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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1919)
-.. Weston EADER j. WESTON, OREGON, Fill DA f, FEB. 21, 1919 NUMBER 38 VOLUME 41 WHAT TIE OMI SOOT ARE DOING SaUita. Th present legltUlur In on reepect at loaet ku followed pre cedent fur It tiarted out on (It clos ing tNk of th mhIiw with th legle lallv boipsr clogged with undltpoted 1 o( bualnee. Both house are badly congealed with work knit lb rioting dan will wltneet th usual condition, heated argument and Hrenuoua ef fort to Met pot bills. It Menu to b th bsbll ol leglalalurea to fritter war much vslusbts tlm during the arty day of lb tettlon with useless dlMuaalna on unimportant bllla, while tha money and other lniortant iniraa uroa ara held back tor committee tink ering and then ruthed through during tha closing boura when thara la little lima for consideration. Practically tha only important piece of legislation to IU credit wbnn th legislator started out on Monday waa tha appropriation of lioo.ooo for tha aoldlera. No road bllla had been pd and alt tha big appropriation bllla had not bren presented. AnU-Trwat Paving BUI Patted. Stormy Unioa ar expecltd ovr road legltlatlon Ihla week. Tha houta and tentte started tha week at logger head over tha antl trutt paving bill which patted tha eenai laat week af ter an aiiremely bitter debet. By a vote of 21 to I, tha senate petted bill 7. tha chief of th four antl patented pavement bllla. Tha bill aa patted la Identical aa reported by th majority of th roada and highway committee and favored by thoe seeking to curb th paving trutt, with th exception of th Motor amendment to aectlon 7. which now says: "All coot recta which may b awardod for laying any pavement or for tha purchase of any material, mix ture or process entering therein, shall b awarded to tha responsible bidder submitting tha lowest aggregate bid under th specification In the data of pavement which th public authori ties mentioned In aectlon I of this act shall determine to accept" . Those who have been strafing the patent paving company fought the mlnortly report of the road commit tee, which recommended the adoption of the word, "considering quality and durability," which gave thla discretion to the state highway coiumletton in awarding contracts. Over these four worda the battle waa waged In the sens l. Motcr'a amendment la construed at , tying the hands of (he elate highway 'commission, by those who voted no. The othera aay not. The addition of the four worda . would have given the commission the power to use it Judgment In select Ing pavement and awarding bids. 8lrong opposition developed against the aenate anti trust paving bill when It reached the hovite and the ir of house member waa aroused by threat of certain senator to dofeat th 110.000.000 road bonding bill un leta tha house enacted the aenate bill. Tax on Batata Proposed. Estate in Oregon will contribute an extra $100,000 annually to the state treasury under the provlslone of Rep resentative Schuebel' Inheritance tax bill which passed th house. Th bill I a compromise measure over house btll 1, which would hav produced an annual ' revenue of approximately 1360,000 from Inheritance taxes. This bilk It is said, will produce a revenue of approximately $100,000 annually. Exemption I provided on eatatea up to $10,000, but above that amouut tha tax ta assessed against tha estate and not against the distributed share aa under the presont law., Additional tax, over and above that assessed ' against tha estate, la Imposed against , shares which go to other than tho direct heir of the decedent. Local Autonomy for Countlt Favtfed. By adopting aenate joint resolution' 14, Introduced by Senator Farrell, the senate went on record In favor of tak ing from the legislature authority to Increase the salary of any state or flclal during hi term of office and of referring all county aalary Incroasos to a vote of the people of the count) The resolution embodies a const! tutlonal amendment, which will be re ferred to the people for approval if the house take the same action as the aenate. The proposed amendment provide that the legislature shall not have authority to Increase the ealar; of any atate off lclal during the pres ent term of that official, and that nr inoreate In salarie of county official, ball be valid unices approved by th I itopl.i of the rni ounl'e at Ilia next giiucrat elrct.oii. esslen of 00 Days Prepoeed. A proposed coimtltiitlonal emend ment aubmlttnd to the annate by Sen ator Jonee of Ijine county content platea several rhaiiK In the provis ions governing Orogou's legislative as semblies. The moat Important proposal would extend the aettlon from 40 to C actual working days, for which members shall motive $300. It alto provUUa that In rat an extra tettlon is callud by (he governor It muni nut be f more than SO days' duration and the tneinbora shall be paid at the regular rate for every day of such extra ses sion. It provide (hat all bill muul b Introduced during tho first 20 days of (be aettlon Absent Voter DIM Peases the House. The house pasted a bill introduced by representative Kuhll which will enable qualified volera who may be away from home on election day to vote. The bill provides thai voters who are absent from borne but within the atate may notify hta county or city clerk, tt the case msy be, 30 dayt before election. The clerk will then forward an official ballot, which th absentee wilt sign, together with a certificate, which will then be return ed to the clrk, who will cast the bal lot for him. The bill waa detlgned with especial reference to student and traveling salesmen, but also ap plies In ail other catea of necessary absence from bom on loctlon day. Income Tax la Proposed. The committee on assessment and taxation In th hous Introduced a bill providing for Income taxa In th state and exempting certain personal property from taxation. t'ndor the bill a rat of 1 per cent would be charged on the tint $1000 of taxable Income; 14 per cent on the next thousand; I per cent on th next; 3 per cent on lb nox(; I per cent on the next; and a atutitar ratio on the next each succeeding thousand up to a Vi per cent on the tenth $1000 and per cent on any sum In axceta of $10,000. Gasoline Tax Bill Pasted By House. The hous panted the bill of the roada and bighwaya committee pro viding for Imposition of a tax of 1 cent a gallon on gasoline and a tax of half a cent ou dlatlilute. The bill aa patted carriea the emergency clause, but with a tacit understanding among tha member that In event the emer gency clause ta stricken from the big bond issue bill It will be taken from thla and other minor Mad bill. The bill will rait about $350,500 In rev enue,' of thl $310,500 coming from gasoline and tha balance from distil late. Would Curb Independent Candidates A bill aimed at disappointed candi date and persistent office aeekors waa Introduced in. the eenate by Sen ator Norblad. of Clatsop county. The bill provide tbat if a peraon la registered voter of one political party ba cannot become the candidal of another political party, nor can he accept the nomination of that party, . should he be nominated. The principal purpose of th bilk however, la to prevent defeated party candidate from running after th pri maries aa independent candidates, ac cording to th author of the bill. If the bill becomea a law, the only peraon who can run aa an Independent candi date la the man or woman who 1 reg istered aa an independent voter. Legislative' Brevities, Th house also passed a bill by Rep resentative Cross providing that suit for divorce mutt be filed in the county In which the plaintiff resides. A Joint resolution, calling tor a bill to be placed on the ballot providing for compulsory registration and vob lug. waa adopted by the aenate. Death came to the Oregon military police when the bill to keep the or ganisation alive under the measure Introduced by , Senator Orton wa killed. .,. " . v With but eight opposing vote, Sen ator Dlmick' resolution providing for a submission of tha capital punish ment amendment to a vote of the peo ple, wa adopted In the aenate. Dollnquent lax notices will not be sent to the owners of property on which the delinquent tax amounts to lees than $1, according to an amend ment to the delinquent tax notice law ' passed by the senate. -' The prediction that the consolida tion programme for the session waa virtually killed when the home killed , - ' - e-" 7 . . 7 .T-y- k) . . - Evangelist Geo. W. Taylor Uie department or agriculture bill, wa fulfilled when the commute withdrew all of Its bllla. A house Mil by Senator Olll. pro viding for compulsory surgical treat ment of all school children afflicted with diseases of the eyes, ears, note, throat or teeth, wa defeated o.'ter A stormy debate, which waa featured by Provision for re-establlahment of tha atralgbt Australian ballot ayetera In the Hate, with party candidates segregated' on the ballot and th voter ftven th right to vote a straight tick t by checking the circle at the top ol '.he ballot over the party of his choice, : made In a btll by Representative' Lewi which passed the house. wwwwww w w w w w w MESSAGE TO Y. W. C. A. FROM FRANCE. 1 I must exprnw to you the very givnt KHtlxfnrtion and mont ulix-er gratltmk of the French (iovoriuiioiit for the acrvlre ren dered to the woiiu'ii working In GorerniiK'iil factories through the eMtnlillHliment of V. V. C A. Foyer dee Alllcva (cluhrooms for munltloncttes). . These foyers have been nn ex cellent menns for bettering the phylcl conditions and the mo rale of our workers. They have been constantly used by the wo men workers, who hove found there new elements of dignity and social education. I must thank you for bringing litis to I'iinu, mid i hope that T. W, C. A. work will not disap pear with the wnr, but will be carried ou In order to develop the principles of social aolldar Ity which It luis inspired. (Signed) M. 1.0CCHER. Minister of Arms and Muni tions" Manufacture. START HIM RIGHT i Jam V I J M ill II i l 1 1 U'Xi-. r i i I! f 17 In action at Saling's hall. Entertain Roumanian Ceunteaa at American Shew in Franc. Picture show are being put on in France without cameras, scenery or any of the necessary properties, eo cording to report reaching the Na tlonnl T. W. C. A. from a T. W. C. A. mines' but in a Itote IIoHiiltnl. Iluving no film or camera, th i i'ii ! at liuoe decldtMl to put on a living picture show and tnvlted a group of nurso from a nearby hos pital to be the audience. It waa a fnl thriller, one of the wild and wool ly west -variety, with bucking bron chocs and wild ride on broom and mo)' horw-e. ........... ... Imfliclnallon mippliod the scenery, with the exception of iliimrd. which announced "the eun" when It wag sup. Ked to be aliinkig or "cacti" when the cow punchers rode ocroes the detert. . ' Countpss Vacnrewn of Roumnnla, who had been tnlklim to the nurse on conditions In the (Jerman court at the lime she was lady-in-waltlng to the Q'teen of Iioumnnln, was the most an preclutlve of all the gtieets. INSIGNIA, CURTAINS, MADE FROM SKIRTS Rlue broadcloth skirta used for or Hiinlzatlon InNlKtiia and plaid aummcr drifiwt a reconstructed into window cun tulim nre after war economies of tho nine 1". W. C. A. secretaries In Arch angel, Russia. These secretaries have Just succeed ed, In the face of food and cloth abort nRee, In opening a V. W. C A. Hostess House for Amerlcnn troops stationed In Archangel, a town behind the allied Hues. It was necessary to hunt up a voile summer dress which one of th aecretnrlea had discarded for heavy winter clothe In onler to have cur tains nt the windows. They live on rea-ulntton army rations. v.vv ! 3 t-s. OREGON IIEWS NOTES CFGDML EiTEREST Astoria and Clataop county r Its- which to" Improv th principal fetch ing up aolldiy against th proposed waye of all part of th county. If creation of th Port of Columbia. th county vote the bond th state Hopgrower. of th Sheridan aectlon highway commission will appropriate are algnlng contract for th hop crop more than half a million dollar to for a tbreyear period at 15 cente. watch tha county ondlturM OS W. W. Poland of Shedd waa elected Blajra. , prealdent of th Linn county, farm ' " ; bureau In the annual meeting held In turng the war Mr. C Daniel. Albany. - wife of a well known Pendleton farm The cranberry growera of Clatsop ,r CWTte on eorrespoodeac with county have decided to Increase the 9i different Cmatilla county boy In amount of their acreage 20 per cent tB i doing., thla ah has this year. written more than 1700 ' letter to Student of Oregon Agricultural col- them. During the laat 12 month ahe lege who are entirely or partially elf- nM written an even thousand letter supporting form 77 per cent of the tni Mnt g3g packggee, Thla la proh- atudent body. ably th record for correspondence Th Victory Ro Festival will b Wtb soldier and aallor boya. held In Portland Wednesday, Tbura- Tne tcrtary or the Interior ha day and Friday, June 11, 12 and 13, it avlsed RepresenUtive Slnnott that has been decided. there will be no nfore grating permit Oregon's quota In the $(.000,000 iUUad for Indian lands Im GUllam Victory drive, being conducted by the county, Oregon, for a long time. By national committee of northern Bap- new regulations recently completed, tist laymen, baa been fixed at $33,963. tna (ecretary says allotments In Oil Work will start next week on a Ham county will soon be made to the even-mile extension of the Shevlln- Klickitat Indiana which make the Hlxon company'a logging railway near chance of leasing any of the land Bend, the Improvement to coat $100,- for graxlng purpose quit Indefinite. 000. A three-days' Irrigation school waa Te succeed W. B. Ayer, who resigned held la Grants Pats nnder direction of from the soldiers' and sailor' relief County Agent C D. Thompson, with commission. Governor Wltbycombe sp- eo fsrmers In attendance. Farmers pointed Frederick W. Mulkey of Port- from the newly organised Gold Hill land. Irrigation district and from other sec Astoria was selected as the next tlons of ths county were given Initroc-' meeting place and Charles Brown of Hon In the management of their soils Astoria was elected president of the under Irrigation la a series Of lee Oregon Retailers' association, which tures and demonatratlons by W. L. held a successful three days' convea- Powers, of ths Oregon Agricultural tlon In Salem, . college. ' The employment situation tn Port- . , , land la ateadlly Improving, according By the tcnnB of ,he postofflcea and to the federal employ men bureau. Be- polltrods appropriation bin. as psssed fore the middle of MarchTit la expect- by the ienat, Oregon receives federal A J-U. will lu nekllaKtaa in akoArh thtk .. . mi w m v w - ..iml..t th lciKni market Ul i US 1U V a ' f Ta ut Ait, arrftnire the HflU of - events snd standard lte nilea for the s.cuv. -"- ,.nn,l .nir1 ninii (nterschoiastle " 1mA ..if f loM- moat- rielentee from ..v. u - T 1. ... . avi.1 T.rfapann eniliw- Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson coun ties met In Prlneville Saturday. - - - With a total of six polnta In tta favor a v.. a .mMBt- ha Ontirsa11li htfh achool ha won the interschoiostic ao bate championship of the west aide Willamette district Beaverton U ace- !d. with five points in Its favor. Sheriff John W. Orr. of Polk courty. seized a shipment of shout no not- ties of whisky at Ballston, a UtUe hamlet In the northern pan or me county. The liquor waa packed In a steel vault and waa shhtped from a point In California. jint In California. Final hearing on me preposea .a- orease in tetepnone race, u, or approved by tne postmasier-genonu. u muH of . j,, which were i to have ' cld,nt .re Included In th. report of December 6. will be held before the todustrW ccldeBt Oregon public servlco commission on 0. Dibbern wa Monday. February 24. Portland ahlpyard accident. Two hundred delegates, tsswata. Strati, met tires of 140.000 employes of shipyards J , Norman Ram- and allied industries met In PortUnd deU olea a. th. result of Injuries sus .Mondsy when the Pacify coast metal Port. trade workera convened for their an- FeoruarT 2J. A total of 805 ae, nual aesslot The convenUon wIU Sported, probably last about a week. . Federal money secured on farm - ' ,,.M.i v. loan, through the Bandon-Curry Coun- ; l'H ty National Farm Loan association forwarded thia we by tho Hoed Rlv- Sirtof ftVpait year totals $112,400. Apple Growers' awocUtion la a IccordW to figures presented at the dtetrUmthm of ths return, on appl. i -l. k.M tn The The co-operstlve sales organisation to - annual meeting held in Bandoa. The naTdlBtrlbute, . net teUl of Indus, W to growers for. the 1911 apple .uppiy,ng - rzzTJ s the French government with 22 car- JZ loada of aa evaporated material for tl 5.000 tor the applo P' oup. the WittenbVrg-Klng company of P dHur" J 'V T net The Dalle, ahlpped it. last carload trawberrles will bring the. Mil net Saturday. One-nalf of the big order business to mor .a $1,500000, 'tIZTX. of "me to take - ofth jg . , , ..... M . . . jng crop movement. Is the aim ol Hob- the Uyal "LBt?; ert E. Strahorn. who 1. building the bermen. scheduled to be held at the ... ty, - .. Bend Athletic club gymnasium. M St !,nk of hers of the central labor council wait- th JT tJa into eentral ed on directors of the club, protesting i. -JJi . , , . , Oregon. Bonanza residents hsve agreea against the use of the gymnasium for that Purpose Th- w woS to the steel and Ives f JJ Ugl0B operat. train aervlce. snd Mr. Stra. I haatlle to union Interests. r A ... ,, . . , . horn hopes to get th. project com- Unless restrictive conditions lm- pleted this summer. " posed by the United Statea railroad Senator Chamberlain has secured administration are removed from the the passage through the aenate of Rep manufacture of tiee practically all of reeentatlv. Sinnott'a bill revesting ti the small mills of Oregon will be tie In the government to 93,000 acres forced to suspend operation, according in Douglas and Coo counties, Oregon, to the widespread opinion among oper- known aa the Coos Bay wagon road ators. AJ least one has done so al- land grant. The bill baa passed the ready, and othera are apt to follow house and will become a law on alg wlthln a ahort time. It la predicted. ' nature from the president. The coun- - March 4 haa been aet by the Una- tiea of Douglas snd Coos will profit tllla county court as ths dste for a more than $1,200,000 In back tasrea special election to vote upon the pro- and from the sale of the lands by th posed bond issue for $1,050,000 with nnsiwre of this bill. ; ' aid for iiif owtyi man uu u-eorng ... . . a mo BlliUUUUi tlirHlJ uiuutunt ar tka tMii . 11 - A mm Afk.aMtal.ul V p rv w ivu m ivuji vaeas aw uia siwvm m, .... ,., . d ,82i xhe total allot- isie, ivzv ana ivsx. iu kj tw . . . . v .v. i pa lo uregon ran Duuaini uj . . . . . . v . leaerai governmeni ior mm wrew - - -. . - - n ., year was $1,181,108, but the new bill just psssed by tho senate increase just yaiKii iff vi.w J" ,hat am0UIlt to n.s30,44- . . One- million dollars worth of good or MarloB tt)ea BOt ony p0Mlb!e Dut 1 from the Intense .fhn.. .nowB . Be,tlD enthusiasm shown at a mass meeting of r,presentatw, ro.d boosters from of c,. ,nd ,Tery . . count heJd vh. meetlns: -nnanlmously . faTorinr a tl.OW.m . market-town- roads and of getting: It before- the- people at a special election as .soon as possible. th. ,!. oF .e- within the week and another