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?1 . lu.JriiLiv : dill is an ' Fcur-hour' Hearing Develops . ;:;atcd Debate Portland 1 ... . ..Chamber Comes. : ;;A four-hour-.hearing,: in which te argument became heated at J L niPV given ty the Judiciary -committee f the f senate ; Friday nigbt on the .Bailey-lluftton anti Uen bUL Hearing was requested i the Portland jChamber of Com. mero.-'walcn 'LiA; a formidable . erriyfof Bpeakeri afcalnst the bill, f They, were aUei by several farm era Te AmerIcanf"lit6n, which is backing the hill, jhad- a number j ot speakers present. 'and was sup ported by C. E." Spence master of the state grange. :T'.V ' t Senator jEl lis explained that the r bearing had been-'called at" the "- request of the' Portland Chamber "!"-f Commerce.' ? " Representative Bailey stated that the bill had been Introduced by t hint sell and Representative i - Hustbn at the request of the Am 4 erlcan legions He Introduced for mer State , Senator Wilbur of 3 Hood River, who explained that the" purpose of the bill was to i - prevent any more landfln the state k from' being . acquired by any, alien noj. ' leligible ' for citizenship and i- that It did not apply to any land i already acquired.""' :""" ' '."'"' vrr' Wilbur declared. Ihelhin Is constitutional. "He quoted , Sena ;.' tor. McNary as, having said that I he was In favor of the leglsla w tlon and to have said that Ms tel- eft-am ' to - the OregOnlegTslatttiw in 1921 to which was due largely the fact that the bill was beaten In the Oregon senate was mis-. t understood. He quoted Senator McNary as, having said, when possible 'initiative anti-all jlarid t owneHthip measure waa mention- ed that he would come to Ore-1 goa and campaign r for It if he f could leave his duties In : Washing ton. v ;J' ;-: v- :' ;- : "The American legion', which I j represent," said Mr. Wilbur, "be lieves . that Americans own 'this country because 'wet inherited It f from our forefathers";: wh5 fought for It. We do rnotKwant; aliens to have It. Either we are- going t;o keep it or they are going to get It. ,And as far as the organ t ' fzatlon to "which" f lelonrJ con cerned we are. going to -keep it as long as we are able to fight for . I The j Ar.'-Ylcan legion tested Its ' ta'se w...i; the conclusion 'of Mr. VIbar's'.Fieech. r l' . , f - .W.'.D.'B. Dodsvn,' representing ' the Poitland Chamber of 'Com LJj 'n;rce, aV-Tre-J -that there fa not ' ' and wu!; Lot oe a. Japanese' men- : aca. ' - II 3 said ' the opposition to t the bill was rot entirely on a dol . lira "an 1 t - s. , , . .- llr,'.- - v ared that, both C&lif -rr - : I- . ashUigton ' had riren -C: i V ajlaugh, the for ;nir because . egon had not made pse of Japar-se" ip-its- canneries, 'While, -Call for-.: ma f welcom ing ?them as laborers rwith open4, arms, and -the-- latter becau3e If .hid gained a tremendous" advantai over Oregon In. shipping because Jt had, extended a welcome to' fhe Japanese. . , -; V Because of the comparatively small Japanese population of Ore gon, Mr, Dodson said that, no matter what had happened in Cal- y ffornia, .Washington or ; Hawaii, inere was no occasion ior iariu i Ivl Oregon. In Rood River cbu,) t ty he said he. had been Informed that the Japanese population had i - decreased Iron' a; maximunj: of lit- tia more than '50 6 to. 5 62 ef If res- enU : He. emphastxed thaTimport-. t ance of American trade relatfons : with Japan, particularly 'through t ports of Oregon. Inrmlrration 1 from Japan, be, declared isn the f ' decrease. - J'il..tf j Mr. Dodson declared that , be t ' cause of the " dltnrbed Tnlerna .tlonal relations of the yotli. It is . not a time to increase the disturb- ance by making an enemI - HEAD QUARTERS We Have an Unusually Good Line" of -; CLEVER VAlXTDfE3 ; AlSO . ' 5" RcdHsirtDcrcs : . Filled With the Best -''"Assortment of ' - . II:;!xGrad2CIiccchtss 75c to 52.GD,: 1 Boxes Parked Reedy for Mailins r : , , Masonic Tetut.o ( .. J. W. Canang, ch airman cif the importing and export Sag ;commit tee.ot the ToriUnd Chamber , of Commerce, In opposing the- bill, declared that rarmers who are selling their wheat to the Orient are getting 5 and 6 cents a bushel more for it than5 those Who : are selling It. to Europe. "V- That,- he said; "Is putting it on a dollars and cents nasi s, and that Is exactly where' I stand;. Why should we jeopardize this trade by passing this bill. -.. "We are selling' the Oriental people about 12 times as much In commodities . as we are buying from them.". . f "J speak," said Mr.' Ganong. from 40 years experience . in , the grainj business. V;This is ot a matter for state legislation; and I feel sure that there Is going to be a' new treaty with Japan in the tery hear. future.?. -( J . ;' ' '''In reply to' a question, Mr. Gan ohg said that ; as 'soon : as ! tie Washington state . law was enact ed one bf the Oriental grain a gen cie thatihad: offices, in Seattle moved Its of flees to, Portland' S Senator .' Garland wanted .fo know what had been jthe ;f fact of the -California; law on 'ocean shipments from t San Francisco to the orient; iriGanong replied that . ihipm?nti If ropi San Fran-s clsco have. 'always j bean ; largely overland cargoes front across ! the American continent and" that (Cal ifornia never. has had much to send to Japan. - - - ; Charles S. Holbtook, represent ing (' the r building Industry 'made an argument against the bill on the point that Portland is on 'the eve' of - a V great 'expansion'; as a port and the orient Is its nearest neighbor.-- '" " ' j . -' - ; -v J. W. Norton, a land owner of Hood ' 'River;: declared ' the" bill would.aubyert Che treaty: between the TJnited. States and Japan and would be considered van V.nin friendly actil He said he believed the bill unconstitutional, i 4l own more than a hal sec tion .of Jand In Hood River coun ty,"; said Mr:?Morton,'rahd!;s leased tof Japanese for 10 years. I tried ib ' lease It to white " men but they would not pay me near ly what it was worth. I am" well satisfied with my. tenants." i ; Mr. Wilbur, asked Morton If. he was not In favor, of ? Japanese ev- cluslon ln'1917, so much that he asked . Wilbur to Introduce a bUl hi the legislature., Morton-'ad mitted that he asked Wilbur to In troduce a bill, but said he was not opposed to leasing. , ? Another Hood River farmer named 'Parmelee declared Japan ese liad cleared land for "him that white men couldn't have 'cleaned, that he had put It In orchard pta that: he ; had been offered $2 Jo 0 an acre for one season. K Chairman' Ellis of the Judlci-; ay f committee of thQ,, senate fput , the " question whetherr -Jff : the pen & ing" bnf is not 'passed, the Japanese : may not -be Jea on oy false hope Jibat similar J, Jeglsla tion.may not bet enacted In the future? r settle Ton; Oregon land and, thenbe thrown Into extreme discomfort ;by . such' -legislStibn later and ; there was no definite answer to hlsj question f ., r; i , ; -; vfour attitude seems to - be," paid ' Representative. Bailey5 to ; Mr. Jones," 'to let down the bars and let the Japanese come in." '- ' don't think t would be pos sible," said Mr." Jones,, "to bring Into Oregon too many men': who are willing to work. t He declared that many Ameri- san legion members are not for the anti-alien r bUli - jThis 'infor mation he said he had ; obtained from talking with many of ; them. V W. H. Farmer of Portland said he had found Japanese far Cpv; wiisoriv ;';v;.jT Nut t i Hargiirixse 22c ib: 'v ; ,1- : ; . Givca All.Pfcone, C .O. ",'".'"'.'.. . ! ' -; ; ;3plw' :bI .and Cookui J , 1, m . i. . . v --- - - 4 - - ... more desirable as tenants than white ' men. - r ; ',: ".; - - ' : if !!Oniy yesterday,' .he said, i4a big operator told me he- had removed- the last' ofhls ' white ten ants and put Japanese In their places ' because they were: better tenants' than- any -.whiter men he had ever seen.1 $ ' f Mr.' Farmer averred that this of all times is' not the 'time for legislation against any. country; Sanderson Reed of Portland called c the bill "an i anti-Japanese bill and nothing1." r - This bill," said Mr. . Reed, originates with the ' American legion. I don't belong Ur the legion, but r two- or the men in my 'family 'came home wrecks from" Europe hnd I 'belonk 10 that leHon whlrS nrl?inat1 vliv tbn Revolutionary war. Our 'boys nave ufsen in - one war. jjo tney wantto ' ko Into "another?: Ttiu till -If enacted ; would - be an un friendly"' act;. Why pass it now when 'jre' ; ean smell the war clou dsover the world?? . : r ' r Mr. ;Reed declared the proper tfy'actloj Is -iiJcen la to send a ! jnemoria ing ""treaty arrancements. He submitted a tesolu t Ion to the committee wnich f he had prepar fed.Tff 'Hef AfflnraA ' Vio ii legislation attempted n the sub- ect since1 1917 , had : been with out foundation. :' .V' i . Former . Senator ,W. W. Banks declared that certain members -of me legislature - nad committed themselves on the bill without ever having studied it or read it. .. . r . i ; v This caused Senator Klenner to express resentment of whrn- h Interpreted as an ; intimation j . " i "lcluurr naa coramittea tRemselvesr for" political advance ment. '' y ' - ... Chairman - Ellis that the committer was: '-nit ranied for the bill.' V"Mrr Banks'sua-ieestel 5 that ttiJ effective rdate of : legislation If it must be enacted. should h VfJ ferred to July 1, 1924. ! 1 f Fbrmer tate .5 Senator; Louis Lachmund of Salem rrt career' o,f George Shlvra, Japanese' who developed a tract In the an Joaquin valley, worthless when he acyuuea it,- ana aaaea xa.oqo, 00 to the tax payments of Calif or-, nla. He said Shima had attempt ed an even bigger development In central : Oregon bat his "party was compelled to leave because of nre2 judlced feeling. Had Shima beeii allowed ; to develop : the land, i he said, millions of dollars would have' been added to the taxable wealth of Oregon. Representative M. J. Lee spoke In favor of the bill, declaring 'the white man; had driven the Japan ese but of Oregon City. ' ; "We wIlLdrlve them out aeain'! rild Mr.Xee; "and we will not be intimidated by any '.threats.?.. I ; Representative Huston read ex. tracts -from Japanese "newspapers printed "in San Francisco contain jng Doasts tnat 4I. tne , Japanese would arise and sweep away! all laws. .He branded as a "fine bunch of bunk" the claim Qt the Portland Chamber' of Commerce representatives that . If the bill Us passed; the Japanese , wiir go to Canada or Australia .- for . their arain. :.. . ....... ' . ' "Why do they say that." shout ed Huston,' " ''when ' Canada' has stronger restriction laws than any of the states and Australia will not allow a Jaoanese to set foot on Australian soil or a Japanese ship to enter an Australian "port.' He exnlained that the f bill would not prohibit white farmers from employing Japanese to clear their land. , ... . . . - C.E. Spence. master of the state grange,"' presented the stand of -Calumet . ... clWcaxr Special Attention D. andittaU OriJsrs.' For jr jii ... Mil I 4 ... Cu.:illOEO: ... not Second SemesterlPronlises ' to Be; Much Crowded in . Local Institution, '?" ; -With 85 .new : graduates of. the junior high- schools coming in. to demand a place, the Salem high school-is now; Jammed to a pulp the second semester of the year. The Juniors may be relieved some what, though they are still . ' full enough , that the. loss of only "S pupils will' not' be very much of a relief;; but it will add more than 16 per cent to "the1 already terribly bvern&rowded 'high" 'school, and where they 'are to pur thorn ' they ha vnt etr figured out ' i i One pfithe; Chamber of Com merce, speakers who? has been pre senting; the . i cityschooi. ullding program to the Various ; jdlnrie clubs . of the :;clty, says they're hanging out' of the' windows and using" the outdoors 'for . living rooms.' That s will be really! al most true; with' these new "85 pu pils. Only five are being released for graduation. The ' net gain U exactly 80 pupils.- The school al ready had a total enrollment ot 813, and this makes the total, for the year. 901, .with these five go ing out. ' - '-" s When the present hign school building was built, nobody really Vizualized" this 5 Vast' number V pi children in the one school. That was-before the junior "high school divisions; too, v rwhen the : r ninth grade was to be in the high school course and building. . r . " There may be" a fw more stu- vdents . to' ' register the "com'iag weekj ' the ' first of the hew senies ter.' The schools had vacation' on Thursday and"Frlday. to allow the teachers in all the grades and the high Bchoorto mark tup their fex amlnition papers' 'and determine on the promotions. As the new semester has j not t yet "Opened, there might be a considerable-outside registration, though the transfers from, the junior to the sehlbr high school ' grades in the city are definitely known. '. V1 that organization with the Ameri can legion against the Japanese, i Mr. -Dodson disputed the-stater ment of Mr. Huston that Japanese shins .do not , land at . Australian ports, declaring -that In his opin ion regular service is maintained. He prpmised to submit an authen tic statement. Z " . 4 , ; '.?: T GOVERNOR ASKS THAT v , (Continued from pagel) and Insurance T cdmmissioner ; to peappoini.a ay me 1 roTeruor. t.- Abolition of r state- -. board ot vocational ?; education and' trans ference of its duties to state su perintendent of public r- instruc tibn: ." ------ - v ; -. , Abolition 1 'of - state, nbnd com- mission, statdj emergency Doara state desert' land board . and world, war veteran state.: aio; - commis sion, and - transference of their duties ;to state board; .consisting of governor j secretary' ojf ' state and 'state" treasurer. The securir' ties ' commission remains ras . 'now constituted. -The bureau ot mines and geology' is ' placed under i the commissioner of ' agriculture." f" Provision Is made In the com promise" bill " that the labor iom mis8loner;: whose 1 office 'Is placed underthe newofifice ot commla-f sioher of welfare,? shall continue In Office 'until "'th'expfratibn of ATI Suiasola Oil - i , If redee.med with Mazola Coupon that appeared in Salem 'and PoHIand papers ; ' '; " " ! . Best,Valley . ' Flour : N ; S 1.35 49 Ib. sack QaickScrrice: Call 453 '.!f ;f'.i 4fyrE Prpiaptly Five de r liveries : leaving, our Store daily. his. term. Thei. Mil carries, alsoa; similar? provision with reference tc. 'thei dairy f and: food commis sioner, ;w"b6se department is placed- under ,tle ' commissioner of agriculture. " The; salaries of . the tio' commissioners 'are filled at M09O a yearc i ' ; v!; , v ; ; The, compromise ' measure also carries a provision , that In order that the executive may have" con trol over the fees collected and deter rainei whai portion ftof thent shall: be used for administration and;-whatr portion ' hall : go into the federal f und the following boards shall nrake annual reports to ? the goVernor':' ii 'i ;L f -' - " Boards 4 Am Checked ' ; '.;: Board ojf phafniacyj board of registration oi- graduated nurss. board dT! examiners in optometry board of '. chiropractic examiners, board' Of ! barber examiners, board of -dental - examlaers," board of medical examiners, embalmera rocamlning . board, board ' Of countajBcy,' board ! of engineering examiners ' and '"board1 ct1 archi tect examiners. t ; : This provision-is : in 'compliance withlovernor ;:PIerce's-ATecom mendatibnJiXlI these boards are appointed Dy : the governor, -j . Under i the bill the state game commission, and commercial fish commission Continue 'under : the jurisdiction of the executive. The personnel of . these two commis sions is not disturbed. ' ' It is In the abolition, con solidation and grouping" of de partments : that "the ' measure re- . Complete Line , of late ' i .REMINGTONS and ' UNDERWOODS Overhauled ''and . Fully; Guaranteed Sent" anywhere for - ' Examination : Terms : $5 monthly if de- sired. ;iyimpeis rentd !,3months ?7.50. ; . : COttRCIAL BQOIt STORE ' t BemingtofL. Agents imnr-MMim u; : i ww mm w a a v as hk aa a a aa ai i aaaa mm arkaaa ar i a i - a r a 11 aa BiW' a a aaai ar n - . r . . JteogghHi , - SALE STARTS , br.' 'KSfMTSK; SALEi.1 HARDWARE CO. SC .1 ryyL- 'r ;; t-f tnbles the Hare program. The compromse : measure is, diametri cally opposite, to - Senator Hall's supercpmlssion bill, tabled in the senate last ? week, and the' pro visions, of which.. Goyerriorr Pierce has indorsed. 1 ' -; r ' .... Blew -;" ; X.;i; ' t - : For L We have just received a jiewlirie 'Satin.a m'theyeky : , newest -lasts. We have a good supply in all r wi'dttis (at present buftheyjyiil notlastlong. 7e rare going to ask our Hanan customers to' come in at once 'and get fitted hs it will be some little . zirqe pewre we get anotner snipment. : New lines men just in. - y - ,'" .. ' - : -.S - - . - , : , ; ; All styles, " , I- REPAIRS The best repair work in the.city; We have put in all ner machinery ' ahd have the best man in the iiyusouce. i" is not 'the best repair ' work you ever ' had we will Trnf all !ntW win not ask another chance. i J : The Hall bill created a cab fuetT form ti "rgoternraenf',t the governor at ..Its head,: the secre tary -ot st ate,,V f ate treasure and tVur ? rommisioners appointed by the executivei1 as 'members. : ; It made mere' political figureheads i Maeae: Pess?. of Hanan Shoes and .Oxfords for ; ' "v - (.. . L" . : ; ,t . j. v bpth men ndpmn, m;,;Iy t IJ'U : ' . :. ' :: mTiiEPnicr 'SIICE. . " e.'" VA2r '--' ffY lf' ? 7'-r -A PrCJff MRdocU h.BaKO.i ;W "V ::.i-: K.iT - - f . 3Z6 ata-Kattolainfeac !; 7v of the secretary of ' : ; : state treasurer both ff hc.-i elective, off:cial.H, anj lb tLn goyernor and bis four an ointite omnisitUmrs' absolute control ot the . state's politlcar machinery and its patronage. i la w. Dr.L J. Vr: 1 '.l:hirorodlst: . : and ' Foot Specialist is In . ; charge bf o'atToot Comfort u Department. 1A11 Foot Trou ; f.bles" scientifically- tre a t ttl V, or loss Df time. If you have obrnB- callouses, ingrown nai's' P. weak and fai- Ieir ttrchea. consult him at - " - Oregon - - ' ;- "'"' ' " "