THE SIORXIXG OREfiOXIAX. SATURDAY, JANUARY 21. 1911.
COMPROMISE MAY
BE FINAL RESULT
Laborer and Employer Will
Discuss Details of Com
pensation Act.
FEDERATION IS ADJOURNED
Convention Mods at Tlie Dalles In
1912 Closer Itelatlnus Urged
Between Grange and Labor.
Legislation to lie Watched.
SALEM. Or- Jan. . (Special.)
CTioojHng Tl:e Dalles as the next eon
ventton city, to meet the tMrd Monday
In January. 1312. the State Federation of
Labor adjourned today after one of the
most Important sessions in Ita history.
Many matters of interest were con-
Mrrtd "today. lncludir.g a bill fathered
by the tjrnnk'e. in n tilt h It Is provided
that the number and .election of county
ffii-ers be left excluvely to the vote
cif the people in the ru.tjtcctlve counties.
This vm Indorsed, ad was the Astoria
Centennial; thla Indorsement carrying the
recommendation that union labor be em
ployed In connection ith construction
work and carrying on of the celebration.
Sailor Labor Law Report Approved
District eonftfrem-es1 of bodies of or
ganise! Inbor. unfair companies and
closer relations between tiie Slate
Cranse and the Federation, were among
lite questions given favorable confident
tion and the report of the referee on Urn
sailor law was finally approved after
jnucb stormy argument.
Energetic lobbyist at the I-estolature
was one of the cries set up. and Sec
retary J- T. Cajwidy was named to Keep
a watchfulreye on legislation that might
relate to the Interests of organ tied labor.
A resolution adopted by the Federa
tion shows that plans axe under way for
t.ie Federation and the employers to
reach some conclusion or compromise on
a compersMtion act.
Tlie resolution provide thst a com
fiittte of seven be appointed; two by
trie Federation of Lator; two by the
rotate Grange; two by the employers or
t.ie Employers' Association and t.'ie sev
enth by the Governor, to consider th
question of compensation for employee
and to draft a bill, to be ready in two
years or more, for presentation to the
legislature or the people.
West Suggests Plan.
Such a plan was suggested by Governor
West to the members of the Federation,
and laboring men here say that It was
-with great reluctance the Federation
adopted the revolution. Tiny further as
sert that tlie employers; or many of
them, bare signified their willingness to
carry out the tenia of the resolution.
Members of the committee named by the
Federation today are: K. O. I tec tor and
J. F. Cassidy. of Portland.
At present there Is a compensation
art ready to be submitted to the Legis
lature, but some of tlie labor leaders
express themselves as being not alto
gether pleased with every provision of
the act and are also of tl opinion that
employers would probably object to parts
of It. The bill Is largely along the
German plan and provides that a general
fund be raised, a portion of It to be
assessed to tbe employers; a portion to
the employee) and a portion to the state.
Out of this fund, compensation would
be paid proportionately to tlrase Injured.
Labor Not Satisfied.
Labor men are open In expressing
themselves as dissatisfied with the plan,
and while they say they were reluctant
to adopt the resolution that was passed,
at the same time they much prefer to
have a conference on equal terms with
members of tlie Employers' Association,
or with employers and In committee
draft a bill which will meet with the
sanction of all of the persons or corpora
tions Interested.
Some of ti:e members) of tlie Federa
tion say th men who virtually repre
sent the employers nave made it known
that they would be heartllly In favor of
the plan suggested by Governor West
to secure the services of a committee,
which would bring capital and labor to-
gethcr. Just the nature of tbe comiwnsa
tion art that would be desired by the
Federation Is not fully known. It in
understood members of that body differ.
althongh they are emphatic In tlie dec
laration that they are not desirous of
law which would In anyway result In re
moving the safeguards now thrown aoout
laboring nun as far as appliances and
safety devices In connection with ma
chlnery are concerned.
A resolution was adopted to ask the
legislature to change the Port of Port
land Commission to an elective basis.
The secretary of the Feileratlon ntu In
sxructed 10 Insert by title and number
cniy in Ms printed report of tbe pro
ceedings, all measures acted on favo
ably. This was done to reduce the print
ing expenses. Tlie secretary m a!
Instructed to pay all future bills by
check so as to simplify the work of tlie
auditing committee.
Child I-abor I.a n Supported.
Tie child-labor law received the
atroncest support of any law discussed
and the executive committee was In
structed to do all In Its power to remedy
the present conditions.
Nominations for FtJerallon offices were
Ittat today. Tlese nominees will be
voted on by the local labor unions
throughout the Mate. The nominations
follow: For president. William Daly and
JL Wllllson; for ice-prestdent. U. V.
Jtoblnson and Charles J "rite: for secre
tarr and treasurer. J. A. Sedwidge and
VtUUm NolTke; for member of the ex
ecutive board From Astoria. C. H.
Thompson; Tbe Dalles. J. 11 Foreman:
dledford. Mrs Frank W. Cortenll and
Frank Polls; Portland. James MoGutre
and Ctiarles jilann; alem. II. H. HllL
Jielesa-.es elected to the American
Federation of Labor were William Mc
Klns and J. G. Parsons.
I)eleaats to the S-ate Grange are U. J.
Tarklsoa and J. . Pxnoiis; to the
Washlnaton State Federation of Labor.
J. K. Foreman and T. Dl Burchard. Klr?
tion of deiegateei to the convention of
the Farmers' Union was referred to tbe
executive committee.
The following officers were chosen for
the election board: Percy Coburn. O. K.
Xartwig and li. Ou-arab.
The delegates gave a vote of thanks
to the locai union tor the courtesies ex
tended during tlie session. The queexlon
of establishing a convention fund for the
delegairs) so that the expenses of all the
organizations would be the swine was
turned over to the executive committee
ly the presiding officers;
Bill to Clean Pupils Is Jn.
STATU CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Jan. 29.
(Special. enator Chase Introduced
Ms bill this morning which empowers
Boards of Education to keep school
children clean and to guard them
asalnst unclean children, the bill al
lowing them to keep unclean children
from school until they are placed In
proper condition to associate with
other pupils.
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STEIflER IS GRILLED
Requests Ignored; Charge of
Extravagance Made.
KNIFE IS USED FREELY
Item of $141,750 Is Killed and
Other Appropriations Are Cot
One Half Kceblc - Minded
School Misused Is Charge.
trontlnued From Flr.t rr.
was a wise and Judicious act, and for
the money expended In lands and build
ings the state has received good values.
and that Its affairs are administered
long the line of business principles.
From the ?&,000 appropriated therefor,
117.3:5 was expended In the purchase
of S3 acres of land, and f 56.S44 In two
brick buildings and a central heating
plant and In other preparations for the
reception of the school thereto.
The report of the superintendent for
the School for the Feeble-Minded,
shows a deficiency In maintenance of
lis, 000. over and above the 160.000 ap
propriated therefor. For Improvements
there was appropriated two years ago
157.600, all of which has been expended.
The superintendent aska an appropria
tion of 1:37.300.
$77,230 Is Recommended.
We recommend for the Institution
for the Feeble-Minded an approprla
tion of 77,:iO.
From our observations of this tnstl
utlon. the purposes, aims and objects
for which It was created have been
perverted. While a limited interpret
tion of the law creating this school for
the training, care and custody of fee
ble-minded. Idiotic and epileptic persons
may permit the admission of all these
that are now Its Inmates, yet It seems
clear to us that only such should have
been admitted as are of suitable age
and clearly capable of receiving In
structlon along the line of school and
Industrial training with a view of en
abling them to become self -suDDortlnir.
We believe that a larger number of
the inmates of thla Institution should
be In the asylum, as there are many old
people who can never be Improved In
any way, while some are bedfast and
always will remain so. There are 120
patients between the ages of S and it
years, and 111 between the ages of ZS
ana years.
Patients Slrould lie Limited.
The large per capita cost of maintain
ing this institution ought to limit the
number of Inmates to those who csn
be benefited therein. From the report
01 i ne supenmennent or the asylum it
Is shown that IS were conveyed there
durtnr the Inst two years, l.'nder sec
tion 13 of the act of 1907. creating the
Institution, the board of trustees Is au
thorised to retransfer patients and per
form all other acts necessary to make,
the Institution effective for the purpose
tor wiucn it was established.
if this can be done a number of the
undesirables should be. removed and fu
ture admissions limited to such mt are
capable of a good degree of school and
manual development and to what can be
classified as the higher grades of Idiotic
feeble minded and epileptic persons.
Vnless some such restrictions as sug
gested above are employed, this Institu
tion Is sure to require each biennial
period more and more appropriations snd
soon will become a burden for the state
to maintain and will accomplish but lit
tle along the line for which It was In
tended. We believe there are too many farm
employes for the work accomplished, as
any wll-managed farm of this slse
should tiot cost above IXM for two years
for farm help alone In addition to their
board. This la especially apparent when
we consider that many of the Inmates
assist in the farm and garden work.
Asjlum Cost Is $190,000.
The appropriation for the maintenance
of this Institution for the past two
years was HS0.OX1. and the superintendent
informs us that there Is now a deficiency
of about 13S.0CO. For a new wtng. central
heating plant, side tracks, laundry nlant.
remodeling chapel and two physicians'
cottages thera was appropriated H3ZU7.
For general repair there was appro
priated all of which Is reported
aa expended except Sl.M. For automatic
sprinkler system and chemicals 10,S"0
was appropriated, all of which Is re
ported expended except Hi. 35.
For maintenance tor trie coming bien
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nial period the amount Is estimated as
follows: Bstlmated dally attendance.
1736; for two years at $13.63 per capita
per month, equals the sum of Soi,8SO.
The superintendent aska for $S12.37a.
Five hundred and ninety-two thousand
one hundred and fifty-seven dollars Is
asked for the Oregon State Asylum for
the Insane.
There was appropriated two years ago
for sn amusement hall, cow barn,
kitchen, greenhouse, new roofs, dining
room and open courts and concrete
manure basin 130,670, all of which has
been expended.
For the Asylum farm the committee
recommends an appropriation of 1-4,-234.
The per capitaeost of maintaining the
Asylum patients for the past six bi
ennial periods haa been as follows:
JTOI 10.0O4
1101 D.DOO
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Igll 13.1130
From the table showing compensa
tion and employes at the Insane Asylum
there are Items showing the cost of
farm, dairy and garden help, including
! teamsters and haekmen, to be $25.-
490.24. This seems excessive and out
of proportion to the results obtained.
That the Inmates are well cared for
there can bo no question, but that they
should be more economically cared for
Is for this Legislature to say In the
amount appropriated therefor.
The per capita cost of maintaining
Inmates In the various Institutions per
month for the past biennial period has
been as follows:
Asjlnm $1.1.63
Irf Mute (School 1M.35
llllnd School i.T.I
Reform School 2.1..10
Penitentiary 14.00
Feeble-Minded School S4.75
The superintendent of the Asylum,
Dr. Steiner. requested from the com
mittee on ways and means of the last
session an appropriation for an auto
mobile. This was refused by the com
mittee, but the elasticity with which
appropriations have been used permit
ted the purchase of the same, notwith
standing the fact that the appropria
tion therefor was refused.
Kxpendltnres Are Attached.
The cost to the state In upkeep and
the wisdom of thla purchase can be
Judged by referring to the vouchers,
copies of some of which are hereto at
tached. For the building and furnish
ing of two physicians' cottages there
was appropriated $7500. In the report
we received there was expended for
this Item $11.79 and some of the ex
pensive furniture placed therein Is also
shown by the copies of the vouchers
attached thereto. The $100,000 appro
priated for the new receiving ward has
been expended on constructing what Is
planned to be the central, or main part,
of such a building and (159,750 la now
asked for. to complete the new wing
and furnish the same. The construe
tion Is far costlier than, to your com
mlttee. seems prudent.
We also visited the grounds of the
Oregon State Agricultural Association.
The admission building last year Is In
a bad state of repair. The money for
this building wss appropriated last ses
sion and the building should never have
been accepted by the board, as the same
will have to be practically rebuilt.
The deficiencies referred to in this
report are such as to require some leg
lslatlon to prevent the various superin
tendents of the state Institutions from
creating the same. The payment of
these deficiencies, snd what your com
mlttee thinka are the actual require
ments of these several Institutions, are
embodied In an appropriation bill which
we have prepared and caused to be In
troduced In the Senate for your con
alderatlon.
PAY BILL UP TO MULTNOMAH
Proposed Ills In Salary of County
Commissioners Referred.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Jan. 20.
(Special.) After some contention on the
floor of the Senate today. Joseph's bill
providing that the salary of County
Commissioners, successors In office to
the present County Commissioners, be
raised to $160 a month, was referred to
the Multnomah County delegation for
consideration.
Malarkey and Albee favored the sug
gestion that the bill be placed In the
hands of the delegation, but Joseph and
Kellaher fought It. declaring themselves
as being In favor of an Immediate vote.
Wood opposed such a vote, declaring
that the Senate should not endeavor to
settle fights for Multnomah County.
$150,000 Asked for Capitol.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or., Jan. !0.
(Special.) An appropriation of $1E0.-
000 la recommended by the House com
mittee on rapltol buildings and grounds
for the construction on the Ptaiehouse
grounds, east of the building, of a
building of sufficient slse for the ac.
rommodatlon of the state library, tha
Supreme Court, the Library Commis
sion, th Railroad Commission and the
Attorney-General
IX MAY HIT BENCH
House Bill to Abolish Justices
of Peace Here.
DISTRICT COURT WANTED
Multnomah Bar Association Frames
Measure to Change Portland
Lower Tribnnal System Con
stable Plan Also Amended.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or., Jan. 20.
(Special.) Abolition of the Twisting
Justice of the Peace system in Port
land and the substitution therefor of a
District Court is provided In a bill in
troduced In the House today by Fouts,
of Multnomah, at the request of the
Multnomah Bar Association.
The bill provides for one Judge for
every 60.000 of population, or a court
of four Judges, replacing the two Jus
tices of the Peace now serving Port
land. The bill provides that the pres
ent Judges shall serve until the next
general election, when their successors
as well as the other two judges shall
be elected.
Salary Fixed at $3000.
Each Judge is to receive an annual
salary of $3000. No person is eligible
as District Judge except he is 18 years
of age. is a citizen of the United States
and for the last three years preceding
his election to the office has been ac
tively engaged In the practice of law or
as a Judicial officer. A chief clerk at
$1800 per annum and four deputy
clerks at $1020 per annum each are
provided. The proposed new court is
to have full Jurisdiction of all legisla
tion now handled In the Justice Courts.
Constables' Pay Kaised.
In the same connection, Fouts Intro
duced another bill providing for an in
crease from $1500 to $8400 per annum
in the salary of the Constable for the
Portland district. The same official
is given the authority to appoint five
deputies, one of whom shall receive
annually $1500 while the others shall
be paid $90 a month. In this way the
appointment of deputies In the Con
stables office Is removed from tne au
thority of the County Court while their
salary, instead of being fixed by the
members of the court, is established by
law. x
HOUSE CLERK HIRE COSTLY
Eaton Alleges Extravagance and One
Committee Is Abolished.
STATE CAPITOU Salem. Or., Jan. 20.
fSneclal.l Bxtravacanee in the employ
ment of clerks In the House was) charged
against the ppeclal committee on clerk
hire by Representative Eaton this morn-
ln-. Eaton alleged that more clerks
were already employed In the House at
this session than were employed at
either of the two preceeding sessions.
Chairman McKinney, of the clerKs
committee, requested Eaton to offer
proof of his assertion. The Lane County
man Informed the House that the num
ber of House clerks already employed
and drawing money from the state was
65.' Eaton was.ateo supplied with fur
ther data obtained from the office of
Secretary of State, showing that tne
total number of clerks employed In the
House at the 1909 session was 65, while
In 1907 the House used only 6S clerKs.
Eaton explained that his computation
did not include those clerks attached to
the committee on enrolled bills, of wiucn
he was chairman.
In the afternoon session, iaton wio-
mltted a resolution providing that the
committee on enrolled bills he abolished
and that the work belonging to that com
mittee hereafter be performed by clerks
tinder the direction of the secretary or
Slate. The resolutions committee re
ported thla resolution favorably and It
was adopted.
FIRE MARSHAL, AIM OF BILL
Creation of State Office Asked, In
surance Companies to Pay.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Jan. 20.
(Special.) Provision for the ap
pointment of a state t ire juarsnai is
provided In a bill offered today by
ReDresentatlve Hollls. of Washington.
This official Is tb be appointed by the
Governor to serve until the next gen
eral election when his successor Is to
be chosen. The Marshal is to receive
n annual salary of $3000, and Is al
lowed a chief deputy at $1800 per an-
um. The expenses of these offices are
to be provided through a special tax
of one-half of one per cent of their
gross premiums by all fire insurance
companies within the state.
The Marshal Is authorized from time
to time to appoint such additional num
ber of deputies as may be deemed nec
essary. He Is given authority to in
vestigate the cause and damages re
sulting; from all fires reported to him.
and Is expected to keep a fire record
in his office.
For advising the Marshal of fires In
their respective localities the chief ot
the fire department and mayora of
cities and towns where the office pays
no salary are to receive 60 cents for
each fire so reported.
HIGHEST STANDARD IS GOAL
Doctors Want University Medical
Department to Be Class A.
STATE CAPITOU Salem. Or.. Jan. 20.
(Special.) At a Joint meeting of the
committees on education of the House
and Senate this afternoon, Drs. S. E.
Joseph!. K. A. J. Mackenzie and E. F.
Tucker, of the medical department of
the University of Oregon, at Portland,
asked for an appropriation sufficient
to establish that school In the A class.
, It was explained to the Legislature
that a standard has been created for
medical schools, these schools being
divided Into A. B and C class Institu
tions. The A class Is the highest rec
ognised standard, the B Is In a class
which may become an A class school
and the C class Is unrecognised.
The physicians said that If two reg
ularly salaried Instructors could be
placed In the school next year, two the
year following and two the year after
the department of medicine at Portland
could become recognized as a school ot
the highest standard, or In the A class.
They urged that appropriations be
made which will aid them in carrying
out their purpose In this respect.
FILE BUTTEYI LLE BRIDGE BILL
Measure Would Empower Three
Counties to Build River Span.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Jan. 20.
(Special.) Senator Carson has intro
duced a bill empowering the County
Courts of Marlon, Yamhill and Clacka-i
mas counties to levy a tax of one and
one-half mills for the purpose of con
structing a bridge across the Willam
ette River at Butteville. .
Will E. Purdy, of the Trl-County
Push Club, has been in the city since
the Legislature convened, and will re
main here until the fate of the bill is
settled. There seems to be a general
sentiment in favor, of Its passage.
SITE INVESTIGATORS NAMED
Rnsk Appoints Three to Accompany
Two Senators to Pendleton.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Jan. 20.
(Special.) The personnel of the legis
lative committee that will Investigate
and report on the Eastern Oregon
branch asylum site at Pendleton was
completed today when Speaker Rusk
announced the three House members.
They are: Representatives Mann, of
Umatilla: Bryant, of Multnomah, and
Bonebrake, of Benton.
The two Senate members already an
nounced by President Selling are:
Chase, of Coos and Curry, and Bean, of
Lane. It Is the plan of the committee
to leave for Pendleton next Thursday
to complete its report at an early dato
and submit the same to the Legislature
early in the session.
mm UNDER STATE
BILL TROVIDES REGISTRATION
OF GRADUATES.
Representative AVould Put Board
Over Attendants and Require In
spection of Schools.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Jan. 20.
(Special.) Examination and registra
tion of graduate nurses under direction
of a State Board to be appointed by the
Governor are the objects of a bill of
fered today In the House by Bcals, of
Tillamook.
The Board is to consist of three mem
bers, the same to be selected by the
Governor from a list of five names to
be suggested by the Oregon State As
sociation of Graduate Nurses. Each ap
pointee of the Board must have been
graduated for at least five years.
The Board Is directed to 6Clect one
of Its members as president, this offi
cer to serve as inspector and inspect all
training schools for nurses. The secre
tary of the Board is to be paid not less
than $100 and not more than $500 per
annum and other members of the Board
are to receive $4 a day while employed.
An examination for nurses shall be
held at least once a year and all cer
tificates of registration issued by the
Board must be recorded with the County
Clerk on payment of a fee of $10. Pro
vision Is made that all qualified nurses
may register at any time before July
1. 1912, without taking the required ex
amination. Fines ef from $10 to $500
are provided for violations of the con
ditions of the bill and the Board Is
given authority at any time to revoke
licenses for gross Incompetency or for
other reasons deemed by the Board to
be sufficient.
MGIX.V'S LEXIEXCV LAUDED
Representative Clyde, In Resolution,
Extols Use of Parole Law.
STATE CAPITOU Salem. Or.. Jan. 20.
-(Special.) Representative Clyde has
Introduced a resolution indorsing the
parole system, commending Judge Henry
McGinn for Its Judicious use and
recommending the same methods of
clemency to other Judicial tribunals of
the state.
Representative Peterson's bill increas
ing from five to 30 days the time In
which to make appeals to the Supremo
Court In criminal cases was indefinitely
postponed in the House today on the
adverse report of the Judiciary commit
tee.
Benton County Pajr Rise Asked.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Jan. 20.
-(Special.) A general Increase In the
salaries of all Benton County officials
is proposed In Representative Bone-
brake's bill, introduced in the House
today. It provides for the following
salary advances: Judge, $720 to $900;
Treasurer, $S00 to $900; Clerk, $1500 to
$1600, with one deputy $600 to $900; Re
corder, $1200 to $1400, with ono deputy
at $400; Sheriff, $1600 to $1800, and one
deputy, $600 to $900; Assessor, $800 to
$1600; School Superintendent, $800 to
$1200. Provision is made for a refer
endum vote on the bill If 25 per cent
of the legal voters of the' county so
petition. This same bill was passed by
both houses at the 1909 session, but
was vetoed.
$140,000 Asked for State Fair.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Jan. 20.
(Special.) Appropriations aggregating
$140,000 for additional buildings at the
Oregon State Fair Grounds are asked in
bills presented today by Representative
Neuner. The bills ak $60,000 for a
new pavilion and $80,000 for a livestock
amphitheater. The bill provides that
the buildings shall be constructed of
brick, the material to be manufactured
and furnished from the state's plant at
the State Penitentiary: Convicts shall
be employed, under guard of prison at
taches, for making the necessary exca
vatlons.
Registration Law Change Wanted
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or.. Jan. 20.
(Special.) Senator Joseph today In
troduced a Dill as prepared oy county
Clerk Fields, of Multnomah County,
providing for a change in the registra
tion law. Its salient feature la to do
away with the necessity of repeated
registration and providing for a more
simplified method. Joseph also Intro
duced a bill providing for election In
speetors In Multnomah County, to make
certain that judges and clerks of elec
tion arrive on time at the polls and to
advise them on election day.
State Dairy Office Xot Wanted.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Jan. 20.-
(Speclal.) Abolishment of the office of
State Dairy and Food Commissioner is
contemplated in a bill Introduced by
Senator Malaxkey. Provision is made
that the duties of that office devolve on
the State Board of Health, and the
Dairy Commission Is instructed to turn
over all of the books and papers of th
office to that body. The bill also carries
an appropriation of $10,200 to carry out
the provisions of the act-
Drug Peddlers' License,- $100.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Jan. 20.
(Special.) Place a license fee of $100
a month on itinerant vendors of medi
cines and drugs Is the object of a bill
introduced in the Senate by Barrett, of
Washington. Such a license fee is to
be paid to the Secretary of State under
provisions of the bill.
Vetoed Bills Are Dead.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Jan. 20.
(Special.) Vetoed Senate bills of the
session of 1909 have been Indefinitely
laid on the table on a report of the
; Judiciary committee. As the House had
! decided to lay vetoed bills on tha table
the committee was unanimous in rec
ommending a similar action..
LifesaTers Memorial Wins.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or.. Jan. 20.
(3reclal.) A report that the joint memo
rial from the House referring to the re
lief of members of the Lifesaving Serv
ice do pass was adopted In the Senate
thla afternoon.
Jolly Good
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PROJECT AID IS ASKED
KLAMATH AM) UMATILLA FUND,
SENATE AIM.
Memorial Introduced Requesting
Oregon Delegation to Seek More
Reclamation Coin.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or.. Jan. 20.
(Special.) Efforts to secure funds
for the completion of the Klamath and
Umatilla projects are embodied In a
Senate Joint memorial introduced this
morning by Senator Merryman. The
memorial Is:
Whereas. It appears that Oregon's contri
butions to the reclamation funds have been
very great snd that the state is in equity
entitled to a large share of the regular
reclamation funds, and
Whereas, both the Klamath and Umatilla
projects are among tbe most worthy in the
United States and that their early comple
tion is desirable both to the sections to be
developed through their construction and to
the United Btates to secure the earliest pos
sible use ot the construction funds elsewhere,
and
Whereas. It appears that the unconetruct
ed portions of the Klamath project are
about equally divided between the States
of Oregon and California, therefore, be it
Resolved, by the Senate, and the House
concurring, that we, the Legislative As
sembly of the State of Oregon, call upon our
Senators and Representatives In Congress
to use their earnest efforts to secure funds
sufficient for continuous construction of all
approved units of the said Klamath and
Umatilla projects and that they endeavor to
secure co-operation of the California Senators
and Representatives In securing the comple
tion of the Klamath project without un
necessary delay or the elimination of any of
its important details, since both states are
equally Interested In Its construction.
In the memorial it is ordered that the'
Secretary of State be Instructed to for
ward copies to the Representatives and
Senators in Congress of both California
and Oregon.
OREGO.V SYSTEM PRAISE CUT
Senators Eliminate "Best In World"
From Resolution.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Jan. 20.
(Special.) Assurances that the fight
over the Oregon system of government
would he kept warm came in the shape
A small bottle
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AT SIXTH
of a modification of Senator Kellaher's
resolution this mornlnfr, the new reso
lution being introduced by Senator Al
bee. Amendment to Kellaher's resolu
tion results in milder terms being used
and Instead of hailing the Oregon sys
tem of government as "the best in the
world" it sets forth that the Legisla
ture "declares its confidence" In the
Oresron system.
While a number of the Senators ex
pressed themselves as favorable to a
resolution modified as this one Is, at
the same time it Is probable another
war will be waged on the new resolu
tion when It comes back from com
mittee. "JOKER" KILLS JOSEPH'S BILL
Measure Extending Privileges of For
eign Corporations Is Ousted.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Jan. 20.
(Special.) Senator Joseph's bill giv
ing to foreign corporations the same
powers and privileges as domestic cor
porations was killed In committee to
day and in the Senate because of an al
leged "Joker" which wvmld grant
greater hope to foreign corporations
that lease other roads in this state.
Under a statute now on the books.
growing out of the leasing of the Ore
gon & California Railroad to the South
ern Pacific, provision is made that such
roads shall not transfer their suits
from the state courts to the Federal
Courts.
It was held In the revision of laws
committee that the passage of the Jo
seph bill would result In repealing, bv
implication, the statute as it now
stands in the code. No allegation is
made that Joseph intentionally allowed
the joker to slip into the bill, but mem
bers of the committee see In the pas
sage of the measure an opportunity for
railroads to delay and tangle litigation
to a great extent.
Legislature Asked to Pay Lord.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Jan. 20.
(Special.) Asking that the Legisla
ture make adequate appropriation for
the compensation of William P. Lord
for his services In fighting the War
ner Valley land-fraud case, United
States Senator Chamberlain has ad
dressed a communication to the Legis
lature. He says that Mr. Lord became
assistant In the case on condition that
he would depend upon the Legislature
to secure the proper fee.
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