OREGON
f f
Rain; slight
? ierctxants. usr. Tim irn'axa xir ;
To advertise their merctan di-- b i--,
know it re&caea the buying puLi.c read
the morning paper and a, bout 90 per eent of tta
buying la done by them."- - '
Vmnerature fhsnsps: " moderate to southwest
.! ! i , r
rles along coast. Friday Max., 67; roin.,-45;
r ver, 4.8, falling; rainfall, .27; atmosphere, part
m cloudy; wind, northwest.
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SEVElJTY-FOUnTH YEAR
r.ix:T, ok"go?. Saturday houning, februaey zi. 1025
PRICE FIVE CEOTfS
riiaWeathsr-:
I:
,nr
r rTnnnrn
1.1 L DLU
LOSS OF B
1
' 51 Men BeHeved Deed in Ex-
V. "plosion .of.-Gai inJ-:!:-i
1'" fJlUilWll M UU III I .
yCoal Mine; Manylf.p !
jured
HOPE FOR WORKERS IS
GIVEN UP; 121 If MINE
Rescue Crews Using Every
..Possible Method to Clean
Out Shafts
SULLIVAN, Ind., Feb, 20.
(By The -Associated Press.) In
an explosion of gas that wrought
j the greatest mine disaster In the
- history of the' Indiana coal fields,
SI men are believed to have been
, killed almost Instantly at 10:45
I o'clock this morning in the City
t Coal company mine on the : out
skirts of the city. ; "
'- - There were ,121. miners In the
I mine at the time of the explosion
j which occurred in the third and
. fourth entries north, wJ&re..xaost
yCT; the men were at; work who
vwere killed. Rescue crews went
7V5s.work at once and' thfr rescue
- team of the United Statei tureau
of mines- at Vincennes, . Ind.,
: reached the scene of the disaster
t by. motor truck, one hoar after the
j explosion. They were on the bot
tom within 35 minutes' after ar
) rival. ' - .
f No Hope Held
C. O. Thomas, check-weighman
at the mine, the officials ot the
mine, and rescue workers all were
of the opinion that there Is no pos
sible chance of the -men being
alive. . . . ' " -; . ; :
. Miners who were Injured were
: brought to the surface at . once.
: The work of toringlHT out . the
.dead proceeded Iowiy( .v-e I dles
' being .brought ala-Is.- i.-Xescne
"workers : were handicapped r by
fumes of gas - which floode.l the
mine immediately after the explo-
t slon. - ' v '"'S'-T:'
, Tremendous crowd thronged to
: the "scene soon afte the wo?d. of
the disaster spread ? throughout
the town and surrounding com
munities and- automobiles were
parked along the roads leading ta
' thshaft for distances of sereral
'-aes.; ... ,,;.i V
Tragedy Is Felt
. TtJViTes and children : of miners
employed in the shaft crowded
about, seeking information ; and
groups of wailing, sobbing women
and children clustered about ' as
. the news was broken that 51 of
; the men were known to be dead.
i Sheer courage and heroism mark
I ed the work of rescuers who brav
' el the deadly fumes of gas and
descended time after time into the
mine to bring out the dead.
Many were -overcome and sv-
f era! were carried t ronr the mine.
Organisations of women of Sul-
' Hran were early 6n the scene and
had established a food station for
the aid of the relief workers. The
'Red Cross erected a tent early in
the afternoon. ;
. Most ' authentic - reports - of the
(CnUanad n pg 7)
FRIDAY
IN VSHINGnrON
r i Emergency officers' retirement
til jasavti ujr ma senate.
The, house passed the bill to in
crease the salaries of members of
congress. - V - . .
- i ;
Hearings were opened at the
war; department on the Chicago
sanitary drainage question.
: 1 .
Brigadier General r,::tchell gave
the house aircraft cociaittee fur
ther testimony on the effects of
air bombs on battleships .
. 9 : t ';;-
The pointy of order raised
against the cpnference report on
tlte Muscle Shoals leasing bill was
sustained in the senate. ,
Removal ; of' Senators 'La Fol
lette, ; Ladi, ' Prppkhwt and Fra
iler from their present committee
assignments was determined upon.
' . . -'.
America's attitude toward a mew
French loan by bankers, it was
e?AJ at the. White ilouse,- will
' -a.t definite peoposals by the
'rench.
rres!!:-t CoolliSS r 1 r
-
t fee lis j It would be unfortunate
. c ;1 J ccrsresa fall to enact'farm
ttlca tsfsre-1:
Movie Cehscrchip Di3 J ;
. Milfoil vy ; JReiicr , us
r
X
. Efforts to have an adverse mi
nority report accepted in place of
a inaj:rity report in favor of tha
creatloa of a state board ot mov
ing picture film censorship came,
to grief Friday when the house
Totel against the report! by the
overwhtimlng majority of -41 to
15. The impossibility of legisla4
tion' for morals was pointed out
by Representatire Lonergan, who,
said he was tired of hearing so
mueh maudlin sentiments v -i
UB No. 4 OS, byi Representative
Tucker, otherwise known as the
jnovie -censorship 1 bill ha - beea
the subject ' of much discussion
since it was introduced. -SeTerI
speakers cafi4 attention to rum
ors of a , 200 )" lobby to defeat the
measure. Telegram have y.ojired
Inr from all sMs in "favor of the
measure, according to Representa
ite Tucker, ano with the" excep
tin o the large -jhorlrig rpcture
Interests1 la Portland, endorsed
meat has been given bj: numerous
grbup.and clubs.':"'" ; ';
KSDOH
EACH PAY FII
ft
Thirteen - izh Schcoj Rqx
Contribute $13 When Ar-
1
Thirteen high school .boys con
tributed to, Abo Friday,
an unlucky day ahyhdw", -when
they appeared 5 before Marten
Poulsen, police - j edge, charged
with playing. "African golf,, dur
ing school hours. ; The cap shoot
ers were fa .'the midst; of a , thril
llng game o crap, shooting hpek'
of the- store- an$ ned and. fiperate
by" Kirlsy Rof on; North Church',
just f across ' ike" Street fr6mthfe
high school f buildn8-'when Ar
festedf.it f-zj m '. - vt air -j
The thirteen lads were lined; up
a c?urt yesterday gnd answered
ihe Queries directed against them.
It; developed that ithe ahqbting af
dice was common, occurence at
the place named, and Just previ
ous to the arrival of . the police
officers, nearly a score of other
students had been participating ia
the game. . : - ; '
Klrby Rosa pleaded -"not guilty"
when he appeared in court yester
day afternoon to i answer to the
charge of allowing' gambling to go
on in the back of his store build
ing. Considerable : criticism has
been directed towards the Salem
high school students body because
of the action in conducting the
games there. This, however,; is
one of the first active steps to
curb the playing of the. boys. :
, Ross pled not guilty to the com
plaint and gave as his defense
that the property back of his store
is not owned nor leased - by. hUn.
and therefore he was ; not held
snd therefore he was not held
responsible for the game being
carried on. ., ' It developed, : how
ever, that some of the high school
boys used the back of Ross's store
(ConUnaad on pf )
PODLICSEOlEin
' FOU ELWCEHI
W. S. Levens, New. Prohibi
tion Director, Is Introduced
to,. Legislature
Influence and moral support of
the public Is needed: to enforce
any lair,- William S. Lerens of
Baker, new state prohibition di
rector, told members of the legis
lature ' Friday upon being Intro
lature Friday upon being intro
duced from the rostrum.:
i 'l am grateful to the governor,
members of the legislature and
the pr?ssy which has been most
kind. Commissioner Levens said.
"I believe in law enforcement In
Oregon. . Law enforced by the
legal authorities In a legal man
ner. Any man who is, unmindful
of those, whom he represents Is
unfit for public office. In order
to make law ,enf prcement success
ful the influence and moral . sup
port of " the public is necessary.
Public sentiment is themost in
fluential factor In, law enforce
ment."" ' : '
E!rectcr L:t::s bar fceen ,di3
trfct rttr- fr Baiter county
for 12 years t 1 ha3 an enviable
record for h" eaforcement." 113
wftt c-t c! c,""'"! recently.;'
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FliiL'CE'SEE
L
Anjerjcan Government Is Ex
pected ' to Scrutinize i
Deals Closely
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.
Plans of the French government
to fceek two new loans from New
York banking interests are expect
ed to be scrutinized 'somewhat
closely i by the -American .'govern
ment. ! -C'-:': y
Ind Ications of jch anjjn tention
by the American govemme,nt 'were,
seen In the refusal of , high offi
cials today to comment on the an
nouncement xttsrd? In the French,
chamber pf ; deputies yeVtirdy by
Finance Minister.; Cimentel that
promise, to Jloat lwo,.,lpa.s, aggre-.
gatnj fSS.OOOQ ta been ob
tained In the" United StatesiT The
ppsition .Was taken at the ;.WhIte
Iuse thj.iio;"-4?CaratlQn' ?i Am
erican goTernmental "attitude
could be made until a definite and
affirmative proposal had been out
lined by France. It clearly was
ladicateld; that ;i7ishi5i5:t5?t c?I?
cials were not prepared to regard
M Clementel's announcement as a
basis sufficient for advice such as
ia given to financial interests in
the case of foreign requests for
loans. . t;'r',-:. 'i , ', S
Whether ; the ; reluetance of
Washington officials ' to disclose
the government's attitude toward
the proposed loans meant that the
question . would be considered In
connection with the status of the
Frencb war debt to the United
States was not made known. There
have been suggestions advanced in
Washington within recent weeks,
although, ot twith official; weight
behind them that shutting off the
private loan's to France might b (
used to bring forward from Paris
a proposal for- settlement of j the
war debt that could be considered
by the timer lean government. - -
X substitute ,T)U1 JIorj HB, No;
409 was ofered yesterday but has
not been read or nmbered. This
bill calls for a Iwardj of threewith
4, salary . not to exceed) $2460 a
year. Thesf will be,aide by View
ers, who are to receive 'not more
than an - agregat of $2000 a
year.. F.eea for services will be $5
for each 1000-foot reel,, with i M
charge or each additional 1000
feet. , A money will bq paid into
the state treasurer, who will pay
the members of ; the board and
other expenses. The board will
pay its own way, according to Its
proponents. .
-Ninety days after the act be-
dories a law no films can be
shown, that do not bear the words:
"ApRrqvedl by the Oregon . Board
of Censors.,' -The suggestion that
tbef;T?ortlanI board of censors
would be. glad to censor all films
In the state did not make much of
an- impression, . for. the work of
that board , waq not highly recom
mended by (hose ' who were in
touch with its activities, f
HI US
Hundreds Are Turned Away From
v t . :: Declares Evangelistic Services
Salem' People Throng to Hear CHfted Speaker; Religion of Love
and Friendship Is Received With EntJinsiasm f r , V
- By Charles J. Ule -Hundreds
of people, possibly
500 or more, were turned away
from the First Methodist church
last night where the Demarest
evangelists held ; services. , The
house was jammed to suffocation,
besides the many, who , failed to
get inside. Almost an hour be
fore the service began the street
for blocks, ;was crowded with
antos that had brought the eager
audience to hear the gifted speak
ers and singersi - '
The Demarests have just return
ed from an engagement at To
ronto, Canada, and are on their
way to hold services at Eugene,
for which a contract was made a
year ago. Tney stopped over ai
Salem on the urgent invitation of
a- host of Salem friends and held
the one public service here.
Mrs. Demarest is the same gift
ed speaker and singer that she was
a year ago. They have a new
baby, David Livingston. Demarest,
dedicated to the missionary' ser
vice in the name of the great
evangelist to Africa. "He is the
f; :est baby la the world." llrs.
trmrest said, "and we here te
r y grow 'Up to be the best man,
i h ti8 fire and fervor of Ctria
t i E.rvica la t: I."
in inn
1 . i ' VH
1
. '-Li inii
Vays and learisCommittee
Ends Work ; for Session
and necommends Revenue
Measures
TOBACCO TAX IS HELD
OF VITAL IMPORTANCE
Ten Per Cent Upon All Prod
ucts Suggested ; Legisla
ture Prolongs Gathering -
Appropriations allowed by the
ways and means committee for the
present biennium exceed the avail
able funds by $ 1.286,3 13, accord
ing to a report submitted by the
clerk of the commjittee .last night
when work for the present session
of the legislature was 'completed
Appropriations authorised amount
to .$6,971,292 while! the amount
subject to distribution as reported
i by. the state budget commission
totaled $5, 684, 981. Funds avail
able for the present biennium will
exceed the appropriation by ap
proximately $310,000.
Revenue , bills and tax repeal
reported upon favorably by the
ways and means committee aggre
gate $l,ti 05,000. These measures
include a ten percent tax upon all
tobaccos, bringing in an estimated
$800,000 during the! remainder of
the two year period.; Originally
it was planned to place a tax upon
cigarettes only. Another bill would
levy a tax amounting to 1 80,0 00
upon the gross earnings of public
utilities. ' .
' Would suspend Awonnts
v, other money-raising ; measures
to 9 ting with, the approval of the
ways ana means, committee in
chide' a 10 .percent tax upon the
receipts of ..ne&rlyi all. the depart
ments and commissions operating
under the fee system .this money
to go to the ' general lund - of the
state. -.By this- means it is esti
mated that an additional $265,000
could be - raised during, the bien
nium. .; The ' committee - regarded
the - suspension of the. accident
commission': . fund . amounting . to
nearly $175,000, with favor as
well as the quarter mill road tax,
amounting o . around $265,000
lor-1936 aatf a saving of $300,
000 by withdrawing the appropri-
iatlon for the maintenance "of the
battleship !'0.regpn.'f ;
. ; Portland. druggists i -were ; , on
hand to protest against a proposed
tax upon cosmetics, which is esti
mated to Increase the revenue of
the state by. approximately $100-
000. ; . .- ; : ;- ; ; ! " ' '
i Measures acted upon by ; the
ways and means committee will
probably be introduced in the
house today', and action win be
taken the first of the week.
r . . May, Itaress at Noon ; - -''i
All hopee for clearing the decks
by a heavy night session tonight,
one that would' last well into the
Sunday' morning hdurs.f have been
abandoned with the great amount
of;work jyeti to be handled con-
frohtlog the legislature Estimates
4Contlna4 ca" pga , 8) .' '
Mrs. ; Demarest ; told (about the
whole ; family her father, ; her
brother Willie, her children,; and
ail. She preaches a fine,3 human
religion of love and friendship;
it grips with a strange power,
She told of her. brother: Erie," Vho
last year took his young wife and
tbeir; little girl an.d. vent. ik !be
heart .of Africa in response to a
call for missionary -service. lie
was takes til and died Inside of a
month. The, widow, surrounded
by the kindly black, people," saw
her . passionatelyloved-: husband
nailed up in a box for burial, end
she, with her glorious voice sang
the sublime hymn, 0, I-ove That
Will' Not Let Me Gd,"1 while the
priests and the fetich-worshippers
and the black friends! jpined in
paying .the last honors to her
sainted dead. - - ; -, v v
'.'Friends, that Is the kind of
love" and devotion that Christian
ity sires ; and brings," eaid the
speaker. "No tail H too far, no
job tc fcarJ ar I r.j reward will
be too great tor tLose wLo carry
oa. ;. - :
- Mr. Pstr.arest tars cxa c"
newest 8cl3 written ty tla t,
and led la tbe congregational s i
(C;r'.' ?-i "c-i r"" ")
tbe
iLLIUlU
HERUflTSHDWS
r - 1 " : ;
(M BILL
Mil's Amendment to Direct
t Primary Law Defeated By
Vote of 20 to 10; Debate
Is; Strong
. t
BOSS AND CONVENTION
SYSTEM HELD CORRUPT
- - . J V -,
Advocates of Measure Stage
i Strong Fight fox Pas
sage In Senate ?,
The direct. primary law, for a
period of another two years a1 1
least, will remain nnon it ha statu (a
books unchanged, despite a stren
uous warfare carried on by the ad
vocates 'of the ,Miiu primary bill
which was defeated in the senate
yesterday afternoon by a rote of
two to one. ' " j
Tho matter caxi np- under spe
cial order ot business at 2:30
o'clock, and waa explained by Sen
ator' Ritner. " J The Miljs amend
ment to the primary law provides
tha unless a ' candidate 1 receives
30 per cent of the voles cast in
the primary, t,he eleetlofl will go
to as convention. It provides that
each eounty shall hold a conven
tion, and that each precinct shall
send delegates to that assembly:
Xlmitatlona Fixed :
One delegate would be appoint
ed Tor, every lOO'or- major frac
tion; of the people" in, the precinct,
providing, however, that no coun
ty could have- more than.-' '30. per
cent of the total number, of del
egates. ,The measure' was' to be
referred to the people for accept
ance or rejection... .
Senator Toose violently objected
to the i bill, declaring that the
present primary Jaw had liberated
the people frotff "bossism,' With
all its scandal and corruption, and
that the' Mmr amendment- woald
bring .about . a repetition of the
same state of affairs.- -'--:
- : ' jrosepbf Scorn Bill n'i
; :i Senator ? George ' ' Joseph ui of
Multnomah county ' also made a
severe criticism of the -measure
and denounced the Idea of placing
bosses-, and machines at the head
Hf the electroal system. "Give ma
$20,000, and a few men to start
a : state organization," Senator
Joseph declared, "and I will go
out and take away front the peo
ple of the state of Oregon their!
power to elect. "
Senator Butler, : of Wasco and j
Hood River counties denounced
the bill in' an earnest and striking
speech. You might aa well re
peal the entire direct, primary
law, Senator Butler stated, "as
to- take the -best features of it
away. .. If ; the Mills amendment
passes, and I sincerely hope that it
does not, we will have nothing but
a .' mongrel on .. our, hands. - The
Mills plan-' la wrong in principle.
and does nothing more than viti
ate and emasculate the direct pri
mary law: ; '-
,- "There . waa ' a thousand times
more corruption - and scandal in
the political life of Oregon during
the reign of bosses and their ma
chines than there is at the present
time, under the primary : system
Do yon senators, elected under
the. direct . primary," believe you
are not as intelligent and honest
as those were that were elected
(Cpatlnacd on 'pass )
" in j . . . i . mi. i i ; .
HUSEtlQUOn PUJJT
Still 'With Capacity of One
Thousand Gallons Daily
Taken ; By Sheriffs ;
'SEATTLE. Feb. 20. r-i Federal
prohibition agents seized a 42,000
gallon capacity liquor plant, esti
mated to be capable of producing
1,000 galionsrof moonshine daily.
in-a raid tonight on a dairy farm
said to be owned by Ilenry Mag-
gipra near' Orilla, 15 miles south
of here. " ? ' "
Agents declared they arrested
two employees o? Maggiors. ; At
the, time of the raid JJagglora was
absent. ;; Authorities were search
ing Seattle to arrest Maggiora. -A
large' furnace embeJiiej 'In
rtr-rete, 22 "Fteel vats of; 1.000
gall-i f:;;cl;7 each ; en I five
2,0 CD rr:-'-n - or.':i vats' are to
Le C;:. -.ii- t'-r.-'orrow, f,e;U
-?:.
WO REST;
BY SEilrtTOHS
Mitchell Coritinuss
: Attack oh Policy of
Air Administration
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20.- Brtg.
Gen. Mitchell. . assistant army air
craft: chief, continuing his attack
on the administration's air policy
before the house aircraft com
mittee today: crltized the special
navy - board report on- surface
ships," submarines and ' aircraft,
and asserted that ' the ' bombing
tests against the' unfinished bat
tleship Washington ha's revealed
no new. information to. disprove
hia statements on the effectiveness
of aerial bombing against surface
vessels.' ;p; ' '-
"The general -suggested he- be
girenan opportunity to prove his
statements in new bombing tests
and 'Representative 'Praill, demo
crat. New York paid be Intended
within a" few days to present 'to
the committee a' resolution asIcTng
that such tests be arranged,' if
possible.
Findings of the special, navy
f boaTQ," appointeo at me request oi
President Coolldge Uo determine
the relative values of the naval
arms ; with I respect to. the effect
iveness of anti-aircraft fire on air
craft . were assailed j by General
Mitchell who reiterated that avi
Cruelty Charges Against Col
orado Prison warden
May Fall Down -
CANON CITY, Colo.. Feb. 20.
(By the Associated Press) Whip
ping as a part1 of discipline in
Colorado i , penal t ; institutiona , Is
legal, .the etate civil "service com
mission unanimously ' ruled late
today in action on a - motion by
attorneys of : former Governor
Sweet, who 4? -jsressinsr .charges; of
prison imismanagemeatiagatiist
Thomas iJ. Tynan penltentUy
warden. : . ;'.... ' . ' '-;:-"',"'; .' '.
The nse of the lash la permis
sible,; the ? commission declared; in
defining; the. construction of the
state law; giving. authority to tbe
prison .warden" to' use "whaterer
force-: is necessary"" to ' compel
obedience and enforce discipline.
By virtue Of the ruling a large
portion Sof the former governor's
charges of permitting brutality to
prisoners brought against Tynan
are partially eliminated from the
accusations. - Only the question of
whether or 'not the so-called flg
gings . constituted 6' greater 'pun-:
ishment than the emergency de
manded can be further probed.
' "Whipping never was recorded
by English pr. American courts as
cruel 'and ' unusual pnnishment.
the ruling read. "The severity 6 f
the whipping does ' not make it
cruel or unusual under the con
stltution.' u i - ,
Excuiisig;:s for
aiFFS mppeo
Extradition -Warrants Re-
; fused By Governor Hart
- - - ley of Washington "
OX.YMPIA, Wash., Feb. 20.
Governor ' Roland II., Hartley an
nounced himself firmly against a
policy 6f "excursions" ' for peace
officers here today in refusing ex
tradition warrants for two persona
held In CalRornIa to Sheriff Star
wich of King county. Starwich
had planned to go; to the southern
state with his Wife whom he had
deputised to get the prisoners.
"The governor did not feel the
offenses with which these two per
sons are charged justified the ex
pense of. bringing, them back to
the ? state," said A. R. Gardner,
varsity sophomore la coach of the
cases is a Comestie tangle and the
other is a case where an .elderly
woman Is charged with grand lar
ceny of about $76 J . , C i
The governor . - will" ', cooperate
with sheriffs in extraditing dan
gerous criminals; to be tried and
imprisoned it" was said, but' he is
unwilling to. spend the ' state's
money to bring back small time
offenders.
STOHJI FLAG OUT
'- EATTL", Feb. 20. Southeast
Etorra warn'ra d!'r--7f 1 aloss
trCr
" I tO E3il-
t by the 1
t,L:r t-rcau.
tr
T T
f-
i tc:,:.
1 U.
WHIPPING HELD
LEGAL 111 CODE
ators 'Jir'Fra hce had held the 'at-
most contempt" for "ground fire.
Asserting that no bombs were usd
in the Washington, teats, the gen
eral said" that , statements - In the
report dealing; with this subject
"leads the. people to believe that
a battleship can withstand aerial
attack, which la most decidedly n
error." ' - - 5 -
' , Meanwhile today the widely id
vertised report that 'the general
was r to be called to the White
House for a reprimand because of
testimony in conrlict with a a nun
istration aircraft policies, define
ely collapsed when It was made
known authoritatively that Presi
dent ' Coolldge would be guided
solely by the recommendations of
Secretary Weeks in determining
whether the assistant air 'Chief is
to be reappointed next month or
to be assigned to gome other duty,
an alternative which would have
the "effect of reducing him to the
rank ' of colonel. Mr. Coolldge
regards the question-: as 'one for
decision solely by the-war depart
ment to; be treated no differently
than any other appointment with
in, that department.
SEITE PASS
SALARY RAISE
State Engineer Receives In
crease of $1000; Com
' mittee Report Loses
After a stormy sesion of the
senate,v during which the report
of the ways and means committee
waa. overridden, the salary of the
state engineer was increased from
$3600 to $4600 by k vote of 17
to 13. --r:;- ?.;;v-vv ? . .'
The original bill stated that the
salary should be. raised to $5,000,
and the ways and means commit
tee .returned. It with the reeom
meadation that it should not pass.
The senate rejected the report of
the committee, but amended the
bill to reduce the raise $400.
Senator Tooze, chairman of the
committee, made an impassioned
plea to the senate to put an end
to the seemingly unceasing line
of salary' increases. "The state
engineer knew when- he was ap
pointed what his salary was to be.
If he thought it was not suffic
ient, he was at perfect liberty to
refuse; the f fer. , This . thing of
raising salaries must come to an
end. f It Is' no time to Increase
compensation "when- taxes -are- so
high, and so unequally distributed.
It ia a direct slap in the face to
the' public who is asked to I pay
the bill." r . i f
Senator -Butler defended the
senate action, and" declared that If
any, state official was entitled' to
a salary raise it " wag Rhea Luper,
state engineer. '"Mr. Luper has
had the added burden of the state
water board placed on his shoul
ders, and, that burden is extreme.
The settlement of water rights in
this state is one reauiririg jnuch
time' and executive ability, and we
now have a man who la giving
very; satisfactory service. To my
mind the salary as amended here
seems to be very modest.' , V
Senator Joseph - agreed ' with
Senator Butler, and stated that
matters ot more Importance were
.( Continued M .pf ) '
B'lEMlMli;:
: DELIVf3!S ViP.VS
Rev,,V. H. Hertzog Speaks
on Junior Church Move-"
ment at Conference
SPOKANE, Wash.. Feb. 20.-
Addresses on the work of the,
church in the co'untry eemmnai
tie featured the afternoon ? and
night sessions here of the region
al conference of the ilethoditt
Episcopal church, Incla d in z east-
ern, Washington, northern Idaho,
aiw western MonUna. The Ber.
W. II. , Hertzog, Salem, Or., de
clared that the junior church la
doing a -bigger work than any
agency of the church," in keeping
tner. lives -of young folks clean.
The Her. XV. II., H. Frrvth- nf
YalLiaa, Y.'ash., spoke on tie "De
velopment of the Cour.try I r-
Ti3 conference U schedule 3 to
c:::j t with a til" v v .
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VOTE REFEfiB
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Senate Resolution Crrr:r."j
Income and Inherit:.:.: j
Measures for 1 Years
Passes House Priday .
REFORESTRATIOn DILL'
IS KICKING IfJ GRAVE
Amendment Brings About Hs-
consideration ; r.Tv rtv
, . . .tiens Are Approved
Gaining strength over the noon
hpur . Friday, the group of repre
sentatives pledged to support JH
No.'S, by. Senator Dennis amend
ing See. 9 of- the-eonstitution by
adding'. a new. section which pro
vides that no income tax or Inheri
tance, ?tax? shall be levied In the
untll'1940, and placingthe ques
tion before' the people at "the riest
election, increased from 32 to 3 4
and put the resolution over Friday
afternoon- by the final vote of" 3 4
to 24, with two members absent.
The resolution was offered just
before the noon recess,, but three
members, known to bo supporters,
were unable, to be found and ac
tion was postponed until 2 o'clock.
Burdick Leads Out
Speaker Burdick called .Bept
sentatlve Carkin to the chair a-d
took the floor to lead the discus
sion in favor of its passage. Ore
gon needs legislation that will be
attractive and 'bring in outside
money,' he said. ; Oregoa is a new
state and cannot hope to' conpste
with ' the --older states regarding
the kind of legislation that'ttey
enaet.- . . . ' :"
- Heading w the " opposition waa
Representative Hazlett, who held,
that the property tax in Oregon
was-nnjust'-for'-air thcea
tangible ' ' assets, incl-j . t!-.3
greater poftloaf " of 'jrc:..:; .1
men, eseaped taxation. Beprese a
tative Bennett predicted that t'-t
people would pass such a law whl'a
Representative Ehrock said tiat
the present burden needs shift!-;.
, Comes From Aristocracy
''According to Representative
Graham the resolotion' came fror.i
the! aristocracy' of 'the 'state and
that the people have not. tt&ked
that it be submitted to them. Tha
Income tax waa settled at the list
general election a few months aso,
be said." - v
Representative Woodward offer
ed an" amendment to" the re?olti-
tlon, placlpg "real estate, improve
ments inereon or personal prop
erty" in the same-class. Rir re
sehtatite' Shumway charged tL.t
the resolutfon had been held eff
elace the opening of the session
and on the 40th day was brought
up for passage, because sufficient
votes; could "not be-ihusUii i' 1
fore the final day of the rtru'-.r
session. ' .
Because the. state has no settl--'
policy, Representative Qorisn ur-
ed that some action, be taken as
soon as possible to decide upon a
definite poliey. and then adhere to
It In closing Speaker Burclcs
suggested that a tax upon general
sales and the scrapping of all spe
cial taxes would prove- to te t-o
best remedy.
A b.Ill providing for a sevenr.ee
tax upon lumber and timber rro
ducts taken from tax-free govern
ment lands, with the excc,iL.i "
Indian and forest reservations, a;-
plicable "only to Lincoln county,
was defeated. . .
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