The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1919-01-24


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intendent at salaries OF $1,000 annual.
each, are the main provisions of the
bill.
Provides for Employment Of Soldiers
First of the reconstruction bills to
be introduced in the senate was that
of Senator Huston, making employ
ment of war veterans, either soldiers
| or sailors, compulsory by the state,
counties and municipal corporations.
The measure applies to veterans Of
the Civil, Spanish-Amercan and OF the
recent war who have achieved honor
able discharges. The bill provides
tia. soldiers who have beer maimad
in action shall be given employment
suitable to their physical condition,
and, in case any working force of men
is cut down, would be the last to be
removed from the payrolls.
Tax Limitation Repeal Proposed.
The repeal of the per cent tax
limitation amendment adopted by the
people at the general election of 1916,
is provided for in joint resolution
introduced in the house just before
adjournment by Brownell of Umatilla
county.
The resolution provides for the ap-
pointment of committee of five mem
bers of the house to prepare measure
for adoption by the legislature, and
submission by it to the people at the
next general election, of constitu-
tional provision repeating the present
per cent limitation amendment.
Want Road Work Started.
A joint resolution introduced in the
house by Mr. Bean, calling upon the
state highway commission to imme-
diately start work on one or more
units of highway work to provide en-
ployment for at least 1000 men was
passed in both houses. This resolu-
tion provides that preference shall be
given to returning soldiers and sailors.
Mr.. Bean also introduced a joint
resolution calling upon congress to
enact legislation which will remedy
bad conditions surrounding the re-
turning men, because of governmental
inactton. This resolution calls atten-
tion to the fact that the Oregon legis-
lature has been compelled to appro-
pirate S10o,Od0.to grapple with situa-
ton which should have been cared for
by congressional action.
Prevent Teaching Foreign Languages
Representative Dodd Of Umatilla in.
troduced bill in the house, making it
unlawful for any board OF school ;di-
rectors to permit the teaching of any
subject, other than foreign languages,
in any of the public or private schools
of the state except in the English Ian
guage. Any director permitting such
thing to be done, or any teacher vio-
lating the terms of the act is to be
punished by fine of not less than
$1O0 nor more than $500 for the first
offense, and not less than $3.50 nor
more than $1,000 for the second Of
fense, with the alternate punishment
of Imprisonment for not less than 80
days nor more than one year in the
county jail.
Market Commission is Proposed.
Standardization of the sale of all
farm and manufacturing products and
furthering the market for Oregon
goods is proposed in bill introduced
by Senator Huston, of Multnomah
county, providing for the creation OF
a state market commission. The bill
provides that a market director, ap-
pointed by the governor, shall have
supervisory control over the sale and
marketing of all such commodities, to
the end that Oregon products might
find wider market throughout the
country.
Land Settlement Act introduced.
The soldiers land settlement bill
recommended to the various states by
Secretary of the Interior Lane was
introduced in the senate by Senator
Eddy. 1t provides for the appoint