Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-05
$4,000 FOR PRISON
$4,000 HOME BOARD
Emergency Board Makes Ap-
preparations at TOday's
Sessions

The state emergency board, which
met here today, authorized a deficiency
appropriation Of $4,000 for the state
.penitentiary and $1,000 for the state
lime board.
These appropriations are just one
half of the amounts requested, and in
both instances they were cut down as
result of the opposition of Senator
Gus C. Moser, president of the senate,
who refused to vote for the full sums
asked for without the presence of Sen
ator W. D. Wood of Washington eoun-
ty, chairman of the senate ways and
means committee, and who was absent
from today IS meeting.
R. n. Stanfield, speaker of the house
of representatives, was also absent, so
the members present besides Senator
Moser were Governor Withyeombe,
Secretary of State 0leott, State Treas
urer Kay and Representative K. X.
Kubli of Portland, chairman of the
house ways and means committee.
When the $4,000 expenditure by the
penitentiary was authorized, it was
understood that this sum would take
care of the institution for three months
and by that time it probably would be
necessary to call a meeting of the
emergency board again to consider the
needs of other institutions. Fhe peni-
tentiary will then ask for more funds
to run it the balance of the year. An
effort viii be made to have a full at
tendance of the board members at that
meeting.
Warden Murphy asked for $4,000 at
this time for six months maintenance.
This is about $4,000 more than it cost
to maintain the prison during the last
six months, but the warden pointed out
that everything was costing more now.
He also said he had told his guards he
would ask the governor for another
raise in salaries for them, which would
add about $4,000 to his payroll during
the next six months.
Frank Davey, bookkeeper at the pen
itentiary, read a financial statement,
showing that the operation of the
prison wood cutting camp, the main
tenance Of a gang of prisoners at the
state lime plant, the increase in cost of
supplies, and the increase in wages,
all had contributed to exhausting the
$lSO,000 appropriated by the last legis-
lature for the maintenance of the in
stitution. He said only 5000 was left
in the maintenance fund.
After Chairman Cordley of the lime
board asked for deficiency appropria-
tion of $4,000, Governor Withycombe
made motion that this sum be al.
lowed. All the members present voted
for the motion, except Moser.. As it
requires five votes to authorize an ap-
preparation, the motion lost.
The allure of this motion, provoked
some heated remarks from the COVER
nor, who declared that the money
should be allowed or patriotic reasons,
as the farms are badly in need of lime
and the state should complete it's pro.
ject to provide it for them.
Senator Moser then made a motion
to allow $4,000, and later if is shown
that the farmers really want the lime
and will purchase it and use it more
funds can be allowed. This motion
carried.
Chairman Cordley said the $4,000 he
requested was needed to build termin.
ais, elevators and bunkers. With but
$4,000 he said the bunkers could not
be built.
He said the lime plant is nearly com.
pleted, and that it could not be dupli.
Gated under present war conditions for
$35,000 while it has cost $4,000. The
plant will be ready to deliver lime by
September l at $1.50 ton f. o. b.
Gold Hill, he said. The plant still has
a capacity of 100 tons daily, running
an eight-hour shift, and he estimated
that the demand will consume all the
plant can turn out. The state will pay
8 cents a ton royalty for the lime, and
beginning with June the minimum
amount of royalty is 800 a month.
Governor Withycombe, replying to a
question from Representative Kubli
told the board members that he was
considering the advisability of calling
a special session of the legislature t.
have an emergency war tax bill sub
mitted to the people. at the November
election. The measure of this nature
council of lief 4lJe Was not filed in time
which was being initiated by the state
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