Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-09
BELL.ANS
Absolutely. Removes
Indigestion. Onepackage
provesit. 25cat all druggists.

In0lgeStlOn. One package
provesit. 25c at all druggists.
However, as indicated by the above fig
Rres, the 1916 crop will show a profit,
to date, and the products Of the com
ing season should do even better.
While the financial outcome is a
proof of the soundRess of the movement,
yet the two big outstanding points for
congratulation are that many of the
prisoners have been provided with work
and that we have blazed trail for the
development of a new Oregon industry.
Flax will not only prove a boon TO the
state from an agricultural viewpoint,
but the manufacturing inevitably ac-
companying its increased production viii
be of for-reaching economic Importance.
Another possible utilization of prison
labor worthy of your serious eonsidera-
tion is presented in the production of
inexpensive agricultural lime-a field
of exploitation rich in possible bon
efits to Oregon farmers The feasibil-
ity of a state lime quarry operated by
prison labor merits investigation.
Supreme Court.
The supreme court is constantly burd-
ened with minor cases from which, it
seems to me, it should be relieved. Ex-
isting conditions encourage litigation
over matters comparatively trivial and
result in an unnecessary expense to the
state, while impairing the efficiency of
the court through overburdening the
time and attention of its members.
recommend legislation to the end that
no apepal may be taken to the supreme
court unless it appears in the Judgment
appealed from that the amount of mon
ey thereby required to be paid, exclusive
of interest thereon, costs or disburse-
ments, exceeds $500, or unless it ap-
pears from the judgment roll that there
is directly drawn in question in the
action, suit or proceeding the title to
real property, the personal liberty or
marital relation of party to the litiga-
ton, the constitutionality of an act of
the legislative assembly of the validity
of municipal charter or ordinance OF
of the ruling of some board or commits.
sion established by law.
Military.
The establishment of facilities for
military training in our state university
and in Oregon high schools is recon-
mended. This need not be compulsory
but it should be available for Oregon
boys, and particularly in it should
count in their school credits. / believe
such training is invaluable for physical
development and the upbuilding of dis
asN1,naI ahax nHn -, neG
an opportunity for the application of
practical patriotism; those who take the
training would do much to make them
selves of value to their country in time
of military need.
1 suggest legislation similar to that
existing in several eastern states, which
would permit Oregon soldiers on duty
outside of the state the privilege of vot
ing in state and national elections. Over
300 of our citizens were deprived of
their franchise last November because
they were detained in southern Cali.
fornia serving their country.
On behalf of the citizens of the state
| hereby express my own and Oregon Is
deep satisfaction at the splendid way
in which our citizen soldiers answered
the call to duty last June, when they
went with the colors to the Mexican
border. Their patriotic spirit and will.
ingness to make sacrifice in time of
seeming emergency deserve recognition
and praise.
The passage of the rural credit
amendment necessitates the enactment
of legislation to put its provisions into
operation. As this is vitally important
to the entire state, and particularly to
agricultural development, especial care
should be exercised in devising ways
and means for the most efficient appli.
cation of the manifold benefits of the
reform.
Hitherto the state has carried its own
fire insurance. If building should be
destroyed, it was possible for the emerg.
ency board simply to appropriate sur.
fieient funds to replace it. Now, how
ever, under the tax limitation amend.
ment, it is questionable if such an ap.
preparation could be made, and it is sug.
gested, therefore, that this legislature
investigate wcarefully the question as
to whether or not regular fire insurance
should be carried upon state property
and il it should be, whence the funds
to pay premiums will be Forthcoming.
Labor Commission.
The state labor commissioner is now
largely duplicating the work of the in
dustrial accident commission. The fact
ory inspection activities of the former
might well be handled by the auditors
of the accident commission, who cover
identically the same ground with prac'
tically the same end in view, while the
accident commission is also concerned
with the same statistical data as the
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