Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-02-11

Veterans home at Port Orchard AM
transform the I'D reform school a
| Chehalis into third insane asylt III.
While considerable outlsy cf
money will be necessita led, II is
thought that the conditions justly
these wholesale transpositions
Among the various reasons g,Ten
! by Governor Hay for his recommeii-
| dations are:
That the state training school
should be removed TO an irrigated
district because the agricultural pos
sibilities there would be much great
er than they are at Chehalis.
| That 1t would be less expensive to
convert the present training school
! buildings, at Chehalis, to wards for
! the insane than 1t would to build
necessary additions TO accommodate
the increasing number of inmates.
That the moving OF the veterans
home from Orting to Port Orchard
would not eliminate the federal aid
that that institution Is now receiv-
! ing. and the location of Port Or
( chard, close to the navy yard, Is in
an environment far more conducive
to the mental welfare OF an old SOL
der than are the surroundings OF
| Orting.
| That the climate Of Medical Lake
Is more beneficial to the condition
OF the feeble-minded patients there
than would be the climate at Orting.
Governor Hay has intimated that
he would not send a message to the
legislature regarding the local op-
ton bill, as the attitude of the ad-
ministration has been plainly demon
strated to that body on the question.
ShcrifYs Meet.
At the request Of the sheriffs' as
ISOLATION, which concluded two-day
meeting Friday, bill was intro
duced in the house providing that
the shipper of cattle and horses shall
furnish list of brands and marks
to the railroad agent accepting the
shipment, and the agent shall verify
them. Interior sheriffs who have
been bothered by horse and cattle
thieves claim that they have been
prevented by the Indifference Of rail-
road agents from getting trace CT
shipments of stolen stock sent out
of the country.
A request from the associa ton has
been made of the railroad commits
sion to order railroads to carry sher-
ifs on all trains. At present the
peace officers cannot ride on certain
freight trains, and it frequently hap
pens that serious delay is caused by
this ruling.
Favor Hotel Regulation Bill.
The senate appropriations com
mittee has approved the bill prOvid-
ing for adequate fire escapes in no
tells, prescribing the dimensions Of
sheets, creating the office of hotel To-
spector and appropriating 5000.
| The purpose of the measure is to
establish regulations for the safety
and comfort of hotel patrons and
making rules for proper 50 NitatiOn
| The hotel inspector authorized by
the bill will receive a salary Of $4,000
year. He is given authority TO ap-
point deputy inspector in each col-
gressiOnal district who will receive
1925 month and an allowance for
travelling expenses.
The committee amended the pro-
vision establishing the legal dlmen-
sions of sheets. Bottom sheets will
be seven feet long and top sheets Will
be seven and one-half feet long.
Enlarge Supreme Court.
A bill has been introduced in the
senate which has for its purpose the
relief of the supreme court. The
plan is to increase the membership
of the court to nine members and
to establish two departments. The
bill provides that the chief justice
shall assign four judges to each de-
! partment, and a presiding justice for
each wing of the court is to be Sc
lected. BY working separately, it is
planned to accomplish double the
amount of work done by the court
sitting en- banc.
Trainmcn Want Caboose Law.
A lobby representing train en-
ployes of three railroad systems is
on hand to urge the passage of the
standard caboose law and a meas
ure to require railroads to equip all
passenger locomotives with electric
! headlights.
The style Of caboose advocated by
the trainmen is twenty-four feet long
and equipped with platforms. cupo-
las and appliances designed for the
safety and convenience of trainmen.
1t is contended by the trainmen that
the electric headlight is not only de-
sirable as a means of affording en-
ployes greater safety, but will have
a tendency to lessen accidents to
| trains.
New Bills Introduced.
| Among the various bills intro
duced during the week were:
Amending the law relating to the