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-THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, .PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, ! 1911. : 5 III FIVE DAYS BY - IN AN OREGON GARDEN ' : n his .' ' i .' r. . V V, -..In Besides Lack of Time, Senate ! nit and House, Refuse to Get Together 'on Important b;. -Measure;' ' i : WSpaeU! DUptteb to Tb Journal) Olympta,; Watav March -With five . more working . daya of ihe legislature and the inost Important measures yet ' to be threshed out, the seriate and house at , loggerheads 'pvef the appropriation ' JbiUsxancLiageneraiillr-feeling between. the members of the two branches, it is . apparent that a large number of cher-, Isbed schemes will go a-gllmmering, and many of the. large army of lobby , ists, as. well As the representatives of i' the various sections of the, state, will I" return to their homes disappointed men i. .and womenOf the-thlngHhat-aetuftt-- ly must be acted .upon is the general ' appropriation bllL The house and sen ate have each passed a bill to suit tile ; , members of either branch,) but at a ; wide variance with each other.. The 1 house has flatly refused to concede that the sonata has the right to amend its action by adding another $100,000 1 to the estimates It decided were suffl-J. clenf to rurr the Institutions for -the - Diennium. The senate is arbitrary in its view that as it is the senior branch it has the right and the power to force tho house to recede from its former po sition and accept the senate's views; " . AMvman sot wuy . . The public utilities bill has been . passed on to the house and has a good . chance of enactment. .This ibillwaa framed by Harry Falrchlld, chairman of the prevent railroad commission, and will incorporate with the duties of the railroad commission the supevislon of all the public utilities, raining, the-pay of the commissioners to 16000 per an- - - num and designates that the present railroad commissioners, H. A. Falrchlld, A. J. Lawrence and Jesse T. Jones, be the first commissioners on public util ities. It is estimated It will ; need 1 1 50,000 to carry on lta work . for the next .two- yeaWr--v-i 7?---; - Xiooka Bad fot W. W. Ob 'V' The military investigating commit tee having made Us report to the legis lature and recommended retiring all the head officers, which would Include Col onel . Matt Oohrmley and Colonel Otto A. Case, a big war will be precipitated f 'A- -v t -Jr J? " v.t J' v th attikntlnn a4 fh tnmKrsi over the. j provisions for the national there will be no- breath left to oppote auard. - These , officers hurried to ri.V ' . . . ' kiiv iiicnou ( u. uiympia as soon as ine report was suo- mltted and protested strongly against thtlr removaL They have a large fol lowing of influential friends in both houses who are working to save the of ficers and see that there la enough money appropriated to maintain the guard in the state of efficiency. .Other members don't think the state Is much better off with the organisation, and there has been so many scandals arising during the past two years over the maladministration of the military fund that the attempt o get a considerable appropriation will meet with hard aled ding. -7 ' i"-. , ' r Provision tTBOonstttutlonai. The teachers' retirement measure will probably not reach the senate, as the attorney general has held .that one of the provisions of the bill is uncon stitutional. The fund out of which re . tired teachers were to have been pen sioned was to have been raised by an assessment on the teachers actually j engaged In the profession, -and also a 1 per cent of the common school fund j wa to have been diverted into the teachers' pension fund. Attorney Gen- j er&I Bell holds that the constitution ex-1 presBly states that the common school fund can be used for the benefit of the schools and for, no other purpose. To pension a teacher would only result In an Indirect benefit to the schools by taking from the active list teachers whj are too old to have charge of a school-1 room. . -, ' Another measure that the people of Qiympia earnestly pray will not die a-borntng is the capltol building . bill. already passed the house, Feara are entertained that as the measure does ' not meet with the approval of Governor Bay, the executive will use the whip in the senate, and the bill will never see the light of day in that branch, ' Coattnn Jut 1UU. The senate has decided that the Jute mill at the state penitentiary la to be operated another two years, and then if it la found to have proved a losing proposition, to close it. The state ha an Investment of about 1500,000 in the penitentiary jute mill, and recently a searching inquiry was made to deteiy mine whether or not the jute mill had been operated at a loss. E. D, Cowen, member of the board of control. In sisted upon counting In the initial in vestment, figuring depreciation and giv ing a close examination of the plant Friends of the jute mill returned a ljb erat report discounting uowen'g - close analysis in the hope of aaving the insti tution. A' feature of the debate on tHe bill was the declaration of Senator Eaetham, who aaid that . he ' had been- mayor of Vancouver, and as a local executive prevented any boxing matches In ; his home city because of its proximity to Portland. . ,.. , . .... .. "We are On the border of this state," said Senator Kastham, "and cannot pre vent disreputable characters from f ol lowing boxers. Jn the Interior cities. the council, mayor and police force can control these characters, and there la no reason. why they should not, under reasonable regulations, permit limited boxing matches," . - .Gambling Phase Deplored. ' Senator Collins made the principal ar gument for the bill, saying in closing: The principal objection to boxing matches is . the betting and gambling Under the old law the board of con- trot was directed' to sell jute sacks at cost, and In obeying that instruction no account- was ever taken of the cost of maintenance through the keeping of prisoners or of many other details, m A perfunctory effort, however, was made to figure depreciation, but it la now admitted that the state, in fact, has been losing heavily. i i If the admlnletatlon and east aide senators keep faith the mill la to be thoroughly tested during the next two years, and If It la really unprofitable when wide latitude is given In the man agement, it was promiaed In debate this morning that the mill would be aban doned. ' V '. :': , , ; - - -. ' ; -r. The bfll providing for the 'contin uance of . the Jute 1 mill author 1zes fthastata r board1 of rcoh trol to sell Jute sacks at a profit in com petition with private firms, if; neces sary, to put. an agent tn . the road to handle the sales. ' i . ' , Insanity Dodge Prostrated. , Senator Basset tf Adams oolinty has obtained the legislation ha has been working for the past several sessions, and that Is that when persons are con victed of crimes they . cannot plead in sanity and so .escape punishment' for their misdeeds. Now when such a per son is i convicted and examined for' In sanity, If the examiners are convinced the Insanity la real the person Will be restrained of their liberty ; until their malady Is cured. - h , - Uttle Breath teft. Senator Jos I ah Collina, a Seattle mil lionaire With sporting Jnclinatlons, can. not let go of his pet measure to ttpr- 'mtri0-f ound-no-dtfclsfoh boxing matches 'anywhere within the state. , The bill vassea ine nouse ana was Killed in the , senate, but would tiot stay dead, for a motion to reconsider has been fa vorably voted upon and it Is likely that . as tlie rush of , the last few days en- YOUR GRASS Should be cut at once If you wish to have a Nice looking lawn. Amer BALL BEARING liAWN MOWER .The jgX . THE GREAT AMERICAN has five cutting blades, made from high grade steel, and is ; self-sharpening. Being ball bearing, it . runs, easily and reduces the Work of . cutting your , , lawn, to a mere trifle. It has been widely - imitated,: but never equaled. There are hun dreds rof rthese' MowersT'opef aUng rihT this city, and they are giving satisfaction. There's none better made. We carry the largest , assortment of Lawn Mowers on 'the coast , .. Call and see them and get our prices.. , GARDEIV: TOOLS rV' 1 ' ; t t': ' " ' ' I ' " . -.V"'--'- j Of all kinds is one of our specialties. Rakes, . , Hoesii Spade's, , Garden Trowels, V Pruning ; ' v ' . Shears, Garden Barrows, Poultry ' Netting ; f . and Garden Hose. . ' e , -, ' V . . , HONEYMAN HARDWARE CO. FOURTH AND : ALDER STREETS, PORTLAND, OR. that follows.. This element has been eliminated in' this bill,, and If it is; re referred to ; the public jnorals' commit tee I Intend to make a further amend ment which ,wlir make : it a misdemea nor to. bet! on boxing matches In any manner, j But with the absence of a declsloi you'.cannot gamble on the out come. ; You could even hold horse races in this state and eliminate the gambling feature by prohibiting tho Judges to give a decision. Not one in ; twenty newspapers condemns a : six, eight " or ten-round, no-decislon' boxing: match. You cannot teach, boxing even in your Y. M. C. A. v organisations unless pro fessionals' do the teaching a nd you can not ; get professionals unless you i give them the opportunity of giving public exhibitions. 1 am not In favor of molly coddling-the human race and I am in favor of this bill.". - ;' . ; i;,y ;. 'v -; .Myers and Bryan made the principal fight against ,the;blll. ; M , ?. j Both houses of the legislature. have passed a . bill' allowing county commis sioners ; and i engineers to do road re pair work up to 12500 and bridge work up to -100 without first calling for State Board Xas Monay. The state board of control haa pre pared statement showing the expendi ture of the Institutions -for the past two years. The report shows that not only will there be no deficiencies but that over ,$200,000 appropriated by the 190? legislature will revert to the gen em fund. The largest reversions will come from the Western Hospital for Insane and the school for feeble minded at - Medical -fcake.-r-At-thisinstttution the f 8000 for additional land haa been unexpended and there is about $33,000 cash In the treasury that will not be needed before the new appropriation' be comes available. ;, Thera were $275,000 appropriated for the purchase of jute and the operation of the jute mill at the stats penitentiary.: Of this large sum only $170,000 haa been expended, and the remainder reverts to the state treasury. ' These figures will doubtless have an. effect upon tie action of the appropriations committee In ; agreeing upon the amounts to be granted the In stitutions for the coming two years. ' Speaker Xa - popular. T Speaker Howard T. Taylor la popular with the news representatives in Olym p la this winter probablymore sothah any previous speaker of ' the house "of representatives. He has been uniform ly considerate and courteous to the quill pushers and capped the long list of nice, things he has thought of for thu:r pleasure and convenience by giving the newspaper boya-a-banquetTlmrsday evening. The popular speaker was toast ed and highly commended for his fair ness to tha - writers.:, .;;-.v " I v . ; rtHr To Close Gaieties.'' " : !T ' Th senators 'and represent atlves have Issued 2000 invitations to a retur i ball to be given the people of Olympla, who have been untiring in entertaining the strangers within their gatts the- past twnwnlh. The invitations -art bi mgfcageny accepted and" II -s exs-jct-ed iU bb! will be a fitting close to the season' ' gilctles. S EUGENE REAL ESTATE SHOWS ACTIVITY . . 8iieUI Dtepatos to Tbe Imf tLJ 7 Eugene, Or March 4. -RphI estate In and around Eucene is chancina' hands rapidly at the present time and- It is believed that the coming .spring and summer will witness the greatest actlv ity in that itne in tha history of tha city. A $:0,000 deal in suburban prop erty was made when E. E. Mink, for merty business rrianager of the Evening Guard of this city, bought from Walter 0.j Oliver pf .Seattle a lract lying im-i mediately, to the south of theutlty and! adjoining the corporate limits. It lies on the College Hill loop of, the local electric railway system. -. Mr. Mink will place the lots on the market, , ' $ Another sale just made is a iOO-acra farmatElmlra," belonging o Mrs. Ar wilda Buckworth. to William M. Porter, a wealthy easterner who recently ar-r rived here, for S10.000.' . if THIS BEAUTIFUL " This Piano Will Be Gren lEistf:? 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Prizes Must Be : CaUed for Within 15 Days From Closing of Contest In Addition to the Above Rewards .. 1 Every prize winner will receive, according to the merit of the solution, a cash value reward for an amount from $25.00 to $140.00. These re-' wards will be accepted at their full face value to JPPly on the purchase of any one of the new pianos that we are introducing to the piano-loving public through this mammoth advertising plan. These pianos win be placed on sale with a reliable firm ofhk :cityAt:.a-sp -ce;- The abo.ve-meutioned tt follows; Three at $140.00, three at , $135.00, three : at $130.00,. three at $125.00, three at $120.00, three at $110.00, three at $100.00, ten at $75.00, ten at $50.00, and all correct solutions will receive a reward for $25.00. This contest it being conducted by manufacturers for whom we have a contract for advertising .their pianos throughout the United States. These manufacturers believe that the best way to introduce and market their pianos is in making special efforts to the peoples In order to do this, they have inaugurated this great contest,-in which each contestant has an equal chance to win one of these valuable prizes. .v '.- v' The piano, manufacturers and dealers have, for many years tried to reduce the selling expense of musical instrument. The old way of selling pianos, pulling door bells, canvassing'paying music teachers comissions, etc., have all been eliminated, and it is now a question of the best advertised piano, .The maker's name being familiar to the piano purchaser, and the piano purchaser knowing the true value of the piano . makes it possible to sell j. certain number. ..',', -s "' These manufacturers for; whom we are conducting this contest want you to know , that all answers wilt be considered, first, as to. the cof-" ' rect answers; second, aa to the neatness of the answer; that only one answer will be , considered from one family and that in the event of a tl identical award will.be made. We want to . especially-assure you that you should not lose a moment in mailing or bringing your answer to our office. Try for one of these valuable prizes, which will be given free to successful contestants. . ' , ; Mail or Bring Your Answer to Our. Of fice.Tdday -'v. 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