Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-10
OPPOSES CREATION OF
new JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Portland School Board Fight
Rears Its Head A0am In
House This Morning.


After the vigorous fight in the house
Friday evening of last week when the
proposed agricultural consolidation bin
was put away for its final rest, mem
bers arrived in 8 most peaceful mood
TINS morning and everybody got down
to business and short speeches.
Not being familiar with legislators
and their ways, Captain Jennie Millar.
OF the Salvation Army, in her opening
invocation, prayed that material things
should be forgotten.
The only bill that aroused members
from their peaceful frame of minds was
one proposing another judicial district
for Wallowa county alone. 1t was in.
Produced by Burnaugh, of Union, and
Wallowa counties and provided that the
2lst judicial district be created to ham
die court matters for Wallowa county
alone.
Mr.. Burnaugh said that the Judge of
that district lived at Union and was
so far behind in his work that no court
had been held in Wallowa county for
more than year and that several folks
who were unable to secure bond had
been waiting that year in Jail for a
trial
But the house was not in humor to
create more districts and with the aid
OF the Marion county delegates voting
against the bill, it failed to pass.
The Portland school board fight bob
bed up again in the bill introduced by
Richards, of Multnomah county. 1t pro
vided for decrease in the salary of the
clerk of the school board Apparentlss
this was such shock to the legislators
that with the exception of Richards, E.,
E. Smith and Mrs. Thomas, the vote
was unanimous against the bill. The
Multnomah county delegation was di-
vided on the school fight and there ap-
parently was just suspicion that Mr..
Richards was out hunting for the scalp
of the clerk of the Portland school
board of directors. With so heavy a
vote against the bill it is evident that
the school clerk s scalp is safe, espec-
tally if Mr.. Richards proposes a bill to
get it.
A bill introduced by Ivan G. Mar
tin, giving the insurance commissioner
more authority in raising and lowering
rates was approved by the House.
Sheldon's bill providing that proper
fishways must be maintained where
dams are constructed, met with some
opposition from representatives from
the eastern part of the state. In order
to fix it up and not interfere with irri-
gation plans in eastern Oregon, the bill
was referred again to its committee.
| Mr.. Sheldon, in his bill, asks that
fishways be msde efficient and that the
law shall apply to streams only where
there are hatcheries above the dam.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Elmore, at
the request of the war department com
mission on training camp activities COW
ering immoral resorts failed to pass as
e. Il. Smith, the labor delegate of Port
laad wsnted little longer time to
think it over. Hence it was made {
special order of business for tomorrow
morning.
meeting of the joint commission
between the Washington and Oregon
special committees to discuss the spe-
cific gravity Of gasoline, it was decided
that the present law Of Oregon making
So degrees legal should stand. And
that Washington should pass law con
forming with the Oregon regulations,
An effort was made through a bill in
troduced by Martin, to raise the stand.
ard of gasoline from So to 5S degrees.
AS the compromise now stands, dealers
in both states will furnish the same
grade Of gasoline.
The House of Representatives will
be thrown open to the public this even
ing to hear eulogies on Former Presi-
dent Roosevelt. The principal speaker
of the evening will be Bishop Sumner
of Portland, personal friend.
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