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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1915)
DOINGS OF OREGON'S LEGISLATURE A Brief Resume of Proceedings of the People's Representatives at the State Capital, Bills Introduced, Passed, Rejected, Etc. Proposed Changes in Haz ard List Made in House State Capitol, Salem Classifica tions of occupations and a scale of premiums based upon the hazard risk involved by every class Is proposed in a series of amendments to the work men's compensation act introduced in the house by Representative Schuebel of Clackmas. The prosposed assessments are to be based on the total payroll in any par ticular hazard. The rates vary from one-half of 1 per cent in the printnig trades to 8 per cent for structural steel, subaqueous works and powder works. Every workman coming under pro visions of the act is required to con tribute 1 cent a" day regardless of the occupation he is engaged in, and the employers are required to retain the money from every man's wages and remit it to the commission. Whenever the money paid in any one calendar year to the workmen of any one employer coming under pro visions of the act shall not exceed 50 per cent of the contributions into the fund by such employer, his rate of assessment shall be decreaesd by 10 per cent. Whenever, in the opinion of the commission, the money in the indus trial accident fund shall be sufficient to meet all payments then due, with a surplus of 30 per cent, the employers shall be exempt from payment for the next calendar month. A waiting period of six days is pro vided, but if the incapacity or ina bility extend beyond a period of four weeks payments Bhall be computed from the date of the injury. The commission iB authorized to in spect factories and workshops for the purpose of determining whether em ployers have taken all possible precau tions to protect their employes from injury. Portage Line Men Report. State Capitol, Salem The Portage railway commission in a report filed in the senate requests that action be taken with a view of turning over the railway, its rolling stock, etc., to the regular state board of supervision when the Celilo canal is completed May 1. It announces that there re mained January 1, 1915, in the state treasury $22,841.40 of the last appro priation of $25,000 to the credit of the Portage-railway. It is requested that $5000 be left in the present fund and that the balance be turned over to the general fund. Joseph T. Peters, L. A. Lewis and W. J. Mariner, the com missioners, who have served continu ously since they were appointed by the legislature February 23, 1907, tender their resignations, to take effect upon the completion of the Celilo canal. Oregon Capitol Near Destruction, Salem, Or. Oregon's historic State- house was endangered for a time Sua day by a fire which started shortly be fore 5 o clock p. m. following an ex plosion of oil in the central heating plant, just outBide the basement of the Capitol. The entire interior of the heating plant was a mass of flames and.the blaze leaped out the skylight and up along the side of the btate house. Quick work by state officials, state employes and the Salem fire de partment soon had the blaze under control. It was feared that two filled oil tanks would explode, but this danger was eliminated by Joe Bernardi, fire' man, who rushed through the flames and shut the pipe which feeds oil to the burner of the heater. Merger Work Begins Soon, State Capitol, Salem The joint committee to investigate bills and Bug gestions for consolidations and aboli tions of boards and departments will start work at once, announces Presi dent Thompson, of the senate, who named Day, Barrett and Bingham members of the senate committee. The house committee is composed of . Speaker Selling, Hare, Hunt, Eaton and Wentworth. It is the plan to make a thorough investigation of con ditions and make recommendations for reform in the state government. Annexation Bill Signed. State Capitol, Salem Governor Withycombe has signed house bill No. 23, introduced by Representative Lewis, which will enable cities to merge under a constitutional amend ment passed at the recent election The measure is primarily for the bene fit of St. Johns and Portland, both of which will vote upon a proposal for a merging of the smaller city with the larger one in a few months. Anti-Advertising Bill Liked. State Capitol, Salem The house committee on roads and highways voted to report favorably on the bill introduced by Representative bmitn, of Multnomah county, to prevent ad vertisinsr alonir the Columbia High' wav. This measure is fathered by the good roads and motor enthusiasts who want to preserve the scenic beauties of the highway. Immigration Board Dead. State Capitol, Salem The economy nrnomrn was eiven impetus wnen uov ernor Withvcombe signed the bill of Senator Dimick abolishing the im migration commission. An appropria- tion of J50.000 was made for the de partment by the last legislature and 171.000 wu uked for the present bi ennial period. Portland Electric Light Co. Says It's Worth $60,000,000 State Capitol, Salem A valuation of approximately $60,000,000 is made for the property of the Portland Rail way, Light & Power company, accord ing to figures produced before the State Railroad commission in the gen eral investigation hearing into the rates and service of the company. The valuation figures were brought out through the testimony of W. J. Hagenah, utility expert, testifying in behalf of the company. It was under his direction that the company made an inventory of its property to be sub mitted to the commission in the pres ent investigation. What valuation has been placed by the commission's engineering experts has toot been developed in the testi mony, but the line of questions shot at Hagenah indicated that the commis sion has figures that will range consid erably under those of the company. Franklin T. Griffith, president of the company, was present at the hear ing, but the examination for the com pany was conducted by R. A. Leiter. Mr. Hagenah was the only witness. He narrated the manner in which the appraisal had been made, the commis sion inquiring at length into the methods he had used in arriving at the value of various items. Among the largest items are $8,- 694,000 for roadway and tracks; $9, 076,326 for land; $4,987,000 for equip ment, $44,357,000 for buildings, fix tures and grounds, $4,557,000 for rol ling stock and floating equipment, $6046 for hydraulic power works, $4,- 767,000 for water powers, and $9,962,- 000 for coat of development. New Workmen's Compensa tion Act Is filed in Senate State Capitol, Salem A bill provid ing for workmen 8 compensation sim- ilar to the Michigan law waa intro duced in the senate by Bingham. It is different in many phases from the present compensation law, and its au thor says it will solve the perplexing question of aiding injured workmen in this state. An important feature of the new act is that employes will make no contri butions. Those sustaining minor in juries will receive no benefits until the 15th day after the injuries were sus tained. Persons incapacitated from work for four weeks or longer will re ceive compensation from the time of theaccident. The law provides for the appoint ment by the governor of one industrial accident commissioner, who shall re ceive $3000 a year. In case of dis pute as to the amount of compensation he and two other persons, selected by those interested, shall fix the amount. Employers may provide compensation through casualty companies, mutual insurance, pay it themselves or come under a provision for state compensa tion. Under' the present law the payment of compensation is according to the size of the families of the injured per sons, but the new act makes the earn ing capacity the basis of compensa tion. Senator Bingham said one of the important features of his bill is that it would induce employers to pro vide all safety appliances, that acci dents should be reduced to a minimum. "Under practically this same law operating in Michigan 90 to 95 per cent of the employers have come under its provisions," said Senator Bingham, ' anrout of 500,000 employes less than 15 have rejected it since the law went into effect about two and one-half years ago. House Passes Bill to Re peal Many Appropriations State Capitol, Salem Friends of the Oregon National guard made an effort in the house to save the $70,000 con tinuing appropriation provided for that organization before the Schuebel bill, providing for a general repeal of all continuing appropriations, was passed and sent over to the senate. Although it was plain from the Btart that the National guard fund, as a continuing appropriation, would be wiped out if the Schuebel bill carried, members of the guard made no protest against the measure until just before it was placed on its final reading. Then Representative Allen, of Marion county, who is a member of the guard, appealed to the house to save the item out of the bill. His pleas fell on deaf ears. He pointed out that the National guard fund had been placed on a con tinuing basis for the purpose of taking the guard out of politics and urged that by passing the measure in its present form it would be necessary for the officers of the guard to come be fore the legislature every two years and ask for money to carry on their work. Voting Machine Law Stands. State Capitol, Salem Multnomah county will continue to have the option of purchasing and operating voting machines if it so elects. The house committee on revision of laws reported adversely on the Michelbrook bill, pro viding for the repeal of the law au thorizing any county in the state that chooses to use voting machines. The 1913 act never has been taken advantage of. However, the commit tee took the attitude that some county may at some future time desire to use them. NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS. Portland All wool men agree that the coming season will be the most interesting, and perhaps exciting, that the Western markets have seen in many, years. Beyond this they will make no prediction. Prices, of course, will be good, but whether they will be high, or how high, no one cares to guess. A dealer needs a brave speculative disposition to undertake forward busi ness in the face of the conditions this year. Nevertheless it is said con tracting has been done to a consider able extent in Utah and it is also re ported that some contracts have been signed around Arlington. The terms were not mentioned, nor could the re ports be verified. Sheep growers , are confident that prices will go to a high range and some of them are talking of a 25 or 30-cent market. With stocks in America as low as they are and spot prices here and abroad continually ad vancing, there is no doubt the 1915 market will open very strong, but buy ers are not willing to concede that farmers will get the prices they are expecting. The demand for eggs was better the latter part of the week, and receipts cleaned up quickly. Oregons were held at 32 cents, case count, and 83 ecnts candled. Butter and cheese moved at last quotations. Wheat Bid : Bluestem, $1.45; forty- fold, $1.44; club, $1.42$; red Russian, $1.36; red Fife, $1.38. Oats No. 1 white feed, $36.50. Barley No. 1 feed, $32.50; brew ing, $42.50; bran, $30.25; shorts, $31. Millfeed Spot prices : Bran, $30 31; shorts, $3232.60; rolled barley, $34.6035.50. Corn White, $36 ton; cracked, $37. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $14 16; valley timothy, $12.50: grain hay,'4$1012; alfalfa, $1213. Vegetables Cucumbers, hothouse, $22. 25 dozen; peppers, $4 crate; ar tichokes, 8590c dozen; cabbage, 11 ljc pound; celery, $2.50 crate; cauliflower, $2.25; sprouts, 8c per pound; pumpkins, lie; squash, ljc; carrots, $1.25 sack; beets, $1.25; parsnips, $1.25. Green Fruits Apples, 75c$1.50 box; casaba, $1.65 crate; pear, $1 1.60; cranberries, $911 barrel. Potatoes, 2jc pound. Onions Oregon, buying price, $1.26 f. o. b. shipping point. Eggs Fresh Oregon ranch, case count, 32c; candled, 33c. Poultry Hens, 12c pound; mixed, lllllc; broilers, 1820c; turkeys, dressed, 21c; live, 18c -r ducks, 14 16c; geese, 1214c. Butter Creamery, prints, extras, 32c pound in case lots; Jc more in less ii 1 n.rtr man case ioib ; cuoes, zoiuzfc. Pork Block, 8J9c pound. Veal Fancy, 12i13c pound. Hops 1914 crop, 1012c; 1913 crop, nominal. Hides Salted, 14c; salted bulls, 10c; salted kip, 15c; salted calf, 19c; green hides, 13c; green bulls, 9c; green kip; 15c; green calf, 19c; dry hides, 26c; dry calf, 28c. Wool Valley, 1718c; Eastern Oregon, ' 15(5J20c, nominal; mohair, 1914 clip, 27c. Cascara bark Old and new, 44jc pound. Cattle Prime steers $7.508.00; choice, $7.257.50; medium, $6.75 7.25; choice cows, $66.80; medium, $56; heifers, $57; bulls, $3.506; stags, $4.606. Hogs Light, $6.256.80; heavy, $5.256. Sheen Wethers, $5.756.65; ewes, $55.75; lambs, $6.257.80. Tacoma Apples Green cooking, 50c box; Spitzenbergs, Winesaps, Rome Beauties, Arkansas Blacks, Staymen Winesaps and Black Twigs, 7585cbox; Delicious, $1.661.75, Cider 30c gallon; Oregon, $3 keg, 25c gallon. Comb honey Yakima, $3.25 crate strained honey, $5.60; Idaho, $3.50 Nevada, $3.60. - Pears Yakima, $1.60 box. Cranberries, $8.2511. Vegetables Cabbage, home-grown, lie pound; carrots, local, 75c$l beets, home-grown, 75c$l ; turnips, $1.35; potatoes, Yakima, $2223 ton White River, $1718; BurbankB, $22; onions, green, zUc dozen ; Uregon brown onions, $1.75 2; Yakima, $1.50; garlic, 15c pound; radishes, local, 20c dozen bunches; parsley, 40c dozen bunches; lettuce, head, 60c dozen bunches, $2 crate; spinach, local, 5c pound; cucumbers, $1.502 dozen; celery, 6075c dozen, $3 crate; green peppers, 25c pound; eggplant, 10c; Hubbard squash, 2Jc; rutabagas, $1.75 sack; cauliflower, $2.50 crate; arti chokes, 90c dozen; Brussels sprouts, 8c pound; rhubarb, 6c pound. Fresh Meats Steers, 12Jc; cows, 12c; heifers, 12(Sll2jc; wethers, 12Jc; dressed hogs, 12c; trimmed sides, 16 Jc; combinations, 15 Jc; lambs, 13 14c; Diamond T. C, 14c; yearlings, 13s, ewes, 11c. Poultry Ducks, live, 1012c; hens, dressed, 16 18c; live, 10 (a) 14c; springs, dressed, 22c; live, 14fff;16c; squabs, live, $2.60 dozen; dressed, $6; turkeys, live, 18c; dressed, 2830c; geese, 20c. Butter Washington creamery, 80 31c; Oregon, 2627c. Eggs Fresh ranch, 30c; local cold storage, 23 26; Eastern 2326c. rt Seattle Wheat Bluestem, $1.45; Turkey red, $1.41; fortyfold, $1.44; club, $1.43; Fife, $1.39; red Russian, $1.36; barley, $32.76 ton. HARD TO UNDERSTAND WOMAN You May Call Her a Duck, She Smiles at Term of Chicken, But Will Not Stand for Hen. The fat plumber was in a philo sophical mood. "There is simply no understanding woman," he observed. "Whaddye mean, -understand?" the thin carpenter asked, just to start the conversation. "Well, for Instance, a woman doesn't object to being called a duck." "No." "And she even smiles if someone happens to refer to her as a chicken." "Too true." "And most of them will stand for being called squab, broiler or turtle doves." "Yes, yes, but what's the Idea?" "It's Just this," the fat plumber ex claimed, "a woman objects to being called a hen, and a hen is the most useful bird of the whole blooming bunch." Youngstown Telegram. Heart In Her Work. I'm glad to hear that your daugh ter is taking more interest In her mu sic," said Mrs. Grammercy. "I re member you used to say- you couldn't get her to practice. You must be pleased that she now realizes the im portance of It and is taking longer lessons. How do you account for the change?" I'm afraid," replied Mrs. Park, "that she has fallen In love with her music teacher." Judge. The Unknown Quantity. First Native We're doin" fine at the war, Jarge. Second Native Yes, Jahn; and so be they Frenchies. First Native Ay; an' so be they Belgians and Rooshians. Second Native Ay; and so be they Allys. 01 dunno wher they come from, Jahn, but they be devils for flghtln'. London Punch. An Art Impression. 'I have no doubt," said the admir ing constituent, "that posterity will set up a statue of you in bronze or marble." 'Well," replied Senator Sorghum, "If it's all the same, I'd rather they'd make It bronze. It isn't so likely to make a great man look as If he had been caught In a snowstorm with a suit of cotton clothes on." A Subtle Maid. Little Minkley had talked for an hour on the subject of evolution. "And now, my dear Miss Bllsterton, do you believe in the missing link?" he said in conclusion. "Yes, I do now," replied the fair maiden, "though I didn't until I saw you." Judge. Open to Suspicion. "What is your idea of a pedant, any how?" "Well, it is sometimes rather diffi cult to say who is a pedant and who Is not, but I think you would be reason ably safe In suspecting a person of pedantry who speaks of hair and whis kers as 'hirsute adornment.' " His Effect. "Doctor Jibs seems to be looked down on by the rest of the profession." "That's on account of his unprofes slonal conduct." "In what way?" "Why, the man will use any treat ment at all which will cure the pa tient" Point In Its Favor. "I don't deny that scribbling verses in one's spare time is a bad habit." "How could you think otherwise? "But you will notice that the man who spends his evenings wooing the muse never wakes up next morning with a headache and a tongue that 'eels like a bath sponge." BEHIND THE SCENES. De Critic Travel broadens the mind. De Hamlet Yes; but it is some times tough on the feet, isn't it? Economic. "Father," said little Willie Watkins, after a careful perusal of the morning paper, "what Is water for in stocks?' "It Is used to float the company on when times are prosperous, my son,1 said Mr. Watkins, "and to help liquidate when times are bad." Judge. Pleated. "Your wife's tastes are literary, and not musical," said the Inquiring rela tives. "Yes. And that's lucky. I'd rather she'd sit up till midnight reading book than sing songs or play the piano," w HEN the German fleet bom-1 barded Scarborough and Hartlepool, both known only as watering places, it waB taken for granted that the raid was designed to terrify the people of England, since neither place really fortified. Scarborough has no military history In modern times, but it was a strong hold of prime importance in the mid dle ages, and the great peninsula, or Scaur, from which the town takes its name, and which juts out boldly Into the North sea, is crowned by an an cient Norman castle, now in ruins. It was off Flamborough head, a promontory a few miles south of Scar borough, that John Paul Jones, in the Bon Homme Richard, fought and took the British frigate Serapis In the Rev olutionary war. The thunder of the cannon in this sea duel was plainly audible to the inhabitants of Scar borough, and they were in constant dread that Jones would sail in and batter their houses about their ears. But his own ship sank from the ef fects of the Serapis's fire, and Jones made haste to get away with his prize before the British fleet could come up and so it was a century and a quarter before Scarborough felt the effects of hostile cannon. An Ancient City. Scarborough is what Is known as a municipal and parliamentary borough, and its liberties date back to the char ter granted in 1181 by Henry II. It Is 37 miles northeast of the episcopal city of York and a little more than twohundred miles from London by tne Nortn Eastern railway, lying in that section of Yorkshire called the North Riding. It has a population of more than forty thousand. Geograph ically, it is distinguished by the penin sula which juts out from the center of the town, crowned by the remains of the castle first built by Henry II, and f 1 v '.' ''iic'. m ? 7Tii, i i o K TO 7 VIEW S SCARBOROUGH added to by most of the successive Norman monarchs. This peninsula is 285 feet high, and has suffered much from the erosion of the. waves. In 1190, the old chroniclers say, the area of the caBtle yard was 60 acres; now it is but 17. There is a moat on tne landward side, witn walls and towers and a lofty Norman keep, partly In ruins. Near the landward end of the penin sula Is the Church of St. Mary, occu pying the site of a Cistercian monas tery founded in 1198. This church, which would be In line of German shells in consequence of its Imposing and commanding position, was de stroyed by the castle guns during the Commonwealth, when the Roundheads besieged the Cavalier garrison. It was afterward repaired. Famed at Watering Place. In 1620 Mrs. Farren, a resident of the borough, discovered two mineral springs near the shores of the South bay the semlprotected areas of water on each side of the peninsula are called the North bay and the South bay. From this time dates the rise of Scarborough as a watering place. It is now one of the best-known re sorts In England. The climate Is equable at all times, and the sur rounding country unusually attractive. Bea bathing Is safe and pleasant. The borough authorities for many years have added to the attractions, and the southern part of the town, which Is the more fashionable, con tains an aquarium and concert hall; the museum, a Doric building; two theaters, and the assembly rooms at tached to the Spa house. A hand some marine drive 4,200 feet long was opened In 1908. Aside from these attractions the chief buildings are the town hall, mar ket hall, public hall, several modern churches, and a number of benevolent and phllanthroplo Institution. The South harbor Is always full of fishing boats. Old and New Hartlepool. 1 Hartlepool, a borough of the County of Durham, embraces the municipal borough of East Hartlepool, popula tion 25,000, and the municipal and county borough of West Hartlepool, population 65,000. East Hartlepool is the old part of the port, and lies on a peninsula which forms the protec tion for the bay. Formerly It was heavily fortified, and the ancient walls today are used as a promenade. Like Scarborough, it is dominated by Its parish church of St. Hilda, an ancient building, with a heavy Norman tower standing on an eminence above the sea, forming a splendid mark for Ger man shells. Its handsomest structure is a fine borough ball in the Italian style. West Hartlepool Is entirely modern, and has many handsome buildings, In cluding several beautiful churches, municipal buildings, an exchange, mar ket hall,' Atheneum, theaters, and li brary. There are numerous hotels and an extensive system of docks. The twin boroughs are situated 40 miles northwest of Scarborough, and about two hundred and forty-seven miles from London, and are as popu lar as tourist reBorts as for their trade. Before the war they had a considerable trafflo with the Baltlo ports and Hamburg, Bremen and Rot terdam. The chief industries are ship building, iron-founding and the con struction of marine engines. A very large Import trade In lumber was car- Tied on. This is the first time hostile cannon have,-assaulted Hartlepool since the days of the civil wars. The nucleua of the town was a monastery built on the promontory In 640, destroyed by the Danes In 800, and rebuilt by Ecgred, bishop of Llndisfarne. During the twelfth and thirteenth centuries , m , , wrv, , w?. r.,j fc.c j" . It was a fief of the Norman-Scottish family of Bruce, and up to the termi nation of the commonwealth the place was frequently captured or garrisoned by the Scots. Records Telephone Talk. No more will we deny having said certain things over the telephone, for there Is now a little "listener In" which will record every word spoken. This Instrument is called the tele scribe. It was Invented by Thomas A. Edison, who has at last succeeded In making a telephone remember. To operate the teloscrlbe, the receiver ol the telephone is inserted Into a Bockel of the machine and a small rocetvei connected with the machine is placed to the ear. Two small buttons art usee to stop and start the machine, which can be done Instantly, thus al lowing no waste on the wax record, which records the words. The telescrlbe la Invaluable In Im portant conversations, as a perfect record Is in the possession of the speaker for "reference, If conflrmatlop of the talk is desired. Monster Attacks Ship Nine Day. Many of the theories which seek to dispose of such accounts postulate th existence in the tea of monBtert which, if they are not sea serpents are as terrible as if they could be ec named. A squid forty feet long, capa ble of killing a whale, is enough foi the imagination. The captain of t Dutch bark, the Hendrik Ido Ambacht, reported In 1858 that his ship was pur sued and attacked for nine days by monster ninety feet long and twenty five to thirty feet broad, which pun meled her stern with such violence that the ship vibrated under ltt blows At last, when a hundred musket balls and a harpoon had been lodged In ltt body, the creature fell behind, stal&l the sea with ltt blood. - Ui4 t y:: w.,.v. tea s :