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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1931)
i S 1 ft S ft' Si ! i ! 1 l.i 3 PAGE TWO BHD USE BILL - era DOUBTED Oswald West Brings Query; Sees Difference From Reciprocity law 1 . Former-Governor Oswald West yesterday seriously questioned the validity of the proposed rom taon user measure now pending In J the legislature. Under the clan usirntcieally-owned nUlltlea would hare the right to -demand private utilities to grant use not their lines and systems tor the ; distribution of puhllcaljy gener ated current.- The attack.. of the former governor was made be To re the joint utilities committee meettae. The blfl under discussion was Introduced by Representative John IL Lewis. West contended that the original code. which4be sew act proposes to amend, .pro vided reciprocal user ngnts De ; tween private companies, but the sew. act does not provwe inai the municipalities should go inito a reciprocal agreement, it is pn this basis he believed-the meas ure would be f unconstitutional. Lewis armed- the measure was designed to proTide Immediate entrance- of new municipal!!' owned companies leading to low ering of rates and Increase of industrial enterprises. 8nator J. E. Bennett advp catod consideration of his meas ure to provide a means of forc ing telephone companies to en ter cities and operate under franchise. He declared in many cities, the telephone cdmpany has a monopoly and therefore does not renew its franchise with the city after Its expiration. A pririlege tax of not less than five perceat is also charged against the company's net earnings by the bill. This would bringinto Portland alone a quarter mil lion dollars, he stated. Forest Measure Is Considered The senate committee on forest ry yesterday considered a bill in troduced by Senators Woodward, Hall, et al, authorizing acquisition by the state of private or county owned forest lands. Acqusition of these forest lands may be made tVrgh .gift, purchase or trans fer of title by counties to the late. Jfj& FERBER'S f7 J EDNA FERBER'S Great-Hearted Epic of Lore and Empire! j Starts Sunday ilP ri ' Warner Bros. w-i hLSINORh Ea WARNER The Most Human ; Story Since j "Over the Hill" TODAY aid TOMORROW pens the lock ed book of life wwh Iho-imost non story over told. tMasyMaiftus i , J v. j j j 'TARZAN' ARRIVES . 1 I few t..; v v VI 1 . i VJ -l V.::--" .. ? , - - f ' I j ...1- " ' -:; 5,.Kr' , i - .J ivf - t Wckey- Bfooee f oik will hav a real live movie friend to greet them 8etnrday tor the "Mickey Moose-elnb matinee. Thla friend e "TarxJta Wvely Jklim police dog who la knocna aa a camla star aAd sa tlasrt nrttli ttin Tin Th for iteUlgece In movie work. Trsn, la vwwed by Frank Barnes of San Diego, who la m well kMMsn trainer of pore doggs. With Tarzaa Is rpelar Ipen" a pert loeklnf. lArgge -white dog, mm Eskimo by birth. Both dogs will perform farthe dsb fiator&ty afwraovn. ;, Legislativ e Sidelights Oregoajs 36th Legislative Session Brings Interesting Personages to Salem I N the swarm of lobby visitors thlsi week the bulky figure of Ex-Senator Bailey of Junc tion Cltty was "to be seen. Senator Ed" won many frtends and no small number of votes In his race for the governorship last fall. As a democrat and ft fairly conserva tive candidate in the matter of nower regulation and utility con trol. h0 was almost predestined to failute -but his supporters and enemies! alike admit now he made a splendid campaign. The gallery of the upper house was Jammed Thursday afternoon as the de-bate on tne Port of Port- The bill provides that the' state shall pay the counties five cents per acre pt year, and 12 cents on yield. ! It is likely that the bill will be reported out favorably later in the week. RICHARD DIX. IRENE DUNNE; ESTELLE TAYLOR IN CAST OF 40,000 A WES RUGGLES BROS. :v:;..r- iJ Z -jjrt. 7vr 1 ' 1 I land commission bill wore on. Scores of people were kept out of the senate chamber by the lack of standing room. When the vote was about to be taken. Senator Fisher of Washington county was so anxious to favor the substitu tion of the minority report, he blurted out an "aye" before the clerk could begin to call the roll. - . Governor Meier wears spats, at least upon occasion. ' Neith er flashy nor apparently f&stid ioirs, he Is nevertheless care ful in his dress and can readily be termed a "well-dressed man." Yesterday he met many of his visitors in the outer of j fice when the joint telephone j committee on Investigation of : rates occupied the 'sanctum" : for its initial conference, The governor's private office is arrangegd in excellent taste. The principal , desk of the chief executive has been moved from the criss-cross position- occupied when Governors Patterson and Norblad sat at it, to a position paralleling the entrance to the office bo the governor looks directly into-the face of his vis itors as they enter. Behind the principal desk Is ft work table and on It books and letters and HOLLYWOOD of 25 c Borne Talkies TODAY and SATURDAY Matinee 8 P. M. Mickey Mouse Mat foe Saturdaj 1:30 P. M. Charles Rogers Q&anmxnt 0chot . With Helen KANE Victor MOORE Also Ria-Tin-Tui In "The Lone Defender ' Mickey 'Mowse Comedy and News Nil WERE MADS FOR LOVE!) la a The Picture That Has Stardei the XZorld! Nights of love nights of regret night when everything was forgotten in a burn ing kiss. Nights of dreams and the end ing of dreams. : Nights of glorious adven ture in a dtr where a romance is bom ' 'only to diet it-i-'i'h-'-'-"' rhotograpbed Entirely In The New Technicolor!'. Th OREGON STATESMAN. IK RECKLESS S The Interim . committee on drivers' responsibility appointed at the l2 legislature, Thurs day tiled a report recommending the nactment of laws that will tend to protect property and hu man life.' "We recommend, read the re port ox the committee, "that persons found guilty of operating ft motor reblcle while unaer tne Influence- of liquor or . narcotic drugs.; homicide or assault aris ing out of the operation or a motor vehicle ia rlolation oc law, reckless driving resulting In per sonal injury or damage to prop" erty, or. leaving the scene of an automoMle accident - without making his identity known.' Toe required ' to post a hand tn favori of 'the state of "Oregon to re spond in damages for any liabil ity tnerearter incurred resulting from the ownership, mainten ance, use of operation of a mo tor Tehrcle." 1 The llahmty for Injury or death invoirinsT one : person was recommended by the -committee at 15000, or $10,000 for two persons. Liability -for damage to property was fixed ftt hot less than $1000. j ; Coast Highway ! Name Proposed j In House Bill Changing the name of the Roosevelt coast highway to the Oregon Coast highway and the names of Malheur county and riv er to Slnnott county and river were included In the house bills Introduced yesterday. Deduction of delinquent taxes uncollected by the county to taxes forwarded to the state, was included in another measure. i A- joint memorial to congress, requesting the appropriation of $50,000 for Improvement of Silt coos and Takenish lakes la Doug las and Lane county as permanent resorts was also filed. a calendar are conveniently ar ranged. Lovely pictures of the gover nor's children and grandchildren and 'of his sons-in-law are on' the mantel of the fireplace In the executive chambers. Mrs. Meier's portrait revealing a distinguished locking first lady of Oregon, stands near the governor as he works. Several groups of flowers add another touch of beauty to the office which Is quiet, taste fully arranged. From the drapes at the windows to the heavy carpet on the floor the furnishings are in - good taste, severe but not forbidding. Mr. ; Meier has an excellent work room in which to take deliber ate and careful Judgment on affairs of state. Glen Macy is coroner of Yam hill county, a loyal Rotarian, a good citizen of McMinnville ana for his oat-of-county activities he has served for years as secretary of the Oregon Funeral directors' association. He has been here several days- this week checking on legislation . affecting the in terests of his -greap. e E. EL Brodie. U. 8. minister to Finland, hut known to Oragon- lans s Ed Brodie, editor of the Oregon -City Enterprise, browsed around the lobbies Thursday. -He was kept busy ' meeting old friends. With his daughter, Bro die -will leave for Finland Febru ary 21. His wife and their soa will leave later la the season to join them. O. M Plnsamer, veteran secretary of the Facific Inter national Livestock Exposition, looked in Thursday to watch the wheels go round and visit with legislators and other friends from . over the state. The exposition Is favored with a state appropriation, which while not threatened thus far in the session, needs watching to get safely past the mem with the axe. COMINO 8TJNDAY HOLLYWOOD -Tit ft. PROPOSED r Salem. Oregon.. Friday- MorolngFebniarr 6. 19S1 Theeall B Bj OLIVE AL DOAK v WARNER'S CAPITOI - Today Frant Mitchell In Maa to Mau- ; t 1 HOLLYWOOD Today Charles Rogers la Heads Up." i Today ' Dorothy Peter sou td Mother Cry." . : GRAND 1 ' TodayMllton 8111a In 'The Sea Wolf. 1 You cant change a leopard's I spots nor a mother's love for her child. In "Mother's Cry. now showing at the Elstnore, the mo ther, played' by Dorothy, Peter son, showed her extreme and un changing love- when she tried to are Danny, her son, Edward Woods, even when lie had killed His own sister This picture -is a very-dramatic example of real love. . -t . It Is a story of a mother and four children who all turn out differently. One Is a hullder, an other wished only7 to be' happy, another was married, and the other was killer and gangster. It portrays the mother earing for her children all through life, and never tnrnlng against them no matter what they do. This pic ture makes a thrilling and power ful story. , By Robert Anthony. Meier Affixes Signature to 4 Senate Bills The following senate bills were signed by Governor Meier yester day: . S. B. 1$, by Crawford Giving judges of the district court author ity to pass upon questions law and to Instruct Juries. 8. B. 47, by Johnson Relating to terms of circuit court In the second Judicial district. S. B. f , by Crawford and Bai ley Relating to service of sum mons, manner of service and per sons served. S. B. Ct, by Booth and Upto& Relating to erection of memorials for soldiers and sailors. Bennett Files Bill to Erase State Deficit Senator Bennett's bill providing that 6 per cent of the receipts of all state departments, hoards and commissions shall go Into a spe cial "deficit fund." and be applied toward paying off the state deficit now aggregating more than $4 009,000. was dropped into the senate hopper Thursday. Senator Bennett said his bill would Isolate the deficit, starve It out. Instead of feedlag it, and place the burden for future de ficits directly on the shoulders of those responsible. It was estimated that the bill will raise $l.00.e0 during the current bieanlum. oard IIMDEOOF: TEUPIII P , ! '; , - ' i - ' 1 Bert v B. ,Haney was elected chairman of a group of nine men yesterday, who hare been auth orised under Senate Joint Resolu tion No. ; 1 to discuss with offi cials of : the Paclfie Telephone and Telegraph company the sub ject of telephone rates with the view- of securing reductions. ' Ilaney was Instructed to invite telephone officials - here next-i Monday for a conference with his committee. . . , I.Under i the resolution, -three senators,' thfee representatives aiid three members-aMarge se lected- by the governor comprise the committee. They are Senators Strayer, . Miller and Beanett. Rep resentatives Chinnock, Andrews, Snen, 'Commissioner A. P. Bar bur ef -Portland. , Attorney-General Van Winkle and Mr. Baney. In: executive session in the governor's office yesterday, the group declared' that it felt the telephone officials would consent to a speedy meeting between the two groups.- IBEIIfl lira pin bill !A public hearing on Senator Upton's senate bill No. 140 pro viding for the amendment of Ore gon's "dry" laws and constitu tional enactments to conform with the Volstead hearing, is to be held Monday night at 7: SO p.! m. In the house chambers. 1 Ministers of Salem gave no tice yesterday that they would oppose the passage of the bill. A group of Portland prohibi tionists. ' also, have announced they i would be here Monday seeking to hare the Upton1 pro posal defeated. " . Use of the house for a hearing la I thought to Indicate there will be a large attendance Monday night. GRAND Theatre T&st e MILDER... a BETTER TA 5 p NOW! I klXLTON , awifim lyniiiii mri sfLLS lll3sj ry y London's Ol"! I mm Mightiest 1 i O J LI r Son Story sJVsw4jLr COMEDY FABLES ; NEWS H . l : i . EYES The Joint alcoholle committee of both' houses wCr hear the testimony;-at the meeting. . . cv : ; : o SENATE BILLS YESTERDAY The following new bills were introduced In the senate Thurs day:.; B. B. 182, by Dunne and IlalL To create an unemployment com mission. ' - 8.3. 1S3. by Bennett Anthor ixlnx the state treasurer to set up deficit account, and directing that certain fees be collected and used to per? off state deficit. S. B. 184 by Carsner. "Author izing the -state highway? commis sion to- expend certain funds in the-construction of ' highways. S. B. 185, by Booth and senate committee on banking. Relating to indebtedness of decedents. In case of the death of either hus- l M wna or wue. . 8. B. 146. by 8paulding. et al. FATHER AND SON MEET AS MAN TO MAN IN THIS DYNAT.1IC DRAMA THAT WILL THRILL ' srtngn V TOBY CARTOON COMEDY Technicolor Novelty South Sea Peril "SPELL OF THE CIRCUS- PHILIP HOLMES GEORGE MARION Matinee 2 to 5 P. M. AdulU 25c SALEM'S BIGGEST SHOW VALUE! yv WARNER BROS. 7:1 o. : U one of theso cfgarefiet . longer than the other or do your $ docoivf) you? MAY BUT tes the Truth Changing circuit ' court dates In Marlon county, . : w 8. B. 187; br Dunne et at. Re lating to disposition of moneys received by secretary f state un der provisions of the Oregon mo tor vehicle law. 8. B. 188. by. Dunne et al. Re lating to special season of motor vehicle licenses. 8. B. 180, by Dunne et aL Re lating to shipment and removal of motor vehicles from the -state, latlng to motor transportation. 8. B. ltl. br Crawford. Re lating: to loans by. corporations I - it is esummiea winm 8'"-" of the 8sn Joaquin valley. Cel., win mmit eis.eoo.009 for their crop. The yield Is figured at0O 000 bales. " The statesman carrier boys - little merchants, they are iirwf for all naoers delivered by them. Failure of. a subscriber to pay is a loss to tne earner. 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