Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-31
RADICAL Reform Ms
IN WASHINGTON
ADVOCATED
Governor of State Would Put
Crimp in Turf GambIingi Fiji
ty-Two Inch Printer Gets
County Job in Northwest,


lNuttAli correspondence 10 aofhthE ohtAs"st
spokane. Wash, Jan -Radical
reforms ana the betterment OF exist
ing laws are advocated by Governor
Albert Il. Mead in his biennial mes
sage TO the legislature of Washing
ton, now in session at olympia. lie
recommends making race track gamb-
ling, book making and pool selling
f%clonios. with penalties sufficiently Sc
we're to insure suppression, urging also
the enactment of a local option law
yand the rigid enforcement OF the sun
day closing laws, He asks protection
for the public from II Wild eat min
ing schemes. and in calling attention
to the lax divorce laws he says that
the state has a paramount interest in
I preserving the sacredncss of the mar
iagc tie ana the integrity of the
| lomc.
Conservation of the natural re-
ources of the state, which has pass
d the million population mark, is
trongly recommended by the COVER
nor. Who also urges reforestry and
means to prevent forest fires. He
uggcsts that the legislature create
4 state board Of agriculture and pro-
' w ~ NV
county fruit inspectors and game war
lens. The message also recommends
4 state appropriation for the seven
zenith National Irrigation Congress at
spokane, August Q to IA. TO assist In
making ii the most successful in the
history of the organization, and urges
funds to clear navigable riv-
rs Of distractions and improve the
highways.
Governor Mead advocates the re-
noval of the legal disability, disqual-
flying women from holding state Of
ices by appointments. to give ade-
fuate poWer to the commission gov
'rning public utilities. to keep closer
heck on public officers; to system
ltize the handling of state funds TO
'educe the tax commission to one
nan TO provide free employment bu-
oaus To establish a state sanitarium
or tuberculosis PATIENTS to provide
or experiments on logged off lands,
md to encourage in every way the in
lux OF capital and population into the
itate, which he says, has entered
ipon an era Of progress and eco
lomic development seldom cqualed
n the history of any other state.
Former United states enato Geo.
Turner OF Spokane. who served with
1lihu Root and United states senator
Henry cabot Lodge Of Massachusetts,,
ls American members Of the board
II arbitration which settled h con-
roVcrsy over the Alaska boundary in
1903. has been engaged by Secretary
Root Of the state department as
ounscl for the United States before
rhe Hague tribunal in arbitration pro-
'ecding between the United states
nd Great Britain. provided the SEN
tte ratihcs a treaty now being nego-
lated between the state department
md Ambassador Bryce. The controv-
'rsy is the fisheries dispute growing
of the treaty of 1878. which I'M
lcrtoOk to define the fishing rights
II the United States on the coast Of
newfoundland, n islands of Mique-
on and tho coast of Labrador. As
iociatcd with Mr.. Turner viii be l..
Dabncy. Of Boston, Or. Jon Brown
scott. solicitor Of the state department
md Robert Lansing of New York, who
vas identified with the Alaska boun-
larry arbitration. II Is given out hat
hc case viii be heard al The Hague
iext summer.
Fifty-two inches in height and sew
nty-eight pounds In weight IS a. f.
French. better known as shorty
French. journeyman printer and story
who has just taken over the
Of assessor Of Columbia county,
Washington. with headquarters at
Mrs. French weighs less than
evenly pounds and she and her nus
,and and eight year old daughter
less than the average m
,ir. French vert 20 Columbia county
u 1892. after touring over the great
r part of the United states and
He ia forty-fvc years OF age
q native Of Wisconsin. Though
ynown throughout the Inland Empire
1 Is not believed hat more than a
Of persons In the cosnty knew
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