The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-02-11

Veterans home at Port Orchard and
transform the old reform school Mt
Cnenalfs into a third insane asylum.
While a considerable OUTLAY Of
money VIII be necessitated. it is
thought that the conditions Justify
these wholesale transpositions
Among the various reasons given
by Governor Hay for his recommen-
dations are:
mat the state training school
should be removed TO an irrigated
district because the agricultural DOS
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 it 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-
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 Predetermined 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 OPP
ton bill, as the attitude of the ad-
ministration has been plainly demon
strated to that body on the question.
Sheriffs 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 "a 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 of
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 In
spector and appropriating SIS, 900.
The purpose of the measure Is to
establish regulations for the safety
and comfort of hotel patrons and
! making rules for proper sanitation.
The hotel inspector authorized by
the bill will receive salary of $4,000
a year He is given authority to ap-
point a deputy inspector in each con-
gressiOnal district, who will receive
S125 month and an allowance for
travelling expenses.
The committee amended the pro-
vision establishing the legal d1men-
ct Nf oh
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, 1t Is
planned to accomplish double the
amount of work done by the court
| S1LLlQS Ell DduC
Trainmen Want CabOose Law.
A lobby representing train en-
ployes of three railroad systems IL
on hand to urge the passage OF the
standard caboose law and meas
ure to require railroads to equip all
passenger locomotives with electric
headlights.
The style of caboose advocated by
The trailmen is twenty-fOur feet long
and equipped with platforms. cupo-
las and appliances designed for the
safety and convenience of trainmen.
| II is contended by the trainmen that
| the electric headlight is not only de-
| sfrable as a means of affOrding en-
| Moves 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
taxation of operating property OF