Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1917-01-19

Chairmen Wood and Kubli have
agreed to hold a session OF the joint
committee each working night OF the
legislative session until all the busi
ness OF the committee Is transacted
and the various officials will be called
before the committee TO make their
statements as early as possible.
The present committee probably
will depart from oldtime custom OF
passing on some requests for appro-
priations and pruning them without
giving a hearing to the persons inter
ested. II Is understood that all OF the
officials and institution heads win
have their day In court" and that
before any changes are made In re-
quests complete defense OF such re,
quests will be allowed.
Homestead Exemption Law Proposed,
A more workable homestead exemp.
ton law than the one now In force is
proposed by Senator Olson. He says
that while the present law contains a
$500 exemption clause. property val.
ued at 100000 can be claimed as q
homestead and held out on creditors
in case OF bankruptcy. Also that q
mechanics lion for repairs can be de.
feated by claiming the property as q
homestead. Remedies are provided
for these exemptions In the Olson bill.
which was introduced and passed In
the house last session. but lost in the
senate during the closing hours.
Two bills relating to the illegitimate
child were introduced In the senate
Senator Olson introduced u bill pro
viGing for the prosecution OF the IN.
.her OF such child II he refused to
make a settlement with the mother
or provide for the chilGs maintenance
while Senator Smith 0i Josephine In
troduced a bill providing for q forced
marriage OF the parents OF an illegiti
mate child.
Both bills give such a child The
Pame rights of inheritance II the prop.
erty Of Its father as are accorded q
legitimate child.
Would Make Streams Log Highways,
To open the streams OF Oregon us
public highways for the rafting and
floating OF logs and other timber FRO.
ducts, is the apparent purpose Of
bill introduced in the senate by Sen.
ator Olson Of Multnomah.
The bill provides that all corpora.
tlons organized for the purpose Of
driving, catching. booming or rafting
Of logs or other timber products shall
be under the Jurisdiction OF the public
service commission, which shall Dro
vide a method for marking logs for
Identification and prescribe reason.
able rates for floating logs.
The house passed. under suspension
Of the rules. resolution directing ev.
cry state official, department, board
and commission, from the governor
down, to furnish complete. detailed
statement Of all money expended In
the payment of travelling expenses
during the years 1915 and 1916, with
the date Of expenditure, by whom ex.
pended, and for what purpose" This
information is requested not later than
January 1s.
Legislative Brevitles.
Sentiment in both senate and house
Is strongly in favor of any law that
will be acceptable to the prohibition
forces.
The first money bill to make Its ap.
pearance from the hands of the ways
and means committee came into the
house In the shape of an appropriation
of $4,000 for the payment of mileage
and per diem of the members of the
Legislature.
Oregon's normal school at Mon.
mouth will receive an appropriation
Of $S1, 900 for the biennial period be
ginning this year, according to bill
introduced by Representatives Stat.
rim and Fuller, of Polk county.
After lively debate the senate
adopted resolution authorizing the
of G. Walter Griffin, a
prominent Eugene business man, to
serve as clerk for Senator Bingham,
who is in New York, and will not be
in attendance during the session.
Members of the senate went on rec
ord as favoring prohibition when,
without argument or discussion, the
Joint memorials introduced by Sena-
Tor Eddy, asking congress to prohibit
he use Of the malls for liquor adyer-
Using purposes, and one for the sub.
mission OF national prohibition
to the states, were adopt.
I'd unanimously.