&M;-UQtsm l.'ln -SalerrVo " Second l::Lihprt Mill jStortcltl .YoqtQpday; WiGjutAA .Qo ' ':::!(nB?pIon
'6 First Grand dpea Yedtdrday; Prospects for House racked
Good Sale of
WEATHER FORECAST: Unsettled, with
occasional rains in extreme north portion;
moderate, temperature; moderate southerly
winds. Maximum yesterday, 42; minimum,
37; river, 7.4, falling; rainfall, .34; atmos
phere, cloudy; wind, south.
rirsc oecnon -rages i to or
. Three Sections 24 Pages
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scats to Salem
v
VENTY-SIXT YEAR
DllGElEET
Probably Request Supervis
ors to Investigate Deep
ening Mill Creek
MISINTERPRETS RULE
Arrangement ProTfcle for Those
ReceiYin Benefit to Py
for Cost of Various
ImproTements
A mass meeting of Southeast
Salem residents' will .be held some
time this week, to hear the report
nf a Bdecial committee appointed
recently to inrestigate the prob
lem of Obtaining proper urwnagB
lor the district. . -
The committee, which . consists
of W. W. Rosebraugh, chairman,
D. L. Shrode, and Asel Eoff. has
enlisted the aid of the Lions club
civic committee. This consists of
Frank Shefwin, chairman, Dr.
William B. Matt, Henry R . Craw
ford, ReT. C. E. Ward, and Mr.
Rosebraugh. ..
Steps to be undertaken in re
lieving the situation will probably
be along the lines of having the
supervisors of the Salejn drainage
district, obtain an engineer to in
vestigate and report on costs of
deepening and straightening North
and perhaps. South . Mill creek so
that they will be adequate to car
ry off all flood waters without
overflow.
. In case the supervisors ot the
district, continually refuse , to do
this, stepa will. probably be taken
towards gettlpg.new supervisors.
One of the biggest difficulties
in bringing ft proper appreciation
of the value of the drainage dis
trict is believed to be popular mis
understanding of how the drain
M law of the, atatffcCoperstes In
4j -pink costs of all improvement
rfje by the district. . . . ,
The law provide that the coun
ty court shall appoint ft board of
three men, one a civil engineer, to
determine the costs of improve
ment, and assess the valuation of
all nronertv in the district.
Costs for the improvement will
not be distributed according to
annate as is thOQkht to be the
general belief, especially among
residents of the farming district
who have consistently, blocked the
work of the district, but is instead
distributed according to benefits,
and damages on each ownership
of property.
In this way. If a man's, proper
ty is damaged, say by construction
nf Attf b or nan it. and he re
ceives no benefit from the dis
trict hA will be reimbursed for
the damage, and the cost will fall
on the farmer whose worthless
swamp is made Into valuable agri
cultural land..
By such an arrangement, the
cost ot the improvement is .paid
only by those persons who .receive
benefit from It, ana tnese,
previous districts have shown, will
generally get more money by tthe
improvement of their property,
than they pay out for the work
done. . -
There are now more than 50
districts In, Oregon with greatly
varying areas, all of which are
proving a great boon t6 farmers in
them.
Under an amendment to the
drainage laws enacted In 1921, the
state of Oregon and all cities may
come into a drainage district Jnst
as though they were private par
ties, and in this way the costs will
also be levied against state lands
and city property, inch as streets,
lying within the district.
DAWES ATTACKS
DIRECT PRIMARY
CONVENTION METHOD SOUGHT
BT VICE PRESIDENT
Pica Made for Revision of Senate
Rules f to Speed Up
:- s Legislation
. NEW YbltKDec.18. (API
Top heavy f campaign funds, and
all the evils, that attend them.
Were latd at the door bf the direct
nrlmarv system . tonight by . Vice
midgut rtaweii. who areued in
aftdr dinner speech here for a
urn to ; the old methods oi
oosing political nominees by
convention. .i.-
Th -rirf nrpiildnnt mentioned
no names, i.butr he rertMndd his
audience ot Irrecent.';,polilieal
events", under the, primary r plan
and declared bolittcs had reached
a stage where candidate for
state or national office mustJiave
either n fortnnh or A going DOltti
cat organization Behind him if he
hoped to succeed. ' ..
.With this declaration, General
Dawes linked w a renewal of his
pica for, revision lot the senate
.''- LContiaue 9a fax. 3.2-
FRATEIAL HALL
RAZEE) BY FLAMES
ESTI3IATED DAMAGE PIACED
AT 22,500 BY OFFICIALS
Bollding ProTided Meeting Place
for Several Lodges, Equip- -awnt
Ifbst
Latest estimates on the losses
caused by the early morning blase
that ruined the Fraternal temple,
located on North Liberty street
between Court and Chemeketa.
Saturday morning, place the de
struction at $25,000; $22,500 of
which Is covered by insurance..
The total value of the property
was put at $50,000 by officials of
the society owning the building.. .
The structure was owned by the
Fraternal , ; Temple s fessocjatlon.
composed oi representatives from
the Woodmen of The World.
Eagles United Artisans, Yeomen,
and Knights ot Pythias Several
other bodies used the building for
meetings, bat did not belong to
tne association ,
,iae disposal of the property
nas not peen determined, accord
lng to a statement made yesterday
arternoon by officials of the so
elety. A meeting will probably
oe neid within the next two weeks
to give all the members a chance
to say what they want done.
The fire, which broke out short
ly after 2 o'clock in the moraine.
was only put out after a hard
battle of several hours, with seven
hoses pouring water into the blaz
ing mass.
A large crowd, attracted by the
glare In the sky, was present In
spite of the early hour. It was
augmented by residents of the
apartment house on the north side
of the temple, who carried manv
of. their belongings into the street
in fear that the blaze would burn
It also '
The buildings are only a few
feet apart, but spread of the blaze
was prevented by soaking the
southern side of the apartment
(Oostiaud ob pag ,)
REGENTS EXAMINE SITES
Hood River Resident Gives Argu
ment for Normal School
HOOD RIVER, Or! Decl 18.
(AP)- Selection ot the location of
the new state normal school auth-1
orized under an act approved by
the voters of Oregon at the recent
general election, will, be announced
definitely following, a meeting of
the state normal regents to be
held in Salem Monday. This de
cision was reached by the regents
at the. completion of their eastern
Oregon inspection tour here today.
The regents spent two hours in
Hood River where they inspected
two sites offered to the state with
out, tharge and heard arguments
why the normal should be located
here. .,, . ., . t ,
Remarks dropped by the regents
indicated that they were fairly
agreed that the new normal School
shall be located on the main line
of the Union Pacific railroad and
state highways.
President gets gifts
I
5lyrtle Wood Presents From Cobs
County Acknowledged
MARSHFIELD, Ore., Dec. 18.
(AP) Coos county's beautiful
Myrtle wood has found a place In
the White House iwhere presents 1
of special manufacture were sent
by local admirers of President
Coolldge through Jefferson Myers,
member of the United States ship
ping board. The articles included
for President Coolldge, a smoking
set; for Mrs. Coolldge. book ends.
and for the president's secretary,
Everet Sanders, an oval tray.
Letters of acknowledgement
were sent by the president and Mr.
Sanders to Mr. Myers expressing
their delight at receiving the gifts
and the feelings which prompted
them.
REPORTER FINDS BGfclB
Hall of Justice Thrown Into Panic
When Explosive ounti
-SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 18.
( AP The hall of justice, which
hnnses the criminal courts, the
fonntT lail and the city prison.
was thrown mte a panic lomgojb
when a large bomb was found In
a suitcase .by . Robert Berga rv
porter.. Berg eamea tne case up
to .the . detective bureau ..on.,, the
second floor, where he opened it
and the bomb tumbled outs It
did not explode. --.
YESTERDAY
IN WASHINGTON
John W. Langley, of Kentucky,
was paroled.
The .allcif ".property
passed by the house.
bill was
Representative Butler . proposed
the,, construction of - ten light
cruisers. . , , ' . t
TtAnresentitive ,faarrett of Ten
nessee took stps 0 force a house
vote on tne aemocraiic wt. uxu
: -The senate judiciary, committee
decided to consider Charges that
federal patronage lg gving Biu
H6HWA
Y BODY
SBEPORT
FORtEN YEARS
$15,940,531.19 Used for
Principal and Interest-on
Certain Bonds
$99,001 ,922.05 PAID OUT
Engineer Calls Attention to Fact
That Sum Does Xot Include
Any Market Road Cx-
penditures
During the decade since the
present highway . improvement
plan was started the sum of $99,-
00 1,9 2-2. 05 has been used for road
work. Of this sum $12,575,876.-
46 was put forward by the various
counties. The remainder was se
cured as follows: $462,674.94
from railroad funds; $9,976,414.-
55 from government funds, and
$75,986,596.10 of state . funds.
A sum of $15,940,531.19 of the
state fund was used for the pay
ment of principal and interest on
bonds. , The handling of these
funds has been under the supers-
vision of the state highway com
mission, according to the report
of the ten-year period which -was
submitted to Governor Walter M
Pierce yesterday by Roy Klein,
state highway engineer. In the
report he calls attention 'to the
fact that the sums mentioned do
not take Into consideration the
money spent on the various mar
ket roads.
To show for this expenditure
the state now has 728 miles of
paring, of which 178 miles are
cement concrete and 550 mites of
bituminous type. 2137 miles of
crushed rock or gravel surfacing
and 2491 miles of grading. These
figures do not include the forest
roads on the ataehbjh-wajy ..sys
tern, wmcn ar-constructed tipaer
the sunervislon of " the United
States bureau of public roads, and
which reports a total of 371 miles
of crushed. rock or gravel suriac
lng and 461 miles of grading.Al
sO there has been constructed on
the state highway system within
the Crater Lake national park four
miles of pavement and 11 miles
of rock surfacing by a special ap
propriation from, the federal gov
ernment. In addition there are
some counties which hiv graded
or improved sections of state high
way with their , own forces, or by
contract of which the state de
partment, has no record. Only
947 miles of state highway, or
21.2 per cent of the total of 4468
miles included In the state high
way system still remain unim
proved. There have also been approxi-
ICmtinul ea pag 4.)
OFFER
SALEM, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 19, 1926
JEWELRY BANDITS
TAKEK BY POLICE
SHOPPERS FLEE AS TORPE
DOES POP OX FLOOR ';
Officers Believe Man Has Com
mitted Crimes Throughout
Country
CHICAGO, Dec. 18. (API-
Unarmed, but giving his exploit a
background of heavy work with
firearms bv dashing torpedoes
against the marble floor, a man
Identified as Douglas Cralg.i. a
burglar and bond forfeiter, rob
bed The Fair, one of Chicago's
largest department stores of $11.-
000 worth of. jewelry, today.
Christmas shoppers ran in all di
rections at the pop of the torpe
does. - -
His possession of the loot was
short lived, however, for ha was
pursued by clerks and customers
and finally overhauled .y
mounted: noliceman. who dashed
through crowded State street end
threw himself from his horse upon
the fugitive after the manner bt
Several women In the store
fainted when Craig smashed a
showcase with a brick and set off
his fireworks and State street
traffic was halted by the cries Of
"stop thief" and the, chase.,
Five diamond set bracelets,
riiamnnri nendant and a rope 01
pearls made up the loot.
in Craig's hotel room. polKe
(Continued on .)
CLUB CONSIDERS
,1
GAME LIMITING
BAG LIMIT AND SHOOTING
DAYS TO BK CONSIDERED
Rod ami Gun Group Hold Regular
Meet on Thursday, Plan
Officer Election
Two matters of especial , inter
est will be considered by the mem
bers of the Salem Rod and, Gun
club at the regular meeting to be
held Tuesday evening at the cham
ber of commerce club rooms A
very large .membership is now en
rolled anthalilub and cen(44
able Interest is being shown in
club matters so a large attend
ance is expected... , - ,
The first . matter of Importance
will be the consideration of
Questionnaire sent out by the state
game warden a office, of . Port
land.' It deals with the. advis
ability of limiting the bag now al
lowed on deer and the advisability
of eliminating . spike bucks as
eligible game . This is a move in
accord with the game conversa
Hon programs of a number of the
eastern states and the question of
whether or not it would be an ad
visible Dollcy to follow in Ore
gon will be considered by the club
members.
The bag limit and the number
of shooting days that should be
allowed in Chinese pheasant sea
son will be another matter of spe
cial interest to the local members
fContiaoad oa pac 8.)
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
LOOM OPERATES
AT LINEN MILL
POSSIBLE TO INSTALL TWO
LOOMS EACH DAY SOON
About 80 Days Required to Get All
Departments Operating
Regularly
The first loom of the Oregon
Linen Mills. Inc., Salem's second
linen mill, was started yesterday,
weaving leaders . Cotton thread
is used for this purpose, in prepar
ation for the linen yarn that will
be used in making linen cloth and
towels and various other articles
fashioned from flax fiber.
There are about lob looms in
all, but. it is the plan to start
50 or 60 in the beginning, adding
others later. The second loom
Will be installed tomorrow, and it
is possible to add two a day from
that time on. ' '
Yesterday there arrived in
Portland from Belfast, Ireland, 12
cases of machinery for this mill.
valued, with duty and freight, at
$25,000. R. O. Snelling, secre
tary-treasurer, received a cable
gram yesterday announcing that
the last shipment of machinery
has left Belfast, so that in about
90 days the mill will be going at
full capacity.
Mr. Snelling returned from a
trip to Seattle yesterday, where he
was looking up market prospects
(Continnad on page 8.)
OLD SANTA LIVES
FOR ALL KIDDIES
VERY FEW DAYS LEFT TO
JOIN FORCES WITH SANTA
Many Worthy Cases Reported,
Send In Contributions for
Christmas Work
- A little mite of a youngster en
tered the .office of the Christmas
Cheer editor yesterday and asked
Whether Santa Claus .would visit
Salem -this year Jlmmie, that Is
hot his. real name, said that he
had been told there was no Santa
Clauv i Inquiry -vraa-made and It
was learned that .he was living
With his parents in poor circum
stances.. They were doing the best
they could, but. circumstances had
reduced their living conditions to
a poor state,, . .
. Little, Jlmmie,' like many other
youngsters was - wondering about
Santa Claus He was assured that
the good jolly Saint exists as sure
ly as love, devotion. and true exist
in the world today As long as
they exist Santa will be found
wending his joyous way to all the
worthy people in the country. He
will always bring joy and gladness
to the hearts of his little friends.
Santa Claus needs help this
year and he needs it badly. His
list of worthy, people has grown
to an imposing siie, but he worts
harder than ever and hopes the
good people will come to his aid.
Many letters Were received yester-
( Con tinned on page S.)
. .
0R1STD
LECftLCGliCIL
E
Radio Man Refuses to Di
vulge Story to Cinch Aimee
Perjury .Charge
WANTS AUTO RETURNED
Copyrighted First Installment of
Supposedly "Anfiftortxeov . story
of Man's Romknces Pub
lished In Paper
LOS ANGELES, Dec 18 (.P)
-Kenneth G. Ormlston, with, his
celebrated limp but without his
hoped for sensational story, , was
back in Los Angeles tonight fac
ing trial with his co-defemdant.
Evangelist Aimee SempJe Mc
pherson, on criminal comspiraqy
charges. Sdmwherel in the city
or its environs the ibhantom key
iieure. in tne fflcrsiinua uisap-
pearance case awaitted the next
move of the law his arraignment
December 27 cm an indictment
charging that helwas a 'conspirator
with the auburn-haired pastor. A
year ago beforfe the evangelist
dramatically toBd her kidnaping
story in explaining the surf -to-desert
mystery, which ensnared
the two in the toils of the law,
Ormiston twiddled the dials of her
broadcasting station at' Angelus
Temple, home ot the Four Square
gospel. V
Not only has he refused so far
to tell the story which district at
torney's officers believed would
cinch their conspiracy ac d perjury
case against Mrs. McPherson, but
Ormiston has said that , he has not
agreed nor bargained , to tell the
story if there is one oft that na
ture,. v Seating himself at. the district
attorney's typewriter, the radio
man typed ar ' abort . statement
which he said was to.ref nte, ru
mors that he had been paid by a
newspaper to come here and. give
out a ; story. .
"Intrigue and hokum" he wrote
'are as thick as a. fog," adding:
I have entered into no under
standing.' agreement or contract
with any newspaper. I have not
received one penny from anv
(outfnud on pace 2.),
SIX O'CLOCK CLUB MEET
Judge Oliver P. Coshow to Be
Speaker of Evening
The regular monthly meetine
of the Salem Six O'clock club, will
be held Monday night at 6:30, In
the parlors of the First Methodist
church.
The regular evening meal will
be served by the ladies of the
church and at 7 o'clock, the club
will have the .pleasure of hearing
the Honorable Oliver P. Coshow,
justice of the supreme court, on
the subject, "Standards.?
In this day and age of efficiency
we have a standard for every
thing. The American people have
been accused of being money mad.
They nave been accused of being
the greatest law making. and law
breaking people in the world, and
tinder these conditions. Judge Cos-
bows's discussion of "Standards"
will be timely and Interesting. -.
All men of the city are eligible
to attend.
FIVE WORKMEN KILLED
694 Accidents . Reported to Com
mission During Week
Five workmen were killed fh
accident, in Oregon industries dur
ing the week ending December 16
according to the weekly report of
the state Industrial accident com
mission. They, were Robt. D.
Young, , carpenter, Salem ; Tony
Rubio. choker setter, Portland;
Tom D. ; Manatjne, head rigger,
Portland; Andrew Bringdale, gar
dener, Astoria; and .Andrew An
derson, ; station worker, Kent,
Wash. Of a total of 94 accidents
reported to the commission Tor the
week 555 were subject to the pro
visions of the workmen's compen
sation act, .....
GUARD PLAN MANEUVERS
State, County and City Officials to
Witness Demonstration
. PORTLAND. Dec. 18. (API-
Governor Pierce, governor-elect
Patterson, other state, county and
city officials, army and navy offi
cers and prominent business men
will be guests of honor at a mili
tary tournament to be held Toy the
Oregon national guard in the local
armory in conjunction with the
quarterly muster and review ot
Multnomah county troops : Decem
ber 30. v- , ,, . . .--
.Plans for the tournament. which
are in charge of Lieutenant Col
onel Eugene C. Llbby, contemplate
the giving of a series ' of military
demonstrations on drill, setting up
of headquarters, operation of sig
nal systems and finally a slmulat
ed attack on a machine gun nest.
JfThe Statesman
Christmas ,
Cheer rMind
. With only i six more days
da:
remaining . Santa Claus finds
the time all too short for him
to visit everyone as he would
like to visit them In order
to bring happiness to all he
asks the cooperation ot the
people
"Make contributions of
clothing and food to the Sal
vation Army or send the
money to the Christmas Cheer
editor of The Statesman," says
Santa. Claus Every one of
these contributions are being
used to bring joy and happi
ness Into lives, where Christ-,
mas cheer might be lacking.'
Join the Christmas Cheer
crowd now.
Previonair acknowledged $75.50.
ain jumt . l.oe
LIGHT CRUISERS
SbUGHT IN BILL
AMERICAN NAVAL STRENGTH
DECLARED DROPPING:
Measure Hnrridly Drafted After
Conference on Defense
Matters
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. :(AP)
Acting on testimony that Amer
ican naval strength is dropping her
hind that of other nations, Chair
man Butler, of. the house . naval
committee, today introduced a
bill to authorize an appropriation
of $105,000,000 for the construc
tion of ten 10,000 ton light cruis
ers. Drafted hurridly after the
chairman and four committee
members, two of them democrats,
had conferred at the White House
on naval matters for nearly an
hour, the bill was Introduced af
ter Mr. Butler had represented
the proposed expenditure as being
in harmony With, the president's
national defense program.
The committee chairman, how
ever, made no reference in the
measure to the three light. cruis
ers authorized by ' cpngrera s . last
winter for which the budget bu
reau failed to recommend an ap
propriation to start construction.
it was this ' situation that
prompted an immediate inquiry
(Continued on par 4.)
EMPEROR STILL ALIVE
Temples and Shrines of Japan
Filled With Worshippers v
TOKYO. Dec. 18. (AP) As
though hearkening to the prayers
of the nation, the spirit of Emper
or Yoshlhito still remained within
his body late tonight. . For days
the temples and shrines of Japan
have been crowded, with humble
and noble alike,. prajringthat .the,
life bf the sovereign might he.
spared.
And late today when his faith
ful attendants had almost despair
ed in their fight against pneumon
ia which tor more than a week
had shortened the breath of the
ruler, he rallied and was able to
partake of food. Later, however,
the frequent bulletins issued by
the house department stated that
his majesty's condition was un
changed. THREE KILLED BY TRAIN
Automobile With Family Struck
on Railroad Crossing
PLYMOUTH. . Ind- Dec. 18.
f APt Three -nersons were killed
north of here today, when a train
crashed into an automobile at a
crossing. The dead:
Charles Clark. 50; and two
daughters, Ruthj 15, and Mary,
five. Another daughter, age IB,
was seriously injured.
- i . .
SIX DIE on: schooner
Coast Guard Craft Destroyed by
. Fire Off Kortn uarounn -
WASHINGTON, .Dec 18 (AP)
The coast guard schooner Lin
coln was destroyed by fire with a
loss of six lives, today several
miles southwest ot Cape Lookout
lightship off the coast , of. North
Carolina, the navy department
was advised by the coast; guard
cutter Modoc. Two of tha crew
were rescued. j
.. a i i 'i ii i " -
KITTEN HERO OF FIRE
Six I'ear Old Mistreat of Feline
l'ertsuea In; Flames - - ,
WASHINGTON, a Dec. : 18.--
AP) A kitten proved a hero'to-
day in a dwelling house fTte, sav
ing the lives ot six persona It
clawed at Meyer Rosenblatt's
face until he awoke, but its tittle
mistress, Blanche Solomon, aged
9, perished in the flames, the only
one oz the family not saved , :
EXPLOSION KILLS ONE j.'
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C Tec
IS. AP)-4Dne man was killed
and ten were injured In n boiler
explosion at the Ward. ..Lumbar
company today which hurled de
bris,: several, hundred. .yards . and
shattered windows throughout the
cltjr, .
PRICE FIVE CENTS
60UCHER SAYS
ATTttlffilli
ilEIIER
Feels Sure Luuer Acted - in
Good Faith With Central
Oregon District
SORRY TO SEE-ATTACK
Property Never Been Offered to
Sale at Less Than $OfOOO,
One Acceptance Never Com
pleted By Company ; .
Dr A. A. Goucher of McMInn-
vllle, owner of the ; Cline' Falls
Power company in Deschutes
county, was a Saiem visitor, yes
terday and labeled as untrue and
as entirely unjustified an attack
made upon State Engineer Luper
in an article published in the Sa
lem Capital Journal of Friday . ..
The article in the Capital Jour
nal declared that Luper'a alleged
interest in the sale of the Cline,
Falls properties to the Central
Oregon Irrigation 1 district would
be made the subject ot a probe" at
the coming legislative' session,
charging that Luper had seen fed
an option on the Cline Falls prop
erties for 135,000 and had later
recommended to the Central Ore
gon district the purchase of the.
property for $60,000 Luper Was
also charged In the article with
having so manipulated, the adjudi
cation of -the waters of the Des
chutes river as to make the water
rights owned by the Cllner Fans
properties , necessary to the Cea
tral Oregon -district . ? i
Except during a lawsuit at C6n- .
don when'other parties -who de
sired to secure possession of tie
Cline Falls properties were mak
ing him considerable trouble and
when ne; had offered to sell Vil
he could get his money back out
of the property, Dr Goucher ne.-
dared that he had neve offered
the property to any one formless
than $60,000. ' - - ,
"I offered the property to Welst
and Slack of the Arnold company
for $60,000 at one time and they
would buy at that price if tfiey
could divert the water but they
never took advantage of the of
fer." Dr. Goucher stated.
"Other than those two occasions
I cannot recall ever having offered
the properties at any nrice
Certainly Mr..- Luper h&a no
option on the property nor has'Ee
ever had at $35,000 or any other
price. I can not understand how
Mr. Luper stood to gain anything
personally, through any sale of the
property and feel sure that It "he
advised the Central Oregon dis
trict to buy the property he was
actlug In good faith. e
"I have known Mr. Luper only
a short, time meeting him for the
first time last summer or fall some
time after, the water adjudication
in June and was very sorry to see
the attack upon him which L am.
sure was wholly unjustified.'? ?
LUPER ADVANCES
REFUNDING PLAN
PROPOSED LAW MODELED AF
TER COLORADO PLAN
jjeciare Unworkable Ide .for
Creation of State Reclama
p1
tion Board
The proDosal of the leUlaf iVa
committee ,of the Orecron TrHe-a. "
non congress tor the creation tor
a state Reclamation Board to .
take over the affairs o? delinquent i
irrigation districts, is unworkable
in the opinion 'of State Engineer
L.uper who declares that he ' wlu
ODDOSe adODtion .nf the law ,Kv thi.:
letrislatnre TTtirfei. f Vio rtmvicJnnb
of the proposed law. La per kite's
the state would, necessarily take
excessive losses in some districts
or find itself unable to refir hk
lands which had een acquired
through foreclosure. . ' , : .
As . a solution to 'the muddle
into which irrigation matters have
developed in the stau Luper Will
propose to the legislature' a till
modeled largely after a law which
has been in effect in fnlnraHn tni
a number of years and which U
Mia w nave oeen xound entirely
satisfactory In that state: - i ' t
The Colorado lawt Luper ex
plains provides" S6r the. refunding
ofthe. indebtedness irrigation
districts : by the v issuance of re
funding bonds which limit -the
liability of the "settlers to a defi
nite portion of the district's inv
debtedness. Any settler can then
be relieved from taxation for tha
payment, of principal and interest
of .refunding, bonds upon the1 pay
anent of .his proportionate aharo
bt.the. indebtedness --plus .15 pr
cent additional to, cover cont in-'
gencies. , This payment may V
made In cash or In district bonds
at par and enables the settler to
take . advantage of any. drop in
the market value of bonds by pur
chasing them at tLdr low prLa
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