T H K N E W B K K O G R A P H IC
OREGON LAWMAKERS’ -
WORK AS REVIEWED
Senate Well Up with Work but
House Congested
925 MEASURES PROPOSED
Flood of Measures Appeared Last Day
For Introducing B ill»—Appropria
tion# Asked Roach Hugo Total—
Compensation and Board of Control
Bills Pass House— Governor Signs
Widow’s Pension Bill.
Salem.— The close of the fourth
week of the legislative session found
the senate well up with Its work, only
s few measures being left over for a
third' reading and final passage.
The situation was quite different in
the house. That branch o f the assem
bly Is so badly clogged that the task
of clearing the calendar before the
close o f the 40 day period w ill be a
prodigious undertaking.
The trouble In the house la that they
have been Indulging In too much ora
tory lately. Unless the talk Is cut out
the result will be great confusion dur
ing the closing hours of the session,
the death of many good measures and
hasty action on others.
The Job for the house Is especially
distressing, for In that body 601 bills
have been presented, and the senate
has already sent over B4 bills, a total
o f nearly 700 for that wing o f the
legislature to act upon. Up to the
present time the house has passed 96
of Its 601 bills over to the senate,
and has killed o ff or withdrawn nearly
that many more.
926 Bills Proposed..
The last day for Introduction o f bills
brought forth an avalanche in both
the senate and the house that nearly
swamped the clerks. With adjourn
ment 326 bills had been introduced in
the senate so far this session and an
even 600 In the house, or a total of
926 bills for the session. This is Just
200 more bills than were Introduced
two years ago.
8evoral Important Measures Passed.
Among the Important measures pas
sing the house were the workmen's
compensation act and the board of
control biU.
Both branches passed
the widow’s pension bill and the Mult
nomah school teachers’ measure. The
home rule amendment V as defeated
In the house. The senate passed the
minimum wage bill for women and
minors, the measure placing all chari
table Institutions under state super
vision, the bill amending the direct
primary and the railroad headlight
measure. No large appropriation bills
have passed either house. The outlook
for the passage pf good roads legisla
tion next week is excellent.
Legislature Asked to Give $8,287,819
Appropriations already asked from
the Oregon legislature, and now under
consideration by the Joint ways and
means committees of the house and
senate, have reached the huge total
of «8,287,819.07.
By the time all requests for state
money are In, the total may reach
«9,000,000.
This w ill be a record-
breaker for requests, but there Is no
reason to believe that when the smoke
has blown away and the final tale
has been told that this will be a much
more expensive legislature than the
one two years ago, when the appro
priations totaled «6,760,000.
Compensation Bill Passes House
The Lawrence employes’ compensa
tion bill passed the house, after a bat
tle on the floor of 2ft hours, with only
Murnane and Upton voting against the
measure, and Campbell, Lofgren and
Hagood absent.
May Oust Officials For 90 Days.
Only four votes were mustered
against the substitute bill by the sen
ate Judiciary committee giving power
to supplant district attorneys, sheriffs
and constables, and the substitute
measure passed the senate.
The drastic provisions of the ori
ginal bill, which allowed the governor
summarily to supplant such officials,
were materially softened in the new
bill. Under the new bill officials may
be supplanted' for periods of 90 days,
but only after they have been given a
hearing In court and the circuit Judge
decides that such officer has not been
faithfully executing the criminal laws
o f the state.
Widows’ Pension Bill Is Signed.
With no Aember but DImick voting
in the negative, the widow’s pension
measure, Introduced by the committee
on health and public morals by re
quest of the Oregon congress of mo
thers, passed the senate, and on being
enrolled, was sent to the governor,
who signed the bill
Primary Amendment Passes.
Seven senators went against the
Smith bill to amend the presidential
preference primary law, but the bill
passed In the senate.
Under the presidential preference
law, as passed by the people In 1910,
an elector can vote for but one candi
date for delegate to a national con
vention or candidate for presidential
elector.
The Smith bill contemplates amend
ing this by dividing an equal number
o f delegates la each of the congres
sional districts and the balance at
large. Thus each . elector can vote
for the number of candtdatee from his
district and for the candidates from
the state.
Teachers Win Bill
Over 200 school teachers from Port
land Invading Salem on a special train
and standing at the back of the mem
bers of the state senate when they
voted on Applegren’s bill providing
what Is practically civil service for
the teachers of counties o f more than
20,00<^ population brought an unani
mous vote In favor of the bill, which
had already passed the house.
Refuse to 8ubmlt Home Rule.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
senate had sanctioned the submission
to the people in 191^qf the so-called
home rule amendment; passed by the
people In 1910, the house, by a vote
of 32 to 26, refused so to submit the
amendment and It will not, therefore,
go to the people through the medium
o f the legislature. It is intimated here
that It will, however, be voted on by
means of the initiative.
Electric Headlight Through Senate.
Senator Neuner's bill requiring rail
road companies to equip their engines
with electric headlights won the day
in the senate after a hard fig h t
The bill has been Amended to allow
the railroads one year In which to
equip all engines with the modern
lights, and the paragraph making it
the duty o f the railroad commission
to enforce the act was struck ou t
Legislation Division Favored.
The Malarkey and McColloch reso
lution, carrying a proposed constitu
tional amendment dividing the ses
sions o f the legislature, passed the
senate despite some opposition. The
proposed amendment provides that
bills be Introduced for the first 20
days only, these 20 days to be followed
by an adjournment o f not less than 60
days nor more than 90 days, and the
balance 'o f the session to be devoted
to consideration o f legislation._____
Reopens a W ay For Income Tax.
Tw o resolutions to place before tke
voters Important constitutional amend
ments relating to taxation were pass
ed by the house.
Ono resolution Is practically an en
abling act to put into effect the Initia
tive measure passed at the last elec
tion to exempt household goods. It Is
held by many lawyers that such an
enabling act will be necessary to
legalise the measure.
The other proposed amendment
would open the way for a state in
come tax. It Is practically a duplicate
of the Income tax measure, defeated
at the last election by only 260 vetes.
Eastern Asylum Requests A re Pruned
Applying the pruning knife, the
ways and means committees o f both
houses cut the appropriation asked
for the Eastern Oregon asylum «131,-
218, reducing it from «404,949 to «267,-
73). The committee also reduced the
«60.000 appropriation asked for by the
medical department o f the University
o f Oregon to «46,000. The most im
portant Item eliminated in the appro
priation asked for by the eastern Ore
gon institution was the «96,000 for
a new wing. The asylum here is also
asking for an appropriation of about
«70,000, for the construction o f the
north wing to the new receiving ward,
and this also may be refused.
8hort Ballot Title Passes Both Houses
The senate has sent on to the gov
ernor Representative Hurd’s bill pro
viding for a short ballot title to initia
tive measures, in addition to the usual
title, which In not more than 10 words
will give a “ catch line," as a ready
guide to voters, setting forth the name
by which the measure is commonly
known.
Calilo Project Is Indorsed.
Giving a hearty indorsement to the
project, the committee authorised by
the legislature and headed by Gover
nor West to investigate the proposed
Celtio power project, has reported
back with the recommendation that
the lawmakers set aside the sum of
«26,000 with which to co-operate with
the state of Washington In making
thorough estimates and surveys o f the
situation.
The report Is the result of the In
vestigation made by the Joint commit
tee from the two legislatures, headed
by the governors of both states.
Legislative Brevities.
Remarriage until six months after
divorce Is prohibited In future by the
terms of a bill passed by the house.
The bill giving Grand Army posts
the right to hold their meetings In
state armories, was passed by the
house without opposition.
The bill giving the state’s consent to
the purchase of the Oregon City canal
and locks passed the house without
opposItlon-
Senator Butler has fathered a bill,
by request, providing for the abolish
ment of the present board e f horti
culture and substituting therefore one
commission, to be named by the gov
ernor.
Governor West caused te be Intro
duced in the house by Gill e f Cladka-
mas a bill to repeal the act passed
over the governor's veto, commonly
known as the “ Thompson swamp land
law."
A bill making It compulsory for
county courts to publish a budget of
proposed expenses each year and gtv
Ing the taxpayers the rigbt-to be heard
before any levy was fixed, was passed
by the house.
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
NITROGLYCERIN.
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
Dangers Attending ths Making e f This
Erratic Explosive.
Twenty-two epps, valued at «260
;lycerin
does not always be
are offered as priceb at the Union
have
in
the
same
way. One day, it
poultry show, to be held February 12,
ia said, this Sckle explosive will “go
14 and 16.
James S. Royal, Oregon pioneer of off" at the slightest shock, while
1852, Indian fighter and former owner the next day one might (if he had
of a portion of Portland’s east side, the temerity) strike quite a blow
died at his home In Forest Grove of upon a can of the same substance
and live to till the story. N itro
acuta kidney trouble.
glycerin’s readiness or reluctance to
Under direction of T. F. Smith, of
Tw o Young Portlanders Take Blood* Talent, chief inspector for the district, explode doubtless depends upon its
quality. One “ run” of stock may
hounda on Grim Errand.
orchards in Ashland territory are be
be well washed and clean and an
Portland.— Equipped with two saw ing overhauled by county horticultural
other may be full of impurities. I f
ed-off shotguns, enough ammunition officials for evidence of blight or scale.
a can be filled to the cork so that
and provisions to last for months sad
The general merchandise store and
the substance within has no oppor
taking with them seven well-trained hotel of J. W. Meyers 4k Son, at Hebo,
tunity to wash against the sides, it
bloodhounds, Charles Smith and Buck were burned to the ground. The en
Nagel, young men living in this city; tire stock and hotel furnishings were is thought that it will not explode
so easily as one which is three-quar
are going into Washington to get John destroyed. The loss was «20,000, part
ters or seven-eighths full.
Turnow, the man who within a year ly Insured.
It is an interesting sight to be
has killed four deputy sheriffs and
A bank, to be known as the Bank
hold
the nitroglycerin workers at
two other men. The boys have de of Sbedd, w ill be established at Shedd,
their
task.
Usually the building
clared their intention o f getting Tur in Linn county, articles of incorpora
wherein
the
stuff
is made contains
now or' never coming back.
tion having been filed in the county
several
huge
wooden
vats, a few
For months Smith and Nagel have clerk’s office Friday. The bank w ill
pails and barrels, ah engine and a
been training their bloodhounds, and have a capital stock o f «16,000.
great iron kettlelike receptacle.
now they are going after the reward
Fire at Bend wiped out a row of
in earnest, despite the fact that Tur frame buildings with a loss o f about This receptacle is called an “ agita
now has a record as a dead shot and «10,000. The origin of the fire is un tor." I t consists simply of a small
that no one whom he ever went after known. T w o saloona, barber shop, kettle within k large one. The space
has gotten .away. The Portland boys restaurart, pool hall and a bowling between the two is kept constantly
w ill secure deputy sheriffs' commis alley were put out of business. The filled with a stream of cold water.
sions and w ill start into the Washing same site was cleared by fire In No The inner kettle is fitted with sev
eral paddles turned by a crank.
ton hills as soon as arrangements can vember, 1910.
One will see about 1,500 pounds
be completed, with the intention of
With the end in view of establish
dogging the tracks o f Turnow until ing a cement plant at Vale, George 8. of acids, sulphuric and nitric mixed,
poured into the smaller kettle. A'
they get him.
Mills Is developing the big gypsum thin but continuous stream of glyc
deposit on the hill east o f town. In an erin slowly follow s; the engine be
Heed River W ater Supply In Danger. effort to interest outside capital.
gins to pant, the crank revolves, the
Hood River.— The protest o f the Should such a plant be established. It
paddles churn the glycerin and
local commercial club through its would be the only one of Its kind be
acids, and the manufacture of the
president, W. L. Clark, who has w rit tween Ogden and Portland.
powerful explosive is under way.
ten to the Portland water board de*
Judge K elly o f the circuit court at
The flow of glycerin is controlled
d a tin g that the Bull Run water re- Albany, pronounced sentence in the
by a stopcock, the workman the
serve encroaches on the Hood R iver | Uquor ^
j . D Kennedy, on two
while observing with unremitting
watershed, may lead to a conference ; convictions, was sentenced to pay a
vigilance th e a gita to r and th e ther-
between the local citisene and the
«605 fin . and serve 60 days in J a il;, m om eter that regiaters th e heat o f
A
1 .. . and
.J 1
4k
°
Portland officials In an effort to ad- w a iter A.
Marks, 64AA
«400 4
fine
10
the »perilous mixture.
Just the boundaries. It is probable 1 dayg; Ed Ackerman. «160 fine. E. D.
Nitroglycerin is formed by the
that members o f the Portland board Henry, of Harrisburg, convicted on
action of nitric and sulphuric acids
w ill come here as soon as the weather two counts, failed to appear,
upon glydbrin. * When red fumes be
becomes sufficiently mild and visit
Apple trees which were planted 66 gin to show the greatest caution
the Lost Lake region.
years ago by the late A. G. Marshall,*' must be observed.
They indicate
a well-known Linn county pioneer, on that the oil is on fire, and Bhou^d
bis farm seven miles east of Albany, the mixture attain too great a de
are yet bearing splendidly. There was gree of h eat'an explosion w ill fol
Many Valuable Claims Have Already a good crop on the trees last fall.
low. When the mercury in the ther
Been Filed On.
Three different varieties of apples are mometer attains 90 degrees C. it be
Marshfield.— Coal rights which it is included in the old trees, Baldwins,
hooves one not to linger too long in
believed w ill later on be highly valua- Spitzenbergs and Bellflowers,
a nitroglycerin factory. The stream
ble
dm are
are being
nemg taken
umsn up
up in
in what
wnat is
ia
To pave at least ten blocks with 0f cold w ater constantly circu latin g
"
hard-surface pavement during the com- about the base 0f th e a gita to r keeps
o f »he Co* in * summer is the object o f a special the
the m
ixture cool.
mixture
cool, In warm w eather
quills river and in the southern pert committee appointed by the Dallas
ice must be used.
o f Coos county. Coal of a very fine commercial club to interview the prop
A fter leaving the agitator the
quality always has been known to erty owners to be affected by the
i product is placed in the “ drowning
exist there, but the previous lnscces- proposed Improvement.
They report tank.”
Then it is transferred to
siblllty of the country has caused It much progress.
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Th® proposed im- other
other tanks
tanks and
and carefully
carefully washed.
to be overlooked^ The Smith-Powers provement will take in the entire buoi- At the end of a
of f(rar hours
Logging company is now building
a now
ng a ness diatrtct.
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the milky, amber tinted nitroglycer-
railroad to that part o f ths country,
.
.
,
Bandon is assured a public library. jn jg poured into rectangular tin
and ths
has dirartAd attention to th* vBiu»hi« A ma" me®tln* W*M hel<J
discuss cans. These cans are deposited in
plans for the establishment and main- a huge iron safe, and the explosive
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
bate work, the writing o f deeds, mort-
fes, contracts and the drafting o f all
al papers.
N ew berg, Oregon.
O f f ic e —Second Floor '
Bank o f N ew berg Building.
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C. R. CHAPIN
AFTER TURN0W WITH DOGS
LAWYER
Practice in all courts; Probate, Deeds,
Mortgages end all legal pa peas. Ab
stracts examined.
DR. C. A. ELDRIEDGE
DENTIST
Office over First National
Bank
Phone White 3-1
D R . A . M . D A V IS
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DENTIST
O ffto e o v e r F e rg u s o n 's D rue E te re
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P H O N E B L A C K 37
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Dr. John S. Rankin
PHYSICIANS mmi SURGEOWS
Office over U. S. National Bank
Office phone Blue 171
Residence Phone Black 115
L I T T L E F I E L D & R O M IG
P H Y S IC IA N S * SURGEONS
COAL LAND BEING TAKEN UP
COif , , T 8 h
,K1 v. a
•Dsetor and*1
isuaace of a library.
A considerable ¡g then ready for the market.
Bum WM raised as a nucleus and a
f h T ^ o o u n irv^ r I
elicitin g committee was appointed to
,
d .
ODened velnm .„ a in ,,, oontillu® t*1® work until the sum of
ti rated the c ^ l on thi rovernm.nt
Ugated the coal J « ^ the
lands. H e has located investors on
these government lands, and in such
cases ths lands have been filed upon
under the mineral a c t
c
8. P. Makes O ffer For Terminal.
Marshfield. The Southern Pacific
has mads a proposition, the exact de-
tails of which are not known, to ths
terminal oompany, with a view o f ae-
curing ths trucks and right o f w ay o f
ths terminal down the waterfront in
Marshfield.
Ths Southern Pacific
right of way is secured through North
Bend to the limits of Marshfield. It
is stated that the railroad has made a
demand of the terminal to accept or
refuse the proposition so that ths mat-
Much nitroglycerin is used by oil
weU “ ghooters.”
T h e “ s h o o tin g o f
0j] wellg jg the discharge of nitro-
,6° ° W“ meCUr#d fOT th® “P®Clal PUI" glycerin at the bottom of the Weill
pose of buying mors books and «600 ir/ order to increase their flow.
for a maintenance fund.
The commissioners of Jackson coun
ty have authorised preliminary sur
veys tor an improved road over ths
Siskiyous, south o f Ashland.
This
movement is really one result of the
pgd ftc Highway agitation, and is I d
una with other work in view, which
ha8 for ,u aim a connecting link
between the Oregon sad California
iUbdivialons of this big interstate
road
T be contract for the sale of 163,900,-
000 feat #f Umbar la tha Umpqua ^
tional foraat to tha Unitad states Log
Kin* company, a new corporation, with
head,carters at Cottage Grove, was
glgBed Thursday end sent to Wash-
Office in First N a t’ l Bank Building
* m
Phone, Black 31
16669«W W 969« » I 9 9 « 9 W « I »
D R .T H O S . W . H E S T E R
P h y s ic ia n a n d S u r g e o n
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Office in Dixon Building
NEW BERG
- - OREGON
Dr. E. P. Dixon
Dentist
Phone
Office W hite 22 Res. W hite 8
New berg, Oregon
DR. G. £. STUART
Physician & Surgeon
Nitroglycerin, rather than the safer
dynamite, is used because it can be Chrome dwwua a ipecnlty. Calk answered
exploded under water. — H arper’s
promptly day or eight.
Weekly.
Oftce 213 Mem St. oppoale Commercial Hotel
Preeenoe e f Mind.
An old fanner drove into a sm all
town th e oth er day and stopped at
the country
itrv store.
store. A
A phonograph
phonograpl
Phone.:
Oftce, Black 21; Res.. Red 69
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A . E. W I L S O N
O p tic ia n
had just been installed and the
fan ner decided to have a few cents’ Eyes examined and glasses made
worth of music. The clerk handed
to f i t
him the ear tubes, placed them in
202 First S L
Phone Blue 38
proper position and immediately
started the machine.
, The
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farm er ___________
instantly dropped
the tubes and rushed to the door,
cry in g :
J. C. PRICE
DENTIST
‘ • r,
u* 1“ * th: " * tr rr
ln ME” h
fieid oan be s ttied finally.
»"«to a t o r * * • W * ® » » 1 ®f the interior
“ Great snakes! H o ld on a min-
department. Ths company was the nit, w ill y e ? T h e r e ’s a g o l durned
Office over U. S. Natl. Bank
only bidder. Most of ths timber Is brass band a cornin’ an’ there ain’t
Lake County Deal Closed.
Douglas fir, which, with ths rod coder ■ nobody a-holdin’ my horse.’*— Biff.
Phone Black 171
Klamath Falls.— A deal which has Hnd sugar pins, sold at «1.36 for oash
boon pending two years was closed 1000 foot. Ths hemlock was sold st
School Day Wisdom,
when tho deeds to the lends held by ¡50 cents.
I English school children are cred- » *
the Oregon Military Land Grant com- | Another impetus to ths dairying in- jted with having given these answers \ ;
V e te r in a r y S u r g e o n
pany were filed here by the Oregon dustry^in central Oregon ia ths estab- jn exam ination-:
Land Corporation.
lishmeat o f a cheese factory at Laid-
“ During the interdict in John’s
T hi» land was originally g rusted for law. John B. Wlmer, a Laid law mer- reign, births, marriages and deaths
Graduate o f American Veterinary
ths construction o f ths military wagon chant and rancher, la the promoter were not allowed to take place.”
College, N ew York City, 1881
road across ths Cascade mountains to 0f ths enterprise, the first In Crook
Office Commercial Stables.
”
1 “ A kelt is part o f a Scotchman’s
Phone Black 112
Lakevlew, in Lake county. The grant county and the second in central Ore- dress.’
lisa aorth of ths Klamath Indian res ROn. Mr. W im er has already placed
“ ‘ Cave canen’ — Beware lest I
ervation, that within the reservation | orders for machinery and is now oa a sing.”
having been exchanged for lands out trop to Corvallis and other Willamette
‘ A conservative is a sort o f green
side. There are abqut 60,000 acres ln valley points, purchasing cows Which house «'here you look at the moon.” W . W . H o llin g s w o r th & S o n
Klamath county and the deeds call will be imported. Mr. Wim er will buy
“ Parliament assembled in Sep Funeral Directors & Embalmera
for a consideration, of about «4 per ¡nearly 100 head, which will be dlstri- tember and dissembled in January.”
Calls Answe-ed Day or Night
aero. Much e f the land is said to be buted among the ranchers. Mr. Wlm-
fine timber, some is good pasture and Pr estimates that 300 pounds of cheese
Lady Assistants. No extra charge
Dining by th . Shadow.
some good for agriculture. What their will be turned out dally.
Res. Black 94
The most primitive o f ancient Office. White 25
plana are for handling the lands are j The bottling plant of the Eastern
Grecian methods of telling the time
N ew berg,
Ore.
not made public.
¡Oregon company at The Dalles, was o f day was by means of a shadow
gutted by a fire. The bottling works pointer. This was merely a stick
Hill Extension Wanted.
! were In a stone building, with shingle fixed in the earth, and the length
Klamath Falla.— Rufus R. Wilson, roof detached from the brewery pro- o f its shadow served to indicate the
C H A S E & L IN T O N
director of the Humboldt Development per. which made it possible for the hour. Greeks were invited to dine
committee, has been here from Bure- ; firemen to successfully cope with the ‘ when the shadow is ten feet long”
G RAV EL COM PAN Y
ka, Cal., with a view to interesting , fire, though for a time It was thought
-th e length o f course varying ac
this section in an attempt to induce i the brewery was doomed. The wood cording to the time o f year.
All kinds of gravel for con
ths Oregon Trunk railway (H ill line) en partitions end roof were entirely
crete work, cement blocks,
destroyed, end the machinery badly
to build from this point to Bureka.
Econom y.
or wood work furnished on
The country to be traversed is large damaged, causing a loss of probably
Tom my— Mamma, what is econ
ly without railroad facilities, and then «5000, but the wells are intact, being omy ?
short notice.
The origin
Is an Immense amount of fine timber only slightly damaged.
Tommy's Mamina— Economy, my
on the proposed routs. Thors Is also of the fire Is nqt known. Ths brewing •on, is what a husband preaches and
Telephone White 85
much good placer mining along ths company wHl rebuild the bottling a wife practices. — London T ele
works at once.
cuts, ana some fine quarts mines.
graph.
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i ; DR. J . J . MURRAY
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