Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-04-24

81. 100 and that Of 1918 was $181,900
The farming interests were actual.
ly the first to secure legislative help
in the matter of experimenting with
the manufacture of jute bags at the
Walla Walla penitentiary.
Prospecting Graft Scheme Nipped ey
Newspapers
At the organic session of the legis.
lature in 1890 the state was launched
into the mining business by the crea.
ton of mining bureau, and at the
next session $4,000 was appropriat.
ed for a geological survey. This en-
terprise developed into an audacious
prospecting graft scheme and was
nipped in the bud by newspaper dis
closures but not until $14,2O2 had
been wasted. Since then the state
has expended $197.496 in geological
and typographical work, the particu-
lar results of which any applicant can
have no doubt by applying to Profess
sor Landes of the state university,
under whose direction, as state geo.
logist, most of these funds have been
spent. The livery stable vouchers for
the state geological and Topographic.
dent of the outlay.
The board Of education, the board
Of health and the board of horticul.
ture complete the list Of special func.
tions provided for at the session of
1891. Only trifling sum has gone
to the board Of education from the
general fund. The board of health
has expended $145,453, and produced
no revenue worth considering. The
taxpayers investment in the board
Of horticulture is $233,4iz and the
general fund receipts $4913. The first
appropriation for this industry was
81, 900 in 1891 and the last $76,500.
Land Board Killed at Prime Of Its
Usefulness
In 1898 the legislature launched the
Cascade road commission, the state
fair commission, &C the worlds fair com.
+ mis- 4Q.i md the state land commits
sion The worlds fair mannpars
were given $4,000 and spent $82,749.
The Cascade road commission in eight
years expended $131,977 and never
got beyond the period of trail pioneer.
ing. Excellent work was done by the
state land commission during the four
years of It's existence at cost OF
! s40,05l. and it was extinguished at
/ the prime of its usefulness.
The state fair commission was a
pork barrel" affair and has contin.
used TO be such. The use Of a cor.
: ruption fund was responsible for the
defeat OF North Yakima in its strug-
gle for the location Of the agricultural
college, and the state fair scheme
was proposed as a small legislative
compensation for the loss. The gen.
eral fund has expended $246,O83 on
this compensation enterprise.
A grain inspector, arid land COM
mission and dairy commission were
created in 1895. Since then the grain
inspection department has expend.
ed $219, 235 and collected s17S,877
The disbursement of $3.50 in 1895-d
, has grown to an appropriation of $11O,'
400 for 1914. Since this function
was placed with the public service
commission in 1909 for pretended rea-
sons of efficiency and economy, grain
! has cost, up to October 1, 1912, the
sum of $154,999 and the revenue has
been $SS,665. The general fund paid
the difference.
Arid Land Commissions Career
Proves Mere Joke
The existence of the arid land com
mission was jocular and cost $13,162
The outlay in the dairy department
has been s144.724 and the income $13,
405. The expenditure for 1857 was
$4390 and tho appropriation for 1913
"A was $4S.100.
The only creation OF appointive Of
fee by populist legislature was the
labor commission. A subsequent fac
tory inspection act provided for q
revenue collection in this bureau, the
total expense Of which has been $154,
333, and the revenue $90,6s6 The
bureau expended $4,000 in the 1875
biennium and has An appropriation OF
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