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VOL. XI
at the capitol
News in Brief of the Doings of Oregon’s Law
makers During the Past Week
Bills So Far Introducad Indi
cate That Strict Economy
Plan Will bo Followed.
Prohibition OHI Main leave Thla Waak
—Standard Sorry and Hop Moao-
uroa Proposed— Psnslon Pasca Offl-
toro— Itodueo Stato and County Sal.
artoo— May Investigate Feasibility
of Growing Pia*—Amend Mother#'
Panalon Law. .
Salem —Whan tha legislature began
th* third waak of U>* aeaalon all tha
Important moaauroe of gonaral Inter
act, inch aa prohibition loglatatlon.
taxation amoadmonta, tha approprla
Uoa bill*, consolidation of board* and
aommlaatoaa.
highway
legtalatlon.
ehangaa la election law*, atlll remain-
ad to be paaaod upon.
Whlla a number of bill* wora paaaod
during tha paat weak they war* moat-
ly of a purely local character.
Sonata Give* Evidence of Economy.
The aenate gave evidence of a de
al r* for economy when It voted to
ahollah the etate decennial cenaua. re
pealed the law carrying an appropri
ation for tha naval militia and to abol-
lah tha atata accountancy board.
Tha houaa aleo paaaod a cenaua re
peat hill and It la expected that the
two houaa* will concur on one mesa
ure nod withdraw tha other.
A meaa ure abolishing the atata Im
migration commission, which ha* been
ooetlag $16,000 a year, paeeed both
houaa*.
What la atao regarded aa In line
with the economy policy was the no
tion, of the houee In passing the Schue-
bel bUI providing that all but an ex-
oepted few of the state funds be placed
la the general fund. Advocates of thla
measure claim It will result In a con
siderable annual saving to the atate.
Although the houae b ill* repealing
all continuing appropriations was re
ferred back to the committee for
amendment. It waa manlfeat that there
la a strong disposition on the part of
many members to ahollah all contin
uing appropriations.
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Houaa Manifests Intent to Sava Money
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A further manlfeatation of tha In
tention* to aav* money waa displayed
In n comparatively »mall way when
the houee passed the Week* Mil pro
viding amendments to the registra
tion laws that will ob.vtat* the neces
sity of mailing election pamphlets to
more than one voter in the aame fam
fly. Thla. It la expected. will aava one-
third the expens* of printing and mail
ing election pamphlets every two
years.
The committees In both houses are
working diligently to give ample con
sideration to all bllla that coma bn-
for* them. Committees that receive
tha Mggest grist of measures. Ilka the
committee on Judiciary, revision of
lawn, way* and manna, education and
s few others have bean holding dally
_In both {ha house and tha
aenata these committees are keeping
their work well op with their respec
tlve parent houaa*
Th* bouse now has received an eg
gregata of 20« bills, while the aenate
has received 98
Prohibition
Will Demand
Attention.
Tb* prohibition question doubtless
will demand much attention from tha
house thla week. Tb* committee on
alcoholic traffic will ba ready to re
port out th* Commute« of One Hun
dred'a bill aimed to make effective the
prohibition amendment to the consti
tution adopted by the people last fall.
Th* report will be favorable to th*
bill.
A prohibition bill thnt actually will
prohibit la desired by both the Oregon
legislature and th* overwhelming ma
jority of cltlsans who voted th* state
"dry" at th* last November election
Thl* fact was brought out conclu-
elvaly at an open meeting In th* hall
of the house o f representative* be-'
tween th* Joint committees on alco
holic liquor In both th* houaa and
senat*. Whlla th* pronounced senti
ment of t^a meeting, which was at
tended by moat of the members of
both houses, as well aa by Interested
persons of all part* of th* state, were
In favor of n "dry” Mil. there waa
•om* division of opinion as to "how
dry" to make IL
Standard Proposed far Barry Bax as.
A standard for box#* or basket* for
vporrtas, blackberries, loganbar-
raapberrlas and other berries la
rise, "rn
prescribed In a bill Introduced by Sen
ator Day. It also prescribe* a stand
ard hop measure.
The bill provides that berry boxes
shall have an Interior capacity of (7.2
cubic Inches (dry quart) or 22.( cubic
Inches (dry pint).
Th* standard for hop measure la
19,444 cublo Inches.
By tha provisions o f the measure,
tha position of county aealera of
weights and meaauraa Is abolished
and the atata sealer le given authority
to divide the state Into six districts
and appoint a deputy sealer for each
dtatrlct.
Panalon Ptmposad for Peace Officer«.
Representative Lewie, of Multno
mah county Introduced n bill in the
house, providing for the pensioning of
peace officers. In brief the bill pro
vide# that peace officers shall pay In
to a fund to be kept by the state trees
urar 1 pa.- cant o f tholr salaries, and
that If any officer Is disabled he shall
draw (SO n month whlla Incapacitated,
and If kill*«, hla widow ahall draw a
pension o f (90 n month during her
life; and If h* does not leave a wife,
but leaves children, they shall draw
this sum «ntll they reach the age of
11 years.
Balary Reduction In Btata and County
Senator Farrell's bill for the cutting
of salarlua of various atate and county
employ** la before the aenate It pro
vide*:
"On and after July 1, 1916. and ex
tending for a period of two year*, the
salaries of all official* and employes
who era at present receiving salary of
13000 or more ahall be reduced uni
formly 10 par cent, and the secretary
of state and the county clerks of the
aecoral counties ahall draw warrant*
In accordance* with this act In tha pay
ment of salaries."
Flax Plan tubenittad by Governor.
A message from Governor Withy-
combe urging the houae and aenate to
appoint committee* to Investigate the
feasibility of growing flax In thla state
was refereed to th* committee on agri
culture In the senate, with Instruc
tion# to report at th* earliest possible
time.
Governor Wlthyeomb# says he la of
the opinion thnt th* crop offer* a so
lution of thf* unemployment conditions
a t r a w t > e
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of convicts. He suggests (hat a fac
tory could be operated at the prison, " ♦■H W H ' t I'H H t H ' I H I I I H H H -H - l i t t l-H -l-H 'H " l"H --H -H "M -
the convicts doing the rough work
without coming In contact with fro*
labor
Widows' Pension Low Chang««.
If the amendment* to tb* widows'
pension law, contained In a bill Intro
duced In the senate by Senator Kells
her, becomes a law, ooly widows or '1
mothers who have lived In the atata '
three years and in the county one
year will be eligible to receive a pan
alon.
The bill limits tha amount that may
be paid to one family to 140 a month
Payments to this amount may be
made on the basis of 910 for the first
child and (7-60 for each additional
child.
Legislative Nuggets.
Representative Anderaon. of Wasco
county, has Introduced a bill In the
house providing for repeal of th* law
requiring a medical certificate "aa
additional requisite to Issuance of a
marriage license.”
Legislative lobbyists ware put on the
run by the house. The Schuebel anti
lobbying bill waa passed, after a warm
discussion, by a vote of 41 to 11.
Members of the legislature from
eastern Oregon are going to Inslat on
a liberal appropriation for bounties on
coyote*.
Representative Stanfield of Morrow
WHAT ARE “ ODDS AND ENDS*' FOR US
oounty baa Introduced In the house a
bill exempting banks from liability to
WILL NOT BE ODDS AND ENDS FOR YOU. THE
a depositor because of the refusal to
pay a check through mistake, unless
THINGS YOU BUY IN OUR STORE ARE ALWAYS
the depositor shall prove himself dam
IN STYLE. EUERY SEASON WE SELL OUT THAT
aged.
Simplicity marked th* entry of Ore
SEASON’S GOODS. TO DO THIS FAST WE PUT
gon's first woman state senator to th*
state capitol. Neatly, but not elabor
THE PRICES AWAY DOWN LOW.
atety dressed, with a black vail shad
Ing a pleasant but firm face. Miss
RIGHT NOW WE WILL SELL YOU MANY
Kathryn Clark, of Glendale. Douglas
ODDS AND ENDS OF OUR WINTER GOODS AT
county, passed Into the building at
th* front entrance and found her way
PRICES SO LOW THATI YOU WILL BUY WHEN
Into the senat* chamber.
YOU COME INTO OUR STORE.
DON’T WAIT:
The question of a special election In
the fall of 1916 to consider proposed
THEY W O NT LAST LONG.
constitutional amendments also la re
ceiving some attention, but It la ap
parent that It will be difficult to pass
a measure providing for a special elec
tion through thla legislature. It Is
pointed out that such an election will
cost the state fully 9100.000.
By a vote o f 14 to 12 the senate de
F A L L S O IT Y D E P A R T M E N T S T O R E
dined to memorialise congress to call
a constitutional convention to amend
the constitution *o that the United d i l l H -l-H 'H H - H - I-H I I H H - H - I 1.1 ■H -l-H -H -l- H - H -R -H - H -H -l-H -
States should have entire control of
the suppression of polygamy. Sena
tors voting against the proposal de
the propeller is usually mouted commissions, and creation o f nev
clared that It was a gratuitous Insult
to a state that had discarded the prac near the car. The Zeppelin has offices by law.
two cars, mounted close under the
tice of Mormonlsm.
The state Mining Bureau ant
A bill Introduced by Senator Rags main body, each of which has a Geological Survey wants $50,00
dale provides for the abolition of gasolene motor of five hundred
and that would not be so bad i
school districts and make« the coun
horse power. When carrying a industries resulted.
ties the units. Under it a county edu
cational board of five members would full crew o f twenty-five men and
But with the Blue Sky Lav
five tons o f bombs and other equip hampering mining operations, ant
have comalate charge.
O D D S A N D
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M O N E Y -S A V IN G P R IC E S
N. SELIG’S
BATTLESHIPS II
THE clonus
Strmany's Famoui Airships
Possibly your impression o f a
Zeppelin is that it is a cigar-shap
ed balloon with propelling appara
tus added. The large envelope of
a Zeppelin dirgible is not entirely^
filled with gas, but contains in
stead sixteen separate "balloon-
etts,” each o f which is filled with
hydrogen.
Thus a shot may
pjerce the envelope without bring
ing the airship to earth. Half of
the balloonets must be punctured
before a Zeppelin can be brought
down. A Zeppelin of the latest
known type measures four hund
red feet in length and fifty in
diameter. The frame that sup
ports the envelope is constructed
o f aluminum. Because of its rigid
construction, it is possible to
mount the propellers on the envel
ope. In the non-rigid dirgiblee
used by other European powers,
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During the aoeond week of the sea
alon both houao* gave evidence of an
Intont to live up to pledge* to axar-
olaa economy
Although tha big ap
propriation bllla. which abaorb moat
of tha taxpayora' money, have not ap
peared. there la an apparent Inclina
tion to cnrofully acrutlnlte all mass
nroa calling for axpondltura of atata
fund*. Both houaoa concurred In a
Joint reaolutlon for tha appointment
•f n Joint commlaaton to rocaiv* and
ooaatdar all bllla propoalng the con
aolldntlon of nil atata board* and com-
mlaalona. n propoaltlon favored by
many member*, which It la asaertad
will reeult In economy and promote
efficiency In administration.
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FALLS CITY. OREGON. SATURDAY. JANUARY 80. 1916
ment, a Zeppelin is capable o f a refusal o f the state to use Oregoi
speed of fifty miles an hour.
stone on public buildings, what i;
the use?
The largest of all aeroplanes in
use in Europe are the aeroplanes
o f the Russians. The Sikorsky bi
planes in use by the Ciar’s forces
stands sixteen feet high, are one
hundred feet wide, and weigh a
ton and a half. These monster
aircrafts are fitted with three en
gines which develops nearly a
thousand horse power, and carry
a crew of twenty men. The men
are carried in a cabin o f metal.
There is an elaborate landing
chassis of springe and pneumatic
tubes, so arranged that the huge
>iplane can land safely on rough
ground.—American Boy.
HOW TO HELP STATE INDUSTRIES
I f the state Architect and statt
boards in charge o f public worl
would co-operate and help ust
Oregon building materia), the in
vestment o f $50,000 in a state
mining bureau might not be s<
bad.
There is no co-peration on th<
part of officials to boost Oregon
industries when public money is
expended’ but thy all cooperate
when it comes to boosting appro
priations.
Here is a pointer for some of
those who .want approprations—
Oregon is loaded to the Luards
with officials and commissions-and
is weak in industries and loyalty
to real Oregon interest.
Some politicians can think of
There are protests against
nothing but passing new labor maintaining the Bureau o f Mines
aws, or taxing banks or corpora and Mining and the state depart
tions or industries. ‘
ment o f Geology when Oregor
Some can think of nothing but stone is regected on all publi<
appropriations for boards and buildings.