Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-03-23
IRRIGATION AND CREDITS
CONFERENCE ENDS AT SALEM

State Cspitol. Salem--Another ses'
sion Of the state credits conference
doubtless win be called within tbs
next few mouths to adopt the fosm IN
which the proposed constitutional
amendments inaoSsed by the eoayss-
ton which elcsed hsre Saturday.
shall be submitted b the peepAs>
MeSnwhihe two eoassaStsess viii
work in eoal9nstioa with the sstososy
general On the drafts of the peoeess3
measures that Sr~ TO pssse shS ero~
posed anasssansatS in operation
If a majority ef the e0aaaaSssssaasls
determines that sAsSS WVeA shssalS es
reviewed BY the wAeAS SensseSasS ~
fore il sSss asfeSs the peeeaA the eese'
ference will As called eoSssAsr s@aSA
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lority os the delegates sssrASsS ~ sN,
pees fasS<s sssssSa<>
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mined that Il wSses c~0 sseseesa
me&Sares rreNsSsg sSsesuh II
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the resolutions sxyrass-g <hs rssiSSs
of the conference SzSSly ~srs ansuSsea-
The session vzss 6scsssS u <hs de-
tSil of creating rwVo casnnsssees %faas
shall have cAx-gs al Sas srSSrzsnscSs
Legislative wor&- II also wzSs SrSssn1e6
as sort Of q hxrzna1y meeting. hEfs
there was harmony only IN Ehs seazr-
ing attempt CT both Sarzs1ns 10 Ei-s-ses
farther apart
So the belief Is pretty general <hss,
after an interim q q few months @hs
delegates Win have had time Se Su-CsG
their minor differences and Sasz- Shsy
VIII be rss5y 10 unite IN Ehss- 6n1zEs~
minstion 70 con6nc1 81 aggressive anc
cooperative effort 70 snac1 rhs Ere-
posed amendments into law
Summarized, the work os <he cor
vention Is about as follows
An amendment 10 the constitution
enabling the state 70 lend Us credit re
q rural credits system was proposed
An amendment 10 the constitution
enabling the srste 70 use It's c-Sd7f 1nr
irrigation and drainage ERs proposed
The bonds TO be sold under sirhsr Or
both Of these plans srs mt to exceed
in the aggregate per cent of rhe
assessed valuation Of the s-E1e-
A committee consisting OF J. d
Brown. president Of the Farmers
Union; c. e. Spence, master Of the
State Grange, and I. Il Burchxrd
president of the State Federation of
Labor. wRs appointed 70 work with the
g1tornsy general IN drafting the pro
posed constitutional zmendneut for
the rural credits plan
A. L Mills, chairman Of the corven-
fSan, w;as authorized to appoint com
nirtee Of three members drain
age man and two irrigation men-to
work with the attorney general In
drafting the proposed constitutional
amendment for state aid to irrigation
and drainage.
The committees also viii have pow
er to draft the proposed initiative
measures that viii carry the proposed
amendments into effect, and to call
another convention if necessary.
$50 far as possible" the committees
are authorized to cooperate.
The convention closed as it had pro-
ceeded from the start-divided de-
cisively on one issue, that of linking
rural credits with state aid.
The delegates from the State |
Grange, the Farmers Union, the Ag-
ricultural College, the State Univer-
sity and many from Western Oregon
were firmly united in their determine
tion not to permit the state aid plan
to be linked with the rural credits |
plan. They were proponents of rural
credits but did not want to Swallow"
irrigation in order to get it.
They were championed on the floor
of the convention by Thomas B. Kay,
state treasurer, and at some stages of
the voting had the delegates from the
State Federation of Labor with them.
They had an abundance of oratorical
talent besides the state treasurer, not
ably Judge w. M. Colvig, preresent-
ing the Southern Pacific; Senator s.
M. Garland, of Lebanon; w. II. "a.
Dufur, of the Grange; A. R.Shumway,
of the Farmers Union; E. ]. Stack,
of the Labor Federation, and others.
Governor Withycombe voted with
them when he was in the house.
On the other hand, the irrigationists
and most of the drainage people, to-
gether with large proportion of the
Portland delegation, stuck together in
support of the plan to combine the
three issues.
This division was plain throughout
the meetings. One break came when
Mr.. Stack, of the Labor Federation,
Joined with Asa B. Thomson, Oswald
West and W. Lair Thompson in sign
ing the original majority reDort of the