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liiMI; Mi$mmMv$- $2fo, 22 LBCIIETEl.I UPSETS POPE fc W 1 V. V ' J Flashy Rciily; . in : First. Half v. Brings -Victory tQ Spec Keene's Squad - - xoivnrirasT conference ' ... .STANDING - -' ' W. L. Pet. 'Willamette 4 - 0 1.000 Pacific . 2 1 667". Whitman ....... 3 s.2 .00 Puet Sound . . , 11 .500 Collate of Idaho. 6 V 2 -vOOO; ..TJaXleld.,: ...'.,. flu,-!.- .000, v Scoring--a decisive -victory over VftH?anTWlleRe;'.32 32.JH the 'Uliptte.,ifymna3tttnr. Thursday r -vwhlnc- the - Willamette univer- . prace ar the top of the northwest conterence-rperrentage colamn for another- wpe-k at 4eati--r The MitiidsiArlea for. some un- accountable" toaaoo, . showednbt even flaah.Ot the form, which dt L must -have taketto,han)ble.;TJnl- - versltyv of IdahaSahd Coniaea. Sometbing,raswrofiiind -vvhat. - it - was : mayvbe tflenioSltraild , at tonight's, came between the same twoLtamV -; JS-Xs'i . . ; The-Bearcat ;? exhltted the speediest game ot their -caneer . as - m iram -iut . .uu ov v played mediocre basketballonof- ICUoo tuvs iciuaiuuci ua a,? and field their-lead only through . etnhTwirrv . ami ieff ecttva . - defensive play.,-Whitman scored one .more .. point .than the Methodjsta in the. , second half .j : t7' "..h'K'-'T' -, Playing a dazzling short pass in 'game-from .the-outset (the .Ue areata scored repeatedly, rlta - Hartley and Ashby sinking some : . phenomenal shots. Early. in the . iganie'they had a424o 6 lead;" the , higbpoint found them ahead 24 to 11. f Whitman scored -one more basket before, the JhaULended. i : ' ':Th visitors only saving graces : -were thW. long ranged accutacy ot Woods. -and -Holmgren's "Jumping' i at center. .For the first tlme'thls , year in Korth"t conference1 play, - Hartley. found hi" "match" iri.l tip- i pms tie - uku, uu' tijiuii-vt.3 a .bttherta , .ef fectlve.V tlpotf -lplay i. worked iess than hairof the, time. ' .Whitman . tightened 1 J" and the Bearcats became'; -erratic 4arf tneir i passing, and -shoofihg iri" the Bee term ;-with; jnuch 4ess scorint'than In the earlier periodv.,, " An entertaining feature had little bearing ? on" IheTgame. was1 the football style vof "falling on the ball" at which the. visitors excelled With the closer check ing, the second haltwas slightly rough, V"5: ;rf 7- f- The Missionaries used a man & man defense," which. added to the liveliness of "the contest as the Bearcats were' not free to pass in any part of the floor,' - When "the visitors launched their determined effort to overcome toe- Bearcats! lead, the local squad varied Its tac tics by moving its, defensive line up past the middle; of the floor, and - this ; speeded up the conflict . stilLxnora.'' 4 r;?--'4v:.-viu.,-l.1i ; To sum It up, the Bearcats ' versatnyiVaaii4Jn tor. They ' seemed to , pass and nivot automatically; at the right instant even In unusual situations and until their eeoring streak waned, their Shots were equally instinctive " and ' accurate; The game was better attended than any previous contest In the Willamette -KyiiftliaPBeasowr: and as a result i of Thursday .night's fast came and the local ..team's victory; an even bigger crtowd'Ts expected tonight.. - -WHlm.tt-32 .. a 142) WhiUB Hrtlr(lO) .C Holniei Refere -KatjA ; C'leaa, OAC.;i- ' ; Kntprtala 6olon Elk ''.5; , Quite a number, ot niemhers jf the Oregon v leglstattfre ! are also members of the B. P. O. E., it was discovered . Thursday evening . when ?alem.Xodg No- 2t3 .enter tained the senators and represen- ; tatives who belong toithe order at the local Elks' temple; The pro- pram ! of the evening consisted principally la talks by these vlstt ; tnr tnTtibrr .- ' A ; banouet T was servedif ter the lo3 closed"r : Faris'lo See FasfTeams ' in Action This Week End When" the Salenl . Black Cats . tackle the OAO team tomorrow nieht. they " are taking" their big' , gest bite ot : the season." OAC is coming .with -the Idea of Jiaving a walkaway and to'quote the Barom eter, daily OAC paper coacn iioo j Hager expects to use about every ' man In .his aquad,- ::a;- J ! Manager Stanley Lain son ot the Black' Cats will, have his best line 'up on the court, and will undoubt edly give the Orange "and - BlacK meu something to worry about ai i though the Corvallis men awamp ;ed the City: of Portland team 55 ' to 14. Tuesday night. : -Salem: high school wilt meet li ' toughest opposition , of the. season up to date when they attemxjf td keep a clear slate against - the Kooks. The progenies hare good record with . a f tasti moving, . lanky squad. . Both .first . string centers are six f et two Inches tall, with -a fast," heavy pair ot guards. The Rook,, forwards, are. smaller acd E5?eedier,4carryius Jxigh score records throughout the season GIRI BREAKS BONES - . SILVERTONVvJanl , 27j-CSpe- cial. ) -Eisiei Barker,. :the 1 oldes daughtar, of,:iIrf acd Mrs. T O, J3arker, had two bones broken in her" hand late.Vveflrieslay evening. She end her brother were wresti- IS FAVOfllT SIcTMJUK KIPECJED ' TO if.' SPRING SURPRISE .: n KEW YORK.5 Jan. 27. ( AP ) While. Paul Berleabach has .ben established r a slight favorite for hla .1 rnnnff Tniktr.h wltH Mlkp McTigu<omorro v. night M, JUadi- son Square, Garden there was in creasing - belief - among, observers today that the veteraii Irishman was in the fighting jnood and con. ditlon to spring a surprise. v - Experts- who : watched the rivals Wlad ;txp . their training" generally on edge and credit him with being pronounced McTigue to be more ready, to force the fighting. In con trast with his usual defensive style of f warfare. Berlenbachfs six months' lay off has both hafidl- capped and benefitted;-the critics stier: taking" some -of the snap frorabia lighting form, on' the one. hand, but "putting jiimjn firfet class physical trim, on" the other. J3erlenbach a. powerful left hook "may decide the ' batUe, however. u it. hasn't lost Its accuracy thru idleness. , . 5-1 . U FIVE. LOSES AM13 .WtTIt MNFlSstii--:is SCHEDULOED FOR FRIDAY " i Monmouth. Jan. 27.-H-(Speeial.Ti United States National. Bank basketball team of Portland over-1 Whelmin el v. defeated . the . Oreebnl Normal Schoor ontheMonmontli f floor. last night in a practice, game, with' a score 6t. 53r2a -Tb Port land3 eara put spa X astame and' o&tclad the jTeachera Jn vhoth team work and clean shooting. C . -The normals sqaad: will-, play Lintiefd . at - Monmouth Fridav . in a WillameUe Valley Conference game. , Aion-m,outn naving won both; conference games played to date.' It o..jf.!s. ... Pony, US Ktl Bk .;....;.t,..T4,. OKlxrn ..F....;.. (22) -"Rem '. C...iV.:-S) .W.iM (6 k Capn ..O 2 Smith Barman (3) Schrunk (S) . Ruef j , j Mr4iWB P-f 3 Phillips . S Knsell (6) 8 . 8pria f i-i..-.-.- .8 Kefree Mtioa ot Salem.. Salens DucRs Defeat Oregon Journal Jearri Score 30-23 The Salem Ducks basketball team defeated -the Oregon Journ al in a hard fought game.' played at the Y. M. A: Thursday after- noon, by-a score of 30 to 23. Tho Ducks will-play the young, men's division team Saturday afternoon. f . "t , J, SXTMMA&T ratk f ijiPai..-. Jotirnals DcHsrport (11) .rL..-.;:!.-... CUttar Xarr(B) F u IZ) Adama riaka .... .L-i-C (41 Beealar UictBui (4) ;.;;..0. 1.. a) Wooda Sehaeffer (1) ..O . (3) BaUhelor Gambia r.LEXi'iiJDER HOLDOUT PITCHER'S -t -. REVOLT ; , OXLY PART OF BREADON'S WORRY; BTLOOIS.Ian- VI. -CAP ) Troubles- et..thf woriaf-Iucmidn Rt; Louis Cardinals and - Rpgerf Hornsby. their; former manager. multlplied.today. i - Grover' Cleveland Alexander, pitching bero of the 1926 world's series was added to the. list Of CardlnaV holdouts Hornsby r was sued" for S7M; by, Frank -L. Moored horse-race betting commis sioner' or Newport," t- Ky., ' and Hornsby threatened to sue Preslc dent Sam Breadon6 eompel htm tQ' declare back, dividends on car dlnal elock. 1,167 Bharesot which Hornsby.holda. sf ? The' veteran 'Alexander, It was learned," returned his: 1 827. con tract to Breadon unsigned, be cause i.he. document provided for ha, increase in Salary over what he obtained last year. . under a con tract with, .the Cubs and assigned to the' "'Cardinals?- when he was transferred -to . the - Cardinals for the waiver price. TAX REDUCTION EFFORTS FAIL 1 UNDER RULINGS ' f s,x, (Coatiaaad from paga a.) E , J traventlon of -the-rules and conse quently out of order.. - jr "" ' . ..The Missourian ADted Jan appeal from the ruling, then withdrew it and offered a similar amendment; but changed in phraseology.; War ten of Wyoming, -the venerable chairman ot the K appropriations committee,, made a point ot order against.' that a legislation on ap propriation bill and was upheld " Reed announced that his amend ment ; was - subject? 4o a, points of order and allowed f the ruling po stana wicnout oDjecuon or appeal. The uemoJraticvflght was aban doned wlth i uch suddenness tkkt for a"' few minutes -the , galleries could 'not understand just what had happened ' - 'Uenroot enlightened' theni with the ' declaration 4that now it was known that since ; yesterday the democrats 'had been making a po litical gesture"; with the tax ques tion. , : , iir-- t ; t ; The Wisconsin " senator then took Reed to task for advocating a further reduction In the surtax rates this year when a year ago he 20" per cent. ' "" The Mlssourlan asserted his re publican colleague was - undertak ing to misrepresent him.. ? 7....: "I deny that," said Lenroot, . "And i I assert it," thundered need. - ---, . - i-. ::r: ' tv , ? 1 ?A1I we want.ihe country . to know," he added. 1s that the re publican t administration and the republican majority, in' congress has refused any . kind, of tax re lief. AH the chicanery, arjd.all.t tcsaSi-J ..".rv. . resorc -t : ".. BERLY mm ftfJD SPEAKER . FREED IMPlEmV ...... 4'. . S . 1 Judge ' Lahdis i Exonerates Both PjaYers; Says Charges .Too Flimsy ' ; CHICAGO, Jan. r 27.-(AP)-r-The 'Cloud of -suspicion that en gulfedTy'Cobb and Trlr Speaker; two of v the greatest 'outfielders f all time, was swept away today. , . f s?Tha- two stars i were, found npt guilty by Kenesaw Mountain Lan dls. baseball commlssiotfer, of fix ing is game back in 1919 as charg ed by Hubert5 "Dutch" Leonard, one . tinie Tiger . pitcbr. . ; landis completely .? exonerated- them and restored them, to good standing.. ' ' By the ruling, Cobb was placed on the reserve list of the Detroit club, and Speaker on the Cleveland club. ., They have the same .stand ing la.haseball today as the other players on. those clubs. , The . man agement, of those clubs may now deal with Cobb and Speaker in the same manner as any others on'the lists.. , r-" . ... ' . . - '... - - - ' , ... i ' x - ?t Tbey;may offer,, them contracts fb; continue .In . baseball or , they may ask waivers and by obtaining tftem .declare them free agents to seek employment with other clubs. Or they, may." use them in " trade with 'rivat -Clubs. lq ;the "American lesgue. - It; all the1 clubs .;ln ' the American league waive them, both Cobb prt Speaker would be free' to negotiate wlth 'National league -dub'sif.ttiey.'wlsh y,' : Commissioner Landis, In his de cision;' poInterd. .out"; that .neither pobb nor Speaker had been, found guilty of ' fixing "a;.gam at any time. He further pointed -out that all efforts, to have teohard,. their accuser, come to Chicago from, his home in Fresno, CaU. to face them in a heaTtng had proved unavail ing.4: " i: ; :" ' , CLEVELAND,, Jan. .27, (AP 1 Belter 'th4tvTrls speaker .would diacusar the possibility of signing with the Athletics in Philadelphia Was seen in the acceptance tonight ot an invitation, by the former In dian ..leader to attend a. dinner of the 'Veteran Athletics association, in the Quaker city, Saturday. i ., , ; Speaker said as he left his homn for,. the;train tonight, that , he , had been invited to the dinner . by.Ed die ..Collins.? .Connie Mack'a right hand" nian. and Collins was (JuOted try th 'Cleveland News as declar ing' in "fcbnnection with the trip .that he Jbelieved Speaker could win a pennant, ior ue Auiieiits. NORMAL SCHOOL FUND Kt y ASKED F0RJN3ILL - V(Continu4 from pa( X t. requested by a number of towns and cities In the state. 1 7 T - A bill .introduced by the Judici ary committee-, provides . that ail legal holidays in thestate of Ore gon shall be non-judicial holidays. Op these'fdays the activities of the courts shall be limited to giving instructions to a' Jury then delib erating upon.. a.-verdict,. receive a verdict, -discharge a - jury r for the. exerciae ,p .tbe..jjaw.ers .o a magistrate In proceedings of 1 a criminal nature , Col am bus day. Oct. 12,' and Lin coln's birthday. Feb. 12. would be Ugal vholidayfc-under th provis ions or a Tin introduced-By the senate judiciary committee.. The " state superintendent of banks, under a bill prepared by the senate : banking - committee. would' have authority to maintain offices both In the city ot Salem and In Portlinal ; It was said that this bnr was introduced at the re quest ' o;Frahk ' Bramweltr. state Superlntehdent or banks,' who1,' un der a Yecent court order, was in structed' to transfer, his main' ot flces' from; Portland t6 SalemV The suit to compel, this", transfer ' wu filed by; .George Putnam: : Salem newspaperpubiisber. and has been in the courts for more than a year. Under; the1 present Jaw the i State superintendent of , banks has the authority to conduct & branch of fice In Portland; but the' main of fice of the. department, must, be lor cated in Salem. It was contended by Mr. Putnam that the main of fice of the banking superintendent was transferred from Salem-, to Portland In direct violation of the statutes. This was denied by. Mr. Bramwell. who contended that the branch- office, of the department was located in Portland.- n . - A bill Introduced , by Senators Korblad and Jones . makes it un lawful for any, person, firm ,or cor poration to construct pr'haVe con- structed any dam orbarrlfet across any stream' In- the state unless a Suitable fish ladder. Is. maintained. A fine of not lessYthan' 9 0 nor more than $1,000 Is provided for violation: of the law. j i j i The senate was in session less than an hour yesterday, and only one bill was passed on third read ing. 1 This bill was Introduce by Senator Norblad, and closes .both the Necanlum and. Wahama riv ers to commercial fishing. Y" ? v-t I V ; 1 , v. 1 ; . : X;-- Coach Selects Stanford f ; ; Qujhtet.f oreweasoh ? S T A N V O R D UmVERS ITY CaL Jan. 27; (APJAtter Juggling a flock of subs and regu lar lorererai days-in an effort to determine a -winning combina- tion. Coach Husky Hunt has ten tatively selected . the varsity .baa Ketoali squad that will - line up against, Nevada here tomorrow and Saturday. . t-.- 1 : It includes Captain. David, .who played as substitute in the games in Los Angeles last week, , and Bryant. : a former San Diego -coI-i lege star.f They .wUL hold down the forward positions Vith Wally j ayrea slated to start at center Louie Vicinetl and Ned Anderson, Kwaras, ronna out tne Stanford baby Bedrcats Beat - Mllwaukle Hi School The Milwankie high school bas ketball team,' one of the slrdngest in the northern' part of ( the Wil lamette valley, went down to de? feat.' 31 to 19,',at the hands of Coach , Lestle .SparkWillamette nniversity freshmen team Thurs day night In the Willamette gym nasium, i-.; ( The visitors, coached by "Bill" Vincent a Willamette graduate, fought hard but were bothered by the size of the playing court. Hood waai , their outstanding player, while Steelhammer led In scoring for the WUJO quintet. - ' u-t . SUHViBT v ; Frw-hmen . . ;Joa. Milvavkie lltKMBua 2) ....r S Sayder MeUrecor () P (2) lhmj StalhaTannr ( 1 .C . Howcrtoa Yarnes (4 ......- Prwtolt Mert 0,,. 1 y Basad VnnDjke (2 s (1) IlaseTis rhllart (2) L.3 McCrow w.' S nncblom - '. DISCUSS EbpY BILL; ; - - DECIDE ON COMPROMISE (Coiiuaoed-frai paca't.)'" vr . probably. will be introduced in the senate early jiext week. Members of the educational committee.-indicated that, they, Would support the; substitute measure v Senator Eddy explained before the commit tee that- he . was not so. much. in terested in having the state board absorb the functions of the state textbook; commission and board of higher. curicula. as Jhewaa in . im proving i the. courses .ef - study in the elementary, and high schools of the state. , He. cited, several . in stances to indicate that .under present ' conditions .graduates - of the high schoolajrere, not properly equipped to enter the higher edu cational institutions. He said it was important that this situation should be corrected. - It waa contended: by Senator Eddy t.hat the proposed bill would not demote the state superinten dent of schools a has been feared by many educators in the state.. The. senator said it was true that the board would have powers not vested in the present educational organization, .but- he contended that the superintendent of schools Would have adequate ' authority under the act,- Under the biy pro posed by -Mr. Eddy the state su perintendent of schools would be known as the , executive offlceri for the state., board of education. He would continue to be elected and would not be selected by the board. - Senator Eddy declared that he thought . be had proceeded - along tines . suggested by the Oregon state teachers association, and was surprised when a - committee;.! at, educators appeared , before -the educational committee recently add protested against passage of the bill. ,--.'! Letters were produced 4y Sena- r i . saw at. . -. . . - . . I tor fc.oay indicating mat at least oma members of the State teach ers association-were i& sympathy with his proposal to reorganize the state board of education. cHe also said he had been commended by, a number of -Institution headsv hut"! that he -was-'not at liberty to' dl vulg the Jiamea of these men at the present time. i , 4 -l .-;.C. At Howard, state superinten-' dent of schools,-, objected strenu ously to the bill prepared by Sena tor Eddy. s ' tie , contended that , if such a bill ' was to' bs approved by; the legislature It should make pxoylslon for appointing the execu tive of fleer" -by-the boardlIe. de- Glared that any other plan,wouid result in divided . authority, and probably would not prove satlsfac tory. : -. :. It .was also contended by Mr Howard that the Eddy, bill was not prepared carefully, and contained Bomber ot objectionable fea tures. .Outstanding among these, he. sajdjwas' onec providing that the -board ot education. houM abi sorb the .functions .now. imposed on the state textbook "commission and the aboard of higher, curicula. He also urged that schoot districts ot the tlrst. class, be; allowed to write tneir courses or s;uay. .v Senator' "Eddy's pro 6sal to-havfr the board of education composed Pt three educators and four lay men' also was In. the scope of Mif. Howard's objection a. i,54r. Howard said that he believed the hill should be so amended that ? alt members of the .board would :,&e laymen. This Suggestion was ac cepted by . Senator Eddy. Tie senator declared farther that be had no objection.; to eliminatisg from his ibill jail reference to the state 'textbook., tommiasion and board ot higher, curricula. Seta tor Eddy maintained ;, however, ing the fundamentals of his iill ingthe ; fundamentals : ot his mill destroyed. ;'.. . . In reply to arguments .made , by educators before a prevlou mat ing of the committee that if given tiiue they would prepare a satls- l factory bill for the reorganization or ' tne . state r epncauonai - aepart-ment.-Senator ,Eddy said he 4ad been . waiting-, patiently for " sich action for many years. f . "If we are going to do anything toward reorganization of the state educational department we shew Id take actlonnow.sald ; Senator Joseph, ;!"It has 4een admitted by Mr.; Howard that he -and the gov ernor are in harmony, and - that members ot the board, would-be men' with 'wliom he" could -work1 to the best interests of the Btate." , VUUCl .UCS piUTUIUUSUl IBB new bill being jvrepared bf Senator Ed-! uy m reorganized .state: board ;of education would be icomnosed nf Seven' laymen to -be appointed by me , governor. xneykWonld serve for a term : of six years without compensation. The hoard would write courses of Btudjr In alI4is triqts.with. exception of Portland, and generally supervise the edu cational svstem In operation in the state. . .The "committee also dia rusBed At todav meeting a '-bill having to do with the certiflcalion .f;11?? In the public schools. It was said that this bill -would protect and tncrene efficient' of iTitrtTrtors in the rnral -- l MMenpusGargaCowes ' In Outward Bound'rShQv: Three-: ee-act DramaiProves Contincing Production Coping. With J Problem ,of Hereafter ight. Human Set Out. for '. '' ' - ; 1 Heaven and Hell By AUDRED BUNCH I . . . . ; A mysterious cargo came to the port ! of the EJsinore theater last night when, with "Outward Bound," the Moroni Olsen Players made, their f ifthramatic presentation iri Salem in two years.. The three-act drama by. Sutton Vane was ja cnovincing production, coping with the problem of thfe here-afteiv-1--1'!vr5?vr - v. f::.;';X1 1 h r;5. v. .c': ' .Eight ill-assorted human beings, destined to be shipmates are; in act one, setting but 4f rom the. harbor pf 1 fe to the destinatipri bf hejavenarid hell; which are thejsameJJThe Atage setting in all thVee acts, exieeptf ' " .f ' forr a casual rearrangement of chairs, is the same.- ' Scrubby,, the steward, is known in the cast as Joseph H. "Williams.j He enlivens -tne piot time and again. He, having made the mys teries voyage' ,00 times, holds theTkeys-'to what' Is. about to hap pen. - He wears the dramatic mask of ihscrutabtlity,, and he wears it well. ,4; . " ' -Ann (Dorothy Adams) and Henry .-(Harry R- .'Allen) hold unique role in the" supernatural plot of ."haif-ways,"-they ended their own lives in order to have what earth would not. allow. them. And -the penalty Is .monotony no turning back, . no Second chance, if one has been a coward. t Byron -'Kay. Foulger, .with his insatiable loye for liquor beqause it brings forgetfulness, is the first of the passengers to realize the finality Vof, ; their plight. - The. ter ror, the despair, the horror of it, Is forcibly- conveyed. , Leora - Thatcher filled an ex ceedingly dramatic commission for the players when she accepted the role of Mrs. : Clivenden-Banks. the supercilious;" the sarcastic snob who' find3 all around her either tuaihta6f Impossible. "Her facial powers in depicting emotions are extraordinary. Gordon Nelson, as the Rev. Wil- Jiam. Duke, fills, an essential rple that binds the elements of the play becurely together. Janet Young is a peerless Mrs. Midget, the scrub woman,- whose picture of heaven : includes "one good sink." '.'Her English brouge, her. quaint, swift mannerisms are flawlessly used in conveying the essentials of a kind and humble heart. . ' ... - '.-'";' Moroni Olseu, director of the company, is., the dominant, figure in the life on board the "outward bound" Ship- As the organizer of "Llngley's Limited", he has amass ed through .unfair, means the for tune, and position- of which he eternally boasts. He . becomes a figure for sympathy -when, he at tempts to form a combine and save the,, group collectively 4 through some special gift of his. own. Harry . Nelson,, as , Rev. . Frank Ihompsoo," ian examiner, at .the destination, has a peculiar strength of' tharacter -and . adaptability to make-up that . pronounce . him a fitting ' .individual for a totally in dividual part.' . , i , The action of the . play, the theme .of which seems to be the essential continuity of life and its meaning,' is confined to six days' time.' " T ' ' -.' . '.The audience, practically fill ing the theater, was 1 exceedingly responsive, f The Moroni .- Olsen players, indiyduajlyas.. well as f collectively, 'bave japiwill have, Jin Salem the ' uafaUiaif : welcome faUinrf welcome that awaits friends. . " : j REPEAL OF TAX LIMIT -MEETS FAYOR.Ifl.HOUSE (Contisned frcm ptfe 1.) not required - td" see .that candi dates receive advertising Accord ing to the provision of the bill the ' explanation of , the "various measures would still be sent to the votersi-.A -t, . ' 'U J ft The bill's'opponents were num erous and claimed thaf It wad unfair to the , poor, candidate tb take away ' this privilege. Mr, Lewis said. 'The pamphlet is the. voters? newspaper . and ,they rely upon it .for information and am entitled to it." Some who oppos ed the bi.ll, felt that it would be false " econo'my ' to abolish this pamphlet and allow , the newspa pers Ito- be , the ". only medium- through which, the candidates' may, reach the people. - .-, One representative claimed that not over 20 per cent of the pamph lets were opened, and read and that the cost of printing and mail ing. woa. ha : about I S.O 0 o;, which could be saved to a great extent! After further heated 'argument tne Din waa.caniea.oy vats uiw--Tt; is understood that the sent!-; ment in the senate is divided upon' me queBiiou; . due inai 11 win un doubtedly be. killed there 5 f 4 - '-;- it: '" . ' 1 '.' Klamath ' county farmers .' will greatly ihcrease their acreage ot poutoes this year.u - r -) v -1 x y, " . ' ' ' ' .j , ''''' "' "-' Becke & Hendriclai - ", T Insurance of AU Elnds , - . ; 19 North IIIh . - TcL li . . i Oellij Theater LcLy : r " f t. ' Sii j , . . i -I I ' 1 Fought ;.W4h;"!PIack'.ackV During Sldux Jncliarv Carri paighr. Cay airy man-'. LINCOLN, iNeb, . ( A P ) General John J. Pershing,, has taken "or ders", from si former.private. ' . .The story fhas Just been told here. ; . r '. ; - "While hunting, at .Red Beer ranch. Cherr county.; Neb.,, this fall, as Xhe guest of Mark W. and George 'L.. Woods, Lincoln capital Ists7 ?Black Jack'!. Pershing saw a hock of ducks on .some land near by. The owrier of' the land pro tested against the party's trespass ing. : si- i"- "I want those. ducks for myself and f there's jrijot many o .them," tne oia piamsman assertea. . "Well, we just wanted to shoot a couple," 4 laid Mark Woods. "This is .General Pershing with us and he wants Uo try his aim. It was pretty good in the old days and he thinks fit still is "You mean that is 'Black Jack' Pershing?" asked ,the rancher. "Well shake-llanda, with your .old private that used , to peeltpotatoes for you. Youmay,not jemember me but I fought with you in the Sioux Indian campaign. , I was buck private- In the Seventh cav airy at Tort Niobrara (near Red Deer Ranch),? , .General Pershing and the, Woods brpthers thus .were , invited to Shoot as mahyfoi the birds as they desired. a-fr" v-' LYMAN J. qAGE: PASSES Discoverer bl FraJn . Vanderlip r Dies at Ago of 90 Years 1 SAN. DIEGO, Cal., Jan, 7. (AP) Lyman J, Gage, secretary ot the treasury under Presidents McKlnley and Roosevelt, from 1897 to 1902, died here this after noon, at the age of 90. Pneur monia, from .which he was be lieved , to be recovering, was the cause of death1. : ryutwovvi ju 'Lyman J. Gage, who died today at Point Ixma, . .Calif., discovered fYankA-. Yanderlip and set , him on (he nlgb; road -of -Jus-'-, career. When Mr. Gage was appointed secretary of the treasury under "PreaidAnt ". McfClnlevr Mr. Vander Hp was' Held editor pf the Chicago Tribune. " Mr. Oage . took '.the newspaperman to .Washington as his private secretary. ; y Mr. Gage's wigs were the sub- jecc 91 aamiration ana gossip at Washington. It was reported that he had , a series' of ' graduateji lengtfi,' which, hewore.in .rotation until by degrees ,; the maximum length was i reached, jwhen i-he su ddenly: appeared in . the shortest of alii . .It" was as jf. he had let, his hair - grow as , long t as" he dared and then . gone to the barber. ' f -.. -. -. I.. O. O. F, ,VISrX. SALEM SILVERTON. , jJaUv 27. Spe cial) X large number : of .the members of the. local order of Odd .Telldws, chartered ,a stage and motored .to Salem on a visitation trip last night. About 2 5 made th8 trip. - MILLIGAN .RSTAT.NS CROWN. LONDON, Jan. 27 (AP Tom my Milllgan retained his crown cjf middleweight champion of Europe tonight : When -he defeated Ted Moore In th1.4th round. . ' - - r f fin - ' Classified .Ads" Bring .Results' 'r- KlfiMiE'.KIIlED IM'ilCCIDIUTS -. r z . f. . "-- - - i Raffety ;. Reports ,:'30,025 . Smash'-ui3s in Oregon Dur ring XeaY of -1926" : Ninety-nine persons were killed and 4044 persons were injured as the result of 301025jtnotor yehlcle accidents in the state of Oregon during the year J 9 2 6,iccording to a report .prepared jhere .yesterday by T. A. Kaffety, qmez inspector for the state motor;. vehi.de. depart-i ment..'. The report was referred to the. legislature for, itsconsidera tion...! : ,,.' , -, There were a total. of 3625 ar rests by state traffic offciers ;dur nie the vear. Of these 187 result ed from operation qt cars by, Intox icated .drivers, jind ..lor. possession and ., transportation of liguor. Reckless .ahd,careleEs.drivin'g,caiis- ed 28 6 arrests, while -15,73 arrests were due tp speeding oh the high ways. . ; .- ; - '. .( -..- Arrests .resulting from violation of the laws.. Regulating; licensing places numbered . 6 6 1. ,Thera were 545 1 arrests for ' Violation of . the light laws and 50 arrests in con nection with motorvehlcle equip ment. ,Ap proximately .2 8 5 .arrest s were due, to overloading and .for miscellaneous offenses, o ; . Delinquent 'fees 'tpvering opar ator's licenses, .chauef four's, licen ses," transfers.and duplicate licensd plates, were-;, collected Iby ..state- traffic officers, in. tho amount of $4 5,623.06. Fines, imposed in the' courts tor - traffic violations " -tbtaP ed S71.O83.90,''- while- the' resale Value of stolen cars recovered ag gregated $82,170. Licenses issued to foreign cars as a , result .of the activities of- state traffic 'officers netted the state. $48,519, , Of the accld en tn reported 1175 were duetto carelessness.. 44 4 .for failure to. give .right-of-way and 268 for reckless driving.; Seventy- eight accidents were caused by.in toxicated drivers. ' K; "Considering the financial side of the - department's activities," read the report, "tt. was found that fines .tothe extent of. 553,036.95 were imposed. upon motor .vehiele law violators. The . amount og $18,0 4 6.?.5 was collected, .in, fines from ther tb-an motor vehicle law. violators making; an, aggregate of $71,083.90. In fines accrued to the state due tp the activities of the division. " 1 ' ' . , VThe - Massif icatioh pf arresti shows thkl. 1573 or:43j)er cent of the! total come. under the category of speed.' Comparing the. activi ties of the,; department for, 1926 with, 'those, tor the, previous year it" may be of interest to note that there, were r 2 6 per cent; more arrests- In 1926.'" - -'.-? ' ,r- ?.;-'---:v.- - "JL summarization, of .the acci dent statistics for the year reveals that 99 a persons were killed or died "as. a result , of. motor vehicle accidents. As usual,; the, predom inating contributive cause proved to be carelessness. ' This factor ac counted .for 4 .- 9per cent of , these accidents. An increase ; of seven per, cent - in the; number ot acci dents is noted over the .year 1925, whereas;" 1 9 2 5 exceeded 1 19 2 4 by Z 2 per cent. - This is very, encour aging; especially when it;is consid ered that the number of registered motor vehicles in 1926 is. approx imately eight per cent over the J.-1 v a. -its v -ritn Our iBIarels Are - :: 72x80 i. 0 J Blankets JlXlkets 'r. Grey, Tan or.Whlte -First 1 Quality - - ; . .. First Quality ,PaI? $2.59 V Pair $69 : 1 72x84' Nashua White ' 06x80 Weight 4Ms Lbs. -.;. ;c:Blanliets ": r Blankets Striped Borders; $5 Values - Part Wool, Hw $3.65 Pair t j . . Pair $4.50 . 9-4.SHEE7ING-5PECIAL LOW PRICES yearweli-9-4 , Wearwell ' - Sheeting 9-4 Sheeting - . . . Bleached 1 - Unbleached V Yd, 45c '! Yd. 4212C ; ZV Lb J Batts 3 lbs. Stitched Baits; -l .:,9jSc;r -.. , $i.oo . - : 36-inch 1 . 27-inch ; " v Putins Flannel Outing Elatinel zli V: YdrJ 15cj; !: . . Yd 2Vzc . ' 36-inch Daisy - . J27-inchaisy V :: Outing Flsiinel " Outing Hannel ..;Yard25c - , ., Yard 20c r : : 32 in. Rayons . 32 in. Madras Figured-; . J.;. Shirtings . Yard 35c 50c Goods for 3- Children's HeaVy Cotton jLfnioh Suits : Ladies' Union Suits 1.. jRediilar $ 1 .50 Now S5c ; Cluldrcn Vbol Union Suto, long flevH- highest previous total ever reach' ; "Assistance was given to motor ists in ,1169 ., cases ; during, .the course of the year. -f Special at tention was. devoted, to the matter 1 of assisting, ahe . authorities In . charge .of, .various,, state, coutr ,' and community celebrations." Iff . The traffic officers spent 8621 days , in the . field and visited CJ' ioiw 01 Z9,ii( .towns and citJaa; Thfl nffirora trgvuloH ! total, ol S 725,519 jniles. , ,. ! WebfootHQopmen'Beat J Montana by-37-24 Scoro "MISSOULA, Mont, Jan 2?.' (AP) Unable to .keep up, a fast - pace set auring tne iirst half, the Unlveraity of Montana basketball ieaw iobs to me university 01 Oregon 37 to 24 Aere tonight Jn . a Pacific coast 'conference game, Montana 'took ' the) lead osce during the ' first 'period and the score was tied five times during the . half..t Near the end of the period Oregon -spurted ahead and was leading 21 to 11 at the half. Fine guarding by Wendt'ahd Lar sen ot Montana and the all around work of ' Westergren . ot Oregon featured the contest. ; " 1 :' ": ' r STTMMABT ' ' Orim ' ' ' 1 i - Mntnf Ounthrr (11) .F...i,i (7) 'Orerturt Ridiii(t (6) '..,.,.. 4) Cyl Okerbfrs (7) ..C. (12) Kaia - WmUm (J) O.. " ( 1 ) frien SiillKn (C) -.....0.. fWeodt iGasblirie Makes Cold Motors' Hum Jelly Beans - 'i. ' - " "' " . " 1 'Assorted and All , Blacks 17c a lb. 1 :- , .... f - . t " . Twb lbs. for 30c i We Reserve Ihe piTitJto ; 1 Limit Quantities " ; I Saturday Only S'CH;AE;F:E R'fl t DRUG STORE 135 North Commercial' St. Phone 197 ' Original Yellow Front The Pensla? Store All First Quality -, 1 .