Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-21
BIRD RESERVATION
At HALREUR LAKE is
CAUSE Of A VRANCLE
Dogs May Have To Wear ilIdIuz.
zles As Provision Has Pass
ed Senate And House.

Malheur lake over in Harney coun.
ty about 100 miles from railroad oc-
cupied almost the entire time of the
| Thursday evening session of the house
and although bill was passed in
,, which it is proposed to make the lake
q federal bird reservation, the chances
are that it will be recalled and the bill
defeated as it passed last night by a
majority of only two.
1t seems that the Swift people of
Chicago have bought tract of land
near the Lake and are preparing to
drain and sell so acre farms to set
tiers.
1t is also true that the lake, which
is really mostly a swamp or marsh, is
the great breeding grounds for birds
in the northwest and especially those
flying from Canada to California.
All the forces cf the eastern Oregon
representatives were lined up against
turning the Lake over to the federal
authorities to make it national game
preserve and also those who were OPP
posed to permitting the federal gov
ernment to control additional Oregon
lands.
To investigate the cost Of milk pro-
duction and diseases of dairy cattle,
the house passed bill appropriating
$4,000. The money is to be handled by
the state agricultural station with the
Oregon Agricultural college. 1t is a
well known fact that durin. She past
year or SO the DAIRY interests OF the
state have been losing out But few
have been making expenses and it is
estimated that $4,000 head of cows
have been sold to the stock market
within the past two years, all from
Oregon.
Dogs are likely to play in hard luck
in Oregon, as the house concurred in
the senate amendment on its dog bill
and now the fate of the dog is in the
hands of the governor. The bill pro-
vides that the question Of dogs rum,
ming at large without muzzles may be
decided by majority vote. In a coun-
ty. 100 must sign a petition for an
election. In an Incorporated town, 20
can call the election and in a precinct,
a petition signed by Is is cough.
The bill provides that it shall be un-
lawful for dogs to run at large off
the promises of its owner wllheut a
muzzle sufficiently strong to keep said
dog from injuring any person, sheep,
goat or other domestic anical
There is also a provision that every
dog in the state of Oregon must have
a license tag to cost SO a year. The
sheep interests of the state were act
i've in having the bill passed. Muzzlcs
will probably soon be in demand-for
dogs.
The bill providing that school teach
ers shall not enter into two contracts
at the same time to teach was with
drawn in the house. Another bill how
ever was passed some time ago provid-
ing that the teacher cannot take an
other school within go days Of the
time the contracted school is to be-
gin.
To investigate crop pests, plant DIS.
cases and horticultural problems, bill
passed the house appropriating $4,000
The experimental station of the o. A.
c. will handle the money. There has
been DO appropriation for the work dur
ing the past four years.
A fish hatchery will be established
on the Santiam either in Marion or
Linn counties and another on the Will
lamette in Lane county, If the house
bill passed yesterday gets through. For