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; ! - ! - ' ';!: ' j ;i ; ; " ' ; tj - j : V 1' -A L r: ; J:::'' ' '' ; ": -?Vi Mi- - 1 1 : . . ' .-.: ! -.. : . -. ' ' '-(., . ' ;. f j : : ,. .' . ; V. , :' .', f:. -; i --. .. - . .. - If I ;.. OTBCULATIOV. .. ... ijf ivrac for March, 1923. v , il Sunday ny ...i..r..01 5 ' I Daily and Sunday i ........... j...... 5424 i Avarac for, tlx moatba ending February 28. 192S: ; ; Bandaj only1 . 5840 i t Daily . and Sonday . 5453 and alaaira fa Uarloa . aad Polk Ooaatloa , Naarly aTarybody raada The Oregon Statesman. r 4, THS BOMB 2ncWSPXPB 1 I SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR ALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, j APRIL 18, 1923 PRJCE ;FIVE s CENTS Q It) li lt r i STATE PRISON industrial Activity at Peni- - tentiary Bolstered Up $0 Thot Ppa-Mirallur All Prin- i nai rracilCduy Milton . VICIS tmpioygu ' f - l; ; I " ;V : i . I-. . . v- : 1 THREE VVOQD CAMPS . V . . lunw iM nPCRATinW . ; I"3 Vr""11 . " ; ' ! ":- t ' , - ' j t-i Furniture , Factory anq Flax IVIiif rUmiSil UUUUIJallUll n 'for Scores 4nmat at the i Practically every state-prison is( ; now at, work; in doors, outdoors on the farm, in the garden, .".out sin the Jumber camps. It is about the busiest place in the whole list of state Institations. " ' Three woods camps are being.; maintained. One is near Marion where the state has a 500-arce , tract or timber , land. : The larger - inn Vif all tfnrla arft saved for tfieprison sawmill. , The reat is French aifld Belgians tO In worked into firewood. The state t nni(ii)nmirnn RAI'rt' f. M tla wood for a cost of about $3 a cord, and "a "pay - ment of 25 cents a cord is made to the men at 'that. - ? A faithful worker in the woods camp will actually save - as much money af the average farnv hand, will save by the end of the season. becaas he spends lesB. i ;' is New Camp Made . I Another clearing f farm - has been established near the asylum farm. The prison takes its pay in wood and , logs. ; A" third camp I is up- at Gooch, on the Mill CJty I branch rauroaa.- 'iney are gei- ZZtZrZ. vZ Itnre factory-r-balmwood.. aldier. I ' m ; maple,J aish, alnd eome fir. jThey j . luy this at si low enough stump- , ge rate that the state is getting "Us logs for a real bargain ""trice, A total of 63 men Is now at work In these three camps. . ( J ., . A C50-horse lf fel water wheel vaa" bought this week for the prison power plant. The ; old ' wjeel delivered' only 90 horse- power. The prison has the water for, the larger power and needs it.aU. The flume east of the prison Is to be concreted at once at a. cost of l about S6000. -Thla special appropriation was made bv the last iMlslatnreJ and . It In- I sores the .'constant and safe oper- atlon of ' the power plant. The 'new powerv Installation will re lieve much of the demand for. fuel wood at the prison and will " enable .the ( institution tbi aeH wood if it decides to do So. - stead of 4urnin it. Lumber Is Cut Aj lei of balmwood lumber is being cut at the sawmill at a cost of about , $ 5 a', thousand feet. This is to be used for the forms for the new j concrete flume.! I It will work fas well as fir lumber that costs fflTe times as much. Considerable jquantity of the clear grained balmwood is used in fur niture making for the frames and backings for upholstered s, goods, because of its; lightness and its strength. And it is one of the peat sources; for "Circassian wal nut" of commerce. Many a proud i, t . Mm. bii.ii i I . parlor suite fa really only a plain j "bam" with a college education, But they do not hoax the public at the prisdn. s They're honest out there, and they leare the wood hoaxing, to be done by free meo on the outside. i Warden Smith recently. bought 30 large plne. trees near Turner for $3 eachj and had them logged ed cost of nw apartment house for the pHsdrf.mill. They needed to be built !by Arthur . Moore. I3e some good pine for some of their1 ducting this amount from the total manufactures. ! They got some J would Indicate that the-rpre-punk logs, hot there was enough fsent i April l records. f whci clear stuff to make them a great! bargain, j- V i Flax; Cleaned Up -f. -Ail The state's flax i is ail cleaned up. The last car,, about $12,0001 worm was shipped to the.1 east only a few days ago. There is a little flax yet to finish up for the .Willamette Valley Fax association I tYi to nt i . . . wl ast two or three weeks. 1 7iT hat tno whoe ,ax mill; Is J IO be revised for the 'hie run of fla .- . imt. a continuous iiaz breaker, with)'20 breaking ; rolls, has been- contracted- lor, to: be hnllt in Salem to tak4 the "place of a number of the little, individ ual breakers that have Jbeen used This machine li lhe iax Alness out of the ex5erlm4ui age and make it a reaS industry. t.:i,-''18tJ. flas neaa i n A at. I . a W 9 m 1 i.wtt tor tne . output of 14&ui I c r. . t . I t :: J""' A0W. acr8 ot in.,8 t 1171 ipriiratAif in f na l st Stayton section. .. There1; is - :-""lVS lUfi .. ( Continued on page) 5). JACOBS ABIE TO TRY DOCTOR AGAIN f f n ?AN DIEGO, Gal., April D?"- Louw L. Jacobs, Camp charged with the murder of tonight that lit was unable to agree andwas discharged at 9:43 o'clock.;: " , . District ! Attorney Kempley announced that he would ""S Dr. Jacobs to trial.again as soon as possible. The sec-. on trial! will have to come after May 7 or .8, after the next criminal docket of the superior court is started.; ! ' i, j The jurors declined to tell how they had stood, declaring that they had all taken Jl solemn pledge not to reveal what had taken place in the Jury room.. Mrs. W. O. Sanford, who l vnc . wujiui yn,uie man, saio, nowcver, inai tne vote naa Deen tne same irom tne first ballot to the last. - v Dr. Jacobs was brought nearby toHbe present when the as ever mrougnoui me iinaj S i I ic.ijr uUMauu i, .ui- iskersvOecide t i v ' DUESSELDORF, April 17. (By ; the. Associated ; Press.) The p - "11."1 .1In.'ntnl?tera.j i. war conferred ihere today with the military toramanders in the Ruhr-in' regard to measures for putting. into effect "the increased pressure 'against the tSermans agreed upon at (he? recent Franco Belgian conference in Paris tending the meeting were Genel i i! i ral PeGoutte, commanding tr.o French; forces; General Ruquois lhe Belgian commander, and Gen- eral Buat of Jhe French general staff. T -.T" " '' M. MagJnot, the French war minister, told the newspaper eor- respondent after the conference that whilejjthe allies were resolv- ed to intensify their arrangements the new plans did not call j for any f extension j of the occupied area. I .The French continue to ton- ffceate German j money into Jtfce Ruhr wherever ihy suppose ft Is designed to encourage the resist- ce o iae occupying ioreesj f April Promises Exceedingly Well, 'City Recorder's Office Shows - . : V ; - J . i Salem is entering upon a build ing era such as has not been -witnessed In many - years fromj all present Indications. Although the month of April is little more than half lover, building permits Issued from the city recorder's office have already ; reached I the Sml of $76,800, A total pi 33 pernm. oen Z greatest , number for all similar periods since the first of tne year, The month Just past saw a total of $164.9001 In permits is- sued, the estimated cost of baild- tags to -be constructed. Of this Umount $32,500 was the estimat thus far has5 been confined only to smalls dwellings and .v buildings, wm far eclipse in number tlpse issued during previous months. Cost of buildings to. be-eon- gtructed in "January reached a to-, tallof $54,160 while $37,500 was estimated, cost, in' February. 1 So ... .vt- JLi. - tM.i f saasJaBO liar iui - WOTtn cf proposed building con- J gtruction Jiaa gone, through j the I ... rr j fw"'" " ClfAHGEI. WITH MITltDKK SAN I FRANCISCO, April 17. barenee n.lUclcs naval seaman charged w h murder in ec fLt Ot . tttBUI j auicu j uBtro .7.. uw. in the police court. o C'Zim t The nreliminanr hearing waa sei M i at his reauest. Hicks announced to the court thatjhe expecteel' the navy- department to asist v him la getting counsel v j ., ..... ALLIES WILL HOT EXTETiD SEIZURE C OK boh CKTRUCT 1 JURY NOT AGREE; TO 1 IJ The jury in the case of Kearney hospital physician, Fritzi Mann, dancer, reported juiy aim wiiu was eiecieu iore . i , . j into court from the county jail. jury came in. He was as calm proceeaings ox me trial. HEW RECORD FDR f" 1 . ':- " ,- f-1 : ft i It . ALTITUDE 10E Navy Biplane With Weight of 6000 Pounds Gains Alti tude 6f 11300 Feet : , DAYTON, Ohio, April 17. - Carrying a dead weight of 2,242 pounds, a navy biplane piloted by Lieutenant R. ; Irvine, Anacogta Station, Washington, D. C, "gain ed an altitude of 1U300 feet over McCook flejd this afternoon. This la the highest Altitude over gain ed by a single motored ship, carrying this much . weight. , ? i Oyer all weight of the ship, in eluding the dead. weight and the weight of. - the . pilot and Ohiel Machinist Mate Cole, aPpr03dmat t i K? fk ii ft WAM4ra ed: 6,000 pounds, ; Plans are underway, according to Commander K. F. Smith, naval attache at McCook field." to re model, the -slilrt Smdrsend It on! a speed flight in an ef toft to gain for the navy the records i- -t for 2500 3000, 3500, 4,000 kilome ter peed records, and the dis tance record . Commander Smith said tonight if the ship used had been equip ped with a super-cnarger it would have1 gained j an altitude of : ap proximately J 9,000 " feet. Dead weieht . carried today included a torpedo weighing 1650 : pounds, and additional equipment making up the balance of the weight. .1 Total of $127,383 Given Out by State Highway -Com- r mission, Report r j PORTLAND. Or., April 17. Highway contracts were awarded by the state highway .commission here today'totalHng $127,383. The work as awarded, follows: . Clackamas county. Oregon City- Bolton section, Pacific highway. .34 mile of 18-foot concrete pave ment.' Oregon Contract company, $12,400. 1 . - . ' Wasco county. Cow Canyon sec tion. The Dalles-California- high way, 7.72 miles broken stone sur facing. Montague-Reilly company $38,458. . f . .! , "Washington county, Dairy Creek section, Taulatin valley highway, .25 mile enbankment construc tion:. Otto Brose, $19,850. Des Cnutes county, bridge over Pilot: Butte canal. Warren Con struction company, $3,68. Umatilla county, bridge over McKay Creok, Union Bridge com pany. $24,540. t Washington county, bridge over Dairy" Creek, W. D "Hoffman, $28721 . fill I P WITH CHA XGE I MOXROn.v U.. April .17. : Fohrteen of the 21 bills to be filed at Bastrop tomorrow or Thursday in connection withthe operation . ot hooded: bands in Morehouse Parish last year will be directed against Captain J. Ki SMpwIth, exalted cyclops of the Kn Klnx Klan , in the. parish, it was learned tonight from an au thoritative source. OREGON: Wednesday unset-i tied, probably rain, continue ed cold. , - -'. ; IN GAB INET Feasibility of Opening Gates Wien Prosperity Is Immi nent subject of Much'DiS" cusston STRENGTHING OF LAW ADVISED BY ONE Secretary Davis Would Have Legibility, Tests Made Abroad Herea ter; WASHINGTON, April 1 7. Declaration of E. H. Gary, chair man of the board of the United States Steel corporation, .that the restrictive immigration law has made - imminent a serious labor shortage served today j to ,draw the attention oJ! government of ficials to the . linmigrallon ques tion and the labor situation. r i 1 . .. Both; immigration and labor conditions were touched upon by the cabinet , at its meeting and. Secretary Davis presented a... re port., which rit, was said .later . at the "White House convinced Pres ident . Harding that judge Gary was correct in his. statement that. a labor shortage was threatened. - .The portion of Judge Gary's statement as made at he annual mjeeting yesterdrtv in Hoboken. N;. Jr, of the United State Steel corporation's stockholders. crltir cising thej restrictive j .immJgra tion law and blaming; It for. the threatened; labor carcity, how ever, brought replies!' from sev eral quarters. , , j j . ' " ; 1 . ' Relaxation Not Advised Chairman Johnson of the ho 1139 Immigration1 committee in a for mal statement- declared there should be no relaxation in the act and ascribed criticism bit the stat ute by largei corporations to a desire for cheaper labor. Senator Heflin, Democrat, Alabama, also issued aj statement in reply to Mr. Gary declaring that congress, instead of liberalizing the present immigration, laws should at its next session strengthen them.. Secretary Davis', report was written prior to Judge Gary's ad dress, but declared "throwing open the gates at a time of pros perity in order to flood the coun try, with workers and non-work ers" would serve to bring prosper ity to an end" : j ' y The report -presented two fea tures est legislation whlch Mr Davis hopes to have enacted by the next congress to supplement the present law fixing . immigra tion quotas for the various; coun tries. Want Tests Abroad "I propose that we establish strict but just tests of physical and mental health and that-we make those tests under the num erical restriction now placed b law ion immigration," said 'Mr. Davis. "I would have those testa made abroad, in order that the applicant for admission may not have "to spend the savings of a lifetime on a long, sea voyage to find out whether- he jcan : enter the United States." '' . The other proposalibutlined. In the report concerned j Enrollment ioj? the admitted alien! which Mr, Davis1 has : previously advocated as a means of helping thj immi grant to acquire the qualifica tions to be an American. Suit to Recover Money Filed Against Company ' tv .,, " ' - ' ' - I ; Suit for $530 services rendered and $1000 damages said to have been . incur red when the j lumber company with whom they had made a contract attempted to Jam their logs and discharge contract ed help, was filed in the circuit court yesterday, by L. J. Breard andc A. M. ' Krise against the BroVn-Peizel Lumber company, f According to the complaint filed, which is an amended one, services wre performed by the plaintiffs aggregating $530 which hap not beeti paid. As a second cause for suit a contract was en tered , into, t(hey allege, whereby, the plaintiffs' were to furnish one million -board feet of . lumber. They allege that' the., defendants attempted everything within their power to "hinder";" work such , as jamming logs and attempting to discharge . help contracted for by the plaintiffs. One thousand dol lars . is asked as remuneration. J- STEPPERS GO DANCING THRU THREE STATES x Police Stop Lone Winded Couple After jQver Sixty,- Eight Hours in Motion NEW YORK, April 17. The rolice of Eastpor. Chester coun ty; ,Conn.,- today stopped .Vera Sheppai-d and Theodore Gill, marathon dancers! who toured three stales aftor they had one Etepiped! continnjously In dance halls aari inovins vans for 68 hours ajid 0 minutes, a wOrld't Chief i of police James J. Ned- u-! T i - ley stopped the ttahcers after h bad watched i thetn for about 20 rn In ut os.! t hief ;Ned:ey said" the dancers came to; Eatporr on their own hook ana asKea no one s permi3 Hon to stage thje dance. They cm not haveja lirense and netth fr did the cliib where the affair was staged. Jie said. , In flew of me iaci tnat police officials in " " uautuefiueuH seep the marataoners fmoving he knew of no reason why jhe should be an exception to he rule. . ; ino dancers, pihilcsophlcallyac - S?5nH!e lntof vlew nd stopped. ; ?. Lieutenants in Air 0verThir - ty-Six Hours Establish ing New world Record DAYTON, Ohio. April 17. Climaxintg a day ot superior fly ing. . Lieutenants John , A. Mac- Ready and Oakley Kelly landed the, Fokker : monoplane T-2 at 9:43 o'clock tonight, establishing a new world's record for sustained flying. They were In the air 36 hours. 5 minutes and 20 seconds. In addition, nine Other recotila were made. ' Traveling - over a I 50-kilometer trianglar r course, the pilots had covered 2,541.2 miles when theyratQer and great-grandfather were landed at Wilbur Wright field to - night, exhausted from the longlor Jaw years, ana ne is the young. grind which began at-9:38 a. m. Monday. Official observers im- mediately began checking records of the Hight and. it will be certl-l fiedt to the federation aeronau- tique, Internationale as new world iigures. French Record Beaten. Earlier in the evening, Lieuten-1 ant Harold ' RV Harris, McCook reaiaence here this afternoon after field, landed his de Haviland4-B a lingering illness, relatives and buplane after a 10-hour and 53 church of ficials j announced ' .to minute flieht in which he main- night. The funeral will be held tained an average speed of 114 miles an hour and beat the former French record of 1500 and 2000 kilometers by an average of' 49 miles an hour. I I - His time for 1500 kilometers was 8 hours and 9 minutes. I- I Shortly after Harris iandedTho order requires hat eight, mln- Lieutenant Rutledae i Irvin. navallHtes and includes scriptural read- air service, landed his naval pedo plane after establishing a world record for altitude, carrying a dead. weight of 2242 pounds to an .altitude of 11,300 feet. . This flight was made in to, hours and a half. V MacReady and Keljy veered off their course when they passed I pylon at Wilbu-r Wright field at I 9:40 p. m. after completing thethe Tamil v lot in Bells fnntnin eighty-first lap,' and after circling I about the field several minutes to get their bearings,! made a per fect landing at, 9: 43 O'clock. L II CHAMBER RACE FOR SENATE Shipping Board, Memberfbe iaid to rest beside the graves lin ts hh tn Kfitlim tO ri 1 aa-: . . ruillctllU nuili .. PORTLAND. Or., I April 17. George E. Chamberlain, member! of the United States I shipping board and ex-Unltedr' States' sen-1 ator from , Oregon. will resign! from the shipping Board June 30,1 according to reliable); information I received here, a story to be print ed in the Oregonian tomorrow! will ' say. ! j I According " to the i OregonIansgrftat tolerance and broad minded story Mr. Chamberlain plans to J return to Oregon following his resignation and resume law prac-0j tice In Portland. It is also re- ported; says the story, that, Mr. I Chamberlaln will become a date on the Democratic ifif fori United States senator, . ; 1 SUCCESSOR OF DEAD BISHOP Rev. Alexander Garrett of Dallas, Texas, to Hold Of fice 6f Late Bishop Tuttfe Until-1925! 1 la... mm.m M m ..... .-' . IrUnltKAL WILL Bt HELD NEXT FRIDAY Ex - H ead II of EniscoDal Church Said Man of Great Tolerance; and. Faith I NEW YORK Anril nZT. ttignt Keverend Alexander Charles Garret. D. D., bishop of Dallas Tex., oldest. living..bi6hop fn tho American "Episcopate, will sue 1 J.Pftd rcuhm, Tmti. gV, t bodied today as presiding'iblshop lu. b, . . i. United States, it Was stated at the QfH3 of the national council He will hold office until 1925, when 'the next general convention of the church will elect a sucres sor who automatically will become president pi the national council. a post . held by Bishop Thomas of Memphis, Tenp ' 01 Years Old In exnlainins; the new cenarturi Reverend Carro11 M- Davis, secre. iary 01 ine episcopal general con vent ion, said experience had Jiown that this means that the presiding bishop was always a man of ad vanced years upon whom it was not deemed Just to fmpose the heavy duties of such an office Bishop Garrett, who Is the rank- inS bishop of the church in he I order of consecration, is in - his I ninety-f irst year, five yeira older ( than Bishop Turtle. 1 Ho was not consecrated a bishop of the church. I "owever, unuij !I74, ; or,; seven I years after the j consecration e4 Bishop Tut tie "who was one'oMus I consecrators Biahop Garrett's : father, grand- 1 rectors of the parish in Ballymote Iest of five brothers, all of whom were Priests of the, church. ST LOUIS, Mo., April 17. (By Associated . iRress.) Ceremonies I impressive by their simplicity are planned, ror the . funeral of the Right Reverend Daniel S. Tuttle, presiding bishop of the Episcopal church In America who died at his Friday, and in accordance ffith. the wish! tff the deceased prelate, no Provision is made; for a sermon, Only simple order for the burial of the dead of the Protestant Epis- I00?1 chuch and hympi by the cno,r tne funeral: program. tor-Jlngs, psalms, the . Lord's prayer aQd tne: prayers. , j -; Funeral Friday, j . The service will be at Christ Church Cathedral at 2 p.1 in., the body laying in state in the chan- icel of the eriifire frnm in-'S m 12:30 p. m. whe nthe nnhl'ic will be permitted to nasa thrnnrh nrt view It. Burial will be private in cemetery. in about two woV it ofat. ed; a memorial service, with digni taries of the church In attend ance. is expected to be held at the cathedral. -. . I A . .. The coffin containing the body will be taken. to .the cathedral Fri day morning and the plans call for members of j the clergy - to Btand silent watch over it while the pub lic files past.! ' I The .simple oitder for the dead concludes with a brief service at fho rravo Tti tilchnn'. ... 1 1 01 11,8 wue. a son. neroert,! ana . ... w..,vc. Tuttle, Jr. . H I The first observance of the pre- Ibells 86 times at the cathedral. the tale of the churchman's years las soon as word; of his death, was received. The noon organ recital was held at the cathedral as usual today, - but ,the program opened with the. playing "of Chopin's t'Funeral March." L -.... ' Defend Youna-Peoole. Bishop - Tuttle was a man of faitbi and was , bailed by church- men of all denominations as one tjje outstanding figures of. the Christian world, t He !had. deen fattn in neoDle and his i voice fre- candi-jou,ntl wa raised in defnsA (continued- i page 2); 1 BEST BEARD : FOR PAGEANT. TOGET PRIZE Man With Best Natural Bush . in Walla" Walla By June j Sixth to be Winner WALLA WALLA, April 7. Sight of a hillman; with a long bushy beard so enthused Director Percy. :Jewett Burell of, the Pion eer pageant which Is to. be held here ..June 6 and. T, that a plan was germinated today to have all of the male participants in the cast Of 2,000 people "grow their own for color." . .. v ', '. . It Is proposed to give a prize for the best , growth in v length and qaality , of beards and. mus taches; grown between May I and June C. .. ' ' . ' : j . President Hopes to Attend Celebration of Coloniza ; 1 tton on. July Fourth PORTLAND, Or., .April. 17.- Invitations ; from " Baker'!- : La Grande and Pendleton, -ipx., to President 1 Harding , to .attend, the celebration to be held at the suni mit of the. Blue mountains ahont July 4 of the 80th 'anniversary of the "arrival of the first wagon irain in, , Oregon-- there, brought , favorable reply . f rom . th e White ilbuse today, according to a spe cial dtepatch1 to the .Oregonian from Washington, D. C. ... . The - invitations . which. y t came from the Baker Chamberpot Com-4 merce, . the La Grande . Ad club, and' commercial lorganlzations off Pendleton jwere presented by;Sen ator McNary. . Tne president's re ply was therefore addressed to rthe'Oregon senator. It read, as follows: ! : "My Dear Senator McNary: Thank you very much for your invitation to the celebration in July, of the 80th anniversary of the beginning of overland colon ization in Oregon. The occasion will be one of peculiar Interest, and I earnestly hope that arrange- ments tfor the contemplated west em trip "will. be possUle. "At i this, time matters are in such a tentative state that, it is not possible . to : make definite dates. ; I have heretofore written to a number of Oregon friends who have ; extended the : hospital ity of the state, saying that Just as soon as is possible they, will be defialtely informed as to our plans whiie .. in i Qfegon. . Most sincerely .yours,? -j.U.. .1 "Warren G. Harding." OF PHES SHORT Large . Packers .L Estimate That JOnly Sixty PerCent Yfeid Possible v j- Contrary - .to recent f published reports, predictions by wire yes terday from ' CalfXornia indicate that th4 prune crop for that state wll be short this year. ; Follow ing are the words' of , two jlis batches received in Salejn yester day:' ,'2A.,A-'l.h..-f., . A.-.:'.- i "Large packers: have: withdrawn lrom the market In spots. They estimate . . that thej California prune crop will be 65 per cent ,of last years. One concern es timates - that ! It , will be 60 per cent. ! Hot winds in Sonoma and Napa counties .claimed- cause of shrinkage of the French ; prunes in that section. Imperials report ed good. Santa Claras apparent ly not r developing, - possibly . due to wet weather In early April. Looks dubious-' . . '-. ; ! ' The second dispatch said: "Prune crop im Santa Clara val ley still hangs - In ' the balance, with.. indications; towards, a light crop. Heraldsburg. Napa, Santa Rpsa,. Suisun, vVacaville,J very light. Will be another week be fore would want to give positive crop estimate." .VV s , J . a ugnt crop 01 prunes . in -11 lfornla..iwouJd of ; coursn Effect beneficially the price of Oregon prunes both the prunes of ; last year's pack unsold, and the pack that! will be put up the coming harvest ' ' - , E ERESOOW STATE POLIC' Sllln Securities Commission De fers -Action Relative to Projects, 7 Meeting Is Called for May 1 MORRIS.COrJTRACT ' MUST BE ALTERED Tvyo Executive Sessions ink June upen; Meeting Coii sume ltire Day After two executive inn. anl i anv open Shearing that con sumed most of the day Tuesday. the astate irrigation, and drainage securities commission hA ' pedal, advisory committee has not yetarrived at ' a conclusion aa to.fWhat it policy is going ta be relaUve toi Irrigation projects that are mow seeking state approval- and interest guarantees. ' cUve session last night at. the office of Governor Pierce, the committee" refused- monsly to take action on the ten tatlve contract betvn , t ferson water conservancy district and Morris' Brothers until the lat ter haye furnished evidence as; to meir nnanclal abqity.;, . Percy. A. Cupper. 'aUte. nVin' eer. and Frank C. Bramwell, etale superintendent of, .banks, were named as. a sub-Committe in nh. tain the desired Information from, the bond house, "..Morris Brothers eh-e Jto 'be,'requIredto- furnish, evidence, that they can . buy and pay for within 60 days $5,000. 000 of the district bonds, instead or, an immediate payment of $3, 00.0.000 aa provided in the ten tative contract, j Morris Brother also will probably, be required to pay . not, less;, than 85 j-jor the onds Instead of 84 1-2 as called for In the contract. - Decide on May l ' The commission will meef on. May 1 and vote on whether it will certify. , the bonda. At , the Kama, time the commission will. pas on the. Powell -Butte application for a certification of $1,050,000' and the Suttles lake application for a certijficatlon ot . $525,000. The commission last night voted to certify the Tumalo, or Deschutes county 'municipal... Improvement district's application v covering $100,000 and tabled the Summer lake -application, for certification on $135,000 bonds.. j Cost Over $8,000,000 The commission stated that it should be known publicly that that the total cost of the Jeffer son' water conservancy district project will be approximately $8,. 300,000.' The tentative contract that was prepared, provided for the purchase pf. $4,910,600 pf the bonds by Morris Brothers, the lat ter to furnish $3.00Q,OQO within 60 days. The purchase price was to be 84 1-2 and Interest guaran tee, from the state was asked '.for five years.. While this was being discussed; n; the open Ineeting yesterday 1 J. C. Cunningham, president of Morris JJrothers, in dicated that! the contract might be. modified to provide foe imme diate delivery o the entire $4,- , 910,000, to provide a! , purchase . price of, 85 -and, to reduce the period interest guarantee from five to two and one-half j years. He was given no definite promises and the conclusion of the open meeting left -the commission free to demand more exacting modifi cations in the contract if It should see fit. bisciisslon General t The 'open session yesterday was N free-for-all ' discussion.' A. D. Anderson, secretary,- and Harry Gard, president of the Jefferson water conserrancy. district,' were the, principal appearances for that district. Gard declared that state approval of the district's demands was a matter of the state's keep ing- faith with the people of the I district. - ,' 1 . ; .-, ' "I believe In the "peoples' rule." said Gard ,"and when the people by. a vote of if our to dne vote for this it should be granted." , . VProvided,". Interrupted Gover nor Pierce, ''that no one else is affected. . I am willing to give you fellows any kind ef a . bond lAsue you want It I. can get into the Elyslan fields, occupied by yourself, , Oswald West and Jay Upton, who claim that the state cannot possibly lose." ' McMahaa for tDTy a-T " McMahan, attorney of Sa- em, appeared for. the 'dry" ele ment M .the .district .that is op- (Coalgued on tage 4) s. ' 1 1