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SATURDAY. MORNING, FEBRUAttY 1 0, 1023
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Li i ERi iCV TEST I
Measure earingw Qualifi
cations)f Voters Passes !
- In Senate. , 1
Senator Clark's bill requiring a
literacy; teat for applicants for
to read or ; write English is lft
l'doubWf passed 'the eenate7yester
:. day. .: '. - ; .- 7r . I - '
In, its original form the bill
required an investigation Into the
ability ot such" persons, to read or
write, but aa amended provides
that, when a county .lerk, bis as
sistance or an election judge Is in
doubt,! he may xpply .the literacy
test. The test Is 7thj reading of
, "a passage of 100 ords from the
constitution of the United States
and the writing of ten words from
the passage.' This may.be applied
either at the office of 'the county
clerk jot at the election polls. The
' bill is a companion measure to a
resc-lutlon'Vpropoaing : a "J constitu
tional i amendments and would
serve t make the amendment et-
fecflypi -.. 'jbA' ' C '
The "bill was Rebated I at : some
length.-5 'Senator? Garland said ;tt
would .disfranchisft f 'Tiuhcli eds tt
the best citizens of .the state. Sta
ples ; caled . ir vicious - and Taylor
was against lti 'Magladry. "Jfoseph
and Closer supported . it la their
Speeches. ;t f 1 1 '7r" -vThe
vote was a$ followa:;' li
Ayes-Clark 'Cbrbett Dennis.
I5u mx? "Eddy? JEdwards' EIlis; Tt
rell Flsk,' Hall, JosepbjKlaney,
K pper; Jf agladry, Mpser.. RItfie,
r?' Robertson, Smith, Strayer, Toose,
.Zimmerman, and, Uptons :'v
" Noes Brown,; j Garland.' Hare.
Johnson. La .Follett,f Nle helsen,
. istaples, Taylor.
'fcODIES OF MINERS V
V "TAKEfrFHOUiTOWB
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identified : dead were- unmarried.
fcisht ot'the identified were Am-
lerlean eitlzenflkV i. 'fK' h
, , 5cqtt jDupont, grenerl. Inside au-
perintendent . led the . rescuers Jin
: thel'r! work today,, after suffering
injuries in 'the explosion Tester
1 3 a JrT Hei ' was about to eater : the
iiouth of the mine when he saw
the mlnft'car' coming tout of ..tho
'tongue of flame and smoke burst
! from the' opening wiih'a roar.He
waa knocked down: and bnrned by
; the flaming: dusC ,- Today, despite
t his crippled condition,: he entered
th workings and;airdayHifrected
the Tactions of those .who ar8 -re-
? buHdlng the tunnei'and searching:
for the todies pi their, comrades.
The mine car," wbichfWas nearfng
tue entrance, was knocked, from
the tracjk heiploaioirHuad
the"lkw "waa :c killed j instantly.
The ,orerturned cars" lying, near
the -entiaiice to.nhe -thnnel and
coyejreJatlL a greatinas bf de
bris are hampering the work of
rescue. - - -:- yt,
: i V r. Boads Oowded
j AH ay today the narrow pre-
cipitatons road leading from the
city of Dawson to the mine was
crowded with automobiles "earry
iog workers and mine otflclala to
thetsoene of the- disaster. Along
the road and the railroad tracks
which skirt it hundreds of women
ah.d children made their way to
the scene of the explosion. Some
of these were the widows and or
phans. There were Jio smiles-Tor
the passersby nor cheery hand
: waTesu. :Eachfaeo.was' set;-1,:Xu
1 piksf wore' an' air of resigna
tion, others of hope, as they plod
ded back to' their tiny homes as
twilight dropped - orer Cimarron
plateau and night, bega Jo "spread
its concealing shadow pyrr.' the
group '" of pTerali-clad ? men who
intermntc2tlyyjpasdoib?'ek: and
forth from the deth f amMr.
j Many Evh1 Todiy .
k Beside herstill, 't canvas-wrapped:
forms of 14ot Dawson's mine
victims,7 until all the men who
were in thamlne' at 'thoTtime of
the explosion hare been'aceount
" ed for.. Following removal of all
the; men or bodlea in tie'. mine,
the" coroner ' Jury will - maba
trip of Inspection 1 through t"the
workings, in aa effort to determ
ine the cause of th blaat.' . ...
Fourteen ot the Tictlms will be
buried tomorrow in Dawson ceme
, t7t" .Qwnedf oy theeijsrDodi
; corporation. -Each bpdy,will-be J
jnierrea in a separate grave, sep
; arate eepice will be heidlfor the
' men of each nationality.'1 -; ;
, That fofcr? other f;mlneiraT, en
tombed within earshot or Felini
; ilartini and Charles5 fjandale,' the
' two aurriTors. " llyed through
Thursday nlghtbut succumbed to
; ttte A s6iBonotta gases,; which. , IfJU
tered into erery- crevice o the
mlHe after the explosion, was the
story vouched for by the two. 1
'Wife PraaOc": - !
: "All night long we heard voices
in another crosscut' ear nsJ
lartini feald tonight "out" wewere
fraid. TSre did not talk. By
; and bye we started out through
' the mine. We found! the bodies
, prjqiurJ.nenAii,,were dead.: It
- is probable they .were those we
heard durlis tte htght."
-Throughout. ; Thursday, .night.
. guards at i"the ' entrance - o - the
j rnlne. fcrr!r-s beckr; relatives of
. the mln?rs were forced to restrain
ir. MixUil," tl tt the miner.
-frX?rsr?- tni;Mik PV
n .-nnn
wmrn
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into which: her husband had Tan
ished 'hours' before, T6nl;hr$n
Is &4 bf ibtwc :womenppaWjr
son Vncf caaTemil, 4 'V?
j"! have asked for a run invesi-
gitlon'iiid' report ottjthej matter
of the Wtate guaranteeing intefeat
on irrigation bonds. ' Shairair dis
tricts be given the constitutional
limit of five years? i ?
utm iha state lerally hoand tP
tony interest tor 'five . years ; when
the bonds "of a district are certfr
fledT' Eminent lawyers have made
4hat statement. Are tb? tat's in
terests protected? There has uea
ho! such investigation" aad pftrti
T have asked, for the ciaUn
Of ' tate i market ageui ,ano
transfer to him the i duty of in
specting, hay and. grain. The pro
ducers themselves will pay our-
Ina the blennlum approximately
1270.000 for, that "service, A oi
annroTed by me has been Intro-,
d need by Represent at! ve. Jackson,
bnt ,lt is not yet passed;
- , i nave asaea . ior a bbvc ouo
tax law, Such a tax is now collect
ed in fonr statea In the union and
is proposed in at ( least ,teu i others;
aroons them Wyoming. , U, Wy
oming accepts the ; recommenaaf
tions of its governor, , a .severance
tax will be levied on . Wyoming
coal purchased by Oregon, peorle,
but Oregon; will sell,, her, lumper
to Wyoming ; consumers, without
collecting, a single cent through a
severance tax rorf ine treasury ol
this sUte.." . r".; i V' -; v :.
, Iw.tre iWoe Seen , .
r Futnris':. geaeratlona" wilUaerex
forgive us and heither ahould
ther If we allow our timber to
be ent and transported out "of the
state," leaving "us' only mountains
of blackened stumps and miinons
of bondai to belaid. If the legisla
ture " tails" to ;i enact the Watsfln
BlbweW bill ?into law, certainly it
will" hot "do less' than'to": pass a
Joint resblutidn'aakihK the gover
nors vot '? CaHfornia- Idaho' and
Wasnlngton'to meet" with: the gbvT
erhor ot :Oregon"f or: the; nurpose
of -discussing t and formulating
uniform laws to provide for a Just
and fair tax on j the natural re
pources of the Pacific Coast states.
"The present law provides that
Ihe seeretary.of state enforce. trA?
flc regulations on 'the highway.
The ' highway f commission has
charge of the " highway " system.
There; should be no such divided
authority.' I recommend that the
duly of policing tbe -state tShA
ays' be; placed uila the super
vision' and contrel'of the highway
department, ' ' : "' s
:. 'The ways and means commit
tee has very carefully considered
the many pressing claims for ap
propriations- which have been so
ably presented.' ! congratulate the
committee and ask its members to
ebhlinucr their 'efforts to holdTiP-
propriations to- the ' minimum.
Plausible' arguments are "made for
fverv propoeed V appropriation.
Combinations 'can 1e made ,'ln the
bommitteea. r,&sd in both y jiouses
that"' will. Ihwart' your best in ten:
pfesenf" a united ; ' front ' against
every, appropriation, that canibe
vQuucd in .inese sxressiui times.
: Heavy Burden Faced
: . "Many bt ;the- tapplicationa f or
public 'money do 'not' realize t& e
confiscation that is talig place
today by reason of high taxation.
nThe sUte is faced with a
heavy bonded indebtedness. Prop
erty Is bearing an excessive share
.of the cost of government; Neces
sity compels' reduction in expenses
all along r the -v line in county,
city and school district, as well
as in the state government. 'Along
with.-lUie rednction there must be
redistribution to brotecf property.
rFassajfeof tie iicahan in-i
come tar bill, the Mbtt nlsf pro
viding for Increased cdrnoration
4hd insurance fees and the bills
of the tax investigating committee
altering the assessment laws, will
Increase the revenue or the state
approximately $4.0 00.0 DO and will
automaucaiiy provide or a reduc
tion of 4 mills in the state tax on
property. f
''Passage of tne" ev'erahee ' tax
hill would nisei a mllUoa' dollars
more that could; be employed for
relief of the property tax for state
purposes a tax that n Oregon is
ten times greater than the proper
ty taxes for - state, purposes In
many states of the Middle West,
The. doty of the legislature is
plaint The time is . short. Out in
the 7 state there ' is a: very ' large
body j of discouraged and dis
heartened property owners who
are neither in a forgiving nor a
forgetting mood.! . ;. -.: . - i
ASfORiKflE
1 G I V E M APPROVAL
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Recommended. $144,000; allow-
d.Jl40,000 ; v-vv-i--
SUte school ) for. bllnd $80,r
267.50 allowed as recommended.
State school . for deaf Recom
mended, "1 $12 4 ,0 0 0. &0 ; fallowed
$123,000. -:J : v -:
Geographic' board-$250 allow-
ea as recommenaeo... . :
: State engineer (administration)
$30,000 allowed as recommend
ed. . ', v. . .; .f
; State engineer . .(water rights
determination) $10,000 allowed
as -recommended. , -. . , ,
' State - engineer - (hydrographic
surray)-$S0O4 allowed as 4reoH
ommended. . :v. ::v
CUte water hoard $ 10.000 al
lowed as recommended.,.' i,:
J State -soldiers" "'hohie- $ 9 9
9 $125 allawed's reoommended.
- Oregon national guard$ i $ o,
0 0 0 reconiaended; $170,0 0 0 ; al
lowed.4 , S,S
SOE WEST .
WOlflGTflil
Rediibtion of 4 Road District
Levy Not Liked; Passes .
i"; t Anyway. K
CoLTlOTA,! ash.L 'Vef. 9.
rrotest" :. we re raUed In the 'sen
ate toda; ..by -aeveral , west side
legislators against a committee
bill .rednclng therptd lftrct
fund levy from. 10 to 8 mills, an
effort '.being made to -postpone
eonsideratlon'untU.next -week, bnt
the measure finally passed, 33 to
z;-; The ' road ' and bridges fund
levy was; left at U miiU.r. , -t
A bill designated to benefit the
city of 'Hoquiam Was , passed al
lowing second class cities to ex
ceedTdebt limitations to construct
or repair rrldgesj Senate bill 133
to re-appropriate $2,2 26,9 IS "for
the completion and maintenance
of roads how' under construction,
was also approved. r- ? .
Other bills passing the senate
today were senate bill 92, requir
ing municipalities to publish esti
mates and - records of - costs of
construction Involved in any pub
lic work done ' by ' contract, - and
senate bill 109, "making It' a mis
demeanor' to detace the label of
an owner of a storage battery.
CANADA, TOLL ; OF i
: DEAD IS MOUNTING
(Continued on page S).
; Arthur, Watson, one: of the
four fire bosses on duty at the
time ol- the explosioi, was walk
ing up -'one of the stopes con-
pecting i the ' drifts in the -mine
when he was knocked down by a
rush '-of 'dust' and air . following
the blast which occured in ' No.
east drift Bob Gibson, said
that Watson had taken the wrong
way to get out. Watson then
led the party , out by slant three.
encountering ; dust and choking
tumes. Tney neara no secona
explosion, though some of the
men in the mine declared ;that
one occurred. Gibson fell down,
Ht Watson set him on his feet
arid hurried - hir out . to the
resh-air. ' i "'
i- ; :i BodiM Badly Burned J
i Watson ' said he encountered
other; white men and. directed
them to the way out. .
. When he", had ; reached a ' tele
phone '-Outside and,- given tho
alarm. ,he returned l to another
part, of the mine "where he found
six Chinese, - two : of - 4hem alive.
huddled ? on a lerel. The two
live men were i taken from ' the
mine. "Watson found nine white
men and ;x Chinese , in a heap,
all Mead, Some ojf
were . badly .burned.
v . . . . r
the
bodies
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TOBTTjftKOl BIANY rSAOS ' BV
"I have had kidney trouble fo
tWelto years." writes H. P. Fink
hey; Vasttlackson, Miss. "Palnf
in back, joints, catches in ? th
hips, 'jriin down and ' getting up
too much during the night. , But
since Ukln Foley Kidney Pills,
my suffering is over, and I f eel
like a new . man."- Backache;
rheumatic pains, kidney and blad
der trouble quickly relieved Irith
Foley Kidney Pills. , Refuse subr
stitutes. - . Insist upon Foley's
Honey and Tar. Sold everywhere;
Adv. ;-.v ;;.;, . . ?,-:;-. ,s I
Polk Fair Board Votes t il
:. ' to Hold Annual Fair
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DAIXAS. Or.. Feb. 9. (Spe
cial to The Statesman. ) Ats the
annual meeting of the Polk coun
ty ' Fair association held In ' the
Commercial club rooms In Dallas,
N. u. our was elected presidents
C C Gardner of Bridgeport. Vice
presient: Eugene Hayter of Dal
las,, treMurer. ' ind Mrs. Hattle
Sachder of Dallas; secretary. Th
board: of directors for the' coming
year are ,F.: a, Ewing. H JEl-
Mptt. C. W, Irvine, Oarnett Mc
Crowr A, C.-Moore. J. R. Ley, P.
o;"poweU."K- ,r C. Williams, ' C. t
Ballard. ' S. ; W. Stewart, Wlinsm
Bartlett, G.'A. Wepg. J. Alsip,
Ivan lxughray and J. E.- Goetx.
It has ' been ' believed by ' many
of the people of the county hat
the Polk county fair was a thing
of the ;past,7 ovtng; to the "defeat
bf ; the measure last fall at the
election in "which 'the "appropria
tion for the fair was roted down.
nut tne treasury of the fair is in
such an excellent shape that the
directors belieTe that with the
continuance of a. charge tor ad-
mlssidn it will be possible , to still
have the annual fairs. , It is to "be
hoped that, the county court next
year: will put . back thePusual ap
propriation jofJ $2000 which is
matched by a 'Hka; amount from
the ; state and ; thus assure,; th
holding of fairs each year. -
Polk County Xurti '
Closes Three Roads
. DALLAS, i Or., Feb. 9. (Spe
cial to The' Statesman.) At the
regular monthly, meeting' of the
county eoort rthis week ' three
roads: in Polk county-.were ,tem
porarily closed to heavy traffic
in o.rdeif to allow the, regular traf
fic over them for the' balance of
winter: montaa.1 '.T he Voada eldsed
wete., the DaHas-Perrydale Aroad
from the George Woodg corner to
the r iftteriect Jea Pl h3 j. Uplift. J
rtiiiotnn rnsd; then pasberlv about
three milea' to the, intersection; pf
the DallasrPenrydale .'road; "-and
the Darias-Ellendale road "f rdm
the city of Dallas o the Ellendale
bridge. ! Heavy f tracking during
the past; few months have so cut
np these roads - that the - court
had to take such drastic meas
ures to insure farmers living on
them a. .chance to get to markets
during the'' next "few weeks, i
W A N TS A C T 10 N
FROM S0L0NS
(Contittaed 'rrom page 1) 7
tremendous .task, of compietlnff
all the major work of the 'session
in the next six working days, v
"The peopto of. Oregon spoke
decisively last November. They
sent us to reduce and redistribute
taxes.;; That was their mandate.
Ours 19 the obligation to enioroe
Aaka Tncbme Tax ';'( ; :
Teienablejme. to perform my
part of our obligation ;I ; have
asked' (he legislature .tor ; certain
machinery. - I have requested,, an
Income tax. It Is the 'most im
portant bill pending before this
egislature and one that must es
sentially and necessarily; be en
acted; if the taxes are' to' be re
duced on 7 the "property of this
state. Such a bill must carry a
reasonable' exemption for! family
and ' dependents ; ; it must 1 be a
graduated , tax, and the revenue
derired from.' its' operation must
be used only to reduce the tax
on property. , V J
'Although I regret that a new
bill was substituted for the orig
inal ilcMahan - measure. I recom
mend that the . new bill, ;known
also the1 the: McMahan bill, . be
passed, and that the governor be
empowered .to caira special elec
tion in ; November in "'; case - the
referendum is invoked 'On the In
come' tax. 3" :.' ;"; ,:
'I haye asked the ' legislature
tor a consolidation measure.. The
Hall ' bill "was designed to make
the governor the real" execntlire
of this' state,; and to permit him
to reduce the costs of state gov
ernment. The secretary, or state
and the, "state treasuTer??;men
elected for ihe jhrely ministerial
duties have, 'under1 existing' eoj
dItlons, ; equal votes' with the' ex-
echtfve In the management ' Pf
most 'state y business, and voting
together thfey' acthally control the
executive's" ipower to perform ' the
duties 'the people ;of the ; state
elected him1 to perform'. ;
, I have aaked' enactment of
house' bills numbers 234 and 241,
Introduced at myrequest by Rep
resentative' Sfott.. I 1
They provide for Tlncreased
corporations Vahd' 'would increase
the annual net revenue 4 OjDr,p Op,
Most "corporation affected j&njoy
iarge iheomes andvmany; ot"theh
are foreign companies. t The bills
have. not. yev heen ' passed.' . -1
"I have asked alteratlonaXn the
assessment laws to centralise the
assessing authority and equalize
tne nuraen or taxes, ii-taepro
posed assessment s bflls "Increase
the assessment 'rolls,' you should
pass a' bill to limit the amount to
be received durjng the coming; blr
enninm 'under the mlllage' taxes
to an arhount not more -than the
sum received ;in." 1922. An IvX
creased assessment roll 'will auto
matically 'make' possible a large
bonded state ,aott to wnicn i am
opposed. All of these difficulties
can be avoided by assessing at , a
percentage of cash value. - No al
terations have 'yet "been made in
the -assessment, laws. -' ' t .
I have asked that - two score
so-called eelf sustaining commis-
sions, all little - governments in
themselves and collecting and
spending'money. up to'$l,500,000
biennially without eff ective super
vision," be placed - under closet
control. There should be further
supervision r over their ' expends
tures. and I believe a percentage
of their rerenues should be
turned into the state treasury)
No ouu providing for aucn con
tr or have yet been passed. - -
Fight "Against Se6recy
. Appears to 'Be Los
; I Senators : Zimmernran, .. Taylor
and La, Foil ett have been; denied
the privilege of fighting, out on
the . senate floor the question of
whether newspaper men shall be
allowed, to attend the sessions ot
the joint ways and means com
mittee, . . -V' i y ' : ; I
tuThe ' resbluilons "committee": to
whom" the' concurrent resolution
introduced: by ; three senators" d
manding that the press represen
tatlves 'e "allowed to attend the
sessions reported a1 Vecoinmendai
tion that the resolution: be refer
red to the ways and means com
mittee", itself, and this Vwas , dohe
i The senate yesterday' killed Jy
indefinite postponement on adl
verse-committee reports the folf
lowing: 1 ; ' ;
" S. Bi,, 34, Tooze Relating t
the registration of voters:. i j
x ft. B. 215. Harm (by request)
Relating to the selection of of
ficial county newspapers.
; i S.B. 140 Zimmerman E
tending to the governor as hyf
dro-electrlc commissioner author-
u wer .unnavigaoie as well as
Nreams.
STBXEB - GALLED - OFF
sr. PAUL, Minn.. Feb. 9. For
mal announcement ,wa made lats
today by the Northern Padflc
railroad that the strike of the -federated
shop "I crafts ron lita 'system
"had been fleclated ofliy theijbl
ontary action 'of tihe striken and
-
liOIIISPEIS
JT'fflSlEEI
Speaker Tells Need of Direbt
Efficient Management
of Government.
U S. ' U'Ren, " stormy,, petrel
who has smiled r through enough
political - hurricanes in putting
over the ; Oregon' idea of primar
ies ! and direct election:' of 'sena
tors and initiative and ; refren
dum and ; goodness1 knows, 'what
all, to 1 sbik a . whole ; navy : ot
hopeful A ships,; was .the chief
speaker at the&Lfohs1'clubr iknch-
eon. Friday. Mr. U'Ren 'has
made 'more 'political history ln
the - United States ' than almost
any other 'manr. ln'the books,' and
the Lions' sure ; captured a Teal
lion 'I when;' they got him ".til for
tneir orator, : . '
; " Mr. U'Ren spoke briefly ; but
pointedly' on the fallacy of . try
ing to run a really efficient
government with three separate,
sometimes " warring ' heads or
kinds of control the': legislative.
the ' executive, the Judicial. If
he slandered the fathers of the
Constitution In saying that they
were ton the "wrpng track.: his
argument smoothly enougtx
nevertheless. He urged the " need
of some direct,
.efficient man-
igement, 1 som
e. " one . headship,
popular or' otherwise, that 'would
be immediately responslTe tq the
public demand, or, personally re
sponsible !at any rate. "
: He 'pointed oat ;the , operations
of the pafllmntary , system,
where when the House' of Lords
got in v the way ojf progress," it
took only two 'elections, and
three years of tlmei ' to clip, the
claws' and put 'them out of' the
way. Contrasted to " this, " was
the ' 89'-year' struggle to' write1 in-
to the American constitution the
direct electlbnof senators; that
had." been -blocked for ' so "long
a time by minority.
y Mr. U'Ren' is' a pleasing speak
er i He does "not look like the
dempn and the disaster that
some have " pictured him. He
smiles , like; a good t fellow to
meet, and his 'handclasV is warm
and human. Tbe'Uons " gave ; him
a . rouslhg cheer . for his address.
' ' The school committee' from the
Chamber; of 1 Conimercerpresent-
eu ia matter or n; prospecuve
Ratem f school bond election, to
provide for 7 the" needs of the
Salem school 'bond ' election j to
provide for the needs of the Sa
lem school Childred. The Lions
applauded the two speakers, but
Uie Club rules prohibit any (form
of resolutions ,or , endorsements
w ithottt the v matter, .first olng
tp the advisory . Committee. . A
tinmser of the Lions signed the
petitions for the , election.
Because of, a. conflict , with an-
otner opera bouse date, the Lions
mlnsterel show, has been redated,
this time to March 5 and 6. one
week later than the first date se-
iuo tnuiinoi is saia to oe
working out in. fine way.
I -Jtrof. E. W. Hbbeon. hed of
the music department of Willam
ette university, appeared in a
group of baritone 1 sonas. with
Miss Eugenia Myers as accOmpa-
' mmm ... .
- . ey were aeservedly .p-
piauaea.
HOUSE VOTES APPROVAL
fOR -BRITISH DEBT
f (Continued from page" i) v ;
with i the other debtor ' nations.
The amendment ' will be formally
transmitted to the senate tomor
row and immediate consideration
by the finance committee is plan
ned. The time of senate action.
nowever, is problematical.
: There waa no effort in the
house to. attach .a soldiers bonus
rider to the legislation- and at
tempts to amend it otherwise
faiieL:;:r:;..i;; v .' :t
Zimmerman Would Stash
l: Adjutant ' General's Pay
Senator Zimmerman "yesterday
introduced a bill i that would re
duce the. salary4 t the Adjutant
General of Oregon from' $ 4 8 0 0 to
$30eo. At , the present time the
attorney' general receives a regu
lar' salary of 13600 and in' addi
tion to that $100 a month as cus
todian of "trophies ' and ; recordai
The Zimmerman bill would rei
duce the regular "salary , to S3OO0
and cut oft entirely the $100 a
montn allowance.;
Freezing Weather Is !
; Bad forrBrcicfeoli Cro0
For aU .that this ! has been
mostly an . open - winter. - one of
the openest winter that the Val
ley - has known ? t in years, f the
cold of' the past few nights has
been decidedly, bad lor the broc
coli growers. 4 The rtreexlng at
tbis period of growth; is not help
ful and some damage has been
done to - the crop already.'- The
earlier freezing. In December;
when, there 4 were .six-nights of
iirost, was not to the liking of
the growinr plants;-and the wil
lamette - flood , put some ethe?N
wise fine'- crops on the' lowlands.
under ; water. endghtto do real
harm. The irater itself did little
or ,ao damage, tot the sediment
VthaJt th wajer;-' carried fettled
n the ' broccoli- neaas na nas
left some of thera gritty to the
taste. Alt' the crop .' will ;be - sold,
and' there' are somei exceptionally
good " fleldsf ' but In ' general the
broccoli growerf are Hbt mak-
lug this an " exceptionally ; good
season.
Woodmen of World Sue 4
: Polk County - Farmer
. . . - : . - . . ?
PALLAS. Or., Feb. 9 (Spe
cial rto;.The : Statesman. P ; Minor
Lewis, j a Polk county" farmer , re
siding on route 2 out of this city;
was' made defendant in a1 suit filed
this week in the Polk county cir
cuit court by - the Woodmen of
the World lodge tor the recovery
of : $3l9,'wlth Interest and - costs
ot the suit. r"4
The'plafntiff asks for the Judg
ment alleging thar the money" was
paid' the defendant last June to
cover his railroad t fare " and Per
dfem to 7 appear" "at: TBoaeman,
MOnt., as a' witness on behalf of
the plaintiff In a"la w sult in" that
city. "The plalfatlft' "alleges that
the 'defendant tailed" to attend the
trial1 and has not refunded the
money advanced for' such 'appear
ance. " ' ' '
McMahan's Bill Against ,
University, i Js : Defeated
'Through the . indef inite 'post
ponement route the .-housa. yester
day 'defeated Representative Mcr
Mahan's bill to prohibit the teach'
Ml of architecture, commerce,
joudnausm, law .or medicine oy
(the University ot Oregon or Ore
gon . Agricultural couege. :
i Representative . Kirkw'ood's bill
io; change, the . mode of naming
members of ; the Multnomah coun
ty , tax . Bupervlsion . and conserva
tion commission was also indefi
nitely postponed.
7. The school election laws, would
be 'revised uhder ' 'Representative
Woodward's bill which' passed the
house, io permit 'both , parents to
of property qualifications.
The .state "market agent, bill, in
troduced by 'Representative Jack
son at the " request of Governor
Pierce., passed the , house.
Other .bills' passed , follow:
i32,Graham- To provide tor.re-
JssuanCe of primary market fpids,
their maintehanVe and' betterment,
i 165, Kay- Exempting teachers
employment' agencies from state
employment . agency .act, , , ' ' ,
206. Bennett To .prevent tak
ing or saimon rrom coos river.
v ' 249. Huston .and Bennett To
proyiaa aaauionai means ipr serv
ing .summons. ; . , .
:"299.' Cary - (by request" of jDr.
Lytle) RelaUng to 'indemnities
for loss of tubercular cattle. 7 j
35, ; Graham Relating;, to; the'
rnnisfrnctlnn nf' marlro ,.n.ita
253, Cramer (by request) , !i
rroTiomg ror ... tne ? sale ,or - ume
products. ; , " - 1
j 72.77.' Bolton Relating to salar
ies in Wasco connty.
284, Carkln Relating to levy
of road taxes. !
298, Wheeler Relating to in
spection of public schools.
317, Exell Relating to ' 'fixing
of school district boundaries.;:
96, Meindl -Relating to the fil-1
ing of bonds by warehousemen.
213 Miller (by- request) Re
lating :to sale ot real property by
guardians.' .
263, Cramer (by request) Pro
viding for the eradication of black
currants' and barberries.
Senate Bills Passed
7, . Strayer--Relating to volun
tary associations for construction
and operation of irrigation ditches.
44, Clark (by request) Relat
ing to registration fees of archi
tects. - w' ' . ;7
63,' Strayer (hy request) Re
laUng to appeals from action of
board of equalisation.
7 57f Eddy-Relating to selection
of text , books- used in public
schools. 77 7 -
Ml 4, Joint Committee on Insur
ance To establish a. standard' of
threads on. fire hose couplings
and hydrant fittings.
McCI
Friday ; night the men of Mac
leay Grange7 entertained the wo
men with a program which con
sisted . cTf ' an oration to : the - la
dies" by .Harry 'Martin,- several
numbers by .the Wacleay- -band,
minstrel selections and - reading
of the revised Twenty-third
psalm by' Andy Conn, a recita
tion by Harry Martin, Jr., a cor
net "d not - by Roy Loicke and; en
Kletker and a vocal' duet by Har
ry Martin . and Roy Merchant.
The gentlemen also-'served the
bountiful feed. ; - .
Next Grange night 'h will -f be
mens" . inght, and . the women will
endeavor to outdo the men's en
tertai nment. Judges "for the two
pights are c Mr. and Mrs. 7Ble
Vlns and Theo ; Olson. The.', los-.
Ing "side will treat, the following
grange nif;ht with an oyster sup
per." - '
i Wednesday Mrs. Will Fair and
Mrs. E. M. Palmer. : assisted . by
Mrs. H. E. Martin, 'entertained
the Merry Maids and Matrons of
Macleay at the hall. The val
entine scheme was ' carried out
tor the table , decorations and the
I ooms were; 'beautifully decorated
with . flags ' and ; greenery. v At
12:30, about 40 members and
friends , adjourned, to the . ban
quet, room and proceeded to 're
lieve the ' loaded' tables. After
(he business 'meeting - the afternoon,-was-
spent; socially -
Ctearing"MarionStumptH
Land way ue uui in iwo
" COItVAILIS,' Feb.- 9.The cost
of clearing the 1B,00 acresrot big
stuirip'lahirin' Marlon county Can
be "reduced fone-half according to
information- given out! In 'a 'new
bulletin. .'."Stump Land Reclama
tion inr Oregon," by H. D.' Scuflder,
professor- in farm r managementi
This bulletin describes a new
method of land, clearing to. which
the Oregon Experiment ; station
; . . :'7i ' : v 'U-jt
nas given, years o,i siuuy ou u
which it' has reached "conviction. '
Tlie new method Is a modified
"char-pitting" prqeiefis . jn ."which
the fire1 for burning. the stump, Is
started from the inside, thus bver
coming a fault 'in thev did' methyl
where-a" larger percentage torth
Toots remained in the ground unr
burned.'; s The t burner method rlf
simple and practical By meanf
of " the 'burner, parfc furnace
hood, draft pfpes," and. chimney f
a hole la burned, through' .tbebase
ot ' the sthmp and the'.stump conf
verted. Jnjto a 'stove. Thus, with
its' own draft,- chimney' and fuel, 4
fire is developed in the stump. 4n
terlor so intense as to burn out
the stimp and roots. The stump
Is baked in with earth and . th
crown "and roots are burned ou :
below plow depth. 7. Careful fol
lowing of "directions and a littli 1
patience and study, are. essentia
for; the beginner' in learning th
method.' ;' 7' ' . . - ',
,Ther firing appliance' was In
vented by S. .F. Zysset, 'an Ofegoi i
farmer. ; vThe , necessity; of--finding
a cheaper $xL& easier method thai i
powder. and puller, 'for "the1 bin
stumps on Jiis own land was the
m other- of his invention. ' . 5
The station bulletin' also - give i
cost.' data as compared' with othe
methods, proving its economy. " 1 ;
tells of a number of difficult con
ditions and experiments; where thi i
method has worked 'successfully.
This bulletin will be sent free
on request frdm the college. '7
Fourteen Senate Bills
, v Passed in Upper B
. The following senate billi
passed -.the; senate yesterday: -
S, B. 112,': Zimmerman Relat
ihg to petitions to courts r in re
ference to , dependent or delin
quent - children. - 7 s - ; a
'rSB, 124,7iEdyReIating to
machinists liens. 77 :77,,-,;:
S. B. 57, ! Dennis Providing
for taxes on property . within ..the
Business Continues to - Grow at I
THEPEO
15 N. iiBERTY ST. ... vHIONESii
It'sTnercly because' We"sdl66d1cat$'sd t-IIcr -at
veiy low pneesand Ihsptbhc redsss ii.
Fre3h Churned ' Creamery Butter, guaranteed, not :
- over 2 lba.to a, customer, l5.-:-i,-Il.L:....45c!
Gem Nut or Willsoit Butter. Substitute, 3 lbs. f or..63c
Plenty fvernment inspected Beef Hearts for all, lb. 8c,
Plenty srovernment inspected Liver, sliced pr 'in - j
- piece, lb, :..JL. ...... 6c
Eastern government inspected Hams, half 01 whole, I
Guaiteed pure in "bulib. 14V2cj
Guaranteed pure home rendered Compound, No. 5 j
.-H bucket:- ......::..:...:.4--v- '..----55c
Fine lean Side Pork, slice or in "piece, lb. ............ 20c ;
See our home made Bacon, guaranteed not salty ;
1 WUHigillVaWUk
NEW HOSE
: 'Jf '
Foiftiat
JU
Are'Chere ; In 'all? th'eTnew'shades 'for Sprfng, .'including
Polo gray, gun metal, biege. heaver, fawn, camel, tiffin,
. French land, mode, buck, African brown, ottfer cloud
gray, coco, sponge, cordovan. r v
Shaped Ankie:.....:..: :..J::.:'.::SScT5r.48
FuH Fashioned .......:.$1.95, $2.25
RIBBON BACKED CIliFFON HOSE
. , Colors Black and Gun Metal
Shaped Ankle .$1.75
Full Fashioned .....:......:.: $2.48
' Tou wfll; find ' that
.. . "pflv A
irrigation" f drainage :;. ...
and- for "the .'foreclosure cf v
same. ' " : v. K-
B; B. ' 79- Nickerson Specify
ing" how principal' and interest r.I
roahs' frbmVthe 'irreduc'ibl96ctc.l
fund shall' be paid and how Rey
shall "be 'secured. , ;
;S. 'B. !ltfi, ' Eliiito . amen 4
section4' 52, Oregon ' laws relatln s
to content, of " summons, ;
.; S. ,B.' lSSCIlfs-trf amend sec.
tion '225, X)regoh iaws relatlcs
to s registration certificates.
' S. TJ. f 169. Corbetl To 'rr.
fmlt ' the f state if isurerl to - Lcr-
rciw5OTonex o- pay, yn oougations
authorized by' the ''legislature and
to, make unnecessary- doing tmsi
ness' bn a warraiit'bajiis.
,.3,,B.; l(L3ankin5 committee
Making Lincoln's birthday and
Armistice rday .legal holidays.
i i B.j 144, Magladry (by fc'
quest) -authorizing- public .ser
vice commission to ask, for re
ports f rom railroads: at. will. :
i' S. B. 13, Hare-Glvlng court
qf either, county - jurisdiction otfr
non-support cases when husband
Hve8t;in one punty;nd wife cr
children In another. - - ' .
8. .B. 131. Committee on Ja
diciary To give district cooru
concurrent; jurisdiction with , cir
cuit courts over crimes rclatic
to the passage ( of. bad checlts.
S. B. 177, Ellis To araeal
'section" 8 2, Oreg6nlawa "reUtU 3
to signing "and verification t cf
pleadings. -' - J
'- S. B. rfl72. Joseph ProTldlr 3
for the administration of courts
by a council "otf judges.
N3. B. 148, Itleer ReUtlag h
levy !?juid "rappbrU6nmehtb lix
forj county, fairs. ?-7 -
Lartje rfilaze" Breaks
'Outlrt Phi!adc!?!.:a
;" j- fust - gfii 1 -. , - .
r PHILADELPHIA, Feb. ; 9.
Fire -which started ton! sit in the
paper. ;box factory, of .John Crairp
tOn. Second street, abOTe Har
ket.; quickly spread to Jour ottar
buildings in the thickly jipngr t
ed 7olesale ; .dfe trict. i , TJs.e a
tire central city lire department
was called out. At 10 o'clock
the blaze war still spreading. Ex
tra : ordinary - efforts were1 made
tc save pid .Christ, church, ; a
landmark of : Revolutionary days,
situated directly across the
street. i.7': 7:: v - :':::-:r:; ' V , '
7;.Tbe:Frendh:a'rmy:ia7adT'izc::: z.
bnt the German mark is fall7..T
back7 o 77- - :--. 3
-l.t
it pays you well to
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