Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-12-30

nela session in the state house yester.
Gay to hear all who are Interested 1,
me matter did not take any action. n
VIII probably report back to the con.
ference that appointed ii on .Iapnarv
SIX when action will be taken regar,ling
recommendations to the eomipe lea;s,
lature.
Fred G. Buchtel, recently elected 10
tne office. Of public service commits.
sioner, will take up his new duties
Monday when Commissioner CamphelI
retires. Il. II. Corey, who has been
filling the unexpired term Of Clvde
Aiteheson, who accepted federal pos;.
lon, today filed his bond and took the
oath OF office as commissioner FROM
Eastern Oregon as the result Of tbe
election in November. He was an
pointed by Governor Withvcomhe 70
me result of the primary nominating
election last May, when he won the
Republican nomination.
AS result Of the conference Of tbe
loggers in Portland yesterday Labor
commissioner Hoff said this mornine
that a committee Of seven had been
appointed to recommend legislation as
what should be done by the legislature
TO prevent accidents in the logging
camps. The committee is composed az
two men from the Willamcttc valley
two from the Coluhia river. one from
eastern oregon, one from Coos Bay,
and one from the state at large.
The board Of control this morning
read cablegram from Belfast Ire
land, from Agnew and Hamilton, ac
cepting the boards proposal to sell the
flax f. 0. b. Salem instead of New
York. The cablcgram stated the
freight would be accepted either AT
San Francisco, Portland, or Salem, if
shipped in January. Balfour Guthrie
4 Company were named as agents by
the Belfast firm. The amount Of flax
seed fiber variety to be sold is $500
bushels.
The board of control authorized w.
NJ. Plimpton to rent linotype machine
for use Of the state printer for four
months during and after the session of
the legislature. The rental is $50 q
month. The machine was formerly a
part Of the mechanical equipment of
the Oregon Messenger under the man
aGement Of G.. D. Babcock. The ma
chine is offered to the state for $4,000
and is valued at $4,000. ff an appro-
priation can be secured from the legis-
lature to purchase it, the state will
save about $1,000 as it will soon be
compelled to purchase new linotype
to replace machine that has been in
operation night and day for IL years.
1T is difficult to say when the Mar
ion-Polk county bridge will fall,v saws
State Engineer Lewis in communiea-
ton to the county courts of Marion and
Polk counties filed yesterday and the
closing Of the bridge is urged after the
spring freshets Of 1917. The state
engineer is Of the opinion that the nse.
fulness of the bridge is passed and
that "No one can guarantee its safety
even If it Is repaired This report is
the latest Of six to be made under the
direction Of the state engineer The
report was based on the findings of
Joseph Ware, assistant engineer in
charge Of the bridge department, and
L. W Metzger, designing engineer for
the commission. 1t is urged that only
the hgbtcst loads be allowed on the
bridge and that q ferry be established
as soon as possible.
One fatal accident was reported to
the industrial accident commission dur
ing the past week, according to the
weekly statement. There was d total
Of 233 acciednts, of which 1877 were
subject to the provisions Of the com
pensation act The fatal accident hap
pened to I'd Walters, q traspasser Of
North Bend
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