Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-09
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STATE HOUSE NEWS



When the emergency board meets
next Monday morning, it will be con
fronted with considerable amount of
business In addition to the $4,000
which will be required to carry the flax
industry through to the end of the
year, it is estimated by Superintendent
Mimic that approximately $4,000 will
be required for the general mainten-
ance of the peniteutiary. 1t is under
stood that funds are needed by the tu-
berculosis hospital and the school for
the feeble minded. put information as
to the amount required in each case was
not available this morning.
A certificate of dissolution of j.
Brounstein & Son of Portland was filed
at the corporation department this
morning. The Palace Garage company
of Portland, capitalized at $4,000, filed
articles of Incorporation.
: The Smith Powers Logging company
of Marshfied has filed its annual re-
port with the public service commits
sion. The company shows a surplus
at the end of the year of $500, and a
total surplus of $5969.92
The secretary of state, as secretary of
the A. R. Burbank trust fund. which the
governor, secretary of state and state
treasurer are trustees, has disbursed to
the baby Is home of Portland and the
boys and girls aid society of Ore
gon, beneficiaries under the Burbank
will, interest earnings for the year end
ing June so, 1916. The total amount
paid into this fund for the year was
tions named above receives one-half, or
$75726.
The public service commission will
hold hearings in Lane county Monday
and Tuesday.
H. Beckwith, C. Z. Albin and DIR. F.
H. Thompson, of the industrial accident
office, attended this week the quarterly
meeting of the Central Valley Medical
association at Eugene. The visit was
made in order that the workings of the
commission might be explained in detail
to the medical men. The full co-opera-
tion of the medical profession is neees,
sary, in the opinion of the commission,
to the successful handling of cases. At
this meeting, which was attended by
about 60 doctors from Lane, Linn, Ben
ton and Lincoln counties, explanations
of the workings of the compensation act
were given. 1t was stated by the doc
tors that they have noted an improve
ment in the handling of accident cases
since the fixing of a standard of pay.
ment and an assurance of payment for
services rendered had been given. Mr..
Albin said this morning: 1--WE found
that every one of these men was in ia.
vor of the compensation law, and while
the scale of fees is considered low in
comparison with those charged in reg
ular practice there is no dissatisfac-
ton"
During the past week, September to
I, inclusive, there were reported to the
state industrial accident commission
295 accidents, none of which were ia
tai. OF the total number reported 249
were subject to the compensation law,
20 were from firms and corporations
which have rejected the provisions of
the act, % were from public utility cor.
porations, and one was from firm op-
Grating under the provisions of the law,
traveller on the highway being in
jured.
The secretary of states office is in
receipt of letter from the secretary
of the International High commission,
connected with the federal treasury de-
partment, asking that it be furnished
with copy of the mining laws of the
state of Oregon, and also with informa-
tion as to what measures have been TAX
en- in this state to protect the merchant
creditor from the resale by the purchas.
er of merchandise for which he has not
paid. The commission is now engaged
IN assembling material upon which to
base concrete recommendations to Cen
trail and South American governments in
certain fields of commercial law.
All things come TO those who wait,
but it takes n lifetime 70 prove the