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Continuance of Huge Spending Shows the New Deal Is Still Mindful of the Purchasable Quality of Votes. Govt of the People, for the People, BUY the People. THE WEATHER Humidity 4:30 p. in. yesterday 40 Highest temperature yesterday .72 Lowest temperature lust night ....40 I'recipltullou for 24 hums .... 0 Precip. since first of month 1.26 Precip. from Sept. 1, 1937 ...3H.7G Excess since Sept. 1, 1937 .-...11.03 Unsettled; Cooler Friday RECOVERY Follow developments in the ad ministration program to boost the : l'ation out of the industrial slump. NEWS-REVIEW wire service will keep you dully Inlormcd. THrDOUGLSy. COUNTY DAILY C NO. 304 OF ROSEBURG F 5. J 3 73 .- VOL. XLII ROSEBURG, OREGON. THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1938. VOL. XXVI NO. 224 OF THE EVENING NEW8 M mm m m Editorials ON THE Day's News By FRANK!' JENKINS pOWS give milk. Milk h essen- tlal lo human health nnd well being. No civilized nation has ever heon able to get along without milk. IP YOU grow up on a farm, you will know without being told that nil cows aren't sweet nnd lovely characters. In every herd, there will be some cows Hint are just naturally ornery. If you come in late at night, you will find these animals lying down in tho' far corner of the pasture with their tails under the fence. When you sit down to milk, they are as likely as not to haul off and kick you Into the middle of next week. Or (apparently out of puro cuss ednessj they will dip their tails In to the milk bucket and slap you In the ear with the wet end. BUT. this remains true: If you WANT A LOT OF MILK, you must treat your cows with kindliness nnd forbearance, Instead of beating them with the mi Iks tool, dogging them all over the lot and kicking them heartily In the ribs at every trausgres- (Continued on page 4) Fl WASHINGTON, April 21. (AP) Dr. Francis E. Townsend, old age pension ndvocate; thnnketf . President Itoosevelt 'today for a pardon that saved him from a 30 diiy jail sentence, and left with the chief executive a suggestion for the formation of a coalition government. . Mr. Roosevelt's reaction to thfc coalition government Idea, Dr. Town solid told newspapermen ns he left the white house, was that he thought it "quite impracticable." The 71-year-old California doctor said he called primarily to thank the president for pardoning hiuj from a 30-day jail sentence aim ?100 fine Imposed for contempt of n house committee which Invest. gated his pension plan two years ago. He was with the president about half an hour, he said, and natural ly talked about his "obsession," his pension plan. 1"r, Townsend carried with him n book entitled, "Coalition or Chnos." and said he showed It to the chief executive. "I suggested that we mnke nn ef fort to have a coalition government so we might pull together infueafl of pulling at cross purposes," he said. Asked what the president thought or It, he replied: "He snid be would like to sen it but fliinkn it quite imprnciicnhle." Oddities Flashed .By the Associated Press,. Season Opener WATERP.URV. Conn. Sports Editor William P. O'Dnnnell of the Wnterbury Republican became a proud father on the day major league clubs started hostilities. "The baseball senBon opened of ficially yestenluy," lie announced in bis column. "William P. O'Don nell, Jr., seven pounds, ten ounces, threw nut Ihe first bawl nt St. Mary's hospital." One, Two, Three C.Al.AX. Va. Just like that the Dnlllnger children lost their ap pendixes. First was Kd Dnlllnger, 8. on March 14. then Hilly, 7, April 9, nnd finnlly unsuspecting Jessie. 14, who came to the hospital with her dad to take Billy home last night nnd went to the Operating room Instead. Precaution I-ONO BEACH, Cnllf. Figures don't lie, hut they might Infliicnco N TO Automotive Magnate Will Discuss Problems of Depression With Mr. Roosevelt. WASHINGTON, April 21. (AP) -Henry Ford, strenuously at odds at times with the present admini stration, accepted today President Roosevelt's Invitation to an In formal white house conference where depression problems will be discussed. Ford said at Sudbury, Mass., where he Is visiting, that "of course he would discuss business conditions with Mr. Roosevelt but emphasized that he did not intend to give any advice. He also added that he had no axe to grind. The Detroit automobile manufac turer, who refused to sign the au tomobile code when NHA's blue eagle was flying, was asked to luncheon in the executive mansion here next Wednesdny. The invitation to Ford went from the white house at time when Mr. Roosevelt and his aides are seek ing all means to nid business re covery. Would Aid Utilities One such move, with recovery as Its objective, was the reconstruc tion finance corporation's an nouncement that it. was ready to meet the financial needs of all comers, including public utilities. One high administration official said the president's efforts to pro mote federally-financed expansion In the utilities industry were aimed at eventual, stimulation-of,-.ahugi! utilities building program. t Wljlte house advisors have esti mated that possibly a $1,000,01)0, 000 utilities building program could he undertaken immediately with quick and far-reaching efl'ccU in other industries, such ns steel, ce ment, brick and lumber. Utilities executives told the president several months ago I'icv were about S3,800,000,000 hohlnii normal building schedules. Impetus to the campaign to en list utilities in the reebvery move ment came from a conference yes terday between the nresidnnf. Chairman Jesse H. Jones of the RFC, and William O. Douglas nnd John H. Hanes of the securities commission. Jones said afterward the utilities had complained they were u.iable (Continued on page 6) JOHN W. COX DIES ON S. DEER CREEK John Willis Cox, S3, well known resident of South Deer Creek, died at his home Wednesday after a short illness. He was born Decem ber 6, 18M, at Cnssoplls. Mich. and came to Douglas county about 40 years ago. His wife. Marv L. Cox, died in 1928. Mr. Cox was a member of the Baptist church. He Is survived by three sons. Frank, Henry and Qlenn Cox, and tour grandchildren, nil of Rose burg. ' Funeral services will be held in Ihe chapel of the Douglas Funeral home Suturdny afternoon at two o',cjock, Rev. J. K, Turnbull of the IlnptlBt church officiating. In terment will follow In tho IJurlte rriiietei-y near Dlxonville. From Press Wire Judges. So 75 blondes must wear old-fashioned bathing suits when they parade In a golden hair con test here Mny 8. Anti-Whirlwind DENVER 0. W. Bowman. 84 year-old Palisade, Colo., bank presl dent, suggested in a letter lo Gov. Amnions that army bnmhlng planes lie enlisted to attack tornadoes. A bomb exploded near the base of a storm funnel would dissipate its energy, he said. Amnions said the plnn "seems to have great possibilities. Noisy Introduction MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa It was Just one crash after another when James McManus and M. J, Kerr met. Their cars collided in the busl ness district and they got out to talk It over. In the midst of the discussion they heard another crash. Kerr's car, parked on a slope, had rolled Into McManus' car. IT OUSE Expansion of "Back Movement Will of Present Day, SUDBURY, Mass., April 21 (AP) Henry Ford of Detroit to day revealed plans for .a discus Bion of "business conditions" with President Roorvelt, but assorted he would enter the conference with no axe to grind. Standing In the extensive Way side inn estate, which he has re habilitated as 'an early American hotel property here, the multi-millionaire automobilo maker snid he did hot intend to give any "nd vice." At tha same time, however, he loft no doubt of his own views. His solution of jiresent-dny prob lems, Ford said, would he nn ex pansion of the "back to the farm" movement. if people do not raise their own food," he asserted, "they will have to have a dictator to tell them to do it." He declared that in his opinion the "farm is the thing that will save the country," and added: In no other wny can we raise the money. The farms today must nrnvide for Industry. "As nn example I am going to cultivnto every foot of the whole 8 Plants of Metal Concern Stilled; Strikes at Auto Factories Ended. DETROIT, April 21. (AP) Strikes closed the Itohn Aluminum & Brass. corpui-uttoiits, eight plants here today, bringing toll tho'num ber of Industrial units in Detroit In which labor troubles havo slopped production. In Flint. 3.700 employes of Gen eral Motors' Fisher body plant No. 1 returned to work without inci dent after a three-duy shut-down resulting from a United Automo bile Workers picketing campaign to collect ifnion dues. Fifteen hundred men employed on the Bulck Motor Co. rinal as sembly Hue were expected to re sume woik either touuy or tomor row when bodies from the Fisher plant become available. ' The UAW agreed ' Tuesday , to withdraw its dues-collecting picket line at the Fisher plant when Wil liam .S. Knudsen. president of Gen- eral Motors, announced operations would not be resumed until tho practice was discontinued. There were no pickets anil only a smiiii detail of policemen nt the Fisher plunt this morning. Union officials at Flint announc ed a demonstration would he hel3 at the gates of the Fisher plunt this afternoon but did not indicate what form it would take. At the Plymouth plant of the Chrysler Corp. in Detroit, UAW leaders announced end of a two- dav dlsnute involving the protest of about 200 unionists tignlust dis charge of a union steward. 'I hey said the men would return to work Into today. Two Plymouth depart ments were affected. Tho plants Idle In Detroit, In ad dition of the Bonn aluminum nulls, were those of the American Brass Corp., closed since Tuesday he cause of a UAW denionstrnllnn against a 10 per cent wage mil; the" Michigan Steel Castings Co., and tho Detroit Moulding Co. - ANGLER DROWNS IN TRIANGLE LAKE EUGENE, April 21. (AP) P. M. Skinner, 40, of Portland, hose man of the Portland fire depart ment, was drowned In Trlnngln lake this morning when bo fell from the log boom near Bowman's mill nt the lower end of the Inko, while fishing.. Triangle lake Is In the coast range half ,way from Eu gene to Florence. He Is survived by his widow nnd one child. ... CULPRIT PAROLED UNDER LIQUOR BAN MEDFOItD, April 21. (API James C. Hagley. a cook, sentenced Monday lo serve 14 months In state prison on a plea of guilty to theft of monoy and Jewelry from their hiding place In a local cafe, v.as granted a bench parole today tiy Circuit Judge Norton "upon con dition you don't touch a drop of liquor In the future." Sheriff Brown was named as sponsor, nnd a former employer promised Hag ley a Job. - to - the - Farm" Solve Problems Henry Ford Asserts acreage hero, right away. 1 Work Habit Needed i "This entire land Is just yoniuir Ing for young men to go to work on it. That s all a young fellow oung lenuw it of work. It, he'll find needs today, the habit Once he gets the habit, bis own work." . Ford Voiced the belief America was on the road back to normalcy but warned agulnst over-confidence und predicted commodity prices would be established at a lower level. J Asked If nn increase in farm pro ducts such ns he proposed would not result in a lowering of farm prices, lie replied: t "Tho price of farm products gen erally can never he too cheap be cause when the prices of farm pro ducts go down new uses will be found for the products." . ) He said In this connection that industry was using more plastics and was looking to agriculture to supply materials. Cellulose could be found in most fnrm products, lie said, adding that "in the future the fuel for automobile engines will come from farmers." T .11 .V. Bund, Resenting "Trouble Making," Asks Probe of Rep. Dickstein. NEW YORK, April 21. (AP) Congressional investigation of the activities .of Rep. Samuel DicksteM (D.-5 N; Yr)h'Whfl" aslietrbV tlie-CK;rv man-American bund today follow ing a riot at a bund rully celebrat ing Adolf Hitler's 49th birthday Seven men, members of. a group who attonded the meeting wearing American Legion caps, were beat en so severely by uniformed storm troopers they required hospital treatment.. Four persons were ar rested. A squad of 75 policemen fought half an hour to restrain street crowds, intent on retaliating, from invading tho meeting. . The rally, held in n casino In Yorkville, Manhattan s German community, was attended by ap proximately 3,500 members and sympathizers. James Wheeler Hill, nation1. bund secretary, in a telegram to Speaker Bankhead In Washington said Rep. Dickstein, a critic of the bund, had predicted In congress there would be bloodshed if the meeting were held. "We respectfully emphatically request." the telegrnm Bald, "Im mediate investigation to determine any connection of Representative Dickstein with troublemakers who attempted to cause riots at this meeting. Jean Mnthias, one of the In jured, said the riot 'began when lie rose and asked "will there be any Engliflh spoken here?" -"And with that," he said, bunch of men In nazi uniforms jumped up and began to punch me and trample on mo. SALMON DERBY TO START SUNDAY Tlnless weather conditions change materially, the first annual Chinook salmon derby for the IJmp- qua river will start Sunday, It was announced today. The derby is attracting much in teres'., and al ready there are 50 rcgls'oied en t rants and morn are anticipated before the contest gets under way. All money paid In on registra tion will be divided for prizes lo be awarded on a weekly basis for the huH'st and second largest fifh of the week, together with several class and division prizes. Season pnes also will be provl o(!. In addition to the cnsi awards, there will be n number of vnhnhle merchandise prizes, ft Is air lini i.eed. MRS. H. P. GATLEY PASSES AWAY Word was received here today of the death Wednesday at Wash ington, l. V.., of Mrs. II. Prescolt Galley, daughter of the late Hon. lit Hirer Hermann. Mrs. (latlcy. resident of Hose burg pflor to her mamege, had made her home in the national capital for many years. She was an aunt of Mrs. Mabelle Miller Young of Rose burg, who received the announcement of tlie death, and a winter of Klbert H. Hermann of Portland, forme Rosehurg attorney. JAPS OCCUPY LINi AFTER 24 'BATTLE Chinese Form New Defense Nearby in Attempt to Prevent Advance to Rail Junction. SHANGHAI, April 21. (AP) After 24 hours of sanguinary street fighting, Japan a reinforced Shan tung army completely occupied Mm today. The Chinese high command an nounced the withdrawal of their forces from the buttered walled town, n key point in their Yi river entrenchments through which Jap anese in a new offensive are at tempting to drive southwestward to tlie relief of a besieged garrison at Vllisien, 40 miles away. The Chinese took up new de fense positions two miles south. Ninety miles southwest of Llni Is Suchow, Lmnghu! railway Junc tion and ultimate objective of the Japanese offensive to cut the cor ridor now separating Japanese con quests in North China and In the Shanghai-Nanking area. Forty-seven miles southwest of Llnl Is Tuierchwang, scene of the recent defeat of the Japunese. Chinese battalions which lost Haugchwang, on the Grand canal and Tientsin-Pukow railway, dug In 22 miles north of Suchow. A Japanese garrison Biirrounded and besieged at Tsaochwung in the vicinity of YihBien made a deeper ate sortie In an effort to cut Its way through but was forced to withdraw within the walls. , Chinese clnimed the recapture for 'tlie fiittftli time of Plnglu In Shsusl province on the north bunk of the Vollow river. The victory was af- tor a two-day battle in which Jap anese were reported to have lost BOO dead. Situation Summarized. Positions on other fronts were llttlo changed In the Inst ten days. Tho general situation: Yellow river although holding most of tho strategic points on tlie (Continued on page 8) SALEM, April 21. (AP) State commander O. B. (Moso) Palma- leer yesterday telegraphed U. S Senator Copeland the protest of mo Oregon department of the American Legion against delay of one year In tlie trial of Harry Drldgcs, wost coast CIO lender, as authorized by Secretary of Labor rerkins. Tho American Legion, which tins nnd an active unit In obtaining evidence against midges ns to his alleged membership in tho com munlKt party and illegal presence in tins country, has its evidence ana witnesses ready for tlie trldl scheduled for noxt month, Palma- teer told Mai-Ion county volture 1M of tha 40 et 8 BOcletlo last night. Should tlie proceedings be postponed another year, ninny of these witnesses would not bo nvhll able, ho averred. The volliiro adopt ed a resolution of protest ami Is prosenlliiK this to tho gland vol turn of Oregon for action by tliul group. Registration of Douglas county voters for tlin forthcoming May primary election will show an in (Tense of from 8(10 lo 1,000 over registration for Hie 111.10 primary County Clerk Hoy Agee estimated today. As rcjwrts from precinct registrars have not all been tabu lated, the total will not bo deter mined for several days. Tho demo cratic parly, Mr. Agee reports. shows n decided gain, expected lo be near the 1.000 mark, while re publican registration will be near ly the same as In 11130. Tabulation to date shows 7,704 republicans and (1,37(1 democrats, as compar ed Willi 7,729 and 4,719 two years ngo. Miscellaneous registrations this year total lo dute 303, as com pared Willi 344 In 1030, giving a total of 13,4112 as compared with the former registration of 12,782 G.O. P. LEADER 78 E Republican Cause Aided by Death of Reorganization Bill, Representative Martin Asserts. WASHINGTON, April 21. (AP) , Representative Joseph W, Mar tin of Massachusetts, republican congressional campaign chairman, predicted today that his party would win at least 70 democratic seats in the house In the Novem ber elections. "Several weeks ago I predicted we would win Gfi seatB," Martin said, "but opposition to the new deal Is growing so fast out In the nation that I feel safe In Increas ing that figure by 11. "It is entirely possible that we will win control of tho house." The republicans now hold 90 seats and the democrats 332. Defeat of the government reor ganization hlllMartln said, helped the republican cause. He said "this relief business. If carried to an ex cess," would cause democrats to lose more votes than "pump-prim Ing" might win. Martin's statement added to In dications thnt republican congress men would conduct a more direct assault on recovery and other ad ministration legislation than they have in the past. Since the fight over the court bill last year, republican leaders In the house and senate have let dissenting democrats head the forces of opposition to administra tion measures. - "' - Ijemocratlc-republican coalitions shelveJ Uie court bill,:; the wage: hour bill and the government re organization bill. Republican lend ers said today their "behind-the- scenes" strategy in thoso instances had been sound. G. O. P. to Lead Fight On the recovery prpgram, how- (Continued on page 0) FEDERAL BUY OF SALEM, Ore., April 21. (AD AS result or a conference between packers of the Northwest Dried Fruit association and a representa tive of the AAA, held In Portland yesterday, an agreement was reach ed whereby t lie federal surplus crop corporation will take over f00 tons of dried prunes In the north west nt prices to the growers saU to average three-fourths of a cent a pound morn than the best recent private sales of the snme com modity. This covers prunes of both the 1936 nnd l!Kt7 crops of which about 700 tons are reported still t growers' hands. The. agreement will require that for every pound purchased from tho pnekors by the government, the packer niust purchase an equivalent pound from the growers,, so under the 500-ton allotment it means virtually 100(7 tons changing hands, , TOWNS BOMBARDED BY SPANISH REBELS PRUPIONAN, France, (at the Spunlsh border), April 21. (AP) Spanish InHiirgnjit airmen today bombarded towiiH, troop concentra tions nnd one of the principal rail ways of northern Catalonia in 'a drive lo smash the remaining land links between Catalonia and Franco, Seven civilians were killed and 20 Injured -at PuiKcerda, Pyrenees gateway from Franco Into Cata- lonln. A Cataloulan railway runs to tho frontier there through one of tho three border passes still un der government control. MILK PRICE IN FOUR OREGON CITIES CUT THE DAM.KS, April 21. (AP) KdKar Smith of Port land, chairman announced milk price declines of one cent a quart effective at the end of the month at The Dalles, Kugene, Klamath Falls and Astoria yesterday at a state milk control board hearing. Four per cent milk will retail for 11 cents a quart and 5 per cent milk at 13 cents, Similar reduc tions occurred recently at Port land. Smith said the reduction was de signed to bring the cost to consum ers on a level with other commodities. GAIN IN HOUS Hominy Grits Restore Peace At Steamboat Pence reigns again nt tho Steam boat CCC cnmpl Where n spirit of reholllon ap peared Impending, ull Is now se rene. The cook Is again solving hominy grits. ,. In South Carolina and (ioorglh. from which states camo tho ma jor number of the members of tlfs Steumbout company, hominy grits is the stuple Item of food,- When the company came to Ore gon, hominy grits were not' pro curable, and complaints utfprnsT the company moss were loud and long. ... i ... . - However, the Western Status Grocery company's wholosule house at Roseburg procured a large supply, nnd now ull Is contentment at Steamboat. . 1 Mrs. A. J. (Harriet) McCulIoch 00, resident of Itoseburg for the past 34 years, died at Mercy hos pital today following a long Illness. liorn In Iondon, Hinglund. March 12, 1872, she came to ltosehurg In 1004, and wns married in this city May 6, loos, to H. l' lohr,. who died in June, 1028. She wns mar ried October 11, 1929, nt Eugene to A. J. Mcculloch. Surviving are her husbnnd. a daughter, Mrs. S. E. 'Fanchcr of Itoseburg, and son, Qeorge H. Dar ter of Melrose. She also loaves six grandchildren and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. J. A. white, Dalhart, Tex.: Qeorge Por tor. London. England: Kred Por ter, Eugene, Oregon, and Albort Porter, uriuid Junction, JtJolo. Funornl services will be held at 2 p. in. Saturday at the Jloseliurg Undertaking company chapel Willi Rev. Perry Smilh officiating. In terment will follow in tho I. o, O, I' cenietery. EUGENE BOMBER GETS PRISON TERM EUGENE, April 21 (AP) Hay W. Ulnlne, Eugena barber con victed on three counts In the skunk musk bombing caso tried here In February, was sentenced to serve three terms, one running a yenr nnd four months, one for a year, and another of six months in the county jail, when ho appeal ed before Circuit Judgo Sklin worth. As the sontences nro to run con currently, lllaine'B actual prison time nmounts to a year and lour months in the stuto penitoullnry, lllulne was presidont of tlie Journeyman barbers' union local in Eugene. o D. A. R. ENDORSES U. S. NAVY INCREASE WASHINGTON, April 21 (AP) The Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution, urging n foreign policy of "reserved Independent nelion" as opposed to oiiiior isola tion or collective nctlon, endorsed today tho presidents naval ex pansion program. , Resolutions pasRod unanimously by the 47111 D. A. It. congress do scribed tho naval building Increase as "designed for tho peuco and In dependence of tho United Slates and for tho preservation or law nnd order." " Bonneville Power Kilowatt Year PORTLAND, April 21. (AP) .1. D. Ross, Ilonnevlllo dnm admini strator, formally announced yes terday that power would ho sold on a kllownlt yenr basis, a unit sys tem new lo the United Stales but successfully tried In Ontario, Canada. Ross said rates for a kilowatt year lo the public utility dlslrlcl or private ullllly company which pur chases Hniinovillo pifwer retail consumers can not purchase di rectwould he announced soon by tho federal power commission at Washington. The kilowatt year sales unit Is based entirely on tho cost of pro duction and Is an attempt lo leave present practices of selling power "from Ihe old scnrclly standpoint," Ross declared, "Consumers now pay for millions of kilowatt hours of electricity that they do not use," headed. "Immense quantifies of water iwwer ore wasted over tlie . dam because people will not pny exhor hllnntly high rates." The kilowatt year was defined LEGISLATORS T Washington Executive Acts on Attorney Ueneral s Opinion That Call Was Not Valid. 1 OLYMPiA, April 21. '(AP) . Governor Clarence D. Martin "revoked the said purported proclamation of the lieutenant governor" which called a ape- -oial session of the state legls- : ' lature, and In a proclamation . today deolared "the legislature : shall not convene' Lt. Gov. Meyers had "call- ; ed" a special session for next' Monday. ' . The governor's proclamation snid in his opinion "there wns no ex traordinary occasion necessitating the convening of the legislature In extraordluary session" nt ;tho timo.of Meyers' proclamation. ' Ho said by reason of said actions of the lieutenant governor, "con fusion has been created In tho pub; He mind, nnd uncertainty exists among the members of the legisla ture as to tnoir duties. 1 lie ut-iuiuujr t cduujui ul uiu. state of Washington, Governor Martin said, "has rendered an opinion holding the lieutenant gov ernor was without authority to call the session, mid that the purported proclamation was void and of no effect". - . . ! . Governor Martin said tho Hem tenant governor "assumed the au thority on Aorll 19. nnd by pur ported proclamation, called a spe cial session of the legislature.", ,:,.HIa proclnmatton.-Wis ISBiicd utt er oonforYlng severnl "hours. wifS advisors, this morning, ; Meanwhile', JA, Gov. Moyers was headnunrtored In a hotol room here, walling for tho legislators to report mommy in answer to-nia proclamation calling ml extraordi nary session. Informed of tho governor's proc lamation, Meyers said ho had no statement to mnke nt this time, lie said he did not know what would (Continued on page 6) SCHOOL BIDS WILL BE EYED MONDAY rtidB for construction of two new grade school buildings in Itoseburg will ho opened by tho board of school directors Mondny night. Tho two now buildings will replace tho former Rose school structure, now being razed, and will provide n new locution for tha Fullerton school In West Roseburg. Tho building to liouso tho Fullerton school will bo constructed on the grounds iiiljolnlng the Senior. High school. ,...',' Nlnotoen contractors havo filed m-emiiillfii-ut Inn statements. lie- cording to A. J. Goddes, school clerk. Tho school board will rccoivo proposals on the general contract-, electric wiring und plumbing and heating. Contractors will bid on each of tho three contracts, nnd nl so mny bid separately on each building, or niaku n bid covering both. Will be Sold on Basis, Ross States by Ross ns 1,000 wntts furnished day and night for 12 hours, or 8.7liO kilowatt hours of eloctrlclly. lie declared the low charge would inspire distributing city, company or power districts to eiicourngo lib eral customer use. "The small consumer does not subsidize the largo Industrialist." said Ross. "We simply say. a kilo watt year costs us so much. Pay us our cost nnd uso Hint kilowatt continuously day r.r.d nigh t, throughout the year." WASHINGTON, April 21. (AP) The muchly. Ore., cooperative electric assoi-iallou has filed appli cation with tho federal itower com mission for a major power devel opment nn Lnne creek, near Tri angle Inko. Tho Lane county project would Include a dnm with an installed ra pacity of 225 horsepower, provision, for nddltlcnal units nud 47 miles of 72011-volt distributing linos tn servo farmers of the Hlnohly, Kit- iKtw.tl..,. r'll., n.,.1 l.-lf,nn,w.rt IN CONVENE SAYS areas, ,.i
