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And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that
day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare themtas a
man spareth his own son that servetk him. Malachi 3 : 17.
UNSOLVED MYSTERY
This morning we received through the mail another in
stallment of propaganda from Henry Zorn, who is so gener
ously struggling to secure the passage of the now famous
school moving bill in spite of the fact that it would demoral
ize higher education in Oregon in a vain effort to save the
taxpayers money.
We have been receiving almost every day for several weeks
these neatly mimeographed "news releases" which paint a
pretty picture of the state system of higher education which
would inevitably result from the passage of the proposed
legislation. But today's release is a masterpiece of dramatic
literature !
Unfortunately we lack the space necessary for printing
the entire story, but we shall quote some of the choicest
bits. Jit begins this way:
"Surviving the most dramatic career of any initiative
measure ever offered to the voters of Oregon, the bill to con
solidate the state's institutions of higher education reached
the Secretary of State at Salem today. The bill will be on
the ballot in the November election, and because of the
last incident in its preparation the holdup and stealing of
20,500 names at the point of a pistol it, is. .openly asserted
that ifgoes before the people with the support of thousands
of voters who would probably have been against the bill' in
the election, had it not been for the employment of thugs
to obstruct filing the petitions."
About the sensational holdup we read that on the night of
Independence Day the signed petitions "were reposing in a
safe in Slocum's office. A watchman was on guard. Not
withstanding, a pair of gunmen got into the office, wicked
eyes gleaming through holes cut in handkerchiefs worn over
their faces. They got away with 20,000 names."
"On the morning of the 5th of July the news of the robbery
spread like wild-fire. It kindled such u wave of indignation
na Portland has never before witnessed. It spread to the
state, and from every direction came offers of volunteers to
and a half days the names were secured. Nothing like such a
n half days the names were secured. Nothing like such' a
campaign was ever before seen in Oregon. As yet Port
land's detective force has been unable to solve the mystery
of the holdup."
However, one detective is reported to have said that it
looked like an inside job, and common sense leads most people
to agree. Had the financial backers of Slocum's campaign
for signatures been willing to reveal their identity at the
start, the people might have some confidence in thorn ; but
their under-cover methods have caused many to suspect
them of n put-up job, calculated to give the initiative meas
ure sensational publicity and cast reflections on the Char
acter of honest citizens who oppose it.
It seems strange that the watchman Slocum had hired to
guard the precious petitions did not hear the wicked-eyed
gunmen ascend the rickety, squeaky staircase and pass
through two locked doors which afforded the only access to
the office.
It seems strange that this armed guard should meekly
allow two men to walk in and relieve him of his gun, and
even more strange that one of the thugs promptly opened
the locked safe, the combination of which was not known
to the guard.
The whole story sounds very much like the fruit of a
fertile imagination. The police have so far been unable "to
solve the mystery of the holdup." Hut the affair demands
the most careful investigation, and it is to bo hoped that a
complete revelation will be made before the bill comes before
the voters in NovoiiiIhu-.
If it proves to be a singe-play the bill will not have a
chance to pass. And if the robbery was actually the work
of opponents of the bill, straight-thinking voters will not
approve demoralized education and increased taxation just
for spite.
AND NOW IT'S HOimWtY
Until yesterday, every sort ol under.
handed tactics except downright
thievery, had been charged by the
pushers of the Zorn-MucPherson
school-moving bill against Eugene
and Its companion cities which had
the temerity to defy the initiative
machine gunners. Yesterday the list
of charges was rounded out and made
complete by the final charge. Mr.
81ocum, veteran political manipulator
who has been on the firing line for
the Zorn-MacPherson coterie, added
the touch ol melodrama.
According to his graphic account,
petitions bearing thousands of names
had been placed In his Bale Monday
preparatory to filing yesterday. Plans
had been made to charter an armored
car to take them to Salem. (Don't
overlook the armored car). A guard
had been placed about the safe. Dur
ing tho night two masked men held
up the guards and, while one man
kept a gun trained on them, the other
rifled the safe of the petitions.
The only clues Mr. Slocum has to
report are this. Borne time ago he
was approached by. "a Eugene edi
tor" who tried to persuade htm to
drop the initiative campaign. Re
cently a man offered him money to
step out of tno campaign.
One wonders if Mr. Slocum ever
dabbled In campus politics. Did he,
for example, ever paint the name of
a rival candidate for student body
president prominently on campus
sidewalks, so that the student voters
were aroused against Buch vandalry
to the extent thnt they voted heavily
for the candidate whose name did
not appear on the sidewalks? It's a
gag that any active student politician
knows to make It appear that your
opposition has violated law and de- j
cency to harm your cause. On the 1
face of It, one would think the SIo- I
cum story far too thin. But let's
look at four possibilities:
(1)) Suppose today (tho last day)
the petitions are mysteriously re
turned. They are filed at the last
minute. The Implication Is that the
marauders got cold feet. A state
ment would go out saying that they
had evidently decided the business , WATER VILLE, Wash.. July 8 IIP)
was bringing too much 111 feeling up- At a special meeting of wheat grow
on the community blamed (by In- ers and farmers of .the Big Bend sec
sinuatlon) for the theft. tlon of the Columbia river this week
(2) Suppose there is a wild scram- wage scales for harvesting were set.
oie iur niBimiurea pi..uiiu.ui, lu fe- , It wa3 ae:Moa to Issue a Warnlng
placo those stolen. At tho last mln- to outsiders that there Is plenty of
ute enough signatures are filed and local nel available to handle the
mo siuiemeut goes uuv mill, me peu- harvest
plo rose to circumvent an attack on .
Its expression of will. No one can The sc":e "doPd follows:
Drove that the "stolen" petitions were ' Haying, $1 a day and board. .
not renlaced bv new ones circulated Combine drivers and crews, 8150 to
Just before tho deadline. Anybody 2-60 a aaV nntl hoard.
can see that these first two nosslbll- I Tractor drivers, 82 a day and board
lties, if believed would make splendid ! Horses, 81 a day each team plus
leeu.
HrW
Off THE COjSt Of
NEMDIANQ
. A S-ACLl CT OCOAIO V
SHIP POLLBO UP A
BROKEN C481E 'AND
rouHO A
WMMI
on iT
THE CA61E HAD
PIERCED THE WHUE-S
MouTH AND WAS
Thoroughly looped
APPOriO IIS
The 05AGE OPANGG TQEG.
IS STricTlYW AMERICAN, VVpTH ITS
CENTER OF DSIRl8uTiON NEAR THE
OZAPK MOUNTAINS, YET (TS NEAR
EST RELATIVE IS THE 6REAPFRUIT
TREE of THE SooTH SEAS.
VICE. INC. f-Sfet-
: J
y
Of A PROBOSCIS MONKEY
CAN BE T"LD BY THE LEN5TH OF
ITS NOSE THE OLDER THE.
AWMKEY..THEWN6ER THE HOSB.
TIIK W'llAI.K pulli'd uV by fnptniii do (jfiirterel's table repair
sliip was 00 (cct lii'iiu, anil had In hi ili iiUr,t luce days wheii found.
JiiViow it imin.iiifd t" liu'ok iiBcli oiiio tiie broken cable is a mys
leiy. bill, H had dour- n k-i l'jcl job ol lyhiK itself up.
i'liOliOSCIS MONKI'.YS aro natives of LturiKjo, and have one ot
i Ik- most ni'olpsiiue laces in lnoniii-ydoni.
Haying Wage Is
Set At $1.00 A
Day Plus Board
Combining, $1.50 to $2.25 an ncre
Header puncher, $2.50 and boavd.
Loader, $2.
Header box driver, $1.50.
Spike pitcher, $2.
Cooks, $2. (', r'
CLEARS HER NAME
(Continued From Page One)
political fuel,
(3) Suppose that you had been
tendered a sum of money to get an !
initiative proposal on the ballot. You
had spent part of the money, but ,
still had a long way to go and the
time was growing short. How would )
you go about making It appear that
your failure was no fault of yours? GOPTl?TV WHAT A TV
Wouldn't It be logical tomnke it ap-v0,-',1L, 1 x " UlUiVlN
pufir 'till? uiijunibiii iiiiu iiuiiu yuu mr
(4) Suppose for some reason the
backers wanted to drop tho initiative
bill without honestly admitting that
such action was being taken. Ap- out of England for ti connl nr nm
jmieiib biiuiu ui iiuKu miinuer oi to let the affair blow over, mid the
petitions would effectively cover the hint comes from a quarter which
iiiuvu. 'prvnnnr. ho ttmntwl
atuay over tnoso posRiouuies and Th iord chief UisUcn Imnomvied a
watch this week's events. Also keep copy of tnJ publlct,OI1 containing
iiuim ,iig mm, hub uii- jle iihGl. after nolntliiir out thnt.
snrouueo. mo iimiouvo proposal s some Jlb,la nre crimea. -
backers from tho start. Remember Lord ,-,.. ....,. ,,, ,,,,
how It was said several times that It bntten the proceedings. He is
" " V V 7 .. , a second cousin or King George.
backers of the bill Also remember. lMh A,t.BatI(lIM.
kwiu U..U.-. .r. o.ucum Notwithstanding the settlement or
been reported to have spoken of char- tne cme Lnd Mountbfttten nnd ncr
tering an armored cor to carry the husband both etltered tne mnem
petitions to Salem What a good boX( wlUl tne consent of c
to deny explicitly the allegations In
the ncwapoper article.
"This article refera to a colored
man,' said her attorney 'Ms then, one
syllable of truth In the allegation It
makes?"
"There is not a single word of truth
In It," replied Lady Mountbtttcn
Chairman "never ,n tlie whole course of my life
Hint: & I1IUU bllV I11U11 U'lumu iu.
Please don't understand us as tak
ing this business too lightly. It Is
serious business to be charged, even
by Insinuation, with hold-up and
robbery though It does hove Its nov
elty. Yesterday, serious steps were
taken. The opposition leaders did
not bother with useless statements of
Indignant denial. State
Ammlnn Hf SmlMt nnl linli.a 1
rence T. Harris called upon District',., our " attorney.
Attorney Lamilcy of Multnomah hnv? ,n"",,Hl ,the color!d mnn ""P"
county and Chief of Police Jenkins ',? bc. rcf,rrCd to"
of Portland lo go to tho bottom of 51d tho witness, "but I
the mutter. The thing to do Is to lcvcr nnvo ewn met the " rvo
rind out exactly what happened and1""'1 "otl""K do with him In any
lav the clinics where they belong. sh"po or form- It's propcatorouo
U is possible that, in the nrocess ori"10' tllc '1,ole ng."
Inveatliiatlng tills alleged petition
robbery, the embiirrsssing Identity of
the backers may bc brought lo light.
Kugeno News.
the
SCHOOL BILL
INCLUDED IN
VOTERS' LIST
(Continued From Page One)
PROIII REFORM
ORGANIZATION
FOR ROOSEVELT
NEW YORK, July 8 W) The wo
men's orgnnlr.ation for national pro
hibition reform decided Thursday to
support Franklin D. Koosovelt for
president. The organization claims
a membership of more than 1,000.000
with branches In 43 states.
The decision was reached after an
all day meeting of the executive com
mittee attended by 60 women Irom
23 stated.
Twenty -nine of those present wero
Republicans.
The lust paragraph of
as adopted read:
resolution
PLANUS SHOW 'lilUlll
LMll UAM'l:
The iimount of hamjncrtng
modem passenger-carrying airplane grange water power amendment were
can stunt! when It has to was splen- among tho last to reach the state
dklly Illustrated the other day when 'department. This amendment rc
i romuirrelal plane currying two pi- ites to the control and development
Uts and seven passengers landed at or water power and water powersltea.
Kansas City (ter ,m exceedingly both by tho state and the state In
rough flight Horn Albuquerque. (conjunction with the federal govern-
Durlng the (light the plane ran In- niont.
to what evidently was the great-1 Another initiative measure was
grandfather o( all hall atorma. Its 'sponsored by the Oregon Highway
shatterproof glass windows were all Protective association, of which Os
fH ,' ?! 1 aerv worc ! w'ld W'st f Portland Is president.
.' , , '"VT;1"- corrugations Thc m,nsure provides for the clnasl
n the wing, had been hammered out ;,ic,loll of b.ae, and trucks, with
s ,nv, ..iminML ui rnnunercc in
specters who exnmiupd thc plane ex
is directed it the 1931 legislative act
which prohibits commercial fishing
on the Rogue river.
Another referendum measure at
tacks the 1931 .legislative act provid
ing a tax of 10 cento a pound on all
in the state of Oregon.
The third rererendum Is directed at
the legislative act appropriating ap
proximately $1,682,000 for the support
of the higher educational Institutions.
Although Governor Meier, vetoed
$500,000 ol the appropriation, the ref
erendum attacks the entire amount
COMMUNIST WING
CANCELS PARADE
(Continued from Page One)
commander-in-chief of the bonus
army.
Later, . Waters called upon Vice
President Curtis to tell him, of the
situation In tho bonus camp.
The vice president told newspaper
men afterward thot tho veterans'
commandant did not discuss the
$100,000 appropriation, awaiting the
president's approval, for sending the
marchers 'home.
v-;-i ' i -EXPECT
50 CARS
OF CHERRIES TO
BE SHIPPED HERE
(Continued from Page One)
Hood River and "Yakima to the east
ern states have been under way for
some time.
. Ky Mrs. A. G. Cuiiklln
(Observer Correspondent)
COVE, Ore. (Special) Cherry pick
ing began Wednesday In some or
chards and Thursday in others. The
crop Is fairly good though not large.
The price for Royal Amies Is so small
that growers get very little after they
have paid for picking and hauling.
There has been no price established
for the black cherries.
imust Am iNrarannM rw uma urc't
(fEELfF VOU FHOWE TUP CACCiii ffmA
(MANAGER TO HAVE JJ9 FOLLOW HOU '
lUfl HID MWA 1 rfJK Hf.
1
Leave your vacation address with
thc circulation department. Main
GOO.
prrsMii mmpivic IJOIUT In tlie pas-
sengem' statement thnt It had been
bombarded by hailstones "as tare
us apples."
A frw years ogo sm h a storm would
have wrecked any pltnte. This plane
citine through on sclu'ttulc nnd land
ed Its passengers unhutmrd. It is a
splftulld testimonial to the substan
tial way planes aro bnit tovndys
and to the skill with whtoh they
are flown. Klamath Falls Hernia.
organization, because they are com
mitted to the rnuso of repeal, wheth-
they bo Hepubllcans or whether
they be Democrats, to give their sup
port to the nominee of thnt party
which favors the repeal of the mth
amendment, Franklin Delano Uoose-
Two-thirds nf tho neonlo In the
Mlchignn peninsula between Sngl-iof any one
naw bnv and Lake Huron wore left IuhU'cki nr tu n. -
"Wo therefore urge members ol this, hoim-lws In a forest fire In 1071. One of the three referendum bills
relation to weight and Increases and
fees.
Wet Measure on Hal tot
Repeat of the state prohibition
laws Is provided In an Initiative
measure sponsored by Harry B. Crlt
ehlow of Portland.
Three of the proposed constitution
al amendments were referred to the
votera through resolutions adopted b
the 1031 Jegkdntur. Probnbly the
most Important of these ta known ns
the taxpayers' voting qtiallficatlon
amendment. Tills amendment pro
vides that nil persons voting on tax
levies and bond issues shall be tax
pnyers. Another proposed constitutional
amendment referred by the legisla
ture authorizes criminal trials with
out Juries by consent of tho Accused
person. ,
The third proposed amendment
provides that tho 6 per cent limita
tion provision .may be applied to levies
or three previous years,
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Holeproof
$1.00 Values, Now
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$1.50 Values, Now
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m
yHT.n'jjT-m 1 1 1 1 i mm'
REPEAL BILL
TO BE VOTED
ON IN SENATE
(ContmuBd Prom Page One)
bate on Barbour's motion to dis
charge the judiciary committee from
further consideration of his proposal
and to bring It before the senate It
self. - '
.
A vote before adjournment on
legislation to legalize beer was urged
today in both branches of congress.
In the senate a bill, by Bingham
(R., Conn.), calling for 3.2 per cent
beer was the pending business with
Its supporters determined to bring
it to a vote without delay.
On the house side, 77 Republicans
signed a petition addressed to Spakenr
Garner advocating an Immediate roll-
call on legislation legalizing and tax
ing beer to bolster the nation's fiscal
condition.
BORAH SUPPORTS
GLASS MEASURE
(Continued from Page One)
"In my Judgment," he said, "this
is a very conservative measure. By ,
no means can it be assailed as Infla- j
tlon In the objectionable - sense in ;
which that world is used."
The measure Is the Glass substl- !
tute for the Goidsborough- dollar i
stabilization bill passed by the house, 1
and would permit issuance of cur- j
rency against about $1,000,000,000 of
government bonds not now eligible.
While this Is a step In the right
direction," ho said, "my own view is
we will have to go much farther be
fore we have passed through the
present period of depression.
"Any measure to stop deflation,'
Borah asserted, "must be of greater
concern than either beer or red
liquor."
FEDERAL AID
IS ASKED FOR
LUMBERMEN
(Continued From Page One)
mittcd to the proposal.
' The capital assets of the corpora
tion In the lumber industry and the
natural resources of the state are be
ing dissipated to such an alarming
extent that only by Immediate and
drastic action to correct matters can
the industry, now in bad shape, be
saved from getting into a deporablc
condition," the governor's message
said in part.
"I stand ready to give whatever
practical aid and assistance that I
can. The federal government must
do likewise."
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' the Men's Department
Air.'$7. Stetson
Hats reduced to
$5.
AIJ jil-aw Hats
now reduced
33 1-3
89 Pairs of Men's
All Wool
Dress Trousers
Reduced
33 1-3
All Sizes From 29 to 44 Waist
All Florsheim Shoes
-and. Oxfords now
$6.85 & $7.85
One lot of black Freeman
Oxfords, reg. priced at $6.
$3.95
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