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1 FOREST FIRES
f COST 5349,177
103,907 Acres Burned Over,
of Lands; Under State ;
: Jurisdiction
In 1928 Oregon had J 067 forest
.fires on lands under the jurisdic
tion of jthe state forester's office.
a report filed with the state legis
lature by P. A. EHiotto. state for
ester, shows. ,
These fire burned over a total
of 103,907 acres 1 of, land and
causea 'damage ; to - merchantable
timber41oga and logging equip.
ment and to settlers improve
ments in the amount of $349,177.
Of the total area burned orer ap
proximately 19,000 acres consist
ed of merchantable timber lands
with a loss estimated by the state
ofrester at S3fr,000. Approximate
ly 18,15.000 board ret of tim
ber was; destroyed or-damaged,
in moat serious loss was in
rthe logging camps " where equip,
ment and logs were burned with
a monetary sacrifice of more than
SZ7&.OQQ. This was partlr covr
erea by insurance. The remain
der of the loss, placed at $43,187,
was In connection with Improve
ments on ranches and i farms ' in
tne timbered districts. , --
Arson Is Problem
Ones of the most serious prob
lems ine forestry department had
to deal with during the past few
years was tne incendiary situation
in tne southern part of the state
r n . . . ....
muie luan inira or tne area
Durnea orer was In Jackson and
Josephine counties. Most of these
nres were due to Incendiarism:
There were 87 fires In Oeuglae
county, more than Bali MVhili
were safd to be due io tnclhdiar-
The eastern part of the state
was hard hit the latter, part of
July and the first part of August
when lirhtnlnv ' iinrmi
- V4 " O Lti.
VlfscV-more tnan 80 fJr OB sta- lande.
C Wlth the exception of Tastern
Lane, Jackson, Josephine and
Douglas counties the fire losses
In the state were somewhat below
normal. j .
A large crew of field .men. was
employed - during ; the . entire fire
season, and every effort was made
to detect persons " suspected of
setting out fires. A number of
these persons were arrested, and
upon being tried, were convicted
and punished." In one or two cas.
es the persons accused of lncen-i
dlarism were sentenced to terms
In the state penitentiary.
Poll Report Made '
Although.plans of the state for
ester hare not been completed for
1929. it is probable' that the pol
icies -In force ; during ,tbe 'Jar
1921 wtU be "continued.' Renoris
received 'from: different parttof.
tne state indicated that the op
erations: of the forestry - depart
ment were very satisfactory.-" -The
biennial report of the .start
forester gives a complete summa
ry of the receipts and disburse
ments of the department, and sets
out numerous Improvements made
during the past two years. Man
new trails have been constructed,
lokont stations have been install
ed and telephone lines have been
extended. Under the plan of op
erations in 1928 reports of. the
field men were made dally to the
state forester, who relayed them
to the district forester with head
quarters in Portland. Weather
conditions were said to have been
quite favorable during, the sum
mer of 1928, and had it not have
been for incendiarism, the fire
loss In the state would have been
the smallest for many years. The
Incendiary fires increased the to
tal losses materially. : rw
Medical Adviser and -Three
Members of Board Also
Leave Service
ALBUQUERQUE. N. M..- Jan.
19 (AP) Superintendent Ber
tha Lips of the Xek Mexico
tha LiD3 of the New Mexicn P.Irls'
Welfare home. Dr. Evelyn Friable.
-medrcal adviser, and three mem
bers of the board of the home ten
dered their resignations to Gover
nor R. c, Dillion at the conclusion
of the legislative investigation of
conditions at the home atid the
death of Helen Askew, 18, who
had been given an injection o
twilight sleep. - -; v
.. The members of the board who
resigned are Mrs. Margaret Med
ler, chairman of 'Albuquerque,
Mrs. R. W. Bryan, Aubuauerque
and Mrs. A. yL, Gonzales, Abiquin.
The other two members of tb
board are out of the sUte . And
have not been heard from, .but
Governor Dillon and the legisla
tive committee will meet tomorrow
at which time It is expected that
a new board., will be , appointed.
The legislative committee will aU
so prepare a formal report to make
to the governor. . - ; -
District Attorney Lujan said to
night that the complain charging
k HEAD OF EIHLS'
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IL JBslaughter Jointly - against the
SJ superintendent and the physician
. x ci had been completed and would be
filed as soon as he had an oppor
t unity to confer wita fi'B.: ,Has
kew of Portales, father of. the dead
girl. He Is on his way to Albuquer
que. . . ' .
. The Almighty Dollar .;:;
LOUISVILLE, Kr.--AP-A
-skipping dollar bill tied -up jtraffic!
wnen aozens oi pedeamans.iat
tempted to rescue tbs scooting lu-
ere blown front the hud of a wo-
mm.' The xuad camprn . ' a
downtown corner ensnarled, the
streams of vehicles Jronrfotirrdl-
ROOSEVELT IN,
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. Jojously waving their toppers torero was In Albany, N. who braved a heaVy snowstorm to see
them, former Obvernor Alfred E. Smith sod his successor, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, above,'
watch detachment of state troopers parade in their honor. At left, surrounded by members of his
family. Smith cuts into his birthday cake, celebrating his 65th anniversary. At right, Roosevelt mak
ing his inaugural speech." " 1 ' ,
ffissci
By ROE FULKERSON
BEAU THIS FIRST :
: Betty Brown goe to hlffh school
dance where there in much petting, and
wakens to the fart that boys have merer
tried to kiae-rer. The following day she
tnea to find ont why from her mother,
who erases the isauo; bat Betty eonchioVi
it is physical charm, which, attracts men.
Point by point, tha takes stock of hr
own charm, oaly. to' realize' that she is
lacking ia many ways. '. She makes up a
rhyme for her guidance: -
Toes turned out to give me style."
(KOW GO OH WITH THE STOBY)
CHAPTER IV
THE day after Betty had taken
: stock of her physical charm,
determined to cultivate what
she bad, she had lunch with Lote
Hall, the most popular girl in her
class at school, She put on the
recently purchased long stockings,
shortened the-, hem of her sport
salt, and with shoulders back, and
toes, turned out, she made her calL
Lois was In negligee when she
arrived and asked Betty to her
room. As she entered, Lois
looked at her curiously and asked J
What have you been doing to
yourself, old thing? You look dif
ferent, some way.
"Shoulders back, mouth. In . a
smile,
Toes turned out to give me style."
- Betty laughed, illustrating each
point of her rhyme by exaggerat
ed gesture..
What has come over you?
Have you fallen in love? You, who
have always spent your time
searching for a book worm in a
book!"
VYes, I guess I am in love."
Betty sat on Lois cedar cheat.
"With who or whom, which ev
er is correct?" asked Lois, inter
ested. "Neither is correct." laughed
Betty. "I guess I am railing In
love with love.
Oh. my gosh!" Lois kicked off
her slippers and pulled her feet
up under her. "An I having the
great Joy of witnessing the awak.
enlng of the cosmic urge, tne
awakening of sex consciousness.
the emerging of the butterfly
from the tadpole, or something?'
Go on, young woman, your story
interests me strangely!"
Did anyone Tslss you at the al
umni dance the other night?"
I was there, wasn't . I? de.
manded Lois.
"Yoir were."
"If your next question is
Who? I'll tell you it wasn't your
George.' , '. , , , ,.. . ; t. J:
"He isn't my George!" -"Then
that pup has lost his tag
and has no owner!" laughed Lois.
If old Stick-in-the-mud Isn't
yours I don't know wno ne Be
longs tol He Is en Airedale."
What do yon mean?" -? ;
"Airedales are one-man dogs.
George is a one-woman man. Pat
ty Carnes bet one of the boys a
box of candy she could make
George kiss her and lost the bet.
I don't want George to-kisa
me. ' I ooni want any parucaur
man to kiss me. I want to know
why men don't want to kiss me.
None of them" her rolee
trailed off into nothing. She did
not want to tell this bright; pop
nlar girl -that no man had ever
tried to kiss" her.
"You are prisey!" said Lois,
bluntly. . . .
"What doer that mean?"
"Persnicklty!'!. oxplalned Lois.
"I am not!" defended Betty. VI
am Just a normal, girl. I want 'to
be admired like every other nor-
mal glrL Men flock aronna you
like bees around a blossoming ap
ple tTee. Wbf? How do you do
itt"
Oh!" Lois put Iter finger in
her .mouth. In mock modesty.. ; "I
have my momenfs and my victor-
leif of course. X haven't been neg
lected."
"Tell ine why!" urged Betty.
"A girl who wakes up and finds
herself T popular hasn't been
asleep. -Long ago I learned that
culture consists In knowing, a lot
of things yon never have any use
for; - Boys like to feel, superior.
They like yon to look Into their
eyes and tell them that they re
wonderful. wIt yon know -more
than they do yon have to hide Itt
- "Yon know sv lot. but. if yon
want - to get anywhere with men.
SMITH OUT AND BOTH ARE HAPPY
Db
THE STORV OF
A GIRL WHO
MADE MEN
LIKE HER
by Ontral Pre Association." Ine'
hide your light under a bushel.
They do not like its glare in their
eyes. Snuggle up to them, Tel!
them they are big and strong and
wonderful. They eat It up like a
kltteu lapping cream. The weak
er they are the better they like
IU" ,
, ?'But I never have a chance!"
eighed Betty. "There roust be
something the matter with my
looks. You are always pretty.
Curled up in that chair, you are
as graceful as a cat."
."Dancing!" said Lois, with a
wave of her hand.
"But I dance as much as you
do," protested Betty.
Lois rose from the deep chair,
shaking off her negligee. She
kicked , the back of her head,
turned an easy and casual cart
wheel and posed in arabesqque,
standing on one . foot, her other
leg horizontally behind her, her
shapely arms stretched ' out in
front. .
I, "That kind of dancing," she
explained, dropping back in the
big chair and folding her legs
under her, oriental fashion. , j.
I "I had forgotten you did. that
kind of danolng. Is that .what
t&ade you graceful?"
tf 'What I am today," Lois made
a grandiloquent gesture, "I owe
tOlong and unremitting labor" to
perfect myself In my art!"
am awkward and my. legs
and knees are bad." confessed
Betty. "Do yon think dancing
would help?"
if "It couldn't hurt," answered
Lois, eediously. "I was never no
ticed by any boy in high school
until I danced at a school 'enter
tainment. That night two of
them wanted to take me home !
EVer since, I have no trouble ex
cept to keep them away from me.
vn Hke their women wild. Danc
ers are supposed to be wild. 1
Have had a let of fun fending oif
those wio have that Idea."
"I have never been bothered,
but I would like-to be," sighed
Betty. '
"Oh, it's a lot of fun," laughed
Lois, gleefully. "Keep them
guessing and they come back for
more." "'- '
, - "How does one keep them
guessing?"
. "By keeping them In hopes that
maybe some day some wonderful
favor will be shown them!"
laughed Lois.
What wonderful favor?"
I guess girls can only learn by
exposure!" Lois waved a grace
ful hand to Indicate the question
would not be answered, i
"Well, I want to be attractive,"
Betty continued. .1 L
cWho doesn't! Men have all the
desirable thlnge in the world.
They are lords of creation from
the day .they are born. Only
through them tan women, att-in
motor cars, ermine coats, dia
monds, pretty clothes, everything
desirable. Indians used to , take
scalp locks to decorate their cos
tumes. These days men battle
In business or professions ' and
have been ' taught " to decorate
their women instead of them
selves. .
"But they dfcorate only .the
women who nlease them. It's ev
ery woman's job to learn to make
the poor, dear, silly things nappy.
It's as easy . as peeling . a hard
boiled egg. and the harder boiled
they are the easier they are to
peel "
vLVf don't want to be married or
to . peel hard-boiled eggs.". Betty
spoke plaintively. "But 1 do want
men to remember t am on earth,"
"Tell you what!" Lois Jumped
up quickly, leaving her negligee
In the chair In her . baste. "My
danelng class baa a recital torn or
row night. Here's an extra, tick
et. Take it and come -'. see us
dance. If you like the Idea, Join
the summer class, and go In -for
acrobatics and . Jais 1 work. With
those long legs of yours you
could do wonderful , kicks and
snllta". '. -
- "It sounds good to me, cried
Betty. -. :' " ' : .
She was embarrassed ' as , Lois
went calmly around the room, un
Ti A'rur rT." ;n S-'-'.'-sAN. 5;; I phi (Ke'on- Sutuui:; Morning. January 20, 1929 '"
completely undressed--. She bum
med a tune, dressing leisurely un
til her mother called them both
down to lunch.
Lois had an engagement to go
I riding with some boy at two
o-ciock. Betty went home before
came, wondering if Lois had
given her a solution of her prob
lem. (TO BE CONTINUED)
SEN'S
WIFE PLANS FLIGHT
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18.
(AP) Mrs. Martin Jensen, wife
of the Dole flier, told the associat
ed Press today that she intends to
fly from Honolulu to San Fran
cisco Just as soon as she can make
the necessary arrangements.
Mrs. Jensen said she was study.
Ing aerial navigation under emory
Bronte, distinguished aerial navi
gator, to find her way over 2,400
miles of Pacific waves, which no
woman has yet crossed by al.
"The only thing that is stopping
me," she said, "is about 125,000.
The huge trl-motored plane I want
to buy will cost 160,000. Some of
the money has been obtained, but
uncertainty about the - balance
makes the date of the flight un
certain."
Treat for Stamp Fans
ROME (AP) Philatelists
may well be on the lookout for
;ome new Italian issues. By re
cent royal decree new types of
special delivery stamps are au
'horized, C03ting 1.25 lire within
'he kingdom and 2.50 for abroad,
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For "pneumatic" delivery in cit-Iwaa 35. Dailey is 38. Word of her
es. new Issues of 15 and 35 cen- death was kept from her 17-year-tesimi
denominations will be got- old daughter, Marie, who is critl
ien out. - jcally ill with tuberculosis.
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Testimony Before Ways
And Means Committee is
False, Importer Charges
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. (A
P)- A charge by a New York Inv
porter that American manufactur
ers of Reed furniture were delib
erately presenting misleading In
formation to obtain tariff increas
es was made today before the
house ways and means committee
hearings on tariff revision.
The. allegation, made by Allan
Gerdau, representing the Otto Ger
dau company of New York, result,
ed in a' rapid fire; of questions
from both republicans and demo
crats on the committee, and tin.
ally the witness was asked to pro.
duce any concrete evidence he
might possess.
Duty Held High Now
Gerdau, a reed importer, de
clared th? present duty of 20 per
cent ad valorem on reeds was "dis
criminatory and monopolistic,"
and had cut business In half. . He
said he was amazed at the testiT
mony of manufacturers and .as
serted that 60 per cent of it was
unfit for presentation.
Chairman Hawley Interrupted
to say that this was for the com
mittee, not the witness, to deter.
mine. Gerdau also suggested a $10,
000 fine for witnesses, whom the
committee found were not telling
Lake to be Searched For
Marylander's Body Again
SEATTLE, Jan. 19. (AP)
Another search for the botfy of
James E. Bassett of Maryland
who disappeared here more than
four months ago was started to
j day in Hicks lake, south of Seat.
tie,, at the instigation of his par
enta, Mr. and Mrs.tank P. Ba
sett. The new search was based on
information furnished by a man
and a woman which authorities
previously had not considered im
portant because It did not Jibe
with their theories. All other
searches were conducted north of
Seattle near a house rented by D.
E. Mayer and Mrs. Mary Eleanor
Smith, whom officers believed
killed Bassett and who were con
victed of the theft of the Mary
lander'B automobile.
The two new informants, who
were brought by the Bassetts to
the county jail, identified Mayer,
who is awaiting trial as an habit-
ual criminal, and his mother, who
is awaiting sentence to the peni
tentiary.
Michael Wirtzefeld told a story
IS PER CONTRACT
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18.
(AP) In fulfillment of an el
ieged written wedding agreement
by which either party was to kill
the other for unfaithfulness, John
Dailey shot and killed his wife
here in the store where shewas
employed.
Dailey explained to police that
his wife had deserted him ten days
ago, taking all their household
furniture. He considered that a
violation of the pact.
Before her marriage to Dailey,
the woman was Mrs. Joseph Cor
bin, wife of a Chicago minister
whom she divorced in 126. She
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Disinheriting Your Children
FEW people know the startling fact, un
der the present community property
laws of Oregon, that if I there is no will all .
community property; on death of husband
froes to wife and on death of wife goes to hus
band. This automatically disinherits their
children as to such property. If this situa
tion is Unsatisfactory, by all means consult
your lawyer and draw your will,' naming
this strong Bank as your Executor,.
the truth and the chairman re
plied that the committee could not
administer oaths without special
authority from the house. ;
- Bourbon Put In Word
Representative Garner, of Tex.
as, ranking democrat on the com.
mittee, observed at this point that
If oaths were administered testi
mony "would be curtailed 10 per
cent. ,, '., ' i
Representative Treadway, re
publican. Massachusetts, warned
Gerdau that the manufacturers
have the right to . make similar
charges against his company and
that It appeared he was assuming
the same "selfish interest" In the
matter as others.
- Gerdau insisted he was sure of
his statements and added that one
unnamed company had circulated
petitions to its customers to seek
tariff aid In the face of huge pro
tits. Representative Crisp, demo
crat, Georgia, requested that he
present any concrete evidence
ayallable.
The committee, concluded hear
ings on the Woods schedule to.
day and began testimony from SB
witnesses, not heard during, the
days set aside for consideration of
the metals section.
which led Bassett's relatives to
believe that his body had been
sunk In Hicks lake. He told of
inquiries of a couple he identified
as "Mayer and Mrs. Smith, as to
the depth of the lake and of an
abandoned chicken house on the
lake side. Later he said, he saw
a couple in an automobile answer
ing the description of Bassett's
acting suspiciously near the chick
en house and subsequently heard
someone paddling about on the
lake.
Mrs. Mary Mays identified the
convicted couple as those who had
brought a man, who looked like
Bassett, to a roadhouse outside
Seattle September 5, the day the
Maryland man disappeared. The
man she supposed was Ba-ett was
obviously drugged, she said.
So far the new search, like the
half dozen others that preceded
it, has proven fruitless.
POWER UTILITIES
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WASHINGTON, Jan.' 19.
(AP) Three witnesses appeared
today in the Power Utilities-investigation
being conducted by
the Federal Trade commission,
each to testify regarding subjects
previously touched upon.
, Martin G. Glaeser, professor of
economics at the University of
Wisconsin, was examined regard
ing his textbook "Outlines of Pub
lic Utility Economics," which had
been mentioned in the correspon
dence of some utility representa
tive previously introduced, as fa
vorable to the points of view held
by those connected with the in
dustry. He said no payments had been
received by him from utility inter
ests or any other source for writ
ing the boox except the regular
compensation for his work with
the Institute of research in land
economics and public utilities, lo
cated at Northwest University,
which sponsored the publication.
This was said by him to have re
ceived some support from the Na
tional Electric Light association
since 1925.
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And Every thing Else
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repairing done under one roof at ;
Vick's. Especially auto top repairing i;
which is done by a master craftsman
Quickly, efficiently, lastingly! . .
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