THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM, OREGOM
PAGE SEVEN
SENATORS RISE UP TO KILL POLICE PENSION ACT
RESULT OF VOTE
UPSETS DOPE OF
FORECASTERS
BILL TO PERMIT
Snapshots of the Legislative Session As Seen by Murray Wade
COPGO PROJECT
IN BOTH HOUSES
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1931
A slx-wceks battle between the
combined firemen end policemen
of Portland on one side and Insur
ance interests on the other over the
question ot pensions for the fire
laddies and police of Portland term
inated in the senate Friday with
the defeat of the pension measure
by a 16 to 14 role.
Because of the overwhelming 58
to 2 victory of the pension bill In
the house and the staunch stand for
the measuie by the senate commit
tee on Insurance the senate result
was a surprise to many interested
lersous, though Its defeat was pre
dicted by some senate members.
The Insurance angle was injected
Into the Issue for the reason that
the bill proposed the creation of a
pension fund by a one-half per cent
tax on insurance premiums paid In
Portland. The resultant fund v.otild
have been taken from the receipts
of the state insurance commission
er under the state tax. of 2'3 per
cent. This aroused many up-state
senate members who took the stand
that the tax was an imposition on
the people of the vhole state in be
half of the city of Portland.
The vote on the bill was:
For Bailey. Bennett, Carsner,
Crawford. Dunne, Eberhard, Fisher.
Franciscovich, Hall, Miller, Moser,
Stapics, Upton, Woodward.
Against Blllinnsley, Booth. Biov.n.
Burko, Dunn, Eddy, Johnson. Jones,
Kiddle, Kuck. Mann, Schulmsrich.
gpaulciins, Strayer, Wheeler, Marks.
Senator Kay H. Upton told about
the hearir.RS Riven the bill and said
unfair attacks had been made on
the measure by the Insurance com
panies. He said the 2'i per cent pre
mium tax paid by the Insurance
companies was light, that he would
gladly vote to raise it to 5 per cent
and that the additional '3 per cent
on Portland premiums wouldn't
hurt them.
Senator R. J. Carsner opposed the
bill on the floor and Senator Joe
E. Dunne supported It, reading a list
of cities that have similar pension
lur.ds.
Senator Schulmertch ridiculed the
pension idea. Senator Isaac E. Sta
pies said he was going to vote lor
the bill as a monument to Jay fete-
Tens, who, he said, developed Port
land's fire protection system and oe
came a national character.
Pensions for any certain class ot
people were opposed by Senator W.
E. Burke. "You never talk about
giving pensions to the farmers." be
said. Bnrie read a list ot rortiana
business interests who opposed the
bill.
Senator James W. Crawford cull
ed attention to the fact that while
he at tirst optiosed the bill In the
Multnomah delegation meetings he
had decided the legislation was jus
tified. He mentioned that the ex
isting pension fund Is almost ex
hausted and that a new source for
the fund must be devised.
Senators Johnson and Kuck op
posed it and Hall was for it. Sen
ator Moser scouted the argument
that the measure would Increase in
surance rates and declared that in
surance rates m Portland had been
reduced "because of the work of
the.se men In whose behalf we are
speaking." He said the bill would
be a godsend to the people and to
the families of the firemen and t:
policemei..
Senator B. L. Eddy contended it
was a problem that Portland should
take care of. Although the pro
posed tax would be on prem
iums paid in Portland Senator Ed
dy said that nevertheless it would
Jeopardize the Insurance dividends
of people in other parts of the state.
Senator W. II. Siraycr said the
measure wculd bleed the people of
the state ot Oregon for the benefit
of the building owners in Portland
whose lives and proiKTty are pro
tected by the policemen and fire
men. Replying to Eddy's charge that
the Multnomah delegation bands to
gether to accomplish Its legislation,
Senator Bailey reminded the senate
that under the constlution Multno
mah county Is entitled to 10 Instead
of seven senate members and 20
tuemrs of the house instead of 111.
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WANTS AN
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COLLECTION LAW
SENATOR KIDDLE
CHAIRMAN OF
COUNTIES
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STARTED SOX THIN WITH
HlS'WETORDPcr
ISSUE
REP. MACPRSOK
AN ADDICT TO CABINET,
FORM OF STATB
GOVERNMENT
REIMBURSEMENT
OF FARMERS UP
Twenty-four dlfiercnt farmers of
Wasliin?ton and Yamhill counties
would be reimbursed a total of
$6338 for damages sustained by
reason of an order ot tiie state
board of horticulture under an ap
propriation measure received by
the house Friday afternoon. The
amounts range from $10 upwards
to $1670. The farmers were com
pelled to plow up and destroy grow
ing clover crops duilng 1028.
One nopvonrlnllr.n mensi: lint
aeldom If ever evokes any adverse
debate on the floor of the houe is
the bill providing lor the per "rm
expenses a:id mileage of represent
atives and senators and also pro-
Tiding for the salaries of all th?
mp'oyees and general expenses of
tlw? J--' islnture. The jnrnsuiv. IT. R
Ko. 373. introduced Friday by the
Joint ways and means committee,
calls for $120,000. Tills is the sec
ond measure providing money for
the session, H. B. No. 1 being rushed
tiuoufh both houtes early in the
session, providing $25,000 for the
36th legislative acecir.bly. This bill
was signed bv the governor January
20. cisht days after the session
opened.
Bjth rr.ajnr revenue measures
appeared In the hou?e Friday after
noon, s'ib.titiites for bills offered
earlier in !'-.? sesion. Tliry fall for
an intangibles tax and an creche
tax.
HOUSE WORKING
AT HIGH SPEED
GLEANSUP DESK
Hitting a pate or five minutes a
bill, the house members, working
"on their own," passively watched
the march oi nearly a score ot sen
ate measures Friday afternoon, the
reading of the bill, short explana
tion of the text, roll call and the
fall of Speaker Lonergars gavel
marking passage following each
other with monotonous and machine-like
precision.
Twelve routine appropriation
measures covering operating costs or
various state boards, commissions,
courts and national guard lor the
coming biennium, segregating near
ly $1,750,000 lead the way for the
unusual burst of speed (hat was
featured by an almost total absence
of oratory and debate. These came
up under special order of business
at 2 o'clock.
During the day three measures
were sent back to committees, H
B. No. 78, prohibiting the use of
olemargarine and certain cooking
fats in slate institutions and S. B.
No. 108, relating to the Incorpora
tion of highway improvement dis
tricts. Senate bills meeting approval in
eluded a series of six clarifying cer
tain sections of the Oregon code
pertaining to elections and ballots;
relating to liens on fishing gear;
pertaining to adulterated foods and
making slight amendments In ex
isting laws; prohibiting the throw
ing of rubbish upon public thor
oughfares: relating to the county
bonding act; purchase of supplies
by the state board of control for
state Institutions: relating to con
solidate school districts; relating to
ballots; providing for the acquisi
tion of forest lands: establishing
rate of reimbursement to be allowed
officers and employes of the state
for use of privately owned motor
vehicles for state use; enabling
county courts to lease county owned
lands and relating to construction.
maintenance and improvement ot
roads and highways.
Four resolutions and memorials,
passed by the senate and on the
house calendar for the past few
days, were rushed through with the
other bills. These were relating to
rights of accused In criminal pro
ccutlon; punctuation used when re
ferring to the title of the new code:
providing for- a report of expense
account of state officials: and mem
oralitlng the postmaster general to
take steps to improve the air mail
service in Oregon.
Two house bills were also passed
during the afternoon, one author
ting county courts to transfer wa
ter lights and the other relating to
elections In irrigation districts.
Indefinite postiwnement killed H.
B. No. 295, providing for elections
in school districts to determine
transportation costs from county
tuition funds: H. B. No. 300. creat
ing a county boundary board of
school directors, and S. B. No. 5,
providing for appeals from muni
cipal courts.
$25,000 VOTED
LEGION MEETING
hi:rkk. i n bi vs land
5tl"ert-n Paul Horritstad l'.a?
purchased the lute Chailt-y Vovrng
gren acreage In the Evan Valley
dJtric; l.r $2,:W.
Approval as given bv the wan
and means committee Friday night
to a bUl appropriating tij.COO to the
American Legion to be used In con-
nMinn IMi th M1 national con
vcntlon of the legion If the Oregon
veterans are success: ul In bringing
it to the rate. The money is not
to be directlv appropriated, but will
oc diverted irom the veterans' edu
cational aid fuud.
Representative Glass and several
renresentati'-es ot the Portland
chamber of commerce asked the
committee to approve a bill which
mild annronriate $30,000. to be
matched bv the federal government
to romDlete geological surveys In
certain parts c! the state. The com
mittee did not pass on the bill.
Represent? tires of outdoor adver
tising confnu prototed aa:n't a
biil proposing a tax on billboard
advertising.
Without c.tts the follotinj ar
prooi'.a'.lot'.s rcre approved:
8:ae dprt:r.cnt ot huhrr ttJ
ration. $53. '34; bwd cf tcxt-bwk
commissioners. ): bwv.d for vo
cational eJucaiion. $II.0M; depart
ment of An-.eiicar.i.-ation, S;3:
Oregca HUorni: tocie.y, $-0..
REP. LEWIS
VWAS FOR t4 TEARS
STATE ENOINEER.
AND KNOWS HIS OREGON
RERDOROTHY LEE
WHO SPONSORED
the: FREE TEXT
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CHAIRMAN OF THE
FOOD AND DAIR
PRODUCTS COMMITTEE
SENATE KILLS
BILLBOARD ACT
Although ln made a determined
fight for It against a unanimous ad
verse committee report Senator B.
W. Johnson was unable to convert
the senate to favor hl3 bill to pro
hibit advertising along public high
ways and the measure was Indefi
nitely postponed in the senate Fri
day afternoon.
Just prior to this the committee
reported favorably on a joint reso
lution. Introduced by Itself, provid
ing for an Interim committee to
study the subject. The committee
said this was In recognition of John
son's good intentions in Introducing
the bill. But Johnson wouldn't ac
cept the compliment, and urged the
senate to kill the resolution which
It did by Indefinite postponement.
Senator Giis C. Moser stood with
Johnson on ills bill. But Senator
newspapers that object to this form
of advertising. True, It appears that
the garden clubs are back of it. but
in all cases they are inspired by
newspaper editorials. Senator John
son is not to blame. The garden
clubs of his district urged It upon
him. but back of them was Claude
Ingalls. -Corvallis editor who started
tiie movement once before. In my
town it was started by the attorney
for the newspaper publisher."
Other bills passed by the senate
Friday included:
SB 273, Senators Marks and Booth
and Representatives MacPhersou
and Weatherford Prohibiting live
stock from running at large in Linn
county.
SB 226, by Franciscovich Relat
ing to trial Jury and peremptory
challenges.
SB 239, by Hall Providing who
may sue on bond under blue sky
SB 201, by Eddy Authorizing the
application of the income of prop
erty held in trust for Infants.
SB 284. by committee on indus
triesFor regulation of undertak
ers. SB 115, by Svhu'.merlch Amend
ments to banking code.
Jay H. Upton of the highways com
mittee declared the bill the "rot
tenest and mast vicious," he hid
ever seen in the legislature. "It will
put out of business all outdoor ad
vertising concerns operating in Ore
gon," he said. 'It will put hundreds
of men out of work and deprive
farmers of $175,000 a year In reve
nues received for ground rental.
Also It prohibits even window cards
In towns under 2000 population.
Back of it all Is a bunch of country
SHOWER CLUB GUEST
AT TAYLOR'S HOME
Unionvale Mrs. Henry Taylor en
tertained the Wheatland Social Ser
vice Shower club at her home Thnra
dav afternoon. Two gnests, Mil.
Dave Allen and Mrs. Worth Wiley
and eight members were present.
Members present v. ere Mesdames
Delta Culp. O. Fanner, E. E. Fell,
P. H. Fowler, W. B. Magnets, P. K.
Siiton, Ail,ert L'inbanhower and tiie
hoctew. Mis. Tar lot, who served refreshments.
Consolidation of State
Agricultural Agencies
Given Senate Approval
The senate gave its overwhelming approval Friday to sen
le bill 87, providing for the creation of a state department
o afrriculture by the consolidation of 11 activities, to be
headea by a director or agricut--
ture receiving a salary of $3000 a
year.
The bill as a special order of busi
ness was taken up at II o'clock In
the forenoon and the debate ended
at 2:45. The vote wxs 21 to 9 for
the bill. The members voted as
follows:'
For Bennett. Booth, Brown,
Burke, Crawford, Dunne, Dunn.
Eddy, Fisher, Hall, Johnson, Jones,
Mann, Miller, Moser. Schulnvrich.
Spauldlng. Staples, Wheeler, Wood
ward, Marks.
Against Bailey, Billuigsley, Cars
ner, Eberhard, Franciscovich, Kid
dle, Kuck, Strayer, Upton,
Senator Kuck of Hood Fiver and
Wasco counties opposed tiie bill at
the opening of the afternoon debase
on grounds that his" constituents
were against it.
Senator Wheeler said the farmer
wanted the measure, and that It
would serve to try out the consoli
dation idea. "I feel sure," lie said,
"that It will prove economical and
that there will be a substantial
amount to turn back to the treas
ury at the end of the biennium."
Senator Bailey read statistics to
show that In the stales where sim
ilar plans are In effect the tola!
expenditures have Increased from
$7,000,000 111 1923 to $20,000,000 In
1929.
"I am afraid of the bill." said
Senator George W. Dunn of Jack
son county, "but I am going to
vote for It in spite of my Judg
ment. I think P is on of that
class of experiments that we have
to go through eveiy so often. I
have been receiving telegrams urg
ing me to vote for it, but I don't
think the people who arc urging me
to support It know any moie about It
than I do, and I don't know any
thing about it."
Senator Colon H. Eberhard op
posed the bill on the floor, declar
ing that the farmers lu his dis
trict were against it.
In closing the debate Senator
MUler stressed the point that the
bill made tire governor solely re
sponsible for the success of the de
partment. 'I think this state is
peculiaily fortunate Just now," Mil
ler said, "In that the head of the
state government la gcided not by
political considerations but by busi
ness piinciples."
BUILDING BOOM IS
REPORTED, GERVAIS
Gervais A. B. Minaker has pur
chased the quarter block on the cor
ner of O and Tliiid streets from
Henry Kuschnick. Minaker will soon
build a store building on the pro
perty where he will house his drug
store and also build an apartment
Joining for his own duelling.
Stayton Mrs. Chas. 3towe!l, who
was operated upon by Dr. Brewer
at the Stayton hospital Wednesday
Is improving. Mrs. Paltneteer, ot
Sylvester, Is a guest at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Stowell.
"A FACTS THAT DRAW CROWDS
L V Every room has I 3
RiOIO-SEtWIOOR TUB AND gi
SHOWER BATHS LARGE JM
oorsioe SAMPLE ROOMS 6 MXA
600 POOMS i
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AMENDED BILL
CHANGE NAME OF
HIGHWAY VOTED
With Senators M. Francisco
vich of Clatsop county and Senator
Charles Hall or Coos and Curry, the
only two senate members who actu
ally live on Oregon's scenic coast
hisway, divided as to the name that
nationally known thoroughfare
should carry, the senate ex'wrienced
a sharp light Friday on house bill
262, proposing a change In the
name.
Since the highway vas started It
has been known as the "Roosevelt
Coast Military highway." The fact
that manv other highways in the
United States carry the name
Roosevelt led to a move to change it.
However, the house bill proposed a
change to "Roosevelt Oregon h!h
way." In the senate Friday after
noon Franciscovich, after a parlia
mentary tussle, got the body to go
into committee of the whole and
it was amended to "Oregon Coast
Highway."
The senate passed the bill as
amended, the measure be in? up as
a special order of business. The
vote was:
For Bailey, Bennett. EUUngsley,
Burke, Carsner, Crawford. Dunn,
Eberhard, Eddy, Franciscovirh,
Johnson. Kiddle, Kuck. Mann. Mil
ler, Moser, flriui'merich, 8pr.!ldinir,
Strayer. Woodward, Marks,
Against Booth, Brown, Dunne.
Fisher, Hail, Jones, Staples, Upton,
Wheeler.
Senator Gus C. Moser declared
that the state would lose the entire
advertiai.ig value of tiie highway if
the presMit name Is retained, since
so many other highways in the Unit
ed States are known by the name
Roosevelt.
Senator Jay H. Upton was for re
taining: the present name for the
reason that it was the only one that
has been officially designated by
that name. Referring to the fact
that the California extension of the
highway is known by the name
Roosevelt, Senator Upton said that
"if we abandon the name and Cal
ifornia steps In and calls Its part of
the road the Roosevelt highway In
that state will get tiie benefit of the
10 years of advertising that the road
has given this state."
Referring to the fact that ex
Governor Norblad favored the
chance, Upton said: "1 can under
stand that Senator Manor is for the
change for the reason that Ills left-
handed governor ured tltc change
before he left office.
Senator Isaac E. Staples said he
considered It foolish to take the
time of the senate trying to orange
tne name ot a road.
.A bill which, If enacted, will per
mlt tiie California-Oregon Power
company to proceed under the Jur
infliction and supervision of the new
state power commission with It
proposed (4,500,000 hydro-electrio
development on the Klamath river
In Klamath county, and which also
validates settlers' Irrigation water
rights on the same river, dropped
simultaneously into the hoppers of
both houses late Friday afternoon.
Tiie bill has u Its purpose the
validation beyond question of the
water rtghta of 132 persons who
have since the organization of the
state engineer's office In 1909 taken
out water rights on the river, and
would tranter from the engineer!
office and the state reclamation
commission ail pending applica
tions for water rights.
Among the pending application!
Is tint of the California-Oregon
Power rcmpany. action upon which
has been held up by ar. opinion of
the attorney general to the effect
that the federal water power act
of 1903 withdrew all of the water!
of the Klamath river for appropriation.
Sponsors of the bill Introduced
Friday claim that If the opinion ot
the attorney general is correct tiie
rights of 132 farmers and others,
including the United States re
clamation service, are void and the
bill would reestablish these rights.
The bill would establish the ap
plications of the power company
and others pending as valid filing!
for perliminary permits before the
hydro-electric commission subject
to the priorities of the reclamation
projects and the various Individual
holders of Irrigation water rights.
The measure carries the emer
gency clause.
Klngwood Thomas Herbert Arm
strong of Yakima, Wash., la visit
ing at the Robert Hall home at
Laurel Crest on Cascade drive. He
is a nephew of Mrs. Hall and was
cnlled to Portland by the death of
Dr. F. J. Laird, ar.d Is paying the
H-i!ls a visit wlill that near.
TWELFTH BIRTHDAY
DATE IS OBSERVED
Gervais Mrs. Ernest Nattzgcr en
tertained for her daughter ArlUk
May on her twelfth bithday anni
versary when she Invited 11 of her
small friends In to spend the after
noon. Arita's Sunday school teacher,
Mrs. H. L. Orations was a special
guest. Others Invited were Doris
Turner, Cheryl Syptaer, Esther
Wright. Harriet McDougall. Sylvia
Trotter, Esther Chamberlain, Alice
Turner, Betty Beck, Calvin Nafti
acr. Zadie Naftzger and the honor
guest Arita May Naftzger. The hos
tess served refreshments late in the
afternoon, assisted by her daughter
Sarah.
PLAN GUEST DAY
Jefferson Euclid chapter. No. 70
O. E. 8. will meet at the Masonic
hall Tuesday, February 24 for so
cial alternoon. Each member Is en
tlticri to invite a guest.
72 of all Clievrolcts
are si ill in use
During the paat 20 ears the Ameri
can public liai purchased 4,883,865
Chevrolet cr. Seventy-two per cent
of theee 3,511,651 are mill In ac
tive tervice! Such a record demon
trates the noundnea of Chevrolet'
policy of building the very beat car
possible for the price. TliU policy
ha brought many Important bene
Gts to the buyers of low-priced cars,
and these benefit find even fuller
and finer expression In the Chevrolet
Sti of today.
New low prices
RoaJaler, 4TS Sport Roadster with nimbi
seat, tt5 Coach sr Standard Fire-Window
Coupe, ttS rhaeton, 510 Standard
Coupe, $535 1 Sport Coupe (rumble seat),
fSTSt Convertible Cabriolet, olS Standard
Sedan, Kk)3 Special Sedan, $650. Prices
f.o.b.Hint.Mlch. SperlalequlpmentexUa
NEW ClIKVfllOLET SIX
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Mi'.l Citv t'.'idse Drnpcla, vl-.o
has had the contract lor l.atilmj :
the v.ood for the Han.mord I.-m-j
!r Company fir the pa .t ui ;:.ars
has vid his Rood ti ucki ar.d ton- j
tract to hu bro'li"r. i.vdU Drapeia. ,
ho lll taie over t..e wo'k em
n.euale'. I
Hotel Sir Francis Drake
SAN FRANCISCO
IVJCKINS-NEWCOMB HOTEL COMPANY
The lirrai Amrrlran 'nlmt
See Y)ur De-alor Below
Douglas McKay Chevrolet Co.
430 North Commercial St. Salem, Oregon
And As.soriale Dealers
ALSO DFAIXRS IN CHEVROLET SIX-CYLINDER TRUCKS, Mt TO , . o. fc. ntnl. MUMf