THE OREGON DAILY, JOURNAL. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 6. 1CC7. CORPORATIONS 00 TWO HOUSE BILLS MONEY- FOR STATE LEGISLATOR NOT A 1ST FOR CATSPA17 BIG STICK GOMO SHOWS VISION ITUIOHS VERY WELL "1 i-JL T ' Sanata' Kills Fellow-Servant Bi , and Ora for Safety on . i, , 1 -Transit lines.' EIGHT HOURS TOO LITTLE ' s IN STATE INSTITUTIONS. v U1I1 to Protect Employe Assailed by ' Coriiorata Interest Streetcar Bill Appanpntlv AVoultJ Ht Jied of rant-ntal .Xeglect, Alone.' .-'.. x. t jiJ : ; By a Staff Corrpoant.) ', 8alai, Feb., . Corporation ' well treated .Jjy ..tb, enste yesterday afternoon, two bill placing restrictions on thsia ' having been killed. Senator. Coahow'a iJUl tending -th fellowservant law waa defeated through ; an unfavorable report of the committee - on Industrie, though tbe aenator made a atand tn tU flw (il the aenat for hla measure. The bill provided that aa employer should b liable to an employe for Injuries sustained through the net- licence of a fellow-employ In another department.. .The bill was lost on an ; aye and nay vote, 11 to C. The bill ; aroused violent protest from employers ' all aver the state. --- . . Anybody Can Baa Oars. Senator. Batley's bill restr.ctlng street car companies la the employment of in experienced men was also killed by the aenate. The bill -provided that aa per , son ahqpld be employed as - aaotorman ' or conductor of a atreet car who bad ' not served seven days on cars under the personal -direction of a competent tn . structor. Senator Bailey was not In the senate chamber when the bill waa ln- , definitely postponed, and no light made to keep It alive. ,. We light-Konr &aw for Stat. The bill prescribing- sight hours aa a - day s worn for state employes waa in definitely postponed unanimously. The f committee on Industries In Its unfavor- able report atated that to pass It would i materially Increase the -cost nf maln- talning the various, state institutions. : The second section of tbe bill, making it unlawful for any firm or corporation ( to require, or permit -any. man to work ' more than eight hours tn manufacturing .material fur state contracts was de-,- clared to be unconstitutional by the Ju- IN LABOR'S INTERESTS Italic Hill Curtails Convicis' Com peting Output. Salem, Vtb. t. A blow for tbe labor -unions tn their opposition to'convlct la j bor was struck by Senator Bailey yes-. ; terdsy afternoon when he Introduced a bill providing that "none of the convicts at the penitentiary should be hlced to any person to manufacture boots, shoes, One ' Means Union-La Grande -' Fight, Proposing Lewis v,? v- County, -v. JEFFERSON COUNTY OUT ; ' OF NORTHERN CROOK Dcvchute Count Also Creation fo sired by Some, Who Would Fur ther Diminish Aook County Plenty of Fight Against Measures. (Br s Staff Oerreroosdest.) Salem. Or, Fab. I. Two mora county- division bills have made their appear ance In the house. One of them, renews tha old fight- between Union and La Grand by asking for the creation of Lewis county. It calls for the separa tion of tha northeastern portion of Union county, with Union aa the county seat. -L.The second .Mil' .provides for the crea tion of. 'Jefferson county out of th northern portion of Crook oounty, with Madras th county seat. Deschutes county, with Bend as ths county seat, is also seeking creation, which leaves Crook county with not more than th corporation of Prtnavtll to wnstarn tt;- Rig- anti-dl vision delega tions are on the road to rial am to de feat th measures. . . General Improvement And Bet termeot Bill Reported From , . Ways and Means. ALMOST HUNDRED AND SIXTYTWO THOUSAND Of Wb icli Insane Asylum Get Hun dred and Thlrty-SU Thousand - Five Hundred Separate Rill ln traduced to Provide for Interest, , STATE WAGON ROAD Council of Columbia County Asks for ' Fifty Thousand. ' (Br s Staff Cerreepoenent. ' ' Salem. Or., Feb. . The construction of a stat wagon road through Colum bla county, becinnlng at Seappoos and ending at Westport, ts asked by a bill Introduced in th house by Kepresenta- live McConnell. and carrying an -appropriation lof $50,009. Th bill provides that th road a hall run tnrougm tn county and shall pass through th towns of warren. Hoolton, Deer Island. -uobie, Rainier. Clatskanle and Marabfleld, with a branch passing through the Nehalero valley. It is provided that tn roaa. when constructed, shall be maintained by Columbia county. -. j- COUNTY OFFICERS Governor Signs Bills Increasing Sal- arles or Creating Office. - (Br a Buff Cemepeadent.) Salem. Or.. Feb. I. Hous bills X. tl4 and 171 hav becora laws through th governor's signature, being th first batch of bills to be el-ned during the present session. The first is a bill by Bteen of Umatilla, providing for an In crease In the salary of the county school superintendent of Umatilla county. The second I by VswtCr, Kubll and Per kins and creates the office of recorder of Jackson county.' The third Is by Bar DESERT LAND BILL . It Provide for CareyAct Heclania . ' . ' . .. tlon on Idaho Plan. , t-; (py a g,ff Correepoodeat.) i Salem. Or.. Feb. (.The senate com- Imlttee on public lands hss decided to -.report favorably th desert lend law proposed by Senator Smith of Ulna 1 tills county. This bill governs the rec lamation by Irrigation of desert lands granted the stat by . tb . government i wader 4 he Carey ant. It' le modeled after the Idaho law. under which mil lions have been Invested In Irrigation project. , Present condition . make It Imposst- tle for th respective countle to aasess 'the reclaimed lands for taxes, as th 'aettlers have no deeds and the com panlee claim that -h ditches belong to ths stste. Neither are the irrigation companies required to give bond for th completion of their contract, nor tto warrant and defend the right they 'ell In case of ad vera claim. These -defeats are corrected In the Smith bill. ' Th Smith bill provide for a new :6eert Isnd boaru, consisting of th governor, secretary of ttate, atate treaa tirer. attorney-general and stat ensi- r Til i a,- ' VT- - ! " V 1 A 17 yCT'ilJhU-: Mi mm A cut in underwear this .week.-";----1,7 ' - Most men when it comes to underwear will sacrifice style to comforts ' . ! Here's the good old-fashioned kind not all wool; that shrinks too much. The shrinking is confined -to the prices. 85c -this week for the $153 kind. . wt? WON ClotliinqCo y CnluhnPlfo' Men's and -Boys' Outfitters Mohawk Building. . 1C3 and 163 Third Street. " nveniila. hirii-nr' mv kinl nf Mothtn. . I rett of Washlngtont regulating the sal- The -convicts are prohibited from manu-IrX f th county Judge of Washington facturing any kind of clothing for sale county-. - or for any purpose other than supply lng tha employes and Inmate of th varlou stats Institutions. An emar . gency clause I added to th "bill, which states that there la a demand that con victs shall not compel with- free labor and. that the public peace and aafety de mand th cessation of strife along- these lines. near. Irrigation companies are required to make, deposits of 60 cent per acr before contracts are let to them, aa a guarantee of good faith. t It la provided that after ' 14 years from, the data of th contract th con trol, of th canal Is to pass to th Let tiers, while th company retains ' an Interest 1 1 proportion to th amount of right remaining unsold. When all the rights ar sold th title passes ab solutely .to. the aattlars- Under the present law a settler can hold his land Indefinitely without ap plying for a deed, and th,us escape belpg taxed on bla holding.' The new law makes a provision that limits ex emption to five year. ' 1 FOR SAFE BLOWERS Haines Dill Make It Interesting for deet.r (Br a Staff Salem. Or.. Feb. . Burglary by ex plosive 1 th nam of a new (rim that will be added to tha Oregon criminal code If th bill Introduced in th senate yesterday afternoon by President Haines becomes a law. The penalties provided for the commission of this crime are heavy, the smallest punishment being JO years, and th heaviest 4 years, In th oenltentlary. The crime of burglary by explosive Is defined as ths entry of any building at night with Intent to commit a crime, and th use or attempt ed use of nitroglycerine, dynamite, gun powder or any high explosive. VETOED BILLS' STATUS If Negatived After Adjournment, . Take Place Net Session. (Br S Staff OerreaixiBdeuO Salem, Or, Feb. Bills of this ses sion that are vetoed after th legisla ture adlourns will taks their regular course In the legislature of 109, Bailey's resolution providing that no bills should be sent to the governor during ths last sis days of the session having been re jected by the eenate. Tha. committee reported unfavorably on the resolution. They said ths resolution would hav the effect of keeping tb lawmakers here for six day merely to see whether the governor vetoed any bills, snd thst as far aa maklnc laws waa concerned the legislature had lust aa well adjourn if (he resolution were adopted. SENATE PAGES SUFFER Slate Gives Them Paper and En velope but Ko Stamp.' (Bv a Stuff Cue f wmflaat. I Salem, Or.. Feb. . The ways and meana commute of th hous reported th general - betterment and improve ment appropriation bill ' for the stat Institutions yesterday. It carrtee a to tal appropriation of tl(l,?0. A ssp- a rat bill carrying appropriation amounting to $20,000 waa also intro duced to cover th inter eat accruing on state warrants caused .by the submis sion of the appropriation bills to th referendum after the last legislature One Item la for Interest on outstanding warrants . amounting to 1411,000 run ning until June 15 last and th other la for Interest on 118,000. The first sum amount to 111,500 and th soond to $800. Th consideration of the normal school and other educational 1 Institu tion appropriations was taken up by the eommltte at a meeting last night. The itema of tha appropriation bill reported yeetorday are aa follows: Penitentiary Betterment and Im provements, $6,100; library, $1,000. Asylum New . wing, $$0,000; new lands, $10,000; general betterment and Increased equipment covering cottage at farm, physician's cottages, general expenses, igf.soo. Reform school Betterments, equip ments and repairs. $(.000. Mute school Betterment and equip ment, $$,600. .. Blind school Betterments, eta, and addition, $8,260. ORPHANS ANDTHE ERRING Special Appropriations , for Two : ; Classes of Unfortunate.' ' (By a Staff Oorntajnadast.) Salem, Feb. 8. The indigent orphans and wayward girls of the State ar taken car of by th way and means coramltt by th introduction of a spe cial appropriation bill carrying $12,000 for th former and $14,000 for the lat ter. Both, of the blUs are regular ap propriations, the first providing that each Institution In the stat that cares foa-orphsns coming andsr th Jurlsdio tlon of ths bill shall receive $60 a month for th car Of It charge, pro vided It doe not receive other assist ance from the stats or tha total amount does not exceed $8,000. . Th measure is a statute enacted In 1001, but owing to a clerical error waa introduced at thl time to remedy the defect. Th second measure provide for an appropriation of $14,000, allowing in stitutions caring for wayward girls be tween the ages of II and 18 years $84 per capita. Freeman Refuses to Be Used by Oregonian In "What Is Called Spitework Legislation. DECLINES TO. INTRODUCE TWO FRANCHISE BILLS Measures Aimed at Corporation la Portland' Aro Said to Show Bad J Faith, on the Part of Men Who Drew Them. SALARY INCREASE Bill to Benefit Morrow-Umatilla Dla- trlct Attorney. (By s Staff Correspoedenty Salem. Or., , Feb. 8. Repreaentatlv Barrett .of Umatlll, county taa Intro duced a bill which provide for an in crease of aalary of th district attor ney of Morrow and Umatilla counties. The new amount asksd la $8,000, an In crease of $400. Tb bill also aaks that tb district attorney be given th power to appoint two deputies, on in Morrow county and ons in Umatilla oounty, at a salary of $800 each. - OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS City Officer Empowered to Chase) Offender Till Caught. (By S Staff Carreapendent.) Salem. Or., Feb. . Representative Moore of Baker ha Introduced a bill which authorise any city peac toff leer to make arrests In any part of th county In which his city Is located. The purpose of th bill Is to further th end of Justice by allowing a city offi cer to pursus - an of fender sgatnst ths ordinances of th city outside th cor porate limits of th municipality. CORRECTS TITLE DEFECTS Provision for Curing Flaws Due to Land Frauds. (By Staff Conesrendent.t Salem. Or.. Feb. 8. Representative Freeman has introduced a bill provid ing that all persons who have secured certificate for stat land based upon fraudulent or forged applications msy recover title by complying with th law and proving that they were Ignorant of the fraudulent nature or tne applica tions when they mad purchase. AREYOU A MEMBER?- If You Are Not,' and Wear Lodge Badge. Jail's In Sight, Each of the boys hss letter paper and snvelopes with his name on them, pro vided by the stste printer, snd. they want tke stamps, but hav almost de spaired of setting them. " A BTXTCaT. 131 TZm Will save nine. Ho will a bottle of Ballard s HurehOund Syrup always kept on hand save meny a spell of slckneas. A sure ur for Coughs. Colds. Bron chitis snd Whooping Cough. Mr a. H Hot. Boring. Am., writes:. I Keen a bottle of Itallard'a Horehmlnd Syrup In my-medicine chest, and thank my forethought many times. It hss pre vented many severs spells of slcknssa." old by all druggist. ' (By a Staff Oorrei pop dent.) Salem, Feb. 6. No one csn wear lodge pin or insignia unless he belong to th order so designated without Do ing In violation of law, aocording to a bill by Coffey of Multnomah passed by th hous. Th bill makes it a misde meanor for any person not entitled by membership to, wear the sign 'of any order, and provides a penalty.: (By s BUff Oerrespeodant-l Salem, Or, Feb. 8. Tu Oregonian la seeking to have th franchise of th Portland Oaa company revoked by th legislature. in paper, through Its correspondent. Leslls Boott, 1 trying out in members or th Multnomah delegation in an effort to -find sore on who will consent to stand aponeor for th two bills relating to franchise wnicn It Is th desire of th proprie tors of th publication to have Intro-1 aucea. On of th measure for which Mr. Boott 1 trying to find a father 1 specific. In its outlines and provides that th franchise of the Portland Oaa company h revoked. - Th other pro- viaea mat an MreatuaJ-Yfancliis granted to publlo service corporation in any city in tb? state having a popu lation of nor than 100,000 shall be re voked and nullified. Asa seoondary reatur it Is provided that th present owner of th franchise may hav first call at renewal for a specified time, provided the bid they, submit to th city ror tn privilege la th highest. Leslie Scott presented two bills to Frank Freeman of th Multnomah dele gation and asked him to lntroducethra In the house, but Freeman deollned to be used for any special or prlvat In terest legislation. Whll willing to father a measure under certain condi tions for tha repeal of all perpetual franchises. Freeman aald h would not consent to an attack on any on corpor ation or sma.ll set of corporations. Would Mo Kelp 3rlvt Spit. H took ths position that if tha Ore gon lan war slncer In wishing to rem edy franchise abuse and mad It bill applicable to all corporations, ho might sea merit la the effort.' but not when it waa directed towarda on particular corporation or - a raw - eompame 8n Portland. " Mr. Freeman raised th farther ob jection that the amendment to section two of artlol iff of th constitution left the legislature no power to revoke franchises of corporations. In th ab sence of aa opinion on this question by. the attorney general,' which It has not did not wish to be plunged Into such a fight aa would be started by th bills, and refused to tak charge of them. Nevertheless, th Oregonian repre sentative 1 still working . with th other members of the Multnomsh dele gation. Th greater number take th am stand In th matter a did Free man, and Bay that they will not b th catspaw to be used In raking the Ore gonian' oh est nuts out of th fir. It Is said that th Oregonian has pinned Its hop on either Coffey or Drlsooll. both of whom may feel themselves bound by their anti-election pledges re garding -franchise regulation, and thus be put tn a position where they .'will be practically forced to tak up th hous campaign for th bills. Display of Weapon Results In Putting Oregon Institutions on Proper Basis. ... INCREASE OF SALARIES FOR STATE EMPLOYES Officials of Penitentiary snd Asylum forlnsano Will Get Raise, and 8u ' perlntendent's Right to Live at State Prison Recognized. " Ty " (By Staff Oorreapoadeat.) -Seism, Feb. 8. Governor Chamberlain ha used th ahadow of the-btg stick for th first time at th present ses sion, and favorably, tn forcing- th leg islature t ralss tha salary of th super intendent of th penitentiary from IM00 to $1,000, and th warden from $1,100 to $1,800, by incorporating a pro vision In tb Reynolds bill providing for an Increase . In th salaries ef th asylum anna-int"" fotie aaalat. anta. Th committee on salaries of stat and county officers. Representative Knowles chairman, favors the Reynold Dili, ana intend to report it favorably. The governor Insisted -that sow la th Urn to put th penitentiary officers on a statutory basis, so far as aa In crease n th salaries and ths legal right to live at th Institution are ooaoernedN Th sponsor of th Reynold bill de murred, a they feared the inoorpora tlon of democratic patronage la th asylum bill would cause its dsfeat by rabid partisan In th hous. The gov ernor Insisted on hi request, .and th asylum bill's friends found themselves between a posslbl veto or aa unfavor able vote In the house. At a confer ence, however, th members acceded to th governor" request, and th attor ney-genera la drawing a new bill tf incorporate th increaee in th peniten tiary salaries and on othsr points. FOR SEATTLE'S FAIR Henry Reed Asks for Big Appropria- . . ; tlon From Oregon."' '(Br a Staff Oottasuuuaeni.t Salem, Feb. 8. Henry . Reed 1 her working In th Interest of th Alaska-Tukon- fair He- want--th- legislature to appropriate $160,000, payabl la 1007, Instalments, the first. $30,000 in 1007, to be used for. th collection of th stat exhibit; th second, of $68,000, to be paid May 1, 1(08, and to be used for th construction of th Oregoa build ing; th third, another $60,000, to be paid Janaury 1. 190: and administration expense. HATER CODE AMENDLIENIS SEEM TO PLEASE" Objectionable Features Elim inated, and Friends of Law Be lieve It Will Pass. (By s Staff Cnrreepondent.) I Palem, Or.,' Feb. $. The senate pa' are the latest sufferers from ths eco nomic wave that ha swept over the present legislature. ' The boys want 200 t-cenl stamps each, and can find no means of getting them rrom the stat. They hav endeavored" to persuade a number of senator to introduce a res olution authorising the Secretary of senators all ssy-they. r-voo fcusyrf.-. 1n,,. ,m BIRDS ON WOMEN'S HATS Mr. Perkins Essay to Regulate Fenv V tnine Ornamentation. (By S Staff Oarreaouniient.l Salem, Feb. $. Repreaentatlv Per kins of Jackson county doe not ilk to making It a-nldsmenor..,for any per son -to have In possession the body of any' bird not a game bird. Crows, mag pies, jay, owls and hawks ar not In cluded In the list of proteeted birds. The bill has been Introduced- In the In terest of the Audubon society. BURBANK TRUST FUND Honse Passe RJ1I to Validate and Make F.ffcctlvev L(B s Sttff OmriwlBr.) ' tm. Or, Feb. $. Th hous has (By s Staff Oeneapaedeat.) Salem, Or., Feb. , 8. Having listened for aeveral days to th objections against thslr proposed water code, the 'committee of th board of trad ha prepared amendmenta to th Water law which It Is believed will meet all objec tions, and hop that th ood will pans is entertained. Th objection that the second section of th proposed law oonfllot with ri parian owners, limiting thslr right and rutting them off from damages In case their rlghta are condemned, ha bean met by eliminating th part of th fac tion objected to. Another objection that ha been met I that under th bill water could be turned Into any one's artificial dltohes by any person and reclaimed at a point farther down th stream. Thl diffi culty was obviated by eliminating the word "artificial" from the code, thus lim iting tb right to reclaim water to natu ral water waterways. The right tee appeal to th court from th ruling and act of th atat engineer Is given, thus meeting th ob jection that th will of th atat engi neer I absolute An appeal operates as a suspension of the engineer' rule until th appeal Is finally determined. - Suit by th atata-for-the determlna--tlon of every water right In. Oregon, which were provided for in th original draft of th bill, ar llralnatad by an. amendment, which provides that th attorney-general shall Intervene on behalf of th stat only when a suit to adjudi cate any water right ahall hav been brought, and be believe that th publlo Interest demands such Intervention. Thl feature of th bill was on to which al most universal objection ha been raised, and th eommltte believe that all objection will be overcome by . the amendment, SAN FRANCISCANS IN - ' 9,G SNOW BLOCKADE (Jooraal Special Barries.) Chicago, Feb. 8. 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