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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-03
House Postpones
Action On Shank's
School Measure

The house of representatives in
definitely postponed action OF
Representative Shank's bill, Tues
day afternoon. relating to school
teachers contracts, and providing
that If the school should be closed
'on account Of prevalence of con
'tagious diseases, or other cause,
the teacher should not be entitled
to pay for more than two weeks
while the school was so closed un-
less specifically provided for 9TH
trwise in the contract.
The house also indefinitely
postponed action on senate bill 80,
by Senator Ryan. defining pur-
poses for which banks may hold
real estate.
House bill 16t. by Representa-
tive Lee, providing for the annual
levy of tax for maintenance of
the Multnomah county fair, was
re-referred to the committee on
fairs and expositions.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-03
Vote to Kill
Franchise
Tampering
Eddy Bill Declaring
Contracts Obligatory
Passed With Wide
Majority

The senate wednesday afternoon
by vote of 2i 10 indicated mos
emphatically its belief that tn,
public service commission should
keep its hands off Of public utility
franchises involving contracts t.
-1eifVer service to municipalities for
public use.
This sen iment was expressed in
q vote on Senator Eddy's bill de-
claring franchise contracts obliga-
tory where the product of the util-
ity is sold to the municipality, and
the stand of the sena+e was taken
in spite of an adverse report on the
bill bye the committee on railroads
and utilities.
Peoples Wrath Felt.
Predictions that unless this re-
striction was placed upon the pub
lie service commission the people
resenting the abrogations of these
contracts, would rise in their wrath
and abolish the commission entire
lv were voiced by Senators Eddy.
Hare and Joseph in their support
of the Eddy bill
ator Eddy declared. was becom-
ing more and more tyrnanical until
some day, acting under stress of
shock to the public conscience
brought about by the overriding Of
these contracts by the commission,
it would be entirely wiped out.
The bill, Eddy insisted, was not
an appeal from the action Of tho
state regulating body In either the
Roseburg case or the Hilsboro case, !
in both of which cases franchise
commission in revising rates of
public utilities. Neither was It an
appeal from the supreme court
which upheld the action of the
public service commission in the
Hilsboro case, Eddy explained
Attitude Is Plain.
IL was merely an effort, he cx-
planned. to write into the statute
books plainly and unmistagably the
will of the legislature on the point
Of franchise contracts for the guild
ance of the commission and the
courts In future cases.
Senators Moses and Eberhard
Jaw in the bill an entering wedge
% the ultimate abolishment of the d
public service commission. The /
iext step, Eberhard insisted. would d
)e an attempt to make obligatory ~
contracts affecting rates i
or public utility service to private H.
consumers. 1t was merely an at
empt to scuttle the powers OF the :,
Moser declared. add u
ng that 80 long as the commission "
vas expected to function as regu-
atory BODY Its powers should not le
'e restricted by this class of legisla- 81
ion.
When the bill was brought out OF p'
ommittee for final consideration ID.
enators Banks, Eberhardt Ed-Ipt
9ards, Ellis, Hall, Moser Robert ire
on, Ryan and Ritner voted with
he majority of the committee and ii
n opposition to the bill lie
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-03
BILLS PASSED by SENATE
New Members of
State Textbook
Board Selected

Appointments to membership or
the state textbook commission
were announced by Governor OIL
colt Tuesday night as follows:
Miss Margaret Cosper. Salem
Alfred C. Schmitt. Albany; Harri-
son q. Pdatt. Portland; A. c.
Hampton. LaGrande; G. A. Bris-
coe. Ashland.
Hampton succeed Mrs. A, Il.
Ivanhoe of LaGrande, and Bris-
coe succeeds T.. A. Tiedgen, for
merly OF Marshfield. The other
three members are reappointed,
The appointments are for a term
of four years. dating from Febru-
AIRY /.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-03
Committee Is
Unable To Agree
On Salary Bills

State officials who nourish fon,
hopes of salary increases at tho
hands of the legislators now in SEES
sion VIII have to look to some 9th
er source than the committee on
salaries of state and county Off
clals Tor announcement. Follow
me a session lasting to well past
the midnight hour Tuesday nigh;
at which the joint committee of the
mousse and senate was unable to
settle upon any common ground for
action each committee resolved 70
handle Its own bills. wednesday
the bills originating in the upper
mouse came back into the senate
without recommendation and were
referred to the ways and means
committee for further action.
In spite of this reluctance of the
committee to go on record as fav-
oring larger pay for state officials
--or perhaps because of the failure
OF the committee to make any rec
concentrations whatever - another
salary bill was added to the lis
"Wednesday afternoon when Senn-
tor Hall introduced bill increns-
Ing the yearly stipend of the state
superintendent of banks from
$4,000 to $4,000.
A bill introduced late Tuesday
evening proposes an Increase in the
salary of the state engineer tot
$1,000 per year,
surrender OF hone Tor any in !
crease in the pay of circuit Judges |
Is Indicated In q bill Introduced re-
lating 10 salaries and remuneration
OF these officials which onits any
mention of "a salary Increase. \
previous bin provides for m ln-
crease from $4,000 TO $4,000 par
year for these officials.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-03
Realators Ask
Proposed Bill
Be Made Law

Real estate men of Portland ant
the Willamette valley had then
Innings before the house commit
tee on revision of laws Tuesday
night and told the committee why
they urge the passage of house bill
lS2. The committee is inclined tC
give the bill its official O. X, but
it may not be reported out with
the DO Pass" stamp upon it un-
til later in the week, as the mat
ter of salary adjustment is still
unsettled.
This bill defines a real estate
broker, provides for the regula-
ton, supervision and licensing of
this business and establishes the
office of state real estate commits
sioner.
The insurance commissioner is
also to be the state real esate COM
missioner ex-Officio, and he shall
appoint a deputy, who, in fact, will
administer the real estate license
law. Whether the salary of this
official shall be four thousand dol
lars a year, three thousand, or
flexible, according to ability shown,
but in no case to exceed that of
the deputy's superior officer are
points that the house committee is
yet to determine,
At least a dozen prominent real
estate men Of the state including
members of the Portland Realty
board and men from the upper
valley, appeared before
the committee to speak for their
measure, and they were cham
oioned by Representative Harvey
Wells, former state insurance COM
missioner.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-03
Plea For Funds
To Boost State
Is Presented

While California is reapins ap
proximately $40O, 100000 annually
from its tourist crop, Oregon
, with scenic wonders and industria
possibilities far excelling those o.
her sister state, realizes only some
five million dollars from this sam
source. according to statements
made by representatives of the
! Pacific Northwest Tourist associa-
ton before the ways and means
| committee Of the legislature Wed
nesday night.
J Oregon, they declared, was slow
ly but surely coming into its own
as tourist state but much work
was yet to be done in preparing
the soil and sowing the seed that
was destined to make the tourist
crop one of the states basic indus
tries. For this purpose, they ex-
planned, Oregon was being asked
at this time to appropriate $780,
600 to match a like sum from the
state Of Washington and sum
half as large from the province of
British Columbia with whicn to
take the story of the Pacific nor.h
west back to the states of the mid
die west and the east.
This amount is exactly double
that asked and allowed two years
ago but, it was explained, the
cost of advertising and the scope |
OF the associations work had so |
increased as to necessitate addi- |
tional means in order to carry the |
work to a successful conclusion.
Excellent results had already |
been obtained in diverting tourist
rattle to the northwest as ives ey-
denced by the number of automo-
bile parties passing over the state
highways during the past summer,
t was contended.
The need of state tourist bu-
eau functioning in cooperation
With the northwest tourist asso-
'iation or with the state exhibit at
Portland, was also presented to
he fund finding committee. While
he northwest association was
thousands of tourists into
he state there was no effort being {
made by the state to detain these
isitors and show them the Won
ers to be found within the bor-
ers of the state, it was corftended
Those appearing in behalf of
he tourist association were W. j. '
loffman, president of the associ- !
ton; Fl. b. VanDuser, Phil Met t
'han, III. V. Carter, j. p. Jaeger a
nd Representative Hyatt, di- b
'ctor of the association who Is al Il
member of the ways and Il
cans committee. fl
The needs of the Oregon nation Il
guard totaling $4,000 were a
by George A. White, ad "
tant general. This amount, T
hite explained. represented the o.
tual needs of the military de-
rtment of the state whereas
5000 could be put to good use 81
bringing the states quota of fa
e new citizen army up to it's bi
'htful place in the national or
Washington, ne stated,
IN state organization far in m
'ior to that of Oregons both in tt
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-03
Party Ballots Restored

Denver, Colo, Feb. 3.-The state
house of representatives yesterday
passed a bill to repeal the head
less ballot act and to restore party
names at the top of tickets in
general elections. The vote was 80
to 23 in favor of the bill. Oppon-
ents asserted it would permit the
return of machine politics,
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-03
Portland Law
Library Center
OfSenate Fight

The Portland law library and it
| maintenance was the center of
| debate replete with petty personal
tiles on the floor of the senate thi'
morning which resulted in recon
| slderation Of the vote by which the
report of the judiciary committee
including several material amend
ments had been adopted Wedaes
day.
Personalities Enter.
Senator Hume in moving recon
sideration of the vote on the repor
charged that Senator Banks as
member of the Judiciary commi
tee, was using his official position
in an attempt to destroy the Law
library because of "a row with one
of the librarv's employees" ThC
row to which he alluded. Humc
explained, resulted from Banks
failure to pay his annual registra
ion fee of So emitting him to us,
the library and the library's vi h
drawal of its privileges from
Banks.
Replying to this charge Bank
pointed out that the law of 191
prohibited the charging of a regis
Eration fee, in spie e of which inhi
bition the library continued t.
assess its annual fee. Banks alsr
objected to building up a yaluabi,
library owned by a proyiate corpor
alton through compulsory fees as
sessed against all litigants in the
courts of Npltnomah county. The
bill provides for a fee of 50, lut
each plaintiff and 81 for each de-
in addition to fees required |
~ law this money to go toward |
he support of the library.
Bill Referred Back.
Admitting that the library was q
asset to the legal profess
ion Of POI tland and the entire
tate Banks insis ed that it should
e turned over to some public
gency to be held in trust for the
ublic.
This plan was even now unde'
ontemplation, Hume countered
EXPLAINING that Judge Carey OF
Cortland was at this time assem-
ling the outstanding stock with
nat end in view and the stockhold-
RS of the library he insisted. had
ing ago kissed their investmen
oodby and were only interested in
he perpetuation of the library.
The bill has been sent back to
lie judiciary committee for further
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-03
Little Counterfejt.
Afloat in n

Reports that there sd
amount of counterfeit mona
in Salem, are not substqnt,
officials of Salems four b,
Pewter and worthless d,lA
are often taken by Garcia
sons, and passed on ignora
some one else and thus gc
bank.
Fl. V. Compton Of the
Bank of Commerce said ID
few of such coins were eV.
sented to his bank, The cad
the Ladd and Bush bank, q
First National said that thq
ly saw one. The Capital N
bank has not seen one for !
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-03
Halvorsen Betts,
Is Able to St

Mayor George Z. HslvO,.
able to sit up in bed mi, !,
and will again be able to /,
the near future, it was sai
morning. Mr.. Halyersen i,
confined to his home, mi
High street, for several t,u'
Mr.. Halvorsen may nstl
dergo an operation as a N
his illness, it was stated
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-03
House Bills

II. b. 304 Substitute for II. b.
93) by Sloan--Amending section
All oregon laws, pertaining to
maintenance OF bridges or culverts
over county roads or state high
WAVE.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-03
Thursday Feb,,,,
Bridge Sur,
Propose |
yL;owe,R /

,oi1s ny a vote of forty
mouse of representa-
'as uas afternoon passed \
iSO' by Norblad, dl,.'
state highway comm'.
made, MADE a preliminary 4
estimate for an int.,,,l' ~
over the lower coInns,'' sr'r,s'|
near the Pacific Sra,a'A oessa
practicable. ''a q
Consideration Of II. n
about a spirited deba'. ,as
lam S, Kinney Of Ir's. c's,.
led the support Of tba b,'''q| \
by Representative '-s c.s
korell' while there In''l'| w,a
opposition from RsD.. w.
Kay and Davey of M,r'' D.''|
Mrs, Kinney urged i
age of a bridge such :. ~
ed would be to the 4.
of the coast counties '''' !,
commerce and the ton'i.
and the state as a wbala
overshadowing ali N
De ! its advantage as N
factor.
Sooner or later" sb, \
Liohal safety will demand
nave a way to cross tbe Al
as near its mouth \
bic and as near to the ta,,'|
be-" '' ''fs|
In the debate Gallagb., !
he representatives fran
county of taking a selfI.S 4
attitude, declariv|
Marion had largely beDsss|
ligging its hands ipto MI
reasury, and then sbovi,,|
erence to the needs Of tb'|
he state, This was strO,a|
ented by Davey, who cl,isa|
ION county had voted "a, n
ues for general state MI
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-03
Kindergarten Bill
Killed In House

senator Moser's bill providing
for establishment and maintenance
of kindergartens in school districts
of Multnomah county was killed in
the house Wednesday afternoon,
after Representative Gordon of
Portland spoke against the bin on
account of the expense it would en-
tail
"rherc is no public demand for
Lindergartens except in compar-
at!vcly few localities where moth
erS have to leave their children and
So out 20 work" he declared. 1--WE
are going entirely too far In relicv-
ing the parents from their RESPONSE
hilities Ia caring Tor their own chill
dren."
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-03
Butter Market Low

San Francisco, Feb. 3.-Butter
today reached the lowest price
quoted since May, 1918. Sales
We're made in the wholesale ex-
change at 4Oh cents a pound for
the best grade. Prime first was
quoted at 39h cents a pound.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-03

The Hindustani word "paejama"
means leg clothing, and applies to
the thin loose trousers tied around
the waist. which are worn by Mo-
hammedan men and women.
Czecho-Slovakia has 1854 miles
of railway.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-03
Kidnapers Are
Received at Pen

San Quentin, Cal. Feb. 3.-Ar-
thur w. and Floyd L, Carr, cousins
arrived at San Que,in penitentiary
today to serve a sentence Of from
ten years to life for the abduction
of Mrs. Gladys Witherell Of Lo.
Angeles. They were in custody OF
three deputy sheriffs.
The Carrs were started through
he usual routing for newly arrived
prisoners at once. They will he
held in detention and observation
cells until work can be assigned t.
them.
Finland uses streetcars made III
IL 81. -.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-03

Out of a total currency of about
S6'OOO'OOO,OOO in the country, it is
estimated that less than half is in
the bank.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-03
Education Comes High.

Wellesley, Mass, Feb. st pays
women to be educated, but does il
pay in actual cash to educate
them? The question arises from
scanning of a recent report made
by the treasurer of wellesley col
lege. where 1,552 girls are getting
their higher learning. The fees
from students have consistently
Jagged behind the costs of tuition
and residence. The fee in 1880
was $3.50. Last year it was $3.50.
The cost for the same year, on the
other hand, was $S07
AT the close of 1920 the United
States had a trade balance in its
favor of two land three quarter
billion dollars.
Nickel is regarded as one of the
most useful metals, though it lacks
the prestige of silver and gold
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-03

Finland uses streetcars made IN
the United States.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-10
CHESTNUT CROP

L
The Frederick county chestnut crop
is thing of the past. This is OBJ
vious to anyone taking trip over the
mountains in the western part of the
county. The ravages of the blight are
plainly in evidence. Where there had
been "A chestnut grove only a year or
so ago there is nothing now but a
thicket of dead, barren tree trunks. 1t
is as though great forest fire had
ravaged the countryside. But green
oaks, pines and naples right beside
the dead chestnut trees bear mute
testimony to the fact that there has
been no great conbagration. The
chestnut trees of the county have
simply been the victims of the great
chestnut blight, which has laid the
chestnut forests of the county waste
during the past six years.
Along the slope of the Catoctln
mountain from the bank of the Poto-
mac to, the Mason and Dixon line are
to be seen dead tree trunks where had
been fourishing chestnut trees. But
few trees are still bearing chestnuts
and even these few are afflicted with
the blight and have on them only a
few live limbs.
When residents of the Catoetin
mountain were asked about their
chestnut crop the question merely
blought smile. "There aint no such
animal" seems to be the attitude of
all who used to gather and sell chest
nuts in this county. The cultivated
chestnut trees wers not spared. The
chestnut orchards were wiped out
completely, the large Italian chestnut
groves going first. One farmer sta
ted that on good seasons he shipped
as many as 10000 pounds Of cultiva-
ted chestnuts. This year the yield
was only quart" he said.
Reports from South Mountain and
from mountains all over the country
east of the Cumberland mountains of
Kentucky indicate that the chestnut
forests have been virtually wiped out.
Live chestnut trees are few and far
between everywhere and there will not
be chestnut crop in Frederick coun-
ty, very likely for the next couple of
decades.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-10
OIL FROM FOSSIL SEA FISH
Substance Highly Valued for Its
Curative Properties Obtained From
centuries-oId Deposits.

In certain parts of the world mining
for fish Is very profitable occupation.
Many thousands OF years ago the
oceans covered large porti0as Of the
world which now are dry land. The
whole face of the globe has altered,
for you may now find high mountains
In places where formerly there were
plains or even great seas.
AS the mountais We're heaved up by
subterranean explosions, the waters
receded, leaving behind the remains
of countless millions of their inhabi-
tants. That is why we find In Switzer-
land enormous deposits of fossil sea-
fish hundreds of miles away from the
sea
These fossils retain the OIL that was
present in the bodies of living fish
thousands Of years ago. Matured by
its immense age, this oil has eXtraor-
binary curative properties when used
In the treatment OF chilblains and GER
tain forms of skin disease.
The fossils are dug out, often from
considerable distances beneath the
soil, and the oil known as ichthyol is
distilled from them. 1t is extremely
valuable, for great quantity of fossil
fish is needed before pint Of oil can
be produced.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-10
AUTO FATALITIES ON


Deaths from accidents caused by
automobiles and other motor vehicles,
excluding motorcycles, increased de-
cidedly in 1920, as compared with
1919, the Census Bureau announced.
The deaths due to motor vehicles last
year averaged within the death reg
istration area of the United States
lO.4 per cent. per 100000 population,
as compared with 9.4 per cent. in
1919.
Approximately 5000 persons were
killed last year by motor vehicles in
the death registration area, which
comprises so per cent. of the popula-
tion of the United States. The bu-
reau's figures, however, show that the
automobile is not nearly so dangerous
as it was in it's early days. In 1915
there were two deaths to every 1,O0O
motor vehicles, while last year the ra-
ito was IL per cent.
The death rate from motor vehicle
accidents last year was highest in Cal
ifornia, amounting to 21.1 per 1OO,OoO
population. Connecticut, with rate
of 1876, ranked second, and New York
and Washington, with rates OF 1873
tied for third place.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-10
POSTAL CLERKS ARMED

Employees of the Frederick post
office are armed and prepared to meet
bandits and hold-up men and to pro-
tect the mails whenever necessary.
All mail messengers and railroad pos
tai clerks have been furnished with
fire arms for emergency at the sug-
gestion of Postmaster-General Will H.
Hays.
Orders were issued from the Post
Office Department last April to the
effect that postal employees through
out the country should be armed and
should be drilled in the use of firearms
so that they could protect the mails
from robbers. The frequency of rob-
berries of mails made this step neces-
sary.
Postmaster j. Alleine Williamson
stated that every man connected with
the Frederick postoffice who handles
important mail, and who either carries
or accompanies valuables through
Frederick, has a regulation pistol
strapped to his waist ready for in
slant use. Employees at the parcel
post and registry windows have re-
,volvers handy.
All important mail brought from
trains is guarded by postal employe
who accompanies the driver of the
mail trucks. The men are not only
familiar with the use Of firearms, but
are good shots.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-10
COLLAPSING STEEL BARREL


An English inventor has succeeded
in inventing and putting on the mar
ket collapsible steel barrel that is
expected to revolutionize the shipping
of mineral and vegetable oils and 9TH
er heavy liquids, according to the de-
partment of Commerce. The new
barrel is said to be but little heavier
than the barrels now in use for this
purpose and is much stronger and is
almost leak-proof, regardless of the
kind of handling it is accorded during
ns-shipment.
The new barrel, which is known as
the "Kenward BARREL" is composed OF
Only three parts-the upper and lower
halves, which are barrel shape, and a
locking device that fits over the CEN
tre. When this device is in place the
barrel is hermetically sealed. Bung-
holes are provided as in the ordinary
barrel. The barrel holds 40 gallons
ard weighs about 80 pounds. 1t is
Sc inches long and has diameter of
241s inches and is Is inches across the
ends. Collapsed, Is of these barrels
occupy the space of only three wooden
barrels.
Catoctin clarion., 1921-11-10
ODD FELLOWS TO MEET

Odd Fellows of Maryland will as
semble at Salisbury Armistice Day,
tomorrow, when a mammoth celebra-
ton and rally will be held in connec-
ton with the dedication of the new
$4,000 temple for Newton Lodge of
that city.
All lodges on the Eastern Shore
and some in Delaware and Virginia
will cooperate In making the event
a success.
Grand Master Saul Prayer of cum
berland, head of the Grand Lodge;
Grand Secretary William A. Jones and
other officials will participate in the
ceremonies, which will begin with a
parade at p. m. Fully 1000 Odd
Fellows and Rebekahs will be in line,
in addition to many floats.
A class of 500 candidates will be
initiated and degrees conferred In the
arm0ry.