Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-02-16

its initiation, none of them heard a
single word about it until il was an
nounced from Washington. Ambassador
Gerard was wholly in the dark concern
ing il"
which they were referred and win never
see the light Of day again. Others will
be rushed through without eonsidera-
tion, and worthy measures killed and
unworthy ones slipped by.
Fight Over Engineer.
In spite of the fact that time is prec-
i6us and the minutes measured by gold
pieces, the flow of oratory appears un-
able to be restrained. Yesterday the
senate was clogged for an hour so that
the friends of the state engineer could
make an effort to have him included in
the road code provisions. In the house
Crandall made an inefefctual but sin
cere effort to remedy what he thought
was bad piece of legislation by re-
calling from the senate bill the house
had passed validating all titles to land
given before 1907.
Jones Participates Fight.
Another time waster was the argu-
ment over the substitution of the minor
ity report for the majority report on
the delinquent tax bill, the majority re-
port of which was unfavorable and
which had been adopted the previous
night. Walter B. Jones, of Lane, who
previously declared he was heartsick of
the whole affair and was never going
to run for the legislature again, took
up a good deal of time in his last fight
against the educational department in
his effort to have the travelling ex-
penses of the state superintendent of
public instruction from $4,000 to 81, 800
for the bi-ennium.
Bills Are Passed
The following bills were passed yes
terday afternoon and evening:
II. B. No. $40, by joint ways and
means committee. Appropriating mon
ey for maintaining supreme court, in
cludiDg salaries etc.
H. B. No. 54l, by joint ways and
cans committee. To provide ways and
means of the senate and house, and au-
thorizing committee and sub-comittees
to summon witnesses, administer oaths,
etc.
H. B. No. 542, by joint ways and
means committee. Appropriating mon
ey for current expenses of state land
board, desert land board, state water
board, etc.
Il. B. No. 206, by Stott. Providing
for establishment of parental schools.
S. b. No. 5, by Barrett. Requiring
the state highway commission to adopt
standard specifications for paving.
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law providing for notification of tax
levy in school districts.
S. B. No. 223, by Pierce. Amend
ing law relating to delinquent taxes.
s. b. No. 27l, by Huston. Prohiplt-
ing persons not notaries from represent
ing themselves as such.
s. b. No. 275, by senate committee
cn roads and highways. Amending law
relative to boundary monuments and
punishment for destroying same.
s. B. No. 277, by senate committee
on roads and highways. Amending Law
providing punishment for destroying
any bridge orsculvert.
S. r. No. 297, by Hawley. Granting
the governor full control of the Oregon
state penitentiary.
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law relating to filing surveyors re
ports.
S. B. No. 299, by senate committee
ON horticulture. Amending law relative
TO appointment of county inspector.
S. B. No. 1856, by Orton. To provide
official reporters for courts in counties
of 100000 inhabitants.
S. b. No. 100, by Huston. Providing
for election by widow entitled tC
dover to take in lieu thereof an undi
vided one third part in Zee in lands.
s. B. No. 206, by Smith. Extending
time for commercial fishing on upper
Rogue river.
| s. B. No. 224, by Pierce. For pre-
vention of fraud in grain and hay trade
and trade in fertilizer chemicals.
S. B. No. 234, by Huston. Authoriz
ing the condemnation of lands for smell
ers
| S. B. No. 267, by Hurley. Relating tc
the organization of drain ge districts.
| S. B. No. 270, by Cusick. Amending
law relating to revocation of teachers
certificates,
s. B. No 274, by committee on roads
and highways. Repeating sections 637t
to 63S1, Lord 3 Oregon Laws.
S. B. No. 2s3, by Smith. Providing
for the leasing Of kelp fields on the Ore
gon coast.
S. B. No. 295, by Gill Providing fOi
deputies in the office of county treas
urer Of Multnomah county.
Bills Killed.
Bills failing to pass the house were
I S. B. No. 104, by Wilbur. Fixing re
sponsibiity ON abstract companies fol
mistakes in abstracts.
s. b. No. so, by Lewis. Relating tc
election notification by county clerk
defining duties and privileges of coun
ty central committees.
Bills Withdrawn.
Bills withdrawn yesterday We're:
| II. B. No. l43, by Brownell. Prohibit
ing dealing in salmon caught by hook
and line during season when catching
salmon by trap or gill net is pro.
hibited.
H. B. No. al, by Mrs. Thompson
Establishing rights Of illegitimate chill