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, to Decide Walkout.
FIVE PLANTS ARE INVOLVED
Complete Vote Expected to
Be Returned Wednesday.
HARDING'S AID IS SOUGHT
President Crged by Cnlons to In
tervene to Prevent Wage
Cut by Packers.
OMAHA, Neb., March 10. A refer
endum strike vote of all packing
house employes was authorized at a
conference of workers' delegates late
today as word came from Washing
ton that President Harding had re
ferred the packing-house labor situ
ation to the department of labor.
Eallots would be prepared imme
diately and sent out from the head
quarters of the Amalgamated Meat
Cutters" and Butcher Workmen's
union in Chicago, according to Denis
I-ane. secretary of the organization.
The two-day conference called by the
union today resolved to vest full au
thority in the organization's execu
tive board to "call and conduct the
entire strike situation" if a walkout
is voted.
Harding' Influence Sought.
A long-distance telephone message
from. Frank Morrison, secretary of
the American Federation of Labor,
In Washington, late today Informed
(secretary Lane that the president had
the matter under consideration.
telegram. had been sent Presiden
Harding asking that he use his influ
ence to have the packers suspend
their wage and hour changes, an
nounccd to take effect Monday, and
submit the matter to arbitration.
Earlier In the day Mr. Morrison tel
ephoned Secretary Lane that he had
called a meeting of allied unions to
confer In Chicago at 10 o'clock next
Wednesday morning. This conference
will outline a plan of concerted action
by all employes of the packing-houses
if a strike is called.
The resolution adopted by the con
ference of butcher workers' delegates
today left the matter of a strike en
tirely in the hands of the unions
executive committee.
Results Dae Wednesday.
The referendur ballot. Secretary
Lane said, would read as follows:
"Do you favor and authorize i
etrike in the event that the govern
ment or our organization is unable to
induce the packers to maintain the
eight-hour work day and compliance
with the agreement entered into with
the United States department of
labor?
The vote will be taken by all union
members In tho five large packers
plants and all independent plantrt
which have adhered to the larger
plants' policies, Mr. Lane said. The
complete vote, he said, was expected
to be returned by next Wednesday.
If tho referendum vote authorizes
a strike, the date will be determined
by the executive board under author
ity of the conference resolution.
MEAT SUPPLY TO COXTLXCi:
racking House Gives Assurance:
Strike "Will Xot Interfere.
CHICAGO, March 10. Assurances
that the nation's meat supply will not
be in. rrupted, regardless of any ac
tion t-ker. by the unions on the re
cently announced reduction of wagen
and readjustment of working hours,
was given today by the packers.
"Despite the etrikc threats being
made by the agents of the unions, we
io not expect any trouble that will
Interfere with the nation's meat sup
ply," said a statement from Armour
& Co.
"A survey of the packing plants in
dicates that tho individual employes
understand the eituation and do not
want to be forced into idleness or to
be asked to go on strike when there
are thousands of unemployed men
who are eager for packing house Jobs,
even at the reduced pay. The union
leaders who are talking strike do not
represent 15 per cent of the packing
plants' employes.
"The nation U engaged in an effort
to get back to normal, which In the
main means deflation of prices. Those
who are talking etriko to uphold in
flated war-time wages are obstruct
ing tho nation's return to normal. We
stand with thj public in the figl.c
against war prices in time of peace."
WAGE CCT HELD NECESSITY
I'lot by Packers to Bring on Strike
Is Denied Here.
That the reduction of wages an
nounced by packing houses in the
middle west was necessitated by the
absolute necessity of cutting down
the expenses o' operating the plants,
was the declarator! of B. C. Darnall.
manager of the Portland branch of
Swift, & Co., In discussing the ques
tion yesterday.
Mr. Parnall eald that a survey of
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M. V. Knapp and Sirs. Willielmine
Mielke, Both of Gladstone, Or.,
Invade Gretna Green,
VANCOUVER. Wash., Mar. -10.
(Special.) M. W. Knapp of Gladstone,
Or., 82 years old, and Mrs. Wllhelmine
Mielke of the same place, SI, were
married by Rev. Charles Baskerville,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, here today. Their witness
was Mrs. Marie Strebig, more than 70
years old.
Mr. Knapp said that he was well
off in this world's goods and for many
years had been "boarding out." He
decided he did not enjoy that so much
as to have his own home, so he court
ed Mrs. Mielke, who owns two homes.
She was willing that they get mar
ried and live in one of these houses
and rent the other, so the match was
made and they took a little trip to
Vancouver, where they had read so
many young couples get married.
Mr. Knapp served four years In the
civil war and is yet an athlete. He
was going to put one foot over his
head to convince J. L. Garrett, county
auditor, that he la yet young and is
not an old man in his dotage. How
ever, the better judgment of his
fiaacee prevented this display of ath-
etic ability, but she affirmed he could
do the trick.
After they were married they were
i happy as a couple of youngsters
nd started for home to begin house
keeping.
CUPID BUSY ON CAMPUS
Early Spring Announces Several
Matches Anions Students.
UNIVERSITY OP OREGON. Eugene,
March 10. (Special.) Two engage
ments and two marriages of interest
have been announced on the campus.
Miss Mona Claire Logan was married
to Leo Cossman of Eugene at her
home In North Bend.
Miss Zelda Hamilton of Spring
field, a junior in the education de
partment, was married to Robert G.
Van Valzah of Springfield, who Is a
student In the North Pacific Dental
college in Portland.
The engagement of Miss Blanche
Wickland of Astoria to H. Borden
Wood of Oakland. CaL, was an
nounced at an informal dinner at the
Gamma Phi Beta house, of which Miss
Wickland Is a member.
Word has arrived on the campus of
the engagement of Miss Elizabeth
Epplhg of Hood River, a member of
Delta Gamma and a former student
In the university, to Berkeley Snow
of Portland. The wedding will take
place this summer.
JOHN D. PROMISES BONUS
Employes to Be Helped to Buy Stock
lu Standard Oil Company.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 10.
Stockholders of thi Standard Oil com
pany of California voted here today
to issuo $15,000,000 stock of the cor
poration to be sold to employes, who
will be assisted in paying for their
stock by a bonus from the company.
The new issue will bring the total
capitalization of the Standard up to
J113.000.000.
The stockholders also voted ti re
duce the par value of the company's
stock from J 100 a share to 423 a
share. The old board of directors and
officers were re-elected today at the
company's annual meeting.
CHARGES ARE WITHDRAWN
Arkansas Judge Escapes Impeach
ment for Remarks.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark., March 10.
Impeachment proceedings against
Judge J. W. Wade were withdrawn
from the senate today, bringing about
n amicable settlement of the contro
versy between the assembly and the
judge. ,
The judge appeared before both
houses today and explained that he
meant no reflection on the member
ship or women employes when he in
structed the grand jury to Investigate
reports of immorality among some
members, but intended that the
charges should be cleared up.
MYERS CHARGE DISMISSED
Young Man's Father Settles With
His Creditors.-
EUGENE, Or., March 10. (Special.)
The case against Raleigh Myers,
charged with obtaining money under
false pretenses, today was dismissed,
his father, F. S. Myers, former Port
land postmaster, having settled with
all stores where the young man is al
leged to have given bad checks.
Young Myers never was in custody,
the officers not deeming it necessary
actually to place him under arrest.
His father told the officers he blamed
to a large extent tic dealers who sold
cigarettes to the young man.
FARMERS' LOANS LIMITED
$200 Maximum Allowed for Pur
chase of Seed Grain.
WASHINGTON. D. C, March 10.
Under regulations approved today by
Secretary Wallace to govern a $2,000,
000 loan to farmers in drought-
stricken areas of tho northwest.
seed grain advances to Industrial
farmers are limited to $200 and not
more than $2 an acre..
The money will be secured by chat
tel mortga.es as a prior lien on the
crop to be grown. All loans will be
due November 1, -
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United States: Asked to
Keep Working Basis.
NEGOTIATIONS UNDER WAY
Position Is Conciliatory
Making Request.
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STATE OFFICIALS SILENT
Secretary Hug-lies Declines .to Dis
cuss Reports Several Courses
Are Open for Harding.
PARIS, March 10. (By the Associ
ated Press.) It was stated at the
foreign office today that negotiations
were under way between the French
embassy in Washington and the state
department In an effort to induce
President Harding' to favor accept
ance of a modified league of nations.
The French position was concilia
tory and was believed to relate to ex
pressions by officials connected with
the present Washington administra
tion, made during the peace confer
ence.
WASHINGTON, D. C. March 10. (By
the Assooiated Press.) Administra
tion officials withheld comment today
on the statement made at the French
foreign office that negotiations were
under way between the French em
bassy here and the state department
with regard to the acceptance by the
United States of a modified league of
nations.
Stepa Are Up to French.
The impression was given, however,
that the initiative in any such devel
opment rested entirely 'ith the
French government and that in any
event the matter had not reached the
stage of negotiations.
Secretary Hughes refused to discuss
the question. It became known, how
ever, that last Tuesday he had a half
hour talk with-Ambassador Jusser
and just before the presentation of
the diplomatic corps. Whether the
subject of the league of nations was
broached has not been made known. .
Frank Expression Desired.
Today's dispatches from Paris, say
ing that the French embassy here
was reported to have approached the
stato department ( i the subject, were
the first public intimations that ne
gotiations regarding the league had
been received and the attitude of of-
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Bond Transaction Completed by
Treasurer Hoff, Governor Olcott
and Bond Commissioner,
SALEM, Or., March 1. (Special.)
As a result of arrangements made
today by O. P. Hoff, state treasurer
with Governor Olcott and Wlliam
Marshall, members of the newly
created state bond commission, act
ing In an advisory capacity, there will
be available for loans to Oregon
farmers approximately $164,000 of the
irreducible school fund. This sum is
in addition to 160,000 in school funds
recently allotted to 12 counties of
the state. This money will draw
6 per cent interest.
In response to an advertisement
that the state treasurer would con
sider bond offerings aggregating ap
proximately $300,000 today, more than
a dozen representatives of various
houses handling such securities ap
peared here this afternoon.
After hearing the proposal the
state treasurer and advisers went
into executive session and made their
selections of the securities offered.
Only school district bonds were ac
cepted by the treasurer, 1164,000 of
which were formerly in the hands of
the state land board. These bonds
draw 5 per cent Interest.
There also were purchased from
private dealers school district bonds
totaling $142,000. Of these $75,000
were securities issued by Union high
school district No. 1 of Deschutes
county. The Western Bond & Mort
gage company of Portland offered
$50,000 of these bonds at $99.50, while
Keeler Brothers, also of Portland,
offered $25,000 of these securities at
99.45. These bonds draw 6 per cent
interest.
The treasurer also accepted $500,-
000 In bonds of school district No.
57 of Polk county. Of the total
$35,000 of the bonds were purchased
from Carstens & Earls of Portland
at 99.50 and 6 per cent interest, while
$18,000 of the issue was purchased
from Robertson & Ewing of Portland
at par and 6 per cent Interest.
Clark, Kendall & Co.'s offer of $4000
worth of bonds issued by .school dis
trict No. 61 of Umatilla county at
99.75 and 6 per cent Interest also
was accepted by the treasurer, as
was Keeler Brothers' offer of $10,000
worth of bonds issued by school dis
trict No. 47 of Malheur county at 99
and 6 per cent interest. All of the
money invested in securities today
comprised funds of the state Indus
trial accident commission, and prac
tically deletes the state resources
for purchase of securities at Jh
present time.
City Offers Bridge for Sale.
CHICAGO, March 10. The Rush
street bridge, 240 feet long, with a
record of 37 years of service across
the Chicago river, lias been offered
for sale by the city. It was said to
be the first time a bridge has been
offered for sale except as junk.
PJiplorers Tel 1 of Strange Wild
liupians Who Gather Auimal
Skins to Purchase Wives.
NEW YORK, March 10. Tales of
head-hunting savages who worship
the devil and spend their lives gath
ering wild animal skins to use In
purchasing wives were told today by
George K. Cherris explorer, and Har
old Anthony of the American Museum
of Natural History, who returned
from South Ecuador.
More than 3500 specimens of rare
birds and mammals were brought
back by the explorers, who spent
eight months in the wildest and least
explored forest lands.
Among the mammals, most of which
were slain by natives - with Blow
pipes, were blood-sucking bats and
a fish-eating rat wnich resemDies
an ordinary house rat and is a swim
mer.
The pipe used by the natives. Mr.
Anthony said, was from ten to 15 feet
long and an expert, by using a
bullet," a little. ball of hard clay.
could kill his object at 500 feet.
The explorers said there was a
shortage of women among the In
dians, although many men seemed to
hae plenty of wives. Twenty skins
is the normal price of a wife.
FARMERS HOLDING WHEAT
Total on Farms 43,000,000 Bush
els Greater Than Tear Ago.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 10.
Stocks of wheat In country mills and
elevators March 1 aggregated 81,946,
000 bushels as compared with 117,
950,000 a year ago, a reduction of 30
per cent, according to department of
agriculture estimates today. Wheat
stocks on farms were estimated at
208,000,000 bushels as compared with
165,000,000 a year ago and the visible
supply at points of concentration
30,000,000 as compared with 56,000,000
a year ago.
The total in sight was 320.000.000
bushels as compared with 338,000,000
a year ago.
UTAH ABOLISHES GUARD
Senate Refuses Appropriation for
State Troops.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. March 10,
Utah-lost Its national guard today
when the Utah senate struck from the
state budget the guard appropriation.
The government recently sent to
Utah artillery and other equipment
valued at nearly $1,000,000 with the
understanding that the state would
co-operate in the maintenance of its
national army unit. Unless the sen
ate tomorrow reconsiders its action
the guard will cease to exist in Utah
according to State Adjutant-General
Williams.
Commission Will Ask $1,
000,000 More.
MANY MATTERS STILL PEND
Counties Must Pay 5,a
Cent on Loans.
Per
BONDING BILL DISLIKED
Commissioners Have Vast Anioun
of Detail Pending Which Is
Demanding Attention.
Contracts aggregating $378,641
awarded by the highway commissio
yesterday. One was 7.6 miles of con
Crete pavement between Gaston an
Yamhill, and the other was 11.6 mile
of grading from Redmond to Prlne
ville. These were bids opened Tues
day, but were referred to the engi
neer and were finally awarded yester
day.
The commission has a mass of mat
ters to decide, covering application
for road work in half of the countie
of the state and these will be take
up and determined, one at a time,
when the commissioners make the!
trip south over the Pacific highway,
starting next Tuesday morning. Th
commission will travel by dey an
each night will hold a meeting to
clear the deck of some of the prob
lems confronting It.
Among other places the commission
will visit will be Roseburg, where th
Douglas county folk are somewha
nurturbed over the manner in which
the commission discussed the back
wardness of that county in road co
operation and with particular refer
ence to the Roseburg-Coos Bay-Call
fornia line road.
Coming Sesiiloa Important.
When the commission meets April
5 it will have another big road pro
gramme to work out, as a grea
amount of work has been ordered ad
vertlsed tor that meeting. The com
mission yesterday decided to reques
the state board of control to sell
11.000.000 of federal aid bonds, as
money will be required nex month
There have been sold $3,700,000 of this
class of bonds and there will be avail
able to June 30. 1921, $5,567,829.27.
Counties which are granted loans
hv the hiehway commission will be
charged 5i per cent hereafter. Coun
ties making requests for loans will
have to put up their road bond se
curities as collateral, me b'a per
cent will Just about aeiray costs
Three counties were granted loan
yesterday. Wallowa county will be
given $100,000 to be used for grading
the Minam-Knterprise road; morrow
county will bo loaned $40,000 to buili
tho Oregon-Washington highway from
Hennner to Jones' Hill, and Yamhill
will be lent enough money to com
plcte the grading for the Amlty-Mc
Minnville section of the Pacific high
way.
Attorney to Consult Towns.
Mr. Leavers, attorney for tho high
way commission, was directed to take
up with towns on the main highways
tho method of paying for improve
ment of the nignways inrougu me
communities as provided under tho
new law. Some of the towns affected
are Rainier, Jefferson, Junction City,
Cottage Grove, Gold Hill, Union ana
Wallowa.
As the name "McKenzie highway"
Is considered a misnomer for the road
from Redmond via irinevuie io
Mitchell, it has been suggested that
this mileage bo known as the Ochoco
highway. The road runs along the
Ochoco river and through the Ochoco
national forest. The secretary of the
commission was directed to take up
the matter of suggesting a name with
Judge N. G. Wallace ot i-rooK county
and other officials in the section at
fected. Providing Multnomah and Clacka
mas county aid on a 60-50 basis, the
new requirement of the commission
on road projects, work will begin on
ho Mount Hood loop this year from
Sandy toward zigzag, w. m. uavis.
representing people living along the
Mount Hood road, headed a delegation
which met with the commission and
urged action on this undertaking.
The .Clackamas county court ex
plained that the county is obligated
for $20,000 on two miles of market
road east of Sandy; another $7000 has
been raised by the Kelso people and,
if the base is prepared, under the
Clackamas county bond Issue the
court must spend $46,000 for hard
surfacing. Bond Bill TUnnatisfaetory.
It developed in tho discussion be
tween the Clackamas county court
and the highway commission that the
Clackamas county bond issue isn't
working out as its originators sup
posed would be the case. The law re
quires the road districts to prepare
tho grade and base by special levy,
and when these are ready the court
must, with due diligence, proceed to
hard-surface. Many of the districts
now realize that they will not be
able to get the grade and base. In
shape for hard-surfacing for many
years, and there is a growing dissat
isfaction over the provisions of the
bond bill.
Members of the highway commission-suggested
that possibly the peo
ple would be willing to amend the
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Houses Adopt Resolution Praising
Oregon's Plan to Celebrate
Return to Normalcy,
SALT LAKE CITY. March 10.
(Special.) The senate and house of
representatives today voted unanim
ously to lend the moral support of
this state to the proposed world'
exposition to be held in Portland In
1925. A senate concurrent resolu
tion passed both houses under sus
pension of the ruies, today being the
las; day of the state's fourteenth
legislature, and it probably will be
signed by the governor tomorrow.
The resolution is as follows: "Be
It resolved by the governor and the
legislature of the state of Utah, two-
thirds of all the members elected to
each house conourring therein:
"Whereas, it is proposed by the
state of Oregon to hold a world's
exposition in the city of Portland in
the year 1925, which ,is designed to
be a great, demonstration of peaceful
arts, and
"Whereas, this step Is designed to
signalize the return by the world to
the normal enjoyment of peace and
progress, and deserves the commen
dation of the world;
"Now, therefore, be it resolved by
the governor of Utah, the senate and
house of representatives concurring
therein, that the legislature of the
state of Utah indorses and commends
the world's exposition to be held at
Portland, in the state of Oregon, in
the year 1925."
GRECIAN PRINCESS WEDS
Crown Prince Carol of Roumania
Takes Bride in Athens.
LONDON. March 10. The wedding
of Princess Helene of jreece and
Crown Prince Carol of Roumania took
place today in the cathedral In Ath
ena, says a. dispatch to the Central
News.
The cathedral was crowded with
relatives, members of the cabinet, dip
lomatic and civil representatives and
officers of the army and navy.
After the ceremony a salute was
fired by the guns in the fortresses and
church bells were rung. State car
riages conveyed the bride and groom
at . their relatives and guests through
decorated streets to the palace, where
a reception was held.
STATE BOARDS SCORED
Tillamook. Meeting Favors Abol
ishing Commissions.
TILLAMOOK, Or.. March 10. (Spe
cial.) To protest against Increase In
taxation, a large gathering of tax
payers ' met at the courthouse last
night, and the numerous state com
missions and boards came in for se
vere criticism. The meeting went on
record in favor of eliminating them.
A committee, consisting of S. V.
Anderson, William Maxwell. Rollie W.
Watson. F. A. Beltz and D. U. John
son, was appointed to prepare initi
ative petitions to aboliBh all state
commissions and delegate the gov
ernor, tno secretary, or state ana me
state treasurer to administer
the
unds of the commissions.
NDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather,
YESTERDAY'S Hlchest temperature, 61
degrees; loweut, 41.
TODAY'S Occasional rain; northerly
winds.
Foreign.
Modify but kep' league in French request
to unltea outlets, mge x.
Ruhr mine strike hinted as reprisal.
Page -
Red dictators ultl! rule Rufisia. but crip
appears to be weakening. I ago
'attonal.
Hoover declares trade needs old war basis.
Pago 7.
resident Harding and advisers turn their
attention to foreign analrs. i-'age 1.
Panama may force Lnlled olatcs league
policy. Page ft.
Domett ie.
Attorney for Mary rickford files pcond
briet in divorco annulment proceedings.
Pago 3.
Trial of Clara Hamon, charged with mur
der of Jake namon, on millionaire,
opens at Ardmore, Okla. Page 3.
Secretary Hoover advises efficlem-y in In
dustry to return country to normal
basis. Page 4.
New York Central to cut wages of -13,000
employes. Page 11.
ead-huntlng. devll-worsriiping savagei
found In wilds or fccuador. rago 1.
Ballot ordorod on packing tioutc ttrike.
Pase 1.
Utah legislators vote to back fair. Page 1.
racifie Northwest.
Octogenarians of Gladstone. Or., aro mar
ried In Vancouver, Wash. Pago 1.
State school funds totaling tin). 000 avail
able for loans to farmers. Page 1.
Washington legislature adjourns, rage 1.
Sports.
Kendall arranges three Milwaukte bouts.
Page li
Sam Ross, thought lost, arrives at camp
In aiuo. Page 12.
Six high school basketball teams elimi
nated in Salem tournament. Pago 12.
Commercial and Murine.
Hide market fails to recover from recent
declines. Page 21.
Chicago wheat bearlshly affected by In
dustrial situation. Page 21.
Standard rail stocks are under pressure.
Pago 21-
Dcdlcatlon of Alblna ferry slip la re
u nested. Page 20.
Portland and Ticlnity.
Whisky prescription question is raised in
Oregon. Page 13.
Baker heirs form two associations to fight
for fortune estimated at b00.000.00u.
Page 10.
Wild fowl hunting soon to bi restored a
popular sport under federal license.
Pago 11 .
Woman baby-brater denies attempt to
hide. Page 13.
Stale highway commission awards con
tracts aggregating 378,rtil. Page 1.
Executive board Incorporates fair. Fago 10.
Five-mill levy or In.OOOO.onrt bond Issue
needed by schools. Pago 0.
Producers unite In film clr.m-up. Fago 14.
Most savs Hume is afraid to debate ten
4Br kiU. Page S.
Clarke County Wins Use
of Bridge Tolls on Roads.
$85,000 IS SUM ALLOWED
Governor's School Code Is
Defeated in Senate.
ONE VOTE IS LACKING
Probably Most Important Accom
plishment of Session Is Admin
istrative Code Passage.
OLTMPIA. Wash., March 10. (Spe
cial.) The 17th session of the Wash
ington legislature adjourned sine die
tonight. The last of the 60-day ses
sion saw both houses marking time
while conference committees Ironed
out the differences on amended
measures.
The closing hours of the night ses
sion were turned over to entertain
ment and third-house stunts, presen
tation of tokens of appreciation to
presiding officers and employes in
both houses.
Senator McCoy of Clarke county
won on eleventh-hour victory for his
constituency when he obtained a con
ference committee agreement to sen
ate bill 22, b,y which the county com
missioners of Clarke county will be
permitted to use $85,000 of the coun
ty's share of interstate bridge tolls
for paving county roads and the re
mainder to be spent on state primary
highways.
Fight Finally la Won.
McCoy has made a hard fight for
his proposed b'll, and when his bill
was amended In the senate to re
strict tho use of the money to state
highways he carried the fight to the
house, where it was changed to give
the county roads a share in the ex
penditure of the funds.
The senate refused to concur In the
amendment and McCoy kept up his
fight in the- conference committee
until he succeeded In getting JSS.OOO
of the fund for county road purposis.
The senate receded from Its posi
tion in amending house bill 230. in
creasing tho rent Is on state oil and
gas land leases, and the measure was
passed.
Governor Approves Hills.
Fifty-three measures passed at this
session have received tho approval of
the governor. Ot these the civil serv
ice administrative code, consolidating
70 state bureaus and commissions
Into 10 departments, was the most
important.
The proposed school code, prepared
by a special commission appointed bj
the governor, was defeated In the
senate, where it was Introduced, by
lacking one vote of a constitutional
majority.
The school code was probably sec
ond only to the governor's civil co!
In lis far reaching effect and was the
subject of the bitterest battle of the
scssf on.
- "Bine Sky' Dill Important.
The "blue sky" mcasuro providing
for supervision of tho sale of securi
ties in the state was considered by
the legislators as one of the most im
portant bills handled, while election
consolidation and tho amendment of
the divorce laws were placed near
the top of the list In Importance. None
of these measures came through the
session without amendments, but
were eventually passed and their
proponents appeared to bo satisfied
with the results attained.
Senator Talmer's law consolidating
the municipal, port school, waterway
and all other by-elcctlons In Mar
leaving tho state, county and national
elections for November, will, accord
ing to Senator Palmer, satisfy the
demands of voters who had protested
against frequent calls to the polls.
Primary Bill In Killed.
Senator Lambert's bil'. to submit the
repeal of tho whole primary law to
the people in 1922 died in committee.
Nine large appropriation bills were
passed as follow:
General budget, J27,0.r6,l!t; supple
mental budget, 52.0S4.011; deficiency,
$1, 100,000; soldiers' bonus (to be paid
by bond sale), JU.000.000; capitol.
Jl. 194, 731, plus J50.000 for war me
morial; road budget, J12.430.000, for
roads $350,651 from public highway
fund and 4ai,200 from motor vehicle
fund; f-r roads u.idcr way 11,400.000
from permanent highway fund and
for improvements $400,000 from mo
tor vehicle fund. A number ot mis
cellaneous bills carry appropriations
for tho general a.nd trust funds,
nunnllne Tax linponed.
The legislature Imposed a tax of
one cent a gallon on gasoline and
distillate, which it has been estimated
will raise from $500,000 In the last
months of this year. If the act U
approved by tho governor it will go
into effect July 1.
Among tho more general legisla
tion enacted were laws prohibiting
aliens to own or lease lands, the
licensing of realtors and making it
a felony Instead of a misdemeanor to
traffio In narcotics and providing
treatment for drug addicts.
Attendance at the University ot
Washington Is limited to 5000 stu
dents and tuition feen of students
resident in tho state fixed at $15 a
quarters, and $50 a quarter for non
residents in ono bill passed, and
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