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.
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VOL. XLII
ROSEBURG, OREGON. THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1938.
VOL. XXVI NO. 224 OF THE EVENING NEW8
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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
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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
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