THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1909.
G
-STATEMENT
BILL IS FAVORED
House Adopts Report by One
Vote After Measure Has
Been Warmly Debated.
FINAL ACTION TOMORROW
Prospect Is That Atttndace of Sev
eral Anti-Statement Members
Who Were Absent Yesterday
Will Insure) It Passage.
STATE CAPITOL Salem, Feb. 1. (Spe
cial.) The anti-statement bill. Introduced
Jointly by Representatives Bean and
Brooke, created something of a stir In
the House, this morales -when It was re
ported back by the committee on elec
tion with a lavorablo report. Brooke
moved the adopUon of the report, which
was opposed by Orton and several of
the Statment Republican members and
the motion finally prevailed by a vote of
ri to 22. 15 being; absent. The bill was
made a special order for Wednesday at
3 P 51.
Brooke and Buchanan Insisted that the
rrport of the committee should be adopt
ed and that the bill should come up and
be considered on its merits. Brooke ex
plained that tho only respect In which
the bill had been amended In the com
mittee was that the forfeiture of ofTtce
clause had been eliminated. As reported
back to the House; the bill makPS it a
misdemeanor for a candidate for any
office to make any pre-election pledges,
the performance of which would be in
violation of the state constitution or the
United States Constitution.
The consideration of the report of the
rommlttee came up shortly after the
House was convened at 10 o'clock this
morning and In the absence of several of
the anti-Statement men, was very nearly
rejected. The advocates of the measure
are satisfied that when It comes up for
passage, they will have sufficient votes
to cany It through the House. As It was.
on the vote for the adoption of the com
mittee report, three Statement members
Brady, Mariner and Richardson lined up
with the anti-Statement forces, while Far
rell, an anti-Statement roan, voted against
the report.
The 45 members present and voting were
divided as follows:
Ayes Applegate, Belknap. Bonebrake,
Bones, Brady. Brattaln, Brooke, Bu
chanan. Calkins. Carter, Conyers, Geer,
Hawley, Hines. Hughes, Mahoney, Mnnn,
Mariner. Meek. Munry. Richardson.
Smith Jnd Speaker McArthur 23.
Noe? -Abbott, Altman. Barrett. Bedll-
1'on. Campbell, Clemens, Couch, Dlmick,
Farrell. Hatteberg, Jackson. Jaeger,
Jones (Douglas). Jones (Clackamas), I.ib
by, McDonald. Miller, Orton, Patton. Phil-
pott and Rusk 22.
In the House today the committee on
education returned an unfavorable report
on Representative Llbby's bill, providing
for one board of regents to have control
of all educational institutions receiving
state aid. The death of the bill by In
definite postponement waa averted tem
porarily at least, by the author, who suc
ceeded 1n having its further consideration
made a special order for 10 o'clock tomor
row morning.
County Judxe "Webster's Bills.
Two bills applying to care of county
prisoners In Multnomah, appeared In the
House this morning. One, Introduced by
Representative Brooke, at request of L.
R. Webster, County Judge of Multnomah
County, gives control and custody of
county prisoners to the County Court, em
powering the County Court to send pris
oners from one county to another for
road work, and repealing an act of the
1307 Legislature, which gives control of
Multnomah prisoners to the Sheriff.
The other bill was Introduced by Rep
resentative Brady, giving the Sheriff con
trol of cooking and feeding of prisoners
and directing the County Court to equip
suitable kitchens. These two bills come
from hostile camps in Multnomah, and
are a product of long hostility between
the Sheriff and, the County Court
Senator Bingham Introduced his bill for
a water code Just before adjournment
this afternoon.
HOUSE PASSES FIVE BILLS
Tho "More" Measures for Public
Officials Among Tliem.
STATH CAPITOL, Salem. Feb. l.-(Spe-clal.)
The following bills were passed in
the House this afternoon:
H. B. 62. Conyors Prohibiting swine
from running at large In Yamhill. Co
lumbla. Lane and T'ulon counties.
H. B. .-.. Buchanan Prohibiting- the
wearing- of the uniform of the United Stales
by persons not entitled to do so.
H. B. 134. Calkins Requiring record of
suits to be filed In counties In which land
involved Is located.
H. B 110, Bordllllon Authorizing- As
sessor of Coos County to employ clerical
assistance.
H. B. 24. Purdln Increas!ng salary Coun
ty Judge of Jackson County from J1200 to
$1304 per annum.
New RHIs Introduced.
Bills were Introduced in the House
today as follows:
H. B. 233. Karrell Requiring that a
record be kept In County Clerk's office of
conditional bills of sale or leases of per
sonal property when such property becomes
attached us a fixture to real property.
H. B. 240. Barrett Request of officials
f Walla Walhi. Wash., empowering mu
nicipal corporations of otfier states to ac
quire lands in other states for protection
of thlr water supply.
H. B. 141. Barrett Providing that County
Treasurers shall act as Tax Collectors.
H. B. 142. Brooks Bequest of 1. R. Web
ster. County Ji:(ice of Multnomah, giving
t ounty Courts exclusive control of all county
prisoners nnd authorising' their employment
on the public highways.
H. B. 243. Buchanan Authorizing First
Slid Second Southern Oneson restrict Agri
cultural societies to ask bids for printing to
the amount of $2."i0 each and taking same
out of hands of the State Printer.
If. B. 244. Muncy Fixing salary of As
sessor of Curry County at 5G0t) per annum.
H. B. 24:.. Brady Providing for the feed
ing of prisoners In the Multnomah County
.Tail and n-quiring the County Court to
erpifp and furnish a kitchen In connection
with the Jail.
These Were Killed.
.The following bill was killed by in
inleflnlte postponement In the House
today:
H. B. 70. McDonald Increasing fees In
Portland Justice Court.
Bills were defeated In the House aa
follows:
1C. B P". Campbell By request. amend
In; attachment law. Reconsidered and
o;ed down.
H. B. SO. Calkins Providing that new
school districts cannot be formed unless
territory contains a school population of 1&.
SANITARIUM FOR TUBERCUIfOUS
ANT
House Committee) Favors Creation.
New Bill to Govern Autos.
5 ALUM. Or.. Feb. 1. (Special.) The
House committee on railroads tomorrow
will recommend favorably a bill requiring
that ell cars on interurban street railway
llns bo eouipppd with toilets.
At a meeting of the committees oil med
icine and pharmacy from the two Houses
tonight. Dr. E. A. Pierce and Dr. R. C.
Tenney, members of the State Board of
Health, presented the merits of the pro
posed bill providing for an appropriation
of funds by the state for a sanitarium
for the treatment of tubercular patients.
A majority of the committee favors state
aid for one such Institution, but a report
on the subject will not be formulated
until another meeting of the committee
can fee held tomorrow morning.
Representatives of the Portland Auto
mobile Association tonight appeared with
several Salem automoblllsts before tire
House committee on roads and highways
In opposition to the bill of Representative
Dlmick, which is amendatory of the
present law and Imposes additional re
strictions and Increased penalties on the
owners of these machines. The Dlmick
bill, as originally drafted, will be reported
unfavorably, but a substitute measure,
covering Its objects In a less stringent
manner, may be submitted.
TAX FOR "BOOSTING" FUND
Bill Authorizing Conntles lo Levy It
Is Passed.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or., Feb. 1.
(Special.) Representative McCue's
bill, authorizing; the different counties
to levy a tax of not to exceed two mills,
when approved at a special election,
for the purpose of advertising- the state
and Its resources, met with opposition
in the House this afternoon, and was
passed by a vote of 34 to 19.
Calkins objected to the measure, for
the reason that he did not think the
people should be taxed for such pur
poses, the expense of which, he con
tended, should be provided by volun
tary subscriptions. Brandon opposed
the bill on similar lines, as did also
Jones, of Douglas.
McCue. Buchanan and Jaeger hearti
ly approved of the bill, which they said
was along the line of promoting the
further development of the state. Mr.
McCue resented the criticism that had
been made of the measure, and com
mented on the fact that there was
nothing compulsory about the proposed
levy for advertising purposes; that
such a tax was only to be levied after
it had been ordered by a majority of
the voters of the 'county, upon a peti
tion signed by 10 per cent of their
number.
Nineteen Representatives, however,
voted against the bill, as follows: Ab
bott. Applegate, Barrett, Belknap,
Brandon, Brattaln. Calkins, Campbell,
Dlmick, Farrell, . Hatteberg, Jackson,
Jones (Douglas), Jones (Clackamas),
Leinenweber, Libby. Mariner, Meek,
Philpott and Speaker McArthur.
WOUXD REVISE CONSTITUTION
Elect Delegates in 1910 to Conven
tion Meeting in 1911.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 1. (Special.) The
House committee on revision of laws to
morrow will recommend favorably Repre
sentative Buchanan's bill providing for a
constitutional convention. The bill pro
vides that the question of holding such
a convention shall bo submitted to the
people at the November election In 1010.
If such a convention shall be oraerea.
a special election is to be held In June,
1911, when 60 delegates, one from each of
the Representative districts in the state,
shail be elected to revise the constitu
tion. The constitutional convention will
meet at Salem In October, 1911, and the
constitution, as revised and amended.
shall be submitted to the voters at
another special election In April. 1912.
for their approval.
Objects to Numerous Schools.
STATE CAPITOLv Salem, Feb. 1. (Spe
cial.) With only 13 ayes In its favor,
Representative Calkins' bill providing
that a new school district must have a
school population of 15 before It could
be established and receive state aid, was
defeated In the House this afternoon. Car
ter. Farrell, Brattaln, Conyers and Jones
(Lincoln and Polk) attacked the bill for
the reason that It would work a hard
ship on the people of the sparsely settled
districts, who were entitled to tho ad
vantages of a common school education
for their children. They contended that
the present limit of six was none too
small to Insure for some sections of the
state school advantages. In support of
his bill Representative Calkins said that
its provisions applied only to districts to
be hereafter created and was Intended to
make It Impossible for "every man to
have a schoolhouse In his own yard and
supported by the state."
ATTACHMENT BILL KILLED
HOUSE VOTES IT DOWN BY
37 TO 17.
Campbell, Who Presented It, Says
When Questioned That Sanderson
Reed Man Behind "Request."
STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Feb. 1. (Spe
cial.) Representative Campbell's bill,
amendatory of the attachment law of
the state, was reconsidered by the House
this afternoon and defeated by a vote
of 17 to 37, with six absent. The bill
amended the statute to the extent that
before a writ of attachment could Issue
the creditor would be required to make
affidavit alleging fraud on the part of
the debtor. The bill parsed the House
last week with 41 votes In Its favor but
It was recalled from the Senate on the
motion of Representative Brooke for a
reconsideration.
In support of the bill, Mr. Campbell
said that the attachment was an ex
traordinary procedure and should be in
voked only in extraordinary cases. He
argued that in Its present form the at
tachment law of thia state was not In
the Interest of the people of the state
generally and that its frequent and many
times unwarranted use operated to the
serious disturbance of business condi
tions. In opposing the bill, Dlmick, chair
man of the judiciary committee, said the
proposed amendment would practically
nullify the attachment law so far as per
sonal property was concerned. Couch
contended that the law as it exists only
gives the creditor protection from dis
honest debtors and for that reason should
be let alone.
During the discussion of the bill, which
was introduced by Mr. Campbell by re
quest. Representative Jaeger asked at
whose request the measure had been pre
sented in the House. In reply Campbell
said the bill had been submitted to him
bv Sanderson Reed, of Portland.
The vote by which the bill was killed
follows:
Ayes Bonebrake, Brady, Calkins,
Campbell, Clemens, Eaton. Farrell,
Hughes, Libby, Mahone, Mahoney, Mar
iner, McDonald, Miller, Muncy Smith and
Speaker McArthur 17.
Xoes Abbott, Altman, Applegate, Bar
rett, Bedillion, Belknap, Bones, Brandon,
Brattin, Brooke, Buchanan. Carter,
Conai. Corrigan. Couch, Davis, Dlmick,
Dodds, Geer. Hatteberg, Hines, Jackson,
Jaeger, Jones (Lincoln and Polk), Jones
(Douglas), Jones (Clackamas), Leinen
weber, Mann, McCue, MeKinney, Meek,
Orton. Patton, Philpott, Reynolds, Rich
ardson, Rusk 37. '
THE NEEDLECRAFT SHOP
Formerly located at 3S2 "Wash., now on
Sixth, bet. Morrison and Alder. January
needlework salesj every article reduced.
EMPLOYERS FIGHT
EIGHT-
Would Cut Wages and Cripple
Industries, Declare Port
land Employers.
DRASTIC LAW, INMAN SAYS
A. C. Callain, of Manufacturers' As
sociation, Declares State AVould
Be Handicapped If Bill
Becomes Law.
STATE! CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Feb. L
(Special.) Representatives of many of
the principal manufacturing and indus
trial Institutions of Portland appeared be
fore the Multnomah County delegation
this afternoon and presented 'objections
to bills that have been submitted by labor
organizations for enactment at this sec
tion. The proposed employers' liability
and the eight-hour laws were discussed.
C. E. S. "Wood, who drafted the liability
bill; J. F. Cassldy, secretary of the Ore
gon State Federation of Labor, and R. A.
Harris, member of the legislative com
mittee of the same organization, spoke In
behalf of organized labor. The delegation
did-not take any action on either of the
bills.
R. D. Inman, of the Inman-Poulsen
Lumber Company, was the principal
speaker for the manufacturers' interests.
He argued that the enactment and en
forcement of so drastic a measure as the
employers' liability bill under considera
tion would have a disastrous effect on
large employers of labor. Mr. Inman ar
gued that If the liability law is to be es
tablished as proposed, the manufacturers
must make up their losses either by In
creasing prices or further reducing wages.
At present they make but fl per thousand
on lumber.
Would Discourage Factories.
Respecting the eight-hour law, Mr. In
man 6aid that the enforcement of such a
statute would have one certain result a
reduction In the present scale In that
such Institutions as are now operating
throughout he 21 hours would shut down
and run during the day only, and not to
exceed two shirts. This law was objected
to particularly because it is not general
In the other states, with the result that
Oregon manufacturers would be handi
capped In competition' with other manu
facturers whose business was not regu
lated by law restricting the hours of
labor.
Speaking for the Manufacturers' Asso
ciation, of Portland, A. C. Callam said
that the object of that organization,
which represented invested capital to tha
amount of J30, 000. 000. and employed 12,000
men, was to encourage the location of ad
ditional manufacturing enterprises in this
state. The enactment of the proposed lia
bility and eight-hour laws, he said, would
be to divert these concerns to other points
where less stringent labor laws were pro
vided. C. W. Hodson, ex-State Senator, related
that two years ago the Legislature, on
the assurance Of the labor people that
they would bo satisfied, enacted a fac
tory inspection law. "But this has not
satisfied these people, who are here ask
lng for more legislation, even more un
reasonable as against the employer, he
said, "and two years from now, If they
get what they are asking for now, they
will bo on . hand demanding still more."
Mr. Hodson also said that if the em
ployers' liability law should pass, re
moving all limit to the amount that
may be recovered as damages. Insurance
companies which write policies for em
ployers would be compelled to raise their
rates to a prohibitive scale or nDanaon
business in this state entirely. The bill
would practically drive the Bmall em
ployer out of business, for one accident
would ruin him.
Many Speakers Heard.
Others to address the delegation In be
half of the labor employing enterprises of
Portland were: Mr. Ames, of the Ames &
Harris Box Company; Carl Jackson, for
the planing mills; George A. Carney, who
spoke as a workman; A. H. Devers, from
the credit man's standpoint; Manager
Hoajr. of Fleischner-Mayer Company; R.
E. Warner, of the Laundry Association;
J. C. Bayer, of the Employers' Associa
tion; Captain. A. B. Graham, of the ship
ping Interests; Charles Gunn and Mr. Al
bers. of the Albers Milling Company.
Mr. Wood, speaking for the measure,
charged that the criticism of the provi
sion of the liability bill by the manu
facturing interest was based on misin
formation as to what the measure act
ually provided. He alleged that it was
necessary In all cases to prove negligence
on the part of the employer before it
was possible for him to be held account
able In any way for the injury of work
men. -Mr. Cassldy and Mn Harris spoke in
a similar vein, contending that the pro
visions of the bill were less drastic than
had been represented by the employers.
Briefly summarized, the employer's lia
bility bill provides that all owners, con
tractors, subcontractors, corporations or
persons whatsoever engaged In the con
struction, repairing, alteration, removal
or painting of .any house, building, bridge,
viaduct or other structure, or in the erec
tion or operation of any machinery, or
in the manufacture or transmission of
electricity or in the manufacture or use
of any dangerous appliance or substance,
shall see that ell materials and equipment
are free from defects, that all scaffolds,
etc., are strong enough to bear four times
the weight to be sustained; that all ma
chinery, wells, openings, etc., are prop
erly guarded; that all power machinery
shall be provided with signals for quick
communication; that dead wires shall not
be mingled with live wires; that cross
beams bearing live wires shall be spe
cially designated by color, and, generally,
that every precaution for safety of life
and limb be taken regardless of cost.
No Limit to Damages.
Failure to comply with the provisions
of the art Is made punishable by fine of
$KX) to $1000 or imprisonment not less than
three months nor more than a year, but,
tUls criminal liability shall not lessen the
civil liability. The bill permits recovery
of damages without limit and provides
that "the negligence of a fellow-servant
shall not be a defense where- the Injury
was caused or contributed to by any of
the following causes:
Any defect In the structure, materials,
works, plant or machinery of which the
employer or bis agrent could have .had
knowledge by the exercise of ordinary care;
the neglect of any person engaged as super
intendent, manager, foreman or other per
son In charge or control of the works, plant,
machinery or appliances; the Incompetence
or negligence of any person In charge of or
directing the particular work In which the
emplove was engaged at the time of Injury
or death; the Incompetence or negligence of
any person to whose orders the employe was
bound to conform and did conform, and by
reuson of his having conformed thereto the
Injury or death resulted; the act of any
fellow-servant dono in obedience to the
rules. Instructions or orders given by the
employer, or any other person who has
authority to direct the doing of said act.
Contributory negligence, however, may
be taken Into consideration by the Jury
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Wood Speaks for Labor.
A second hearing on the employers'
liability bill was heard this evening be
fore the Judiciary committee, when C.
E. S. Wood was the principal speaker. In
defense of the bill abrogating the fellow- .
servant rule. Wood said that this rule
was "Judge-made law," that it naa its
origin at a time when Industrial condi
tions were such that one employe could
see the dangers in his employment, and
when he was personally acquainted with
his fellow-servants. But the large fac
tory has since taken the place of the I
small workshop, and it is not r.ow true,
if it ever was, that the employe knows
the risk: that he knows his co-worker
or that he is free to quit the employ-
ment if he does not like it.
Mr. Wood declared that the workman
under present conditions Is not free to
quit his Job; that rapid work encourages
a Bort of recklessness of which the em
ployer gets the benefit and that damages
occasioned by the loss of life and limb
shoul be considered one of the burdens
of the business and not a risk of the em
ploye alone.
MILLER HAS "BUY" MEASURE
Asks Congress to Estop Sending of
Liquor to Prohibition States.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Feb. 1.
(Special.) The liquor people, who have
thus far been free to give entire atten
tion to their bill for amendment of the
local option law, will now have some
thing to divide their attention. Senator
M. A. Miller today introduced a Joint
memorial asking Congress to enact Fed
eral laws preventing the shipping of
liquor from a "wet" into a "dry" state.
The resolution is as follows:
Whereas. In this snd many other states,
where prohibition or local optk'n prevail,
liquor dealers, residing in territory where
prohibition or local option do not prevail,
continually ship Intoxicating liquors of all
kinds into the territory In whi.-h prohibition
or local option has been voted: and.
Whereas. Such shipments have been held
to constitute Interstate commerce, when the
samo are shipped from one state into an
other, the regulation of which Is entirely
within the power of Congress; therefore.
Be It resolved by the Senate of the State
of Oregon, the House of Representatives con
curring, that we hereby respectfully me
morialize Congress to enact a law. pro
hibiting shipments of Intoxicating liquors
from a state or territory In which neither
local option nor prohibition prevails Into a
state or territory In which the same does
prevail.
The resolution was referred to the com
mittee on resolutions.
OWESS-ADAIR BIUi . PASSES
Senate Acta Favorably on Sterlliw-tion-of-Insane
Measure.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Feb. 1. (Spe
cial.) The Senate today passed the Dr.
Owens-Adair bill for the sterilization of
the Insane whose condition cannot be Im
proved and the convicts who are serving
a third term In prison. The bill passed
with only eight negative votes, those
voting no being Abraham, Barrett, Chase,
Hedges, Kcllaher, Merrtman, Scholfleld,
and Sinnott. The bill Is framed after the
Indiana law and it contemplates that
the operation performed shall be similar
to that performed in that state.
The only other bill passed was F. J.
Miller's bill permitting Linn County to
maintain a ferry across the Willamette
at Peoria.
Senator Hedges' Senate bill 78. permit
ting one corporation to own the stock of
another was killed by the Senate today
by Indefinite postponement.
AGAINST EIGHT-HOUR BILL
Senate Committee Makes Certain De
feat of Measure.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Feb. 1.
(Special.) The Senate committee on in
dustries decided tonight to report ad
versely on Campbell's House bill, requir
ing that all establishments running 24
hours work their men not to exceed eight
hours a day. The defeat of the bill in
the Senate has been considered very
probable, and this action of the commit
tee makes It certain.
Farrell Against Increases.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Feb. 1. (Spe
cial.) Tiring of the large number of bills
increasing the salaries of various county
officers throughout the state during their
terms of office, Representative Farrell
explained his vote In opposition to the bill
of Representative Purdin, increasing the
salary of the County Judge of Jackson
County from $1200 to J1S00 per annum by
saying that he Intended to oppose every
bill of the kind which carrired an emer
gency clause. Several other members of
the House manifested the same attitude
towards such fcWs and the record on the
Purdin bill showed seven negative votes.
Game Bill Hearing.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem., Feb. L (Spe
cial.) Senator Woods and Representa
tive Dodds. chairmen of the Senate and
House committees, respectively, on game,
have called a Joint meeting of those com
mittees to be held Tuesday night at 7:30
o'clock, when the various bills pending
before this session will be considered.
Sportsmen from different parts of the
state who are Interested in these meas
ures are requested to be present at the
meeting tomorrow night.
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BILLS -IN CONFLICT
Two Sailor Measures Are Be
fore Legislature.
BOTH LOWER SHIPPING FEE
Selling Measure Makes It $30,
While Nottingham Bill Provides
That It Shall Be $20 Nor
wegian Consul Interested.
STATU CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Feb. 1.
(Special.) Conflict of sailor boarding
house curbers has Invaded the Legisla
ture in rival bills of Senator Selling and
Senator Nottingham. The Selling bill
comes from the Portland Chamber of
Commerce; the other from Bndre M.
Cederbergh, Norwegian Vice-Consul in
that city. Both bills enlarge the powers
of the Sailor Boarding-House Commission
A. M. Smith, William MaciLaster and
W. H. Souls. .
The Selling bill reduces the shippmg
fee of boarding masters from $30 to 120;
the Nottingham bill provides for creation
of the office of Shipping Master, who
shall keep a list of vessels and sailors,
to be accessible to masters of vessels and
sailors. The Shipping Master is to be
appointed by the Board.
All Interests Consulted.
In a letter to Senator Selling edvocat
ing passage of his bill, the secretary of
the Portland Chamber of Commerce says:
The bill Is drawn up In conformity with
suggestions of the Sailor Boarding-house
Commission, the trustees of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce and the rivers, har
bors and 'navigation committee's chairman,
after careful Investigation of the matter.
Including a hearing given to all concerned,
at which hearing the committee above
mentioned was present, the Consuls at this
port, the trustees of the Chamber and the
Sailors' Boarding-house Commission and the
representative of the boarding-houses.
The Selling bill adds the following
clauses to the sailor boarding-house bill
of 1903, increasing the powers of the
Board:
Section S. Such board shall have power
to make, publish and enforce rules and
regulations for the conduct of sailors'
boarding-houses licensed under the pro
visions of this act. and to require registers
to be kept in all such sailors' boarding
houses showing the arrival and departure
of the boarder or lodger and to require
each boarder or lodger to sign such reg
ister and to require the holder of each
license granted under the provisions of this
act to submit to such board the names of
each of his employes and to direct the
discharge of any of such employes not sat
isfactory to such boards.
Section 6. Whenever In the opinion of
said board or commissioners the disorderly
conduct of any sailors' boarding-house or
keepers, or proprietor thereof, or of any
force fraud, deceit or misrepresentation In
Inviting or selecting boarders or lodgers for
such house on the part of such keeper or
proprietor. Is not of such nature as to re
quire the revoking of such license, such
board may Impose a flne on the keeper
or proprietor of such sailor's boarding
house not exceeding in amount $100, and
should such flne not be paid by said keeper
or proprietor such board shall have the
power to revoke the license of such keeper
or proprietor. All nraa so imposed or col
lected shall be accounted for in a like
manner as the licenses moneys collected
under section 4 of this act.
Consul Cederbergh's Plea.
Mr. Cederbergh urges passage of the
Nottingham bill in a letter which is In
part as follows:
The chief points of different in the two
bills are, first, the Nottingham bill 'cre
ates the office of shipping master, while
the Selling bill doea not; second, the Not
1000 fins imported Razors will be placed on sale at 97c
each. These razors are from one of the leading importers
of razors in the United States. They are all high-grada
razors. We secured the entire stock at a ridiculous figure.
The assortment comprises all the well-known makes, in
cluding tho "Wade & Butcher," 'Brandt," "I. X. L,"
"Rogers," " Wosteniolm, " "Pipe Razor," "Lewis,"
we win aiso piaco on ,xv" , r zz yi - . Dv
Strops which are sold and advertised everywhere at $2. Our pnee 97c
THE BRANDT SELF-HONING RAZOR STROP is the only strop in the world that
hones and strops your razor at the same time and enables you to obtain an edge
which only an experienced barber can give In using this strop a few days your
razor will show and your face will feel the difference at once. It is the only strop
in the world that is guaranteed never to grow hard or glossy. We are selling this
tror direct from manufacturer to consumer. The regular pnee of this strop is
$2 00 To introduce these goods we will sell one to a customer at the adrertising
ririce'of 97. MAIL ORDERS FILLED.
BRANDT HONES FOR 97c
Headquarters for All Kinds of Safety Razors and Blades
Rubberset Shaving Brushes 25c to $2.50
Push Button Pocket
-CUT GLASS ONE-FOURTH OFF
tingham bill limits the shipping fee to
$10, while the Selling out limns it to -v.
I submit that in the best Interest of the
port, tonnage and the sailors, the Com
missioners should be authorized to cre
ate the office of shipping master, and In
the event of the appointment of such an
officer, that the shipping of men be
placed exclusively in his hands and no
fee in excess of $15 be charged.
Last year about 800 sailors were
shinned from this port and the profit at
t"0 per man blood money and one
month's advance wages, Is. in the opin
ion of most persons familiar w-ith pre
vailing conditions, entirely too much and
entirely out of all proportion to value
given. At $20 a man, the boarding-house
master would' still have $45 per man, and
if he shipped all the men a gross profit
of $36,000. The greatest power should
be given the Commissioners, as contained
in the Chamber of Commerce bill, and
the Nottingham bill might well be
amended to include some of these
features.
Senator Selling today Introduced, at the
request of the Portland Chamber of Com
merce, an amendment to the sailor boarding-house
law. The principal change
made by the bill is the reduction of the
amount that may be charged for supply
ing sailors from $30 to $20. The bill gives
the Board power to make rules and reg
ulations for the boarding-houses, to dis
charge employes unsatisfactory to the
Board and to fine the proprietors not to
exceed $100 for offenses not requiring rev
ocation of license.
BILL TO INSPECT BOILERS
Davis Measure Chiefly Notable for
Jobs It AVould Create.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Feb. 1. (Spe
cial.) Proprietors of factories will be sub
jected to a double inspection fee if Rep
resentative Davis' boiler inspector bill
becomes a law. Every factory is now sub
ject to the payment of a fee to the Labor
Commissioner, who certifies to the condi
tion of machinery and equipment in gen
eral. The fees paid for this inspection
will. If Senator Bailey's S. B. 62 becomes
a law. range, from $2 to $20. Under Rep
resentative Davis" bill every factory or
other owner of a 6team boiler must pay
an inspection fee of $10 at least once a
year. This will apply to stationary en
gine boilers, threshing machine boilers,
steam wood-saws and steam heating
plants under pressure. Many factories
now use electric power, but keep a steam
plant ready for use In case of need, and
the bill would apply to them.
The Davis bill provides some desirable
offices. The boiler inspector, to be ap
pointed by the Governor, is to receive a
salary of $2500 a year and mileage at 10
cents a mile, up to $500. The boiler in
spector Is to have authority to appoint
two deputies one in each of the Supreme
Court Judicial districts of the statp. each
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PYROGRAPHY SALE
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at the great discount
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of the deputies to receive $4 a day and
mileage at the rate of 10 cents a mile,
with no limit to the total amount that
may be paid as mileage for deputies. As
railroad fare generally is but three cents
a mile, a deputy would add considerably
to his salary by the compensation for
traveling.
The Davis bill makes it the duty of
every owner or operator of a steam boiler
to have it inspected once a year, paying
the annual Inspection fee therefor, and
also requires that every boiler installed
be Inspected before used.
KIDNEY DISORDERS
Symptoms and Home Treatment
Gaut, the celebrated German spe
cialist, asserts that seven-tenths of the
feeble-minded and Insane are tfts vic
tims of kidney diseases.
Nervousness, excitability, restless
ness, melancholia, pains in the back
and head, neuralgia and rheumatlo
pains, fevers, chills, scanty urine,
highly colored and acid urine, burning
pains, fullness and soreness in the re
gion of the bladder, all indicate that
the kidneys are affected and .weak
ened, needing tonic treatment.
The very best physician should be
consulted at once, or let the following
simple. Inexpensive, but reliable, pre
scription be used for several weeks:
Mix one-half ounce fluid extract
Buchu with out ounce compound fluid
Balmwort and two ounces compound
syrup Sarasparilla. Then take a tea
spoonful after each meal and one at
retiring, drinking plenty of good, pure
water between meals. This mixture
makes a splendid tonic and blood
purifier.
CHILDREN WHO ARE SICKLY
Mothers who -aIue their own comfort and
the welfare of their children, should never
be without a box of Mother Gray'a Sweel
powders for children, for use throughout
the season They Break up Colds, Cure
Feverlshness, Constipation, Teething Dis
orders, Headache and Stomach Trouble.
THESE POWDERS NKVEK FAIL. Bold by
all Drug Stores, !N"ic. Don't accept any sub
stitute. A trial package will be sent FREE
to any mother who will address Allen S.
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