THE MORNING OKEGOXIAy. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1911.
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TKE OrT1ITfow TOs KVXiriUK'ITT.
The reports that the Insurgents In
Congress are opposing the President's
poLcjr of Canadian reciprocity grow
a L'.;Ia wan hen they are looked Into.
Senator Borah certainly opposes re
djctinn of the tariff on lumber, but
he oerer was very mu. h of an tnsur
n!. Ms defection, such as It Is. may
be "t off by .Mr. ItrvrriJge's loyal
support of the Trenldent. The latter
h been one of the most determined
of the tnatircent band and his a.lhrr
ncai bihm a creat deal more than
Ir. Borah's Upv.
Only one r'a-'n can be Imagined
why Mr. Hereiidce stands for reci
procity, and that Is beaue he thinks
It I right, lie haa nothing In particu
lar to gain by It and mar l'xe some
iMrc. ainre the Indiana farmers upon
whom he mut dpend f'r political
reaorreetlon ore ify are like a a-oo-l
many other farmer In fnc)ln; that
reciprocity U aa!nt their Interest.
Hut Senator itornh's case la quite dif
ferent. He oppoe reclpro-lty be
cause It means rdu tln of the lum
ber and lead duties which re of con
l'inc to his constituent. Ills op
position Is preristly like all the rest
which comes out Into the open. It
prefers the Interest of a am .4 II croup
of men t. that of the itreat public.
The mastm that the rreafest rood of
the greatest number should be soucht
Is lest ltt of. It Is replaced by a
queet for the greatest tooj of the
smallest number.
So far as the real !nurrents are
concerned e do not learn that they
f nd reciprocity especially repugnant.
Borne of them do not care to grow
enthuslastlo over the Iresldent's
-heme. but that Is natural enough.
They dislike Mr. Tsft and there Is no
rldene that he Is particularly fond
of them. Put reciprocity Is In Itself
a policy whlcn the out-and-out Insur
gents could not consistently fight and
very likely when the test comes they
will vote for It. We should not be
surprise find Mr. IWah. lining up
at the last moment. lie Is too able
and too npright a man to fight to the
last ditch against a measure which he
must nnierstand to be right from the
point of view of a statesman what
ever a politician might thir.k of It.
The lemocrats are In the same boat
with the Insurgents. They want the
duties I ere I. J:e-lprtc!ty la an rf
fe. . means of lowering them, and
to b consistent they must favor It.
No doubt they will do so. Mr. Kailey
Is an eiceptlon. of course, as he 1 to
trnost every statement which Implies
that Democrat will prefer the public
good to petty subterranean Intereats.
The public haa lost all hope that the
Senator f-om Texas will ever be of
much service la Ms country. The ex
pectations that were formed of him
early In his career have all been dis
appointed, and It U conceded that ha
I not likely to be anything better than
the attorney of a few millionaires, tils
opposition to reciprocity Is not so re
spectable as Mr. Borah's because It Is
ti"t to candl I. VV do not believe thai
he can lead Ms party astray. Most
I mocrats understand what reciproc
ity means and they also understand
Mr. Kailey. They know perfectly well
that It would not do for them to go
before the country with a record of
motility to the n!y rlece of genuine
tariff reform that haa been proposed
la many years.
Everybody expects the Irreconcil
able standpatters to fight reciprocity.
They are In the hahlt of fighting any
and ail plana for relieving the country
of tariff eitortlon. They 'do It be
cause they reap the benefits of the
tartff. they or the Interests which they
represent. The economic motive over,
powers alt others In their minds. The
tariff yields them a huge profit and
therefore they will not let the rltadel
of protection" be breached at any
point If they ran help It. However,
since the tariff drains all the rest of
the country of Its legitimate profits
fir their benefit, we may expect to
e It breached in spite of them before
a great while.
The rase of the Gloucester fisher
men and the Wa.shlr.gton salmon and
lumber Interests Is almost the same
a that of the Inflexible standpatters.
They see thetr profit In the tariff and
they prefer the satisfaction of private
greed to the welfare of the Nation.
This Is the sad plight to which pa
triotism haa been reduced by that
process of pauperizing favoritism
which goes by the euphemistic nsme
of protection. It means that any little
group of men may rightfully demand
the subjection of the public welfare
to their personal profit. What doc
trine of secessionists could be more
hatefully wrong?
We are not afraid of any prolonged
oppoettion to reciprocity among the
farmers. Temporarily they may be
misled Into fighting, but as soon as
they reallr understand the subject
they will change front. Farmers are
more Intelligent than they were once.
It Is not so easy to fool them. They
have become wlJe readers and cor
rect thinkers and no doubt this sub
ject may safely be left to their Intelli
gence. If reciprocity causes them a
sl'ght loss here and there It will more
than compensate them In other direc
tions. Cheap lumber, for Instance,
mean much to the farmer. He might
well forego a cent or two a dozen un
hi eggs to g-t it. If that were neces
sary. But aa a matter of fact. Ca
nadian reciprocity will not alter the
market price of eggs or any other food.
Mr. Taft may enjoy the satisfaction
of feeling that the country will be with
him In hi fight for tariff concessions.
If ha stands hi ground boldly he will
win new approbation every day. If
he ahouIJ call a special session of Con
grtts to force action on the subject
the pubtla will applaud him. Here Is
hi c-ac to exhibit that determined
resolution which he has ben Bald to
Urk upon occasion. If he holds to
hi course unflinchingly he will regain
the confidence that he may have sac
rificed by wavering In other crises.
fMM.t -JORKKA.
If Senator Kellaher know the de
talla of the terrible transaction by
which the Malarkey public-utilities
bill was "Josaelynlaed." he really
ought to tell. Otherwise Ml state
ments will be classified a mere bun
combe. He has been Judiciously
vague o far. and will doubtless con
tinue to be. The Senate evidently
thought hi opposition wa Inspired
largely by disappointment that hi
own measure wa not more -favorably
received, for It overwhelming vote
shows clearly that It took no tock In
the boisterous talk about "Jokers" and
"Joseelynlriiig."
Since resident Jossclyn'a attitude
appears to have been occasion for
such virtuous and Indignant concern
from Senator Kellaher. It may possi
bly be explicable on the ground that
he favored the Malarkey bill as a
means of escape from the threatened
I Kellaher bill. He haa no oiner aner
! native. The people of Portland want
' the street railway rompany disciplined
and regulated. They wani. owr"
and are going to have better service.
Hut they are not for that reason will
ing to go to the length of turning It
over to Senator Kellaher and his littles
political clique.
The Malarkey public ervlce bill la
based on right principle. It include
all local franchise corporation under
the direction of a body having atate
wlde powers. Impartial and correct
consideration of any question, separ
ated from the controversies) and exi
gencies of locnl polltlca and the In
trigue of local politician. I thua
assured.
If the Malarkey bill haa any Joker
there Is yet time for Senator Kellaher
and Senator Joseph to expose and
eliminate thenv
iV.OI-LATVRK IMT1TIVK.
The Rogue River fish bltl ought
never to have been submitted to the
people under the Initiative. No more
need be said In reply to the vehement
critics who aay that the Legislature
haa "no buslnes to monkey' with the
people' laws." if Is the duty of the
Legislature to correct wrong and cure
error, if It can. from any source. The
only limit that can be placed on the
right of a Legislature to legislate la
by the constitution. If U had been
Intended that the Legislature ahould
be required to let alone law passed
by the people through the Initiative,
doubtless Mr. tKen would have fixed
it that way w hen the Initiative amend
ment aa carried.
The Oregonlan doe not profesa to
understand the merits and full Intent
of the- Rogue River fish bill. Nor doe
the public. It arose out of a local con
troversy over the fishing privilege In
the stream. If It wa to be aettled by
the people. It should have been by the
voter In the territory concerned. It
wa an abuse of the Initiative to ap
peal a purely local dispute to the tate.
Who will say that one In ten that
voted on tha Rogue River bill under
stood It?
The Oregonlan doea not contend
that the House at Salem ha done
right In repealing the bill; only that
there ahould be. there mus be. no In
flexible limitation by the Initiative of
the usual function of the Legislature.
Such a doctrine of Imposed legislative
Impotence might easily lead to disas
trous consequence.
rnr-CT or cosskrvatio.
Collector of Custom Willi ha
made hi annual report on the busi
ness of Alaska for 1110. With com
merce establishing new record In all
other atatea and territorte under the
American flag nd with the marvel
ous coal, timber and agricultural re
sources of that vast treaeure house
comparatively untouched. Alaska last
year showed a decrease In both Im
ports and exports. No more aevere
arraignment of the blighting policy
of conservation that ha aettled over
the rich Northland can be made than
Is disclosed In tha ofIclal flgure.
These show that jexports from Alaska
In 111 vrere I1J.44I.S01. compared
with !J.:i7. for 10 Import
decreased from I13.6SJ.7M In 109 to
$:i.0J9.40 In 1110.
The Collector In hi report offer In
explanation of the poor showing the
statement: "Aa the district produce
but a few Itema of the neceaaltlea of
mankind, and the population remain
practically stationary, the only cause
which villi bring about an un
nsual Increase of the general business
of one year over another1 are Installa
tion of new enterprise and Increased
production of preclou metal or fish
products. The completion of such in
stallations or a falling off in the
products will cause a decrease." Pop
ulation la at a tnndtlll In Alaska be
cause, under the present policy of
Plnchotlsm. there la absolutely no In
centive for capital to undertake the
development of the great rlche with
which the country ha been favored.
With the greatest coal deposit that
- ..... v.. n disclosed to the world
I Alaska t still forced to Import coal
from Dritisn lommo
japan. The hundred of rich valley
in which all klnda of vegetation grow
with luxuriance during the long, warm
day of Summer would support an
Immense population. The develop
ment of the timber, oil and coal re
aourcea -would also attract thousand
to Alaska. But there I no transporta
tion for the farmer or the tlmbermen
nor will there be any until there Is
adopted a more liberal policy which
will make accessible for the present
generation the great latent resource
of the country.
roRTUND STILL CAIISO.
The current number of the Ne
Tork Financial and Commercial
Chronicle presents In detail the Janu
ary bank clearlr.Jfs for the principal
cities of the United State for Janu
ary for the past four yeara. In total
and relative position Portland, com
pared with other cltle make a re
markable showing. In January. I1O8.
with total clearing of I11.6S1.804.
Portland wa outranked by thirty-one
other cltle. with Seattle twenty-first
on the lit. A year later the January
clearing brought Portland Into twenty-fourth
place and Seattle Into eigh
teenth place. Loa Angelea wa aeven
teenth In 101 and sixteenth In 1909.
The Alaska-Tukon Exposition activity
In 1910 enabled Seattle to gain two
point: Loa Angele made a similar
shift In position, while Portland went
from twenty-fourth place to twenty
first. In the month Just closed Port
land and Lo Angele held their rela
tive position of a year ago. twenty
first and fourteenth place respectively.
Seattle dropoed back In tlvs raca from
sixteenth place last year o nineteenth
place In the month Just closed.
Summarized, Portland ha forged
ahead from thirty-second place In
January. 1908. to twenty-flrat place in
1911. Seattle, which wa twenty-first
In 1908. 1 this year In nineteenth
place, and Loa Angele ha advanced
from seventeenth place three yeara
ago to fourteenth place this year. The
showing 1 highly flattering for thl
city, especially when It la noted that
A m . n trr olllea Which W'CT far
In the lead four year ago have been
' . .... - 1. tl nanVM'
lert benina. inainii".
Providence. Rochester. New Oriean
and many other cltle. while making
substantial increases In the four yeara.
have fallen behind Portland In posi
tion. In the Chronicle review of the
January clearings, the Pacific Coast
group with a gain of 4.4 per cent,
makes the best ahowtng of any. In
thla group Portland 1 credited with
a gain of 8.6 per cent. The total for
all of the clearing-house cltle of the
United States shows a decrease of 15.8
per cent. It would, of course, be un
reasonable to expect that the unparal
leled galna made In bank clearings last
year would be maintained throughout
1911. but the first month' business la
ao satisfactory that there Is not much
probability that the position of the
city will suffer any serloua change
when the returns for the year are
all In.
Ol R CRIDOF.9.
PoniXAND. Or.. Fab. T. (To tb
lor. (In Tha Oresonlan of February sev
eral oommunlretlona appear concerning
Jneeph Fala. his soap. W. 8. ITKen and
the elnaie ta. Tha flrat three are able
to taae ran of tlnnalee. Tha latter 1
doing verr wall, thank you. As an nif
ta tha entire bunch of critics of tha ln
sie tax I would rail rour attention to tha
followlrg unquestioned facta:
II That in Victoria. H. C on January
IX. after careful: obeervlng tha gradual
approach of Vancouver to tha exemptlin
of all Improvamanta. the ta payers of this
old rlty voted Mr fla to ona for tbs entire
afco!ltkn of aa-h taxes at eaca.
1 2i That In Manltoha. Haakatchawan and
Alberta farmer pay no taxea on Improve
menia or personal property, and avary city
la already upon, or rapidly going upon, a
elnele tax basis, s
J That tha action of tha five princi
pal rtllea of Rrltlah Columbia In abollahlr.g
all taxaa oa Improvamanta la already af
fecting tha commercial Intereita of cities
on thta aida of tha National Una. and that
tha afreet wotId ba still mora marked If
no such Una exlated. It la bound to street
tha commercial intareata of Frtland. eepe
rlaily If. acting undsr thla heavier pres
sure, fteattia makes n merely nominal as
aeaament on Improvement In order to in
duce tnam to ba built there Instead of In
Brlilah ("olumbla.
il Thai In no solitary Instance la thare
any Indication In tha civilised world of
any community, once having adopted any
considerable step toward tha smile tax.
attempting to make trarka back to tha tax-everythlns-tn-aight
ayatem.
These farts ara beyond dispute. They
mean aomathlngee A word to tha wise is
sufficient. ALFKCD D. CRIDUE.
Here I a professional agitator for
any and every alluring fad or eco
nomic folly who haa found a new
plaything. It Is the single tax. Ap
proved principles, accepted policies
and abundant experience do not ap
peal to such a man or auch a mind.
What he has set out to prove la that
whatever 1 I wrong. Whatever la
may often be wrong. Indeed, but not
always. It Is Just as rash to be the
first to take up a new scheme, or
theory, or rule of living or govern
ment., as the last to abandon the old.
Cridge belongs to the former class. He
ha a lot of company In Oregon.
Why ahould Portland adopt the aln
gle tax because Vancouver ( B. C.) and
some other Canadian cities have
adopted It In more or less modified
form? I Vancouver the last word In
municipal government T Ha single
tax been the Instrument through
which this great prosperity haa been
wrought? If it Is. then the adoption
of single tax must also be held 'ac
countable for the stagnation of Vic
toria. Truth Is. many things have contrib
uted to Vancouver's prosperity the
same general Influences and conditions
that have made Portland. It la not
necessary to recite them. Everybody
knows them. Everybody acknowledges
them, except our Cridges.
Seattle today has a heavy tax- bur
den mad almost wholly on land for
general purposes, for many expensive
scheme carried out to straighten Its
street and level 1U hills, and for
other project to lilt tide flat and
build canals. The land stands It all.
or very nearly all. There's your single
tax for you. The Cridge method would
be to take away from buildings, fac
tories and personal property the small
share of taxes they now bear, and pile
everything on the land (except fran
chises). Then the cloud of hard times
would roll away from Seattle and the
whole vexatious and Insoluble problem
of equitable taxation would be solved.
Of course everybody knows that such
doctrine Is ridiculous. The way to
equalize taxes, according to this extra
ordinary foolishne. 1 to require land,
which now pays aay two-third of the
taxes, to pay them all!
A.VTI-RAILROAD MENTI-UEJIT ABATING.
Tha development of the country
dwarfs the development of the rail
way." say the New York Time In ap
proval of the plan of the Harrlman
system to spend $75,000,000 In Im
provement. The Times sees In this
proposed expenditure "accumulating
signs of reaction from the campaign
of agitation for the benefit of thoa
who fish in troubled watera at the ex
pense of those who profit moat In quiet
time." The 175.000.000 which Mr.
Lovett purposes to spend In the next
five years 1 small in comparison with
the S250.000.000 that lift Harrlman
spent In lea than seven years, but It
will be productive of correspondingly
satisfactory result.
The enormou sums disbursed by
Mr. Harrlman in Improving the physi
cal condition of hla lines was followed
by an Increase In gross receipts of
nearly $30,000,000 per year. There
has been a tendency In some quarters
to assume that this Increase was at the
expense of the shippers; that It had
not been Justly earned by the road that
had spent a quarter of a billion dollars
In Improvement that made the earn
ings possible. 1
As an example of the mutual benefit
that will follow the expenditure of this
money by the railroads, the Central
Oregon extensions are Interesting. In
that country are millions of acres of
land which will remain non-productive
and of slight value until the rail
road make it accessible. The com
ing of the railroad Is causing this land
to double and treble In value, but the
value of the railroad will not Increase
proportionately. The men who Invest
In land which the railroads will make
valuable will reap much greater profits
than the men who Invest in railroad
stocks and bonds and whose money
will be used to enhance land values as
the construction work proceed. There
must have been a tremendous amount
of new business created by the ex
penditure of the $250,000,000 which
Mr. Harrlman Invested In Improvement
and extensions on his "Pacifies." and
It la nnraasonabl to assume that oth
er than the railroad did not share
in the prosperity and increased profits
that followed.
In his announcement Mr. Lovett ex
pressed confidence that the antl-rall-road
sentiment was abating and that
the public would Join with the rail
roads and work for a cessation of hos
tilities that have proved harmful alike
to the railroads and to the country
they serve. In one of the last inter
views given out before he died Mr.
Harrlman said: "I believe that the
most Important duty now confronting
the management of the .railroads of
the country is the development of more
friendly relations and of a spirit of co
operation between the railroads and
the country, and the railroads and the
department of the Government, and
for my part I mean to devote myself
to that work."
Mr. Harrlman did not live long,
enough to carry out his announced
intentions, but hla successor seems dis
posed to proceed on similar lines. So
far as Oregon Is concerned, every mil
lion spent in this state will add five
times that amount to the value of all
property In every new district Invaded
by the railroads.
The original appropriation of $300,
000 for the purpose of raising or re
moving the wreck of the battleship
Maine at Havana has been exhausted,
and unless Congress provides more
funds Immediately there will be a
heavy loss on the work already per
formed. For the purpose of raising
the craft the Government has assem
bled at Havana a '' plant valued at
$500,000. and the huge cofferdam
which has been under construction
for months is nearly completed. Aban
donment of the work at this stage
would not only cause a heavy loss be
fore It could be taken up again, but
It would be anything but creditable to
the country, which In raising the ves
sel Is merely performing a duty that
should have been attended . to ten
years ago. The Government owe
something to the memory of the brave
men who went to their death on tha
Maine, as well as to the living pension
ers who are drawing a steadily In
creasing number of millions from the
National treasury.
The Haytian revolutions are more
frequent than those of Mexico, and It
may tie due to that fact that during
their brief career they afford more
of the dramatic than can be found in
the quiet life which the Mexican revo
lutionists are leading. We note, for
instance, that while the Mexican gov
ernment and the rebels are exchanging
shots and compliments without any
serious losa of life on either side, the
Haytian government Is lining the reb
els up against the wall and shooting
them in the manner that has been In
vogue In Haytl since firearms were
first Invented. The latest prominent
Haytian to lose out In thjs exciting
game are General MHUonard and five
other Generals, who were taken from
prison and shot to death Wednesday
night. The difference between the
Haytian and the Mexican revolutionists
seems to be mostly a matter of speed
In getting away from the superior
force.
A meeting of the grand lodge of
Elks In Portland In 1912 would bring
to this city men who are foremost In
promoting the beat Interests of thetr
respective communities men who
could recognize at a glance the glow
ing opportunities the Northwest af
ford. Many of them would not come
exclusively on pleasure bent, but with
an Idea to looking about them for con
ditions which might Invite them to
pay a second visit with a view to prof
itable Investment. Securing this con
ventlon would be more than an Inci
dent In the extensive advertising
scheme now In fruition. It would be a
paramount advantage and should not
be overlooked.
Very likely Dr. Herbert Howe, of
Denver University, Is so sour and
homely that he could not hire a. pretty
girl to let him hug her for his whole
salary. That accounts for his diatribe
against hugging. Fortunately nature
Is more potent than college faculties
and so the good old practice will not
cease. What a sad old world It would
be If youths and maidens were to stop
dancing and nobody's arm ever en
circled anybody's waist henceforth
forevermore. Professor Howe, avaunt.
The congestion of traffic caused by
Portland's narrow streets will prob
ably, be more and more annoying as
the city grow. The only remedy for
It would be to widen the streets, which
Is out of the question. Hence every
body must bear his share of the in
convenience. There would not be
much Justice in forbidding teamsters
to drive along the car tracks, nor
would there be much sense, because
such an ordinance could not be en
forced. The "United States Government de
livered messages over forty-five miles
of Impassable roads on the Mexican
border yesterday In an aeroplane in
fifty-six minutes. This should relieve
the necessity of advertising for boys
over 16 years old, owning their own
bicycle, and living at home with their
parents.
Tha case of Dr. W. B. Hlnson and
five others whose houses were pil
laged while they were at prayer meet
ing raises profound and dangerous
queries. If man'a piety la the bur
glar's opportunity, whither shall we
turn for comfort?
. That band of twelve Mexican Insur
rectionists .which ha been conduct
ing such formidable warfare around
Juarez would better watch out. a a
Major-General may drop In on them
at any moment, making thirteen at
the mesa.
Fra Elbert Hubbard will address
the Portland Ad Club on "How to
Lose Money on Advertising." It might
be more apropos to have him tell
how Millionaire Feis get his soap ad
vertised at less than space rates.
The Idaho University has placed a
ban on the Greek letter societies. If
thl thing Is carried too far the rising
American will know nothing but Eng
lish, and where will the Jokesmlth get
hi inspirations?
A man sentenced to Jail by the Port
land Municipal Court may never know
whether he Is legally confined or not;
but he wlU be 'certain of the fact that
he Is there
A hen at Forest Grove was choked
to death trying to swallow a mouse.
This should serve as a warning to
women who talk In their sleep.
It Is to be hoped that the speed limit
wilfnot be exceeded by th Danville,
111., reform bandwaeron.
HAPPENINGS IN
31 BILLS PASS IV HOUSE
Two Measures Fall and Three Are
Postponed Indefinitely.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Feb. 9.
(Special.) The following bills
Miapil th, TTouse todav:
I H. B. S. by Fouts Making liable to
1 fine any person having more than 35 oucks
I In hla possession. , .
' H. B. 148. by Neuner Defining what
I shall constitute a scalp for collection or
I b"ntI- ... w,,.,me .nip.
II. 1. jvu, 07 LUVUipmwM " -
In Lake County. , -
H. B. 196. by Thompson Regulating trout
fishing In Lake County.
H B. 2S9, by Tnompson Confirming imo
to swamp lands In tha granteaa of tha State
Land Board. . ,
H. B. 208. by Amme Making te'fKraph
and telephone companies liable for mutates
la transmitting and delivering messages
H B. 2S. by Blgelow Authorising cre
ation of game reguges on state lania.
H B. 815, by Church Providing only
two deer can be killed by any one person
' H"" S18. by game committee Protecting
lobsters.
H. B. 338. by Mahoney Regulating pe
titions for road Improvements
H. B. 249. by Leinenweber and Bellanu
Prohibiting propagation of dolly varaen
trout. Mt
H. B 260, by Mahoney Extending pro
tection of certain gams birds In Morrow
County. 1
H. B 11T. by Clemens Correcting omis
sions In law admitting Insurance com
panies to state for transaction of business.
H. B 22B. by Beals Prescribing method
for annexing new territory to existing fori.
H. B. 818. by Peterson Prohibiting inter
marriage of whltea with either Japaneae or
Hindus. ,
H. B. 13. by Bteelhammer Giving black
smiths and other mechanics 80 days in
which to flla liens. tl. ...
H B. 2T. bv Chambers Prohibiting
hunting ducka and geese with sink boats
and almllar devlcea ,
S. B. 1. by Chut Providing for sale of
tldelands. ' A
8. B. 29. by rrimlclc Relating to extend
ing municipal boundaries.
S. B. 117. by Chase Empowering school
. 1 . - ..... ..nnln.lntMtefl DUOllX.
I 8. B. 12T. by Wood Kexulatlng tha au-
...... ... h- .talk.
8 B 129 by Wood Prohibiting creation
of deficiencies by any state Institution.
8. B 140. by Bean Pertalnrng to tne
Board of Regents of the mate University.
8. B. 144. by Oliver Fixing aalarla and
expenses of Union and Wallowa County
Sheriffs. ' ...
8 B. 200. by Judiciary committee Au
thorising State Treasurer to deposit school
land funda In banks.
8. B. 218. by Carson Permitting lCK
to run at large In soma portions of Marlon
854. by Douglas Cot nty delegation
Regulating fishing In the Umpqua River.
H. B. 332. by Westerlund Prohibiting tne
sale of mishranded tnaectlcldei.
H. B. 104. by Cole Appropriating eooo
for Oregon Humana Society.
H B. 837. by Umatilla and Morrow dele
gations Authorising County Courts to ap
propriate 8500 annually to aid poultry
'htt!'TS. 18. by Graves Appropriating $750
annually for Tamhlll County Fair Aasocla
Uon. Failed ta Pass.
H. B. 1S4, by McKlnney Extending eight
hour law to laborers under contract on
all public work.
H. B. 218. by Peirce Opening Rogua
River to commercial fishing.
Indefinitely Postponed.
H B. 81, by McKlnney Appropriating
$200,000 for a atata exhibit at Panama-Pacific
Exposition.
H. B. 26. by Leinenweber and Balland
Making appropriation for Astoria Centen
nial. 8. B. 113. by Bean and Calkins Providing
for registration of titles.
New House Bills.
H. B. 178. Mann Fixing charges for
transporting reglxtored animals.
H. B. 87. Leinenweber and Belland
Amending game laws aa applied to Clat
sop County. '
H. B. 8S0. McKlnney Giving corporations
right to condemn 300-foot right of way
throught timber lands.
H. B. 861, Clyde Requiring employers to
give all employes at least four hours In
which to vote In all primary and general
elections.
H. B. 88i. Clyde Giving sll railroad em
ployes a hearing before they can ba dis
charged. H. p. J8J. Mahoney Congressional reap
portionment bill
H. B. J84. Clyde To prevent the Im
portation of armed strike-breakers.
H. JB. .86. Huntington Umltlng right
to vote to registered electors only.
H. B. 1S6. Thompson Modifying penaltlea
fox wrongful converalon of publlo funds.
H. B 3S7. Hollls Appropriating 160 for
aid of Washington County Agricultural and
Livestock Association.
SENATE PASSES EIGHT BILLS
Iarge Number of New Measures In
troduced In Upper Branch.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 9.
(Special.) Following are bills that
passed the Senate today:
S. B. 174. by Hawlay Relating to the
State Veterinary Board.
8. B. 60, by Dlmick Elght-nour bill.
si B. 252. by Hawley To repeal exemp
tion of Polk County in drainage act.
8. B. 170. by Bean Relating to service of
rrammons.
8. B. 11. by Carson Relating to salary of
Assessor of Marlon County.
. B. 112. by Carson Fixing salary of
Sheriff of Marlon County. .
5. B. 6. by Hawley Appropriating 8270,
000 for buildings for Agricultural College,
8. B. 1. by Bean and Calkins Providing
for method of purchasing state supplies.
New Bills Introduced.
Ten new Senate bills were Introduced
today as follows:
8. B. 2A1. by Carson Validating certain
acta of deputies In the office of Secretary of
State. . . ,
8. B. 282; by Nottingham Appropriating
17500 a year for making surveys In tha
atata.
8. B. 23, by Barrett, of Washington
Fixing salaries of officers In Washington
County,
8. B. 2-B4. by Carson Validating certain
conveyances made by tha atata in Eastern
Oregon.
6. B. 2M, by McColloch Relating to
viewing and locating of county roads.
8. B. 2Srt, by McColloch Providing for 14
hour shifts for employes on common car
riers. S. B. 27, by McColloch Relating to pa
roles at time of conviction.
8. B. 2S8. by Lock? To make an appro
priation for prevention of tha bubonio
plague,
S. B. 289, by von dor Hellen Creating the
office ' of Stats Dairy and Food Commis
sioner. S. B. 290, by Slnnott Requiring five
7sars law practice before name appearing
on ballot aa candidate for Justice of the
Supreme Court.
Indefinitely Postponed.
Bills were indefinitely postponed today
in the Senate as follows:
8. B. 97. by Merryman Repealing the
anglers' license.
8. B. 198. by Kellaher Repealing the H.
D Green Portland gaa franchise.
8. B. 235. by committee on cialma Pro
viding for payment to1 W. P. Lord for legal
services. ,
8 B. 124. by Joseph-rAntl-truet bill.
8. B. 66. by Merryman Restricting killing
of deer In the night.
S. B. 83, by MerrymaD Relating to kill
ing of ducka.
8 B. Ml. by Hawley To protect deer.
H. B. 287, by Chambera Relating to
shooting fowl from a skiff.
McKlnney' BUI Defeated.
STATE CAPITOL Salem. Or.. Feb. .
(SpecIal.V The House today defeat
ed McKInney's bill llmllng to eight
hoars a day's labor on all contract
work for the state, county and city
municipalities. Provisions of the bill
were made to apply to laborers working
under a sub-contractor as well a those
employed by the original contractor.
House Allow $5000 for Auditorium.
STATE CAPITOL. 6alem, Or.. Feb. 9.
(Special.) The bill of Representative
Johnson, pioneer of 1849, appropriating
$5000 for an auditorium in provisional
park at Champoeg. passed the House
today by almost a unanimous vote-
THE LEGISLATURE
I SIXXOTT SEEKS MORE TIME
Senator Would Require Bills to Be
Filed Before Solons Gather.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or.. Feb. 9.
(Special.) Senator Slnnott, either by
resolution which he hopes to introduce
at this session of the Legislature or
by initiative petition, will offer to the
people a constitutional amendment
which will make a sweeping change
as far as the Legislature is concerned,
should it be adopted. '
He proposes to require all members
of the Legislature to file at least three
months before the session convenes all
bills which are to be introduced at the
subsequent session. This, he states,
will give ample opportunity for the
public and lawmakers to become fa
miliar with all the measures to come
before the session, to comment upon
them and to receive advice from their
constituents and others as to the merits
of the respective bills.
"This system of making laws over
night does not appeal to me," said Sln
nott. "Half the measures, or more,
that come before the Legisiature are
virtually meaningless to the members
of the two houses and they are either
passed or discarded at random. Under
the plan I propose this will be obviated
to a great extent and in my judgment
the system of legislation will be
greatly improved upon."
TWO DEER SEASON'S LIMIT
House Passes Church Bill, and Also
Eouts" Duck Bill.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or, Feb. 9.
-t-( Special.) Representative Church's
bill, limiting the number of deer that
may be killed in a season to two, re
gardless of sex, passed the House to
day. Under the present law the limit
Is five bucks, but Mr. Church explained
this did not prevent the killing of fe
males by hunters, who now leave the
carcass untouched. Further protection
to deer In Wallowa County Is furnished
by the bill, which. Increases the license
of non-resident hunters to $50. The
purpose Is to prevent large numbers of
Indians going Into the county every
year and killing deer by the whole
sale. Fouts' bill, providing that" any per
son having In his possession more than
35 ducks shall be liable to a fine, passed
the House today. This bill does not
change the number of ducks that may
be killed in a week, but it prevents any
hunter returning home with a greater
number and explaining that the num
ber in excess of the legal limit be
longed to Jones and Smith and that
he was merely bringing them home as
an accommodation.
PEOPLE MAY VOTE SALARIES
Measure Granting--Control of Pay of
County Officers Passes House.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Feb. 9.
(Special.) Regulation of salaries of
the county officers of every county In
the state by the voters of the county
directly concerned, is provided in Mc
Klnley's bill which passed the House
today. The bill provides for the sub
mt.sion to the people by the County
Court of every question proposing any
increase in the salary of any county
officer or deputy officer whenever, in
the opinion of the court, such increases
are deserved.
Ninety days before any biennial elec
tion the County Court is required to
enter on its records an order . covering
the proposed change in salaries. The
same is to be placed on the dfflcial bal
lot and submitted to the people for
their approval. The vote of the people
will determine whether, or not the la
creases shall be granted.
If passed by the Senate and enacted,
the .proposed law will go Into effect
July 1 next.
$5000 ASKED TO FIGHT PLAGUE
Locke Introduces Appropriation Bill
In Senate.
STATE CAPITOL Salem, Or., Feb. 9.
(Special.) For tha purpose of aiding,
through Oregon as a unit, in combatting
the bubonic plague up and down the
Coast. Senator Locke today introduced
a bill appropriating $5000 to help carry
on this work.
Dr. Martin R. Edwards, of Harvard
University medical department, Is in
Salem and has visited other Coast capi
tals, for the purpose of promoting this
bill and similar bills in California, Wash
ington and Hawaii.
The object of the bill Is to educate
Chinese health officers as to prevention
of the plague.
LEGISLATORS HIT PIXCHOTISM
Memorial Petitions Congress to Open
Skamania to Settlement.
OLYMPIA. Wash., Feb. 9. (Special.)
The Senate today passed a Joint me
morial asking Congress to throw open
a part of the Rainier and Columbia
Forest Reserve in Skamania County
for settlement. Four-fifths of the area
of the county Is included in the re
serve. Senator Bassett of Garfield
spoke for the memor'al. pointing out
that the county was practically bot
tled up and development is impossible.
He said it was one of the worst ex
amples of Plnchotlsm in the country.
Senator Chappell Introduced a bill
for the creation of White Salmon
County out of the western part of
Klickitat County. The White Salmon
River is designated as the boundary.
KHTBAVS FROM THJS DAI'S DOINGS.
Commissioner Bailey has at least suc
ceeded In suppressing the germ that breeds
a atate of resignation.
Having himself been a movlng-pictura
ever since his return from the Arctic re
gions, of course Doctor Cook's opportunity
to go on the vaudeville staga would film
with unbounded pleasure.
Lady Decles" train waj twenty feet in
the rear and then there ware two feat in
front, the make-up thus being in sections,
though the switch was on her head, while
the frog was In her throat, doubtless.
A Clackamas County legislator says he
Is opposed to any increase of the salaries
In his bailiwick hut the cfflclals there
have maintained an omlnoua silence in re
gard to the burning question.
After hearing argument on both sides.
Judge McGinn has permitted Taswell to
remain in tha Police Court on parole.
A headline yesterday morning ' says
Chicken Vexes Minister." Gracious, how
conditions have changed since the old
campmeetlng daya!
Of course. If the $5 stolen from Dr. Hln
son's church the other night from the Sun
day School boxea was Intended for the de
generate heathen It was not radically di
verted from its original purpose after alL
At Sacramento a bill
to regulate the length
Introduction of the pin
point to tha question.
It is said there will
the next United States
no guarantee of any
amount of chin music
from that distinguished
has been Introduced
of hatpins but the
Itself is what gives
be 22 new faces In
Senate, but that la
diminution In tha
which will emanate
body of gabfesters.
A dispatch from Tacoma Bays the Mayor
of that town has made a move which
"alms at the saloons." but whether ha used
a wine glass or a billiard cue is not ex
plained. Since his name Is Fawcett. how
ever hla aim was doubtless wobbly, any
way.
Life's' Sunny Side
"There's nothing like temperance."
said Mavor Shank at a temperance
banquet in Indianapolis. "Take the
case of John Humphreys.
"Humphreys. at a supper, drank
more than was good for him, and ar
rived home at -2 P. M. In a rather un
fortunate state.
"The family physician met him at
the front door.
" 'Humphreys.' he said. T congratu
late you. you're a father asaln."
"And the physician led Humphreys
upstairs to the nursery, where the
nurse proudly exhibited a fine infant.
"But Humphreys, instead of mani
festing Rooseveltian Joy, frowned,
swore and left the room.
"The next morning, when he again
saw the new-born child, he showed
amazement and perplexity.
"But, nurse," he said, 'where is the
other one?' " St. Louis Republic.
Fish Commissioner George M. Bowers
has succeeded in planting the Chinook
salmon in Lake Sunapee. New Hamp
shire, and visitors to the Bon Mere
now catch four and live-pound Chin
ooks at the Hedgehog.
It took 40 years to plant Pacific
salmon in the East a work of pa
tience. (t
"Yes, it has been a work of patience,
said Commissioner Bowers in an inter
view in Washington. "Such patient
work makes me think of the ticket
agent in the railway station.
"A woman said to the ticket agent
angrily:
' 'Look here, sir, I've been standing
before this window 25 minutes!'
"The agent, a gray, withered little
man, answered gently:
" 'Ah, madam, I've been standing be
hind It 25 years." " Boston Herald.
Charles T. Champion, secretary of the
Federal Trust Company, and president
of the Newark Bait and Fly Casting
Club, is an ardent fisherman. He also
believes in being a man of his word,
and this combination once led hira into
an amusing blunder.
A pond in the neighborhood of Mil
burn was his destination one Saturday
afternoon, and when he came within
sight he noticed a number of signs
posted. Mr. Champion anticipated be
ing seen fishing there, so he refrained
from reading the signs in order to be
able to say truthfully that he had not
read them.
After an afternoon of no luck what
ever he got ready to go in disgust, and
as he passed a sign he read:
"Don't fish here. The fish have all
been removed to the pond above."
Newark Star.
Bishop John L. Neulsen. in an ad
dress in Omaha, said of Intolerance:
"These intolerant people make me
think of young Parson Brownslow.
"Parson Brownslow one Sunday
morning was passing a pond when wo
young skaters went through the ice.
The parson, a good swimmer, plunged
into the cold, black water promptly,
and after a deal of diving and foun
dering and struggling he managed to
rescue the two boys. He laid their
limp forms on the bank side by side,
and then he began to work their arms
vigorously, so as to restore animation,
when a deep, reproachflu voice cried
from the road:
"'Parson!'
"He looked up and beheld the
frowning visage of Deacon Jones.
" "Parson." said the .Deacon, "six days
Shalt thou labor!" " St. Paul Dispatch.
e
Two men an Englishman and a
Scotchman were traveling from Aber
deen to London In the train. They
reached Carlisle wlhout exchanging a
word, and during the stoppage there
the Englishman got out and had some
refreshment. When he. got back to his
compartment he found the Scotchman
sitting where he had left him and look
ing more sour and solemn than ever.
"It's a long, wearisome Journey," said
the Englishman when the train start
ed, by way of making conversation.
The Scotchman looked at him with
an angry frown.
"So it ought to bo!" he replied, frig;
Idly. "It cost fifty-nine and nlnepencel
London Globe.
IN THE MAGAZINE
SECTION OF THE
SUNDAY
OREGONIAN
CAP. ANSON'S FORTY
YEARS IN BASEBALL
Adrian C. Anson begins a
scries of. articles on his baseball
career that will be of interest to
every fan and every lover of
pure sport.
LIVING STAGE FOLK WHO
HELPED CHEER LINCOLNS
Sunday is the anniversary of
Lincoln's birth. It is interesting
to know of the Treat actors and
actresses whom Lincoln saw and
of his fondness for the stage
which finally led to his death.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF BIRDS
FLYING HELP INVENTORS
Oregon people know that W. L.
Finley and Hermann T. Bohlman
have won fame as naturalists and
as photographers of bird life.
That their photographs are of
practical value to inventors of
aeroplanes is the text of an il
lustrated article.
UNCLE SAM OFFERS RE
WARD TO INDIAN'S STORK
How the Government is trying
to keep the Indians from disap
pearing from the United States
is described in an illustrated ar
ticle. IDEAL MARRIAGE
SHATTERED, CUPID
TAKES TO WOODS
The romance of Mrs. Frederica
Gilpin and how it was shattered
to fragments offers an interest
ing study which casts' a sidelight
on the divorce evil.
TWO PAGES OF WIT,
HUMOR AND CARTOONS
Wallace Irwin presents Hashi
muro Togo as detective, Irwin S.
Cobb interviews Dr. Cupid and
C. S. Yost gives his quaint humor
play in "-Making a Man Out of
the Boy." A page of cartoons,
"The Widow Wise," Mr. Twee
Deedle, and Sambo are also fea
tures of the magazine section.
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