FAIR TONIGHT AND' NDAY
Consolidation ef The Evening Newt and
Tha Roseburg Review
mm
DOUGLAS
county)
An Independent Newspaper, Published for
th Bttt Inttreata of th People.
ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE
SERVICE WORLD'S NEWS TODAY
VOL. XXVI
BURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON. SATURDAY. AUGUST 29, 1925.
VOL. XIII NO. 139 OF THE EVENING NEW8
TAM Unnn i
I 1 1 IT! Wlll.ll 1 1. '.
I U1I II U MLS I IT, v
BE WARDEN OF
STATE PRISON
Appointment Forecast By
Newspaper at Capitol
and Not Denied
1 a(CN TO PORTLAND
BY ODD FELLOWS
GOVERNOR IS SILENT
Investigators Reported to
Have Held Dalrymple to
Be Temperamentally .
Unfit for Job
(AMnclatcd PreM Leased Wire.)
SALEM. Ore., Aug. 29. Tom
Vilord, who retired as sheriff of
Multnomah county In 1915 after
serving two terms, and investiga
tor, for the federal department of
justice until a few months ago, will
within the .next few days be ap
pointed to succeed A. M. Dalrym
ple as warden of the state peniten
tiary, the Capital Journal today
says it is informed upon good au
thority. Mr. Word, when Interviewed ov
er long distance telephone, was
non-committal, declaring that he
had nothing to say, but refusing to
deny that his appointment was
pending. He referred the Capital
Journal to two Portland men
known to be close to the governor,
and understood to be representing
Rovernor Pierce In the negotia
tions, for confirmation of the re
port. The resignation of Warden Dal
rymple Is either In the hands of
the governor, or has.been tendered
to him verbally for 'announcement
when the appointment of his suc
cessor Is made public, the Capital
Journal says, although the overn-
At a meeting of the I. O.
O. P. lodge here last night,
It was decided to take the
Roseburg Hoys Band to Port-
land for the Sovereign Grand
lodge session, which is to be
held in the metropolis. The
juvenile band is one of the
largest and best in the state
and its presence twill be I t
good advertisement for Rose-
burg and for the local lodge.
The local Odd Fellows ex-
pect to make a big showing
at the Sovereign grand lodge
both In membership and in
participation in the parade
and stunts. 41
E,
E,
DETECTIVES SLIP
Again Sought by Police For
Further Questioning In
Regard to Murder
of Nurse
(Avociitpd Vnm Leaxl Wirc.
OAKLAND, Cal., Aug. 29.
Gordon Rowe, San Francisco ac
countant, was again being nought
here today for further question
ing regarding the supposed mur
der of Mrs. Hessie Loren, Oak
land nurse. Police said Rowe
left the home of his mother In
Fruitvale, a suburb, some time
after midnight Thursday In com
pany with his wife and that his
present whereabouts was un
known to them. Detectives who
iwere watching the Raw home.
or and thp warden both decline to l?ald they did not see the couple
comment on the matter In any
manner.
Announcement of the appoint
ment of Word, along with the re
signation of Dalrymple and the
text of the report to -the governor
of his special committee named to
Inquire Into the escape of three
convicts from the prison on the
evening of Aucust 12 and the kill
ing of two guards, was scheduled
to be made late today but mav be
delayed until next week, the Capi
tal Journal was informed.
Conditions Imposed by Word and
his friends regarding acceptance of
the appointment are said to have
delayed announcement ot the
change Friday, and are still said
to be tho subject of discussion.
Reports that Dalrymnle's resig
nation was requested bv the gov
ernor following the fin dines of the
coroner's jury that investigated the
escape and killings .which attribut
(Contlnuea on iag o )
leave the house.
COMING STRIKE
ILL NOT HALT
DOT T
Operators Preparing for
Monthly Supply of 5
Million Tons.
PLANTS TO GET CARE
10,000 Men to Stay on Job
to Maintain Condition
Sign of the Mule
Now Awaited.
(Anocfatvd Pm-sh Leased Wirt.)
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 29.
Tho mine mule in the next 48
hours is expected to forecast
whether the anthracite suspension
which goes into effect Monday
at midnight Is to be long or short.
If mules are brought to the Bur
face for the shut down. It will
signify the belief that the mines
will be closed a considerable
time.
If mules remain below It will
indlcte the operators' expectation
of a brief suspension.
Mules are to be brought to the
surface, however in parts of dis
trict number 1, the largest of the
three union principalities, say ad
vices from Wilkes-Barre. Opera
tors and miners have agreed after
24 hours deadlock on terms of
employment for the 10,000 main
tenance men who will remain in
the mines to prevent flooding,
cave-ins and deterioration. They
will be secured against replace
ment by monthly men on company
payrolls, and will receive any
pay increase that may be subse
buently negotiated, retroactive
from September 1. .
A statement of future policy
issued by the mine owners arous
ed considerable opposition among
the miners.
W. W. Inglls, chairman In re
presenting for the operators scale
committee at a meeting of the In
dustry on the conduct of the re
cent futile scale negotiations,
County Fined $750 Because
of Flagrant Laiv Violation
on Part of County Officers
Douglas county has been fined. J hidden from 4hem. Can you believe
On seven counts the officers have; that men lu whom you have linpos
been found guilty of criminal negli- ed the utmost confidence and
gence and of absolute and utttrt trust would permit a boat a ferry
disregard for the laws of the nk- boat at that to be operated In
tion, which has resulted in a floe water alt of two and a half feet
of $760 Imposed upon the county, i deep without life preservers, with
The fine iu Itself is a paltry mat-, out fire extinguishers, without a
ter, but the thing that rankles )s licensed operator and worst vt all
the flagrant violation of law tf without numeral. on the bow? Is
which our hitherto Irreproachable it any wonder that the county has
county officials have been guilty, been fined?
The fact that these dignified and For several years the county has
supposedly law-abiding and trusted been engaged In the construction
officers have been persistently and of a road from Drain to Reeds port,
openly violating the laws of the np-iAt Scottsburg It becomes neces
tlon by operating a ferry boat sary to ferry across the river. The
without bell, whistle or horn, is I government has full and complete
indeed a terrible shock to the poni-j control of all boats operated in tide
lace of this commonwealth. Th, water. The tidewater extends two
however, would not be so serioflj. hundred yards upstream from the
but to add Insult to injury, tile point where the county operates its
county court, knowingly, and wltfi- ferry, and consequently that boat
malice aforethought, has, with the (s under the regulations of the U.
utmost depravity, permitted a ferry-1 S. bureau of navigation, and the
man in Its service and employ to, acts of congress appertaining
pull a ferry back and forth acrots ; thereto.
the Umpqua river without pilt , The county ferry Is a scow, tied
rules. But now we come to Ho ' at both ends to a cable which ex
tends across the Umpqua river,
distance of about KM) yards. The
ferryman has purchased a small
portable, outboard motor, which he
has fastened to the rear end of a
row boat, the rowboat has in turn
carry them but we believe tlje been fastened to the side of the
people of Douglas county shou&i ; scow, and the little motor has been
know all, that nothing should '! (Continued on pag 6
sad part. They might have be.
forgiven for the above offensfv
but the rest is so terrible we cm
hardly bear to tell the length '
which these, officers have perm
ted their hardened conscience
Ty Cobb, Idolof Detroit for
20 Years, Greets Multitude
on Day Set to Honor Him
(AMortatcd Pre Inw) Wire.)
DETROIT, Mich., Aug.
A great city today paid tributf
ayer, when
extolled Ty
to a great ball player, when DM
TUi
troit officially
Raymond Cobb.
At Navin field this afternoon,
it was coiiD Day, witn tne
for want of anv one else, took
-4 ' his place, batting fifth under
"Wahoo Bam" Crawford, one of
the greatest sluggers of his day.
Big Jack Chesbro, at the top
of his splendid career, waa pitch
ing for New York. Matty Mc
Intyre had doubled and scored on
From Mrs. Rowe, mother of the
accountant, police said they learn
ed that Rowe and his wife were
believed by her to be "some
where in Berkeley."
San Francisco and Contra Costa
me.t tinim owned bv Rowe in I mAe the following recommenda
San Francisco last night and llo"": . . 1L t
searched the place for possible L In v,ew of ,h? Psent sttua
iOow. tht miirhr ih rt ntimv. tion. your committee strongly re
eling of the supposed murder of jconimends that the operators , Callahan, one time director of the peach
Mrs. Loren. No report of their .". ... B.
to prevent a recurrence of inter
ruption, such as the one about
to start.
"It believes that any settlement
effected should be of a perma
year old veteran of 20 America! single by Llndsay.v Lindsay had
league campaigns, standing bare
headed at the plate and shaking
hands, with thousands of fans who
parsed In line by him.
Tonight ho wilt be honored at
a great banquet and presented
with a SI. 000 gift, paid for by
the city of Detroit, by a vote of
been sacrificed to second by
"Germany" Schaefer. Crawford
tapped weakly at Chesbro and
was thrown out.
A man was on third and two
out. with Cobb at bat. He lunged
at the first hall and missed. He
watched the second go by and
findings has been given out.
Discovery yesterday In the ?,1
Cerrito swamp of a severed finger
tip led investigators to the belief
that the entire body of the wom
an mav have been hacked into
vent identification.
Mrs. Loren's family
said
TODAY'S BASEBALL
had two fingers missing from, the
elft hand and the finding of the
finger tip was regarded by offi
cials as significant. It is the only
portion of the body found out
side of parts of the head.
(Aw"fat fruM Wirt.)
National League.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 29 The
Pittsburgh Pirates hammered out
an 11 to 2 triumph over the Phil
lies in the first game of today's
double header. The league leaders
boirbnrded Decatur from the box
in a six-run onslaught in the fifth
and followed up with an attack on
Beits. Emit Yde was touched for
nine safeties but strengthened as
the rarae progressed. Score first
game:
R. H. K.
Pittsburgh 11 15
Philadelphia .2 9 3
lotteries: Yde, Decatur, Belts.
Smith and Wilson; (Wright homed
fourth.)
At Philadelphia (second game
R. H. E.
Pittsburgh IS 17
Philadelnhla 1 B 1
Bntterie- Kremer and Oooch:
f nifh, O'Vell, pierce and Wil'on.
At Brooklyn: R. H. E.
Cincinnati S f 0
Brooklyn 2 1
moii Ai- ir, on ffor n. nent nature, providing for
she lrrom llme lo l,me IO aiiow prices
ror our proaucr. inai win enanie
it to move freely In competition
with other fuels.'
Miners' sentiment judged Mr.
Inglls' proposal to call for a
"contract In perpetuity and for
la sliding scale of wages." Either I
Iwas held anathema. Miners In I
ithe anthracite region are already
removing their tools from the,
pits. Mine supply firms are cut- !
ting down prices In anticipation '
of a falling off in business. The j
Lehigh Valley Railroad, an an- j
thracite carrier at Hazleton, is
preparing to lay off crews han
dling coal shipments and to close
down shops and engine houses.
Central Pennsylvania soft coal
producers, meeting in Phlladel-
. 9 'phia. have laid plans to rush into
- - 1 1 tie breach to be caused by an-
The long heralded horseshoe thracite suspensions with an out
tournament between the Rotary 'put of K.oou.noo tons of highly
and Kiwanls clubs of this city, j volatile bituminous coal monthly.
Baer, a sport humorist; Frank .1
Navin. owner of the Detroit club,
and Mayor Smith.
Cobb came to Detroit, August
30. 1905, when the city was in
habited by only 3M0.00O persons.
Less than 1200 fans saw his de
but In a game against New York.
Dick Cooley, a regular outfielder,
was out of the lineup and Cobb,
Datd the Augusta club. Five hun
dred dollars was the purchase
price and $ 2f0 was added for
mid-season delivery of the (Jeor
gia boy who had been hitting at
a .32(1 clip in the south.
Toothsome Tabloids to Take Today
TOIEWOUWj
AT LAURELWOOD
ennnty In be erarifd
I Stlrfaclnn 1 mill's of Thp rall--jrnlumbiH
rlvpr tiighwny from 1.8,
Pine lo CroHcent.
j (.raolng five mile approach to
jthn Crooked Klver bridge In JcfffT
Inon rounly.
' Clearing; 12 mile ulretrh of road
from Hly to Iirewa valley aertfon
, of the Iiflk'vlew-Klarnalh Falla
I highway.
Communities To Unite.
(AMocUtcd Prcti Leunl Win.)
PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 29.
Truck loads on "the Columbia high
way will be llmltod to 16,500
pounds after October 1, according
to an order Issued yesterday by the
state highway commission. It is
expected that loads will be limited
on state roads in Eastern Oregon
and on the Pacific highway soon.
we have been spending $2500 a
llllle 1Mb Ritnimn. ronutdn. th. tin.
clfic highway where breaks were
cant be kept up forever." said
Stale Highway Knglneer Klein.
Itolh solid and pneumatic tired
trucks are affected.
Forest road money will be shift
ed so as to give support to Reeds-
port In building the Keedsport
Scoltsburg road, on condition lhal
the Reedspont district contribute
Its $11.1.000 on the Roosevelt high
way from Coos county line to the
town.
A rotary snow plow will he tried
on the Blue Mountain roads next
winter. Tho manufacturer loaned
the Implement. It was decided to
buy 15 eight-foot snow plows
mounted on trucks and two 10 foot
plows operated bv trarlors. the for
mer to cost $287.50 each, the latter
$632.50 each.
The commissioners placed them
selves on record as opposing the
building of ornamental monuments
and arches along the highway. The
the council at the suggestion of ; heard Silk O'Loughlin call "strike matter came up on the request of
Mayor John V. Smith. 'tuh'1. Then Chesbro shot one Icnnhy to erect an arch over the Pa-
Speakers will include Cornelius 'waist high. Colib drove the hall Iciflc highway.
Mctiilllcuddy, manager of the over the center fielder's head for j i),8 for tnP following work will
hlladelphia Athletics; Jimmy a double, tnus tne iieorgin hP' opened at the next meeting of
nioomea on nis me. ..u ;th(, highway commission here,
White Sox; Hilly Kvans, Veteran i league debut. Ho finlsneo tne Ti1M(iav, September 29:
Ameclcan league arbiter; "Hugs" 1906 Benson with a batting aver- c.radlng of the F.ngle Creek-
age oi ci iiogiie river section of the Roose-
'son of his malor league career ' niKnwl!v 2 n,npSi ,hp last
I he hit under 300. 'stretch of the highway In Curry
TERMS STATED
TO AID WESTERN
DOUGLAS
ROAD
S
15,000 AND TOLD
E
State Highway Commission
Demands $115,000 From
Reedsport District
FOR ROOSEVELT LINK
Super Road District Will
be Formed as Means of
Also Financing The
River Branch
(Aaoclattd ITM Uued Win.)
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 29. Babe
Ruth, home run king, was
suspended Indefinitely today
by Manager Miller llugglns
of the New York Yankees.
Ruth made no comment
whatever and merely shrug-
ged when llugglns told him
to pack up and return to
New York. -
None of the Yankee players
would say anything In regard
to Rulh'a suspension. Road
Secretary Mark Roth handed
the Hambino a railroad
ticket to New York at the
visiting players club houe
this afternoon. The Habe
took It and left the park
immediately. Whether he
started for New York at
once can only be conject
ured.
Manager Miller Hugggins
later confirmed reports that
Ruth had been fined $5,000
for general misconduct.
Previously Muggins had
announced that Rulh for
some unknown reason has de
serted the team.
At the Huckingham hotel
where the Yankees were
stopping. It was stated that
Ruth had left with his suit
case without leaving a for
warding address.
Later Is was announced by
llugglns that he had sent
Ruth home for "general misconduct."
Budd Says Line Will Bring
New Business and Take
None From Rival,
The S. P. Co.
win he niaved on Monnav alter-t
noon, starting at 4 o'clock in (
Iurelwood field. Teams from
both clubs have been putting in
long hours recently In practice,
and the pitching arms of the
pvprnl nlnvpr urn rpnnrtpd tn he
2 j in norfprt trim, nnd thA lenrlpm
of the rival aggregations are con
fidently predicting victory. Ttules,
and regulations have been ap
proved by both club, and every
thing Is now in readineM for the
mntrh. whirh will he onen to trm
Batter'": nonnnue ann nsr- public Regulation norseahoes
prave; Vance and PeBerry, Tay-jhave been purchased, and the
lor. grounds are being laid out ac-
At New York: R. IT. cording to recognized speclflca-
Rt. Tenuis 12 2 tions. Keferees have been cho-
New York 7 5 sen, and the tournament will be
TVitteHeji: Plnhsrt snd O'Far-istaged as ncheduled. unless wea
r; Vchf. 'ner, Huntzinger, Jther conditions prevent.
TlnnM.-'v and TJprtlev. o -
At Boston: (Second game- I MUSCLE SHOALS PLANT
7?. IT. K. j PROVES BOON IN PINCH
TViMnn 9 J I FLORKNTK, Ala., Aug. 29
, TattptHn: Milftead pnd Hurt- Muscle Shoals power was called ln-P-Mf
Marquard, Ryan, Smith and to use todav to relieve a shortage
O'N'ell. If electric powor In South Atln-
illc Mates, resulting from rxtcnd'd
American Lcaaue. : drouth.
2 1ft
ROSEBURG COUPLE
TOKYO c. Dells Torre. Italian ambassador to Japan, said Italy
would pay her debt to the United 8tates. Jos. I.vons returned Wednesday
BERLIN President Von Hindenburg cancelled his proposed visit fr()m noseburg, wlvre he spent
to General Ludendorff because of possible public reaction. iseveral d:iys getting data lined up
GENEVA Tenants of the chateau leased by Mrs. Woodrow w"- for the proposed organization of a
son have refused to vacate for the month of September for which time Hl)ii--rfal district Including the
the former president's widow leased it. Iseveral communities which would
DOVER, Del. The Kresae Department oiores, inc., "n.r - ,rvp benefit from completion of Ifactnrers have agreed In start
chain of five and ten cent stores, Increased lt capital stock from hn j Jrw n -It -1k ii-t. highway, savs : operations here In Ihe event we
S45,000.000 to $95,000,000. th,. p,t Umpua Courier. II" am given permission to build."
REDDING, Cal Dr. Ernest Dosier's search for a genuine malaria hrmKh, wlh hm ,tona which lie was referring to Ihe Hhevlin
case with which to experiment on a cure for partial paralysis was re- b(,lM)t oi,.,.,,!,,!,.,) n,R MBV(.rHl .lllion Interests of Hend anil Iho
(AMnH.IH Pt.ni liMd Wire.)
KLAMATH KALI.8. Ore.. Aug.
29. The northern lines have no
Immedinte plans for rail construc
tion south from Klamath Falls
Into California, declared Ralph
Budd, president of the Oreat
Northern railway, who arrived
here last night for an Inspection
of surveys and conditions In this
section,
"Right now we are devoting
all our energies toward the pro
posed extension from Hend to
Klamath Kalis, said the rail ex
ecutive, "We are simply forti
fying ourselves with the needed
facts to place before the Inter
state commerce commission In sup
port of our nppllratln to make
this extension."
Mr. Iliiild said his company has
no Intention or desire of Inking
business away from the Southern
Pacific.
"Our road will bring a big de.
velopment which will Justify Its
construction," he said.
"We feel that wo will bring
raffle wilh us. Lumber nianu
warded when Robert White answerea me can. ur. omBnijHiio,,, nf Ihi
to send White to the state hosoiul for the Insane where the experiment .,.,,.
will be conducted.
CHICO, Cal. 'The old style of courting was good enough for me
and effective too," said Chief of Police C. E. Tovee In announcing a
war on mashers. The police force boasts of a psucdo flapper who Is
credited with many masher arrests.
MODESTO. Cal Paul ThomDson. aaed 7. climbed 40 feet to the
MARRim TODAYitop of a water tower to recover a ball. He fell and landed upon his
I head. Paul will recover, physicians aay,
STOCKTON, Cat. Larry Seratti, heavyweight puaillst. has
Coming as a surprise to their i cepted Jacit Dempsey's challenoe for a two-round exhibition on
proposed
I
being circulated
ThurKiIav In Iterdsport
Ioon Lake country.
Mr. Lyons anil Runsell J. Hub
bard were slated to K9 lo Toriland
and lo be present at 1hf meeting
nf the state highway commission.
c- 'They had a special Invitation from
many friends here is the marriage
of MIhb I-ucille Sharp to Mr. John
Ritter. The ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. H.,E. Mow, at the par
sonage of the Christian church
this morning at 11 o'clock. The
bride's parents and a few friends
were preent. Mrs. Ritter Is a popu
lar young lady of this city, and at
tended the local high school. The
groom was a student at the Rose
burg high school last winter, and
will have charge of hi mother's
farm near this city. The young
couple b'ft Immediately for coast
point, for a short trip, afttr
which they will return here to
make their home.
tht commissioner ituny, wnn mis ex-
I ihnr r.a nrnni-sm In ftun rranritCO. l"rB"" " ""
Bakersfl.ld. Cal It costs more than 1.1.000 per head to prosecute 'the proper-tod financing- of Ihe
..j .ut, -i... i. .u.. ... r.rt. w r. aii.,.n .ecretarv of theihlghwav completion and for band
it... e. . .!....... a.'.neixinn l"n the count
Sacramento Three men are dead, two are dying, one la serl. .Roosevelt highway from Ihe
ouslv Injured and another la believed buried alive as the aftermath lias county souih line
of a rock slide at the Lake Fordyca dam of the Pacific Gas and Elec
tric company.
Vt'..u..l 1-I...I..,.- j.nn.....nv
!both of which are planning ex-
Wednesday and j tensive operations In K In math
anil Ihe 'county when, und ir, me iNortncrn
lines are granted permission to
construct their projected exten
sion. Mr. Hudil will remain In thn
rounly for .several days going
over ihe proposed route with the
members of Ihe engineering- slalf.
MRS. AMIE B. LARAUT
IS DEAD AT EUGENE
ling the county's share of Iho
lnllff.
!oa mitiltf anlllh linn Ihrnllvh Win-
Chester Hay to Reedsport. where It
would Join onto the I'mpqua high-
a a iu siu'ncrn.p,.... Mutrfer arn.tad and charoed with way. Completion of that portion
pouring a bucketful of scalding oil down a caroo hatchwav under Jnf the Roosevelt hlghwny would
which Captain Joe Soderberry of the freighter Albert Jeffries wasiglve a more accessible route lo
atanrfino The caotaln was seriously Iniured. Ithe Pacific highway for residents
BUENOS AIRES Three thousand British children sang "God Bless of Ihe Southwestern Oregon In the
tha Prince of Wales" today. wo counties. Cooa and Curry.
NEW YORK Suing for separate alimony and counsel fees, Mrs. It Is promsed lo Issue bond in
Irfa iri.uii fnr.M tk.t h.p hti.hn4 I. a hAntl.nner with an Income the stincr-rnsd district In Ihe sum
I of 1700 a week. Inf about I'.n.ftnn for three years.
PLAINFIELO, N. J. Auqust Laqren, 52. is honeymooning with In return for this progressive ac
Allce Laaren, 18, whom he adopted 12 years ago, befora hit wife died, lion bv Ihe super-road district the
The adoption was rescinded recently. irtale highway commission snd Ihe
DE8 MOINES Oirls, be careful with your powder puffs. J. A. hun-nu of public roads will be ask
Murphy warns that they aggravate persona subject to hay fever and ed to deslgnale the rninnua high-
asthma, way from liraln to Rocdsporl
vn-nn :
Chicago
T-.i ;
Batteries: Rnh and
Oonralrs ani Gibson.
At Cleveland:
Boston
Cleveland
Baterles: Riifflr and
SpVeee and L. Sewell.
EIT.ENB. Ore.. Aug. 19
Rspondln" lo an appeal from Mrs. Amle n. Ijiltaut. Kit. died
the states affcted. the war de-i at Ihe hom of her daughter.
nartment at Washington ordered : Mrs R. A Booth, here today.
DEVOTED WIFE OF
THEO. ROBERTS DEAD
HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Aug. 29.
-Mrs. Theodore Roberts, wife of
Ihe well known screen actor died
today at her home here from a
heart ailment. Hhe waa known
on the legitimate stage, prior to
her marriage seven years ago to
lloberls as Florence Smythe. Mrs.
Holierts was a native nf Rnnta
Harbara and 47 years nf age.
The death of Mrs. lloberls was
received as trnglc news In llollv
wood motion picture circles. She
was a favorite In Ihe player' col
ony as a chnrarter actress, Two
j years Hun Theodore Roberts wa
I stricken while In the Kast and
.Mrs. Iloherfs was his nurse and
PIERCE TO SEEK
RE -EIITIIIT
OF INCOME TAX
Desire to See all Taxes for
State PurpoM Raised . ,
by Indirect T nns
REDUCTIONS . SHOWN
. V
State Levy Less This YcJ.,
Governor Tells Grange
Members at Picnic Held
in Umpqua Park . ...
wntl.nl pfimituiilnn llnlv fntr
NEW YORK Miss Fav Lanphier of Alameda, who Is to be miss g federal aid road In order that v,.,,,n HK VKK the noted rharac
California" at the Atlantic Cilv paneant. hat been welcomed at a dinner mnncv may he made available Inr ,rT Krinr recovered sufficiently lo
with the statement that she has beauty of character as well at body, iflnunrlng the completion of that i make hi wnv about without ' the
6he Is htnede who uasa no make-uo. irosd. laid nf rriili hea. Reaction from
RICHMOND Cleveland was todav chosen at the nent meeting The plan Is to have a apodal i thn two years strain of constant
SKfl ote of the big generating units at 1 Mrs. ljllaut waa a pioneer place of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the, bond election In the super road ,re was believed largely repon-
Graham; tWllann lam placed In operation.
.This was put Into effect today add
R It. F !lng approximately l0un kilowatts
,2 9 fi to th power available and demon
, J 7 0 stratlng the first concrete result of
riclnlch: n expenditure of about $51,000,000
by the federal government.
a nf Orernn having crossed the a world, a neoro ornaniration,
plains by ox team In lM. For CENTRAL, III. Robbera last nloht blew the aafe ef tha Alma Statt
fifty years she waa a resident Bank at Alma and escaped with $2,000.
nf Douglas county, living near l WASHINGTON The B40.290 appropriated by congrett for aurvey
t Roseburga t I and returvey of oovernment public lands during the next fitcal year waa
a ' allotted todav. Oregon's thara It $9.S90; Washington's $38,040; Idaho's
' $50,500; California'! $57,000.
district the second Monday in No
vember.
The Chsmher nf Commerce and
Kiwanls club nf Reedsport nve al
ready gone on record as favoring
Ihe plan proposed to Insure early
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for the stroke which
Roberts life.
tonk
Mr. and Mrs. Thermon Cannon
snd son. 141 Verne, motored from
Glide today and .pent the after
noon visit Inat and on business.
Re-enactment of the state In
come tax, and tha. changing: of
the Inheritance tax. Insurance
tax, and other Indirect means of
taxation to remove the burden
from property, waa advocated this
afternoon by Governor Pierce In
a speech delivered at the annual
picnic of Douglas County Pomo
na Grange.
lie declared that In his opin
ion state funds should be raised
entirely through Indirect taxa
tion, and that property should
he called upon to bear only the
local taxes, such as county, city.
school district and road taxes.
The governor pointed to reduc
tions made In the state levy, and
claims that taxes on . property
could easily have been reduced
by half, If the Income tax had
been maintained.
The governor opened hla talk
with a plea for greater respons
ibility in citizenship.-
"America has a wonderful op
portunity," Governor Pierce aald,
"tn right the wrongs growing out
of our civilization. No country
has had a greater ability or op
portunity to right the .false
growth, which has grown from -our
close population and changed
conditions.
"Prunes had her revolution,
Rome went down, because there
waa no general education and no
general means of knowledge, and
no ballot. We have our public
schools and our ballot and con- -sequently
are unique in our po
ult Ion In the world.
"We would not need laws If
everyone desired to do right, but
today there la sweeping this coun
try a degree of lawlessness
crime wave that Is appalling.
In this alnte our prison popula
tion haa Increased 30 per cent
since I became governor, and the
average aid of the prisoner haa
become younger. There are atfina
of a breaking down of the moral"
fibre of our young people. The
causes are Impossible to trace at
this time, but the sname condition
prevails throughout the entire
1'nlled Slates.
"The ease of transportation
furnished by Iho automobile- hi
perhaps one reason. Another la
the waning power of the home
and church, a power which waa
exercised to a much greater -degree,
when our towns and cftlea
were iflore isolated than In those
days of good roads and fast trans-,
portatlon."
School and control through the
ballot are the only salvations, the
governor stated, , He advocated
nn organisation of church, school
and business to meet t his situa
tion. Changing to taxation the gover
nor stated that In 1922 the state
levy on property amounted to
!U7.(liiO. This has been reduced
In 7.tx4,(mo. he stales, and next
year's levy will b- $7,000.01)0.
"These figures," he said, "show
a substantial reduction in the state
levy, which has been carried Into
every county. No further -reduction
of any sine can be made In the
lax levy, but we can broaden the
base of taxation, so all may share
more equally than today.
1 "The total collections, br reason
(of the Income lax. were $2. (100.000
(with three or four hundred thnus
innil dollars outstanding. If collect
led the amount raised by the in
jcome tax would amount to one mil
I Hon dollars, which was raised by a
rate which I am frank lo slate I
did not believe would raise one
million. Records now on file In
the stale house show a net profit
In Oregon for 11)23 of $IR9.non.oo(.
not counting banks. Homebody la
making money, hut not all are
paying taxes. Had we left the In
come tax on our statutes, the state
levy this fall on property would
have amounted to four and a half
million dollars, a reduction of one
half during my term as governor.'
Governor Pierce told Ihe large
assembly that he will advocate a
reinstatement of Ih- Income tax at
a rale sufficient tn raise $3 nAo.Oftn.
"I deny." he said, "that the more
money we raise, the more will be
spent. Such a state of affairs la
not truo. All state Institutions are
being operated within their budget
allowances and without deficit. We
have reduced the per capita cost of
the slate penitentiary from $39 tn
$25, and have rut the asylum and
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