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SQUIRE EDGEGATE- Notification, Perspiration, Taxation and Rxpiration Yes, All of This Happened!
BY LOUIS RICHARD
TAX REDUCTlOra
Senator Dennis of La Grande
Speaks at Chamber of
- Commerce Luncheon.
rywoere
HEU UNLIKELY
ft , .!
5natof
Dtncc Dennis, . of La
Grange, 'Introduced as the ablest
' Oregon newspaperman i east , o:
Portland, ppoke Monday noon at
?lhe Chamber of Comn.erce lunch
:.Con He say tht be kn't a -fciHii3t.
but ho told them that they
needn't hope for much Ux redc
'irtStajTOt' bowv;';i I.'- .,:
"v -r"The theory of reducing taxes
-,'ts largely" ah iridescent , dream."
he said In the beginning; jand then
he got worse as he went along.
;fThe governor shied like a cayuse
at a white spot in the road, around
tb tiili; reducing jail state appro
priations ,1$.. per .cent, saying that
i ; he i simply . 'must' ,have r enough
money to run the state. However,
' j wh$n it was jshown that the goyer
I Nor 'would he' the' final' arbiter in
i political uriit taxes he agreed.
P The hill passed Hhe senate Friday.
' '29 to U it goes to the house to-
day. - That will actually cut a lit-
! rae, though not rauchif v . ; : -t
3 - . Biff J amble Soon .
-"You can't reduce the - iaxes
' you've already voted. . fax reduc-
)Uon It muttt like the bogey of
, consolidation, That consolidation
- is not a main issue It is only" a
i by-product, tit will .not save mon
ey; but it might bring 'more effi
ciency. Things., look Quite differ--.
- ently to democrats who are now
inside, and they aren.'t.as keen as
they thought they. were. But we
'.hare an organization of 17 there
in the; senate,. who are going to
pais a consolidation measure, and
" an income tax;-; the very best that
5we can.'-get.'.'Vji W ; f
?'And yetUhar Income tax bill
is monkeying With i on ofhe
i worst machines that ever cut off
the fingers 6fc the unwary. The
Vlast bill is a jumbled mas of de-
tall, prepared by several hands; a
' grou pot - us stayed up until t two
o'c'.ock to stwdy it. and I frankly
"don't. understand. JU . don't be-:
iMeve i anybod does. The gover
nor. my. bersbhaJ (friends though
.iotittcaU enemy; . doesn't , know(
' Wbat-ia in that-.bllL U Laa more
'saying clauses'.: and exceptions
;than you eter saw Simplification
was a . lost .art to . the men who
drew that MIV We're going to try
to simplify it. : ? , -v -.41
" , If.' B.'l4l biscussed
"' :.l'Bul thi bill, perhaps the most
Important measure" before the
legislature,-, tails unless 41 auto
matically l reduces Lthe . taxes -tm
real estate.-and; finds some of the
sources of wealth .that hare not
been bearing their proportion of
the load.. ought not Xo pass. We
v don't want; Or need,, mote, money
for" state purposes-; jwe needredis-
'trtbution ot the load. f Mf we can
Catch the man who is. now dodg
ing, with his high salary or other
income .and' cat the. . taxes on
lands; . we will 'have, done some
thing bTg.": r : '. t..i
The speaker told at some length
of H. D. 141; the measure provid-
.. ing a central state; 'assessment
board, and Tgare the good points' of
. the measure as against biased, in
equltabIelocil assessment. . . j
. - "v--fcire Too Hljtb . . . I
' f "The. gorernor -can't cu . taxes;
he t!jf no' superman. ? But each
stLool district .cityj county, ?or
other" locar: auhdivisloH. - ean and
must 2d It, if it is to be A one. It's
your. Job, not the goTerhtor'svYour
household .expenses' and mine, we
're got to , cut them. Its the way
we "lire that's sending us to the
deTll. We ay-wc wanfeconomy,
but4 we want the lothr -fellow to
cut his spending.! That won't do
- Jt at all;, we'ye. got to; cut our
own. , '
- ' The Club set' out a dinner that
made the ' crowd lick its ? lips ; all
- afternoon ; - Oregon ' chicken a ia
king.' comb honey, . apple butter.
hojr rollsv' steamer puddihg, baked
v sweet " potafoes and trimmings' .to
fit. " Almost 100 guests ' were pres-
- - , ent.' ' ; --: -;;!
" ' STOPS' COCGHS AND GOLI
COUW
: Neglected coughs and colds lead
to Influenza;, la grippe, asthma
"and bronchltisand the old methi
"cjf "letting It J-un Its course": M
rapidly giving way. to oreve-itive
treatment;.. Three generations of
'users have, testified, to. the quick
belief given by Foley's Honey and
. iTar from coughs, colds, croup
throat, chest and bronchial trou
ble. Contains no opiates lngred-:
-.tents printed on the wrapper. Re
fuse imitations and - substitutes,
Sold etery where. AdT. ' '
Showdown in Case of
w Rube Benton Demanded
.1 VEv7bk;'Feh. ii.rAn'ef
fort by ? August' Ilernnann; pr'esi
iett of tho; Cincinnati ; club, to
orce' a '8ltodowni In the case, of
Rube, Benton.; ouUpaw, pitcher
ot the s.'rPaul 'club, "who has
t branded as an undesirable
:y some big league executives
promised tonight . to feature to-
Nalldnal league. - '
morrow's spring meeting of the
- Herrnian. whose d?al for the
purchase of Benton, an ex-big
leaguer, has been held up as a
result of opposition to the pitch
er's return, spent today trying at
length with Jofric'als of both the
New York and Boston National
league clubs and. expressed the
opinion that .after the matter
had been adjusted, he would ob
tain, the southpaw.
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RECOVER BODIES OF
MANY DEAD MINERS
Continued from page 1)
at this time that no miners still
remained alive; in.' the mine. The
cause of the explosion has not yet
been determined, it was also
stated. '. '-. f f
I devastation Complete "
' The shattered " debrin-choked
interior of the5; blast; wrecked
mine was viewed this afternoon
by a correspondent of the Associ
ated Press. Utter devastation was
wrought by the , terrific force ot
the detonation. ' Torn from the
roof as if clawed away, by a brob
dinganlan's hand, gigantic blocks
of slate, coal and rock litter the
passageways, piled, in helterskel-j
ter confusion in 'the dark tunnel
through which the- rescue crews
for four days have been lsVoring
with the-bodies: of their unfortu
nate comrades., '
; . i ..... j
; That ' members of ' the working
crews- have- not been; injured or
killed by falling debris during
that period is little short of mir
aculous. That jbey have Tbeen able
to extricate more than 80 bodies
from the' cluttered . tunnels Js
amazing, in the opinion of mining
men..,. .-'r- j - : . ; ;
.. The recovery- crews tonight
.were tapping the tenth artery to
the south of the main entrance.
- Much Labor Ahead
, It, with require several months
to clean out the fall of rock, re
timber the; ground and jget the
mine ready I for production, ac
cording to mine officials, i
' . In a statement tonight. General
Manager Beckett declared:.
"Every provision possible' is be
ing made for those left destitute.
The company f baa everything in
hand and a corps of - competent
workers .has j been assigned to
,that task. j
"The loss of human life is the
one thing' in the explosion that
of the greatest, moment to us
has "been regrettable beyond all
words and we deeply deplore it.
"We are determined, if human
ly possible, to discover the-cause
of the ; explosion that we may
guard against the recurrence of
such-a disaster ia the future in
our properties '
Cause; Not Known '
Every, safeguard ' that human
knowledge and , expert advice
could throw about the men In the
mines had been adopted here, up
to the point f where: the ' human
equation entered into the' prob
lem. " Beyond that point; of course.
administration' intelligence can
not rxtend. 1 We have withheld
nothing in this emergency. All
of the facts within our knowledge
have been revealed. The mine has
been thrown open to unbiased and
impartial experts ; from : other
fields and the state and federal
inspectors. If the exact cause of
the explosion can be determined
"c.aro more .anxious tnan any
one . else that it be revealed.'
Payment of compensation and
death claims by the Phelps-Dodge
corporation to widows and fami
lies of miners killed in the explo
sion started today.
Investigation of officials who
made protracted trips through the
mine during the day failed to re
veal the cause of the blast, they
announced tonight. '.
If Emile Cone is so wise In his
auto-6Ugestion we should like to
s3 him get busy on the European
situation.- Exchange.
Bearcats Fall Victims . t
of Missionaries, 30 to 13
i - u ' .' ;t-'4 :"r"' '.
' WALLA WALLA, Wwh... Feb.
12 -v- Whitman .college tonight
added another -scalp to the Mis
sionary belt by defeating Willlam
ette university-basketball team by
i a score of 30 to 13. ' . ; !
Schroeder i and York of Whit
man ? made 12 and 10 goals ' re
spectively and Logan of William
ette made 10 for his team..
MAR KET R OADS
House Bill 132, Providing for
Construction,- Is Before
Senate Committee.
. . i
In house bill No. 132, introduc
ed1 by Representative Loyal M.
Graham of Washington county,
the up-state communities of Ore
gon profess to see their greatest
hope of securing adequate market
road".' The bill has been passed
by the house and is now before
the ' senate committee on roads
and highways.
, Under the provisions of 7 this
bill, according to its proponents.
r h a cioia i a irtDralvl V nonl r tr i f a
promise to the great body of
farmers who - gave their support
to the highway bond issues voted
by the state, on the assurance that
after the main trunk highways
were- built the market roads
would be constructed by the high
way commission. ' ' .
Bonds Issued
On tnis assurance the counties
have issued bonds for road con
struction purposes, amounting to
$21,976,444. Of this amount the
counties have spent tor the prep
aration of state -highway - base.
grades , and drainage a total . of
S12.747.047.94. divided as fol
lows: Paid through the highway
commission $6,747,047.94, con-
slruction contrabted for and not
yet completed $3,000,000. and
spent" by the counties (estimated)
but not- reported ..through the
commission, $3,000,000
Graham's bill provides that as
the state highway bonds are re
deemed, , the money intended for
such redemption shall be appor
tioned to the counties in the pro
portion that they have expended
it for state highway construction.
and the bonds re-Issued. This
would call for the re-issuance of
$15,433,250 of bonds to be re
tired between now and 1933, of
which amount only such bonds
would be sold as would take care
of the counties, or approximately
$13,000,000.
To Insure accurate distribution
the bill provides that the coun
ties shall submit a statement of
their expenditures for state roads 1
to. the highway commission which
shall be checked by that body and
used as a basis of distribution.
I
CANADA iS GREAT
Only SiX Per Cent Ot Avail-
-o..j!l..t rtMil A
able Supply: Developed,
Say Statistics.
OTTAWA. Ont.. Feb. 12 Can
ada's waterfalls developed 3,000,-
000 horsepower of electrical en
ergy during 1922. The5 revenue'
to manufacturers from this power
amounted to $81,600,000, accord
ing to a report issued by. the Fed
eral water powers branch, of the
Dominion government.
Ontario, with Niagara Falls as
Its chief source of..power;iled in
production among the provinces
wun i,a.u,vou :- norsepower, me
report shows, v Quebec . followed
closely with 1,100.000 horsepow
er. and British ; Columbia was
third with 310,000. The remain
der was distributed among Manl-
WJ
iPOW III
I toba, Alberta, Nova Scotia. Newjity bag and powder puff of Her
Brunswick and Prince, Edward
Island. ; i
L
Despite the high cost of con
structkm. hydro-power develop
ment ' installed last year totaled
529,000 horsepower. Total capi
tal invested in water power is es
timated at 1620.658,731. Horse
power development amounts' to
337 per 1000 of Canada's popula
tion.
For the first tlraa, in history ,
the Nobel peace prize has gone
to a woman. She Is .unmarried.
of course.
Selection of New Herrin
Jury Is Underway Again
MAlilON, III.. Feb. 12. (By
The Associated Pross.) Selec-1
tion oT a jury began late today f
to try six men on charges of
murder in the second trial of the
Hcrrin mine riots last June in
which 25 persons were killed.
Four jurors were accepted ten-1
tatively by the state after the I
firbt panel of veniremen had -been
exhausted. . A new panel of
50 veniremen was ordered sum- battle, and the Mt. Angel olleg
moned for tomorrow by Judge D. I ians were secured instead. The
T. Hartwell, of Williamson coun-
ey circuit court. I
Eighteen men originally ! were
docketed to face charges of first
degTee murdrr in connection with
ine aeain r Anionio wiuikovicd
of Erie. Pa., a mine guard ih the
second trial, but prosecution
counsel this afternoon dropped
the indictments' against all but
six of the defendants.
U of 0 Freshmen and
Chemawa Will Wrestle
A wrestling program that ought
to he worth going miles to see, is
to be put on Thursday afternoon
at the Salem Indian school, when
the Chemawa boys take on the
wrestling squad of the Oregon
university freshmen for a' finish
battle.
Last year the Indians
came
near crippling the whole high
scnooi fraternity up and down the
valley in the few wrestling meets
luejr Bi.geu. ine inaians were noi
.vwumnj tu up in too KieBCBh,,,, 1...1iHav ir. rrfain rnnntv
of the game, hut they had he
birengm 10 mane mem lormiOM
J antagonists. This year. Ellis
iV V . u
instructor and heavyweight star.
is giving the Indians regular in
structions, and he reports that
they are developing amazingly,
Only a, few. of last year's wrest-'
ung squaa are back tuts year, but
he has a lot ' of other good men
who he believes will well outshine
the team a year ago. One, of the
best men is Hawk, captain of the
squad, a hard antagonist at 158
puunas. i-eneiin. at 140, was
good last year, but is said to be
far better now. They will stage a
fml line, of contests, from 110
pounds up to 158. pounds, the mid
dleweight limit. I
The program opens at 3:30.i
and Sa,m visitors are ur&ed to
Duy a half dollar s worth or ex
perience in seeing the twq teams!
In action.
The European premiers must
be, getting tired of seeing so much
of each other by this time.
WASHINGTON' WINS
PULLMAN, Wash., Feb. 'l. A
last minute goal, thrown from un
der the basket by Hesketb, gave
the University of Washington bas
ketball team a 31 to 29 victory
over that of Washington State col-
pge.bere tonight. The game was
see-saw affair, with WSC at the
long end of a 17-14 score at half
time. 1 ' 1
Yesterday in Legislature
The memory of Abraham Lin
coin was nonoreo yesteraay at a
Joint session of the house and
senate held at noon In ttat hall of
rresentatives. Justice Lawrence
T. Harris of the supreme court
was the principal speaker. The
morning sessions of both houses
were opened with selections by a
I children's orchestra directed by
Miss Elizabeth Levy of Salem.
They have found the hair of the
queen of Tutenkhamun in the
tomb at Luxor, Egypt. They ara
now looking for the Up stick, van-
I Maiestv
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Legion Takes on Mount
Angel College Tonight
Salem is to fee another real
college basketball game tonight.
for one of the opponents will be
Mt. Angel collage. The other
players will be the Salem Amer-
lean legion quintet. . who have
been going well enough to take
on some good outsiders. Th-sy
had a game scheduled "with the
IlcMinnville American, legion,, but
the near-visitors had to flunk the
game starts at 8 'o'clock and the
tax will be only 25 cents a head
j for spectators.
For the locals,1 Radcliffe, Hen-
dricks and Melchlor will serve as
1 guards; uiliott and rroctor as
forwards, and Russell Bonesteela
and Lieske as centers. The
I strength of the visitors is not
known here, and the game 9s
still in the speculative stage.
Kasberger, coach of the ' collegi
ans, was a noted athlete in OAC,
and it is expected that he will
have passed on some of bis skill
to his protegas. 1
Grist of House Bills
Is Past by the Senate
The following house bills were
passed by the senate yest-irdiy:
II. : B. 31. Ca:y Relatin; to
the sale of dairy bulls.
H. B. 196. Lackey-
Proht.iit-
w livestock from running
at
j targe In Malheur county.
li n 0inaut pPrmiH!n!r
I tJ. g of eounties , avIn?
i-a ; r,n -w,
,f 62 wheeler To pro id
J " , j 'V - VUUIVIVII J 111
Jtor tounty hgh school funds
which may be adopted by the
district boundary board in each
county. '
- il IJ 317f Ezell Relating to
fixing of school district bounda
ie?. '
Feet don't break down :
they fall down !
A
RCHfCS FALL because they do not have the
support. . Nature
signed to bear weight unless they arc? supported
underneath their full length. The; Arch Preserver
shoe, with its concealed, built-in arch bridge, ho!d3
the foot exactly as if it" rested flat on -tfie ground.
1 I -
YOU'LL APPRECIATE more the advantages of this
shoe,; conforming as they do to every sensible trend
of fashion. , f
Step in today and have YOUR FOOT fitted to
a pair of these sensible, stylish shoes and yon
step out experiencing a genuine fool comfort.
RCHPfeRVER
The New Spring Styles are here
Priced at $12.00
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u wr w w i m it ill . m acs tmj m m.' as la.kb
I H. 1. 40, Buchanan R 3 atim; . ficers" who nlawully "make use oI EAST OUTLOOK r
H. l 40, Buchanan R 3 atiiu; j
I.avmnl. of tax on porMon of
propi-i J y assessed as a whoi
11. B. 96. Meindl Relating to
filing of bonds by warehousemen.
H. B. 804, Committee on for
estry and r conservation Provid
ing for safegards in. logging op
erations, i
-II.
B. 157, Hammond Provid
ing ;for calling special elections
to meet certain local conditions.
H. B. 253, Cramer (by re
quest) To allow state lime
board to sell l'me to the farm
ers on time.
II. B, 2 63. Cramer (by re
quest) Providing ' for eradica
tion of ; black currents and bar
berries. H. B. Ill, Lackey To . make
islands in navigable rivers sep
arate bridge districts.
II. ,11. 255, Lane county dele
gation To relieve" the Univer-
lty of Oregon from paying taxes
ou ground occupied by school ot
music. . ;
II. B. 238, Lee For better
enforcement of prohibition lawiT
providing for punishment of of-
It's toasted. This
one oxtra 1 procc 1
gives a delishtful
quality that ca.i
not be duplicated
planned. Feet' are not de
lllSIKIKIlJ
ficers who nlawully make use of
confiscated liquor. . -
II. B. 92,, Wheeler To provide
punishment for permitting live
stock to run at large.
II, B. 284, Carkin Relatin
to road taxes and allocation of
funds.-
; : II, B. 320;" Joint committee on
mflitary uff airs Extending time
for! mak'ng: aplications for cash
bonus Under bonus and loan act
to December 31. 1923.. anI pro-
vHng that, finil application ruav
??e made up to June 30. 1327. '
Possibly
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t
A Good Time
to Visit the . t
WEST COAST :
OP MEXIC0T
Low round trip
tickets on sale .
Feb. 14th-Mar. 31st
DONTMISS
Laugh and Son gf est
M
Oregon State
Penitentiary
Tuesday and Wedneoday
Evenings
Tickets on Sale at Ferry's Drug Store
EAST OUTLOOK
HELD BRIGHTER
(Continued from page 1)
congress, thus postponing the
conferences which were expected
to be held Immediately upon Ia
in et's reaching Constantinople.
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The fact that a Russian soviet
minister has also gone to Smyrna
lias"" caused comment in view of
Insistent--reports of the conclu
sion of a-'Russo-Turklsh agree-
ment atLausannev . .
When going East you may, Include'
that longed-for trip to California at
practically no additional cost. " t
You toiay choose one of the several
delightful routes each distinctive lii
itself. .
Then. too. you have liberal stop
over privileges.
Four "Shasta Route' trains are- at
your service every day.
Let your local ticket agent furnish'
detailed Information, time tables and
booklets, or write ; .
JOHN M. SCOTT
General Passenger Agent
Portland. Oregon
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