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I LOT TITLE
.'.TiGE
FOR
ilEHDHT
I'cisure Proposed for Submission
ta Vota Ready for Signatures;
Penalties Included in ".Bill
Salem " Dec. SO. :Ttt8 proposed
minimum wago amendment, initiated
by J. E. Medley of Oregon City, is
ready for signature, the ballot title
having beetf . completed by Attorney
Central Brown toy. , , t,
. 'This amendment would make' it crim
inal tat any person, 'firm or corporation
Mrlngr another, to pay a ware lew than
4 per day for eight Hours for any male
employe, or a ware .of less than $2&per
week of 4t 'boars for , any female em
ploye and excepting: from . the provis
ion -of .the amendment, farm labor; or
females-employed . domestics.- It pro
vide a penalty for violation of pot leu
than 123 nor more than $500 or by Im
prisonment of not more than six months,
or both fine and imprisonment, and con
fers Jurisdiction upon certain courts. The
amendment would, be self excuting. y-
ThJ .proposed amendment, whicb pre
scribes a misdemeanor, Is regarded by
attorneys here as' a most tmusual one,
Inasmuch, as the constitution Is regarded
as composed only of fundamental -law.
- The ballot title for the proposed con
stitutional amendment - initiated by
George Ik Baker of Portland for the res
toration of capital punishment was also
complied by . Attorney General' Brown
today-and Is , ready for circulation for
signatures. The purpose of the amend
ment, 'according to , the ballot title, is
"to restore capital punishment by pro
viding by constitutional amendment that
the penalty for murder in 'the first de
- gree shall ' be death, except when the
trial .Jury shall-,, by their verdict, rec
ommend life imprisonment, which re
peals all provisions of the constitution
In 'conflict with the same."
This' s4me ballot title will be appro
priate' for use if the measure should be
referred , to the people by he special
session of the legislature. - , - .. -
. .' Application for .an Increase in rates
- was filed with the public service com
mission by the Sherwood Telephone
company Friday. j
The ballot title to the proposed constitutional-
Amendment Initiated by
James S. Stewart of Corvallla, for the
purpose of Increasing- the limit to which
tne state may be bonded for road con
struction purposes, has been prepared
by . Attorney General Brown. The
'amendment would "permit the creation
of debts and 'liabilities. Including- pre
vious debts and liabilities, for the pur
pose of building and maintaining per.
xnanent roads to the amount; of 4 per
cent of the assessed- valuation' of all the
property, la the state of Oregon, Instead
of 2 per cent, as now provided by. law."
Bids for furnishing Marion county
' -lth 10 motor trucks for road construe
tlon i purposes . were opened Friday.
Thirty-one bids were submitted, ranging
from 439.600 to $37,000 for the 10 trucks.
' Six employes, ; four of them ? loggers,
were killed in accidents In Oregon in-
SCHOOL CHILDREN ASK FINLEY'S RETENTION
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Group of boys and girls and their "ie whew from l Llewellyn
v and Hawthorne schools, who .stormed The Journal wth, petitions askings ald In securing State Biologist
-rinley'g reinstatement. ' ' ; . . .s'.SL r " - ' 1 -' ' '' --'.V.. .IV,
dustrles during the week ending Decem
ber 18, according to the weekly report
of the state -industrial accident commission.-
A total of 342 accidents were re
ported' to the commission during the
week, of which 803 wer subject to : the
provisions of, the -workmen's compepsa
tlon,aet, 11 were from public utility cor
porations hot subject to the-, provisions
of the act and 28 were from firms and
corporations that have rejected the pro
visions of the actf s t -
There are fully 60 per cent more coy
otes in Oregon at this time than there
were a year ago, -according to reports
reaching Dr. W. H. Lytle, sUte veter
inarian. , Dr. Ly tie attributes this in
crease to the fact that so many home
steaders, who formerly trapped for a
living, have deserted the prairies of Cen
tral and Eastern Oregon for the larger
industrial . centers, .due v to the - high
wages, leaving the coyotes unmolested.
Birds Eat From His
Hand During Storm '
. .. When Feed Is Short
"Here, pldge, pidge, . . pldge," cooed
James Reed as he sat on a bench In
the' Plaza block opposite the court
house last week and tossed handsful of
seed to the .pigeons hopping about, cold
and hungry. As he went on. throwing
out bits of ground ' peanuts which his
bag ' contained and winning the con
fidence of the pigeons, Reed showed
how he could" persuade them to light
upon his knees and shoulders and eat
from his hand. - !
v. Reed has been feeding the birds every
day during the cold snap, k The pigeons
about: Lownsdale park ; were indebted
to The Journal as well as to Reed, for
it was In response to the invitation
published In The Journal that bird food
would be given to anyone wishing to
help ' look after the ; feathered folk of
Portland that Reed had secured a large
sack of grain, contributed by the Lilly
Seed ' company, ' and .was treating his
friends to . a warming . and appreciated
breakfast. " .
POULTRY
NDUSTRY
.OF OREGON EXPECTED
TO BE
GiVEN
BOOST
Alfred G. Lunn Appointed Assist
ant Professor in Poultry Hus-V
bandry ".at 0. -X C.
Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallts,
Dec. 20. The Poultry Industry of Ore
gon is expected to be given a boost
through the efforts of Alfred G. Lunn,
a graduate of the college and formerly
instructor In the department of poultry
husbandry. ; appointed associate pro
fessor In the department. He has been
away four years and has made a signal
success of his work at the Massachusetts
Agricultural college and the University
of British Columbia.; .,
Professor Lunn will have charge of
instructional work and special extension
work for the department of poultry hus-
oanary.
Frank L. Knowlton ' of Laurel, Md
has been employed as a research as
sistant in the -department of - poultry
husbandry. He will tabulate and analyse
breeding and incubation records, and
the informa,tion gained will be published.
After being discharged from the army
as a lieutenant, he was graduated from
Cornell. .
H.' Burns, a-graduate ln the' course of
design at Syracuse university, who'wfll
take the place, of Miss Edna I. Flaritla,
who has resigned. Mr. Burns received
special . training at Columbia university
and Nw..-York.nnIverslty.'.a...-A?;.
Berger; Reelected. ;i
To Congress, May:Go
: To Jail Cell; First
SCi.UUL liiiiLb.itii
GEITIiiG IIP BIG
PETITION
Young People. WilhBe, Satisfied
, With Nothing But Reinstate
ment in Office Pictures Liked.
s-t ' was 4inean dirty tricky.
t ."Won't; we-, ever see . hia pictures
any -more?, - - 4 -j r
Xet'a go up tp" Salem and tell
Governor Oloott ' what this old fish
and game' commission did." :- r
' "Doot they want uato know about
the birds and animals in Oregon?"
, Denunciations v and questions -fairly
stumbled over each other when school
children stormed The Journal office Fri
day afternoon, with protest and petition
against the dismissal of William L. Fln
Jey as state biologist. ,
'Such a cascade of words from a hun
dred, childish tongues there was that It
an sounded like , one. of the Waterfalls
where the . naturalist' has - studied the
habits of the eccentric- water ouzle, - .
.Finally it all came out The children
were carrying formal petitions. : With
quite a - surprising recognition . of . the
"power of the press,": the documents
were addressed to the editor, asking the
nenjr r'a a:i ia ...; I. s re
instatement. Less than reinstatement the youns
Bters would not be satisfied with. They
nailed on the spot the plan to rescind
the dismissal of the fish and game com
mission in- order that Finley might re
sign without humiliation after him long
public service. - - - " ,
"That would 'take him away from us
Just the same as firing; blm did," de
clared one of the boys. --
--i.We want him - to go on telling . us
about birds and animals and showing us
his movies.
Til give the pennies I saved up for
Christmas to help pay his salary," tim
idly offered a, tiny girl.. -
Although the little folks, accompanied
by their - teachers and by W. 8. Baker
of , the Audubon society, thronged the
Journal : building - lobby and , the long
aisle of the business office, it appeared
that already they had formed organisa
tion with the following official : dele
gates : " Mary ' E. Raker, Franklin high
school i Madge Porter, Olencoe : George
EL Mooney, Kellogg; Janet L Crawford,
Llewellyn ; - Donald Bates. - Hawthorne,
and Anne Canter, Washington high
schooL i,; i' . - - -..
"Every one "of the 30,000 students In
Portland's schools will mgn the petition
to keep Mr: Finley . working so we will
know about animals and birds and fish
and be kind to them when we grow up,
if we have to," was one of the parting
announcements aa the little folks turned
homeward, i. & .-;!. .
iUuu ilt TliUlliiij
SOLDIERS WILL
GET EMPLOYMENT
;V .. Crude Oil Price. Advanced . ' -
v' Okmulgee, 'Okla., Dm. iO.iI.-Kf 8.)
The Prairie Pipe Line company . ad
vanced the price : of crude oil In the
Midcontinent field from S2.&0 to I2.TS
a barrel today, j -
They're wonderful those Dixie Spe
cial mince pies. - Better give vour gro
cer your Christmas . order today.-, Adv.
M anuf acturers Promise to -Take
:- . 0n Ex-Service Men; Mayor and
Governor Are Highly Pleased.
The unemployment emergency of
ex-service men in Oregon may have
found ita solution. ; . t r , '
Manufacturers of the state have
come to the front with a proposition
fso uniquely public spirited that both
Mayor Baker of 'Portland and Gov-;
ernor ' Olcott have pot' themselves
officially back of the plan.
Ea oflBie 275 manufactories, mem
bers of "Associated Industries of Oregon,
has given pledge to take its quota of un
employed returned soldiers, i - "
TO AID OYER 10N . t i
It is . expected that ' thus more than
10 00 men will be given work - - ;
To do this, we will engage deliberate
ly la over-production,' said H. C Hunt
ington, president of the association.
. "Such a course would be financially
ruinous to us except for one thing. We
expect the people of Oregon to increase
their support of home industry sufflcent
ly to absorb the surplus produced through
r e woik cf ex-sen ice men. If thefam
i:.3 and relatives of ex-service men alum ; i
would buy more goods of 'Oregon Quel-
Ity' the surplus would, be taken care of. ,
- "But we asssme that , as the unetn- -ployment
emergency Is 'a concern of all " y
the people, so all the people will make. ' -s
it their business to see us through."..
PPOESED BT MATOB "fv' t i
' Mayor' Bailer indorsed the project Sat- ' , :
ttrday in a statement which reads ; v r ':' i
fortland faces -an acute employment '' I
Srobiem, which must be solved unrae- . l
lately to avoid a crisis. '1
Fifteen hundred ex-service men, who . r
dropped . everything - to respond to the -
nation's call to arms, are today without
work, without an opportunity to earn ar"
living.- ,:.,.-
For the next 00 days, or until the mills i . v
and camps open in the spring, there will
be a scarcity of jobs. Portland must put -i "
these men to work without delay. "
As mayor of the . city of Portland, t ' f
have called on the manufacturers for as- : -
sistance, and they have come forward",' v i
promptly with a' guarantee of employ- ?
ment of their 'full quota of these men.-,
during the critical, period ; but this In-,
volves an Increase in the output of the -products
-of these factories unless the 1
people of this city and state sense the
seriousness of this condition and- do : I
everything In their power ,to support the 11
manufacturers. j , ,
COOPEBATIOIT IS ASKED
I therefore most urgently request that
for the next 00 days every man, woman,
and child in Portland shall back up the . v
manufacturers in their effort, to meet
the situation. - ' .. - ?
- Buy the products of our local factories,
and absorb the increased output of these --'
ex-service men. -This meets oW' Impend-
ing crisis on a business basis without the -taint
of charity. These ex-service men ; V
do not want charity. They want work,
and you can give them plenty to do.
For five years Portland has been an -,
"Over the Top" city. This Is a new call
on the cltisens and the response should -be
universal. ' :.;. , --j
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v When wanting: any plumbing, phone
Main 7256Adv. .(.:. , ; : , ; '
: Chicago. Dec 20. (L ' N. ;R Victor
L. Berger, reelected . to. congress from
the fifth congressional district - of
Wisconshi yesterday, may go to ' Jail
before he goes to congress. If the plans
of United States District Attorney Clyne
do not miscarry. ' ' .
Clyne is Investigating- charges that
Berger violated federal Judge. Alschu
ler's stipulations under- which he was
admitted to ball pending an appeal from
hi conviction' for violations of the es
pionage law, by "repeating anti-government
statements and criticising the
courts."' ' ' - -.V
: Berger -was admitted to bail upon the
condition that he refrain from state
ments similar to those which resulted
In his arrest - , -''-
.1 Violinist to Assist -
At Organ Eecital
This Afternoon
Harry Palmer Cady, who was gradu
ated from O. A. C. in 1911 and who
served in the army in the United States
and for- 27 months in the air service
in Europe, has been made instructor In
electrical engineering. .He was with the
General I lectrlc company of Schenectady,-N.
? for four years In testing
engineering work and was power sales-
i P
man of the Eastern
& Power company prior
ennsylvanla Light
to the war.
A new instructor in art is Frederick
A brilliant program Is announced for
this afternoon's concert' at The Audi
torium, beginning at Z o'clock. Fred
erick W. Goodrich will be the- organist
and Robert Louis Barron will play vio
lin solos.'. . " ' '
The program follows: ' " '
Orertnre. "MUroon'. . ... . . . ... . Tbom
"KkrcMmi" ...... v .... . .' NeTin
Selection, "Fut" . . .... ....Goanod
Violin eW'CiMonn". . . . , . .ViUH
, U ''Msreh of the Hsci King",, ; .Dubois
"(b) 'Chritms in SicUy" ...Ton
"The Little On? Home in the Wsl . .Lohr
Requett. - , i ' . , . '
Viohn ok, "Honuneo".".., , . . . WienUwski
V eddinc march . . , . ..llendalwha
mm
Three Pays
eft
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AMERICAN WRIST
Watches Are Getting Scarce
Make your , selection of HOWARD,
HAMILTON, WALTHAM or ELGIN
; V Watches NOW.
Do not wait another minute!
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DIAMONDS Hundreds of
beautiful rings, mounted and
, , ready for you to wear. .
PEARLS La Tousca and Rich
lieu. A very large selection in
; all qualities and lengths. T
BELTS, UMBRELLAS, SILVERWARE, THERMOS BOTTLES,
CLOCKS, FOUNTAIN , PENS-in fact, eveiithingthat.could
, y v: . - fQuncj jn any grst cjagS jeij-y stbre ' - .
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. WISHING YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR
?66Morrisoh Between; Third and Fourth
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MacMie WfaereCfooice Is Best!
Wi Three Hundred Instruments m i
Stock We Can Surely Please Yaii
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There is no dearth of talking machines in our store. Certain styles, it is true, are short,
but - there remains here a far. more varied,' more extensive assortment of beautiful v
-machines than has ever been shown in anyone store in Portland. The opportunity to;
hear ahcTcompare tone, to let'your own earyoar musical senses, decide which is the
machine ifor you, is perfect.' These famous: makes "await you " : . . ; y "
The Brunswick $115 to $1500 The Victrola $25 to $500
The Columhia $50 to $500
At no other store in Portland is there such an assortment with such an opportunity, for
investigation and. convenient comparison. Nowhere: is; service more perfect, more
obligingl " , . - - ' ; V ' - ' -
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