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DID YOU KNOW That5 Salem 1c in the Center of l?hat Will Pecome a: Grjeat and Paying Bean Induct ? WEATHER FORECAST: Unsettled with rain in west portion,' snow in east portion; slowly rising temperatures in east portion; fresh southerly winds on coast. Maximum yesterday, 47; minimum, 25; river, 3.7; rainfall, .32; atmosphere, cloudy; wind, southeast. SHOP EARLY: Only 8 shopping days remain before Christmas. Do your shop ping early and avoid the rashl, You ..will find a new delight In this early shopping and also you'll bring happiness to the merchants and the post office clerks. r, SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS OUT MEW ASK AIUmSilLL FRUIT CENSUS C. A. Reed of Hood River Elected to iead Organi zation During 1927 DISCUSS MARKETS TODAY lecture on Diseases by Dr. 8. M. Zoller Interesting; Nut Grower' Affiliation la Accepted The second day of the State Horticultural society's 41st ses sion, which is now being held in the armory, was an interesting one, though the attendance, due to inclement weather conditions, was far below expectations. The business meeting which opened the afternoon program, however, proved the outstanding feature of the day. A lively discussion was precipitated between Senator-elect Sam Brown on one side and sev eral members headed by C. D. Jlinton of Portland on the other, by a resolution, one of six sub mitted by the resolutions commit tee, which recommended that the legislature make some arrange ment whereby the annual acreage of small fruits and nuts may be determined. Senator Brown immediately took the floor, saying that a law was enacted some years ago auth orizing the county assessors to take this census, and that it had been repealed , at the last session of the legislature, and that he had voted for the repeal of the law for the reason it was of no value to t he grower, but enabled the pack ef Jo obtain advance Information VVHrwas used to his advantage an-TWthe detriment oi. the 'grow er. Senator Brown further said that it the crop was large" the packer sat in his office and let the , farmer sweat trying to find a mar ket. On the other hand, if the census showed a shortage, the packer immediately became active and contracted products at as low a price as powible before the pro ducer knew what it was all about. C. D. Minton, replying to Sena tor Brown, stated that he believed data of this nature was valuable to the grower and packer alike J and that the packed usually had the information anyway, and fur ther, had his contracts made be fore the information given in the census was available. J. O. Holt of Eugene said that he thought the truth was- always well to know and that the grower should be familiar with crop conditions. Senator Brown again took the floor and in his usual forceful manner said that while he may '.Continued oa jsff 4.) "SECRET FUND" BRINGS ATTACK M KTS PLAN DEFINITE ORGAN IZATION IN SENATE Proliibitkm Appropriations Get By Except 'Undercover" Provision WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. (AP) Senate wets today let pass without protest the $12,000,000 appropriation in the treasury sup ply bill for the enforcement ac tivities of the prohibition unit, but scored a victory against the pro vision for "undercover" agents. Led by Senators Bruce, Mary land, and Reed, Missouri, " demo crats, they let loose an assault against the proposed use of $500, 000 for "undercover" men whom they described as v "spies, sneaks aud snoopers Vice President Dawes finally ruled that the proposal of Assist ant Secretary Andrews, chief of the dry forres, "for authority to spend $500,000 without regard to pn Vit auditing requirements was "cWiy out of order in that it ctvtmplated new legislation in an appropriation bill. The pro posal had been eliminated in the house on similar grounds, but was reinserted by the. senate appro priations committee. While the senate wets were making their assault on the $500. 000 prevision, a movement, gpt un der way to formally organize them, for the first time since the dry law went into effect, to map out a campaign .of procejure on other prohibition proposals. : Senator - Edge,- - republican, of New Jersey, issued Invitations to 20 senators for a confcrcnco at an -- . . --s mm j TEN ACRE BEAN CROP VALUABLE RECORD YIELD IN SOME SEC TION'S, 30 TON'S ON' 10 ACRES Average Yield in Santiam Irrigat ed District Is Five Tons to Acre Few peopll think of beans as a bonanza crop. We nave had bonanza crops of mint, with a runaway market. Some growers have made big money on straw berries and hops and Lambert and Royal Ann cherries. Hope have in the past made fortunes for some of our people in a single year. But now comes a case of a farmer with irrigated land from the Santiam who, the past season, sold his Kentucky Wonder beans from 10 acres for 15042.50. He marketed 23 tons on the Port land, market at 1130 a ton, and 264 tons on the cannery market at 975 a ton. A total of 50 tons from the 10 acres. How many quarter section farms in this section, or anywhere, had a gross return as high as that? Or a net return as high, either. The usual price for pick ing Kentucky Wonder beans in this section is one and a quarter cents a pound. Pickers prefer this work to most kinds of har vesting labor; especially in the irrigated districts, where there is shade from the vines strung up on wires, and where the weather is tempered by the irrigation ditches. Many Get Large Yields There is a district around Stay ton and West Stay ton, in the irri gated section, where an increas ing number of growers are mak ing a specialty of growing Ken tucky Wonder beans. The yields the past season for that whole district averaged about five tons to the acre. The beans there are grown mostly on con tract for the canneries. The grow ers receive a guarantee of $70 a ton on delivery from the Stayton cannery. But that is a coopera tive concern, under the manage ment of R. D. Hoke, and it is one of the most successful of the co operative canneries of this sfate. So there are further returns made (Coatlantd MX f.) MIGHTY CASEY KAY0ED Pitcher "Beans" Wallace Beery in Filming Poem. HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Dec. 15. (AP) The mighty Casey was not only struck out but knocked out today. It happened in the filming here of "Casey at the Bat," starring Wallace Beery in the title role. Beery was at the plate under di rector's instructions to hit a home run. A final injunction from the director's megaphone, barked just as the pitcher completed winding up. caused the comedian to turn and he took a sizzling fast ball on the head, knocking him uncon conscious. He was revived in a few minutes but production was stopped for the day. Studio phy sicians said Beery will be able to go back on the screen diamond to morrow. BEET PRICE ADVANCED Company Signs Contracts 7000 Acres in Utah For SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 15 (AP) The basic price of sugar beets for the 1927 crop was raised from $7 to $7.50 a ton to day by the Gunnison Sugar com pany, R. T. Harris, treasurer, an nounced here today. He added that his company had signed con tracts representing approximately 7000 acres. In explaining the reason for the raise, Mr. Harris said the price is $7.50 in Idaho and $8 in Colorado. HITS PIER, WRECKS CAR I. f. I Armond Is Faced With Charge of Drunken Driving I. C. De Armond missed the cen ter , of the Marion-Polk county bridge when he attempted to drive his, car across it early this morning and hit one of the, piers. As a re sult, De Armond lies in the city "jail minus two teeth, with, several scratches, aud faced with a charge of driving while intoxicated. One man and two women in the car with him were not held. The car is a total wreck. The bouse passed the interior department appropriation bill car rying $259,400,000. . . -, Republican leaders warned Frank II Smith not o accept the Illinois senatorial appointment: -. Republican and democrats ar gument on taxation, wcru made in ib.o.Bnaie -srv prieBpl Believe Cooperation to Stab ilize Fruit Industry on Pacific Coast Develop better sales Idea Calls for Growers, Packers, Dealers and Cooperatives to Handle All Problems Jointly (The Statesman of yesterday gave the news of a movement on foot in California to reorganize the prune industry of that state, with a whole industry control, in cluding the growers and the pack ers of and dealers In prunes. It was stated yesterday that there is likely to be an effort to spread this movement to other prune growing sections, so as to take in all of the Pacific coast, in which case the plan (or rather the tentative plan) is of very great concern to all the people of the Salem district in any way interested in the prune indus try, which, directly and indirectly, includes all of our people. So the following article from the Decem ber 11 number of the California Fruit News is of very great value here:) In this section appears a drawing On this page appears a drawing reproducing the blueprint plan of a new prune marketing proposal that is just being publicly put be fore the industry in California. It en industry plan, both in its promotion and In its intentions. But the concrete and specific ar rangement of the plan should probably be credited in largest part to Joseph., JlParker, the present general manager of the California Prune and Apricot Growers Association. The idea has been talked over within the Prune Association and outside of it with the growers and has been the subject of discussion and con ference with the cpmmercial pack ers of prunes in California for sev eral weeks. And while Mr. Park er has been doing a lot of the work in promoting, the Idea and proba bly is the most responsible one for concretely setting It down, it is offered, to prune people in Cali fornia now as an industry project. A study of the diagram will re veal the plan. It is fundamental ly this that while the present Prune Association has within its (Continued on pigo 7.) (&j$f mm LlLiu: : . -J ; OIL LEASE CASE IN JURY'S HANDS FALL-DOHEXY JURORS DELD3 ERATE SEVEN HOURS Two Defendant Are Inseparably Linked Together in Blank Verdict Form WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. ( AP) The fate of Albert B. Fall end Edward L. Doheny, on trial on charges cf criminal conspiracy in connection with naval oil leases, will not be known before tomor row. The case was given to the jury at 2:47 p. m. today. At 10 o'clock, after seven hours and 13 minutes deliberation, it was locked up for the night. Justice Hoehling, who previous ly bad indicated he would wait In his chambers until midnight for a verdict, ordered a recess until 10 a. m. In the meantime, even should the jury continue its de liberations, it will be unable to return a verdict. Three alternatives were before them conviction, acquittal or a report of Inability to agree. The defendants, Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior and Edward L. Doheny, wealthy California oil man, were Insepar ably linked together in the blank verdict forms which the jurors carried with them to their drab quarters. The two had to be con victed, or acquitted together al- ( Continued on page 7.) SENATE LOCKS DOOR TO TAX CUT "PEOPLE WANT TAX REDUC TION," SAYS DEMOCRAT Harrison Claims Five Hundred Million Surplus in Sight This Year WASHINGTON'. Dec. 15. (By AP) The door against immediate tax reduction, already closed by house republican leaders, was bolted today by Chairman Smoot of the senate finance committee, as senate democrats pounded sud denly for action. The democrats, led by Senator Harrison of Mississippi, told the senate a $500,000,000 surplus was in sight for this fiscal year and volunteered not to stand in the way of a republican bill. Senator Smoot replied that he not only favored application of the surplus to -retirement of the rublie debt, but he doubted the wisdom of the proposal of Presi dent Coolidge for a refund on next year's income tax payments. "It would mean a saving of only 35 cents to the small taxpayer," he said, "and would benefit only the large corporations and tax- ( Continued on page 7.) THE NEW MOON SALADS STUDIED, SCHOOL POPULAR SUNDAY LUNCHEON AND SUP PER DISHES FOR TODAY Three Roles Freshness, Crispness and Cleanness of , All Ingredients "Our cooking school is like a continued story," Jeanette Byer, who is conducting a series of four classes in Salem, announced yes terday. The classes at the Grand theatre are proving decidedly pop ular in spite of the facts that the weather is inclement and that the Christmas season is at hand, and those in attendance know that Miss Beyer's definition was cor rect. In fact, cooking school is not only a continued story, full of surprises and incidents waiting completion, but is a "best seller" as well. Yesterday the group spent an intent afternoon watching the making of salads, salad dressing, and salad accompaniments. The three types of dressings, each of which Miss Byer illustrat ed with the actual ingredients in her model kitchen, are French, mayonaise, and boiled dressing. The "continued" part of the story was the shaping and decorat ing of the puff pastry made at the opening session. A cream horn, patty shells, a pinwheel tart, and an apple boat were among the most delectable rOontinofx) on pare B- JURY INDICTS KEN ORMISTON CONSPIRACY CHARGE PLACED AGAINST RADIO MAN Extradition Plans Blocked by Failure of Chicago Police to Arrest LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15. (By AP) Kenneth G. Ormiston, fugi tive radio man in the Almee Sem ple MePherson case, was indicted on charges of. conspiracy to ob struct justice by the Los Angeles county grand jury today, but of ficials who had asked the action to facilitate his return from Chi cago found their plans legally blocked since Ormiston is yet in the hands of private investigat ors. Before an officer can be sent to Sacramento to ask Governor F. W. Richardson to issue a requisi tion -for the return of the radio man, it will be necessary, the dis trict attorney's office said, for him to be placed under arrest. In a legal sense, the officers said, the radio man is still at large. The indictment, although 24 pages in length, contains but one count of conspiracy, whereas Mrs. MePherson, her mother, Mrs. Min- ( Continued oa pge 6.) LID com PIKES FLAX INDUSTRY BOOM Dr. B. F. Giesy of Aurora An nounces Large Oevelop i ment Plans SALEM WILL BENEFIT Concern Will Reach Out for Straw Throughout Oregon and Washington for Five Scutching Mills PORTLAND, Dec. 15. (AP) The development ot the flax and linen industry in the Willamette valley on a large scale, with the probable location of scutching plants at Aurora, Eugene, Mc Minnrille and Albany, is an nounced by the Pacific Flax and Linen Mills, a 13,000,000 Oregon corporation, just organized. East ern capital is interested in the un dertaking, it ia said, and an east ern man will probably be elected president, 'although the other of ficers and directors are Oregon residents- According to Dr. B. P. Giesy. president ;of the State Bank of Aurora, a ad vice president Pacific Flax and Linen Mills, and E. G. Robinson, treasure of the com pany and : a prominent power plant operator of Oregon, the op erations of the company will not be confined to any particular sec tion, but the districts best adapted to the growth of flax. As flax can be grown throughout the entire Willamette valley and parts of Washington, it is pointed out, the ultimate sedpe of the company will be extensive. ' It was further stated that the concern must; not be considered a local institution, as it will reach out far : its raw tonterial flax straw, in Oregon andf Washing ton, and has the 'entire country as a market for the finished" prod ucts. It is the purpose of the com pany to establish ( at least five scutching mills, located at strate gic points where it has already been demonstrated that fiber flax can be grown, in commercial quan tities with prof i to " the growers. At least 2500 acres will be signed up for each ytear in advance for each mill, it is, said, thereby creat ing raw material for the mill and assuring the a grower a market for his product. Robert Crawford of Salem, a di rector in the new corporation, and considered an expert in the flax industry, and for ten years su perintendent of the state scutch ing mills is at the head of an in formation department of the com pany, designed to aid farmers in seeding, harvesting and curing their crops. According to the management, after several scutching mills have been placed in operation the com pany will begin the erection of a spinning and weaving mill, to be located at the most advantageous point in the valley. THEATER HEAD RESIGNS Sir. Stille to Assume Duties at Liberty in Portland J. C. Stille, manager of the G. B. Guthrie show houses of Salem since August 1, 1924. has resigned to take the position of manager to the Liberty theatre of Port land. When first coming to Sa lem Mr. Stille assumed manage ment of the Oregon, Grand and Liberty, the -last named having been discontinued and the' new Elsinore built. " The year previous to coming here Mr. Stille was manager of the Liberty of Port land and for' seven years before that time had chafge of the Jen sen & Von Herburg interests in Portland. Mr. Stille has been very successful in his management of the Salem show houses, making many warm friends while here, who while regretting his depart ure, wish him every success. Mr. Guthrie has not as yet named a successor to Mr. Stille and will for the time being manage' his own interests. ROCK CRUSHES WORKER Marshfield Han Struck on Read by CO Found Stone MARSHFIELD,. Ore., .Dec ,15 CAP) A rock of about 50 pounds weight crushed out the life ot Basil Chambers, 32. at the Hauser Construction company , quarry on Coos river today. , : j The. rock' loosened la the till and came down without warning. r.siQiung- vnaooersroii xuej neaaiv m m . '. . " it - jm m m The Statesman 7 Christmas v Cheer Fund Only nine days remain until Christmas. The list of needy people grows larger and larg er. . Many contributions are being made in money, food' and clothing. The latter things are being delivered to the Salvation Army and - then they will be placed with fam ilies, where they will do . the most good and bring the most happiness. The money will be used to buy necessities and other things for worthy peo ple. Help spread the real spirit of the season by joining in the Christmas Cheer work .with The Statesman and the Sal vation Army. Previously acknowledged $57.75 Constance Kantner i.OQ NINE DAYS LEFT FOR CHEER WORK CLOTHIXG AXD FOOD SUP PLIES HANDLED BY ARMY Santa Clans Wants to Visit Every Home Plea for Xo Empty ' Stockings Only nine more days until Christmas. The time is growing so very short and Santa Clans has so much to do. The list of needy people is growing each day; but he wants all of the names. In or der to cooperate with him send the names of worthy people, young and old, to the Christmas Cheer editor of The Statesman. Also the kiddies should write their let ters and send them to Santa Claus care of The Statesman at once. Every boy and girl, every grown person should be remembered on Christmas day. It is a bir task and so the good Saint needs your help. , He wants to bring Joy and happiness into the lives of all. He does not want to leave one empty stocking on Christmas morn. Suppose' even one empty stock ing is found by a little kiddie, when he arises, there will be a heart ache lasting for many days. It is hot right for Buch. things to be and so efforts are beitfg made to .have Santa visit every home with something, toys, clothing or food. The Salvation Army is cooperat ing with Santa Claus and The Statesman in this work. They have reported many needy fami lies and are doing all in their, pow er to spread a. little Christmas cheer. Clothing and food should be delivered to the Army rooms on State street, while money con tributions should be sent to The Statesman office. Direct the ex penditure of your contribution, if you want to; but be sure and give a little at once to the Christmas Cheer fund. Every cent of mon ey, every article of clothing and every particle of food goes to the needy people, goes where it will do the most good and bring the greatest joy. Help make this a joyous Yule season by cooperating with Santa Claus, The Oregon Statesman and the Salvation Army in their Christmas Cheer work. By spread ing a. little happiness you will en joy the season a little more. HUNTINGTON TO RESIGN Football Men of High School Ban quet Wednesday Evening Bernard Temple was elected by unanimous .vote, captain of the 1927 Salem high school football team at a banquet held in the Black Cat last night. Temple is considered one of the best play ers Salem has ever had being par ticularly adept in forward passing and his election will meet with the popular approval of the students. ' Another feature of the evening was the farewell speech to the football team, of Holis Hunting ton, who has been football coach for the past five years. Mr. Hunt ington stated that he would ten der his resignation at the end of the present school year that he might have more time . to devote to his family and private affairs. Mr. Huntington has been very pop ular with the football fraternity and his determination .to retire was received with sincere regret. Aside from the 16 "letter men" present, the guests of the banquet were. Superintendent George .W. Hug, Principal J. C. Nelson. Phy sical director Louie 'Anderson. Coach . Holls Huntington:, presi dent 'student body, Kenneth Allen; manager athletics, Dwight Adams; financial advisor, Merrit T. Adams; and yell leader Marvin Hedrick. ;:V" ' SWALLOW LYE, IS DEAdT BEND. Ore4 Dec 15 (AP) Naomi-two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William - Fischer of Maupin, died In a ? local hospital last; hlgni, the result of swallow ing concentrated lye three months ; agOj DIE FOB SOUTHEAST . v SALUGI Rosebraugh . Does Not Ex pect Immediate Relief for Affected District' DEEPER CREEKS IS PLAN Problem of Obtaining Proper Sew age Disposal for City One of Most Iinwr"nt Xw'.' Facing lslu- i ,t ts Obtaining proper drainage and sewage disposal for southeastern Salem is a much greater "problem than is generally realized, and in- vclves a great deal of study on its various ramifications, according to W. W. Rosebraugh, chairman oJ a committee of residents of the district appointed at a recent mass meeting to investigate possible so lutions of the problem offered by oversowing ot basements at every high water. Other members of the committee are Ascl Eoff-aod D. L. Shrode. h The committee was appointed ty Newell Williams, chairman at p mass meeting of residents Bt southeastern Slem held following fhe recent h!g!: vyter, when flood water from iiil creek covered much of the district, nnd kewage? filled most of i'. - . . ents of that part of the city. Little prospect exi for tm mediate relief of the su-ation, Mr. - Kosebraugh believes, as any. measures that might be undertak en on the spur of 'the "moment would bring only temporary relief, rrd in a year or two the problem., would be as. bad as ever." ,V. The ' problem not only, affectr ene district of Salem, .but is oi vital interest to the whole city, - he .believes, "and involves the en tire sewage system ,ot Salem. This system; which contains but two storm sewers, is rapidly be coming Inadequate for disposing of surface water during rainy sea sons. Any - improvement : made would involve an expense ot mil lions, and would have to be made adequate to care for. sewage of . a city of 50,000. or 0.000 people, which population Salem will have within a few more years Mr. Rose braugh believes. ... A possible solution for the drain ape problem lies in straightening and deepening the channels of the? creeks running through Salem, so that they would be able to carry off all the excess water during flood periods. - These creeks are in reality a delta ot the Santiam river,-taking water from it-near Stayton.. Whenever the Santiam river baa high water, these creeks carry a torrent through the country lying sooth and east of Salem,- finally depositing it in and near the city. To deepen and straighten these creeks properly . Involves a huge (Continued a par 7.) ; PARTY DIVISION SEEN BY IOWAN XEW McXARY BILL MAKES AP PEARANCE IN HOUSE Demand for Immediate Tariff Re vision Made by Texas Dem- -ocrat WASHINGTON. Dec. 15 (AP) Farm relief swung , into, full stride in congress today, mak-. ing its initial appearance this ses sion on the house floor where it jostled with the tariff and talk of the presidential candidate in 19ZS. Taking advantage 'of debate' on' the agricultural appropriation," : Representative Dickson, an Iowa republican; declared that if .relief were not provided as set f orth lav the new MeNary bill, there might follow a division of party-lines with mlddlewestern i TepohUcanr seeking to ease the rural situation by downward revision of the "tar iff. " ' f , This brought a demand for im mediate tariff revision from Rep resentatlve V Connally. democrat. .Texas; .-who charged : the Iowa a, withsayins that it was done "no.w and not after Mr.' Lowden is nom inated for president," . ... While discussion was going on leaders were atteraotlne to decide who .would 'introduce , the MeNary; bin in the honse. Representative Purnell, republican; Indiana, .had made up his mind to Aid so if Chairman Haugen ot the houso agricultural committee does not,",'. Rftnresentative - TtullmYtAi rimn crat. South Carolina, who also had ' planned to introduce , the MeNary