The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-02-02

years. Permits can be refused sus-
pected persons. Any false statement
made in securing a permit shall con-
stitute a felony.
Would Pension Teachers.
With the names of Senators Harsh
ner, Jones and Phipps as its sponsors,
a proposal to pension all teachers in
Washington state after q years of
service was introduced into the legis-
lature.
All the money necessary to pay the
pensions would be secured from the
teachers themselves, by an assessment
of per cent of pay rolls during the
first 10 years of service, per cent
during the second 10, and per cent
thereafter
A teacher retired after 270 months
of service would be given $3.50 year;
a teacher physically disabled would
be retired after 80 months of service.
County and state school authorities
would administer the system, the state
treasurer controlling the funds, and
power to levy extra assessments up to
per cent of salaries is given.
Urges Farm Market Director.
A director of farm markets is auth
orized in a bill by Senator Iverson.
The director would be paid $4,000 year
ly and would be about everything from
a detective to punish crooked COM
mission merchants to a real estate
dealer handling farm property. He
would also advise farmers on where
their best markets may be found. The
sum of $4,000 is appropriated for his
use.
Usual Clash of Doctors.
In the lower house the followers of
old school physicians and medical
freedom" enthusiasts had a hot clash
over a house bill by Golf, to allow os-
teopaths to practice surgery. The bill
was recommended for passage by the
committee on medicine, dentistry, sur
gerry and hygiene, composed largely OF
old school physicians, but during the
debate it was brought out that the
recommendation was made merely to
give Golf, an osteopath, a chance for
his bill on the floor Opponents of the
bill declared the doctors had side
stepped their responsibility and, after
a motion to indefinitely postpone had
been defeated, 33 ayes to 60 noes, the
bill was sent back to committee, which
probably will recommend that it be
killed.
Would Bar Mixed Marriages.
Marriages between whites and per-
sons of more than one-fourth negro,
Chinese or Japanese blood, will be for
hidden in this state, if bill introduc-
ed in the house of the legislature
by Representative Jones of Whitman,
becomes a law. The bill provides i'm
prisonment of three months to year
for violation and the same jail SEN
tence or fine for the person who per
forms the ceremony.
Registration to be Liberaized.
Radical departure from any pre-
vious registration law is made in the
senate bill introduced by the commit
tee on elections, inasmuch as the mea-
sure would not only permit the rural
registration of 1915 left after striking
off names for failure to vote or re-
moval from precinct, to stand per
manently, but provides that precinct
registration books may be taken from
the offices in the rural precincts,
after D. m, by the registration Of
ficer, to private homes or places of
public assembly for the purpose of
registration.
Little change is made in the regis
tration regulations, as affects incor-
porated cities, except that the latter
may if desired, keep a card index of
voters and only one reg stration book
instead of duplicates.
Legislative 5revitles.
National guard interests are asking
for an appropriation of at least $780,
900, nearly double the estimate made
by the board of finance.
The house passed the senate resolu-
ton for a special committee to make
arrangements to entertain the State
Press association, which meets here
February and 9.
Senator Phipps introduced a bill re-
curing surgeons to get two Witnesses
to be present at any major operation
ut which an organ or q part of an organ
is to be removed.
If the bill introduced by Senator
Palmer, of King, becomes a law, it
will mean that every inhabitant of
the state between n and so years,
will have TO pay a head tax to the
state of 81 per year.
The roads and bridges committee Of
the house has agreed upon bill abol-
ishing the office of county engineer
and giving the county commissioners
authority to employ such engineering
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