1 INDEPENDENCE, OREOON, FRIDAY, JANUARY CO, 1111. Nuriilx r 34 ESTABLISHED 188 J. OREOON '5 LAWMAKERS OREGON LAWMAKERS WORK AS REVIEWED. Initial Week li Qultt and Little Has Bean Accomplished Aslds from Organisation. Ralera -Aside from organisation and election of presiding officers very little was accomplished during U Initial woek of the session by the state's lawmakers. Scarcely th groundwork of lnllatln and policy wan laid during the thre days tbe aolmia were In session. Although not In ymn hna the first week of lawmaking been marked by grcutor quietude wltn Indications of a father sedate ii'imhjn, before the ees Ion la over there may be auuie htgli grade politic played under the dlroc tlon of Jay liowernuui. A peculiar altuatlon exist In both house, and before the aeaaloQ progreeaaa very far complications may arise that will re- ault In a few political sky rockots Progressive Republicans Control Although the inxallod progressive Republicans are In the middle In boll branches, It la only tnrough the a ahituoco of a few Republicans whose ' sympathies In the past have not been wholly ta accord wih the "Oregon .Systom." Den Soiling was eleced president of the senate with the help ' of aome four Republicans .who Have never accepted the entire Oregon system. In the hou.to. Speaker Jerry Rusk waa elected by the Republicans not clasHod as progressiva. The fun will begin when Senator Kellaher's resolution to Indorse the Oregon Bynienv 14 "Vp ftfrrtiyerH-- tlon. The resolution will be the means of placing on record tho nie-n-bers of the senate and. Bhow vhere each ono stands regarding the direct primary, Initiative and referendum, tho recall, corrupt practices net and the rest of the system. This renolu tlon la to he made the means for a general and apoclllc attack on United States Senator Hourno and lnclden tally upon United States Senator Chamborlaln. Despite the opposition It Ib believed there aro enough pro gressive Republicans and Democrats to adopt the resolution. Little Is Accomplished. As to actual accomplishments, there have boon few in the first week. There appears to bo a tendency to hold down the number of bills Intro duced, for there have been but 66 In troduced, and of these only 30 have come from, the house. Usually, the first week of the legislature sees about 100 or more bills Introduced and the printing office congested. Of the 60 'bills alroady presented, there are few of first Importance. The big leg islation, such as the new judicial sys tem, the compensation act, reappor tionment for the new congressional district, and the like, will not appear until the coming week. Bowerman Plan for Districting State. In his message to the legislature Mr. Bowerman recommended . the dis tricting of the state Into districts equal in number to the membership of the house and the senate, one mem ber to each branch 'of the legislature to be chosen from the districts so es tablished. It is not known that the recommendations of Mr. Bowerman will be embodied in a bill, but, regard less of whether or not they are, it Is Incumbent on this legislature to re dlstrlct the state Into senatorial and representative districts. This duty Is imposed on the legislature by a pro vision of the state constitution which directs the state's lawmaking body shall bo redlstrlct the state following a fltate or federal census. Want PuMlo Service Commission. Not fewer than two bills will t offered on the subject of a public ser vice commission. One will propose such an organlaition for the control f corporations in Multnomah County alone. Another will be state-wide In Its provisions. It Is not improbable that a third bill on this subject will appear. Would Ditch Vatoad Bills. Bunator Rowerinan will probably be one of the leaders in an active oppo sition wblcb will develop against III coiuildereUon of any of the M vetoed bills which have Immki returned from the governor after the last regular session, lis declares that theee bills are all dead, that a special eeelon Intervened between the last regular nn too, and the present se anion, and that the bills should bave been voted upon at the special session, Ttie constitution In Section IS of Article V provides Chat the bills sha be acted upon at the "nsit session." There ta no meot'on of regular see slm. and It U the contention of How ennan that plainly the legislature should have voted npoA them at that time. In tbe bouse bills" vetoud by Oovernor Chamberlain were prlncl Clpally relating to Increases of salary for various county and district offi cers, Chamberlain exercising bin pre rogutJve In connection with all ot those. Other vetoes of house bills were In relation to appointment of a board of trustees of the McLaughlin Home at Oregon City, a horticultural bill and other minor measures. There were 23 senate bills vetoed. These Included Mils relating to ex amination before securing a marriage license; defining vagrancy; reglstra tlon of voters; exemption of "bonds from taxation; making it a misde meanor to circulate' false statements j concerning the condition of a bank; ! publishing delinquent tax li.ts; d flirt j lug the boundaries of Coos and Curry counties; relating to fishing near IIkIj ways; providing for preparation of a syllabi of supreme court cases; Dr Owena-Adalr sterilization bill; provld- lug for organization of new Counties and a number of bills In reference to salaries for county officers. Officer Against Emergency Clause. Speaker Rusk of the house adds bis voice to that of President Selling of the senate in emphatic declaration that emergency clauses will have hard sledding during the present session of BARNEY 0LDF1EUX World's Ofeeteoi Awte Breed er Suepeedod Fee Year. NEW OFFICERS IN HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE FARMERS ARE . INTEREST C'-n-rul Gibson I'oat, No. fit, and The Independence High B hool d- Genera) Gibson KelL-f C'orpa, No. 42. bating team will meet tbe Dallas held a Jo nt Installation In their ball nigh tM-nool one week from Saturday, last Saturday. The lnvt..l guests Independence will have the negative present w-re Deputy Pres. V. K. C, of the question, without reference Mr. Llzse Smith of Salem; and to the last state election; resolved:; Mr. Hattle Cameron, Department That the method of Single Taxation Treasurer, and lhi teachers of the should be adopted. j The annual Farmers Week cours Independence schools. It was a very you are all cordially Invited to be at tho Oregon Agricultural College protty occasion and greatly enjoyed present, and help our town team win. has been aet for February 13 to IS by all in attendance. a small admission fee will be charg- mi the plans for the week are being Peter Cook acted as Installing of- ed to defray expenses., On the earns rapidly brought to completion. la flct-r of the Post and .Mr. Llixle Bight our affirmative team will go to addition to the regular lecture and Smith Installed the Corps. IsiUi ny. i , ey ie ili.ing some ei- demonstration work in fruitgrowing, The Corps officers were Installed cellent work In debating are: Affirm- orchard work, marketing, aoils, drain as follows: President, Mlaa Iima atVe( Basle Hartn.an, Ernest Wll- age, farm management, stock raising, Ewlng; Sen. Vice Ir-., Mrs. Lavilla iamg and Marlon Butler. Negative, home management, insect and disease Cooper; Chaplain, Mrs. Kllia Ewlng; Vale Hlltebrand. Cecil Swope, Ray pests, butter and cheese making a id Treasurer, Mn. .Mlwle Fetzor; Con- Williams and Floyd Browne. kindred subjects, two special features ductor, Mrs. Esther Morgan; Guard. Independence la not only being well jn the form of discussions and demon- Mrs. Sarah Burright; AstlHtant Con- represented this year In athletica aud stratlons on the subject of good roads SHEEHAN IS NAMED on i!j!ili!,-.I,lad.ra for, e'meiU.-cWIt.thftJUaj County man and goucy clauses, which have the effect of puttlDg laws Into force without opjwrtuiilty for use of the referendum. will be told to halt unless they can show absolute necessity. The legislature is tho solo Judge as to the existence of tho emergency. With President Selling and Speaker Rusk strongly opposed to fictitious "emergencies," the coming session may be made comparatively free from too frequent use of the harmless-look ing clause which so often brlng3 up the rear paragraph of bills when they are Introduced. Take Apportionments from Speaker. In ihe house, under the leadership of Eaton, defeated candidate for spouker, strenuous efforts were made to take out of the hands of Speaker Rusk tue appointment of the 42 stand ing committees. It has been frankly charged by Eaton and his colleagues that in con sideration of Thompson's retirement from the speakership contest and hi support of Rusk. Rusk conceded 40 Thompson the naming of most of the house committees. In the senate no effort was made to deprive President Selling, as pre- iding ofllcer, of the privilege of com posing his own comm:ttees. May Simplify County Division. Solution of the county dlvlslo: question, so that a deluge of plans foi creating new counties will not go on the ballot at the next election, Is be ing studied by all members of the legislature and several bills on the subject are to be introduced, besides consideration of a votoed bill of last session bearing on the same subject. Sterilization BUI Up Again. Having assured herse'.f that if her sterilization bill is passed by the leg islature It will not meet with veto by the governor, as It did three years ego, Dr. Owens-Adair is busy lining up members of the legislature to pass tbe bill over the veto when It cornea tip. State May 8crub Pupils. Keep school children clean by a compulsory process, require that they carry no disease by dirt into the schools with them and that Gtey be tree from vermin, arc ideas fathered by Senator Chase of Coos, who will either introduce a bill to Ibis effect himself or will arrange to have it in corporated in a bill to be Introduced by tbe legislative committee ot tbe Continued on page 2 Twenty-flvs Bolt and Deadlock Senator Likely. Albany, N. Y. William F. Sheehan was nominated as the Democratic candidate for United States Senator at the Joint caucua of Democratic legislators, receiving 62 votes, four more than a majority of all the Dem ocratic members of both bouHes. Twenty-five legislators bolted the caucus and, if all those-who entered the caucua vote for Sheehan, the ab sentees can prevent his election, be cause a majority of all the members of both houses present and voting is necessary for election. Eaton Roasts Enemies. Salem, Ore. Senator Bourne, ex Senator Fulton and W. S. U'Res were severely arraigned by Representative Eaton of Lane In a speech in the House of Representatives for their participation In the organization of the present Legislature. Eaton's ad dress., which was in some particulars sensational, was delivered as a vale dictory, following the unsuccessful at- ductor, Mrs. Mangle Finch; Asalst- debating, but all grades above the ant Gif!ird, Mrs. Sadie Howard. third have entered tho County Spel- ; After the Installation the ladles of i8 contest and in the first contest tbe Corps served a bountiful lunch tUa gln grade, under Prof. Buell, has which wag enjoyed by all present. Press Correspondent. LETTERS OF CONGRATULATION S won first place, a::d several of the other grades are well to the top. This U something we Justly feel prou of, as only a few years ai?o plaint wag almost unanimous for the state and Irrigation in the Willamette Valley will be aided to the program. A large corps of special lecturer, many of whom are representative men of this state, have been secured to assist the College experts in car- corn- rying on the work. This has made In re- It possible to fill every hour of the gard to the poor spelling of the 8th day from eight In the morning uutll ten at night with special features. .ample copies of Tbe Enterprise Eraje sen$ abroad are daily bringing re- suits and many complimentary letters havi been received from friends In OLD SOLDIER TORTURED our former home town. Dr. F. D. Levtla, an eminent young physician "For years I suffered unspeakable brin up for discussion and demon The work will deal entirely with vital problems which are claiming the attention of the people of Oregon. Those in attendance will be urged of Tiverton, writes under date of torure from indigestion, constipation Btratlon subjects In which they- are Jan lary 13, as follows: and l ver trouble", wrote A. K. SmIU particularly interested and which per- "pear friend: I received a copy cf a war veteran at Erie, Pa., "but Dr. tajn to the pecular problems aris- thej Enterprise, and looked it over Kln?'s New Life Pills fixed me all lng out of tnelr experience and which very carefully. It is a neat little right TheyVe simply great Try them arJ charcteristlc of their particular weekly and I wish to congratulate fjr any stomach l.ver or kidney trou con,munty. The work will be' carried you) and I most sincerely wish you ble. Only 2oc at all druggists . very Jnucn , the form of' a iar?e loads of success." --. !r,rmpr, inatltuta with a sneclal di- vision giving particular attention to Ft E. Wray, furniture dealer and Jeweler, writes under the same date: "Dear Friend: I just received a sauiide. copy of your paper and am glad to note that you are again at you favorite vocation. Hope that youf new location will prove satisfac tory' and that your adventure will be a financial success." his associates to wrest from Speaker Rusk the nppolntment of the House standing committees SUFFRAGISTS END MEETING IN DISORDER Tacoma, Wash. The session of the Washington Equal Suffrage Associa tion ended in a row in the climax of which tears were shed, a fist or two shaken and some headgear got much off its balance. The convention In Tacoma Music hall resolved itself into a veritable fhree-ring circus with Mrs. Emma Smith DeVoe, president of the state association, presiding at a meeting of delegates In the basement, the vener able Abigail Scott Duniway, of Port land, acting as chairman of a gather ing up stairs, and Mrs. George B. Smith, of Seattle, and Mrs. Mary Ark wrlght Mutton, of Spokane, harrang ing a crowd on the steps, Mrs. Smith In tears, very angry and with her hat all askew. At the final meeting of the delegates of the National Council of Women Voters in this city, it was decided to organize an advisory board, headed by Governor J. H. Brady, of Idaho Isaac W. Stevens, of Denver, waa named as a member of the board, and other members will be announced by Governor Brady later. National headquarters have been lo cated In Tacoma to be used until aftei the National convention of 1912. "ACXERMAN PRESIDENT" ANTIOCH Miss Mamie Mack and Elbert Pet erson were trading in Monmouth Fri day. J. Clark was a guest of his sister Mrs. Belle Sullivan, at Monmouth last week. The election of Prof. J. II. Acker mnu as president of the State Normal School at Monmouth, was indeed a wise move on the part of the board ofregents which met in Salem Mon day. With such an able Instructor at the .head the success of the In stitution is assured. Prof. Ackerman, for the past twe Jve years, has been, superintendent of public instruction In the state and has proved to be a man of great value in the causeofeducation. ADDITIONAL LOCAL the various features of home making and management. A poultry show, at which the best 'owls In the Northwest will be ex hibited, is scheduled for the last day ot the session. This feature, in con nection with the special work on good roads and irrigation, will add (treatlv to the scope of the work. "tMfsVina Fishback went to Carlton' Indications are 'that last year's at fi.,,Dr -w cho urn ho pmninv. tendance of 400 will be more than ed la her brother's bakery. j "bled this session. Dean Cord- J ley reports that communications are A. J.Shipley, who has been teach- j coming In in much greater numbers lng at Smithfield, was obliged to than ever before and that the gen return home and abandon the school: eral Interest throughout the state temporary on account of the deep 8eems to Justify the belief that the Bnow , College will be crowded to its utmost .' f I during this week. The railroads have Venejta Waller of Monmouth, vlsite 'promised to give special rates for with ber friend, Belle Rogers, last j accommodations for the visitors. Saturday. t l l Joe Hansman, wife and daughters. Myrtle and Vernie, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Milt Bashley. W. E. Lynch of Dallas, was the city on business yesterday. in America's Biggest Warship Launched Philadelphia. Splashed with thi traditional bottle of champagne, th battleship Arkansas, the largest war ship ever constructed In this country was launched from tbe yards of th New York Shipbuilding Company at Camden, N. J. ' H fa Own Valuation. "Belle tells me she Is sorry she ever married you." said a young lady to the husband of her dearest friend. "So she ought to be," he retorted. "She did some nice girl out of a good husband!" Unhappinoss. They who have never known pros perity can hardly be said to be un happy. It is from the remembrance of Joys we have lost that the arrows of affliction are pointed. Emile Zola. The council met in Its regular semi monthly sessiom Wednesday evening but nothing of importance transpired, If you want to stay out in the rain and ytet keep dry. come in and see Conkey, Walker & Lehman. They car ry everything 1m the way of wet wea ther goods. Conkey, Walker & Lehman are showing the best and latest line of men's: ladies' and children's shoes and they will keep your feet dry. Our men's furnishing goods depart ment Is well supplied with all the latest wear for man or boy. Conkey Walker & Lehman. Come? kii and see our men's and boy's clothing and you will not hesi tate tobuy wlien you see the quality compared with the price. Conkey Walker & Lehman. You will always find our dry goods department in every detail with all the latest and best wearing material and at prices that will please you Conkey, Lehman & Walker. SAVES TWO LIVES "Neither my sister nor myself might be living today, if it had not been for Dr. King's New Discovery" writes A. D. McDonald, of Fayette N. 'C. R. F. D. No. 8, "for we both had frightful coughs that no other remedy could help. We were told my sister had consumption. She was very weak and had night sweats but your wonderful medicine completely cured us both. It's the best I ever used or heard of." For sore lungs, coughs, colds, hemorrhage, lagrlppe, asthma, hay fever, croup, Whooping cough, all bronchial troubles, Its suprem It will never rain rosea. If we want Trial bottle free. 50c and 1.00. Gti- couraging to say the least, but Inde more roses we must plant more trees. 1 aranteed by all Druggists. pendence is prepared to meet it ' GOES TO ARIZONA e ej Letha Egleston of Monmouth, vis ited, with friends here the latter par, of last week. No need to take the statement of someone living far away as evidence. Here's a case right in this locality. E. Woods, 22 North 5th St., Salem, Ore., says: "It gives me pleasure to recommend Doan.s Kidney Pills. Al though I have never used this rerue- by myself, it has been taken by mem bers of my family for kidney and bladder trouble with good results.' For sale by all dealers. Price 50 New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other. J. N. Dixon started for Arizona the latter part of last week where he is called as a witness in a trial, in- which the Southern Pacific Rail road Co. is interested. Some time ago Mr. Dixon, who is foreman of the warehouse here, load ed a car with hops and the same was consigned to parties in New York. At some point In Arizona the car was side-tracked for a day or two, and during this time parties broke the seal and stole the contents. It is understood that they have since been apprehended and Mr. Dixon is called as a witness in the trial. PRIZE RAMS SOLD J. H. Sherlock of Silverton, was the city Saturday, a guest of writer. Time, but No Money. Street Missionary "My good friend, why Idle away the precious hours in this fashion? Don't ycu know that time is money? ' Loaf er Don't you believe it guv'nor. If that was so I should be a bloomln' miljionhalr, I shonld. I've been doing time on and orf ever since I was a nipper. London Mall. Fred A. Koser of Rickreall, ,who won fame for himself and Polk coun- in tv at tho recent. Portland sheeD show. the ; ith his prize winning Cotswold ram, has sold the animal to H. G. Keyt, of Perrydale. Local livestock men are pleased that this county will remain the home of the "best long wool ram In the world." Observer. The Mean Thing. "Phyllis is the meanest kind of a gos sip." "What makes you think so?" "Because she never tells you any thing herself, but gets you to tell ber all you know." The annual tax levy for Polk coun ty for the year 1911, has been fixed at 12 mills. This is 1.4 mills higher than the levy last year. Coming ar It does .with a high city tax, and othef demands upon property owners fo contemplated improvements is dis POSTMASTERS APPOINTED R. G. Allen, one of Silverton's re sponsible young men, has been ap pointed postmaster at that place to succeed A. F. Blackerby, who was also a candidate. Being familar with with the conditions there we can but congratulate Mr. Alen upon his suc cess, and tie patrons of the Silver ton office upomi the change. T. R. Ambler has also been appoint ed postmaster at Mt. Angel to suc ceed himself. FOR SALE. One good modern up to date house situated on fifth streeet. For par ticulars inquire of or address J. J. Williams, Independence. Phone Farm ers 659. 30-34