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WEATHER ;
Continued clew today; , No
change in temperature. Max.
tetnperatnre Thursday 80;
Min. - 17; River 4.1; wind
" north. Clear.
'No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shell Awe"-SZ? SreWfift
SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO. 27t
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning February ,8 ; 1929
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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Hi . TAX IS
BACKERS FEW
Little Hope of Passage Seen
I as Carkin Tosses Bill
v Into Hopper
Last of Series of Taxation
Recommendations Has
- Property Offset, .
"A destitute of friends las a
froK is destitute of feathers." ac
cord lis: to well informed sources,
a personal . Income tax measure
with property offset, was intro
duced in the house Thursday
t wearing tut uamo m iiccui-
tive uanin. toe msore ia m
one devised by the property tax
relief commission of which Carkin
was chairman and the latter will
pilot it as far as he is able through
the stormy waters of the legisla
ture. . . .; i . :- i
According to Information forth
coming Thursday, the-blH cannot
be pessed unless amended.
This measure is the last of the
series of taxation recomraenda
tions made by he property tax re
lief commission and it is. the only
nanre on
which there was not
uanimity of opinion." On all -other
mutters the commission was in
itv of opinion. On all other
caused a division. However, the
commission, not wishing to appear
In discord, decided to recommend
th income tax property onsei
t ' i4. tvMt lUMilhlt face.
ILIl -''
Labor "Not Favorable
To Bill aa Framed
Carkin solicited Oust Anderson
to joint with him In sponsoring
the bill, but Anderson, representa
tive of organised labor in the
house, declined -because labor is
dissatisfied with the bill. No one
else in the house wanted their
name associated with the measure
and when Carkin canvassed the
senate none of the senators craved
the distinction. There are
grangers In the house, but the
ftate grange does not approve the
bill with the property offset, to
these members have no use for It.
just to be came Carhin shouldered
(Turn
Sufffcient Shares m Hand to
Oust Stewart From Com
pany, Is Word
..itTninrii V H. Feb.
toilette toaay
' . tv rt Rockefeller.
Jr proxies for 2.SS0 shares of
;fekPof the Standard Oil eom-
- t-t.na ta be used in his
Kt to o.T Colonel Robert W.
Btewart. i t .
""NEW YORK Feb. 7.(AP)--
The battle -of iProxl" b.whw
control of the Standard Oil com
pany of Indiana will be deter
mined a month hence, today was
virfi uraln bv a barrage -of
.....m.ni. reflectins the confi
dence of the warring Rockefeller
and Stewart factions.
A...tat of John D. Rockefel
ler, Jr., who Ir seeking to oust
Colonel Rooert w. si-. -
...... w,. f the board, claimed
they had proxies for il jper cent
of the voting stock,' hut from the
Btewart camp In ! irom ie
Lionel himself came the reply
such claims gave nun n
concern ana ma. ..
his own campaign were most en
couraging.
Both generals did not appear
publicly on the batue rroni.
Rockefeller could not; he Is In
F.evrt. Aat the cables are carrying
Jiiim. camD&lan order. Stewart
herev actively engaged in his
flight, but he chose to remain be-
.ttilnd the scenes wnue nis iieuien
ants woraea as nis uasoa biio
The first shot in today's skirm
lh waa "contained in a statement
from Wlnthrop W. Aldrlcn, an at
torney and member of tne proxy
committee conducting the Rocke
feller battle, who said 61 per cent
of thenrox!es had been obtained
six per cent more than those ne-
cessatxor victory. 1
DrJByxd Estate
$100,000; Will
Filed Thursday
' - An estate estimated at 1100,-
000 una left by Dr. W. H. Byrd
when her died early Monday, it was
learned Thursday when petition
to probate the will was filed.
- Clarence Macrum Byrd, Dr.
Byrd's son, is named as executor.
Thirty thousand dollars of the es
tate Is la real property, the re
maining! 70,000 is in a trust fund
with the Ladd and Bush hank. !
Ue'.rs are Inei Adele Byrd. the
widow. Donald William Byrd and
K Clarence Byrd, . sons: and y Win!
-Jrtd Muriel Byrd, a daughter. Dr.
rti(:, a brother, is named leg
'f stee. being gives various surgical
"intiical eautpment. - :
k-e will was executed January
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FOR BOffiFfllffl
I Wales Tour May Mean New Regime
I : fe 1 Ns- &J&x'
The visit of the Irince of Wales to the mining count ry L expected to
British elections in June, which possibly may result in the overthrow
rise of a Labor or coalition government in its ntace. ltecardina this
England, where more than a million people are on tlie verge of Mtarvation, the prince has expressed his
sympathy, and even the Conservative newspapers have carried stories
dltions he witnessed. Above, the
GOLLKE CAMPAIGN
Sunday Church Programs to
Urge Cause of Willam
.'. ette Fund
The drive in Salem for the com-
ill
v?fjJlBtion of the Willamette univers
ity endowment campaign wll be
gin Sunday, with special addresses
in IS Salem churches.
Churches participating and the
speakers who will address the var
ious congregations are First Pres
byterian, Wl S. Le veils; Knight
Memorial, Fred Erixon; First Evl
angelical. W. L. Phllflps; First
Baptist, Sheldon Sackett; First
Congregational, Frank Deckebacb,
Sr., South Salem Friends, Sam
Laughlln; First Christian, Dr. H.
C. Epley; Calvary Baptist, Ronald
C. Glover; Center St. M. E.. Ice
land Chapln; Ford Memorial, RH
A. i Harris; Chemefeeta St. Evan
gelical, Dr. F. L. Utter; Leslie M
E.. William Hamilton; American
Lutheran, Dr. Laban Steevea; Naz
arene. Joseph Bener; Unitarian,
Oscar Gingrich. The date for be
ginning of solicitation in Salem
has not yet been announced.
Clever Forgery
Said Confessed
By Young Hadley
Burdette Hadley. 20. was ar
rested Thursday afternoon by In
spector Lou - Olson of the Salem
police force on a charge of for
gery. It was reported , that he
confessed to signing 'the name
"Rob't. Cole" to a number of
checks. His system, according, to
Olson, was to give a check for
about $15 to a fuel company in
payment, for a load of wood to be
delivered to some address in the
city, taking cash for the differ,
ence. j . . --'-'- 'r---.-
The forgeries were ' almost Iden
tical copies tf Mr. Cole's own sig
nature, it was said, Hadley having
obtained a copy of the original.
Mr. Cole is a farmer living near
Salem. , .
Hadley was arrested here sev
eral ' months ago and taken to
Texas to face .charges there, inj
ciuaing that or breaking jail. He
recently returned to Salem.
Facts -and
When Senator Moser Thursday
objected to the word - "enroll
ment" being spelled In a Bill mi-1
nus one Mr he was advised by
Senator Eddy that the senate ap
parently had In Its employe a self
appointed censor. "He apparently
fknocked "L" out of this bill,- said
Senator Eddy. The chief clerk was
Instructed to see that the -word en.
rollment was spelled with two
"IV as. provided In the original
bill when introduced.
, For the first time in he history
of the presenttsesslon. two of the
Mexican generals. Henderson and
Goldstein, ,-, both of Multnomah,
were in perfect accord and agree,
ment. Both became a bit rolled at
a' delay In parliamentary proce
dure Thursday, and agreed that
the "question before the house".
Gossip
- '
prince, left;. Premier Stanley Baldwin, and typical mining town scenes.
Union of State
Schools Object
Of Bell Measure
Representative Would Con
solidate U. of 0., 0. S. C.
y Through One Board
Consolidation of the University
of Oregon and Oregon, State col
lege through the election of one
president and selection of k board
of regents to have charge of the
affairs of both institutions, was
proposed In a bill Introduced in
the senate Thursday by Senator
Bell, of Lane county.
Senator Bell explained that he
had not been consulted by any
person regarding the bill and that
he assumed full responsibility for
its Introduction.
: The board of regents would be
composed of 13 members, one of
whom shall be the governor.
Members for the two year term
would be Charles H. Carey and
Frank M. Warren. Portland; A.
C. Marsters, Roseburg, and E. V.
Carter, Ashland. R. A. Booth, Eu
gene; B- F. Irvine, Portland, Mrs.
George Gerlinger, Portland, and
W. H. Strayer, Baker, would serve
for a term of four years. Regents
for the six year term would in
clude Dr. Joel C. Booth. Lebanon;
Claude Ingalls, Corvallis; Ralph
Hamilton, Bend, and A. W. Nor-
blad, Astoria. -
The board of-regents would be
elected at the Joint legislative as
sembly. In cases of vacancies
during the recess of the leglsla
ture such vacancies would be
filled by the governor. The nresi
dent of. the University of Oregon
and state agricultural college
would be elected by the regents.
All expenses of the two Insti
tutions during the next two years
would be paid ouV of receipts
from the mlllage taxVnless other
wise specifically provided by the
legislature. The Doernbecker hos
pital and Oregon medical school.
which are conducted under the di
rection of the University of Ore
gon, are exempted from the pro-'
vision of the bill relating to how
the expenses of the two Institu
tions shall be paid. The consoli
iation would become effective
July 1.
Btief Biu f New -
. , bet Gathered Here aid
zlhere in Legislative Halls.
should be disposed with before al
lowing great amount of debate
on other phases of legislation.
how long this truce will last no
one Is willing to predict, but it Is
hoped that It wllj prevail at least
today, since all members are an.
xlous to get through early.
- Going Into "committee " aa a
whole," la getting to be a dally
occurence In the bouse of repre
sentatives. This is great fun for
the spectators, for it Is usually
preceded, by a warm and some
times' personal debate. Thsn I the
doors are locked, the roll Is call
ed. Joseph Abraham Singer,- ser-geant-at-arms
goes scurrying out
after absent members, " and vthe
of the house" was eounded for H.
(Turn to Pa I, Column- 2.)
liave a significant effect on the
of the Baldwin cabinet and the
tour of the mines, in northern
of this trip and the wretched con
ffiilE BILLS
Mutual Associations Hit by
Measures, Committee Told
at Hearing
Vigorous opposition to four of
the house bills proposing .new
legislation for Insurance compan
ies was registered! a public hear
ing held by the joint senate and
house committees Thursday night
in the. senate chambers. Bills
under. ire weiMH? B". 256, 259,
Z73 and senate bill 6.
- House bill 256 Insists that poli
cies must state plainly to just
what extent the policy is tis-
sessaTble, and when a policy is
assessable, it must bear on the
file .back. In 14 point black face
type. "This policy, is assessable."
House bill 259 gives to the in
surance commissioner the right to
investigate "Contract Holders,"
and inter-insurance concerns, the
same as is now held for other con
cerns, at the expense of the com
panies Insured.
Senate Bill 64 provides that the
inter insurance having policy hold
ers In Oregon must, deposit
$25,000 in order to guarantee
policies of Oregon holders, while
H. B. 273 provides that the Inter
insurance companies must file ap
plication and rates with the com
mission 30 days before doing busi
ness In the state, and must not
start operating until approval has
been given.
' Insurance men and others,
among them William F. Wood
ward of Portland, Elton Walklns,
of the Guarantee Life Assurance
company, G. B. McLeod of the
Hammond Lumber company, were
present to plead aalnst the
measures. Regulations proposed
would work great hardship on the
companies, especially those hav
ing inter-insurance, and the mu
tual associations, it was pointed
out. The measure requiring $25,
000 to be deposited for inter-Insurance
companies was especially
flayed, since it was felt that this
would tie-up capital and hinder
in other ways. .
Hints that the old "old lines"
versus "mutuals" fight was on
igaln were made during the eve.
ning.
The bills are part of a program
understood to have been prepared
by the insurance - commission,
upon which a basis for a substan
tial insurance code for Oregon.
could be .laid
More than 100 people thronged
the senate chambers, in addition
to committee members and other
legislators. i
Stage Lines Are
Sold To Chicago
Company; Report
Bale of the ; Columbia ' Gorge
stafge line and the Blue line to a
Chicago syndicate was reported
here Thursday. The report could
not be verified, '.
' The price set on the holdings of
the Columbia Gorge stage line was
said to ' have been approximately
$100,000, while the price fixed on
the Blue Line was reported to be
$76,000.- Stage operators in Sa
lem said that the consideration
would more than -cover : the "re
placement value of the two eon
era. Both lines operate out of
Portland. -
DM
on
SOLONS AWAIT
PINE INQUIRY
MONDAY NIGHT
Governor I. Patterson and
- Public Service Commis
sion Under Attack
Portland Rate Expert Also
Trains Guns on Os West;
Fireworks Due
Renresentativti Bnrdiek of
Crook. Deschutes, Jefferson. Kla
math and Lake counties, announc
ed that at a public hearing Mon
day night he will reveal all he
Vnnci about the hill he has snon-
sored to enable Portland to fix Its
own telephone rates. Further than
thto he declared he was reaay to
do battle.
Kenneth Harlan, rate expert for
Portland, arrived on the stfene
Thursday afternoon ana statea
that Monday night he will show
nn the nnhllc service commission
and If Oswald West makes another
"erak" like h.e did, at the nrst
phone hearing he will go to the
mat with him. Further, Harlan
said he doesn't think much cf
(Turn to J. -Column 4.)
HELD DICTATORIAL
"Arbitrary, Intolerant and
Discourteous" Are Other
Terms Applied
Mtttnhni of the State Industrial
AcUnt commission, who by pro
visions of a bill passed by the
hnntA Wednesday would receive
nalnrv Increases of 11200 a year
each, Thursday were the subject
of some rather bitter criticism
when house bill 147 by Metsker
came up for final action.
The bill was passed after an
amendment proposed by Metsker
himself had been added.
TTia measure seems to direct
the commission to supply persons
having business with tne commis
sion certified copies of claims filed
bv them before the body. Metz-
ker referred to experiences h
said he had had with the eommis-
af cm relative to obtalnlnsr copies
of claims bearing on a client's
case, asserting he had been unaoie
to get specific information sought.
He said he was willing to
amend the bill providing that
"payrolls shall not be open to
public Inspection."
Henderson, supporting Msts
ker's position, took occasion to
characterize members of the com
mission as being "arbitrary. In
tolerant, dictatorial and discourt
eous." The house went Into a commit
tee of the whole to consider Mets
ker's amendment and one offered
by Burdick that had been pro
posed by the commission. The
latter was aimed to block any
meve that might compel the com
mission to throw all records. In
cluding those of confidential na
ture, open t opublic inspection.
Metsker's amendment prevailed
and the bill was nassed as amend
ed, with. 17 votes being registered
against It.
Thursday
In
Washington
By The Associated Press
The house concluded con
gressional action on the cruiser
bill.
The senate ' considered the
$447,000,000 war department
supply bill. -
The house ways and means
committee continued Its hear
ings on the wool tariff.
Major-General Neville was
nominated by President Cool
ldge to be marine corps commandant-Members
of the 'shipping
board appeared before the sen
ate committee -investigating the
proposed sale of Its Atlantic
. fleet.
The house military affairs
eommlttee rejected the Madden
bill to lease the Muscle Shoals
project to the American Cyan
amld company.
y- ' . .
The appeal of Henry -T. Sin
clair on the , jury shadowing
eharge was - urged before the
District of Columbia court of
-appeals, .'ivi'f -yz, r. :
- The federal radio commis
sion made public the protest of
counsel for the Hearst news
papers against, radio assign
ment for press. use. -'
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C Assistant Postmaster General
Glover announced that Colonel
Lindbergh would carry mall on
his return flight from Panama.
ACCIDENT BOARD IS
Industrial Building at
State Hospital Favored
In Appropriation Passed
Attack Made on Purchase of
Additional Property at
Champoeg Park
While other capital outlays
were being eliminated wholesale
from appropriation items viewed
by the joint ways and means com
mittee of the legislature, the ap
propriation of 165,000 for a new
Industrial building at the- Oregon
state hospital was left In the item
of $99. 676 for this Institution.
Proposal to cut out nearly hair
of the appropriation of $16,900
for Champoeg park, was made by
Senator Bell. He suggested elim
ination of approximately 18325.
asked In the budget for the pur
chase of land adjoining the park.
The appropriation was continued
until a future meeting of the com-
More Than 80 Casualties Re-
v ported in Bombay During
Day; Many Die
BOMBAY. India. Feb. 7. (AP)
Bombay today experienced its
fifth successive day of riots be
tween Hindus and Moslem Path
ans. Tonight military reinforce
ments had arrived and a meeting
of citizens was assembled to sup
port the authorities efforts at rc
storing order.
Casualties today exceeded 80
Most of them were Hindus, seven
of whom were wounded by bullets
when troops fired on a mob.
The Pathans, who are a warlike
Afghan race, threw away their
clubs today and used knives and
daggers. One Pathan attacked in
a bazaar, killed four Hindus and
wounded several others by expert
use of his knife. ..
Late this afternoon a band of
Pathans returning from the docks
attacked a Hindu merchant who
was seated in front of his shop.
As they stabbed him to death, the
owner of the next shop closed his
shutters but the Pathans forced
an entry and killed the second
merchant and also the latter's
son.
They looted the shops and then
ran down the street spreading ter
ror among other Hindus. f.-t
STIGEffilf
The stage is set for the Caravan
of Gold which makes its bow to
Salem Saturday at noon just a?
the clock rtrikes 12.
As the caravan. travels over th :
main streets, several stores will be
paying it tribute via special "Trail
of 98" sales, being featured at
the Stiff Furniture Co., Alfred
BUlingsley Motor Co., Emmons,
haberdashers; Market Drug store.
Eoff Electric, Inc.; Smith and
Watkins, 'auto accessories; Imper
ial Furniture Co.; Central Shoe
store; the La Bette Shop; Car
son's Pharmacy; Army and Navy
store; E. W. Cooley's grocery!
Perry's Drug store and Square
Deal Hardware Co. and the Kaf-
aterla Shoe Btore.
Being a harbinger of good for
tune, the caravan, will attempt to
prove Itself worthy of Its reputa
tion. Upon Us arrival at the var
ious "Trail of '98" stores it will
greet the waiting crowds with gol
den coins and theatre passes.
These will be thrown from the car
avan and the popular game of
"catchers-keepers" will prevail. If
you are fortunate in catching any
of the coins or passes they become
your property.
The passes will be good for ad
mission to the sensational gold
rush Him. "The Trail of '98,"
which opens at the Elsinore the
atre today. Much local Interest
surrounds the engagement of this
picture, which stars Dolores Del
Rio, and It is expected that the
theatre passes will be particul
arly welcome.
Today's green section of the
Statesman makes detailed men
tion of the. caravan's arrival be
fore each store, and also Include?
the "Trail of '98" specials being
offered at the service stores.
HINDUS. MOSLEMS
CONTINUE RIOTING
FOB DIC CUP
r -
Gold Snap Continues Hold
On Salem and Its Vicinity
With Little Hope in Sight
After continuing since the first
of the' week, the cold anap that
has been 'affecting Salem and its
vicinity gave little evidence
Thursday night of relinquishing
Its Icy; grip. A prophecy made
Thursday: afternoon to the effect
that the mercury waa due for a
drop, was not taken seriously for
the simple reason that nobody be
lieved the temperature could turn
any colder at this time of the year.
The - : mercury ; registered , SI
above sero on , ordinary thermo
meters In i Salem shortly before
midnight 1 Thursday, indicating
iDlttee. when Governor Patterson
will be asked to appear, and ex
plain why the land Is needed.
At least two members' pf the
joint ways anI means committee
expressed themselves as opposed
to the bill introduced recently au
thorizing an appropriation of
$100,0,00 for the erection of a me
morial building at the park. This
appropriation would be made con
tingent upon a similar appropria
tion being authorized by the fed
eral government.
Proposed capital outlay appro
priations of $5750 at the state
training school for boys was elim
inated from the budget of that in
stitution. The appropriation allow
ed totals $147,786.
A motion to authorize a capital
outlay appropriation of $5000 for
the state tuberculosis hospital also
waa voted down. This money
would have been used for the erec
tion of a cottage for the institu
tion superintendent.
O. D. Shore presented a claim
of $15,000 to the committee for
Injuries sustained when an auto
mobile in which he V was riding
struck a cow belonging to one of
the state institutions. It was re
ferred to the claims committee.
A bill authorizing an appropria
tion of $50,000 for persons whose
property: was damaged by a flood
at BullyCreek in Malheur county
in 1925 also was sent to the
claims committee. A similar ap
propriation was authorized for the
flood sufferers by the ways and
means committee two years ago.
It was contended at that time that
a dam built under the direction of
the state was responsible for the
flood.
The committee reported out
favorably a bill authorizing an ap
propriation of $2000 "with which
to survey the boundary between
the states of Oregon and Wash
ington. This appropriation is con
tingent upon a similar appropria
tion being authorized by the
Washington legislature.
Clarence Bishop of Portland ap
peared before the eommlttee and
(Turn to Pae 2, Column 1.)
JULYLiClSTDlTE
BILL PASSES HOUSE
Concurring with the senate for
shifting the time for registration
of motor vehicle licenses from
January l to juiy l, tne nouso
Thursday passed senate bill 46 by
Bennett with five opposing votes.
The measure now awaits the sig
nature of the governor to make it
a law.
Provisions of the bill will not
become effective until June 30.
1930, when the fiscal year will
begin.
It te provided that during the
period between January 1, 1930.
and June 30. 1930. a six months
temporary license will be issued
upon payment of one half of the
annual license plates for the tem
porary period.
Winslow, chairman of the eom
mlttee on automobiles and roads,
explained the provisions of the bill
and its merits. He said that it
would serve to benefit a large
number who would be more fi
nancially able to obtain automo
bile licenses in July than in Jan
uary. Weatherspoon of Union, who
led the opposition, thoueht that it
would be of little relief to large
numbers of people in eastern Ore
gon. His motion to table the bill
was lost. Those who joined him in
voting against the measure were
Johnson of Union, Russell, Stew
art and Wilkes.
Bill To Permit
Normal School
Dorm Sent Back
The senate Thursday referred
back to the educational commit,
tee a bill Introduced by Senator
Eberhard and others authorizing
the board of state norrrial school
regents to enter into contracts and
issue bonds for the construction of
dormatorles.
Senator Eberhard explslsed
that the bill merely authorized
the normal school regents to con
tract for dormitories In the same
manner as Is now practiced by.tfie
regents of the Oregon state col
lege and University of Oregon. He
said the cost of construction would
be repaid out of student rentals.
that it probably -would drop to a
minimum of . about 20 before
morning. This is about the aver
age ' minimum ,: for the . week.
Thuraday morning's low mark be
ing, 17 on the government ther
mometer. - : .t:. '
Due to clear skies, the sun has
been melting , the v snow,, slowly
since It fell Monday of last week,
but much of th snowjc particu
larly fn shady spots, still remains.
PORTLAND, ' Ore;, Feb. 7.
(AP) Frigid weather "was re-
Turn to Pass Z. Column X.) .
AS TRIAL ENDS
Death Sentence Asked for
Murderer of Three Cali- j
fornia Youths
Defendant Shows Little
Emotion-When Verdict
Announced in Court .
COURT ROOM. Riverside. Calif.
Feb. 7.-. (AP) Gordon Stewart
Northcott heard a Jury consign
him to the gallows and smiled.
Found guilty of slaying 10-
year old Nelson and 12-year old
Lewis Winslow of Pomona, and
an unknown Mexican lad, the
youthful Canadian smiled at the
12 men and thanked them in a
ringing voice for "the thoughtful
attention you have given me." He
went back to his cell, chatting
with his guards, and was prepared
he said, for a "good night's sle?."
Deputy sheriffs had taken spe
cial precautions to guard against
an outbreak on the part of tk
prisoner. He smiled good-humor-edly
and "kidded" with them as
the jury filed back into the hex.
The guards sat J tense t as ; North- -cott
rose to his feet after the curt
clerk had read the verdict. The
Turn to Pago H, Column 1.)
SENATE MOVES TO
OFFSET BOi DILL
Resolution Calls for Halt On
Road Bond Sale and
New Road Work
The highway commission is in
structed to issue no more high
way bonds, requested to expend
no more money in the construc
tion of any new sections of the
Roosevelt highway,, but to spent
the funds available for highway
construction work on the comple
tion of roads of greater pubUe
importance in a senate resolutlea
introduced today.
This resolution la a move , to
offset the Norblad and Upton res-,
olutlons directing the pom mission
to sell $10,000,000 of road bonds,
and the Hail resolution request- ... .
ing sale of bonds up to the con
stitutional limit. In a way, it're- .
sembles the Carkin-Hazlett res
olution in the- house to stop bond
sales by the highway department
and by counties for road bonds.
Heretofore the Oregon roast
highway has been regarded as
many as somewhat sacrosanct, a
kind of fetish, and in the various
resolutions it has been treated
with .consideration above other-"
roads which have been added to
the state highway map since the
original map was made.
According to the. Corbett res
olution $6,849,537 had been tpeal
on the Roosevelt highway from
atate 'funds, and $4,704,849 from
county funds' on November 3t.
ASA v t
uuring me past lour years
32 per. cent of all state revenue '
available for new construction has
been expended on the construe
lion of the coast road. The esti
mated cost of completion, is $4,
275,000 and the construction mt
bridges on this highway will re
quire $4,800,000 more.
Completed sections of ths
Roosevelt highway In conjunction
with roads connecting , with that
Pacific highway adequately serve
the coast cities and communities '
and cars for all necessary traffls
to and from the districts affect
ed, states the resolution. The
completed sections are throur
sparsely settled districts where
through traffic la not a vital ne
cessity, j
Under the present financial
conditions it Is an unwise and un
sound financial policy -for ths
state to Issue more bonds, con
tinue the resolution and in view
of the unsettled condition of ke
motor license law. , the; annual
burden of road maintenance and
say Increased annual bond Inter
est and bond retirement may re
sult in an additional tax burden
on real property.
Portland Press
Members Join
Journalism Frat
EUGENE. Ore.. Feb. 7.API
The University of Oregon chap
ter of Sigma Deltl Chi, national
professional journalistic fratern
ity, today announced the electlsB .
to membership of Leslie J. Smith,
correspondent : of "the Associated
Press at Portland, and Bea Titus,
manager of the Portland bureau
of the United Press. ' ' .
Mr. Smith succeeded Edward F.
Kelson aa correspondent at Port
land, when .the .latter was trans
ferred in January to become news
editor of the Rocky Mountain b
nan with headquarters at. . Dn
ver, Colo. . Mr. 8mlth was f night
editor previous to that time, C
Mr. Titus has - bees Portland
manager:.: for , the . United - Press
slnee the transfer of Oeroge. Crls-'
sey to . Kansas City.' i-, It;? , '
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