The Ellensburg dawn. [volume], February 04, 1909, Page 4, Image 4

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COLD WEATHER
Cold weather is only one of nature's
ways of reminding you that it is a good
thing to have a few Dollars in your
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Do you remember the old fable of
"The Ant and The Grasshopper?"
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The Oldest Bank in the County
1 LEGISLATURE
Evangelist Sunday Takes Up
Cause of Local Optionists
Before Legislature.
fO CUT PRINTING EXPENSE
House Approves the Constitutional
Amendment for Woman Suffrage.
Hanson's Anil-Kurt-track Kill Is
Hurled in Senate—Employ, ra of
Female I.nbor Protest Kiglit-lloiir
Law—Criminal Code Heady for
Committees—Many Changes Sug
gested.
Olympla, Feb. 2. —The most inter
esting event at the state capital the
past week was the inauguration of
Governor Cosgrove. The ceremony
was dramatic and pathetic, as the
governor, thin and shrunken in ap
pearance, stood erect for a few min
utes and addressed the joint com
mittee, the feelings of everyone was
stirred. Governor Cosgrove, accom
panied by Mrs. Cosgrove, lelt Olym
pla Friday for Paso Kobles, Cat,
where he will remain until his
health will permit him assuming the
duties of his office.
The official house-warming of the
governor's mansion was held Thurs
day night. The guests Included the
state senators and representatives.
The long receiving line was headed
by Governor and Mrs. Mead, Lieu
tenant-Governor and Mrs. Hay, tbe
mayor of Olympla, Mitchell Harris
and wife, the judges of the supreme
court and their wives and the state
administration and their ladies and
prominent Olympla citizens. The re
ception was an especially brilliant
affair and there were many pralsea
extended to the good taste shown by
the building commission. Regrets
that there is no governor to occupy
the mansion were heard on all sides.
Sunday for Local Option,
The local option fight was Inten
aified by the participation of Evan
gelist Billy Sunday. Through the
agency of Senator Paulhamus, of
Pierce county, and Senator Hutchin
aon of Spokane, Sunday was brought
into the local option fight. Numer
ous delegations are here to present
arguments before the Judiciary com
mittee of the house. It is possible
that the local option issue will be
settled this week.
Three house supporters of the
anti-saloon league local option bill
claim to have had pet appropriations
held over them as a club to swing
them to the other side on the local
option Issue. They say they have
been Informed tha thoir usefulness
has ended and that they might as
well go home unless they get "right"
on Ihe question.
When Speaker Meigs was in
formed that, such threats had becu
made, he announced his determina
tion to probe the matter thoroughly.
THE ELLENSBURO DAWN, Xl ITITAS L»uw =
To Cut Printing Expense.
From present indications it l« easy
to judge that the state intends to
change entirely the system of print
ing followed by the state officials and
legislature. Heretofore the work
has been done by a slate printer un
der contract which allowed unusual
ly Jarge margins, and the cost has
been heavy. Each session of the
legislature ha" been called upon to
pass deficiency appropriations for
the relief of the printer and a vast
amount of unnecessary work has
been done.
In the legislature plans are now
being formulated to change the sys
tem, employ a capable man to over
see the work and purchase a plant
equal to the demands of the state.
Then all stut# work will he done di
rectly by the stale and no margins
will be allowed to tiny one.
This complicates conditions ma
terially. C. W. Oorham has been
printer for four years and has accu
mulated a large plant here. Re
cently he was dismissed by Governor
Mead and he has turned his plant
over to Printer Boardman, who waa
appointed to fill the position.
Employer)! Of Women Protest.
The eight-hour bill applying to
women employes has begun to bring
protests and lobbies to Olympla and
pressure has become so heavy on the
friends of tho measure that they
consented to a reconsideration of tho
vote by which it passed the house.
The bill was sent back to the la
bor committee with the understand
ing that the principal amendment
will be to exclude fish canneries,
from the provisions of the act. It is
claimed that inasmuch as 'he fish
ing season Is so short aud the sup
ply of fish so fluctuating in volume
that a fixed number of hours of la
bor In canneries is impossible. Can
nerymen claim the bill if enacted
into law would cause nil canneries
employing white girls and women to
replace them with Japanese.
The Washington State Hotel As
sociation and Seattle Rosiaurant
Keepers' Association have sent pro
tests to the legislature claiming thai
the proposed act would not only
compel the dismissal of many women
•minloyps in hotels and restaurant-,
nut wouia materially increase mm
cost of operating such places.
Hanson Bill ISuiied ill Semite.
■What was probably nn obituarr
over the Hanson anti-race truck bin
as a distinctive measure was said in
the senate, preliminary to referring
it to tho judiciary committee with
a definite declaration from Chairman
Graves thai it will be held up until
tho committee has before il the crim
inal code now in course; of prepara
tion by a commission appointed by
the. governor, which has been at
work for several weeks. Tho crimi
nal code will embrace provisions
claimed to be fully as drastic and
of a wider scope, making poolselllng
and bookiiiaking felonies. Chair
man Graves told the senate, while
the Hanson bill was under considera
tion, that all criminal bills now be
fore the committee will lie compared
with the provisions of (he proposed
code, nnd unless they had distinctive,
features not, practicable to incorpor
ate in the code would be unfavorably
reported.
W oman Suffrage Panes House.
With the galleries crowded with
women and tho house iv splendid
■nlriu, Hi" women i suffrage mil
c £ lHng f or the nuhmtealon o ■»►
.tltutlonal amendment,
r ,. h ( of nuffrage to women, went
SSigh the bouse by a vot. o 70
t0 ig, or several more than the re
qulred two-thirds vote
The bill la ■ honse i is ' ,n ";
while it is said thai a
members voted, for Ii expecting the
aenate to kill the measure, n now
aeetns very llkel) thai those who
Kmmed on the bill will be dlaap
oolnted. a disinterested canvas* ol
X aenate Indleatea thai the met*
ure win receive al leasl 30 of the -
votes, or two more than two-thirds.
Criminal Code Ready.
The coda commissioners' report is
read) to receive the attention of the
joint judiciary committee* <>f tne
house aud senate. Oeorgo r. Van
derveer, prosecuting attorney f'>r
King county, and other prosecutor*
of the state who are on the coda
commission, have rewritten nearly
every statute relating to crlm* on
the law hooks or the slate.
The commissions' reporl practical
ly repeals all present criminal stat
utes and will give the state a new
nnd complete erimlnal code.
in the main, attorney! who have
gone over the work of the code com
mission agree with their recommen
dations, but undoubtedly a fight will
come on the effort to Increase the
authority <>f proseeutlng attorneys
by permitting 'hem to issue war
rants and have them served by office
deputies. The chang •in the prose
eutlng attorney s procedure is copied
from the New York ami Minnesota
slat tiles.
Among the changes In the crimi
nal laws are:
Insanity Plea Regulated.
An amendment which win take
from Juries in murder caaea the
right to pass on ■ plea of insanity.
All the prosecuting attorney! who
have i n engaged In the code revis
ion are favorable to this change, but
they arc doubtful as to the extent
that they can no Wlthoul running
Into constitutional objections.
Another Important change thai
will be made will be tir Impose a
penalty of not to exceed ten years'
Imprisonment In the state peniten
tiary for a hunter who kills a hunt
ing companion. This Is intended to
do away with the Increasing number
of tragedies in the woods where one
man "mistakes" another for a deer
or hear.
Lobbyists ('hissed as Drafters,
The statute on bribery hits the
man who offers the bribe and the
one who takes It. hut the law relat
ing to grafting Is designed to punish
the go-between who asks or receives
any valuable consideration for in
fluencing any public officer to refuse
to do or neglect his duty.
Lobbyists before the sta'e legis
lature who accept contingent fees
based upon their success in obtain
ing any particular legislation are
classed as grafters.
A new provision in the criminal
code prevents blackmailing titles
and another makes it a gross misde
meanor to participate in a fraudu
lent conveyance of real estate or per
sonal property.
Vagrancy Defined,
Two sweeping changes are made
in the definition of vagrancy. One
of these provides that any person
who solicits business for an attorney
about a court house, Jail, morgue or
hospital, shall be deemed guilty of
vagrancy. This is intended to cut
off a large number of runners or so
licitors for attorneys who make a
practice of fighting corporations. An
other provision declares thai a com
mon drunkard shall be a person
three times convicted of being drunk
and disorderly, or who neglects his
family by spending his money f, jr
liquors. Such a person | X deemed a
vagrant when he enters a saloon or
when found drunk. He is also for
bidden to marry.
Prizefighting an Offense,
The statute forbidding prize fights
is strengthened so thai the issuance
of a challenge i n the stale becomes
an offense against the law. it i?
provided, however, thai six-round
goes may he held by incorporated
athletic clubs If five-ounce gloves are
uncd. Provision is made that the
consent of the mayor of the city In
which the event is to take place and
of the prosecuting attorney for that
-ounty must be obtained.
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Kittitas Couoti) News
Timber on Kittitas Lakes
Is Finally Disposed of
The government has tinally made
awards of the timber on the shores of
the lakes in the north end of Kittitas
county, which wll] be submerged by
the building of dams at the outlets
Che timber was sold to the highest
bidders. The quantity has been cruis
-9d Rl ,i0 > '.WO feet, but it is said
there is double that much.
F. C. Westcott of Etleosbusg got the
Lake Kachees timber, for $1 60 ~e r
thousand feet. The Flanagan Mining
Uo. of lowa, secured that on Lake
Keechlua at 13.25 to $4, and Joe Walsh
of reanaway was awarded the ClaElum
timber at
The purchasers are given ten years
to pay for the timber and they pay
n.ooo.,year In advance. The timber
s waled by a government agent as cut
and his hgures are final. It is the gen-
Wa opinion of men familiar with the
i:f Q rv.u tt K ebuyor, « ot «° oa
gains - Lllensburg Capital.
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