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TTTE MORNING OREGOMAN. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1915. f 4 4 i : 2 M'ARDLE BILLS PASSED BY SENATE Outbreak of Insurgency in Re publican Ranks " Forces Compromise Amendment. THIRD MEASURE IS LEVER "Washington Majority lcCcmiincd to AVrr-t rower From Pcmocralio Governor Opponents Bitter - in Denouncing Methods. I OI.TMPIA. T'ah., Feb. 10. (Spe cial.) Two of the three McArdlo bills. thopi taking control of the State Land Board and Hoard of LIqualization from the Governor, were passed by the Sen ate today, but only after a considerable outbreak of insurgency in Republican ranks, which, added to Democratic and Prosr5$i ve opposition, compelled fcmendment of on bill to avert a more fecrious brak in the organization. The third MrArdle bill, abolishing the Stat Tax Oommi.ssion, appointed by the Governor, and jrlvinv its duties to the Commissioner of Public Lands, is bring: held by the rules committee, pre sumably its trading ttok for a possible compromise. I'ndcr the tentative plan of the Senate leaders this bill will not be presented yet. The genrfil understanding is that if Governor Lister should approve the Land Kourd ami Hoard of Equalization bills, the Tax Commission bill will not h brought up for passage. Should the Governor veto the Land Board and Board of Equalization bills, it is planned to bring out the Tax Commis sion bill also and attempt passage of .all three over the Governor": objection. Bad Faith Charged. Hou.e bill No. 54. reorganizing the Fiate Laud Board so that it will con Fist of Republican elective officers, was firt-t on the Senate programme. It was brought out by the committee with an emergency rlauve attached, to forestall a possible referendum and make the act effective immediately. Democratic and Progressive Senators charged Re publicans with bad faith in attempting to set aside the referendum provisions of the constitution, but the more Bferi us attack on the bill came from Sen ators Brown, of Whatcom. Republi can, and Hutchinson, of Spokane, elect ed as a Progressive, but now partici pating in the Republican caucuses. Brown and Hutchinson both declared Republicans were erring badly by tak ing patronage as an issue. Control of t!ie Land Board carries with it 530.000 patronage of the state in connection ith the Federal Land Exchange. Dem ocrats and Progressives also twitted the Republican leaders with playing poor pulitics. The plan of the organi zation evidently was to pass the bills without debate, but thesrt attacks brought heated rejoinders that Repub licans were not calling upon members of other parties for political advice. Twq Republicans fio Over. On rollcall the Senate adopted the Land Board bill 29 to 1. Voting for the bill were 26 Repub licans and three Progressives, of which two participate in the Republican cau cus. Opposed were six Democrats, three Progressives and two Republicans, p. row n of WhjUt-om and "White of Pierce, the latter explaining that he voted against the bill on account of tiie emer gency clause. The more serious break in the organ i -xation ranks came when House bill 5T. providing for reorganization of the Board ot Equalization, came jin. Sena tor Chase, of Spokane, Republican, terved notice on the Senate that he would follow the organization plnn no further in shearing the power of the Governor. Senator Wells, of Skapit County, in charge of the McArdle bills in the Senate, attempted to have an emergency clause attached to this meas ure, as had been done In the case of the preceding bill, but this was de feated by viva voce vote in which Republicans joined with Democrats and Progressives in opposition. Amendment Changes Vote. Senator Snarpstein, Republican, of Walla Walla, next came forward with a proposal to give the Governor one representative un the Equalization l.oaru uy allowing him to designate a member of the Board of Control, to terve on the Board in place of the State Treasurer, and this amendment carried. The bill finally was passed Z 1 to 10. most of the Progressives voting for the measure on account of the Sharpstein amendment, but one Republican, Sena tor Jones, of Pierce, changing his vote to oppose it for the same reason. The bills were transmitted to the House in the afternoon. The House concurred in the emergency clause amendment to the Land Board bill but refuted to concur in the Board of 2-:quihzation amendment and unless the .Senate recedes tomorrow this bill will so to conference, while the Land Board bill will go to the Governor immedi ately upon being enrolled. L II. Darwin was confirmed as State Pish Commissioner by the Senate, by a vote of 37 to 4. Senators Brown and Cieary. of Whatcom. French of Clarke and Jones of Pierce voting in oppo sition. This action completes confirma tion of all tho Governor's appointments. Promised personal charges against Dar win failed to develop, but Senator deary, who has been opposed to Dar win In a bitter Whatcom County po litical light, had his protest read into the record. HrapportinumeMt Bill It In. The Senate passed the oyt-ter lands bi'l iestcned to allow operators to per lcct title to lands already acquired from tbe state. The Hous6 spent much of the after noon considering on second reading a bill providing universal registration, with provisions for re-registration at the polls for four years, a portion ot the Republican programme for re v iiiou of election laws. lurphine of Kins. Progressive, led a tight for a cries of amendments to the bill, got the House In parliamentary tangles ee vera 1 times and forced leaders to call in ahstnt members to save the bill at one t;tgc. Bill for reapportionment of State Senators and Representatives was in troduced in th Senate today. The bill in a forlorn hope, as a majority of 3 louse members have signed a pledge to consider no reapportionment, the measure for constitutional redisricting having been similarly prevented at two past ?essiona. The Senate railroads committee In troduced a. new hilt as a substitute for repeal of the lull crew law. The new bill eliminates the compulsory features Irom the present law and gives the Public Service Commission authority to require additional trainmen when deemed necessary. Milwaukie Water Company restraining the Mayor and Councilmen .from con tracting for tho erection of a municipal water plant having been dissolved by the Circuit Court of Clackamas Coun ty, the Council Tuesday night signed up the contract with Giebtsch & Joplin. of Portland, for the laying of the initial mains. The contract price is $16,400. An eight-Inch main will first be laid from Milwaukie through to Erroi Heights to a connection with the Port land system, and a six-inch main will be laid downtown. Portland will fur nish Bull Run -water through a meter. The city has about 520,000 from the sale of water bonds available for erec tion of the plant. It is thought that another bond sale of $10,000 will be needed for the distribution system. The loci! companies sought to prevent the town from erecting a municipal plant before purchasing the local plants. The Council authorized the issuance of $5000 in improvement bonds for the improvement of Harrison street and assessed $3500 against property to pay the cost of the improvement of Laurel street, WOMEN TEACHERS WIN KQL.VI. SALARIES BILL, PASSIJIG SE.VATK. MADE JEST OS BACKER. PIPE LINE CONTRACT LET J 'on land Virtu fur $16,100 to Build Mains for MHnmnkir. Vn.WACKIE. Or.. I. 10. (Spe cial.) The temporary injunction ot the Senator Ciarlaad Sara Support of Mu nre Is Demanded or Maltnomah Man fcr riatform. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 10. (Special.) Senator Moser was the target of much jesting today when his bill providing that women teachers re ceive salaries equal to those of men for the same service was passed. Sen ator Garland said he would support the measure If for no other reason than that it was the principal plank in the platform for re-election of the Mult nomah Senator. "The only objection I have to the bill is that It doesn't give back pay to the women who have taught for years nt smnllftr salaries than men. said Miss Kathryn Clarke, of Douglas rnlintr. I am for the women, too." declared Senator Bingham. "The bill should pass hi- Jill means. Tho women should re ceive equal pay with the men and In Knmn instances possibly more. Senator Strayer said that he naa no objection to Senator Moser getting: all the credit for the bill possible, but, in his ooinion. it was a freak measure, and he would suggest "that the Senate devote two hours to discussing it and ihon aenrl it to the graveyard. it Is unnecessary legislation," said Senator Kiddle. "I shall have to vote against it. for there is nothing to show that women now are not paid the same as men for the same service. Knnntor Moser said the bill was rec ommended by Superintendent of Tublic Instruction Churchill and other educa tor. nd oucht to be passed by a unani mous vote. Only five Senators voted against the measure. JUDICIAL- DISTRICT WIN'S OVT 3 Other Bills Escort Miss Clarkc'6 First Victory Through Senate. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Feb. 10. (Special.) A bill, creating the 14th. judicial district to embrace Lake. Coun ty, was passed by the Senate today. President Thompson, the author, said that he opposed the creation of offices. hut because of long distances irom countv seats in the present district to administer Justice promptly the pro- nosed district was necessary. Senate bill 214, introduced by Miss w thrvnc Clarke. Senator from Doug las County, was passed by a vote of 25 to 3. It relates to the boundary be tween Jackson and Douglas counties, and is the first measure by Miss Clarke to receive favorable action in the Sen ate. Other bills passed by the Senate are: S B. 19.". by Moser To amend chapter CO.;. laws of 11 1. providing for the payment of iicewary expenses ot constaDiee in man in sr Hervicea. S. B. 71. by r.angguth To repeal section 75."4. lord's Oregon Laws, relating to dis charriug debtors. S. B. ::0. by judiciary committee, plvlng effect to certain con veyances anu validating Ihope heretofore given. FOOD EMBARGO IS PEACE PL AX .Memorial Asked to Reduce Cost of Living: and End War. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or., Feb. 10. (Special.) Senator Langguth be lieve., he has discovered a plan to noia down the eott of living and aid in put ting an end to the European war. His scheme is embraced in a concurrent resolution introduced by him today providing that Congress be memorial ized by the Oregon-Legislature to put an embargo upon the further shipment of all food products from this country to the countries at war while the war continues. The resolution cites that more than 50 per cent of the civilized world is at war and that "this condition will cause a serious reduction in the amount of food products produced by the nations at war, and the price of flour, meat and other articles of food and necessi ties ot life are now at war figures in the United States and continually rising and becoming more and more burdensome upon the laboring classes." VOTE RIGHT G1TEX TO ISLE Senate Approves Bill in Aid of Yam hill County Bridge. STATU CAPITOL. Salem. Or, Feb. 10. (Special.) The Senate today passed a bill introduced by Senator Vinton, giving residents of an it-land contain ing about 4000 acres in Yamhill County permission to vote upon a bond Issue to erect a bridge. Senator Vinton said the County Court had declined to raise money with which to erect the bridare on tho pround that it waa not generally needed by the people of the county and that an agreement had been reached whereby the residents of the island are to provide half tho money necessary and the county the other half. Before the residents of the island could vote on the bond issue, Scnatox Vinton said, it became necessary to ob tain the permission of the Legislature. SCHOOL BILL PASSES Senate Votes to Do Away With Annual Meeting for Tax Levy. BOARD TO PREPARE BUDGET Senator Moser's Measure Also Pro Tides for Vote by Taxpayers Only and Provides That Such Elec tors Must Authorize Bonds. Sidelights of the Session STATE (Sp Special.) "My Dear Sir" is the way the average mail-lobbyist ad dresses Miss Towns when trying to point out to her the "merits" in some particular bill or the defects in some other. "Whenever I see a letter begin that way," ?he says. "I never read it. It goes right Into the waste basket. This idea of circularizing members of the Legislature for their votes never is suc cessful anyway. Folks might just as well save" their postage." The mail of the legislators has been flooded in the lasPfew days by circular letters, but few members ever take the trouble to read such correspondence. Senator Day has won a new title. Observers at the Statebouse have dubbed him Senator Day-and-Nizht. be cause of his inclination to transgress the eight-hour law with all-night com mittee investigations and sessions. B. T. JIcBaln. of Oregon City, man ager of the Willamette Pulp & Paper Company, was extended the courtesies of the Senate today. STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or, Feb. 10. (Special.) The annual school meeting- is abolished and other important changes are made in the management of the Portland schools by a bill, in troduced by Senator Moser, which was passed by the Senate today. Under the new measure the board of directors makes the tax levy the same as the County Commissioners make the county levy and the City Commission ers make the city levy, instead of by taxpayers at the school meetings. There is no way of determining who aTe the taxpayers at the meetings, and persons living in districts wanting school build ings have combined and logrolled with the result that larger levies have been made than were necessary. Tli new law nrovides that the direc tors shall be elected the third Saturday In Ti.no instead of the third -nonaaj, inH that the noils shall be open from noon until 8 o'clock instead of from 2 o'clock until 6 o'clock. Bonds may be issued only when authorized at these elections. The board of directors, for convenience, may divide the city into districts and croup precincts tor cur- tailiner election expenses. Wherever possible schoolhouses shall be used as polling places. The corrupt practices r-t in unnlierl to the elections. Another bill which has been reported favorably bv the committee on educa tion provides that the registration bcoks shall show who are taxpayers, so that only persons owing property shall oe allowed to vote. The Moser bill makes It the duty of the school directors to prepare a budget annually on or before December 1, and call a meeting oi tax payers to act upon the budget early In December. It is provided that the books of the educational department shall be audited annually by the County Auditor instead of one employed by the board as Heretofore. The bill, when first considered, was defeated because of a section giving all parents of children-from 4 to 20 years of age the right to vote at the annual elections. It not only applied to the Portland schools, but to all schools in the state, and it was the opinion of the majority of the Senators that only tax payers should be given the franchise. Upon the promise of Senator Moser that this feature would be eliminated the bill was reconsidered and satisfactory amendments made. BILLS ARE SIGXED AS LAAVS One Approved by Governor Makes Pacific Ocean Fishing Free. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 10. (Special.) Governor Withycombe to day signed the following Dins: II. B. 102. by Tom Brown To provide bounty "on gophers and moles in Marlon Countv. H. B. 340. by Committee on Printing Reoealinr section of 113 statute requiring district sonool cierK to euan dwub. H. B S0H. by Llttlefield froniBitlng ad vertisements soliciting divorce. H. B. 10a. by Fenwlck To repeal conructs in code requiring school clerk to make cer tain reports. H. B. 144. by Hinkle Fixing qualifica tions of county school superintendents. H. B. 182. by lrvin To exempt persons from paying license for fishing in Pacific ocean. H. B. 250. by Olson To provide payment by Multnomah County of money to meet losses of County Clerk In American Bank failure. II. B. 220. by Huston To amend law re- aulrtne appellant to give ball. H. B. 21s. by Huston Further amending code governing appeals. H. B. 213, by Jones permitting judges to nostDone court sessions on account of illness. H. B. loS. by Forbes Empowering district boundary boards to review school district tax levies. II. B. 113. by Clatsop delegation Author izing incorporation or ports by uistncts Dor. dering on navigable streams. MORE BILLS UP IX SEXATE $4.95 for your choice from these boys' nobby $6 Norfolk suits, with extra trousers free! Tweeds, cheviots, cassi meres, fancies all tai lored for the strenuous life! You cannot buy better suits at the price. Boys' overcoats are all half price now. Plenty of rainy days ahead choose now while we have the size your boy needs. BEN SELLING Morrison at Fourth Feetlinsr of Prisoners in Certain Counties Is Among Items. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 10. (Special.) The following' bills were introduced in the Senate today: S. B. 2S2. by Farrell Providing for feed ing: prisoners in certain counties and repeal- in? section 3035 ana 44S. S. B. 233. bv Judiciary committee To provide certain provisions m liability and indemnity insurance policies. S. B. 234, by Umatilla delegation Fixing; the salary of the county bcnooi superinten dent of Umatilla County. S. B. 235, by Barrett Relating" to school attendance and the employment of minors. 5. B. 2"t, by Judiciary committee to amend section 2, chapter 274, laws of 1913. as tc provide for jury trial in abatement suits. s. B. 2"T, by judiciary committee To amend section T416, relating to mechanics' liens S. B. 23$. by Hoilis Limiting time within which to recover rurteey and dower. . B 229, by Ilolhs To amend section 1287. relating to decree ot courts on settle ment with heirs and legatees. S. B. 240, by Hoilis Fixing title to fish and game in private parks, ponds and pools. s. B. 241, by perKUis xo amenta section J. 2 and 3 of chapter 142. laws of 1913, and to repeal section 7 of chapter J 4-, laws 1013, roiatins to road improvement. 1. B. 242. bv ludiriary committee io amend section 1320. relating to the manner of formins trial jury in rrimlnnl actions. B. uy l-iollis io exempt oivorcca persons from being suoject to luia law re lating to neglect of husband to support bis wife and chilrircn. 5. B. 244, by Burgess To amend section 12. chapter 164. taws 191S, relating to sale of poisons. S. B. 24. by revision of laws committee Providing for annua report to County Court of all trustees holding funds for any use. . B. 24$, by revision of laws committee To repeal section 29 'J P, relating to the cure of non-refident paupers. S. B. 24S7. by Langguth Prohibiting practice of law by persons not duly admitted to practice by th Supremo Court. S. B. -4S. by Moser To provide method for creation of new counties. rUh Bill riled in House. STATU CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Feb. 10. (Special.) One more bill found its way into the House this afternoon. It was Introduced by the committee on game and was made No. 470 on the calendar. It aims to permit residents of Kan tern Oregon to catch salmon with jig" hook, or with hook and line for domestic purposes only. Operations would be limited to the regular open season on salmon and the catch limited to two salmon a day. Senate Postpones Bids. STATE CAPITOU Salem, Or.. Feb. 10. (Special.) Tne Senate today indefi nitely postponed the following: bills: II. B. by Kuehn To amend section 243, Lord's Oregon Laws, relating to re demptions under Sheriff's sale. S. B. 3. by Perkins providing for man ner of repairing schools of first-class dis trict. S. B. 69, by Perkins To provide for the exemption from taxation of ad lards leased by a ox school district. DRYS WIN IN HOUSE Bill Providing Statewide Pro' hibition Passes. IDAHO SENATE MUST VOTE Heavy deductions in State Salaries Provided in Measure Adopted by House Senate Cuts Fat Jobs. BOISli, Idaho, Feb. 10. (Special.) Idaho is nearer statewide proniDition tonght than it has ever been before. By an overwhelming vote tne House ot ReDresentatives late today passed the statutory prohibition bill to make this state dry on and after January l. iit. The measure is known as House Dili No. 142. by Kiser, Thrailkill. McGowan, Bohman. Allard, Anderson. York, Hunt, Anderson of Bonneville, Evans, Carratt, Lau. Taylor. Holland, Woodward, Hun ter. Edelblute, Miles, Shattuck and Hull. It was passed by a vote of 46, there be Inp vnlv 12 navs. The Prohibitionists tonight say there are enough votes in the Senate to pass the bill and that it .will be signed Dy Governor Alexander. By sidetracking the local option amendatory bill passed by the Senate, Prohibitionists in the House were able to get the wide prohi bition measure over to the Senate to force a record vote and believe they have won a remarkable victory. The opposing votes in the House against the bill were cast by Albert- son of liiaine, uannon wi x-iuiu, .. of Shoshone, nils of Boise, . tnce ui Shoshone. Kribs of Shoshone, Meyer of lAonn Virhnl of Lemhi. Northrop of Ada, Trotter of Owyhee, Sweet of Ada and Harchelrode of Idaho. The House also nassed the salary re duction bill, cutting down the salaries in the Auditr's department -iuu, Treasurer's department, $2400, and At- tornev-General s department Jowu per annum. The House resolution to in crease tbe office of County Commision er from two to six years was kiled, together with an act seeking to reduce the salary of tle Stae Chemist The Senate fought all afternoon over tin- House bill to abolish the office of Water Commisioner and finaly recom mended it for pasasge. This act will create vacanciese in a half dozen lame duck jobs which for years the state has been supporting, say backerse of the bill. To the Oneida County Pleas ant View-Holbrook state road was given J5000 stae aid and the House passed the relief measure for the First National Bank of Moscow, giving it money due on an old university oi Idaho contract. SEXATE KEEPS HOUSE DRY ACT Committee Announces No Important Changes Will Be Sought. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or.. Feb. 10. especial.) The Senate committee on alcoholic traffic today announced that it would recommend no impor tant amendments to the prohibition bill passed by the -House. While ready V reDort the committee has agreed to defer doing so until it can hear noe or two persons who wish to suggest minor changes. Chairman Farrell sam ne thought the report would be made to the Senate next Monday. All mem bers of the committee, he said, were agreed that the House bill should be reported favorably. Affents of common carriers wno q- BE CLEM INTERNALLY Over 300,000 People Are New Doing So. For many vrare physicians hav agrfci that 5 per cent, of human ilia was canted by accumulated waite in the Lower Intes tine: that in our present way of linns Nature could not remove all this waste without assistance, no matter how regular we might be: and that the poisons from this waste circulating through the blood pulled us away down below par and were responsible lor many diseases of a icnoui During this time the "J. B. L. Cascade" for Internal Bathing has, because of their recommendation and those of its users, been steadily growing in favor. Recently, however, the startlibg news which has been covering the country that great surgeons and specialists have been operating on the Lower Intestine in such serious diseases as Tuberculosis, and attrib ute such conditions of chronic ilk health as Nervous Debility and Rheumatism to this cause, also saying that these poisons are favorable to the development oi Can cer and Tuberculosis (as stated m a re cent article in the New York Times), has caused Americans to become thoroughly awake to the importance of keeping this Lower Intestine free from all poisonous waste matter, and over 300,000 are now using Internal Baths. . If you try the "t. B. L. Cascade ' yoa will find yourself always bright, confident and capable the poisonous waste makes us bilious, blue, dull and nervous. Internal Faths are Nature's own cure for Constipa tionjust warm water properly applied. Drugs force Narnre the J. B. L. Cas cade" gently assists her.. Call and sre it at the Woodard Clark & Co 's Drug Stores in Portland, or a.-k thrn for '"Why Man of To-Day Is Only 50 I'er rent. Efficient," a booklet of great inter est, which is tiven on request. iiver shipments are empowered under one of the Senate committee s amend ments to collect from consignees 5 cents for every package to defray the expense of the affidavits and receipts. The committee denied a request that any person be empowered to apply for an Injunction against persons sus pected of violating the law, holding that tbe prosecuting officials and po lice officers should be able to take care of all violations. MUTS OFF AJ 9:30 A. M. Delegation Goes 'to Sale nito Initiate Stale Officials. A delegation from Portland "will leave for Salem at 9:30 o'clock this raorntr.gr for tho express purpose of making1 Muts of the state officials and the members of the Legislature. J. E. Werlein, W.-T. Pangle and C. F. Berg will head the delegation and 200 mem bers of the Order of Muts will accom pany them. Arrangements have been made for a round trip at a rate of $1.50. The Salem Commercial Club Is pre paring: to do a big1 share of the enter tainment of the Mut delegation. Many of the prominent business of Salem, as well as state officials and Legislators, will be initiated into the order. OSWEGO CLUBAFTER JOB Portland Body Asked to Aid in Land ing $2 00,000 Piping Contract. Arthur MeVey, secretary of the Os wego Commercial Club, has written to the Portland Commercial Club urging that a campaign be made to help Oswe go interests obtain the $200,000 con tract for piping that the City of Port land is soon to let. By making the award to the Oswego Iron & Steel Com pany he contends that prosperity will be boomed greatly m that section or the state. - "I believe, if all will Join in and re quest, that the Oregon Iron & Steel Portland's Talking Machine Headquarters Now for a Merry, Musical Evening With Edison! EDISON DIAMOND A1IBEROIA X, illus trated above, tho diamond point re producer playing the four - minute blue nmberol ;Of records Other styles at $45. tfi'V SSO and $100, etc. (Snecial Terms.) An Edison Phonograph in your home means a merry evening for the entire household. Come to our display rooms to day and hear t h e s o really wonderful instru ments. .You will want one in your home for evening's and there is no reason why you can not have it. The prices range from $30 to $300 and Special Terms are now offered. MODKL, ASO. 'llus trulvd Hbovc. in tmk or niMlloflranv, wlih V0 re- Qn legions (Terms ll i.0 week) s JIODKFj A150. Cabinet Machine, with b rec ord al bums . . . (, Special Terms.) $150 A Complete Line of Victrolas and Grafonolas. All styles AH sizes All finishes MODLI. A M tor cHbiiH-t pho nugruph. lllmlrKt i. iiippcii with nnioniiitlc p t o p and lttuo lllndlf I'.T (Hpirlal ttrma.) $250 ll The recent (Ire In KdlKon'a mammoth plant will not I"P the monthly Ikhuiimcc "f V'll soll's indestructible rocordK. the Itccordn For All All the Time. M'lXIII. TKHV I A STIll M K.M. Company will bid the lowest. The money will be like the bread cast on the waters, after many days it will return, so I trust all good citizens will iai,-n notice and help to keep the money at home and faithfully do his part to patronize home industries. "Oregon can, Oregon will incrcuse her mills and foundries. Her stores will increase if her people will do jus tice and help to build up and not de stroy home industries." Taper Clothing. Indianapolis News. According to the . Japan Advertiser, "Kamiko," as paper clothing Is called In Japan, is made of tho Japanese pa per manufactured front mulberry bark. The- paper has little "size" in it and. though ;'oft and warm, a thin laver of silk wadding Is placed between to sheets of tho paper and tlio wholo Is nniltod. Shirts and drawers made in this way 'are more comfortable than flannels. Tho Japanese soldier real ized the value ot tills kind of elothlns when they had to weather a hiberlan Winter. The retail prleo for n vest l about $1. for drawers about ii. SO, iinil for acliolera belt about if cents. The only drawback to this clothing Is that it is not washable. A company In Yokohama is supplying largo nnantl ties of papor aliirta to the Uusslsn army. Tlio garment sold by the lirm is made of tough, soft fabric, Htroni; enough to hold buttons sewn on In the ordinary way. and appears to be very serviceable. The wholesale prices arc much lower than the retail prices quoted. RELIABLE SERVICE RESPONSIBLE SERVICE Where Some of the Million Dollar Tax Goes Of the total taxes collected by the City and County for the operation, maintenance, bond interest, rentals and sinking funds, for all bridges used by the general public, crossing the Willamette River in this city, the pro-rata share of the taxes paid by the Portland Railway, Light & Power Co. apportioned to these purposes for 1914 was $11,513 "r On top of this the Company was required to pay $61,464 for Bridge Tolls No other firm, person or corporation in Portland is required to pay a toll in addition to their regular tax for the privilege of using the bridges. Forgetting the tolls, no other firm, person, or corporation con tribute as much to the expense of these bridges as this Company. Do You Believe in Double Taxation? See Later Issue of This Paper for Further Particulars RELIABLE SERVICE RESPONSIBLE SERVICE