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If War God Mars Is Planning to Monopolize the Spotlight, He '11 Have to Hurry Because Old Man Baseball Is Limbering Up for His Seasonal Performance.
THE WEATHER
Highest temperature yesterday 72
lowest temporal urn lust night 39
Precipitation for 24 hours 02
Preelp. since first of month .14
Preeip. from Sept. 1, M.15 26.00
Deficiency Hi rue Sept. 1, 135 .10
Fair; Frost.
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VOL. XXXVftl NO. 279 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON. SATURDAY. MARCH 21. 1936.
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liy FRANK JENKINS
JlOUli league of nations stuff
which would be getting tire
some if it weren't ho cynically
funny.
This dispatch from London, for
.example:
V "A prominent member of the
leaguo of nations council predict
ed tonight thut the league would
remove all sanctions (boycotts)
from Italy in order to obtain a
unanimous condemnation of Ger
many for denouncing the Locarno
treaty."
IN ORDER to understand that
dispatch you must read this
one in connection with it:
"Ambassador Cirnndi (Italian
ambassador at London) declared
that Italy fully recognizes that
Germany bad committed a treaty
violation, but added: 'You can
not expect my country, after
what happened at fleneva, to take
any measures which are incom
patible with or In contradiction to
our ideas.'
HplIK bearded Cirandl (who will
be remembered by newsreel au
diences as the leader of the flight
nf Italian planes to this country a
year or so ago) added that Italy
recognizes there has been a treaty
breach by Germany but bluntly
warned the league council it could
not expect any help from Italy un
til Italy's "rights" in the Ilalo-
Kthiopian .dispute have, been .ftecog-
iied and "injustices" removed,
HA'
inn
IAT Is. Italy says to the lea-
KUo: .
Sure. Germany Is a treaty vio
lator. Wo can see that as well as
you. But If you think we're going
to help you boycott HER while
YOU'RE boycotting US, you're
crazy!"
So the league of nations, which
is vastly more interested In what
is happening along the Rhine than
in any helpless nation like Ethio
pia, la apparently preparing to
(Continued on, page 4)
SI BHOWIU 0111
SALEM, March 21. (AP) Sam
H. Hrnwn of Gervais. former state
senator and a candidate for the
republican nomination for gover
nor at the last primary election,
announced last night he would
seek the republican nomination for
.United States senator from Ore
gon. lirown will oppose Senator
Charles L. McNary. He said last
night he had been virtually draft
ed for the race by the United Pro
gressive society, with headquar
ters In Portland.
lirown announced he stood for
"such pertinent issues of the day
as the Townsend revolving pension
plan; a sane and practical type of
farm and home financing: for tak
ing the profit out of war: for pres
ervation of natural resources, and
for restoration of absolute cur-
rency control to the hands of the
government.
House Members Force Caucus to
Fight Order Closing CCC Camps
WASHINGTON, March 21 (AP)
Turned down on their request
thai President Roosevelt revoke
an order to close hundreds of CCC
camps. rebellious house mem
bers today forced a demooratlc
caucus on the Issue.
A petition carrying 31 signa
tures, nine more than necessary,
was filed with Chairman Taylor
(D-Colo.) of the democratic caucus,
demanding a meeting Tuesday.
Partv rules make it mandatory for
Taylor to call the caucus.
Representative Johnson (D..
Okla.) said:
"The president turned us down
mighty cold."
Chairman Nichols (D-Okla.) of
the bloc of revolters paid a com
mittee would be named Immediate
ly to prepare legislation to author
FEDERAL
S470,00Q,0QQ
AUTHORIZED TO
FINANCE PLAN
Farmers to Get Subsidies
for Adjusting Plantings
to System Laid Down
by New Dealers.
WASHINGTON, March 21 -(AD
Flashing throughout Uk coun
try the signal to start the com
plex soil conservation machine roll
ing, the new deal strove today to
bring the nation's fanners within
the 470.000 000 program before
spring planting starts in earnest.
Farmers were summoned hur
riedly to many conferences to or
ganize county producers' associa
tions. These will help administer
the vast conservation plan, basis
lor subsidy payments to farmers.
Secretary Wallace estimated the
new proerain, substitute for the
invalidated agriculture adjustment
act, wo:ld provide an average pay
ment of $10 for each acre of com
mercial, soil-depleting crop lauds
shifted to foil conserving uses.
A short time earlier President
Roosevelt bad signed an appropria
tion bill carrying S440.OOo.ooo for
tp program and making $:'.0,000,-
000
of unexpended money
avail-
able,
Operation is to begin immediate
ly, with the aim of shifting 30,000,
000 acres from soil depleting crons
to conservation., .growths, In , 193G.
( The secretary said the program
was planned on an estimate that
SO per cent of eligible farmers
would participate. Farmers are ex
pected to begin signing applications
for participation within a week.
Three-Way Plan Set
The AAA divided all crops Into
three classes for subsidy purposes
soil depleting, soil conserving
and soil building.
Each participating farm is to
have a "soil depleting base acre
age" the acreage of depleting
crops planted in 1935, with modi
fications to meet "unusual situa
tions.' Special Boil depleting bases, cor
responding to the base acreages
set up under the old AAA, are to
be established for cotton, tobacco,
peanuts, sugar, rice and flaxseed.
There are to !-j two types of
mbrffdles "soil building" and
'soH conserving payments."
The soil building payments will
be made for planting soil building
crons ci crop land In
. . 1
1936 and for approved soil build
ing practices on crop land or pas-
(Continued on page 6)
NEW LIOUOR LAW
FOR OREGON SOUGHT
SALEM. March 21 (AP) A
preliminary initiative petition filed
here late yesterdav provided for
the repeal of the Knox liquor con
trol act, and would replace It with
a system nf county nnd city regu
lation of the sale of intoxicating
liquor.
The home rule league. Portland,
represented by A. K. Kern, presi
dent, and R. O. Welch, secretary,
sponsored the repeal measure.
The measure would grant towns
nnd cities the right to license, reg
ulate and control the Bale of bard
liquors. The tax revenues would
be allocated on the basis of 2: per ,
cent to the general fund of the
j state and 75 per cent to the corn-
I mon school fund.
ize an appropriation to continue
the present 2.1. IS CCC camps. lie
wanted to ohtnin house passage
before April 1.
Nichols said a presidential exe
cutive order would eliminate about
"00 camps on that date. He esti
mated $7.ft0O,n00 would be needed
lo keep the present number of
ramps going until July 1 and about
SI 50.000.ooo In addition to- $246
000,000 now in 4he budget. Jo main
tain the entire 2,158 through the
next fiscal year.
Once the authorization bill is
icted upon, he said, an effort will
he made to obtain a deficiency ap
propriation or $157,000,000.
Present plans of the group will
call for reducing the $1,500,000,000
relief appropriation requested by
the president by that amount If the
CCC appropriation goes through.
SOIL CONSERVATION
League's Proposal Embitters
Portland Law
May Drive Out
Doernbechers
PORTLAND, March 21 (AP)
Portland faced the possible loss
of the largest Individual payroll
in Oregon today.
Harry A. Green, president of the
Doernbecher Furniture company,
ordered the night shift of 450 men
laid olf and said the remainder of
the 1.600 employes will he released
gradually.
The announcement followed a
verdict in municipal court holding
the Doernbecher company guilty of
violating Portland's smoke-density
ordinance. Municipal Judge Donald
E. Long did not levy a penally.
G risen said "We don't want to be
a nuisance to our neighbors, so we
will move to another state." He!
declared the furniture business was
too highly competitive to permit
installation of a new power plant,
and remarked "We have prided
ourselves on keeping men working
during the depression, hut we can
not continue in the face of this
ordinance." The Doernbecher plant
was established here In 1100 when
the company moved from Chehalis,
Wash.
Walter W. R. May, of the Port
land chamber of commerce, said
a special meeting of the chamber
committee will be held today and
commented "We did everything we
could. It is terrible this had to
happen."
Federal Credit Plan Will
Be Explained by Agents
of Administration.
Citizens of Roseburg and neigh
boring communities are invited by
the Douglas county better hous
ing committee to attend a public
meeting at 7:30 p. m. Monday at
the Roseburg city hall, showing
the building business, financial in
stitutions, equipment dealers, build
ing tradesmen and the general pub
lic how Roseburg may secure all of
the benefits of the federal housing
program benefits that result in
better stores, better homes, better
"'ces much Wtar toln.
vnliimp fnr th entire community.
volume for the entire community.
Oregon property owners are now
spending more than $10,000 per
day for the improvement of homes
and business properties under the
modernization credit plan of rHA, ihe Roseburg chamber of com
and the Monday meeting will dem-imerce Is informed in a telegram
onstrate how Roseburg may take i received this morning from U. S.
full advantage of the opportunity
for profitable participation in the
program.
The meeting will be addressed
by John R. Towles, of San Fran
cisco, whose wide experience as a
member of the housing organiza
tion has enabled him to give valu
able assistance to local committees
In many Oregon communities. John
H. Hoppes, head of the Oregon
PHA field staff, also will address
the meeting, giving interesting de
tails of expanded business activi
ties in other sections of the state.
COPCO FILES ON
WATER IN DOUGLAS
SALEM. March 21. (AP) The I
California-Oregon Power company
appneu witn tne state engineer to
day for permission to appropriate
500 gallons of water daily from a
tributary of Brewster creek for
domestic purposes In Douglas
county.
The company also applied for a
similar appropriation from a tribu
tary of the east fork of the Co
qnille river, for domestic purposes
In Coos county.
SHEEP THEFTS LAID
TO THREE BROTHERS
SALEM. March 21 (AP) A
t wo weeks' search to sol ve t he
mystery of a series of sheep thefls
in Marion and Polk counties ended
last night with the arrest of three
Dayton men, brothers, state police
reported.
The three were John, Harold and
Robert Anderson. They faced graud
larceny charges In both Marion and
Pulk counties.
TAX PROGRAM
HEARINGS ET
BY CONGRESS
Proposed Levy on Surplus
Corporation Income to
Be First Up Before
House Group.
WASHIN'GTON, March 21.
(AP) Chairman Doughlon (D., N.
C), announced today that the
house ways and means commit
tee would start open hearings a
week from Monday on President
Roosevelt's $71)2,000,000 tax pro
gram. He said the committee probably
would start off with the proposed!
levy on undistributed corporation I
Income, with treasury officials as
the first witness.
The sub-committee, which has
been wrestling with the tax pro
gram for two weeks and a half,
is to file a report to the full com
mittee as the basis for the hear
ings. Dough ton said no decision had
been reached on new processing
taxes of a "windfall" levy.
. There was no immediate com
ment by the tax drafters on treas
ury JJgures that income tux collect
tlon In the first 20 days of March
totaled $389,694,381, a 28 per cent
Increase over that period last
year.
(Mr. Roosevelt proposed in
creasing revenue by $620,000,000
through taxing undivided corpor
ate income and dividends. He ul
S - ."1.?? ."l";!:!
and impounded AAA processing
taxes. The revenue was request
ed to meet costs of the new farm
program and payment of the
(Continued on page 3.)
CUT MAY 60 BACK
The senate appropriations com
mittee has reported the agricultur
al appropriation bill to the senate
with a recommendation for resto
ration of the $645,000 cut from the
extension service appropriation
Senator Frederick teiwer. The
.action ff agreed to. It is stated.
will restore the appropriation to
an amount equal to that which was
made available for the present fis
cal year.
The Roseburg chamber of com
merce recently sent strong resolu
tions to the Oregon delegation In
congress protesting the proposed
cuts In appropriations for the ex
tension service. The cuts, It was
claimed, would have greatly handi
capped the field work of Oregon
Slate college.
FROM THE HEADLINES
- By Deacon Richmond
"Oregon on Verge of Great Era
If Groups Cooperate"
Oregon has abundant wealth, of
minerals and help to health. Its
snow-fed, forest-bordered streams
are beauteous as an artist's dreams
and have a great potential power,
that Is the countryB greatest dow
er; but these have suffered great
pollution and need some well
planned restitution.
Now all our wealth. In fir and
pine, in water power and In mine
and in the beauty of the land. the)pJt
mountains, streams and ocean mient
strand, cannot produce their bene
fits unless we, each one, do our
bit. The groups must all cooperate
and help Improve this wondrous
stute till all Its assets are employ
ed and naturul beauties all en
Joyed. When all our resources are used,
and none are any more abused, and
eastern states have learned to
know the wonders that we have to
show, we'll have our place In the
sun and enjoy laurela richly won;
but all of this will have to wait, un
less all groups cooperate.
PROGRAM BEGUN
Dionne 5 Greet
Proud Parents
From Movies
NEW YORK, March 21. (AP)
-f-Proud and a little sad was Elzlre
Dlonue. plump mother of the !
fdonue quintuplets, today after I
feeing her five babies perform on)
he screen for the first time in ;
"The Country Doctor." ,
Here with her husband, Oliva, 1
on a special trip to Bee the pic
ture. Mamma Dionne voiced a mild
Objection to only one scene.
"Why. it wasn't like that at
11!" She exclaimed in French on
teeing Hollywood's portrayal of
the manner In which one baby
after another was carried into the
room and placed before the flab
bergasted Pupa Dionne,
J Oliva Dionne agreed with her
(hat this scene was not strictly
accurate. "It's crazy," he ' said.
1 1 Hit In the main, he enjoyed huge
I jy the screen portrayal of himself
nervous, confused little man
Kmerging from the theatre aft-!
Ilin norfnt in.nio thn miintiin-
lets' mother dabbed at her eyes
and smiled wistfully. She lingered
before posters bearing the pictures
of her lively daughters and said
'I am very proud. And I am
also a little sad. I hope that some
day we may be reunited."
The Dionnes quickly Identified
each quintuplet in the picture,
'("est Yvonne! C'est Emelle; An-,
hette . . . Ceclle . . . et Marie!"
they said.
$uead Mr tho quitituplets parents.
This Is their first New York visit.
STILL DELIBERATES
. . .
Verdict rrom Ihird 1 rial
Awaited After Request
for Exhibits.
RAN JOSE. Calif.. March 21.
(AP) The Jury deliberating the
case of David A. Lamson, charged
with slaying his young' wife, nuked
for more exhibits of the trial to
day.
Drawings of the bathroom In
which Mrs. Allene Thorpe Lam
son's body was found on May 3ft,
19113, sketches of her fatal bead
injuries, and testimony of Dr. Mil
ton Saier, autopsy surgeon, were
given lo the jury. t
The jurors resumed their delib
erations at 9:20 a. m.
Superior Judgo J. J. Trabuceo
expressed hope a veidict would he
reached and announced he will
keep the Jury out over the week
end If none Ib forthcoming.
Crowds remained In the court
room while the jury deliberated.
Lamson is accused of slaying
Mrs. Allen Thorpe Lamson In the
couple's Stanford university cam
pus home. He was convicted at his
first trial hut the state
supreme
court granted him a new trial.
which resulted In a hung jury. Hp
contends his wife was killed In an
accidental fall In her bathtub.
The prosecution contended Lam -
son slew bis wife with an Iron pipe
because of an unhappy family life,
CANYONVILLE CHILD
niF AT HOSPITAI
Pneumonia following
of measles caused the
. . i.
death at
of Mrs. Cecil Wolford of Canyon
ville. The child was horn In (Jar
den Valley and had lived at Can
yonvllle for the past five years.
Funeral services will be held at
2 p. m. Sunday at the Roseburg
I'ndertaking company chapel, Rev.
Lock hart officiating. Inter-
ill be In the Hiown ceme-
tcry.
FUGITIVE SLAIN IN
ATTEMPTED HOLDUP
ST. LOFIS. March 21 (APV
A robber, shot and killed yesterday
during an attempted holdup of the
bank of Rloomlngdnle. Ind., was,
identified today by St. Ixmls police
as Paul Mills, 27 years old. who
escaped from the prison ward of
the county hospital two years ago.
Germany
N G AT ON
FLOWS
21 PAPERS
Hitler Given Blow Below
Belt, Assertion of His
Spokesman; Renewed
Talk Forecast.
(By the Associated Prpsn)
The Locarno powers awutled re
action from Berlin today to t lie
elaborate set of proposals formu
lated with the Intent of assurlnn
the lastillK European peace und set
tling the lthlneland problem.
Germany was by turns stunned
and embltlered.
Chancellor Adolf Hitler's own
newspaner. Voelktscner Heoimciv
caned tne suggestions r,n-
iiutli o uuumi uiiu iumi-ulhw uiu
lenness.
! From London flew Joachim von
Ribbentrop. Hitler's personal emis
sary, to obtain from the relehs-
fuehrer the answer to proposals
that a "buffer" zone be created
in the Rhineland, policed by at
international force, pending deter
initiation of questions created by
remilitarization.
Rlbbentron was expected to re
turn Monday to London, scene of
the Locarno conferences, and Ger
many's,., imliclpient . as ..ft treaty
breaker- by the council of the
league of nations.
Alarm Manifested
Some league representatives
were alarmed, and Germany was
caustic, over the Invocation by
Britain. France. Uelgtum and Italy
of article XI of the leaxue covenant
providing for action against threat
of war. This implied possible sane
tiotiB if Germany rejected tho Lo
carno powers' proposals.
In a speech last night In Ham-
.'burg. Hitler asserted, "Germany
is ready to withdraw Into the se
clusion where she can keep her
good conscience."
The British observed that the Lo-
icarno powers' suggestions were
subject to revision, and the Im
; pression in Ilerlln was that Hitler
! would attempt to negotiate away
1 some of the sharpest points of the
program drawn up jathor than re
ject it all flatly.
The Locarno proposals encom
pass, besides creation of the "buf
fer" zone, submission of tho Franco-Soviet
pact and the Rhineland
inoccupation of The Hague interna-
(Contlnued on page 3.)
AXE THEN EXPIRES
RAYONNE, N. J., March 21
(AP) William Fenhan. 55, walk
ed Into the Mechanics Trust corn-
.pany today, an axe In bis hand.
The few depositors In the bank
i were startled as Feehan attacked
two doors, smashing the wood and
i glass to pieces, then, swinging
1 wildly, he hacked at the cages of
the tellers, breaking more glass
land pounding at the marble and
metal work.
Someone In the street shouted
"holdup," and three policemen
came on the run. They entered the
bank with guns drawn, but Feehan.
i ii in fjiuiin, mi 1 1 1 imj it i cii :ur iia- i
bis efforts,
!a I,a,rolmHn uml 1,,en collapsed. He
. failure.
The bank has been operating on
a restricted basis since Jan. 1,
;1!i3i. Police said Feehan had about
$200 on deposit.
I WINTER HITS IN
ROGUE RIVER AREA
MEDFORD, March 21 (API
Winter routed spring In the Rogue
Irtver valley today, with a biting
i March wind in the lowlands und
snow In the mountains.
Friday the mercury rose to "n
degrees. This morning It was offi
cially recorded at 41 degrees.
The weather bureau reported
that snow fell this morning on tho
summit of the Slsklyous and
J Sexton mountain norih of Grants
(Pass. Snow was predicted for the
mountains tonight, with rain In the
vulley.
NA
F. R. Allocates 43
Million to Repair
Flooded Regions
WASHINGTON. March 21
(AP) President Roosevelt
today allocated (43,000.000 to
the works progress administra
tion for re pa I ib and replace
ments In the flood stricken
areas.
Mr. Roosevelt gave the WPA
"blanket authority to restore
roads, streets, bridges, sewers,
water and electric power plants,
and other damaged public prop
erties." Harry L. Hopkins, WPA ad
ministrator. Informed the presi
dent he could put 250.000 WPA
workers on the rehabilitation
job In the 10 states where prop
erty looses are heaviest Maine,
Massachusetts, Vermont, New
Hampshire, Connecticut, New
York, Pennsylvania. Maryland,
West Virginia and Ohio.
The president announced that
emergency ljrojects would be
given preference in alt cases.
Cottage Grove - California
Line Link Favored for
Work Concentration.
Unanimous endorsement was
given a recommendation to the
state highway commission, thut
Pacific highway Improvements be
concentrated between Cottage
CJrove and the south state line, at
u meeting of the state highway
association In Eugene yesterday.
The meeting, held in connection
with the Commonwealth confer
ence, was attended by representa
tives :., from the vJDquglus county
"court, Roseburg chamber of' com
merce and the city council.
Portland representatives were In
agreement with representatives of
the southern half of the state, that
the Pacific hlghwav In the south
part of the state should be given
preference In forthcoming high
way allocations. Contact la to be
established with the Oregon dele
gallon In congress In an effort to
have federal aid money earmarked
for the southern section of the Pa
cific highway in Oregon.
Roseburg nnd Douglas county
were well represented at the con
ference In Eupeno yesterday,
among those in attendance being
County Judge George K. Qulne,
County Commissioner Britt Nich
ols, County Clerk Roy Agee, V. V.
Harpham, forest supervisor; May
or Charles W. Clark, City Attor
ney n. L. Eddy, City Recorder A,
J. Geddes. Councilman W. F. Har
ris, W. C. Harding, secretary of
the chamber of commerce, and A,
C. Marsters, chairman of the cham
ber of commerce road committee
and a director in the Pacific high
way association.
McNARY FILES HIS
CANDIDACY NOTICE
PORTLAND, Ore., March 21
(A P) Senator Charles L. Mc
Nary (R., Ore.), mailed his de
claration of candidacy for another
term to the secretary of state at
Sulom today, the Journal's Wash
Ington correspondent said.
His only pledge was to "con
lliiue faithfully to render public
service."
He asked that three words be
printer) after bis name on the bal
lot. They were: "Candidate for
re-election."
CLYDE SEEKS MAYOR
JOB AT PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Ore., Murch 21.
(API City Commissioner Ralph
C. Clyde filed decimation of can
didacy for election as Portland
mayor toduy.
Winchester Waters Yield Their
First Chinook Salmon of Season
The flint chlnook salmon to be the main body of salmon will be
taken from the t'mpqua river at
Winchester, favorite salmon fill
ing grounds five miles north of
Roseburg. was caught late yester
day by J. A. Collins of Roseburg,
while fishing with Raymond (Red)
Pearson of Winchester. The fish
weighed 31 pounds. The prize for clese the Cmpquu river to comiuer
'he first chinook In the Roseburg i cial fishing, and a final decision on
district was captured yesterday !the request is expected at the com
m or nine by N. O. Williams, who i mission's meeting scheduled for
look a 32-pound salmon at the forks April 14. The chlnook run In tho
of the t mpquu, 12 miles west of Cuipitua river has been gradually
Roseburg. The fish now being j decreasing for the last Beveral
caught are believed to be an ad-1 years, and sportsmen contend that
vaiicc run und It Is anticipated that I commercial fishing is the cause,
SUFFERING
TRAILS FURY
OF WATERS
River's Torrent Surge
Into Hartford and
Middletown; Rain
Lashes Cities.
Death List Fror 11 States
Stands at 167; Homeless
Total Estimated Now
at 300,000.
A group of pictures of the
flooded regions will be found on
page 6.
Hy THEODORE F. KOOP
(Copyright, 1936, by the Associated
Press)
Storm warnings were flying)
along the North Atlantic coast
and snow intensified the suffer
ing over the Pittsburgh-Johnstown-'
Wheeling areas as the Connecticut
lver w rou gilt its most widespread
havoc today. It surged with de- ;
vustatlng fury over the populous,
business and Industrial cities of .
Hartford and Middletown.
The death list stood at 167; but
as rescue and rehabilitation work
was rushed in 11 eastern states
ufler the worst floods In history
in many localities officials fear-'
ed the toll would mount.
The number of homeless ap
proached 300,000 persons. The
damage estimated, hovered about.
the $300,000,000 murk.
The fifi-foot flood crest of. wtha
Ohio diminished as It spread down' '
the broad valley toward Hunting
ton, W. Va.. reaching Pomeroy
and Point Pleasant, W, Va., and.
(ialllpolis, Ohio.
Hut on down the river, lowland,
areas were flooded from Marietta
to Cincinnati. Residents of Proc
torvllle, Ohio, opposite Hunting
ton, awoke today to find them
selves on an island. A ferry boat
hastily carried them across tho
river to higher ground.
Hartford and Middletown wero
the hardest hit as the Connecticut
river plunged down to Long Island
'sound with a force never beforo
experienced.
(Continued on page 6)
WALLA WALLA, March 21
(AP) Saved from the gallows
by last minute action of Gov. Clar
ence U. Martin In commuting their
death sentences to life Imprison
ment, Merritt Hunter Jr., 21, und
Carl Patterson, 20, were prepared
today to leave the death cells In
condeinued row of the state peni
tentiary to begin the regular pris
on routine.
The two youths, who had devel
oped an unusual friendship during
their confinement, will be assigned
to work In the license plate mill
within a week. Warden J. M. Mc
Cauley said.
While the two youths expressed
pleasure at the governor's action
and their parents voiced apprecia
tion for the executives act or len
iency, there was bitterness In one
home today.
S. Kanda, Mud Day oystermnn'
und futher of Lillian Kanda, for
w hose death Hunter wan blamed,
was disappointed at the news.
"Hunter should have been hanged,"
he said. "He will never be any
good anyway."
Pa'lerson killed William Simp
sou, a Yakima farmer.
In the upper river within a week
or ten days. The run will probably
continue until the early part of
June. Reports from tidewater nro
that a large number of fish are;
In the lower river.
Local sportsmen havo appealed
, to the state (Ish commission to