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X1LC T f WCILilA- i-'air east and
cloudy tollowed by rain west .of Cascades; no
change In temperature. Tuesday Mar., 46;
min., 38; river, 12.4, rising; rainfall, .31; at
mosphere, doudyrind, southwest.
. Fair
JANUARY 17 TO S3
Is national thrift week.- Plans -are under -7
to make this a week that you will remember as
the big week of the year." "Watch for further
announcements. - ....-f ': . ,
f SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAH
SALEM, OREGON WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7,1925
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COOLIDCE IS
SB
Senate Upholds President's
Veto oi Postal Pay In-
crease Bill by Margin of
' Only One Vote -
McN AR Yi A f 1 D StftfJ FIELD
BALLOT AGAifJST VETO
Necessary Two-thirds to En
act fcill Over President
i1- i . Is Lacking . :
WASHINGTON. Jan. 6. Presi
dent Coolldge's veto of the postal
v pay increase 4 bill was sustained
today ia the senate by the raargin
t Otu single rota. :-,f 1.'
Twenty-nine aenators supported
the executire. while 55 made less
than the necessary two-thirds ma-
; Jority to enact: the bill orer the
Yeto--oppose4 him.
- With this action by the senate
the pay measure, passed at the
last session, 73 to 3, died auto
" matlcally. la its place will be
brought forward the administra
tion combination pay and. postal
rate Increase bill, but leaders gen
erally are agreed that this meas
ure has small chance of enact-
ment at this session. V . - "
f GOP jkanks Split
j Kepublican - ranks split ' wide
open on the issue of sustaining the
president. . Opposing him werej
. such; leaders as i Jone 'of . Wash
ington, party ;WhIp ; Wadsworth 'of
iNewj Tork; ?leed of Pennsylvania;
Moses of New Hampshire; McNary
and Stanfield of Oregon, and Edge1
of New Jersey. Only one of "the
34. democrats voting cast his .bal
lot for the veto, j He was Dial of
South Carolina, but it was an
nounced that Senators King of
Utah and Owen of Oklahoma, who
were paired, would have so voted
. had j they been able to cast their
"" ballots. ' ' - ' ' ... ; ;'
; Of the six senators defeated; for
re-election, five Ball, Bursum,
Dial McCormick and Sterling
voted to sustain the veto. , The
sixth. Shields, of Tennessee, was
absent and not paired. Two of
the three new senators Butler of
Massachusetts, and Metcalf ot
Rhode Island,' supported the ex
ecutive, while Means of Colorado
opposed him.
,With the veto sustained, salary
.Increases now are dependent upon
the enactment of the pending ad
ministration measure to advance
pay and postal , rates simultane
ously. Many senators predict that
this measure will fall of passage
at this session. ---
GUIS REPLY
TO ffflTE RECEIVED
Communication in Regard to
, Cologne Occupation to
! Be Read Thursday . .
BERLtNj Jan. 6. (By the As
sociated. Press) Germany's initial
' reply to the eonncil of ambassa-
dors note regarding the Cologne
occupation "was sounded to the
t allied ambassadors here this eve-
, nine." - - ':
' The text will probably be made
public "Thursday but It is learned
the note characterizes .the exten
sion of the occupation 4 beyond
January" 10 as a .fundamental
breach of the treaty of Versailles.
It la also understood the reply re
Sects the rest a! the entente to
postpone its evacuation of the
bridgehead on - the ground of al
leged defaults by" Germany cited
In the : ambassadors ; preliminary
note of January 5.
The -i Berlin government's - an
swer, wliich was drafted at today's
cabinet meeting, i confined to a
formal protest against violation of
a treaty principle by the allies.
, Specific discussion of the alleged
defaults mentioned in the allies'
Indictment would le deferred until
Germany has received the ambas
sadors supplementary 'note.
Tho grounds on which the con
tinuation of the Cologne occupa
tion were regarded as flimsy by
the German newspapers which con
tinue to designate the accusations
of the allies as being intended pri
marily for the (foreign consump
tion. "The boppy of 150.000 Ger
man uniformed policemen prob
at ly -will result In a demand that
onlv wemen be recruited for police
dzly in the future," observes the
r reen Zeitun.?, which also ridi
c -!(' rT.-r- f'--t Co Grrnaa
LEUQTE
CheiTians i CroVh IQng
arid Initiate .Ten Witli ;
Appropriate Cereinohy
Royalty came in for. i its'" full
share of glory last night with the!
coronation of King; Birig J. C.
Perry as leader of th' ChVrrians
for 1525., WithL the crowning of
the new king came the initiation
of retiring King i BIng ' Al:-. Pierce
into the rder ot the past;! kings,;
with ex-royalty taking a promin
ent part in the proceedings ;
Initiation of 10 neophytes Into:
the Cherriahs was a f eattif ef of
the meeting which followed the.
banquet at the . Marion The?
"trembling ten" were haled before
the drunken" Judges in ;a huri
lesque trial. Clad In! ; various;
garbs, all of which were more ex
pressfut. than eloquent, the cahdl-l
dates, " Arthur J. Rabn. 3 C. f A
Downs, Bert Ford, Hollis Hunt-j
Ington, C. B. Irwin,' Jack rElUdttj
C. F. Glese A. C. Eoff Reed Rbw
land and , Lester Schlosberg werej
l '. j j - t
COIEREKI
DISCUSS PLilS
Problems Will Be Untangled
at Meeting of Allied I
, - Nations in Paris
! PARIS, Jan. 6.
f Delegations .fom
(By the AP.
12 of the al-
lied and associated nations are In
Paris tonight preparing to reopen
tomorrow some of the thorny; di
cussions that -have grown out of
the peace conference which begafi
here about six years ago' j
! Frank B. Kellogg. American
ambassador; to Great' Britain, who
with Ambassador Herrick and Ja.
A. Logan; Jr United States obj
servers on the reparation commis
sion, constitute the American dele
gates to the conference,, arrived
here late todays . 1 . ' ' i , ; I
He spent the evening in confer
ence with Mr. Logan, and the; two
got in hand , the threads of the
many intricate .and complicated
problems the i finance ministers
and experts must settle, f, '
Mr. Kellogg will confer jwiti
Ambassador Herrick and jf Mr L-'
gan tomorrow morning before the
conference meets in the cloak
room at the foreign office. f
' Winston Churchill, : the British
chancellor of the exchequer,: was
another arrival. ' lie spent!; the
evening conferring with the Mar
quis of Crewe, the British ambas
sador to France, and tomorrow
morning, will take up jwith 3I.
Clementel, the' French! finance
minister, the troublesome question
of war debts. - ' h
It Is fairly well understood In
the best informed circles' that Mr.
Churchill will submit to Clemen
tel a proposal for a. full allied con
ference on war debts to be held in
Brussels in March. This suggest
ion has nH yet; been! brought to
the attention of ihe.American del
egation officially, but in iany event
the. Americans will take no Inter
est In any talk concerning debts.
It - the French ' accept Mr.
Churchill's i proposal .-, .there will
thus probably be eliminated one
of the questions., which although
excluded from the full sessions of
fContlaBd a yags 8) n
,mm of fruit
occupies eras
Conference i of - Northwest
-i Packer's Association i
v Opens in Portland f -1
. PORTLAND, Or., Jan. .--A
demonstration In which more than
400 cans of berries were opened
and Judged was held today! as jjthe
principal feature of t the second
day's session of the " annual; con
vention of the Northwest Can-
ners' association.
Increased attention! to business
methods was asked by E. E. . Chase
of San Jose, Cal., president of: the
CannersV league of California and
member of the national . associa
tion who mde . the principal ad
dress of the afternoon's program.
Dr. May Clough of ", Washington
State college, Pullman; Wash., a
member of the National Cahqers'
association told of results of? ex
periments on different methods of
canning rhubarb. J ; is I '
Irving E. Vlnins,. prosldsnt or
the Oregon Stale Chamber of Com
merce, told the canners that! the
industry In the northwest was in
nasy'ways It&f.'z
sl-t?- Hil rut
duly .Inclucted "into the mysteries
of the organization. The "Judges"
were Hal D. Patton Charles E.
Knowland and H. .H. OUnger. ' "
- Wh'en It came td providing "the
special entertainment 1 it was evi
dent 'why ; the dinner 'wtfs voted" a
"sta" affair, the Shaw Amuse
ment service; of Tdrtland, ' pro
vided the entertainers,-Which de
lighted the Cherrla'ns.v Appear in g
in. song and dands were W. 1 T.
Day,4 baritone; Frances Bliss, Glad
ine McConnell and Grace Lawlls
at: the piano. - , yS.
; Both "the "retiring king "and
King "Bing' Perry spoke briefly,
outlining the work of the organ
ization .and plans for. the remain
der of this year. K:, All Cherrians
attended in full uniform, , with,
members 'Of the Cherrlaa band as
special guests ", ; " '
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LOIR RATES
T t
FOR US ilSKED
Recommendations Will Be
Made to French Coun
cil to Reduce Tariff
PARIS, Jan.: 6.- (By the Asso
ciated Press). Minister of Com
merce Raynalty said today that he
would recommend to the cabinet
council proposals; granting - to
American exporters preferential
treatment under the tariff revision
bill introduced in parliament last
month. . Inasmuch as the measure
would raise duties; particularly on
automobiles, typewriters, adding
and calculating machines, and cash
registers . to almost '' prohibitive
heights, the minister said ' he
would place - before the council a
suggestion that American 'export
ers be granted 'certain minimum
duties In such cases where duties
were not applicable tinder the new
law. r It would also be suggested,
he said, - that Americans receive
the benefit of minimum duties in
all instances where the proposed
minimum rates should accord the
present Intermediate and general
duties. - . -
. Thus American exporters, M.
Raynalty pointed out, would be In
a relatively - better position than
their competitors in other : coun
tries, for whom no such preferen
tial treatment ' !s contemplated.
The minister was anxious ' to ex
plain that the -new tariff Increase
is not aimed at the United States
hut that Franco is forced to revise
her schedule because o,t similar
action, by neighboring, countries.
Bill Would Prevent i Others
Than Canadians from
Owning Gold Claims1
VANCOUVER, B. C, 5 Jan. ? 6.
The British Columbia- mining bu
reau is to meet here soon to con
sider a suggestion to the federal
government that the ownership of
British Columbia minerals in the
ground be restricted' to' Canadian
citizens, it was announced . today.
The proposal was aimed, it was
said, to protect the business in
terests of the province in the
event that the Cas&iar' gold mines
become the scene of a rush- this
year. It was pointed out1 that
Seattle Z and Wrangell, Alaska,
Aere endeavoring to get the trade
of the Cassiar miners. San Fran
cisco, 1 Spokane and Seattle had
profited" largely. In" the past by
gold stampedes in British Colum
bia and the Yukon, it was argued.
WRANGELL, Alaska, Jan 6.
Many: samples ot rose quartz with
free gold have been taken the
last few days from Gold Pan
creek, in the Cassiar, region of
British Columbia, north of Wran
gell, where a placer gold discov
ery was made in September, ac
cording to a cablegram ' received
here today from J. Frank Call
breath of Telegraph creek.
: Clear, cold weather has been
prevailing throughout the Cassiar
country, the message said. Peace
lake has been frozen solid since
December, with the Stlkine river
frozen over. Six Inches ot snow
covered the territory of Peace
lake. Free gold was analyzed as
loose" r'"cs" cf ycHsw'coIJ. 'tii!:-
CMilSlULO ,
RESTRICT KRS
Tnrir-'inr
uiiillJliDJOuliL
Severe Criticism Received
Jronl; Speaker of Ousted
& Fc:::tte Party in Sen
ate Address .1
VITHICLIC'SPEECH OF! i
LEADERS DRAWS FIHE
Action of Republican Confer
ence Irr Barring Radical
Group Scored
- WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. A
sharp ' arraignment! of the present
leadership of the 'republican party
was made in the senate today vhy
Senator Ladd, republican, Nokh
Dakota, In a prepared address
dealing with the action 'of the Re
publican senate conference in read
ing himself and Senators La Foll
ette, .; Wisconsin ; r !'Frazier,' North
Dakota, and Brookhart, Iowa, out
of the party councils. , . ; v ,
Asserting that he curtain bad
not been rung down on this act -of
the "notorious" conference. Sena
tor Ladd charged that "the camp
followers of the j old republican
party : have become the vanguard
of the , new republican ; party
leading it backward and down
ward from' the heights where Lin
coln left it when he fell."
'Drunk with power and forget
ting its traditions he said, the re
publican party hai proceeded to a
surrender of the nation's' money
functions to "financial buceaneers"
and to surrender Its taxing power
to : "tariff 'magnates": . has squan
dered ' its natural resources and
public lands; made ventures into
imperialism for .the sole benefit; of
Bandits Said to Have Keys;
Value of the .Registered
Mail Lost; Unknown
l OMAHA, Neb.; IJart.6. Follow
ing reports that - bandits ' had en
tered' a mail car! attached to Chi
cago & . Northwestern passenger
irain No. 12, between Omaha and
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, last night and
tooted its contents, postal Inspec
tors tonight inaugurated a search
tor what they believe to he an
organized 'band jot mail robbers
equipped with keys to mail cars.
! CHICAGO, ' Jan. 6. i Thieves
troke i'n'to'a sealed parcel post car
of Chrcagcr &; Northwestern train
No. li'somewiere between Omaha
and this city " yesterday and es
caped with an' "undetermined
amount of loot, it was revealed by
railroad officials tonight H f
; r The burglary! was : discovered
when the train) reached here at
i0:30 last night. The cari was
Scaled at Omaha. In the morning
and its contents, 'seals untouched
by railroad officials or workers
uniil jts arrival! here; The Wain
made several j stops after 'leaving
the Nebraska city end 'postal In
spectors' were of 'the opinion that
the thieves boarded - the train at
Omaha ahd left It at one of -the
stops before Chicago; T a
j 'The bandits ldst night apparent
ly" opened the leaf fdodr after slt
bad been locked in Om&ha,;re-f
locked it on the inside, leisurely
looted theJconienls ot the mill
sacks, obtaining what ; they de
sired and then! opened' the? door
When ready to leave and locked it
behind them.! "-'T ; .'r-T4 f
The robbery Was not discovered
until the train reached Chicago
about 10:30 last night.
I Authorities in? Chicago believe
that the robbeVs have homes . In
Omaha and that they watched the
mall trains leaving Omaha, witlng
for the time When, carloads of
registered : mail, were sealed and
billed directly through to Chicago
and on to somlrj other point east,
then, assured that the car would
not be bothered durlng the trip
they unlocked Jthe door, secreted
themselves among the sacks oi
mail and ' when the train was in
motion began ihelr work." ,
i 'In last night's robbery cch
package , had been slit, its con
tent Insnacted and- that which
was worthless ;to the bandits was
toased aside, reports Teceired fcere
, . . r - IContlniMd ms S , - :
ULCilROiJ":
TRIJ LOOTER
W ILD PARTYflS i
"HELD IN CHAPEL
DURING HOLIDAY
Liquor and Feminine Gar
ments . Found at Wil- '
lamette Tuesday
. ; V,-:-':a -:--yi:.5fi. i'i:.M.ii j. I i":!', ;
, All the earmarks jot what must
have been a : party" includ
ing an empty pint whiskey flask,
cigarette stubs . and general dis
order, were found jin the chapel
of Waller hair Tuesday morning,
when Willamette university of fl
cially opened its doors after ; the
two-weeks vacation.; The "party"
is believed to have been staged
during the holidays.
- When the ' chapel was opened
for classes ' the! room was found
in disorder and a search of the
premises began. The whiskey flask
was located, ? a? fewi drops of the
liquor remaining. Several cigar
ette stubs were found as well as
a "few garments of undoubted
feminine ownership. f
Entrance was gained through a
window on the west side, of the
building,! the jyisitors using a ladr
der belonging ; to tho university.
.The only etion that has been i
taken by the faculty is putting the j
room back in proper condition tor ;
classwork. There ?s no evidence
that the :party'!. Was staged fby j
university students, as others in
the city, are acquainted with the
building. 1
II
PHDBmOUSE
Emergency Measure Carries
: $157,000,000; -Elimination
Vote Lost .
, WASHINGTON, j - Jan.. 6. An
emergency deficiency bill carrying
$1B7,o00009 ' Whiib Iwould ' be
available fo Immediate expendi
ture was passed late today by the
house and sent ' to ; the senate. . .
,Br viva? YdcB jvbte, i the bouse
rejected an 'amendmen t by Repre
sentative' - Rahaeyf I democrat, - Illi
nois, id eliminate a provision for
;t3,000,600 to purchase capital
Btock1 of- the newi Inland Water
ways corporation.
' An attempt was
made by Chalr-
man ' Madden 'of the nppropria
jf jthe
e TtoV
tions committee to attach an
amendment to the bill providing
550,000 for defraying the expen
ses; of the president's agriculture
committee. It went oat on a
point of order by Representative
Blahton, democrat, Texas. . I
Major provisions of . the bill in
kddiUon to the land Waterway cor
poration item were '$250,000,000
to be used in refunding internal
revenue taxes Illegally assessed
and collected'; $3,501,200 for con
tinuing work on j dam No. 2 at
Muscle Shoals, Ala.; $275,000 for
eradicating reported epidemics of
Bubonic plague attending rats at
New, 'Orleans, and Oakland, Cat,
and $150,000 . for repairing tne
coast; guard -ctitter Manning to
make her seaworthy. Y ;
I
is Investigated
Department of Agriculeure
Does Not Blame Grain
Exchanges for Raise
WASHINGTON, Jan.; 6. The
department of agriculture, answer
ing charges of failure to enforce
the grain future act, declared its
willingness today to proceed In th
public Interest upon receipt of any
evidence .warranting Investigation,
but asserted it was not aware that
the price of wheat, as alleged, had
been driven up by private specu
lation , In ah official "statement,
the department said, charges that
grain exchanges: .were; responsible
tor the high price of wheat "must
necessarily be based upon, a, mis
understanding ot the kctual facts."
The source of the charges was not
mentioned. ' TM prevailing wheat
price In this country was attribut
ed to the world situation' and a
combination of drcumstances that
"Is unlikely to occur on the aver
age of more than" once in many
years," which does not warrant
expectation of ; contlnuea nign
prices in future years. " '
: Reviewing reports from foreign
Countries showing crop and acre
age reduction the statement said
the United States crop was oniy
70.000,000 bushels more than the
1S24 crop and! was 23,000.000
bushels below the nve-year aver
age. Greatly increased exports
were" held partly responsible for
DEFIIiCYILL
Jhe bier price, ; ' .j ;
Elarle Sonde, Former Salem Boy, &nd Prernier
Joclcey, Confident Riding Days Are Not Over
iiiiiTiiiiiwiMTlin'Wrt'
Sande, a hospital : patient ' until
'recently, is still confident, that his
iidins - days are not ndd. The
(plucky little pilot of thorourhbreds
has refused to , give up hope al-
though he was cruelly maimed at
State Bank Superintendent
; Announces M6w Appoint
ments ifor Term
Frank C. Braniwell was reap
pointed state , superintendent of
bank3 for a period of four "years
yesterday by the Unanimous vote
of the state banking board. Mr
Bramwell asumed 1 his duties Jan-
Uary 2 1921, jthe board at that
time consisting of " W. T. Vinton,
acting governor during the ab-
sejacejjf Governor-JJeuW Olcott,
O. P. Hoff,' stale treasurer and
Sam A. Koser,' secretary of state.
.- Following the appointment Mr
Bramwell announced the resigns
tion of W. ISL Adair, . assistant
superintendent rot banks,, on Nov
ember 19, to become president of
the Lincoln County bank, at To
ledo. V Upon 'recommedation ' of
Mr. Bramwell, the board confirm
ed the ' following appointments:
Guy N. Hlckbk assistant super
intendent of banks and examiner
to Succed Mr.' Adair; Stanley L.
Stewart; E. M. Watson, H. O.
Voget jand Tinkham Gilbert, ex
aminers; George E. Cusick. and
A", 1L Olson, assisktant examiners;
Edna A, Simohtoh, secretary and
Doris Allen, stenographer. 1
; , In additionj to the examiners,
Mr .Bramwell's official staff con
sits of the following deputy sup
erintendent of . banks, under spec
ial appointment to liquidate thfc
assets of ; insolvent and reorgan
ised banks, asjlpllows: : -f
t David F. "Graham. Nyssa; A. 11
Campbell, TUainath Falls; George
F. Euston, La Pine; George M.
Hostetler, The Dalles; William C.
Chistensen, 3 Newport and J. E.
M or back, Sherwood. ; -
Sensation-Hungry Audience
in Court Disappointed ;
by Judge's Action
ALPENA, Jlich., Jan. 6. With
a 'courtroom jammed with sensation-hungry
constituents of Con
gressman Fnank? D. Scott, waiting
eagerly for some new deveiepmeht
they knew not what. Circuit Judge
Frank f ; Emerlck "this afternoon
abruptly adjourned until March
10 the Scott contested divorce suit.
; The adjournment followed upon
the heels of t lie conclusion of Mrs.
Edna James, Scott's cross-examination.
I It was taken to permit
Mrs. i Scott to obtain additional de
positions in support of her cross
biirjthat'Mr. 8cott gambled and
was f otherwiso improvident to
ward! her. -I j t
: It ? has been : expected that re
buttal testimony would ba intro
duced following! Mrs. Scott's cross
examination and the adjournment
came as a distract surprise. 'J. i
Judge Enierick . ordered that
$200 be made I available to ? Mrs.
Scott immediately lor expenses at
tendant upoa the tasting of the
depositions tni that "nhe be given
$50 mostly rending resumption
F.C:liIELE
ISREELEGTED
scon DIVORCE .
CASE fD JOUKD
-..-:.x4seMs
i v
in
in
Saratoga when! his mount fell. This
photograph was made while Amer
ica's premier jockey and bis wife
Were visiting her parents at Cam-!
bridge, Mass. , 1 ; . i
STOflPS POST
- . ' . ' - 4
IS IT
Successor to Attorney 6en-
f eraf Not Yet Named;
White House Silent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. At
torney Gen era!' Stone began a fare
well drive today in an effort ' to
leave his department of justice
desk clear of all ; questions that
possibly can be decided before he
takes up blS' new post as a 'mem
ber of the supreme courC
It is Mr. Stone's hope that he
cajj. clean, up all appointments now
pending except, perhaps, the two
vacancies in the offices of assist
ant attorney generals.! With re
spect to these posts he ' plans to
talk over; the. situation with the
president, ! but it is understood he
will consider; nominees for them
only at the specific request ot the
president. y. ':;";-. -.. ;"-::
The White House remained sil
ent today respecting a possible
successor for Mr. Stone, but hum'
erous names were mentioned in
unofficial discussion about the Im
pending -Vacancy. The names of
Charles B. , Warren, former am
bassador to Japan; Judge .Frank
Dietrich of Idaho; Silas Strawn of
Chicago, andj Judge Arthur Rugg
of the supreme judicial court, ot
Massachusetts were heard most
frequently,- but. no Comment on
them was forthcoming from any
official, . .':;!-;
There also, was the rumor that
Frank B. ! Kellogg, ambassador to
London, might be brought back
to head the department of justice.
and that : Solicitor General Beck,
who will 1 automatically w take
charge, of the department tempor
arily upon Mr. Stone's retirement.
would in turn succeed Mr." Kel
logg. - Talk I of such an arrange
ment, however, had no clearer
complexion than that concerning
bther names. -
TUESDAY
The house passed a $157,000,-
000 deficiency approproation bill.
v," President Cbolidge's veto of the
postal pay 'bill , was sustained by
the sehateJ
. A bill designed to settle the Chi
cago -lake i drainage . controversy
was Introduced in the house.
i
; Senator Ladd attacked the edict
reading insurgent senators out of
the republican party. . j . t
The agricultural committee con
tinued consideration of relief plans
for the cattle industry. - '
vHarlan -F. Stone began to clear
his desk preparatory to retiring
as head of the department of Jus
tice - i r
. Officials were informed that the
visit "; here of the bank of Eng
land officials was to further re
store the pound sterling to lis
gold parity;- ,-:'.';'y.:
War department recommenda
tions for TPductions in the rivers
and harbors bill .were placed be
fore the house rivers and harbors
eommitteej" : .
.The department of agriculture
announced! no Informatica had
been received to rapport a con-
plaint that wheat is being made
gybjecj o vicijus epculatia. -
FILLED
PIERCE GILLS
GOBI
MUDD
Timber Resources Held to
Resdtt in Waste and De
cay Because of Lack of
Trahspdrtation
FEDERAL I AND PRIVATE
INTERESTS ARE EQUAL
Ships Believed to Offer Cr,!y
Solution io ProHens cf
Elijht Counties
Governor-Walter M. Pierce has
requested the governors "of Cali
fornia and Washington to meet
him , in conference in Portland
January 16 and 17 to press the
federal government to speed up
to full development the harbors
now partially developed- In order
that vast timber resources may ba
marketed and saved from decay.
.The request! was made in response
to a letter from I. N. Day, former
state senator, now a Portland con
tractor, who pointed., out that
throughout ! the coast counties ot
Oregon there Is a ! condition of
great economic ' waste due to de
lay.'; -;ytx V ;
; EJgiii Counties! Effected !
"There . aire, in Tillamook, Lin
coln, Lane, Douglas, Coos, Curry,
Jackson and . Josephine counties, .
on government owned land, 100,
101,577,000 board feet of timber,
much of which is! overmatured
and turning to decay because it
can not be marketed primarily be
cause of transportation -difficult
ties," Mr. Day ; writes. , "la th i
ight Oregon counties the federal
government and private holdlr t
are practically the same not onlj
ih. acreage t s but. In .board feet
measurements. as well.y In other
words the 1 government stands oa
a 60-50 basis of land and timber
ownership with priTate owners."
Big Federal Investment ;
i Similar conditions exist in cer
tain sections of Washington in
Clallum, 1 1; Jefferson and Grays
Harbor counties and in 'Del Norte
and Siskiyou counties in Califor
nia, it is stated in the letter. s
In Oregon alone, valued at
$1.50 per thousand feet, the gov
ernment has a standing timber in
vestment of $150,000,000 whila
the value of private holdings on
the same basis totals $145,230,-
000 or a grand valuation of $295.'
230,000. . Ocean transportation is
held to be the only solution to the
problem as . low rates are neces
sary to handle' the lumber while
rail transportation In -many . te
stations ;is not available. The
possibilities of utilizing the clear
ed land for dairying purposes is
pointed out by Mr. Day.; ' r
I The federal government stands
la.' the role of an absentee land
lord, holding half; the territory
under discussion, drawing revenue
from its; people but giving littla
or nothing in direct return," Ur.
Day-says in closing. ."The people
resident there have taxed them
selves to the limitjof their atillty
for the purpose of growth and de
velopment.! Therefore I hold it
to be true! that the governmet &t
Washington owes It to Its peci : 3
in Oregon as a moral duty as well
as to its own interest as a busi
ness duty to open "its harbors to
ships in its territory to Impatient
ly .Waiting opportunity.".;,, .
sen dee
Statements Made by Chief
Justice Olson Are Vih
- orously Contradicted
ALBUQUERQUE. N. M., Jan. 6.
-William Shepherd tonight
branded as "the ravings of a dis
ordered , mind" insinuations rr.a.1e
by Chief Justice Harry. Olson of
the Chicago municipal court tl it
Sheperd might have be6n InvclTci
in the death of Olson's brother.
Dr. "Oscar Olson, who died t:.: .
years ao. ! ,
Shepherd, who Is the f
father of William N. McClintr 1 ,
"raillionairo orphan" Into t.1 j
deathan .investigauion". b.s ' i
conductel la Chicago, I.tt '-
IzeJ as a.,"iia" the .statement at
tributed' to Juds VDl3cn tl, 1
1
.herd) L 3 -1 visits
Dr. C
a Fhort t; -.3 U r;;r t.a 1 -
death for the tirf tir.:3 i i :
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