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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,- OREGON
WEDNESDAY, - NOVEMBER 1, 1821.
MY LEAGUE IS
II
DEBATItIG MOTION
TO QUIT BUSINESS
TWt las director ef the s'slrymas's
Wm weald inniwU HealdaUoa 1
te erraalietloB. hat weald can a aaas
Bseetlae- ef BaemBers U he held ta Fart-
a.a4 as see pesslhle la ersr ts
dertaltely the taetUeB, h fereeast
late W4y.
A motion tt liquidate the affairs of th
Or (on Dairymen' Cooperative learue
and go out of bualness was belna; de
a.atd trv tha board of directors of the
ntantsatlon at soon today with no
proepeet of speedy settlement wpinion
seemed to he aaout equally divided. "We
hare definitely derided not to accept the
proposal of the lilllaboro petition and
twin aa a body." said A. B. Westcott.
president of the lea cue.
The pro poet u rather f-loomy,"
Weatcott aald. "yet wa are going- ahead
N If wa can. There la no doube but that
the sentiment of the dairymen who at
tended the meeting Tuesday was to go
ahead, and not liquidate. "
The Tuesday meeting- at the library
was a stormy, lunchlesa, all-day session.
It began at the league's offices at Third
and Ullaan, hut the board of directors
and the dairymen who had gathered
around tba doors moved to Library hall
In order that all league membera might
listen to the deliberation More and
more dairymen came In during the day
until, at the hour of adjournment, the
room was practically filled.
"AV30CKCEXE5T 8CBFHISES
A surprising announcement Just be
fore adjournment came from Jared
Wenger. publicity agent of the league,
that he. In a Hltlsboro garage, had writ
tan the petition adopted at a meeting
In lilllaboro last Saturday which askad
the directors of the league to resign.
Ha said, however, that he had written
It. he thought, to conform to the desires
of dairymen and others of that vicinity.
There waa no evidence of any desire
an tha part of the league members In
' attendance to liquidate the league. There
were many applauded proposals to con
tinue. This sentiment Is expected to
hare In flue not with the directorate In
Its final deliberation. The Impromptu
mesa meeting waa Tuesday's first sur
prise. . The second was an unanticipated an
' nouncement from Director Jenkins of
Coos county that the Coos-Curry dlvl
' sion had already voted to stay In the
league, on condition that the services of
4 K. C Eldrldgs aa manager ha retained.
HIILSI0R0 raVriTIO IX
Ths same sentiment wss voiced In a
lengthy and acrid petition brought from
laat Saturday's Illllsboro meeting of
dairymen snd business men. Chester
Drttlcoe of Washington county, who led
the Waahlngton county forces, waa re-
Inferred In presenting the petition by K.
J. Brock, also of Washington county.
' who declared that to poor management1
and 'allure to produce full accounting
tha league's difficulties now are due.
' Tha Utter sharply censured P. J. Mackle,
secretary-treasurer of the league, for
h.s failure to offer a financial statement
and for his Inability to state eiactly tha
condition of the league's flnancea
No action waa taken on the petition,
ahlch asked tha resignation of all the
rTVcers and directors. Dr. Hector Mc
pherson of Oregon Agricultural college
t suggesting that It must have been wrlt-
test In the "heat hf anger" and that It
would be far better to wait until the
annual election in January, to renew the
personnel or the hoard.
The laat act of ths directors Tuesday
waa. by rising vote at the Instance of
s the dairymen present, to pledge their
support 10 uenerai Manager Kidrtdge. "as
, long as ho Is right" By a vote of 11
to 1 the board voted to sustain Its
executive committee In the Clatsop set
tlement.
MIGHT TICT AGREE
This action in respect to Eldrldge In
troduosd a cross current against a move
ment which. It waa said, bad aa object
ive tna resignation of the general man
ager. It was. Indeed, euggeeled that the
league s directors end Its general man
agar might yet agree upon the plai
which would save tha organisation.
Manager Eldrldge proposed that un
closed pools aa far back an last Msy
be, set aside for a period of two to three
years; thst paymsnt for the October
product be omitted ; that preferred stock,
amounting to ll 1T,W0. due January 1,
be paid, and added that he believed
, starting out of a new basis, the league
eould pay Us members regularly at mar
ket quotations every 10 days after Novem
bei IS. He also proposed that tha league
establish Its own milk distributing sys
tem In Portland. At tha present time.
of IS rents paid by the consumer for a
quart or milk, the producer geU 4.1 cents,
leas the freight to Tortland. and the
, aeaier gets 7.2 cents, it is said.
F. A. Baker, director from Umatilla
county, suggested thst ths members ac
cept preferred stock In lieu of smounts
due from unclosed pools, this stock to be
retired automatically from current pro-
ocraa.
Director Johnson of Clatsop county ex
plained tba terms on which tba Clatsop
division bad returned to tha league, and
Manager' Eldrldge aald be believed the
Independent management agreed to for
that sons by tha executive committee
could be handled successfully, although
be bad first believed it could not be.
Director Condren. in reporting the at
tttode of Cooa-Curry county, added:
"We quit If Eldrldge goes."
"What's become of air the . league's
money?" a question introduced by Di
rector Cappa of the Cooa-Curry division.
brought oat the statement that Secretary
Mackla had paid, from tha depreciation
fund, a 140,000 loan called a week ago
by a local bank and that be had done
ao .without consulting the general man
agar. There was but one thing to do
snd that waa pay It. aald Mackie.
The general manager should be re
sponsible and should be Informed and
consulted," Interjected Director Cutler.
It was also brought out that the
executive committee had agreed upon a
settlement with a bonding company for a
little more than 50 per cent of a $9000
alleged defalcation on the part of C.
Douglas Tyler, former secretary-treas
urer of tha league, without consulting
the manager. "We were advised to
accept this settlement by our attorney
ad did so," aald President Weatcott.
HAWIKT FOB LEAGUE
State Dairy ana Food Commissioner
C. L. Hawley made a strong appeal for
the continuance of the league. "Let us
forget suspicion and distrust and false
reports, he pleaded. "Cooperative mar
keting Is the only thing by which the
problem of the farmer can be satisfac
torily met and the only means by which
the dairyman can receive hla due."
Jenkins of Coos county, In stormy ut
terance, declared there waa "something
covered up" In the league, that some
"hidden influence was governing the
heads of the organisation." and that this
Influence made the administration "look
foolish.
"We might as well be plain," said
Baker of Umatilla. "You mean A. D.
Katz. former president of the league,
and I want to say that Kats had nothing
to do with my judgment and that he has
not attempted to influence It." Weatcott,
Flint, Brugger and Johanaen, other
members of the executive committee, af
firmed the statement.
Eldrldge a little later said the first
meeting of the executive committee with
an advisory committee had been held
In Katx's office.
Dr. McPherson Interrupted proceed
ings to say he had called the meeting
and that at the Initial meeting in Katz's
office no member of the executive com
mittee was present The meeting be
tween the executive committee and the
advisory committee called together by
Dr. McPherson waa held In the offices
of the state dairy and food commission.
Only one resignation occurred during
the day that of C. J. Johansen of East
Multnomah, he withdrawing on account
of 111 health. Antone Malar was elected
to succeed blm on the board and A. J.
Van Kleek of the board was named, as
hla successor on the executive commit
tee.
FARMERS DEMAND
U. S. EIIDOHT
FOR MOTHERHOOD
bag farmers with incomes of less' than
(3000 per year.
Other resolutions adopted requested
legislation extending
credits, and Insurance of i
loss. The transfer of amy of the pres
ent functions of the department of agri
culture to the department of commerce
la opposed as la the alienation of natu
ral resources from foil
The federal government is urged to I
either directly or in cooperation with
local authorities to provide constructive
work to relieve unemployment. The
federal trade commission is endorsed
Jones shipping;
An unexpected resolution adopted by
the conference of progressive farm or
ganizations, which closed a two-day ses
sion at Labor temple Tuesday nfght,
was one advocating a premium for
motherhood. Under the resolution
the president of the United States
is requested to appoint a commission
of experts to draw up a plan for
the national endowment of mothers
and children which would provide a
minimum: amount for the maintenance of
the mother while raising children under
school age and an allowance for each
child, the first child to receive a larger
amount than succeeding ones.
To provide funds it is suggested they
be raised through reduced expenditure
for the army and navy and through a
federal estate tax.
C05GBESS IS SCORED
. Another resolution criticised congress
for "it's cowardly subserviency to the
great financial and other predatory in
terests which looted the government dur
ing the war," and demanded in addition
to levying the highest rates of taxes
upon incomes levied during the war,
to retain excess profits taxes upon
estates and transfers of property which
would yield at least 12.000,000,000 a
year, and immediately lew a capital
tax upon the value of all property with
an exemption of $50,000 and with rates
up to 75 per cent on all fortunes of $500,
000,000 or over, the proceeds to be de
voted to the retirement of the public
debt
Congress is also urged to levy a tax
of 1 per cent on the bare value of all
lands in the United States with a S 10,000
exemption for each owner and exempt-
and tha repeal of the
act recommended.
- The prompt restoration of the railroads
to unified government
vised to be followed by a reduction in I
freight rates.
bersonai rural
fanners against I
District Attorney
Storm fl.rr.iilfl.fc.nn
Of Ohio kagazine
The magazine "Hot Dog" was Tuesday
removed from the news stands in Port-J
land.
Stanley Myers, district attorney.
served notice on the Mahan News com
pany, 45 North Flftlji street, that if
circulation of the magazine was not!
stopped immediately and all copies now
available gathered up and withdrawn
from newsstands the owners of tha com
pany would be prosecuted under the Ore
gon statute prohibiting circulation of I
obscene matter.
Officials of the company promised to
comply.
Myers investigated the case following
complaints from practically all the
schools in the city, the court of domestic
relations, juvenile authorities and the
child welfare commission. Boys have
been buying Hot Doa and other maga
zines of the same nature and circulating
them through the schools, according to
the complaints.
Iishing company, Cleveland, Ohio, with
Jack Dinsmore as editor. It is shipped
throughout the counrty by express, thus
avoiding the mails.
Officers of Law
And Order League
Fined $100 Each
Being agents of the Northwest Law
and Order Enforcement league didn't
prevent William D. Wambold and Albert
C. Dennis from experiencing them
selves some of the penalties of-law en
forcement Tuesday.
Monday night they were arrested at
the Millionaires' Club cafeteria in com
pany with two girls, age IS and 1 years,
after a complaint had been made by the
proprietor that the men had been drink
ing in the establishment The girls were
later found to be runaways from the
Louise Detention home.
At the time ef their arrest the agents
told police that they had no liquor in
heir possession, but a quart bottle of
l-onded whiskey wss seen sticking out
of Dennis' pocket Tuesday they said
they had purchased the liquor as evi
dence, and that they had only Intended
to sample it to find whether the contents
was the same as It waa represented.
According to testimony in court tha
two agenta entered the kitchen and de
manded glasses with which to sample the
liquor. When employes objected, they
said, one of the defendants showed a
deputy's star and said it was all right
Lter tney returnee, to the dining room
snd purchased the girls some dinner.
All four were seated at a table when
the police entered.
Wambold said that he had found the
girls in Lents, wandering around hun
gry, and that he had taken them up to
the league's headquarters in the Henry
building and taken up a collection with
which to buy their supper. The girls
are being cared for by the woman's pro
tective division.
Municipal Judge Rossman fined each
$100 for disorderly conduct, and In addi
tion fined Wambold $25 for reckless
driving. He waa arrested earlier Mon
day evening at Front and Morrison
streets after his car had struck another
uatomobile.
ASTORIA DIVORCE TtllX
Astoria. Nov. It. Suits for divorce
have been filed here by L. Grace Mitch
ell against Chris O. Mitchell. Ethel A.
Scott against Benjamin G. Scott Dion
E. Pearce against Clara L. Pearce,.and
William C. Ceschllk against Margaret
C. Ceschllk.
Farncomb Sanders
Tmlips
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An Drumt of Beauty Planted in the Garden
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