DOINGS OF OREGON'S LEGISLATURE
A Brief Resume of Proceedings of the People's Representatives
at the State Capital, Bills Introduced, Passed, Rejected, Etc.
FOR COMPETITION ON ROADS
House Says All Companies Should
Be Allowed to Bid.
Salem Open competition will be
had on all roaj contracts, if the senate
adopts an amendment to the Barrett
and Hurd road bill, officially known a-i
senate bill 12, made by the house after
one of the hottest fights on the floor
at this legislative session. The bill
was then passed.
Section 24 was the only one to
which objection was raised. It pro
hibited any state or county official
having road work in charge to accept
bids for any patented article for road
building.
Levelling, of Linn, started the tight
when he moved that the section be
stricken from the bill. He was sec
onded by Forbes, of Crook, who
charged, that while the amendment
sought to prohibit trust grafts being
worked off on the people, "it in reality
prevents certain paving companies
from bidding and delivers the work
into the hands of a trust that stretches
out its tentacles into every city, town
and hamlet from Maine to California
the Harber Asphalt company."
After a sharp skirmish, in which
Parsons, of Linn, made a desperate
but futile eirort to have the section
retained intact with but a few words
changed, the house demanded the vote
and the roll call showed that the en
tire section had been eliminated.
EIGHT-HOUR LAW DEFEATED
House Passes Ten Other
Senate
Bills in Short Order.
Salem (letting down to work
promptly at 10:.'((J Monday morning
after the week-end adjournment, the
house made rapid progress, passing
ten senate bills and defeating one,
which was perhaps the most important
of them all the eight-hour law.
This was a measure passed by the peo
ple at a recent election, but it carried
no enabling clause and was held to be
without ell'ect. It was a bill by Sen
ator Smith, of Curry.
Defeat of the bill is believed not to
lie of any importance, as it is said in
the house to have been brought about
for the reason that certain members
wished to discipline Representative
Lawrence, of Multnomah, who made a
speech for the bill.
In some manner, it is said, he had
roused the anger of some members,
who decided to vote the bill down this
time.
NEW CONSPIRACY BILL FAILS
Notice (liven of Movement for Re
consideration. Salem An eirort to put through the
senate a substitute conspiracy bill pre
pared in the district attorney's office
of Multnomah county failed Saturday.
It received but 15 favorable votes
with Hean and Miller absent. As a
result a motion to reconsider will be
made. With Miller present Senator
McColloch is satisfied that the neces
sary Id votes for passing will be se
cured. The bill as originally introduced by
McColloch made it a crime to conspire
to commit a crime or to conspire to
defraud. The substitute bill provides
only that it shall be a crime to conspire
to defraud and its introducer stated
openly that the present bill is to hit
at paving combinations and collusive
bidding on all public work.
Goat Meat Dig Problem.
Salem - Whether or not goat meat
shall be sold for mutton is the weighty
question which came up in the house
on Senate bill 22, by Hurgess.
It seems, from the state. lu'iits made
on the floor of the house, that some
butchers in the state have been mak
ing the sheep the goat by pretending
to si ll mutton chops and other choice
IHirtions of "spring lamb," when in
reality they were selling plain old
goat. The house voted down the bill
compelling the sign "goat meat" to
be placed on goat meat.
Textbook Bill Passed.
Salem - With some opposition the
Miller textbook bill passed the senate.
This bill provides that one-third of the
textbooks of the schools shall be
changed every two years, this third to
make up the textbooks for that divis
ion fur the following six years.
Thus under the bill no textbooks will
be changed oftoncr than six years,
but a portion of them will be changed
every two years.
Anti-Lobbvist Bill Passes.
Salem The house passed the Scheu
bel ar.ti-lobbying bill, which is calcu
lated to keep the lobbyists off the floor
of K'th hou-es and to force them to
register with the secretary of state
their names and the name, or names,
of the H'rsons, or persons, by whom
they are employed. It also requires
them to make a sworn statement of
their expenditures at the captital.
Filing Fee Bill IVfeated.
Salem -Senator Harrett's loll, pro
viding for a tiling fee intead of a pe
tition, for candidates for office, met
defeat in the house. Katun of Lane
and others held that, although the
primary and election laws are unsatis
factory, this would be no improve
ment. In fact, they argued, it would
forever shut otT the office seeking the
man
ORATORY ENDS; HOUSE BUSY
False Pretense Bill Passed; Fake
Companies Hit.
Salem The house Wednesday got
down to hard work, when Speaker Me
Arthur asked that all unnecessary ora
tory be eliminated and that serious
consideration of the large amount of
work be made the order. During the
morning, seven house bills were
passed, the most important of which
were those extending the term of a
grand jury to six months, if necessary,
to complete the work in hand, and pro
viding that obtaining money on false
pretenses may be punished without
written evidence of such false pre
tense. Some members questioned the advis
ability of extending the grand jury
time of service to six months, but
Latourette, of Multnomah, author of
the bill, declared it necessary that the
time should be so extended, as he said
now a jury is discharged every 30
days and often cannot complete its '
j work in that time.
Latourette was also author of the
false pretense bill, which met slight
opposition. He said that, under the
present laws, it is necessary to pre
sent written evidence of fraud in or
der to convict. He said that all the
"blue sky" laws on earth will be of
no avail so long as written evidence
of fraud must be had, but that, with
oral evidence admissable and suffi
cient, "these crooks who are selling!
apple orchard land and other fake .
properties throughout our state will be
careful what they tell people."
ATTORNEY - GENERAL RULES
School Fund Must Be Held Intact
by Land Board.
Salem Attorney-General Crawford
has ruled on two important matters
relating to the administration of the
state's affairs.
In response to an inquiry from
George G. Brown, clerk of the state i
land board, he holds that the irreduci- j
hie school fund is to be devoted solely
to maintaining the public schools of
the state. He holds further that dis
bursements of the state school fund
may be made by the proper authorities
without special appropriation by the :
legislature, and that furthermore the
legislature itself could not touch the
money in this fund for any other pur
pose than to direct in what manner it
may be expended for the cause of pub
lic education in Oregon.
In reply to the railroad commission
Mr. Crawford gives his opinion that the
American District Telegraph com
pany, of San Francisco, comes within
the purview of the public utilities act
and may be considered as a public
utility concern and is subject to regu
lation of the commission.
The company is engaged in the
manufacture of telegraph systems.
GIVES GOVERNOR BIG STICK
Executive Supplant District Attor
neys, Sheriffs and Constables.
Salem Only four votes were mus
tered against the substitute bill by the
senate judiciary committee giving
power to supplant district attorneys,
sheriffs and constables, and the substi
tute measure passed the senate.
The drastic provisions of the origin
al 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 WO days,
but only after they have been given a
hearing in court and the Circuit judge
decides that such officer as not been
faithfully executing the criminal laws
of the state.
Deschutes Measure Passed.
Salem -The house passed the bill
by Abbott, of Multnomah, appropriat
ing $,'.0,000 for a survey of the Des
chutes river. There were 45 votes for
and six against. Speaker McArthur
and other members spoke in favor of
the bill, saying it is one of the great
est pieces of constructive legislation
before the legislature. The emerg
ency clause was attacked by some
members, but carried, as it was shown
that three months' delay might beat
the state out of a similar appropria
tion from the Federal government.
Saddle Mountain Park Asked.
Salem Congress is urged to create
a Saddle Mountain park, in a memor
ial introduced in the senate by Lester.
The purpose of the park is to protect
the water supply which is reserved on
Saddle Mountain, the supply furnish
ing water for all the Oregon coast
from the Columbia river to Tillamook
Head, according to the memorial.
Measure Limits Power Sales.
Salem Olson, of Multnomah, intro
duced a bill in the house to protect the
state's water power and to prevent the
sale of power manufactured in Oregon
outside this state. It is said to be
aimed at retaliation of a similar bill
that has been introduced in the Wash
ington legislature.
.Would Purchase Locks.
Salem - The house passed the Ha
good bill, consenting to the purchase
of the canal and locks at Oregon City.
There was no opposition.
fsE R I A IT
I STORY J
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Chronicles
if
Addington
Peace
By B. Fletcher Robinson
Co-Authur with A. Conan DoyU of
"The Hound of th. Baskervillea," tc
THE STORY OF
AMAROFF THE POLE
(Continued.)
The Serjeant Etepped forward and
whispered. The man was sufficiently
satisfied, for he dropped the slide at
once, and the door swung back to ad
mit ub; the hairy-faced porter bowing
a welcome in polite submission. The
inspector led the way up the stairs,
and I followed at his heels. The Ser
jeant had disappeared.
It was a broad, low room in which
we found ourselves, the rafters of the
roof unhidden by the plaster of a ceil
ing. Round the walls on benches rang
ed behind tables a dozen men sat
smoking and drinking. The chatter
of talk faded away as we entered. In
silence they stared at us, calmly, Judi
ciously, without fear or curiosity. I
could not have imagined a more com
posed and resolute company. I felt
that I carried myself awkwardly, as an
Impertinent intruder should; but the
Inspector sauntered across the room
to a bar on the further side as calmly
as if he were the oldest and most
valued member in the club,
i A pale-faced man with a stained and
yellow beard rcse from his seat be
hind the glasses. His eyes were fixed
on Peace with a weak, pathetic ex
pression like a dog in pain.
"Good evening, Mr. Greatman," said
the inspector. "Can I have a word
with you?"
"Yes, sir, if you will kindly step Into
my private room," he answered In ex
cellent English, opening a hatch In
the bar. "This is the way, sir, If you
will follow me."
We walked after him down a short
passage and stopjied before the dark
ness of an open door. A spurt of a
match and the gas jet flared upon a
bare chamber, hung with a gaudy pa
per and furnished with half a dozen
wooden chairs set round a deal table
in the center. In place of a carpet,
our feet grated upon a smooth sprin
kling of that grey sand which may
still be found In old-fashioned inns.
It was here then, if the detectives
were not mistaken, that this crime
had found a climax, this sordid mur
der not thirty hours old.
"If you would like a fire, gentlemen,"
suggested Greatman, "I can easily
fetcli some coals."
'Tray do not trouble yourself," said
the Inspector, politely. "My name is
Peace, of the Criminal Investigation
Department, and I called to inquire if
you can tell me anything concerning
the murder of the sculptor, Amaroff."
"I know nothing."
"That Is strange, seeing that he was
strangled In this very room "
"Here?" cried tlie Pole, with a stare
of unbelief changing into sudden ter
ror. "Here In my room."
"So I believe," said Peace.
The man swayed for an instant,
grasping at the back of a chair, and
then dropped to the ground, moaning,
his face covered with his hands. In
that crouching figure before us was
written the extremity of despair.
"Come, come, Greatman, pull your
self together." said the inspector, tap
ping him kindly on the shoulder. "If
you are innocent, there is no need to
make all this fuss."
"It was Nicolin who lied to me," he
cried, looking up with bewildered eyes.
"Very probably." said Peace, "it is
a hstbit with him."
"Yet it was. 1. miserable that I am,
who made the meeting between them.
Before Heaven, it was with the inno
cence of a child. If those my com
rades of the club but knew
He hesitated, his eyes searching the
room in sudden terror.
"Oblige me by seeing that we have
no comrades already at the keyhole,
Mr. Phillips." said Peace.
There was no one at the door; no
one in the dark passage; and when I
la a crumpled heap,
returned I found that Peace had lifted
the caretaker to a chair, w here he sat
"You can trust us," the detective
was saying. "Believe me. Greatman.
It will be best for yourself that you
hide nothing "
And so with many fierce crts and
protestations, this poor creature be
gan his story.
It was Nicolin. it seemed, who had
discovered that Greatman, the care
taker of the Brutus Club, was one and
the same with the forger, Ivan Kroll.
of Odessa, w ho had been wanted by
the Rursian police for close upon
tweli years. Hut haTing a shrewd
bead on his shoulders. Nicolin made
no lairredlate ue of his knowledge.
For forgery a man might be extra
dited from England. One In Roaaia
II
the charge would be altered to nihil
ism, and then Siberia. It was not
pleasant for the caretaker of a nihil
ist club to be at the mercy of a black
bearded spy lounging on the step out
side. "It was that which drove me to
the brandy," said poor Greatman,
alias Kroll.
About the end of August there be
gan, he continued, a duel of wits be
tween the two men, Amaroff and
Nicolin, the reasons and causes of
which did not, if he might be per
mitted to say, concern us Nicolin'i
career was dependent on his success.
For him, failure spelt permanent dis
grace. Y'et it was Amaroff who was
playing with his opponent as a cat
with a mouse, confusing and surpris
ing him at every turn, driving iilm,
indeed, when time grew pressing, into
desperate measures. At the last be
formed a plan, did Nicolin, a scheme
worthy of his most cunning brain.
"This, then, he did," ended the poor
caretaker. "He came to me I who
had so great love and honor for Amar
off, my friend, I whom he had turned
from crime and aided to earn a wage
in honesty he came to me and he
says: "Kroll, in my pocket Is a war
rant that will send you back to the
snow places in the East; do you fear
me, my good Kroll?' And I feared him.
'See, now,' he said, 'we desire to see
your friend Amaroff for a little talk.
We cannot harm him here in this
mad country. Contrive a trick, bring
him into your private room behind the
bar. Give us the key of the yard door
that we may come secretly to him
and afterwards you will hear no more
of Siberia from me. Do you consent?'
"Gentlemen, I believed him, also
having fear of the snow places; and I
consented.
"So Amaroff answered my call, and
with some excuse I left him in this
room. It was at a time when few
members were in the club about
seven of the clock. And that, as I
live, is all I have to tell. I waited at
my seat behind the bar. I saw noth
ing, heard nothing and at last when
I went to my room, behold it was
empty! I tried to suspect no wrong
but I did not sleep that night. In the
morning I saw in the papers that
Amaroff, my friend, was dead, and
how he died I could not tell."
"So Nicolin won the game," sug
gested Peace, softly. "And there will
be no regrettable Incident when the
Czar enters Paris the day after to
morrow." "Of that I have no knowledge," said
Greatman; but I saw a sudden resolu
tion shine In his face that seemed to
put new heart into the man.
"Well, Mr. Phillips," said the in
spector, turning upon me with a warn
ing quiver of the left eyelid, "it is
to meet Nicolin at the studio by seven
tomorrow morning. We must get to
bed early."
"Certainly," I said. I was rather out
of my depth, but I take myself this
credit that I did not show it.
"Then do you search the studio to
morrow?" asked Greatman.
"Yes it has been arranged."
"But will you not llrst arrest this
Nicolin, this murderer?"
"My dear Mr. Greatman," said the
Inspector, "you have told us your
story, and I thank you for your con
fidence. But I advise you now to leave
things alone. I will see Justice done
don't be afraid about that. For the
rest, please to keep a silent tongue In
your head it will be safer. There is
still Siberia for Ian Kroll just as
there may be dangers from your
friends in the club yonder for Julius
Greatman, who arranged so indiscreet
a meeting In his private room. Good
night to you."
The caretaker did not reply, but
opening the door, bowed us into the
passage that led to the big room. We
had not taken half a dozen steps when
I looked back over my shoulder, ex
pecting to see him behind us. But
he had vanished.
LIBEL ON ARIZONA WEATHER
Tale Impressed Englishman, Who
Probably Went Home and Wrote
a Book About It.
"Hot weather reminds me," said the
fellow who is always ready to tell a
story when he gets an opening. "1
was riding dow n through Arizona last
summer on a train on which there
was a party of Englishmen. You
never know what hot weather is until
you ride through some of those south
western states in the summer. The
heat rolls up in waves and smites you.
Everything except the rattlesnakes
and the Indlaus stay out of the sun's
rays as much as possible.
"On a station platform stood a
dilapidated sprinkling can. It was
full of dents and the spout was lying
near the can, both evidently not hav
ing been used for months.
" "You know I have been telling you
we have tome hot weather out here,'
said a westerner to one of the Eng
lishmen. 'Well, look at that sprinkling
can. It has been so hot that it has
melted the spout right off! And the
farther west you get the hotter it
gets,' tba native son finished as be
noticed the awed look on the foreign
er's face."
She Says We're Much Too Slender.
A Russian princess who Is now In
Washington has created a commotion
in social circles by criticising tba
American women for baiat much too
"He's gone," I whispered, gripping
my companion by the arm.
"I know, I know. Keep quiet."
As we stood there listening, I beard
the sudden clatter of boots upon a
stairway, and then silence.
"It appears to me that we shall
have an Interesting evening," said Ad
dington Peace.
A twist in the passage, a turn
through a door, and we were rattling
down the back stairs and out into a
moonlit yard. In the denser darkness
under the walls I made out a double
row of big barrows, from which there
came a subtle aroma in which stale
fish predominated. From amongst
them a tall shadow arose and came
slipping to our side.
"He's off, sir," said the Serjeant,
for It was he. "Rushed by. shaking
his fist and talking to himself like a
madman. Where has be gone, do you
think?"
"To Amaroff's studio; and we must
get there before him. The nearest cab
rank, If you please. Jackson."
We ran through the yard, hustled up
the narrow streets, lost ourselves, as
far as I was concerned, in a maze of
alleys, and finally shot out into a roar
ing thoroughfare, crowded with a
strolling population. No cab was In
sight. Opposite the lamps of the un
derground station the inspector
stopped us.
"It would be quicker," he said, with
a Jerk of the head, and we turned into
the booking-office and galloped down
the stairs. Luck was with us, and we
tumbled into a carriage as the train
moved away.
We were not alone, and we Jour
neyed in silence. Station after sta
tion slipped by, until at last we were
In the southwestern district again. My
excitement increased as we fled up
the stairs of the South Kensington sta
tion. Here was a new sensation, keen,
virile, natural; here was a race worth
the trouble it Involved. I did not un
derstand; but I knew that on our speed
much depended. Indeed, I could have
shouted aloud, but for the Influence of
those two quiet, unemotional figures
that trotted on either hand.
I regretted nothing an hour of this
was worth a year of artistic contem
plation. At the corner we found a hansom,
and soon were rattling down the
King's Road. When the cab stopped,
to the Inspector's order, it was not,
as I expected, at the corner of Harden
Place, but a street preceding it. Down
this we walked quickly until we cam
upon a seedy-looking fellow with a red
muffler about his neck, leaning against
the wall.
I was surprised when we baited In
front of him.
"Good evening, Harrison," said the
Inspector. "Anything to report?"
"They're there, sir. They came
about ten minutes ago. Job and Turn
er are watching the door in Harden
Place, and I came here."
"They didn't see any of you?"
"No, sir, I am sure of it."
"You had better Join the others In
Harden Place. Keep within hearing,
and If I whistle, kick In the side door
of the studio it can be done. There
is a man who I fancy will have a key
to tne door that Is due in about five
minutes. If I have not whistled be
fore he arrives, let him through. You
understand?"
"Yes, sir."
The detective faded discreetly Into
the darkness, while the inspector
turned to me.
"There may be complications, Mr.
Phillips, and no slight danger. I
must ask you to go home."
"I shall do nothing of the sort."
"Mutiny," he said; but I could see
that he was smiling. "Y'ou are rattier
a fraud, Mr. Phillips rather a fraud,
you know. There is more of a tight
er than a dilletante in you, after all.
Come, then, over you go."
'CHRONICLES TO BE CONTINUED.)
thin. "American women of good
breeding are slender to the point of
emaciation," says the princess. "They i
hurry too much, that Is the reason, j
Everywhere you see the American, j
whether she is going shopping, visit- ;
ing or elsewhere, she is moving fast,
as if she did not have a second to
lose." The princess doesn't seem to 1
realize that just now the one aim of
the American woman is the extreme
slenderness which she finds so un
lovely. For a New Umbrella.
Before using a new umbrella Inject
a small quantity of vaseline into the
hinge portions of the frame. Vase
line will not spread like oU and spoil
the covering, and is a sure preven
tive against rust Wet umbrellas
should be stood on their handles to
dry; this allows the water to run out
of them. Instead of Into the part
where the silk and ribs meet, thus
causing the metal to rust and the
silk to rot.
Andrew tang's Handicap.
The London Spectator says that
Andrew Lang always had poor health,
and most of his work was done when
he was tired and sick. This beinx
the case. It Is easy to understand and
forgive his frequent crankiness.
In the Beginning.
"Papa, why does the frost alwaya
coma In the fall?" "The habit, my sob,
ortfioaUd in ths Garden of Sdaa,"
RAISES the DOUGH
'Better than other powder
' producing light, dainty, whole-
' some cakes and pastries
'CRESCENT
BAKING
POWDER
' ia nigh grade and 1
' moderate in price I
i 25c lb. tin at grocers.
' Cruc.nt Mfg. Co.. Seattle i
"DIDN'T HURT A BIT"
is what they
all say
of our
Painless
Methods of
Extracting
Teeth.
Out-of-town peo
ple can hare their
plate and bridge
work finished in one
day if necessary.
An absolute guar
antee, backed by 26
years in Portland.
OA. W. 1. Will. 'wain ua Muuui
Wise Dental Co.
OFFICE HOURS:
8 A. M. to 8 P. M. Sundays 9 to 1
Phones: A 2029; Main 2029.
Tailing Bldg.t Third and Washington, Portland
For a Rubber Plant.
When the leaves turn yellow and
fall oft the plant Is dying. Feed It a
tablespoonful of olive oil every two
weeks. Also wash the plant once a
week with warm soapsuds, letting th
warm suds moisten the earth thor
oughly. Sprinkle every other day.
This same treatment should be used
on ferns.
YOU
should worry"
is
if you are neglecting or
abusing the Stomach,
Liver or Bowels. Sick
ness is sure to overtake
you. Be wise in time and
get a bottle of
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
Makes the appetite keen,
aids digestion, maintains
health, strength and vig- 1:''
or and thus makes life a
real pleasure. Try it and N
see. Avoid substitutes. Kjj
m
English Difficult Enough.
"Dear Sir," wrote a Cardiff father
to a school teacher, "Please do not
let my son John learn Welsh today;
his throat Is so bad he can hardly
speak English." Tit-Bits.
Stiff Joints
ramSjOruises
are relieved at once by an applica
tion of Sloan's Liniment. Don't
rub, just lay on lightly.
Sloan's Liniment has done mora
f ood tUan anything I have ever tried
or stilf joints. 1 got my band hurt so
badly that I had to stop work risht ia
the busiest time of the year. I tin 'light
at first that 1 would have to have my
hand taken off, but I got a bottle of
Sloan's Liuim-'iit and cured my hand."
Wilton WuekljlK, Morris, Ala.
Good for Broken Sinews
O. G. Jones, Baldwin, L. I., writes :
'I used Sloau's Liniment for broken
sinews above the knee cup caused by a
fall and to my great satisfaction was
able to resume work in leas than three
weeks alter the accident."
SLOAN'S
LIMIMEMT
Fine for Sprain
Me. Henry A. Voeul, M Somerset
Pt., PUtntl-M. N. writes: "A
friend sprainM bis ankle so badly
that it went Mark. He laufrhed when
I told bira that 1 wo-il.i have him out
in a wei-k. 1 awlieii Sloan's Liniment
and in four davs be was working and
said Sloau's was a right good Lini
ment." Pric. ?5c..
SOcand $1.00
Sloan's Book
on horses, cattle,
sheep and
poultry sent tree.
Address
Dr.
Earl S.
Sloan
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