Annual Reminder to Dog Owners: Home Owners are Now Fixing Up Gardens and Lawns, and Control of Dogs Will Assure a 'Good Neighbor' Policy and Peace
THE WEATHER
Humidity 4:30 p. m. yesterdny BC
Highest temperature yesterday 53
Lowest temperature last night 3K
Precipitation for 24 hours 07
Precip. since firm of month 4.24
Precip. from Sept. 1, 1938 17.93
Ileflcioncy since Sept 1, 1938 5.30
Partly Cloudy.
ONE WEEK MORE
up Its session with action on taxes,
up its session wllh action on taxes,,
the PUD bill ami' proposed aboli
tion of the milk control board.
Prompt reports on the bills will
highlight NEWS-REVIEW . wire
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VOL. XLIII 'NO. 265 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
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iS'. . ROSEBURG. OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1939 ! ! vol. xxvii no. 175 of the evening news
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Editorials
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
HIS writer, driving from San
Francisco, arrived in L. A.
about 9 o'clock, in between the
closing of the normal dining plnces
and the opening of the night spots
and besides, after 450 miles on
the far-from-stratght coast route,
vas in no' mood for a night spot;
and so dropped into a down-town
hole-In-the-wall for something to
eat.
It wasn't a very fancy hole-in-the-wall
at that although the lood
vas good and simple and exceed
ingly cheap. You can get good food
cheaper in Los Angeles than any
where else in America.
AT one table was an obvious
tourist from the corn belt,
with his wife. It was plain that
money was none too plentiful with
them and that every penny was
being watched.
They were eating sandwiches,
and eating slow, to make it go
farther. When he went to the desk
to pay, he took out one of these
Hd-fashloned purses that snap
hut, anil you could see that part
ing with the small amount of
money ho parted with was painful.
The trip Is coating them more
than they figured, and It Is worry
'inL'tlicW: ";';'. --"; w-'iVv.
AT another table was a young
. squirt from the city (or, rath-
(Continued on page 4'
BF
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26---AP).
Admittedly without a single tang
ible clue, police today sought the
brutal slugger who fatally wound
ed attractive, 27-year-old Apya
Sosayora, Russian dancer and stu
dent of dramatics, then criminally
attacked her on tho campus of I-os
Angeles City college.
Preliminary questioning of a
fellow student in the drama class
which Miss Sosayera had been at
l tending at the college gave police
no hint of the identity of the girl s
assailant and no description of
what occurred; .
Detective Lieutenant William
Clark said Wully Meyers told him
he found the girl on the college
lawn and that she collapsed after
gasping: ;
"Someone hit me on the head.
Officers also were questioning
J J. McCook. night superinten
dent of the school, into whose of
fice Meyers carried the girl and
who took her to the hospital
where she died several hours la
ter. Thev expressed hope Mc
Cook might be able to aid the in
vestigation. -
The attack apparently occurred,
Clark said, as she walked across
the campus to her apartment near
by. ;
FLASHES of OREGON EVENTS
Gas Tax 20 Years Old
PORTLAND. Feb. 25. (AP)
The Oregon State Motor associa
' tlon today called attention to the
fact that the gasoline tax law, pion
eered in this state, was 20 years
old Friday.
The first Oregon tax was one
cent per gallon. It now is 5c. The
tax has provided about $94,087,000
in Its 20 years In Oregon. Last
year it yielded f 11.29S.21S.
Raid Nabs 53 Women
PORTLAND, Feb. 25. (AP)
Portland's reborn vice squad swoop
ed down on 15 roomtng houses and
arrested 53 women - last night,
charging them either with conduct
ing houses of prostitution or va
grancy. It was the largest vice raid here
since 192S when 70 were arrested.
Vandals at Capitol
SALEM. Feb. 25. (AP) State
police went on the Job today to
stop vandalism In the capltol.
k 7' Since the legislature openetl, visi
" tors have been taking as souvenirs
ROSEBURG'S BONDS BRING
$25,000 Issue
Sells For Par
PlusSU67;25
Portland Bank and Douglas
National Bank Buyers;
Assures Completion .
of Sewer Work. ',
A $25,000 Issue, of 10-year serial
bonds, bearing 31 per cent interest,
today brought the city of Roseburg
a premium- of $1,767.25, the best
price ever received by the city for
a municipal bond, according to Re
corder A. J. Geddes.
The bonds, issued to finance the
city's cost of tt WPA sewage dis
posal plant construction project,
were purchased Jointly by the First
National bank of Portland and the
Douglas National bank of Roseburg
on a bid of S107.069 per $100. Six
bids were received, the lowest of
fer being $103.13 per $100.
. Sale of the bonds was authorized
at an adjourned meeting of the
city council this morning, pursuant
to advertised notice given bond
buyers.:
. The price paid for the securities
provides a total of $20,7(17.25, less
printing and advertising costs, to
be placed In the city's special fund
for the sewage disposal plant proj
ect, and, according to Mayor A. J.
Young, wlH, it is believed,, assure
completion , of the project, with
certain deijlred improvements ovor
thS original plan.
River Cleansing Assured
Work ,1s expected to start imme
diately on the completion of the In
tercepting sewer system, which will
connect with existing main sewers
to carry sewage to the former city
dump ground, northwest of town,
where the disposal plant is to be
erected. The improvement will re
move all city-caused pollution from
the South Umpqua liver. '
The bonds were authorized by
the voters of the city by an almost
unanimous vote at. a special elec
tion held Feb. 9. The proceedings
were riiBhed almost to the limit of
legal limits, in order to complete
all details prior to March 1, the then
existing dendine of the enabling
net under which the city is operat
ing. The limit since has been ex-
( Continued on pace 61
PICKETING OF JAP
BOAT NOT HALTED
ASTORIA. Feb. 25. (AP) A
cargo of logs, 550,000 feet of Jap
anese squares and 21 of scrap
Iron, laid . untouched on Astoria
docks todny as Chinese continued
to picket the freighter Norwny
Maru.
A demonstration yesterday was
featured hy 15 Chinese school chil
dren carrying banners pleading for
aid in preventing "slaughter of in
nocent Chinese." It was peaceful
hut seven gangs of longshoremen
refused to go through and work the
ship. ' .
So far no effort to invoke the
new state picket-regulation law has
been made nor has the Astoria
Waterfront Employers' association
discussed the affair formally. Local
authorities were taking no action
and customs officers stood by a-
wniting developments.
nlmAD, anuthlnir Innm ' tnrltl, U,,f
ash trays, spittoons and' even copy
trom a press association oiuce.
Qiinh thlncra an fnnntuin hnndlPR.
faucet handles, elevator plates, la
vatory nxtures ana iocks nave ins
appeared. Patiant Yields 50c
PORTLAND, Feb. 25. (API
Physicians at a local hospital said
they felt like those patient opti
mists who fish coins from below
city sidewalk grates. They fished
half a dollar from the throat of a
Bend woman yesterday after an
hour's patient manipulation. They
spared the woman an operation.
The patient grinned after the or
deal and quipped "it tasted a lot
better coming up than it did going
down."
Boy Cyclist Killed
PORTLAND, Feb. 25. (AP)
A motorist who was blinded by an
oncoming oar last night struck the
bicycle of Lester P. Wing. 15. Fair
view. The boy died later In a hospital.
Roosevelt,
Efforts for Labor Peace And
To Encourage U. SBusiness
Lewis, Green
Urged to End
Their Feud
Split Represents Challenge
to Labor, Heads of AFL
and CIO Are Told
by President.
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 25. (AP)
President Roosevelt, In letters to
day to the heads of the country's
rival labor organizations, said la
bor "faces a challenge in finding
itself . divided I n t o opposing
camps' and called 'upon them to
name a committee to negotiate
peace. ' .
In letters to John I. Lewis,
chairman of the Congress of In
dustrial 'Organizations, and Wil
liam -Green, president of the
American Federation ;of Labor,
identical except for the final para
graph, ? ho declared '.American
people : "sincerely hope that a
constructive negotiated peace
with honor may coine about be
tween the A. F. of It. and the C.
I. O. within the early month3 of
the new year."
"The secretary of labor," he
added in the letters made public
at. the temporary white house
here, "tells me that after coreful
investigation and prolonged con
versations with respective leaders
in both groups there appear to he
no insurmountable obstacles to
peace and that in fact there is n
real and honorable desire for uni
fication in the labor, movement
among all parties concerned."
Four Reasons Cited
In asking the CIO and AFL, at
loggerheads nearly three yenrs
over the organization of labor by
industry and by craft, to appoint
committees to negotiate '"terms of
pence," Mr. Roosevelt asked his
request on four grounds:
First, because it is right.
Second, because responsible of
ficers in both groups seem to
be ready and capable of making
a negotiated and just peace."
Third, because "you r m ember
ship ardently desire peace and
unity for the better ordering of
their responsible life in trade un-
(Contlnued on pace 6)
S.F.
E
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25.
(AP) Ship clerks and their em
ployers voiced expectation today
of quick peace In the major port
paralysis which yesterday tied up
29 ships and lert Idle 4,GU0 CIO
clerks and other workers.
Frank P. FolBie, president of the
Waterfront Employers Association
of the Pacific Coast, said: "It looks
darn good for a back-to-work set
tlement today."
Folsle said counsel for the oppos
ing factions would meet shortly and
report back to their respective or
ganizations the Ship Clerks asso
ciation, which is affiliated with
CIO longshoremen, and the Dock
Checkers' Employers association.
Headquarters of the ship clerks
union reported their pickets still
patrolled the whole bay area wat
erfront, that other AFL and CIO
unions were respecting them, and
that "we expect a call from the em
ployers today."
NAZI AIRPLANE WITH
TEN ABOARD LOST
BERLIN. Feb. 25. (AP) Luf
thansa, German aviation company,
announced today that a plane
carrying 10 passengers and crew
men was lost yesterday some
where in the Mediterranean.
The plane was on a special
flight from Germany. The com
pany said It had not determined
exactly where the plane went
down.
Hopkins
No Anti-Monopoly
Proposals Coming
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.
(AP) The Roosevelt adminis
tration's effort to quiet business
fears and encourage private in
vestment gained impetus today
from a statement by Democratic
Leader Bnrkley of the senate
that he had received word no
general anti-monopoly legisla
tion would be offered at this
session of congress.
- Barkiey's announcement was
one of several apparent indica
tions that the crop of new laws
turned out at the present ses
sion of congress might be com
paratively small.
Speaking privately, several
senators said the desire of
muny democrats for party peace
would tend to bold the session's
output of new laws to n mini
mum. PUSSES ON AT 85
Roseburg Resident Thirty:
Years Former Railroad !
v Yardmaster. j
Frank Allen Clemens, 'S5, for 1
more than 30 years a resident of
Uioseburg, died at Mercy- hospital
lato Friday. Mr. Clemens, was in
jured recently in a fall at his home
and removed to the hospital fori
treatment. He rallied temporarily,!
hut suffered a relapse this week.
Born July 19, 1S53, in Chester
county, Penn., he was hiarriod Au
gust 2, 1K7G, at Wllliamsport, Penn.,
to Adelln Porter, who passed awuy
several years ago.
Ho was employed throughout the
greater part of his life, prior to
coming to Roseburg, in railroad
ing, and for many yenrs served as
yardmaster nt Jamestown, North
Dakota.
After retirement from railroad
work he came to Roseburg and en
gaged In farming. For many years,
by team and automobile, he operat
ed the star mail route between
Roseburg and Melrose. Because
of advancing years and HI heulth,
he had been In retirement for the
past few years.
Son in Hospital.
Mr. Clemens was the father of
five children, of whom two sur
vive. They are Edward E. Clem
ens, Los Angeles, and Mrs. Elsie
Nelson, Jamestown, North Dakota.
A son, Frank Clemens, very well
and favorubly known in Rosoburg,
died here about four years ago.
Neither the surviving son nor
daughter will be able to attend fu
neral services here, as both are ill.
Edward Clemens, according to re
ports received here last night, suf
fered a severe heart attack this
week and is in a hospital at Los
Angeles, where he is said to be
recovering.
Mr. Clemens was a member of
the Elks lodge of this city.
Funeral services will be held
at the Elks parlors at 2 p.' ni. Mon
day, with interment following in
the Masonic cemetery.- Arrange
ments are In charge of the Doug
las Funeral home.
Youth Breaks Into
Jail Here, Draws
5-Day "Invitation"
A jail break In reverse was
successfully maneuvered here
today by Jack Hurst, 38, or
Grants Pass.
Weary and footsore from a
hike from the state training
school, from which he was re
leased this week, Hurst arrived
In Roseburg this morning. En
deavoring to find a bed in the
city Jail, Hurst discovered the
city hall entry thereto locked.
He procured a club, smashed a
window and proceeded to muke
himself at home in the vacant
cell block.
The self-invited guest will re
main In Jail for five days, upon
the "invitation" of Recorder A.
J. Geddes.
RECORD
Join In
Commerce
j Chief Urges
Cooperation
alk Pledging Government
Help in Recovery Draws
Favorable Comment
From Industry.
TIES MOINES, Fell. 25. (AP)
American business men today
studied on invitiitlon from Secre
tary of Commerce Harry L. Hop
kins for labor, agriculture and busi
ness to join government "on the
same side of the table" to work out
the nation's economic problems.
In a speech rilled with references
to "free enterprise," "private:, in
vestment" and "business confi
dence," the secretjiry hero last
night asserted the national adminis
tration is out to promote recovery
"jvith all the vigor am power at its
couimund.'f -, ' -.y ; r t''v
"The- government e n r u o s 1 1 y
wishes that.these things (recovery)
be accomplished, and we nsk thnt
labor, the farmer and business men
Join us not across, hut on the sumo
side of, the table to accomplish
our common purpose," Hopkins as
serted. First Reaction Favorable
First comment from business
circles Indicated a favorable reac
tion, in general, to tho cabinet
member's speech. However, there
were some who sortened their ap
praisal of his plans with a sugges
tion that business wait for a prac
tical demonstration of bis program.
Hopkins' first formal address
since joining President Roosevelt's
cabinet was made In n business
setting. He was introduced to a
Des Molttes Economic club dinner
by H. F. Kaurman, president of a
bank here.
On the other side of the speaker
snt W. A. Harriman, chairman of
the Union Pacific railroad hoard of
directors and chairman of the busi
ness advisory council for tho de
partment of commerce. .
i la ill mini said the speech
"should be encouraging to every
one responsible for the conduct of
business." Ho predicted Hopkins
(Continued on page Hi
ESS SALE CASE
Circuit court recessed today after
a jury last night returned a verdict
of not guilty in ravor of Gilbert
Cobb, who was Indicted hv the
grand jury on a charge of receiv
ing stolen property. Involved was
a set of harness stolen In Coos
county by Al Rutin, who Is serving
a one-year sentence in the stole
penitentiary for the offense. Rahn
was a witness in the action and
told of the sale to Cobb. The de
fense claimed that Cobb did not
know the harness bad been stolen.
The Jury is to return Monday at
which time tho court will take up
the action of Campbell vs. Kllison,
an ejection suit.
Following the trial set for Mon
day, the court will take up the
second of four indictments against
A. J. McDonald, who Is charged
in each wllh contributing to the de
linquency of a minor. He was found
not guilty in the trial of the first
of the four charges.
LION CUB'S OWNER
INJURED IN WRECK
CANYONV1M.E. Ore.. Feb. 25.
(AP) The lady and tho lion a
halfKrown lion eacaped doath yes
terday when the car in which they
were riding went over a .10-foot
bank near here. Mm. Sallie Jones,
neBresn, mistress of tho overgrown
cub, Riiffored head lacerations but
1 1 lie big kitty was not hurt. The
driver, John Jones, negro, was un
i hurt.
PREMIUM
II Duce Calls
On Italians To
Quit France
Repatriation Also Draws
Fascists From Corsica;
Expulsion of Jews
Speeded by Nazis.
Tiy tho Associated Press
Thousands of Italians In France
today faced the prospect of return
ing to their homeland while In
Germany thousnnds of Jews faced
the loss of theirs.
For the Italians It was repatria
tion a summons home as part of
Premier Mussolini's plan to draw
Italians abroad back to Italy.
For tho Jews it was expatriation
an order by rnizi authorities that
the Jewish community of Berlin
must furnish each day tho names
of 100 Jewa who will be required to
leave . tlio country - within two(
weeks.
The Italians' return to their
homeland was said to bo part of
Premier Mussolini's plan to re
patriate Italians' abroad. Italian
sources said 3,000 woro leaving con
tinental France und 1,000 wore
leaving Corsica, French Islund de
partment which has figured In
fascist clamor for French posses
sions.
' An Italian embassy, spokesman
In Pans said Huh was "only a m
ginning? , und foreign circles In
ltoiuo expressed"1 belief It- was 'an
other gesture of Italian- lll-foellng
toward Franco.1 ' 1
, v: ; Ouster of Jewa Speeded' ''
The Ilerlliv police authorities to
dny acted to speed emigration of
Jews by serving notico on tho Jew
ish community of tho city that It
must furnish each day ,tho mimes
of 100 Jews who then will be re
quired to lcavo the country within
two weeks;. 1 . , ;,.: .
The order Is to take cfl'oct Mom
day. ( i )
Some new measure hgalrtst; tho
alleged enemies of tho nnzl re
gime bad been expected today fol
lowing n dou bio-barrel led attack on
"German-haters abroad" and op
pnncutB of the regime at' home de
livered by Chancellor Ilillor and
his minister of propaganda, Gocb-
Hitler spoke last night nt a Mu
nich rally of his "old guard" on
the 1ft tli anniversary of the found
ing of his nazi movement. Goeb
hels' blast appeared in Hitler's pa
per, VoelkiHcher Ileobacbter. Doth
acknowledged continued presence
of opposition to the. nuzts In Ger
many. 1
Tax Bleeding Included
Todny 's police notice provided
that us soon us the 100 names arc
furnished the necessary deduc
tions for taxes, the billion-mark
flue levied on Jews last November
aftor the killing of Krncst ,Vom
Rath in. Par In, the capital flight
lax and a special levy for the. sup
port of aged Jews unable to enil
grato will be taken from the - for
tunes of tho!nomlncnH,
They . then will be handed their
passes, hearing the large imprint
'"J" ( Jew) and told to obtain a
vIhii to some other country within
11 days.
The order caused consternation
In Jewish circles, which had hop
ed the relch would permit them
to wind up their affairs normally
without undue pressure.
leaders of the Jewish commun
ity said they could name only 300
or 100 Jews of those able to
leave within a rortnlght.
A semi-official announcement
today said 240,000 Jews hail lert
Germany since the riazls came I.)
power Jan. 30, 1933, tho majority
of them going to tho United
States.
Poles Decry Nazis
Two thousand Polish students
In Warsaw today turned a friendly
(Continued on page 6.)
RYNERSON SLATED
FOR STATE BOARD
PORTLAND. Feb. 25 fAP)
The Journal said today that Clar
ence Al. Kynerson, 01, has resigned
as editor of the Oregon Labor
Press, state labor publication, to
accept a future appointment as a
member of tho three-man Btate In
diiHtrlPl accident commission.
Rynerson Is scheduled to succeed
J, C Joy, democrat, whose appoint
ment expires next January 2. Ry
nerson Is secretary of the Multno
mah county central republican com
mittee. He is expertcd to enter of
rke about March 15,
Death Takes U.'S.
Envoy in Berlin
Prentiss D. Gilbert
BERLIN, Feb. 2!i. (AP) Pren
tiss I. Gilbert, charge d'affaires at
the Unltoil. StntcB embassy, dieil
last night of a heart attack. He
was 65 yearB old.
Gilbert, had been In chargo of
tho embassy since the departure of
Hugh U. Wilson, November 16, for
Washington on tho summons of
President Roosevelt and Secretary
of Stale Hull. - -
Gilbert was succeeded tempo
rarily by First Secretary Jofferson
Pattorson..
EBTMI
Five Cars Roll Off Track
in Wyoming; Blame Put
on Broken Axle.
'' TJAnAMIKy'Vv"yo.1 Feb. 25. (AP)
Injured when five,, cars of the
Union Pacific's "Pony. Express"
passenger train Vkeoled over" a 20
foot ornhnnkmont In southern Wyo
ming, 13 persons woro under treat
ment today nt a hospital horo and
Tlvo others wore in a Rawlins,
Wtyo., ( hospital. The wreck oc
curred near Rosier. Wyo., at 10
p. m., Inst night.
None of the Injured, 'with tho
possible exception of a negro por
ter, wan beliovod dangerously in
jured. Sovernl hundred yards of track
woro torn up whou the train was
derailed, and railroad officials said
aii emergency track was being laid
around the' wreck alto td restore
wostlHMind traffc ovoivtho double
truck line. ' '- '
Union Pacific officials hero de
clined to explain the cause of the
accident. At Omaha, Neb., officials
of the line said a broken axlo on
tho diner caused the derailment.
The injured negro porter is Os
car Gray of Oakland, Cnlif. He
has a possible back fracture.
Other persons seriously Injured
(Continued on page 6.)
OREGON RANCH HEAD
; STRUCK BY TRAIN
DKNI), Keh.- 25. (AP) James
Hcott, veteran Ocachutes county
rnncher and for many yenrs super
intendent of the Prinevllle Land
and Stock company, was critically
injured yesterday when struck hy
a freight train at a crossinR.
Scott's truck stopped at the
tracks and attempted to ci-osb when
another automobile . swung . past.
Tho rancher was removed uncon
scious from .the battered cab and
taken to a Redmond hospital.
Leaden Slugs in Portland's Parking
Meters Produce Grief for Officials
I'OItTLAND, Feb. 25. (Al')
The "slug" habit, that ugly prac
tice piled so extensively in pay
telephone booths and around slot
machines, has made its slimy way
along Portland curbs and Is threat
ening to undermine those profitable
little traffic sentinels, tho parking
motors.
. This week somebody shoved a
chunk of lead down tlio throat of
one of the nickel gobblers. A meter
collector discovered the fraud. His
moan of protest echoed at police
headquarters, reverberated in the
city council and finally reached a
palnrul screnm In the vicinity of
the mayor's office. After all 2.S79,
00(1 nickels have been mined from
the meters since they wore anchor
ed in tho curbs and that, as the
hoys at the city hall remark sig
nificantly, ain't hay.
So far Portland folks have shown
Plan Called
Fresh Burden
OnTaxpapers
State Health Board CoU
Growing, Limit Needed, ;
Governor Declares
. in His Veto. '
By PAUL W. HARVEY. JR.
RAT.Pf Feb. 25. (AP) GoV-
ernor Sprague vetoed today a bill
providing that tne state Doaru ui
health shall make free blooil
tests for marriage license appli
cants. . '
- Asserting In his veto message
that the bill "imposes a burden
on the Btnta board of health," tho
governor said "tho law does not
limit the free service to thoso
who are financially unable to pro
vide it for themselves.
"It would impose fresh burdens
on the stnte at the cost of the tax- i
payors, . . -
"The bill makes it mandatory
for the board to provide, the serv- .
Ice, and It would be merely op
tional for applicants to use inde
pendent registered laboratories.
"The cobU of the board have
been growing steadily over the. '
years and, while I am sympathetic
with the public health program, I
feel there are limits to which tho 1
stnte can and should assume In
the way of burdens of expense."
Sponsora of the bill argued It
would Influence peoplo, who hav "
been going to Washington state
because of the marriage exnminn-
tlon bill passed by tho voters Inst ,
November,' to be . mnrrlod at .
borne. , , .1 .. , . 1
! Sen. Jool C. Ilontli, v.ho intro
duced tho, votood monstire, said h
would mnko--nonttempt In havo -1
tlio bill passed ovor tho governor's
veto, i . i
"I can understand how the gov-
ernbr feelB. If peonlt) want to go
to Vancouver, WasH.,1 to get mar-
ned, then let ,'em1 This hill
would have' stopped Hljnrt' Sonnior
Booth said. :
More Bills Pass .;- 'r
TOlls passed by the homo to- '
day wero measures lo-tjiermit cl-
ties to establish sinking funds to
buy equipment- such hs fire1 ap
paratus, and to - appropriate-' '$15.
OOfl. to aid Oregon livestock breed- ,
ersHn entering exhibitions nt tho
Sari Jranclsco fair.
The 'sonate passed 23 to R mid
sunt to the governor a bill to pro
vent corporations from practic
ing optometry, dosplto the chnrgo
by Sen. T, W, Wlppermnn that
tho "bill Is n political football and 1
would restrain trade."
A senato hill sent to the hnusn
would require motorists to dim '
their headlights nt night, and ,
that motor vehicles cany two .
tall-lights or reflectors. .
The senate, passed and sent to
tho house n bill providing for non- .
partisan nomination and election .
of the state superintendent of pub
lic instruction. The bill previous- ,
ly had passed both houses and .
slgnod by the governor, but the
senate recalled it for minor cor- -
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CALHOUN BUYS OUT
PARTNER IN STORE
William C. Calhoun, who In Tie- i
comber became a partner in tho
ltadlo iMuslu store 111 Roseburg, to-.
day purchased the Interest of L.
II. Crouch, and is taking ovor ,
sole ownership. The store, origin
ally opened by tbe firm of Oroen
and Hargis, deals in radios, elec
trical appliances, musical Instill-
roonts, etc, v - -.
Mr. Cnlhoun will bo i assisted In:
the operalion of the business by
his brother, Dale Calhoun. :
little disposition to food "phonies" '
to tho motors. The city had has to
deduct only ?92.46 for lend but tbe
"Blug" habit can move In over
night and nobody knows it any bot-
ter than the boys at the city hall.
They might have nailed the guy
who lead-poisoned the meter last
week, anil that's the crux of. the
matter.
Tho collector discovered the slug .
while tho "slugger's" car was still
there. He called a cop. The cop said
he couldn't do anything about It as .
It was not on his beat. A plain- ;
clotbesnian appeared and was ap
pealed to. He said he wasn't any .
harness bull. Hy the time tho me
ter collector found tho correct cop '
the offender and his car was gone. .
When the mayor beard about tt
he said he didn't wnnt any -more
buck passing. Anybody seeing lead ,
in a meter has got to wait right I
thero and mako the pinch, . ; I