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... . ' -. . . : '. - .- . cxxcuiJLtioh OUT i i TH THE crrr o 8 A LEU and tiwwkm In "Xariea an4 Folk OounMee The Oregon Statesman THB HOMJS NEWSPAPER , .5950 -5570, l.TTr for stonUu anding Dee ember 1. , J . " ?udy . "lJy --" Sudy , .5880 .5471 v r t 'A t nVENTY-SECOND YEAB Fiioin ISSUE 01 RUHR 1R K ' Threatened FinanciaLBIOCk- ad3 Made by Germans to Be Met by Printing Presses Is Claim. t 11 VtrinTIOfJ IN ESSEN t ."INCREASES RAPIDLY nc ;:d Situation S e" i ii it m I Light Director Sentenced to ray i-ine. It TARIS. Peb. 16. (By The As- filiated Press.) France is ready f ,"v-w in agreement with Bel- f:3in to set het printing presses t) work turning our uerman ii, arks for use in the Ruhr if the . ' ' MX ( in zovernmenc starts m no w 5SS 7o7 tl occupd f the Associated Press was -farmed tonight on good author ir. The original plan to issue an entirely new uuncutj (uuKt . i . wn a yawfAft . th. fMAnres of the Ruhr has v, -y , tlA i ren abandoned necause oi tn r imerous complications , that ? ould arise with two kinds .of i-.oney tn circulation ; French bankers say they ara ccsalident that the Germans will t oblige them to resort to the 6 . . . I irintinr of marks on their -own - f ccoant, but if they v do tlie I rench will proceed to. issue all ! l .e currency needed and willie- :ire the Geraaa goTerament to ranor It when the Ruhr occupa llzn is terminated, it was stated. , V . " L;ioi of !I"ieA .47IKTSrr-2 . , VfcT vilie rces"r. .ed t... move was intended to xorestau the supposed Intention of the lies to buy . up marks ff or eve,n ta&l.use in the Ruhr. x , ESSEN, Feb. 16. (By The As sociated Press.) Essen was the ' fctorm center today in the Ruhr, where the friction : between the French and the Germans has In creased because of Thursday Right's shooting ot two French soldiers by security police in a cafe brawl, j : ) ' In reUHation for this shoot ing. General Foamier ordered e battalion of French infantry; to " occupy the German police bar racks The chief ot police was arrested, all the files and docu- - "!Ita.AL . har "the .disarming of the police was begun. ' -1 .-h The shooting of the , French fildlers occurred when eight ot them, dff l duty,' entered the -cafe. The waiters refused ,.tov serve then because of the i .. eoycott against the JPrenca-rStarted last Monday night . and fighting im- mediately began. - g . A member of the security po- lice appeared at the door of the vaie wnen tne Drawi oegan ana the French contend that he was the first person to begin, shoot ing. 'J ' : ' Director: Sentenced ? - The director of the Essen elec tric light plant, Herr Buszmann, as sentenced- by the f French court martiat at - Bredeney today : to pay a fine of 5,000.000 marks for alleged interference with the : French on Monday after the tak ing over by the French of the - neaaquarters of General Coste. btad of the Industrial mission In h the Ruhr. " The director facilitated the cut ; ting off of hotel light when, the boycott started with the waiters refusing to serve He lYenelw , Obergurgomaster s Havenstein, : of Oherhauaen, who was arrested ; wr .disregarding French orders also was tried by the Bredeney lfmrt martial for disregarding rencn orders. He was convict-! T (Condoned on page S) THE WEATHER OREGON: Saturday fair, ex cept rain northwest portion. LOCAL WEATHER v ' (Friday) , I Matlmum temperature., . , mimn temperature. 29. f2 re- filing. Rlnfaii, none. Ataosphere, eloudy. north. ' : v J BOOTLEGGERS FIND UTOPIA, NEVADA "WET" Solons and Governor Wrangle f Over Prohibition Law i. Meanwhile Liquor Flows RENO, Nev, Feb. 16. Nevada Went Into the "wet1 rnlnmn tw day when the legislature repealed over, tne governor's veto the ex isting prohihitlon laws. At the same time the legisla ture passed the Whlteley prohi bition law, adopting the Volstead law as the law of Nevada, but un til the governor, signs it, not stated law will prohibit the liquor traf fic. Doubt as S to the constitu tionality of the , Whlteley law, modeled after the California law. m i trl. ..-.. V S J yu wu jib iciu nuu in wet may be prolonged. Compromise ! Measure May uo ueiore senate Accora ing to Lobby Rumors." -u "i1 gested Income tax. bills which hare been before the joint assess ment .and taxation ) committee there promises to emerge a com' promise bill," according to latest reports in the lobby. ; " "p"., w,u u introduced in the senate aa a sub stitute for hbuae bill 305, passed by the nouse, and ; will be a pro gressive tax Increasing by 'one per cent per thousand up' to six per cent, with a flat rate on cor po rations. Corporations are giv en an exemption1 of .six per .cent on their capital investments ! UI further reported th.t tt. exemption on! lndlrlanals 1. set .r;r'r.",rrr - opinion appeared to be that the time has arrived when aa income tax In Oregon is a foregone con clusion.' - . ; ; Want Ijow Rates ::'.-. The only recommendations Juq the committee were that the rates (Continued on page 8) INOFFICIAL iliCITC c lUriau John R, Mott Coming to Port- land in March-rSalem to Sendruelegates. John R. Mott, the biggest man In the YMCA world, is to' visit Portland, March H'and'lB.on an inspection tour of -the principal YMCA's otthe-United States. This l 'hii onlv Visit in Oregon: : he mnWa twn tnn In WashinKton. j a geattie and Tacoma; . one in i Mahfi. - Boise, and In general, he hit onlv the high sDOts in the Y circuit; Salem is to have the privilege of sending a few delegates to the Portland convention. Mr Mott is to hold no big public meetings; he devotes all his time and energy to the Y' investigation, and to the hearings carried "on within the association, 'j Admission to , the hearings, limited as it necessarily will be, I, rated as a great priv get in are held to be in great luck. Only" five delegates are at pres ent annortioned to Salem, besides the regular staff; of" the Salem Y. Secretary Kella plans to take a squad of active Y workers from Willamette University . on a - long tour ' of the ' upper - coast cities, About in April, as he did last yeat, Only five were of the squad of 1922, but as many as nine may make the tour; this season. They are to be received at the' YMCA headquarters in Portland, Tacoma, Olympia, and Seattle and given a tull demonstration of every actiT ity carried on in each association A number of this year's Willam. Atfa- vrnrluates are planning to take un Y work as a' life career and this Introduction to the prob lems of city association work I part of their college course. Two of last year's class, EVerett Craven and BenrRickli, ; landed in the Portland association, following last year's tour; and have been mak ing wonderful records; another, Lester Day. is in the Boston Y, and doing equally weli,- BILL REPORT vnnnm mi imun vi HINDER PROBES TO Major General Cronkhite De- termines to Bring Facts of n I S etiremetH BeiOre General Public. ? SENATE INVESTIGATION DEMANDED BY COLONEL President Harding "Misled" Into Signing Order, Is Opinion. WASHINGTON, Fab. 16. By tne Associated Press.) Revela- tions wnich "will shock the con- science of the country" were promised tonight by Major Gene- rai Adelbert Cronkhite, war com- mander of the 80th division, in his first public statement regard- mg me circumstances surround- ing his recent enforced retire- uv uwW vuc vcuvQ rou oi me i army. . ;. ' i Promise RevelatioiM j Repeating his charge that he was taken out of ; active service because of the attention he was giving, to Investigation of the death of his son. Major Alexander P. Cronkhite.0 mvsterionslv Vilid In 1918 at Camp Lewis, Wash.. the general asserted that in what i. . m. . . . 11. uo iau uone, ne was only "per forming the duty to which I was assigned by the president." He had been given no ooDortunltr. he added, to place the true facts before the authorities, and con trary to established regulations, had been denied even the right or . appearing before a retiring Doara. " me iacis in this whole un fortunate affair, when they come to, light," he said, "will shock 5eVoVc.ntr;a unless something happens to me, they surely will come to light.' Investigation f Demanded The senate Investigation into the case already! has been re quested by Jennings C. Wise, who servea in tne wtn division as a lieutenant colonel, and by others of General Cronkhite'a friends Tonight no decision on the re quest had been reached by the senators interested, although ac tion of a successor to .General Cronkhite still was being with held at the request of Senator Glass, , Democrat, Virginia, in whoso state the 80 th division trained. ; In his statement tonight. Gen eral Cronkhite - emphasized that he believed , President Harding had been "misled" Into- signing the retirement order and Chat the grave irregularities" - he charged in connection with the case of Major Cronkhite, had taken place before Secretary Weeks took of- fiee. Dallas Lodge Will Hold Annual Roll Call Monday DALLAS,' Or., Feb. 16. (Spe cial to Tne Statesman.) The an nual roll call of Marmion : lodge pjo. 96, Knights of Pythias, to be held 'In their. ' hall next 'Monday evening promises' to be one of the biggest' events In ;' Iodgedom' ever held here. A special program has been arranged for the evening. The-; principal speaker win be Frank T." Wrightman of Salem, a past grand chancellor ot the or der in the domain of Oregon. Mr. Wrightman"! is ' a' fluent speaker. and 'has? made fraternal talks to the local lodge on a number of occasions. In addition to the pro gram, work "will be put on by one of the crack drill teams of the local lodge. After, the lodge bus? inees has been concluded ; a ban quet will be held in the Woodman of the World hall. . ,-. Polk County Man Fined for Killing Beavers SILVERTONV Or.. Feb. 16. clal - to The Statesman.) Brace Donaldson, a logger employed by the: Valsetz Lumber -com pany on Us holdings in the SHets basin. was"; arrested by 'Game .Warden Roy Bremmer of(Salem this week on a charge "of : having beaver skins In his possession. Thirty four hides were found at! Donald son's placo when : he was placed under - arrest. The ; man- was brought to Independence where his trial was held before R. W, Baker, justice of the peace. Don aldson pleaded guilty and was fined 8100 and costs. The state's case was handled by J. N. Helger son, district' attorney. ' .V- SHOUTIOO SAL, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1923 EDISON BRAIN CHILDREN ARE NOW LOCATED Forty-five Inventions Found In History of Naval Board Few Made Use of. NEW YORK, Feb. 16. -The 45 inventions of Thomas A. Edison which he claims were suppressed SSriSSTS iriol Daily Eagle announced. Mr. Edl- 8011 .r?c2xs "serted that he wouia oner no more mveniions to Che government and termed the maw n 'oinearf onrnnnt nn"AhA cause of what happened to hi brain chlldren durins the w" consulting board. the disposition of some of them, was found in the history of the naval consulting board by . Lloyd N. Scott, Six of the 45 were mod ifications or variations of the others. in commentlne on inventions of- Ifered to the board by the public the history says that "although but one device received bv the board from the public (the ROg Igles orientafor. designed to train aviators. In the sense of eauilib- rium) was put into production, yet there were several others which might have had the exigencies of tne war aemanaea mem. . ES QUESTIONERS Efforts to Prove Confessed Spy Betrayed His Own People for Ford, Fail. CHICAGO. Feb. 16. (By The Associated Press) Efforts of the that Albert Bailin, alias Balanow confessed spy and agent, provoca s"Js; TSHftiriS: pie, "the Jewish race" by gath ering the material on which Hen ry Ford's magazine, The Dearborn Independent, based its anti-Jew ish articles, failed when Balanow refused to answer questions. The cross examination wa completed today. Tomorrow Allen 'O. Mey ers,! assistant general manager of the Burns Detective Agency," will be examined. Balanow steadfastly declared it was no business of O. L. Smith, assistant attorney general of Michigan, whether, he had or had (Continued on page 2) DEBATES WON BY T s Five Points Captured by Local School Champ 1 ionship Meeti Eugene. Salem v high school won the triangular debate with Salem Wood burn and Oregon City, last night, by a score of five points; Oregon City; with four points, ond Wood burn with three, are auto matically eliminated from further competition. s Salem won the affirmative, here at home, against Woodburn, by an unanimous decision. The speak ers were Benoit JWcCroskey and Bernice Mulyey. The Salem nega tive team really won a notable victory at Woodburn, in getting even one .point in an unpopular side of a vital question; no other negatives won a . pleasant look from the judges, anywhere. -The negative speakers were George Rhoten and Elizabeth Fairchild. The Oregon City affirmative won an unanimous victory over Wood- burn. The Central Willamette district, comprising ' Marlon, Clackamas and Linn counties There were about 1 eight triangular debates scheduled in this district, for last night. The winners will fight it out for another triangular battle. and so on down to the ultimate district championship.' Then, there are 10 other main districts in the state,: and' they; will - battle each other until there are. but two top liners left. These two teams' are to meet at Eugene, and tight tor the state 'championship.; The scoring 'system calls for one point for every vote by the judges, and one extra point for winning By gelling' thTree votes in Salem, last night, the affirmative team thus earned four points ; which with the one vote at Woodburn. makes Salem the winner in this section,. " - '-; BAIL IN E SALEM HI FUIIN6 BILL IS BY SENATORS Success of British Debt Set tlement Considered Com plete Final Vote Is. 70 to 13. ' TWO AMENDMENTS ARE STILL UNDER DISPUTE Reduced Interest Is Subject of Final ' Dedate Oppon ents Rally. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. Con grresional approval of the Brit ish debt funding settlement vir tually was complete tonight when the senate .passed the house funding bill, fhe vote was 70 to; 13.. ' t ... 4; ' - The bill was returned to the house for adjustment of amend ments not relating to the plan for funding the British debt of S4,- 606,000,000 over a term of 62 years at reduced interest, but providing tHat "settlements with other debtor " nations must have the approval of congress instead ot the president. , The opposition consisted of four Republicans, Senator Borah, Ida ho; France, Maryland; La Fol- lette, Wisconsin ; Norris, Nebras ka; and nine Democrats, Ashurst, Arizona; Gerry, Rhode Island; He flin, Alabama; Hitchcock. Ne braska;. McKellar, 'Tennessee; Reed, Missouri; ' Trammel, - Flor ida; Walsh, : Massachusetts and Walsh, Montana. Amendments Disputed WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. The vote was not reached until " after 7 ; o'clock and after a continuous session of eight hours and a to tal of four days of debate. . The bill was passed a week ago today by the house after one day's dis cussion and goes to conference with a certainty of- enactment before congress adjourns. Chair. man MeCumber of the , finance committee, Senator Smoot, Re publican, Utah, a member of the finance committee and also of the allied debt commission and Senator Williams, Democrat, Mis sissippi, were appointed as the conereee for the senate. Only two important senate amendments are in dispute' be tween the senate and "house, These are the amendment of Sen ator Robinson, Democrat,! Arkan sas, providing for 'approval by congress Instead of the president of funding agreements with other nations, and one by Senator Har ris. Democrat, Georgia, providing for appointment of three Demo crats on the allied debt commis sion. Both were adopted by, the senate without record votes. Interest Is Debated The attacks In final debate today as well as in previous dis cession, centered on the reduced interest provided in the . British settlement. " This Is three per cent for the Mrst 10 years and 3 1-2 per cent thereafter. Op ponents rallied finally upon the amendment of Senator Hitch cock. Democrat, Nebraska, pro posing that Great Britain should pay th same rates as that paid by the United States upon Its se curities, averaged each year. This was rejected 61 to 21 and ended the Interest fight. Legislation Class From O A C Visits Session The senior class in legislation from the Oregon Agricultural college was in . Salem yesterday and visited the legislature and attended some committee meet ings. Dr. U G. Dubach, pro fessor of political science was in charge of the party. They will remain In Saloon today to attend sessions of the legislature. ' The class i is organized as a senate and will, upon Its return to Corvallis. sit as a senate and enact legislation. This will be done before the OAC chamber or commerce. Throughout the session the members of the class have "been following a -considerable number of the bills Introduced in the leg. Ulature. Tftey have, prepared sme : short bills patterned after the bills before the legislature, to be used in their session be fore the OAC chamber , ''. In its organization the class has elected Edward Kimball of Fail Creek' president: Edith An derson, i Portland, chief clerk; Jennie Noreu'e. Bend, calendar clerk; and John Hall, Portland, reading clerk. APPROVED SHIP MEASURE GOES BEFORE SENATE AGAIN Sidetracked Bil Resumes Its Place as Unfinished Busi ness Once More WASHIn'gTON, Feb. 16. The administration shipping bill was returned tonight, to its former place as the unfinished business of the " senate after having been laid aside since early in the week liiSciliigS- The restoration of the bin to its place of advantage was on mo- tion of Senator Jones, Republican, Washington; after champions of the measure had. demonstrated their superior strength by .voting down, 3 8 to 30, a motion by Sen ator Robinson, Democrat. Arkan sas, to adiourn. - .i S Mortuary Chamber of King i Tutenkhamun Is Opened; Splendors Amazing. LUXOR, Egypt, Feb.. 16. (By the Associated ' Press.) -Opening of the mortuary chamber In tue tomb of King Tutenkhamun to day showed the sarcophagus of the Pharoah to be still in the same position in which it was placed, by his mourners more than 3000 years ago.- When the exploring scientists after removing' the 'delicate seals. broke their way through the ma sonry of 'the inner chamber door ,they were confronted with splen dors which, upon the first cursory examination, ' appear to surpass even those of the ante chamber which have held -the interest of the entire world. . : Coffin TJndistnrbed The exploring party, headed by Howard Carter, exclaimed with amazement at finding the -center chamber, which is about 14 feet square) occupied by "an immense gilded canopy; richly- inscribed. The canopy was closed but there was a door, and the opening of this revealed Inside what un doubtedly is Tutenkhamun's cof fin. ; For the present. however. this was left undisturbed. . ' , A canopy . jar, which ' probably contains the heart and other In ternal organs of the king, was found inside the canopy. One feature of the- discovery in the inner chamber was a mag nificent statue "of a cat, richly (Continued on page 6) FATE UNCERTAIN Garand-Eddy Bill Indefinite ly Postponed by Well- oiled Machine. The fate ot consolidation ot state departments at this sob- s!on of the legislature is as un - certain as picnic weather, since the house yesterday afternoon with a well-oiled machine in - definitely postponed the Garland- Eddy consolidation bill. earlier in the day tne senate had seized upon the Hall con solidation bill, on third reading without recommendation from the committee, kicked and tossed it severely for a few minutes and then indefinitely postponed It. ' . ' - . ' - . : The Carkjn . consolidation bill still jests upon the table in the house where it has been accum mulatlng dust since,, yesterday, when' it was snatched from un der the on-rusbing hoofs : of the senate bordea and brought back to the house. If the. Carkin bill is taken from ' the . table ! in the house it will be for amendment to elim inate the labor commissioner. the food and dairy commissioner and the industrial accident com - mttilnn Mfrnm honAath Ita 'off Arts. and this will precipitate a clash. The nrobabilities are - that the bill will be left on the table, n which event there will be no con- solidation. The house feels that it. did its duty when It- introduced and vot ed favorably on the Carkin bill. When the senate bill came up for assignment to committee - in the house. Representative Brow'nell moved that . it be indefinitely postponed and vote carried with only; tllclt opposition, . DISCOVERED FIN I OH D T I tusgan mm found, mm mm BUTCMW-ISSAVI SEATTLE, Wash., Feb, 16. he steamship Tuscan Prince for which intensive, search "ad been made since she flashed two messages of distress early yesterday, wasvfouna.tnis a small rocky island near Village" Point, Vancouver Island, : "-Li Ac, BOvoW fnYwoYiMsiifP. wrn. "C1 w ." huddled cm.tne roCK at tne DOW Fourteen of the crew of off the island by the surf boat from the Canadian live savins station at Barnfield Creek, . Barclay Sound," near the ccr.a of the wreck. Discovery of the steamship which went asncre in a srale at l a. m. yesterday wag made by the coast guard cutter Snohomish which reported tonight, that the rest of the men (would be taken off the ICE BOARD BILL PASSED Fight Over Measure Is Heat ed Bitter Arguments . Are Heard. After a hard and bitter flgb.t the senate yesterday passed house bill 167i which creates a state fi nance commission and carries the emergency , - clause. Twelve mem bers voted ' against it. The hill was sponsored -by Frank Warre4. Senator Dennis and Representa tive" Wo C. North, named ' by the legislature . two years ago as" a state audit" commission to ascer tain the economic condition of the state. ; . . . - ' Joseph started the attack on the bilr, declaring the commission would be a big - political machine that cpuldf absolutely control the business' of ! any locality " In : the iatale, that the legislature would rue the day it was enacted - and asserting that "you can almost See who will be appointed on the commission.'" - ; ' ' Needed, Says Hare Hare admonished voseph. not to shy "every time he sees the; form (Continued on page, 6), TOO II C01IK SAYS LION OH W. W. Rosebraugh Sees Opportunities for Young Men of Today. The real Lions club has . developed orator; right in its own midst, in the person , of W. W. Rosebraugh. local member. He was the principal speaker at the weekly dinner; Friday, on the general topic of "Lionism." ' 'Too many sleeping or cowardly souls." he said. "Lionlsm Is the big thing that wakens and quicK- lens men,- and gives the mcourage. I Why,' the young man who ' thinks that all the opportunities, are ; gone ls face to face with more and greater opportunities than there ever were before in the history of tne worm. "To get the soul gf service, Is the great thing In life. Next to the' church, is this great order that- is seeking to find more and I better ways to help others and to lift the general level oi man-i kind One never knows the uoifl; en Rule until he tries It." as we do in true Lionlsra." ' " The Lions are to have a father- and-son dinner next Friday; mostly, some other father's sons, for the Lion's sons are mostly still at the bottle lor at most the kilted stage. But they re growing, last; and one or two ot the Lions even have sons, already. . in , college. They are to make a great event of this man-and-boy meeting, next I week. J Misses Fay and Mary Spaulding Inane tWO delightful dUet'S. ' with Miss Genevieve Findtey as accom panist. Following a meeting or the board of directors, that endorsed the movement, the , club voted unanimously, to support the ' big S500,000 school bond program, now pending "in Salem. ; : Mrs. Alice Dodd, of Willamette f university, and representing tne Salem YWCA, presented the cause ot the TWCA, and urged personal I support of its financial campaign that opens next week, .. FRIGS: FIVE GOTO 1 -(By the Associated PresaV aiternopn a toiai wrecx f v TV;" or ine snip. the Tuscan Prince were taken rockjin't The men on the rock suffered severely fronW exposure, said dis patches' received here from the Snohomish. It was stated In dis patches from Victoria; ' however. that the refugees had plenty of food and water. ;. ; First news that a vessel . was - ashore at Village. Point was: taken to the Canadian; government-tele graph station at Uclnelet by a Ja panese fisherman today. The tel egraph operator sent,: word to the Wallace Fisheries, at KUdonan, which, sent its seine boat Nehrst to. the' scene. Meantime the cas bpat China Hat of the Goose-Mil-lard company of San. Mateo has tened with the, news, to B&mfi&ld Creek and' Cpxswain Brady soon had his life boat, under; way. The Nehmet stood by. until the arrival of the lifeboat and tia Snohomish. Thel men were taken, from the dock by the life bot in a breeches- buoy and put aboard, the Nahmnt, in which they ' were conveyed to the Snohon! ."!. Owing to. darkness Captain CI '. vers and,' Coxswain Brady agreeJl that it would, be better to defer removal of the remaining 29 tnsa until morning. r , ,f f . , Storch is Long One i i. -,.. T. i L' ' r '; . t-r " ': " '" . The Tuscan Prince went ashore in a, driving snowstorm, her off if cers belieTing -at the, time ttzi they were south Ot Cape Flattery. Captain Cbllvers was reporteda saying that the failure in report ing her. position when shesent cl . the distress calls was because ' tt. s position, wa not known!" Heavy seas soon put her wireless out cj commission. .... v Village Point, . though a busy place, when salmon fishing is on in, the spring, is, rarely visited t this ' time of the year. For 36 houts 'the search for the Tuscan Prince has been " carried, on by boats and radio operators. ' The Tuscan Prince, a. Br!t';!i freight steamer of steel, 420 feet long, left San Francisco Monday tor Seattle on a voyage from Ant werp. She was carrying pig iron and coke. A report by way of Victoria was that' it "was - raining tonight at VllfagS Point and that there was a lieavy 'sea 'with a strong wind blowing from the southeast. Men's Club Organized - ; in Silvcrton C Church SILVBRTON. ' Or.; Feb.' 16. (Special to - The Statesman.) Fifty men gathered at Trinity Church Thursday evening to dis cuss the organization of a men's club. "A short program was given consisting of 'songs by. a quartet cCmposed of Elmer Jotn son, Hans Hansen, Arthur Mad Son and Alfred Jensen; ' selections by Trinity band and talks by John Goplerud, M. G. Chindi.;son,; Ellas Torvend, Lawrence ' Larson, and Rev. George Henriksen. Dan Dybsetter was chosen as chairman, with Harry Larson tern porarp secretary. It was decided to hold another meeting the sec ond Thursday in March for tta purpose of effecting a. permanent organization. ' Refreehments tc:j served Thursday evening wlti Amos Corhouse presiding in th kitchen. ' . Silver Falls Lumbercarnpa Close Because of Snc SILVERTON,: Or Feb. 16. (Special to The Statesman.) Dm to r the six feet of siiow In tLa regions of the Silver Falls Tim ber company camps I the carat 3 have been closed temporarily. It is said that the milt, which opened Monday after few weeks of close-down for repairs, has a supply of logs on band which will keep it running until the fir !; part of March. ' ' It is expected that the loe--cr will, be able to again resume I -ging in time to prevent any c!o ; down of the mill because cf !"; of loss- t