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THE MOUSING OREG03IAX, WEDNESDAY, FEBKUASY 8, 1900.
HUGE NET IS SPREAD FOR THE BIG TAX-DODGERS OF OREGONr
MONEY FOR OREGON
Much Property Kept Off the
Assessment Rolls,
BACK SUMS TO BE COLLECTED
Marlon Representative's Measure Has
Been Drawn to Harmonize With a
Decision Given by the State
Supreme Court.
SAIEM, Or., Feb. 7. Taxdodgers.
past and present, especially past, are
about to be caught In a huge net that
Is being spread for them by Repre
sentative Settlemier, of Marlon County.
To go back 40 years and catch all the
big taxdodgers who have kept their
property oft the assessment rolls and
have that property assessed and taxed
row. Is the purpose of Settlemler's H.
B. 317. which was introduced several
days ago, but which has escaped mose
than passing attention.
"Wagon road comp&nles, owning large
Government grants and timber syndi
cates that have secured valuable lands
at a small price, are the particular ob
Joct of attack, and it is proposed that
where these or other property-owners
have kept their property off the as
sessment rolls the Atorney-General
shall make an assessment and collect
the taxes by suit in equity at the rates
levied by the counties for the years
during which the property escaped its
share of the burdens of government.
That such an assessment can be
made and the taxes collected has al
ready been held by the Oregon Supreme
Court, and the Settlemier bill was
drawn to harmonize with the- court's
decision.
In the magnitude of its undertaking
this is one of the most important bills
that has come before this Legislature,
for if it becomes a law it will bring
into the public treasury hundreds of
thousands of dollars from corporations
that have managed in one way or an
other to keep their property off the as
sessment rolls. It goes without saying
that these corporations, especially the
military road companies, will fight the
bill to a finish, and will spare no Effort
to defeat it.
The practice of the wagon road com
panies has been not to take patents
for their granted lands, or. If patents
were taken, not to place them on rec
ord. Because of this, the Assessor was
unable to find the property in private
ownership. These grants date back
to about 186u, and some of the titles
took effect that long ago. It is said
that in cases where grants were made
of lands not surveyed the title did not
pass until the survey had been made.
In either event, however, the title to
vast tracts of land passed to the wagon
road companies years before the prop
erty was listed on the assessment rolls
and the owners escaped taxation.
This bill will, If it becomes a law.
catch the Northern Pacific lands In
Linn County, over which there has been
bo much controversy lately, and also
the property of the large timber syn
dicate In Marion County. In nearly
every county in tho state property will
be found which has escaped taxation
lor years and upon which there is due a
sufficient sum to warrant proceedings
to collect the delinquency. "While the
bill will be vigorously fought by cor
porations which have shirked the bur
den of taxes in the past, it will be just
as vigorously supported by those who
have walked up to the courthouses of
this state, year after year, and paid
their debt to the state and county.
The common school fund of Oregon is
made the beneficiary of the collection
by. suits.
DAY'S WORK OF THE SENATE
President Announces Members of the
Railroad Land-Grant Committee.
SALEM. Or.. Feb. 7. (Special.) Tho
Senate was called to order by President
Kuykendall at 10 A. M.
The president announced the appoint
ment of Senators Coe and "Wright on the
Joint committee to Investigate the North
ern Pacific land grant"?.
6. C. R. 25. by McDonald To print 3000
copies of tho stock laws; referred to the
committee on resolutions.
S. J. R. 9. by Rand To adjourn tho
Legislature February 17. at 6 P. M., and
express confidence Jn Innocence of Sen
ator Mitchell: adopted.
H. B. 119. by Graham To pay off the
State Fair debt, and S. B. 20. by Avery,
to abolish the office of Recorder in Ben
ton County; Indefinitely postponed because
the Senate has already taken favorable
action upon the bills for the same pur
pose. S. B. 188, by Pierce To require that In
surance companies to publish annual
statements; indefinitely postponed.
H. B. 22, by Kay To fix flat salaries for
state officers; made a special order for 11
A. M. tomorrow. '
B. 25. by Dobbin To require jails to
be fireproof: made a special order for 11:30
A. M. tomorrow.
New Bills in the Senate.
"SALiEM. Or., Feb. ".(Special.) Four
teen new bills were Introduced in the Sen
ate today, as follows:
S. B. 250. by Bowerman To define a legal
fence In Eastern Oregon.
S. B. 251, by Coshow To amend charter
ef Myrtle Creek.
S. B. 252. by Tuttle To appropriate $151.65
for the relief of F. C. -Reed.
S. B. 253. by Laycock To provide tho
manner of relocating county seats.
S.J3. 254, by Haines To authorize the ap
propriation of $300) "by "Washington County.
S. B. 255. by Holman To prohibit the sale
of business or franchise of corporations with
out consent of two-thirds of the stockholders.
S. B. 256. by Malarkey Prescribing man
ner of apportioning school funds.
S. t B. 257. by Coe Regulating fire and
marine insurance companies.
S. B. 25S. by Coe Authorizing fire insur
ance agents to make rates.
S. B. 259. by lioughary To amend the
charter of Monmouth. .
S. B. 260.-by Coke To fix boimdary line
between Coos and Douglas Counties.
S. B. 261. by Coke To fix the terms of
court in Second Judicial District.
S. B. 262. by Whcaldon Appropriation for
extension of portage road.
S. B. 263.' by Carter To cnablo Normal
Schools to graduate students from other
Normal Schools. y
Bills Passed by the-Senate.
SALEM, Or.. Feb. 7. (Special.) The fol
lowing bills were passed by the Senate to
day: S. 3. 233, by Nottingham To provide for
indefinite sentence of convicted persons.
S. B. 201. by Coe To permit sale of trout
by any person raising the same.
S. B. 251. by Coshow To amend charter
of Myrtle Creek.
H. B. 308, by Bailey To amend the Port
of Portland law.
H. B. 171. by Cooper For . Deputy Coun
ty Clerk In Lincoln Coyoty.
H.B. 53. by Smith of Baker To regulate
the. sale of blasting powder.
H. B. 233. by Mayger To pay oft out
standing swamp land warrants.
H. B. G3, by Mulr To prescribe manner of
proving records.
H. B. S3, by Welch, to prescribe the form
of receipts to be given by Sheriffs.
II. B. 103, by Mayger To fix compensation
of Circuit Judges in the Fifth District,
H. B. 131, by Llnthlcum To prescribe form
of acknowledgment for corporations.
H. B. 208. by Bailey To punish persons
who live from the earnings of immoral
women.
H. B. 185. by Site To relieve the. Malheur
"Water Users' Association from payment of
the corporation fee.
S. B. 254. by Haines To authorize Wash
ington County to expend $3000 for an ex
hibit at the Lewis and Clark Fair.
H. B. 72. by Dobbin To amend the char
ter of Lostlne.
H. B. 249, by Caldwell To amend the
charter of Newberg.
H. B. 154. by McLeod To create the
Eighth Judicial District, composed of Baker
County.
H. B. 15?, by McLeod To create the Tenth
Judicial District, composed of Union and
Wallowa Counties.
H. BS3. by Crang To fix the terms of
Circuit Court in Multnomah County.
H. 3. 251. by Miles To amend the char
ter of Sheridan.
H. B. 103, by Mayger To amend the char
ter of Clatskanle.
H. B. 56. by Llnthlcum To provide that
a copy of articles of Incorporation shall be
prima facie evidence of the existence of a
corporation.
II. B. 214. by Caldwell To amend the
charter of Dayton.
H. B. 37. by Shook To amend the char
ter of Klamath Falls.
H. B. Ill, by Hermann To amend the
charter of Myrtle Point.
H. B. 100. by Mayger To 'amend the char
ter of Houlton.
H. B. 102. by "Vawter To 'define the crime
of arson.
II. B. 210. by "West To authorize tax levy
for a Courthouse in Tillamook County.
H. B. 20. by Smith of Josephine Relating
to manner of taking depositions.
H. B. 110, by Cooper To regulate ship
ment of cattle without inspection.
H. B. 153. by Capron To reimburse L. H. J
Mcndcll for time lost on account of Injuries
at American Lake.
H. B. 33, by Stelner To appropriate money
for the use of the Governor in apprehending
criminals.
S. B. 13, by Tuttle To amend the fishery
laws.
Senate Bills Indefinitely Postponed.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 7. (Special.)
All the following Senate bills have
been indefinitely postponed in the
Senate:
S. B. 5, by Mlllrr To fix falarics of Gov
ernor, Secretary of State. State Treasurer,
Attorney-General and members of theSupreme
Court.
S. B. 41, by Pierce To provide for the cus
tody of school funds of school districts other
than first-class.
S. B. 46, by Malarkey To require conditional
sales and leases of personal property to be
recorded.
S. B. 49. by Laycock To regulate costs In
criminal cases In Justice's Courts.
S. B. 60. by Pierce To allow employes to
maintain an action against employer or In
surance companies.
S. B. 52, by Brownell (by request) To amend
code to protect elk until September 15, 1012.
S. B. 54. by Pierce To amend code relating
to amount that may be collected for causing
death by wrongful act.
S. B.- 70. by Coshow To Impose liability upon
employers for injuries to employes.
S. B. 79, by Brownoll (by request) To amend
code relating to Judgments.
S. B. 81. by Hodson To amend code relat
ing to Investigations for grand Juries.
S. B. 95. by Bowerman To amend code re
latlng to executions.
S. B. 99, by Malarkey To abolish private
seals-
S.b. 116, by Coke To protect water fowls
and upland game birds.
S. B. 117. by Hobson To license peddlers
and canvassers.
S. B. 122. by Nottingham To change name
of State Reform School.
S. B. 145, by Brownell (by request) To
establish laboratory for study of criminal,
pauper and defective classes.
S. B. 150, by Ooshow (by request) To pro
vide compulsory medical and surgical treat
ment for minora.
S. B. 151. by Malarkey To amend code re
lating to Coroners' inquests.
S. B. 165, by Nottingham To prevent fitock
running at large in Multnomah County west
of Sandy River.
S. B. 166, by Brownell To confer Jurisdic
tion upon Circuit Courts to render Judgments
and decrees when infants have appeared by
guardian and to remove doubt upon such
Judgments or decrees.
S. B. 174, by Howe To amend code relating
to initiative and referendum and regulating
elections thereunder.
S. B. 179, by Crolsan To amend code relat
ing to enumeration by Asecor.
S. B. ISO, by Smith To amend code relating
to Stato Veterinary Surgeon.
S. B. IBS, by Rand To provide for con
struction of interstate bridge across Snake
River near Ontario.
S. B." CO", by Rand To amend code relating
to payment of legacies and distribution of
estates.
S. B. 226, by Loughary To amend code re
lating to expenditure of the road fund by
County Courts.
S. B. 227, by Holmes (by request) To regu
late width of tires on farm wagens and other
vehicles.
Senate Bills Lost in Senate.
SALEM, Or., Fob. 7. (Special.) The
following Senate bills have failed ol
passage Sn the Senate:
S. B. 8, by Miller To amend code relating
to apportionment by County School Supcrln
tendents.
S. B. 38, by Brownell To make eight hours
a day6 labor In certain occupations.
S. B. GO, by Malarkey To limit hours or
service ofHralnraen.
S. B. 62, by Malarkey To amend code re
lating to filing of deeds and mortgages.
S. B. 94. by Crolsan To make death penalty
apply, to ho'.d-ups. '
S. B. 180 (substituto for S. B. 2), by
Brownell To provide for constitutional con'
vention.
MANSION BILL SHOWS SOME LIFE
Committees Will Now Probably Re
port Without Recommendation.
SALEM. Or., Feb. 7. (Special.) The
ways and means committee of the two
houses tonight decided to reconsider Its
action of yesterday in turning- down the
bill for the purchase of an executive man
slon, and will probably report the bill
without recommendation. It will then re
main for the members of the Legislature
to say whether $14,600 shall be approprl
atcd for the purchase of tho Patton rest
dence. Pressure has been brought to bear
upon the committee by prominent mem
bers of the House, in order to prevent
the making of an adverse report.
The ,ways and means committee also
decided upon the appropriations for sev
eral of the state institutions, the asylum
getting 5400,000 and the penitentiary 5100,
ooo. The demands of the several insfcltu
tions were closely scanned, and tho items
scaled down. but as the institutions must
be maintained, the appropriations will be
practically as recommended in biennial
Teports of the officers in charge.
The committees are considering appro
priations for tpc. university of Oregon
Tho university" is asking for 59000 for ad
ditlonal maintenance and Improvements,
but the present Inclination, of the com
mlttec is to cut this down. However, the
representatives of the school at Eugene
will be given opportunity to throw further
light upon the necessity of the appropria
tion asked.
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JAYNE BILL WINS IN HOUSE
AMENDED LOCAL-OPTION MEAS
URE PASSES EASILY.'
Three or Four Members of the Senate
Are Yet Needed to Insure Passage
in the Upper House.
SALFJM, Or.. Feb. 7. (Special.) Foes
of the Jayne bill tried to put on the
brakes with amendments in the House
today but that body refused to send the
bill back to committee for further doc
toring by a vote of 23 to 3S and thes
passed the measure by a vote of 34 to 23.
In the Senate the bill will be amended so
as to require County Courts to make pre
cinct boundaries co-terminus with muni
cipal boundaries In towns wherein prohi
bition elections shall be called, and per
haps also to allow prohibition elections by
municipalities.
Enemies of the bill declare tonight that
they have the measure blocked in the
Senate. It is very evident that a formid
able opposition has developed in the up
per chamber, but it is possible that the
bill can be so modified there as to Insure
Its. success. The measure profiably can
not pass the Senate unless three or four
otes are won for it by further conces
sions. ..
Enemies of the Jayne bill retreated from
the position which they took early In
the fight that no amendments whatever
should be made to the. law, and them
selves offered amendments today In the
House through Kay of Marlon. The
amendments came from the Anti-Saloon
League and proposed that prohibition
elections be held at the same time as
general elections and not In tho year
between those elections; that prohibition.
elections be allowed by counties as well
as by precincts, but not by groups of pre-
clncits and that breweries and wholesale
liquor dealers be not exempted.
with these amendments in the Jayne
bill representatives of the Anti-Saloon
League were willing to have an emer
gency clause go Into the measure, but this
was not proposed In the House debate
today.
All these amendments were rejected by
the committee on revision of laws, which
reported the bill, and were turned down
by the House today. The bill aa It passed
the House applies local option only to In
dividual precincts; provides that elections
shall not be held oftencr than once every
two years; requires signatures of 30 per
cent of the registered voters of a precinct
on a petition for a prohibition election
and names the first Monday. In June for
special referendum election on the
Jayne bill, which, if then approved by a
majority of the electors of the state.
will become law.
Two. debates occurred this af tornoon.
first on the question of referring the
bill back to the committee, and second,
on the question of passage. The House
chamber became highly charged with
rrtcuonal electricity as the members
rubbed up against one another. Arms
waved in the air like the arms of wind
mills, loud words were hurled like
steel-pointed projectiles and a much
hotter temper ensued than commonly
accompanies prohibition disputes. The
area devoted-to spectators was Jammed
with persons whose ears fed greedily
on tue tie bate.
The onslaught on tho bill was led by
Kay, who was supported by Smith of
Josephine, Edwards of Lane, Newell of
Washington, west of Tillamook and
Miles of Yamhill. The other side was
led by Jayne of "Wasco, who was aided
by Mulr of Multnomah, chairman cf
the committee on revision of laws; Mc
Leod of union, Bingham of Lane. Can
ron of Multnomah and Jagger of Clack
amas.
The bill was reported at 2:15 o'clock
this afternoon by the' committee with
favorable recommendation. The meas
ure did not bear much resemblance to
tho original Jayno bill, for it hud been
amended In various details, one of tho
most important being the elimination
of the emergency clause. Kay at once
announced that he had further amend
ments "In tho Interest of compromise
and harmony," and moved that tho bill
be sent back to committee.
Josephine" Smith thundered against
tne special election, which ho said
would cost the people 540,000 to 550,000
to no purpose, smith is no admirer of
the present law. but as a watchdog of
the treasury attacked the bill in vig
orous lasmon. Before ending his re
marks he suggested that towns of 5000
persons be permitted to vote on the bill
as a whole.
"I believe we can get a bill which
can be passed without dissension," he
cried.
Jayne made a forceful argument for his
bill, clung that tho measure had been In
the House three weekes and Insisting that
tne Antl-balocn League had had sufil
dent time to suggest amendments.
1th all due respect to opponents of
this bill," said Jayne. "I must say that I
don't know any difference between a Pro
hibitionist and an Anti-Saloon Leaguer.'
He pointed out the inconsistency of Antl
Saloon League workers, who had all along
declared they would fight any modlflca
tion of the present law by the Legisla
ture and who asserted that the Legisla
ture had no legal nor moral right to
amend, but who were now proposing
amendments tnemselvcs. He suspected
that their real design was to keep the
bill shuttling back and forth between
committees and the two houses until the
Legislature should adjourn without raak
ing any changes at all.
McLeod followed the same argument.
saying: "Compromise has come too late.'
Mulr chairman of the revision of laws
committee, declared that Kay was offer
ing amendments In order to postpone ac
tion on the bill. The committee, ho said.
had asked everybody with amendments to
propose to come forward with them, but
Kaj-s bad not been produced.
"The fact Is," said he. "that It was 1m
possible to get any prominent opponent to
express any opinion on the merits of the
Jayne bill or to fix his attention on Its
particular provisions," and many mem
bers remembered how EL S. J. McAllister.
attorney for the league. In his appearance
before the committee, could not be nailed
down to its details. "The local-option
law," continued Mr- Mulr, "Is as crooked
as anything ever penned by tho hand of
man. Representatives of the Anti-Saloon
League." he went on, "told us we had no
power to-amend this law; that It Is sacred
and should not be touched by us. Now
they ask for amendments themselves
Kay replied that his people could pre
sent no compromise until they had seen
the finished Jayne bill, and that they had
been waiting two weeks for a look at It.
"Eleven days Temaln of this session,'
said he. "How, then, are we too late In
offering a compromise?"
Kay's strongest argument was that the
bill could prevent those precincts which
He inside and outside of municipal boun
daries from holding prohibition elections
because the bill plainly declares that such
elections shall not be held in those pre
cincts. He contended that very many
precincts In the state were In that sltua
tion. and, therefore, would be dlsfran
chlsed.
Bingham Insisted that prohibition elec
tlonsjshould be kept separate from other
roent should be rejected. He called at
tentlon to tho old law, which required
signatures of 51 per cent of the electors
of a precinct for a saloon as a fair local
option measure. "This other law," said
he. "was drafted by a few extremists
and then foisted on the people."
Capron announced that he had lived In
two prohibition states, a.nd had voted,;the
prohibition ticket twice, and had learned
that prohibition brought neither peace nor
brotherly love nor eradication of the
liquor traffic
"Wc have Just heard the confession of
a reformed Prohibitionist," said Smith of
Josephine, alluding to Capron. "We have
found that this Legislature can wake up
on tho local-option question, and House
bill 167 will become as famous as 'House
bill 10L " This raised a laugh, for ''House
bill 104." Is the traditional jug hidden away
somewhere in the. Statehouse.
"I am not a Prohibitionist, and I voted
against local option." continued Smith. "I
am opposed to the expenditure of 540,000
for a special election when the regular
election will bring about the same result.
Why bring In hero the arguments of the
attorney of the Anti-Saloon League? We
are here to act and think for ourselves.
will go as far as Kay, and further, but
protest against the expenditure of that
sum of money. When we talk about de
lay we are barking up the wrong tree."
jseweil of -Washington Interjected: "If
they are not afraid of compromise, let
teem re-refer the bill."
"They wish to keep the emergency
clause, however, with the hope that the
Governor will veto the bill," cried Bailey
of Multnomah. "The people here support
ing this amendment arc open to suspicion
for their conduct In the past has war
ranted suspicion. The bill we are trying
to correct is iniquitous."
Edwards Insisted that the bill go back
to the committee to receive Kay's amend
ments, and asserted that many towns
could not vote on prohibition under the
terms of the bill.
Speaker Mills then put the question.
Kay demanded the aj'es and .noes .and the"
motion to rerer back to committee was
lost, whereupon Kay shouted:
I don't think we are whipped yet, Mr.
Speaker."
The vote on motion to re-refer was:
Ayes Barnes. Biakley. Burns of Clatsop,
Caldwell. Calvert. Carter, Cavender, Cole, Cor
nea. Donnelly, Edwards, Flint. Jackson. Kay,
Kuney. Miles. Munkers. Newell. Richie. Set
tlemier. Smith of Josephine, Vawter and
West 23.
Joes Bailey, Bingham. Bramhall. Burgess,
Bums of Coos and Curry. Capron. Chamber
Jain. Colwell, Cooper. Crang, Dobbin, Fawk,
Graham, Gray, Griffin, Henderson, Hermann.
Holcomb, Hudson, Huntley. Jagger, Jayne,
Kllllngsworth, Laws, Llnthlcum, Mayger. Mc
Leod, Mulr. Shook. Sits, Sonnemann, Smith
of Baker, Stciner, Von der Hcllen, Welch and
Mills-30.
Absent Mcars.
The question then was the passage of
the bill. Argument followed the same
lines as before, Kay leading tho opposi
tion. He was followed by Bingham, who
cried:
"The local option law was born In de
ception and bred In animosity, and'would
to God It had died a-borning. We've heard
groans and grumblings since we got It
On one side of a street of a town we can
drink all we wish; on the other we go to
jail If we do."
After Miles. Newell and West had
spoken against the bill, Hudson of Mult
nomah moved the previous question, and
the vote was taken on passage as fol
lows:
Ayes Bailey, Bingham. Bramhall. Burgess,
Burns of Clatsop. Burns of Coos. Calvert.
Capron, Chamberlain, Colwell. Cooper, Crang.
Fawk, Graham, Griffin. Henderson, Hermann.
Holcomb. Hudson, Huntley, Jagger, Jayne.
Laws, Llnthlcum, Mayger, McLeod, Muir,
Shook, Sltz. Smith of Baker. Steiner, Von der
Hellcn. Welch and Mills 34.
Noes Barnes. Biakley, Caldwell. Carter, Cav
ender, Cole, Cornett, Dobbin, Donnelly, E1
wards, Flint. Gray, Jackson. Kay, KUUngs-
worih. Kuney, Miles, Munkers, Jfewell, Richie,
Settlemier, Sonnemann. Smith of Josephine,
Vawter and West 25.
Absent Mcars.
Envoys of tho Anti-Saloon League say
that Kay's amendments did not come
from their organization, but that promt
nent members sanctioned them. E. S. J.
McAllister asserts that he Is Irreconcil
ably hostile to all amendments.
TVO NEW JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
Senate Passes Bills That Originated
in the House.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 7. (Special.) Tho
Senate today passed the House bills cre
ating the Eighth Judicial District, com
posed of Baker County, with Leroy Lo-
max as District Attorney, and the Tenth
District, composed of Union and Wallowa,
with Robert Eakin as Circuit Judge. This
leaves the Governor to appoint the Cir
cuit Judge In the Eighth District and
District Attorney in the Tenth. The bill
was amended In the Senate by adding an
emergency clause, which the Governor
has agreed to approve, because of tho
congested condition of tho court dockets
in the counties affected.
The Senate also passed the bill Increas
ing Judge McBrlde's salary 51000 a year.
The Senators from the Second Judicial
District today agreed to report favorbly
a bill to creato a new judgeship In that
district, but amended It so as to prescribe
the residence of tho judges. Ono judge
must resldo In Lane, Benton or Lincoln
and the other Jn Douglas, Coos or Curry,
and each must hold the regular terms of
court In tho portion of the district In
which he resides. Judge Hamilton resides
In Douglas, so the Judge to be appointed
by the Governor must Teslde In Lane,
Benton or Lincoln.
This does not mean that the appoint
ment must be from one of those counties,
but that if a Douglas, Coos or Curry man
should be named he must remove to the
other portion of the district The purpose
of the residence provision is to have
judges resldo where it will be convenient
for attorneys to reach them.
ELECTIONS UNDER THE OLD LAW
Amendment to Direct PKmary Meas
ure Is Certain Not to Be Made.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 7. (Special.) That
the direct primary law will not be amend
ed so as to apply to city elections this
Spring Is certain at this stage of the lcg
iHlative session. A bill to amend the law
In three small details passed the House
yesterday, but will not make the act op
erative for Spring citj elections. Includ
ing that at Portland. The three changes
are:
First To open registration books for
towns and cities 40 days before a munici
pal election for a period of 20 days.
Second To permit electors to change
the record of their party affiliations which
they may have made for the general elec
tion next preceding.
Third To exempt-from registration re
quirements officers of government who
may be absent from their counties during
the period prescribed for registering.
Inasmuch as 'the law requires electors
who vote under the act at primaries to
be registered as to their party affiliations,
and Inasmuch as perhaps only 5 per cent
of the qualified electors In townp and cit
ies so registered last Spring, the act is
held not to apply to any primary electlonsT101" P,ant at htnte University .for testinj,
held before a new registration can be
made.
The bill to amend the law, if enacted,
will go Into effect the latter part of May,
'so that city elections held after the mid
dle ot July will be affected by It.
County and City Health Officers.
SALEM. Or., Feb. 7. (Special.) The
House committee on medicine tonight de
elded to recommend Smith's Senate bill
providing for county and municipal health
officers, who are to work with the State
Board of Health, at whose request the
bill was introduced. The health officers
are not to recelvo over 5100 per month.
Sherk Is Mayor of Huntington.
HUNTINGTON. Or., Feb. 7. (Spe
cial.) George W. Sherk was olected
Mayor today by a handsome majority
over a. w. rrame.
TO BUY FAIR GROUNDS
PORTLAND BONDING BILL
IS
PASSED BY THE HOUSE.
Multnomah Delegation Comes Before
the Session With a Division as
to Advisability.
SALEM, Or.. Feb. 7. (Special.) Port
land's financial troubles came Into the
House this morning just before the pass
age of Speaker Mill's bill, authorizing the
city to bond Itself for the purpose of
buying the Lewis and Clark Exposition
grounds for a park. The Multnomah
delegation carried the spilt engendered
In a private meeting Into the House, and
the outside members hardly knew which
side to take. It was nine to nine in the
delegation, and fireworks Hashed for a
few minutes.
The bill provides that the people of the
city shall vote whether or "not they shall
bond the city for 5325,000. Llnthlcum said 1
that the bill was a local measure, ono
.that the state was not directly Interested
In. that there was no reason why tho
bill should not pass.
Richie of Marlon pointed out the pos
sible use of the Forestry building lor
the Oregon Historical Society. Capron
stated that a division had developed in
the delegation, and he asked the other
members of the House to vote according
to their own conscience.
It was Kllllngsworth who arose earn
estly to protest against the passage of
the bill. He said It would be too much
for the overburdened Indebtedness of the
city. He asked that the bill be made a
special order of business the next day.
This request, however, he soon after
ward withdrew.
Speaker Mills resigned the chair to
Vawter and spoke emphatically for tha
passage of his bill. He told how the dele
gation had stood nine to nine. "The tax
payers will vote for It and they are the
ones to pay for It. It does not favor the
Lewis and Clark Fair. I can see no rea
son for postponement." -
Llnthlcum spoko again In favor of tne
bill, warming to his subject and declar
ing that the present Is the time to buy
parks.
Mulr suggested that the bill be sent
back to the committee that It be changed
so that only taxpayers, including women,
vote upon the subject- Here Kelllngs
worth withdrew his former motion and
asked that such election be made similar
to a school election. McLeod kindly came
to the relief of the speaker and Mr.
Llnthlcum and urged the bill's passage.
Kay said that It looked to him like
poor business policy, and that scarcity of
money had already forced Portland to
ralso revenues by questionable methods.
Speaker Mills contradicted thl3 by de
claring the ,credlt of Portland was ex
cellent. Llnthlcum exclaimed that the nontax
payers were the very peoplo who were
Interested In the purchase of an ex
tensive park. Capron here came out
emphatically against the bill, saying that
"we might Just as well be plain about
It and say that the city Is broke. There
are hundreds of acres of park property
which have never been Improved."
The "no" votes came from Bailey,
Biakley, Bramhall, Burgess, Burns of
Clatsop, Bums of Coos, Capron, Carter,
Cavender, Chamberlain. Crawg. Fawk,
Flint, Hudson. Jaggar. Kllllngsworth.
Laws, Mulr, Munkers, Smith of Josephine,
and Welch, 21 In all. Kay asked to be ex
cused from voting. There were 35 "ayes,"
Miles, Sltz and Mcars being absent.
New Bills in the House.
SALEM. Or., Feb. 7. (Special.) The fol
lowing bills were Introduced In the House
this afternoon:
H. B. 231 (substitute), by Douulas County
delegation To fix salaries of Douglas County
officers
H. B. 330, by Kuney To fix salaries of offi
cers in Sherman County.
H. B. 331. by Bums of Coos To Incorporate
the Coos County road district.
H. B. 332, by Jagger To amend code on
collection of taxes.
H. B. 333, by Munkers To amend code as to
fees in civil caoen.
H. B. 334. by Taws To repeal act allowing
Sheriff and Clerk of Clatsop County to ap
point deputies and fixing salaries.
H. B. 33T. by Colwell To provide Justices
of the Peace In Portland with blanks and
stationery.
H. B. 330, by Llnthlcum To amend code re
lating to fixing duties and salaries of District
Attorneys. '4.
H. B. 337, by Henderson To amend code as
to incorporations.
H. B. 358, by Dobbin To amend code regu
latlng wire fences.
H. B. 339. by Dobbin To change boundary
line of Union City.
H. B. 340, by Sonnemann To prevent sale
of adulterated oil.
H. B. 341, by Sonnemann To encourage bet
ter preparation, of teachers.
H. B. 342. by Gray To amend code relating
to publication of reports of count)- officers.
H. B. 343. by Mayger To give cities right
to license and regulate racetracks and pool
rooms. H. B. 544, by Jackson To protect trout In
Rogue River.
H. B. 315. by Jackson To fix nalartes of
Judge and School Superintendent of Jackson
County. '
H. B. 340, by Graham To protect llvery
stable keepers.
H. B. 347, by Steiner To amend code regu
lating practice of medicine and surgery.
H. B. 348. by Shook To protect salmon In
Rogue River.
1L B. 349, by Shook To fir salaries ot cer
tain officers in Klamath County.
H. B. 350, by committee on taxation To re
peal tecUon 3087 of code.
H. B." 351, by Huntley To pay scalp bounty
on certain wild animals.
H. B. 352. by Griffin To regulate pleeplng
car rates.
H. B. 353, by Smith ot Baker To exempt
mining companies from organization tax.
H. B. 3?4. by Smith of Jooephlne To amend
charter of Grant's Pass.
H. B. 355. by Smith ot Josephine To regu
late freight charges on railroads.
H. B. 356. by Smith of Josephine To regu
late Jury trials In Justice Court.
H. B. 357. by McLeod To define liability of
banks to' depositors.
H. B. 35S, by Bums of Clatpop To regulate
building of -streets occupied by car tracks.
H. B. 350, by Smith of Josephine To re
quire labeling of convict-made goods.
H. B. 360, by Chamberlain iby request) To
allow game and forest wardens 50 cent fee
on each bird or deer shipped out of stale.
Bills Pasred by the House.
SALEM. Or.. Feb. 7. (Special.) The fol
lowing bills were passed by the House:
S. B. 9tl. by Malarkey Authorizing Lewis
and Clark Fair to condemn lands" for Kx
posttion uses; passed over Governor's veto;
ayes 47. noes 9. absent 4.
S. B. 41. by Booth To appropriate 55000
timber and stone; passed over Governor's
veto; ayes 47. noes 10. absent 3.'
H. B. 312. by Smith of Josephine To rc
dlstrlct road districts in Jasrphlne County;
31 ayes, 9 absent.
H. B. S03. by Speaker Mllls T amend
charter of Portland; 51 ayes. 9 absent.
H. B. 313. by Speaker MIUs To authorize
City of Portland to issue bonds for park
purpostesr ayes 35. noes 21.
H. B. 167. by Jayne To amend local-option
law.
House Has Indefinitely Postponed.
-SALEM. Feb. 7. (Special.)-The follow
ing House bills have been Indefinitely
postponed In the House:
H. B. 11. by Smith of Josephine To pro
hibit reservation jit mining rights in deeds to
Lland.
H. B. 13. hy Burns or coos and Curry To
provide for collection of poll tax.
H. B. 19. by Smith of Josephine To require
publication of campaign contributions. Sub
stitute passed.
H. B. 24. by Dobbin To provide for filing
chattel mortgages.
H. B. 23, by Von der Hellen To regulate
practice In Justice Courts.
H. B. 34, by Mayger To require sale of
personal property to be recorded. (
H. B. 38. by Smith of Josephine To provide
for filing of proposed legislation with Secre
tary of State.
H. B. 42. by Barnes To amend code relat
ing to change of venue in criminal cases.
H. B. 47, by Smith of J03ephlne To provide
for trial by Jury in municipal courts.
H. B. 49. by Von der Hellen To prohibit use
of telephones In Immoral places.
H. B. 50. by Mayger To provide for elec
tion ot Road Supervisor.
H. B. 64. by Mulr To establish board for
promoting uniform legislation.
H. B. 75. by Smith of Joeephlne To amend
Insurance code.
H. B. 77. by Mayger To create County At
torneys in lieu of District Attorneys.
H. B. "8. by Llnthlcum To amend code re
lating to proofs of records in foreign countries.
H. B. 93. by Jagger To amend code relat
ing to exemptions.
'H. B. 100. by Vawter To regulate practice
of attorneys In Oregon.
H. B. 116. by Shook To amend code relating
to turning sawdust In streams.
H. B. 121, by Richie To compensate owners
of sheep by tax on dogs.
H. B. 123, by Smith of Josephine To ex
empt property of householders to amount or
$500 from taxation.
H. B. 150. by Mulr To amend code relating
to appeals in criminal actions in Justice
Courts.
H. B. 182. by Settlemier To amend code re
lating to registration of voters.
H. B. 193. by Smith of Joeephlne To em
power Juries to fix punishment.
H. B. 215. by Laws To provide for erec
tion of Lewis and Clark memorial tablets.
H. B. 240. by Cornett To amend code re
lating to earnings of Judgment debtors.
H. 3. 242, by Cornett To provide for more
efficient method of assessment and collection
.of taxes.
11. B. 2t. by Smith of Josephine To regu
late arguments in criminal trial.
H. B. 270. by Richie To provide fr fencing
of railway rights of way.
H. B. 2SI. by Fawk (by request) To estab
lish warehouse commission.
H. B. 283, by Bailey To regulate corpora
tions. H. B. 301, by Mulr To amend code relating
to appeals from Justice Courts.
House Bills Lost in House
SALEM. Or., Feb. 7. (Special.)
House bills failed In the House as fol
lows: II. B. 26. by Smith of Josephine To amend
code relating to directors of corporations.
H. B. 74. by Smith of Josephine To regu
late notaries public.
H. B. 90, by Hudson To increase marriage
license fee.
H. B. 97, by Capron (by request) To pro
hibit 3tock running at large in certain dis
tricts in Multnomah County.
H. B. 241. by Cornett To Improve Upper
"Willamette River.
CHARTER BILL IS IN DISFAVOR
Salem Taxpayers Say There Is a Job
in the Amendment.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 7.-(Spedal.)-Rcpre-sentatlve
Graham's bill to amend the
Salem charter had a stormy time before
the House committee on cities and towns
this morning and will be reported ad
versely tomorrow. Forty taxpayers of
Salem were before committee and they
made It warm for the author of the bill,
though they were unable to discover his
Identity.
Representative Granam, who Introduced
the bill, was not present. The chief oW
jectlon was that it gives the City Council
power to order paving of streets, notwith
standing the" remonstrance of twothird3
of the propel ty-owners affected by the
Improvement- Property-owners before
tho committee this morning were pretty
well cqnvlnced that the purpose of the
bill was to secure construction of one
particular kind, of street pavement, con
cerning which there has been considerable
agitation recently.
Senator Brownell has introduced a bill
to amend the law relating to jury trials,
so a3 to permit attorneys to submit to the
trial Judge at any time during the trial
requests for certain Instructions to the
Jury- The law at present requires such re
quests to be submitted to the Judge before
the trial begins, so that the Judge may
have time to consider them.
The use of traction engines for motive
power on the public roads Is to be placed
under strict control. If Senator Wright's
bill Introduced today becomes a law. The
hill forbids any person to use a traction
engine for hauling purposes without first
securing a permit from the County Court.
Before a permit can be granted, tho per
son applying for it must give 15 days' no
tice by posting notices In conspicuous
places on the roads where the engine is
to be used.
Senator Carter has Introduced a bill to
amend section 2052 of the code, so as to
limit the expenditures for deputy game
wardens to the amount of the appropria
tions, plus the amount of revenue from
other sources available for the purpose.
To protect livestock from Infectious dis
eases is the purpose of a bill introduced
by Senator Laycock yesterday. The bill
makes It unlawful for any porgon to bring
Infected stock into this state, or to bring
any stock into the state without first se
curing a clean bill of health from the
State Veterinarian, or other stock in
spector. It Is made unlawful to permit
stock to graze at will over county boun
daries, but before taking stock from one
county to another, the owner must se
cure the affidavits of two responsible per
sons to the effect that the stock Is not
diseased, and has not been In company
with diseased stock in the preceding 00
days.
The bill also provides that. If any per
son shall drive diseased stock through the
country and other stock shall bjs Infected
therefrom, the owner of the diseased
stock shall be liable to the person Injured
to the extent of loss suffered.
Senator Haines secured the passage of
a bill through the Senate today authorlz
Ing the County Court of Washington
County to expend 53000 for an exhibit at
tho Lewis and Clark Fair.
A delegation of Christian Scientists
from Portland, headed by David B. Og
den. had a hearing before the Senate
committee on medicine today, regarding
Coe's.blll for licensing of all persons who
practice healing. It has been practically
agreed by the committee that the bill
shall be amended so as to leave out all
mcntiop of the Christian Scientists.
To change the name of Mount Pitt. In
Southern Oregon, to Mount McLoughlln.
Representative Smith, of Josephine. In
troduced a concurrent resolution, which
went to the committee on resolutions.
As a preliminary step to building a
bridge across the Willamette River, be
tween Mllwaukio and what used to be
known as the White House, Representa
tive Llnthlcum Introduced a concurrent
resolution today, asking the Governor to
appoint two members of the Senate and
three of the House to Investigate the
needs and practicability of such a via
duct. Senator Whealdon introduced In the
Senate today a bill appropriating 530,000
for the extension of the portage railway
from the Big Eddy to The Dalles. The
bill also authorizes the Portage Commis
sion to make traffic arrangements with
some other road over this distance It such
arrangement should be deemed best.
Log-Jam on the Coweeman.
KALAMA. Wash., Feb. 7. (Special.)
About 12,000.000 feet of logs belonging, to
the Coweeman -Rafting Company are
Jammed at the Jiead of tidewater on the
Coweeman Rlver and an effort Is beinir
fmade to loosen them up with-a donkey
engine.
HQUSE RIDES ON VETOES
REPUBLICANS SUPPORT ACTION
TAKEN BY THE SENATE.
Bills Establish Testing Plant at Uni
versity and Give Fair Condem
nation Right.
SALEM. Or., Feb. 7.-(SpecIal.) Repub
licans of the House today trampled un
der foot the Governor's vetoes, as did
those of the Senate yesterday, thus mak
ing good their threat to bunch together
to override His Excellency whenever he
should use his veto prerogative In a man
ner which did not please them. The Re
publicans stood solidly together in both
houses, and In the House today the Demo
crats did the same. The result was a vote
of 47 ayes to 10 noes on passage of one
vetoed measure and 17 ayes to 0 noes on
the other.
The two bills came from the Senate, one
to appropriate $5000 to establish a plant
at the State University for testing tim
ber and stone, introduced by Booth: the
other to authorize the Lewis and Clark
Fair Corporation to condemn lands for
uses of the Exposition.
On Booth's bill the ayes were 16 of the
oO Republicans, and the noes were the 10
Democrats BLtkely, Burns of Clatsop,
Burns of Coos. Caldwell. Cavender.
Chamberlain. Fawk. Laws. Munkers and
Smith of Josephine, and one Republican.
Carter of Benton.
On Malarkey's bill 17 Republicans voted
aye and 9 Democrats no. Fawk being ab
sent. The passage of Malarkey's bill was ad
vocated by Llnthlcum. Bailey. Capron and
McLeod. and was opposed by Burns of
Coos. Those who spoke for Booth's bill
were Vawter. Bingham, Edwards. Newell
and Jagger. and Burns of Coos alone de
fended the Governor.
Courtesies of the floor were extended to
C. J. Howard, of Lane: Carl Spohn. of
Alaska, and X. E. Ayer and Colonel Gor
don Voorhles, of Portland.
Curry County Is seeking to get better
communication with the rest of the world
by the construction of a road along Rogue
River, across the mountains into Jose
phine County. For this purpose Repre
sentative Smith, of Josephine, has Intro
duced a bill to create the Rogue River
road district, composed of Josephine and
Curry Counties, with power to issue bonds
in the sum of 550.000. with which to con
struct the road.
Senator Coe Introduced two bills this
afternoon In the Interests of Insurance
agents. One bill is intended to strengthen
the law prohibiting writing of insurance
"over the heads" of agents. The other
prevents the giving of rebates which les
sen the agent's commissions.
THEORIES ABOUT FOOD
Also a Few Facts on the Same Subject
We hear much nowadays about health
foods and hygienic living, about vegetari
anism and many other fads along the
same line.
Restaurants may be found in the large
cities where no meat, pastry or coffee is
served and the food crank Is in his glory,
and arguments and theories galore ad
vanced to prove that meat was never In
tended for human stomachs, and almost
make up believe that our sturdy-ajicestors
who lived fourscore years in robust 'health
on roast beef, pork -and mutton must have
been grossly ignorant of the laws of
health.
Our forefathers had other things to do
than formulate theories about tho food
they ate. A warm welcome was extended
to any kind from bacon to acorns.
A healthy appetite and common sense
are excellent guides to follow In matters
of diet, and a mixed diet of grains, fruits
and meats is undoubtedly the best.
As compared with grains and vegeta
bles, meat furnishes the most nutriment
In a highly concentrated form, and fa di
gested and assimilated more quickly than
vegetables and grains.
Dr. Julius Remmson on this subject
says: "Nervous persons, people run down
In health and of low vitality should eat
meat.- and plenty of It. If the digestion
Is too feeble at first It may be pasily cor
rected by the regular use of Stuart's Dys
pepsia Tablets after each meal. Two of
these excellent tablets taken after dinner
will digest several thousand grains of
meat, eggs or Other animal food in three
hours, and .no matter how weak the stom
ach may be. no trouble will be experi
enced If a regular practice Is made ot
usIngvStuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, because
they supply the pepsin and diastase neces
sary to perfect digestion, and every form
of Indigestion will be overcome by their
use.
That large class of people who come un
der the head of nervous dyspeptics should
eat plenty of meat and insure its proper
digestion, by the daily use of a safe,
harmless digestive medicine like Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets, composed of the natu
ral digestive principles, pepsin, diastase,
fruit acids and salts, which actually per
form the work of digestion. Cheap ca
thartic medicines, masquerading under
the name of dyspepsia cures, are useless
fof indigestion, as they have absolutely
no effect upon . the actual digestion of
food.
Dyspepsia In all Its many forms Is sim
ply a failure of the stomach to digest
food, and the sensible way to solve the
riddle and cure the dyspepsia is to make
dally use at meal time of a preparation
like Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, which Is
endorsed by the medical profession and
known to contain active digestive princi
ples. All druggists sell Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets at 50 cents for full treatment.
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BAY FEVER
Head quickly. It la absorbed. Heals and Pro
tects the Membrane. Restores the Serines of
Taete and Smell. Pull size BOe at Dratirtstz' or
by mail; Trial Slae. 10c by mall.
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WUX POSITIVELY CUKE
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Headache, Srystpelaai. Scrofula. Catarrh. Indi
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