The Sunday Oregonian., January 24, 1909, Page 7, Image 7

THE SUNDAY OREUOXIAX. PORTLAND. JANUARY 24. 1909.
TWO WEEKS SPENT
If GETTING READY
Washington House Now Leads
Senate in List of Bills
Introduced.
TWO MEASURES PASSED
Expenses of Session and Increase of
Intent Rate on A.-Y.-P. Bonds
Agreed To by Both Houses.
Freak License Bill Up.
OLTMPIA. Wash.. Jan. ZJ.-tSpecial.)
Two -weeks have been consumed by the
Washlcrton Legislature In rolling up its
leeves and gluing ready for work.
So far the principal work has been in
the organization of the two houses and
In the introduction of bills. Although, the
House was a day or two behind the
S-nate In accepting lis llrst bill it has
causht up with the Senate in point of
numbers and left the upper body behind.
The House tile shows 121 bills, whilo the
Senate contains but OS.
But two bills have passed both houses
that can be considered of Importance.
One is the legislative appropriation bill.
which provides for an expenditure of Ss;
W for salaries and expenses of the elev
enth session. The other Is the bill that
Increase the rate and guarantees the in
terest on of A.-V.-P. imposition
warrants, making it possible to use them
to pay for the construction of state build
ings now under way at the expostlion.
Other bills passed are smallretef meas
ures to repay money turned into the
treasury by mistake, and another small
bill that has teen approved In both houses
prescribes the form of seal to be used
by the Insurance Commissioner.
Railroad Committees Busy.
Only a few of committees have yet
begun serious work. The railroad com
ro'ttev are the most active. They have
held two Joint sessions, at one of which
mem be rs of the Railroad Commission
were heard from as to needed changes
in the commission law and at the otiier
Track Inspector A. W. I'erley outlined
the. work he has accomplished and made
a few recommendations for changes in
the law.
The Joint committee will probably sub
mit it bill containing apreed-upon amend
ments to tins Railroad Commission law.
The Senate committee on the Governor's
mess.ige has had several mee-tings, at
which the recommendations were gone
over, but it Is not yet ready to report. It
Is acknowledge that the committee will
not favor some of the Governor's recom
mendations. T.ie. appropriations committees have
mad? some investigations Into the needs
of the state departments and tlte road
committees have lieard from the Hifth
iy Commissioner and gone over to
3atters bi"nniU report.
With the exception of the meetings of
the two public morals committees, the
committee work has boon largely pre
liminary, although some committees have
reported on minor bills, and the Senate
harbors committee has favorably reported
the H.OjO.WO harbor bill.
Morals Committee Divided.
The Senate public morals committee has
discussed the Anti-Saloon League local
option bill, 'but has not discussed It by
sections. It is known the committee is
almost hopelessly divided and three re
ports are expected.
The House public morals committee Is
controlled by- the advocates of a stringent
local option bill, standing five to four.
This committee has passed on the AnU
Baloon League or Mc. Masters' bill and the
measure will come to the House Monday
with two reports, the majority favoring
Ita passage without change and the mi
nority recommending Its reference to the
Judiciary committee.
The first real fireworks In either body
on local option will probably be witnessed
early In the week, with results difficult
to forecast.
While in the Senate the local option
4rue Is so far uncomplicated by the in
troduction of similar measures, the same
cannot be suld of the House.
Palmer, of Kinir. has two local option
Ulla. or of which provides for voting on
the saloon question at each general elec
tion outside of Incorporated cities. The
other provide for precinct elections out
aide of first, second and third-class cities
on petition of 40 per cent of the qualified
lectors.
Mould Incense Drinkers.
The Senate, however, will have a
novelty in a substitute bill. If
Whitney of Spokane, carries out
his intentions. Senator Whitney has
In mind the introduction of a biil
tl'at will require every person who drinks
to take out a license, but will permit the
sal of intoxicating liquors w-iihout li
cense. His plan la to have the County
Auditors Issue licenses to drinkers at
about 13 each, make drunkenness ground
for suspension or forfeiture of license and
Impose severe penalties on dealers selling
liquor to unlicensed persons. The maxi
mum penalty for continued oltenses of
the latter cliaxacter Is to be imprison
ment in the penitentiary. The license
proposed is to carry a photograph and
description of the person to whom Jt is
Is tied.
In addition to the anticipated local op
tion fisht in Che House and the probabil
ity of a local option caucus in the Senate
interest will e aroused here next week
by the inauguration of Governor-elect
Cosgrove. The citizen of Olympia will
give their biennial legislative ball Tues
day evening. Friday will be memorial
day and the houses will meet in joint ses
sion to pay tribute to members who have
died since the last session.
BUYS TELEPHONE SYSTEM
V. W. Cannon t-ecure Business at
soulli Bend.
SOUTH FEND. Wash.. Jan. 33.
(Special.) W. W. Cannon, of Cen
tralla. has purchased the telephone
business of this city, and will take
possession February 1. He has applied
for a franchise for Raymond, which
city is without an exchange, and de
pendent on this city, and the appli
cation has passed first reading; in the
Raymond Council.
Mr. Cannon, several years ftfto, was
lessee of the electric light, and water
systems of this city. He will take up
his residence here and promises to
Improve tha service.
PROVIDE STOCK PRIVILEGES
Hedges BiI1 Authorizes One Com
pany to Hold Stock in Another.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Jan. 23
Special.) Senator Hedges' Senate bill
7. authorizing one corporation to own
tha suiclt ot notaer, i similar to bills
which have appeared In several Legisla
tures in recent years, but which have
been defeated for one reason or another,
chiefly because it was feared that such
a measure would permit the organization
of trusts. The bill contains but one sec
tion and Is as follows:
"That any corporation heretofore, or
hereafter organized, under the laws of
this state, or or any otner siaie or urn
tory of the United States, and doing
business in this state, shall have power
and authority to subscribe for. acquire
k.. . . . t. -n .... and to own.
hold. sell, asslan and transfer shares of
the capital stock of any other corpora
tion, and by its duly authorized officer,
r,-rtv- in vote such shares at any,
and all. stockholders' meetings of the
corporation whose shares are so held, ana
to have, and exercise, all the rights,
powers, and privileges, of any other
stockholder, except that such corporate
owner cannot be a member of the board
of directors. All existing holdings by any
such corporation In the shares of the
capital stock of any other corporation
are hereby validated."
PUNS BOOSTING BOOKLET
SECRETARY BEX SOX SAYS THAT
PA M PH I.KT IS XrXDED.
Would Have State Issue Small Cir
cular of Authentic Informa
tion on Counties.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Jan. 2S.
(Special.) Secretary of State F. W. Ben
son has asked the Legislature to arrange
for the publication of a Fmall pamphlet
on the resources of Oregon, giving au
thentic Information regarding all portions
of the stite. which pamphlet may be
mailed to people in the Bast who write
for Information. At present there is no
public document which the state officers
can send in answer to such Inquiries. The
secretary's Idea is that the pamphlet
should contain Information furnished by
the several counties, edited to see-that
it is correct, and that each county bo
assigned the same amount of spaee in
the pamphlet. The preparation of the
matter for the pamphlet would cost the
state nothing, and the only expense
would be printing the pamphlets and
mailing them.
In his biennial report Mr. Benson says:
'During the biennial period covered by
this report, a great many requests have
been received from persons living In
e-ery state and territory for copies of
offirlal publications pertaining to the
resources, industries, opportunities, etc.,
of the state, mostly from those expres
sing a desire to locate or Invest therein,
but as the publication of any pamphlets
pertaining to such puhjects has not here
tofore been authorized by legislative en
actments, the department has referred
such requests to the Chamber of Com
merce at Portland, or other local com
mercial bodies, where the Information
desired Is concerning some particular
locality. v
"The number of such requests is In
creasing all the time, which would tend
to indicate that the people of other states
are. awake to the advantages offered by
settling in Oregon, and provision should
therefore be made from the public funds
to lend all possible encouragement to
prospective settlers. Practically all the
Western states provide for the publica
tion of statistical matter pertaining to
such subjects, and the State of Oregon
should not lack the proper amount of in
terest therein In order to encourage im
migration to within Us borders.
"An authorized publication . of the
character would give credence to the
statements contained therein, and pos
sibly the results which it would accom
plish will be greater than those of an
unauthorized publication."
SCHOOL TO ISSUE ANNUAL
Vancouver nigh School Students
Plan Initial Publication.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Jan. 23.-(Spe-cial.)
The senior class of the Vancouver
High School has arranged to publish an
annual, the first annual ever published
by any class in the schools here. The
following are the editors of the new pub
lication: Fred Bennett, editor-in-chief ;
Jerry Rlordan, managing editor; Thresa
Hllstrom. literary editor; Inez Minkler,
debate and -oratory; Floyd Klngen, sport
ing editor: Lillie Sugg, society editor:
Carn Bonton. wit and humor; Roy
Knight, artist.
Light Company Elects Officers.
CHEHALIS, Wash.. Jan. 23. (Spe
cial.) The stockholders of the Twin
City Light & Power Company, which,
proposes to build streetcar lines In
Chehalls and Centra 11a, and an lnter
urban connecting the two cities, met
here yesterday and elected their offi
cers, as follows: W. J. Patterson, of
Baker City. Or., president; A. Welch,
of Portland. Or., vice-president and
general manager: K. W. Hall, of Port
land. Or., secretarv and treasurer: W.
J. Patterson. A. Welch, E. W. Hall, E.
V. Hardy, of Portland: Theo. Hoss, of
Centralia. and II. C. Coffman, of Che-:
halis, directors.
Ejectment Order Issued.
SALEM. Or.. Jan. 23. (Special.)
Without precedent In this county Is an
execution to place a woman in posses
sion of property growing out of eject
ment proceedings where Margaret St.
Martins, woman of Indian and French
extraction, sued for ejectment of H.
Sagsvold from property near here. She
won her suit and the Sheriff was called
on to make the ejectment good. An
execution was Issued, and never be
fore has an execution of this kind been
Issued from a local court.
IVrry to Be Launched Thursday.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Jan. 23. (Spe
cial.) The new ferry to ply across the
Columbia between Vancouver and Hay
den Island, and which is being built
at the St. John shipyards, will be
ready for launching Thursday. Jan
uary IS. A movement is on foot here
to have a formal christening of the new
boat which it Is understood will be
named the "F. I. Fuller." in honor of
the vice-president of the Portland Rail
way, Light 4 Power Company.
Montter Vegetables Produced.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Jan. 23. (Spe
cial.) W. D. Miller, of Minnehaha, has
raised a mangel that weighs 18 pounds;
a turnip that weighs 10 pounds; a pars
nip weighing four pounds, and a carrot
weighing llJi pounds. Mr. Miller's
ranch Is about five miles from Vancouver,
on the upland.
School Leagne Plans Exhibit.
VANCOUVER. Wash., Jan. 23 Spe
cial.) Students of the Vancouver High
School will organize a society to be known
as the High School Students' Progressive
League of Vancouver. The League pro
pose to make a school exiuolt at the
Alaska-Tukon-Paclfic Kxoosltlon.
HOLD ABOLISH
BOARD CONTROL
Senator Hutchinson Condemns
Washington Men Who Man
age Asylums.
DOOM GRAIN BOARD, TOO
Session to Resume at 1 1 A. M.
STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or., Jan.
23. (Special.) It was stated yester
day taut -the Senate adjourned until 2
P. M. Monday. This was an error, for
adjournment was taken until 11 A. il.
Solons at Olympia Hear of Many
Alleged Defects in Present
Sjstcni of Running State
Business.
OLTMFIA. Wash.. Jan. 23. (Special.)
A movement started weeks ago in
Spokane to bring about the abolishment
of the State board of Control as a result
of alleged defects found In the construc
tion of a building at the Eastern Wash
Ington Hospital for the Insane, has been
revived by Senator R. A. Hutchinson, of
Spokane.
Senator Hutchinson today denied a re
port that he had been pulled off hi at
tack on the Board of Control oy the ad
ministration, and exhibited a bill which
he says he will Introduce in the Senate
Monday.
Tho bill repeals the Board of Control
act. tinder which a board of three mem
bers appointed by the Governor manages
all the stnte charitable, penal and re
formatory institutions and supervises at'
counts and construction of buildin&s at
the educational Institutions.
The Hutchinson bill proposes to put
each institution under the control of a
separate board of trustees, to be ap
pointed by the Governor, and who will
receive no salary, but who will bo paid
actual expenses. Tho local boards will
have the selection of heads of institutions
and the fixing of their salaries within
specified maximum limits. Tho Stato
Capitol is to be managed by the Gov
ernor. Secretary of Stato and Auditor.
Mr. Hutchinson is prepared with
flashlight photographs showing the al
leged defects In the ward buildings at
Medical Lake, and also a statement
signed by six prominent Spokane huHd
ing contractors declaring the huilrtlnir
unsafe. Senator Hutchinson condemns
the board for mismanagement also,
because the building, which cost $",
0n was not put In use until 30 months
after Its completion.
II" has photographs to show that
the two upper floors of the building nre
now put to no other purpose than the
drying of onions raised on the asylum
farm. It Is claimed the basement I." a
mud-hole drained by a ditch, that the
foundations are defective, and the ce
ment floors sagging.
Abolish Grain Commission.
The abolishment of the Stato Grain
Commission Is also now proposed by
Senator Cox. of Walla Walla. Senator
Oox claims that under the present man
agement the wheat shippers are short
weighted at the warehouses without
chance for redress. It Is claimed that
warehouse employes are sworn In as
deputies, and that nearly every car of
wheat is reported under the weight
claimed by the shipper.
Cox will present a bill abolishing the
State Grain Commission and putting
the grain Inspection under the control
of the Railway Commission, the com
mission to name the grain inspector.
who is now appointed by the Governor.
It Is also planned in the bill to give
the commission supervision over all
grain warehouses, so that abuses may
be corrected. The laws of some of the
Eastern states which have warehouse
commissions will be adopted in the
proposed Washington statute.
RATES UNJUST IS PLAINT
CnEH.ilI9 CITIZENS' CLUB TO
MAKE rXITED PROTEST.
Xortlierii Pacific Accused of Dis
crimination Against Inland
Points In Freight Rates.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Jan. 23. (Special.)
Dan W. Bush, president of the Citi
zens' Club, of this city, has called a
meeting of the shippers of the principal
Inland towns of Southwestern Washing
ton, to be held In Chehalls next Friday
afternoon. January 3, to consider the
matter of the increase of local railroad
rates which was Imposed on the people
of this section of the state by the North
ern Pacific a few months ago. The ad
vance was explained on the ground that
other points that had water competition
were entitled to lower rates. The claim
Is now made that dealers in the cities
of Puget Sound, on Gray's Harbor, and
Willapa Harbor can buy Oregon prod
ucts in that state and ship them across
the western part of Washington at a less
cost for freight than can local producers
In Southwestern Washington.
It is proposed to get ine shippers to
gether, have them organize and see if
the State Railroad Commission can re
lieve the situation.
In a recent letter to the Chehalls Citi
zens' Club, the State Railroad Commis
sion announced that It proposes to draft
a complaint, alleging the reasonableness
of ail rates In effect within the state,
and then proceed to a hearing, at which
time testimony will be taken and an or
der Issued indicating what rates are
reasonable.
INSANE MAN ATTACKS GIRL
A'lctim Almost Squeezed to Death
Before Rescued From Assailant. '
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Jan. 23. (Spe
cial.) John R. Hendrickson, a Finn,
aged 31 years, was this afternoon ad
Judged insane and committed to the
State Asylum at Steilacoom.
Hendricksen has been working In the
logging camps at Tacolt for several
years, and saved up $700. He gave
away his money freely and now has
nothing left. A few nlshts ago at the
house of H. Joensue, near Hocklnson,
he became frenzied and attacked a
little girl in the house. Before she
could be rescued lie had almost
squeezed her to death. Hendrickson
was tied with a rope and the Sheriff
was sent for. He is now in the county
Jail under close guard.
WATER INCREASES FLAMES
Hubbard Youth Has Narrow Escape
Pouring Gasoline Into Stove.
HUBBARD, Or., Jan. 2i (SpecaalJ
What came very near being a destructive
fire dun to tho addition of gasoline to
the stove fire, occurred at .the farm
residence of J. L. McKinney, one mile
northeast of here. His parents being
absent, Louis Mclvinney. 15 years old,
sought to surprise them with a nice,
warm kitchen fire, and also to hasten
dinner.. The fire did not respond to his
satisfaction, and, having had some ex
perience wtlh gasoline in making an en
gine g. he reached for a quart bottle
of the liquid explosive and administered
it through the open top of the stove.
Tho stove, being open, did not explode,
but the bottle did. filling the kitchen
with fire and the boy with excitement.
A few buckets of water dashed upon the
sputtering flames that filled the room
helped only to Increase its scope. The
plucky boy. however, had presence of
mind enough to remember that there was
a fire extinguisher in the house, and
with this he managed to get the fire
under control.
BAILEY'S BILL HITS SUE
ClIARTEIt BLOCKS WAV FOR
PUBLIC PLAYGROUND TAX.
Proposed Measure Chances Corpo
rate Power of City of Port
land, It Is Learned.
STATE CAPITOL, Sajem, Jan. 23.
(Special.) Senator Bailey's bill to cre
ate a public playgrounds board In Port
land is likely to run against a constitu
tional obstruction. While it does not
expressly purport to amend the charter
of the City of Portland, it creates a
board with power to levy a tax in
Portland and to purchase and manage
property and public institutions, which
7roperty is to be owned by tho City of
Portland.
In efTect. the bill gives the City , of
Portland powers It does not already
possess, or changes its corporate pow
ers. Apparently it would be an amend
ment to the city charter by implica
tion, or the creation of some new mu
nicipal corporation. If this is its char
acter, it would seemingly bd in viola
tion of that section of the constitution
relating to the creation of corporations,
wherein it is declared that "corpora
tions may bo formed under general
laws, but shall not be created by the
legislative Assembly by special laws.
The Legislative- Assembly shall not
enact, amend or repeal any charter or
act of incorporation for any munici
pality, city or town. The legal voters
of every city and town are hereby
granted power to enact and amend
their municipal charter, subject to the
constitution and the criminal laws of
the state."
The bill creates a board composed
of the Mayor. Judge of the Juvenllo
Court.' City Superintendent of Schools,
president of the Multnomah Club and
the librarian of the" public library. The
board is to have a secretary at a salary
of not to exceed $100 per month. The
board may levy a tax of not to exceed
Vi mill for the first five years, and
mill thereafter, upon all taxable prop
erty in Portland. The board is to have
charge of all public playgrounds and
gymnasiums.
FORGER ADMITS HIS GUILT
J. B. DnlzicI Bungles in Attempt to
Get Ready Money in Albany.
ALBANY, Or.. Jan. 23 (Special) A
young man giving the name of James
B. Dalziel. but whose real name is said
to be Hoffman and whose home is at
Vancouver, B. C is now In the county
Jail here awaiting action of the grand
Jury on a charge of forgery. He con
fessed his guilt when arraigned before
Recorder Redfield.
He visited tho Albany Planing Mill
last evening and bought a bill of lum
ber amounting to $69.40 and tendered
In payment a check for $S7.90. which
purported to be signed by W P. Mor
ris, a local blacksmith. C. W. Scars,
proprietor of the mill, was unable to
make change so gave Dalzlel a check
on the First 'National Bank for $18.50.
Dalzicl wen to different business
houses in an effort to 'cash the bona
fide check, but being a stranger, he
encountered difficulty and in the mean-
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Of Our Great Discount Sale of
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SUITS, RAINCOATS
and OVERCOATS
$35 Values now $27.50
$30 Values now $22.50
$25 Values now $18.75
$20 Values now $15.00
Big Reductions, Smoking; Jackets
Trouser and Fancy Vests
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311 MORRISON STREET, OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE
time Sears became suspicious and
caused his arrest.
Tax Case Must Be Trird.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Jan. 23 Lewis
County won the first round In the con
test with the timber men and mill-
owners in the matter of the payment of
their 1907 taxes on the increased valua
tions. The demurrer of the timber
men to the. complaint has been over
ruled by Superior Judge Kice, and the
case must go to trial. There are five
companies that are interested in the
matter, suits having: been started by
all of them to prevent collection of the
tax. which, it is alleged, was unjustly
levied.
At a-servlc, of thankxtlvlni for the har
vest of tho a at Fort Isaac Church. Corn
wall, the walls from end to end were draped
with flKhtnit nets, while lobter pnts nd
packing barrels rtciipie! the window spurc
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