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t i i -8 THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 23. 1 921 RflllWn flRHIIT THF I flRRV I iiuuuu nu w w i , i iiu uuuu i vunuij Dupf rimenu?ni Jioore, ot Lane county, was here Mon day, being somewhat interested in senate bill No. 377, which would add 300 to the salaries of each the assessor and county sup erintendent of Lane county. It will be remembered that the bone of contention which is said to have caused a wide breech be tween the two senators from Lane has come upon the adjustment of county salaries. Senator Jones refused, to allow his bills to be amendett and the latter bill was introduced at the request ot Sen ator Hell. wish to b protected against the unholy optic attentions of their former peers. ' . ' ; Having Just passeif a woman's Jury bill, the Oregon assembly is Interested In the decision of a judge In' the east to provide ankle curtains when fmanlne jurors are in the box. The j belief here Beems to be that curtains which do not come up under the chin wilt do little good in guard in? against the masculine gaze and -that women do not care to serve If they have got to be taken seri ously in their statement that they Th bill reincorporating Eu erne lodge No. 11. A. F. & A. M has passed both houses. No one rising promptly to explain the bill. Representative Caliagher, the irrepressible Iris wit of the house, remarked that he was not in a pc nit km to do so. Representative; Allen then told the members the object of the bill. While "Put" Gallagher was in the chair Monday afternoon, resentative Roberts rose point of order. "There is no or der," replied Gallagher. "Il'm in the chair.' After the vote had teen taken. Roberts again rose to protect against tn? action of the . chair and stated that he wished hi? protest made a matter of record. "All right, write er up and send 'er In." replied the chair, while the house rippled with lauphter. niembeis were li&teiiing to the wishes of the farmer population tt the state, many members ex plainir.R their vote by the fact that hundreds of their farmer con stituents had asked support of the bill. Thre was no protest against the Reneral idea of the till, but several took the position that the bill Kve to directors of I co-operative organizations pow I ers which do not vest in the in f dividual and that it was not just !cr v.ise to put such power into the hands of a few individuals actiug for hundreds or thousands i o( members of one of such organ- b-ations. Representative Allen so i expressed his' views. Other mem- If rs expressed the view that the fnrmers could be trusted not to ! abuse such a powder, even it vested i In them There wat treat dU Rep ! versity of opinion as to whether to a or not this was an entering wedge for the Nonpartisan league or a direct slap at the league. AH the farmer members were for the bill, which parsed with the large ma jority of 4 4 to 4. Reuutiful lilies pface the desks of the speaker and president, the gife of Lee Steiner. superinten- j urni ui iiir Mate uueyuai. which was not as fair as the pres ent bill. Senator Dennis pleaded like an evangelist for the settlers who early settled on the shores of Malheur lake and made the coun try. He took a flat stand on the resolution and urged that action be deferred for two years. Senator Eberhard declared Sen ator Ellis, the senator whose con: stituents are the Malheur settlers', had switched, and that he would i switch with nim .explaining w.th !the assertion that Ellis should know what his people want. Ryan and Banks both spoke against the bill and Eddy support ed it. The measure is one drawn by L. A. Liljeoest. assistant attorney general, who has made a specialty of the land question, and be has his heart set upon its passage. The vote was: For the minority report Bell, Eberhard. Eddy. Edwards, Ellis. Farrell, GilK Hare. Hume. Jones. Joseph, Lachmund. LaFollett. Nlckelsen. Norblad. Patterson. Porter. Smith. Staples, Strayer, Thomas, Vinton. Ritner. Against Banks, Dennis. Hall, Moser, Robertson, Ryan. Upton. SALEM 6 OBSERVES FEB. 22 Rev. Blaine Kirkpatrick livers Address On Washington De- cipal Nelson dismissed the school for the remaiuder of the day. Whenever Mary was a naughty little girl she was made to sit at a table by herself. One evening at dinner when there were a num ber of guests present and Mary be cause of some art of disoDeaience was placed at her table, the guests and the family as well were 3ur- pi!ed to hear a shrill Tolce pipe out: "Thou hast prepared a ta ble before me lr the presence of mine enemies." Country Gentle man. . l T 1 show! ( lr STARTS SUNDAY OXK DAY TI1K CLA88IEKT SHOW FOR i AGES. 10 People "Buzzin Around" BLIGH THEATRE 7 A little saliy of that kind once in awhile is good for legislation, for the legislators are only hu man beings and subject to the same Influences while here as they-are at home. A little laugh ter is. restful and puts them in better condition to go ahead with tbeir work. .Monday, for the first time an appeal was taken to the house rrom the ruling of the chair. The appeal was taken by Representa tive Richards of Multnomah. The speaker put the matter up to the house and the ruling was upheld I ) an almost unanimous thunder of ayes. The statement often made, and often believed that members trade their votes on many pieces of legislation would hardly stand up under circumstances which hap- h"ipened here Monday. It , was noticeable several tims in suc cession that members who took the same side on one bill were arrayed against one another on succeeding bills and would again soon come around to supporting the same legislation. Senate bill No. 284. whic-h was a facial order Monday in the bouse, brought out the fact that LASt DAY "OUTSIDE THE LAW Thursday, Friday, Saturday LIBERTY ATTRACTION And a Christie Comedy Where The Big Pictures Show BENNETT BILL GOES TO THIRD BEADING (Continued from page 1) to the Intent of the resolution. Senator Dennis believed its intent was to obviate the bill, while Sen ator Ellis in his speech indicated that the resolution and the bill to gether would afford protection to the settlers, though he said he bad been doubtful of the justice of the resolution. This caused Moser to accuse El lis of Inconsistency relative to his position as a member of the judi ciary committee at a recent hear ing. Moser, opposing the bill, de cleared the state had no right to take land away from the settlers even for the benefit of the school fund and that the legislature should not be in the business of settling lawsuits. Senator Hare, opposing Moser. defended Ills, declaring his posi tion was consistent with his dec larations on tae question in the judiciary committee. On the other hand he declared Moser had changed front since 1919 when he voted for a bill by Senator Eddy Employment for Blind Favored by Senate Bv. Indefinite postponement the senate yesterday killed Represen tative Leonard's measure to pro hibit the refilling of containers used for dairy products. House Bill 124. by the Clatsop county delegation, providing in creased pay for the-constable of Seaside precinct, was passed. Under suspension of the rules, senate bill 165. providing an ap propriation of $15,000 for the Oregon " employment institution for the blind, was passed. It was introduced by Senator Moser and originally calle dfor a $40,000 ap propriation, but was amended to $15,000. Senate bill 383, by Lachmund. authorizing the state board of con trol to exchange lands belonging to the' state training school for boys for other adjacent lands, was rushed through three readings and passed. . Salem high school yesterday commemor ated Washington's birthday with a program in the morning after which school was dismissed for the entire day. Singing by the entire assembly opened the program in the morn ing. The mixed chorus of the high school led In the singing and fol lowed with appropriate selections. Rev. Blaine Kirkpatrick gave the address, speaking on the "Chal lenge of the Life of Washington to the Young People of Today, He, declared that the need of to day was that the young people of America should follow the exam ple of earne; -ness and sincerity which Washio'ton exercised in his preparation for bis life work and that they nould follow his example of hard working and hard think ing. Following his address. Com mander Coridue of the local post or the G. A. R.. spoke on the in fluence of Washington's character on the life of Lincoln. Following a short talk In which he urged that the students re member the day for the purpose for which it was set aside, Prin- Z WILLIAM I'vrV. DeMlLLE'S I PRODUCTION ' f ' miasummerJ'iadness' X -xJi, i4 1 ,V Vth LOTS WILSON LILALXX 3 Days Starting Tomorrow Grand Theatre TRADE MARK FARM TRACTORS NEW PRICE NEW PRICE DELIVERED ON YOUR FARM 2 1 i j a i J Spring Bq Here! 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" j .V Lachmund is Advised On Japanese Question Senator Louis Lachmund- was yesterday informed by telegraph by United States Senator McNary that the Japanese problem will be considered by congress at a spec ial session in the spring. The mes sage from Senator McNary was In response to a message sent by Lachmund relative to the Oregon senate's defeat of the anti-Japan ese bill. 5 Cents a Day $1.50 A MOXTTl Secures the best family medicine treatment, which is Hoods' Sarsaparilla For the blood, stomach, liver and kidneys. Creates an appetite, aids digestion, makes food taste good. More Than This While it purifies, yltalizes and en riches the blood, it eradicates ca- a r r h. scrofula, rheumatism. makes the weak strong. Gives you more real up-llft and help than any other treatment for three times the money. Get Hood's today. A word to the wise is suilicient. For a mild, effective laxative. or active cathartic, take Hood s Pills. Chief Clerk in railway office Another farmer is suing us on ac count of his cow. General Manager One ot our trains killed it, I suppose? Chief Clerk Not this time. He complains that the passengers lean out of the windows and milk his cows as the train goes by. AIOIINT Mr. Ldsel B. Ford, president ot the Ford Motor company, gives out the following statement: "The price of the Fordson trac tor has been reduced from $790 to $625, effective immediately, "This price change has beeu made possible through lower costs of materials and the fact that we are now located in our new tract or plant with greatly increased economic manufacturing facilities in immediate connection with our foundry and machine shons and large blast furnaces where iron is poured directly from the ore. aiv ing us maximum efficiency with the power to reduce cost of pro duction, and down comes the price in line with our policy to market our products at the lowest doss! ble figure without in any way af icciing our high standard of qua! ity "We are particularly i. loaned in being ante to brine about this big reduction in price at this time because the farmer needs all the help we can Rive him and this bi cut in price will he the means of placing a valuable power nn within the reach of practically ev ery one of them, not to mention industrial and commercial eo:i cerns which likewise have bene fitted through its use and are al ready realizing, to a much Rreat er extent, it valm as a power an hauling unit. But particularly has the Fordson tractor proved a most valuable factor In the saving of farm labor, at the same time in creasing the per acre crop yield as well as making possible a utiliza tion of previously uncultivated land to say nothing of removing no end of drudgery. 'There is no question that the use of machine power on the farm is the greatest advancement made in the development of agri culture, not only In money saving and money making results, as well as raising the standards of living on the farm to a murh higher level, but because of its improved value In making ever type of land more productive, and consequently our desire to rlare the Fordson within the reach ot U., v. (adr.) lb jjr Ladies' -Sprin .Beits Our assortment of Ladies Spring Sails is the best we hxrt ever shown. ..The fabrics are also better than in recent yean; Materials are of all wool tricotines, men's wear, serges, tic. $20.00 to $59.00 LADIES' WOOL PLAID SKIRTS A new shipment just received of very neat apd norel patterns. $5.75 to $12.75 Oar Prices Always The Lowest GALE & CO, Commercial and Court Streets Of Course You Have Heard of TWO FOR the PEICE off (M E For Five More Days Only Five! More Days! - ' Do YouRealize WhatltMeans to You? BUY A SUIT, OVERCOAT, SHIRT ! OR NECKTIE THIS WEEK m n j 1 AND 1 FOR THIS WEEK'S SELLING WE HAVE ADDED TWO HUNDRED MEDIUM AND HEAVY WEIGHT j SILK-MIXED WORSTED SUITS i ALL SIZES MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S MODELS, GIVING AN ELE GANT ASSORTMENT FOR YOUR SELECTION AT I TO FOR THE PRICE OF M2 E 3sl em Woolen M i 1! 4 -