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nnnn nun rumu P.! liiU II SALT LEASE FIGHT A. Welch, of Willamette Valley Line, Is Revealed as Rival of J. C. Moore. BEDS CALLED WORTHLESS Midilcr Is Snld to Hare Process to Extract Product From Lakes Abort and Summer Two Committees tlear Case. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or.. Jan. Sr.. i -Special.) At a joint meeting ot the committees on public lands of the House and Senate tonight it developed that A. Welch, of Portland, one of the promoters of tne Portland, Eugene & Kastern Railroad, was co-operatins with II. S. Wallace and others In an effort to obtain a lease of Abert and Summer Lakes, said to contain rich salts deposits. J. Bowerman, repre senting Mr. Welch, said that his client was ready to deposit a bond of IJ5.000 j'or faithful performance of his con trary The State Land Board awarded the lease to Jason Cv Moore, or New York, with the provision that it finally be passed upon by the Legislature. Sen ator Bingham, who presided at the meeting tonight, said that everybody would be given a fair deal, and that the best proposal would bo accepted. Mr. Bowerman said if Mr. Welch obtained the lease, although he would not admit state ownership, he would bind himself to pay royalty to the state for the output. Argument Over Bid. There was considerable argument as to whether ex-Attorney-General Craw lord had drawn the bid submitted at the time the Moore bid was accepted by the Oregon Soda & Potash Mining Company, in which Mr. Wallace is in terested. Mr. Wallace said Mr. Craw ford had acted and Mr. Crawford re sponded with denial. Mr. Wallace finally admitted that Mr. Crawford, in the lease said to have been dictated liy him. stipulated that it was conceded title was with the state. iix-Govcrnor West said the State Land Board had acted upon the idea that the best way to get title was for the state to assert it. He declared the Board had obtained a report from the Bureau of Mines and Geology that the deposits were worthless, and the lease was prepared to settle the thing. A. W. Orton, representing Mr. Wal lace. askd if the lakes were worth nothing why had the Board wanted to lease them? Senator Bingham ex plained that Mr. Moore had a copy of the report of the bureau but he as serted that he had a process by which lie could extract the salts. II r. Crawford Explains Objection. "I was informed by Mr. Kay. of the hoard." said ex-Attorney-General Craw ford, "that it was willing to give Mr. Wallace time to provide a check. He said the main reason the Board turned down the bid was because it did not recognize title in the stato but In the Federal Government. That was in di rect opposition to what 1 have always maintained. The -state, if it should lease the lakes to Mr. Wallace with that clause, would recognize title of Federal Government in the lakes and would be stopped from collecting royalties." Mr. Crawford said he had heard .that Mr. Wallace was a member of the old company, and the plan was to have the Legislature compel the lessee to pay its old debts. Mr. Wallace denied that ho had anything to do with the ctid company. Ho told of the early history of the promotion of the plan to develop the lakes. Patrick Calhoun, of San Francisco, he said, had been interested, and K- L. Venier,.'a capitalist, also had put up money. Mr. Wallace said he had l'inallv decided to promote the work himself and had asked the stato to give him time to make a bid. He de clare!!, becauso of his action, Mr. Moore had been compelled to offer 7.000,000, an increase of .000.000 over his former bid. Ho said the association's plan was to have persons stake claims on the lakes lor which they paid JJ for locating them and they then he came members. Money Reported Heady. "Are you prepared financially to complv today with such a proposal as was advertised by the State Land Board?" asked Senator Bingham. We have a man who will put up the money, but it would, in a sense be subject to the title being clear," w.is the reply. "Mark Twain once said a mining claim was a hole in- tho ground and its owner a liar," said Senator Bing ham. .Mr. Bowerman said Mr. Welch was ready to put up a surety bond of 25.OJ0. Mr. Welch, lie said, expressed belief that Mr. Crawford had written the bid. and that when it was tiled he thought he had the advice of the state's lesal authority that a check for $10,000 was tiot necessary. He said the stenog rapher, who took the reported Craw ford dictation, was present and would testify that Mr. Crawford had written the lease. HOUiF. ACT ROILS SEXATE Casting Out or IMmick'B Anti-Census Bill Causes Plaint. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or, Jan. 5. (Special.) Senate members are In censed over the action of the House in indefinitely postponing action on Senator Dimick's bill to end tho taking ...,n ti A naoeinff a similar measure introduced by Representative lillard. "J no uimicK dui iians r.-fr H,. nA house, bv all IJttBStw ' - w..w . precedent, rules and propriety, say the complaining penaiure, s-nvum been given the right of way. It was . jt t... ,h& fc;..n- t.i T'liiimrv 15 find was in the House four days before the ,.a l I, ill - o nncsAil there. Senator IMmick said the action of tiie House was a violation of all prece dent. H urged that the Senate pass the Pillard bill as the quickest way to get the desired relief. Annexation Bill Signed. PTATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Jan. 23. (Special.) Governor Wlthycombe to day signed House bill No. S3, introduced by Representative Lewis, which will enable adjoining cities to merge under a constitutional amendment passed at the recent election. The measure is primarilv for the benefit of St. Johns und Portland, both of which will vote upon a proposal for a merging of the smaller city with the larger one in a few months. . Highway Sign Bau Passes. PTATE CAP1TOU SMem- Or, Jan. Sj. i Special.) None of "those beast- lv slcrns that Pr. Smith complains threatens to mar th scenic effects aionif tho Columbia Highway will be permitted along any highway in the Mute If the Senate concurs in the ac tion of the House this afternoon. The lower House passed Dr. Smith's bill prohibiting advertising signs along the state highways, even if the ad vertiser has permission of an official of the state. The act is not effective against city highways or against pri vate roads. XOX-SCPPORT . CHAXGE ASKED Bill Would Permit Justice Courts to Try Those Accused. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Jan. 25. (Special.) To enable the prosecuting officers of the state to try men charged with non-support in either a Justice Court or a Circuit Court is the object of a bill Introduced In the House this afternoon by Representative Jeffries, of Clatsop County. - The object, be explained. Is to make men who are charged with non-support really support their wives. Under the present law non-support is a felony and may be tried only in Circuit Courts. If th courts are not In session a man sometimes must be held in Jail for . .. i mAnth und therefore is in capacitated from supporting his family, defeating the very object of the law. under tne proposea mw u. wm nnasihla to bring such men to ' im mediate trial. Recess Bill, Introduced. . mn. .-. A TTVT Clown fir- lOH " 7l ClAlu V.AfllViA -w... (Special.) Senator Butler today in . 1 - kiii nrnvUlnff fop a recess of 15 days, after the 20th day of the session, to give tne commiiioco a. chance to consider the bills before them. It imposes a five-bill limit to the introduction of measures after re convening, or a one-bill limit for each member, provided three-fourths of the i .,....,.- - ThA AcnnA session iiieuiucis vuii..vi. . " - is for 20 days, making 40 days' actual session and la days recess. ine rtmu tion was referred to the committee on resolutions. HAZARD LIST OUTLINED CHANGES IX WORKMEN'S COM PENSATION ACT PLANNED. UTILITY BILL UNDER FIRE AT OLYMPIA City Attorneys Lead Fight at Open Meeting, Saying Meas ure Is Monopoly. ALLEGED "JOKERS", FOUND Representative Scnuebel Would Base Aasessments on Payroll Totals and Gauge Vnrfooa Uinta. it i.. r- a rTTM V . Salem." Jan. 25. (Special.) Classifications of occupa tions and a scale of premiums based upon tne naza. - - class is proposed in a series of amend- i - ........ u rnmnAnsatlOQ ments to tne u - act introduced in the House this after noon by Representative Scnuebel of Clackamas. - " ...! The proposea assessment based on the total payroll in any particular hazard. The rates vary f rom v . - - - . 4 tli a nrintina one-uair oi J. p . trades to 8 per cent for structural steel, subaqueous works and powder works. , Every workman coming under pro visions of the act is required to con- . .. . i. ,crgi-sllAsn Of til 6 tribute i ceui a. --- occupation he is engaged in, and tne employers are touu . avai-it man's wages and money ' ..... - ; I -remit it to the commission. Whenever the money paid In any one calendar year to the workmen of any one employer coming under provisions i. van A.4 KM tT PAH I of the act ?",--, or tne coninouuuua m-. - such employer his rate of assessment i 1 1 A nar P n T . shall Da oecreaseu r',:- Whenever, in the opinion of the com mission, the money in. the industrial accident fund shall be sufficient to meet all payments then due. with a surplus of 30 per cent, the employers shall be exempt from payment for the next calendar month. A waiting period of six days Is pro vided, but if the incapacity or inability extend beyond a period of four weeks payments shall be computed from the date or the injury. The commission Is authorized to In spect factories and workshops for the purpose of determining whether em ployers have taken all possible precau tions to protect their employes from injury. ; . IJNGGMrBaTEN VOTE 1 TO 10 AGAINST MINORITY REPRESENTATION. MEASURE. . Author Declare Cumulative Voting System rittmately Will Be lw In This State. ... . cioiTni. Salem. Or.. Jan. 25. iS LAX c . - w , . - - (Special.) Senator Langguth a bill providing for a cumulative i A . ...nnnflAIIH SO H3 tO voting iMii --- r . -- have minority representation in the di- .1 - . In V.A sin1P rectorates, was ucii . . , . ' - ia ill The all - Today oy win v thor. before the vote waa taken, evi dently of the opinion nis meau , , . . , nntlm that it. like woman's suffrage and the direct vote for unitea ciaieu o,i- . eventually become a law. Senators voting again3t the measure were- Barrett, Bingham. Bishop. Bur gess, Cusick. Day. Dimick, Farrell. Hawley, Kiddle, la Foliette, Leinen weber. McBride, Ragsdale. J. C. Smith, Stewart. Strayer, Wood and Thompson. Senators voting for the measure were: Butler, Garland. Hollis, Kellaher. Lang guth. Moser. Perkins, I. S. Smith, Vin ton and Von der Hellen. Horse Buyers Active. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Jan. 25. (Special.) One nunarea ," Klamath County horses were purchased here last week by agents representing the French government. The stock averaged $100 a head. In addition to these sales. 165 head were purchased by San Francisco livestock commission men. ' House Seats - Republican ' by Sine Votes Over Progressive State - Auditor Denies Estimate for - - Cheney Normal ' School. OLYMPIA, Wash.. Jan. 23. (Special.) Delegations of city officials from al most every municipality in Washing ton swarmed down upon the Legisla ture today to protest against the publie utilities bill advanced by the Stone & Webster interests, which dominate the traction and electrical power business of Ptiget Sound, and Introduced as Sen ate bill 46 by Senator Taylor. Prohibition against competition from cities or new public utility corpora tions, except under "certificate of pub lic convenience or necessity," to be is sued by the Public Service Commission, Indeterminate franchises and the plac ing of municipally-owned public util ities under control of the State Com mission are some' of the provisions of the bill in question, which generally alms at monopoly, under state regu lation, as a substitute for unrestricted competition. . City Attorneys Oppose Bill. James E. Bradford, H. M.' Stephens and T. L. Stiles, the corporation coun sel of Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma re spectively, led the assault on the bill. Everett. Bellingham, Aberdeen, Ho quiam and North Takima City Attor neys Joined with them. James -B. Howe, of Seattle counsel for the Stone & Webster interests, upheld the proposed act in an able argument. "This is legislation which the public utility corporations of the state must have if they are to live," he said, basing his argument on the evils of un restricted competition and declaring that the corporations now were entilted to fair play. Alleged Jokers Are Found. Alleged "Jokers" were pointed out by several of the speakers, Mr. Stephens. of Spokane, and Mr. Stiles, of Tacoma, arguing that the effect of tne dui would be to give a perpetual franchise to any corporation once chartered, since under the Federal Constitution future Legislatures would be estopped from breaking the contract made by the state. Other speakers attempted to raise the specter of "public utility influence" as the successor to the old railroad lobby, which has been' absent from Washington . Legislatures Bince the enactment of the Railroad Com mission law. " . ' Governor Lister and members of the Public Service Commission are inter AstAd spectators at. the hearing. The House today formally seated James M. Ifogan, Republican, from Snohomish County, in place of Thomas N. Swale, Progressive, who on the face of returns had been declared elected by two votes. .. The recount committee, whose report the House adopted to day, found Mr. Hogan elected by nine votes. Representative Murphine, Bull Moose, floor leader and representative of that party on the recount commit tee, rendered a dissenting report in HAcinrinsr the seating of Mr. Hogan contrary to the previously established precedent of the House to aiiow no re cmintK when possibility of fraud ex isted. - Seals on several of the ballot boxes were found broken by the com mittee, Mr. Murphine said, and evi dence taken by the committee showed that persins other than Snohomish County officials had . been allowed access to the vault in which ballots were kept.- No evidence of fraud was produced, however. The seating of Mr. Hogan makes the political composition or tne muse. Republicans, 78; Democrats, 13;' Progressives,- 6. Auditor Denies Estimate. State Auditor Clausen today refused to allow a $10,000 estimate on Cheney Normal School, declaring that as a re .iit of charges of "skimping" on the contract of the building, already inves tigated at his Instance By M. u ope land. a local architect, he would issue no further warrants until a complete inv-Atiirfltlnn could be made. ha ARiced Governor Lister to join with him in a further investigation of the charges, but the Governor declined, de claring he would lay himself open to a charge of attempting to -wniiewasn his own appointees. LEGISLTCRE REMEMBERS DEAD Exercises Today Will Include Men tion of Lte Portland Man. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Jan. 25. (Spe cial.) In Joint session in the House .i,i,., thA Washington Legislature tomorrow will hold memorial exercises for ex-members whose deaths nave oc cured during the last two years. Louis F. Hart. Lieutenant-Governor, will de liver tne principal oration, while bena . - Ti....ant,HvBl hfiVP llAATl &S tors auu j h 1 . . t . . signed speclflc eulogies as personal trioutes to eacn ui mo cij . Of the several members of previous . - i ... .. ... i, ... iIvaa will tin ram. ucisiaiuiM " ....... ... ----- memorated Lee Johnson, who died In Portland In 1913. wnere ae was en gaged in the banking business, was well known. He was a member of the 10th and 11th Legislatures. MERGER WORK BEGIXS ' SOOX Senate and House Committees Ready to Consider State Changes. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Jan. 25 (Special.) The Joint committee of the House and Senate to investigate bills and suggestions for consolida tions and abolitions of boards and de partments will start work at once, an nounces President Thompson, of the Senate, who today named Day, Bar rett and Bingham members- of the Senate committee. The President also is a member. - The House committee is composed of Speaker Selling, Hare, Hunt, Eaton and Wentworth. It is the plan to make a thorough investigation of conditions and make recommendations looking to retrenchment and reform in the state government. 94 0 J'VT We have Bade a cecplete analral," of the content of a can of Rumford Baiting Powder purchased of a Portland grocer, and found It to be worthy of the highest commendation as a healthful, efficient end economical leavening agent. GILBERT-HALL CO.. Chemist, Portland, Oregon By. pre. These prominent chemists substantiate the opinion of the millions of housewives who prefer and use Rumford Baking Powder for its known purity, economy, uniform strength and exceptional efficiency. Experience proves that Rumford not only raises the cake, biscuits or muffins just right, but adds something of nutritive value to the food. This is why Rumford is famous, as he Wholesome Baking Powder, Appetite Follows Good Digestion Nearly everyone indulges their appetite and the digestive organs are abused, resulting in a con gestion of poisonous waste that clogsi the bowels and causes much misery and distress. The most effective remedy to correct this condition is the com bination of simple laxative herbs with pepsin,, known as Dr. Cald-. well's Syrup Pepsin. This is a natural, pleasant-tasting remedy, gentle yet positive in action, and quickly relieves-indigestlon, con stipation., sick headache, belch ing, etc. Drug stores . sell Dr. . Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin at fifty cents and one dollar a bottle, and -in thousands of homes it is the Indispensable family rem edy. For a free trial bottle write - Dr. W. B. Caldwell. 452 Washington. St.; Monticello, 111. WHY HAIR FALLS OUT Dandruff causes a feverish Irritation of the scalp, the hair roots shrink, loos en and then, the hair comes out fast. To stop falling hair at once and rid the scalp of every particle of dandruff, get a 25-cent bottle or. uanaerine at any drug store, pour a little in your hand and rub well into the scalp. After a few applications all dandruff disap pears and the hair stops coming out. Adv. Germans -Said to Have 25-Mile Gun. - AMSTERDAM, via London. Jan. 25. A German - military newspaper an nounces that a new naval gun of 16 caliber and with a range of 25 miles has been created. We're getting the glad hand- It's on account of these two - remarkable specials in men's nobby ; . Overcoats, Suits, Balmacaans Thoroughly good garments at a modest price $14.85 : : $19.85 BEN SELLING Morrison at Fourth Ah ( CONSTITUTION TO STAY IDAHO ASSEMBLY AGAINST COS VBNTIOJf FOR REVISION. Report Made by Expert on Capitol . Maintenance Expenditures Railroad Committee Named. nn.cn U.I.. Tan 1 "". ISnf-rlftl.l J 1 1 1., MB... "-. . - ' ' Disapproval of a constitutional conven tion in tins state ir . . revising an alleged antiquated consti tution, was plainly evident in today's session of the Legislature. The Senate refused to recommend for passage by the present assembly the Elliott resolu tion to submit to the people the ques tion of calling a convention, and it is doomed to defeat. Mr. Gleason, in his report on lavish expenditure of the Capitol building maintenance fund, declared that two ha Loo-inlnture anDronrlated $50,000 for biennial mai'itenance of the Capitol building, but mere is a aencn over that amount of $13,883.95; that In 1911-12 Improper charges were made on the fund of $3073.78, and In 1913-11 there were improper charges amount ing to $1249.88; that In 1913 there was expended from the fund unnecessarily $12,308.98; that over twice as much coal was used In 1913 as 1914. or 2077 tons in the former year and 997 in tho lat ter. He recommends that the coal Items be Investigated. This Is the second of 135 state funds which the examiner will report on. In order that Idaho may get behind a north-and-south railroad, or bring about construction of a connecting link from the terminal of the Pacific & Idaho Northern at New Meadows north to Lewiston, the Senate today passed, without a dissenting vote, the McGowan resolution. It goes to the Governor, who. by its terms, is authorized to ap point a commission of three to make an investigation into the road construc tion and influence capital in ita build ing. The appointment of Jay A. Czlsek Commissioner of Labor. Immigration and Statistics was confirmed by the Senate. Governor Alexander submitted the name of O. R. Hitt, of Idaho Kalis, as State Bank Commissioner, but It was not acted on. Salt Seeks Fay from city. ASTORIA, Or.. Jan. 25. (Special.) 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