Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-08-18
State House News
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There has been an increase in work
days during the past year in the bust
nesses under the industrial compensa-
tion act of 49.4 per cent and decrease
for the corresponding time in accidents
of 4s per cent, according to a report
published yesterday afternoon by the
industrial accident commission. This is
small decrease in accidents in COM
parison to the number of men working
and the work days but it indicates
that although the number of work days
| are greater than ever before the ratio
! of accidents has not increased.
/ In July 1916 the total work days
was S20,634, with six fatal accidents
and total of S92 accidents; in June
1917, there was total of 1,225,975
work days, with II fatal accidents,
and 1921 other accidents. The lowest
months for general accidents was Feb
ruary 1917 while the largest were Ne
vember 1916 and June 1917.
Plans for the separation of the grade
crossings on the RexTigard road over
the Southern Pacific line are under
way in the office of the state highway
engineer, according to statement of
| Highway Engineer Mum this morning.
The plans are being made on advice of
the public service commission that the
grades are dangerous. The engineer s
office was instructed to prepare the
plans two weeks ago by Commissioner
Miller The crossing at Botaw is what
| is known as an "sunder' crossing in
that the road goes under the track
while that at Tigard is an over
crossing in that it goes above the track
Clarence w. Walls, formerly Of this
city and formerly connected with the
state highway department, who is now
merchant at Fossil, stopped in at the
state highway office this morning on
his way to Portland. He came up from
the south and left this morning north
ward.
Carl Gabrielson, employed in secre-
tary of State 0lcott s office, and Roy
Barth, employed in the bank examin-
er IS office, leave, Monday for Port
land, where on Tuesday they will take
the boat for San Francisco. They will
enter the second reserve officers train
ing camp at the Preside on August 20
Miss Adelta Nye, stenographer in
State Superintendent of Public lnstruc-
tion Churchill S office, will leave Sa-
lem Monday for two weeks vacation
at Gearhart. Miss Marie Schwab, who
has been on her vacation of two weeks
| viii return to the office ON Monday
and resume her usual work.
A. F. Dunphy, night editor Of the
Bozeman Chronicle, Bozeman, Monta-
ma, stopped off here this morning to
pay G. Ed Ross, secretary Of the state
| highway commission, a visit before
proceeding to San Francisco, where he
will enter the second reserve officers
training camp. He is cousin Of See
retary Ross. He expects to visit the
Oregon coast few days before re-
porting at the Presidio next Saturday.
He likes the appearance of the Will
lamette valley well.
The Pacific Grain company of Port
land filed articles of Incorporation
with the corporation commissioner this
morning with capital of $250,000 70
! do a dockage and wharfage business,
anu dlSO W ucdl III gram anu ioy' hO
incorporators are Sherman G. Draper,
j. p Hoben and Ralph Wilbur.
Certificate of decrease of capitali-
zation of the Elmira Lumber company
from $l500O0 to 100000 was filed al
so.
have been spending the past week or
SO at their wheat ranch near Arlington,
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