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SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, November 26, 1929
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COOPERATION
WITH HOOIIER I
I PLEDGED HERE
Patterson Wires President
Summary of Plans for
Work in Oregon
Highway Maintenance Sla
ted to be Increased Two
and Half Million
All state, county and municipal
officials in Oregon will gladly co-,
operate with President Hoover in
his program for expansion of con
struction activities throughout
the United States,
This was the substance of a
telegram sent to. President Hoo
ver Jast night by Governor Pat
terson. The telegram was in re
ply to a message similar to that
received by 47 other governors in
the United States asking their
cooperation in the president's
prograjn.
Promotion of Public
Construction Promised
"Am in hearty accord with
your program for expansion of
construction activities to avert a
buiness depression and feel safe
In assuring you that all state,
county and municipal officers of
Oregon will cooperate in every
way within their power in the
promotion of public construction
activities; during the coming
year.'Vread Governor Patterson's
telegram.1 k
"We shall have approximately
. $2.5pO,000 more for highway
maintenance and construction in
1930 than in 1929 and the high
way program will be advanced
just as rapidly as possible. We
earnestly hope that a proportion
ate increase in federal aid will
help as In carrying out an en
larged road program.
Farm Situation Is
Hold Much Improved
"Agricultural conditions In
jnany lines of production are bet
ter than in recent years. One of
the greatest sources of unemploy
ment in Oregon is the market de
pression In the lumber business
which is a major industry. Tar
iff adequate to protect this in
dustry from foreign competition
would help to provide employ
ment for thousands of men.
"Data you have requested will
be assembled and forwarded as
coon as possible. Will hold my
self In readiness to cooperate in
detail with Secretary Lamont."
CL1EU RITES
PARIS, Nov. 26 (AP) For
mer Premier Georges Clemencean
today wag buried In bis beloved
vendee with the utmost simplicity,
but all France seemed determined
to make his memory Imperishable
and forever ranking among the
great figures of France.
At the very time when his cof
fin was being lowered into ' its
grave near Mouchamps beside
that of the - veteran statesman's
father, 101 guns of Armistice
day fame boomed out the tribute
of the French nation to the "Fa
ther of yictory."
- Of all the illustrious men of the
third republic none is deemed to
have served more to evoke the
grandeur of France than did the
former premier. Coming from
the region of France where royal
ists sought to weaken the revol
ution, Clemenceau was a foremost
champion of republican ideals and
has become a kind of symbol of
republican France.
2 Prisoners Are
Taken by Police
Police boqked two persons be
fore midnight last evening when
Alice Thomas, negress, was ar
rested for disorderly conduct on
SIMPLICITY
IRKS
f f State street. Her arrest was caus--
d by complaints registered with
the desk sergeant by men who
said they had been annoyed.
A bottle of canned heat caused
Albert Lahr, Salem, to become
hilarious and unsteady as he was
walking through the business sec
tion shortly before midnight The
man was arrested and locked tip
In the city Jail for the remainder
of the evening.
Public Utilities Growth
Causes Valuation Boost
.. Marlon county's assessed valu
ation Is 48.401.639.3. an In
crease of $61,868.71 over last
year's figure, It was learned Mon-
.. day when the figures for all coun
ties In the state were announced
- by the state tax commission.
The Increase Is accounted for
entirely by a growth in values of
public utilities In amounting to
1105.968.71, s the total assess
ments Usted by the county as
esor, $41,794,470, is less by $44.
100 than the comparable ftmm
'ytj. for last year. The public utilities
auv Be6oeu oj me siate tax com-
mission.
Marion county ranks fourth In
the state, with Multnomah first,
Desperate Crisis
Faced By Chinese
' Nation Is Report
1 2,000 Declared Slain by Soviet Forces in
Present Warfare; Manchurian Defenders
Dispersed and Roam Over Country
By The Associated Press
HARD pressed in Manchuria by Soviet armed forces from
both east and west, harrassed by civil war in its central
and southern provinces, China sought today to compose its
differences and with rebellious factions to present a united
front to the Russian invader.
Simultaneously with its
ported to have appealed to Russia to reopen diplomatic ne-
gwiauons ior settlement oiy
the Chinese Eastern railway
controversy in Manchuria
which caused the rich Manchurian
area to become once more the
scene of Sino-Rnsso .armed con
flict. The Soviet forces, after many
weeks of preparation, moved into
Manchuria from Siberia both on
the western and eastern frontiers,
their object, as stated in the past,
being to regain participation with
the Chinese of control and opera
tion of the Chinese Eastern rail
way, a short cut across Manchuria
from China on the Trans-Siberian
railroad to Vladivostok, Russia's
port on the Japan sea. Since
July, China had operated the
railroad without the aid of Rus
sian officials whom it expelled for
asserted propaganda against the
Chinese government.
Sweeping in from the north
western border, the Soviet forces
have advanced to the Kbingan
mountains, driving before them
Chinese soldiers and civilians in
semi-panic. In this area, the Chi
nese losses are reported as high
as 12,000 without a' real battle be
ing fought. Chinese bands of
soldiers, leaderless, foam over the
country, living upon it. A gen
eral of China's northwestern Man
churia army, his troops scattered,
arrived alone at Buchatu, 240
miles east of the western frontier.
IS
OOTID IK TALK
Values of the new parole system
Inaugurated at the state training
school for boys shortly, after Gov
ernor Patterson took office, may
be judged by the fact that 607
boys were out on parole the first
of this month, and that since the
first of the year, the percentage of,
paroled boys who have failed and
had to beeturned to the institu
tion has been reduced to 11, the
governor said in an address at
the Salem chamber of commerce
luncheon Monday noon.
The percentage of failures In
the first . ble-nniuni since the
change was 17, and prior to that
it had been 28, the governor said.
At present, there are only 95
boys in the institution at Wood
burn, as compared to 201 at the
two schools in January. 1927,
when the new parole plan ,was
instituted.
The- lower percentage of fail
ures is not due principally to the
system of paroles, but to the bet
ter supervision the paroled boys
are given, the governor added.
He expressed a hope that the
plan which he has advocated in
two messages to the legislature,
of converting the old boys' school
property Into a prison annex to
segregated parolable first offend
ers, will be put Into effect.
Mrs. Sturgin Is
Calle'd by Death
Mrs. Mary J. Sturgin, who has
resided for the last four and a
half years with her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Ben
nett at 2233 Fairgrounds road,
died Monday afternoon at the age
of 84 years. Besides Mrs. Ben
nett, she leaves the following
children: Mrs. J. H. Legge of
Portland; Mrs. Estella Maddock
of XfOs Angeles and James Reed
of LaCenter, Wash. Eight grand
children and three great grand
children also -survive.
The remains will be moved
from the Rigdon mortuary to
Portland for services and Inter
ment. Umatilla second and Lane third.
This county Is third In values as
sessed by the county assessor.
Property valuations in Oregon,
both, utilky arfd local, for the
year 1929, $1,124,988,691.82, or
$2,656,511.89 In excess of those
in 1928. according to the an
nouncement. The so-called local valuations'
which are fixed by the county as
sessors, subject to approval by the
state tax commission, total $944,
789.311.47 this year, or $1,800,
000 less than In 1928. Last year
the local property valuations ag
gregated $946,633,016.
State property valuations for
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(Concluded on Page 9. Column L).
military action. China was re
crowd ens it
THOIiPSiFUIl
Nearly 800 Make Way Into
Local Mortuary 'for
Final Rites
One of the largest crowds ever
to assemble in a local mortuary
to pay final tribute to a friend,
taxed the capacity of the Clough
Tayter chapel and overflowed to
the street Monday afternoon when
funeral services were held for
Ralph E. Thompson, city council
man who died suddenly F.riday.
It was estimated nearly 800 per
sons crowded Into the mortuary
and that many persons if not
more, witnessed the final service
conducted at the grave in Belcrest
Memorial park by Salem lodge No.
4, A. F. and A. M., of which
Thompson was a member. Many
at the grave did not attend the
chapel services.
Floral offerings were profuse
and elaborate, with many Individ
ual pieces sent from all parts of
the state and from his locali
friends.
The scores of floral pieces and
the many, many friends and asso
ciates who literally Jammed the
funeral parlors showed clearly
why Rev. F. C, Taylor and Rev. 8.
Darlow Johnson, who officiated
at the services, dwelled upon
Thompson's cheery ways, his ca
pacity to make countless friends
and to be a friend to many. A
Masonic quartet sang at the chapel
el.
The esteem in which he was
held by his brother lodgemen was
evident from the nearly perfect
attendance of the lodge members.
The American Legion auxiliary
has offered a prize of $5 to the
high school senior who makes the
highest average in American his
tory for the year. The offer was
made Monday afternoon by a com
mittee consisting of Mrs. O. H.
Sherman, Mrs. Harry Woodward
and Mrs. Christopher Butte, and
was accepted by J. C- Nelson, head
of the history department.
Mr. Nelson expressed himself
as heartily pleased with the award
offered by the auxiliary, which he
says will stimulate Interest in his
tory subjects. He was particul
arly pleased that it was offered for
the year's scholastic average, rath
er than for an essay or similar
piece of work. The winner will be
announced at the commencement
exercises. Inasmuch as he or she
most be a senior. Senior history
teachers, Mr. Nelson, Miss Mabel
P. Robertson and Miss Mary C
Eyre will pass. on the winner, to
be selected from the students with
an "A" average and probably aft
er a final test, given because the
different teachers may not grade
on the same identical" basis.
TO ATTEND FUNERAL
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (AP)
President Hoover will Join the
senate, house and supreme court
tomorrow In paying tribute to the
late Senator Frances E. Warren ot
Wyoming, who died yesterday af
ter a long life of public service.
For the second time within a
month, the chief executive and his
cabinet will go to the state cham
ber for a brief, simple state fun
eral arranged to honor the veter
an legislator, who In both age and
service was dean of the senate. .
The service will begin at 1
o'clock and it will be concluded la
time for the departure at 3:15
o'clock from Union station of" a
special train which will bear the
body westward to a last resting
place la Wyoming.
f CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov.
(AP) Governor Frank C. Em
erson today announced that,' be
cause of a vague point in Wyom
ing law he probably would make
an appointment "in due season
to fin the vacancy in the United
States senate caused by the death
Sunday of Senator F. EL Warren,
dean of that assembly..
PRIZE OFFERED FOR
BEST HISTORY PUPIL
PRESIDENT
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EXTENSION OF
FAIRGROUNDS
ROADS TALKED
Planning and Zoning jCom
mission Again Takes Up
Proposed Plan
Shorter and Straighter Way
T Into City for Traffic
" Being Sought
Plans for extending Fair
grounds Road to provide a more
direct route from the Pacific high
way to the business district, form
ulated in considerable detail by
the city planning and soning com
mission a year ago, are being re
vived Jy that body and may be
presented to the city council at
an early date for consideration in
connection with the proposal al
ready announced to make this
thoroughfare a through street.
The route which was finally
favored by the planning commis
sion out of three or four origin
ally studied, was to extend Fair
grounds road from Its present
terminus at Church and Hood, on
practically the same line to the
corner of Broadway and Belmont.
Division of Traffic
Stream Is Foreseen
Part of the traffic would then
turn south on Broadway, divid
ing between that street and the
cutoff to Liberty, while another
portion would go west on Bel
mont, which is now paved, mak
ing a broad turn to North Com
mercial on what is known as
"Vinegar curve" which under this
plan would be slightly straighten
ed and paved.
This terminus would be north
of the North Commercial street
bridge, so that construction of
the new bridge which la planned
there would be part of the pro
ject. The surveys made a year ago
indicated that this wonld be the
least costly route, the cost being
estimated at $14(7,000. Extending
Fairgrounds road direct to North
Commercial would involve an ex
pensive long fill or bridge.
Solution of Unemployment
Problem Is Considered
At the meeting of the planning
commission Monday night, It was
brought out that such a project,
it It could be carried out without
delay, would be a great help in
solving the local unemployment
problem this winter, a proposal in
line with President Hoover's re
cent appeal
Since the commission made Its
survey the traffic on Fairgrounds
Road has greatly Increased. At
present it turns west on Hood
and makes a right angle turn to
Broadway. At these sharp turns
and also at Hood and Fifth,
there have been numerous acci
dents, resulting in the recommen
dation which the police commit
tee of the council will make next
Monday night to make both Fair
grounds Road and Hood street
through streets.
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Rosebrangh Gets
Committee Berth
With City Council
Appointment of Alderman,
W. W. Rosebrangh to the
place on the Incinerator
committee of the city coun
cil tcated by the resigna
tion of Alderman L. J. Sim
oral, was announced Monday
by Mayor T. A. Livegley.
Other committee places for.
merly held by Mr. Simeral
have not yet been filled, the
mayor said.
No steps will be taken to
elect a successor to Alder
man Ralph Thompson, who
died last Friday, at the next
meeting of the council, it
was Indicated Monday, and
It is probable that out of re
spect to his memory, his
committee assignments will
also be left open until the
first meeting in December.
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VAL D UPON APPEAL
Opinion Handed Down by
Supreme Court of United
States Monday
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25
(AP) Four state laws were pro
nounced valid' today by the su
preme court as the justices don
ned robes again after a three
week recess.
The highest tribunal handed
down eleven opinions, added two
cases to those it will review, de
clined to consider 14, and refus
ed to reconsider Its former actions
in 16.
In addition to upholding the
validity of a Connecticut, an Ore
gon and two California statutes,
the court declined to reconsider a
refusal to review cases Involving
the Pennsylvania sedition law and
the Iowa prohibition law.
The California cases Involved
the motor vehicle fuel tax laws of
1923 and 1927 and the highway
tax on common carriers operat
ing between fixed terminals, or
over regular routes.
That from Connecticut attacked
the validity of a law regulating
the liability of motor vehicle own
ers for injury of guests being gra
tuitously transported.
The one from Oregon was di
rected at a statute Imposing a
heavy fine on fire insurance
agents for ill over one In the
smaller towns nd two In the
larger.
Lights Cut Off
For Brief Period
Residents in the eastern part
of Salem were in the dark during
short intervals over a period ot
about an hour Monday night,
when two transformers of the
Portland Electric Power com
pany's system burned out. Em
ployes In the trouble department
of the company were not Informed
as to the exact reason for the in
terruption of service.
DIE AIRPLANES
CARRYING 206
IN PLANNED
Largest Machines of Kind in
World to be Built by
American Firm
Each of 4 Ships Will Weigh
Seventy Two and Half
Tons, Report
NEW YORK, Nov. 25. (AP)
Plans tor the construction of
four monoplanes, so big that Fifth
Avenue could pass between their
"landing legs," were announced
today by the General Develop
ment Company of Connecticut
through its vice-president and
chief consultant. Dr. William
Whitney Christmas.
These titans of the air, the
largest in the world, with a wing
spread of 262 feet and a gross
weight of 72 H tons, will be cap
able of carrying 208 passengers
under department of commerce
regulations. They are scheduled to
be completed late next year at
an estimated coast of $2,000,000.
Reid. King & Co.. bankers and
brokers of Hartford, Conn., are
financial sponsors of the enterprise-
The plane, which will have a
speed range of 60 to 145 miles an
hour, will be powered by eight
1,000-horsepower engines, group
ed into two units of four each.
They are Intended for long dist
ance cross country passenger, mall
and freight transportation.
Each ship will be equipped with
lounge, dining salon, staterooms
and an observation deck. Passen
gers will be carried principally in
the steel wings, which will be nine
feet thick. The crew will consist
of 17 men.
E
Smoke Filled Room at Hotel
Creates Stir; Gas Main
Supports Blaze
A room filled with smoke caus
ed a fire scare at the Senator ho
tel late Monday night and the fire
department was summoned to de
termine the cause of the fumes.
A thorough search by firemen of
the entire second floor failed to
reveal any trace of a fire.
Two young men had just rent
ed a room at the hotel and when
opening the door a sharp smell
of smoke was noticed, it was re
ported to the tire department.
Earlier in the evening, shortly
after 9:80 o'clock, the firemen
were called to extinguish a blaze
emanating from a broken gas
main under the railroad at High
and Trade streets. It was not
known how this fire became
started but firemen said an uni
dentified man rushed Into the ci
ty hall to report the fire. The
man's face was said to be blister
ed and his hair singed. It was
thought that a cigarette may have
been dropped,causing an explo
sion and the resulting blaze. The
fire was extinguished by turning
oft the gas.
S
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. !5.
(AP) A youthful robber held up
a westbound union racuie pas
senger train. No. 17 three miles
east of here tonight, after six ears
had been derailed by bringing the
train to a halt. He escaped with
loot collected from the passen
gers.
Derailment of six cars was ac
complished bv rlmovinr sOlkes
from the rails. News of the rob
bery was brought here by the
engineer, who uncoupled his lo
comotive from the derailed cars
and piloted it Into Cheyenne.
The train came to a halt as the
result of the derailment, the hold
up, described as being of slight
build, about 22 years of age and
weighing about 125 pounds, hur
ried through the cars robbing the
passengers.
There were 60 passengers on
the train. Included in the first
group brought into Cheyenne
shortly before 11 o'clock tonight
from the scene of the wreck-robbery
were: Mrs. L. F. Larson, of
Portland, Ore., Clay M. Allen of
the forestry service, Portland,
Ore., Louis Dalk, of Salem, Ore,
FIRE UNDER CONTROL
REDWOOD CITY. Nov. 25.
(AP) The tour day battle
against brush fires in the Pilar
cltos watershed appeared won to
night by the Spring VaUey Water
company.
FTRE3 AGAIN THREATEN
GRANTS PASS, Ore., Nov. 25.
(AP) Just at a time when all
major outbreaks were believed un
der control, seven serious new
fires were reported In forests of
southern Oregon today.
CAUSES
GREAT X TUT
e 3
VICTIMS
$3 Royalty
f
Grand Duke Cyrlll, .self-styled
Czar of RniM.'a, now with his im
provised court at St. Briac,
France, who has Issued an Im
perial manifesto offering royal
decorations and membership In
the Order of St. Nicholas Thau
maturgis for the sum of three
dollars.' Royal certificates are
being distributed to Russians
throughout the Western hemis
phere, in an effort to raise funds
tot the re-cstablishnient of a Rus
sian monarchy.
Willamette-Whitman Grid
iron Contest to be Told
By Station KEX
Play-by-play radio broadcast of
the Willamette-Whitman football
game, in which the Northwest con
ference championship Is at stake,
will "be provided Thursday over
station KEX, Portland, through
arrangements made by the two
Portland Willamette dubs, it was
announced Monday night.
The exact time that the game
will start was not known by the
committee which arranged for the
broadcast, but the report will com
mence shortly before the game
gets under way. It will be inter
spersed with Information about
the Willamette team and players,
and between halves a short sketch
descriptive of the Ipcal universi
ty and characteristics, will be giv
en. The broadcaster at Portland will
be Bob MautzTioted University of
Oregon football player of several
seasons ago. The report ot the
game will reach the studio over a
special wire from the sidelines at
Walla Walla, where a sports writ
er and telegraph editor will be
stationed.
Arrangements may be made
by Whitman alumni to rebroad
cast the report from Spokane.
This will be, so far as is known,
the first radio broadcast of a
Northwest conference game.
The committee which made the
arrangements Includes Robert C.
Notson, chairman, retiring presi
dent of the younger group of
Portland alumni; Clarence C.
Phillips, incoming president; C. B
Harrison. president of the older
group; Joseph P. Sterns, Jr., Dr.
Carl Hollingsworth, and R. J. Har
ris. Station KEX operates on Kilo
cycle 1180, meter 25.1.
Open Bid Made
For Turkeys by
Salem Dealers
Salem produce dealers made their
first open bid for turkeys Monday,
when announcement was made of
the bujtng prices for the Thanks
giving season. Prices vary a cent
or two among dealers, with one
firm quoting 29 cents to the grow
er on No. 1 btrds, and another
buyer quoting a cent under this
figure. On No. 2 's the price wUl
hover around 20 and 21 cents.
A large number ot turkeys had
been sold prior to release ot the
market quotations, delivery to be
made at the "going" price.
The retail figure will be around
$5 cents on turkeys.
MID 1
Mail Contracts Used To
Increase Ship Activities
WASHINGTON, Nov. SI.
(AP) By a single action, the
federal government moved today
to fill American shipyards with
new construction and restore the
merchant marine to the position
it held Immediately alter the war
through the approval ot thirteen
new ocean mail routes.
Mail contracts to he let under
the recommendations ot . the in
terdepartmental board will call
for construction ot about 40 new
vessels, with a gross tonnage of
about 480,000 during the next ten
years at an estimated. cost ot $25,
000,000. Postmaster Brown said after
the conference with other mem
HEALTH Nl
PRESENTS ITS
r
Prominent National Figures
Present at Banquet in
City Last Night
Remarkable Record Declared
Made During Five Year
Period in County
The final report of the Marion
county child health demonstration
to cooperating city and county
agencies and to Marion county
health leaders, made by Dr. Es-
tella Ford Warner, director, at a
dinner meeting at the Marion last
night, met with unqualified en
thusiasm and response on the part
of the nearly 50 persons present
That the demonrf rr.tlon has dem
onstrated thoroughly the value of
a health program, and particu
Pill
larly one of child health educa
tion, was the sincere expression ef
county and city leaders, and Inci
dentally of state leaders as well.
In fact, Marion county's unique
health situation is better known
for its genuine worth outside the
county, several special guests in
sisted. Dr. J. W. WaUace of New
York and with the American Pub
lic Health association, said the re
port read by Dr. Warner was the
most satisfying report of a five
year health program he had ever
heard. This wast. Dr. Wallace's
first visit to Salem. Mrs. Glen
dora Blake!y, director of the bu
reau of public health nursing for
Oregon, asserted her group looked
upon the nursing activity of the
Marion county unit as setting a
precedent for the rest of the state.
Prominent State
Figures Present
Mrs. Saidie Orr Dunbar, state
health worker who has Just re
turned from President Hoover's
health conference, and Dr. Fred
erick D. Strieker, director of the
state boad of health, were both
present. Dr. Strieker asserted
the program here led others in
the state. Mrs. Dunbar said that
going at the old rate, it would
have taken Marlon county 15
years to achieve what the demon
stration has done in five years
and the prophesied that In the
next twoi or three years, the aver
age citizen was going to read
more, hear more and think more
health than ever before." She
found that the very things the
national health council was pro
posing to do, were being dene
right here in Marion county.
Brief Summary of
Achievements Given
As for Dr. Warner's report It
self, outstanding results of the .
five-year program may be sum
marized from it as follows:
Communicable diseases, and es
pecially smallpox and diphtheria,
have been materially reduced
through a general education la
immunization, with 7, lit chil
dren immunized against diph
theria, from which there has not
been a single death in nearly two " .
and a half years. Prior to ad
vent of the demonstration . in
1925, diphtheria deaths were un
reasonably frequent, with 17 and
19 a year. A nice decline In
smallpox cases has resulted. Al
though work of the demonstra
tion has probably prevented ser
ious typhoid outbreaks, the job of
handling control of this disease Is
not completed and must be car
ried on by the county unit. Tu
berculosis cases, too, show a
healthy drop.
MatemaiDeaUis
Are Eliminated
Maternal welfare and prenatal
nursing care showed no maternal
deaths, but 6.2 still births and
16.7 infant deaths under one
month in the five years in cases
under demonstration supervision.
On the basis of such cases -not
watched by the-dembntratlon, the
health program- actually saved two
mothers' lives, IS or 14 babies
from still births, and the lives of
six or seven infanta under one
month old.
Deaths of children under 15
years of age showed a landslide
downward in the' five-year period,
with the 93 deaths in 1925 re
duced to 55 in 1928 and still com.
ing down. In spite ot these fig
ures, many persons have not yet
been made to realize that health
education does pay, Dr. Warner
said.
(Concluded on Pas 2, Column S.)
bers of the Interdepartmental
board that the shipping board
would bo asked probably tomor
row to begin working out certain
technical details as to the type
and speed of ships needed under
the contracts, and that as soon
as this information is received the
bids would be called for.
Twenty five contracts already
have been awarded and are cost-
ing the government approximate- ,
ly $5,000,000 annually for mail
transportation under " poundage
rates. The new contracts are ex
pected to double this expenditure -and
bring the outlay to within
$3,000,000 ' of the sum appro- -priated
by congress for the pur
pose. - - a. - -V