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GATE CITY JOntNAC I« 4 v -H -H » W + S S -t* -* * + + < W legislation on the C olum bia riv er, ac cording fo a le tte r received by the chief clerk of the senate. A bill extending the tim e for obtain ing th e s ta te soldiers' ‘bonus or loan, was passed w ithout opposition by the j Senate Holds Governor’s Fi house. It provides th a t one m ay ap ply for cash benefits up to Ju n e 30, nancial Measures For 1030, and for th e loan to Ju n e 30,1945. R ep resen tativ e P ie rce 's bill p e rm it Action. ting dancing a fte r m idnight and until 3 A. M. in counties of th e sta te of L ast W eek of Session la E ntered— lesse r population, failed to pass. H ouse A dopts R alae In L egislators' Repeal of th e m otor vehicle c ertifi P ay— Soldiers’ Bonus Tim e E xtend cate of title law which w as sought in ed— Repeal of M otor Vehicle Lav* a bill Introduced, by S e n a to r Upton, E xtended—S e n a te A pproves W ilson w as d efeated in th e s e n a te a fte r a R iver Road. lengthy and som ew hat h e ated debate. T w elve se n a to rs voted for th e repeal Salem .—W hen th e leg isla tu re con of the c e rtific a te of title law, while vened M onday for th e la s t week of 15 se n a to rs voted a g ain st th e repeal. V oters to P a ss on S alaries th e sessio n a tte n tio n w as focused on NYSSA OK EGON. V oters a t the next general election th e sen ate, w here th e governor's fi nan cial bills w ere held for action. Gov will pass on a proposed constitutional e rn o r P a tte rs o n ’s financial m easures i am endm ent prohibiting sa la ry in- passed th e house la st w eek w ith little creases for both sta te and county offl- !-4"P+++d-M"M-S-J 4-v > upposltlon, but it was believed th a t ' cers during th e term s for w hich they co n sid erab le opposition would develop j w ere elected, un d er a resolution intro- In the sen ate. duced by S en ato r Brown and approved In addition to passing the tith in g by 22 of the 30 senators, bill, so-called, which tak e s 5 per c en t i By 31 votes, th e house passed Rep- ! of th e gross e arn in g s of all s ta te re sen ta tiv e G raham ’s bill, w hich does boards and com m issions for the gen er aw ay w ith the personal liab ility of au al fund, th e house passed th e gover tom obile ow ners or d riv ers fo r in ju r n o r's incom e ta x bill. T he incom e bill ies to th e ir guests. T he bill carries passed tb e house a fte r b risk debate, an em ergency clause. It w as opposed w ith 49 voting for, nine a g ain st and by m ost of the law yers of th e house, who urged it was throw ing down the tw o absent. S hortly a fte r word of th e passage b ars for negligence and th a t it would of th e Income bill by th e house reach be declared u nconstitutional. A bill Introduced in the house by ed him G overnor P a tte rso n Issued a sta te m e n t, regarded a s a w arning to Cram er, to prohibit livestock from run- th e senate, In w hich h e said tn a t “ It nlug a t large in p recin cts through would In m y opinion prove u n fortunate w hich a sta te highw ay runs cam e in If th e bill should be m utilated try in- for a severe ro a stin g in th e senate, d isc rim in ate am endm ent befure its and failed to pass. T he se n a te reconsidered and ap final passage.” W hile th is should be th e la st week proved a bill repealing the p re sen t law of the session, it is g e n era lly believed m aking it incum bent on m en desiring th a t it will be im ic ssib le to «..ear un to obtain a tn -rrirg e license to first BURBIDGE & RAY, Prop Iho t :!?ndars w ithin th e prescribed 40 s u b - i to a m rr'V al exam ination. 7 h a r i t e 'ndofinltely p o stp rn ed a j and tv - s ;ion may extend r e a r '- f -n p r o v ir - -- fa r a cons'itu- leto th e f l lo - ing week. t • ’’r n? c rea tin g th e office l-'-u a T extbook Bill of lie u ten a n t governor. T he house p a sstd tho- so-calied free G overnor May Be B udget O fficer text-book bill a lte r conslderab/a arcu- T he sen ate ap p ro v ed a m easu re m nt, the vote being 35 to 21. w ith sponsored by G overnor P a tte rso n pro tour m em bers absent. T he bill provides for th e vote of viding th a t he shall be the sta te bud citizens who may levy a special tax g et officer. T w enty-one se n a to rs voted y e licol di tric ts, and those who for the bill and nine opposed. It pre elt t r.iay p urchase te x ts for school viously was passed by th e house. T he budget bill gives th e governor pupils, th e co st to be borne Dy the special levy, not to exceed $160 for pow er to appoint a budget m aster, and each pupil of e le m en tary schools, each a p p ro p ria te s 325.000 for the a dm inis tratio n of th e budget departm ent. year. It was one of th e principles se t out D istricts of the firs t class, which m eans P o rtlan d alone, m ay choose the In the P a tte rso n platform w hen he te x ts for school children to use In th e ir sought nom ination and election to of studies. O th er d istric ts of th e sta te fice, and th e sen ate vote g ra n ts to him will follow recom m endations of the the pow er Which he told th e voters s ta te te x t book com m ission a s to the he would seek of th e leg isla to rs and books chosen. One d istric t o r m ore would use, If given to him, to reduce This business is for sal«. A good business for the rigb m ay tak e ad vantage of th e new law s ta te expenditures. T he se n a te , by a vote of 19 to 9, man. Inquire-at the Nyssa Flour Mill. a n d o th er d istric ts m ay still elect to P. M. VVARRSN. h av e books bought by individuals as w ith tw o m em bers absent, approved a a t p resen t. T h ere is no com pulsion house bill Introduced by th e Tillam ook in th e m easure for any d istric t to use and W ashington county delegations th e new m ethod it It does not desire au thorizing construction by th e state highw ay d e p a rtm e n t of w hat will be It. W ith only tw o d isse n tin g votes. Sen known as th e W ilson riv e r toll road a to r E ddy’s educational bill, providing Senate O pposes Phone Inveetigatlon T w enty-four m em bers of th e senate for a sta te board of education of seven recorded th e ir votes a s opposed to laym en, passed th e senate. T he m easu re would give th e board adoption of a m em orial Introduced by J. W. SPENCER, Prop of laym en au th o rity to p reparo the S enator Dunne requesting a federal course of study. It differs from bills in v estigation of th e telephone ra te s Introduced In 1923 and 1925 by S ena now effective in th e state. T he m e to r E ddy in th a t th e form er m easures m orial w as indefinitely postponed. S e n a to r U pton hns introduced a bill p re scrib e d th e caurse of study. ubollshing th e sta te fish com m ission R ustling Bill D efeated and placing th e duties of th e d e p a rt E ncou n terin g stro n g objection from m ent under the sta te board of control. w estern Oregon re p re se n tativ es, a C reating of the office of su p e rin te n d house bill, desired by e a ste rn Oregon ent of the Oregon sta te p en ite n tiary in te re s ts to com bat c a ttle rustling, Nyssa was provided In a bill introduced by Oregon w as defeated in th e house. T he m eas S en ato r Moser. Tho su p e rin te n d en t ure would h ave provided th a t a ven would have a u th o rity to a ppoint a dor of livestock or hides would have w arden and deputy warden. to fu rn ish a vendee with a bill of sale, T his bill is p a rt of th e a d m in istra fo r each anim al or hide. tion program to place th e various p ris C onstru ctio n of 100 m iles of the c en tra l Oregon highw ay, betw een on Industries on a p rofitable basis. M em bers of the board of control said B urns and O ntario, asked for In sen the» su p e rin te n d en t would a ct as ex a te c o n cu rre n t resolution 5, w as ap ecutive officer of the in stitu tio n and proved by th e house. would be held responsible for the A sen ate Joint resolution providing m anagem ent of the p e n ite n tiary indus for a c o n stitu tio n a l am endm ent to tries. He also would have general ratso th e pay of leg islato rs from $3 to supervision o ver the e n tire prison |1 0 a day, w as adopted by th e house. plant. T he m a tte r will be re fe rre d to tbe Salesm en Exem pt a s P eddlers people a t the next election. T he sen ate passed a road and high T he house also adopted a senate jo in t re so lu tio n calling for the adop way com m ittee bill elim in atin g c o m -' tion of "O regon, My O regon," as the m erclal salesm en from th e operation of tho so-called peddlers m otor vehi official sta tu song. By Indefinite postponem ent the sen cle license tax. U nder this law com a te killed th e bill providing for old m ercial tra v e le rs w ere com pelled to age p e n sio n s u n d e r a sta te com m is pay a m otor vehicle license fee 50 per cen t in excess of the license fee a s sion a d m in istratio n . No danger of your brake giving away on a steep hill and ;; T he se n a te postponed in d efinitely a sessed a g ain st o th e r vehicles, letting you crash to the bottom. APSOLUTELY SAFE T he new bill In addition to re p ea l bill au th o rizin g an ap p ro p riatio n of 150,000 for a w om an's building a t the ing th e peddlers' license tax. fixes the old so ld iers hom e. T h is bill was spon- last hnlf of th e y ear for securing mo to r v h id e licenses as of Ju n e 1. Un sored by th e W om en’s R elief corps. d e r tho p re sen t law the last half of M otor R egulations Opposed the y ear begins July 1. T he last half S tre n u o u s opposition to additional license fee uu d er the new a c t would Come and look them over re g u la tio n s a ffe c tin g m o to r vehicle be based on 60 per cen t of th e total ow n ers w as voiced in the se n a te when license fee. a bill providing for Inspection of to u r S e n a to r B ailey has introduced a ist cam p g rounds w as defeated. joint resolution re fe rrin g to th e voters S ixteen se n a to rs voted a g a in st a of th e sta te a constitutional am end bill to provide for d istrib u tio n of a u m ent m aking the provisions of the tom obile license plates by th e sh eriffs w orkm en's com pensation act compul o f th e various co u n ties Instead of sory as affecting all hazardous occu th ro u g h a cen tralized office as now pations. U nder provisions of th e pro handled. posed am endm ent, all em ployers and T he le g isla tu re of W ashington has em ployes engaged in hazardous occu NYSSA O R EG O N refu sed to a p p o in t a com m ittee to con patio n s would be brought u nder the 4 + - » » - » ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ » > < H M -+-Î-I-4 » « » » ♦ ♦ »*4 f e r w ith a com m ittee from th e Oregon a c t w ithout any o pportunity fo r eiec- w ith re la tio n ta (ishio# Hü» ÿt rejection. REVIEW OF WORK OF OREGON LEGISLATURE Poultry Supplies Custom Cleaning and Griir.ding Nyssa Grain & Seed Co. Did you say M EAT? sure, we've got meat CO ‘IE AND GET IT Nyssa Packing’ Co. Chine 6 - Nyssa, Or. Custom Grinding and Chopping Flour, Feed and Recleaning Coal and Wood and Black Bear Roof Paint HOTEL WESTERN Good Meals--GoOd Reds Good Service RATES THAT WILL SUIT YOU The Brake That Holds Oidsmobile 4-Wheel We Garry Cars in Stock Powell Service Station SESSION AT SALEM RUNS OVER 40 DAYS county a sse s ,,>rs and county hoards eg equalization. T be com m ission also would h ave a u th o rity to fix th e valu atio n s of a n y p ro p e rty 1n th e sta te . Tho purpose of th e bill is to obtain uniform ity of a sse ssm e n ts and taxa- Lawmskcrs Unable to Complete tl<-n. As a safeguard to tax p a y ers un der th is bill, th e se n a te approved a Labors Wi hin the Consti m easure introduced by th e com m ittee on a sse ssm e n t and tax a tio n w hich tutional Limit. provides for lim iting th e am o u n t of revenue th a t can be raised un d er fixed T ithing Bill Opposed in S enate— Wil m illage taxes. U nder the la tte r bill, son R iver Toil Road Bill Vetoed— th ese revenues cannot be increased Increase In P ro p e rty A ssessm ent m ore th a n 3 per cen t annu ally based P roposed—Old Age Pension Law on th e m illage re tu rn s for the p reced Fails. ing year. The old age pension law failed to pass the house by a vote of 22 to 19. Salem —The leg isla tu re w as unabla T he house refused to join w ith the to com plete its w ork w ithin the 40- sen ate in repealing the p re se n t law day d institutional lim it, so it was requiring m edical c e rtific a te s of physi n e ce ssa ry to extend the session over cal fitn e ss from m ale a p p lic an ts for into th is week. T he m ost im portant j m arriag e licenses, and voted down a piece of legislation l ift for considers- , hill w hich would h ave brought tion w hen a d journm i nt w as taken th a t about. over th e w eek end w as tho so calh d “ For H ire' C a rrie rs to Pay More tith in g bill, w hich would d iv ert to the g e n era l fund a p e rce n ta g e of all f i e “A nyw here for h ire " tru c k s, and cial funds except tru s t funds such as P ¡cngi r autom obiles not d esignated school and funds of the1 s ta te accident as common c a rrie rs will be req u ired com m ission. to pay an additio n al am ount of 50 per T he tith in g bill p assed th e house cent over th e ir re g u la r license fees w ith little or no opposition, but there un d er the te rm s of se n a te bill passed w as stro n g opposition in the senate, by the house. T he bill also rem oves v e ry largely due to th e fact th a t it th e ow ners of com m ercial tra v e le rs' w as believed it would affect the sta te cars from the class of m achines hav highw ay program because of tho very ing to pay th is e x tra am ount. H ereto considerable sum it would d iv ert from fore, “anyw here for h ire ” m achines paid on a capacity and m ileage basis. road funds. Only th re e vote3 w ere c ast ag ain st ns have comm on c a rrie rs op eratin g th e a d m in istratio n s ta te incom e tax betw een fixed points, bill In th e senate. T h ere w ere 27 The house killed a bill which would votes in favor of the m easure, which have provided th a t the s ta te highw ay had previously passed „ th e house of com m ission have ju risd ic tio n over all highw ay signs erected in th e state. re p re se n ta tiv e s. O pponents held th a t It m ight p rohibit Special Election in June In the la tte r p a rt of Ju n e, probably com m unities from e rec tin g signs ten d on T uesday, the 28tli, th e people oi l ing to d ra w traffic in, th e ir direction. Follow ing a vigorous a tta c k by re p Oregon will be called to Hie poll r to sa y through the ballot box w hether re sen ta tiv e s from m any c o rn ers of the th ey approve, o r disapprove, th e in sta te , a house bill providing for p re com e ta x bill put th ro u g h the senate p rim ary p a rty conventions w ent dowm to defeat in the house. W ednesday by so decisive a vote. C om pulsory liab ility insurance, for S e c retary of S ta te K ozer, through w hose official h ands the election ma autom obile ow ners was voted dow n in ch^pery o perates, is checking up tin th e house. A bill proposing to change th e m eth tim e th a t ne ce ssa rily m ust elapse be tw een th e end of the lég isla tu re and od of ap p ro p riatin g school m oney by a convenient d a te for a special elec basing it on the num ber of e lem entary school tea ch e rs em ployed Instead ol tion. T he W ilson riv e r toll road hill was on the basis of school census, w as de vetoed by G overnor P a tte rso n , In giv feated in th e house. ing his re a so n s for re tu rn in g the lull S ta te to Build Grade C rossings w ith o u t h is approval th e governor T he house, by a vote of 31 to 27, say s th a t he fully a p p re c ia te s the val passed a s e n a te bill w hich would ue and convenience of th e proposed place th e cost of g rade c iy ssin g s on road, b u t th a t it is a local road and th e sta te highw ays je n tird ly on the " its c o n stru ctio n a t th is tim e would sta te highw ay fund, W hereas a t p re s c o n stitu te a rad ical d e p a rtu re from e n t it is borne Jointly by th is fund tlie program of econom y w hich is oi and th e individual county in which such v ital p re se n t n e ce ssity .” tho crossings a re constructed. Owing to th e fin an cial condition o f The house, a fte r voting a g ain st a th e sta te , th e governor say s he does sen ate bill providing for th e licensing not believe th a t a new and expensive of persons to p ractice and teach “cos p ro jec t in any d e p a rtm e n t of the sta te m etic th era p y ," reco n sid ered and should be in stitu te d a t th is tim e. passed th e m easure. Bills carry in g a p p ro p ria tio n s aggre The sen ate refu sed to approve a bill g a tin g $1,285.250 in connection with introduced by tho house com m ittee on th e s ta te ’s building program during legislation a u thorizing institu tio n th e c u rre n t biennium w ere approved heads w ith the sanction of th e state by both houses. • hoard of control to tra n s fe r funds S hortage A lm ost $4,000.000 from one budget classificatio n to an Official figure’s furnished by the other. clerk of th e joint w ays and m oans A se n a te bill m aking insanity com m ittee show th e s ta te ’s financial grounds for divorce w ent down to de sh o rta g e to be $3,882.200.41 if the leg feat in the sen ate. Sixteen senators isla tu re approves and th e governor voted to su sta in an a d v erse re p o rt on signs all bills from th e com m ittee. The the m easure. to ta l of th e recom m onded a p p ro p ria A utom obile license fees a re to be tio n s and c ontinuing a p p ro p riatio n s m ade the su b je ct for a stu d y by a com is $12,097,478.41 a n d e stim a te d re m ittee of five se n a to rs during th e next ceip ts for th e two year# a re $8,215,272. two years w ith a view to recom m end G overnor P a t t e r « « algned a bill ing to th e next legislative session a w hich provides th a t th e h ead s of the schedule of fees providing for a mor« various s ta te in stitu tio n s shall be equitable d istrib u tio n of th e license know n a s su p e rin te n d an ts. T he board tax, p a rticu la rly as betw een new and of control is au th o rise d to fix the old cars. sa la rie s of th ese officials. It also is The free tex t book bill w as Indefin provided th a t the board m ay fix the itely postponed In th e se n a te when sa lary of Its se c re tary . an adverse re p o rt of the com m ittee on T he sen ate, a fte r adopting a report education w as adopted. T he bill p ro recom m ending p a ssa g e of a bill ex vided for p u rch ase of books by th« ten d in g until D ecem ber 31 of th is year school d istric ts if so voted by th e peo th e tim e for m aking o p erativ e th e in pie. ltia tiv e m easure approved a t the last S h e riffs S alary Bill Killed g e n era l election e lim in atin g fish S enator U pton’s general sa la ry bill w heels from the upper Colum bia riv er for sheriffs w as indefin itely postponed d efeated th e bill by th e n a rro w ma and killed in th e se n a te on adoption jo rity of one vote. of an adverse com m ittee report. It Dead Law s Repealed provided th a t th e sh e riffs be placed One th in g th is legislature' is notable in six c lasses w ith sa la rie s ranging for above o th er sessions is th e effon from $2760 to $6000. m ade w ith considerable su ccess to By p ra ctic a lly unanim ous vote, th* wipe off the law books a lot of dead sen ate passed th e bill providing that tim b e r In outw orn, obsolete and over m em bers of the public serv ice com lapping law s. No few er th a n 85 bills m ission should be appointive instead w ere introduced by the com m ittee on of elective as th ey now are. T he ap repeal of law s, each aim ed a t some pointm ents would be m ade by th« m usty s ta tu te believed by th e comm it governor. tee to have outlived Its usefulness. A bill providing th a t tax levies It Tlie sen ate, by n vote of 27 to 2, Oregon be m ade a s of Ja n u a ry 1, in approved a bill providing for thé abol ste ad of M arch 1. one of the m easure) ishm ent of the sta te em ergency board p re sen te d by th e special committe» O verriding the adverse re p o rt ©fits th a t studied tax a tio n du rin g th e las com m ittee on labor and in d u stries, the tw o years, w as killed by indeflnlti house passed a se n a te bill which postponem ent in th e se n a te on adop would strik e from the law th e section tlon of an a d v erse com m ittee re p o rt providing for a biennial ap propriation A bill introduced by S e n a to r Most-i of a sum sufficient to cover half tin auth o rizin g the a p p o in tm en t of a su a d m in istra tiv e expenses of th e Indus p e rln ten d e n t of the s ta te p e n ito n tia rj tria l accident coiatuisslon for th a two also w as approved. U nder th is bil y e ar period. the su p e rin te n d en t of th e prison wouU In crease of the pro p erty naseaenv’nt nppeint a w arden and deputy w arden In the sta te by approxim ately $250. ii'ie cl to confirm ation by tha atat< 000.000 Is proposed in a bill Intrcducei board of control. by R e p resen tativ e H am ilton, whh-h A reso lu tio n re fe rrin g to th a « t e r t was approved by the aenate. the question of rep ealin g tb e tBtgges T he bill gives the s la te tax com g u a ran tee law a s It a ffe c ts Irrigation m ission supervisory control over th and drainage d istric t« w as IndeftBfce!; assessm en t and tax law s of tha sta te postponed. V A