The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, February 21, 1919, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextTHE; OREGON DAILY ; JOURNAL, -POR TLAND FRIDAY, r FEBRUARY 21, 1919. . Business Jam Delay owrnmenl iofy Mouse STORMY SESSION NOW HAS PEACE; BONDS ARE VOTED The Battle on Road Legislation Is Practically Over, With Im portant Bills Passed, SIGNATURE NOW NECESSARY Several Measures Still Lack. Ap proval, but Slate Will Be Cleaned by Saturday. Salem. Feb. 21. The battle over road legislation is, practically speaking. thin of the past. When it ia finished, by Saturday night, or Sunday morning, tas it undoubtedly will be, the wrinkles will all have been ironed? out and a broad, comprehensive plan established for the coming two yearn. The main feature of this program will be: The $10,000,000 bonding bill, already nosiuwl bv both houses : the Hare anti- patent bill, also through both house and senate f the double automobile license ' law. the gasoline tax act, and, in all probability the Pierce' one mill direct tax bill for the construction of market roads. In addition, and to round out the restrictive legislation, there Is sched uled to come a bill by the roads and hlchwav committee of the house Incor porating much of the Dimick bills 67 and 68, over which the senate battled bo long and which have been buried in the house committee. Bond Program Through The bonding- bill Is -In reality now a law, having passed both houses. So is the gasoline tax bill. The automobile license statute will come into the house tomorrow, and will be rushed through both houses. The Pierce one mill tax has passed the senate without opposition and is ready for consideration by the house. This bill, as it now stands, however, is not out of the woods, and will prob ably encounter a stornj in the house. It has been amended by Senator Pierce until it is practically the same as the bill brought to Salem a few days ago by former Senator I. N. Day. It pro vides a one mill tax for market road cons'truction, but it switches the method of administration. Courts Control Construction. Under Senator Pierce's plan the money raised by the tax is' to go to the county road funds of the different counties. The county courts are to be given full control of the construction of their roads, with the option of having the sur veys, plans and specifications made by , the state highway commission if the J, court should so desire. The money i raised by the levy is to be matched by the county and expended under the su pervision of the county court. Senator Day's plan was different. lie provided that the highway commission should make the survey of the road after it had been designated by the. county court desiring to construct it, and this road should be constructed under the plans and specifications prepared by the state highway engineer, while the money raised from the one mill levy was to be placed in the "cooperative road fund" in the office of the state treasurer and disbursed through the highway commis sion, when matched by money from the county road fund. Measure Expected to Pats There is probability that an attemnt will be made to incorporate the Day plan In the Pierce bill when It comes up for consideration in the house, but it is generally conceded that the measure will be passed in one form or the other. The roads and highways commission of the house is working on a compromise measure to take the place of senate bills 67 and 68. This measure will provide. in substance, that- any patentee dealing with the state highway commission, or any county, city or municipality, must tile with the gency, whichever it may be. a statement of the royalty agreement under which it will operate, which statement will bind the company as to all contractors who may desire to use the pavement and pay the royalty. The bill will also make it unlawful, under a heavy penalty, for any rebate to be given, or received, or for any secret agreement to be made in any form or manner. Plan Must Be Drawn TTp In addition it will be provided that cities, counties and the state must pre pare definite . plans and specifications for all road construction work prior to calling for bids, and : that no contract shall be let except upon the plans and specifications. This bill, it is thought, will meet with little, if any, opposition in either house or senate, and will round out the re strictive legislation which the session will throw about the bonding bill. The opinion of the attorney general to the effect that Warren Brothers com pany has no patent covering the use of bitulithic pavement and the state or any contractor is entitled to use this class of pavement without danger of harm from the company, seems to have put an end to the controversy over the paving trust, and the dangers to be ex pected from its control, so far as may be done without definite adjudication by a court. This sudden development has gone far toward clearing the legisla- mosphere and bringing the road legisla tion program to a harmonious conclu sion. ( ONTRACTOR TO GET $7440 FOR COSS ON MEDICAL BUILDING Reimbursement of. John Almeter Passes House When 38 Mem bers Approve. Salem,' Feb. 21. Thirty-eight mem bers of the house voted this morning to reimburse John Almeter to the extent of 17440.63 on the loss sutained in the construction of the medical building of the University of Oregon at Portland, mitten consisting of Representa tives Horne, Liorgren ana uranam 01 Lane, which Inspected the building and the claim, had reported favorably and recommended that the claim be allowed. Almeter is said to nave lost Detween 111 Ann an 115.000 on the building, due to war conditions. The only opposition to the claim was oasea on me question of precedent, the justice of the claim itself never Demg quesuonea on me floor of the house. Other bills passed-by the House this morning were : H. B. 234. by crawrora Amending statutes relating to the care of the poor. H. B. M4, by1 Burdlck -Fixlnr terms of court of Eighteenth Judicial district. ' H. B. 241, by Burnaugh Amending statutes relating to duties of sealer of weigh is and measures. H. B. 227, by' Griggs Amending statutes declaring any . but registered bulls running, at large as an estray. H. B. 404. by Thrift Providing for the appointment of probation officers by the county Judge In counties of less than $100,000. ; H- B.- 267, by Gallagher Appropriat ing $20,060 for land and drainage In vestigations. H. B. 422, by committee on agricul ture Appropriating $10,000 for cost of milk and dairy investigations. H. IS. 276, by Martin .Relating- to elec tion as to dower, curtsey, and undivided one third of decedent's estate. 11. B. 451, by Bolton Fixing compen sation of justice of peace of The Dalles district, WaBco county. Church Phase Kills Irish Aid Memorial Salem, Feb. 21. The senate today re fused to take a hand in the home rule question in Ireland. It adopted a re port killing senate joint memorial 18, which had been introduced by Senator Norblad. The memorial urged the pres ident to use his Influence toward ob taining home rule for Ireland. Senator Dimick. chairman of the resolutions committee, urged the' senate not to in ject a religious squabble into the legisla ture at this late hour. BILL SAYS PACKERS T LABEL MUS GOODS PRODUCED IN STATE Designed to Give Credit Where Due, Keeping California From Taking Glory. Salem, Feb. 21. California and other states which, have been taking advan tage of the superior quality of Oregon products for publicity purposes by can ning these products under their own in hoi a srr robbed of this unearned glory under the provisions of a bill passed by the house this morning. This bill, which is a compromise over a bill Introduced early in the session, provides that; "all persons, firms or corporations operating under their own private brand in the state of Oregon In the business of part ing or canning fruit or vegetable either fresh, canned, evaporated or otherwise, shall plainly designate on such private brand that gooas were wegon-grown nanksH in Oreeon.- ' A number of canneries now operating in Oregon are owned by California i uM and their pack is l7.&JitA., " . - - placed upon the market either under a Moser's Bills Are Saved for Further Action in the House LAST TIMES TODAY O Happy TKouC Married 5 Salem, Feb. 21. Senator Moser's "city beautiful" legislation was saved for fur ther consideration in the house this morning when an adverse minority ra port signed by Representative Richards as a member of the committee on cities and towns was voted down. The bills, three of them, came into the house with two reports. The favorable minority report was adopted by the house and the bills spread on the calendar in their regular order. One of the bills establishes a city planning commission. Another author izes municipalities to establish setback lines, and the third provides for the es tablishment -of zones for regulating Im provements. C. H. Cheney, secretary of the Port land city planning commission, who was granted unanimous consent . to explain the bills to the house, declared that they conferred no power on municipalities now not enjoyed under their police pow ers. The city planning commission, he stated, could be only an advisory body to act in laying out new streets and new business or residential sections on some uniform plan. NEW SHOW TOMORROW fro i a Elmore's Bill Is Lost After House Acts Second Time Salem, Feb. 21. Representative El more's bill prohibiting prostitution was again killed by the house this morning. The bill was voted down February 11 and was reconsidered the following day in order to give Elmore a chance to amend it to meet certain objections raised against the measure. Opponents to the measure contended that the problem covered in the Elmore bill was already sufficiently well cov ered in existing laws. The bill, which had been referred to the committee on judiciary, was returned to the house this morning with an adverse report. Rep resentative Elmore attempted to save his bill by a motion to place the bill on third reading In spite of the adverse re port. His motion was defeated by a vote of 26 to 18 and the indefinite post ponement followed Immediately. Would Exempt From Taxes Property of Civil War Veterans Salem, Feb. 21. The senate today In passing senate bill 13, by Huston, went on record in favor of exempting the property of civil war veterans up to the value of $2500 from taxation. The bill was opposed by Senators Dim isk and Pierce, while on the final vote eight senators cast their ballots against it. They were Dimick, Eberhard, How ell, Nickelsen. Norblad, Orton, Patter' Bon and Pierce. Other bills were passed by the senate today as follows: H. B. 381. by Clatsop county delega tion Increasing the salaries of officials of Clatsop county. bTtt nnL I nil JlJ Alien Measure Voted Down Olympia. Feb. 22. (U. P.) The house today killed Renick's senate bill, which would prohibit aliens who gave up American citizenship papers during the war from employment on public works. The vote was 65 to 166. Maurice Smith of Spokane, the only world war veteran legislator, fought the measure on the ground that the records revealing alien slackers would not be available, and thererore tfte law was not work able. Big Road Bill Submitted OlymDia. Wash.. Feb. tlm-iXl. T v Senator Carlyon today introduced his 130,000.000 road bond bill, which onM permit the state to borrow on motor venicle license income, to carry out great road building program. Three great two- knicker suit specials for BOYS! SATURDAY! The Big Day for the Boys Boys' $10.00 Belted Suits With Two Pairs of Knickers $7.85 Boys $12.50 Belted Suits With Two Pairs of Knickers $9.85 Boys' $15.00 Belted Suits With Two. Pairs of Knickers $11.85 In Ages 7 to 18 Years "Smart Fabrics, Smartly Tailored Suits Ready for Service California label or so labeled as to lead the .buying public to, believe that the fruit ' was crown In California, una practice, it is declared, baa built up (or California a -.. great reputation for -. tne superior qualities of its fruits, whereas the fruits were in reality Oregon-grown. This bill is designed to correct this con dition and to give Oregon credit for her own products and the advantage of any publicity that may attach to the sale of these products throughout the nation. Senate Votes for Measure Providing For Consolidation .Salem, Feb. 21. By unanimous vote of the , senate, senate joint resolution IS was passed today. This resolution sub mits to the people a constitutional amendment providing for the consolida tion of the city of Portland and Mult nomah county governments.. It provides for the appointment of a charter 'commission to draft a charter and submit it to a vote of the people of Multnomah county, and until such a charter is adopted the county, city and district government will continue to function separately as they now are. There was no debate on the resolution. mittee Appropriating S5000 for Pacific International Livestock exposition. H. B. 611, by ways and means com mitteeAppropriating money for mis cellaneous purposes. . . ; . H." B. 612. by ways and means com-5 mittee Appropriating $45,000 . for live stock: sanitary board. . --. H. B. 61S. by ways and means com mitteeAppropriating money for Ore gon National Guard. . Many Women at ; Michigan Convention Lansing.' Mich.. Feb. ! 21. (U. Women comprised SO per cent of the delegates to the Michigan Democratic state convention here today, and Miss Emma Bower, It was announced, will ba temporary chairman. It was stated that at least three women will, have places pn the Democratic stats ticket to be named at the convention. i t Are Back -at Work Philadelphia. Feb. 21. (U. P.) Hog Island shipyard resumed . normal work today. " Four hundred striking foremen, who demanded Increases "from $64 to $70 a week, and 25.000 workers forced out. 7 returned after giving Director General Pies of the Emergency Fleet corporation one week In which to ad just the differences. : ' r 1 " " " See Wilson's Millinery ad, page I. Adv.' HOUSE BILLS INTRODUCED Salem, Feb. 21. New house bills in troduced : H. B. 508, by ways and means com mitteeAppropriating $5000 for wel coming; Oregon soldiers in New York. H. U. 60. by ways and means com mittee Appropriating money for su preme court. H. B. 510. by ways and means com- The Spring DUNLAPS are here at 4? 7 Soft and Stiff Colors: Pearl, fawn, hedge green, seal brown. Ben Selling Leading Clothier Morrison at Fourth 3fSs 1 fsl Every Winter Hat oo They must go! and in a big hurry. We need the room. We won't pack them away. Every Trimmed Hat . . . $1.00 Formerly priced to $8J0 . Every Velv.et Hat Shape $1.00 Formerly priced to $8 JO Every Tailored Veiour Hat $1.00 Every Girl's Winter Hat $1.00 Formerly priced to $4JS0 . 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