Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-02-09

greatest general importance was. of
course the bill for carrying ont and
administering the rural credits amend
ment to the constitution. Ii is bill No
l26 and as passed was substituted sen
ate bill No. l26, being prepared by the
committee on agriculture and forestry
and taking the place Of senate bill
No. l, by Shanks. and senate ill No.
l42, by Senator Barrett The rock road
it travelled is indicated by its record.
Ii was reported back from committees
five times, referred and re-referred
three times, was subject of an inquest
in committee of the whole and finally
was passed yesterday afternoon.
II provides that il shall be handled by
the state land board, which shall "seil
bonds in series OF $4,000 or multiples
thereof and in such amounts as tine
board may deem necessary to- reason
ably anticipate the demand for farm
loans.
The bonds are payable in gold coin
and the method of their sale is provid-
ed. 1t is also provided that the state,
treasurer and land board are given the
right to purchase the bonds at par with
any trust or other funds in its or his
hands and shall have preferential
right, if the other bids are not above
par.
i All applications for loans must be
made in writing to the state land board
and be accompanied by fee of one
per cent of the sum applied for, which
will be returned if the loan is not made
These applications >must be made on
blanks supplied by the state land board.
Il The details will have 70 be worked out
by the board and it win take a week
or two after the hin becomes n law he.
1 fore applications can be received as
the blanks must be prepared and other
matters arranged.
The other bill is senate hill No. 1874
by Senator La Toilette and amends the
law relating to the employment OF wo.
men in canneries takine them from out
the jurisdiction of the Industrial Wei.
fare board. II permits women 70 work
for more than ID hours dav in cases of
emergency. and tbis without askino tbe
permission of the Industrial Welfare
board. If also provides that tbe over.
time shall he maid at the rate of tin,a
and a half Senator TaFollett ,node
ouite a lono sneecb and also n strono
one. pointing OUT the necessity ne This
work beinp done in order to save frnit
jdurino the rush season when either
Overtime must he worked or oreat lose
TO capners nroducer and worker alike
would follow. The Gamers wanted the
law and tho nyodncers won+od Il s+;l1
more. but those who had chance to
earn a few extra dollars by doino extra
work wanted Il most of aIi Tbero NO :
son at first opposing II but expressing
himself as satisfied when the time and
a half was made n feature of IKE bill
by an amendment suggested bv Senator
Garland. Senator BisT6p also hacked
the bill, showing its Importance to the
: valley counties. II went through by a
I practically unanimous vote. There was
4 a third father necessary bill among tbe
90 acted on, and that was senate bill
No. 4S. amending the present law as
to the Soldiers Home. The present
law provided that the wife of a soldier
living at the Soldiers Home might be
with him 80 long as he lived. buf there
was no provision by which she could re-
main there should her husband die. Sen
1 ator Huston introduced the bill To cure
this, and pointed out the hardship which
followed in case of death of the hus.
band for then the widow was left home
less in her old age and bereavement.
There was no back talk over this bill
:. and it went through by an unanimous
vote.
i There We're 80 house bills received
during the afternoon and read first
time. Senate bill No. 264 recalled the
j west regime and caused Senator Orton
to make his usual fling at anything that
i savored of democracy. II was Bin TO
Ipay H. H. Fisher 5000 for 10 months
service as marshal at Copperfield after
/ the raid led bv Fern Hobbs. Senator
Garland took the ground that Fisher
was employed. did the work in good
faith, and was entitled to his paw. While
there was some discussion the bill pass
ed, the closing debate on it being from
Orton who remarked q the whole town
of Copperfield was not, worth S2OO."
Twenty Bills Passed
! The senate passed the following
bills:
$. b. No. 90. by Gill. Closing vii.
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three miles below Oregon Citv falls.
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