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MbiMRER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VOLUME XXIV LA (1KANDU, OKKUON', SAT UK DAY, Al'lirKT 13, 1921 NUMBER 267 GRAIN MAY GO HIGHER IS BELIEF Move lo Lower l4Yoijlit lat iuu Kxxn-t. '(rain Sure to living Mmh Kelid: HOOVER TAKES PART IN MOVE Open the J'Vrciyii .Markets to drain, of United Stales Is Aim in Order to Stim ulate Trade and Prices WASHINGTON, Ag. 13. Strong hope for better prices in the agricul tural markets is justified by reduc tions in the railroad rates on grain for export, already in eTtcct arm pro posed, according to a statement issued at the White House Friday night. Recent, reductions in the export rates on grains in Chicago and New York, the statement said, will be fol lowed by sweeping revisions of grain rates generally including those from Mississippi river points and on the lines to the gulf, in order that the entire agricultural interest may share fully in the benefits. "In general' the. statement con tinued, "advances in freight costs are passed on to the consumer by adding them to the selling price. But. ir grains, whose domest:e pri'-e is d'.mi nated by the foreign price of the tx portod surplus, the producer suff rs when rates go up and benefits when' they go down, lherefore, though the exports represent a minor share of the total grain production, the lowering of export rates affects the entire crop. These reductions of rates, together with the arrangements for financial assistance Jto export trade and the as surance that Europe is going to need extraordinary quantities of American foodstuffs, constitute altogether a jut-; titication for strong hope that thu tendency in the agricultural market) will for some tune be decidedly to ward better prices.'' Hoover Secures Reduction. "Reductions of transportation rates on grain for export was described "one of the most important measures' the administration has initiated foi 1 the relief of agriculture and of gen oral industrial conditions. The re ductions, it was explained, were it sisted upon by Secretary Hoover as concession to the agricultural into rsts, when, on behalf of Preside Harding, he negotiated with the car riers the basis for settlement of thm claims against the Kovprnniejilf-grro ing out of feucral control rcTT (Continued on 1'age Two) An K(('i)ti a of ';..( H) on Inromes 1'iulcr MM l Is Included in ( Vnnlnittcc's' u IJt'port. j tWA SIIINGTON, A u ir. 1 :i . Vnir -' ticiilly winding rp revision of tho l'vy ( setrtiuns of the 1!U8 tax law, hous ways and moans conunittce Kcpubli- : cans voted Friday to increase from .two thousand dollars to twenty-five hundred dollars the exemption allowed married men having an annual not income of five thousand dollars or less. This chance would" be retrna: , tive tn January 1, llf'Jl, and would be in addition to tho increase of $'in in the exemption for each dependent of a head of a family previously decided upon. Agreement was also reached, it wa said, to decrease tho manufacturer., tax on randy from five to thiee per cent, the manufacturers' tax on fur, from 10 to five jHTcent, am; 'o re peal all of the so-called luxury levie-J including those on carpets, rutr.-.: trunks, 'travelinc cases, poekpthok- umbrellas and portable lighting fix tures, m well as those on wearing ap parel. Under present plans of -Republican leaders, the rommifee draft of th- fompleted bill, whh will 1k in the form of an amendment to tho VM law, will be presented to a conference of hou-e RepublicaiM at 1 p. m. Mon day and introduced in the house later that day. A" ual conidrtr n of it there, however, it was said, would p over until W .tnp-wlay in onb r that the mea-ure could be formally passed upon Tuiay by the ways and mean.- Committee with tH TrrKrflti. m.rn- br? nrent H TAX ILL 1IID Prize-Winning Baby fas -kt Muriel Elaine -;peehnnH was awarded first prize in a laby health ;,iid brainy contest in Which hundreds of Bronx children purtiriimtrd. She also won a silver cup as the most beautiful child in her Nciv'l'rk school. She i3 seen here with her mother. Co-Ordination Widely Prasied by All Action of the Union county Ad! club in co-ordinaliiiK community af-1 published In Portland and eluo faits under one- general manager and j where coinmont Treoly on the pro one general headquarters, and nfjeet and ono Porllanrt paper devotes putting a Y. M. C. A. into community ! nnarly a column of space to the use lo a creator degree by "heading up" community alTtirs in such a I place, is drawing favorable mention Defeat Overtook- Til ri lmDier r layers ! JllVCIlile ( 'lialllliiollS Hit Tll.-lt Waterloo Willi the 1 ' ' - "V i ys ii Kren the mighty ran fall. The. fie and fair visitors slie will miss Imbli-r juvenile baseball team met'ii golden opporlunily. F have IihiI: two siliiginc defeats at Moscow on ! Thursday and Friday, once 11-1 and ine next tune 11.;;. I lie imliler wond'iis ran against a snag, nut I hey i report bar-k to Inihler by ti'leplionei that they haven't given up ll,e shipj by a graid deal beeallse Hie Si-rles calls for three out of five kh mes inul I next wc i; .Moscow will con Imh ; lor to play Iwo names and Itnhlcr can (ran led across Kan Krancisco bay, that should the university authorities1 MrH- lli""nH HlBht wan rn. jwin the "World series" Tor thojduring the yoar just oiulod, accord-. (insonl to the change in plan, General Htiwcd when mirepuna rotnoved a chaniplonsliip or Kitstern Oregon, ing to a report or tho 1'nited Slatoaj Wood would remain only a year in the Krowth frum her eyeH. Sim lintne and Kastern Wahinnlon. which they ! Inspection Borvke. Tho total was nn j islands', and then come home to Uike dlutely" asked that all her Hnthliifj jalirady hold, and add Noiihern Ida- increase or l.rioit.ono over the total: up his deferred work at lhe univer bo bioiiKht t her so she could nun ; ho to their territory, by raitm; ' rarried during the year before. f-ity. the colors. ,Ptr;iiht Raines from Ihe .Mosrowfies. I The Imhler laddies will return homo toniplit. IWi aine Tomorrow. Tomorrow's banner ha Helm 11 at tiactioii in this general vicinity will happen at Union. Cove Is "stand In;" l he whole lntermountain league. An all-star cast, with te;itn hk1 in Iters from all nt her clubs pick ed accord in u to their -ability (o ko against Cm e. Cove will pray her regular l'ani on this occasion and all is set for a lively round of pleasure Union h.is a c mi mod ions cinnd stand m the Stock show q:ounds anfl t here will be room for all. That visitors will come from (he Tar cor neals of the lai;iie territory to wit ness the content, goes y, it hour sa y fnc. It .4 undn r-Jtood two I. a (Irande playem uill be in the lineup. They Hang 'Em, in Old Missouri When Death j Sentencs Is Imposed' UNION, Mo., Aug. IT rh:irl"s .!a j coy. of St. Louis, was hnnged t' j day for rnmpii"ity in the murder of Henjamin Schlie, Novembf-r 2't. ;t" ! In a Tat Ttient read bv Father i c Valine, j'l-t i-fore th trap wa -".prung. .la'.iy a?ked forgiveness rf frhoitr's r"l:itiis for his "sh-'ire nf the crime which was d'ne under th influence "f tfLior." Jac y previousiv had insi.-tr i h wa inno- ent. VOI t AN !'K NIC M'MM V. roRlLAM, Aug. ; The weath er man sy Sunday will fe i"- i,,'i Sis. I Move is in Northwest papers. News items plait; with sen re hoads. Tho plan which whs inlatod Ihls week ami which is rapidly being grounded into working machinery. Is I meeting popular approval amoim business ntjin volunteered tho belief businessman volunteered tho belief that this system would be generally a-in,,,,! m all the smaller cities of tho state. "I nm for Hie plan so warmly thl you can count on me for anything In reason." ho said "The next four or five years are go I tlrande ls not out lo sell herself, md hr scen.My lo tho tourist traf- experience In thes" mailers and I tun sorry m say Unit I. a Orande has not) been alert enoiigu in tu past on.tnIm H yCHP, these inaileis. .... . ' ' M,XVS ,,. ,,,,,. K1IM.;IW. SAN Fit A NCISI '( I, Aug. 111. Ap proximately r.n.onri.onn wern; ' " )S HUGHES WILL HEAD PEACE DELEGATION President Hiirdiiitf Name; Secretary of State as the Leiuler OTHER PLACES NOT YET CHOSEN (Jival Disarmament. Meeting will know 'resident Only in I lie IJaekn'roimd in the Present plan. WASHINGTON, Auk. U Ally cx )ota ion lliiil l'lOHldnnl HurdliiK will lilniKnir act iih a (InluKiilu tu tlifl (llHurinamont eonfurence wns ovor thrown PrlttHy by a Whlto House 1111- nounconient thai ho had dol'lnltoly doRlgnatod Secrotary Hughes of the statu department to head tho Ameri can delegation. It whk said other m uhcrs wore yot to be choxen alt IiuukIi I ho presi dent Ik known to havo narrowed con slilerably the list of those he consid er available, t and may reaci the point of other definite selections In the near future. Ho is understood I to have decided that at leant one of I the places shall ro to a Untied States senator, and tho choice of a woman as a member of the delegation still Is within the range of possibility. JHsetlsH HardhiK'H Itole. Tho exact role to be played by tho president never has boon officially defined, hul tho general oxpoctatlou Is that after delivering the opening address of tho -conference' November 11 he wlU'remnln In the background of Hie negotiations, leaving contact with the foreign cou:nTTssion ers to his accredited itf!osenlatlvos. (Continued on 1'ago Kin lit) General Leonard Wood Will Handle -Affairs In the Philippines WAfi.N(;T0Ni Au :.Nomi. ,, ,, r ,, i.hilii. N .,,. luul,e,l ,.i' h. ih. u i vr rssi ty of lVnnsylvania t release i,;. r'lm li. imi. in luvnma nm vml llf np institution but his ser vuvs u nn(, islands may not last more Seerelai'y' Weeks said' that- (Jenenil Wnorl hurl vlelili'd I'plllfl M nt I v to lirt infTH that he accept tho Kovcrnondiip preferring to follow his original pur- pose of seeking private employment I p mj,,ht well be, Mr. Weeks, added THE BIG SQUEEZE Forest Officials Hold Important Meeting to Revalue Range Mission UNION. AuC. 13. (Special.) -i Growing out of movement to revalue the range, which was two ye.us bro when the House agricultural commit. tee nt Washington decided to increase range rentuls to stockmen nnd wu;i met with a determined effort on the part of the forest department to block such movement until a proper re-val- uution could be made, thus giviiiu stockmen u square deal, a meeting of officials was held yesterday afternoon at the Experiment Station which i? considered one of the most important to the stock raiser that has ever been held in the northwest. J. K. Kachford from Washington L). ('., assisted by the western repre sentatives of the National Forest Scr vice is making u most thorough in- vestigation of grazing problems nnd livestock conditions in general. Tho primary object of the investigation and various conferences is a considera tion of methods tor de'ermining com- parativc values of different ranges for the production of livestock, con sidering quality iftf range, accessibility and other imp"4'nnt factors. In the party were C. K. Rachford Grazing Inspector, Washington. 1). C; C W'. Kavanaugh, Assistant I is- trict Forester, Portland: J. L. Peter son, in charge of range appraisal, Dis trict No. (I, Portland; W. L. Duttori Grazing rvxanuner, Baker; D. C. In gram, Grazing Examiner, Portlnna; K. M. fcvans, I'orcst Supervisor, Da 51 North 'Powder fiode For niallv Oon.stituted Laht Niirht '. Grand Master Frank S. Itaille of ortland, (irand Secretary, J. F. Rob inson of Portland' and Grand Senior Warden (jeorge T. Cochran of the state Masonic organization constituted Blue Mountain Lodge No. 17 , A. I & A. M., at North Powder last even ing over 150 visiting Masons attend ing the impressive ceremonies. e charier was granted last Julie at the meeting of the Grand Iodge nnd last night's ceremonies completed the formal constitution of the new lodge, 1 ne new lodge nas a mciunersiiip o: twenty-four. Albert G. Angell is Worshipful Muster of the new organ, izaiion, llermnn F. White is Senior Warden and William Tolly is Junior Warden. Following the ceremonies the wives of (he members served a very delicious banquet. HUM) F.IGIIT YfcAHS SV.t'.ti I'UYAi,l,UP, Wash- Aug. lit. When Mrs. Rosalie I, a Plsnln of I'll- y""P to Hon for thn first ,lmn 1,1 ohl y'rK rei-snlly, the II rut ' hl,,K xeliiimed was, "Oh. thiH ,""" H iHveiirtnr. LODGE IS BORN kcr; R. Irvine, Assistant Forest Su pervisor, Baker; James T. Jardino Director of Oregon Experiment Sta tions, Corvallis. At the Union Experiment Station they wore especially interested in so curing data collected by the station over a number of years on growing steers on tho range, feeding them dur ing the winter nnd fattening for mar kets and information as to tho value of different feeds and methods of pro duction including foothill range, sum-: mer range in the forest, fall pasture in the fields and winter feeding in many parts of the Northwest and else where. The National Forest ranges are im portant factors in the production of livestock and best atiniinistration ne cessitates a thorough understanding of the production problems of the for ost; in tho fields, and feeding yards as well. Mr. Rachford has recently spent several months on ranges of the Southwest ana" in California. Ho re ports most trying conditions for stock men on the great ranges of the South west duo to a lack of adequate fin ancing and high shipping costs as compared with the present low mar ket price for cattle. Livestock to consume surplus rnnge and surplus hay of the Northwest are facing star vation because shipments could not be financed. Herman Roesch From Germany La (Irande Bov, After 18 .Month a Journey in Old Country, Home "I never felt better In my life; I weigh Hlo pounds; saw Germany and Kuropo in their present condition, and I am the happiest gink that bver whistled up a tune to he able to re turn to, the ai ma of old Undo Sum." This was the opening statement of Herman Roesch, who left this coun try, a year and a half ago to make a trip to his old home in Germany and view Kuropo after the big war had left its marks. Merman spent a very pleasnnt time with relatives. He says Germany is not in such bad shnne. Of course their commerce is shot to pieces and ! they arc organizing all branches of in- dustry and government alonjr lines that are new to people who have for generations bowed their heads to n potentate, but he thinks the old coun try is in fairly good shape. Other nations that he visited show more disorganization, he says, and in some parts of Kuropc conditions urn anything but good. Vnr some reason Herman failed to bring back a wife as had boon report ed he would, but he returns to Ii lira rule ready to put on his apron and grab tho frying pan to serve tho hungry people who used to be hin customers. Oklahoma Congressman Would Put a Stop to Newspaper Contests WASHINGTON, Aug. IX A bill aimed at newspaper beauty contest was introduced' in ihe house Friday by Representative? derrick, Repuhli ran, Oklahoma, who declared women of today were thinking more of their looks than their homos. An editor, at tempting to start such a contest would face a jail sentence, under the plan BIG CANDLE IS TO BE MEMORIAL NKW YORK, Aug. H.An 18-foot candle that run be burned on every All Souls' flay for 500(1 years is bein made here as memorial to hnrict Caruso, from the inma'en of an orphan homo to which the Metropuliton opera star contributed $in,((M) a year for many years. It, will be placed in the Churvh of the Madonna of I'oinpvii, at Naples Italy. Antonio Ajello, maker of the candle has eree'ed a derrick in his nhop, bv means of which the candle is dipped I hi ice daily into pulling tallow. It will be completed in 10 weeks, and win weigh about 1000 pounds. Mr Ajello has figured that the candle will burn continuously for 13 years am' ne ven months. jMIECET BABES ARE LIVING BoriALUSA, La.. Aug. Bill: I and .lark Adams, twins of Mr. and I Mis. William Adams, are believed by ' local doc'nrs to lie the smallest living j f"lk. Hillie weighed Hi ounces at !' birth and Jack 17. Mrs. Adams' six other children are of normal siz-. The midgets appear to be in perfect h..ltb. BRUMFIELD MAINTAINS SILENT MOOD .Uoseburg Dentist Neither ' 'Afi'iiU'fc' hoi" Denies Guilt. HOLDS HANDS FOR HANDCUFFS T rat'ing of Express Package He Sent Vixnn Myrtle Point to Seattle Is VVhut Caught Unit . ; . CALGARY, Alberta. Aue. 10 Be. yond admitting his identity and prom ising to return to Koseburir without extradition, Dr. R. M. Brumfield, who was arrested on a ranch tmriy mile3 souin oi tnis city yesterday In connec tion with ho death of De.viia Uusscll of Roseburg, maintuins a stolid til ence. Express Package Cat. lies Him. Tho Mounted Police traced Dr. Brumficlif through an order he Pent from Banff to the Seattle expiesj of fice asking that a box he e.pred frum Myn'.'c Point. Oregon, to Mrs. Norman Whitely at Seattle ths day before the tragedy be forwarded to him. The box contained women's wearing apparel and its contents ate worth less. Officers quickly l-icutod Brun field unit when thoy confrunted him ho turned deathly pa e, holding out his hands to receive the nandcuffs. Letter N;vcr Maile d. Under tho mattress upon whirh Diumfiold slept wiw-found a letter in his own handwriting pumnrtinu to havo como from Kussell. The letter told or the ride with Brumhe'd, alsq of (ho accident and of Dr. Brumfinld a death. It related how Kussell changed clothes with the doctor and fled wi:h the letter, which was not signed. The letter had never been mailed. Describes His Movements. CALfiARY. Alberta, Aug. .13. Whilri steadfastly refusing to discuss his alleged crime, Dr. Brumfield will ingly Sold a representative of tho Portland Telegram of his movements since leaving iRoseburg. On the night of July lath he walk ed to Oakland, where ho took a truin. for Portland, remaining thero a few hours ntul continued his trip to Se attle. Jlo H'ayed at Seattle a day nnd then went to Vancouver, B. C, re maining there two days, after which he went to Lake Louise for several (Continued on rage Eight) ' One, Follows AitfHlwi' Tn (Juirk Siici-i'ssion, Some of WHiirh Wore Fatal .IOSKPII, Aug. 13.--(Special) The hand of death seems to ba cen tered on the Joseph country, judging from the number of fatul accidents, that have befallen fthis community re cently. The last one, in which Mike Fuller ton anil Roscoo Foster met death and injury respectively, occurred while the. men were wnrkng in a mina un in the Hurricane creek country southwest of this ci' y. They were running a drift which suddenly cave in, killing Kullerton and rendering Mr. Foster a cripple After being badly injured, Mr. Foster held fast to the earth and rocks and man aged to attract the attention of a man passing along the mountain trail some distance away. The cave-in occurred about 10 o'clock on Thursdny forenoon and It was nearly midnight when the injured man reached Joseph where his leg was dressed. The bones wera brok in in two places nnd the foot was badly crushed. However, if no complications arise physicians claim he will recover Thi is the third fatal acr: lr.'. Ihst has l.;in i lied in this vicinity r. tha list month. C. B. Saylor, a farmer, was elect rocu-'cd while stacking nay and Mr. Wehun and Miss Pratt wera drowned in Wallowa Lake. Mr. Foster, who suffered injuries in the last accident that will render him a cripple for life. Is the son of a farmer living near this city. The man who was killed was foreman of soma wnik being done by the Enterprise, Kloelrirsl company. . ACCIDENTS MANY AROUND DSEPH .1
