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Rh ever given to a candidate for that office in Oregon; and on the 12th day of the following January, his inauguration took place. He was re-elected November 5, 1918.

Labor Laws Governing Minors. For the better protection of minors in Oregon, State Labor Commissioner O. P. Hoff, in 1917, published and gave prominence to the follow ing labor laws governing minors. No person shall employ
 * 1) Any minor girl in any occupation more than nine hours in one day, and in no case more than fifty hours in one week.
 * 2) Any minor boy for more than ten hours in one day.
 * 3) Any minor boy or minor girl under sixteen years of age more than eight hours in any one day.
 * 4) Any minor boy or minor girl more than six days in one calendar week
 * 5) Any minor girl for more than six hours of continuous labor between the hours of 7 a. m. and 6 p. m. without a rest period of at least forty-five minutes
 * 6) Any minor girl in any occupation after the hour of 6 p. m. on any day
 * 7) Any minor boy or minor girl in any occupation at a weekly wage rate of less than $6.00 except as arranged by the commission in the case of apprentices.

Prehistoric Wrecks Along the Oregon Coast. Early last century there were rumors that piracy had been practiced along the Oregon Coast. This was in a period when literature and the talk of the home circle were pervaded with stories of Captain Kidd and other pirates. So that when strange marks slightly resembling hieroglyphics dimmed with age, but which might have been wrought by some freakish act of Nature, were found on the ledges along the sea coast, many believed them to be inscriptions indicating places where treasures had been buried by the pirates. Also unmistakable evidences of shipwrecks along the Oregon Coast gave some color of truth to the practice of piracy and