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: - trf r f.rrvn-? -! v t' 'W 'i ' "-; fit; THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM,- OREGON 56 ; f - - - - 4 WDNESJPAY-MORNINO SEPTEMBER -1921 U .0 L U Insane handled:-" Uetwcen 3.000 and 6,000 bar- rels of floor are osed annually in feeding patients and attend ants at the state hospital. There Js not an institution of the Had in toe west maintained Ion so low a per capita of expense. These are a few of the stater Growth of Big State Institu- s,,enU made Dr- Et Mwaa.s a . Wll WS j Oregon state hospital, speaking j Wednesday noon at .the Marion 'hotel to Rotarians. Ovation Given 1 Met or i As the doctor; arose to deliver his address, he was Riven such a tremendous , ovation that , he ac knowledged it almost affected so a hat be could hardly be gin. " . la traciajr tbe htetnry ot the During the past two yeai.v Portland ' to care 'tor the 000.000 piecea: of laundry were 1 at $ a week, ,.. . T " a . m r n t. a. 1. X t -me present uosptuti ion Told By Superintend dent At Luncheon STATISTICS ASTONISH Accomplishments of Doctor Are Enumerated By Form er State Treasurer ', Fully 40 per cent or those com roltted to the Oregon - state hoa pita! arc discharged a eared. r ; Including patients and attend ants, 2,030 people are living: in the hospital, ..." :'"V V'.': t'1- "-; . The state spends about halt a million dollars a year on the hos pital. ,.i:.u ;,v; .". '-, Dally ; Ihoro are served 6.090 meals, or a grand total of 2,222. 000 during the year. . u i in be tiding was opened. Dr. Stein- er referred to the fact that it was a great day In Salem when the 320 pat3enls were transferred from Portland to the present building. Referring to ccsts of those . he remarked that the big Insane building cost the state only $140,000. The two cottages across the street from the hos pital were built in 1885 at a cost of $2,000 each. Mont Art OregoaJanw Originally, insane fromt Alaska, Idaho, and at one time Minne sota, were cared for at the Ore gon hospital. Now, of the 1.S00 or more patients, an are irorn Oregon, excepting a few soldiers who were injured during the late care of the insane in Oregon-. Dr. war. Steiner said the territorial ' gov-.' if a person is committed to eminent passed laws as early as the hospital, he has two chances 1844. In 1855, relatives were jn fiT of being sufficiently cared asked to stand the expense of caring for the insane. , Fy 1862 tho legislature recommended thatj a building be erectea. but. even then the insane were ' not placed In care of the state If ihey had relatives who could care: for them. Irhratf Care Given In 184 tie fegfshtture recom mended' that land be purchased for a hospital. In 1874 the state contracted with prlvate; person irr ITURE BARGAINS OUR CLOSING OUT HALE of furniture is still on and we are offering you furniture at prices that will be sure to. interest you Everything beautiful for the home. Let hh help you in cutting down the cost of furnishing your home. , ; ; . . t . ' , , , ' ..... t' , . , Furniture on 2nd Floor. 1 : l i Library Tat! ' Your choice of any; 1 library . table .in', the r store up to $30 for V 0 14.45 it- Fariqr Wash Rugs ' Any $20.00 wash " rug , in the store. Your choice at , ; Gir.ghams and Percales , All thewanted colors in cliecksand plaids in ginphams ' are now lere also checks in, percales. These checks are the very latest in cotton ftl)rfcs.w,JuH'what you have " ueeu waning icr, .tome in ana sec .tam.i A- i - i j .NEW GOODS ARRIVING iDAlLYl H?L A-, .;... f . - : (5 i 11 WORTH;& GRAY D2PARTTJENT STORE . . 177 N. LIBERTY-ST. I) . . .. r i toil SALEM OREGON. to be discharged, the speaker said During tae past two years, 1,600 patients have entered the hos pital. "Recent legislatures have treat ed the Oregon state hospital with the utmost fairness, especially the last legislature,' Dr. Steiner de clared. "It appropriated $966, 000 for maintaining the hospital for two years." Xetv Inw in Cm1 ; During the last session, the legislature passed . the voluntary commitment act, by which, on the advice of the family physician and another friend of the family, any one may be sent to the de tention hospital for a period not to exceed 30 days. There is no court record made in such In stances. Just a few have taken advantage of the law. Dr. Stein er said. Following Stelner's address. T, D. Kay arose and remarked that the doctor was a little too mod est to say what he had accom plished. This is what the doctor has done, according to Mr. Kay: Accomplishment LlMed Took hold -of an old ont-of-date . building 13 years ago. and by putting up arguments for ap propriations, secured money from year to year, changing the build ing into one entirely modern. Old stoves formerly heated the build ing, which now has a modern steam plant. The farm is now of 1,300 acres, where are grown all the vegetables used, and also all meats, milk, hay and grain. The Institution is maintained at an exceptionally low cost per capita and there ' is not an asy lum in the country where pa tients are ' given better treat ment, i r , ( Mr. Kay said that the doctor had many offers to tro elsewhere t higher salary, but he prefer red ; to remain in Oregon. . Following Dr. Steiner's address, the Rotarlans . accepted his invi tation to come In a body some time and visit the hospital. Secretary of State's Office "(Continued from page 6) which 12 wore adopted, and in the senate 18 senate resolutions of which 14 were adopted, and in tha house 28 Ipnse icdolutions t which ..number 22 were adofted. Number of JUlIa Increases At the 1891 session of the leg islature the total number of bills Introduced was 553 of which num ber 226 were enacted into law. The number of tenate aad houss Joint resolution, concurrent reso lutions and joint memorials, and senate and bouse resolutions was In greater proportion than at any previous session of the legislature. At the 1901 session of the legisla ture a total of 5X9 hills was intro duced of which 214 were enacted into law.- At tho. session of 190$ a total ot 627 bills was introduced and 23S of this number passed, i The business is still increasing. Id I s r mm m ' t r i . ( . 11. ( V 1 risoe -1 t.."! t 9 A gigantic "effort oh pur part to demonstrate the pur--chasing power of yourDollar today as com . : v; : 1 ; pared with prices in 1 $20 THEvTREMENDOUS MMCEmi PRICES trill c; proven bf a mere Tisit lo.ihwAortLujcpwiiaM our merchandise onr the lowest possible ItV tremendous buymg power, and quick turnovers, give us ht advantage of unrJeTselling all others The store where yea can safely shop with pleasure and a ' satisfactory under- .ianaing 01 low price gmn; ana oeuer service. . ... . I : Youjet More For Your Dollars . II p3 ifeEllilllp ... :; ifc . n " iii i .ar - , i H ' .. v ' - I Shop With 'the Crowds It will be observed. notwUhstand- ing tne same numrer 01 aaya, u :s. 40 days. Is allotted to the ses sions of the iegifelatiT assembly. At the 1911 seasion of the legis lature there wer 72 bills intro duced and of this number 27a parsed. At the 1913 session 971 bills were introduced and 389 or these passed. This is the great est number of bills introduced at any Fess'on of th. leg slature lnr statehood. At tbe session of the legislature which adjourned Feb ruary, 23, 1921, there were 787 bHS introduced of which number 412 wr", enacted into law. There were 36 senate and house joint resolutions introduced and 13 of tnese adopted, 20 senate and and 17 of thee adoptedshrdiu hoi concurrent resolutions in troduced and 19 df these adopted, 26 senate and house Jo'nt memor ials introduced and 22. of that number adopted, 26 separate res-. ted. and 46 bouse resolutions of which number 44, were adopted. Xcw Conditionj Xew Laws The subject matter of the legis lation before each "session of tbe legislature covers almost every conceivable matter. New condi tions are constantly arising and the state developing to such an ex tent that it becomes imperative that these be regulated by law. In another way may the growth of the state be brought before you forcibly. A comparison of the as sessed valuation of the property of the state and the population since rtatehood shows that in 1860 the population of Oregon was slightly over 52,000 . while the assessed valuation was slightly over 000.000. Going to the year 1880, we find the population of Oregon slightly over 90,000 and the asses-) sod valuation about 548,500.000. Stepping further along to 1900, the population was slightly over 413,000 and the assessed valua tion of tbe state slightly over $117,000,000. In 191u our popu lation reached over 672,900 and the assessed valuation slightly over $844,000,000. In 1920 our census shows over 783,000 popu- j let ion in the state and our assess ment to be over $1,040,000,000. In 1905, the first law was en acted providing for the registra tion of motor vehicles. This law simply provided tor the registra tion of the vehicle and the assign ment to it of a license plate. The registration was perpetual and was not required to be renewed annually. This condition existed up to August 1, 1911, when a law enacted at the f911 session of the legislature went Into effect and provided thereafter for an annual registration of all vehicles pro pelled by other than muscular power, except those running upon rails, such as etreet cars and rail road trains.' During the year 1905 about 218 ' motor Vehicles were registered. The records show that In 1906, there were 142 cars reg istered; and 1910, 2.493 cars. In JD12, after the annual: registra tion law: had been in effect' for more than a year, the total num. ber or vehicles registered, .for that year was 10,165.. This number has grown in sevdn years; until, tor the year ending December 31, 1919, 83,332 carsvere registered; The total i registrations for 'the year ending December 31, 1920, was 103,790. V Auto Fees Increa-etl The license fee under the law of 1905, was 13. In 1907. the total fees paid into the treasury on account of motor vehicle reg istration was $708. In 1912, un der the annual registration re quirement, the fees aggregated $42,994, and for the year 1919, they aggregated over $602,000, and for 1920, nearly $2,100,000. The fees, however, have been variously increased from time to time. Up until 1913, the moneys de rived from motor vehicle licenses were converted into the state treasury for the credit of the gen eral fund and applied in payment of the general governmental ex penses. At tha session of the legislature, the 'aw was changed providing for tne returrr of tho i moneys to the counties. . Later on. i the Taw was again changed so as i to provide that ail receipts from motor vehicle licenses should be converted into tbe state nignway :fund to be expended under tha direction of the state highway commission for general road im provement throughout tho ulato. hAt thg i9i section of the legis lature, v tne fes were increased and the law. was bo chanend that hthe highway fund should receive mree-rourths of the fees and the counties one-fourth thereof. !n proportion. a the registrations were - made from the respective counties. This is the conditioa that prevails at I he present time. Ot the more than Sl.800.ooo which has already been paid in i cense lees lor the current year, well on to that sum has been turned over to tbe state hiehwav fund and back to the counties in c me- ratio of three-fourths to one- fourth. There is also turned over to the state highway fund the moneys received under the laws of 1919 imposing a tax ot 1 cent per gallorr on - nsolinr ntr one half cent per gallon en distillate sold and distributed in this state. This latter law has been in effect s'nee February 26, 1919. and the receipts therefrom to February 28, 1921, paid into the state treas ury totaled, over . $854,000 and represent the proceeds of the tax from the sales of over 81,009,000 gallons of gasoline and over 7, S00.000 gallons of distillate. - Origin of License HystJUi .While talking about tbe moneys received from . the- motor vehicle license., it might not be out of place- to mention tbe fact that this law was. f'rst enacted as police regulation, ; It was found that the other than muscular pow er driven " vehicle was becoming somewhat ' numerous; that it moved about with considerable speM or celerity; that by reason of this. In the event of accident or . violation of a traffic regula tion, it was almost impossible to apprehend the offender; so that it became, necessary - to provide mark of MdTitifiestlow. which could be." readily, observed and thus insure a means of placing responsibility.- -. The license , plate was the result. 'It therefore Be comes necessarv that an adequate and. orderly-record ot all the. li censes issued be kept in such form is to permit ot the 05 tain.' :-r with specting the ownership of a mo tor vehicle as is necessary to place immediate responsibility. This involves prodigious work and de tail which requires attention and care, so that the information and the records may be reWable at all times. The Oregon records are in snch shape that the tecretary of state can within a space of one minute give all. the information available concerning any motor car in the state of Oregon, provided we are given the make and motor num ber of the car. or the license num ber, or the name of th licensed j owner. There are now more than 200,000 cards in our motor f vehicle records -end these are in- dexed down so f:ne!y as to permit of the acquisition of the desired information with the least ef fort on the pert of. those who are acquainted with and conversant with the files. Operators Also licewed; This same condition applies w:th regard to the. operators' li cense, which the law, since July 1, 1920, provides shall be possessed by every driver of a motor vehi cle other than licensed chaar feur. Since Ju!y 1. the depart ment has issued about 152.000 operators' licenses. In order to Issue these licenses and make, an appropriate an I useful, record thereof considerable time and la bor has been required, and the records are able to give the same j information regaiding the status ot any individual drlv'ng a motor vehicle in Oregon, as with regard to any motor vehicle. At the special session of : the legislature in January of this year the operators license , law was enacted,; but the time when It should rn into tfect was deferred until July 1, 1920. This law re- nutr that In or-.ler to be entitled to a license a person must have had at least five days' experience n t'he operation of motor vehicles and that his eyesight and hearing are not greatly impaired. Ths purpose of the law was not to de-r-rlve any competent and deserv ing person of a license in theWrst place, but, to place all on an equality at the beginning of its operation. It Is tip to the opera tor then to demonstrate his f.t ness to continue to hofd a license by his future conduct in the op eration of his motor vehicle. If he continues to drive his car m a reckless manner, constantly en dangering tlw safety of the pub lic, then upon the recommenda tion of a magistrate or chief of police, his license may be sus pended for a period of 30 days. Within this time be may be giv en a hearing before the secretary ot state in order to determine whether the suspension should be made permanent. If he cannot show that suspension should not be made permanent, then the li cense Is permanently, revoked, and he cannot thereafter lawfully drive a car upon the streets and highways of thin state, ir he at tempts to do so, he is guilty of a misdemeanor,' and If apprehended is subject to a penalty of not to exceed $400 or imprisonment la the county jail tor a period of not 'to exceed one year, or to 60th fine and imprisonment, in the dis cretion of the court. Public Rafcty First With an Intimate knowledge of the operation of the motor vehicle law of this state since Its first en actment in 1905, much could be said respecting the same. Very little legislation was had upon this subject or embodied in the first law regulating the use of these vehicles. However, as their use has grown to a great extent which it has reached at this time, It is obvious that there must be more strict regulation all the time regarding their operation on the streets and highways of this state, In order to better assure the safe ty, of the public. The fact of the matter is, the regulation of traf fic is one of the greatest prob lems with which the traffic offic ers of the country are confronted. Esreclally Is this fo In the larger cities whe the streets are nar row and the great volume of traffic restricted lo a limited area. While the duties ot the secre tary of state as state auditor and those incident to the conduct of elections and the registrations of motor vehicles are the outstand ing work of the department, there are many other minor duties which add greatly to the volume of the work ot he office. Among these are the keeptng. of the rec ords of the official acts of the legislative' assembly and of the executive department before men tioned, embracing all appoint ments of the governor, which are countersigned by the secretary of state, the seal of the state affixed and duly recorded and indexed. Pardons, warrants ot arrests, ex traditions, remissions of sentence, and. remissions of fine Issued by the . governor are also - counter signer and seaed by the secre tary ot. state. . snd properly, re corded and indexed. All th3 oth er offic'al acts of the. executive, including sny proclamations sued by him are recorded - and likewise indexed. f Notaries Over OOO . AH appointments of notaries public by th governor are pro perly indexed in the office of the secretary of stst" aiH the beeds of such officials' required .hy-law duly filed. The correspondence in connection with this work is the scope of 'the work V delegated to the office hy law. Cash, transactions or items, ia k ordinary business, .usually involve or represent . con siaera 019 wi 'work. To give ywa some idea, of tho number, of items ; In vorrinf the payment of ; a .specific sum. there have - been handled la the departmen in the, year .1 92 0- not . . tb-" .,..2.7 00ft separate cash transactions - or Items, " involving sums, from . 3 S cents . up W oyer Mail Is Immense Volnmerj 140.009 In amount. . . : , ; - ; The extent to which the' busi ness of the . secretary olstate's office .has "grown - is reliably ' re- AMERICAN LEAGUE At New York First game: R. H. E. Boston ...... 2 12 0 New York 6 9 0 Russell, Myera and Walters; Mays and Schang. Second game: R. .H. E. Boston ...27-1 New York ... .7 9 0 Pennock and Ruel; Harper and Devormer. , At Cleveland R. N. E. Detroit. ... 4 14 4 Cleveland ... 5 11 1 Middleton, Oldham and Bass- lcr; Bagby, Uhle, CaMwell and O'Neill. At St. Louis R. H. E. Chicago , - - - .... - 2 5 1 St. Louis .10 17 1 Russell. ' Hods, and Schalk, Lees; Davis and Sevcreid. I NATIONAL LEAGUE I """""At" Philadelphia First game: R. IL. E. New York 7 -11, 6 TtfiSUitalnhta . . ' 1 ' t Neht and Snyder;. R-ngBetts and Henltne. Second game: R. 11. E. New York . . . . . . . ... .13 19 1 Philadelphia .... 3" . Douglas and ?nyC-r; Hubbell. Sedgwick . and Bruggy. m "Ti ir Oilcirn ; : :' " Q : 1 R. rl. iff. Cincinnati r...' . ... .5 .11,, 3 ,ChhKO' WV,-j'.-'..-, -2i '. 3 , Mrnliard and Wlngo: Kefne there are now over 5000 act'ng notaries public in Oremn. The appointments of. and the records relating to commissioners of deds of Oregon residing in other states, ar dulv noted and indexed. Mis cellaneous bon!j. oaths of office and official bonds ot all public off rials an 1 deeds to state Pro perty are filed with the secretary of state, as his office is the only eonstltatioaal office of record. Many other nspers similar In pur port are filsd wUh the dewart mest. Under a law enacted m 1917, chattel mortgages upon mo tor vehicles ara reported by the various count'es to the secretary of state in order to afford a,. clear- ine house for instruments of this character by reason of the pro perty Involved" be' a g of a natore so as to be readily moved about. Farm names, under a law en acted about 1 0 years ago, are also filed with the secretary of state as a means of avoiding ronfnsion therein, thia office likewise-, Af fording a clearing house there for. All books published by the state are deposited with and sold by the secretary of state, pur suant to the law authorizing- their sale and distribution. Bonds of irrigation and drainage districts are authorised under present laws to be certified .by the secretary of state as investments for various trust funds, banks, etc. County Clerk'n Report Quarterly reports of transac tions of judicial business, in vari ous parts of the state are requir ed to be filed with the secretary of state by the county clerks. These reports are tor the purpose of Retting, a line on transactions of this character which takes place In the various counties. An nually the county judges are re quired to file with the secretary of state a list of the changes ot names and adoptions in their counties. Trade marks are also required to be filed and recorded with the secretary of state. These records must be kept in such f-hape that duplicate registrations fray be avoided. Under the law, the secretary of state Is also re quired to"make an examination of the books and accounts of the state treasurer semi-annually. ,s The Oregon . Blue Book, which has attained quite a reputation as a compendial for general in formation concerning the state, is also compiled by the secretary of state and distributed by him. It might be here added that this book In its present form is used as a text book in the public schools, - and- there is hardly a business or professional man sin the state but who has occasion to at some time refer to .It for information in connection' with his affairs. - There are other lesser duties devolving upon the office which are hardly worthy of mention, but the foregoing have been recited in order to giva you-soma idea ot of mail reaching , that depart ment. For the year ending Sep tember 30, 1917, a total of 87. 610 pieces of.first class mall as received. In the ensuing 10 months, this, mail . increased to 95.154 pieces, and in the follow ing year : to 120,920. ; For the year ending September, last, -this total was almost doubled, 233.142 first class letters having been re ceived by this office is the course of business. ; ," - ' . , . It is not, possible for a state activity, as with a private com n.erclal enterprise, to show. In dollars or cents whether It is con ducting Its business at a profit. Very few of the state activities or departments collect money,-and ven if they.do, such moneys as they, collect, over and above ad ministrative expenses; are not: to be considered aa earnings or prof its. They are returned to the state for the service rendered. It can not be. . said of the state de partment that inasmuch as It col lects fees, licenses and. other charges which aggregate upward A ...... . A j, 1 A. S and. its expenses ware but $ieo.i ? profit to the state of the amoam above tpe ost or - aunauuauoa. What it can. bowever. return as a efllcient ervje'-'to ; tne ;TbUa. ft caa -claim bothing ; more, nij t. ii.I n.';.' t. ' ii,, mhaIs iv' Ute.f whose dutr"lt I, to serfs Tbdajr Only ,.'aiTS;A, j iii GREAT: vT LIFE"- Prem- Mary ItoberU Rlneiart j ifinr 'BviLni:it Friday 'and .Saturtlay-L - A U tC.K UX K K . , ' .-In The RKfTKU CIALM" Sunday I .; '. LIBERTY- adi hall: - Hate , ." " i The charm of the new - ; : ti VA. ;?-J:'i' Fall MiHrnery .- isi ex- ' .-. " 7j2ilV " .' ' ' ' ' pressed in these Hats. .. '"1 - Tf -: ' , The cleverly fashioned semi-tailored and Dress , Hats, whether it be the largef Hat fwith ?a touch of i' brighter color in the f acinjr or tfimmihjf, or the smaller, closer fittino; Hats, effectively, trimmjed with the much demanded Ostrich feathers. I $2.98f! $8.75 Our Prices Always the Lowest. . GALE &CO. 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