Qi aSSV"0 TITEiNT EKFKibt,, tKiDAxDECEMBR 29. 1922.
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HIGHWAY BODY ViLL
CONSIDER RELIEF WORK
Willamette News
Provided the governor-elect and the
legislature guarantee their action
will be legalized, the state highway
commission -will take up on December
29 the building of the Columbia high
way through the burned area of As
toria. This and the approach, to the
city will amount to about $250,000.
It now depends on Astoria whether
it can obtain from Walter M. Pierce,
governor-elect, and a majority ol the!
legislators, promises to sanction the
Willamette Bends greetings and
congratulations to Queen Harriet and
her maid of honor. Willamette and
West Linn were loyal to their candi
date Miss Vena Barnes, and she is to
be congratulated on the splendid run
she made-
On Wednesday evening of last week
a basket social and a dance was giv
en in the West Linn Inn annex and
the sum of $70 was raised which was
contributed to the campaign to elect
Vena Barnes queen of the dedication
services on December 28 when the
new bridge connecting West Linn and
Oregon City will be formally opened
to vehicle traffic After the baskets
finnrea t hn finmrnlnvinn "WitTimi sal WPro nnntionfill riff to thA TilerhABf- nfI-
pecial law covering this matter, the ders an informal dance was given. As I UI lr leuuJ " uregon i.ity on tounaay.
ging camp rturned to his home in
Willamette last Saturday.
Miss Harriet Snidow, -a senior at
the Oregon . Agricultural College ar
rived in Willamette Saturday to spend
the Christmas holidays at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G- L. Sni
dow. The Rev. Dr. Leach or Salem, who
is district superintendent of the
Eastern Conference, preachd a very
interesting sermon at the Methodist
church in Willamette on Sunday
morning.
Among those from Willamette, who
shopped in Portland on Saturday were
Mrs. Dibblee, Elsie Fellows, Mrs. Mc
Lean, Mrs. H. Leisman and . Mary
Leisman. "
Mrs. H. W. Greaves and daughter.
Lydia Gertrude, visited at the home
RETAILERS'
Trade Is Subject of
Thoro Investigation;
BUSINESS
Of All Classification
Is Now Declared to Be
INCREASING.
By Robert E. Smith-
commissions cannot proceed. To ex- a social affair it was much enjoyed
pedite the work of reconstruction in
Astoria and give" it a paved thorough
fare through the devastated area, the
commission has agreed- to hold and
adjourned meeting December 29. This
gives two weeks for Astoria to act.
In the opinion of the highway com
mission, the paved way in the burn
ed district should be 80 feet in width.
The route selected is Commercial
street.
Pursuant to a petition from Astorr
ia representatives, the commission
sent Herbert iNunn, state highway en
gineer, to Astoria to study the situ
ation and make a- report. The re
port shows that the highway in the
burned district is 2150 feet. To build
retaining walls of concrete and pave
this will cost about $175,000. The
commission is prepared to undertake
this, if authority is guaranteed, and to
finish the grade and pave the high-
and all united in giving their very
best wishes to Miss Barnes.
Mrs. H. W. Greaves spent Monday
shopping in anticipation of the Christ
mas holidays:
A new Edison phonograph was pur
chased last week by Florence Fro
mong. The machine is one of the
new models and is being much en
joyed by the Fromong family.
Mrs. George Batdorf was an Albany
visitor from Thursday until Sunday of
last week visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John Batdorf. I
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Aaamson were
the guests of relatives in Portland
last Wednesday evening when they
attended the circus given by the
Shriners at the public auditorium.
Helen wallis was ill and out of
school on Monday and Tuesday of last
week. Miss Wallis is a senior at the
way at the east approach to the city, j Union High school.
This will cost approximately $70,0001
If it should be desired to carry the
highway work from the east approach,
through the destroyed section and
around to Young's bay, the undertak
' ing would involve, roughly, $500,000.
The commission favors completing
the east approach and building the
highway, 80 feet in width, through
the burned area, as the immediate
step. Having announced its willing
ness to proceed, if the proper assur-j
ances are given, the commission now 1
marks time for a fortnight.
Under the present law the commis
sion is inhibited from building and
paving a highway through a town
of more than 2500 population, nig
is the main, stumbling block whiob
must be removed by the legislator
and Mr. Pierce. i
Under the resolution of A W. Nor-
blad in the senate in 1921, the com-
mission was directed to make a re
port at the 1923 session as to the
feasibility and approximate cost of
building a bridge across the Columbia
river as near the mouth as practica
ble. This report is now in process of
compilation. The government will in
sist on such a structure being 150
feet above the water, and no draw
allowed. On the lower river such a
bridge would cost about $4,000,000 and
there is no money in sight for such
an undertaking.
Work on The Dalles-California high-
lay, in Deschutes county, from a
n ranch. to .raunna crees, was or
dered nreDared for advertising. Tb'.s
t section has been held up almost two
years by the possibility of the Ben
ham falls reservoir becoming a real
ity. As there is now no immediate
prospect of this project being built,
the commission yesterday decided to
go ahead with the construction of the
highway. . The grading and rocking
will be advertised for the January or
February meeting.
Replying to the petition of Baker
people for changing the location of
the Old Oregon Trail so that it will
not bs in the way of the North Pow-j
der irrigation reservoir, the commis
sion announced that the change in the
road will be made at the cost of the
state when the project is ready to pro
ceed. The estimated cost for the
change is about $25,000.
Engineers were directed to prepare
as a federal aid project the Tygh val
ley section of The Dalles-California
highway. This is about 12 miles in
length. An additional location was
also made for the Sherman . highway
from Grass Valley to the school house
near Criterion.
N FEDERAL BOOZE RAID
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 Swooping
down upon. a fashionable apartment
ioP. street here today, police and
government agents arrested two young
men whom they accuse of being boot
leggers to a considerable section of
Washington's social and official set.
Twenty-five . "gallons of alcohol
which was being manufactured into
synthetic gin in the apartment and
an "address book" containing names
cl some members of congress and
prominent Wa&hingtonians were
among the seisures.
The men arrested were "booked at
police headquarters as Raymond Gray,
28, a broker, and Ronal Hendley Irvin,
28, an engineer. Within a short time
after their arrest a number of Wash
ington attorneys were endeavoring to
secure their release.
The police declined to. make public
the names of the "client list," but
among them, the police declared, were
a number of congressmen, officials of
the government and socially promi
nent persons.
Occupants of the apartment house,
aroused by the arrests, assisted the
g.) ornment agent3 to carry out -he
u.'r. Inr of littles in the apa t -. t
When the arrests' were made 15 bot
tles had been filled with the gin and
properly labelled. Other bottles were
in process of being filled.
One of the government agents is
said to have appeared at the apart- j
nient house in the guise of a customer. I
Gray and Irvin were later released
after each gave $1500 bqnd.
Oregon City Couple
Get License to Wed
A marriage license was issued
Thursday to Harris T. Duit and Eliz
abeth Jennicks, both of this city.
George Elligsen has been ill for the
past week suffering with an attack
of appendicitis. Dr. Silverman is the
attending physician.
Mrs. John Wilkens of Willamette,
who underwent an operation about
ten days ago for appendicitis, under
went another surgical operation last
Wednesday for the removal of gall
stones. She is gaining strength slow
ly.
Mrs. Amy Bersie and sons purchas
ed a Columbia graphanola last week
which they are enjoying immensely.
George Batdorf was ill last week
and confined to his room.
As the result of an explosion of a
coal oil stove the Trut residence
was burned to the ground on Thurs
day evening. The house , was a six
room structure located on acreage
near town. Frank Truit, who is at
tending school tried to start the fire
before the arrival of his father. Only
a dresser and a trunk were saved al
though the fire department responded
to the call. Mrs. Truit was expected
home for the Christmas holidays.
Although snow fell and the day
might have been called dismal a so
cial time was enjoyed at the home
of Mrs. Wesley Milliken on 'Four
teenth street on Thursday when
friends gathered at her home about
eleven o'clock with well laden baskets
and at twelve o'clock a pot luck din
ner wag served. In the afternoon
Christmas gifts were exchanged be
tween those present and the children
present were given favors from a
large Christmas tree. Those present
were Mrs. Ida Peter, Mrs. H. Leisman,
Mrs. Niel Whitney and son, Allen,
Mrs. John Rauch and son, Lynn, Mrs.
Robert Toung and daughter, Lillian,
Mrs. Albert Buckles and daughter,
Betty, Mrs. Harold White, Mrs. John
Casey and daughter, Mary Jane, Mrs.
John Ream, Jr., and son, Kenneth,
Mrs. Frank Shipley, Mrs. Ewald Leis
man and children, Richard, Marshall
and Lorraine, Mrs. Joe Schauble and
daughter, Dorothy, Mrs. Denton and
son, Riley, and Mrs. Milliken and chil
dren. Mrs. E. A. Leighton has been very
ill at her home in Willamette suffer
ing from the effects of-a carbuncle.
Dr. Silverman, local physician, is in
attendance.
Miss Vena Barnes spent Saturday
of last week shopping in Portland and
in the evening attended the theater.
Charles Gale of Portland purchased
the property owned by Mr. Overton on
Main street between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets in the business dis
trict of Willamette. Mr Gale is Mrs.
Peery's father.
Willamette was represented in
Portland on Monday when Mr. Peery.
local druggist, made a business trip
to the city.
Wayne, the small son of Mr. and
Mrs. Leo Larsen, who has been very
in at the family home on. railroad
avenue is improving slowly.
wiabel Larsen spent Saturday of
last week shopping in Portland.
An out of town visitor at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Barnes was Ken
neth Austin of Albany, who was a
guest of Terry Barnes from Thursday
until Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Overton and family
moved Monday from -their- property
on main stret, which they recently
sold to Mr. Gale of Portland, into the
M. R. Snidow residence on Fourteenth
street.
An Oak Grove visitor at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Martin on Sun
day was George Martin, son of Mr.
Martin. .
Alice Beardsley has been suffering
with a large boil on her upper lip
and was out of school the first of the'
week.
The men of the Fraternal Brother
hood lodge entertained the ladies of
the lodge last Tuesday evening. Mov
ing pictures were shown, after which
a dance was given. In spite of the
cold a good crowd attended and all
enjoyed the social evening.
At the Parent-Teachers' meeting,
which was held last Friday afternoon
in the school house it was decided
that the association would furnish hot
soup 'and cocoa to the Willamette
school children this winter. An elec
tric stove has been installed in the
basement and each day two members
of the Parent-Teachers association
will make the hot soup and serve the
children at the noon hour. Mrs. M. J.
Brown is president of . the association
which has accomplished much good
in Willamette.
Sunday visitors at the home of Mrs.
S. E. Adcock were Mr. and Mrs. John
Gerber and Joseph Gerber and son,
Francis and Oris of Portland.
Clara Bartholomew fell on the slip
pery pavement last week and sprain
ed her left wrist The injury has
been very painful but Miss Barthol
emew has kept on with her work. She
is employed in the Price Bros, depart
ment store of Oregon City.
Dale Skinner returned last .week
from St. Helens where he has been
employed as a civil engineer. Owing
to the bad weather Mr. Skinner will
not return to St. Helens for a few
weeks.
Josiah Martin, who has been ser
iously HI at his home is much improv
ed in health.
Miss Harriet Snidow and her moth
er, Mrs. G. L. Snidow were the guests
of the latter"s mother, Mrs. Roman, at
her home in Mt .Pleasant on Sunday.
Mrs. Roy Bartholomew ha9 been 111
at her home on Eleventh street for
several days.
Mrs. Montgomery Is much improved
in health and. Monday spent the day
shopping .In Portland
The Misses Ruth Miller and Jessie
Babcock of Willamette accompanied
by the Misses Mildred and Bertha
McKillican of Bolton enjoyed" a hike
and coasting on Sunday.
Eunice Carlson and her brother,
Marion Carlson were Portland visit
ors on Sunday at the home of relatives.
President Lumbermen's Trust
pany, Portland, Oregon
Com-
FIRST JAIL BREAK IS
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21. Wil
liam J. Huff, 25, held ia the civy Jail
on seven charges of burglary, es
caped early today in the first jail
break in the history of the institution.
Huff pried the bars of his jail cell
door, scaled a vent pipe to the roof
and broke through a skylight to reach
the outside. How he descended-the
six stories to the street is a mystery.
Huff, an ex-convict having once
been sentenced to San Quentin for
life from Stockton on a robbery charge
and later paroled, is known to the
police as a desperate 'gunman. He
was arrested November 26 at a local
rooming house with Clarence H. Mur
ray on a tip from Eureka. Murray
was shot in the struggle which, fol
lowed when officers attempted to
arrest the two men.
Four burglary charges were pre
ferred against Huff locally and bond
was fixed at $40,000. Two burglary
charges are pending in Portland, Or.,
one in Eureka, Cal., and two in Oak
land against the man.
The opening in his cell door through
which he escaped was but 6 by 10
inches. How he secured the bar with
which he pried the cell grating is un
known. ;
Because of the difficulty he would
have encountered in descending the
sheer walls of the city prison, belief
was expressed by Lieutenant James
Boland of the city prison that he may
be hidden within the institution
watching an opportunity to make his
break for the outside. A search of
the prison is being made.
In an effort to gauge actual local
business conditions, our bank this
week made a fairly thorough can
vass of business men of Portland. Men
in many lines of business, including
hardware, groceries, shoes, books and
stationery, jewelry, implements, auto
mobiles and department stores were
interviewed, as were also railroad and
street railway officials, managers of
the electric light and gas companies,
and a number of leading bankers. The
general conclusion drawn from their
reports is that business Is very satis
factory. Almost every line reported
an Increase- over the business of last
year, and almost all are looking for
ward to at least the beginning of 1923
with hope, if not with entire confidence.
President thinks that suspension of
railroad operation through strikes
should be prevented through estab
lishment In Washington of a "tribun
al to which railway labor and mana
gers may appear respecting questions
of wages and working conditions." In
the adpudication of such difficulties
the Railroad Labor Board is handi
capped by the fact that, it represents
three intrests, the roads, the work
ers and the public. A body, which
exclusively represents the public
would better serve general interest In
me settlement or such problems. That R.E. Butler, of th Butter Poultrv
the public interest should be para- J farms, of Jennings Lodge, and a mem
mount and controlling in the settle- ber of the Portland police department.
Clackamas County
Is Attaining Record
For Poultry Farms
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Eastern poultry fanciers appreciat
ing the fact that some of the highest
class birds of the United States are
being produced in Oregon, are now
turning their attention to securing
some of the best from Clackamas
county.
ment of strikes the President implies
in this paragraph:
"Since the government assumes to
safeguard his (the worker's) interests
while employed in an essential public
service, the security, of society itself
demands his retirement from the ser
vice shall not be so timed and related
has just received an order together
with a check for $675 for a pen of
his birds from ; the Smith Standard
Incubator company, of Cleveland,. O.
This is considered one of the largest
cash orders from the western states.
The telegram asked for two cocker
els at $100 each, four yearling hens
as to effect the destruction of that J at $50 each and 11 hens at $25 each.
ADMINISTRATION POLICY
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service,
He defended the Administration'
foreign policy, saying the "Unlited
States is insistent on American rights
wherever they may be questioned and
denies no rights of others in the as
sertion of her own." He pointed out
that the United States has furnished
the world in the v four-power pact a
new plan for avoiding war. He sug
gested that the United States should
help rehabilitate foreign currency
systems and facilitate commerce
which "does not drag us to the verv
The head of a targe department hovels cf those we seek to life up";
store reported the holiday trade as
opening up very well indeed.. Ha said
that his business throughout the store
had shown a nice gain over that of
last year.
A prominent jeweler reported that
if his sales continued to hold up
through December as they had start
ed, he would do 100 per cent more
business this month than be did in
December of last year. Business all
around with him has been the best
during the year just closing that it
has been for many a year
A large book and stationery firm
reported about a fifteen per cent in
crease in its this year's business over
that of last year. The wholesale end
of this business is better than it has
been for two years past, due to the
replenishment of, lowered stocks. Col
lections are fair.
, A wholesale grocer said that he had
and he thinks that immigration re
strictions should be augmented by
requiring foreign registration of
aliens.
The Pan-American Conference
It is the hope of the President and
Mr. Hughes that limitation of arma
ment, both on land and sea, will form
one of the Important topics of dis
cussion at the Pan-American confer
ence which Is to be held in Chile next
March. Some of the nations have ex
pressed themselves as desiring to
know the nature of the proposed limi
tation before accepting this as . an
item on the agenda- in' the case of
the Washington conference, a ratio
was figured from the status quo which
would leave the relative strengths
of the American, Japanese and Brit
ish fleets practically the same. The
fact that twenty-one nations will be
represented at the Chilean confer-
had a very good fall trade Indeed, but ence will complicate matters consid-
that it had slackened as it always
does at this season of the year.
Hardware dealers are finding their
trade very good indeed for this time
of year. In fact, one dealer said that
compared with previous years his firm
is doing an excellent business and he
finds prospects bright for the first six
months of nextyear.
The manager of a large shoe store
finds business going along in a very
satisfactory manner, though buying
is still being done on a small scale.
He is anticipating a good increase in TTotViv Qtir-ta fivl
the siirin2 trad. 'hut there still seems ttlllCr OIIOOLo VJJXI
erably, and the task of formulating a
plan acceptable to all twenty-one, be
tween soma of whom are the keenest
of jealousies and rivalries, will be a
formidable one. The ultimate end
aimed at Is the creation of an effect
ive Pan-American League with a Pan-
American Court, and besides there is
keen necessity of standardization in
numerous commercial matters. Ef
forts toward co-operation, too, are to
be fostered and encouraged.
WHAT TO PUT IN THE LUNCH
The eternal question for the mother
who has to do up her school-children's
dinner is what to put in the lunch
basket. The department of Agricul
ture makes these suggestions:
1. Sandwiches with sliced tender
meat for filling, baked apple, cookies,
or a few lumps of sugar.
2. Slices of meat or bean loaf,
sandwiches, stewed fruit, small frost
ed cakes.
3. Crisp rolls, hollowed out .and
filled with chopped meat or fish,
moistened and seasoned or mixed
with salad dressing, orange, apple, a
mixture of sliced fruits or berries,
cake.
4. Lettuce or celery sandwiches,
cup custard, jelly sandwiches.
5. Cottage cheese sandwiches, or
a pot of cream cheese with bread and
butter sandwiches, peanut sand
wiches, fruit, cake.
6. Hard boiled eggs, rolls, celery
or radishes, brown sugar or maple
sugar sandwiches.
7. Bottle of milk, thin corn bread
and butter, dates, apple.
8. Raisin or nut bread with butter,
cheese, orange, maple sugar.
9. Baked bean and lettuce sand
wiches, apple sauce, sweet chocolate.
to be a tendency to hold back, he
says, to see what is going to happen.
The eastern market shows a tendency
to advance prices.
In the implement line, business is
exceedingly dull. It is always quiet
at this season, but the financial con
dition of the farmers this year makes
the buying of implements almost im
possible. Automobiles are having a
seasonal spell of quiet just now, bat
throughout the year the business has
been excellent.
In the packing plants, business has
shown an increase over that of last
year. Cattle prices to the farmers
are just about the same as last "year,
but hogs are 25 per cent higher and
sheep and lambs are from 25 to 30
per cent higher. The outlook for the
farmers seems to be more hopeful
than it was a year ago,
The street railway company shows
an increase in traffic over last year.
and its business has been uniformly
good. All the public utility compan-
J ies report business as,excellent. Many
new installations have been and are
still being made, and former consum
ers are increasing their consumption
steadily.
The railroads, ' too. both from
freight and passenger ends, report
that the year has been uniformly good,
in spite of harassment by strikes, and
Rather Than See Her
Become, a Flapper
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. 22. John
R. Wyman today shot his 15-year-old
daughter Ellen, rather than see her
become a full-fledged flapper. The
bullet, piercing the girl's left breast,
missed her heart toy a fraction of an
inch, surgeons found.
Wyman had intercepted a . letter
written by Ellen to a boy friend, in
which she told of her love for the
cabarets, to which she had been intro
duced by a married couple living in
the same apartment. His efforts to
break up the friendship between his
daughter and Mrs. Irene Brown, wife
of one of his fellow employes at the
Studebaker plant, is said to have led
to the shooting.
"wait until Helen is a year or so
older, before you take her tq cabarets
with you," Wyman had pleaded with
Mrs. Brown, in the presence of his
daughter.
The girl, however, refused to heed
his plea.
I'd rather leave home," his daugh
ter threatened, Wyman told the au
thorities after surrendering.
I tried to frighten her into staying
This order was for Barred Rocks
Butler recently received $400 on an
order for Barred Rocks to be sent to
the Eastern State 'Poultry farm in
Ohio.
Butler started, in poultry at Jen
nings Lodge gix years ago. As busi
ness Increased it was . necessary to
enlarge the big poultry house which
is now 240 feet long and 24 feet wide,
having . two stories. The basement
Is used as an incubator room, where
there are some of the largest and best
equipped machines for hatching pur
poses. Last year there were hatched
at this place 80,000 baby chicks. The
previous year there were 60,000 baby
chicks hatched. .During the coming
season Butler expects to market at
least 100,000 baby chicks from this
poultry farm and a farm owned by a
poultryman at 82nd street and 74th
avenue, Portland, in charge of C. K.
Fossum.
It requires 27,500 eggs to set all the
incubators at one time at these farms,
which one would estimate 2280 dozen
.eggs or 3375 pounds of eggs. During
the hatching season an average of
3000 baby chicks are taken off every
other day, and there are about 12
people employed on the two farms to
perform the work.
In the natural course of incubation
10 per cent of all eggs set are in
fertile, which can only be determined
after the egg3 have been in the ma-
china for about seven days. Accord
ing to this rule, there are over 2700
eggs handled out of the incubators
every seventh day of each incubation
period of three weeks, Or in other
words, as there are four incubation
periods or hatches during the season,
the Butler farm candles out and dis
card as worthless about 10,800 eggs
each' season
BIG DOPE DEN RAIDED
IN HEART OF 'VILLAGE'
VEAL CROQUETTES
Mince a coffee cup of cold veal In a
chopping bowl, adding a little cold
hame and two or three slices of
onion, a pinch of mace, powdered
parsley and pepper, some salt. Let
a -pint of milk or cream come to the
boiling point, then add a. tablespoon
of cold butter, then the above mix
ture. - Beat up two eggs ana mix with
a teaspoonful of corn-starch or flour,
and add to the rest; cook it all about
ten minutes, stirring with care. Re
move from the fire, and spread it on
a platter, roll It into balls, when cool
ed flatten each; dip them in egg and
bread crumbs, and fry in a wire bas
ket, dipped in hot lard.
by drawing a gun. She rushed at me
that the present flow of travel to the- and the revolver was discharged.
South is heavier than it was at this In his cell tonight Wyman was di3-
time last year tracted when told that his daughter
NEW YORK, Dec. 21. Drug raid
ers, following the "poppy path," in
vaded the heart of Greenwich village
today, arresting five men after a des
perate battle In a dark room.
The alleged opium den is within the
very shadow of the Judson Memorial
church. The detectives were led in
person by fDeputy Police Commis
sioner Carlton Simon, head of the nar
cotic squad.
Smashing glass drew hundreds of
"persons to the scene from nearby tea
rooms and dancing places frequented
by the habitues of Greenwich village.
According to the police, two com
plete opium layouts and two kits of
burglar tools were seized. A woman
became hysterical when she was
struck on the head by a missile hurled
down the airshaft by one-of the pris
oners.
The prisoners gave the names of;
Anthony Larocco, John Russo, Michael
Privinvini, Peter Radini and Alfred
Wales.
Two days aS Dr. Simon received
an anonymous letter, saying that
fashionably dressed women were "fre
quenting an opium den in Greenwich
village." The letter gave the address
and said that the women drove up in
motor cars which waited for them.
LEBANON, Or., Dec. 23.- i
nor-elect Pierce went on re' J
fore the state convention of t-T
ers' union last njght, as ra
establishment of a state V
agency and the creation c J1
state office that of sa',
agent. I
This and other points ir-fi'1
address, he said, will forn-.l
for his message to the lef
January 8. He also will urge,
in the assessment laws to pi
elusion of approximately S2.CCI
property at present untaxed ia V
ment rolls throughout the stateW.
Severapce Tax Advocated j
A severance tax on timber and
erals taken from federal lands. "
graduated income tax, increase of th.
gasoline tax to 3 or 4 cents per g
ion, and increased license fees foi
expensive automobiles were amonj
recommendations, he said, he won
make.
As a means of decreasing expenfl
he said he favored holding the sta&N
higher educational institutions to the j
limits of the millage tax provided f -
their maintenance, which he would r?
tain, as well as that for element f
schools. - Retention of the mark1 J
levy he also favors. ' "JT
The governor-elect is behip
present highway program, ino '.Jl
the completion of the Roosevelt
way, he said, and favors a paid fJ
highway commission. Repeal .2"L.
law exempting from taxation notes vX
cured by land mortgages is to bf
sought, he said. f
Exclusion of Asiatics, as propostf
by ,the American Legion, from hold'
land in any form in Oregon was giv-l
approval. The proposed "truth in fa1 1
ric" law also was commended.
Farmers Problem Talked f
Mr. Pierce was enthusiastic!. I
greeted by the delegates and otb.-'
comprising the audience of 700. It'.
applause ensued as he outlined r 1
prospective program as governor. ',
spoke as one "dirt farmer" to anoO -W
and dealt at length on tha probUj
of the Harm. j
Herbert Egbert of The Dalles re
elected president of the 'union for
ensuing year. E. J. Rentel of . J
was chosen vice president, antr'T
G. B- Jones of Monmouth,
and treasurer. The followir'-.f
elected to the executive cov
W. W. Harrah of Pendleto J
Whalat of Cambridge, Idaht 4L.
Shumway of Linnton, S. V. jac '.
Springfield and F. E. Ingalls o t
It was decided to hold J
convention at Eugene.
STEAMED LEG OF MUTTON
Labor headquarters stated that the
unemployment situation is much bet
ter than it was a year ago, although
of course at this time of year there
is bound to be some unemployment.
The Salvation Army reported about
the same volume of calls for charity
as that of last" year.
Although conditions are far from
stable, the banks reported business as
very satisfactory Just at present.
The President's Message '
President Harding's second annual
message to Congress delivered last
week deals with urgent domestic prob
lems in the frankest and most prac
tical way. The President doubtless
feels a certain challenge from the
wordy Congress bloc and his message
is courageously concrete and is not
glazed with hard, slippery political
generalties. He recommends that fur
ther relief be given agriculture by pro
viding additional credit machinery
through the Federal Farm Loan Bu
reau, so that the farmer may not only
borrow on his land but also on his
products and thus draw up on equal
terms with producers in other indus
tries. Special provision Is urged for
livestock credits. So far as economic
opportunities ara concerned, the
farmer has always been discriminated
against, and such provisions would af
ford' him some measure of relief.
In addition to abnormally low prices,
the farmer has had to face the bur
den of largely increased railroad
rates. The President thinks that ag
riculture is entitled to lower rates,
to.be made up to the carrierse by a
readjustment of other tariffs, since
agricultural products are the least
able of all to bear the higher rates.
This, however, is only the begin
ning of the transportation problem,
and the President thinks that the gov
ernment must point the way to their
solution. The coordination of rail
rates and rail wages ought" to be con-
lay at the point of death. He had
given her a string of pearls and bob
bed curls as a Christmas present in
an endeavor to win her away from
the associates who, he believed, threat
ened her moral ruin.
The letter written by Ellen to Ir
ving Burdess,' her boy friend in
Peoria, I1L, enumerated gifts she had
received from men she had met.
Mrs. Wyman, the girl's mother,
criticised her divorced husband for
"curbing Ellen's romantic longings."
"He didn't understand her," . she
said. "He wanted her to continue her
studies at school, when she wanted
to work. Sometimes I think he is
losing his mind."
Ellen is his adopted daughter, ac
cording to Mrs. Wyman.
JUDGE BEAN REFUSES '
NEW LIGHTNER TRIAL
FIFTY-THREE ARRESTa
tl
-t
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal-, Dec. 22.-
Fifty-three persons were arrested iu
less than an hour after midnight, : i
when the police department started en
forcing the Wright act by raiding five- , 4
places in the downtown district. Only .
one of those arrested was charged, i
with violating the Wright act. The i
others were booked on charges fit
visiting disorderly places. Three
women were among those arrested. '
The Wright law was laid down to if
all San Francisco police . lieutenant'
yesterday by Chief D. J. 0'BrIe,3
Prohibition Director S. F. Rutter for
California announced that tlte police ' J
here would be given a free hand in V
bringing about a fuller enforcement of '
the dry law and that his men would .."A
be withdrawn from the local field.
Chief of Police O'Brien warned his
officers that private homes are in
violate and that a man's hotel room
is his home and cannot be entered
without a search warrant, but re
minded that a club cannot be consid
ered as a home.
PORTLAND, Dec. 26. Federal
Judge Bean this morning, after listen
ing to arguments of Attorney Charles
Garland, overruled the motions he
presented asking for a new trial in
the narcoticst prosecution of Dave
Lightner and also asking for an arrest
of judgment in the conspiracy con
viction, on both of which he was found
guilty. On the second trial, that of
the conspiracy charge, Lightner has
been sentenced to eighteen months at
McNeiL attorney Garland main
tained that the first trial was irregu
lar in that the jury was released be
fore it finally turned in a verdict of
guilty on one of the counts. Judge
' Taoa will nrAnnn nPft onn t dnrp t nm n t-
' row on the first conviction.
Christmas Payroll
of 820,000 Is Stolen
By Masked Bandits j Holiday Season in
Ireland Is Violent
(until nicely browned:1 the water that
Joe Paulin, who has been in the St I remains in the bottom of the steamer
Vincent hospital in Portland . suffer-! may be used for soup. Serve with
ing from injuries received in a log- currant jelly.
Wash and put the leg in a steamer
an dcook it until tender, then place
well with flour and set in a hot oven' fided to the same body instead of to
two isolated bodies, as is now the
case. The functions 'of the Railroad
Labor Board really belong to the In-
PITTSBURGH, Pa., Dec. 23- Four
masked bandits today held up an au
tomobile bearing Ross Dennis, pay
master for the Pittsburgh Coal com
pany, and three guards, shot and fa
tally injured Dennis and escaped with
$20,000 in cash which was the Christ
mas payroll being taken to the miners
at Beading, 20 miles from iiere. The
bandits escaped. Dennis was rushed
to a Pittsburgh hospital in a dying
condition. He died shortly afterward.
terstate Commerce Commission. The
DON'T CRY
There, little girl, don't cry,
They have lengthened your skirts,
know; .
But' don't you fret.
You're a long way yet,
From the girls of the long ago.
They have added an Inch or two,
But there, little girl, don't cry.
For a frisky breeze
Still shows your knees.
As the race of men go by.
DUBLIN, Dec. 23. The holiday sea
son in Ireland was ushered in today
with a terrific wave of violence. The
city has" been In panic for nearly 24
hours with bomb throwing and re
volver fusillades.
Free State government offjees and
outposts were attacked time after
time throughout the night. The at
tacking Republican irregulars adopted
the tactics of North American Indian
fighters, firing from cover and then
taking flight."
Large forces of Free State troops
were on patrol duty, but the attacks
were so scattered that the Free
Staters had difficulty in coping with
the irregulars.
The civilian population was thrown
into terror. j
Tha violence extended from Dublin '
to Cork. Eight civilians in Cork were j
wounded ' when a bomb was thrown
at a military lorry.
FREEDOM OF STRAITS
' HOLDS UP CONFERENCE
- -w
LAUSANNE, Dec. 22 The imprj)
sion that settlement of the problei -. jfc
the Turkish Straits was not p;,J
gressing as rapidly as anticipated
came general today as the result --
statement issued by the Turkish di'
gation. V
This made it clear that Turkey's i
ceptance of the proposal to appoii: i5
an international commission of coi .
trol depended upon acceptance by twj
allies of certain conditions demand'-j
by the Turks-
The modifications of the original
project for control of the straits asked
by the Turks include an understand
ing that the international commission
shall have no jurisdiction over the
so-called "zones of demilitarization"
in the region of the straits.
The Turks furthermore have de
manded a pact by which the allies in
dividually and collectively guarantee
that the safety and neutrality of Tur
key will not be jeopardized and that
there be no aggression against Constantinople.
MOSLEMS MASSACRED
' UPON ISLAND OF CRETE
LONDON, Dec. 22. A massacre ot
Moslems has broken out upon the
Greek island of Crete and many have
been slain, according to a Central
News dispatch from Athens today,
quoting reports received in- that city
from Anatolia.
. Famine conditions prevail in Crete
as a result of the tremendous influx
of refuges from Asia Minor.
Many farms owned by Moslems with
all their stocks are said .to have been
seized by Greeks.
The Italian consul in Crete has in
terven&d in an effort to establish or
der. ,
V.