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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16. 1921.
TROUBLESOMEBi LIS
FACE LEGISLATURE
IN COMING SESSION
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Tight Over Teachers' Tenure One
i of Huts to Crack; Eastern Ore
gon in on x Highway Wrangle.
(CoatlntWil From rg. One)
' been asked until Tuesday evening at tb
earne hour, and It ia probable that this
-will bo the time finally selected'. -
During the past week repeated confer
ences' have ben held at Portland at
which contested points have been dis-
- j-'ussed, and, according: to reports, agree
ments have been reached as to many of
them.
; The demand that the North Portland
harbor be assured of immediate improve
ment by setting aside 1250,000 for use
there during the coming year is still a
. : bone of contention, end the indorsement
or- rejection of the plan la expected to
bring on a fight in the delegation which
: is divided over it.
DEPENDS OX LEADERS
; If such provision la not written Into
: the emergency bill carrying authority
to finance the work of the commission
; for the next-year there is strong proba
! bility that the delegations from the
stock shipping sections of the state will
be hostile to the measure when it conies
up on the floor for passage.
Whether the port consolidation pro
gram will be put up before the legisla
ture ng a . Multnomah delegation meas
ure, or the various bills will be Intro
duced by k Individual members,, will de
pend upon the ability of the program
; leaders to compose the present existing
differences within the delegation.
If the delegation can . unite on the
.bills they will go in under the name of
the delegation ; If not, they will be fath
ered by individual members and the
battle will be fought out on the floor.
-DKi.EG AT105 DIVIDED
- The teachers" tenure bill is also sched
uled to make its appearance in the sen
ate tomorrow, under the sponsorship of
. Senator Staples, . TheMultnOmah dele
gation Is divided over this measure and
its enactment or rejection is expected to
-furnish one of the spectacular forensic
battles of the session.
: Tom Neuhausen, who has been re
tained as the head of the teachers'
.lobby,, was at Salem Thursday, looking
over the fighting field, and he and his
field workers are expected to be on hand
from how on until the bill either is
passed or defeated.
The members of the school board who
are behind the proposed amendments to
the tenure law will also be on hand to
help pilot the bill through the two
houses.
; The road program . is also being
whipped Into shape, and the Joint roads
ana nignways committees will hold their
first meeting on Monday or Tuesday to
begin the task bf framing the various
bills to be introduced.
The highway commission now has
available approximately $11,000,000 .of
bonds which have been authorized, but
not sold. About $1,000,000 of this amount
Is pledped to contracts already let, so
that 110.000,000. in round numbers, are
available for the completion of tire 1921
program. . . . ..
, Of this sum the Columbia river and
Pacific highways will be entitled, under
the law, to but 17.500,000. the remaining
f J.500.000 being assigned to secondary
roads. v It Is estimated that It will re
quire approximately $10,000,000 for the
completion of the two main highways,
so that $2,500,000 of the funds to be
provided by the present session will
have' to be devoted to this task.
EASTERN OREGON WATCHFUL ' '
U calculated that approximately
$9,000000 of new bonds can be author
ized by the legislature under the 4 per
. cent limitation of the constitution, which
would leave some $6,500,000 for sec
ondary roads. -
Should Senator Hall's bill providing
for Immediate construction of the Roose
velt highway - pass,' this I would carve
$2,000,000 i from the money left for sec
ondary roads, leaving approximately
$4,000.000 1 for the construction of all
the state i highways other than the Pa
cific and Columbia routes, a fact which
may have a deciding weight in deter
mining the attitude of the Eastern and
Central Oregon delegations toward the
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LOOPS URGED r ;
The highway commission, it is under
stood, is oppoeed to the threatened dis
ruption of the legislative road map and
will throw Its Influence against any at
tempts to put new road routes in the
law. This feature: of the highway ques
tion bids fair to provoke more discus
sion than any other phase, for there
seems to, 'be no i opposition to- the gen
eral financing proposals that have been
made. ; :.; , j j ' '
This question of. new routes also in
cludes the proposal to build "loops" or
connecting links between the west -and
east side lines of the Pacific highway.
It Is being' urged that one loop should
be built between Kewberg, through St.
Paul and to Woodburn. Another route
desired is from -Corvallkf to Albany.
SEW ROADS PROJECTED
It is: also being urged that a new route
should be authorised running ' north and
south through Sherman county. Two
new- roads are projected, in fact, for
The Dalles-California highway. One is
to run from The I Dalles directly south
and to the west j of Shanlko, and the
other from Biggs.' or near there, south
through Sherman county to join the
main ' line - again near Gateway or
Madras. ;
The fish and! game legislation will
also be taken up for consideration by
the committees during the coming week
and bills will be put lntoshape for in
troduction. It ia expected by house and
senate leaders that by the next week-end
adjournment the big work of the session
will be well under way. -
LAND FRAUDS
NQU1RY
WILL- BE CONTINUED
(Continued From Pas One.)
and filed Its claim to 32,127.42 acres of
swamp and overflow lands in the War
ner valley, estimated to be worth more
than $1,000,000. j The state Is also pre
paring, as a result of these investiga
tions, to file claim to some 35,000 acres
of land in Malheur lake as swamp land
and which is now claimed by riparian
owners and squatters. : "
During the past two years the attor
ney general's office, 'represented by Mil
lard McQilchrlstj and I A. Liljeqvlst.
has checked ovef some 380,000 acres of
school Indemnity : lands, thousands of
acres of which are believed to have
been acquired fraudulently through the
use of dummies and forged applications.
MAT BRING SUIT
Of thisH-ast area some 10,000 acres
are still owned by the Oregon grantee
and suits to cancel these titles will be
instituted In cases where sufficient evi
dence of fraud can be obtained.
Where the titles of lands have passed
to an innocent purchaser actions for
damages are contemplated, when the evi
dence justifies, against those guilty of
fraud in procuring the lands from the
state. I
Already, it lis pointed out. the state
has recovered, in the case of the Pacific
Livestock company alone, an amount
five tiroes as great as that set aside
by the state for Investigating land
frauds two years ago with the title to
lands worth several millions of dollars
now pending and for completion of
which investigations ttae additional ap
proprlation la now sought.
Hubbard Man Sued
By Fellow Citizen
Salem, Or Jan. 15. Five thousand
dollars damages is sought by Dave
Swanson of 1 Hubbard in a suit filed
here Saturday against C. W. Mayger,
also of Hubbard. Swanson alleges de
famation " of , character. . distress and
humiliation through publicity given to
cnarges made against him by Mayger,
alleging the theft of three cases of eggs.
S. A H. Green Stamps for cash. Hol
nan Fuel Co.. Main 353. 160-81. Adv.
nSCHOOLBILLS
WILL MAKE BOWS
4N HOUSE MONDAY
Free ' Text Book Measure and
Removal of Qualifications of
Electors Included in Drafts.
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State House. Salens, Jan. 15.
Four bills dealing with the adminis
tration of public schools will "be. in
troduced in the house Monday by
Representative Overturff of Bend.
One provides for free text books in all
schools, except high Bchools. throughout
the state.
The second provides that the election
of school "directors in counties of 20,000
or more population shall be held every
two years at the time of the general
election. 1 '
The third removes the property quali
fication from the law governing school
elections. " ;
The fourth fixes the term of office of
directors In districts having a population
of 20,000 or more at four years instead
of three as at the present time. -.MEASURES
ABE DRAFTED
The four measures have been, drafted
by Deputy District Attorneys' J. H.
Stockman and S. H. Pierce at the In
stance of William F. Woodward, a mem
ber of the Portland school board.
The bill providing for free text books
is brief and concise and has been pat
terned after the Utah law. It makes it
the duty of the school board of every
district to supply the pupils of all
schools except high schools with text
books and supplies ; gives the board au
thority to sell text books to puptls at
cost, and at the end of the term to col
lect all books used by pupils, or. dam
ages for the loss of those furnished.
WILL LOAlf BOOKS "
The theory of the act is that the dis
trict shall purchase the books and loan
them to the pupils, wHb are to return
them for further use by other pupils
when they may have finished with them.
The proposed bill providing for the re
moval of the property requirement of
the existing law has been offered by
Director Woodward because ne contends
that It is unfair to restrict the voting
power in all school matters relating to i
taxation to property owners. He points I
out that the father, who is on the assess
ment roll, has a vote, while the mother,
who has the most to do with the rear
ing of the children, has no voice in the
condqet of the public schools of the
state. He also urgres that the boot
lepger can vote While the parent very
often can not.
COMPAXIOIf BILLS
The other two measures, the one fix
ing the term of office at four years and
the one providing for election every two
years at the time of the general elec
tion, are companion bills, in behalf of
these Woodward contends that less than
10 per cent of the voters attend school
elections; that the time and places of
holding school elections are such that
people will not go to the polls, and that
the proposed amendments are in the in
terest of economy and efficiency in the
Mayor Calls TJon
Portland Citizens to
Observe Thrift Week
In support of Thrift week, fostered by
the Y. M. C. A., which begins Monday.
Mayor George L Balyr Saturday issued
the following proclamation : ,
- Whereas. It behoves every good citlxen
to take serious thought to lessen extrav
agance and waste, to abate inflation of
credit, to relieve through intelligent
saving and investment, to combat unrest
and to build up a more stable, prospen
ous and truly American population, and
Whereas, The program of economic
education of National Thrift week Is
devised to foster all of these desirable
conditions; therefore, i
. I, George I- Baker, mayor of .the city
of Portland, do call upon all officials,
the superintendents and teachers of our
public schools, and upon each and every
citizen, business establishment, indus
trial plant, trade, civic or other organi
sation and all employes or members
thereof, to exert every effort, individu
ally and through their community thrift
committees, to make National Thrift
week a period of constructive thought
and auction and of economic planning for
every one within their several 'comunl
ties. Legislation Urged
As Guard Against
Elevator Mishaps
There is Urgent need for legislation
governing - the operation of elevators in
public buildings in Portland, according
to H. E. Plummer, chief of the bureau
of buildings. It is Plummer's intention
to ask the city council to pass an ordi
nance at an early date compelling
building owners to employ only licensed
operators.
Following the investigation of Chief
Building Inspector Thornton into the
tragic death of Mrs. Sadie Darlington,
recently killed while operating an ele
vator in the Swetland building, Plummer
announced that he would urge the
employment of men in preference to
women and gMs in public elevators.
Council to Vacate
Street Sections to
Aid School Pupils
The vacation of Kellogg street from
the southeast line of John street to
the northwest line of Charleston, and
the vacation of Murray street from the
east line of East Twenty-njnth to the
west line of Thirtieth street, was voted
at the last regular meeting of the city
council and the city attorney's office
notified to draw ordinances to that ef
fect. The action followed a petition
from the directors of school district No.
I, asking the vacation for the benefit of
the children attending that school, and
was indorsed by the department of pub
lic works.
government of the public schools of the
state.
A free text book bill has already been
introduced in the -senate by Senator
Banks of Multnomah. - Tt provides,
though with more, detail, for the pur
chase of text books and supplies by the
districts of the state.
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