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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1009. OVERPLUS STATE 11 E Over 45,000 Statutes in' One! " Five Year Period Move ment for Uniform laws movement and all hut four or five the atatea have nnllalcd In the work 1 he members of the commission get geiher Dint frame a - nuxtol law on Kiveii Subject. When If IH finally com picieti it is not inn ni ir imKeii, m-co lilrrwd product often turned by l-BlluCurN, but a complete, under hibihIhIjI", unit unmistakable exposition tit llio u ho l.i subject Willi which It pu porta to deal, la framing these lawa the commlimlon In actuated by a aval la make I )im no plain that not only tli average man can understand, but tha even tha moat perverse- cannot ml construe If ha would; no plain that no one can even pretena to mistake-me provision. . Ilrs Experiment a goco? That they have succeeded admirably in uomg ao la Known tiy tno exoeriem of tha courts with tha uniform nego. liable Instruments Jaw. This waa tha first one framed by the commission, an lias been adopted by 31 states and fou territories. A! recent atateroent allowed that there were not one tenth aa man cases flndlnr their way to the court especially tn the higher courts, aa there bad been prior to tha enactment of the law. it la related that wnmi the meua ure waa rending In the Michigan leg. iHiattirtv.it enme near doing oereated l the aenate, the around or the fight s , . ... T me aenaie, trie around or . xne ngn GrOAVjnff -RaPlUlV LVIIS being that It waa an Intruslo . ..i . ' " ,..' '.v - , . . on the practice of the legu.1 professior nf (Yin fUMim T,siri - ,,lt " !t w"rJ to n passed th u t-'UJUUUlUlJ, JJIUJ. nvernpe man would, not need a lawye ' tPhat the Carnegie Institution la doing wiy ba sketched In prln- elpal outline by Mr. Haskin to-. morrow.' The Carnegie Institu- tion ha for Ha field tha whola -world, - and for . it . period ..all time and tha efernitle at both ; ends of It It will be Judfced. 1 doubtless, by tha readers of Tha Journal that on thla grand foun- . . datlon Mr. Carnegie haa built hi enduring monument. ...! on the ver to collect lila notoa and bill. . How ever, no one haa noticed that the Mich igan lawyer wear ' anv enneclall starved look because the legislature of that state -passed ths.meaaura. .. Aeta "detained" Bafora Paatad. : Another model ' law drafted by th commission Is one - relating td Ware house receipts. - This measure haa been adopted oy nine' atatea. and another re' la tin k to sales of all kinds haa . been adopted ny four states. When one o these laws Is completed It Is to be de pended on that it is a thnrouah-Rotna measure. it sometimes, takes years to Rut It into 'such shape that there is not : some member of the commission who can pick it to Pieces. An Inatanoe of this kind Is the experience f the pro. posed ' law relating to certificates of atock.- After a year's consideration bv a competent committee the measure was reported. l nere were oblectlons made to It,-and It -.waa sent baxsk to. the com mlttee for another year of considera tion. At the last meeting; held in Seat tle, -the second draft was reported.: But aid nor nil tne mil, so it By FREDE1UO J. 1IASKIX, ' fronvrlvht 1909 bv Frederlq J. Haskln.) SVen this ' Washington. April 26. Now that .the was again referred. i v It Is not safe to i.-iVto? ,r which have Deen In Prdlct that even a' third effort will .state legislature, which have Deen in J)r0VB nni u mny be tm aession during tha past wlntetj, ara aa- another year before the commission get Journln for the aummer it ta iniex- a taw exactly to its limn. . .( . n MniiA . h ii ( httM iwAn. ancom I . 71.-. fw ui . v. vr.1-.1 1 ..11-i.rji o ifh if la evtlmatedl . s that they added 10.000 lawa to the It Is, of course, with commercial law ' statute books land this la perhaps an that the commission is most interested. ' under rather' than an ' over-estimate, i. he- evolution of commerce ha com- ' During the five years from 1899 to pletely wiped out all state llrts so far " 1904 the total number of laws addad I as trading is concerned, and It becomes reached the wonderful total of 45, Hf.3 . lliirlnr a single vear of that per. od the number added was over -14.000, i-overlnir a total of more than 20,000 naaea. in tha statute books. Of course tint all nf thnaa were nubile laws, Dur ' in ihi flu van, riArlnrt referred to 1 the total number of public acts was sublecti It Is now concentrating Its ef about 16 000 I forts Jar-elir to securing the adoption of Bo great -as tlie over-production or its neaotiaoie instruments, ana Us sates law become that legal authorities every-1 and warehouse receipts laws bv states where hav Joined in an eriori iu , auage the flood of legislation that la crowding down upon them. The courts are not able to keep th pace. The 1 thousands of decisions that must be made by the Judges of the country In especially Important to . the Individual or tha corporation who dons business in many states that there should be uni formity or law relating to the matters In which commerce is Interested. While the commission Is working on the Per fection of uniform laws on many other which bave not yet adopted them. 1 It is also concerned largely In the comnle tion of the proposed messures relating to partnerships and stock certiflcatea. Special tnterarta Beak XTnlformlty. Th. vn imlaiiln- am ,..lfn., I.... I. construfng all this new legislation are not aione i the broad field of work in making a mass of legal literature or which 1 i inhnrtniri Tt haa eivi unwieldy proportions. No sooner la one -uch a wonderful impetus to the move digest of decisions, covering 20 or more ment tnat therft aM j0sens of other or volumes, completed until it becomes ffanlzations enlisted in the same cause, such a back number that another must whn thn nnm it n -i(tai aHti,..a be begun. It is all serving to clog set about to consider that matter they i' iiinuiuimi j " -1 round tnat tno American Medical aa so- able degree that thinking lawyers have elation, and alao the American Public reached tha ."view with alarm stage. 1 Health association, had a committee Uniform Zraws 'Commission. It was to correct this growing evtl that the National Commission on XTni form State Lawa 'was created. The ) American Bar association has long ' stood for a simplification of legal pro cedure, and. was Instrumental in bring ing about the organization of the com mission. It is composed of members 1 to cpnslder uniform laws on five sub from each state which Joins In theljects. The house of governors and the working to tha same end. - In addition to these the census bureau waa consid ering the same subject; between them ail they were able to report a measure which met the annroval of all the or ganizations concerned. , . . ' governor Curtis Guild-haa called a meeting of the New Kngland governore WHERE MR. ROOSEl'ELT WILL HUNT BIG GAME - A . J"" ( YViV steamboat. Kj7 m : - I J TcTeoaAPH tines ' j ' L 'vl . . Authentic Map of the Roosevelt Trip and R. J. Cunnlnghame, Roosevelt's Head Guide and General Manager Ex-President Roosevelt's trio will ba mostly included In . what Is known as the . Uganda district, including 'British East Africa and the northern part of German East Africa. He will be con veyed bv ' railway to Fort ' Florence, thence by steamer around Victoria Ny- anza, stopping at many interesting points and indulging in a few side trips, From Entevbe, at tno northwestern cor ner of Victoria Nyanza. he will proceed by. caravan In general northern course I where most of the hunting will ba done. From the main route as outlined he will mako many extensive side trips for big game. ; Kermit Roosevelt, accompanied by a special guide, a Portuguese Indian named Silvia, will make neveral short trips away from the party. : 811 via Is famoua aa an Indian hunter. Ex-President Roosevelt's first stop will be at Sir Alfred Pease's estate on tha Athl river, known as KIHnatheki. Hera tt la expected that tha ex-president will spend two weeks with tha famoua hunter, after which he will proceed to the Ju Ja ranch of George McMillan, whose guest he will be for another fort night. 'It J. Cunningham, who haa general supervision over the entire trip, is an Englishman who has much experience shooting big game in British East Af rica. He haa selected the biggest and bravest native porters to , ba had in Mombasa. . conference called together by President Roosevelt met to consider a committee on uniform state laws, and Governor Hughes has initiated a movement for uniform automooiie laws in me territory contiguous to New York. The governor of Louisiana has called a conference for . the rmrnose of securing uniform laws on the question of child laborr In addition to all these movements tha In ternational Tax association meets In Louisville during tha lata summer to consider tha question of uniform, tax laws. , Jjawa Identical; Decisions Vary. . That tha movement for uniform state laws is an important one, all bear wit ness who have investigated the matter. That'll is-a growing movement, which 111 work great changes In tne policies of the various legislative bodies of the country, is plain. But even with every thing that is desired of the legislatures granted, there will still be a serious ifflculty, to. overcome which it is agreed there will be much trouble. Judge W. O. Hart of Louisiana, chairman of the committee on publicity of the com mission,' ret erred to that phase of the matters Indirectly In an address before the Mississippi Bar association. There are many states which have statutes on a given subject that are alike word for word. Yet when the courts come to In terpret these statutes their construction is so different that In a few years there is a line of decisions in each -eitate which maices the effect of the- laws'of the sev eral states as different as if there had been no original uniformity. The Ameri can Bar association is laboring as as siduously to solve this problem as the commission on uniform lawa la' laboring for uniformity of legislation. ' "Joker" -Legislation. Legislatures ara often imposed upon, and there Is scarcely a session of any legislative body which does not allow some "Joker" to steal through. Aaron Burr was one' of the first man to try to pass off a "Joker" on an American leg islative assembly. Ha wanted to estab lish a banking busines In New York, and tha legislature refused him the charter ha desired. . Finally an apparently harm less bill with reference to the New York water supply waa introduced and passed. It' was afterward found to contain the very bank charter Burr had been seek ing. In 1904 the New, York legislature was again a near-victim of even a more dangerous "Joker" thai h one Tlurr had IUM'td. A mark-looking IUU I'lU was of fered granting a ct i lain ! r corporation 'thim tt cot)itiii work and othnrwine." t waa afirrward found that tli bill extended to th power cmu- pniijr inn rig'n or eminent d""in ' every city and county of tne alitta, he aame to ie irrevocable and in perpt. lull v in" iron uw vi evary puujio iret " highway, and uaa of Ilia waters of M aaarar Falls, v . . .. .. , , To ovarcoma the danarera of such "Jokra ' moat legislate s aaarmbile nave empiovea nign-aularld men to v! all bills and tn put them In ahapa for leglHiativa enactment. Tha number of efforta to put "Jokers" into law has te,n on the decline alnra tha-grant moral awakening or the present docado. and even. In cmi arena, where tha flood of bllla H tha worst in the world, there are lew rjokera- put Into the--lawa, and iney.are usuany insigniriuaat,", , , Dlvoro Vaifonaitjr, ' , Perhnpa the ' moat widely advertised effort for. uniformity of legialntlon re lates to tha divorce oUeatlon. There are almost aa many kinds or law on this subject aa there ara statea In tha union. and some of them are ao framed aa to permit the divorce lawa nf other atatea virtually to be set aside. , . In some states the period of residence required Is so brief and the doctrine or what con stltutes residence so liberal that almost any one run get hla cn.su into the courts or that state, and tha grounds for divorce ara ao numerous that the divorce cornea more on the ground of ability to pav for the proceedings than from any real cause. It la trua that the supreme court , declared not . long ago that New York did not have to. recog nize a Connecticut divorce decree in a caan where the latter state did not ao Julie Jurisdictional control over the de endant: but none ' of tha states has sought to overturn the action of the' di vorce courts or otner atatea because of this decision. The model divorce law which wan drawn upon lines laid down by tha national divorce congress haa not been meeting with- the approbation of stata legislatures ' tnat . waa expected. New Jersey and Delaware ara the. only statea which have aa yet enacted It Into law. - LUXURIOUS -VACATION FOR BLAXCILE BATES (United Prena teased Wire.) New York. AdDI 2.-Every comfort f a homo, in addition to the adjunct of i modern hotel, is said to be in cluded In tha equipment of the big tour ing car in which Blanche Bates I to take a vacation trip in June. - - CooklnR win be done by electricity: there will be nn electric- coffen maker. electric fans for the portable tents thit will be carried, and electric light for every purpose. It 1 even whispered that tha unique equipment will include - electric curling lrona. massage machine and footwarm- erg, and an electric cigarette lighter for those to whom such an arrangement would prove a convenience. A radl'i wlreless telephone la also mentioned as possibility. , ... Aged Stockman Found Murdered ' (t'nlt'-d Pram fussed Wfr.' Redding. Cal.. April 26. The aitthnrl- tles are investigating' the death, of Hen-, ry Oltphant. an aged stockman, who was found dead In his cabin near Har rison gulch In the southwestern part of Shasta county. Ollphant - trim ws 81 vears of age. was founi with tw.i bullet holes In his body - It Is known h had much trouble ; with ; nelghborlns; tockmen, who are said to have accused Im or Killing tneir. came. Sheriff Mon'gomery. accompanied by D'strict Attorney Tillotaon and Coroiier Hnim ton. are on their, way to the old man's cabin. MEMOlMAIiDAV . : jx 1)1X1?; h.yr- Atlanta. t:,i,( Apr.I 2.-.fiif..,ri'4t Memorial day. a iHr.d in .ti.iui and other cities of t5.iifcu fnluj vtiUi the customary fiwcl-n Un.. r tha an, plcc of tha varlttua patriotic aool. tt. and vetreana orannUatloiia. Monument to the Confederal dead were unveil,.. I In Abbeville, Lafayette, Moultrie, il.!-' boro and neveral other places, -Jacksonville, FU., April Mmnrml day waa gt-noroHy observed throughout Hoihlit toilay, llntiks and tttdr-n r cloacd anil th day waa devoted to m . moilal exerciaea and the decoration of the soldier' grave. Mobile, Alii.. April 2.-In honor nf Memorial day, tha schools, tha b.iiik.H and the courts were closed here. Tha graves of both ha confederate and fd eral . dead tit Magnnllit ccnieti'iy wr decorated by tha Ladies' Memorial association. Second Trial of Krncat AVatle. ' Lynchburg. Va.. April 25. The casa of, lamest Wade, charged with the mur- der of his slater's sweetheart, Isaac 111k- frlnliothum. was railed for trial todav n the corporation court. This la tun second trial of the case, the first trial having resulted In W'ado's conviction. Take half glass upon arising in the morning and enjoy good health all day II Is The Be$t Natural , Laxative Water " FOR CONSTIPATION ' a. ksocxeh 1 n nuv bii v o ... quvu 'III mijr person or thing. It's a habit caused by are beginning to see things through blue: spectacles, treat your liver to- a good cleaning out process with Ballard's Herblne. -A sure cura for constipation. I A noral I rA I nftnn I 1. V.nnnAi 1 biliousness, all liver, stomach and bowel j troubles, Sold by Skldmore Drug Co. ' pur Grocer for ::Mi potation .Go's extra fine dry granulatad ! i M yu want an absolutely para Ccriip Sugar b!lim.Ll.!1I.TXJTTTTTT w; ays9 CasGfl anpanmcEcs. me We 've moved from our-, old store at 267 Washington street to our new temporary quarters at the corner of Second and Washington. But we didn't move the entire stock, leaving behind.vat the old store all broken and discontinued lines and odd lots. These we've marked at such low prices that no one with even remote shoe needs can afford to pass th?s sale by. We state in the headline that the sale is to last ehven days. Maybe it will last as long as that, but we don't think so, because we've marked everything so low that nothing but empty shelves4 should remain after two or three days. But the sale will positively end Saturday evening, May 8. The shoes on sale are all good shoesthey are the sort that have made the name "KNIGHT'S" a synonym for all that's best and good and dependable in footwear. We wish to im press this fact, however: Every size, almost, is present in some one style or other, but not every size in every style. So, if you can be fitted in the shoe you fancy, you are in line to save a -tidy, bit on your purchase. . Read on to your everlasting profit. . - . ' - f 1 , -. ' ..... . . ' ' i . Tl. N 'S ; . : 1 - " - ' .a - v : ' Ss. '''" ' ) WcWill Sell:-,. -vj ; : ?5.00 grades of Men's and Women's "Soro ' sis," "Walkover" and other high-grade makes of Shoes and Oxfords, .in patent ' ;. leather, vici kid, in black and tans, at 3.85fair We Will - , Sell: - a $3.50 grades of Men's and Women's- "Soro 'sis,"wWalkover" and' other high-grade makes of Shoes and O x I o r d s of vici, in black and tans, at $2.95 Pai Winter Shoes Also In This Great Sale It has never been the custom for Knight's to make two bites .of a cherry - to do .things half way. We have therefore i n c 1 u d e d in this sale all our shoes left over' from last fall, and despite the fact that we've placed orders for a great many styles ex actly like those earned over. We could realize full price for these a few months hence, but we want this sale remem bered for a long time by you because of the many fine bargains you se cured. If rour size is present," therefore you a) m are in line to make mighty Rood interest by buying your next winter'3 shoes how. We Will Sell: $4.00 grades of Men's and Women's "Soro sis," "Walkover" and other h igh-.grade f makes of Shoes and Oxfords, in patent leather, vici kid, in black and tans, at. $3.35 Pair Slippers for Very Little We wish it. were possible to enumerate, the, many different lines of Slippers that are in cluded in this sweeping clear ance sale. But lack of spjee forbids 'this We therefore must rest content in saing that j-our hopes for slipper bar gains will be fully realized in fact, you'll find 'some lines marked as low as ....... .50 66 Our regular lines of "Sgfosis" Walfovc,, and Oiher Makes of Iligh Grcde Slices Are .now on display in our temporary quar-' .'' ; ters at Second & VasIiinolon Streets s M(0) rf"f t ft a r-fiiafrTn n Bel. TJiIn! r.Hf.1 Four i i i mm : ' i f -a Vai' O 1 m