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w American agricultural products. Both ot the bills are Introduced by the American Farm Bureau Federa tloa and go beyond the admlnistra Published Every Friday at Lents Sta lien proposals In the recently Intro tion, Portland, Oregon duced Learoot-Anderson bill. LAWRENCE DINNEEN, Editor BORAH WITHDRAWS CONFERENCE PLAN mi. Scott Herald STATE AND FEDERAL LIQUOR TRIALS LEGAL Entered as second-class mail mat ter February 14, 1914, at the poet office at Lenta, Or., under act of con grew, March 3, 1879. Subscription Price * — -81.50 a year Washington. D. C.—Two cases con sidered by the government ot major Importance in the enforcement of na tional prohibition have been decided by the suprene court. In one of them, coming from the state of Wash ington. the government scored a sweeping victory, the supreme court holding that both the federal and a state government can prosecute and punish the same unlawful act In the manufacture, possession, transporta tion or sale of Intoxicating liquors. The other cue. coming from Cali fornia. the government lost in its con tention that in the enforcement ot national prohibition an executive of ficer can impose and collect aa taxes the assessments and penalties Impos ed by those sections of the revised statutes which retrain unrepealed by the Volstead act and which became law while the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor waf not prohibited. 5812 Ninety-second Street Phone Auto. 622-28 NOTES AND NEWS A valued subscriber in renewing her subscription at the end of the year said that she did not wish to start the New Year owing any bills; an admirable resolution' which we recommend to Herald readers gen erally. The problem of imperialism has been greatly simplified by the use of air plane« for bombing purposes» Instead of costly garrisons to keep the natives in order it is now necessary only that the occupying government maintain a few air squadrons. An example is reported from Mesopotamia where Great Britain, in accordance with the treaty of Pans, is extending civilisa tion. Among the benefits of civiliza tion to which many of the Arab tribe.- are unaccustomed is that of taxation and various of the tribesman failed to respond to the assessments, where upon bombs were dropped on their villages to show them how much bet ter it would have been to have paid their taxes in the first place. The London Daily Mail tells of a sheik who in making a payment on account naked that further bombardment from air be postponed, writing, “You have killed one wife and spoiled another.“ W. G. P. HARDING Idaho Senator Informed That Harding Is Working Along the Same Lines. _ Washington. D. C.—The fight over the proposal of Senator Borah that President Harding call an economic conference came to a substantial climax In the senate when the Idaho senator announced that he would withhold his propqeed amendment to the naval appropriation bill on admin istration assurnnees given by 8«nator Watson of Indiana that the president already was sounding out the situation th a way that« might lead to some movement that would aid the adjust ment of conditions prevailing tn Eu rope After Senators Ixxdge and Watson, speaking for the administration, had assured Senator Borah that the gov ernment la now moving in the direc tion deelred by him. Borah said he had no desire to "retard progress'* and he announced he would not push hia amendment to a vote. At the White House it was said the president regarded Senator Borahs action as a "wise move." High of ficials also said that the president was not now contemplating the call ing of a general economic conference. I but at present proposed American par i tk-lpaiton In* an economic conference on reparations. Adjustment of this and ot the allied debta question, the president was said tc feel, are neces sary before the administration can proceed with further steps in Europe's behalf. An Englishman, writing in the Na tion of London, vote« for a world pool for the stabilization of wheat prices The pool would build up reserves to prevent violent seasonal variations in price, a thing to be desiderated both by proihicer and consumer. He would have the international pool buy in years of plenty and sell in years of scarcity. On account of the number of great wheat-producing countries to be considered he admits the immense difficulty of the undertaking, but he W. G. P. Harding, former governor urge« that the need is proportionate of the federal reserve board, who will to the difficulty. assist Cuba in installation of a bank- Ing system similar to the United The optimist who said that no mat States federal reserve. ter how much time he wasted he had as much left as anybody else max- have been in the right as far as his own case was concerned, but, in gen eral, wasters have no license to figure that way; the habit of wasting time is a great handicap to its possessor. He find» it hard to work up to his capac Olympia, Wash. — Approximately ity when he does take a notion to 870.000 of the 812 ¿00.000 that has bestir himself. been made available for paying the WASHINGTON BONUS FUND HOLDING OUT Loyalty to the “lost tense" is ap parently still a virtue in Georgia. The Hon. W. C. Lankford, of the 11th Georgia district, in a speech to his home folk declared the defense of the South in the civil war was “the greatest defense of home, of true principles and of sacred rights ever made since the stars first sang together,” which everybody will admit is a long time LEGISLATION "TO”AID FARMERS PROPOSED Bills Introduced in Congress to Establish Farm Loan System. added compensation claims of world war veterans rema ns. and as bonus payments now are running between 82000 and 85000 a week it is likely the money on hand will last until the next legislature meets. The latest report of the division of the state auditor's office shows 56,199 claims paid, 2000 rejected. 1362 pend ing and 1220 classed as professional soldiers, making a total of 60,762 claims received. This number is being increased slowly. The largest number of rejected I claims were those of men not actual ! residents of Washington when they 1 enlisted here; next were those who re- I ceived more than the amount of their | bonus in extra pay for work in the i spruce division. Washington, D. C— Rural credits legislation, said to hare the approval of administration officials and propos ing to create a farm credits depart ment as a part of the present farm I loan system, was introduced simul taneously in the senate and house by Senator Lenroot. republican ot Wiscon sin. and Representative Anderson, re publican of Minnesota. The two bills, similar In most par ticulars. would make available -for farm loans a total of 860,000.000, dis- jributçd equally among the 12 federa! farm loan banks. The present govern ment subscription to the 12 banks totals only 812,000.000. The banks would be authorised to rediscount farm paper having a maturity ot from six months to three years. The proposed legislation stipulates that farm paper could be rediscount ed for national and state banks and trust companies, incorporated llve- stockloan companies, farjp credit com ¿ajiies, '.’'«¿I compa^las and other banking instltuti<yT , 2if bill amending the farm loan let to provije additional credits was Introduced by Senator Norbeck, re publican. South 6ekota. and Repre tentative Strong, republican. Kansas; while another, introduced by Senator Norbeck and Representative A. P. Nel son. republican. Wisconsin, would auth orise the war finance corporation to make loans to foreign purchasers ot DEATH RATE DROPS Fewer Deaths In 1921 Than in Year Previous. Washington. D. C. — Figures for i practically all states within the death registration area of the country, as announced by the census bureau, re flect the decreased death rate for the total area In 1921 as compared with the preceding year. Of the adjusted rates figured on the differences in the sex and age dis tribution of the population in the various states. Montana showed the lowest. 8.8 per 1006 population and Massachusetts the higheTt, 18.4. For cities of 100,000 or more population, the lowest adjusted rate, 9.2, was re ported for Akron. O.. while the rate of 19 for Memphis was the highest. Patronize our advertisers. R. and M. 7 AREINDICTEDON WAR FRAUD CHARGES Washington. D. C.—Benedict Crow ell, assistant secretary of war under the Wilson administration and six "dollar a year" men associated with the council of national defense, were Indicted here by the special grand jury investigating war frauds on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government In construction of war time army camps and cantonments. The others indicted are William A. Starrett. Morton C. Tuttle. Clemens W Lundoff. Claire Footer. John H. McGibbons. Jernes A. Meers. The Indictments charge a conspir acy to maladminister existing regula tions. to control the giving of con tracts to friends, associates and cli ents under the "cost plus” system, which It is charged resulted in a loss to the government of millions of dol lars and reduced the morale of labor. the army moved. TH« MARKKTB The rvsvrvlsta of the 1920 and 1928 classes, tbs dispatch continued, have Portland been called to the colors War Min Wheat—Bluestem. 81.44: soft whit«, ister l*angaloe has been appointed 81.33; western white. 81.31; hard wta- commander-in-chief In Thrace and has ' ter and northorn spring, 11.14)4; left with hia secretary for Salonika. western red. 81.1154. Corn—Whole, 841; cracked. 843. Five Railroads Merge. Hay— Alfalfa. 819019 50 per ton; Cleveland. O —Consolidation ot the valley timothy. 833; eastern Oregon New York, Chicago and 8t. Louis timothy. 833. I Nickel Plate), the Chicago A State Butter Fkt—48O49c. Line and Lake Erie a Western. Fort Eggs -Ranch. 50057c. Wayne, Cincinnati A Louisville, and Cheese—Tillamook triplets, 33HO the Toledo. St. Louts A Western 33«; Young Americas. 33HO34c; block (Clover Leaf), was approved here by Swiss. 30O33c; cream brick. 28030c. the board of directors of the five rail Cattle — Choice steers, 86 74 0 7 24; roads. representing an authorised ca medium to good. 86 0 6 75. pitalisation of 8105.400.000 and operat Sheep—East ot mountain lambs and ing 1695 miles of track. choice valley lambs, 811012 40 Hoge—Prime light. 8909.50; smooth heavy. 8*09 Armenian National Hems Planned I-auaanne -Plana tor an Armenian Seattle. national homq, financed with a poa Wheat — Hard white, 81.34; soft slble 820,000,000 appropriation by the United States congress or a popular white, western white, 8134. hard red loan tn Amerlcn In addition to funds winter, soft red winter and northern from other countries, were presented spring. 8120; red. 81.18; Big Bend to the Near East conference by the bluestem. 81 40. Hay—Alfalfa. 823; timothy. 837; American delegation. straw. 814. Butter mt—4MO50c 45 Implicated In Louisiana Raida. Eggs- Ranch. 40044c. Bastrop. La — Fbriyflve parsons Cattle — Prime steers, 870740; were implicated in the Morehouse kid naping and murders of last August, medium to choice. 86 40 0 7. Hogs — Primo light, 89.75010; acc. iding to two confessions reported smooth heavy. 87 50 0 * 40. as delivered by tke department of Judge Coke Nominated U. 8. Attorney. Washington. D. C.—President Hard ing nominated John 3. Coke to be Vnlted States attorney for the dis trict of Oregon. Make 1923 Dividends are payable every three months. Start a earings account today. It only takes a dollar. After that you'll learn what every other depositor knows—that it's fun to save. This is a good sound investment and our Easy Payment Plan enables ycu to get 7 per cent Interest on your savings while you are paying for your shares. It’s all in getting started. Washington Tax Meeting to Be Held. Seattle. Wash. — The tax limit league, organised to scale the total tax rate of this state down to not more than 40 mills on a 50 per cent property valuation, will hold Its first state conference in Tacoma early in December. Investigate this Unusual Opportun ity today. You Can Earn Ask any of our employe« about It I Per Cent on your savings. Investment Department Do It Now! Multnomah State Bank Division Bakery 50th and Division Streets A PORTLAND ! Portland. Oregon I Pay our new shop a visit GREEK ARMY IS ON MARCH We have white, raisin, rye, wholewheat Pullman, French and twist bread. Variety of rolls, too. For the original French coffee cake come here. War Is Considered Inevitable Between Greeks and Turks. Fruit and pound cokes, mince and all varieties of pie». London.—A dispatch from Athens says the entire Greek army Is moving toward Thrace, war being considered inevitable. The dispatch adds that former Premier Veniselos telegraphed the revolutionary government advising it to send reinforcements to the Thra cian front and asking to be informed of the number of troops there. A meeting of the cabinet followed and Every Saturday and Sunday, French doughnut« and pastry. : ’t Buy Printing Give ’.is a trial Fraucis E. Nandie Until you know what your telephone num ber will ho after January 27. Proprietor - From now until midnight of January 27, call Automatic 622 28 for better printing. Early in thp morning, January 28, call Phone Main 5977 for more information RETAILERS SERVICE BUREAU, Inc. SUnset 2228 R. V. Lewis, Pres. Better Printing Cali ’em S h ou re a Sote (Sweet Showers), as Chaucer did — if you want to. But this is the weather to see to it that your car is in shape. That’s whet we do for you. See That Your Car Is In Shape. The Franklin Garage Tabor 5603 J £ 5 It will take but a minute, however, to find out what your new numlier is to lie. 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Or.— Recommendation for the construction of a modern office building for state purposes st a cost of between 8400.000 and 8500,000 Is contained in the biennial report of Secretary of State Kaser. filed with the state board of control. GASOLINE O I L LIT YOUR MONtY WORK FOR YOU justice men to state authorities at New Orleans. Millers' Service Station Eastern and Western HORSE SENSE TA VELU & MACK 1383 Divison Street «. r c r < r The Mt. Scott Herald Makers of Trade-Getting Ammunition Ixnta Station, Portland, Or. 812 Ninety -second Street S. E.