T Authorization of New School Buildings Is a Step in the March of Progress. No Expense Can Be Regarded Excessive When Safety of School Pupils Is at Stake. THE WEATHER Highest temperature yesterday it 1-owesl leuipcruturo Inst night its Precipitation for 21 hour b ,02 Proclp. eince first of month 3.75 I'reclp. from Sept. 1, liiaii l.i.ss Deficiency since Sept. 1. 8.G6 Showers Torflflht LAWMAKING The 8tule legislature is dispos ing of pioH).ii'il hi" a In rapid fashion h it approaches the end of Its regular session. - tf you're interested, keep your eye on dully reports from Salem In the NKWS-HEV1F.W. THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY ITOL. XL NO. 251 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 1937. VOL. XXVI NO. 171 OF THE EVENING NEWS nnim fi 1 j jii i ii frx v Mtr&xss i i 11 u -w njrr,rotfvn,n surcs m CO MM Jl . 9 ' i TEN MEN FAWNS STEEL SAFETY NET Trolley Wheel Breaks and Released Carrier of Material Shears v Away Forms. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17.- (AP) Falling, steel and timbers ripped away a huse section of the safety net under the Riant Golden Gate bridge today and clajmed an estimated total of ten lives. One body was recovered and the bridge office said nine Workmen Were missing. Between JO nnd 14 workmen Were on tho center sp;.n when the accident occurred arid were hurled 200 feet Into the vater. - Two men saved themselves by hanging onto the ropes, two others were picked up by coast guard rescue boats, and several bodies Were believed trapped in the .sub merged net and wreckage. - The list of missing and probably dead, as announced by the office of Chief Engineer Joseph D. Otrauss:- - . . . , Guitav Dummatzen, laborer. Charles tindrose, carpenter. Arthur Anderson, carpenter. "Shorty" Bass. Jamea Hilten. Four unidentified laborers.'' The Injured: Oscar Osburg, carpenter foreman, .- E. C. Lambert, laborer. Trolley Wheel. Breaks Tho first Berioua accident during construction of the $35,000,000 span, due to be opened in May, oc , cur red when a trolley wheel on a material carrier broke. The carrier fell and sheared away steel and wooden forms for cement paving on the span. Workmen, stripping the forms,' attempted to sftvo their lives when they heard the roar of the tenring , timbers. " , I Some of them leaped Into tho safety net, swung under the. bridge j Contlnued on page d) Lineman Found Dead Following Fall Over Cliff George H. Matthews, about , 50 years of age, a lineman for the Southern Pacific company, was found dead at West Fork during the noon hour today, according to word received at the railroad company head ' quarters here this afternoon. Matthews had apparently fall en over a cliff and was found by a fellow workman who searched for him when Mat thews failed to report for lunch, according to the meager report received. Matthews was a resident of Glendale where a wife and two children reside. AND WOOD RIP Spanish Rebels Deal Heavy Losses To Loyalists in Drive on Madrid A VILA Spain, Feb. 17 (AP) i Generalissimo Franco's soldiers I waged bloody warfare on govern- j ment troopB today on the Jnrama river front southeast of Madrid, insurgent headquarters reported. Government losses were said to be heavy as the insurgent forces pushed slowly into territory held by Madrid's defenders. The combat was particularly fierce on a line between Arganrla. 15 miles from Madrid on the Va lencia highway, and Mora Dp Ta juna, about seven miles south of Argandn. The government forces were Bnid to be strongly reinforced by foreign volunteers. They took cov er In olive groves under the with ering fire of Franco's attackers. Insurgent officers described as veritable carnage the destruction their guns wrought on the olive crowing Plain. Insurgent bombers flew low over the government positions, blasting at the stubborn government re sistance. ' ;' An; American communist, known only as "The Yank." was unoffi cially reported fighting in a bat Die IN GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE MISHAP Hara-Kiri Orgy Stirs Jap Capital 5 Buddhist 'Fanatics Stab Selves . . ' ft -... . S Police Pursue Others in Tokyo Bay TOKYO, Feb. 17. (AP) Eight men and women, members of a run aticat Jupanese suicide league, sail ed toward deatli In Tokyo bay to day with u frantic police' searching party on their trail. Five of , their comrades in the "Det's I)le league" were being treated forcibly in Tokyo hospitals after attempting hara-kiri (death by disemboweliuent) in an effort to "purify" the powerful Nichireu proletarian Iluddhist sect. Vigilant police disrupted the at tempts of four would-be suicides us they kneeled before public bulldlugs nnd plunged daggers In to their abdomens. All were seiz ed, and hurried to hospitals before they succeeded In slashing them selves fatally, . police. said. A fifth league member, slightly woun'de.d, was discovered hiding In a washroom on the third floor of the home ministry; The public hara-kiri attempts oc curred before the metropolitan po-! lice headquarters, the foreign min ister's official residence, before, the diet building and the main en-! FORGERY ADMITTED BY FLOYD ! Ex-Convict, Arrested Near Tyee, to Be Sentenced Here Saturday. A plea of guilty to one of three indictments charging forgery was entered in the circuit court here today by Floyd Harris, arrested near Tyee Monday nfter he had eluded capture since early iu De cember. The court deferred passing sentence until 10 a. m. Saturday. Harris has. a previous criminal rec ord in Douglas- county, having been sentenced in 1029 to five years in the state penitentiary on a larceny charge. Harris pleaded guilty to the in dictment charging the utterance of a forged check on.C. J. .Urudley, Rose burg grocer, In tho sum of $51. He pleaded not guilty to two other indictments, charging the passing of forged a check j on two Safeway stores, The circuit court today took up the case of Victor J. Demi against the Statu Industrial Accident com mission. The action is one in which Detm is nppeating from the de cision of tho commission in award ing compensation on a claim for injuries. It is contended by tho plaintiff that the injuries ni;e or a greuter ilegreo than tho disability allowed by the commission. The jury hearing the case is composed or T. M. Wlnniford, Cecil Carr. B. M. Atterhury, Ilert Wells, George F. Wharton, Mrs. Ella Lenox, I). J. Gnwler, Fred Fisher, Henry G. Hrown, Clay Warn, A. Larsen and Ralph Sands. talion of the International bri gade which the government de-1 fense brought Into the Jnrama riv-1 er sector. Insurgent commanders said the I battalion had been virtually wiped ! out in Madrid's recent days of fighting to keep the Valencia high way open. They explained that the Amer ican had been mentioned by some of 3 English prisoners taken on that froni. The prisoners were said to he unable otherwise to Identify him. Insurgent concentrations nar Robledo De Chavela, a short dis tance southwest of El Escorlal, forced government militiamen from heavily fortified snndbay entrench ments In that sector commanders said. The Insurgents, long entrenched In the region, asserted large pools or blood on the battlefield Indi cated the government troops suf fered heavy casualties.- Additional Insurgent victories were reported In the northern brit tle tone near Ovledo, In the Las Koz&s sector northwest of Madrid, nnd near Villa Del Rio In Cordoba province In the south. tranee to Emperor Hirohilo's pal ace. . . , One of the two grim manifestos, copies of which each carried, said: "Let's die! We deserted our pur ents, -parted from our or-uhers und .sisters, uhuudoned our 'wives nnd children, left our homes and sac rificed everything dear to life. Now let's fight Now let's die!" The other document, scaled in' blood, said: '"We tlcmunl the right of religious liberty guaran teed by the constitution, but suc cessive governments have depriv ed us of this freedom, robbing us of power, arms and money. "We are determined to obtain, perfect freedom of religious belief by committing hara-kiri au an ob ject lesson for the government." The league has been under sur veillance since July, 1933, when lack of evidence forced dismissal of charges by Kunagawa , prufoc tural police that members plotted a mass assassination of priests and high personages, iucludiog Prince Saionjl, last of Julian' "elder statesmen." . M'CLA DIES AT Aged Roseburger's Demise Believed Due to Shock From Burned Home. Shock attributed ' to excitement caused when his home was de molished by fire last Saturday, re sulted in tho death last night of William McCIanahan, 85, well known resident of Rosehurg. His death occurred, at the home of his son near Yoncalla, whore lie' was taken following the loss of his homo and Its furnishings. Ho was born May 15, 1851, In Missouri and was married In that stato to 'Mary C. Nelson, who died several years ago. He had made his home in Jtoseburg for the past 25 years, and prior to taking up resi dence here hud lived In Salem. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Jane Wulf, San Jose, California, and two sons, James R. McCIana han, Rosehurg, . and John F. Mc CIanahan, Yoncalla. He also leaves a brother, Robert McCIanahan, Medford, and a sister, Mouisa Mc CIanahan, Myrtle Creek. Funeral services will be held at the chapel of the Douglas Funeral homo at 2 p. ni. Friday, Rev, J. R. Turn hull officiating. Interment will be in the Yoncalla cemetery. o , MAHONEY, FARLEY DISCUSS POLITICS PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 17. (AP) The Oregontun's Washing ton corresnondent said today Post master General James Farley, In a conference with Willis E. Ma- honey of Klamath Falls, promised to "do something" .for democrats who supported Mahbney In his re cent unsuccessful campaign for United States senator. The correspondent also said Farley and Mahoney discussed the next election marking the expira tion of Senator Frederick Stel wer's (II., Ore.), current' term in office. Mahoney's conference with Con gressman Walter Pierce of Oregon n n d Reclamation Commissioner Page was reported to have center ed around Mahoney's contention that Klamath Fulls should not be required to pay $75,000 for five new irrfgutlon bridges on govern ment property. HEALY WILL CHANGE TIRE SHOP LOCATION Charles Henly, operator of a tire shop at the Richfield station, cor ner Stephens and Mosher streets, for some tlmo past, will transfer his shop March 1 three blocks' north on Stephens street to tho service station on the rear of the Rosehurg garage property. Mr. Ileal" has leased the location from C. W. Parker and will operate it In conjunction with his tiro busi ness. The station has been operat ed for Mr. Parker tho past four years by Al Newman. COMPROMISE PLAN ON HIGH COURT GIVEN Constitutional Change for Congress to Re-Enact Invalidated Laws Is Proposed. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. (AP) Senators Wheeler (D,, Mont.) and Rone (D., Wash.) proposed today a constitutional amendment which they predicted would be "accepted as a . compromise" by both opponents and supporters of President' Roosevelts judicial re organization program. Their proposal patterned after the "Madison amendment" origin ally considered during the consti tutional convention would em power congress to re-enact by two thirds vote any federal law In validated 'by the supreme court. j No action would bo taken, how ever, until a new congress had been elected following tho su preme court's decision. Wheeler an opponent : of tho president's request for authority to increase the high court's member ship unless justices now over 70 retire suggested that the amend ment might be speedily rut If led by special conventions called in, each .state,, omethod - pvovlded in- -Hie constitution but rarely used. . Senator Norris (Ind., Neb.) and other so-called "liberals" who have criticized the president's plan were expected by some congressmen to back the Wheeler-Bone compro mise. , Wheeler said he would not op pose additional measures- for curb ing the supreme court's power, if his proposed amendment were (Continued on page It) ES QUINCY, Calif., Fob. 17. '(AP) Authorities- todny held the body of a man, who they said resembled descriptions of the kldnap-slayer of nan os Aiattson of Tacoma, for examination by department of jus tice agents. Coroner Johnny Moody sail' the man, found dead in a mil mart freight car, had apparently at tempted to destroy the Identifying whorls of his fingertips .with acid. Agents ut San Francisco of the federal bureau of investigation, who said they had been notilitd. were expected to arrive today. , A coroner's jury held the red whiskered man hud died of stirvn tion and exposure. The coroner said he had been dead about -IK hours when his body was found, on a spring cot In the box cir Mon day night. Tho car, officers said they were; informed, was shunted onto uj Western- Pacific railroad sidetrack at' nearby Portola January M, three days nftor the body of the 10-y car-old 'kidnap victim wasi found. BUTTER TITLE WON BY CARLTON MAN CORVALLIS, Ore., Feb. 17. (AP) A combined score of 94.11 brought Jack Wright of tho Carl-, ton Farmers' co-operative cream-l ery the title of champion bultor- maker of Oregon toiluy. I Announcement of the winners! In the butler contest preceded tn I -1 Hal sessions of -the Oregon Ilulter niid Ice Cream Makers' association, convention, now under way at Ore-: gon Stnte college. t Wright's first place In tho stor age competition and fourth for fresh butter gave him the victory. -o FIRE AT ASHLAND RAZES WAREHOUSE MEDFORD, Ore., Feb. 17. (AP) Fire la t night destroyed the Whittle Transfer rompany wnre houso located at Ashland, entailing a loss estimatpd at between jsooi and $12,000. The cause or the fire has not bnpn determined. The regalia of Hiltah Temple Shrine of southern Oregon stored in the warehouse were destroyed. Five trucks were destroyed, also fuel and storage goods. fill LS SLAIN N LEGISLATURE Adverse Committee Stand Backed on House Floor; Cannery License Is New Proposal. By CLAYTON V. I1ERNHARD SALEM, Feb. 17. (AP) Pulled out of committee by a surprise move tno three mucn-discussed hos pital association bills met decisive defeat on the floor of tho house to day by adoption of adverse reports of the medicine group which had held two public hearings on tho proposed measures. Tho threo bills, declared spon sored by the National Hospital as sociation, would lucreaso the bond and capital stock require ments of doctors and would change the workmen's compensation luw giving Insurance rate setting pow 'er to tho Insurance commissioner. 1 The move oil the bills followed committee meeting this morning aim one measure had been killed by indefinite postponement before -sponsoring forces caught . their breath to halt the rush. The bills Avould. have forced all doctors and associations doing medical contract ,work, to put up a 810,000 surety; liond und hold $15,000 capital stock. To Llcens6 Canneries , While the house-waa toking (he rejection action, a bill which would license all .canneries In the state came into the steering committee by lleprescntatlve Jones of Marlon county. Under the provisions of the proposal a graduated fee from $15 i to $100 a year would be paid for permits to operute under rules and regulations set out by the depart ment of 'ngriculture. The purpose, stated In the bill, would be to regit lute inspection and sanitation of tho canneries. Companies producing" 3,000 or less cases would be charged the minimum rate; thoso pulling " out (Continued on page 6) PORTLAND LASHED PORTLAND, Feb. 17. (AP) Southwest , storm warnings flew from Orogon and Washington coastal stations today but tho wind told its own story of the gustiest day thus far Jn 1037. Sixty-eight miles an hour was tho wind's velocity across North Head, nt the Columbia 'river's mouth, nt midnight and at dawn It was still bettering 50 mil us an hour. The wind, pelting rain like hall Into pedestrians fucen, claimed Its toll of damage, including broken signs, trees, power lines and win dows In Portland. Tho wind's velocity hero was 2f miles an hour and streets were drenched with rain. The weather bureau predicted rain In the west and snow In tho eastern part of tho state tomorrow, with southerly, gales decreasing and the wind swinging' around to the northwest. CAR HITS WOMAN, BOY DRIVER ACCUSED SALEM, Feb. 17. (AP) Mrs. Hattlo Kelly of Salem was In a fiospltal today, victim of the sec ond serious automobile-pedestrian accident to occur here within lit last two weeks. She was reported in n crlt triil condition, sufrerinK possible skull fractures and intern al Injuries. The accident occurred In the residential Hection of the city. Eld red Lundon, in. driver of the car, was held on charges of reckless driving and of driving with defec tive bnikes. FRANK DAVEY IN GRAVE CONDITION RAl.RM. Feb. 17. f AP) Frank I)avey. sfl. early pioneer of Oregon and one-time speaker ut the house nf representatives, was ill in ti hospital today, with his condition described as ''serious." 'hyslelniis said that Dnvey was III of Influenza several weeks nto. and had some heart trouble. Thli' ytar Davey had been servhiK hi nsslslnnt serneant nt arms In the sen.Uo. Resumes Legal . War on New Deal Norman- C. Norman, - above, New York jeweler, again is con testing a New Deal law. This time, as a stockholder of the Con solidated Edison Co., he is chal lenging the constitutionality of the -old age benefit provision of the social security act, Norman unsuccessfully fought the gold devaluation case, defied the NRA Jewelry code, challenged the RFC, and bought potatoes Ille gally to test the AAA. "I am opposed to anything that tends to take away liberties . . . says Norman i t FI LOSS S6.845 Report of Chief Stephens Advises Hose Purchase, Tower Erection. Rosoburg fire losses for the year 11)3(1 totalled $6,8-15.85, according to the annual report compiled by lalo I). Stephens, city flru chief. The lire department responded during the year to 70 ularms. At 63 of theso fires the siren was not sounded, the alarm being used 23 limes. - Damage to residential property was estimated at S4. 5(13.55. and business property $2,0G2.0O. The alarms wore classified as ollovAi: Public luilldings 3, dwellings 41, mercantile 1, hotels 4, filling stations aiid garages 'A, restaurants 1, motor vehicles 1 and miscellaneous 10. Fires classified by cause wore as follows: Electricity and de fective wiring 2, explosions 2, fire works 1, hot ashes 1, hot grease 1, suspected Incendiarism 1, matches and careless smokers 4, gasoline ovorheuted or defective flues 41, overheated or defective stoves 2, rubbish and litter IB, spontan eous combustion 2, unknown cause 1. The total estimated value of property endangered In the 76 alarms was $5118,550. The fire department assisted in tho rescue of two boys threaten ed hv drowning, . - Improvements to fire fighting fa cilities Included water main exten sion's 'iiito Overlook addition and between Overlook and East Lane sir cot, extension of n 12-Inch rnalii from Cass tf Monher street, and completion of a larger main be tween the Winchester pumping plant and the city reservoir. I he fire chief recommends the purchase of 300 font rr 2ft Inch hose and 100 feet of 1ft inch hose, and a fog nozzle lined in combat ting gas nnd oil fires. It Is ulso urged that a combination' drill and hose drying tower be constructed. 2,000 NATIVES DIE IN AFRICAN FLOOD CAPETOWN, flout hAfrltn. Feb. 17. (AP) More than 2.000 Mo- ziimhlqun natives of Portuguese East Africa were estimated today to have drowned when the Komatt and riubn'iitii rivers overflowed after S3 days of torivnt'el rain. The rivers were reported to he in flood for many miles, The ilty nf IjOiirenco Mnriicx, on tho south con si. of the province, wns cut off from rall vay and telegraph com munication. News of the colony's plight und the reports nf wldeapread havor and Ions of llfo came from brief radio reports and pilots of planes flying through thunderLMirms. ITALIAN SHIP FELTRE GOES DOWN AFTER BEING STRUCK BY FREIGHTER LUCKENBACH PHILIPPINE GOVT. American Legion's Former Commander Appointed . High Commissioner. WASHINGTON. Feb. 17 ( AP) President Roosevelt nominated Paul V. Mels'utt, former governor or Indiana, today to bo United States high commissioner to the Philippine Islands, McNutt will flh a place that has been, vacant since last summer when Frank Murphy was given a ituive of nhsonce from the post to run for governor of Michigan. : Ue.Nutl completed a four-year term as governor of Indiana last month. - Uiwyer-aoldler, McNutt is 45 years old.. He waa national com mander of tho American Legion in 1028. . . He was graduated fmm Harvard law school in 11116 and was dean of the Indiana university school of law from 1925 to 1033. . Ho holds sevoral foreign military doenrntions. During the World war he served as artillery instructor in the .'Officers', training .: corps :ann commanding officer of three sepa rate .units of tlii : flour- ai:tilcvy reserve . division., . iY: Tho Philippine high commission er1 navs S1S.000 a year. . A new 8750,000 residence for the commis sioner Is now being constructed on a hill overlooking Manila pay.-: DIVORCE FOLLOWS ELOPEMENT AT 16 SAN FRANCISCO, Fob. 17. (AP) An elopement from Karelin to Grants Pass, Ort.i In 1935 when she was 10 years nf ago ended in tho divorce courts bora for Mrs. Floronco Davenport tbroitgji tho le gal efforts of hoi- mother. The mother, Mrs. Florence K. Wohbor. was first granted a peti tion for guardianship ad litem to ennblo.hor to bring tho dlvorco ac tion In behalf of her daughter. The mother also was tho daugh ter's corroborating witness thut tho girl's husband. Dowltt Clinton Duvonport, Btayed away from home, was morose, drank and ac cused his wlfo of rifling his pock ets of- money. The decree wns granted by Judgo George J. Sieugor. 2ND FIRE IN HALF YEAR HITS ASYLUM POUGIIKKMPSIK. N. Y., Feb. 17. (API Two hundred and fifty inmates of the Hudson river state hospital for the insane rested in smnko.tlnged temporary quarters today .while officials Investigated tho inslltullon's second fire In six months. Dr. Italnh P. Folsoin. superinten dent, said the patlenls remained very culm while nurses und at tendants led them through (he smokefllled halls last night. He estimated property damage al $Ju,. otin. More than 4.000 nnllenls are nuni'tered at the Institution. Dust Blizzard Slows Traffic in Oklahoma; Farmers Wear Masks GUVMON. Okla..- Feb. 17 (AP) A third "black blizzard". In three lot'u .irrn,1 lion. tllllnV UK dllHt. masked farmers prepared to throw up protective bulwarks of bard clnils on tholr iilowlands. Visibility drooped lo virtually zero, street ilrrbts were llll'lied on. ,i,l Miitninnhlli. Ii-nrrle. even on Giivmon slicels, was at a stand still, v At nonvrtr. oimt nf here, a lash ing nollh wind kicked tin the dust loin clouds that reduced visibility to half a block. A cloud of powdery, srov dust m.i.p II,.. Tnirfi. Piiithniiille and reduced visibility nt llorger lo two Works, and nt Ainnrillo to onc-hii!!' mile. Observers said the dust came lu like a fog. ri,n tTnltmt HlnloH WniilllCl' llll- renti rennrleil most other Texas points cleared or clenrlng. Ilulns fell yesterday in some parts of tho Oklahoma nnd Texas All Hands Rescued in Collision 40 Miles From Portland in Heavy Gale. PItUSOOTT, Ore., Feb. 17. (AP) The Italian motorship Pel-; tro sank lu u colllslun wllh tho, American freighter lOdward I.uck- , enbach lu the Columbia river abort- . ly before 3 A. m. today but all ' hands were auvud as the 400-foot vessel shuddered down to tho riv er's bottom, a hole stove In hoi side. . ' . ' . The' Luckenbacb, Bix hours lifter . the crash, was anchored or agrbuud u mile farther downstream, t The crash occurred In a ship channel of tho Columbia as the l.uckenbnch picked Jier way tin stream in the heaviest weather on the 'river in years while tho Feltre was proceeding seaward. Tho craft wore about 40 , miles from Portland. . . '. ; 11 . "It was juBt a. colllston," sold Capt. M. ltnlnei'o, of: the Feltre, abruptly as ho stood on the deck . of a small steamer, the Georgle Burton,, of Portlund, with somo of his crew of about 30. Ten were aboard the Georgia niirton, the. others having been taken off by the tug Warrior and brought lu Rainier. , . J Cause Unexplained Although declining to discuss tho cause of . the wreck further, Capt. Kultiere revealed be was oil the . bridge', uti.tlio. .11 me.i..;T.woioOioja, of tho crew also weri,.on ,.wutch and tho rest woro In their bunks when a grinding crash jolted them awake, throwing some on. tho deck floors." The Edward .Luckenbach, ob viously much less damaged, was (Continued on page 8) PAY. 30-HR. WEEK NEW YORK, Feb. 17. (AP) The United Mluo workoiH today de manded A 30-hour week for 100,000 miners In the soft coal industry. ;The mine union, opening Jtgo.. Nations with bltutrinous opeAitoVs on terms for a new wago and hour scale agreement, also demanded: 1. A wago Increase of 50 cents a day for miners paid by tho day; 2. An IncreuBp'of 25 cents u ton for plek.mttllng;. 3. An Increase of 13 cents a ton for coal loaders and 2 conts a ton ; for cutters; . V 4. A guaranteo of 200 days work . each year; and 5. Two weekB vacation with full pay miners paid by tho ton to re ceix'c $6 a day during vacations. Tho present contract ends March 31. The miners' demands contrasted with a proposal by the operators to extend the present 35-hour week to 40 hours with no chango In ton nage rates hut a 15 per cent cut in hourly rutos. The miners' proposals nlso call ed for a 2-yoar contract, time anil oue-luilt for overtlmo, creation of a Joint miners-operators commis sion to adjust rales for machine mining rind adjustment of wago dif ferentials between and within dis tricts. Panahndle. setlllng the dust, hut the "nfterlilow," the swirl of the freshly-deposited dust, already was under way at some points. Colorado , reported dusters nt SpiliiKrield and Two Duties; In the southeastern part, of the state, yes terday. Last night a slight haze hung over Hutchinson, Kas. Members of the. chamber of commerce here donned dust musks for their annual membership campaign.- raising Pledges of $1,000. Farmers In the dust area were told by the weather observer there was small likelihood of tunro rain to augment the brief showers. Ho said fresh dusters were probnble. Mnny farmers rode their listers, chisel plows and terrncers with dampened handkerchiefs over their faces, Herb Cavett, head of llie Pony Creek soil conservation proiect, Issued 100 dust masks lo workers. Tho project embraces 13,000 acres for n, five-year plan ot terracing and contour listing. )