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The OREGON STATESMAN. Salera, Oregon, Friday Morning, February 27, 1931
GfliniR
BILL 15 PA
One-man Regulation Awaits
Only Meier Signature
To" Become law
Governor Meier's program of
,- power regulation won another
, victory early Thursday afternoon
when the senate gav its appro--nt,
I3tr to House BI1177
pnnaiaKx a; one-man ; eommis
aiooer form of Terulatlon for
public 'utilities In Oregon and
'. abolishing- the present state pub
lic service commission. 4 . , -
The bill, containing the emer
gency clause added by the sen
- . ate, was later accepted in its
amended form by the house1 and
meeds only the governor's signa
ture to become law. It automat
ically destroys the existing com
mission and leaves the way open
tor the most significant appoint
ment to be made by the chief ex
ecutive the new commissioner.
The- senate, comparatively doc
ile In Its acceptance of the Ore
gon innovation in utility regula
tion, nevertheless took time both
to praise the governor for the
measure his advisors, had framed
and to criticize him for aban
. doning the platform on which he
had been elected.
Starting before the; noon re
cess, debate extended Over .until
mid-afternoon before the vote
was taken.
Differs From
Joseph Platform
I find, the bill does not agree
with the Joseph platform and
. therefore I shalr support It," de
clared Senator Eberhard. Sen
ator Eberhard. Senator Eddy
called the measure a, decided im
provement over the existing reg
ulation or utilities and said in
the new bill the commissioner
was to regulate for the people's
interests in contrast to the exist
ing commission which set 'rates
for the adrantage of the private
companies.
Senator Hall declared that his
- opposition to the bill was because
ft substituted an inferior ma
chine for the regulation of util
ities to the one now existent,
v. Senator Brown, staunch Meier
man. commended the bill as one
which had been devised out of
the best minds of advisors about
the governor and a bill which.
while - perhaps .not .perfect in de
tail, was a decided improvement
and oeuld be amended where it
was found weak.
Senator Crawford in opening
. the morning debate, ; traced the
history of the bill In the session
and declared it represented the
composite thinking of a number
of men skilled in utility regula
tion, '
Colleagues of the Junior Mult
nomah . senator, Senators .Moser
and Bailey, both protested that
the bill was not in line with the
Joseph platform which distinctly
called for abandoning the public
service commission., Bailey traced
the history or utility regulation
and. pointed out numerous legal
safeguards whch were not pro
vided in the present act. -
From. Senator Johnson came
quotations from the dictionary
on what the word abolish"
neant. He contended the Joseph
platform had not been followed
In the bill. He protested against
foolish tampering with utility
regviauon and said the move
would be detrimental to capital's
coming into Oregon.
The Tote on the bill was:
Ayes: Bennett, Booth, Brown,
ure, crawiord, Dunn or Jack
, son, Dunne of Clackamas, Colum
bia. Multnomah, Everhard. Eddy,
Fisher, Franclscovich Jones
Kiddle. Kuck. Mann. Millar
Schulmerich. SDauldinr. RtanlM.
Strayer, Upton Wheeler, Wood
ward, Marks.
Nays: Bailey, Billingsley, Dunn
vi Jicison, Han, Johnson, Moser
Absent, Carsner.
Legislative & i delights
Oregon's 36th Legislative Session Brings
, Interesting Personages to Salem
i
SENATORS not always are
bothered with the dignity
. supposed to attach to so im
portant a Job. "Louder," com
manded Senator SUples this
week when Senator Brown was
tx plaining a bill carrying out the
fflandate of the people.
-Wash your ears, senator," re
torted the member from Marlon.
The legislative lobby most
have its Joke. "Did yon know"
that Governor Meier was going
to veto the agricultural depart
ment bill?" asked one regalar
attendant la the third bouse.
Xo, why?"
"Because there were ; seven
nay rotes and the governor
. wanted the measure carried
unanimously.
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Representative Weatherford is
very obviously out for one distinc
tion; he wants to be the man- to
cost the most "nay votes daring
the session. His booming note of
disapproval can be heard on al
most every measure. Weather
ford is young, is a democrat, hails
.from Linn county and walks like
a lawyer who didn't care what the
Jadge or Jury thought; his own
thinking, U the first line of reas
oning to be followed.
-Over
from Yamhill county
drove Judge Artie O. Walker yes
terday to soend a tw nnnra at
the capltol while court wat not in
session there, due to a case being
utvppeo. ;ien ousy weeks are
ahead i of the Jurist, who is the
youngest circuit Judge in the
state, i While in Salem the Yam
hill Judge was Informed of the ap
pointment Of JndrA A Is-at-
Pendleton as federal Judge in
Portland. -Judge Fee was with
Senator Stelwer as a law associ
ate cfor several years,- comment
ed juage walker. "Ho la a com
paratiTely young, well - trained
man and will make a good fed
oral Judge.-,
SENATE PRESIDENTS OF PAST i
LEAVE IMPRINTS ON HISTORY
Youngest Was J. H. Mitchell, 29; Two Born;
Outside United States, Three in Oregon
, Br OLJVE M. DOAJC
A N interesting thought to sit
J in the senate chamber and
visualize the phantom
forms of the ! presidents of the
senate who hare sat in solemn
rale over the 30 argumentative.
joking, combative, good natured
wrestlers with the embryonic
laws of the Estate during: the
years since 1859.'
- Willard Marks in all his quiet
dtimltv atanila tihlv alana hut
there must be many, many spir-
Ita of those w he have gone be
fore, lightly perched upon handy
corners . and ! watching with
amused "eye at the clever man
euvers tne present president must
make to outwit some ambitious
wielded of words and lover of or
atory, some - crafty politician, or
some strugsHng soion wnose
words will stick when he gets on
his feet to make his wants known.
Because we sat and pondered
thm did we lare the roval
chamber and take us to the state
library where by the gracious aia
of the keepers of the historical
records there these phantom
forms were created into real
people.
In the search to bring to life
again these men who have had
SENATE
The house ran. through a grist
of senate bills yesterday and vir
tually wiped up the current cal
endar before adjournment. Sen
ator Carsner's bill providing a
a literacy test for voters, failed to
pass. Its opponents objected, to
the requirement that voters be
made to read a section from the
election laws rather than; from
the state constitution as formerly
provided.
Among other senate bills, all
of which were favorably acted
upon, were:
Senate bills ; annroted br the
house included one relating to
the disposition of monevs re
ceived by the secretary ; of state
under provisions of the Oregon
motor vehicle law; setting forth
who may sue on bond under the
Ki .b. I
blue sky act: relating to the
county high school fund and an-
plyfng only to Lane county; cre
atine the Ochocn ram Tpfnc'
relating to petitions for election
against doss and iIm stMir r tin
ning at large; relating to term of
Office Of "constables: Inrinafrial
loan companies; record books in
probata proceedings; ! limiting
time within which claims may be
iiiea against 'Contractors bonds
given for public work; enabling
communities incorporated aa mu
nicipalities tor the purpose of
supplying water for fire protec
tion: ' rerulatlnr tha trm nf
court In the fifth Judicial dis
trict: authorizlnr the i rnntmi-
tton of an interstate bridge at
ine Danes through changing the
aw to -; enable . tne preliminaries
to proceed similarly to that used
by counties ; In their projects:
conferring on ? drainare district
of less than 1000 acres the right
to own and operate wells and
pumps'; authorizing the secretary
ox 10 aesignaie a aeputy
for certain work; making It un
lawful to permit animal to ran
at large and to pasture on high
ways in Clatsop county; relating
to the duties and' fixing charges
of peace officers in Clataon coun
ty in taking up estrays; relating
10 me trial or adverse claims of
property levied upon or attached;
providing for ; service of process
upon persons to whom letters
have been granted when such
persons cannot bA.fonnii within
the state and creating the Vale
oira reiuge in Malheur county.
Frank Jenkins, publisher of
the Rose burg News-Review, and
Robert Steele, secretary, of the
Eugene chamber of commerce,
were short-time visitors at the
capitol yesterday. Both men
bad been In Fortland to attend
a meeting of the Colombia Riv
er Development associatiosu
Jenkins and Steele are both en
thusiasts for the canalization of
the Willamette river as far aa
Eugene.
President Marks of th untu
reeis mat the state would be bene
fited to have a legal advisor la
each house WhOsa dntr If wnnM
be to examine all bills introduced
irom a standpoint of their legality
ne construction or an mumrM
their conflict with' othr 'i.
their; constitutionality .would, be
weignea oeiore tne measures went
np tor a vote. As it is. numerous
measures are considered i which
have little semblance of legality
ana me tune or the legislature is
needlessly wasted. Sometimes the
bills becomik lawa Without mn
legal defects being : caught and
remedied.
Clerks In the Ir!1atiir oit
whistle despite, the lnerafnr
days of overtime. Their nay. like
iae dtook. goes on lorever, pro
viding tha lerlnlatnrMi r-nnm ,1m. m
Some of the members of the 3th
session are not so happy. "I've
peen.awey from my practice too
long now." said on a livrtr Tli n rm-
day. "i need to get back and
maze some money.-
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About both bouses there is
the gentle melancholy which
comes over the land when ao-
tonui is ending and winter ap.
peoacfaea. fenriiaeaa aeema to
have been done; the important
measures debated; now the air
is one of leaving bygones alone
and scurrying off home.
MEASURES
RUSHED
Ml
their day. of rule over the senate
chamber several interesting iacts
were discovered. :
; First, two of them were born
outside the United States: one
was Sol Hirsch, president of the
senate in . 1880, who was born in
Germany-; and the other was Al
W. Norblad, president of the sen
ate in 19 29, corn m Sweden.
- . Three Xatire Soiu
i Only three of the 3 S sessions
hair n been nresided over h na
tive Oregonians. These three na
tive sons are W. ' Kuykendall,
nresident In 1905: Henrr Corbett
in 1927; and Willard Marks, in
cumbent. , T ? .1 ,
And one of the most Internet.
lng developments from the bit of
research work was that the age
of the men beeominr nrealdnta
is increasing- rather than decreas
ing. The youngest chief of the
senate according to all that we
could find was J.. H. Mitchell who
served-in 18 4 at the age of 29.
The next youngest Is Jay Bower
man who served aa president in
1909 and was 33; and next to
him is T. R. Cornelina In 1f
and Joseph Simon in 1839, both
of whom were 39. . ,
Berinninr with 1903 with thA
exception of Jay Bowerman the
ages run 44, 60, B0, 88; 47, 65,
45, 44, 46. 48 and 48. From 1859
to 1903 with one or two missed
and a few repeats - the ages run
44. 29. 39, 43, 66, 41. 43, 53. 40,
39, 40, 41. ;
It was also discovered that Jo
seph Simon was the only man to
serve five times as president . of
th house. Several served twice,
among them being John White
aker who was the first governor
of Oregon and who was described
as the most Intelligent looking
man in the senate during his
time there.
From Many States
ThA birth tilaees nf tha. fn...r
bents read like a geography les-
on wuen me siaies were to be
memorized. Missouri furnished
three, Wisconsin two; Michigan
one. New York three: Indiana
two; California one; Washington
two; Ohio one; Iowa two; Mas
sachusetts one; Pennsylvania
one; Oregon three; and Germany
and Sweden each contributed nn.
There were several whose birth
places could not be learned.
ine first president of the sen
- 4 f u
?otls learned except
that he had served with th a terri-
ate was Luther Elkins and nt
tonal government as well as with
the formation of the state . gov
ernment. The list of presidents is T.nthnr
EIkins.J Wilson Rowing T w
Cornelius, B. F. Burch, Jamea D.
Fay, R. B. Cochran. John White
aker. Sol , Hirsch. W. J MrTnn.
nelL William Waldo. J. T.Gregg,
jasepn simon, c. E. Fulton, , T.
C. -Taylor. Georre n. Rrnvnll
W. .Kuykendall, E. W. Haines,
Jay Bowerman, Ben Selling, Dan
j. Maiarxey, una c Moser, W. I.
Vinton, "or W. Ritner. Jt TTn-
ton, Henry Corbett, A. W. Nor-
niad and Willard Marks.
The nersonalltv at thA m
has woven Itself into tne walla at
the senate chamber and into the
History of the state of Oregon for
eacn naa been an important fao
tar in the development of one or
more of the achievements of the
state. A fine list of men among
which to find your family "name.
JOE DUffi TALKS
AT CLUB MEETING
Senator Joe Dunne, sneakinr
to members of Fraternis einh
last night. received hlrhut
praise. from the erouo. as "one
of the most popular and most in
teresting speakers the club has
ever heard."
The Multnomah conntv na.
tor did not confine his remarks
to any one tonic hot KnobA nf
state problems, his ideas of indi
vidual living and snapshots from
nis lire history. In bref, he
held that taxes should be lerlod
almost solely on income; that
the educational system should be
based on a vocational tralninr
plan rather than on the general
stuay mat is in cogue; that con
nection with some sort of organ
ization such as the church should
be had by every individual.
An event he recalled from his
own life was that of quitting
school at the ace of .nln-
to help support his mother. He
aiso spoae of having met on
board ship in the Mediterranean
sea in 1905 a German who aald
he was coming to Oregon j be
cause he believed the state was
destined to become a world cen
ter of the flax and linen indus
try. .
Sixteen members of the Tnnnr
business men's club gathered at
the Soa for this remlir Thnn.
day night, dinner meeting.
BUMP PROVES SERIOUS
JEFFERSON. Fh . It Rak.
nle, the two year old daughter of
nr. and Mrs. c. A. Roberta struck
ner neaa on the bath tub with
such force on Monday morning,
that a temporary concussion was
causeu. sne was carried to Dr.
W. B. Richardson. t anMimiit
next door, who rare flrat ia
called the local physician. - Aside
irom the shock the little girl suf
fered, the result will not prove
serious," a
to na bzttex seb tr
nAmn m rriMTNlll
IT yoa have Frefwcnt HEAD
ACHES.
IF ye cannot read fine print
thread a needle.
XT yee are NERVOUS and Irri
table. Consult as NOW..
Chanes Beasenabla '
mm
STATE POLICE
ES
Passes Senate by Vote of
j 22 to 8; Described as
I Brown's Revenge
i The state senate Joined in pet
ting another of Governor Meier's
pets Thursday when Jt passed by
a 22 to 8 vote the state poliee
bill, which , will .remove law en
forcement control from the state
treasurer's office the fish 'and
game commissions and ether sep
arate agencies and centralise it
in a superintendent, to be ap
pointed by the governor.
The bill now roes to the honse
where It is reported, it has suf
ficient support for . passage
thanks to the governor's Influ
ence which helped it through
the . senate against the handicap
of an adverse committee report.
Support of the measure was
led in the senate by its author.
Senator Eddy. In opposing it.
Senator Dunne declared the bill
was devised by Senator Brown of
"Marlon county to "get even"
with. Hal E. ' Hoss, secretary Of
state, for ousting T. A. Raffety :
as chief of .the traffic force.
Dunne and also Senator Fran
clscovich praised especially the
efficiency of the traffic: depart
ment under Hoss supervision.
Senator Brown admitted that
he had protested Raffety's re
moval lor what he considered po
litical reasons. Senator Upton
declared that the. efficiency of
the traffic force was creditable
to Hoss predecessor and that
Hoss had not conducted the de
partment properly, asserting' that
the treasurer had instructed .his
men not to enforce the "gasoline
cowboy" act.
Senators Toting against the
bill were Strayer, Billingsley..
Dunne, Eberhard, Franclscovich,
Han. Johnson and Moser.
Judges:
PLAN
GARRI
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Oiarles Dana Gibson
Famous Illustrator and
PubtUherofLtfe" '
Roy W. Howard,
Chairman cf- the Board,
Scrippt Hotoard Newspaper
Ray long.
President, International
Magazine Company, and
Editor of "Cosrn opoll tan"
And Staft
Seufert Hopes
Dashed Again
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Hopes of the proponents of
Honse Bill -187 providing - that
the upper Columbia river be re
opened to fish : wheels were
dashed to despair very Quickly
late' yesterday afternoon ' when
the house, voted down a motion
to mention
urday at 11
sack of flour they have on
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tWinncre vIUbo announced as soon ias possible after contest closes)
to reconsider tho bill, - A efeated
earlier In tho week. Representa
tive Chindgren moved the recon
sideration and If ether house
members stood with; him on ' the
request but the nays outvoted
the fish wheel enthusiasts.
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PASS RESOttJTION
The senate yesterday approv
ed a resolution lntrodueed by Sen
ator Miller petitioning congress to
. IT no (Sscn SaG R3
that the Pillsbury people will
o'clock to compare the guesses on that big"
The one guessing nearest the correct weight gets the big
sack of flour, and to save a lot of embarrassment I want
to say right here and now that I can't left more'n a ton, so
please, folks', don't ask me to carry it out for you Second .
prize is a 49-pound sack of PiUsbury's Best flour. Third
prize is also a 49-pound sack of PiUsbury's Best flour.
w Fourth and fifth prizes are 244 - pound sacks of Pills
bury 's Best flour. If you haven't already guessed you'd
better hurry! i .
, YOU KNOW, THE FRIENDLY STORE
Where a Man is an Individual, and Not Just One of the
NOT A CHAIN STORE
JFor the beat anotvera to thio que at ion:
What significant chango has rocontly boon rnado in tho
wrapping of tho Camel pacltacfo contalnlnn 20 clnarottcs
and what arc? its advantages to tho smofcor? I
: first
Second raze, 10,000
MV Ul iKAt WCai WHWCil . . . . . 0.0 0 0 . .
the fire next beat anawers . . ; .
the twenty-fire next beat answer m m .''
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Ancwera limited to 200 words. ,
Write on one aide of paper only. , i
No entries accepted that bear post-mark later than midnight, March 4, 1931.
To0C and executive of It. J. Reynold.
In case o.f Uea, fiiU amount of award will be paid to each of the tying partiea. 1
"rLno,f eC85r 10 bu a of Camel elgarettea in order to compete. Any
0ttt?SUTtU fermil yu to examine the Camel packagecontain-
' AU communications must bo sssf stressed f Conteat Edltotw
R. J. REYNOLDS TODACCO COMPANY, Winston-Salem, JV. C.
support the International Insti
tute of Agriculture at Rome.
Crime Study Has
Senate1 Approval
The .senate Thursday adopted
a resolution introduced by Repre
sentative Lee providing for the
appointment of a crime commls-
display at The
Prizel S2S.OOn
Third
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sfoa of 11 members. The purpose
of tho committee is to j study
crime conditions, and report their
findings at the 193 legislature.
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MOVE TO WASHINGTON
NORTH SANTIAM, Feb. 26
Mr. and Mrs. llestor Anders have
moved to Goldendale, Washing
ton where he will hare employ
ment in a saw mill.
o o o
be here Sat
Market.
Masses
Prize, 05,000
. . $1000 each
$ 500 each
100 each
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