drew sleighs, but It wss 1 found thst tbe rubber tired sulky In : vogue during tbs summer months was j better sdspted to tbe game, aa It did , not altde at the turns, and on the half : mils or other fractional course thla ad- ! vantage could not be overlooked. j Tbe Ice meetings arranged through- J out Canada bave sufficient money add- ; ed to make It worth while training and I raring a good borae. Tbe purses and 1 stakes In Ottawa, the capital of the Dominion, are especially aubstantlal. and the Americana who bave crossed tbe border expecting eaay game bave Invariably been surprised at tbe cali ber of ths horses. At Ottawa the coarse .Is onine Otta wariTerand.. thousand of enthusiasts crowd the In closure. Speculation Is unrestricted, and many thousands of dollars change hands during the meeting. At Montreal and some other points ths horses race over a half mile course which has been especlsily prepared. Tbe surface la scraped until a bed of Ice or bard anow la aeon red. and this la In turn sprayed snd sprinkled till tbe desired footing Is obtslned Comfort able qusrters with every accommoda tion for man and beaat are alwaya pro vided, and tbe horses srs rubbed dry in stalls where th temperature Is ths ssme ss would prevail In the open In June. Naturally great care la taken tbat none of tbem catches cold, and the drivers are In tbelr seats before tbe doors are opened. . Jsp te Lssm Bssobsll From MoOrsw Togo 8. Hams mot o of Tokro has oeen given written permission by Man ager McGraw of tbe Glanta to go to Marun springs in the aprlng and stnd the game aa played by tbe Glanta so be can go borne and teach bla country mm tbe fine points of our national paatlme. BASEBALL CHATTER Harold Chase, twenty-seven. Is the youngest msnager In sitber ma lor issgua. Ownle Bush, the 'midget shortstop of the Detroit Tigers, got mors bases on bslls than any other American league player. Bush received eighty-one pass aimer Uuggina In 151 games In the Notional Isngue walked 110 times Long John Anderson, former mem ber of tbs New York Americans, who boasts tbe record triumph of fast com pany In stealing second with the bases full, will try to come back, as ht sacker of tbs Providencs Grays thla Long Larry McLean, the hecksmn r the Cincinnati Reds, declarea that be will discard shin guards Inatead be will wear leather caps for bla knees. McLean says the shin guards slow him op and Interfere with his sneed both on ths bsses and behind tbe bat. TTn 1 tu atssdy cuetomor for tnis spses. Either sax. Es- ) ponsncs unnecessary. Judl. ) elous advertisers with aome ) thing te ssll snd something te e ssy will find this ths propsr grssee foe a business slog. Ns trtflsre. Msrrlsd sersene of ms-.4 trs age will understand. Call e n, er add roes. Advertising Msnager Msmlng Inteeerlae, a Oregon CKy. Oraejeei. Butter for sale 75c at Seeley'a. HOLMAN ELECTED GOVERNOR. Councilman Succssds Judge Ryan On Commercial Club Board Councilman Roawell L, Holman ha been elected a member of the Hoard of Governor of th Oregon City Com merclal Club, to fill the vUncy caused by the resignation of Judge Thomas F. Ryan, who left the city ror Salem to become chief assistant to State Treaaurer Thomas B. Kay. Mr. Holman la a well known bualneee man of Oregon Cltr. and has h.n . member of the council from the first ward since January laat. DAILY? IF The RBogfllfcig .Eategjpgioe ' Is to be as successful as the inter ests of Oregon City demands it must needs have the the support of all. The new daily has a big work before it in boosting Oregon City and Clackarrfas County. Your support means more strength for the work. Will You Help Us Boost Your Own e Interests ? 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