Salem's Greatest Spring Opening and Fashion Display Begins Wlien the Windows Are Unveiled at 7:30 Tonight; Many Attractions
enty of Rain Has Been Falling the Last Few Days; Farmers Will Not Object; as the Willamette Valley Has Not Had Its Share
Weather forecast: Cloudy and unsettled
Monday and Tuesday, probably with rains;
moderate temperature; fresh northwest
becoming southwest winds on 'the coast.
Maximum temperature yesterday 54, min
imum 38, rlrer 15, rainfall none, atmos
phere cloudy, wind west. "
Just about the worst part of a "presi
dential year" is that blubbering army of
pessimists that see business going to the
dogs because it is presidential year. For
est Grore News-Times.
SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
SALEM. OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1928
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BRITISH SPEED
GRILL MELLON
TEflPOTJiOME
RESIDENTS FLEE
RECLAMATION'S
RIVER REACHES
STAGE ALL SET
FOB GREATEST
AIRPLANE LOST
BEFORE MENACE
CAUSE DEFENDED
NEW HIGH MARK
STYLES AT 7:3
"WONDER" CRAFT DIVES INTO
SEA IX TEST FLIC.IIT
TODAY ADOPTS
72 BODIES RECOVERED IN
BRAZIL, MOUNTAIN SLIDE
FEDERAL FUND BELONGS TO
FIFTEEN FEET RECORD MON
DAY EVE; WILL RECEDE
WEST, MUST BE KEPT
Pilot S. M. Klnkead Drowns As
Machine Disappears From
Sight Under Water
Two Thousand Men at Work Hear
Only a Few of Oregon Districts
Week-Eiid Rainfall Unusually
Heavy; Highways Flooded
Elsewhere
ing Away Debris Follow
. ing Catastrophe
Hopelessly Defaulted, Says
Luper
NANCY
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INQUlRYTQDAY
ANCIENT FAITH
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That's What the Whole Town; 12 ap The Royai Air For-
IS Talking AbCUt Noth- ks lon prepared attempt to es
. Itablish a new world speed record
ing ElSe BUI ended tragically today with the
death of Flight Lieutenant S. M.
iKinkead. member of the victori-
DCOnDnc Tf DC DDfWCU.ous British Schneider cup team
"i-ounuo iu ul w-':last year and the destruction of his
1 j "wonder plane" in which he had
Public Slay Gaze on Splendor Per
sonified When Drapes are Re
moved From Windows ;
Automobile Show Too
- lucky? Like music?
dancing?
Want to know what's what in
Btyledom? Or the automotive
" world? Or the latest f angle in
r jewelry or music or electrical ap
I pliances or toilet accessories or
stationery and so on to the enti?
Course, there's more than one
branch of the royal and ancient
race of man that wants to know
how long skirts are going to be
this year; and whether stripes or
plaids or blacks or grays are go
ing to be "the thing"; or whether
the fairer gender is really to come
back to femininity this season.
Whole Town Talking
More'n enuf sed! For it's all
about the talk of the town the
big style show that the Salem Ad.acuy naa nappenea, uut .1 o,.uu
club. with the hearty cooperation 'ed as if he had opened the engine
of nearly a hundred Salem stores.! 8,1 out and almost at once was
is treating the public to tonight, j diving absolutely, vertically into
(By the way. in the li?t of? the water. A cry or aiarm wem
st-es published in these eolumnsjup. "He is down." was shouted,
Sunday, two that had already; and for a few seconds everyone
promised to do their bit were j seemed dazed. Then began a rush
omitted through an oversight of
' the reporter. .So here they are:
The French shop and La Bette
shop.)
I- Unveil at 7:30
f,, Bnt to revert to the style show:
everyone knows by now that at
""i exactly 7:30 this evening, every
one of these nearly hundred stores
'f'ire going to give the public a taste
If of genuine splendor. It's at that
a hour or half hour that windows.-
are to be unveiled for the third
V' and most pretentious spring win
it A dow display.
The window display's the mainmotor traln collided wiht the large
thing; but it's not half the tale,
really. Not if you're lucky, like
music, and enjoy dancing.
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ANTI-UNIONISM
COMES TO LIGHT
rONSPIRACY TO BREAK LABOR
ORGANIZATION'S TOLD
Open Shop Advocates in Coal
Fields Brought Iressure to
Bear on Owners
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WASHINGTON. Mar. 12. (AP)
Confining its attention to charg
es by the United Mine Workers
that the railroads are in conspir
acy to break unionism in the coal
fields, the senate committee inves
tigating the bituminous industry
today obtained the first testimony
aimed to support that allegation.
Thomas Sagle, general manager
of the Roseville, Ohio, Coal com-!the
nv. declared the Pennsylvania:
rnilrnnH wilfnllw an,! mdWn,.. J
tv" CAIIoht In i Vila innAcrn
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v ing near its mine and discontinu
ing purchases of its fuel mined by
union labor. These actions occur
red, he said, after he had been
told by Henry Owens, purchasing
agent that the railroad "would not
pay any price for coal to any, op
erator which would make possible
salaries in accordance witih the
Jacksonville agreement."
t'hester I'enrod, Crooksville,
Ohio, president of the Robinson,
Coal company, testified that Ow
ens had notified him by telegraph
from Chicago that no coal mined
by his firm would be purchased
by the Pennsylvania railroad un-
less notices were posted at the
mice "that the United Mine Work-
cm wuuia De recognizea in no
way."
25 Cent Matinee
Price for the
Original Blackbirds
Moss and Frye, the original
Blackbirds, are held over at the
Elsinore for this afternoon and
evening
With a 25 cent matinee price.
This matinee price was decided
on too late to get Into the reg
ular announcement. Complete
change of program.
5 The "Get Tour Man screen,
so much enjoyed by large
crowds. Is Included. I
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Mar.
hoped to exceed ju nines u uvm.
Ten minutes after Lieutenant
Kinkead's supei ior-marine Napier
S-5 rose from the Solent for a rec
ord attempt, the prane cropped al-
! most perpendicular from 400 feet
land fell nose foremost into the
Enjoy'gea. Neither the machine nor the
pilot was seen again. A thorough
search was made by niotorcraft
but no trace of either was found.
It was his second test flight and
he was Just beginning his attack
on the record. He had-eircled the
airdrome once when as he appear
ed to be entering the marked
course at an altitude of about 400
feet, his machine nose dived and
shot like a shell from a ..gun into
the Solent.
The horrified spectators saw
water spout to a great height;
they heard the faint sound of the
engine for a second or two, and
in a moment the machine and pilot
had disappeared, leaving no trace.
It was difficult to realize what
i to summon the launches but their
search was in vain. It was contin
ued until nightfall, but not a trace
was found.
THREE HURT IN CRASH
INefimith Crowing Again Scene of
Serious Accident
The second serious accident at
the Nesmith crossing a few miles
north of Monmouth, within the
last few months, occurred Sunday
nieht when the Gerlinger-Dallas
sedan owned by P. H. Emery of
Portland. Mrs. Emery was ser
iously injured and her husband
and Daughter, Edith Emery, and
Miss Alice Hewitt of Portland, re
ceived minor cuts and bruises. The
party were on the way to Mon
mouth, where the two girls are at
tending Oregon Normal school
The accident occurred at about 6
o'clock.
The motor was coming from
Dallas and dragged the sedan
about 40 feet before it came to
a stop. The car was completely
demolished. The motor train was
engineered by Miller and Conduct
or Burklew. The injured people
were immediately rus.hed to the
Dallas hospital by ambulance
where their wounds were dressed.
Mrs. Emery remained in the hos
pital in a serious condition.
During the past two years, num
erous accidents have occurred on
this crossing. It is partially ob
structed from view by buildings
along the nearby highway, and the
Dallas Chamber of Commerce and
cItv "" have made strong
efforts to have a bell erected at
,ne crossing
but as yet nothing
has been done to that effect.
! Only a few monthsv ago two
young men were killed at this
place and a young woman seriously
injured. After this mishap warn
ing signs were erected.
SMELT RUNNING, SANDY
.Annual Announcement Reaches
City of Portland Yesterday
PORTLAND. Mar. 12 (AP)-
Smelt are in the Sandy.
This news, awaited annually
about this time by many Oregon
lans, was received today from
Troutdale.
The run of the silvery fish start
ed during the night, it was said,
but did not reach its usual propor
tions until about 10 a. m. By
nightfall many amateur fishermen;
with regular or improvised nets
were on the scene scooping the
fish out of the 'river.
The annual smelt run in the
Sandy is Oregon's biggest and
truest fish story. Millions of the
small fish make their way up the
river to spawn, and with a net
and a long pole they can he scoop
ed out of the river by the bucket
full. The run usually lasts from
two to three weeks. No fishing li
cense is needed. "'.'-.-:
On - receipt" of the news today
Sheriff Hnrlburt dispatched a mo
lorcycle deputy sheriff to guide
traffic on the Columbia highway
xt Troutdale. When the run reach
es' Its highest, he announced, one
.-ay traffic - regulations perhaps
will be ealorc4....
United States Secretary of
Treasury Summoned Be
fore Committee
INFORMATION REQUESTED
Questions Will Have to Do With
Failure to Report Shady Tran
sactions Attempted By
Will II. Hay
WASHINGTON. March 12.
(AP). Spreading the neto of its
inquiry, the senate Teapot Dome
committee tomorrow will reach in
to President Coolidge's cabinet
for a witness for the first time
since Edwin Denby, then secre
tary of the navy, was called in
1923.
Andrew W. Mellon,1 secretary of
the treasury, accepted the com
mittee's call today and will sub
mit himself to questioning as to
why he declined to use the 150,
000 of Continental Trading com
pany Liberty bonds sent to him by
Will H. Hays in 19 23 for employ
ment in helping to extinguish the
republican national committee de
ficit. Moreover, the committee will
ask the treasury secretary why he
did not volunteer information as
to his transaction with Hays, who
is also under committee call, his
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HOOD TRAM MATTER UP
Application By Commercial Inter
ests to Be Considered
WASHINGTON, Mar. 12 (AP)
A committee to consider pending
applications for authority to con
struct a commercial tramway to
the summit of Mount Hood, Ore.,
and aid the department of agri
culture in shaping a policy for use
or preservation of., wilderness
areas within national forests was
appointed today by Secretary of
Agriculture Jardine.
The members are George A.
Rebentisch. Arthur M. Churchill,
Julius L. Meier, Rodney L. Gli
san and C. M. Granger, all of
Portland; R. E. Scott. Hood River.
Professor George W. Peavy, Cor
vallis; H. R. Richards, The Dalles;
F. A. Elliott, Salem, and Dr. E. L.
Packard of Eugene.
SPANKED GIRL DEFIANT
Loreiie Jones Spurn Mother's
Efforts at Reconciliation
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Mar. 13
(AP) Lorene Jones, 16-year-old
high school girl, whose mother.
Mrs. Christine Woodside, 34. was
fined 1100 for whipping her, to
day spurned her mother's attempt
to affect a reconciliation.
The girl retained an attorney to
protect her interests and declared
she did not believe her mother
was sincere in her promise of no
more whippings if Lorene re
turned home.
TITLED GIRL
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. Publication of plans of the Honorable Elsie Mar Kay, third daughter of the millionaire Viscount
fnchcape of England, to tempt the Atlantic in a flight attempt with Captain W. R. Hinchcliffe, war
veteran, cansed astonishment, although not surprise, for the Hon. Elsie was one or the first English
women to obtain a pilot's certificate. She is shown above in dinner gown and in aviation eostnme.
Captain HJachcliffe shown In the center.
- SANTOS, Brazil, Mar. 12
(AP) While rescue parties dug
at the huge -mass of debris de
posited by Saturday's slide, resi
dents of other adjacent sections!
of the city fled from the menace
of Mount Serrat.
Two thousand workers now are
engaged in the almost futile task
of clearing the wreckage of cot
tages and huts and the great pub
lic hospital. Up to noon today 72
bodies had been recovered, of
which 23 were those of children.
Viewing the wide seams opened
in the slope of the mountain by
recent rains, the police authori
ties roped off wide sections of the
lower town and cleared out the
inhabitants for fear of an even
greater catastrophe.
Mount Serrat is visited by many
tourists, who reach the summit
by means of a funicular railway.
An almost impenetrable forest
covers part of the mountain,
which-is dotted with rustic houses.
The holy house of mercy, which
systalned great damage Saturday,
stood out in bold relief. It had
been used as a hospital since the
days of the Portuguese domina
tion, having been established
1543. Most of the patients were
removed without injury and trans
ferred to other institutions.
ROBINS TALKS POPULAR
6000 Tickets Given Out For Men's
Meet; None For Matinee
More than 000 tickets to the
address which Raymond Robins,
member of the citizens' commit-'
tee of 1000 for law observance
and enforcement, will give tomor
row evening at the Capitol thea
ter, have been given out and there
Is a demand fat xore, it was re
ported last night.
There will be no tickets for the
women's meeting at the Metho
dist church in the afternoon. It
has been explained, the rule being
"first come may find seats."
CATTLE DISEASE FREE
None From Oregon Tubercular,
Letter to W. H. Lytle Says
None of the 158" head of cattle
shipped from Oregon to Los An
geles markets during the year
1927 were afflicted with tuber
culosis, according to a letter re
ceived here Monday by Dr. W. H.
Lytle, state veterinarian, from L.
M. Hurt. L03 Angeles county live
stock inspector. More than 10
per cent of the cattle received
from other states were afflicated
with the disease, the letter said.
"Your dairymen are to be con
gratulated on the apparent breed
ing and milk production which
they show," read the letter re
ceived by Dr. Lytle. "They should
be encouraged to go the limit in
use of good sires and the raising
of good marketable cows.
"I cannot see why this market
should not consistently continue
on the present basis or even get
larger, and your supply is un
doubtedly taking In many other
directions where clean-up mea
sures are in progress, besides the
Los Angeles market."
IN SURPRISE OCEAN
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The federal reclamation fund
belongs to the west, because It I'
money derived from the sale of
western timber, mineral and
oil
lands, and all efforts to divert this
money to other purposes which
will not build up the west and
compensate it for the loss of these
assets, should be strenuously op
posed, Rhea Luper. state engineer,
declared in his address at the Sa
lem chamber of commerce lunch
eon Monday.
Reclamation is sound in princi
ple, said Mr. Luper, who is secre
tary of the state reclamation com
mission; but under present condi
tions It is not feasible as a private
undertaking on borrowed capital.
Of the 62 irrigation projects in
Oregon, 15 have defaulted in in
terest payments on their bonds,
Luper reported. The amount of
bonds involved Is about $7,000, -
000. The state, through Us guar
antee of interest for five years on
some of these districts, is involved
to the extent of about $2,200,000.
The default is not hopeless in
more than two of these districts,
said Luper; two will be able to
recover without help, and the
others need reorganization. The
reclamation commission's present
task, authorized by an act of the
last legislative session, is to aid
in this reorganization.
The principal difficulty is that
the bonds are a general obligation
on the lands of the district, so that
all land in these districts is value
less'; the bondholders must accept
a reorganization that will elim
inate this condition, Luper said
Another difficulty In effecting re
organization is inability to find all
of the bondholders, as the bonds
are not registered.
W0AJAN FREED RAPIDLY
Slayer of Common Law Husband
Turned Loose in 0 Minutes
SEATTLE, March 12, (AP)
With the jury returning in nine
minutes with a verdict of not
guilty, Mrs. Emma C. Neal, 44,
was acquitted in superior court
here today of the killing of her
common law husband, John WT.
Barkott, and Oriental mystic.
Pleading justifiable homicide,
Mrs. Neal told of having been un
der his occult spell, which was
broken only when he criminally
attacked her 14 year old daugh
ter, Inez.
Findley who presided at the trial,
declared the verdict to be entirely
in accord with his personal feel
ings. AUSTRALIAN FLYER DIES
Pilot Killed as Airplane Shunts to
One Side During Flight
MELBOURN, Australia, Mar.
13 (AP) (Tuesday) Flight
Lieutenant Ivor Mclntyre was
killed while airplane stunting here
today.
Lieut. Mclntyre flew around
Australia In 1924 with Airman
Goble covering 8,500 miles in 90
flying hours. He also piloted
Atrsaem wiUitM ta long flight
between Australia and some of
the- Pacific islands.
HOP PLANS
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Process Now
Possible Obstacle In Way
of Conversion
TALKS WITH CHURCHMAN
Former University of Washington
Girl Claims "Deep Admiration
For Ancient Faith" of
Future Hubby
NASIK, India. Mar. L AF)24 hour period yet this winter,
Attired in Indian dress. Miss ' however, was recorded during the
Nancy Ann Miller of Seattle, who day and night preceding 7 o'clock
I n 1 T-V : LJ.
lis soon to wed Tukoji Rao, form-
Jer maharaja of Indore, today told
the head of othodox Hinduism
that of her own free will and ac
cord she had decided to embrace
the religion of her fiance.
Miss Miller made this statement
to Jagadguru Shankarcharva, who
because of his position, is entitled
to be designated "holiness." It
came'after an hour's conversation
In which she had expressed her
deep admiration for the ancient
faith and at the end of which she
made solemn affirmation that she
was embracing it not only freely
but as a result of deep and sincere
convictions and not from any
worldly motives.
Formal Request Made
Miss Miller formally requested
his holiness to admit her to the
faith in accordance with shastraicjno rain fell locally. At 7 o'clock
injunctions. She expressed her
determination always to remian
true to Hinduism and to try to
maintain Its Ideals. She was ac
companied by Princess Savitribai
of Indore, a sister of the bridegroom-to-be.
While the preliminaries for the
formal initiation of Miss Miller
into Hinduism tomorrow morning
moved thus smoothly, there was a
small cloud on the wedding hor
izon in the form of a report that
a court injunction had been asked
to restrain Shankarcharva from
performing the conversion cere
mony, pending decision of a suit
to that' effect which already has
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SCIENCE NOT INIMICAL
Forces Religion to "Clean Its
Spade," Says Astronomer
Science is all the time forcing
religion to clean its spade.' was:18011-
the declaration of Dr. Oliver J.
Lee. internationally noted astron
omer, in a talk at the Willamette
university chapel exercises Mon
day. His reference was to an earlier
remark that the college man learns
to "clean his spade" often, whe-
mer aigging inio iub ea.iu .ulo,eT9 wlth cuttlngs of shrubs and
unexplored fields of knowledge. piants and it was ann0unced that
"Science will never destroy ajat tne next meeting tnere wouid
religion that has any reality to De a generai exchange of cuttings,
it," the speaker said further, in. The meeting, held at the Knight
denying that there is any conflict Memorial church building, was
between the two.
The "college flair" is something
unique, and a phenomenon thatjQUgACH SPEAKER TODAY
educational reseurm uiia uui uicu
into sufficient consideration, the
astronomer said. It is something
that reaches its peak in the soph
omore year, bnt never is totaityj ThJs afternoon at 4 D.clork ,n
lost; it is that which causes menthe h,gh schoo, auditorium r G
to dig deep in whatever field they:Dubach. dean of men at the Ore
choose; and to find their place in ' Kon Rtate colleee . jll artHrM th
a cosmic scheme. : Salem Teacher3' association as the
j "Only the man with the collegejmain speaker for the annual meet
flair lacks that hunted look which'fng of that body,
is seen on so many faces," he add-! Dean Dubach will speak upon
ed. jthe topic. "What I Want the
, j School to Give My Child." Be-
gjTAjjjLjr jq vote j0DAYicauBe the subJect 18 of wide in(er-
j est to parents as well as the teach-
I er. the Teachers' association has
Question of Man vs. AVoman Rule, extended a ninvitation to the par
to be Decided by Ballot ents and townspeople to join them
in enjoying tho program today.
SEATTLE, Mar. 12. (AP) ! Special invitations to send dele-
: Seattle voters tomorrow will de-!
; cide whether tthe city shall con-,
tinue as a woman ruled municipal-!
; ity or man shall assume the po
litical reins.
The closing shots of Mayor
Rertha K Indes' ramnaiirn as
fired In a mass meeting today,!
were aimed at the campaign ex-
penses of her opponent, Frank
Edwards. Announcement has been
made by Prosecutor Ewlng D. Col-
Yin that he will make a thorough
investigation of Edwards' disburse
ments after the election.
Edwards' campaign was based
on charges that the administration
under Mayor Landes has been one
of inactivity, and promised to re
place it with a "business admin
istration." '
Inasmuch as Mrs. Landes polled
less than a third of the total may
orality rotes in the primary, she
will need a greater total than that
which gave her the margin of 3,-!
000 Totes by which she was faror-hand.
ed orer Edwards in the primary.
Showing the most sensational
;rlse that has been recorded yet
jthis winter, the level of the Wil
! lamette river ascended to a point
I Just 15 feet above normal by four;
j o'clock Monday afternoon, remain-!'
'ing stationary at that point until j
late last night.
A gradual falling off in height
was expected to begin this morn
ing. "
Phenomenally heavy rain
! J k. 1 . 1. : . . 1 r- ., I o t '
j urcUliiru mis wuuic rri uuti iui7(
! last week, bringing all streams uP
! to flood stage. During the 24 hour
! period ending at 7 p. m. Sunday;
a total of 1.02 inches of rain fell, j
!The heaviest rainfall during any'
aunaay morning, iu.ing iu.3 wuie
mere was a loiai oi mi nes ui
precipitation.
Examination of reports as tab
ulated by the local weather ob -
server shows that the river rose
12.1 feet in just three hours less
than fourdays. At 7 p. m. of
March 8 it stood at 2.9 feet above ;
normal. I
The weather forecast for today
indicates that the danger of more'
heavy rains has not passed.
However with the temperature' predict this to be the fa-fet. mot-t
too cold to make any inroads on j interesting and hard fought touru
the heavy reserve of snow in the amenta ever held in thU state. It's
mountains local forecasters pre
dicted that it was very unlikely
that the river would remain at its
high level after today.
The river rose practically all
day yesterday despite the fact that
yesterday morning it stood 14. 4
above normal. .
Falling at Eugene
EUGENE, Mar. 12. (AP)
Flood waters' in this part of the
valley receded tday and little or
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WILLIAMS FOR COUNCIL
Candidacy In Fourth Ward An
nounced At Club Meeting
Candidacy of Newell Williams
for city councilman from the
fourth ward to succeed B. B. Her
rick, was announced last night at
a meeting of 'the Southeast Salem
Improvement club by James Alli
son. Mr. Williams is president of
the club, and has been active in
its affairs.
The aviation field program as it
hag been outlined by the YMCA
forum was explained by Carl T.
a i ryui i ui i ue emu s wui k since
its organization about two years
ago was made, showing the im
provements in drainage that have
been secured, and the beautifica-
:tion work that has resulted from
a program of stressing this fea
jture of community betterment.
Several members supplied oth-
well attended.
State College Dean to Address
Teacher Association Meet
gates to the meeting were sent to
the Womans' clubs. Business and
Professional Woman's group, and
all service clubs
Dean Dubach is said to be a
very capable speaker and one who
minces lew words in getting to
Jh hear 'h, "abject. There-
lation of school to pupil and In
turn to the home is a subject
with which the college educator
is well qualified to speak.
GOB GOES TO SEA RIGHT
j Sailor Late Getting Bark From
ieave; urows Desperate
SAM FRANCISCO, Mar" 12
CAP) Misslne; the last govern
ment boat that could take him to
Goat Island In San Francisco bay
In time to report forsduty, De
Witt Kennle, United States.saflor.
today boarded a ferry boat and
from a point in the middle of the
- He was rescued w a nw
boat.
Ten Teams t)f Nearly Equal
Strength Will Vie For
Basketball Title
OPENS WEDNESDAY EVE
i)op.sters at piin winawr
As Each of Ten Districts Rep
resented by Unusually
Fast Quintet
Tomorrow night at 7:0 o'clock
the first basketball game of the
Oregon .etate basketball tourna
ment which will be held in the
Willamette university gymnasium
Wednesday, Thursday. Friday and
' Saturday of "this week, with ten
teams repreeentlng every part ot
the state. Sixteen gama will be
played during the entire eham-
pionship tourney,
Unlike other years, each team
represented will be practically as
strong as the other. No team will
be doped to win and local official-
a poor bet to pick a winner in this
year's title contest.
Easterners Husky
District one will be represented
by the six foot Wal!-wa high
school basketeers. Bakr and La
Grande were doped to win the dis
trict title, but the fast and clever
Wallowa team completely upset
the dope can and defeated each
of these teame to take the district
championship and the right to
compete in the tournament. The
personnel of the squad on the Sa
lem jaunt are L. Johnson, l; V.
Sarrett. 2; G. Crawford, 3; J.
Lloyd, 5; C. Paaey. 6; H. Plas,
7; H. Mitchell, 8; and V. Baird. 9.
McLoughlin union high school
will represent district two. The
McLoughlin five" have a very im
preseive record this season and
will be strong contenders for the
title this year. They will enter
the tournament with a determin-
( Continued on paj 9.)
STATE'S DEFICIT
OVER 2 MILLION
OX PAPER; FAILURE TO EX
PEND WILL REDl E IT
Board of Control and Normal Re
gents Decline To Author
ize Buildings
Obligations faced by the state of
Oregon for 1927 and 1928. includ
ing all appropriations of the"-192 7
legislature, will exceed the reven
ues for the same period by ap
proximately $2, 507, 033. 36, accord
ing to a statement completed' here
Monday by Sam A. Kozer. secre
tary of state.
"It is not to be assumed, how
ever, that. the full amount of the
authorized obligations will be ex
pended," read the statement. "The
board of control and the board of
regents of state normal schools
have declared their intentions not
to proceed at this time with the
construction of gome of the public
buildings, for which appropriations
aggregate 1550,000.
"This action on the part of the
board of control and th-s board of
regents will reduce the deficit to
the extent that those obligations
are not incurred. Ultimately,
however, the actual deficit iu the
amount of the state's revenue on
December 31, 1928, conservatively
estimated, will be between $1,
500,000 and $1,900,000.
"On December 31, 1923, the
revenues of the state were $418,
6S8.21 short of meeting the au
thorized obligations of that date.
The 1927 legislature appropriated
1410,555.72 for expenses, 0f tbo
1925-1926 biennium. Thin latter
item is payable from the revenues
of the biennium 1927-1923. H
might be further set out that Just
to the extent that there may be
savings in the conduct of the af
fairs of the state will any estimat
ed deficit on December 31. 1928,
be reduced.
"Likewise as the actual reven
ues from sources other than the
state property tax levy may be la
excess of the estimates from such
sources will the'deficit at the end
of the current biennium be further
reduced." .
The statement showed that the
appropriations of the 24th leg Is- .
latlve assembly, continuing appro
priations and millage taxes for r
1 9 2 7 and 1 9 2 8 . aggregate $ 1
628.92C.70. I --,- -
These : were classified. In the
state as follows: r
I General government I1,60
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