Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-02
State House News
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Oregon s industries are speeding VI
and there are more Of them, according
to the last week 5. report of the state
industrial accident commission, whiel
shows that in that period there wert
454 accidents reported to the commits
/ sion. OF this number 375 came under
the provisions of the act This is the
largest number to come under the pro-
visions of the act since the commission
was formed and it indicates that Ore
gon is having more mills, and that
more men are being employed in these
mills. In fact, industry is speeding up
to meet war conditions, and these acci-
/ dents may be said to represent the
wounded men on the firing line.
Four fatal accidents were reported
The fatalities were Frank Babely,
lone, railroad operation; Ulysses S.
Hanson, Heppner, railroad operation;
Abijah BicktOrd, La Grande, tresspass-
/ er, and Harold Hansen, Cotton, mining.
The Northern Express company filed
its annual report with the public ser
vice commission this morning, showing
that its net income was $37S,6S779, its
gross income 1898, 1926, and its oper-
ating income $3.50, 0,209.72 The company
paid for express privileges $l,760 ,005.-
FL, and received as charges for trans
portation the sum of 3,243, 1870.
+. w. MoreIand, engineer of the de-
partment of railroads, employed by the
public service commission, severed his
connection with the commission yester-
day.
That the interstate commerce com
mission is much interested in the show
ing of the commissions of the west and
western shippers regarding the propos-
ed horizontal increase III freight rates
of fifteen per cent is the statement of
II. III. Corey, public service commits
sioner who is now at Washington, d.
c., representing the Oregon commission
at the hearing there, in telegram to
the commission.
He says the Oregon commission has
filed protest against any horizontal
increase in the rate. He says also that
the West has completed its testimony
in this regard. He believes the interest
of the commission will be reflected in
a decision that will be of benefit to
the west in a lesser increase than in
other sections. He looks for a suspen-
sion of the lumber and the fruit ad-
vance.
L. A. Liljequist, an attorney of Co.
guile, writes to Secretary of State o.
colt that the Legislature balled up the
game laws as usual. He asks the secre-
tary for the records pertaining to chap
ters 297, $40 and 4l3, relative to the
date of passage by the Legislature, the
date of signing by the governor, and
date of filing with the secretary of
state He says "a worse mixup than
indicated in these three chapters could
hardly have been put through.
On account of the fact that the law
provides that the chairman of the state
lime board shall be one of the appoint
ed members, the selection of Warden
Murphy at the recent meeting of that
board is void as he is only an ex-offi
clio member. AT the meeting of the
board at Gold Hill a new chairman
will be selected.
On account of the fact that many of
the leading banks of the state have re-
fused to take out farm loan bonds of
fered by the state land board, and as
a result of the offer of the state banks
to take up the loans only $l50,000
worth of bonds have been taken by
nine banks, it is probable that the state
land board will close up the farm land
loan proposition for time.