Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-02-12
FIGHT FOR dogs
EyL|VENED HOUSE
THIS MORNING
Representative Al Jones'
Bill to License Dogs
Causes 1t
EPRESENTATTVE LEWIS
HAS MEASURE KILLED
Parole Officer Bill Is Recalled
by Senate This Morning
After Fight

A lively dog fight, or preferably, a
fight ON dogs, enlivened the session of
the house Of representatives this morn
ing during its hour and half period Of
work -Four bills were passed, two kill
ed on final vote, and one strangled bv
indefinite postponement
The dog fight resulted when AL jones'
bill to license dogs in the counties west
or the Cascade mountains and creating
fund for stock killed by them. AS the
coast counties wished to be exempt
from this provision on account of being
timbered country and dogs were need
ed, representative Jones moved that the
house go into a committee of the whole
TO consider amendments to the bill pro-
Vldlng that certain coast counties be ex.
cepted from the dog license. The house
went into committee of the whole
and immediately representatives of va
rious counties in the valley wished to
/ nave their counties exempted until the
exemptions became so general there was
danger Of leaving the bin apply to Ma
rion county only.
I Seyour Jones objected to the valley
counties being exempted and he was
backed up by Speaker Stanfild, Repre-
! sentatiyes Griggs, Clark and Beam Rep
resentatiye Bean stated that this kind
OF legislation had been before the leg
lslature for several sessions and that
the valley counties needed. In Lane
county, he said the sheep raising indus
! try had been practically ruined by dogs
and the herds have practically vanish-
ed. The farmers demanded protection
for their herds from the dogs. The bill
! tins to restrain the ours who have no
home or owners. The coast counties are
heavily timbered and should be except
led
Representative Lafferty favored the
bill and Representative Cartmill urged
that the measure be not treatd lightly.
He declared the people want stringent
dog law. Eastern Oregon was exempted
because dogs there are needed in caring
for the sheep.
Before the committee of the whole
rose to report, the counties of Polk,
Washington and Clackamas, which ask
ed exemption, were included in the bill,
which on final vote passed.
Lewis Bill Killed.
The electric juggernantn flattended
i out Representative Lewis this morning
when his bill to prevent the payment
of more than twice the assessed valua-
tion in purchase of property for public
I purposes was killed The members de-
clared it was foolish and vicious meas
ure and cast serious reflection on the
honesty of public officials Mr. Lewis
declared that he knew men who had sold
property to the public and had enough
money to buy four-story building.
i House bill No. 1914, by Martin, limit
ing the salaries Of the president and
professors of the o. A. G. to $4,000 a
year, was also flattened by the electric
Juggernaut. The bill was declared fool
ish in that it tied the hands Of the
regents of the institution in seemuring
%eompetent heads Of institutions AS
4 there was long calendar, Corbett
moved the previous question and shut
off debate. The bin failed to pass.
I The first bill up this morning was
house bill No 1876, by Childs, adjusting
the salary of the state printer and pro
/ viding for the appointment of the state
i printing board. With few explanations
4 by the author, it passed.
House bill No. 126, by Tichenor, fix
ing boundaries of all counties border
ling ON the Pacific ocean, passed.
House bill No. 327, by Porter.( pro-
viding sanitary containers for milk and
ice cream, passed.
A resolution was introduced and
adopted prohibiting people without au
thority going on the floor of the house
during the session. The resolution direct
ed that the sergeantat-arms under the
.