Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-02-09

The senate this afternoon voted to
adjourn until Monday.
Approximately SLOT. 900 will be car
ried by the general deficiency bill for
the last two years when it is reported
by the ways and means committee to
the legislature this year. Senator
Wood of Washington has been gather
ing the figures and it is with the idea
of preventing such deficiencies. in fu-
ture that he introduced the bill passed
yesterday, making it crime to exceed
appropriations hereafter without ex-
press approval in advance by an emer-
gency board.
Salem, Feb. 1.-Senator Joseph con-
tributed four new bills to the senate
late this morning, the only new meas
ures presented. One of these is dup
licate of bill introduced in the house,
increasing the membership of the SUI
preme court by two.
Another provides that two terms of
the State Supreme court shall be held
in Portland each year and increases the
pay of the justices to $4,000, the ex-
ira $500 being intended to cover the
additional expense entailed.
A third bill adds to the recall pro-
visions for payment Of the expense for
public meetings, not to exceed $40 for
each precinct in the district affected.
The other bill provides the time for
appeal from a judgment shall not run
until motion for new trial has been
decided.
The house bill providing for the pur-
chase of ferry slips and operation of a
ferry at st. Johns has been favorably
recommended to the senate.
A bill allowing the deposit of state
school funds by the state land board in
any recognized state depositary was
among those passed by the senate. 1t
meets the condition raised by the de-
cision in the J. Thorburn Ross case 80
the state may derive interest from
this money.
With four dissenting votes the house
yesterday passed the bill regulating
loan sharks. The bill requires the
written consent of wives before the
wages of married men can be assigned,
and also provides for the recording of
all assignments. Evasion of the law
on usurious interest is prohibited.
The bill was presented by Amme,. of
Multnomah.
Salem, Jan. 3l.-Suggestions that it
be prescribed as penitentiary offense
to kill an elk, and that closed season
of from two to five years be placed on
China pheasants, are some of the more
important features at meeting of the
committee on game tonight, which was
attended by many sportsmen from all
over the state.
1t was also urged that the season on
deer be set back a month, opening the
season September instead of August
l. This plan, it was said, is to protect
the forests from fires, many Of which
are said to be started by hunters.
Heavier bounty on timber wolves,
cougars, and bobcats was asked, as
protection for deer. Willamette val
ley sportsmen want the duck season to
extend to March instead of to Feb
ruary Is, as at present.
The ways and means committee has
denied HAttorney General Crawford ad-
ditional assistance and increased pay
for such assistants. In a bill cintro-
duced by Buchanan the attorney gen.
eral was to be given one deputy at $2,
100 per annum, another at 1900 and
stenographer at $1,000 per annum.
A s reported by the committee this
Office is given one assistant at $4,000
and stenographer at 1,080.
To obviste the difficulty of candi-
dates being in the race for the Office Of
supreme justice who are not credited
members of the bar, Senator Sinnott
Introduced bill this morning which
provides that no one, who is candi-
date for justice of the Supreme court,
may have his name written on the bal
lot unless he is an attorney of five
years standing in the state.
Salem, Jan. 30.-Superintendent
Steiner, of the Oregon Insane Asylum
and State Treasurer Kay came to the
bat for their innings in the asylum
tonight when they ap-
peared before the ways and means