iflE SUXDAT OKEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 12, 1913. 9 r SESSION IS AHEAD AT OLYIfIA Republican Control Narrows to One Vote With Taylor as Speaker. FACTIONS WELL DEFINED "Oow" Counties to Make Hot Fight on "Big Three," Spokane, Pierce and King, and Hold Whip Hand if Harmony Is Sustained. OL.TMPIA. Wash.. Jan. 11. (Special) With an unusually large number of problems of state-wide Importance to settle, a vast array of bills of a radical nature to dispose of, a $20,000,000 budget to handle and several new va rieties of factionalism to deal with, the Drospects are that the thirteenth ses sion of the Washington State Legisla ture, which begins here Monday, will be one of the most stormy in history. Confronting the Legislators are sev eral distinctly new factors which are being taken into consideration by the fathers of Important legislation, far ticularly interesting among these is the political lineup. From present prospects the Republicans will have control of the House by only one vote. There are 50 Republicans. 28 Progress ives, 18 Democrats and 1 Socialist. With a Republican Speaker eiected, the Republican vote will be cut down to 49. The strength of the other fac tions combined is 48. The Senate will be Republican again this session, but the majority is smaller than at any time since 1836. New Factors Figure. Another feature which Is causing considerable conjecture is that of Democrat holding the office of Gover nor. Just what the effect will be with a Republican Senate, a rather uncertain House and a Democratic Governor, is a ' puzzle. Another new factor this ses sion is the presence of members of the Progressive party in both branches The question of how they will stand In the matter of party lines is uncer tain. This year, for the first time, there will be women members of the House, two having been elected last Fall, one from Belllngham and the other from Taconia. Sti1 another new feature will be the presence of a Socialist mem ber in the House. The Legislature com prises 76 Republicans, 26 Democrats. 34 Progressives and 1 Socialist. The question of leadership seems practically settled. Howard D. Taylor, of King County, having pledges enough to assure his being seated as Speaker of the House, and Pliny L. Allen, ot ' King County, apparently being ahead ' in the race for President pro tern, of the Senate, Representative Corkery till says he is in the race, how aver. The question of clerkship is still uncertain, but it is considered likely that there will be a change of chief clerks In both branches. There will be a fight over the patronage question because of the desire of many members, particularly in the House, to give the majority of places to women. Roads Bill Fight Expected. One of the most Interesting fights of the session is expected over the roads bills which are to be up for consider ation. An effort is to be made to in crease the state road tax from one-half mill to one mill. An effort will be made also to increase the highway tax from 1 mill to, 3 and possibly 4 mills. Both plans are said to have substantial backings. The road measures will Involve many Important road and bridge proposi tions, including among the others the proposed interstate bridge between Vancouver, Wash., and Portland, Or., the bridge between Washington and Idaho at Lewlston. and the Pacific Highway through Washington. The Co lumbia bridge is estimated at $500,000, the Snake River bridge at about J100, 000 and the Pacific Highway improve ments at about 8500,000. Inasmuch as these would cut a big hole in the road funds, it is likely that they will come up as separate appropriation bills. The fights which ensued two years ago when attempts were made to re apportion the state and Congressional districts on the basis of the 1910 cen sus are expected to be resumed early in the coming session when the task is again undertaken. It is likely there will be much dickering before the re apportionment is finally brought about. On the one side will be the thickly populated counties of the state and oi. the other the "cow counties." King County has about one-fourth of the population of the state, while King. Pierce and Spokane Counties, known as the "big three," have two fifths of the population. This gives the cow counties three-fifths, as in 1911, which means that they will hold the whip hand if they stand together. The smaller counties claim- they have al ways received the worst of it in re apportionments, and they are combin ing this time for what they call a square deal. They expect to have the support of the larger counties of South western Washington, including Clarke. IlrldKe Dickerluc Dae. Mentioned in the list of things upon which -there may be dickering are the Vancouver bridge and the .Pacific high way. The "cow county" delegations are said to be strongly in favor of these and will grant almost anything in ex change for votes. There seems to be a strong likelihood of a lineup on re apportionment, much the same as that of 1911 until the vote begins to divert off as swapping begins. One of the most important bills of the session will be that required to establish the machinery for the direct legislation amendments adopted at the lust general election. There is to be ontention over some phases of a plan which has been proposed to change the system of circulating initiative and referendum petitions. An effort will be made to prohibit the hiring of pro fessional circulators who secure sig natures of voters who sign without any regard for or interest in the measure involved. It is planned to establish places where petitions can be left and where voters can sign them. This, it is said, will result in initiative and referendum measures of general inter est only going on the ballot and will eliminate many of the radical and un necessary measures for which tnere is no demand and which make the bal lot long and bothersome. A bill will be introduced for the establishment of state-wide registra tion. At present registration is re quired only in Incorporated cities and towns. RrMrjrtrd District Bill Due. A home rule bill extending to muni ctpallties the right to create restricted districts if the people of the com munity favor such a plan will be Intro duced by Captain John Gray, a mem ber of the House from Spokane. He declares the present system of prohibit ing restricted districts Is unpopular. Kpresentattvo Fred M. Hedger, of Wallu Walla, will make a light in the House for the establishment of voca tional schools as a part of the pualic J. G Mack & Co. Fifth and Stark nis 5 Our 'Annua J. G. Mack & Co.' Cleai aiice Sale Offers Very Unusual Opportunities to Buy Trustworthy Furniture, Floor Cov erings, Drapery and Upholstery Materials, at Prices Much Lower Than Usual Our One and Only Clearance Event of All the Year in Which Every Department Is Represented Fine Dining-Room Sets Were Never Offered at Such Substantial Reductions. Note These Few: A $420 Sheraton Inlaid Din ing: Set, Now $320 Of solid mahogany, four pieces, buffet, china cabinet, extension table and serving table. This set on display in our Fifth-street window $320 A $660 Solid Mahogany Dining Set Now $492 In design this set is a correct example of the fa mous Chinese Chippendale. Con sists of extension table, buffet, china cabinet, serving table, 6 chairs and l'arm chair. . -S492 A $1285 Old English Walnut Dining Set, Made by Cowan, of Chicago, Now $842 The fact that this set bears the shop mark of Cowan and is of solid walnut is sufficient to inter est the prospective buyer of a dining set of character. Buf fet, china cabinet, extension table, serving table, 6 dining chairs and 2 arm chairs make up this handsome set. Now offered at $842 A $1302 Fine English Mahog any Dining Set Now $887 In de sign a faithful reproduction of the beautiful Chinese Chippendale. Made by Berkey & Gay. Large buffet, china cabinet, serving table, extension table, with 60 inch square top; 6 dining chairs and 1 arm chair. Now. . , .887 A $1935 Old Oak Berkey & Gay Din ing Set Now $1275 In style this is a correct example of the Flemish Ren aissance period. Eleven pieces make up the set buffet, china cabinet, ex tension table, serving table, 6 dining chairs and 1 arm chair. Now $1275 A $2350 Solid Mahogany Dining Set From the Shops of Cowan, of Chica go, Now $1635 One of the handsomest sets ever exhibited in Portland and a correct reproduction from an old original of the Adam period. Consists of buffet, with two indi vidual knife urns; china cabinet, serving table, ex tension table, 6 dining chairs and 1 arm chair. Now $1635 Over lOO Library Tables Are Here to Choose From The requirements of every home are well met in such a showing as this. And purchasing at these and even the regular prices means that you secure trustworthy furniture for less than is often asked for the commonplace. . $30.00 Library Table of solid Cuban mahog any, for $23.50 $38.00 heavy Colonial type Library Table of solid mahogany, for ...$25.00 $90.00 Mahogany Library Table, Colonial, for $49.50 $80.00 Library Table of solid mahoganv, for $65.06 $125 massive Colonial Library Table, 63 inches long, for $82.50 $100 heavy Library Table, made by Cowan of Chicago, of solid mahogany, $77.50 Restful Pieces for Living Room and Library Few Instances of the Offerings in Davenports, Easy Chairs and Rockers $28 Easy Arm Chair, for...... $16.50 $48 solid mahogany large Arm Chair,' for $28.50 $42.50 Arm Chair of the wing-back type, $31.50 $60 large, comfortable solid mahogany Arm Rock er, for ....$37.50 $75 large solid mahogany Arm Rocker. Cowan make, for $48.50 $75.00 large Arm Chair with solid mahogany frame, for $52.50 $80 Easy Arm Chair, large overstuffed type, $67 $120 Wing-back Chair solid mahogany frame, $75 $75 Davenport, solid mahogany frame, $57.50 $87.50 Overstuffed Davenport with loose cushion seat, for $62.50 $115 Davenport, solid mahogany frame, $72.50 $90 Davenport of the overstuffed type, for $75 $87.50 Davenport, solid mahogany frame, for $75 $140.00 Overstuffed Davenport with loose cushion seat and back, covered in taffeta, for $118 The Carpet Dept. Contributes Liberally to the Interesting Offerings of This Annual Sale res-is Decidedly Attractive Prices in Extra Size Rugs Those who have floors to cover in rooms that are above the aver age in dimensions should investigate these clearance offerings of the Carpet Department. In most instances they're display-raek samples which we've. priced considerably lower than regular in order to dis pose of them quickly. AXMHTSTER&r BODY BRUSSELS 10 ft. 6 in. by 13 ft. 6 in., re- 10 ft. 6 in. by 12 ft., made up duced from $40 to.... $29.50 in our own carpet workrooms, 11 ft 3 in. by 12 ft., reduced reduced from $45 to $33.50 from $47 to $35. OO 10 ft. 6 in. bv 12 ft., 6 patterns, red. from $42.50 to $33.50 WILTONS 11 ft. 3 in. by 15 ft., reduced 10 ft. 6 in. by 12 ft., reduced from $50 to $39.75 from $57 to $45.00 A Few Discontinued Patterns in SCOTCH RUGS 9x12 ?60 m WUton gi 12 ft. by 12 ft., reduced from n0W $30 to $21.50 WOOL AND TIBER RUGS 10 ft. 6 in. by 12 ft., reduced " Our entire line of these inexpen from $27.50 to $19.50 sive and artistic floor coverings, ' all recent patterns, in the 9x12 FINE WILTONS size; two trrades reduced from 11 ft. 3 in. by 15 ft., reduced $12 to $8.95 and from $15 from $75 to $62.50 to ..; $11.75 You'll Profit by Taking Advantage of The Drapery and Upholstery Sale Some of the Offerings of This Section final, clearance prices ojt sample: lace beuskts. Fine French Lace Sets, with bolster covers to match, hand made, in white and Arabian. 6.00 Muslin Set for. s S15.00 Lace Set for 8.00 Lace Set for 8 $10.50 Lace Set for S $11.50 Lace Set for S $16.00 Lace Set for S 119.00 Lace Set for K $24.00 Lace Set for. S12.50 TAKADO DRAPERY SILKS Im ported materials, one yard wide, in twelve plain colors reduced from 80c yard to 45d YARD 2.90 4.50 4.75 5.00 5.50 7.75 9.75 FANCY BUXGAI.OW CURTAIN NETS in white, ivory and Arabian, 50 Inches wide. 60c Nets now 25c yd. 65c Nets now HOC yd. 75c Nets now 35J yd. 85c Nets now 40c yd. $1.00 Nets now 50t yd. $1.15 Nets now .....35C yd. IMPORTED TAPESTRY for up holstery coverings, 50 in. wide. $2.50 Tapestry now, yard...81.90 $3.75 Tapestry now, yard...S2.90 $4.50 Tapestry now, yard...$3.40 $5.25 Tapestry now, yard. ..S4. 15 All Cowan Furniture and Berkey & Gay Furniture Is Entered in This Sale J. G. Mack & Co. Fifth and Stark Very Special Clearance Offerings in Lace Curtains, Portieres Couch Covers school system. He would abolish tie present system of classroom training, substituting in its place a system whereby a student would spend one day a Meek in the classroom and the ro.-it of the time as an apprentice in active work. Classroom studies would be con fined to bookkeeping and mathematics and kindred subjects of practical ad vantage In business and engineering life. Representative E. L. Farnsworth, of Lincoln County, will favor a bill pro viding for the sterilization of all pjr sons who are feeble minded or insana from functional causes. Minimum Wmee Bill ITp. A first aid provision in the industrial Insurance law is provided in a bill to come probably from Pierce County. The plan is to secure quicker relief and more benefits for employes in case of accident. , A keen fight will resuy.over a di vision of opinion as to whether the state or the employer should bear the expense. If the state is to stand the additional burden It Is said an appro priation of $250,000 will have to be made. One of the most important bills to come up Is a women's minimum wage measure, which is to be introduced by Senator George U. Piper, of King Coun ty. It will be similar to the wage bill proposed for Oregon. Provision is made for the establishment of a commission to investigate and fix wage scales for women in the various parts ot the state, the scale to be based upon the cost of living. The bill is said to have strong backing. . A "blue sky" law Is to be Introduced early in the session probably by Sena tors from King County. The aim of this is to tafcoo wildcat invest ment schemes by requiring a show ing of good securities on stock and bond issues. The sad experience of many Washington people in the recent Columbia River Orchards Company case assures the "blue sky" bill a good barking in the Legislature. From either Pierce or King County will come a bill providing for a spe cial taxation district on these two counties to raise money to Improve the banks of Stuck River to protect the valley lands. The bill is backed by many commercial organizations and the commissioners of the two counties. Schools' Needs Heavy. Institutions of higher education probably will stir up a heated fuss when an appropriation $1,000,000 great er than that of 1911 is afked. These institutions received an appropriation of $2,000,000 two years ago, which was enough for their operation, but not suf ficient to permit the erection of new buildings. This session the schools will ask for $3,000,000, of which $1,250,000 is to be raised by taxation and the rest to be appropriated out of the general fund. The schools to be supported are the University of Washington, the State College at Pullman and the three state normal schools. Still more trouble Is expected over the proposed $500,000 Panama-Pacific Exposition appropriation. There will be a strong fight made by the Walla Walla delegation and others against so large an amount. They will try to hold the appropriation to $250,000. Many important changes in state de partments are to be considered. Among the bills will be one to cut the Board of Control down to one man, eliminat ing two of ":he present members. An other planned change Is to place the Labor Commission work in the hands of the Industrial Insurance Commis sion. It is planned also to abolish the Tax Commission and divide the work between the Attorney-General, the State Treasurer and the Public Service commission. Still another scheme Is to establish a financial commission to handle all state licenses which now go to various state officers. -A move is to be made also to abolish the State Bureau of Inspection and Supervision of Public Officers, on the ground that the de partment is not needed. Marriage Bureau Proposed. There are to be many bills of a freak ish or radical nature, among them a measure for the creation of a state marriage bureau to promote matrimony, a state mothers' pension system for relief of widows with chilaren, and a teachers' pension fund. Other bills ot similar nature provide for the abolition of the death penalty, the establishment of a non-partisan, anti-political ballot system; the elimination of political par ties, several morality bills and a bill to make tne Speaker of the House of Representatives subject to election by the people, and many others. In the ultra radical class of bills will be one which Is said to be in course of prep aration In Walla Walla providing for the abolition of the State Legislature and another changing the law so that a drunkard will be as responsible for liquor law violations as is the saloon keeper. Under the proposed law If a man purchases a drink on Sunday or violates the law In any other way he will be equally guilty with the man who sells the stuff. A novel logged-off land bill will be introduced by the Spokane County del egation. Advocates of the measure of fer it as a practical means of enabling people without capital to clear land qulcklv. It is planned to legalize the FOB GUiPICOLDS If yonr bones ache, your nose runs and you have the blues, you've got the Grip. If you take "Seventy-seven" at once," you don't have to go to bed or stay indoors; you can go about your business and attend to your duties only" be moderate in living, eating, drinking, etc. If you wait until your bones ache and you begin to cough and sneeze, it may take longer. It pays to keep "Seventy-seven" handy; it is a small vial of "pleasant pellets, fits the vest pocket. At your Druggist, 25c, or mailed. HTlpheva Homeo. Medicine Co.. 156 Wil liam SU, New York. AtlvertlMment. creation of districts similar to street improvement districts, to clear the land by contract and permit the bonding of the property so that payments for the clearing can be made to cover a period of years. Baukera Have Bill. Proposed backing law changes are urged by the Washington Bankers' As sociation. Following are some of the recommendations: "To make the plain tiff pay costs and a small attorney's fee in garnishments; to place insolvent banks In the hands of the state exam iner rather than under the receiver ap pointed by the court; to release estates from the expense of furnishing bonds where a trust company Is handling them, unless the court considers It best to ask tor bond beyond the combined capital and surplus of such company; to permit the withdrawal of Joint ac counts after1 death up to $1000 instead of $300 under the existing law." A few other minor changes In the laws are also recommended. The state budget this year will be about $20,000,000, which is double the budget of two years ago. In the mat ter of appropriations it is believed there are many lively fusses in store for the Legislature. Legislators who are here declare that the session will be by far the most important in history. SCHOOL HEEDS $84,950 DEAF MUTES INSTITUTION HEAD ASKS FOR CASH. Maintenance Appropriation of at Least $54,000 and Betterment Fund of $30,950 Urged. SALEM. Or., Jan. 11. (Special.) The Oregon School for the Education of Deaf Mutes in the biennial report of Superintendent Tillinghast, asks a maintenance appropriation of $54,500 and betterment appropriations aggre gating $30,950. Touching upon the splendid health record among the pupils at the school, the success which has attended the self-government plan inaugurated dur ing the past two years and also point ing out the excellent results which have been accomplished by the school superintendent, Mr. Tillinghast, makes the following recommendations for im provements: In order to purchase the minimum amount of land thought desirable, to build upon the cottage system, and to provide a central heating plant. It has been Impossible to con struct the various buildings required with the appropriations available, without leaving many minor parts and features uncompjeted. The most Important group of Improvement appropriations, therefore, are those covering the exterior and interior painting and com pletion of various minor features of the two main buildings and the completion the isolation hospital, the total being- $7250. Next in importance I would place the In stallation of a water system for fire protec tion and economy, and the continued im provement of the grounds, especially grading of the street and construction of a walk on the south Eide, and completion of the main driveway. For these purposes $3600 la required. The largest single appropriation asked i $10,500 for a permanent boiler-house and laundry. Our present boiler-house Is a tern, porary structure of corrugated iron wltii rubberold roof. The laundry washroom is temporarily located 42i feet distant In the baement of the primary pupils' dormitory and school building. It is uneconomical to convey high-pressure steam such a distance. It Is not In accord with the best principles of sanitation to have the institution laundry In the basement of a school and dormitory building. The presence of a super-heated dry room and electric motors add to tha danger of fire In a non-f treproof dormitory. As a matter of business economy, most of our present dairy herd should be replaced with young high-grade or thoroughbred stock. Thus only can maximum returns ba secured from th; feed and care given. For this purpose ?SOfl is asked. Cooks' Lad Bleeds to Death. STEVKXSOX, Wash., Jan. 11. (Spe cial.) Playing with a shotgun, which was accidentally discharged, resulted In the death at Cooks today of John Sal mon, aged 12. The gun was In the hands of a playmate, who let tf.o weapon fall and the charge entered Salmon, who bled to deh before aid could reach him. 1837 1913 ii Leopold Godowsky to Wm. Knabe & Co. NEW YORK, Dec. 17th, 1912. , WM. KNABE & CO. 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