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THE SUNDAY OREGOXTATC. PORTLAND, TEBRTTARY if. Itfl3. -TT- : -- "''"'"""""""""""""""'"""'""'" . I GOOD ROADS BILLS AROUSE INTEREST AUSTRALIAN MAILS SAT M'VXY WAS HANDED DECISION OVEE. LANGFORD ON SILVER PLATTER. Seven of Measures Initiative, Eighth Is Amendment to Constitution. -MORE ABOUT THE- MIGHTY MICH TEXTS ARE GIVEN IN FULL an as as -...... . -. . - - - r 1 TropcMMd Enactment Create High way Pepartmf nl With Urad Paid S&OAO Annas. ty and Vamrd by GorrrnorHoKC Kund Plan. Bru- of th tte-wid InterMt In th food roada bllla which wra prpar4 by a commlilon appointed hy Governor st and which will be uhmltted to th 1ctor of tho atata undr th InltfatUa In th a:nrl tnn nt November, The Oreironlan fA.imy prints herewith tho txt of th rich, measure. Of the eight measures, seTen are InltlaMre bills and one Is a constitutional amendment. Briefly summarised the provisions of th seren Inltlstlve measures follow: Creates a 5tate Iftchwsy Depart ment, provides for the eppolntmenl by the Governor of a State Hlajhwsy Com mtsstoner at liOO per annum and ap propriates IIS.000 to defray the ex pense of th department: : creates a htste lliahwav fund snd prescribes a method for Us distribution amons; the several counties; 3) prescrlba method of procedure by which- any rountr nisy secure the services of the Stete Hiahway Commissioner In bulld Inc permanent roads; M provides for the Issuance by the state of JO-year S per cent bonds to the amount of $2,000. 009 annually for 10 years: () author izes counties to Issue bonds, warrants or other evidences of Indebtednesa for permanent road bulldln. prohibits state from contracting services of con victs to any person, firm or corpora tion: " provides for employment of convicts In build Ins: roads In any coun ty In the state. The constitutional amendment per mits any county to Issue bonds for per manent road bulldlna when Ita lia bilities have reached $50,000. the max imum limit of indebtednesa for all purposes fixed, by the state constitu tion. The text of each of the elf ht meas ures follows: CREATING A BTATF IIIGHWAT DErABT MtM. -tton 1. Thr Is hrbr created and eetabllehed a Hiaie Hljrhwajr Dpartmnt. w,iam chlf officer shall b called the t-tat lltchwajr 'ommlMioDr. Said Stale High mar Commissioner shall bo appointed by the Governor, and shall hold office for four yar. unlea aooner r moved (or cause. Said ommlMfntr shall bo ihorouchly akillod in anient tnc road cooatructlnn. . 2. The jiccrctarjr of State Is hero be directed to furnish the Stat Highway emmlMtnner with a suitable offtco in the t a pi mi buildlnc. whera hts records shall preserved, and said nffico shatr be kept ftpn at attcb times aa tho business of the 1 ommUsloner shall require. Tho said Hlh aj Commiwsionor shall keep a record of all proceedlnss and ordara pertaining to the matters under hts direction, and copies of ail plana, specifications and estimates submitted to him. All Work Voder Com m las lower. Se. 3. No mad. hlshwar. public way or bridge, paid for wholly or In part out of the moseys of this state, howsoever ap propriated, shall bo survejrod. planned, pro jected, constructed, maintained or erected until and only aftt-r approval by the citato Highway Commltoner. f-c. 4. Tho State Highway Commissioner shall compile statistics relative to tho pub !! highways throughout tho state, and hall collect all necessary Information In ro gard thoreto which ho may deem Important. Ha shall Investigate and datertnlno upon va rious methods of road construction adapted te different sections of the state. sc A. The Stato Highway Commission er shall mako a report lo tho Leaiiiaturo of this state at earn aession thereof, which fully set forth all that ha been done bv htm during tho period covered bv tho re port, all money eipandod by him. or under bis d!r-tin. and a. I roads that have boon constructed under tho direction of tho Com miee toner. gWIng In each Instance tho num ber of miles constructed In each county and tho coot por mtlo of construction. See. a At the end of each month tho veto Highway Commissioner shall pre para a detailed account of his traveling eapeases for that month, and the cost ef stationery end supplteg purchased during tho month, whtch shall b submitted to tho Secretary of State, audited by him and passed te tho Treasurer for payment. On Mao te Act ee. All Bids. Sec. T- It shall bo ths duty of the State Highway Commissioner to advertise for bids for tho coast ruction of public highways or brtdgea for s period of three weeks, in at least two newspaper In tho county where h road to bo constructed is located. All Mris received snail bo opened by th State Highway Commissioner, snd ho may reject any or alt bids, if In his opinion a good rauso exists therefor, but otherwise ho will award the contract te tho lowest rospoastMe bidder. Other things being equal, the bids saI be awarded to residents of tho county In which tho rood Is to bo constructed. Bld r must furnish bonds eo,ual to 50 per cent of th contract price, Alt contracts for the construction or Improvement of public high- in must bo mado In tho nemo of the Stato ef Oregon, approved by tho Governor, signed by the State Htghway Commissioner, snd approved aa to form and legs i it y by the Attorney-Oeneral or his deputy. Each bidder shall dpolt with hia bid a certi fied chock In an amount equal to per cent um of the amount of hts bid. Should the bidder to whom th contract Is awarded fail te enter Inte a contract and furnish the bond herainbeforo provided within 10 dsys after the not too of such award, the amount of such check shsll bo forfeited to the Sete Teaaurv. and shall become a part ef the State Highway fund. Tho checks ef al unsuccessful bidders shall be returned after the contract Is awarded and a bond given. Nothing In thi eeetion shall be construed te prevent th employment of eon virt labor, nor tho construction er re pair ef sny road proecrlhod In Section 2 by day's labor when In th Judgment ef the Commissioner tt Is advisable. SeJery SJee sad lUpeme. Soe. K Th Stat Highway Commissioner shall recelv aa annual salary of SVtoo. payable monthly, by th state, and hie actual accessary traveling expenses while officially employed. Said Commlsatoirer may appoint. If the work of th department re itfi tt. eubct to tho approval of tho Gov ernor, en Assistant Commissioner, who shsll r m civil nginer and experienced In road building. Said Assistant Commissioner halt rrt an annual salary of not te eareed I?ine. payablo monthly by tho stat. end his actual necessary traveling expenses while officially employed. The Stat High way Commissioner may appoint, by and with approval of the Governor, such cleri cal assistants as are necessary tor the prop er conduct of ths work of his offtco. to be paid by tho state. Th Stat Highway Com mleaioner ta hereby given authority to em ploy by and with th approval of the Gov ernor, such civil engineer and other aa s'st ants aa may be nceary to carry out th provisions of this act. to be paid by tbe state. Sec. s There Is hereby appropriated out ef any money In the Treasury of this state vt already otherwise appropriated the sum of lis.tee, or so much thereof as may be aecseaary for th payment of salaries and expenses aa provided for tn this ecu ' Sec, IS. All laws, or parts ef laws, la any way Inconsistent or in conflict with trre provisions of this act axe hereby re pegged. CrsaUac a Mate Hlhwy read. section 1. Tber la hereby created a fund to be known as th state highway fund. Sec. 3. Th proceeds of all bonds sold by the 4ate of Oregon annually shall be paid end covered rnto the Stat Treasury of the State " of Oregon for the purpose of ! SAM M'VKV. That 5nowr Bakr. Australian rfer who officiated th,r man in In the Fam Mcvey-injiora dqiiih jm-..-.. handed over the drlilon to WcVey. Is th declaration of the great ih r. fi.i.t .xDrt. W. F. Corbett Corbetfa dop haa Juat ly An Thl. coupled with Tommy Barnn- aanrrtlon in Victoria, would ap pear to vindicate Joe Woodman a ahrleks of pain at th. lojia of th bat tle for hta protege. Corbett view, expressed under hl nom de plum The Amateur." follow: . . -The pity of It la that ao areat and reneroualy waged a contest should have been marred by auch a alarlnirly wrong- decision ai it he verdict in Sam McVey a favor. I cannot rerall more than "w fVfJ where a ring ruling has ao little Justification. Sam Langford fl nlsbed with a hatful of points to tho good. Only In two or three rounds did McVey hold an advantage, and then the margin was by wide. I cannot understand what Snowy Baker was thinking about. 1 11 be bound there was no other group of people right through 'tne whole enclosure more surprised by the verdict than McVey and his corner." building, maintaining and repairing the roads, hlihwaye and brldses of said state. sec. 1 Thst 7o I- pr rent of all of the ll-ne tun paid throaieh tho 8kt isry of State and covered into the Htalo Treasury on motor vehicles operated In said stale be and the same are hereby created a part of ald iate hlshwar fund and sub ject to the uses and dlitrihutlon In the hands of the State Treasurer herein pro vided for. . Sec 4. That S per cent of the money ot he etate blshwsy fund hereby created, available on the flret day of June of each ear. shall bo dlvirird euallr amons the cvrral countl and paid lo the County Treasurer of each county of said elate when and at the time eald county haa svailrd It self of the proTlelons of this act as herein provided. Area Baela ef Apportionment. Sec. . Thai the remalnlns 2i per cent of said state hlshwar fund available on the first day of June of each year shsll be and is hereby spportloneu among the several counties of the Blste of Oregon according te the area of each county In squsre miles. Sc. . That before any moneys are ap portioned hereunder aa above provided, each of the several counties must first espnd an equal amount of money In ths ron.trur tion of public highways In that county la said stste. the whole of the work so done by said county to be done tinder the super vision of the Stste Highway Commissioner, but each county shall receive only from said state hlghtway fund a sum of money equsl to the amount of money each year actually expended by said county In the construction of public highways In that county In eald state, be and with the approval of the said etate Highway Commissioner, and the aggre gate of all sums so drawn by said county shsll not exceed the amount apportioned by eald county under this set: snd In the event that any county of said state doe not ex pend during the flecsi year of th State of trreaon any sum of meney open th public roads of eald stsle in eald county, then all the moneve apportioned hereunder to any such coumv shsll be covered Into the said stste hlghwsy fund to be apportioned among the several counties nest yesr. It being th ixpress Intention of this act that no county shsll recelv In any event mor than Its part of the said sums apportioned here under regardless of the emount of expendi ture in said county, snd then only such psrt of the eum so apportioned lo It as said county shsll ave expended. Cert iflcs) lea I Keejulred. gee. T Thst the County Court of esch county availing Itself of the provisions of this set shall make Ita findings snd certif icate to th Stat Highway commissioner thai said county has undertskep the con struction or repair of a public highway la this stste snd performed work thereon and expended therefor the sums of money thst hav entered Into the accomplishment of eald work, and Immediately upon receiving the same the said Stat Highway Commis sioner shsll examine Inte Its eorsectneas as to th amount of work, th expenditure of th money therefor and whether the work don la in accordance with the plans and specjflestlons as previously prescribed by him. and upon so finding he shsll forthwith certify to the Secretary of mat of th Stat ef Oregon the amount of ssld expen diture as the proper sum to be repsld to said county out of the amount of its appor tionment, and thereupon th Secretary of Stat shsll Issue hi warrant on ths Tress urer of th Stst cf Oregon, who upon re ceiving said warrant ahall pay out of th aid stat highway fund to th County Treasurer of said county the amount of money to b received by It as a part ot Its spporttonment hereunder. STATE AID BIIX. Section 1. A road or highway In any countv In this stste th construction, main tenance. Improvement or repair of which Is paid for wholly or In part out ot th tat hlshway fund of this state, shsll be known and designated aa a stat aid road. Sec 2. Any county in thle etal may avail Itself ot It ahar of th apportion ment under an act entitled "An act creating a fund to be known as the stste hlghwsy fund of the Btst of Oregon, and making a distribution of th license tsxes derived from motor vehicles therefor, and provid ing for the distribution and apportionment of said fund among th counties of th atat for th construction, malnlsnsnc snd re pair of the roods, highways snd bridges ot said stste. In accordance with th procedure herein prescribed. Cemmlsslaeer Has Authority. Sec a. Whenever In the opinion of th County Court of any county in this stst sny road or public hlghwsy In this stat neds construction. Improvement, mainte nance or repair. It may by a resolution duly signed by said County Court notify the Stst Highway commissioner thereof, and upon receiving- said resolution so signed ssld Stale Highway Cvromtsslonrr shall exsmlne Into the use. location and situstlon of said road or Mghway. and. If said 6tste Hlghwsy Commissioner shsll approve th same., he shsll prepare th nossary plana esti mates and specifications for the construction, msintenanc. Improvement er repair of said road or highway, as th rase may be. and certify the asms to the said County Court, and thereupon eald County Court may. by resolution, determine that eald construction, mslntensnce. Improvement or repair shsll bs accomplished In accordance with the certifi cate of said State Highway Commissioner, and certify Its action to him. and thereupon ssid Stat Hlghwsy Commissioner shsll pro ceed In scroManc wtth th directions of the act entitled "An act to create and estab lish a state highway department and au thorise th appointment of a Stat Highway Commissioner therefor, prescrlbicg his du x v:-. ties, his powers, his compensation, ths meth od of work, the appointment of assistants and appropriating money therefor." PROVIDING FOR STATE BOND ISSCTE. Section 1. That the Stat of Oregon hy pothec!, pledge and loan Its credit for the building and maintenance of permanent roads In this state to the limit, and not in oxcess of H0.OO0.000 In gold bonds for th term of SO yrsrs. csrrylng Interest St 5 per rent, psyable semi-annually, and Issued at the rate of J2.ou0.oti0 earh year for the perlrd of ten years, said bonds to run for the full term of 30 years from the data of their Ittsusnce. respectively. Sec. 't. Thst the Governor. Secretary of Stste snd Stats Treasurer be and they are hereby empowered, authorised and directed, ss the bonding commute of th State ot Oregon, to arrange for and provide th terms of said bonds, preparation, iesuance and mar keting of the same to the highest bidder In lots ss msy be offered, but always at a price not lens thsn par snd at such premium In sddltlon thereto ss msy b offered. Sec. a. That tbe proceeds of said bonds to ths extent of each IJ.000,000 as Issued annually hereunder shsll as required be psld to snd Immediately covered Into tho stste hlshway fund for the building snd mslntensnce of permsnent msds, ss pro vided for under the Isws of this stst. ENABLING ACT. Section 1. That sny county In this stst desiring to Incur a debt for permanent roads within said county may, by an election called by the County Court upon the petition ot 10 per cent of the legal voters, computed upon the Isst registration lists compiled in said county, by a majority of those voting on the question, create and issue bonds, vir. rants or other evidences of Indebtedness or debts for permsnent roads or for ths con struction, mslntensnce. Improvement or re pair of the sams within said county. LIABILITY OF COUNTY LIMITED. The Legislative Assembly shall not loaa the credit of th state, nor In any manner create any debta or liabilities which ahall. singly -or In the sggregste. with previous debts or liabilities, exceed th sum ot 00. xcpt In ess of war. or to repel Inva. sion or suppress Insurrection, or for th building and maintenance of permanent roads: and every contract of Indebtedness entered Into or sssumed by or on .behalf of the atate. when all Ita llahlltlee and debta amount to said sum. wxcpt for th building and maintenance of permanent roads, shsll be void and of no effect. And the people of this state may Initiate and enact, and the legislative Assembly of this stste may en act such Isws as msy be necessary to carry this provision Into full purpose and effect. CONVICT CONTRACTS BARRED Bill Would Prevent firms Employ ing; State Prisoners. Th text of the bill prohibiting the state from contracting; the services of convlcta to any person, firm or cor poratlon. and providing; for the em ployment of prisoners In road building, la brief and aa follows: Section 1. It shall be unlawful for the stat to enter Into any agreement or con tract with any privet person. Arm or cor poration for th employment of convicts of the State Penitentiary. Section 3. Upon the ' written request of the County Court of any county In the Stat of Oregon or of any superintendent of any stats institution, the Governor may dstsll from the State Penitentiary such convlcta ss In bis Judgment may seem proper for us on the public highways, or In or about any stst Institution. Said convicts shall be de livered to any County Court, or to tbe super intendent of any stat institution on such trms and conditions as shall b prescribed by th Parol Board and approved by the Governor. Section S- All acts or parte of acts la connict herewith are hereby repealed. Tbe other proposed convict bill la an enlargement of the above and pro vides for tbe transferring of convicts from one county to another, authorlsea County Courts to prescribe rulea and regulations governing: their employ ment, and provides a plan of giving; prisoners credit for good behavior. The provisions of this bill are as follows: . Section 1. It shsll be unlawful for any county, city or Incorporated town to enter Into any agree m est or contract with any private person, firm or corporation for the employment of any convict. section 3. All convicts sentenced by any court or legsl authority, whether In default of the payment of a fins, or commited for aL deftnlt number of days to serv sentence tn a county Jail or prison, during th period of auch sentence, for the purpos of this act, shall bs under the exclusive and abso lute control of th County Court of th county In which th crime was committee: tor which any such convict wsa sentenced. Tbe said County Court shall hav full power to place uch convicts unds ths control of any road supervisor or other person or persons sppolnted to tsks chsrgs of such convicts, and to cause such convicts to work upon the public rosds of such county, or such other work of a public nature as said court may direct. All such convicts shsll b delivered to such supervisor or other per. soa appointed to tsk chsrgs of them, upon the written request of ths County Court. Th Sheriff shsll tske receipt from the per son to whom such convicts srs delivered for each of such convicts and thereupon all liability of ssid Sheriff shsll cesse. Th County Court may at any time return any convict taken under the provisions of this section to th Kherlff. who shall thereupon again tsk charge of such convict. Th County court sr hereby authorised and directed to provide seen rules and regula tion In regard to ths employment of ssld convicts, and for th allowanc of credits In time and compensation for good behavior to any such convlcta so employed as are not inconsistent with th provisions of this set: provided, however, thst no credit in excess of ten days In time shsll be allowed for each calendar month, and In th default of the payment of a fine such convict shall he msde to labor at tbs rats of VI per day until such fine Is fully paid. Court Olvea Control. Section 8. All convicts sentenced by any court or legal authority In any city or.ln rorporsted town, whether In default of the payment of a fine or committed for a defi nite number of days to serv sentence In sny city or county JslI er prison during the period of such sentence shall, with the con sent of th proper city or town authorities, snd for ths purpose of this act, bs under th abeolut and exclusive control of th County Court in which said city or town Is lorsted. Such city er town convicts shsll b delivered to tbe County Court by any of flcer having custody thereof In the seme TV Orio.ay trrort ej.i srssersi .I Faff Mty PeUw. at ml tJrfc. uaM "V&V.AhWrbr, RECEIVED AT 76 Third St, Cor. Oak, Portland, Or. a323Ch Ot 34 N. L. Cleveland, 0. Feb-5-12. H. L. Keats Auto Co., Portland, Or. We have Just received second report, order American Express more .trucks, making sixteen in all. This is further endorsement of Peerless superiority by people who have used makes in the. past. Peerless Motor Car Co. 537pm. H. L. Keats Auto Co., Burnside, 7th and Couch Sts. Peerless Trucks En Route to Us Now, Our Allotment Is Limited : : Did you read our ad. that appeared in last week's edition of this paper a facsimile of a telegram we received from the factory advising of a number of carloads of the Michigan being shipped and more to follow? Well, eight of these carloads are here and will be unloaded Monday and Tuesday. The first 24 machines unloaded will be Michigan "333.". Don't fail to see this little wonder. We say "little" because it is compared with our Mighty "40," but yet it's not so small. It's a foredoor, torpedo-body touring car with four-cylinder en bloc motor, 4 1-16 by 4 1-2"; wheel base 112 inches; 34-inch wheels with 3 1-2 inch Q. D. tires; three-quarter floating axle; silk mohair top with full set side curtains and envelope; wind-shield; speedometer; foot and robe rails; prest-o-lite tank; self-starter; pump, jack, tools, tire repair kit and other dope. And the price of this little beauty all complete and f . o. b. Portland is but $1500. . We want to show you one of these cars and will be tickled "to death to do so after we get them all unloaded and reship several of them. Then, after we wash our hands and faces and change our clothes (everybody but the stenographer helps unload), we are at your service for a few days. We have already received and delivered three carloads of the Michigan "40" and there are more following the "33s" at the rate of two and three carloads a week. Come on and help us unload. ' MICHIGAN AUTO & BUGGY CO. Northwest Branch, W. A. WiHrick, Manager East 1421 B 1345 369-371 Hawthorne Avenue manner as county prisoners, and may be re turned to the officer from whom they are received In the sams manner, and shall b subject to the same rules snd regulstlons ss provided In section 2 of this act for county prisoners Section 4. Any County Court may trans fer to the County Court of any other county anw of the convicts committed to Its con trol, by the provisions of this act, and the County Court to which such convicts ar o transferred shall have th asm power and authority respecting such convicts as If they had been sentenced to serve In thst county. Ths transfer of convicts from one county to another shall bs msde upon such terms and conditions ss msy be sgreed upon by the County Courts concerned In such transfer. Section 8. Any convict held to Isbor un der the provisions of this act who. being physirslly able, shall refuse to perform the labor required of him, may be denied all food except bread and water, until he signifies his willingness to perform such labor, and the time of such refusal to labor shall not be counted as service of his sentence, but be shsll bs held to lsoor until all such time shall have been mado up snd the sentence of the court shall have been fully compiled with. Peel ton 6. If, in any county, there shsll DGP3T THE WESTERN UNION iseoaesutio 2S.O00tOFFICES IN:AMERICA VW . wa- oUMrvtM tl4Nl -ow. -UUs eve" haa bew be crested a board of county commissioners, or other board or tribunal which shall have charge and management of the public roada of auch county, auch county commissioners, board or other tribunal shsll have the same power and authority under this set ss is herein conferred upon the County Court. Section 7. This set shall apply to every county in this state irrespective of Its pop ulstion. and all laws and parts of Isws In consistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. ECUADOREAN RIOTS TOPIC Seattle Man Writes to Krlr-nds of Slaying of Officials. SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. 10. (Special.) The detailed story of the narrow es cape of a Seattle railroad man and his wife from the hands of the Ecuadorean revolutionists, who last month mur dered two ex-Presidents and several Oenerals of the country. Is told in a letter from M. Keith Jones, ex-division LET YE TELEGRAPH COMPANY CABLE SERVICE'.TO fALL.THEi .... a. ,ka e..AM "'' 4Woa. named sbov... superintendent of the Great Northern Hallroad and one time superintendent of the old Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastr ern Railroad to relatives in Seattle... As Superintendent of Railroads for the government of Ecuador, the former Seattle railroad man held a position close to the President and left Guaya quil in haste on December 28, when the President's private secretary brought word to him that a revolution was imminent. Since Mr. Jones' letter was written his personal friend. President Eloy AI faro, has been assassinated by a mob In Quito and the country has been in volved In riotous outbreaks. As head of the government railroad Mr. Jones ad the services of a large bodyguard of soldiers, who also pa troled the town. One of the results of ths revivsls in the Boer prison csmps during the Fouth African vir vti the foundation of th Boer mlselon srv Institute St Worcester, South Africa. One hundred snd fifty-five young people have been grsduated thus fsr from this In stitution. WORLD af ikat tf AlbvtJVtM I. harts I MaO ' deMaVV I ft ' rittfr beriHtfl tb mi m Company ten other