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.J..: J AY jGLLAIAL, PORTLAND, GUIiDAY LlOllNIUG, rilDAUAllY 1SI1 iSK IMP 11 An nnr UNIUL IflTIPC IM QTATf UH'dL in OIMIL Over 1000 Men and Women Gather in Small Room in Tilfortl Building to Vote 11 Bill Provides That All Unap propriated Water In Streams , Be Withdrawn From Entry to Private Parties. (Salem Buretu of The Journal.) Salem, Or.. Feb. 1. The senate com mittee on Irrigation has a bill Intro duced by Senator Meuner, No. 173, which is beginning tct attract wide attention among those interested in the law ofr water. The .Neuner bill la regarded as the utmost In water conservation. -It provides, ' in t brief, that all unap proprlated water in the streams of the state shall be withdrawn from entry ' by private ' approprlators... Under this rule, It would be Impossible for a ripar. lan owner, ..with a stream running through his place, to develop power for domestic purposes. - - ; ' - State Engineer Lewis. says he does not believe the measure will be urged to final passage in its present form, and it is generally expected to be used as a basis" from which to work In fram ing legislation that will more Complete ly protect the Interests of the state from Inroads of private capital. "The object of conservation ia not to . stop uso," said Mr, Lewis. . "I would re sret to see a 'bill passed that would withdraw all water from appropriation. Xt would retard development, and it might lead to court construction that would be of serious result In the water laws of the state." , The Neuner bill, along with several other bills pertaining to irrigation and water development, is resting in the committee on Irrigation for the pres ent , ' .: - :' i.V - J I f. . - f -ii inn i i r ir-l r- , - - i..j.j ,, , .X.-J. :.,,-h imiirmm nil irmniiraT4 : : : -; Repeal of Act Sought in Mcas ure Proposed by Repre sentative Neuner. VETO ALONE CAN SAVE COUNTY UNNECESSARY $10,000 YEARLY, COST (Continued From Page One.) (9nln Buri'n of Tfce Junrtistt " K' Salem, Or., Feb. l.-To repeal the Coos Bay land grant, which was made by an act of the legislature on October 13, 1870, wlll be the purpose Of a bill that ' will be Introduced in the senate Monday ; by Senator Neuner. who with Governor . West and. District Attorney .Brown ot Roxeburg, has been investigating ; the ' matter for some time. ' I In his message to the legislature Gov I ernor West called attention- to the grant j and his belief that it was the state's : place instead "of the - federal - govern ' nient's to recover the lands, and the bill ; prepared will . be for the purpotso of carrying out this recommendation. The original grant was made by con grtss in 1869 to the state for the purpose of aiding In the construction; of a mili tary road from. Coos Bay to Eoseburg The land granted were Alternate seo K group of voters who were .at the polls "early to cast rote In special school bond election. this work, allowing for natural1 In crease of Improvements, ,. . . So, basing estimates on the figures for last year and 4aklng in considera tion the greatly decreased amount of work, because of the household goods elimination. 440,000 should reasonably cover the expenses of the office. But the pew bill fixes the salary expenses alone at $48,120t even it no extra dep uties are ever employed as the bill per mits., It Is reasonable to believe that Borne extra men will be taken! on at the time of making personal ' assess ments, and this will, make the figure higher. l;--? alight Be Even Xowft The expense of running the office In 1911, tinder Mr. Slgler. was only 41, 917.45. and this firure might much more properly be accepted as the basis for fi;urine this years expense, it was a normal year. Just as 1913 will be. There are no block books or maps to te maae. Taking $10,000, the approximate cost n molrlnir un thai hmifMhOld STOOdS TOIL .ofxtr deputies., weri im-jan, each4from- this -and it leaVes practically -only " year, sometimes bringing the total num. ber up to 70. The extra men were kept from six weeks -to three months each, v but only a few were ever kept three months. The cost of this extra clerk hire to- tstlcd $10,000 a year at a verjreonserya : tlve estimate. , Aid under the law elirn-1 Inatlng household . goods 'from taxation " this expense Will be unnecessary this "year, as the extra deputies' work con- slsted for the most part of going from ' home to home with household goods! assessment sheets, j What Would 38 Do ! This work was always slew and te dlbus nd required much time, frequent ly five or six visits being necessary at . one house. With the elimination of the household assfrssments. the personal roll of the county, will decrease from 1020 pages' for- 1912 to about 250 for 1913. and r wore than half of those will be devted to automobiles, which are easily ap ' praised. '- ' ' V '' It is believed that 10, extra men. work. Ing a short time each year can do alj jlhe personal appraising to be"done now. ' "And the bltf item of extra deputy hire ; Will be almost entirely eliminated. What 55 regular men 36, In fact. In cluding the assessors-could. find to. do in the office Is more than persons fa miliar with the work can figure out. ' During trie last year, block books to last until 1916 were prepared, and In entering realty assessments the ' only . thing now necessary will be to write In two new 'columns of figure. The descriptions and all such matter have been entered. .AH maps for a like pe riod also are prepared. v , -In the last year of Reed's term. It . will be necessary . for him to prepare new block books and maps, but this was done this last year with an aver ' age ot Id office ien working. In 1916 It might require -J5 or even 30 men for $30,000 as the expense for running the office In normal years, as 1913. ana 1915 will be. So allowing for all in creases In improvements and such, wMrOi viil mftan aoms extra clerical work, $40,000 is a very liberal esti mate. Mr. RSed, In support of the. measure, notai ted out that the Increase in cost of maintaining the office for 191! over 1911 was $8406.97. or about '-0 per cent. lie goes on the. basis that this Increase will continue. But was an ao- normal year, with the making up of roll books and mans for the present admin- IstraWon, and not until J916 will similar work be necessary. Mr. Reed also says the county court is considering transferring duties rrom other officers to the assessor, requir Ing additional help. Even if this is done, and it is now only contemplated at most. . the present law. permits the employment' of any additional deputies that would be required to do the work. WEST SUSTAINED IN . MAJORITY OF VETOES OF 1911 fContlnued From Paee One.) MOORE TO P. PAY $1 DAMAGES Sued by Woman Head of Mi? sionary Society for Libel ; - M. E. Prelate' Loses. (Cnlt4 TrM Leased Wlre.V Kansas City, Mo.j Feb; ' 1. Bishop David M, Moore, of Cincinnati, will have to pay Mrs. Carrie E., Cope, of To- peka, one dollar damages for alleged libel in a letter which he wrote Mrs. George Uoblnson-of Detroit, urging that control . of the missionary funds be taken from Mrs. Cope, if he submits to the Judgment of a Jury In the fed eral court in Kansas City, Kan., which late today. found lor the plaintiff. ' Mrs. Kybinson, also a defendant, will not, have to pay a cent, although the costs of the case were assessed to the defendants." Mrs. Cope sued for $50, 000 on letters written by the Methodist Episcopal bishop. He decided In favor of Mrs. Robinson when she and Mrs. Cope, as heads of rival home mission aries claimed $11,000 willed by Mrs. Fan nle Murray of Atchison, Kans., for mis sionary purposes. At the trial Bishop Moore said he had refused to apol oglze to Mrs. Cope for saying she was not a proper person to handle the funds and that he still believed as he had written. k TUBMAN IS FAMOUS lie Is Dr. Bnrkhart, and Millions of People Recognize Him as the Man 'Who Brought Them Hack to Health, for Only S3 Cents. rw W km U 1m Today. Own Hi I JLi Robtut HealiH aad Caia of 80 Pounds I jfr. to Taking His Own MHeine. As !. ., , m J fUfiUPulMYun. : 1Vw ar m w Kvtry druggist hereabouts knows Vr. W." 8. Burkhurt and his famous' Vege table Compound, for he is truly a friend of the people. For, only .25 cents you can get a 30-day treatment for that sour, sick stomach, sick liver, sick kid neys, constipation, headache and bloated feeling. --And if you are not cored or your 25 cents. Don't wait another day, don't keep on suffering when for only 25 cents you get a guaranteed cure. This is not an experiment, as pr. Burkhart has been putting out Ms great Vegetable Compound for 25 years, and every druggist in this country and Europe has learned that Dr. Burkliarfs word is good and your druggist will back him up. Get this 30-day treatment force in fh assessor's office in Mult nomah county from about 20 to 37,- al though the household exemption amend ment has greatly decreased the work of the office Test votes have indi cated that there are enough votes to pass a bill increasing the salary of all circuit . Judge to $4000 a year. New ! bills for more pay are gradually com ing In, and K the legislature seeks an issue on this point, the governor prob ably will accept tha challenge From widely different quarters have come suggestions for invoking the ref erendum on the Thompson swamp land bill, so it may be put Up to popular vote In 1311. In that way It can be determ ined Whether the people approve a hill that deeds land to riparian ownership without a restriction, ' r whether the pcoplo would agree with tha governor that provision, should be made to pre vent the establishment of land monopo lies by 'requiring the sale of reclaimed lands In small tracts where they may be turned to agricultural use t . Sills Become raws. The vetoed Mils that hava become laws are-as follows Requiring station agents to post true time of arrival and departure of trains. Creating a livestock sanitary board. Prohibiting the secretary of state from drawing warrant for any claim for which no appropriation- has been made. Creating state emergency board, which may authorize payment of claims curred by state institutions In excess r appropriations. Providing the manner 1n which new counties may be formed. ' Fixing the salary of District Attorney Tongue at $3500 Fixing the salary of district Attorney Bryson at $2400.' Making county, municipal and soh district officers Versonall responsible for failure to exact londs from contrac tors on "public work. Authorising reclamation of awai lands by . riparian owners. Three senate bills of the last aesslon are awaiting action In "the house, hav ing been passed by 'the senate over the veto. Two of these aro companion bills providing that a corporation may be sued In any county wfyere it hirs an office The other Is a bill establishing a fish hatchery on Spring creek, In Klamath county. ". One house bill passed over the veto end awaiting action in the senate malres It the duty of abutting property owners to destroy noxious weeds on highway Vetoed oive bills undisposed of are four In 'number. These declare each emintv a prosecuting attorney district. Increase the snlary of the circuit Judge In Lake and Klamath counties, reopen the Rogue river to commercial fishing, nd' grant .title to lands to certain set tlers In the Warner valley. positive guarantee. Be sure to: ask for and see that you get Dr. Burkliarfs Vegetable Compound. SCHOOL DISTRICT B0NIUSSUE1$:-. - SNOWED UNDER , (Continued From Page One.) " but . long before the clock tolled the hour the -single office room where the election was held was Jammed tight with men and women, numbers of whom had come from the outskirts of PortlalSd to I register their opinion.1 As the minute? -todsT" foyonry-gfr en'-H"hg'dwtor)H WHwHof f-,th- Jsiw 'WHWswgmewteijr-by newcomers who- crowncu wio nauways and the stairways: , - (,lt means that the board will pe unable SAYS BILL NEEDS SAVINGCLAUSE Measure May Affect Benson- Hyde Land Deal Cases ' Now in Court. . (Salem Bureta of The Jour ail.) Salem. Or., Feb. 1. Will house bill 217 by Applegren, if enacted Into law without amendment, block the' efforts being made by the attorney general under direction of the state land board. to recover about SO.dOO acres of and, for the state, Involved In the Hyde Benson land deals? This bill provides for the confirms tlon of all titles to land where the state has heretofore "sold to purchas ers in good faith" any lands owned or claimed by It. The question has been raised whether "in good faith" applies to the purchasers as well as to the state. There ought to be a saving clause In the bill." said Governor West, wh.m the matter was presented to him. "While there could be no objection to perfecting titles . In bona fide trans actions, the state ought to be protected In any investigations it might be mak ing with a view of discovering fraudu lent purchasers and Instituting suits to recover the lands.", He called attention to the fact that the attorney general now has undur way a number of suits In the- Hyde Benson cases, and he feared that this bill as now drafted would block them. iUiliilui AT lilSI 1 ill IS FOUIID SO IV Chairman Lleweillncj of Fri Committee Says He C. Not Believe Governor Ml Fear Report. t (Salrin Bureau of The Journal.) Salem, Or., Fb. 1. The Joint cm i mlttee of the house and senate, Inv.' tlgatlng the state penitentiary sua lrn! Ing school did not finish its tusli tiM and will continue the investigations a ; later tluie. , One committee spr practically the entire day at the pm. tentiary, while the other did not j in" so many hours, as- Representatu Spencer had to leave on an early Ira for Portland. Representative Lewelllng, author 1 the resolution calling for the lnvoili! i tlon iOf the penitentiary and cha'.nn of the house committee, declared that li I could not forecast the nature of the ra tions, designated by odd numbers, to the port ag thp commltte! wa, only ab(), VETOED BILLS DIREC TO PEOPLE IS PLAN - 4 (Salem Burean of The Journal.) Salem, Or,, Feb. i.Agitatlon was started here today, as a result of the fight in the legislature over vetoed bills In favor of initiating a constitutional amendment which will automatically refer all vetoed bills direct to the peo ple Instead of back to the legislature. -'It is known that two men of fered each to secure 1000 names to such an Initi ative petition and others have offered to contribute funds for the purpose. These men , advanced the argument that if there are sufficient flaws in a Jblll to merit the governor's veto, the people of the state should be given the right and privilege of sustaining or rejecting the veto instead of making it the bone of contention In a political fight in the legislature. . . extent Of three sections in width on each side of the intended road. , In 1870 the legislature gave the lands to the CoOa Bay Wagon Koad company for the purpose Of carrying out the pro visions of the original grant.. In 1903 the federal government began suit against the successors of this company, the Southern Oregon ' company, . to . re cover the lands and. Senator Neuner and the governor contend that the state Should., recover the lands. V?:r-'Wyi'M' WOULD ENLARG E VETO POWERSO F GOVERNOR Forty-eight national and Internation al unions report the following benflts of organization for the year: Total in crease in wages, $30,188,088.68; total re duction In hours of labor, 21,118,091; wages represented by reduction in hours of labor, $0,270,980.72. (Soltm Burrau of The Journal.) Salm, Or.( Feb. l.--Senator Claude McColIoch will 'introduce in the senate Monday a Joint resolution providing for an amendment to the constitution to enlarge the governor's veto power. This would be an amendment to section 15 of article 6. . ; t It is proposed In the amendment to give the governor, the .power .toveto a single Item In a bill carrying approprla-' tlons of : more than one amount. His veto against a single item would not affect the remainder of the bill. While under the present law If 'a bill con tains an objectionable appropriation It cannot be vetoed without vetoing the entire measure. "The need of such an enlargement of the veto power was demonstrated two years ago," said Senator McColIoch, "when friends of the naval militia bill declared that as It carried no appropria tion there could be no objection to it, and then when the -general appropria tion bill came in an appropriation for the naval militia was tacked on and could not be ..vetoed by the governor unless he vetoed the whole bill," . , half through, He said, however, f roi what had beert seen he didn't think t. governor needed to worry as to i . the report would be. "Our investigation will be fair, an before .a : report is made the govern" will be given an opportunity to be hM by'the committee if any irregulaitii. are found that he might want to ex- plain,'r said Mr. Le welling. , ' I don t think the governor needs to worry." The ' members of the committee in spected all parts of the institution. Th- t talked to employes and to prisoners on ' are going into, not, only the f Inane and the condition of the lnstltuttn buildings and equipment, but into ti; effect of the governor's prison policy, Representative McDonald, chalrrmm of tha house committee Investigate ; the training school, said his committ would likely resume Us work nex t Tuesday. He said what the committ " had seen today indicated that the Insti tution was in very good condition. DEFAULT DIVORCE CASES AFFECTE (Stlrm Bureau of The Jouml.) ' Salem, Or., Feb.- l.--An important change In the law in the publication o; summons Is contained In a bill advance 1 by Senator Joseph,' In that It lengthen the time required for , publication from six weeks to 90 days when the resident of the defendant i3 unknown, or ia a resident of a foreign country. , A large number of default nivorr cases will be affected by thls.for larj.-. numbers of deserted wives ai(d lir.r bands . do Dot know where the alisen. ones are. This change would reqnl more time for such cases to make the:,: way through the courts. to erect the proposed Couch school to I replace the present structure; nor build f . . . . 1. A. t. I 1 1 . . 1 a a. BuuiiiBuai iiiKuauuuui, nur me iruuea school to take the ilaca of the present trades school; . "The board believes these buildings are necessary, and the result of to day's election means that their - con struction will simply have to be post poned until such time as the taxpayers make provision for them, either by tax levy or by a bond issue. , "The oferatlon and maintenance of the schools next year will be in no wise affected. The tax levy of 6.5 mills will give us sufficient money to meet all expenses in this regard, and In addition we will have sufficient funds to con struct several elementary schools,' now being built,- or for which plans are be ing drawn. t "At the rate our school population Is Increasing, however, we may and do expect overcrowding in the schools, our hlghschools, especially. The new Lincoln- high Is already filled; the Wash ington high school has overflowed to such an extent that students are be ing cared for In the school cafeteria, and In rooms in elementary-schools. Must So Without. "The trades school la compelled to use two portables now and has outgrown its quarters." , By tha 5.5 mill levy the board ex pected to raise approximately $1,620,000. Of this sum $1,000,000 will be necessary for operation and maintenance. About $200,000 will be expended in the pur chase and Improvement of grounds and the remainder will be put in the con struction of : several schools for the elementary grades. These Include the Jonesmore school, north of Montavilla, now being built; a school at Kenton, additions to JPenlnsula, Rose City Park and Sell wood,' and possibly a school building on the Hoffman tract, south of Mt. Tabor, to relieve congestion at the Lents and Arleta schools. CONTRACT GRAFTERS IN PHILADELPHIA GUILTY (United Freas Leased Wire.) Philadelphia, Feb. -1. As a climax to an intensely dramatic trial, v full of sensational developments, the Jury in the case of Henry Clay, former director of public safety and others charged with having conspired to 'defraud the city out of $200,000, brought in a verdict this afternoon,, almost directly opposite to tha instructions by Judge Staples," sit ting in the case. Carl Zllensiger, present city architect, Whom Judge Staples practically ordered the Jury to convict, was acquitted. Cla-y and Contractors John R. Wiggins and Wlllard IL Walls wore adjudged guilty. Fending arguments for a new trial to be made on March 1, the convicted men were released on $5000 ball each, s , Tha charges against the four defend ants grew out of the Catlln investiga tion of more than a year ago. The four men were indicted on 12 counts of fraud and conspiracy to defraud the city on contracts for two bath bouses, a truck house and another on a combined police and fire station. SOCIETY WOMEN WILL ' . BE STRIKERS' PICKETS (6Htt4 I'taee ,tpH"trtre.r"'" Boston. Feb. 1. Two thousand women pickets, some of them, according to union officials, society leaders, who are inter ested in sociological work, this afternoon pledged to g on the line in Boston's garment factory district Monday at day break, . when B00O garment, workers strike. The .strike declared for Monday includes every, member of the United Garment Workers' union. Union offi-lai--wra-trging-'4 i.iWr-vthe- garment workers affiliated with other unions also to strike. , One hundred and eighty firms will be affected. -' . - r- Sis Days f &me I 10 ACCOMMODATE those ladies, both in Portland and in surrounding towns,' who for. any reason have not yet ben able to attend this successful and unusual Apparel Distribution, I have concluded to extend it for one week more. This is : what it means to you who have not bought: " . ' ' Every English Raincoat re-FdiTicy: :Man-Tailored Suit ONE-HALF REGULAR PRICE There are stilt hundreds of new, stylish garments from which you may . choose gar ments Jhatoucn. wear with, pleasure land comfort, for .months -to come. This-js .your last golden opportunitywill you profit by its truth and its sincerity? - J