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About The Boardman mirror. (Boardman, Or.) 1921-1925 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1923)
Jo: 30a K s -i THE MIRROR VOL.2 BOARDMAX, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1923 NUMBER 2 SESSION AT SALEM ENTERSJ-INAL WEEK Governor Sends Special Mes sage Asking Legislature to Expedite Measures. Salem. Following precedent, the legislature started on the final week of the 40-day session with the usual jam of unfinished business. It seems to be a habit of legislatures to put off final action on important measures until the clc ng days. Governor Pierce took occasion in a special message delivered to both houses to call attention to the fact that after being in session for Si days practically none of the legislation recommended in his inaugural address had been passed. The particular legislation that the executive urged the legislature to ex pedite( included the income tax bill, the consolidation measure, the series of taxatton bills, several bills increas ing the tax on foreign corporations, irrigation measures and a bill creating a state market agent. When the house and senate recon vened Monday morning all the major measures remained to be considered. The Income tax, general tax revision, consolidation of state departments, ap propriation bills, fish bills and irriga tion and road legislation were un settled. The measures which have passed both houses are mostly unimportant and of no great interest to the state it large. During the first five weeks 205 bills were introduced In the senate and 249 in the house, a total of 554 measures. Sixty-five bills received the approval of both houses; 35 senate measures and 30 from the house. Compromise Income Tax Bill Appears. A compromise income tax bill has been introduced in the house. The measure provides for a graduated rate on personal incomes and a flat rate on business and corporation incomes. The exemptions are similar to those provided in the federal income tax law and the tax on personal incomes will range from one to ten per cent, while the corporate and business tax will be four per cent. A feature of this bill is the exemp tion granted to owners of real prop erty. Both the individual and the busi ness schedule carries a right of deduc tion covering all taxes paid other than inheritance taxes, Income taxes of the state and taxes assessed for local ben efits of a kind tending to increase the value of the property assessed. It Is also provided, however, that 'urther doduction of "the fair rental value of all real estate owned" by the taxpayer may be made from the gross earnings, provided that such deduc tion does not exceed 6 per cent of the assessed value of the property. The same deduction runs to the busi ness schedule as well as to the Indi vidual. New Consolidation Bill. A new consolidation bill was in troduced in the senate Saturday, bear ing the names of 17 senators as Joint authors, or enough senators to pass it. This bill is said to have been tentatively approved by the governor, and If he really wa .ts it the house will undoubtedly pass the measure. The new senate bill provides for a state welfare commissioner, state ommlssloner of agriculture, state eor- oration and insurance commissioner, each to receive $4000 a year. Offices of state industrial accident commission, inspectors of child labor, board of conciliation, commissioner of labor and statistics and board of health are abolished and their duties turned over to the state welfare com missioner. Offices of food and dairy cominis iloner, sealer of weight! and meas ures, pure seed board, lime board, aanltary liveitock board, board of horticulture and the like are aboliihed and their dutiei handled by the com missioner of agriculture. Offices of state water board mid water superintendent are abolished and the dutiea attended by the staf engineer. Office! of corporation and Insurance commissioners are consolidated. Oregon bureau of minei is aboliihed and its duties transferred to the Ore gon Agricultural college. Jltgie vocalJonsI education board la ab; Uehed ami the duties transferred to superintendent of public instruction. Committee Approves Astoria Relief. Legislation tor the relief of Astoria was approved by the ways and means committee. The measure approved provides that the state purchase As toria bonds at par In the sum of $260, OOo, bearing Interest at 4 per cent, but no interest to be collected for a perioo of six years. The sum of $250,1100 is to be appropriated for the purpose. The Kuehu house bill prohibit Ing the (hanging of registration of part) at filiations within 80 days, preceding pri mary elections passed the senate. The Gary ice cream bill, which pro voked audi a storm of protest from the Ice cream manufacturers upon its in troduction in the house, was passed by the senate by a unanlmuos vote The bill Increase! the butterfat and solids content of ice cream, The senate passed house bill No. 77, designed to aid In the enforcement of the prohibition laws of the state. The bill require! the registration of all distilling appurtenances with the proper state and f deraJ officials and makes the presence of a still, worm, mash or any of the other equipment or Ingredients incident to the distilla- : tion or brewing of liquors prima facie evidence that the owner or occupant of the premises Is the owner of the tabooed paraphernalia. Representative Keeney's bill, which was intended to place a tax on literary, benevolent, charitable and aolentlllc institutions when operated for com pensaiion, was killed by the senate through indefinite postponement. Senator Dennis' bill which provides that taxes levied in 1923 and 1924 shall be 10 per cent lower than the tax col lected in 1922 passed the senate with only President Upton voting against It. It applies to all tax levying bodies and excepts only money raised to pay principal or interest on bonded In debtedness heretofore contracted or to pay salaries fixed by law. Education for Crippled Children. The house, by unanimous vote, passed a senate bill providing for the educating of crippled children. Pro vision is made in this measure for the setting aside in every district In which one or more crippled children are en roll! d of a "crippled children's educa tional fund," in proportion to the num ber of such children in the district, out of the general funds of the district. Tli in fund is to be employed to provide for visiting teacher! to be paid for on the basiB of hourly teaching. By the bare margin of one vote, Rep resentative Woodward's eight hour day la for the lumber industry was passed by the house. The bill, as amended, provides that the penalties for violation shall not be effective un til similar laws are enacted by Wash ington and Idaho. The house of representatives decided against free text books for elementary school children in Oregon when It voted to accept the majority report of the committee on education and in definitely postponed Representative Woodward's free text book bill. Initiative Safeguarded. The house voted to safeguard the initiative from frauds when it passed the Kuehn bill with 38 ayes against 20 noes and Gordon and Kay absent. The bill as passed requires petitions to be filed with county clerks and local registrars and provides that coun ty clerks shall publish notices advising the people of the counties just where petitions are available for signature. Mrs. Simmons' bill to make jury duty compulsory upon women and re move from the law the right now ex isting of claiming exemption, passed the iiouse, the vote being 34 ayes and 25 noes. The bill not only removes the ex emption, but requires that one-half of the jury panel in Multnomah county must be women, and one-fourth of such panel in the balance of the coun ties. Against the advice of the state high way commiailon, the houie passed Graham's bill authorizing the refund ing of road bonds and use of the money on primary market roads. Graham's plan is to issue each year for market roads an amount of bonds equal to those retired for the state highway!. Thi! plan will keep Oregon at the con stitutional limit for road bonds. The Lewis bill to tax churrh prop erty failed In the house shen 35 votes were counted against the measure, with 24 for it. and Burdick. the sole member absent, thus defeating the measure by a majority, of U votes i The Legislature. ( By an Onlooker) A legislative assembly may be likened unto a bee hive minus the honey. The possibilities for honey are stung by the members of the third house as the members of the first, and second houses flit back and forth. There is a heap of "flit ting", even with all the paid pages; a flitting. If some of the back count voters could hear their represents tives orate they would blush in ad miration. The parliamentary "stuff" they pull would cause the United States Senate to glide on peaceful waters. But to be frank, they all seemed to be earnestly sincere. Try ing to enact laws that would permit coin3 to jingle In destitute pockets. I only noticed one member vote an aye when it should have be n nay. He was deeply buried in some sub ject foreign to the question before the house and when the speaker called lor the vote the senator opened the wrong damper. The sen ate is il bower of color. Bach sen ator is flanked by a member of the weaker sex. I don't know whether they do the thinking for the sen ator or just take down what the senator thinks. One senator called it a Mormon harem. I got his out look. One thing must come to pass if women are to mingle in the bi v ing of laws. They must learn to puff a pipe or breathe through twisted rope. All members seemed to be thinking in the smoke cloud of their respective stogies. The habit possibly helps to make better laws and should not be stopped. Let the women smoke. Il will make a more inspiring picture in either house. The makers of our laws while in session are the center piece of ".lokesmiths". The common way of speaking of them is that they are drifters, possessors of idle vacuums and many times just common thieves. How true to al things in life. "How easy it is to construct So hard to tear down. You and I who are so full of wisdom. How simple it would be for us to con struct an income tax law. Just tax every one. No one could find fault , if every one was taxed. To Cornell-j date is to consolidate. Put every-, thing in the hands of the governor. ! Then if he don't deliver just Greece him. After a few such parties popu lar government would bo in our midst. After all what Would we do ' without politics. If done away, all , the conversation patter would fall j upon the weather. In looking back Bpon life you sort of feel that you have always tried, though your ef-j forts have mostly been sputtering fuses. Let's give the boys at Salem I the blunt edge of our criticism and admit that they tried. APPROPRIATION FOR UMATILA RAPIDS; WORK TO BE STARTED ON McKAY ( REEK The stale senate Wednesday passed House Bill 30H providing Hi um of $10,000 for matching a like amount from the federal governmen for a survey of the Umatilla rapid roiept by the department of the in terior. Congressman Sinnott has a prom ts') of $10,000 from a department fUnd to match the Oregon money and therefore am official federal survey for the project is in sight. Some time during the coming summer dirt will be flying on the McKay reservoir job near Pendle ton on McKay civek, and there will ')(, work there for 400 or 500 men, according to indications. The sum of $3-8,0O0 is in the budget for the year expiring; June ;ii), 1923, and the budget for the year following carries $750,000 for the project, thus making a total of $1,1 1:1,000 for I he project up to a N ear from July 1. says the E. O. it is estimated that the money available will be sufficient to do more than half the work and that the funds for completing the enter prise will be available by the time net iled U R, Weymouth, chief engineer of the reclamation service, is now en route to Oregon to start work on the projeot and 011 the Baker pro ject in Baker county. The eomtng of Mr. Weymouth is awaited as instruc tions from him are desired In con nection with securing the right of way. At present the government rep resentatives and owners of land on Mc.Uay needed are unable to come to terms. Mr. Weyomuth will be consulted as to whether condemna tion proceedings shall be started 11 thi SaCtiOB is taken there will be no delap in starting work as the government can at once take pos session of the property and proceed to business, allowing the courts to let 'rmlne upon the amount to be paid for the land. The view of Mr. Schilling, project engineer, a--' given the Bast Ore gonlan, is that actual work will be tarled some time during the .sum mer. Just when cannot yet be told. The government will handle the work direct, not letting a contract, and the Denver office is already planning upon the equipment need ed. The government will eetabll h bunk houses, mess houses, etc . for caring lor the workers on lire job. The starting of work on the dam viii provide much work for labor era, shovelmon, and mechanics of various sorts. OREGON W NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Principal Evrnts of the We Briefly Sketched for In'or n ation of Cur readers. A short and simple argu- : Pienl on "Why the Wallula , Cut-Off :" I The Umatilla and Pilot Rock j stages are running but the j Walla Walla stage is not. The second nutrition meeting will be held Saturday. I'eb. 21. At the last meeting we held we ulioul half decided that we should have an all da v session because we scare d v had time after 2 o'clock to do the work we should do. Since then Mr. Cal kins, our county agent, has arranged lor a meeting of the men, and de cided he would hold that session in the morning and another In the afternoon. This means two na slons for the ladies also, and It means an other big day with a dinner al the cafeteria, tni' which, Roardiuan is famous. Rveryhody come with plenty to eit, meat, salads, pies, cakes, pickles and all sorts of good things I BOARDMAN PARAGRAPHS No school was held Wednesday on B. 11. Boardman returned from his account of the extreme cold. j pri land-Sale... trip Sunday He re I Porta our poor governor has jhis Dwlght Misner of lon0 waH a busi- hands tied. Wish someone would ness Visitor in town last Saturday j untie them lor him. Is your subscription paid in advance? Legislative; brevities. By a decisive vote the house voted down Representative Lovejoy's bill to create a state board of cosmetic thera py examiners. Reduction of the salaries of all state official and employees, not fixed by statute, approximately 10 per cent, ts proposed In a resolution adopted by the senate. Representative Blower'! bill, regula ting the sale of firearm and restrict ing the carrying of the same by jir soni other than sheriffs and peace of ficer!, was defeated in the senate. The house pass-i! It n a ; n r hd.ly's bill to provide for a ItSte prohibition eom miisloner and assistants to be paid from funds diverted by the en u lit lei to the itate as collected from Honor lsw violator!. The icnate refused to go on record 1 as favoring the release from federal prisons of persons convicted of viola tions of the espionage act because of expressions of opinion construed to have been disloyal 10 the United States In response to the request of Gover nor Pierre, made in hii special ne f sage to the leglslatuie, resolution! were Introduced in the hoase authorizing the governor to call a conference of governor! of Washington, Idaho, Mon tana and California to conalder the Impoiition of taxi 1 on natural re sources, and the appointment of a coiu mlsilcn of five to investigate irrigation problem!. FOR SAI S CHEAP- Maytag pow- er washing machine with swing ing wringer. Glenn Mitchell, 3 miles southeast of Boardman. l-2tp .1. C. llarpke of Portland whn transacting business in town last week. t). H. Warner and C. 3. Ulay den were Hermiston visitors on Sat unlay. . II Switzer of Arlington was transacting business in town Wed nesday. Jay Cox and wife have been con fined at home this Week with la grippe. B, P. Dodd of Hermiston was in town on business Wednesday of last week Mrs. ',. Logan returned last week from Moro, where she has been vis iting relatives. Jack Gorham and Hal pin Davis made a business trip to Umatilla one day last week. Mrs. R. H. McKean and son Mil lie of Wasco were visitors at the Wm, Lower home Saturday and Sunday. The Charles Mr-Daniels family who have been living In the M. B Signs residence, moved into the small Jenkins house on Monday. Mr. and Mrs George Garrett of Ia Grande were guests last week of Mr. and Mrs. Kills Garrett They lef' for their home Wednesday night. Paul Dumaro returned the first of the week from Portland While In the city Mr. Demaro made ap plication for his naturalization papers. I. vie t't-.'den left Saturday for The Dall'-s where be will take charge of a stale truck which he will operate on the highway through thia section of the state. Mis. Hicks went to The Dalle! again last week to have her broken at. a uien attention again. Hut she 3ay the doctor floes not give a vary favorable report. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Albright and tWO children, Marjorie and Hobby, with Mrs. Gibbons and daughter, Norma, and Mrs. Prank Cramer, motored out to L'arl Cramer's Sun day. To have it good country paper every one must helo the e.lit...- i. either sendini; the news or letting! one of the regular correspondent! know. If you have any news send It it in. There will be a free moving pic ture show given by the M. W. of A. some time next week which th.y want every one to see. Watch foi the date which will be given out in a few days. Born to Mi. and Mrs. Jack Tubbs Feb. II, a st ven and OtyO-bsJjf pound baby girl. Both mother and daughter are doing nicely Mrs. Tubbs ks the daughter of Mrs. Claude Myers, and has been visit ing her for some lime. Mr I.a r sen arid family motored! OVIST from Butter creek Saturday. They of course, wanted to see that ' big four-pound nephew of Mr Lar ion's. They took A. T. back with them They took A. T. back with linn, but Mrs Lai-sen took him so as lo relieve Mrs. Healey of his care. : Clay Warren, Ralph Davis and , Jack Gorham drove to Arlington Saturday evening, where they wit-I MPaMd the wrestling bout between; Butler' and Kennedy. Both men were well matched in speed and strength . making Hm bout one of the most j Interesting ever witnessed by the J enthusiastic fans. Wade FT. Officer has been appointed pest master at Izre. Grant county. The Haines Amateur Athletic club was nr.tanlied at Haines with a mem bership of 50 local men. The Portland district conference of the Methodist Episcopal church s uth was held in Roseburg. Tests of Coos county coal for s'.ok Ing locomotive! will be made by the Southern Pacific company. Large shipments of hsy are being nude fronj Haines to the Portland market and Willamette valley points. Umatilla county has about 200.000 acres in winter wheat. ThlB Is prac I cally the same as last year's acreage. James Ryan, longer, employed at the California "Rarrrl company's camp near Gluey, waB killed by a log rolling over him. In fiar of an apldamlc of rabies, Bind police have requested all owners of dogs to keep their pels tied up at home. Work has begun on the diking proj ect at Scappoose. which will drain and ruialni alMiut 1000 acres of land when completed. Ten feet of snow and frozen water pipi s have closid down work In the InineS In the Bohemia district, south ern Lane county's gold field. Columbia county 1b one of the strong eit grr.uge counties' in the siate and endeavors will be made to have the Mate (rang! masting In June, 1924, at Rainier. Superintendent Ahx Sparrow re purls 1 1. itt there is 12 12 feet of snow at the r i 111 of Crater lake, which Is two feci more than at the same gfnM last year. Wot Violation of the atat" motor ve hicle law providing that trucks be equipped with mirrors, 86 drivers were arrested by the Portland motorcycle kpi ed iquad. Petitions are in circulation in Uma tilla county asking a parole for L D. Clark. Helix town marshal, convicted of manslaughter fur shoot Ing Harry K. Rose. October 2X. (Fifteen thousand dollar! will be available for new construction and road maintenance within the Des chutes national foreit, H. L. Plum. iu pen Isor, has annsunci d Gtivcrnor Pierce b Income tax meas ure meets the approval of the t xeeu liwH i;f the Linn county farm bureau, the committee having indorsed the bill at u meet ing at Albany. Proceeding! have been started l,y the district attorney whereby Wallowa county will foreclose on property the taveK of which are delinquent f t the yean urn. ion. ami ism. The Tillamook county grand Jury railed to bring In a true bill In con nection with the alleged branding by tun hooded men ol Mrs Nevada S and ish it. Tillamook city recently. Under the auspices of the university of Oregon school of administration the Convention Of .the Oregon Retail Mer chants' association is to be held In Ku gene, commencing Sunday, Fcbi uary 18. All bids for the clearing of the Hlachly Rain Rock section of the Wil lamette valley -Florence state highway. 24 miles, have been rejected, according lo word received by the Lane ci unty court. The exports from Astoria to foreign ports and the Hawaiian Islands during the year 1S22 were valued at $H,530, 4t6, according to statistics Just com plied by Deputy Collator of Customs Lamb. Siuallpoi, said lo be In very Hi In form, has closed one of the Klamath Falls schools. In i.Hinb, rlty health officer, said tin re were 14 cases Pi six families, but that none of theiu li serious. Oregon Agricultural college, the Unltid States department of agrlcul tare and Columbia county farm bu M an, co-operating, held an all day In hi It tite for farmers of Columbia rouuty at Warren. Dr. K N. NeulSB of Astoria has re ceived a check Ti.r Mi from the gi.v e.rnun'iit at Washington In exchange for 1600 In bills which were In his office safe and were reduced to ashes during the recent fire. Is your lubscrlptlon paid la adraaoe?