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THE BIORXING , OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 19l ELECTORS TO PASS Ofl 7 AMENDMENTS Aliens, Not Fully Naturalized, May Be Denied Exercise of Ballot . Hereafter. ANNEXATION RIGHTS ASKED Kcclamation tf Arid Lauds, Crea tion of Office Taxation Matters . and Merger of City and County Government Are Referred. STATE CAPITOL Salem. Or, Feb.' SI. (SDeclal.) There will be seven pra posed constitutional amendments on the next general election Daiioi ac cording- to the-Joint resolutions so far filed In the office of the becretary 01 State. These proposed amendments are as follows: : Senate Joint resolution No. C by Sen ator Day Amending section 2. article II. of the constitution, providing, that only fully naturalized aliens may vote. Senate Joint resolution ISO. 10, o Senator Thompson Amending; section 7. article XL, of the constitution, allow ing Indebtedness to be incurred for reclamation of arid lands. House Joint resolution No. 1, by Speaker McArthur Amending section s of article V of the constitution, creat. ing the office of Lieutenant-governor. House joint resolution No. 8. by com mittee on assessment and taxation Amending section 32 of article I of the constitution, relating to powers of as sessment and taxation. House joint resolution No. 9, by committee on assessment and taxation Amending section 1 of article IX of the constitution, providing for uniform rules of assessment and taxation. " House joint resolution No. 10. by Rep resentative Nolta Providing for meth od whereby cities and towns may be merged Into adjoining cities or towns. House Joint resolution No. 11, by Speaker McArthur To allow the City of Portland and Multnomah County to be merged under one government. BILL'S ERROR IS RECTIFIED Asylum Authorities Find Mistake In Institutional Measure. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Fob. 8. (Special.) Timely discovery of an error in the enrolled bill providing for an. appropriation for the Oregon State Insane Asylum probably saved some complications, with the possibility of avoiding a special session to make such corrections. (me of the features in the bill at one time was an appropriation for the com pliina of a- wing to the receiving ward, but this was cut out in conference. ' Xerf rtheless it so went into the en roiled bin. Asylum authorities, examining the bill to ascertain Just the amour.t of their appropriation, were the cause of locating the error, and a correction was made. Mileage and Salaries Totaled. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or.. Feb. 17. (Special.) Cost for the mileage and per diem of Senators and Representa tives and for clerks and stenographers of the Legislature totaled I4S.415.S0, according to the figures which have been prepared by James E. Allison, of the Secretary of State's office. This does not include the desk clerks in the Senate, but does Include such clerks in the House. The Senate mileage and per diem for members amounted to $3:43.15, while In the House it amount ed to 110.009.65. Senate clerks re ceived $11.73 and House clerks $18,427. Legislators Determine to Return. STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or, Feb. 57. (Special.) In spreading around ve toes on county salary bills, the Gov ernor apparently has overplayed his hand if he desires to see the failure of a quorum on the part of either house when they return to take up vetoed bills next Tuesday. In a number of . cases the veto of such bills has caused a determination on the part of certain Representatives and Senators to be back here Tuesday to participate in passing them over the executive's head. B1II May Bo Ready Today. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Feb. 27. (Special.) While Governor West passed the entire day considering bills, and out of the raft that he went over it seems highly probable there will come a. grist of veto messages, none of these were signed today In such shape as to be given publicity, according to a state ment of the Governor. At the same time he said that there probably will be some bills ready tomorrow. Bills to Become Laws Later. STATE CAPITOL Salem. Or, Feb. 27. (Special.) While as a general rule bills enacted by the Legislative Assem bly become laws In May. this year, if the adjourned session remains for two or three days, as expected, it will be about June i or June 7 before the bills finally become laws. The constitution provides that bills enacted Bhall not become laws until SO days after the ad journment of the Legislature. U'Rrn Visits Capitol. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or, Feb. 27. (Special.) W. S. LTRen was at 'the State- Capitol today. It has for long been one of his biennial pastimes- to scrutinize ballot titles In their early stages, but today he sat in the Gov ernors private office with Senator ile Colloch and the executive. SESSION SHOWN GOOD ONE (Continued From Flrvt Pr. until the session two years from now. These questions have been in the main ones of considerable import, but the present Assembly has felt that ' the facts. have not been properly presented and, as a result, has determined to place sn Investigation of these facts in competent hands so that the next Legislature will be In a position to act with the insight that full knowledge of the conditions will offer. Officers Are Credited. . More than a small share of the ciedit for the excellent results which1 have been attained at this session must be accorded to President Malarkey of the Senate.' and Speaker McArthur. of the House. They have pushed through and expedited business throughout the session, but have not done so In a man ner that would be detrimental to the more Important legislation, which has been handled with care and in a man ner to give the best satisfaction to the people of the state as a whole. Some criticism which has been directed at the ways and means com mittees of the two houses snd at the Joint ways and means committee for Its method of handling appropriation bills has proved to be unfounded from the results obtained. While it is impossible now to de termine the amount of the appropria tion which will be chalked up against this session it will not exceed and in all probability will be lower than the total of appropriations of the session two years ago. This will be true de olte the fact that at this session ex traordinary matters, such as the Pana ma-Pacific Exposition appropriation, have arisen. Sesaloa to Mark History. When the final word is said and done the ways and means committee's record seems to be excellent. One Jab that was directed st the committee for coupling together into one bill separate items of apparent irrelevance seems to fall flat when it is considered that if the committee had pursued any other course it would have materially de layed the course of the Legislature and would. nave clogged business. . After the session adjourns sine die following the small aftermath which is promised . for next week tne recora will undoubtedly show results In the shape of good legislation and death to bad proposals which will cause this session to go down into history as one of the, best if not the best that has ever been hek. in this state. PRINTING FEUD TO END STATE'S W ORK TO BE DONE TT" DER 3TEW SYSTEM SOON. Governor's Signature to Bill Will Inaugurate Xew Competitive and Economy Plan In Oregon. SALEM, Or, Feb. 27. (SpeclaL) With the close of the legislative ses sion the feud between the State Printer and State Printing Expert Harris has subsided, and as a result Oregon Is pro vided with an entirely new system for having the' state printing done. Under the. new law. which It Is ex no.-ted Governor West will sign with out ado the State Board, consisting of the Governor, Secretary of State ana State Treasurer, will have entire con trol of the printing and will prescribe the amount, ruallty. etc., to be done. Heretofore, all the state officers have had nrai-tlrallv a free hand In ordering printing, and little effort was made to control the quantity, nun tne now system, the amount will be cut down materially, and only tne strictly iin- nnrtnnt documents nrlnted. The work will be turned over py mis Rnard to the State Printer on a - Nat salary of $1800, who will contract with anv resnonsible firm for the work on each Job. .Thus the printing plant which has now grown to a very re sDect&ble size will be taken out of the Capitol building and 'the printers of the state at large wui be given equal op portunity to bid on the worK oraerea. TYPE IX PAMPHLET CHANGED Bill Said to Carry Saving to State Passed by House. . SALEM. Or Feb. . 27. (Special.) Among the many election bills amend ing and changing - the sections of the primary law was House bill 493. It changes the size of type In the Initia tive Damnhlet from "eight point" to six point" on a "seven point body Also the pages are to be made in columns of newspaper width two to each page. Senator Thompson opposed the change, as did some otners, out Senators Neuner and Smith favored it they were assured by Secretary Olcott that It would save 112.000 on the pamphlet The . economy of the change was specially urged and Neuner said that the Secretary or state naa assumed responsibility for the change. alleging it to be much cheaper. State Printer Dunlway. when in formed that the measure was passed and was expected to effect a saving of 912.000 said: "Time will tell. I re- celved $6126 from the state for printing the initiative pamphlet in 1912. Just how $12,000 Is to be saved, or any saving be effected by the measure. I don't know. Members like Neuner and Smith, as well as Miller and McCol- loch, will ultimately learn that they could have served the state and saved money by consulting me Instead of those who "war" on me." The bill was passed by the Senate last night. CAREY ACT IN BAD ODOR REPORT TO IDAHO LEGISLA TIVE SHOWS CONDITION. Failure of Promotion Companies and Misrepresentation Costly to Settlers and to State. BOISE. Idaho. Feb. 27. (SpeciaL) That Carey act lands and Carey act projects in the soutnern part of this state need the direct and Immediate at tention of Idaho and are in a deplor able condition, was reported to the 12th Legislature today In a report sub mitted by the state affairs committee following an Investigation of the Carey act department. The state affairs committee filed with the House a report secured from Com missioner Shawban. showing that the state stands to lose 350,000 acres of land within Carey act projects because the promoting companies have sold all of the water, leaving; none for the state lands and in numerous Instances have not built canals to the land. The report also shows that several Carey act projects in this state are on the verge of ruin and some of them are even now bankrupt, several being in the hands of receivers; that people have been Induced to settle on the land under a guarantee that the state and Government stood financially behind the projects and ' that they stood to make thousands of dollars; and finally, that some of the projects are without water and the settlers who resided on them were forced to leave their entries and improvements and were financially ruined. The House took the report so seri ously that it ordered 2000 copies printed for general distribution to the press and residents of the state and ordered it spread on the House journal. REDWOOD GAS POISONOUS Barkentine's Captain Made Gravely III on Pacific Voyage. SAX FRANCISCO Feb. 27. Poison given off by wet, hot redwood, a rare occurrence, it is said, all but cost the life of Captain Kelson of the Ameri can barkentine Makawell, which ar rived here today from Newcastle, N. S. W. He was taken from the ship in a helpless condition, having been 111 since January 26. Only the fact that his wife, a trained nurse before her mar riage, tolled desperately over him saved the ship master's life. Captain Nelson built a steam chest on the deck, of his vessel to use In shaping the timbers of a small boat he had decided to construct. The chest was of redwood, and working In the gases It gsve off brought on Ms Ill ness. He will recover, the doctors say, but only after a long time.. VITAL CHANGES ARE MADE IN TAX LAWS Measures Are Submitted to Legislature by Members of State Board. MAIN BILLS NUMBER FOUR One Provision in H. B. 414 Does Away With 3 Per Cent Rebate, 10 Per Cent Penalty and 12 Per Cent Interest as Now. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 27. (Special.) Changes that are con sidered of much Importance in the sys tem of taxation and oollection of taxes are Included in bills which have passed the Legislature and will become laws. These bills were prepared by the State Board of Tax Commissioners. There are four principal bills In the list. House bill 414 changes the date of the meeting of County. Boards of Equal ization to begin the second Monday in September instead of the third Mon day in October. This provides for an earlier levy and extension of the tax and the opening of the tax roll for collection at least one month earlier than is permitted under the present law. Equal Assessment Provided. This bill provides that water rights and water powers shall be taken Into consideration In determining the value of real property for assessment pur poses. It requires that cultivated and uncultivated lands of the same char acter and quality and similarly sit uated shall be assessed at the same value. . It makes the Treasurer tax collector Instead of the Sheriff. This feature of the act, however, does not go into effect until January 1, 1914. This bill does away with the 3 per cent rebate and also with the 10 per cent penalty and 12 per cent Interest on taxes unpaid prior to the first Mon day in April. In lieu of the rebate and the nenalty and Interest it proviaes for a cumulative penalty of 1 per cent for each calendar month or part there of that taxes remain unpaid after the first dav of AprlL The privilege of paying one-half of the tax charged against any real prop erty or the personal tax charged against any individual prior to April i is re tained. All taxes unpaid on the first day of September become delinquent, and the same penalty and interest now provided by law for delinquent taxes become applicable. The Sheriff Is to be the collector of all delinquent taxes un der the new law. Salary Rises Not Provided. House bill 415 provides for a general revision of the law relating to tne Board of State Tax Commissioners, it changes the name of that body to tne State Tax Commission. It does not provide for any Increase or salaries nor carry any appropriation. It harmonizes with House bill 414 and tne two wnen together will provide many remedies and corrections of the tax system of the state. . The purpose of House bill no. ei is to provide a more efficient means tor the collection of taxes on transient merchandise and on unsecured personal property. It la nrooosed to amend section 3728 of Lord's Oregon Laws to require the AsRpHMor. at the time of making tne as sessment of any transient merchandise brought into his county, to collect tne tax thereon at the rate of the current vear. The present law provides the same method for making . the assess ment and determining tne tax to De paid, but is more cumbersome and un certain in the collection of the tax. It Is provided in this bill that In the event the tax paid on transient mer chandise or on unsecured personal nroDertv. at the rates of the current year, exceeds the amount which should have been paid on such property at the rates of the year for which the assess ment is made, the taxpayer shall be en titled to repayment by the county of the excess collected. The purpose of House bill 412 is to nrovlde that there shall be a meeting of the County Court of each county in December in each year. This is made necessary in view of the fact that House bil 414 requires that taxes be levied by the County Courts In Decem ber of each year instead of January, as now provided by law. C. 0. D. PARCELS ORDERED New Postal Convenience to Become Effective July 1, Next. WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. The col- lect-on-delivcry will ba added to the parcels post department of the postal service of the country on July 1 next. An order putting this into effect was signed today by . Postmaster-General Uitohcock. Under the approved regulations a parcel bearing the required amount of parcel post stamps may be sent any where in the country, and the amount due from the purchaser collected and remitted by the Postoffice Department. The regulations provide that the par cel must bear the . amount due from the addressee and the collection will be made, provided the amount is not In excess of $100. The fee Is 10 cents, to be affixed by the sender In parcel post stamps. This also will insure the parcel to an amount not to exceed J 10. X-RAY PIONEER LOSES ARM Amputation Made Necessary by Early Experiments. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 27. Dr. J. N. Scott, one of the pioneers In the in troduction of medical use or tne A-ray Into America. parted today with his right hand as a result of his early ex periments with the ray. His arm was amputated above tne wrist to save nis life. Dr. Scott was in 1896 the first to use the X-ray mechanically here and was among the first In America. Physicians say that nine of the pioneers have lied from the effects of the early stages of experimentation with It. WARSHIP DESIGNER DIES Sir William H. White Noted in Brit ain as Self-Made Man. LONDON, Feb. 27. Sir William H. White, formerly chief constructor of the British navy, died this afternoon in a hotel here of apoplexy, aged 68 years. Sir William was a frequent visitor to the United States. He was a self-made man In every sense of the word, start ing his career as a shipwright appren tice and rising rapidly until he became practically sole designer ' of the war ships for the British government.. A Spring Sample Suits, Goats and Dresses Owino- to difficulties we have had in securing the original plans for our building we have been obliged to postpone the alterations contemplated for some time. Now we are forced to sacrifice our new bpring Sample Coats, Suits and Dresses to make room for the carpenters. Here Is a You get more for your money here than at any dther store. 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Notwithstanding the legislators' prom ise to return and "take another shot" st the Governor, the chief executive to day intimated that the veto ax would wreak terrific havoc among the bills lurlng the next few days, and that numerous measures are doomed. When asked as to what was done with the County Superior Judge Court bill, the Governor said, "I don't know what has happened to it. but I'm dead sure as to what will happen to it." This bill was designed to transfer the probate work from the County Courts to the Circuit Courts and re name the latter "Superior Courts." If adopted it would give Oregon a Judi cial system practically similar to that prevailing in the State of Washington. At the same time the Governor In timated that he would approve the County Attorney bill reorganizing the system of District Attorneys. Threatening to take the record of every member of the 27th legislative session to every schoolhouse in the State -of Oregon and publish It broad cast, the Governor today poured his wrath upon the curly head of Senator "Gus" Moser, of Multnomah. Moser was a member of the "organization" in the Senate, which fought the ad ministration measures. As the Senator was leaving- the Cap itol this morning to take the train for home, he stopped to take leave of the Governor, who stood in the corri dor talking Just outside of his office. The Governor at once denounced the lawmakers' course. Moser smilingly said that not all of that was applicable to him. but the Governor began a ti rade about his attitude on a number of bills, including the gas bill, and accused him of voting consistently against the people. Continuing, Governor West said that he would have little to do for the next two years, and that he proposed to go over the state and expose the rec ord of each and every legislator on every measure. Moser, still smiling, said, "Tea, Gov ernor, and I'll go with you." - "No you won't you can't travel with me at all," said the Governor as he went Into his office and slammed the door. Broadway Bridge Has Blaze. ' Spectacular in its appearance from all parts of the city, but without damage of consequence, was a fire - which started from an overheated tar oven on the Broadway bridge early last night, and consumed a quantity of wooden paving blocks, which are bein laid .TERATI Real Money - any otner store. .....$14.95 .... ,..$19.85 ,....$24.95 . .$29.85 to $75.00 Sixth and Alder Streets, Opposite Oregonian on the floor of the new bridge. The blaze started from the close proximity of the blocks to the pot in which the tar was being heated. Persons from all over the city telephoned to police and fire headquarters and fire companies from Second and Oak streets and Six teenth and Glisan made their first run upon the bridge. CASTRO HELD UNWORTHY Venezuelan President Says Prede cessor Does Not Merit Watching. HAVANA, Feb: 27. The Venezuelan charge. Dr. R. Gil Garmendia, denies having asked the Cuban authorities to place Cipriano Castro under espionage. He received the following telegram from the Venezuelan president, John Vicente Gomez, in answer to a report concerning Castro: "Your message received; Castro does not merit the honor of being watched." General - Castro, accompanied by Gumerstndo Riras, formerly editor of 1 Constltucional of Caracas and a committee of Juban veterans, visited the Cuban president. Jose Miguel Gomez, this morning. The former Presi dent attended the opera tonight. He was cheered by . the audience. The banquet which the Mayor of Havana promised to attend has been postponed and possibly will not be held. Castro plans to depart for Washing ton Saturday and may return to Havana after the inauguration of President Wilson. Lincoln Day Club Proposed. The formation of a permanent club for the purpose of providing for a proper observance cf Lincoln's birthday will be proposed at a meeting at the City Hall tomorrow at 8 P. M. of the Lincoln day committee, which arranged for the recent celebration of the anni versary. Reports of the various sub committees will be submitted, and sug gestions will be made for the celebra tion of the day in future, one of which will be to have school children partici pate in some kind of a programme, either at the Armory or the proposed Auditorium. 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The aim of the British government in presenting a rejoinder to Secretary Knox" last note asserting the right of the United States to exempt its coastwise shipping from the payment of tolls In the Panama Canal before the retirement of the present Administration is understood to be influenced by the desire to escape the Intimation that it wishes to deal with the incoming Democratic Admin istration. Therefore the next note, now In prep aration and likely to be delivered by Ambassador Bryce to Secretary Knox In the course of a day or two. will be in the line of development. In a logi cal way, of the Initial British conten tions regarding the accessibility of the canal to all nations, including the United States, on even terms and or tne arbitral nature of the issue between the two governments. 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