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n PAGE EIGHT Thief of Time Procrastinating Solons Rush Through Faulty Bills Final Day (Continued from Pace 1) intent of the house week ago was to pass a bill, good or bad, and to co borne. Representative Xorblad haa raised the matter of Improper procedure but has sub sequently denied that he intends - to take the matter to court. Speaker Latourette Is reported to be Insistent that the house jour nal, when it is completed, omit the motion to do away with read ing of the MIL There has been talk of mandamus action against Chief Clerk Drager to compel him to write the Journal as it happen ed but neither the governor nor advocates of a larger site want ' to take the responsibility for such action. Many supreme courts in other states hold the engrossed bill is the only evidence a court can ex amine and will not go Into the record of passage whatever. This theory is followed, by the United States supreme court. The su preme court of this state in form er cases has gone behind the bill and looked at the records of the legislature but never further than that if the records do not coin cide); with the facts, the higher court remains blissfully ignorant audi will not accept testimony on the j point, thus avoiding endless litigation over the constitutional ity of legislative procedure. In this sense, the legislature through its Journal becomes its own .court on its methods and if the consti tioa, should not have beenfollow ed, the chief clerk can correct the errors when he writes the jour nal. I'pxet of Bill by Court Improbable Similarly, it is improbable the court would upset the bill itself. It is true the title contains a reference, to authority to purchase more land but the courts have held a title must be all-inclusive; an unnecessary clause would not constitute a flaw in the title. The legislature left some unnecessary clauses In the bill; provision for condemnation of land or the ac ceptance by glft of land when it wcpiicitly limited the statehouse and buildings to the old site. Here sain the court would doubtless conclude the bill was poorly, but not unconstitutionally drawn, and approve the law. While Governor Martin and some advisers are still irked by the legislative action on the capi tol question the temper -of the governor's message accompanying the bill proves, this attitude the bulk of the people want a new capitol, are not concerned about the limited expenditure or the old site:, and would be exceedingly vexed with a supreme court test, either of the manner in which the bill was passed or of the inher ent5 constitutionality of the meas ure itself. IN-teat on Capitol Worst For Martin - The capitol defeat is by all odds the worse drubMnr the governor has received since his inaugura tion. Heretofore he had been quite successful in 1 outing the Zimmerman-Burke bloc. He had outwitted them on the proposed court fight over his 'egal right to be governor e well as to draw tue chief executive's pay and his army pension. He had been gen erally lauded for his strike poli cy. ! The L. A. Backs case turned lata a boomerang tor Zimmerman and his coterie. But on the capi tol .question the grange and the Zimmerman - Burke group right smartly defeated the administra tion, planning board, architects, advisers notwithstanding. Unfor tunately for the state, the capitol question throvghout . became a ,Cet the general" fight and right well did the anti-Martin forces - .succeed. The capitol rcmiriiss-ion, nine in number, serving without , pay a board too large and one certainly entitled- to some compensation " will be named this week. With Martin, Presides Corbett and Speaker Latourette doing the se lection, the choices should be good. A chance for direction of a big state project along with op portunity to have one's name chiseled in the marble of the new structure will be motive sufficient to get good men.cn the commis sion. When the. selection is com pleted, Goernor Martin will wash , bis hands of the entire capitol matter and step out of' the pic ture. He would liked to have serv ed on the board or to have ap pointed a majority of its members. As the capitol law reads the gov ernor hereafter has no more re sponsibility in the selection of the capitol than a private citizen another indication of the com pleteness with which the anti i Martin forces bamttrung the ad- ministration. Iluard Member ; Want bo Part In It Apart from the governor, no other members cf the board of control really waited the Job of v building the capitol. Behind the plea of "too busy" State Treasur er Holman, op for re-election In 1937, and Secretary of Sfate Snell, i sensed a political question they wished to avert. ; Prior to the last day of the session it appeared the I commission mast vote on the I amount to be spent on the capitol ' aad also the site. Here was a .dangerous decision in an election year with the grange making po . litical capital of the entire capi tol question. Quick to note, the drift of the political wind, Holman ,d Snell graciously insisted they be kept out -of the capitol com mission job with th result that : the board of control can devote 'its- full time to -such momentous questions as a central telephone system tor tbewutehouse, the cost r electric refrigeration at the state blind school or the erection of a- state-owned power plant! 1 ' i..v . .. " The sales tax-ola-ags pension mbroglio was a clever legislative rca-arouad. In order to get the SO-SO money Tor pensions Uncle Sam will have available In Jan uary, 1938, the state wisely deter- Leaves Muddle r 4 - , rn f i- ' - - - f !- - , : r' xi.' . j k,J"f' i- nun . i . . i. I,, . f bXT' 'li:pm U. St mt 1 wh( - .. ..: - ' ; jUJUsgsJj "";Vr v & ns, """V " ' '4C ;, ii r - - Jh f J r y . i iv Major Willis Taylor Recent reports that Paul Redfern, aviator missing since 1927, is spurred a new attempt to find the Melcherts, Catholic teacher, brought back to civil ization from the wilds of Dutch a native there who reported Redfern alive. Suffl cient credence is given to the story Willis Taylor, army ace stationed mined to make its act conform to the federal requirements. The age minimum was cut from 70 to 65 years. The 1935 regular session had -already set up a $1,000,000 appropriation for old age pensions when the federal government was ready to match it. Not a cent of this money had been used. There was no imperative necessity of any funds in 1936 for the fed eral act does not require a $30 maximum pension. With half of the pension money being furnish ed from Washington it was Prob-" able, In 1936, that the state would actually be out less money; even with the age minimum at 65, than it had spent through the various county courts in 1935. Whether this would have work ed out or not, the $1,000,000 ap propriation was adequate for 1936. But the sales tax propon ents, the opponents of pensions, and those who insist pensions must be paid from sources apart from property tax, joined hands and forced through the, sales tax. At the same time they repealed the 11,000,000 appropriation. That action is fine for the health of the state treasury which can increase its already large cash bal ances, but it will be hard for pen sioners who are likely to find no money for their relief after Jan uary 31, 1936. For Oregon is dead-set against, the sales tax and there is no reason to think it can be clubbed into one by the mere device of telling the citizens it is a question of sales tax or no pen sions. More probable will be an other special session in 1936 to vote back the $ 1,000,000 appro priation, when the sales tax has been defeated as it probably will be and when the cries of once protected pensioners rend the air. The sales tax proponents diverted pension budgets, already levied by county courts, to other uses, and plugged that loophole should the sales tax fail to receive voters ap proval. The question for the mo ment Is sales tax or no pensioner. . The- unemployment act, as signed by the governor, is a prime illustration of the inefficiency of the legislative process. The house passed the bill, without an em ploye contribution clause. The senate amended the measure and' put employe contribution in. The house refused to accept the am endments and struck oui t! is clause. The senate, in its clos ing hours, accepted the house ac tion. Imagine the surprise of the advocates of the measure to find the engrossed bill on the gov ernor's .desk with employe con tribution a part of the measure. And there the clause stayed as it went to the secretary of state's office. Attorney-General Van Winkle holds the clause can be nullified by a proper opinion of his office or of the supreme court and contends the industrial acci dent commission need not enforce the employe contribution clause. Obviously" more sound would be to have made the engrossed bill conform to the action of house and senate. The legislature again showed its disposition to make it easy for taxpayers to default on 'ipiy ments and hard for conscientious citizens to keep up their taxes. This session slowed down tax payment by permitting a remis sion of interest and penalty on all taxes now due provided cur rent payments were kept up and one-fourth of any back year's tax was paid. By this method liqui dation of old tax claims can be prolonged for any years. Ostensi bly the measure was to benefit little taxpayers; actually its behind-the-scenes sponsorship were large corporations, many of them with large timber holdings, who maintained a well-trained, well paid lobby during the session to get the bill through. The- result ing savings to ; taxpayers with large suns of unpaid charges on their books, due to the counties and the state, will fully justify the expense of forcing the 1 ill through. Three Birth Reported SrLVERTOJf, Nor. g. Three births reported from the Silver ton hospital recently include a son td Mr. and Mrs. Ingvald Torres dal. a daughter to Mr. and Urs. Weston Howard and a daughter to 'fir. and Mrs. Bill Predeek of Mt. lAngeL if 2 . .... ...... J 4 - ' ! Seek Aviator Believed Lost i t g Paul Redfern . the American i volunteered to still alive have airman. Rf. A. Guiana the tale of so that Major ai Panama, has The Safety Valve Letters from Statesman Readers SAYS LEAGUE IS BARRED West Stayton, Ore. To the Editor, jOur schools: What are they? In public school laws of 1931, un der article 35-1138 it states that "there is hereby established a civ ic! center at each and every school house within the State of Oregon, where the citizens of the respective public school districts wfthin the said State of Oregon miay engage in supervised recrea tional activity, and where they may meet and discuss from time to time as they may desire, any and all subjects and questions which in their judgment may ap pertain to the educational, politi cal, economic, artistic and moral interests of the citizens of the re spective communities in which they may reside." Under article 33-1123'"the school house may be used for any proper purpose, giv ing equal rights and privilege to all religious denominations or political parties" Such is the law established by the State of Oregon. ! There are differences of opinion about economic matters that af fect each individual residing there. Some are intellectually sta tic!, some are reactionary and some are open minded and pro gressive. The intellectually static do not want changes to be made in! social laws made necessary by changing economic conditions. The reactionary group want laws and power to restrict the exercise of the freedom of speech rights secured by the constitution. The open minded and progressive, see ing that changes in economic and social conditions are continually developing, need the public use of the established civic centers to discuss the changing economic conditions that confront them, .that they may know how to pro tect themselves against porferty and destitution. That is the reason the law requires thai no discrimi nation practiced by the school board of directors in granting the use of the school house for public discussion, it is an American law. To violate that constituted law is to! violate constituted American rights and places the violator In the static and reactionary classes of citizens and is fascist devel opement. jjThaf condition exists in school district No. 61 In Marion county. Upder the belief and claim they wibuld uphold the laws and Ameri can traditions the present board ofj school, directors were elected. Instead of doing so, they have practised fascist measures of dis crimination in that they have ar bitrarily refused the use of the school house to the United Farm ers League, an economic relief or ganization; have charged $1.25 per meeting to other groups for which they do not belong or at tend meetings, thus making the school a profit project and finally to the organization to which they belong, make no charge but grant Lthe use of the school property free of cost. il HERBERT DENNETT West Stayton, Oregon. Yids Dancing Club Enjoy Novel Program INDEPENDENCE. Nov. 16. The Tids dancing club enjoyed an unusual dancing party Friday eve ning. All members came dressed as; Pioneers. All old time dances were danced during the evening. Hosts and hostesses were: Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Williams, Mr. and Mrs William C. Wood and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Plerey. Independence Hunters Successful in Hunt INDEPENDENCE, Nor. 16. Three proud hunters returned to Independence at 4 a. m. Friday morning from eastern Oregon with a 600 pound elk. The party composed of Dr. C. E. Long, Mr. Sam Hoover and Melford Hoover left last week end for Dayvus. The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, j .. ... ; in Jungles Pert of Bruntwicl ...... Mrs. Redftra finance a flitrht to determine whfii.ii f Redfern Is living In the jungles where his plane? "Port of Brunswick", was believed to have crashed on a flight from Brunswick, Fla., to Rio De Janiero? started Aug. 25, j927. Meanwhile, Mrs. Redfern? now a resident of Cleveland, still clings to hope that her husband is alive despite numerous falad reports of the past-f Holiday Lighting I Program Started Ad Club to Sponsor Usual Display; Christmas Opening Nov. 29 " A brilliant, cheery Christmas season is in store for Salem, If skeleton plans announced Satur day by the Salem Ad club are an indication. Under the, club's- sponsorship, the following projects are being launched: 1. The annual outdoor lighting display. 2. Christmas opening, 7:30 p. m., November 29, by Salem stores. - 3. Downtown street decora tions. i The illumination contest will be conducted under rules similar to last year's, it was learned, with prizes donated by local merchants. Details of the contest, which is the seventh sponsored by the Ad club, are being worked out and will be announced shortly. To Unveil Windows 1 Heralding the entry of the 1935 Christmas season will be the un veiling of store windows Friday, November 29. Stores will remain open during the evening so that the public can make inspection of holiday merchandise. : A pre-Christmas glimpse of Santa Clans will be permitted Sa lem children Christmas opening night. Santa will pick dp his Christmas mall from a special post box to be situated on the courthouse grounds. Plans are to have a giant movable post box constructed and ready to receive kiddies' mail for Santa Claus Mon day, November 25 th. The box will be placed in a different location downtown each day until Friday. Silverton Lodge to j Attend Convention SILVERTON, Nov. 16. Among the Silverton lodge members who will attend the Willamette Associ ation of Matrons and Patrons Tuesday night are Miss Olvla De guire, W. P. Scarth, Mrs. F. E. Sylvestra. Mrs. . J. C. Schlador, Miss Ina Harold, Mrs. G. B. Bent son, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Pounder and Mrs. Roy Skiafe. Announces Engagement SILVERTON, Nov. 16. Miss Muriel Bentson, Silverton teach- er, was a recent gnest of Miss Helen EHIngson at Portland at a party at which Miss EHIngson an nounced her engagement to James Munson of Bend. Miss EUingson formerly taught at Silverton. Daughter to Klopfenstiens I BRUSH CREEK, Nor. 16. Mr. and Mrs. Aden Klopfenstien Announce the birth of an eight pound daughter, born November at the home. Mrs. Klopfenstien's mother and sister, Mrs. E. J. Mon tandon and Ruth Montandon of Hazel Green are assisting at the Klopfenstein home. The baby has been named Donna DeLaine. Business Men's League 1 Elects Dunn President MT. ANGEL. Not. 16 A lsTre number of business men ana farmers attended the flax meeting in the Mt. Angel auditorium Wednesday night. The government plan for- aiding in financing a retting and scutch ing plant was efficiently outlined to' the audience which seemed all for backing the project. No def inite decision was reached, how ever. A committee, consisting of Frank Hettwer, Joe Bernt, Mi chael Weiaacht, Mare Wampach and P. N. Smith, was appointed to investigate further and to line up the fanners. j r Son to Leiths 1 ST. LOUIS. Nov. 16. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lelth are the par ents of a 6 4-pound son born Sunday at the Wood burn hospi tal. Mrs. Leith is better known as Amanda Oster formerly ot Mt Angel. This is the first child. Oregon, Sunday Morning, November 17, 1933 Union Hill Grange Officers Elected Humphreys Master; Year' Leaders Also Named by , - Junior Grangers VICTOR POINT. Not. 16. At the regular business session of Union Hill grange Friday night, these officers .for 1936 were elected: O. W. Humphreys, master; V. D. Scott, overseer; Mrs. J. C. Krenx, lecturer; L. S. Morris, steward L Marlon Fischer, assist ant-steward; Mrs. E. G. Neal chaplain; M. M. Gilmonr, treas urer; Mrs. V. D. Scott, secretary; Porter L. Downing, gatekeeper; Mrs. Porter L. Downing, Ceres; Mrs. George L. Wooley, Pomona; Mrs. E. V. Patton, Flora; Eugenia Neal, lady assistant steward; J. O. Darby, juvenile patron. Floyd T. Fox was elected to it three year term on the executive committee. Several Initiated First and second degree initia tion was given Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Rabens, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Neal, Mr. and Mrs. Porter Downing, Mr. and Mrs. George L. Wooley, Mrs. Hattle Cleslak, Evelyn Henny, Je anne Oeder, Eugenia Neal, Vivian Graen, Phillip Fischer, Leo Ceis lak and Montie Morris. The grange will sponsor 4 -II club work again this year wfth Mrs. Floyd Fox, Mrs. V. D. Scott and Mrs. Theodore Fisher appoint ed to secure leaders for club pro jects, i Election of officers In the ju venile grange resulted as follows: Lenora Heater, master; Marvin Darby, overseer; Robert' Humph reys, lecturer; Jimmie Darby, steward; LeRoy Downing, assist ant steward; Gladys Peterson, treasurer; Laurel Krenz, secre tary; Gene Butler, gate-keeper; Mary Rosenbalm, Ceres; Marjorie Tate, Pomona; Arlene Morris, Flora; Mary Butler, lady assist ant steward. The juvenile grange will have a Christmas tree at its December meeting with arrangements in charge of Donald Woolley and Le Roy Downing. Council Votes to Aid New Project WOODBURN, Nov. 16. At the recent meeting of the city council it was voted to pay $146 out of the city treasury to buy materials for the sewing project proposed for this vicinity. f If the project is approved, 23 women from Woodburn, Hubbard and Gervais who are on relief rolls will be given work at $48 a month for six months. It will mean an ex penditure of about $10000 by the government, $7000 of which will be for wages and $3000 for ma terials. The money furnished by the city will provide for needles, tape, thread, buttons and other necessities. The floor lady on this project will receive $55 a month. The gar ments, bedclothes and other sew ing done will be distributed to people on the relief rolls. . . !.' ' I ' ' - ;: ' '-I - Engrawecl Sf ati Stationery . . . 100 Business Cards, Plate Included ' il l.L. 500 Hammermill Bond Letterheads' or Envelopes Special Combination Offer 500 Engraved 'Business Cards 500 Hammermill Bond Letterheads 500 Hammermili Bond Envelopes, i Plate Includect, Only Order Now! 1 ; We 215 South Co 831 1 I ' ; 1 1 ' . i -. ! - .... ' : Two Polk Record Breakers '.C p Norma Hulburt, Independence, with Sybil! Baropess Eileen, Jersey cow which recently set a national breed! record for milk yield. National Leaders Watching Work : Of Independence Girl j and Folks In Developing Record Milk; Herd Attractive young Norma Hul bert of Independence is assisting her parents, Mr. anl Mrs. L. A. Hulburt, so capably in managing a herd of purebred Jerseys that veteran dairymen are keeping their eyes on the national records the herd is setting for vroduc- tion. the 1 herd is setting for produc woman .in the country to milk and care for a national Jersey produc tion champion through the offi cial test. She milked Sybil Baron ess Eileen 911 times of the 915 times the cow was, milked during a 305-day test. In this test "Ei leen" yielded 759.71 pounds but terfat, 15,596 pounds milk, breaking the existing national record for 305-day milk yield by a junior four-year-old Jersey cow set almost 10 years ago. "Eileen" weighed 950 pounds at the-end of her test, so during- the 10 months she yielded over 16 times her own weight in milk. Milks 305 Days Every morning during the 305 days "Eileen" was on test Miss Hulburt was up and milking her around 4 o'clock, then milked her again in the middle of the day and a third time late in the eve ning. "I certainly enjoyed milk ing 'Eileen'," Miss Hulburt said. "as I really like to milk." In ad dition to the three-times-a-day milking routine for the cows on test the Hulburt family also milk ed a fourth time during the day. GRAHAM , brings the ! Magic of the Supercharger j to the loiver price J field! Graham Supercharged Six Coming Soon LODEtl BROS 445 Center Street Marlon and Polk Counties This Clhnstanias Genuine engraving is the s ocially correct thing for social stationery the dignif ed, impressive medium for business or professional use. Now at these amazingly low prices there is no need to.be satisfied with imitation engraving! or common-place printing. These prices INCLUDE THE COST OF ENGRAVING THE PLATE. $6.95 $6.95 $13.95 We'll Hold Your ENGRAVED Christmas - ' invite you to come and see ful designs in engraved Christmas j ' j The prices are most reasonable. tnmercial Street ET1 V ft Miss Hulburt doing her share at each jtniikmg. ' ': "Eileen" is one of eight daugh ters jot the Jersey bull Sybil's Ashburn Baronet which are com pleting! such high official, 'pro duction test yields this year that they are bringing him more hon ors fjr the production of his pro geny than any bull of the Jersey breed, bias ever achieved- in so shQrtj a time.. They are 'his first daughters to come into produc tion, were tested without selec tion and so far have broken four national records this year. - v 6 Other Records Fall In addition to the national rec ord made by "Eileen," Sybil Tes sle Lorna broke two national rec ords fot) senior 2-year-old Jersey eows, one! for milk and one tor butterfat, 305-day tests, with a yield of 15.357 lbs, of milk, $65.07 jibs, butterfat, and Sybil Lucky June set a national record for butterfat production by a sen ior 3-ryear-old Jersey cow, in a 3 6 5-day I test, by yielding ,16,657 lbs. milk. 1055.73 lbs. butterfat. "Dad gave me my first Jersey for the Christmas of 1930," Miss Hulburt says. "She was Sybil's Ashburq Baronet's first daugh ter, Sybil's Little Elsa, which has just finished an official produc tion record of 749.54 lbs. butter fat, 14,108 lbs. milk in 3p5 days." iMiss Hulburt take s - especial pride -In- feeding and caring for the babV calje in the , Hulburt 1- :J - - . ,1 - " " V- J . ;- . v. v. ...:.....;- .: A Give Genome Engraved Stationery SOCIAL STATIONERY r in special styles for both men and women. A choice of lovely colors, monograms, and styles of engraving. d0 tfQ.95 Plate included ...... VJ vO up VISITING CARDS Sizes for both men and women. Paneled or plain card and SO styles of engraving. 100 f yr cards, plate included . vl D Order For Christmas Delivery Cards ; I the new beauti cards ! I greeting i ' . flFmMisfiiini hird. -Tha iob X Vnjoy the most is raising the . calves," she says. "I raised all the calves sired by SybHVAshburn Baronet, tending to them from the time they were born -until nearly a year old. I have tended to all the cows we hadrwhen they were calves except one.' We have about 18 calves a year." Sinclair's System Backed by -Hewitt ' 7ft ETHEL. Nor. 1. "Produc tion for use and distribution on the basis of 4eed' isihe slogan which If followed, will solve the economic problems of the day, ac cording to R. R. Hewitt who was guest! speaker for the , Farmer's Union Friday night. Hewitt said that the old open- market system nas run na iuur. The standard of living in the United States Is lowering. Hol land,! Denmark and Sweden prac tice cooperation most consistently and have the highest average the greatest national resources, but without cooperating, has the lowest average standard of living. AL. Schulas was chairman of the program. ! , There was a fine attendance. A short program consisted of or chestra selections, a song by Ray mond Gerlg and a piano selection. At the business meeting Mrs. J. Mj Nichols was appointed pro gram! chairman for the closed meeting, and J. A. Hain and O. L. Brubaker for the next open meet ing, . - ' , '' f. ' Session Results Told in Figures Activities of the legislators and the governor during and after the special session, are told in' statistics as follows: Measures. Introduced 174. Passed by legislature' 7 5. Signed by governor 61. Filed without signature 9. Vetoed by governor 2. i Killed by powerful legislative steering committee 3 4. Bills died in other committees 28. - . I ;-' Killed by legislature 21. Withdrawn from consideration 16. - -: --!'' ! ; - Excavating of All Kinds BASEMENTS DUG Dirt for Sale Dirt Moved Dirt Hanled . Phone 4644 pjT Your Eyes Jp DflL Social ... . Colorful i Christmas Stationery For your Christmas letters this year use colorful holiday letter heads and folders. We have many attractive designs. Come in and see them." . (Do Phone 9101 I ' " il M"Ba'H