THE OREGON ; DAILY Q JOURNAL,'. PORTLAND WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17. 1917.
GIVEN
JOINT COMMITTEE OF
LEGISLATURE IS
SWIFT AND EASY K. 0.
Senator Dimick's Joint Reso
lution Sidetracked and a
Separate Board Proposed,
CAUSE SEEMS APPARENT
them for consideration. They are up- j
posed to make a full survey of the j
situation, decide what consolidations j
can well be made and report their find
ings and bills to support thera to the
house not later than the 25th day of
the session. If the senate, which now
has practically all of the consolida
tion bills in its grasp, does not get the
measures over to the house in time
for the committee to do business with
them, it will either have to wait, or
draft bills of its own.
Anyway, there seems to be a cre
vasse betwee n the senate and the
house, which will have to be bridged
before any united action can be se
cured regarding the much-talked-of
plan to consolidate or abolish various
of the boards and commissions of the
state.
House Members Dubious About Barrett
as Committeeman and Brown.ll
Seeks Limelight.
Salem, Or.. Jan. 17. The resolutions
rommittoe of the house threw a mon
key wrench in the consolidation ma
chinery of jfhe two houses on Tues
day when it side-tracked Senator
Dimick's Joint resolution providing
for a Joint committee of three from
the senate and three from the house
to consider all consolidation bills, and
adopted a houne resolution providing
for the appointment of a hoOfse com
mittee of five members of the house
lor that purpose.
The Dimlck resolution passed the
natc without opposition and the sen
tile has been holding all consolidation
. bills waiting for the appointment of the
Joint committee. The practical refusal
of the house to adopt the senate pro
gram for a Joint -rrninittee throws th
Mittiatlon Into n deadlock, unless tho
senate backtracks on Its own plan and
follow ult with the house by the ap
pointment of a senate committee vhi-li
I may or may not act Jointly with the
house as its members may desire.
Two Influences Appear.
Behind the action of the house prob
ably lie two contending influences. It
has been current gossip that Senator
Jlarrett, who was Senator Day's right
lxwer in consolidation matters two
years ago, and who has reintroduced
most of the Day consolidation bills in
the present senate, was to be one of
the members of the senate Joint com
mittee. Senator Barrett does not grade
very higll in the political e.vteem nf
tome, of the hoube members, who
looked with more or less hesltance
upon Ms service on the committee.
Added to this Urownell of t'lacka
inaM seems to be Jockeying to beat
Senator Dimlck of Clackamas under
I he w re of publicity at all times and
on all subjects. So. before, the Dimlck
joint resolution could reach the house
, for consideration Mr. Krownell shot
in a resolution of his own. providing
for the appointment of a consolida
tion committee. This resolution did
not meet with the approval of the reso
lutions committee, and it drafted a
resolution of its own which it sent in
ahead of the Krownell resolution. It
was adopted and Speaker Stanfield at
once appointed BrowneU, Thomas, Rit
ner, Portwood and Porter as the com
mittee. Members Seal ConsoLid&tors.
The members of this committee are
all supposed to be real consolidators
and they are expected to eat all con
solidation bills raw when they reach
second reading and are referred to
OREGON
INSTITU
T
IONS
OF HIGHER EDUCATION
NOT TO BE
MOLESTED
STATE OF WASH!
HON
PLANS FIGHT TO SAVE
PUBLIC SERVICE BODY
Legislature Is Asked for $10,
000 to Finance Represen-
tationatNewlands Hearing
Senate Kills Bill to Put Univer
sity, 0, A, C, and Normal
School Under One Control.
State House, Olympia. Wash., Jan.
17. Eighty to 12 was the vote in the
house of representatives Tuesday the
first of the session to nhow the actual
strei.gth of the house organization.
It came up on a declaration of Paul
Mouser of King county that house
reeo.'ds of previous sessions had been
Jobbed, and on his motion that the
minutes of each day's proceedings be
printed each night and placed on the
members' desks at tho opening of the
succeeding day's session. 'The opposi
tion declared the expense would be
enormous and the benefits of slight
value.
Five bills In the senate and 22 in
the house was the day's record of
proposed legislation. One of the in
teresting bills was an emergency ap
propriation measure asked by the
state public service commission, re
questing immediate appropriation ot
$10,000. This Is to permit the com
mission to be represented before the
Newlands committee now in session in
Washington, p. C, where the railroads
are seeking legislation to wipe out
state commissions and place exclusive
legislation in the interstate commerce
body. The bill also will permit the
state authorities to cooperate with
the federal authorities in the valua
tions of railroad properties now in
progress, and, linally, permit the state
to hire Charles A. Reynolds of Seat
tle, former chairman of the commis
sion, to represent the state especially
in the appeal of the Southern Pacific
from the order of the federal commis
sion wiping out the $17.50 differential
given by the southern roads for tour
ist tickets from the east, when they
go via San Francisco instead of via
Portland and the Sound cities. Rey
nolds tried the case originally and
won, but the railroads recently se
cured a hearing.
Tli.e vnusual feature of the request
by the r'esent commission is the pres
ent members have little love for Rey
nolds, vho yesterday in the house
caused introduction of a bill which
would make their Jobs elective Instead
of appointive.
HustonAsks$13,130, RIIIC
Salem. Or., Jan. 17. Senator Huston
introduced in the senate Tuesday aft
ernoon a bill appropriating $13,120 for
the maintenance of the permanent ex
hibit of products and resources of the
state now located in the Oregon build
ing in Portland.
Tne bill provides for the appoint
ment by the governor of a superin
tendent of the state exhibit at a sal
ary of $1500 a year. The superintend
ent may appoint an assistant at $1200
a year. In addition $7730 is appro
priated for incidental maintenance expenses.
ON INITIATIVE,
LBE
REFERENDUM
W
CONSIDERED TOGETHER
Salem, Or., Jan. 17. The senate Is
not going to experiment cr trifle with
the state institutions of higher educa
tion. This was brought out clearly
Tuesday afternoon when the senate,
by a substantial majority, voted in
definitely to postpone Senator Bar
rett's bill to place the University of
Oregon, the Oregon Agricultural col
lege and the Oregon State normal un
der the control of one board of re
gents of three members to be ap
pointed by the governor.
The bill came up for consideration
with an adverse report from the sen
ate committee on education, the adop
tion of which killed the measure.
Senator .Barret sought to postpone
the time or deatn ror the bill by hav
ing it referred to the committee with
instructions to report it out for a final
vote without recommendation, but
that lost.
Senator Tierce, Senator Garland and
Senator Smith of Coos made the most
vigorous attacks on the blli, while
Senator Strayer asked Senatoi Barrett
the pertinent question: -Can you ex
plain to what extent there would be a
saving by combining the boards?"
Senator Barrett said he had not
figured that out yet, while Senatoi
Garland said the bill would increase
the expense of the boards, in addition
to endangering their welfare.
Senator Pierce pointed out that the
plan to consolidate the boards had
been threshed out time and time again
and always found to be not feasible.
The senate passed a concurrent res
olution providing for the appointment
of a committee of six. three from the
senate and three from the house, to
visit the eastern Oregon i-tate hospital
at Pendleton and the Soldiers' Home
at Roseburg. The chairmen of the
two ways and means committees will
be on the committee.
Women May Fish
Without License
Salem, Or., Jan. 17. Senator I. S.
Smith of Coos Tuesday showed himself
the champion of women's rights with
a fishing pole. At a Joint meeting of
house and senate committees at the
state fish and game commission, the
suggestion was made that women be
taxed the same as men for hunters and
anglers' licenses.
"No," said Senator Smith. "In Jus
tice and chivalry to our wives and
daughters, we ought to let thera fish
free. When women fish they never
catch anything, as far as the fish are
concerned the women are perfectly
harmless."
A compromise finally was affected
whereby women will be taxed the sam.
as men for hunters' licenses, but will
be allowed to angle free of charge.
This recommendation will be made in
both branches of the legislature.
BUDGETS OF GOVERNOR
House Judiciary Committee
Sets Thursday Evening as
'Solely for This Purpose.
Salem, Or.. Jan. 17. Thursday
evening will be Initiative and referen
dum evening with the Judiciary com
mittee of the house. Already there
have been a number of bills bearing
upon the initiative and referendum in
troduced in the house.
House bill No. 7, by Bowman, would
prohibit the circulation of initiative,
referendum or recall petitions by paid
circulators.
House bill No. 67, by Gordon.
changes the form of In'tiative and
0 I referendum petitions,
-ri r o. t o ' BrowneU Introduced a bill today
I ll0Se Ot beCretary Ot Otate providing that any elector or electors
AND STATE TREASURER
PARED BY COMMITTEE
may have an Initiative or referendum
measure put on the ballot by sending
a signed copy of the measure to the
secretary of state, accompanied by a
fee of $50.
Representative Forbes, chairman of
the Judiciary committee, announced
this afternoon Just before adjourn
ment that his committee already had
several bills dealing with the Initia
tive, referendum or recall before his
committee, and that there would In all
probability be more In a short tfrne.
In order to give all persons Interested
an opportunity to be heard he an
nounced ,a special meeting of his
committee for Thursday evening, at
which time all these measures will
be taken up for consideration and dis
cussion. Odds on Peace by
September Even
San Francisco, Jan. 17. (P. N. S.)
Lloyd's of London is betting even
money tn any amount that the world
war will end by September of this
year.
Instructions to issue insurance prices
on this basis were received at the local
offices of the company today.
The cabled instructions also advised
that odds of to to 25 would be given
on the war ending in 1917.
ROADS ANDHIGF
IVAYS
COMMITTEE OF HOUSE
IS BEHIND BEAN BILL
Measure Provides Funds for
Bond Issue to Insure Aid
Under the Shackleford Act,
and the Attorney Genera!
Have Been Approved in Full
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Mr. Ford Owner!
Does your car crank hard
and creep forward during
cold weather?
If the cjutch adjustment is correct, this is
caused by the use of an oil that does not flow
freely at zero temperature. Vour oil congeals
.. between the plates of the multiple -disc
clutch and binds these plates together, acting
as if your high speed were partially engaged.
For winter motoring you must have a zero
cold test oil one that is fluid at zero temperature.
LIGHT
The Standard Oil for Ford Cars
The fact that it will pour at zero temperature is why
It is called ZERO-LENE.
Its fluidity eliminates hard cranking, sticking of the
clutch plates, lack of lubrication and consequent
wear on bearings and cylinders while the motor is
warming up.
It's a real rero cold test oil correctly refined from
California asphalt-base crude.
Drain your crank-case, fill with ZEROLENE
LIGHT, and forget your cold weather lubrication
troubles.
Dealers Everywhere
and at our Service Stations
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(CALIFORNIA)
Salem, Or.. Jan. 17. The roads and
highways committ of the house is
solidly back of the bean bill to pre
vide fui.ds by bond Issues with which
to make up any deficiency that may
arise in the road fund of the state
over and above the amount needed to
meet the federal aid offered by the
Shackleford bill.
The Shackleford bill, under Its
terms, will furnish about 11,800.000
for the consideration of Oregon roaJs
under the coming- fire years, provided
Oregon meets it half way and spends
dollar for dollar with it In Joint road
construction.
The Bean bill provides tn sabetaaoa -that,
should -the state highway -commission,
or whatever body Is entrusted '
by law with the handling of road,
work in Oregon, find at any time that - .
not sufficient f mJi are available so
that the state could meet Jhe terms -of
the Shackleford bill, the board of
control would be authorised to meet C
the deficiency by the authorisation ;f
and Issuance of sufficient bonds.
The house committee on road and. '
highways held a meeting this stf$er
noon and unanimously voted to report
the Bean bill at tomorrow morning"
session. .
Human Sterilization ;
Purpose of Measure)
Salem. Or, Jan. IT. "A bill for aa
act providing for the sterilisation of
sexual perverts and feeble-minded in
dividual." reads the title to a meas
ure Introduced in the senate Tuesday
afternoon by Senator Farrell of Mult
nomah county. The bill provides for
the sterilisation of persons periodically
insane, epileptic or feeble-minded, and
says If the persons themselves or their
guardians do not give consent the op
eration may be performed by order of
the county court upon recommenda
tion of a board of examining physi
cians. .
Salem, Or., Jan. 17. Governor
Wlthyeombe, Secretary of State Olcott,
State Treasurer Kay and Attorney
General Brown last night appeared be
fore the joint ways and means com
mittees of the legislature and pre
sented their claims for appropriations
for their departments.
The committee cut the claims of the
governor anil the state treasurer and
allowed in full all that was requested
by the secretary of state aud the at
torney general. The appropriations
for tile governor's office were allowed
in full, but the chief executive made a
special plea for JnOOO for the employ
ment of. special agenta to be used in
enforcing the laws, particularly the
"bone dry" law. The committee cut
the amount to $4000, which sum it had
previously decided was enough. The
appropriation for the governor's office
proper was $23,700.
State Treasurer Kay presented a
budget calling for $36,300. which was
cut to 135,100. This cut was made with
the consent of Mr. Kay. who said he
could get along with S200 less in his
traveling fund and $1000 less In the
fund for paying the premium on his
bond.
The committee allowed Attorney
General Brown $33,320, omitting from
consideration at this time the $5000
requested to defray the expense of
prosecuting land fraud cases in Harney
and Grant counties. This was done at
the request of Mr. Brown, who said
this claim will be presented in a sep
arate bill.
Before his appropriation was passed
on by the committee, Mr. Brown made
an extensive argument In Justification
of the prosecution of the Hyde-Benson
land fraud cases, for which $6000
was allowed. ,
Legislators May See
U . of 0. on Invitation
Eugene Chamber of Commerce and Col
lege Regents Arrange for Special
Train aad Entertainment of Onsets.
Eugene. Or.. Jan. 17. The state leg
islature will be given an invitation by
the Eugene Chamber of Commerce and
the board of regents of the state uni
versity to visit the university and a
special train will be provided at the
expense of the chamber.
This was decided at a meeting of a
committee from the regents and a com
mittee from the chamber this after
noon. It is probable that Friday or
Saturday of next week will be the
date selected for the visit. It la
planned to give the visitors luncheon
at the Chamber of Commerce and ar
rangements will be made to entertain
them at the university.
Junketing Trips of ;
Officials May End
. i
Senator Perrell Introduces BUI Pro-
vifling That Warden of Penitentiary
or Deputies Shall Conduct Prisoners.
Salem. Or., Jan. 17. Portland Junk
eting trips for sheriffs and their dep
uties of the eastern, central and south
ern Oregon counties will become only
pleasant memories if the bill intro
duced in the senate Tuesday afternoon
by Senator Farrell of Multnomah be
comes a law.
This bill takes from the sheriffs the
privilege of conducting prisoners to
the state penitentiary and imposes that
duty upon the warden of the peniten
tiary and his deputies. It provides the
expense of getting the prisoners to the
prison shall be borne three-fourths by
the state'and one-fourth by the county.
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Project Promoters
Released From Bond
State Boards Grant Company Belief in
View of Chewancan Blver Decision
aad Pledge Aid In Appealing- Case.
Salem, Or., Jan. 17. Agreement was
reached Tuesday by the state water
board, the desert land board and the
Northwest Townelte company of Phil
adelphia whereby the company is re
leased from obligation under its $50.
000 bond to develop the Paisley lrrl-,
gation project.
Development of the project was
blocked by a decree of Circuit Judge
Bernard Daly of Lke county giving
nearly all the water of the Chawau
can river to the Chewaucan Land &
Cattle company. It was from the
water of this river that the land of
the Paisley project was to have been
Irrigated.
Terms of the agreement reached
are that the company's bond of
$50,000 will be held as security that
the company will settle with those
who purchased its stock. The land and
water boards promise their combined
efforts to aid in appealing the case
from the decision of Judge Daly to
the supreme court, in obtaining from
congress an extension of tiVpe for fil
ing an appeal, and in securing from
the legislature an appropriation of
$2500 for perfecting the appeal.
Seattle Dentist Dies
In His Own Chair
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 17. (P. N. J5.)
Heart failure la believed to have
caused the death of Dr. W. S. Lamson,
dentist here, who was found In his
dental chair by the night Janitor of a
I physician' building Monday night.
I Dr. Lam son had been taking treat
mcnta for heart failure, V ", - i: ; w-
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Special Sale This Monti
Because we do not believe in a system that
cuts the price for one man and makes
another man pay more
Same Supreme Values to Everybody
Real $25 Value
Suits, Overcoats
and Raincoats
One Price Every Day in the Year
OMflJ ALWfff5 THE I M
Pants $
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All sizes.
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