Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-19
State House News

Miss Florence Fox. who represents the
United States bureau of education in
the supervision OF primary work and
who is held to be one of the most sue
eessful primary instructors in the coun
try, is to come to Oregon for insti.
tute work this fall, according to an an.
nouneement from the office of State
Superintendent Churchill. Miss Fox IS
travelling expenses will be paid by the
several counties, but her salary is paid
by the bureau.
The central committee Of political
party cannot fill vacancy on the bal
lot occurring through the failure of a
candidate to accept 4 nomination. The
central committee can only fill va
eancy occurring by reason of the death
of a candidate or his removal from the
state. 80 states Attorney General
Brown.
Numbers for the proposed constitu-
tional amendments and measures as
they will appear on the ballot in No
vember have been assigned by Secretary
of State Olcott The list is begun with
the single item veto amendment. which
is Nos. 300 and 30l. The ship tax
amendment is Nos. 302 aud 1903. The
mulatto and negro suffrage amendment
is Nos. 304 and 305. Other numbers:
Full rental value land tax and home
makers loan fund, 800 and 3O7; Pen
dleton normal school, 30S and 300: anti
compulsory vaccination bill. $40 and
31l; bill repeating and abolishing Sun.
day closing law, 312 and 313; beer
manufacturing bill, 314 and 315; for.
bidding importation of liquor, 316 and
3l7; rural credits amendment, 3lS and
319: statewide tax limitation amend
meut, 800 and 321.
A statement of apportionment of
funds for the year 1916 has been com
piled in the office of the secretary of
state. From it we take the following
figures pertaining to Marion county:
Amount of taxable property as last
esualized by the board of state tax
commissioners December 16. 1915, $4l,.
l49, ,305; sum resulting by levying a tax
OF one-twentieth of n mill upon the tax
able property as last equalized, s2,057.-
Al: additional amount apportioned to
each county by reason of the law pro-
viding that any one county shall not
receive more than $l2,500, divided
equally among the counties of the state,
$l33.7O; amount apportioned to the re-
spective counties of the state for the
year 1916 in support of any fair, land
products show or livestock exhibitions
for premiums upon exhibits of livestock,
agricultural and horticultural products,
etc, So, ,l9l.17. The excess of one
twentieth of mill on the taxable prop
erty in Multnomah county amounts to
$4,679.33. which has been divided equal
ly among the counties of the state.
Governor Withyeombe is at Oregon
City today where he delivers an ad-
dress at the Gladstone Chautauqua. He
will return tonight.
That the school directors of ClatsOp
county are in favor of long terms of
school aud good salaries for teachers is
indicated in the annual report of Coun-
ty Superintendent Byland which has
Just utcH llltu Win ENldlt NuptTlultH-
dent Churchill. Mr.. Byland's report
shows that only two districts in Clatsop
county had as little as six or seven
months of school last year, while 75
per cent of the remaining districts had
terms of nine months each. The children
attended school very regularly. the per
cent of attendance being 96.9. The
average salaries paid male teachers was
$l04.5S per month while female teach
ers were paid SOB per month.
r. r. GoOdin, secretary of the board
of control, is spending the day in Port
land.
The state land board held yesterday
its first meeting since it's return from
eastern Oregon. No business of gen
eral interest was transacted.
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