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AUTO LEGISLATION
CAUSES CONCERN
Association Seeks to Regu
late Highway Laws
in New York.
RADICAL CHANGES URGED
Regulations Framed and Forwarded
to Governor Plx Asking That
Tenure of Office or State Koad
Officials Be Lengthened.
NEW YORK. Jan. IL SpeclaL Anto-
moblUts of the who! country watch
with much concern the progress of leirV-
latlon tn New York state aa It relates
to motor vehicle and highway laws, for
Isnrarlably those statutes serve as models
for adoption In other commonwealths
Particularly has this been the rase with
the fsw York hlichway law. umler which
roore money Is twin expended than in
all the other Eastern and Mld11e states
combined. The recent susr-res'tons that
radical changes be made brought about
the adoption of the following preamble
and resolution by the executive com
mittee of the American Automobile As
sociation, at its monthly (virion held ye
t terday at the National headquarters. 437
Flf'h .svenue:
"Whereas, ths American Automobile
Association, having for one of It mafn
objects the construction and maintenance
of properly developed systems of good
roadf. and such association having suc
cessfully worked for years In securing
comprehensive stats laws, liberal appro
priations to make such laws effective,
and the appointment of competent high
way officials, has found that the bei-t
results have been obtained by entrusting
'the control of hlRhwsy affair, to ap
pointive officials who hsve long terms
of office, thus assuring continuity in pol
icy and retention In office of experienced
men . -Short
Terms Are Detriment.
"Whereas, the policy of placing high
way contraction and maintenance In the
hands of short-term elective officials has
resulted In frequent c ban - of policy, a
repetition of mistakes of former offi
cials, and has by reason of rhort tenure
of Office not attracted capable Highway
engineers; and. in short, haa been found
by good roads advocates everywhere to
be undesirable: Therefore, be It
"Resolved, that the American Automo
bile Association urge John A. Dlx. Gov
ernor of the Slate of New York, to op
pose the movement to transfer the work
of construction and maintenance of good
roads tn New York Piste to the office of
Ptate Engineer and Surveyor; and be it
farther
Resolved, that a copy of theee reeolu
ttlona be sent to John A. Dlx."
Robert F. Hooper presided, and the
others present were: J. P. Coghlin. Mas
sachusetts; F. G. Webb, New York; C.
N. Robinson. Connecticut; John Bancroft.
relaware: David Beecroft. Illinois; J. N.
Brooke, Connecticut ; C. H. Olllette, Con
nectlcut; J. H- Edward Illinois; H. M.
Rove. Maryland; 31 A. iIUee: C. R. Doe.
Rhode Island; F. E. iil wards. New Jer
sey; A- B. Lerche. Massachusetts; also
A. G. Batcheldor. chairman executive
Committee: CfcarW. Thaddeus Terry,
rhalrman legislative board: . Howard
Longstreth. chairman touring Informa
tion board; Oeorsre C Diehl. chairman
good roatta board; S. M. Butler, chair
man contest board.
Association la Crowing.
The reports of the chairmen of the
various boards indicated that the general
work of the association waa progressing
vigorously in vartous parts of the coun
try. Chairman Charleo Thaddeus Terry,
of the legislative board, suggested a plan
whereby Americans might secure the In
ternational Plate of Identity for touring
abroad. Chairman Dlehl. of the good
roads board, reported that matters were
progressing satlef actorlly In relation to
the next National Good Roads Conven
tion in which tb anoclatlon will be In
volved. Chairman JJongstreth. of the
louring Information board, made clear
that the enlarged activities of this
branch of the work will exceed anything
ever before accomplished In this direc
tion. Chairman Butler explained the sit
uation In regard to a National endur
ance tour, and the entire aubject was left
to the decision of the contest board.
The growth of the asewiatlon having
made it necessary. It was voted that tha
board of directora be Increased another
hundred, while trie executive committee
Itself waa Increased to 33 members.
The present membership ol the Ameri
can Automobile AtwocUtion Is over 36.
and It la predicted that the number
will be In excess of to, within the next
3D days, because of applications which
are In Immediate sight.
The next meeting of the board of di
rectors win take place at Chicago,
Thursday. February X during the Na
tional Automobile Show In that city.
nOlGUMS IX GAME DKNIKD
Philomath. Ascribes Many l'oula to
Incxpe-ri'nce of riajrera.
PHILOMATH. Or.. Jan. IS. To the
Sporting Editor.) In an article dated
at Chemawa. January SI. In The Ore
gontan. the statement la made that two
games were played in the Willamette
Valley League: that Philomath College
won from Pacific University and lost
to McMlnavllle: that both games were
reported rough-and-tumble affairs In
which the Philomath Giants were the
aggressor. The truth of the matter Is
tbat the Giants were imposed upon in
both games, yet they participated In
BO unnecessary roughness.
The officials In the Pacific University
gams mlsoed at least a doxen fouls for
tackling and shoving when Philomath
attempted to sjtoot field goals. Ths
Pacific team la a gentlemanly but.cn.
but the members are unfamiliar with
the game. They told the Oiants that
the gaiue waa rough but reported a
royal "rouithhouse" at Eugene, when
they met the Oregon team the next
sight.
In the McMlnnvllle game. Professor
Tlegan. one of the best men that ever
refereed a basketball game, called foals
on Thornton which he never had any
Intention of committing at ail. and
would not have been called such by
most referees. On the other hand, the
mania were repeatedly fouled for car
rvlng the ball out of bounds when the
lIcMlnnvllle men were shoving them
out. M
Many men have been put out of tha
came for unneceasary roughness, who
Indulged In no worse practices than
j-ettit. the McMlnnvllle guard.
Ihe Philomath team, however, had no
except f"r losing the game except bad
luck. But the Giants. It Is reported,
were the aggressors and the President
of the League has Issued Instructions
to the ofnctala to put the "kibosh" on
roagh playing.
Now it might be well to expose the
working of the league to some extent.
The pr.sldent and secretary are the
commutes on official. It Is the duty
of this committee to appoint the ref
erees and notify both teams four days
before the date of the game who tha
referee shall be. This rule haa not been
complied with once this season. Yet we
have made no kick.
I am well satisfied that J- D. Taylor
and Claud Shaw, managera of tha Pa
cifio University and Dalles College
teams, respectively, will testify to tha
fact that the Philomath bunch are not
"chronlo rough-necks." professor Regan
will also bear out this testimony. Philo
math has not yet been Informed by tha
officials of the league to "cut out" tha
roughing. It la only a poor team that
will use cough play and the Philomath
bunch Is one of tha best In the state.
C A. ARPKE.
Manager Philomath College Basket
ball Team.
sciiAcirr cars snr,L fast
Agents Invite Prwpecthre Buyers to
HaTe Mechanic Examine Motor.
A feature that has caused many sales
of Pchacht care by local agents is their
Invitation to prospective purchasers to
have a mechanic Investigate merits of
the Schacht car.
Brown A Carruthers, who came from
Minneapolis a few months ago to es.
tabllsh an agency for the Bchacht car.
are well pleased with their business
venture In Portland. From the time of
opening an office here the firm has ex
perienced difficulty in keeping suffi
cient cars In stock, so great has been
the demand.
Last Ttiesdsy a new shipment was re-
SPORTSMEN PLEAD
FOR LEGISLATION
Change in Open Season for
Salmon in Willamette
River Urged.
CLUBS ARE INTERESTED
Need of Having- Separate Opening
of Season for Two KlTers I
Pointed Out by Members of
Flycastlng Club.
While the original bill drawn, which
would limit the fishing for salmon at
Oregon City within certain preclncta.
waa killed in the Btate Legislature re-
appears in the Columbia makes very
evident the justice and necessity of an
earlier open season for net fishing
In the former river. This can be very
easily demonstrated and verified by any
one who will take the ' trouble person
ally to Inform himself of the actunl
time of appearance of and conditions
existing in these two rivers during their
respective flood times. As a rule, the
back waters from the flooding Colum
bia puts an end to the run of salmon
in the 'Willamette, about May 15. All
the remainder of the early run and those
that later enter the Columbia do not
enter the 'Willamette at all but, in -accordance
with their well-known in
stinct, pursue their course up the
atronger current of the Columbia.
"Therefore, aa long as commercial
fishing is permitted in these two rivers,
it cannot be other than clearly evi
dent to the person who investigates the
actual existing conditions, from a fair
and unbiased standpoint that an ear
lier season for net fishing in the Wil
lamette than in the Columbia is but
Just and right.
"There Is good net fishing in the Wil
lamette from April 1 until May 10,
to May 15. when vtiie bac!i vrater from
the Columbia vputs an end to it. No
strong currents are left from the mouth
of the Willamette to the falls at Ore
gon City except the tall races from
Hawley's mills and from the power
house plant and adjoining paper mills.
The remafning salmon of this spring
run of Chlnooka fight these two strong
currents uselessly until, bruised, dis
colored and exhausted, they drop back
Into the dead pools below the falls,
which are at this time almost obllter-
a very large following, the Audubon So
j ciety, a well-known organisation, and
' a large number of sympathisers among
the rank and file of sportsmen through
out the state. All that Is asked for
from the commercial .fishing interests
is fair and reasonable, as the majority
of them are frank to admit."
Wyoming Town Expends Fast.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S- Population
statistics of the 13th census issued to
day include:
Prescott, Arts. B'0nJ
Rock Sprlnir, Wyo 6.118
Bherldan. Wyo 8.408
3,059
4.38T
1.6S9
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LOADED WHITE TRUCK, MIJTJrER IJT RELIABILITY RUN.
celved. which Included several models.
One which attracts considerable atten
tion Is the model A-A touring car.
While built to carry five passengers
the tonneau Is roomy enough for two
more. The steel body, beautifully fin
ished In any color, with its long, grace
ful and pleasing lines and large square
doors, catches the eye and captivates
at first sight.
Every gear Is made of the finest steel
and perfectly cut, overcoming noise
and wear. For the price asked this car
appears to bo the best of the matter
builder's art.
LONDON PUGS' MECCA
PUGILISTS GATTTER FROM ALL
PAKTS OF WORLD.
Boom In Boxing Largely Due to
Work of Hugh Mackintosh, the
Australian Promoter.
LONDON. Jan. 3. London haa become
the Mecca of half the big fighting men
of the world. From Australia and Amer
ica those with their fists have made the
Journey to this country so as to en
gage in what Is likely to prove one of
the biggest tournaments that England
ha yet known.
The boom In boxing has not been ex
aggerated, and If evidence Is required
of this a visit any afternoon or evening
to one of the many halls which cater to
the enthusiast will supply more than suf
ficient proof.
The boom Is n large part due to Hugh
X. Mackintosh, the Australian promoter,
who in partnership with Jimmy Brltt.
the ex-American champion, has already
put forward a series of contests which
are In thvmselvrsi Indicative of the fare
to follow. In London alone It Is esti
mated that there are nearly 10.M) men
who are either d'rectly or Indirectly
making a living out of the boxing game.
The majority of the South London mus
ic halls run matinees once or twice a
week, while at the Ring. King's hall,
and Wonderland hnge programmes are
arranged at least a couple of times a
week. In no Instance are the prices
small, yet It Is a remarkable fact that
on almost every occasion the places are
quite filled.
For the coming battle, however, some
thing will be attempted which will be
In the nature 'of a new introduction to
Endand. The Americans will bring with
them their own managers and sparring
partners, and K is the Intention to estab
lish a number of training camps which
will be conducted on lines similar to that
which became a feature of the prelimi
naries at Reno.
Small chargea will be made for ad
mission. In the- afternoon the boxers
will go through a performance with
their partners, while each day bulletins
will be Issued giving the weights of the
men and all the necessary details. Peo
ple In general will be given an excellent
Idea how present-day boxers get Into
shape for their big Merits.
That much money is at present being
made may be taken for granted, but
there are two sides, for. as is usual, the
number of small fry greatly outnumber
those who have made reputations.
In the smaller halls the participants
In the minor bouts are engaged, for a
few ahllllngs. snd sa a rule they are
much more battered than the men In
the fights for the big purse. The anx
iety of these youngsters to win sup
piles an almost pathetic side, for them
as much as to the big men a defeat is
of consequence.
Klamath High Semester Ends.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Jan. IS.
(Special.) The Klamath County High
School completed the first semester
Thursday and school was adjourned un
til Monday to give the faculty time to
check up on the students and make the
promotions which have been earned.
The Klamath County High School has
never been in such a flourishing con
dition as It if today. Professor W. E.
Faught. who Is at the head. Is ably as
sisted by a proficient corps of Instruct
ors. More than 109 students are enrolled.
cently. the proposed legislation has not
been dropped, and petitions signed by
prominent business men and sportsmen
of Portland and Oregon City are to be
sent to the Legislature with the re
quest that the bill recommended by the
Portland Flycastlng Club be adopted.
The objecta of this bill are set forth
In the following article prepared by
Dr. W. M. Campbell and the members
of the Portland Flycastlng Club:
"The sportsmen strongly favor and
recognize the Justice, right and neces
sity of an earlier open season for com
mercial fishing on the Willamette than
on the Columbia. An open season be
ginning April 1 would be fairer treat
ment to the Willamette fishermen than
the existing date. April 15.
"They stand ready to assist and give
their active support to any legislation
which will tend to improve and perpetu
ate the run of salmon In the Willamette
River and Its tributaries.
"They will gladly co-operate with tho
commercial fishermen for the enforce
ment of the already existing laws which
specifically prohibit tho pollution of the
waters or the erecting of dams or
other obstructions without the provision
of proper and adequate flshways. in the
streams and rivers frequented by mi
gratory fleh.
'The original terms of this amended
bill fixed the limits, at which fish might
be taken with nets or gear below the
flshways. at the suspension bridge at
Oregon City. After repeated confer
ences with many of the commercial
fishermen, the great majority of them
have expressed themselves as willing
to accept as a compromise an exten
sion of this limit, South to a point oppo
site the O. W. R. ft N. dock at Oregon
City, which will Include the strong cur
rent coming from the tall race of Haw
ley's paper mills, which Is constant and
of sufficient force to drift their nets
perfectly.
"The number of salmon to be taken,
with hook and line, in any one day
by any one person, is strictly limited
to five. Violation of this law will be
punishable by fine and revocation of
the offender's angler's license for the
remainder of the season. The major
ity of sportsmen who enjoy this Spring
sport at the falls 'consider themselves
lucky If they land even two of these
gamey fish In any one day. Indeed, this
Is as many as most of us take during
the entire season. There are three or
four alleged sportsmen who are In the
habit of selling their catches. It is
particularly to discourage this practice
that a strict limit has been placed on
the catch. These few fish dally and all
day, and have been so diligent In their
attention to their small Industry, that
they become a bone of contention be
tween the net men and anglers, hence
the limit.
"The fact that salmon cease to enter
the Willamette as soon as high water
ated as the result of the. head boards
being placed on the dam above to divert
the water into the various mill and
power races. The remaining fish are
unable to get through the existing fish
way because of Insufficient water. Those
still fighting the tall race of the power
house continue to lead into it until
utterly exhausted.
FUhway Could Be Corrected.
If the existing inadequacy of the pres
ent flshway were corrected and a com
municating fishway were constructed,
leading from the lower end of the tail
race of the powerhouse, these entrapped
fleh could easily get to the river above,
or the Master Fish Warden could be
given authority to net and place them
In the river above the dam. This
could be readily accomplished, and the
fish would reach their spawning beds
or the hatcheries on the McKenzie in
stead of supplying a cheap market. A
very few of the commercial fishermen
object to the relinquishment of their
privilege of netting out these worthless
and, from a standpoint of public health,
unmarketable salmon from the pools just
below the falls and In the powerhouse
mill race, arguing that inasmuch as
these hopelessly trapped salmon can
not get to the river above, they might
as well be permitted to net and market
them. They admit, although they sell
these old bruised and exhausted ' sal
mon at seven cents a pound, they would
hesitate to eat them themselves.
"Such commercial greed and selfish
ness had the effect of closing the Rogue
River to gear and net fishing of ail
kinds, all pleas of the sportsmen and
farmers, whose interests were mutual,
being ignored. Suggestions that larger
meshed nets be adopted were rejected
by the cannerymen, until eventually the
sportsmen, their patience -utterly ex
hausted by repeated rebuffs at the hands
of the commercial fishermen of the
Rogue, appealed to the people of Ore
gon and the commercial fishing interests
were turned out of the river entirely.
While no contention is made that this
was wholly just, it is contended that
the sportsmen, and the people of Ore
got., who gave this initiative and refer
endum measure their support, clearly
demonstrated to solfish commercialism
that greed may be pushed to a very un
happy and disastrous termination. Last
year there were issued to sportsmen of
Oregon 8000 angling and 6000 shooting
licenses. These licenses represent prob
ably 10,000 votes. This is something in
the way of 'food for thought.' for many
of our embryonic but ambitious states
men. "This bill affecting the fishing at Or
egon City haa the very earnest and ac
tive support of the Portland Flycastlng
Club, which Includes among its mem
bers men most prominent In finance,
commercial and professional life, the
Oregon Fish and Game Association", with
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