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THE f OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, POR TLAND. FRIDAY. JANUARY 16, 1920. Emerg i STATE OVNED ency Bills Are Given Right of Way in Legislature CEMENT PLANT I PLAN DEFEATED Fight in House Features Thurs day's Session and Vote for and i Against Bill Is Equal. lt t.7m. i s Tn. i e State-owned cement plants do not make much of a hit with the house of representatives, which fact wasJ made apparent to Representative Scheubel, which his bill, house bill 46, authorizing the state highway commission to own and operate pav ing plants, came up for final con sideration In the house Thursday afternoon. The consideration of the measure pre cipitated the one flfrht of the day, final ly resulting in the failure of the bill to pass by a vote of 26 for it. the same number of votes against It and 7 absent. It requires 31 votes to pass a measure - - W U 1 ' . 1 1 "J U 4 , TXA"S TKftMED UNWISE Smith of Baker led the onslaught upon the Scheubel proposal when the bill came up for final , consideration. He contended that it would cost $3,000,000 to equip a cement plant ready to oper ate on a scale sufficient to meet the "needs of the commission. He said that it was unwise and a foolish experiment, lie also argued with great emphasis that he mas compelled, in addition to all the other objections, to vote against it be cause it was not emergency legislation, and, therefore, had no place in the' spe cial session. Dennis, chairman of the roads 'and highways committee, which had given the measure a favorable report, cham pioned it. contending that to give the 'commission the power to purchase and operate such a plant would result in cheaper materials for the state highway construction work, whether the power were to be- used or not. PJtlCE FACTOE DISCCSSED Dennis said he did not want to charge that there was a cement trust operating In Oregon, but he wanted to call atten tion to the peculiar circumstance that all the prices quoted for cement by all the different companies were the same. He contended that such a plant In oper ation would gave the state hundreds of thousands, of dollars, and pointed to the experience of California and other states In -demonstration of what he contended. Home took the opposite view. He warned the house that it would be "a very costly experiment" for the state to go Into the cement manufacturing busi ness, and said that too many men had rone on the rocks attempting to manu facture cement to permit him to cast his vote to put the state In the business. INVESTOR KNOCKS IDEA Moore also, spoke to the same point, telling the house that he was an investor In the Oswego Cement company, and that it had never paid a dividend. Scheubel. talking in support of his bill, argued that the state, had been paying a big profit at both ends of the highway construction, program. The system employed by the state, he con tended, has resulted in building up a big contracting organisation throughout the state, and that the commission had been confronted with two combinations, the bitullthtc paving people on the one hand and the cement on the other. He con tended that the state was wasting money, anu saiu uii ici'ccv m roads and In issuing bonds to pay for them, but not until we had evolved a system- where a dollar spend on roads bought a. dollars wortn or construction. SMITH SOUNDS WARNING Smith of Multnomah warned the house that the people were growing restive under the highway program as it was being carried out. and thathere is a growing sentiment for the initiation of a comprehensive highway commission plan which would bring about the re suits that Scheubel was pleading for. The vote on the bill was as follows : Teas Brand. Burnaigh, Chiida, Cross, Ded man, Dennis, Elmore, Gore, Graham of Lane, Graham of Washington, Griggs, Hare, Hunter, Idleman, Lofgren, Merry man, Roman, Scheubel,, Sheldon, Smith of Multnomah, Thompson, Thrift. Weeks. Weaterlund, Wright, Mr. Speaker 26. Nays Brownell, Burdick, Coffey, Crawford, Todd. Edwards, Puller, Gal lagher, Gordon, Haines, Home, Hosford, Hughes, Hurd. Kubll. Looney, Martin, McFarland, Moore, Richardson, Sidler, Smith of Baker, Stewart, Thorns, Wheeler. Woodson 26. Absent Ballagh Bean, Bolton, Jones of Lincoln, Lafferty, Lewis, Richards 7. DECKS BEING CLEARED IN BIG FISH TANGLE (Continued From Ft One) ZONING MEASUR REPEAL OF CITY E APPARENTLY LOST Adverse Report to Senate Follows Protest of Mayor Baker and Others; Vote Today. mony out of the case, if that be possible. this suggestion comes from the camp of Frank Warren and the old commis sion that IL B. Van Duzer of Port land, who has led the fight against the commission, be named as one of the new commissioners. Before going Into the rumored per sonnel of the new commission it might be Just as well to relate that all the present members of the fish and game commission will resign as soon as they can let go, after they have been elected by the legislature, probably within a month or so. This means. In effect, if the rumors materialize with the passage of time, that all the present members of the fish and game commission will step out of office within a short time, leaving their places to be Tilled by the governor, under interim appointments, pending the action of the regular session of 1921 In the election of their successors. VINDICATION MAIN IDE.4 They, the old , commissioners, have wanted vindication and, given it by re election at the hands of the legislature, will step aside at the first opportunity. In addition to Van Duser It Is current legislative gossip that K. V. Carter of Ashland, former member of the legis lature and banker of Ashland, will be elected as the Southern Oregon repre sentative of the sportsmen. T It is also rumored that Charles K. Hall of Marshfleld, president of the State Chamber of Commerce, a banker of that city, will be the third new member of the commission on the commercial wing of the commission. The three men most mentioned for the commercial interests are Frank Warren, whose election is a foregone conclusion, Chris Schmidt of Astoria, and Hall. Jack and Flelschner. present members representing the sportsmen, will also be elected. The Xorblad-Bean joint commission bill has been enrolled and signed by the speaker. It will be signed by the presi dent of the senate and sent to the gov ernor before the day is over, and after that a time for Joint convention of the two houses will be set and the election will be held. Prior to that convention, however, the fish and game Interests in both houses will caucus and decide upon the nominees to be presented as the slate of the majority which has backed the bill In its passage through both houses. DEPENDS ON CAUCUS The results of that caucus and elec tion will show whether the current ru mors noted above materialize into ac tion, if it does, the commercial fishing interests will be represented, on the com mission by Frank Warren, Chris Schmidt of Astoria and C. K. Hall of Marshfleld, while h! sportsmen will be represented by C. F. Stone of Klamath Falls. Marion Jack of Pendleton. I. N. Flelschner of Portland. E. V. Carter of Ashland and H. B. Van Duzer of Port land. These will, under the new law, elect the "arbitrator." who will consti tute the ninth member of the commis sion and act as chairman. $9.85 Tomorrow! 300 boys'-suits, taken from my regular lines at $12.50 and $13.50; any boy between the ages of 7 and 18 years can be per fectly fitted; ' the fabrics include smart patterns in tweed, cheviot, cassimere and novelty mixtures; fully one-half of the suits have two pairs of "knickers"; many have reinforced seat and knees; "knick ers" are full-lined and finished with taped seams. Included at the same price are about 50 children's overcoats in sizes to 10 years; these, too, have been taken kfrom regular $12.50 and $13.50 lines; they are well tailored, warm and serviceable. Fathers and mothers with boys to clothe can -profit by choosing from these garments. Second Floor. IRenSelliiid . x ' . " - - - -1 t " - - - . . State House, Salem, Jan. 16. Pre paratory to cleaning the senatorial "desks" for adjournment of the leg islature Saturday noon, as provided in a resolution which has been adopted by both houses. President Vinton announced this morning that from now on the rule limiting de bate on measures to five minutes for any member would be rigidly enforced. Explanations of votes must be confined to one minute. A total of 49 bills now grace the Ben ate calendar. With the mill grinding smoothly In the consideration of bills on the calendar this morning, the only prospect for an argument which now looms in the offing is based upon consideration of Represen tative Hosford's attempt to repeal Port land's city zoning law. . The bill will come onto the floor of the senate today on a unanimous adverse report from the Judiciary committee. FIGHT IS EXPECTED The committee's unfavorable view of the bill Is due in large measure to the presence before the committee last night of a large delegation from Portland, headed by Mayor Baker, who succeeded in convincing the committeemen that the move is not altogether popular in the state metropolis.' Its appearance is expected to precipi tate a fight when friends of the measure will attempt to force favorable consid eration in spite of the adverse report of the committee. The bill by Senator Pierce, correct ing defects discovered in the soldiers' education aid act, was passed by the senate this morning without opposition, except that Senator Eberhard objected to the senate's "whittling down a meas ure that had been passed by the peo ple." EX. SERVICE MEN AIDED Under the bill as passed by the sen ate, only those ex-service men who were in the service for three months or more and who wese drafted or en listed in the service before the signing of the armistice, November 11, 1918, will be entitled to partake of the finan cial benefits provided by the measure. Due diligence and satisfactory prog ress on the part of the student will also be required before participation In the fund in order to eliminate "slack ers" who are said to have been merely "sitting in" at some of the schools in order to participate in the financial aid while devoting the greater part of their time to working or merely loafing about town. STUDT HOURS DEMANDED Sixty hours of actual school work per month will also be required of students in order to receive the maximum bene fit of $25 per month. Attendance for a lesser number of hours at either day or night school will meet with propor tionate compensation. Students at night law school, however, would be allowed their books and tuition, except that the aggregate cost must not ex ceed $25 per month. The state super intendent of public instruction is given general supervisory powers In the ad ministration of the act and $5000 is set aside from the fund to cover the ex penses of supervision by the senate and the bill will become effective July 1 next, if passed by the house. COMPANION BILL WINS A companion bill to the soldier' edu cational aid bill, also fathered by Sena tors Pierce and I. S. Smith, providing for an increase in the millage tax car ried in the measure from two thirds of a mill to four tenths of a mill, was also passed without opposition. The in crease is expected to provide approxi mately $400,000 per year for the ad ministration of the act. If approved in the house the measure will - go on the ballot at the May . election, , inasmuch as it involves a special tax. The legislative mill was interrupted for about 30 minutes just preceding the noon recess while the senators extri cated Representative Gallagher's Jor dan valley road from the entanglement into which it had been thrown by the injection of a monkey wrench in the shape of a few Coos county roads by Senator Ira C. Smith. GALLAGHER BILL SUCCEEEDS Gallagher's bill, which provides for the designation of a road in the Jordan valley as a post road and its survey and location by the state highway commis sion, was passed by the house over an adverse report of the roads and high ways committee. It came into the senate this morning on a divided report with the minority members of the committee submitting an afrnendment involving the addition of a road in Coos county from Bandon to Coquille. - The move was characterized by friends of the Gallagher measure as an attempt to defeat the Malheur county road while the advocates of the Coos county road insisted that it was honest ly submitted in an attempt to afford needed relief 'to the people of that sec tion. The Gallagher measure won by a vote of 19 to 10. SALART BOOST ARGUED The only chance for an argument In a two-hour session Thursday night arose in consideration of senate bill 32 by Sen ator Pierce, increasing the salary of the attorney general from $3600 to $4500 per year. The bill came into the senate on a divided report, with Senators Pierce, Orton and Eberhard signing a favorable report i and Senator Porter a minority adverse report. Opposition to the bill was based large ly on a previous action of the senate in resolving to bar all salary bills at the special session. ' Adoption of the Pierce bill, it was contended, would open the gates to a flood of salary bills which only awaited an excuse for mak ing an appearance. AMENDMENT TO CODE Prolonged debate was only prevented by sending the bill to the ways and means committee. ;s ' Eleven senata bills and three house bills were ground through the mill in rapid order at the night session as fol lows: H. B. 1 By eenuaittM on labor sd iadn triet, mtorint to Ux workmea' cpmpeuatioa fond 1400.000 set slid by th lt lesnoa for tlx conatnv-tion of recon t ruction hospital. H. B. 2 Rr committee on labor and in dustry. proTfckns aa incMaac of approximately SO per cent to the ratea of compensation paid to Uijnred workmen under th Orefon work men a compensation act. H. B. S By committee on labor and in dustry, proTidiiis for tba physical and vocational rehabilitation of injured workmen. AMENDMENT TO CODE g. B. 3 By Benator Patterson, amending the coda relating to paroles, abolishing the minimum penalty on the Crimea of homicide, rape attended by Tiolence. assault with intent to km and robbery when armed with a danger ous weapon. J.. 8. B. 13 By Senator Ntekelsen, proTidinc for compensation ol county anrreyora and their deputies. , . 8. B. 14 By Senator Hurley, reculatint the rraztnc of non-resident owned li restock upon enriosea lanas. R. B. 23 By Union eonnty. aeteianon. nro Tiding for an increase in salaries for certain Union county officials. 8. B. SO By committee on roadf and high ways, proridina for maintenance of state b ten- ways. S. B. 38 By committee on memcioe. pnar- macy and dentistry, relating to .the practice of medicine and surgery. ' . B. 33 By Benator unon, pronuma iiw the licnsina" of automobile drirera. K R 36 By Senator Pierce, relatinc to market roads. HOUSE SPEEDS BILLS TO MEET STATE EMERGENCIES Spurt Places House on Par With Senate in Tackling Last Lap of Session. DESIGNED State House. Salem, Or., Jan. 18. The house stepped into its home stretch stride Thursday afternoon and ran a rapid race with the senate in passing "emergency legislation." It passed tl)e Gallagher bill providing for the payment of interest by the state on the bonds of irrigation districts, and also sent the $10,000,000 road bond bill over to the senate' for attention by that body. It paused a half hour or so to debate and defeat the Scheubel bll giv ing the state highway commission the authority to own and operate paving plants, and then swung into an unvary ing course of giving its approval to a long list of highly necessary and vital pieces of legislation which, by reason of their emergency nature, could not wait for the regular session a year from now. It passed the Gallagher bill designat ing a county road in Malheur county as a Dortion of the state highway. The following additional measures were passed : Kubli bill to give cities power to pur chase, own or control property outside their corporate limits. Hughes bill giving county assessors and their deputies authority to admin ister oaths. Home bill providing for the collection of fees due the state from factory in spection. McFarland bill requiring corporations to secure licenses to practice dentistry. Thrift bill providing a herd inspector for Coos county. Gallagher bill Increasing the salary of county officers of Malheur. Burdick bill increasing the salary of the district attorney for Deschutes county. Bill by Smith of Multnomah increas ing the salary of the state highway engineer. Burdick bill establishing a county fair in Deschutes county. Bill of the game committee providing imprisonment for anybody killing car ibou. Game commission bill giving the com mission power to buy a game farm. Clackamas county delegation bill in creasing the salary of the school super intendent. Senator Huston's court of domestic relations bill. Corrective act by the senate commit tee on irrigation to remedy a defect in a 1919 amendment of the drainage act. Senate bill by the Multnomah dele gation enlarging the kindergarten sys tem of Portland. , Senate bill by the Multnomah delega tion giving additional powers' . to the Tort of Portland. It provided for a Joint committee to write a negative argument against the 4 per cent interest bill which Is in course of initiation by a man in Clack amas county. 510,000,000 ROAD BONDING MEASURE Rcfrtsttsf ui BeaOsf ltlsHurine for Red " M IUUK slLAJlMroiltl Evehd;a Drops" After the of the Eyes or cwGoUwiil win roar confidence. AakyoarDnv cist for Murine when tow Eves Need Car.-. NEW PAVING F T MATE! INTO t THRUST STATE SENATE Moser Would Bar Royalty Pay ments Until Court Passes on Validity of Patent. State House, Salem, Jan. 16. New material for a paving fight was inject ed into the senate this morning when Senator Moser introduced a bill pro hibiting the payment of royalties on patented paving used on the state high ways of Oregon until after the validity of the patent has been determined by the district court of the United States for the Oregon district. The bill is practically identical with a house bill sponsored by Representa tive Hare which now reposes safely in the bosom of the house committee on roads under highways. At the present time royalty payments are being held in abeyance by the state highway commission under instructions to that effect Issued by the last regular session of the legislature. The present move is regarded as an attempt to force the issue and secure a speedy adjudication. Washout Delays Trains AH passenger trains operating over the. O-W. R. & X. were delayed several hours Thursday night by a washout at Day, . Just east of The Danes. The Chinook wind which swept the moun tains in the vicinity of The Dalles Thursday afternoon caused rapid melt ing of a heavy blanket of snow. Pile CoraS Isluu Bar Drocfbtt Taftradt awne? if PAZO -OWTHX'ST fans to ear Itching, BHnd, Bleedtnc or-Protrnd- 4ns MiM. AtnM freitalsw BmIIu. - n i T 01 can rnt restful sleep after tba fiat ari'llr PASSED IN HOUSE Bill Is an Amendment of 1919 Act Boosting Amount of Bonds That May Be Authorized, Sold. v State House, Salem, Jan. 16. The $10,000,000,000 road bonding bill went through the house late Thurs day afternoon without debate for or against it, and with but three nega tive votes cast against it, the three members being Scheubel of Clacka mas county and Hughes and "Weeks, both of Marlon. This action concluded the interest of the house in the main highway legisla tion, since It had adopted the Stewart Joint resolution for the A per cent road bonding amendment to the constitution at the morning session. Both the bond ing amendment and the $10,000,000 bond ing bill are now in the hands of the sen ate for action by that branch of the assembly. AMOUNT IS RAISED The $10,000,000 bill is practically a re enactment of the bonding bill of the 1919 session. In effect it is an amendment of the act boosting the amount of bonds that may be authorised and sold by the highway commission from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000, but In form it is a separate act. The bonding bill is a peculiar statute in one thing. It is both definite and contingent in its terms. It provides that the state highway commission shall have the authority to issue and sell bonds up to the constitutional limitation whether that may be 2 or 4 per cent PROVISIONS ARE EXPLAINED That provision will be the law wheth er the 4 per cen amendment is ratified by the people, or is rejected, and this provision, because of the increased as sessed valuation of the state, will give the commission power to authorise ap proximately $1,000,000 worth of , bonds in addition to ; the amount authorised under the bill of 1919. Then the bill provides the 110.000,000 authority, con tingent upon the ratification of the 4 per cent amendment by the people at the special election of May 21 next- SEA- DOGS FORECASTED TEMPESTUOUS GALE, BUT PROPHECY FALLS SHORT South Wind and Clouds Billow Over Heights; but Sea Is Untroubled. Although a fresh .wind blew out of the southwest and angry looking clouds billowed over the heights this morning, predictions of the sea dogs along the waterfront that a hard blow would be on along the coast were not verified. At S o'clock this morning at North Head there was a 30 mile wind out of the southwest, and according to the weather bureau's report the sea was smooth. The wind at the mouth of the Columbia was oply six miles stronger than In Portland, for about 8 :30 the wind gauge at the customs house was whirling at 24 miles an hour and going strong. A few dilapidated awnings and a few cloth signs Btretched across building fronts were torn loose in the business district. A few already ragged and neglected flags on building tops became more ragged and neglected' looking, and that was about all the damage done. The process of breaking the "drouth" that blighted our lives during the first half of January continued Thursday and today, and a total of .16 of an inch of rainfall was registered in the 24 hours ending at 8 a. m. . District Forecaster Edward L. Wells J sniffed the wind, looked i the clouds. reaa nis telegrams and proceeded to forecast: Tonight and Saturday prob ably rain, southerly winds, No storm warnings are up along the coast. Wells said, as the center of dis turba ice is far inland, with the lowest barometric readings in Montana. The ni-nimum temperature for the 24 hours ending at 8 a. m., as registered at the customs house, was 40 above. STATE 1BNY AND 010. DON! AGREE 0N10NEY Eugene Institution Wants to Share Appropriation Equally With Agricultural College. sistenc of the TTnivtrstty ? of drcgon that It and the Oregon Agricultural col lege shall share equally In the amount to be provided. This IS not considered to be fair by the O. A. C. men becaurfe that . institution has over s000 students against some IS00 at the University of Oregon.1 while the demands of the Cor vail is institution are greater all along the line than those of the EXigene col lege because of the disparity in -their relative sixes and their necessary hous ing and other equipment. ; It Ts expected, and in fact broadly in timated, that there will be a "fight to a finish" between the two Institutions precipitated by the Kubll bill, , ;. . State House, Salem, Or., Jan. 16. Open warfare was declared, not of ficially but In fact, never the less, between the University of Oregon and the Oregon Agricultural college Thursday when a bill providing for a mlllage tax of one and six one hundredths of a mill on the assessed valuation of the atate'was Introduced in the house by Kubll, for the main tenance of these two institutions and the Oregon State Normal school. The bill provides that this shall be levied in 1920 and every year thereafter and that 50 one-hundredths of a mill shall be apportioned to the University of Oregon, an equal sum to the Oregon Agr ricultural college and the remaining 6 one-hundredths of 1 mill to the Oregon State Normal school. 9Mfm SUM AVAILABLE Reducing this to dollars it would mean that on the basis of the present asseMsed valuation the University of Oregon would be given an -annual mlllage ap propriation of- approximately $450,000 and th Oregon Agricultural college of ati equal amount, while the normal school would be given about tot. 400. The executive boards of the two big colleges have been in almost continual conference for the past three weeks at tempting to get together on some plan for financial relief to be put up lo th legislature. They held a final confer ence this morning, and then the Kubll bill appeared in the house, while the Oregon Agricultural college bill is sched uled to be presented in the senate by Senator Patterson. O. A. C. WANTS i4,e It will ask for an appropriation of six tenths of one mill annually for the use of that institution, or about $594. 000 on the present valuation. The controversy arises over the in- Legislature "Asked-" "To Raise Salaries; Of State Off ioials State House. Salem. Jan. 16. Tws bills providing Increases for slat offi cials have found their wiv Inln'lhi senate thus far siiitj the special session convened. , A bill introduced this morning, pro-, tfdes for an Increase In the salary ot the state superintendent of public Instruc tion from $3000 to $4500 per year, , Sen ators Fierce, Orton and Eberhard spon sored the measure, which was indorsed by the state association of county, su perintendents, in session here two weeks ago. A bill Introduced by Senator Fierce earlier in the week provides for n in crease in the salary of the attorney general from $8600 to $4500. MALE and FEMALE Starts Tomorrow Orchestra Matirtee Daily See Ad P. s 2 ,, : Lot 1 Of the better makes, for much less than you would have to pay elsewhere! The manufacturers have advised us of their shipment of several carloads of shoes to our Portland , and Seattle stores, which means we must immediately dispose of our present stock to make room for this new merchandise- In order to insure satisfactory attention and accommodation to our customers we have di vided these shoes into separate lots for selection. The Sale Starts Promptly Saturday at 9 A. M. This sale will mean a big saving to the women of Portland who are quick and take advantage of it. We also have about 350 pairs of men's shoes that can't be duplicated for anywhere near the price! LOOK! You Can't Beat These Values Anywhere ! Lot 5 400 pair of Fashion's loveliest of ferings in Pumps and Oxfords. Latest style one-eyelet, ties, buckle, lip and strip pumps. $7.50 Values at Lot 6 300 pair of specially priced Ox fords and Pumps that cannot be bought this Spring for anywhere near the price. A wide assortment in the very finest one eyelet and, strip pumps. $8.50 Value, at jg MEN Look. Here! 350 pair of Men's High Shoes and Ox fords in lines that we will not carry this Spring. In order to close out this stock of merchandise, we are putting (J A Q ffT these Shoes on sale at. ... . tDTCOeJ This line cannot ?e duplicated this Spring. 200 pair of women's highest grade black High Shoes, also two tones in French and Cuban heels. $6.50 Values at $4-.4:5 Lot 2 400 pair of black and brown Shoes, elegantly finished, having both French and Cuban heels. $10.00 Values at $6.45 Lot 3- 300 pair of Women's Shoes that would cost half as rnuch again at present day shoe prices. A wide selection in black, brown, two -tones, patent leather, gray and beaver brown in French heels. Either button or lace. $12.00 Values at 97: 1 5 Lot 400 pair of Oxfords and Pumps, just the thing -for Spring. Patent leather and kid. $7.50 Values at sLL sLLsad Wl 21 IS Cass' Two Stores 325 Washington Street, near Broadway Right Across From tit Song Shop . 262 Morrison, near Third Next to BrowimOU Woolen Mills Store All 10c Polishes at - - 5c All 10c and 15c Laces at 5c Only 1 con of Polish or. 1 pair of Laco to a Customer