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January 27, 1117.
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MA WON COUNTY SHOULD BUILD THE BRIDGE
If the Willamette river is bridged at Salem in the im
mediate future it is evident that Marion county will have
to do it. Unquestionably the officials of Polk county do
nut want a bridge at this city, subordinating the welfare
and convenience of the entire central Willamette valley
be an effort to force certain trade into the Polk county
towns that otherwise might cross the river. That a ma
jority of the people of that county want the bridge re
built there is no doubt, but the small clique of obstruc
tionists in control of the county affairs is in the saddle
and purposes to delay construction through one excuse or
another just as long as it can be done.
This being the case, what should Marion county do?
The wisest plan, it would seem to us, would be to go
ahead and build a steel bridge, according to the state
highway engineer's plans, without any assistance from
Polk county. The entire cost of a bridge of this type
would be less than Marion county's share of the cost of a
concrete bridge, even if Polk county should assist in
building it. According to the report of the highway
engineers it would be a more serviceable structure after
it is built, and these engineers are the only persons who
have thoroughly investigated the matter.
If Marion county has no right to divert its tax money
to the payment of a bridge which would be partly within
Polk county this objection could no doubt be remedied by
legislation.' There is still time to get a bill through at
this session, if it is needed, that would legalize the con
struction of the entire bridge by this county.
The quickest, cheapest and easiest way to solve the
bridge problem is for Marion county to proceed to build
it, and allow the obstructionist officials of Polk county to
be taken ctre of by the voters of that county when they
get another crack at them.
JUST ASKING QUESTIONS
The Oregonian calls attention to an amendment to
the referendum law under which it may be possible the
bone dry law may be referred as to some of its sections.
This amendment reads: "The referendum may be de
manded by the people against one or more items, sec
tions or parts of any act of the legislative assembly in
the same manner in which such power may be exercised
against a complete act. The filing of a referendum peti
tion against one or more items, sections or parts of an
act shall not delay the remainder of that act from becom
ing operative." Attention is also called to a recent decis
ion of the supreme court of this state in which the follow
ing language is used: "He who made the law knows best
h w it ought to be interpreted, is not less true now than
when Rousseau wrote." This is no doubt true, but it
does not necessarily assume that every law, if there was
a question as to its interpretation, should be interpreted
by the author of the bill making the law. Suppose such
author should have inadvertently used the word "not"
at some place in his bill and the error had not been dis
covered, would the courts allow him to strike the word
out because of his mistake?
Again if any item of an act can be referred to the peo
ple, would it not be possible for two referendum petitions
to refer the whole act? Suppose one petition should ask
the referring of certain sections, and another should ask
the referring of the other sections? Could both petitions
be acted upon? If not which one could? Who would
decide whether one set of petitioners might refer sections
they did not like, and at the same time deny the right of
another set of petitioners to have the other sections re
ferred? Is the emergency clause a part of an act? If so
could it not be referred just the same as any other part?
We are not asserting that any of these questions are
meritorious, but just asking questions.
Billy Sunday and Charley Chaplin are two psycholog
ical mysteries. Why anyone should take the trouble to
hear or see either of them is past all finding out, but it
cannot be denied that they are both drawing cards. Sun
day may be accounted for on the theoiy that religion has
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never before had a clown in its pulpits, but that does not
explain the Chaplin popularity. He is simply a simper
ing, drivelling specimen of unadulterated idiocy.
RippHngRhuTTJos
wou.rioyon
BROKEN
I made a vow on New Year's day that
never, never would I say a word to shock
the gentlest soul; I'd spring no smoky rig
marole, however often trouble came, or
tribulation climbed my frame. But when
I made that pious pledge, on which I never
meant to hedge, I didn't know my car
would skid, and break an axle, as it did. I
didn't know that car would pitch my person
in a loathsome ditch, and wrap the wind
shield round my neck, and make of me a
grewsome wreck. I didn't know cold waves
would come, and knock the plumbing out of plumb. I
didn't know I'd freeze my feet while wading through ten
miles of sleet. I didn't know the coal I'd bought with
"coin for which I'd fiercely fought, would all be gone two
months before Spring could be looked for at the door.
Man's vision cannot pierce the veil which hides the fu
ture's vital tale; so when he says, "I'll make a vow, since
pledging is the fashion now; I will do this, I won't do
that," he's simply talking through his hat.
What House Has Done In
First Half of Session-
With the .session of the Twenty
ninth legislative assembly one half
gone, there remain. yet a large portion
of the heavy business to meet and dis
pose of. According to an anonunco
Bient of Speaker Stnufielcl just before
adjournment yesterday for the over
Sunday recess, there had been a total j
of 342 bills introduced into the house,
of representatives, of this number!
So had been disposed of. The total
number of bills was 74 less than was
before the house lit the same time at'
the 1913 session. It was the opeuion :
of Speaker Stnnficld that the usual
rush ;it thi' end of the session will be j
avoided this year and thai the house:
was going to make a record for
economy aiol efficiency.
This announcement brought applause
from the members. Adjournment was
thou taken until 10:80 o'clock Monday
morning when house bill 100. or the
' 'bone dry" measure, is made a special!
order of business.
During the past three weeks the I
house passed ot bills originating in the
house and ! originating in the senate.
Of this number, eight house bills have,
been signed by the governor and, will j
become law ninety days after the sign-1
ing unless an emergency clause it at-1
tacked.
Fifteen house bills were Indefinitely
postponed, and one senate bill in the
house met the same fate. Five house j
bills have been withdrawn for one reu-;
son or auotner. rour nave noon eaiu
on the table for further consideration.
One hill, that relating to making conn
tv school superintendents a pnrt id' the
school board tor the purpose ot elioos-,
ing teachers, was lulled when it came,
up for final passage.
The house bills signed by Governor j
Wilhvcoiuho are. in .brief, as follow: I
House bill No. 10, by the Deschutes
t'ouniv Delegation, changing and reg-1
idatnlg the time and place of holding J
court iu the Kighteenth Judicial dis-
trlei. (
Haute bill No. 11. by Representative j
dark, relating to the duties of county
school superintendent of Sherman eoun-i
tv. , ,
' House bill Xo. I I. by the Deschutes
countv delegation, fixing the terms of
the county court of Deschutes county:
and prescribing the salaries of the of
ficers of the court. ;
Uouse bill No. 20, by Representative
Jones of l.nne, providing for the school
census to be made in the first week of
November instead of in October.
House bill No. 39, bv Represent itivo
Jones of Lane, regulating the distrihiij
tiou of the school fund. j
House bill No. 17. by Representative
I Bean, providing for approval ot loans
i from the school fund on lands under
; certificate of sale from tne srnic.
House bill No. 50, by the Joint Ways
and Means committee, apropriating
: Wfi.OOQ for the expenses of the legis
lative session.
I House bill Xo. So. bv Representative
Portwood, granting county courts pow
er to repnv road bonds in yearn mi
stallmeuts ' and abolishing sinking!
fund. . . . . .1
With the above list of bills passed
....j .,..! it en n readilv be seen:
v... a,..ll business has liasscd
both houses so far. The big pieces of
legislation are vet to be passed upon.;
such as the high ways measures, the
consolidation measures, and the insiir-;
mice code, which has not yet been in-j
i t reduced into the house.
The majority of the bills in thoj
house have to do with minor matters. I
Hiui reunite prnriienny oim uir lecoui-j
inendation of the committees to which;
. M . . .... .1 1. 1
tliev are reierreu io semi iiiem mrougu
with little more than an explanation
bv the author,
'it is expected that the latter part of
the session will be more interesting
when the bills regarding consolidation
i of commissions, the insurance code, de-
lin. mont children bill, and the "bone
'dry" measures and the appropriation
lull come up for mini passage.
Sell it Journal want ads will tell it
VOWS
High School Seniors
Getting a Holiday
Today, twenty seven seniors of the
high school are getting their first taste
of freedom from school, as the Febru
ary class of graduates is excused from
the three days of school next week.
The class contains twenty two girls and
five boys, the most of whom are fin
ishing in three and a half years.
The program for the class next week
includes the baeclureatc sermon, to be
given at the first Presbyterian church
tomorrow cloning nl seven thirty, by
Rev. Carl 11. EUott; the Salem' club
of the O. A. ('. dance at the armory,
February 1. and the graduation exer
cises at the high school auditorium,
Friday evening, IVbruary 2.
This class is the largest February
class that has ever graduated from the
high school, last J ear's class number
ing 11 anil the class which graduated
two years ago contained but two mem
bers. An increase in the number of
girls to graduate in the mid year is
noticeable, the first class having no
girls, the last year class having about
seven and this class having twenty
two. MEXICANS FIRE ON SHIF.
Los Angeles. Cal., Jan. 27 The
American fishing schooner Maryland
and a Mexican patrol boat at San
Ramon Point exchanged shots yester
day, according to word received here
today. it is claimed that while the
Maryland was going south through the
Mexican fishing waters the patrol boat
steamed alongside and members of her
crew opened fire with rifles.
John B. Elliott, collector of cus
toms, refused to comnieut, save to say
that he had issued orders to search all
vessels suspected of carrying arms and
munitions and to seize arms that are
found. He states he has information
that several fishing vessels planned t.
leave here and Sail Diego, carrying
arms and ammunition.
When the ..ar land was suspected
of smuggling arms into Mexico or
whether the reported tiring was Oie
result of a controversy over fishing
concessions in Mexican waters will not
be settled until the Maryland returns
with a complete report.
THE SPANELL TRIAL
San Angelo. Texas, Jan. 27. An
nouncement was made this afternoon
that the murder trial of Harry .1. Span
ell will be completed by Tuesday. This
was determined after the state admit
ted that its list of rebuttal witnesses
was much larger than was anticipated.
Mis. Pat Murphy of Alpine, called
bv the state todav. proved a better wit
ness for the defense than the prosecu
tion. Under cross examination by the
defense, she said she was the first per
son to reach Spuuell's automobile im
mediately alter Mis. Spnnell and Ma
jor M. e. Hutler ha. I noeii awn.
said she did not see B. X. l'ittman. star
witness for the state, or anyone else,
come to the car lor some moments
Pittmau testified late yesterday that
he was an eve witness to the shooting
and saw Spnnell shoot both his wite and
Hutler.
GREAT DOG TEAM RACE
It rand Forks, f. D.. Jan. 27. Hyutur
i, ;ii .,.,.1 l.-i,.in- nble to torce
liaiiuii, i
his way through the snow drifts, and
Ominur loniassoii move mm .
into Grand Forks today, leading by
five minutes Mike Kelley's team. The
three lenders covered the 2 miles be
twen Ardoeh and Grand Forks in a lit
tie more than five and a half hours.
YEOOMEN AT HALSBY
Halsev. Or.. Jan. 27. Yeggmen blew
the safe of R. V. Koontr. general siore
a.i.w. i. wy were oiled oer
the charge to deaden it. Neighbors
heard the explosion and saw two men
running immediately afterward. A
heritf a posse took up the trail at day
Bght. m
NO WORD FROM STONEHOTJSE
Arivicn, Ariz., .Tan. 27. Xo word.has
been received thus far today from
Stonehonse, where yesterday Mexican
troops were fought by American cow
boys and a detachment of Troop E.
L'etnh cavalry, under Lieutenant Arus.
Bell-ans
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. Onepackage
proves it. 25c at all druggists.
(Continued from page one.)
She is hunger striking because she has
been "denied 4he inherent right to text
the constitutionality of that law," Mrs.
Margaret Sanger, her sister and so cle
fendant in the birth control cases, de
clared todav in n statement written I'm
the Unite "Press.
High School Second
Team Beats Mutes
Thursday evening the second tenm
of the high school plnyo, the mute
school on the mutes' home floor, and
scored 20 points to the mutes' 13. The
local boys played an excellent game,
holding the mute school to only two
field goals. The star of the gaine. as
far as .Salem high is concerned, was
(lien Gregg, with IS points, Latham be
ing the only other scorer with two
points.
This is the second drubbing which the
seconds have given the mute school
boys, the other game being played about
n week ago on the Snlom floor. The
seme in the first game was 25 to II. The
line-up of the NuUm boys, with the sub
stitutes follows:
Center. 11. Latham; guards. W. far
son and W. Huron; forwards. O. Gregg,
F. Single, Biegmund and Remington.
GEORGE M. FEY DEAD.
George M. Fry. aged 7(i veers, died
Sunday at his home in Hubbard. The
funeral services were held there Tues
day afternoon, Hov. F. C. Hutler con
ducting the ceremony. Interment took
place in the Hubbard cemetery. The
burial rites of the I..O. (). F. were read
at the grave side.
Air. try is survived by his widow,
Caroline; a son, Frank Fry; and a
daughter, Mrs. Sarah Hinke; as well
as a sister, Margaret Rry of Aurora;
and two brothers, John . Fry of The
Dalles, and Henry Fry of Hubbard.
George M. Fry, the deceased, came
to Oregon in 1808, Crossing the plains
in the same ox train as W. M, Miley,
Chris Zimmerman, OeorgoKraus, David
Steinbach, Henry Kocher, George
Wolfer, lien Wolfer, William Wolfe r
and David Wolfer. all at one time
members of the Aurora colonv. Aurora
Observer.
A DRYLAND SUBMARINE
Eureka, Cal., .Tan. 27. Within a few
days the stranded submarine H-3 will
be moved entirely out of the sands with
hydraulic, jacks, and the work ofx haul
ing her across the peninsula to Hum
boldt bayt will begin. Contractors have
completed, the roadway across the
beach, over which the submarine will
bo hauled.
TO OPEN BRIDGE FEBRUARY 15
Portland, Or., Jan. 27. The inter
state bridge spanning the Columbia riv
er between Yancouver. Wash., and Mult
UOniah county, Oregon, will be opened
to public February 1.1. according to
plans announced today.
01 CM THURSDAY-FIJID AY
OJlLElll FEBRUARY 1 and 2
Dr. Earl V. Morrow
ith his uncensored Pictur
and Lectures of the
BELGIAN FRONT
In the great European War, by
special royal permission of
KING ALBERT
BLIGH THEATRE
CHAPTER i .XXJll
I remained with Muriel late in the
afternoon. She fussed over me. alter
nately petted and scolded me, and in
every way tried to make me forget my
chagrin at the unfortunate outcome of
her plan which 1 had so woefully mis
understood. During the afternoon 1 reminded her
of her promise to be my friend, no mat
ter what I should decide to do. Again
she assured me that nothing would al
ter her friendship for me. When I left
her I felt less unhappy, a bit more san
guine that portent, somewhere, some
how. 1 should still find the happiness
I felt was my right.
A quick step back of me interrupted
my thoughts. 1 turned, and saw Leon
ard Brooke.
"This is fortunate." he said as he
gained my side. " I intended to call you
up and ask if I might see you, if only
for a few moments.
"Well here 1 am!" 1 attempted a
gay tone.
Leonard Urges Action
"Mildred. I want you to get your
divorce and marry me. I know that
you love me, so why prolong the agony
for loth. It is agony dear for me to
know that on are uuhappy with him:
io say nothing of my longing for you."
"But Leonard I haven't made up my
iniud that I CAN leave Clifford. I
raMV HUSBAND ANDIH
lfcr jp JBe Phelps HiHK?
Some Little Stories and
Gossip of
House bill 172 makcn a mistake iu
consolidating the stallion registration
board with others in the creation of
the agricultural department. It should
unite that important board with the
board of higher curricula and the pure
seetl commission. Wlin 's the use of sep
arating boards that so naturally should
be together.' If the legislature i- go
ing to consolidate, ut ter it gets its com
mil tees on consolidation consolidated it
should look after the natural contiguity
of boards ami things. One senator re
marked the other day that "we are here
to consolidate something and we might
as well try our hand on this tax com
mission .and merge it with the public
service commission, and if that does not
give satisfaction we can consolidate
something else, for we have just got
to consolidate something.' That is not
the exact language, but it is the sub
stance of it. Senator Huston frankly
slated he considered most of the con
solidation talk as pure "bunk." And
if the other senators were equally frank
they would second the senator's motion
You would not suspect it of Senator
Gill but he is some humorist.
lie is sedate, dignified, and would
be taken for a college professor or the
president of some society for the uplift
of the human race, or a distinguished
lecturer on the psychological effects of
the Kgyptian mysteries as disclosed
from the cuneiform writings taken iu
connection with the emblems of sun
worship as evidenced by the monuments
left by the Aztecs and their probable
descendents the cliff dwellers of Ari
zona and the Colorado basin, or words
to tint effeet. You would be sadly
mistafTen. Yesterday wnen the proposi
tion to have the sheiiff of Multnomah
county turn some of the emoluments
of his office over to the county, by
boarding the prisoners at actual cost
to the county, Senator Gill made, for
him, qoite a lengthy speech. He said
the bill provided that prisoners should
be served but two meals a day so long
as they did not work. He did not want
them to grow fat like the bible charac
ter Jeshurun and kick. He als opoin'
ed out that if the prisoners were well
they .should have but two meals, but if
sick they might have more. It will also
be noted that the senator has some
knowledge of the bible, which is rather
surprising in an Oregon legislator. Or
ton the other day made a stab at rpiot
ing scripture but the nearest he could
come to it was having a "publican''
remark that he thanked God he was
not like other men. Senator Garland
came to his rescue and showed he had
not forgotten the time, so long ago
BEWARE
In This Sign
100
We Shall . Conquer
Watch This Space
MILDRED MEETS LEONARD
am not Itm that 1 can endure the
scandal a divorce will bring upon us
all: and I don't quite know that I
think it HlfiHT to ask for a divorce.
1 feel at times that it ins't quite de
cent. ' '
"Mildred you must look at this in a
different way. No one thinks less of a
good woman nowa day because she
gets a divorce. Most women wait until
they can endure their lives no longer
as you have done. And to what pnr
pose.' Thev have to leave them in the
end. ' '
"A really GOOD woman mijtht go
on living with Clifford even if she
wcren 't happy. Then, Leonard, would
a RKALLV HOOD woman admit she
was in love with anothe rman?"
"Of course they wciuld! Don't worry
your little head with all these foolish
fancies. You are unhappy. We love
each other. 1 will make you happy
dearest; make up to you for all the
neglect of years. Hammond is not ouly
neglectful, but unfaithful. Not many
women would have put up with him as
long as you have. ' '
"You really think that. Leonard.'" 1
asked eagerly, anxious to quiet my
doubts, "Really and truly!"
"Cross niv heart," he answered with
one of the quick boyish transitions.
which so appealed to mc. Then more
soberly, "1 certainly dv Mildred."'
the Legislature
i when he toddled off to Sunday school
and baptized in the creek Inter without
the teacher's knowledge. He called
Senator Grton 's atention to the fact
that it was not a publican or a republi
can who went into the highways as
staled but a phariseo. It was noticed
though that his stenographer nudged
, him before he made the correction and
whispered something to him' which
makes some of the doubtful ones be
lieve that he got his information as to
Pharisees but a short time before he
gave it publicity.
i Then there was another senator who
I took a long chance at a biblical quota
tion and commenting on remarks that
' had oeen made concerning a bill Sena
j tor Farrell was interested iu said that
' another 1 senator ''spoke whereof he
knew not which.
Homer Foster, who is employed by
; Secretary of State Olcott to look of'ter
; the welfare of his office when h is
lout, is the "god of things that be" for
the newspaper men who are trying to
I report faithfully to the world the do
; ings of the twenty-ninth legislative as
sembly of the state of Oregon.
In truth, if it had not been for Ho
mer, the newspaper men would not have
: the wherewithal to tell the people what
I is going on. It was he who supplied the
i paper, pen, ink, pencils, erasers, carbon
! sheets, etc., and the many other small
1 things the news writers need to keep
j their tempers calm and suave so they
'can fully appreciate what is going on
around them.
Homer is well known in Salem as he
: has lived here a number of years and
I has been employed in the secretary of
istate's office for ever so mauy years.
And his particular job during the legis
lative sessions is to look after the needs
and also the wants, of the news paper
i men. And he does it he does. For
which the newspaper boys are truly
thankfula
Homer has been doing this stunt for
the past two or three sessions, and he
i is getting so expert he knows just
i what a newspaper man needs by the
! way he tilts his cigar, if he is smoking;
' how he scratches his ear, or how he rubs
I his nose. That requires science. Nev
J ertheless, Homer Foster is a prince of
good fellows, anil every one of the boys
like his genial smile and courteous way
' of doing the best he can for every one
; in all the wavs he can.
One view of a prophecy is that part
of its business is to come true in order
to vindicate the prophet. At that,
Kitchener's three years' war prophecy
seems to be behaving verv well.
BROOKE
I " Von say that because you love me"'
Leonard Demands a Promise
" Xo my dear; my low has nothing to
do with my opinion. Not one woman
in a thousand would have been as pa
; tient as you have been. You once said
I that happiness was your right. Now be
brave and take it." I will make all
! arrangements for you. You must go
west and establish a residence, then you
can get your divorce quicklv which
iyou couldn't do here. then we will be
; married. "
"And live happy ever after,'' I add
l ed, my voice trembling.
"Yes dear. Please Ood we will live
happy ever after," he repeated, "Will
you do as I ask at once, Mildred! I
I cannot wait much longer for you dear''
"Yes I'll tell Clifford toniaht."
"My brave girl," and the adoration
I in the look he bent upon me gave me
i courage.
He left me at the next corner. It
was settled. 1 had given my promise;
, had consented to obtain a divorce. Now
that I had decided I felt a lightness,
uu t-iigrrut-i.3 lur me. aim an mar is
was going to mean to me as lived with
Leonard, of which I had not deemed
myself capable. Strange as it may
seem mv doubts aneut a divorce beinir
right had disappeared. Leonard had
scattered them as if by magic.
(Tomorrow Clifford it Told)