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About Cloverdale courier. (Cloverdale, Tillamook County, Or.) 190?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1917)
The seriate sent six LEGISLATIVE DOINGS of teen the o th governor er bills over to the house for action and the house sent tw enty-tw o m ore bills to the senate. A p p ro p ria t io n s Asked f o r T o t a l $425,- F ir s t B ill Signed is fo r Expenses. T he first bill to pass both houses and receive the signature of the gov tr o v e r s y — C on so lidatio n of S ta te D e ernor was an appropriation of $25.00(1 p a rtm e n t s on P r o g r a m — “ Bone D r y ” to defray the expenses of the legisla Bill on W r y — No C han g e in T a x tu re itself. T his is only a sta rte r and several m ore bills relating to the ex N otic e L ^ w — Woman In trod u c e s penses are likely to follow. The total M easure. expenses for the 1015 session ran up Salem T l"' I ;! 'attire began the to $68,410.02 and it is hoped the ex third week of (he v s ion with all the penses of the present session will keep hi« constructive 1 (islation yet to re w ithin th at figure. A ppropriations aggregating $424,- ceive attention. In fact, aside from R epresentative Anders ill's m easure 787.50 have been introduced. The to m ake effective the “ bone d ry ” con- budget of the state gam e and fish com stitution al am endm ent adopted at the m ission cam e in with an addition of N ovem ber election only one or two $89,600 and m iscellaneous claim s o th er bills of any great im portance to which have been filed m ake a grand the state at large had been introduced. total of $520,975.56 which has been W hen the legislature adjourned last asked of the legislature during the Friday in order to perm it m em bers to first two weeks. Inasm uch as the leg visit th e agricultural college at Cor islature faced a budget of $715,382.09 vallis S aturday, one third of the 40- in excess of the 6 per cent lim itation day lim it which the law sets on the am endm ent when it convened it finds session had expired and leaders ap itself at the close of the second week preciate that it will be necessary to j w ith a total sum of $1,194,830.15 which get down to business this w eek if the it m ust cut out to keep w ithin the con usual rush is to be avoided during the stitutional requirem ents. M u s t M a k e R ura l C re d its E ffe c t iv e . closing days of the session. During the second week of the ses One of the im portant tasks before sion the volume of bills introduced ! the present session is to enact a law was lnrger than during the first week m aking effective the rural credits and if the bills dropped into th e legis am endm ent to the state constitution lative hopper continue at the present adopted at the last election. rate the proposed legislation will be S enator Shanks of W heeler county alm ost as great as it was two years has sought to meet the situation by ago. T he senate adjourned with 119 i introducing a bill creatin g two new bills on the calendar, com pared with | offices and an expensive system of 9X at th e sam e tim e in ID 15 and the 1 adm inistering the rural credits fund. house had 17*» com pared with 206. j His bill already .has become more or Four m easures passed both houses, less of a storm center and has engen tw o of which received the signature dered a controversy betw een S enator OOO— R ural C re d its Bill Causes C on Semi-Tropical Southern California CALIFORNIA— with its oranges, its Winter tiowers, its beaches, its m ountain resorts, its time-stained iniarions, its delightful su n shine and out-of door lift— surely the call is ir res is table in January. But a two days journey away on daily trains of the delightful SH A ST A ROUTE Shasta Limited California Express San Francisco Express You can secure tickets or complete information from anv agent or write JOHN M SCOTT. General Passenger Aqent Portland Ore. Southern Pacific Lines Shanks and S tate T reasu rer Kay. A to drunkenness T a x Notice Via Postcard Is Lost. bill representing the views of the state land board and the organizations ' T he bill to abolish publication of de which initiated the rural credits ! linquent tax notices and sub stitute a am endm ent will be ready for intro ; system of postal card notices was un- ! anim ously disapproved by the senate duction this week. An effort will be m ade at this ses com m ittee on assessm ent and taxa- sion to work out an effective plan to ! tion following a public hearin g at consolidate state offices and d ep art which the dangers of the m easure m ents. Moth houses tackled the prob | w ere vividly brought out. It was the feeling of the com m ittee lem last week. The senate desired to have a joint com m ittee of both houses that even in this M ultnom ah county handle all consolidation bills, but the m easure it would not be wise to adopt house rejected a senate resolution fa the postcard system . Inform al discus voring th at plan; so each house will sion among the com m ittee m em bers have a com m ittee to pass upon con revealed the decided opinion th at a postcard system of notices is so in solidation bills. adequate, and involves such danger F irs t Consolidatio n M easu re Loses. to titles, th som e provision ought to The first of the consolidation m eas be m ade for at publication of the delin ures to come to a vote in either house quent tax list. provided for a new state hoard of edu cation of three m em bers and a paid C on te n tion O v e r C a re of D ependents. The Bowman bill providing for tin- secretary at $1800 a year. In this care and control of delinquent ami de board were to be com bined the state fective children w ent back to com m it board of textbook com m issioners, the tee for further consideration a fter it board of higher curricula and the had come on third reading for final board of regents, respectively, of the passage. Since it cam e back into the U niversity of Oregon, Oregon agricul house from the com m ittee on healtli tural college and state norm al schools. and public m orals, it has becom e a The senate com m ittee on education, i storm center of contention. returned unanim ously a recom m ends tion that it be indefinitely postponed. One point urged against the m eas ure as introduced and favored by the The senate adopted the report. com m ittee, is that while it w ithdraw s Creation of a state departm ent of state aid from sectarian institutions agriculture under which would be con which now handle these children, it solidated several state boards and of m akes no money provision for their ficers now operating separately is pro care under state supervision. vided in a m easure introduced into W o m a n M e m b e r O ffe rs Eill. the state house of representatives by R epresentative Vernon A. Forbes of Mrs. Thompson, the only woman m em ber, introduced her first bill, a Bend. The departm ents consolidated would m easure which would com pel the com be the fair directors, live stock sani m itm ent of patients to the institution tary board, stallion registration board, for the feeble m inded. Any county board of horticulture, dairy and food judge may, under this m easure, cause com m issioner and deputy scaler of a feeble-m inded child to be brought before him and conduct an exam ina weights and m easures. The new departm ent would be divid tion. One or m ore com petent physi ed into fi\e divisions- -live stock, hor cians are to constitute the exam ining ticulture, agriculture, fairs, grain and board. The relatives of a person hay and dairies and pure food. A com adjudged feeble m inded can have the m issioner would head the departm ent ! privilege of appealing. O ther states and d»**oetor m ira g e each division. have sim ilar laws. H e a rin g on “ Bene D r y ” Bill. L e g is la tiv e B revities. Service on jurors by registered mail is provided for by a house bill, intro duced by S tatrin, of Polk. A m em orial to P resident W ilson asking a speedy retu rn of the Oregon troops on the border was adopted. Resolutions of sym pathy over the death of Adm iral Dewey w ere unani mously adopted by the -house and sen ate. A bill for the repeal of the m others' pension act of 1913 was Introduced in the house by W. Al. Jones of Marion The ’ I m .'*" ury bill introduced in the house last week by R epresentative Anderson started on its way through the legislative mill Monday evening w hen the joint senate and house com m ittee on alcoholic traffic gave whole sale grocers, food m anufacturers and other interested parties an opportun ity to be heard on tlie provisions reg ulating the use of alcohol. As drafted the m easure prohibits th e im portation of liquor into the state by any person by any m eans f o r nnv purpose other than m edicinal, scien county. tific or sacram ental. It carries an A bill to prevent Japan ese from em ergency clause designed to m ake owning or controlling property w ithin it effective im m ediately upon its p as the state of Oregon was introduced in sage and as soon th ereafter as the the senate by S enator W ilbur of Hood governor has signed the bill. The River county. bill does not contain the "search and Every man has a right to work, says seizure clause, which has been so R epresentative l.nurgaard, who in tro much talked of during the last few duced a joint resolution in the house m onths. proposing an am endm ent to the con W ou'd Punish Drunken Chauffeurs. stitution which will grant state em M ithout a dissenting vote the sen ployment to all unem ployed who have ate passed the bill which m akes it a 1 been residents of Oregon for a period crim e for a person to drive a m otor | of five years. vehicle while under the influence of W ith but one opposing vote the sen liquor; prescribes a penitentiary sen at e took a crack a* high in terest rates tence or jail for the person who, while which prevail in m any of the central intoxicated, drives an auto in a care ai 1 astern Oregon counties by pass less or negligent m anner, and causes ing Senator P ierce's bill reducing the the death or serious injury of another < cal contract in terest rate from 10 to person; prescribes a fine of $in a day 8 per cent per annum and reducing for any person who shall kn. wingly the regular legal in terest rate from 6 employ as chauffeur a person addicted to 5 per cant. \