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TIIE MORNING OltEG ONTAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1917. QLYMPIA DECLARES FOR TRAINING BILL House to Reconsider Beaten Measure and Senate Asks e for Industrial Survey. GIRLS ARE TO TRAIN, TOO the state. This revival of an ancient feud between the smaller and larger counties of the state, won in many previous sessions by the smaller, or "cow counties,' was defeated by the latter today on argument that the con stitutional convention submitted to the next election would also attend to the reapportioning- of th state. Speaker Offers Prayer. In final action today the Senate closed with a long debate over the renaming of Mount Rainier, which in volved an appeal from Lieutenant Governor Hart's decision that the con current resolution adopted by the House tn favor, of the name Tahoma was in reality a memorial and not properly brought before the Senate. The latter body sustained the rul ing of the Lieutenant-Governor by a two-thirds majority and the proposi tion went back to the House for altera tions in accordance with, the Senate vote. Reclassification of counties Is out- SOUTHERN OREGON FORFEITURE UPHELD Proposal to Erect Capitol in TJnlts Is Continued In Measure That Would Settle Dispute Over Location of Government. C,TMTIA. "Wash.. Feb. 13. (Special.) Sentiment favorable to military pre paredness prevailed In both Houses of the Legislature today to a greater ex tent than at any previous period of the present session. The result is an indorsement on re consideration of military training in high schools, given by the House after the bill making such provision had been once defeated, and adoption in the Sen ate by a vote of 28 to 9 of House Joint memorial No. 5, which prays Congress to pass a Federal compulsory military training law. This latter memorial had been adopted by the House. It was amended In the Senate to pro vide for 'a survey, and preparation for mobilization In case of war of all the resources of , the United States, and to provide for universal training of our youth in military science or callings necessary for military proficiency. Industrial Preparedness Contemplated. This amendment, offered "by Senator Eben Johnson, of Spokane, was ex plained as a means of mobilizing trades In military preparation, when that is necessary. It was pointed out. In sup port of the amendment, that England in the present war had been forced to recall mechanics from the trenches to manufacture war munitions. The sense of the Senate amendment Is to determine by scientific survey whether a blanket weaver, molder or machinist is of more value to the coun try, if military emergency arises, in the fighting line or the shops, and to be Able to assign men to positions where they will be of most value without loss of time in the event of such action be coming imperative. Supporters of the House memorial expressed themselves tonight as entire ly willing to accept the Senate amend ment. Girls to Learn First Aid. As the House high ' school bill is shaped up for final passage It will pro vide for military training, as author ized and approved by school boards, with the advice of the Adjutant-General of the state, but without arms, and girl high school students will be taught first aid Instead of trained nursing. Representatives who voted for the Zednlck High School military training bill were Adams, Anderson, Asplnwall, Banker, Boyle, Bradley, Brown, Camer on, Crawford, Davis, Dwyer, Farns worth. Fuller, Gauntlett. Gerard, Gra ham. Grass, Gorham, Gule, Hart, Hast ings, Houser, Hodgdon, Hoff, Hone fenger, Hubbell, Hull, Kearby, A. A. Kelly, Lease, Ledgerwood, Lunn, Ma- nogue, McCoy, Mess, Moores, Morris, Murray. Nash, Peterson, Pool, Mark Reed. Renlck, Roth, Ryan, Sawyer, K. K. Shields, Slier, Smith, Stratton, Thomle, Thompson, TJr'quhart, Young, Zednlck, Speaker Kelly. Olrmpla Capital Provided for. Representative L. J. Morrison, of Thurston, has in preparation a bill that is generally regarded as a settlement of 20 years of uncertainty as to the final location of the State Capitol In Olympia. It is drawn with special reference to objections raised by the Supreme Court in previous efforts to provide for the erection of adequate state buildings. lor the construction of which it pro' vides by a levy of one-half a mill gen eral taxation, or a cash return of $500,- 000 annually, to be collected and util ized in building until the new Capitol estimate of $1,750,000 is furnished. Further provision is made for re turning this amount to the general fund through the sale of State Capitol grant lands, which are selling at the rate of JloO.000 worth annually, until the entire amount is repaid. S500,0O0 Available Ktit Year. Under this plan the first levy of $500,000 would be available in 1918 and the intention is to apply it to com pletion of the Temple of Justice, pro ceeuing witn the main Capitol as t. e funds come in. Investigation of the Public Service Commissions expenditure of SSO.000 blanket expense money was started In the Senate today by adoption of a reso lution calling for a joint inquiry by House and Senate. If favorable action is accorded by the House a general overhauling of Commission operations for the past two years is In prospect. By a vote of S7, to 37 the House today Indefinitely postponed the Fuller bill for a legislative reapportionment of GIRLS! BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR AND STOP DANDRUFF Hair Becomes Charming, Wavy, Lustrous and Thick in a Few Moments. Every Bit of Dandruff Disap pears and Hair Stops Coming Out For 25 cents you can save your hair. in less man ten minutes you can dou bie its beauty. 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SERVICES OF O. A. C. GRADU ATE OF 1014 PROCURED BY COLUMBIA COUNTY. t f I lift t i-'at-i t ' -"-' T D. C. Howard. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallls, Feb. 13. (Spe cial.) . C. Howard, of the dairy department of the Oregon Agri cultural College, has been ap pointed county agricultural agent for Columbia County. He will leave here to take up his new duties at St. Helens about Feb ruary 15. Mr. Howard is a native of Ma rion County. He paseed nine years on his father's farm near Tlgard, in Washington County, operating a combined truck and dairy farm and marketing the truck in Port land. Since his graduation from the Oregon Agricultural College In June, 1914, he has had charge of the college dairy herd and 150 acres of land used for feed pro duction. In addition to some teaching and experimental work with feeds and feeding. His field work has taken him to nearly every part of the state and he has Judged dairy cattle and products at many fairs and assisted in the organization of cow-testing as-' soclations. lined in H. B. 232 introduced by the compensation committee. It places King alone in first class as exceeding 250,000 population, with Spokane and Pierce in second class. Grays Harbor is put in third class of 40,000 popu lation or over: Clarke, Lewis and Walla Walla would be in fourth: Thurs ton. Cow'litz and Pacific in fifth and smaller counties ranked in three lower divisions. Substantial increases in all county salaries are provided in the bill. In the absence of a regular minister today. Speaker Kelly offered the usual opening prayer for divine guidance In the House. Court of Appeals Sustains Or der Returning Title to U. S. Government. 96,000 ACRES INVOLVED Decision Calls for Opening of Lands Between Roseburg and Coos Bay , Settlers Appeal .to, " Su preme Court Probable. to SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13. Ninety- six thousand acres of Oregon lands lying between Coos Bay and Roseburg were ordered forfeited to the Govern ment in a decision handed down today by the United fitates Circuit Court of Appeals here, sustaining the decision of the Oregon court and throwing the land open to e tiers. The land was granted to the Coos Bay Wagon Company by Congress in 1867. with provision that It should not be sold at more than 12.50 per acre, nor more than 160 acres to any indi vidual. Subsequently It fell into the hands of the South'ern Oregon Com pany. th defendants, against whom the Government brought suit to re cover title, alleging violation of the provisions of the grant. It was said that the Southern Ore gon Company will take an appeal to the United States Supreme Court. LAND SOLD IS BIG TRACTS Price and Size of Tracts Sold Limited In Grant Terms. Litigation over the disposition of the Coos Bay Wagon Company land grant began shortly after a similar action Involving the Oregon & California Rail' road grant against the Southern Pa' cific Company. The land involved was deeded by the Federal Government to the state of Oregon -to be held in trust until trans ferred to some person or corporation as consideration for the building of i wagon road over the Cascade Moun tains. The land, accordingly, was deeded to the Coos Bay Wagon Company, which company sold 35,000 acres of it to one John Miller, who, it seems, was a for mer employe of the Southern Pacific company at San Francisco. Mr. Miller entered into an agreement with the company to buy the remainder of the land. Shortly after, Colis P. Huntington, of the Southern Pacific Company, bought the land of Mr. Miller and his right to purchase the remainder of the grant. The land subsequently passed into the hands of the Southern Oregon Im provement Company and then to the Southern Oregon Company, the present owners.. In the decree entered here by United States Judge Wolverton, he asserted that the company could not sell the land for more. than $2.50 an acre, in areas not larger than 160 acres, but the land might be sold to absent pur chasers. In that last particular the decree differed -from those affecting the Oregon & California grant land disposition. Constantino J. Smyth, of Omaha, spe cial agent of the Attorney-General of the United States, handled the case here for the Government. that not a section of the state will be untouched and, Mr. Boise declared. on a basis where everyone is helped: where none is hurt: where autoists may construct good roads, not by the expenditure of money, but by the sav ing or money through, the capitaliza tion of waste." Those who are advancing the Idea, of the bond issue in question declare that no effort is made in the bill to dis turb the highway administrative ma chinery which fs outlined in the bill which has passed the House and that the proposal stands upon its own merits. The bill provides for the following system of highways to be constructed under the bond Issue: The Columbia River Highway from the Multnomah County line to Astoria, Pacific Highway Important. The Pacific Highway on the West Side from Multnomah County to Eugene through Washington, Yamhill, Polk, Benton and Linn counties to Harris burg and through to Eugene. The Pacific Highway on the East Side through Clackamas, Marion and Linn counties to a Junction at Harris-burg. The Columbia River Highway com pleted through Hood River and Wasco counties and on through Sherman, Gil- iam, by way of Arlington and up the Columbia to the confluence of the Uma tilla and Columbia rivers and from thence to La Grande, Baker and. the Idaho line. Other Rentes Given. A road from Eugene to the Califor nia state line; a road from Roseburg to Myrtle Point; a road from McMinnville to Dolph and Tillamook; a road from Medford to connect with the forest road leading to Crater Lake and a road from the forest road to Klamath Falls. A road from The Dalles to Bend and from thence to Klamath Falls, and a road from Bend to Lakevlew. A road from an Intersection with the Columbia River Highway at a point either in Sherman or Gilliam County by way of Condon. Fossil and Spray and thence up the John Day Valley to such point as the Highway Commission shall elect, and thence to Vale and the Idaho line. A road from Eugene by way of the Sluslaw River to a point on Coos Bay; road from some point on the Pacific Highway to Tillamook; a road from La Grande through Union and Wallo wa counties to Joseph. The two road bills were Introduced by Senator Olson this afternoon, one providing lor increased automobile li censes and the other for the general system of state highways. THIRD HOUSE IN SESSION Frivolous and Sarcastic Body Is Presided Over by AV, C. Lynch. STATE CAPTOL, Salem, Or, Feb. 13 Special.) Lobbyists, clerks, sten ographers, newspapermen and other visitors who have been attending the legislative sessions the last five weeks had their inning in the Senate cham ber tonight. They organized a lively and frivolous and sarcastic third House and got back at some of the members who have been monopolizing attention since the ses slon opened. W. C. Lynch, who has a voice like a tragedian, was elected Speaker. He mingled ready wit with dignity and kept the meeting running at high speed from start to finish. The House was packed with Salem residents and visit ors long before the time for the enter tainment to begin. Able impersonators represented the various members of the House. All their individual characteristics, peculi arities and ldlocyncrasies were por trayed in realistic fashion. To those who have been following the House proceedings from the start the satires were excruciatingly funny. It was highly entertaining to all the others as well. . . t Even the legislators enjoyed the fun. It was a clean entertainment and pro vided a pleasant diversion for what is sure to be a hard week of steady work. IiAXE'S "NEAR-SENATOR" HOST G. XV. Griffin Entertains Legislators AYlio Talk Over Road Needs. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or.. Feb. 13. (Special.) G. W. Griffin, of Eu gene, popularly known among the leg islators as the "near-Senator," enter tained a party of Senators and Repre sentatives and other state officials at dinner at the Marion Hotel tonight in appreciation of the countesles that have been extended to him.through the session as the unofficial Represen tative of Lane County in the Senate owing to the absence of Senator L H. Bingham. , Following the feast the party dlsi cussed road legislation. The belief was universal that the state needs to enact legislation that will permit it to pro ceed with road development In co operation with the Federal Govern ment Those present were: Governor Withy combe, Ben W. Olcott, Secretary of State: Senators Moser, Eddy, Vinton, Pierce, Dimick, La Follett, Wood, Strayer, Orton, J. S. Smith, Shanks, Leinenweber, Garland, Huston, Barrett, Hawley, Wilbur, Gill, Farrell; Repre sentatives Clark, Ashley, Chi Ids, Kubli, Gordon, Schlmpff, Bean, Rowe, Barber, Laurgaard and Stephens: C G". Hurd and E. H. Adams, of Eugene. Port Member to Be Chosen. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Feb. 13. (Special.) Members of the Multno mah delegation in the Legislature will hold a caucus Thursday or Friday to agree on the election of a member of the Port of Portland Commission. There are two candidates, Alfred Tuck er, who is now a member of the com mission, and George Kelly. Indications are that Mr. Kelly will be the choice of the delegation by a sub stantial majority. The Legislature elects members of the commission, but ordinarily follows the recommendation of the Multnomah delegation. REBEKAHS T0 CONVENE Clackamas Lodges Meet Saturday at Molalla to Give Degrees. OREGON CITY, Or.. Feb. 13. (Spe ciai.) me district Reoekah conven tion will convene at Molalla on Satur day, February 17, at the new Odd fellows building. Milwaukle, Gladstone, Clackamas and Oregon City lodges are to attend. Oak Lodge, of Molalla. will entertain. Mrs. Nellie Wattenburg, of Klamath Falls, president of the Rebekah As sembly, will conduct the assembly. .mere wm Da otner grand officers the lodges attending to address the assembly. A dinner will be served at 12 o'clock and the afternoon will be devoted to business. The initiatory degree will be exemplified by a special staff from Willamette Rebekah Lodge No. 2. MR. YE0N URGES BONDS (Continued From First Pace.) The money for their construction will not be sent outside of the state. On the contrary it will all come back to us, and we will have our roads as well." Bill Weald Be Conitltntlonal. As he ceased addressing the members of the committee he was greeted with loud applause, and there seemed to be an indication on the part of the me Ders to fall in line with the sentiment Oi. his statements. Jay Bowerman and Whitnev Bols each exploded the theory that the oro posed bill would be unconstitutional if enacted into law. By levying the tax unaer we police power of the state they asserted that the constitutionality of such an act is unquestioned and that their contention is well supported in citations from decisions of the United State Supreme Court in exactly parallel instances. It was pointed out that the system or highways proposed -is one that ex tends into every county of the state, CITY PLANT PROSPEROUS Eugene Power System Easily Meets All Payments on Contract. EUGENE, Or.. Feb. 13. (Special.) Prosperity of Eugene's municipal light and power plant is reflected in an an nouncement made today that the city had more than doubled payments re quired in connection with the purchase of the Oregon Power Company's dis tributing system under a contract en tered into one year ago. The price of the distributing system was $150,000. The city paid $50,000 in cash and agreed to pay not less than $1250 a month on the balance due. Monthly payments have averaged $2500, making the total amount paid during the first year on the property $80,000. Prior to the purchase of the dis tributlng system the power company and the city plant were competitors. The city now has a monopoly. Rates have not been advanced. A Showing of The New Spring Styles in Copyright But Schaf foer ii Man Portland's Largest Exclusive Men's Store Hart Schaffner & Marx Varsity Fifty Five Suits Varsity Six Hundred' Overcoats The newest of patterns and fabrics, coupled with the all-wool or silk and wool quality, exclusive models, the fin-. est of workmanship suits and over coats for you, no matter what your build. And priced $20 and up. Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. Southeast Corner Fifth and Alder HOUSES ARE AT OUTS Idaho Senate and House Kill Each Other's Bills. RECORDS ARE QUESTIONED Dryad Farmers Organize. CHEHALIS, Wash.. Feb. 13. (Spe cial.) Farmers near Dryad have or ganized a farm loan association with about 16 members and $23,000 capital. Officers were elected as follows: H. T. Clippinger, president; Carl P. iStaeger. vice-president; Lloyd Larson, secretary. The committee of appraisers includes: George Heath, Tom Lewis and Louis Dokter. Read The Oregonlan classified ads. Amendments Not Shown in Journal and Validity of Changes Made by House May Be at Stake. Prison Reform Blocked. BOISE, Idaho. Feb. 13. (Special.) The houses of the Legislature are at loggerheads over the right of way for each other's bills. Bitterness was caused by the summary decapitation of House measures In the Senate today. with the result the House promised to retaliate and held up or killed Senate measures. Question was also raised over the validity of bills as amended that have passed the lower house. The discovery was made that the Journal does not contain amendments, and as this docu ment is the only record of the Legis lature as approved from day to day, the failure to record amendments may Jeopardize some important legislation. The strained situation - between the two houses arose when it was learned by the lower house that the Senate had killed eight House bills, including the penitentiary reform measure which eliminates testimony of a convict as to former prison reoers; the McQowan bill, requiring life Insurance agents to become residents of the state before they can sell insurance in Idaho, and others relating to Juries and peremp tory challenges. The Senate held the bills were Immaterial and only served to clog the calendar. Two other important bills were as badly treated. The Republican measure calling for an examination and audit of the state land department books was killed, and the House bill giving the Public Utilities Commission supervision over securities of public utilities was recommended for indefinite postpone ment. In retaliation the House laid on the table the Benito bill seeking to accept the terms of the rural post road act; the Nelson bill, relating to fees in Dis trict Courts; the Atherton Irrigation project bill; the Big Lost River game preserve bill. The Senate resolution calling for an amendment to the state constitution relative to County Commissioners was killed. Representative Struthera barely snatched the Bureau of Mines bill from the slaughtering pen in time, for it was ready for indefinite postponement when he had it referred to the mines and mining committee. The House state affairs committee reported out the state division resolu tion with the recommendation that it go to the committee of the whole, where its fate will be settled later in the week. f . Paving Bids to Bo Opened. DAVENPORT. Wash.. Feb. 13. (Spe cial.) Bids will be opened by the County Commissioners on March 7 at Davenport for the construction of per manent highway No. 3, from Sprague, 12 miles north. 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