THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY -EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1915.
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Member From Clackamas County Gets Surprise; State
SCHUEBEL'S FISH AND
GAME BILL PUT OUT
OF THE WAY, QUIETLY
Commttee Substitutes An
other Measure Providing
. for New Commission,
SPEED SHOWN BY HOUSE
Xiate Afternoon Sees fifteen Bills
Passed by Fretful
Member.
(Salem Bureau ,of Tba Journal.)
Salem, Or., Fob. 13. Road work for
the coming bicnnlum is to be continued
tm the one fourth of 1 mill tax '-evy
of 1513, according: to decision of the
house of representatives yesterday.
When it indefinitely postponed Uie
Vawlfr bill. No. 293, raising the levy
to 1 mill. The majority report of the
ways and means committee was
asainst any increase whatever in road
taxes, but a minority report was
brought in cutting the levy to one half
of 1 mill, which would be one quarter
of 1 mill higher than the present levy.
Vawter moved the adoption of the
minority report, declaring that Gov
ernor Wlthyeombe, lu his Inaugural
message,, had made a plea for better
highways, and that the interests of the
mam ut?m.!iij auuitiuimi ruitd ueveiop
ment under the new plan to be directed
by the state highway engineer.
Down the Skids.
But the motion was lost and the bill
slid down the skids into outer dark
ness. The late afternoon, finding the mem'
bers fretful and weary, saw much lcg-
1 ialation put through In haste almost
dispatch. When Chris Schuebel of
Clackamas was looking the other way.
the game committee slipped in a report
indefinitely postponing four bills,
amending the administrative features
of tho fish and game code, among them
' house bill 101, the Schuebel bill, designed-
to abolish the fish and game
'commission and give the governor
power to appoint and discharge the
master fish warden and master game
warden at pleasure.
Schuebel found out afterward that
his pet measure had hit the skids and
ly described, the new bill the commit
tee substituted for 101 provides a new
game commission with the governor
at its head. Schuebel holds that it is
useless to fire one only to appoint an
other. Fifteen bills were passed by the
house yesterday afternoon, including:
House bill 451 by Blanchard. requiring
that any alterations in printed con
tracts of sale entered into between
agents and purchasers of goods will
be valid only when countersigned by
the principal. This is to avoid the old
dodge employed by agents changing
terms just to land a customer, though
a line on the contract specified that
.the company is not responsible for in
terlineations or erasures.
Other bilis passed included: House
bill 203, by Clatsop delegation, rais
insc the salary of the county superin
tendent of Clatsop from $900 to $1200;
house bill 469, by ways and means
committee, appropriating maintenance
for the girls' industrial school; hou.se
bill 387, by Pelrce, prohibiting net fish
ing in the Hoguo rhrer; providing
methods for conducting county busi
ness; house bill 3S4 by Littlef ield. reg
ulating domestic corporations; house
bill 433 by Clark, prohibiting swine
from running at large in Gilliam
county; house bill 370 by Davey, des
ignating newspapers for publication of
legal notices; house bill 420 by Bar
row, providing for 3upport of illegiti
mate children; house bill 186 by Hare,
making calling of jury optional where
claim is for less than $250; house bill
246 by roiid committee, allowing cities,
counties and road districts to assist
In building highways outside of their
own jurisdiction; house bill 2 SO by Ol
fon. imposing ' penalties for. the mis
branding of goods; house bill J 71 by
Tiare, regulating appeals in minor civil
actions; holism bill 4637-Joy road com
mittee, . amending law governing th-
laying out of ro.Tds: house bill 464 by
fisheries committee, forbidding use of
seine in vlsea bay.
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PROB
LEWI OF UNEMPLOYED GROWS; STATE
FARM MIGHT BE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION
(Continued From
with these agencies. Many hold that any legislative attempt to abolish
them would prove unconstitutional and that no more than regulation
should be attempted.
It goes without saying that happiness and prosperity go hand and
hand with labor steadily employed at fair wages. It is to the best interests
of a state, therefore, that those things be done which will not only provide
employment during slack periods, but by aiding in the distribution of
labor, take the jobless man to the manless job.
STATE FARM FOR UNEMPLOYED PROPOSED
The writer believes that there should be secured and operated under
state control, a good-sized tract of agricultural land. This farm should be
within a reasonable distance of the city of Portland and should be used
as a kind of rendezvous for the employed. Here men would find food,
shelter and work on the co-operative plan. The aim would be to make
the place self-sustaining the work of the men to produce the necessary
food and clothing. The men to remain at the farm only until employment
could be found. Under this plan the official in control could get a line
on the character and ability of the men, and thus become of great assist
ance to such agencies as may be endeavoring to find them employment.
A state employment bureau should be maintained with headquarters
in the city of Portland. This bureau should be given such control over
private agencies as will enable it to curb any possible abuses and secure
every possible co-operation. It should also be given power to co-operate
to the fullest extent with municipal employment agencies throughout the
state.
TAKE THE JOBLESS OFF THE STREETS
Men out of employment would find a home at the ''farm." This would
take them away from the city of Portland, where most of them congregate,
yet not so far as to be out of reach of any employment that should be
suddenly offered. ;The state employment bureau would in the meantime
be gathering information from all quarters as to jobs for the jobless and
would draw on the farm when men were needed. When an order came,
the farm superintendent, by reason of his opportunity to classify his men,
would find himself in position to send those who would be most likely to
make good on the job. It must be remembered that among the unem
ployed there will be found the "fit" and the "unfit," and unless some little
judgment is exercised in sending out men through a state employment
bureau, employers' will soon cease to deal with it and throw their business
to the private agency. The unemployed laborer who is fit for work pre
sents one problem and the unemployed laborer who is unfit to work
presents another.
Mr. Eaton's bill, however, does not go as far as above suggested. It
provides only for the establishment of a free employment bureau a pro
vision calling for the regulation of private agencies having been stricken
out in the house. The bill is a move along the right line, and in drafting
it, Mr. Eaton evidently felt that he was going as fur as it was possible to
go at this time.
The unemployed problem is a serious one and demands, without
further delay, such legislation as will provide the organization and funds
necessary to handb; it in a manner which will be productive of results.
Mr. Eaton's bill opens the way for such action. '
WILL GIVE GOVERNOR
AUTHORITY TO NAME
HYDRO DELEGATES
House Changes Memorial
That Showed Apparent
Discourtesy to Executive,
(Salem Bureau of rhe Journal.!
Salem, Or., Feb. 13 Resenting the
apparent slap at Governor Withy
combe taken by the house in depriv
ing him of the right to appoint Ore
gon's delegates to the proposed hydro
electric congress in Portland next
fall, the house yesterday afternoon
passed the senate joint memorial No. 6
after amending it so that the governor
and not the legislature shall choose
the state's representatives.
The whole Rubjeet involves Oregon's
policy on future water power develop
ment. The senate fought over a pro
posed Joint memorial to congress urg
ing the passage of the. Ferris bill, but
this was defeated and the enemies of
the bill passed the substitute memorial
calling for a onference of all the
states west of the Rockies to formu
late a policy to pass on to congress for
legislation.
The memorial ;vs it came over from
the senate stipulated that the Oregon
delegates be elected, two by the sen
ate and three by the house. It re
quired further that the delegates from
the other states be selected by the
legislatures or by the governors if
the legislatures are not in session.
This measure, referred to the house
resolutions committee, was not alto
gether satisfactory to its members be
cause it took from the governor the
privilege of making these selections
of delegates though upon him rests the
responsibility of enforcing the pres
ent water power regulations within
the state.
The committee likewise felt it dis
courteous to prescribe to the states
invited to the congress the manner in
which their delegates should be chosen.
The house adopted the amendments to
the memorial and then the memorial
itself with few dissenting voices.
BILLS INTRODUCED
IN THE SENATE
S. B. 274. by judiciary committee Amend
nc section 40. Lord's Oreiroii Law?, relating
to interplender.
S. B. 27n. br Rinshim Providing for the
publication hj each road district a full annual
r port of all roads constructed and the cost
thereof.
S. B. 276. by committee on rsllroads (Sub.
for S. B. 122) T proride safety for em
ployes and travelers upon railroads by pre
scribing clearance regulations.
t. B. 277. by Clarke ProTldlnjr that dis
trict attorneys shall make monthly reports to
lUe attorney general.
S. B. -JJH. by Perkins Cresting division of
pictorial instruction, to provide and loan free
institutions for educational purposes pic
torial lantern slides, etc.: proyides for ap
pointment of a director at salary of $150 a
month snd clerk at $1o a month; appropriates
$5oO for initial purchase of plaDt and equip
ment snd $10,000 for operation and mainten
ance for two years.
S. B. 27, by Yamhill delegation Giving
governor, as commander-in-chief of the Oregon
National gnsr.i. authority to discharge com
missioned officer if the organisation does not
conform to requirements of war department
orders and regulations.
8. B. 180, by Langgutb Providing method
for annexing unincorporated territory to cities
or towns.
S. B. 28 1, by Hollis Providing that the
Hate treasurer shall deposit monthly with sec
retary of state all vrarranta paid by ' state
treasurer.
& B. 282, by Hollis Amending section "80S
t provide that board of equalization may low
er assessment on property when it is shown
t- be above cash value.
8. B. 283, by Kellaher Authorizing the
supreme court ' to employ seven stenographers
at a salary of $75 per month, and repealing
sections. 2740. 2754 and 2758.
German Red Cross Party.
The women of the German Red Cross
society will give a card party in the
German house. Thirteenth and Main
streets, on the evening of February
24. for the benefit of the orphans and
widows in the war zone. - Those Inter
ested -are Invited.
Page One.)
BILL TO AMEND THE
PRIMARY LAW PASSED
BY THE LOWER HOUSE
Measure Was Turned Down
Earlier in the Session but
Came Up Smiling.
Salem, Or.. Feb. 12. With the
breath of life put into it, II. B. 19.
by Representative Olson, which was
rejected overwhelmingly earlier in the
session, was passed in the house this
morning by a vote of 41 to 16. This
is the measure amending the primary
law to allow candidates for office the
option of paying a flat prescribed feo
and thus getting his name on the pri
mary ballot, or of circulating petitions
as the law now requires.
The bill emerged from his travail
with many changes and amendments.
Chief of these, removing the biggest
objection to the original bill, is the
elimination of the requirement that
the defeated party candidates pledge
themselves to support the successful
party candidate. Another requires
that a candidate, beaten by the voters
of his party, may not accept the
nomination of any other party-, and
thus run for office regardless of his
turn down at the hands of those with
whom he affiliates.
"The bill will stop this curse of pe
tition shovers." said Olson. "It will
give the candidate a chance to get
on the ballot by the outlay of far less
than the present petition system now
costs him. It will not keep anyone
off the ballot, but it will save thou
sands upon thousands of dollars to the
city, county, state and candidate with
out affecting the elector in the slight
est degree."
Olson presented figures showing the
cost of getting petitions circulated in
the case of candidates for judge of the
supreme court, including notary fees,
pay of petition circulators and cost
of verifying names from the registry.
Every candidate, therefore, has the
option of paying these fees, and get
ting his name on the ballot automatic
ally an advantage Olson claimed in
the case of the large cities or of
sending around petitions in small com
munities where the number of re
quired signatures makes the task easy.
The roll call on this bill showed:
Ayes A. A. Anderson, J. E. Ander
son, Blanchard, Bowman, 8am Brown,
Thomas Brown, Cardwell, Clark, Cobb,
Davey, Forbes, Gill, Handley, Hare,
Hinkle, Home, Hunt, Hurlburt, Hus
ton, Irvln. Jeffries, Jones, Kelly,
Kuehn, Iafferty, Lewis, Littlefield,
Olds, Olson, Paisley, Porter, Risley,
Ritner, Schuebel, A. C. Smith, W. O.
Smith, Stanfield, Stott. Thomas Weeks,
Wentworth, Mr. Speaker.
No Barrow, Cartmlll, Childs. Col
lins. Dillard, Katon. Klmore, Fenwick',
Grier, Michelbook, S. P. Pelrce D. H.
Pierce, Stewart, Miss Towne, Vawter,
Wagner, Woodeli.
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PERKINS DESIRES TO
EXEMPT MULTNOMAH
IN TAX COLLECTOR ACT
Present System of Collection
by Treasurer Works Well,
He Says.
(Salcni Bureau of The Journal. 1
Salem, Or.. Feb. 13. It was definite
ly decided by the senate committee on
assessment and taxation last night to
report unfavorably the bill that passed
the house yesterday, making the sher
iff collector of all the taxes. Decision
on this report came only after Chair
man Perkins of the committee offered
bitter opposition to the bill unless it
exempted Multnomah cjounty.
Perkins insisted that Multnomah
county is now completely equipped to
handle , the tax collection system
through the office of the county
treasurer, that the system in
vogue since the 1913 tax law placed
collection with such official had
proved a success, and that it would be
a decided detriment to the county
should the bill be passed including
Multnoms.h county in the category
with other counties.
Other members of the committee co
incided that Multnomah county should
be exempted, and that they would
agree to the chairman's motion to
exempt that county but for a ruling
by the attorney general that such an
exemption might be unconstitutional
and invalidate the entire bill.
The question which has been caus
ing the main contention over the bill
.'n both the house and senate has been
as to the division of salaries, and
members from other counties than
Multnomah in the main have been will
ing to concede that, the treasurers be
tax collectors if it could be so arranged
that the salaries of sheriffs Would be
commensurate! y decreased with the
increase of salaries of treasurers,
which would be asked from practically
every county if it was finally decided
to leave the treasurer as collector of
all the taxes.
It has also been the practically unan
imous consensus of opinion that no
matter which official collected the
taxes, he should be collector of delin
quent taxes as well, in contradistinc
tion to the present system, which
makes treasurers collectors of the
taxes, but the sheriff collector on de
linquencies. Perkins asserted he would fight
against the bill in its present form
when it reached the floor of the senate,
but would offer no minority report,
appreciating the situation of the other
members of the committee in favoring
his amendment if the possible uncon
stitutionality of it could be eliminated.
Good News for Boys
Under 16 Years Old
N"ew Bill Intended to Remodel Preaent
Piab and Game taw Boosts A;e
Limit Two Years.
Salem, Or., Feb. 1 2. The house
committee on game reported in this
morning a new bill, designed to re
model the administrative features of
the state's fish and game laws. The bill
is a compromise between the factions
that have been warring ever since the
legislative session began.
The new bill provides for a non
political commission of five members,
with the governor at its head, putting
the governor in charge of each of the
two state game districts, with power
to remove at will either the commis
sioner? or employes of the department.
All the fees received from hunting
and fishing licenses are turned over
to the general fund, but retained to the
credit of the commission, though 5 per
cent of these fees is to be returned to
the counties where they originate.
The bill requires that boys of 16
must pay hunting and fishing licenses,
the present law requiring these licenses
at 14. All accounts of the commission
are to be audited by the secretary of
state, and the commission appoints
and fixes the salaries of the game and
fish wardens.
Jenkins Denies
He Is Candidate
Principal of Jeffereon High School Not
to Oppoae Superintendent Alderman
for the Superlntendency.
"I am not a candidate for the office
of city superintendent of schools," said
Principal Hopkin Jenkins of Jeffer
son High school today.
The statement was brought out in
answer to a query by The Journal
as to whether Mr. Jenkins would con
test with Ij. R. Alderman for the su
perintendency in the election by
the board to occur in May. Friends of
one member of the board of directors
have stated that the member in ques
tion has offered his support to Mr.
Jenkins for the position.
Another statement is that a sec
ond member of the board regards Mr.
Jenkins as eminently fitted for the
position and has said so to nis friends.
Mr. Jenkins' refusal to be a candidate
is a source of gratification to Jeffer
son High school, where the principal
is widely popular with the 1450 stu
dents now attending the institution.
Jitneys and Fun Are
Mixed at Luncheon
Promoter of Pirst Bui Lint Sara Wo
Business for Poor Man; Pour Chair
men During Joyfeat.
Jitneys came in for an arraignment
at the meeting of the Portland Realty
Board yesterday, when M. C. Booth
organizer of the first jitney company
in Portland, declared that the -venture
was one that the- poor man should
avoid. He said that the average net
earnings after keeping up. machines,
etc., was about 67 cents a day: and
added that drivers would not' remain
on the routes to which they had been
assigned.
It required four chairmen to hold
down the "fun meeting." They were
George P. Henry, E. J. Paly, Charles
Ringler and Jack Cather.
A number of guests were - present,
Including; Superintendent f Schools
Alderman and Dr., Henry Waldo Coe
Dt. Coe spoke. - ' (
Plea for Alsea Net
Men by Ahderson
Corporation Greed Declared to Hivi
Made Conditions in the Bay Unbear
able for the Independent Fishers.
Salem, Or., Feb. 13. Oppressions by
the rich fish companies upon the poor
net men of Alsea bay were recited in
the house yesterday afternoon by Rep
resentative A. Aj, Anderson of Clatsop
county, chairman of the fish commit
tee. He was urging the passage of a
bill introduced by the committee on
representations that what had once
been a peaceful and fairly remunera
tive business had, by the greed of the
corporation, become an unbearable con
dition. Anderson declared that the Klmore
company lately leased lands at the nar
row mouth of the. bay and began
scooping out all the salmon, using two
great seines drawn by power boats.
One seine would be operating each
way, the full one being dragged to
shore while the empty one was being
towed out to take its place. That
these seines were pulled along in front
of the fishermen's boats, demolishing
nets and often dragging the boats and
fishers toward ruin, wa.s the assertion.
The Klmorcs were defended by Will
G. Hare, who Insisted that the legis
lature should not stoop to settle
quarrel that has gone into the local
courts.
Night Session of
House Next Monday
General Road Bill, New Game Bill and
BUI Defining and Begnlating Cor
porations Will Be Considered.
Salem, Or, Feb. 13. Night legis
lative sessions, will be on in earnest
Monday, when the house will take up
three bills under special order of bus
iness. The first of these is Sam
Brown's general road bill, which was
saved from indefinite postponement
Thursday by the spirited words of
Brown and W. I. Vawter. This bill
provides lor a state-wide system of
road building, under an appropriation
of half a miil, all the work aided by
this fund to be under the direction of
the state highway commission.
Forty per cent of the cost of build
ing these roads !h to lie paid out of
this- fund, four per cent out of county
funds and 20 per cent by owners of
abutting property according to proxim
ity to the road.
The second measure is the new game
bill, 1 1. B. 461. which revises the la.w
j relating to the taking of game birds.
animals and fish. The third is Lewis'
bill defining corporat ions and prescrib
ing the regulations under which they
may do business in the state.
Protection of Country Newspapers.
.Salem, Or.. Feb. 13. The house went
on record, yesterday afternoon in rec
ognition of the public service of the
country newspapers when it passed
th bill introduced by Frank Davey
fixing the compensation these papers
shall receive for publication of legal
notices.
Some of the lawyers of the house
opposed the hill on tho ground that it
is not fair, that it is class legislation,
that It would make it a rather "soft"
proposition to run a paper and get def
inite fees.
"It is to raise the standard of
newspaprrdom," said Mr. Davev in re
ply. "It protects the public 'against
fly-by-night papers and protects the
client from the greed of the lawyer."
Steamship Line to
Alaska Offered
Dodge Steamship Company Reported
Ready to Begin Service on Reason
able Guarantee.
A. line of steamships to Alaska will
be placed in operation by the Dodge
i-'teamship company if Portland mer
chants will make them a reasonable
guarantee, according to an announce
ment made by T,. S. Williams, traffic
manager of that Company, vesterday
noon. The service will be started with
the steamer Northland and later othet
steamers will be placed on the run if
business is a large as anticipated.
The Portland Steamship company,
which operated to Alaska from this
port last season, was under the direc
tion of the same company but they
were saddled with steamers and con
tracts made by the Portland Steam
ship company at its birth. Further ne
gotiations will be conducted this aft
ernoon which will liikely lead to a
contract being entered into.
Fatality Near John Day.
John Day, Or., Feb. 12. Frank Dunn,
a rancher living about five miles be
low here, was killed Tuesday when his
team ran avvay. Dunn was thrown
under tne wagon, which was loaded
with lumber. Two wheels passed over
his body. Dunn leaves a wife and five
children.
The arrival of a shipment of pres
sure pipe from Portland made possible
the completion this week of the new
power plant here. An expenditure of
nearly $10,000 has been made in the
rebuilding of the plant. Since the old
power plant closed in October, John
Day and Canyon City have been with
out electric lights. At the regular
meeting of the John Day council Tues
day evening, steps were taken to se
cure a new lighting contract for the
town, which will provide for u more
extended lighting service than was in
cluded under the old contract.
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BINGHAM MEASURE
A POLITICAL SCHEME
ASSERTS KELLAHER
Declaration Greeted With a
Round of Applause; Value
of System Is Emphasized,
FOREST SERVICE IS ISSUE
Man? Prominent Men Take Part in
Discussion Before Joint Com
mittee at Salm.
(Salem Bureau of The Journal.)
Salem, Or., Feb. 13. Charging that
Senator Bingham's bill and the meas
ure of the committee on consolidations
were framed solely with a view of
getting the foo?stry service In politics.
to the end that a strong machine might
be built up and that their passage
would mean the utter disorganiza
tion and demoralization of an efficient
system of fire protection. Senator Kel
laher was applauded to the echo at the
meeting of the Joint committee on
agriculture and forestry last night.
Kingham made the significant state
ment that if the timber owners would
"come in" and join the plan for a new
system they could get ip.nything they
wanted, whether $100,000 or $150,000
but they would have to abandon the
fight they have been carrying on or he
would continue to wage war on the
patrol system.
Kellaher denounced especially the
consolidation bill, which has an- emer
gency clause.
"Designed for poiitlciana."
"They want to put this law in effect
before the people can have a chance-to
express their opinions of it," he de
clared. "Any person who is too cow
ardly to place his name on a bill for
proposed legislation Is unworthy of
consideration. Let the author of this
bill put his name on it so that the
people can hold him accountable. I
believe that the people's right to use
the referendum should be respected.
The bill is designed to make places for
politicians."
Senator Kellaher also declared that if
the forest service had cost $76,000 and
if it saved the life of one person in
the state of Oregon it waa worth con
tinuing. Leading- Man Talk.
Among those who spoke during tha
evening were: George B. Hammond.
manager of the Hammond Lumber
company; Wells Gilbert, owner and
representative of several timber com
panies; J. S. O'Gorman, of the Colum
bia River Logging association and
manager of the Wisconsin Timber com
pany; Manager McKay of the Muller
Timber company, Crook county; J. H.
Haak, timber owner and manager of
the interests of several large timber
companies; William McKeftzie, a Port
land labor man; J. Brown, representing
large timber interests, who said $3,
000,000 had a while ago been invested
in Oregon largely on account of the
good fire protection system; Manager
Walker of the Willamette Pulp &
Paper company; C. H. Chapman of the
Oregon Forest Fire association; E. T.
Allen of the Western Forest and Con
servation association, and Mrs. Brey
man of Portland, representing State
Federation of Women's clubs.
System Is Explained.
Forester Elliott explained the sys
tem in -Vogue at some length. In the
budget 'an item calls for $5000 for the
fire fighting and Bingham claimed
that all the rest of $111,240 asked was
intended to be used for overhead
charges. Elliott explained that hia
department supervised the work of the
federal and other associations and the
$5000 item .was to be used only for
emergency work.
Bingham assailed the patrol law as
requiring double taxation and defended
the bill of the consolidation committee,
which places the department in the
hands of the governor and four men
he shall appoint.
Coal Strike at White Salmon.
White Salmon, Wash., Feb. 12. Ex
citement stirs White Salmon and
Bingen consequent upon the discovery
here of a vein of coal. C. A. Rogers,
while drilling a well on the property of
John Tamms at Bingen, struck the
vein. Options are being taken on the
property in the vicinity.
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Senate Passea Kailroad Commission
Districting BUI .With Soma Amend
ments farm Loam B1U XUltd.
Salem, Or.,-Feb. 18 The senate
yesterday afternoon passed the rail
road commission districting bill, as
amended, with but little opposition.
The bill now provldea that one rail
road commissioner ahall be elected
from eastern Oregon, one from west
ern Oregon and the other from the,
state at large.
As the bill was passed by the house
it provided that a commissioner should,
be elected from each of the congres
sional districts. This met with strong
opposition and the bill, aa amended
and passed by the senate, is the com
promise measure. .
On the ground that It waa uncon
stitutional, the senate killed senate
bill 177, by Kellaher, providing a sys
tem for extended loans on farm mort
gages. The feature declared to be un
constitutional provided for raising
the money by bonding the 'state.
Six other bills were passed as fol
lows: S. B. 246, by committee on rerialnn of lawa
Providing for annual report of trustees bold.
leg fund within the atate.
S. B. 248. by committee on reTlnion of laa
Kepeallug section 28 2H. providing for the
care of non-resident paupera.
S. B. 234. by Umatilla deleRatlon FixiiiR
the salary of tue -ounty school superintend
ent of Umatilla eoonty. .
H. B. 138 and 1SB. by houae eommitte en
printing Providing that the atate fair boad
and the state forestry board Mhall pay for
their printing out of their own appropriations.
H. B. 200. by Davey Authortilim cities and
town to purchase cemeteries wltblu . their
boundaries.
Supreme Court Made
Smaller by Measure
Kellaher Would Bars TIts Xnatei
of Seven on the Supreme Bench
Salem.
Salem, Or., Feb. 13. By cutting off
their salaries, a bill introduced yester
day afternoon by Senator Kellaher
proposes to reduce the number of su
preme court judges from seven to fiVe,
and reduce the salaries of the remain
ing Judges from $4600 to $2000.
The bill is very short. . It repeals
section 2749, which provides for the
payment of the salary of two of the
Judges. It repeals section 2764. which
provides for the payment of $2600' ad
ditional salary to each Judge on the
ground of extra expense due to hav
ing to hold court in cthe eastern part
of the "state.
The third section repealed is sec
tion 2768, which- provides that the
court may employ clerical assistants
whose aggregate salaries shall not ex
ceed $3600. The bill provides that not
to exceed seven stenographers may i-be
employed at salaries not to exceed 175
a month.
Kellaher Calls for i
Celilo Falls Report
-
Chairman Day of Legislative Commit
tee says He "Will Make it Public
Kext Weak.
Salem, Or.. Feb. 13. Tired of wait
ing for the report of the engineers
which, under a cooperative contract
between the state and the federal gov
ernment. Investigated the power possi
bilities at Celilo falls, Senator Dan
K.euaner introduced a resolution in the
senate yesterday requesting the legis
lative committee to make its report.
The investigation was made under
authority of an act passed by the isij
legislature. A legislative committee
was appointed to have charge of the
state's end of the matter. Senator I.
N. Daj- is chairman of the committee.
The report has been held up at his in
stance, although the Investigation has
been completed for several months.! He
announced yesterday that he ould
make the report public next weeK.
(;rand Trunk Guards Property.
Montreal Quebec, Feb. 13. Officials
of the Grand Trunk railway admitted
here this afternoon that extra guards
have been stationed near the Interna
tional bridge at Niagara Falls, Onta
rio, and about Its property at Port
land, Maine. This action was taken as
the result of a recent attempt to dyna
mite a Canadian Pacific bridge near
Vanceboro, Maine. j
Troops Leave Painted Creek.
Fort Smith, Ark., Feb. 18. Federal
soldiers, who have been In . the Paint
creek coal strike district since Novem
ber 10, left yesterday, "
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STREET
HOUSE VOTES TO GIVE
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
FULL AMOUNT ASKED
State Architect Is Grilled for
Building-Too - Expensive a
Building.
RAWHIDES FOR WAYWARD
Xepresentatlve Cardwell Declares Seal
Heform for CHrl Znmatea Oaa Wot B
Accomplished by Oentle Handling.
rSalem Bureau ef The Jonrnal.)
Salem, Or., Feb. 13.-C,cnflictlng pol
icies regarding the state's care for de
linquent girls clashed . again in the
house yesterday afternoon, .but when
the fracas was over the full amount of (
the appropriation for the Industrial
school was passed, amounting to $13,
700. Charges of mishandling the appro
priation for. the founding of the school
two years ago were made by friends
and foes of the school alike, - some
blaming the board of control for not
curbing the ambitious ideas of the
state architect and some blaming the
state architect himself. .
, W. W. Cardwell was most bitter in
hfs-attack on "the architect. He cited
the supreme court building' as a most
example of that person's 1 s-
g of the demand of the leglsla-
re w-Ken he outlined : the structure
on fcuch a grand scale that It took more
than twice the amount of the original,
appropriation to complete it.'.,
Hand In Puhllo Purse. ,
"That has always been the way and
always will be the way," cried Card
well, "so long as the architect has a
band. in the public purse." .
S..11. Cobb rose to defend the archi
tect.' insisting that he is only an em
ploye of the state, working under direc
tion of the bbid of control.
Osoar W. Home said the girls' school
recently completed was built on plans
diametrically opposed to those recom
mended by Mrs. Arlstlne Kelts, one of
the founders of the school,' though she
had made a special; trip through the
east studying the most modern build
ings devoted to the reformation of
girls.
Bawhldes tor the Wayward.
Mr. Cardwell electrified the house
with a declaration that attempts to re
form girls by .such processes as health
ful surroundings are useless. -
"Get a few rawhides and do these
girls some good," he urged.
Vernon A. Forbes protested against
the building of a new cottage as an ad
junct to the school.
Wesley O. Smith resisted the appro
priation of funds for painting the barn,
after letting pass unchallenged an item
of $700 for the purchase of cows. Mr.
Kelly asked If the girl inmatea would
milk the cows themselves and Mr.
Schuebel told him the whole Idea of
the school is to teach these girls
healthful outdoor tasks that will make
them useful members of society after
they leave.
The bill as passed provides the fol
lowing amounts:. For, general mainte
nance, $30,000; Installation of dairy
and poultry equipment, $700; cold stor
age room, $300; screening house and
painting barn, $600; equipment in new
building. $2000; industrial equipment,
$500: farm tools, ,$200; new cottage,
$16,000. . I
In Memory of Lincoln. .
, Salem. Or., Feb. 13-. Iloiawe and sen
ate stopped the business of enacting
laws yesterday afternoon to do rev
erence as to the memory of , Abraham
Lincoln. At 2 o'clefk the senate mem
bers entered the house chamber, which
was crowded with spectators.
Representative Frank Iavey of llar
ny county presided at the ceremony,
reciting the life and deeds of the
"war president." :
Representative Conrad P. Olson gave
an- eulogy of the martyred president
from the standpoint of hi political
career, showing how he triumphed over
the bitter sentiment against him. Other
memorial- remarks- were by Henator
R. R. Buler and Judge Harris.
Body 'Did Not Arrive.
Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 13. Despite
the absence of the body, which was
held up by a " washout in Utah, the
Masonic funeral service of Fred Heinz,
past Imperial potenate of the Mystic
Shrlne.s was carried out.
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