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PAGE 2 THE BOARDMAN MIRROR NICHOLAS LGNGWGRTH ':...: 'EGlSLATURE The legislature approved a 1)111 in- i -.roduccd by the ways and means com n'nsm rrro I innno : aittee 0rovldlng for the holdinK of a COMPLEIES LABOno 1 1 . on the seconl 1 ! lay in Septe mber, contingent upon the "ofCrendura of any of the revenue isures enacted at the 11125 session. MPS. L H. HADLEY CECIL ITEMS i'-' ml- "' A Congressman Nicholas Longwo of Ohio, who was selected by 1 republican caucus to be spei ci the new house of represent.,' INAUGURATION OF GOOLiDGE SIMPL Washington, I). C- Calvin Coolidge, 80th president ot the United States, was Inauguralcd chief executive in his own right Wednesday, March 4. At noon the 'ixih congrei i ended and Hie Hcnato of tho Gflth congress as sembled Immediately in extraordinary i.obsIoii and its duly chosen presiding officer, Charles Gates Dawes, was In i.tallcd in the office of vlCeB-presldi . ' A few minutes laler Mr. Coolidge wbh saoorted by a distinguished as senihlage from the senate chamber to tho east froni or tin- oapltol, where, in accord with tin' custom of more I han a cenlury, be took the oath ot office, kissed the Blbla ami delivered his inaugural address. Witii this simple ceremony conclud ed the president led I lie parade down Pennsylvania avenue to the White House, where lie reviewed Hie pro cession of marchers who "came lo Washington lo do him honor. BASIN PROJECT IS FEASIBLE; Engineers Declare Plan Economically Sound Cost Set at $193,5J9,r.95. Washington, D, 0, Report of 1 1 federal engineers who have been In ms ti gating the Columbia basin Irrjgo Hon proji el stamps approval on the proposed reclamation id' II n ;il semi arid portion in lie' smith central part of the state ol Washington, ac cording to i resume by the depart meni of the interior. In addition to finding no difficult engineering lea lures in the project the report of the board includes a greater area Ihan hail hi en proposed by stale i uglnei i ami other authorities, a total re claimable area of I.SSli.ooii ac n i ol first class agricultural land Is held to be feasible by the use of a gravity irrigation syslem, supplemented With short pumping lifts. The lotal cost of the proposed I Ian is estimated tit H&8.359.695, with an inlliul expenditure to irrigate I lie first lands of 164,000,000. Pullman Car Charge to Stay. Washington. D. ' Pullman mm hat i roads for slccpini eonunodntlons win The house by a ol fused to accent a I to the Independent Ins the surcharge, Th per cent p rtland ! white Wheat I ! while and "northern V hard winter and western western red, $1 s,; ay alfalfa, ils r.oc.i i timothy. MKIM! BS timothy, trtmi Butterfm 17c ch liven Rggs Ranch. Cheese Prices I 0, I Triplets, 29c; loaf, 30c fi eirttil ---t-rrr-KO.ldi 7- Hogs Medium to dude i ll.Tt. 1.9(1 I'erllllllcl. TtHMMJol lb. Cigarette Tax !s Most Signal Accomplishment of the 33rd Legislative Assembly. Salem. The thirty-third legislative assembly of Oregon completed its la bors alt' r a session which extended six days over the 40 day constitutional period. By holding over a few days the session closed without the custo mary confusion and turmoil which i . i d i he c losing hours of some pre While the session will not be notable lor the number of big constructive mi ssures pass. d. neither can it be crlt I for having enacted laws delrl i lental to the state at large. No ses i t in recent years has been so free : proposed freak laws. Aside from (lie underyllng hostility between the ovi ' nee and the law-makers, the ses lon id ili" bole was harmonious and there was utile friction between house and Benat e or. among members. Ciejnrtttes Taxed. Prom B taxation point Of view per haps the most signal accomplishment of the si ssion was the passage of the "cigarette lax law." Ah passed it cov ers cigarettes, papers, tubes, smoking tobacco and snuff. Cigars and chew ing tobacco are exempt from the tax. The law was passed much against the will ot many of the members of both houses, and more- than any other mens ure caused the legislators to squirm and pretest and denounce the exeru live, hit! conditions were so critical thai there was nothing else for them lo do, lor the governor insisted thai failure lo pass such a revenue produc iug law would leave the state without I ii nt funds to meet its various Estimates place the revenue expect ed from Ibis new source during the coming year and a half at approxi mately 11,041,000, on cigarettes .alone, Tin' cigarette tax, together with the bill requiring a tax on the gross earn ings of utilities and the measure re quiring payment of 30 per cent Into the general fund from the earnings of self-supporting stats activities, marked B new era in taxation 111 Oregon, Initi aling a System that promises to relb'c n ::l property of much assessment bur Whlle the legislature gave the gov ernor Ii 1b tax on tobacco, It Ignored his suggestions (or a severance tax and a number of oilier possible sources of revenue. Governor Retains Patronage. Governor Pisroe waH not made a martyr by the legislature. His pat ronage was not taken from him. A futile attempt or so to shift some of liis appolnthe power lo the slate board id' control came to naught. In the patroaagS line the governor still retains In his charge the fish Commission and the game commission, lie' elld not' lose the state prohibition department, but was compelled lo make a change In the head of that de partment, by the appointment of W. S. I.eMtiis to succeed (loo. I,. Cleaver. f- The proposal of tho governor thai the public service commission be made appointive by the governor Instead of . lertUe. as at present, failed, and Mis refusal lo approve' of an appropriation for the commission was overridden, but hp won a point by having the legislature- place a gross earnings tax on uUIIKcs in the. belief that this tax iiieiiri would be used for the support of the commission. Trucks end Busses Regulated. Tie highway bill of major import nnce, m that it establishes a new prln e Iple Of truck and bus regulation, over which Hue railroads and truck owners have fought for a month, commanded inon attention during the closing days of lleei session than any other measure .nmllwas not disposed of until the last i' v hours of the session. .Tim hill was sent to the govern, r uncluinged, although the executive in i ei. .... . e to t he house bad cmph i sixeel (he danger of excessive rale training connection ma I Hills ma! school without nlfenling protection to the i bus lines through providing for a cer tificate of public necessity and OOB-veiilelire. : ! 1 Sheep U(j II Lambs, medium to Seattle Wheat Soft white, hard wli northern spring, $1.90; wesleri II- 11. III! . $SS; d I,..,. tim UN $1.8t ; western r bluest em. ft.lt. llfty Alfalfa. Itt; D I othr. $26: D. 0. $SS; mix Butterfat 46e. Eggs kanch, IsfcSOe. itogsr- Prime mixe d. $1: ( Ule Choice steers. $7.7i s :.i Cheese XVushington cream brick lie; Washington triplets. Washington Young America. Siruc Spokane 4os Prima mixed. lis ' -Csttle rritr.s stew, IMf r HMN ft"tWI " Trpr claT Tee o vcr atid above all regular charge- against busses and trucks operating bet .-. fixed termini. On trucks this rate is 1 mill per ton capacity, multiplied by the number of miles traveled On busses the rate is set at three eptartera of a mill per passenger seat multiplied by the number of miles traveled. In (he way of highway legislation, he ,e cotul import ut bill was ties Ford market road measure, which pro vielos eooperutlon between the high .i de parltnent and county court Gas Tax Not Increased. The legislature turned down the proposals for extracting, more money from gasoline consumers, and the law makurs also refused to revise the auto mobile license fee system or tamper with the method of financtug tt. bifhwsy bonds of the state. Nine Measures Referred. Nine measures, referred by the 33d i ion of the Oregon legislature to he people for' action, will go on tho Fallot al the September election, pro viding such an election contest is precipitated through the invocation of he referendum on the budget finane ing prqgram. A tenth measure, to which the referendum clause has been ittached, the eastern Oregon state normal school question, was- eliminat ed from tho provisions of the special iloction bill and will go over to the general election of 1926, as will all 3ther m asures if there is no occasion or calling tho special election. The educational status of the state remains unchanged, Free textbooks, general suffrage nt school elections, kindergartens and revised high school curriculum, with Bible reading in tho public schools, lost. The Ashland nor mal school, however, has been reviv ed and an appropriation was made for ChOOl al Independence m With the Monmoulb nor providlng for branch nor traming in high schools were defeated. Farmers received their biggest bents fit when the legislature arranged for the $1,51)0,000 to be used for the pur chase of seed wheat, a relief measure necessary because of the severe storm if several months ago. TWO' attempts made in the house to puss senate bill 227, providing for sub mission lo a vote of the people tho calling of a constitutional conven tion, went down to defeat. The bill to create a board of cen sors for movies died in the senate, alter passing (he house. Little Irrigation Legislation. Irrigation received little attention. Phe chain of bills promoted by San Francisco bankers for the benefit of bondholders, blow up when attention was called to them, and the agents Handling these measures retired in disgust after a month of lobbying. The bills were not even introduced. The Davis Oakes irrigation hill, giv ing authority to irrigation districts to sell surplus water and to apply the proceeds to improvements, or to the retirement of bonds, is of much im portance to the irrigation people. Prohibition laws have been tight sned up by making penalties more severe for violation in some cases, BUCh as operating stills or driving automobiles while Intoxicated. As a result of the Cordon bill pro vidlng for II slabllshment of mutual savings banks In the stfite a big de parture' from the present established banking system has been taken. ' Armistice Day Legal Holiday. A state department of Americaniza tion has been created and Armistice day has- been voted a legal holiday. fan DeiintS resolution, which bans an Inheritance tax or state Income tax In Oregon for 15 years, will be iUbmltted to the people at the next elect ion. Ili'unls and commissions were es tablished to examine beauty doctors, chiropodists nnd'real estate brokers. fine forestry bill passed guards against fire and another makes a start on relaxing litxes on cut over laud to foster reforestation. ll will cost more to marry and mure to gel a divorce, the fees hying in creased. Resolutions Adopted. Resolutions adopted were to the following effect; Opposing the state's embarking in the public utility bud Dess; calling for investigation of need ed c hanges in workmen's com pen tuition law; supporting the public serv-' Ice commission suit for' centrul Ore Hon railroad development.; asking in vestigation and report to ni'Xt ses sion on advisability of consolidation of various state departments; amend tni nl of state constitution to be sub in, lied si e'..lng divided session of the !. datuTe; appointment of committee to study methods of indirect taxation, lo report at next session. Considerable ot the legislative ma terial which was most talked of be fore the session opened, failed, The legislature refused to ratify the pro is ied rjhtsi laaor swatlHBiBV m fifth Ci d r il constitution. Au attempt to atkmu the candi dates' section of the official voters' pamphlet fell by the wayside In the seuate. Governor Pierce's scheme for Im iiuiise water ami power deve lopment 01 the Clear lake project, which would have tmolved mltllonsof dollars, was ciuletly put to sleep and the propos el waur power amendment of Senator Joseph received no attention. The governor vetoed all bills pass ed during the recent session of the legislature appropriating money for the construction of state armories The entire armory program was dis approved by the joint ways and means committee, but during th: last da of the session bills were pu.-sed pnn Iding for an armory at Forest I'im.', l.a Craado and Cottage Grove. week end guests L, funis of the Mrs. L. H. Hadley, wife of Repre ; scntative Hadley of Washington, who j was nominated without opposition to ; be president of the Congressional club, the exclusive official women's j club of Washington, D. C. POSTAL SALARY BILL SIGNED BY COOLIDGE Washington, D. C The postal pay and rale increase bill was signed by Preside nt Coolidge. It increases the pay of postal clerks and carriers num bering more Ihan 200,000 by about 320 each a year, adding about $fi8; OOO.OOd to the government payroll. Revenue from postal rates Increased by the. new law will bring in an addi tional $69,000,000. A new 2-cent service charge on par cols post will raise $13,000,000 and zone rale s on newspaper reading mat ter In the second class will be iu creased considerably. The rate on postal cards Is increased from 1 to 2 cents, but otherwise first-class rates are unchanged. The bill also carries a "rider" lim iting campaign expenditures of con gressional candidates. Und r the new law congressional candidates cannot spend more than the amount obtained by multiplying three cents by tho total number of votes cast in the last general election for the office for which he is running, but in' no case exceeding $25,000 for tho senate and $5000 for the house. A flat maximum of $10,000 for sena torial races and $5000 for house cam paigns is sot for candidates from less populous district 8 who would ho re stricted to less than these amounts by three cents a vote. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Harmau and daughter of Walla Walla arrived in Cecil on Saturday and will visit wii i Mr. arid Mrs. Geo. Krelis of the l-ast Camp for an indefinite time, Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Itoss and son of Wasco were the of Mr. and Mrs. 1 ! Logan cottage. Zennett Logan of Boartlraan matte pS hurried triy, to the Leon Logan ranch in i'ourtnile on Monday. Mrs. Jack Hyncl of Butteifly Flats i left on the local on Suu l.iy for Port land and other Valley points. She i was accompanied by Miss Hynd of I lose Lawn. Henry Krebs of the Ls; 1 Oaiap wlls a Ollelleton called V.'eilncsda' . J. W. Osborn Of l'uirview unci Hen ry streeter of Cecil were ail trans acting business in lone during the j week. 3. '. Balllnger of Boardman arriv ed at the Al Henricksen ranch, near lowing, on Tuesday and, with his crew of-men, is busy hauling hay for 1 A. Henricksen. Sam Barnett Cecil caller on .' YV. E. AhuIi , Of one were h friends in ; ,1 ai nesday. Jack 1 1 v i i I and FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 192. hurrled call at the Shepherd's Best on Friday evening. B. A. was c-u-route to Portland. K. L, Smith of Arlington was a Cecil caller on Saturday. !' Eightmile was a ednesday, .. and H. HaveCOSt oklng up their old mnd Cecil on Wed E. Bchaffer of But terfly Flats escorted the Misses Myr tle, Grace and Laura Chandler and j Miss Annie Hynd to Heppner Tues day evening. They took in tin' "Lost Battalion" and all report having a ' pleasant evening. Al Henricksen of Pendleton has been in Cecil most all week looking after interests and we notice he Is driving a new Nash coach. Leon Logan. Ed, Fanchjer, H. Smith were all Fourmile farmers in Cecil on Tuesday looking after seed wheat so they can start reseeding. V. V. Perelo of Ewlng who bus l-been in Pendleton and vicinity for the past two weeks returned to bis ranch on Sunday. Uoy Duncan of Busy Bee, accom panied by J. B, O'Niel and son .lack, .were business cullers iu Arlington on Monday, Jack Hynd. Hep, II :h Mude-nt. pent the week end "el. WH on the farm," finding things lb good order. lie returned to Ins school duties on Monday. Miss Mary O'Niel was the guest or Miss Minnie Lowe of the Highway Holies on Tuesday. Jack Hynd and George Wilson of Butterfly Flats spent Saturday even ing in Heppner. Miss Myrtle Chandler of Willow I Creek ranch spent Thursday with Miss Minnie Hynd of Butterfly Flats. Cecil was visited by one of her fani ' mis sand storms on Friday, so the broom brigade is out in full force1 J once more, Bob Thompson of Heppner made a CONDON Mr J. C. Bturgtll left for Baker city sundnv morning,.' having resign ed his position as Deputy Sheriff of ,j,;s counlv. and will be employed as Deputy clerk in Baker County. Miss Harriet Quigloy has ncepted the po sition of Deputy Sheriff In Mr. Btur gitj's place. All tax statements have been sent p thts week by the Sheriff. Graveling on the Clem highway will he commenced the end of this week by Nyberg and 0tek and the John Day highway and MikkalO road arc ex pected to be completed In the near future. -i Tlie- wheat money appropriated by the legislature is now being distribu ted among tin farmers in tills sec tion. Mr. Art H'heolhotise was in Condon today (Wednesday, March 4) to at tend a meeting lf h! loan committee Of this county, for wheat growers. This committee consists of Judge j Fou ler. 3. M. Hoag, Chas. H. Hor- ner and Art Wheeliciuse. The Condon baseball club was out fo'r their first practice of the season Sunday and they have good prospects ; for a winning team this year. With the exception of one or two new play ers, the team will consist of the same ' players as lust year. Mr. J, M. Hoag, County Commis sioner, was in Condon Wednesday I from his home In Ulalook for the reg- 1 ular term of County Court. i v.. a. Femes of Jiayviiie was ar rested for assault and battery and was tried before Justice of the Peace Darling. He lias been in jail since Your Conversation "SPIC ANP SPAN" Housewives like to be told S that their kitcnens are spic and span." Spic Is a corrup tion of spike or null, and span means n chip. The ships In which every bit of wood and every nail were new were orig- lnally described as spic and I span. Doctor Johnson, of die- tionary fame, says, however, 0t that span Is a reference to the $ apannans or stretchers on which cloth was placed during the b'nul processes of weaving. 3 My idee of the Ihree hardest Jobs In th world is : Actin' us iparrin' partner for Jack Dempsey, lig- urin' up John D.'s Income tax,, an' bain' secretary texn lady congressman. BRIEF GENERAL NEWS The senate called upon President Coolidge to make public the report of the fedoral trade commission on its investigation into gasoline prices. Major-General James Harrison Wil son, U. S. A., retired, last of the corps commanders .in the Union army dur ing the Civil war, died at his home In Washington, D. C. The appointment of James F. Par ton of Fort Dodge, la., as national ad Jutant of the American Legion was announced by James A. Drain, na l lonal commander. Vice Presidentelect Charles G. Dawes announced the" selection of E Ross Bartley, member of the Wash Ington staff of The Associated Press as his secretary. The German government has sent a note to the secretariat-general of the league of. nations protesting against the maintenance of French troiis In Saar valley. United States Senator Medill Mc Cormick of Illinois, one of the repub iican leaders of the senate, died sud deiitly at his hotel In Washington P. C, of what Coroner I. Ranisa Ni vill announced was heart disease. NEW PARTY ADOPTS LA FOLLETTE PLAN MAXWELL TOURING CAR In good running order, for sale cheap or trade for air compressor or good second hand light di rect current electric motor. Or what have you? SEAMAN'S GARAGE Irrigon - - - Oregon OFFICIAL DESIGN.OF THE OLD OREGON TRAIL-ASSOCIATION Chicago. The la Follette plan for the organization of a new national political party was adhered to at a meeting here of men and women who decided op the formation of the party after the sine die adjournment ol the conference for progressive political action convention, which they attend ed as delegates. A name for the party will be decided upon later. Representatives of the 16 labor or ganisations affiliated with the con ference for progressive political ac tloa did not participate In the meet ing. A committee to whom the matter of the baals of representation In the new party was referred recommend ed that the party consist of state or ganisations constituted on geographi cal llnee in conformity with electlou laws of the different stole. Wv i'. The design of the o team and covered wagon symbolizes the spirit of the old west. It typifies vision nK.urancc, hope, suffering and final ac complishment. Over the Old Oregon Trail from the Missouri river the cov ered u it and w on an empire for the United States. 4 The design is the work of Avard Fairbanks of the University of Oregon. - 1
