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'A TliE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, ; PORTLAND. FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27. 1914. SALMON GOVERNOR DAY' FIXED OF OF STATE BY PROCLAMATION Attention of Country to Be Directed to Virtues of Pal atable Chinook, March 13. uit against the county to collect $780 due the state- for the care of insane persons sent to the state asylum from that county. The county treasurer ad vised that he had been unable to col lect the money from the relatives of the patients and that the county would refuse to pay it. Want Road Improved. Salem. Or.. Feb. 27. The Good Roads association of Canyonville, Douglas county, has petitioned the state high way commission and the Douglas coun ty court for permanent improvement of the Oregon & California military road in that vicinity. Salm Bureau of The Journal.) t fialem. Or., Feb. 27. The attention of the country is to be directed to the virtues, of the palatable "Chinook" on March 13, as Governor West has Issued a proclamation declaring that dav to be "Salmon day." All peoples, regard less of race, color or station, are urged to eat the fih on that day and spread the news of its deliciousnesn. I To make sure that President Wood row Wilson and the Oregon senators ajjdj representatives In congress will li&Vjb no reasonable excuse for failure to properly observe the day In accord ance wltn the proclamation. Governor Went and the state fish and game com mission are sending by express to each of .them a choice Chinook salmon. In his proclamation the governor points out that the salmon pack on the Pacific coast last year amounted to nearly $40,000,000, a large part of which Inured to the benefit of the peo ple of Oregon. He says in addition to putting forth every effort to protect,, this great industry through propaga tion of salmon and the maintenance of proper fishing regulations, it is the duty of the citizens of the state to' en deavor to extend the markets for the product. Jn view of 'this the governor pro claims March 13, 1914, as Salmon day, and asks that It not only be madd an occasion for feasting upon this most palatable food, but for doing any and all things which will bring the virtues of the 'Chinook' to the atten tion of the good people throughout the country." DEATH RATE AMONG U S. SENATORS RISES . ;' ' - Senator Bradley, Says Burden ; on Members of Upper House Is Excessive. under high royalty charges. . "Whether pending: coal claim cases will be set tled before congress can pass new leg islation is now questioned. " Only two patents for 'coal , lands have been granted and definitely approved so far. CARTOONIST, OUT OF WORK, KILLS HIMSELF San Francisco. Feb. 27. "1 have been walking the streets long, enough; I'm through." said Stanley Martin to the clerk of the Central hotel today as he started for his room. - 'After thinking the remark over for a time the clerk - followed .him. 'He found him lying unconscious on his bed with gas pouring from an open Jet. Martin died soon afterwaid at the Cen tral Emergency hospital. He was . about 35 years old and a newspaper cartoonist but had been un able to find work. Clnb at Philomath. Philomath, Or... Feb. 27. A number of Philomath people met at the high school building Tuesday and decided to oranizo a literary club, with the intention of making the school the social center of the community. A committee was appointed to draw up a constitution and report next Tuesday evening. SMOKING IN BED FATAL TO SAN FRANCISCO MAN San Francisco, Feb. 37. Hans Ste venta, a cook, 30, died from suffoca tion today, caused by his bed and cloth ing being set afire while he was smoking. Hartman of Marion Files. j tngton Bureau of The Journsi.) Salem, Or.. Feb. 27. C. D. Hartman -swn. tea. zt. The death of Sllverton has entered the race for rale amng united States senators in county commissioner of Marlon by fll-J . yearB nas Deer appalling and ing his declaration as a candidate for jls SSv'lnS rise to a suggestion that the Republican nomination. His slogan isomethlnK should be done to relieve is, "Your interests looked after, not i senators of part of the heavy work neglected." . Imposed upon them. Senator Bradley ior .eniucKy has made an investlga- record of the into office on the STEAM TRAINS NOW SEEM, CUMBERSOME tlon of the mortality came with following "lKn'ts" for Kmployes. Salem, Or., Feb. 27. State Labor Commissioner Hoff has issued the fol lowing "safety first" cautions to. em ployes in factoiicn and mills: . Don't attempt to run belts off with hands, arms or feet. Don't attempt to put belts on while machinery is running. Don't wear gloves when In contact with machinery. .Don't wear loose clothing around machinery. Don't fail to sound an alarm before starting machinery. Don't full to keep all safety guards In place. Don't forget that your carelessness may Injure your fellow worker. Don't put yourself unnecessarily in dangerous places. Don't jump on or off an elevator while name Js .n motion. Don't violate your employer's safety rule Don't fail to report to the foreman when guurds are removed, or broken, or when machines need guarding. Don't be backward about writing this bureau toncernlng any matter of pro tection you deem important. FrejiurinK for Insurance. V HiibunOr., Feb. 'It. Of the 'approxi mately 5000 to tiOOO employers In thci t;it- fixaged In occupations coming tinder'' the workmen's compensation Ihw, the state Industrial accident com mission now lias over 3000 of them listed in preparation for the taking ef fect of the insurance features .of the law n .Inly 1. iicioi dinj? to Chairman Harvey Heckwith of the commission. Prior to the time the law goes into active operation the commission Is di lcctlng its encKries toward gathering jiecessary data regarding all the em ployers that may become subject to the net. Chairman Heckwith says that the ommlsnion expects to have practically all of the 5000 or 6000 employers HMed by July 1. This data covers the character of the work, tha average number, of employes and the estimated average payroll. With this preliminary Information well In hand by the time the law be comes effective, the members of the commission expect to put the act into operation without confusion or trouble. The outlook is that a very substantial percentage of the employers in the Mate are going to take advantage of the. law. . Officials and employes at the Union depot are looking forward to the time when all trains will be operated by electricity. They say that the new trains of the Portland, Kugene & East ern shoot in and out of the depot with such speed and little noise that the steam trains seem extremely unwieldy and slow. "Now you see them and now you don't," was the way one of the offi cials spoke of the new trains this morning. A new time table has been issued at the Union depot giving the arrivals and departures of the electric trains. oince us publication, however, a I change has been made In that Eugene passenger No. 2 scheduled as arriving at 6:20 p. m. arrives at 6 o'clock. This train is also shown on the table as a steam train, although it has been elec trified. The Airlle passenger will be electrified as soon as the cars now at the 3hops at Beaverton can be assem bled. This applies also to the "VVilla mina passenger. The Dallas passenger which now leaves the Jefferson street depot will be operated out of the Un ion depot as soon as the electric cars become available. SALOONKEEPER AT CLATSKANIE IS FINED Peiwllfton Asks Survey. hiueln. Dr.. Feb. 27. Pointing out the need of information reitardina- the flow of the Umatilla river as an aid to reclamation of arid lands, the Tendle ton Commercial club has petitioned State Engineer Lewis for a complete topographic and hydrographlc survey of the stream and its tributaries. It is pointed out that the expense of se curing this data Is practically prohibi tive to private parties. Mr. Lewis said that requests for similar surveys have been received from many parts of the state, and with the limited appropriation availa ble for this work only a limited num ber of the requests can be favorably considered. In thls'work the federal government contributes dollar for dol lar with the state. - Clatskanie, Or., Feb. 27. Joe Mar telli, the saloonkeeper who was found guilty last week of allowing gambling in his place and fined $100 and costs, was arraigned before the city recorder Wednesday on the charge of Belling liquor to a minor. He was found guilty and fined $85 and costs. It was brought out at the trial that the minor in the case was the same one that Martelli had been convicted for selling liquor to last summer, at which time he pleaded guilty. City At torney W. H. Powell conducted the prosecution. LIVING CONDITIONS OF MINERS INVESTIGATED Hancock, Mich., Feb. 27. How Mich igan's copper miners live was investi gated yesterday by the committee of congressmen engaged in inquiry into strike conditions in the Calumet dis trict. Many bunk houses were visited for ag inspection of the sanitary equipment. The committeemen were accompanied by representatives of both miners and mine owners. Today the investigators descended one of the Calumet-Hecla Bhafts. senate since he March 4, 1909, result: Democratic senators who died In of- nce. tsacon, Oeorgia: Davis. Arkan sas: Daniels, Virginia; Clay, Georgia; Hughes. Colorado; Johnston, Alabama; ftieaunn, Mississippi ; Rayner. Mary land; Taylor, Tennessee; total, 9. Republican senators who have died in office: Briggs, New Jersey; Dolll ver, lowa; Elkins, West Virginia; irye, aaame; Heyburn, Idaho; John ston. North Dakota; Nixon, Nevada; loiai, 7. toenators who have been members since March 4, 1909, and who died out of office: Democrats Gordon, Missis sippi; Money, Mississippi; Terrill. Georgia; Republicans Cullom, Illinois; uarier. Montana; total, 5. Officers of the senate who have died: Vice-President Sherman and bergeant-at-Arms Ransdell. commenting upon this startling death rate Senator Bradley said that every senator should have a secretary who is a good lawyer, a man of ex perience who' could represent the sen ator in almost anv ministerial ca pacity and who -should be paid a larger salary than the $2240 per year that is paid to a senators secretary, "The office of senator Is very try ing on the. man who fills it," said he. "I think it is not an' exaggeration to say that the burdens of a senator are eight times as great as the burdens of a member of the house, because the senator has to look after an entire state. Some senators, who belong to the rich class, pay their secretaries adequate salaries out of their own pockets but there are fewer wealthy senators now than heretofore and not many can afford to do this." BUDAPEST RIOTERS ARE DISPERSED BY POLICE Budapest, Feb. 27. The streets were heavily patrolled by mounted police today to prevent fresh outbreaks among the unemployed, 30,000 of whom engaged In a series of riots earlier in the week, culminating Wednesday in the stoning of numbers of windows and the looting of several shops. The police dispersed the rioters after a Tight in which many of the latter were wounded, and made a large number of arrests. Borax Smith Heads New Company. San Francisco, Feb. 27. Headed by F. M. (Borax) Smith, a new corpora tion to be known as the Realty Syndi cate company, filed articles in the dis trict court yesterday. Its capital was given as $10,000,000. The articles explain that the com pany's purpose Is to trade in and im prove and develop real estate In all states in the union, besides dealing in mortgages, securities and other evi dences of indebtedness. In addition to Smith, the directors fnclude Frank B. Anderson of San Rafael, C. P. Murdock, W. W. Carth walte. C. O. G. Miller, John S. Drum and Mortimer Flelshhacker. WICKERSHAM OFFERS LEASING AMENDMENTS Washington, Feb. 27, Several rad ical amendments to Secretary Lane's Alaskan coal lease bill were presented to the house by Delegate Wickersham. One recommended that tne leasing sys tem be applied to Bering river, Mata nuska and other high grade coal fields, anp that lignite and other inferior coal be exempted from leasing and opened to public entry. ; Wickersham also recommended that large acreage leases of . extremely rich Bering coal bo prohibited and Instead bo developed by a tonnage system in -tin. .a III IBM wwmmOi. T-ftT JUtfflHH Mil 4 Mil I l&j.mX'X immaM-- HI First and Yamhill I" 00KS all right in a Moyer $15 suit, doesn't he? Hundreds of men have learned that $15 is enough to spend for style, for comfort, and for service. Three essentials which, joineel to low price, have made Moyer $15 Suits famous. While you're looking for clothes, drop into one of the Moyer stores and see how much better you can do. 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