KSTABLIHHf D 1HH.1.
NUMBER 30
INDEPENDENCE, OREQON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1911.
OREGON
LAWMAKERS
LEGISLATIVE DOINGS . AT
STATE CAPITAL.
THE
Hair of Satilon Ovar and Both
Housos Scarcely Started at
Any Legislation. t
Salem, Ore, Although the Icglsla
turn bu been lu segnlon three weeks
the Important legislation lias mud
little progress. Much time haa been
waited, very little accomplished, and
the big legialatlon acarcely started.
The sesalon U more than balf over
with both houses behind lu their
work.-
"With the Senate staving oft action
on Its own bills, It haa displayed even
smaller concern for House bills wb'ch
are In the Senate, and not one House
bill has been placed on third reading,
although several have been on the
desk for several days. It has reached
the point where the House suspects
the Senate Is holding up Its bills and
House members have about decided
to Ignore 8enate bills until the Senate
Indicates some degree of Interest In
House leg'slatlon.
Relatively Few Bills Passed.
The Senate hag passed 31 bills out good roads measures will meet with
of 191 Introduced. It has Indefinitely strong opposition in tbe House, as
Other state commissions and boards
named In pending bills are: A cMl
service couimlsHlon to formulate rules
for examination of all employes of
the state government; a highway
board; a naval militia board; a pa
role board, to purs on nil applica
tions for pardon; a state printing
board; a board tor the examination
and registry of graduate nurses; a
state board of accountancy; a game
commission; a commission to revise
the Judicial system of the state; a
test-book commission.
Dvsldes the, there are bills for
the creation of several new state of
ficers. Including bills for an assistant
secretary of state, a state hotel In
spector, a Are marshal and a state
auditor or examiner of accounts. An
other new office Is proposed by an
amendment to the constitution creat
ing the position of llteutenant gover
nor. A resolution submitting tbe Inst
named proposal to tbe people has al
ready been adopted tjr both house.
Good Reads Booster Invsd Ssnste.
Good roads boosters Invaded tbe
Senate during tbe discussion of the
highway bills. Tbe good roads ad
vocates won three victories In the
Senate, the most Important being the
bill creating a State Highway Com
mission, and the bill permitting the
use of all convicts on the roads when
not needed at the state penitentiary.
A third bill makes operative the pro
visions of the constitutional amend
ment passed at the lsst general elec
tion and permitting counties to bond
for tbe construct'on of good roads.
It Is freely predicted that these
Hill! 1 1(1:1 f
HOP MAN PLEASED WITH SOUTH
IMENIIEIE
INDUSTRY
Ssys Arsons Affords Best Climate
In the World. I
IS
VICTORIOUS
INDEPENDENCE APPLES
PED TO ENGLAND.
Local Fruft, Growers Psck and
Apples to All Parts of
United SUtes.
I J. II. Dixon returned the latter
SHIP
part of the preceding week from Arl
uim where be went as a witness In
the hop stealing case mwitloned i
jllie enterprise a few weeks a so.
Mr. Ixon ssys the stesl p'-rjietra-
8hlp!
I
REPORT OF SCHOOL . DEBATES
IN POLK COUNTY
ted In that country was one of tb4
Result of the Polk County High
School League Debstes Held
Friday, Jan. 27.
The series of debates held Friday
: most extensive that has ever been
known. Something like forty Mexl-'
cans were Implicated In the affair and
' jit has covered a period of more than(
Last fall, at the beginning of the yer. Durl )g the past year scar-
pple season Colllna at Nelson pack- celX car had been sidetracked at jAnxjurT 27. among the High Schools
ed several thousand bushels of apples Tuscon, Arxona, that the seal had of po)k whj are ,n poll
in the canning and packing bouse la t been broken. , The stealing com- to.,.
this city, will, a view of sh'.pp.ng to',' " "d cotton mostly and Couzty High School Debating League,
the eastern markets when fruit be-wtt" valued up Into the hundreds resulted as follows: Alt negative
came In demand sufficient to afford jof dollars; Tbe miscreants were ap- teams won, thus showing that Single
prebonded and tried before a Justice! Tftx u not degIrabie to the people of
of the peace at Tuscon, where they polk County or at ieaBt to the debat-
5n the way of profit and demand. were Douna over to tne circuit court. erf 0( tne glx d;fferent high echooU
During the season they have shlp-n(I ,he trlaI wJ1 b neI(J De" Apr I, q the g,,
ped to different parts of the United P1 wn,cn umo Mr- u,xon wl j Independence defeated Dallas at
States and England more than 5u00c8,led uPn to ?aln v,slt falr ' Dallas defeated Monmouth at Dallas
country or tbe south.
good prices, and the experiment has
surpassed their greatest expectation
postponed 16 others, and 3 have failed
to puss when put to'a vote. Ever
with this slim record, and with mot'
of tbe Important measures unncer1
upon tbe Senate Is much In advance
f the House, for the number of bil:(
passed by the more numerous branch
Is eight less, and these are of less
general Importance.
The public service legislation, the
compensation act. which was talked
and th reapportionment the most
Important legislation which the ses
alon is expected to handle have been
idetrackod. Only the highway bills
have been under discussion. The
compensatoan act, which was talked
of for months did not appear until
Friday. The bill for a new Judicial
system on which a committee of law
yers was supposed to be laboring
since last November, has not been pre
sented. Much Jockeying In Asylum 8candal.
The complications over the asylum
investigation promises to develop a
merry row. Already there are sev
eral resolutions for an investigation.
The Senate has adopted the concur
, rent resolution of Senator Locke, but
the House haa not considered It. The
House has several investigation reso
lutions of Its own. The selection of
an unbiased, open-minded committee
should be a simple matter, and the
Investigation can be made with dis
patch, but there are innumerable ob
artuctionlsts and general Jockeying to
etave off the probe.
Only one side of the asylum situa
tion has been told thus far, but Steln
r and his friends have been promis
ing some disclosures which, they as
eert, will, completely dispose of the
charges which have been levelled
against the institution If half of the
rumors have foundation In fact, the
hottest stuff on the asylum situation
and also on the selection of the
ranch asylum at Pendleton by Bow
erman has not been uncovered.
Many State Commissions Proposed.
No less than thirteen new state
commissions and boards are proposed
In bills now ponding before the legis
lature. Several of these are to be
without salary, if established, and
others consist of present state officers
Invested with new duties or extended
authority.
For instance, the public service
commission, one of tne most import
ant, merely extends the Jurisdiction
of the state railway commission. An
other example is the proposed state
purchasing board, which would center
In the present state board the pur
chase of supplies for all departments I
and institutions.
sentiment in that body Is decidedly
adverse to their passage.
Few "Salary Grab" Bills.
A notable feature of the session Is
the small number of "salary grab"
bills proposed this session. Thus far
measures affecting the salaries of
county officers In not more than half
a dozen counties have been Intro
duced. The scarcity of this class of
bills may be traced largely to the
record of the 1909 session when
more than a score of such measures,
after passing both houses, were ve
toed by Governor Chamberlain. The
present legislature declined to give
these rejected bills further consldra
tion, holding that if any of them bad
merit they should be reintroduced
and take their chances. , .
House Upholds Initiative.
Legislation amendatory of or sup
plemental to any of the laws adopted
by the people ' under the Initiative
stands but little crjance of receiving
the' indorsement of the present leg
islature. v ' ' .
This was demonstrated when the
House, for the second time since con
vening, rejected a bill having for its
purpose the creation of a law board
which should prepare at! of the laws
to be submitted to the people under
the initiative. Consideration of this
measure following the unfavorable re
port of the committee on revision of
laws, was postponed Indefinitely by a
two-to-one vote.
Abolish Whipping Post.
With only ten dissenting votes the
House passed Buchanan's bill abol
ishtng'the whipping post. By the pro
visions of the bill, wife beating Is
made punishable In "the same manner
as other aggravated cases of assault
and battery. The debate on the bill,
which was defeated in the legislature
two years ago, was brief.
Revision of Irrigation Coda.
Extensive revision of the Irirgation
code of the state Is provided in a bill
Introduced by Representative Brooke.
The proposed amendments, if adopt
ed, embody the best features of the
Irrigation enterprises In the state.
Principal among the changes Is one
enlarging the powers of the board oi
directors of irrigation associations,
enabling them to treat with all com
plications arising. Another amend
ment defines more especially who are
legal voters within the meaning of
the act, giving to any man or woman
who owns land or has a homestead
or desert claim a right to vote. Pro
vision is also . made whereby assess
ments may be levied af any time in
the year Tf firtb"- c"-'ri on ex
Continued on page. 8 i
boxes of apples. Two car loads were
shipped to London recently, end the
top market price has been received
from every shipment. Another car
was loaded last week and shipped
to the east. ,
The Oregon apple Is receiving re
cognition all over the world today
and these enterprising men are. mak
ing an effort to place Independence
In tbe front rank as am apple grow
Ing section.. Their new undertaking
will probably be the means of de
veloping a great fruit industry in this
city, and the thousands of bushels
of apples which have,-heretofore gone
to waste may be placed upon tbe
market at a good profit.
The territory surrounding Inde
pendence la Just as much adapted to
raising good fruit as other sections
and if the apnle Industry Is Kiven pro
per attention here in the future we
will be able in a few years to place
apples om the market that will make
Hood River Jealous.
hv & a to 0 decision. Monmouth de-
The hops which Mr. Dixon loaded feated Betne, at Monmouth by a
2 to 1 decision. Bethel defeated Per
rydale at Bethel by a 3 to 0 decis
ion. Perrydale defeated Falls City at
Perrydale by a 3 to 0 decision Falls
rirv Hofnatert IndeDendencee at Falls
It was the hop man's first trip to c,ty by a 3 t0 0 decision
As the championship is to be de
cided by all points won ' by the two
teams of a school, and as each vota
of a Judge counts one and the decis
ion counts one. the schools now
at - Independence were found hidden
about 35 miles from the station. He
located five important witnesses In
California who accompanied him to
the preliminary trial.
that country and It proved to be an
enjoyable one to h' m In many re
spects. He says Ca'ifornia and Arl
sona are affording beautiful weather
at present, and while we were hav-
lng the worst climatic period of the gtand foUoW8 la t0 ta
aeason, inai country was enjoying
beaut ful sunshine. Mr. Dixon speaks
In glowing terms of the Arizona cli
mate, and thinks it is tbe finest in
the world.
CENSUS OF THE STATE
COUNTY
The Director of the Census has
( furnished the State Legislature a sta
tement showing population o Ore-
OREGON HOPS IN NEW
wow: Dallas, 5; Bethel, 5; Fall
CUT, Perrydale," 4; Independence,
3; Monmouth,3. )
The following students represented
thee schools as follows: Dallas, Af-
' firmatlve Pearl Phillips, Carrie
Gorke, Ruth Campbell; Negative
AND Roberta Bal!ard, Anna Garnar, Harold
Bertha Hartman, Earnest Williams,
Marion Butler; Negative Vale Hilti
brand, Cecil Swope, Ray Williams;
Monmouth, Affirmative Emma Par
ker, Bessie Wade, Nellie Shew; Neg-
Market Above Others Is the Condi
tion of the Local Crcp in
The East.
I gon by counties distributed according ' , . '
YORK . to color and race. . ',-,...',.,
. ., , ' . ... Jean Mclnturff; Bethel, Affirmative
-,... ...... xT Vernon Romig, Clarence Rooth, Carl
627,76a; 6uo,610 white, 152S Negro, . ' .
5001 Indian, 7317 Chinese, 3286 Japan
ese and 25 Filipinos.
According to this report Polk coun-
Hop conditions in this Immediate ty's population is 13,469; 13,197 white,
vicinity remain about the same, and 2 Negro, 133 Indian, 28 Chinese and
there is little or no activity, although 109 Jps.
the market continues to show consid
erable strength.
In the Eastern markets Oregon
hops are said to be bringing higher
prices than hops grown In other sec
NOT LATE, BUT HURRIED
Miller; Independence, Affirmative
Stewart; Negative Agnes Cook,
John Romig, Harry Hubbard; Falls
City, Affirmative Lester' Dodd, May
Johnston, Edith Harris; Negative
Cecil Dodd, Roy Bowman, Roland
White; Perrydale, Affirmative
Fay Morrison, Oatis Foster, James
I Jones; Negative Ed Parker, Carl
j Morrison, Maxwell Flannery.
From a financial standpoint the
Q. W.. McLaughlin's team engaged
ttons, and' it Is said that they are sell- ln 1IveIy runaway Monday, but no debates were not what they ought to
ing In New York for from 27 to 29 serious damage was done. He left nave Deen. n coms money io pre-
cents. From this it is evident that i without being tied and the high pare these debates and to send teams
growers are offering a better article. ' spirited animals decided to have a and Judges over the county, and all
Considerable activity in the con- j 1Ittle excitement. They ran a distance teachers and pupils feel that the peo-
tract market has developed during the f about In the direction of Pie ought to turn out and give them
past two weeks and it is sa'id upon.the church, hurrying as if they were a better hearing than they have been
good authority that several hundred ,ate for Sunday school. Mr. McLaugh- doing in the past.
lin followed, but of course not as fast,: - is earnestly hoped tnat at tne
and found them standing in the shed next series of debates, every house
inear the church. They went there in the county will be well filled and
by force of habit as the driver is a you will help a good cause as well as
regular visitor of that house of wor-' encouraging the young people.
Thfl next rlphate will ha held on
bales of 1911s have been signed
at 13 to 13 1-2 cents. The demand
for remaining 1909 hops is fully equ
al to that for the 1910 crop and 12 to
13 cents is being offered. One hun
dred forty-three bales of 1910s were
were recently purchased In Mc Minn
ville for 17. l-2c.
FIRE AT FALLS CITY
Early Morning Blaze Destroys Three
Buildings on Main Street.
Falls City suffered another heavy
loss by fire last Monday morning and
it is supposed to have been of In
cendiary origin. The fire started at
about 2:30 o'clock in the morning
and before its progress could be
checked a rooming house, restaurant,
and pool hall on Main street were
consumed. One man was quite ser
iously injured by a falling timber, but j
will recover.
The fire started in the rear end
of a restaurant and had gained great
headway before it was discovered.
The drug store adjoining the pool
room caught fire five times' and it
was only by diligent efforts that It
was saved. 1
ship. The only damage was a broken'
wagon handle.
A AND B DIVISIONS
March 24, and the team or school
rwinn.ing the most points at that time
will be declared the winner of the
championship of the county and the
holder of the Seymour cup, this cup
goes to the winning team each year
and becomes the permanent property
Since our school population is in
creasing so rapidly it has become
necessary to divide each grade into of the schooI winining it twice In suc-
A and B divisions. A will be tbe cesSj0n
ttngner aivisaon ana m mis win N u ,3 said the cup was won jast
placed those pupils who have done year by tQe Faj,s clty school and in
the best work. For example, the case it ,s won again by FaUa Clty it
best pupils to the 5th grade will be becomes their property,
transferred fnto the 6th grade room The peopie ot PoIk county should
but will continue the 5th grade work De proud of the Abating work being
so that no pupil will be placed a done by the sehooIs of the CoUnty,
grade, ahead. It will be the same all aa lt ,s Co l('ered over the state
through the grades so that although that po;k County is doing more
a pupil may be in tfie 6th grade room, along this line than any other on8
if they are Jn the B division, they county ja Pron.
will continue their work from where
the 5th grade teacher left it
As long as the !e?'slatures' of Ore-
I gon seek to balk the progress and
Attend . the entertainment at the defy the people we need the Initiative
M. E. church this evening. It will be and are going to keep it Peoples
of great interest i , I. Press.