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About The Boardman mirror. (Boardman, Or.) 1921-1925 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1923)
The Boarrfman Mirror Boardman, Oregon MARK A. klk'lHAM). Publisher rrm.ISHED EVERY FRIDAY J i'KK V A R IN ADVANCE- Entered a seeond-rlasn matter Feb. 11, Iftl, at the postomce at Doard man. Ore., under act of Mar. 3. 1ST9 Printing is the inseparable com panion of achievement. R. T. Forte OHK.tiON G.l II A M 1 ' A PPKD About all the late legislature ac CtvmDliahed was to tie a few more drag? onto the wheels of progress. The effort to establish an eco nomical departmental system 'was thwarted by general Ignorance of the subject. Tlie statesmanship that has wa-ter-logged Oregon with hundreds of boards and commissions was in the saddle. It would not allow a cleancut mea sure of consolidation to be put through, but exempted the biggest barnacles from Its provisions. The old fisbwheels and fish traps on the Upptt Columbia that catch spawn-laden salmon on their way to the breeding grounds continue. The slate monopoly of casually insurance under the control of poli ticians will conl Inue to the detri ment of industry. New fees and burdens have been imposed on the people in the hun dreds of bills enacted and the only relief secured WU in appropriations. Money wasted on perquisites of the legislature was greater I ban ever, and no step was taken to apply business to hiring employes. On Ihe joint Ways and Means com mittee two clerks were employed one el about one-half Ihe pay of the other, when one could do the work The only consolation to be drawn Is that the result might have been worse but no one can say that half way decent methods prevailed. The ImmaCUlfcte, extravagant, im practical direct-primary double election system was retained that drives men of ability out of poli tics. This deplorably condition of Ore gon Is largely due to It being a one city state with a press that toler ates no real leadership. The Man u fart urer. SESSION AT SALEM RUNS OVER 40 DAYS Lawmakers Unable to Com plete I abors Within Con stitutional Limit. Salem The constitutional 40-day period prescribed for legislative ses sions expired with the important ques tions of consolidation, taxation and Income tax unsettled, so it was neces sary to extend the session over into this week. Even the aDPrODrlation bills did not make their appearance until Saturday. The pay of members ende. they work for nothing, and the legislators can remain as long as they please, with out expense to the state insofar as the pay of the senators and representa tives Is concerned. The compensation of the house and senate staffs, which Include everything down to the steno graphers and pages continues until sine die adjournment. The question of consolidating var ious departments of the state govern taent was In a chaotic condition and many believe nothing will be done at th's session. When the legislature adjourned over Sunday the Carkln bill was the only consolidation measure pending, as the Hall bill had been killed in the senate and the senate compromise bill was defeated In the house. The Carkln bill was lying on the house table and even If It is sent over to the senate it is very doubtful if it will get through 'hat body. 626 Bills Introduced, 117 Approved. At the close of the sixth week of the session a total of 626 bills had been introduced. A total of 227 bills origin ated in the senate and 309 in the house. In all, 117 bills had been approved by both houses and signed by the gov ernor. One bill has been vetoed. pet- cent Interest and mature in 20 years. Although the city of Astoria would pay no interest during the first six years of the life of the bonds, this exaction by the state would be In cluded in the deferred principal pay ments. All of the money to be derived frcrn the sale of the bonds would be expended in rebuilding the streets, ewer system and water mains. Representative Gordon's concurrent resolution authorizing a corporation to be formed to put on a world's fair at Portland in 1927 was adopted in both houses. The resolution would make the governor, the secretary of state and the state treasurer members of the corporation. Changes in Bonus Approved. A house Joint resolution which would refer to the people the question of amending the constitution so the benefits of the bonus and loan act wuuld be opened to Spanish-American war veterans and to Oregon soldiers who, anticipating the war, went into the army prior to those now benefited by the act, and also opening It to sig nal service women, who heretofore have been held to have been civilian employes, was adopted by the senate A bill Introduced In the house by Representative Bailey to prevent aliens not eligible to citizenship in the Uni ted States from holding any interest in real property in Oregon passed the senate without a dissenting vote. The bill is said to be identical with the laws already in effect in Washington and California and will forbid Orien tals from owning or leasing land in Oregon. The sheriffs' compensation bill, spon sored by Senator Klepper, was killed In the senate. The bill would have provided compensation for sheriffs or deputy sheriffs Injured in the perform ance of their duties or to their de pendents in the event these officials were killed in the performance of their duties. Paid Highway Board Is Defeated. The house of representatives for the second time this season has voted down BOARDMAN MORROW COUNTY, OREGON A NEW AND GROWING TOWN I a o o s y q w o w There remain 76 hills which have a bill to provide a paid highway com missioner. It defeated a bill intro deced by Representatives Hesse and Adams to appoint a highway commis sioner to be paid $10,000 per year. The house also defeated a bill to re quire a fifty-fifty apportionment of passed both houses and which await executive action. Of these, 30 are sen ate bills and 39 are house bills. The joint ways and means commit tee, upon concluding Its work approved appropriations for the present blen- TO MAKE PIGS PROFITABLE "The profitable pig," says the United siaies department of agri culture, "la the one dial never stops growing from the time It is far rowi'd up to the lime it is hauled to market." The wis,, hog grower stim ulates growth in the pig before the llttter Is farrowed by keeping the sow in good condition li Is assumed that the sire and the dam are of the right typo, big and growlhy. Pasturage of good quality, shorts or middlings, fisli meal or tankage to furnish protein, With sufficient corn or barley to keep them In fair flesh, make up list of desirable feeds for breeding hogs. Alfalfu, soy bean, or clover hay are valuable ad dltlons for winter feeding and may lie scattered out so as to induce the sows to take cvercise dally, n great necessity for breeding hogs. Sows must 1),, well fed to raise good pigs, but this does not include the da? befoN and the day after farrowing. For 24 hours before and nrter farrowing the sow should have no feed, but tepid water should be constantly available Alter tills fast, feed should lie given in small quan titles at first, then graduully tn crtuised up to full feed within lo days. Even before the pigs arc weaned they should have access to shelled corn in self feeders as a supplement tO the milk from their mothers. A soon as they are weaned they should be kept on full feed, either on self feeders or by hand. Pigs it hat are Well fed an have enough exercise will reach market weights at about eight months of age niuiii aggregating $t,120,085, or $669,- costs of overhead or underground rail 357 less than had been recommended road crossings on state highways, be- by the state budget commission. The i tween the railroad companies and the budget commission had recommended appropriation! la the amount of $6.- 789,542, after lopping off $440,000 from the amounts requested by the state departments, boards and commissions. appropriations authorised by the ways and means committee two years ago aggregated more than $8,000,000. Several members of the committee had a change of heart and rescinded their previous action with relation to the desert land board and the sealer of weights and measures department. Tho desert land board had requested an appropriation of $8500, which was declined at a previous meeting of the committee. The committee allowed this activity an appropriation of $R0O0. The request of the sealer of weights and measures for $111,000, turned down at a previous meeting, was allowed by the committee. Finance Body Bill Passed. After a bitter debate the senate passed a bill authorizing the creation of j state finance commission. This hill original' d In the house and was one of a number of measures Based on the report of the state tax Investigat ing committee, appointed following the last session of the legislature. The bill contemplates the appoint highway commission and county. Mrs. Simmons' bill to require physi cal examination of persons, both men and women, Beeking marriage licensos, passed the house. The bill has been amended by tack ing on the referendum clause to refer It to the people at the next general election. Also the provision prevent ing marriage of persons whose men tality is not over that of 12 years had been stricken from It. Senate Passes W. C. T. U. Bill. Representative Gordon's bill author izing an appropriation of $25,00U, with which to assist In establishing a home for dependent children wan approved by the senate. The home will be lo cated in Benton county and will be conducted by the W. C. T. U. The senate by a vote of 22 to 3 passed Senator Brown'B bill preventing the use of milk In the manufacture of substitutes for butter and other dairy products. The measure was di rected especially at oleomargarine, the manufacture and sale of which has Increased rapidly in Oregon during the past few years. Determined efforts were made to muster strength enough In the house to reconsider the vote by which Sena tor Eddy's bill to revise the high school courses of study was defeat' d. The ment of a commission of five members bill passed the senate after a prolonged to pass on all bonds proposed to be j debate, was reported out of the house 53 o u w o z H 53 O o w Ph o t-H 53 Q o 55 O o w Ph O T 55 o o o PS PS c fc-l 53 i Q Ph O Ph- 53 O O w Ph O O c 3 We alwa.Ns thought that the limit was reached by the country yokels when It comes to love sickness The city has dlspetled the thought. We witnessed a giggling tart being gushed by mi iron moulder darh To them they llvtnl in an ug,. when Adam and Kve first met up. No one was near, while a city roared at their feel Tho were so sick that We took a fresh chew to keop from being nauseated. We ran across a basement barb, r with th, head of an Kdlson. He had attached a shaft connection to the bottom pivot of a revolving door in one of the large ottlce building. This door alwavs has from two to four man power pushing it. He had hooked up this power to his lighting system and was actually gelling by as those uloe were gelling by. voted in the state, urrauge for a sink Ing fund to liquidate the obligations, supervise the certification of eld. nces of Indebtedness with the secretary of slate und otherwise lend their services to the end of tax reduction in Oregon. None of the members of the commis sion will receive sny salary. The governor has power to appoint the members of the commission with ths exception of the secretary of state. Banking Code Passed. With the threat of the governor's Teto hanging over the banking code, unless amended, by giving the gover nor the power to appoint the bunk superintendent, the house failed to re act to the threat, and passed the bill without a dissenting Note and without a solitary amendment. The si nate passed the bill by a vote of 26 to 4. Senator Itrown's steiilliatioti bill passed the house with only two dis senting votes. Kceiiey und Kubll were the only two members to vote against It Differing from the former sterili zation bill, it applies generally rather than to inmates of state Instltutiooa alone, and has tor its purpose the ster ilization of any person who may pre pagate the unfit. The senate by a vote of 24 to I pass, il Representative Hurd's bill au thorizing an appropriation of $250,000 committee on education with a divided report, and after the minority report In favor of the bill had been substi tuted for the majority report against It, the bill was voted down by twenty eight votes against twenty-six with six absent. Legislative Brevities. Representative Carkln on bthslf of the house members presented to Speak er and Mrs Kubll a beautiful engraved sterling ailver service of five piece With only 20 dissenting votes, the house passed house bill No. 313. In creasing the state tax on gasoljne from 2 to 3 cents a gallon. The senate by a vote of 23 to T passed a bill introduced by the com mittee on military affairs authorizing M appropriation of $16,000 annually for the maintenance of the battleship Oregon In the Portland harbor. I ' nde r I bill pass, d in the senate In corporated towns and cities of the state are prohibited from issuing a license to aliens to conduct pool halls, dance halls, card rooms, soft drink establishments or engage In the pawn brokers' business. The senate adopted house concur rent resolution No. 5, which provides that a commission be nam. .1 to confer with a like comuilseton from the stats o 53 o y 3 o H o 53 of Washington to Investigate Into the for the ftuaucial relief of the cit of i feasibility of building an interstate Astoria li iVr vhe provisions of the bill bonds would be Issuid by the stricken city and these purchased by the stau at i'fcr. The s.cuilllcs would draw 4 brldgo on the lower Columbia river. Members of the senate presented to President I'pton a beautiful silver serv ice tea set. The pr. seutatioa wee uuuie hi Senator iwidy. 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