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SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 29, 1924
PRICE FIYE CENTS
11 JOINS
JLiEYTOlS
SMOKING CIGARETTES
AND DANCING CAUSE
IN SURVEY GIRL TO KILL SELF
FQUR-CDUNTY
SCOIIMRGER
IS PERFECTED
STATE FAIR
DATES FIXED
SEPT. 22-27
'Albany and Salem Business
Men Agree to Cooperate Governor Harding of Federal Reserve Bank
in Investigation ot Clear Tells What Led His Daughter to Take Her
Own LifeFather's Revolver Used Notes
Left Addressed to Parent and Friends.
Lake Site
Oscar Hayter of Dallas Elect
ed President at Meeting ot
Representatives Here Last
Night
Schedules Fully Arranged at
Meeting of Board in Se
attle Ricing up Today
REGIONAL EXECUTIVE
FROM SPOKANE HERE
KAY, ALBERT, STOLTZ t
FAVOR MOUNTAIN WATER
HUSTON, Jan. 28. VV, r. G. Harding, governor ot the
federal reserve bank of Boston, in a statement tonight, ad-!
Man Whn QiipvpvpH Wntpr netted his daughter, Margaret Eliot, who was found dead at
cl J? ui i :! cw their home las Saturday, committed suicide by shooting her-
oncu lyi nui uiiic tA- seif with his revolver.
' plains Possibilities Earlier in the day the medical examiner had reported
that Miss Hardimr committed suicide but the immediate
cause of death was not made known.
Representative business men ot Miss Harding, her father said, left notes addressed to ",al orsauuanon i -me
Salem meeting with some 2,0 ot him, to relatives and to friends. In the note to her father, county merger t tn., t.oy m-oim
the prominent business men ot Al-the young woman asked forgiveness tor what she had done
bany. last night agreed . to "look ana was aoout o ao.
Each County Council Com.
prises Sixteen Men and
Four Committees
council was completed here last
night ly representatives from Al-1
lit IJli i. 1 1 f 1 f 1 I. ....
.it.. krtmrinv I 1 fuuiua L swim iuc aiiv luiiKU, wns urn; hiihsu ui me I ban v. i.'orva is. i-cnaiion, nanus.!
water to the Willamette valley note, Mr, Harding Said. He said his daughters act was due 1 independence and Turner. Dr. J.
from Clear Lake, which is located to "her love for social life, dancing every night and smoking
116 miles from Salem and 78 cigarettes.
inlles from Eugene.
SEATTLE. Jan. 2S. Dales Tor
northwestern fairs were decided Ul
the-opening meeting here today o
75 delegates representing the
North Pacific Fair association.
Rating programs to be held at
the fairs will be decided at the
concluding meeting tomorrow.
The dates for the fairs this year
as announced today follow:
Gresham, Ore., August 4 to 9;
Vancouver, B. C. August & to 16;
Skagit county fair, at Burlington.
August 18 to 23; (Centralia-Che-
4halis) southwest Washington fair.
August 25 to 30; Spokane, Klnia
and Victoria fairs September 1 to
6; New Westminster, R. C, Coos
and Curry counties and Medford,
Ore.. September 8 to 13; Wash
ington state fair, Yakima, Albany
and Eugene, Ore., September 15
to 20; Salem. Ore., hjkI Northwest
Washington fair at Lyndon, Sep
tember 22 to 27; Western Wash
ington fair, Puyallup and Van
couver. Wash., fair, September 29
to October ; ; Snohomish county
fair, Everett, October G to 11.
GUILTY PLEA
IS MADE BY
3
DENBY RISIGMT10N
ASKED BY DEMOCRAT
I SENATE MEASURE
Montana University Youths n.
Admit Robbing Postoffice Ouster of Other Officials of Navy Department
of $25,000 Capture Is Connected with Leasine of Oil Reserves De
manded in Robinson Resolution Action by
Senate Deferred Until Later.
STUDENTS
, Without a dissenting voice,
prominent Salem business men
agreed that Salem could not af-
ford to overlook an opportunity
to have Clear Lake water "II it
did. not cost too much" to convey
It from Us fountalnhead.
, Better Than Hull Run
Clear Lake Water is ranked as
"better than Bull Run water" ac-
' cording to Captain Edmundstone
. of Portland, who spent three years
surveying the water shed for the
' H1U railroad lines when It was
LEWIS TO BUILD
FINE GAMP SITE
Salem Man Purchases 39
Acres in West Salem
From Portland Bank
W. B. Lewis of Salem yesterday
f planned to utilize the power for I purchased Irom tue Northwestern
; electrifying a road south. me National bank of Portland 39
iflllll lines later released the claim acreg of property in West Salem,
j to the water right and within re- jast acrosg the inter-county bridge,
' cent weeks the water right, has and announces his intention to
- been Wed on by Waldo Anderson, COnvert it into a camp groud for
(prominent ... Albany automobile the uSe of viaitors arriving here
dealer, with the idea of utilizing &UTlng the tourist season and any
: the water and power by ciues 01 others who wish to avail them
the Willamette valley, selves of camping privileges.
"The Hill ' lines damned them- t. Lewis says he will equip
f selves for not putting Jt-in saiaithe grounds with all modern, con
Panlatn i ndmnniitons lust nlcht. I aa onTT olon nhnrits 51 rhil
f ? "The cost at that time, ISiS.ldrens dip in connection with the
I would have been, about three mil-J gr0und3. His general purpose, he
. L lion and now the cost is rougnry say8 ls to give Salem
4 estimated at 2.17 times wai
imount."
r Estimates Vary
Figures were quoted from a
pamphlet Issued by the state
board of health,, giving the cost
Mr. Harding said that Stanley
llawkes, head of the information
bureau of the state department
t Washington arrived in Boston
today in response to a letter writ
ten by Miss Harding before her
death. Mr. Hawkes engagement
to a young woman in Washington
was announced recently.
"Today was the first time I
ever heard my aaugnier 3 name
linked with that of Hawkes," Mr.
Harding said. "I told this fel
low to go back to Washington;
that there was nothing he couia
do here."
In his statement regarding his
daughter's death Mr. Harding, who
appeared broken and ill, said:
"She shot herself with my re
volver which I left hidden in my
own room and which she must
have found. Several letters whlcfc
she had written and which were
found 011 the desk in her room con
firmed the suicide. The revol
ver was lying nearby. Only one
shot ' had been - fJrvd, the""oul
entering her left breast. '
of the project, piping the water from the farm.
a better
camp ground than it has at pres
ent
The property is known as the
old Pinckney farm. Mr. Lewis U
alBO owner of the Riverside ser
vice station just across the street
to Salem. Thefost was based up
on 1913 costs and varied with the
tvne of conduit used from J3.900,-
900 to more than $4,000,000 for
other types of conduit.
II. S. Rogers, hydraulic engin
eer from Oregon Agricultural col
lege, spoke on the problems of
supply a city wittt water and the
provision which should bo maae
for a growth in the city popula
tion. R. H. Dearborn, electrical
engineer at Oregon Agricultural
college spoke of the possibilities
of power development with the
water from the lake. .
1 SUtc Offers Aid
' M.' K. Cameron, professor of
economics at the University of
Oreeon. spoke of tho ways in
The deal was handled directly
FIRST SLICE OF
TiX CUT SEFJI
Ways and Means Committee
Adopts Mellon Proposal
for Reduction
H. ltobinett. of Albany, presided.
The meeting was held at the pub
lic library.
Oscar Hayter, of Uailas, was
elected president. Other officers
elected were Klnio S. White, Sa
lem, first vice president and head
of the business administration de
partment; Rev. Marten Fereshi i-
ian, second vice president and
chairman of the educational de
partment; C. ('. Hall. Albany
third vice president and head ol
the camping division. H. !l. Scii!-U-n,
of Corv:illis, was elected scout
commissioner; Archie Metzuer, Al
bany, secretary and Mr. Burks: iff,
af Albany, treasurer.
C. K. Warren, of Spokane, re
gional scout executive, explained
;he departmental organization,
which was adopted. The business
administration department was
$iven authority to make up the
budget and present this at the next
meeting of the council. The coun
cil will also be represented at the
SERVICE
MEN
a 1
Nearly Three Hundred Fron
Marion and Polk Coun
ties Assemble
CIRCUIT
RIDER
STAT
UE IRIS
Equestrian Figure Being Set ntai grouping in
M.- n-jl ;Url aat'e up of 1. men.
on reutJbidi r vumw
Until April 19
4
WASHINGTON', Jan. 2S. In
come tax payers got their first
slice of the nronosed tax relief to-
which the Project might be Ilnanc- day when the i,ouso ways and
ed and controlled, bringing oui means committee adopted the rec
ways in which a cooperative or- ommemation of Secretary Mellon
Sanitation might be formed and tQ ailow a Bpeciai 23 per cent re-
bo controlled, and the cities inter- ductjoa jn the tax on incomes
csted. which are "earned."
Rhea Luper, state engineer, A taxable incomes under
proffered the services of the state 5000 were defined as earned Tor
engineer's department in the mak- purposC3 0j this reduction, while
ing ot a survey, and pledged his $20,000 was set as the maximum
cooperation In the undertaking of amount of incomes on which the
such preliminary work. reduction could be taken.
The cities ot the Willamette val- - Treasury estimates show that
ley need water in sufficient quan- &bout 13.WOO.000 taxpayers have
tlty to take care ot possiblo fu- income8 of less than $3000, and
tu re needs, according. to Waldo antomatically could deduct from
Anderson, who outlined the plans thelr tax wnen computed 25 per
Of Albany. cent of its total. Thus, a married
Albany Drinking MHo age." man with two children who now
' Albany citizens hope to secure -uya a tax of $2S on an income of
the cooperation of Corvallls which 400o WOuId pay only $21, this
i is lust how making a survey oi tignro not taking into account any
possible sources of water, and Eu-1 normal income tax reductions a
, gene in addition to galom. Albany prop0gition still before the com
Is drinking rsewagc treated with mitteo.
i chemicals," according ,to 1). O. Disposition of the section of the
Wood worth. Albany druggist. Sa- bill cleared the way. with the ex-
lem has had under, consideration ccption of some odds and ends to
r tor several months possible means be taken up tomorrow for consid-
of bringing water from the North I cratiou by the committee of in
X Fork of tho Santiam for use in the c0mo rates themselves, including
the surtaxes, the main point at is
The equestrian statue "The Cir
cuit Itider," donated to the state
by It. A. Booth of Eugene, arrived
here yesterday and is being placed
on the pedestal in the state
grounds near the capitol. It will
remain veiled until April 10. the
date fixed for the dedication. Mr.
booth was present yesterday while
the statue was being uncrated.
The statue is tho work of A.
Theniister rroctor. noted Ameri
can sculptor. The dedication date
was first set for February 2Z. but
so many protests came in from all
narts of the state that tne prooa-
ble inclement weather ot mat uaie
ould prevent many persons from
attending, that the committee in
harge changed the date to April
9.
Mr. Ilooth said yesterday that
nearly 200 poems have been sub
mitted in the competition for the
100 prize to be awarded for the
best poem written for the occasion.
(Continued on page 2)
THE WEATHER
OREGON: naln west, cloudy
, east portion Tuesday; fresh
southeasterly winds.
V , LOCAlWEATIlEli r
I (Monday)
' Maximum temperature, 56.
. Minimum temperature, 39.
: River, 2.8; stationary, ;
: Jtainfall.'.si. - -Atmosphere,
cloudy
Wind, southwest. i
suo In the tax revision program.
Majority members of the com
niittee met late today to discuss
a program of procedure, bu
agreed only to meet in full com
mlttce tomorrow.
0
WOODMKX rnNVKNE
PKNDLETON'. Ore.. Jan. 2S.
With approximately 200 sheep
man of Oregon, forest' officials
and visitors from other states in
attendance, the 20th annual con
ntln not, the Oregon Wool
Growers! got under way in Pendle
ton today. ;
House of David Colony
Loses Son of its Leader
KENTON IIARCOH, Mich . Jan.
28. Members ot llie nouse '
David colony, taught that there is
no death for those who follow its
cachings, went through their daily
tasks today apparently unmoveu
while at a downtown undertaking
establishment lay the body of Coy
I'urncll. 40-year-old son of IJan-
jamin. fugitive "king" of tnc sect.
Coy Purnell's death Sunday was
revealed today. Pneumonia, com
ing as a climax to a lingering dis
ease from which Purnell has1 long
been a sufferer, caused his death.
Tho predicted return of "king"
Ueniamin who some of his fol
lowers believed would give himself
up to answer statuatory charges
against him. in order to be at the
bedside of his dying son. failed to
materialize. Benjamin Purnell is
wanted by the Btate of Michigan
to face charges of Improper con
duct toward young girls in con
nection with rites at Shiioh house,
his colony headquarters.
nnuaf meeting oi reional execu
live committee men, to be held in
Seattle, February r. The e'Hica-
.lonal department was asked to de
velop a program and campaign and
to report upon this before the N'a
Jonal Boy Scout week, feuruaiy
1 to 14 inclusive.
For each of the four rrunties of
Marion, I'olk, Linn and Benton
.he organization is similar to that
or the entire four. The depart
each to be
and these to
:te divided into four committees
f four members each. The com
mittees are financial and business
administration, fiMd work, camp
inc activities and education. Kach
county has its president. Klmo
White was recent! v chosen for this
office in Marion county and It. J
Va'uon, secretary.
With a name each yet to be
added to the educational and camp
ir.g committees the Marion county
committees have the following per
son.iel
Financial and business a-.lmiuis
tration Klmo i?. White, chair
man; Fritz Slade, (5. T. Wads
worth, Frank Ncer.
Educational Kev. M. Fcrcslrjt
ian, chairman; J. L. Brady, Itev
II. 1). Chambers
Camping F. A. Elliott, chair
man, H. J. Valituu, 1. E. Thoma
ton.
Field department Mayor
Oiesy, liairman; M. E. Meyers,
Dr. E. E. Fisher, Ilev. II. W. John
son. The Salem Ministerial associa
tion yesterday, following address
es by Howard Zinser and Elmo a
While, i-lected Itev. Hairy V.
Johnson as. its representative on
the Marion county council.
io
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Easy
'ackage of Money Hidden in
Tool Box Found With
Seal Unbroken
EXPERIMENT IN CRIME
PROVES UNSUCCESSFUL
m m m w w w w w w w w w
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. A resolution expressing the
sense of the senate that President Coolidge should call for the ?
resignation of Secretary Denby in connection with the lease
I of naval oil reserves was offered tonight by Senator Robinson
of Arkansas, the Democratic leader. It went over under the
rules.
The resolution also proposes that the president call ior
the resignations of other "officials and officers' of the navy
I department "whose relations with the oil reserve leases mai
lt. A. Heller, 21, Boston; Bernard cate misfeasance and malfeasance in office.
Quesnrl. 21, Kalisnell. and Robort Text Of the resolution IOlIOWSI
Ackier, j?t, Butte, three i niver- "In view of the revelations and testimony developed In
sity of Montana students, who the Teapot Dome investigations be it
.i ......I.. .W:.. I Resolved:
VIL' 'II I t'hiril Vtfl iy I ii, VI 11 lilt, I . . . . , . , , M1 .
senate that tne president oi tne united otaies immeuiateijr
MISSOl'EA, Mont., .Jan. 2S.
That it is the sense of the United States
: . t : . ; u il. . MnKUn-.r rP
, co.uecuou wu . t. - resignation of Edwin Denby and all other offi
tl.o Missoula posioiiire oi a reg-i . , UQ or Jonnrtmwf whnsp rnnnpet. on
with the leasing of the oil reserves of the government indi
cate misfeasance or malfeasance in office.
A whirlwind of developments
today advanced mcasureably the
government's plan to rid itself of
the Fall oil leases.
Debate IjRflts All Day
A resolution urging the presi
dent to institute TroceedlngH for
annulment of botn the Sinclair
Nearly ::m ex-service men
Marion and Polk counties packed
McCornack hall last night as the
upsts of Voiture 153, EaSociete
de 40 Iiommes et S Chevaux. Fol
ng at!ne program the men
e served a Johnny Jones feed,
ack Hessey, of the Hickman-'
Bessey Stock company, gave a
monologue, having as the subject
of his address "Prohibition." He
fle a decided hit with the aud
ience, following if with a vocal so
lo. Chief Justice Thomas A. Mc-
Hride gave a short talk, telling
the ex-service men that while this
nation may be a commercial one,
it is not commercialized and be
lieves in justice above all. He
predicted that the men who sacri
ficed their time and lives would
be dealt with justly just when
and how he did not know. He
was enthusiastically applauded.
Vocal solos were rendered by
Miss Virginia Stanton, of the Hick-
man-Bessey company, and Mrs.
Dr. W. Carlton Smith. Mrs. Mur
iel Woods, of Sau Francisco, re
cently returned from a concert
tour of South. America, delighted
the gathering with her violin solos
and was forced to respond to re
peated demands for encores. Alias
Stanton was the accompanist for
all musical numbers. In appre
ciation of their generosity, the
10-8 presented eachof the" ladies
with a lovely bouquet.
Colonel Witworth, of Portland
spoke on 'Why We Should Keep
Together." E. Cooke Patton con
tributed IT. minutes or sleight of
lyand performance. Cuy Hickman
and Miss Stanton -'followed with a
specialty number that pleased all.
George P. (Jriffitlt, state vice com
mander, made a few introductory
remarks at the opening of the pro
gram. Robin day, chef la gare of
the 40-S and Carl 1). (Julirie !son
commander of Capital post No. 'J
each spoke briefly.
islered mail pouch containing
$25,000 consigned to one of the
Missoula banks, appeared this af
ternoon before Cnited States Com
missioner Wallace P. Smith and
entered oleas of guilty. Their
bonds were set at $2500 each, but
had not been furnished tonight
Just an Experiment
"We just wanted to sec wheth
er we could get away with it, was
the statement of" the boys after
thev had made their confession
"We did not need the money.'
The charges against the youths
are entering the postoffice. as
saulting a mail clerk, stealing reg-
ictorori mail and eonsDiracy.
Their case will probably comechanee
up in federal court at tho session
to open at Great Falls on rebru
ary 15.
Robbery Planned
Heller, who has been acting as
... . .-i ,
a sunstitute posiair ciei k, buuiu-
ing to the confession made ; to the
police, secured information con
cerning the presence of the bax
in the postoffice safe and told the
pther two. his room mates. They
got to discussing the laxity in
which the money was handled, and
finally to speculating on the pos
sibility of a successful holdup. It
was then, the boys state, that they
began to lay plans for the execu
tion of the robbery.
Heller, who was " not working
last night, went to the postoffice
and gained admittance on the plea
that he was expecting an import
ant letter. wnne ne m.n-
MONDAY IN
WASHINGTON
President Coolidge decided to
. : t 1 1 I a J.L.i -
call a conierence io consmer me ana uoneny coniracis was ueuai-
northwestern agricultural situa- cd all day in tho senate wltn ln-
tion. dications pointing to an adoption
- tomorrow.
The supreme court dismissed Another resolution, requesting
the government's case against the the president to call for the reslg-
New York Sugar and Coffee Ex- nation of Secretary Denby because
The senate agriculture commit
tee approved in principle the Nor
beck-Burtness farm aid hill carry
ing $75,000,000,
he. other two, armed wmr revoi-
ers. appeared at thedoor of the
wailing room, bound uener ana
the regular clerk, got the money
and escaped. They concealed the
bac iii a tool box used hy uitc.n
,ii!.rru rinwn bv the rivor and
i v -
went home to bed.
Capture Easily Made
Suspecting that it was an in
side iob. the police nem youus
Heller uiilil they could inquire
rnneeminc him. and discoveren
that he had two room mates
Quesnel and Ackier within an hour
were taken to the station ana
finally the truth was brought to
nht The seal on the hag nan
not been broken when the author
ities went to the tool box after it
Mine Death List Totals
36 With 12 Men Saved
(By Tba 'Associated Fren)
SHANKTOWN. Pa., Jan. 1'X.
With the removal today of five
bodies from the workings all the
men wh wero in the Lancashire
mine here of the Barnes and
Tucker Coal company at the time
of the explosion Saturday after
noon were accounted for. The
death list totals oG. Twelve men
were saved.
No date has been set for an in
vestigation by state mining auth
orities, coal company officers said
but it is expected to begin within
a day or two.
Mine inspectors and company
officers today entered the mine
to ascertain if it was safe enough
for an immediate investigation by
a hemtd of inquiry.
Of the 36 victims, 31 were mar
rieU ana tho children made lather.
Io total 110. '-"vy7Tl
Salem High School Wins
During Last Half Minute
Hrager of Salem high school
won the basketball game lor Sa
lem last night when he shot a field
goal during the last half minute
of play. The game ended lit to
18 for the local quintet. McMinn-
ville had been ahead until the
lucky shot for . the. Salem, five, by
Drager. The game was played at
McMinnville, the local boys return
ing early th:s morning from that
place.
ot his part in the leasing program
was introduced by Senator Rob
inson, Arkansas, the Democratic.
leader, but its consideration was
deferred.
Coolidge Seeks Counsel ;
President Coolidge, who already
The house voted to appropriate Kag announced his purpose to pros-'
$300,000 to defray the cost of lecnte. communicated with several'
prosecuting the naval oil lease 0f those he hag In mind as spe-
canccllation cases. I rjai counsel but tonight was un
able to announce definitely wno
The house ways and means com-had been selected.
niittee voted to allow a special re-j The house, however, passed a
duction of 25 per cent in the tax resolution appropriating $100,000
incomes up to $20,000. I f0r prosecution of annulment pro
ceedings. But a single rote was
Senator Walsh, Democrat, Mon- raRt against it.
tana, presented his case in the The whole situation was talked
senate against Albert B. Fall and I over aj a white house conference.
Secretary Denby. and called for I durine the evening between the
Denby s resignation before sun- president, chairman Lenroot ot tne
down. ennate oil committee and Senators
Lodge of Massachusetts and Cur-
rresident coolidge. Attorney ti3 of Kansas, the republican leaa-
General Daugherty and Albert
FIR!
I DEU
BY EXPLOSION
luminatms Gas and Dyna
mite Cause Traccdy in
Rhode Island Town
I FINAL FLASHES
;
i
HOr.STON. Texas. Jan. Z.
E. J. Cox and K. O. Clenu were
lound suilty of fraud by a jury in
federal court at .": 4 n. m. here
today.
MEXICO CITY. Jan. 'S. (By
the Assoriiteil Press). (By radio
via Fort Worth Star-Telegram).
Senator Miguel Ortc;o, spokesman
for the majority "bloc in the upper
house announced tonight that an
agreement had been reached with
the minority which, is expected to
result in speedy ratification of
the United States-Mexico general
claims convention.
PAWTl CKI7T. K. I.. Jnn. S.
An explosion which shook the
countryside ior lio miles around,
wrecked a two-family honsO at
Cumberland bill. Manville today
rnd in the ruins were found 1&
bodies. Many of the victims in the
epinion of the, medical examiner
were asphyxiated before the ex
plosion which resulted from the
igniting cu illuminating gas anu
was made more severe hy the det
onation of some dynamite store in
the cellar.
One entire family, the head of
another family and a young wo
man H.oarder were killed. They
were Adelaide Hamel. his wife and
their six sous and five daughters
ranging in age from two to 21
vnars. Michael Conway aud Miss
Anpoline Dancour:
Hamel was a wood chopper and
the dynamite in the cellar was lor
his use in the woods. Miss Dan-
cour had gone to the Hamel home
as a boarder
Fall were attacked by Democrats
in the house in an all day debate
on the naval oil leases.
Action on the nomination of
CJcorge B. Christian, Jr., to be a
member of the federal trade com
mission was postponed by the sen
ate interstate commerce commit
tee.
The nomination of Frederick h
Thompson, William S. Hill aud
Pert K. Ilaiiey to be members of
the shipping board were confirm
ed by the senate.
.
Senator Ileflin, Democrat, Ala
bama, introduced a resolution
charging that 11. 15. Creagcr. Re
publican national committeeman
from Texas had exercised political
influence with the postmaster gen
eral and attorney general to stifle
an inquiry into laud frauds.
.
A resolution was introduced by-
Senator Hobinson, Democrat, Ar
kansas, asking the president to re-
uuest the resignation of Secretary
Denby and other officials of' the
navy department "whose umnec
tiou with the leasing of the oil re
serves of the government indicate
misfeasance or malfeasance in of
fiee."
National hanks under the fed
eral b-inking act are prohibited
from establishing branches, the
supreme court held in , a cas3
brought from St. I.ouj?, unless
Ihey come within certain excep
tions which were' pointed out b
the court.
ers.
Vausherty Attacked
From the sick bed of Former '
(Continued on page 2)
IDTOiraSE
BE
ii ASKED
Committee Appointed By
Governor Framing Pro
posed Legislation
Fair Association Is
Meeting in Seattle
SEATTLE. Jan. 2S. To ar
range dates and racing programs,
the North Pacific Fair and Racing
association met here today. An
attendance of 75 represented
fairs at Medford. Myrtle Point, Al
bany, Salem, Eugene and Gresh-
am in Oregon; El ma, Chchalis. Ev
erett. Ilurlington, Spokane. Yaki
ma. Walla Walla and Puyallup in
Washington, and Vancouver, Vic
toria and New Westminster in Brt
tish-Columbia.
PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 28. The
first of a series of hearings was
held here today by a special com- ,
niittee appointed by Governor.
Walter M. Pierce to consider re-"
vision of laws governing the li
censing and operation of motor
vehicles. The meeting resolved
itself into a general discussion or
what the various speakers consid
ered evils In need of correction
Some of the proposals taken into
consideration by the .committee
which may have a bearing on the
revision they will recommend to
the 19 25 legislature follow:
Abolishment of tho chauffeur's '
licenses and entire readjustment v
of the mode of licensing opera- -
tore, so there would be three
classes of operators' licenses; the.
first for private "drivers, the sec
ond for chauffeurs and the third
for bus drivers and each with
more stringent requiremnets than
the other. " .. .
Reduction ot the license fee up
on the farm truck was frowned
upon. Committeemen and those
in attendance seemed to be unanl- .
mously of the opinion that the ,
farmer should pay tho same basic ..
license as any other truck driver.
. Branding all public carriers as -is
done in Washington and Cali
fornia. "; " ' -., , ,'
Truckman present declared that -only
from 5 to 10 per cent of truck ..
owners had complied' with laws
regulating public carrying and,
with regulations of the public 8er
vice commission! ' - y