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CIRCULATION . Daft? tnnti 4istxibatie far tk tfc sadiag Hovsmbsr 10, lias , 6,830" - ATerc titty act pti 6.109 ' - . XmW - AmdttBTeM at Circa )ati a. WEATHER f. ... Generally cloudy today, becoming usrttled Wednes 'day. Max. temperature Mob day 50; , Mia. 2; Clear; Wind southeast. ! JOUNrCP 1651 SEVENTY-NINTH TEAR Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, December 3, 1929 No. 218 oftrS POLE Sb'flFFED Norwegian Antarctic Explor er Questions Accuracy -In Many Details Reported Mountains Do Not Exist Declares Major Tryggve Gran LONDON, Dec. 3. (Tuesday) ;-(lP) The Mail today says that the accuracy of the report of Commander Richard E. Byrd. re garding his south polar flight ha been cTialleng ed Yy Major Tryggve Gran, Norwegian airman and ex plorer wno was a member or tne Scott Antarctic expedition. A dispatch from Copenhagen cites a state Major Gran made to the newspaper Ekstrabladet In which he said, "I am not justified In saying Commander l'-yrd did not pass oyer the pole but the whole expedition appears to be a speculation in sensations,' He stated that the report of the American aviator did not Inspire confidence and in particular doubted the statement that Byrdj saw ee ' cairns of Scott and Amundsen. Story of Sighting Cairns Questioned " Gran said: "In my opinion it would be nothing short of a mlr- Jcle it the 'cairns were so well reserved that they were risible from the air against, the white snow-plain." The terrible mountains which Comander .Byrd describes are ac cording to Gran, a "fanntasy." He said his own experience and that of Amundsen, discoverer of the South Pole, as revealed in discus sion with himself about the char acter of the landscape show that there are no mountains. "When v,-e returned from Scott's expedition we agreed the trip might be made with a motor cycle, the land being on the whole a plain except for crevasses and ravines." Major Gran Is abont 40 years old. As a lieutenant1 In the Nor- wegian army in 114 ha Hew from England to ""Norway and accom plished the first air crossing of the North Sea. Captain Scott took him to the Antarctic as a ski ex pert. In 1919 he was navigator of an air expedition which was to attempt an Atlantic crossing fcom di, vaii, iu iiurape, uui which was abandoned after the narrow escape of Harry Hawker In the same attempt. In 1922 he was reported to be planning a flight across the North Pole from Spitsbergen!. At. that time Raoul Amundsen was in Al aska planning a similar flight in the opposite direction but neither of the actually made the attempt. mi ORDERED Appropriation of $71,000 for the Improvement and maintenance of the Willamette river above Portland, and the Tamhill river, is recommended tn the budget of estimates submitted to congress Monday by the chief of army en gineers. The general budget of which this Is a part totals up to $55, 000,000, of which $1,217,500 Is recommended to be spent In main tenance work on the Oregon coast, and $118,400 for improvement in the same area. Local men who are conversant with the past history of mainten ance work on the Willamette, said Monday that the $71,000 appro priation would permit of about the . same maintenance as this year, bnt no permanent improve ments. Captain Irwin is Back From Camp Captain Cliffbn M. Irwin of the local Coast Artillery headquarters battery, returned to Salem Mon day after spending 14 weeks at ' an officers' training camp at Fort Monroe, Ya. . He made the round trip by automobile, driving about 30,009 miles in all since leaving Ealem. IB II W. U. Students Celebrate 4 . " ' . . . . - Winning Northwest Title The Willamette university cha pel program -Monday took the form of a celebration of last Thursday's victory over Whitman college and the winning of the Northwest conference ' football championship tor the first time. Either of these . achievements wenhliiave been cause for a stu dent outburst of enthusiasm, but wjth two events united, campus joy- was unbounded. There are times when words are (inadequate," began President xwney. ana alter a few" remarks announced that the school would -a - ei enjoy a holiday lor the afternoon. The. announcement of a death ts always a serious matter," he said, but I must announcelo. you the death of old man Jonah. He died Uh ited Latmches-MoveJ Op inion Fire Attract Big Crowd at Capitol Office Structure An overheated tar kettle caused a lire which drew out three fire trucks aad a crowd of people at the new State office building 8nnday just after Boon. A small crew of nn were at work laying the roof over the concrete deck. The oil burn er at the kettle made the tar too hot and set It afire, aad the blazing tat boiled over on the roof. Immerse bil lows of buck smoke relied skyward. The ladder truck was parked la the driveway be tween the new bunding and the office building and the extension thrown against the top of the wall. Fire men went up with band ex tinguishers -.and put out the fire. The building was not in danger at any time as It is. of concrete and the fire was on the top. THREE SID' Portland and Scio Autos Are In Severe Accident on Silverton Road Because both stop signs were lying in the ditch at the intersec tion of the Brooks road with the Salem-Silverton highway, two automobiles were wrecked and three persons suffered serious in juries as a result of a collision Monday afternoon, between a ma chine driven by P. W. Schrunk. Scio druggist, and Mrs. H. C. Pat ten, of Portland, route 8. According to a report of the ae eldent tiled at' the sheriffs office here yesterday, the car driven by Schrunk was traveling at about 35 miles an hour toward Salem when it struck the machine driven by the Portland woman which had tailed to stop at an entering! side road. Both cars were badly wreck ed and the Schrunk machine was overturned. Mrs. Schrunk, riding In the back seat with "her 9 months old daughter, received a broken shoul der bone and severe body injuries. The baby girl, Marilyn, suffered head injuries and partial paralys is, . the extent of which has not yet been' determined. Joan, 2 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Cooper, of Silverton, was riding with her par ents in the Schrunk car and re ceived such severe cuts about the face that 22 stitches were neces sary to close the wounds. In the ear driven by Mrs. Pat ten, Russell Barry, seven years old, received a fractured skull and other injuries. Both drivers escaped with minor Injuries, such as bruises. It was pointed out In the acci dent report that fog and the ab sence of the stop signs were the causes of the wreck. Cinders Growing Smaller in Size Councilmen Hear Salem's cinders may.be as nu merous as ever, bnt they're small er. City Recorder Mark Poulsen Informed Alderman Hal Patton when the latter brought up the question at Monday night's coun cil meeting as to what Is being done about the cinder nuisance. City Attorney Fred Williams, to whom the latter was last referred, said the Oreroa Pnln and Paner company was still experimenting along the lines recommended by Prof. R. B. Boales, expert who made a cinder survey for the city some time, ago, and had reported some success.,. Alderman W. H. Daney de clared that every sawdust burner In the cltyi Is contributing to the cinder nuisance, and asked that this phase of the. matter be in vestigated by tne committee. last Thursday and had outlived his period of usefulness. We hope be lert no children, and we wlU.be sausnea It there is no resurrec tion tor him," -"i;-. For the remainder of the ehanel hour William Mumford, president of the stndeat body, was master of ceremonies. He jntrduced Gar nie Cranor and Curtis French, two men who played their last foot- ban game for Willamette at Walla Walla last week. These men both spoke of their pleasure In playing under direction of Coach Keene, and thanked the student body for the support given the team this year. . When asked for his impressions INJURED N WRECK (Concluded en rase a, OsH 1.1 States Secretary Aga mst Moral Persuasion to Be Used by Signatories of Kellogg Peace Treaty; Conflict Between Russians and Chinese Is Deplored WASHINGTON, Dqp. 2. (AP) A mobilization of world public opinion to halt the hostilities in Manchuria be tween China and the Soviet has been initiated by the United States. In the most comprehensive move for peace that has ever been made in the history of American, and probably world diplomacy, Secretary Stimson has appealed to 53 nations, signatories of tne general pact for the renunciation of war, to urge upon China and the Soviet a cessation of hostilities.. Simultaneously; the United States has addressed to the 'Nan king and Moscow governments its second plea for peace since the troubles between the two countries began last summer wheft the Chinese took over con trol of the Chinese Eastern rail way. Throughout the world discus sions were held today between American diplomatic representa tives and foreign ministers, in conformity with the secretary's instructions that the view of the American government that war must be averted should be laid before all foreign powers. In these discussions cooperation was asked in a world move for peace In the far east. Immediate Support Given American Proposition The resDonse to the stens for peace under the leadership of then United States was prompt, sev eral nations immediately indicat ing their readiness to initiate anti-war moves similar to that of America. The American message to Mos cow was communicated through (Concluded on Pagre 2, .Column a.) Warmer Weather Promised In Wear Future by Gov ernment Bureau CHICAGO. Dec. I. (AP) A new sero wave today spread over the Mississippi valley, already glased with ice and" choked with snow, but in its wake came a promise of rising temperatures. Temperatures generally were higher than Sunday's sub-sero readings, but were still consider ably below normal. The coldest spot in the area was Devil's Lake. N. D., with a reading of 14 be low, but the plains of western Canada, North Dakota, and Wyoming were nearly -as cold. Snow covered most of the dis trict between the Rocky moun tains -and the -Appalachians. In many places roads were blocked and rail service delayed, ten inch es of enow fell In Galesbnrg, 111., air mall and train schedules out of here, however, were little hampered, except eastward. East- bound planes were kept to the ground. i The latest wave developed In western Canada and was swept by stiff northeast wind j over a wide area. The. eastern and central portions of the upper Great Lakes region were to get a brunt or the cold but tomorrow morning, gov ernment forecasts said, would see rising temperatures to the west ward, In the northern great plains area. ,s The captain and four members of the crew of the steamer Kiowa, which sank in Lake Superior, lost their lives. One man was burned to death here while ' getting warm at salamander. Police stations and charitable agencies were swamped with urgent pleas for coal, food and warm clothing. .Crowds of homeless filled police stations to capacity seeking shelter.,-..-. . WASHINGTON, Dec S. (AP) Orders for a series of five mi nor Joint army and navy maneu vers In Panama, the Philippines, Hawaii, and on the harbor defens es of Long Island sound and San Francisco, have been Issued at the navy and, war departments. : The first manuerera will be In Panama front February z 5 until March 10.-with the battle fleet participating. The manuever on Long Island. Is which the scout tag fleet will participate, will be held In May, and those . In San Francisco In which the battle fleet will take part la July. V :'" HOCKEY GAME TIED " --VANCOUVER, B. Cw Dee, 1. (AP) The Seattle Eskimos un beaten ; in - four . previous Pacific eoast hockey league games, were battled to a standstill here tonight by the Vancouver Lions.The game ending la a 1 to 1 tie after over MISSISSIPPI AREA HIT BY COLD WAVE STJSEMHeS time, - - Warfare BO was FLVISJLL REIDT Four British Delegates Are Picked for Coming Dis armament Meet LONDON, Dec. 2. (AP) Prime Minister MacDonald today announced the plans .and scope of the five power naval conference which will open on January 21 in the royal gallery of. the bouse of lords and will then hold its subse quent sessions at St James' pal ace on the invitation of King George. The four chief British delegates will be Mr. MacDonald himself; Arthur Henderson, the foreign secretary; A. V. Alexander, first iora oi me aamiraity ana weag Wood Benn, secretary of state for India. All of the units of the empire have been Invited to send dele gates but the names of these have not yet been made public. The high commissionaire' sta tioned In London probably will represent some of the dominions. Questioned regarding the con ference program, the premier re-, plied: "There will be only one subject on the Agenda, namely, bow best the five powers represented at the conference can agree upon reduc tion and limitation of war vessels on the basis of mutually accepted strengths. UK TAXES ISSUE The county court of" Yamblli county is taking the same stand against effecting a compromise with the state banks which have not yet paid their taxes as the Marlon county court, It was re vealed here Monday, when F. B. Sackett, county judge, and W. S. Allan and Prank D. Sawyer, com mlsioners of Tamhill county, call ed at the court house to confer with the Marlon county officials. It was pointed out by the Yam- bill delegation that a compromise offer was made by the Tamhill banks recently when the banks de clared they wonld pay approxi mately 47 per cent of the delin quent taxes, this offer was de clined by the Tamhill court, it was said. No compromise with the state banks had been made in this county, the . Yamhill delegation was told. .8T. JOHNS, N. F., Dec X. (AP) A wild sea and a blinding blizzard held tonight the fate of two score Newfoudland fishermen and sailors and the crews of three disabled Norwegian freighters. The storm threatened also the lives of rescuers in pilot boats. tugs and steamers. ' The captain and four man crew of the George Kay, rescued by the steamer Holfpleln told of the odds they fought against, which were probably typical of the experience of a dozen other schooners. Bound for Greenspond from St. Johns with a cargo of provisions and fuel, the Kay ran into a southwest gale with snow. 'Later the wind shifted to the northwest,- carry ing away the mainsail and main room.. The sea swept the decks clean of kegs of gasoline and ker osene, left it covered with ice, and then tore oft the rudder. McGilchrist is Put on Planning And Zoning Body William 1 McGilchrist, Jr., was appointed a member of the dty planning and toning commission Monday night by " Mayor T. A. Livesley. Mr. - MeGilchriat suc ceeds Karl G. Becke, whose term expires this month. .The mayor reappointed "on the commission Alderman, W. W. Roeehraugh, whose term also expired. ELSEWHERE STORM THREATuiS H T SEA mm Consideration of Proposal To be Begun Thursday Of This Week Hawley Sponsors Measure To Slice $1604300,000. Frpm Annual Tax . By FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON. Dec 2. (APJ Confronted with a $110,000, 000 income tax reduction resolu tion in the early minutes, the first regular session of the seventy first congress quickly dispensed with the formalities of opening today te make ready for the heavy assortment of legislation facing It. The booming voice of Chairman Hawley, of the house ways and means committee, gave notice shortly after the gavel -fell that the tax reduction resolution was on Its way. He obtained unani mous consent for Its consideration on .Thursday. Otherwise the tariff-worn sen ate and the restless house con fined their first day's activities to hand clasping and the routine of convening. Tonight conferences were under way looking to an ar rangement of the program which promises to carry well Into next summer. Nearly All Members of Both Houses Present Sliding over treacherous Ice covered pavements, 64 senators reassembled after their week's rest from the extra session, while 192 members of the house an swered the opening roll call. Vice President Curtis and Speaker Longworth were attired In formal morning dress as they rapped for order at noon in the senate and house, respectively. Mrs. Dolly Gann, sister of the vice president, looked down from the senate, gallery while Mrs. Alice Longwprth, wife of the speaker, raised a lorgnette to scan the opening exercises In the house. The- sister of Mrs. Herbert Hoo ver, Mrs.' Jean Large, and two women companions, sat In Presi dent Hoover's row in the senate gallery. Adjournment Proves Easiest Accomplishment of Day . It took the senate lust nine minutes to conclude its session while the house met for an hour. Both branches adjourned as a mark of respect for the late Sen ator Warren, of Wyoming. The house applauded vigorous ly as Representative Moore, of Virginia, offered a resolution di recting the speaker to convey Us congratulations to Commander Richard E. Byrd on his successful flight over the south pole. It was adopted without debate in recess since last June waiting for the senate to paBS the tariff bill, the house membership laughed as a. clerk from the sen ate Interrupted today's meeting to announce the adoption by the sen ate of a resolution declaring It was in session and "ready for business." TRIES IT JOB NEW TORK, Dec. 2. (AP) John D. Rockefeller, Sd, who is 23, took his initial plunge today lnte one of the duties that go with acquiring and giving away mil lions. - In his father's office in the Standard Qfl company's headquar ters, the grandson Of its founder met reporters to talk of his phut to begin work in the company's offices next week. The reporters were Introduced by John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. to "my son John" and then the Ques tioning began. What was the salary of the son -of one of America's richest men going to be? "Just what any other young man would get In his place, said John D.. Jr. "We don't know yet. but if you're thinking of five or ten thousand that's way too high.- Senior Debate :: Team Defeats Sophomore Duo , The . senior affirmative team, com nosed of Frank and Helen Child, gave the senior class a S to start In the inter-class de bating series at the high school when they matched words and ar guments with the sophomore neg ative pair during the home room period Monday noon. Esther Black aad Lewis Nelson were the soph omore debaters.. :- -.The Junior affirmative team, El eanor Berth and Ward Horn, will meet the senior negative, Ger trude Wlnslow and Doris Ross, to day. One debate wnl be held each day this week except , Thursday, when the - Snlkpoh one-act play I "The Wonder Hat" will be given I at the regular weekly assemDiy, 1 ROCKEFELLER "IIS. Dry" r A Miss Mary B. Ervin, field secre tary of 4he National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, says that the United States is more dry today than ever before. She has just completed a national tour and reports increased interest in pro hibition. ' IT'S DIFFERENT ONE Can's Replace Stumps; Wage Lacking but Super vision is Very Exact Pat Devlne had been out of werk for several" days. Finally he fonnd a job. Pat was to start to work on a farm just outside of Salem and his task con sisted solely of blowing stumps out of the ground to clear a tract of landv There had probably been sev eral days that Pat had worried about the future but that seemed cheery when he found the Job with the stumps So a celebration was In order. Pat came into possession of an intoxicating beverage of some sort, at least of sufficient strength to cause him to become slightly off balance." - His eendltlon Sunday night caused police to arrest him on a drunkenness charge and he was sent to the city Jail for the night. Instead of blowing stumps out of the ground for a man's wage. Pat must work five days burning cans, at the city Incinerator. "You never can tell what the day will bring," was Pat's only comment as he Journeyed to the incinerator yards in the company of a policeman Monday. TAR AND FEATHER PENTICTON, B. C, Dec. t. (AP) Dr. V. E. Latimer, C5 year old physician, who was kidnaped and tarred and feathered and left some distance out of town with only his overcoat for covering, a week ago, testified at the hearing today of Charles Oliver, accused of being one of his three assail ants, that Oliver bad threatened his life last August and had given him a week to leave town. He said Oliver, who is a son of former Premier John Oliver, was at the wheel of the car in which he was abducted. Charles Oliver had tried to have police force Latimer to leave town because of "trouble between Dr. Latimer and Oliver's wife,"" Police Chief JL. Davies said on the stand today." Constable Frank Allercott tes tified he had fired a shot at a car resembling Oliver's speeding out of town the night Dr. Latimer was kidnaped and Warren Rola, a ga rage proprietor, said that the day after the episode there was a bul let hole in Oliver's cat. The prosecution concluded Its case today. . Plans of Salem Departments to Be Coordinated Plans for coordinating the work of the street Improvement com mittee and the sewer committee. so that new laid pavement will not have to-be taken up te install sewers, will be worked out by hte city council In the near fu ture. It was Indicated at Monday night's- meeting. , The proposal was made by Al derm an Vandevort, chairman of the sewer committee,. and agreed to by Alderman Daney, chairman of the street improvement com mute, who went him one better, and . suggested the plan now in vogue in Salt Lake City, . where any Improvement. of a street In cludes sewer, paving and all other installations at one time. . IS CREW SATED SATJLT STB MARIE, Mich.; Dec I. (AP) -Survivors of the crew of 2S of the freighter Kiowa, which sank 'Saturday night near Grand Marais, with five lost, ar rived here tonight, and were met by O. W. Biodgett, ownes of the T H BUT EPISODE IS PROBED Teasel,.- . EFFORT MADE TO CUT RATES Electricity Prices Are Held . Too High by Portland City Expert a P. E. P. Firm Demands Right f To Boost Streetcar Fare 2 Cents PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec I. (AP) Efforts of this city to ob tain a reduction ot residential lighting rates and to prevent the Portland Electric Power company from Increasing-its streeWcar traf fic from 8 to 10 cents today cen tered in the testimony of Ken- fneth Harlan and James W. Carey J city rate experts, as the hearing called by the public service com mission and adjourned recently so that the commission could at tend the railroad hearing at San Francisco was resumed here. The city, thraugh Harlan and Carey, demanded that the valua tion of the utility's property for ratemaklng purposes be reduced 113345,179.76. The power com-j pany, speaking through Us rate expert,' E. W. tMoreland, coun tered with a request that It be allowed to earn on a valuation of $71,086,518.0. Estimate Slightly Higher Than Previous One In exhibits Introduced- at the earlier sessions the Public Service commission appraised' the util ity's property for rale making pur poses at slightly more than $69, 000.000. Carey, on the stand today, at tacked the power company's right to hear on certain non-utility pro perties bnt did not insist that they be stricken from the utility's as sets. The power company Intro duced 21 exhibits in which is cov ered virtually every phase of Its business and particularly those dealing with residential lighting and street car fares. The Public Service commission notified the city that it proposes to abolish the distribution of free street car tickets to policemen, Oremen 'affd "the like and that It also proposed to take the cost of paving between street car tracks, bridge tolls and franchise taxes out of the power company's hands and place them upon property tax payers. The hearing will be resumed to morrow. C-J E If anymore traffic accidents occur at Hood and Fifth or at the five way corner where Hood, Church and Fairgrounds road In tersect, in the next two weekr, the Capital Journal will have Alder man David O'Hara, a member of Its own party in the city council. to blame Instead vt the police committee. Apparently stung by the after noon newspaper's attacks charg ing it with dilatory tactics, the police committee attempted to pass the ordinance making Fair grounds Road and Hood street through streets ' Monday night under suspension of the rules, but this was blocked by Mr. O'Hara, who wanted time to ascertain the sentimept of residents in his ward. The merits of "through" streets and "slow" signs were argued sub sequently and it was suggested that the ordinance be referred to the planning commission, but in the end it was left on the table. Sidewalks Not To Be Ordered During Winter No more concrete sidewalk con struction should be attempted this year. It was decided at the dty council meeting Monday nrgnt. The council Instructed the city re corder not to advertise for bids on any more construction, and ruled that persons who have been ordered to construct sidewalks, will not be expected to put them in nntll danger of freezing Is past next spring. LIGHTING COHORT LACKS PROPER ATTITUD Moisture Most Welcome Farm Aid, That rain will do more tor farm relief than Hoover or Congress Is generally, conceded by local farm ers; Just when , this relief will come however Is as much a mat ter of speculation as Is the arrival of farm relief legislation. As one farmer remarked, "Jape has In vested in a South American gold mine and does not. Intend to re turn to Oregon-"rv ; V The situation is taxing the in genuity of. all farmers and many are the methods of relief em ployed, . . ' -,. Creeks that have always been busy streams are; now only dry beds of rock with seldom even a small pool 'of ' stagnant water. Wells and springs that have nev- er failed before are dry. (City Dads Institute Committees Put Upon Democratic Basis By. Council Sinking Fund Pledged; Support for Mayor to Continue WHAT THE COUNCIL DID Elected Aldermen Yande rort, Kowits and Johnson on new committee en com mittees. Elected Dr. O. A. Olson alderman to succeed Harry M. Hawkins, resigned. Elected Dr. Carl K. Miller alderman to succeed Ralph E. Thompson, deceased. Adopted the 1930 budget. Pledged Itself to create in the 1931 budget a sin kins; fnnd to retire the inciner ator and airport bonds. Decrying the factionalism aad bitterness which has arisen in the blame therefor to the persons city council and attaching the who have been advising Mayor T. A. Livesley in his course of action, the "Independents" of the city council pledged themselves to sup port the mayor in his progressive policies, as they have done in the past, in a statement given out at Monday night's meeting prior te the election of the newly created committee on committees. Members of that committee, elected unanimously, are Alder men Henry Vandevort, Chris Ke with and Paul Johnson. . The statement ot the Indepen dents' position was made by Al derman W. W. Rosebraugh, who declared that the new method et assigning committees was adopt ed only to correct an aggravated abuse of delegated power on the part of the mayor. With committees assigned in a more democratic manner, Mr. Rosebraugh expressed the hope that the council may In future come nearer to filling the letter and purpose of its existence, that of representing the best interests of the people. Flagrant Misuse of Power Laid to C-J Group The domination of the mayors group in important committee has been such that the Indepen dents have been unable to find out, when Important matters were brought before the council. Just what they were voting tor; and if they Insisted on knowing, they were vilified by the. mayor and his newspaper as "obstruction ists" and "mossbacks Mr. Rose braugh declared. Hia statement did not mention the Capital Jour nal by name. The statement mentioned that it had been the purpose -ot the In dependents to offer the mayor the (Concluded on Paaa 2, Column S.) IV COfKT TO BE CALLED TODAY PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 2. (AP) H. D. Farmer, engineer ef -the United States bureau of pub lic roads with offices in. this city, announced tonight that bids - wilt be called tomorrow, tor the con struction' of 7.7 miles ot road In volving encroachment - on the Southern Pacific railroad right of way on the Sluslaw highway. Work win be started as soon as the contract is awarded, which probably will be in the near fu ture. Farmer said. Farmer declared there is tl0v 000 et federal, state and county funds available for the work, The work. Farmer said, will he extremely heavy because of the fact that the railroad right of way must be moved. Moving of the railroad, 'he 'declared, will involve cutting away cliffs and building fills. The construction will be te extremely rugged country. Growers State In the spring Talley district the farmers are meeting the situation by cleaning out and using springs that haver heretofore been Ig nored. This Is made necessary by the need of water for the stock. I Not every community has the wealth of springs that Spring Val ley has however. Injhese other places the use of wafer ha been cut to absolute necessities in or der to conserve the- needed supply Mrs. Joseph Stephens of the Ha zel Green 1 district has lived in Oregon since IMS and says that she never saw so 'dry an autumn. .This seems to be the general ver- (Coeehtdsd en Fag s. Oatama U . Reforms