The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-03-06

when oil his own premises. No one
admits having seen the bill at any
stage of its passage. Until the law
is published no enc will know what
rights their dogs have in this world .
1t has no emergency clause but if
anyone took trouble to refer it to a
vote of the people it would be voted
down. 1t is admitted by revenue
officers that the tax cannot be col
lected and the law cannot be en-
forced aad as measure to encourage
sheep industry it will be dismal
failure. Il will be simply chaos in
the hunting season.
The fight over creating office of
Lieutenant Governor lasted until the
last minute of session, the House
trying to recall it after it was agreed
to. 1t goes to vote June 8, along
with grist OF bonding bills. Before
adjourning Senator Pierce rushed
through his one mill road tax levy
that will add over million dollars
to road funds. This is besides ten
million bond issue, Roosevelt five
million bond issue, 100000 a year
from gasoline and distilate, and Eddy
bills of five million bonds for recon
struction plans. With war taxes,
other state, county and local taxes.
there will be some taxes to pay.
While Governor Withycombe has
been confined to his home during
par, q the closing days of the ses-
sion, he has been able to attend to
all the important duties of his office
and sign all bills and acts of the
legislation requiring his attention. If
the constitutional amendment Great
ing the office of Lieutenant Governor
is ratified by the people is June he
will appoint Republican to that
office, while at present the succession
devolves on the. Secretary of State
who fills both Offices in such an
emergency.
The Old curtesy and dover law has
been restored after trying plan en-
acted in 1917 of allowing survivor of
marriage the right to elect within
one year to take one-third the prop
erty in fee simple in lien of rights
under curtesy or dover, For fifteen
years the grange demanded change
made in 1917, but some people now
demanded that state go back to old
law. 1t simply shows people do not
always know what they want or that
what they do want is good for them
In debate over oleomargarine law
State Federation of Labor and
Grange parted company. State
Grange Master Spence was on the
floor lobbying for a prohibitive tax on
oleomargarine or substitutes for but
ter in interest of state dairymen. Rep.
Smith and Horne Of state Labor dele
CATION were on other side of rail
lighting the bill tooth and nail as a
bill to deprive poor people from buy
ing harmless substitutes for high
priced butter. They pulled all the
teeth out of the bill and the price OF
butter that had gone up ten cents a
pound in a week will probably begin
to go down again now that retailers
can sell oleo as of yore. A heavy tax
was imposed on manufacturer and
jobber that the consumer will have
to pay.
The big constructive fight of the
session was made by Rep. Smith Of
Baker. Rep. Gallagher of Ontario,
and Jay Upton of Prineville and H.
w. Gard of Madras of third house for
new self-eXecuting amendment to
Constitution to create and finance ir-
rigation and drainage district. 1t is
fifty-ffty proposition between state
and federal government. To realize
its Importance, just one district unit
in Jefferson county of 100000 acres
of land will be changed in value
from $40 an acre to $50 an acre.
The difference between water and no
water is shown by the Madras dis
trict in 1916, when they had rain,
shipping to Portland $4,000 bushels
of wheat and in 1917 when it did
not rain much they shipped out only
$4,000 bushels. Forgiving all its
sins of omission and commission here
is one act western and eastern
Oregon can agree on for draining
wet land and irrigating dry land
and all vote for 1t on June 3.