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WEATHER
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ate temperature. Max. tem
perature Wednesday 66;
MJa. 85; River 1.7; Wind
soothfast.
FOUrDEO 1851
EIGHTIETH TEAR
Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning:, April 3, 1930
No. 6
i
flHH
OF DAIRYMEN
FORMED HERE
Large Crowd Gathers From
AH Parts of This County
Last Night
Committees Appointed With
View to Carrying On
Activities
One of the most representative
groups ever gathered In Salem
taxed the .capacity ot the chamber
ot commerce rooms on Wednes
day evening when dairymen from
all parts of Marion county gath
ered to consider means of advanc
ing the dairy industry. .
' J. N. Chambers, president of the
Ealem chamber of commerce call
ed the meeting to order and call
ed upon E. B. Grabenhorst, chair
man ot the agricultural committee
of the chamber to preside. Mr.
Grabenhorst introduced Professor
William Teusch of Oregon State
College who oatUned the plan In
use by dairy associations in Ore
gon to further the dairy industry
and particularly to increase the
use of dairy products.
County Ranks Fourth m ,
In Dairying Produce S
Professor Teuschnohrfed out
that Marlon cwmty u fourth in
Oregon in production of dairy
products and that since the indus
try Is so Important to the county
every effort should be made - to
stabilize the industry.
Professor B. M. Brandt, also of
O. S. C. who is state chairman of
the Dairy Products association of
Oregon was introduced and dis
cussed the dairy market situation.
He pointed out that the surplus
in 1929 was brought about not by
over production but by undercon
sumption. In view of this he urged
an active educational campaign
to Increase the use of dairy pro
ducts. Representatives of the Industry
from various sections of the coun
ty who spoke in favor of the cam
paign were: Sidney Miller of
Woodburn; Ed Overlund of Mt.
Angel, Will Jones of Macleay, G.
Voget of Hubbard. Fred Decke
bach of Salem and Eugene Court
ney of Woodburn.
Committees Appointed
After Motion Tassed
A motion to effect an organisa
tion was passed with enthusiasm
and the following committees ap
pointed: '
Creamery and milk distributors
advertising F. G. Deckebach, Al
ton D. Hurley and Carl H. Ostrin
of Salem, Ed Overlund of Mt. An
gel and G. Vogue t of Hubbard.
Community dairy advertising
E. A. Brown, Ralph H. Kletzing,
Henry R. Crawford, F. A. Doer
fler and Robert E. Shinn of Sa
i lem; H. T. Allen, E. B.Kottek
(Turn to page t, col. l)
11 1 DROWNED
i IS FERRY CAPSIZES
TOKYO. April 2 (AP)-
Peaths exceeding 100 were be
lieved to have occurred today in
the capsizing of the overloaded
ferryboat Wakato Maru off the
Island of Kysuhu, southern Jap
an. Forty-eight bodies bad been
recovered a few hours later, and
the search was continued.
Soon after leaving the coal ex
porting port of Wakamatsu for
the town ot Tobata, the ferryboat
was lashed by a gale that swept
waves aboard. She was carrying
at least 200 passengers, twice her
normal capacity. These rushed to
one side t the laboring, ferryboat
to avoid drenching. Their weight
caused the little boat to turn over
With the exception of two Ser
bian girl dancers who are miss
ing, all the dead are believed to
be Japanese.
Summoned to the rescue by
signals of distress, numerous craft
rushed to the scene and picked up
many survivors. The plunge of the
Wakato Maru was so sudden,
however, that scores were carried
down with the vessel and others
had no chance in the rough sea.
other shipping disasters were
feared as coasts of the four main
islands of Japan were tripped by
storms.
Older Girls'
Will Open
Five hundred Oregon girls are
expected to arrive in Salem Fri
day for the opening o fthe three
day for the opening of the three
ferenee to be held over the week
end att the First Presbyterian
church. A number ot outstanding
youth leader and speakers will
help -lead the several hTrndred' de
legates In Christian thinking. The
program arranged follows:
Registration will occupy Friday
afternoon until 5 o'clock, when all
adul leaders will meet with the
director, Mrs. Jean M. Johnson of
Portland, and a meeUng of aU
girls, who have attended three or
more. year. An Informal "get ac
quainted" wjll be held In the
church auditorium at 7:15 o'clock
and a halt hour later will com
the formal opening of conference,
with an address by Daphne Hnghes
of Roseburg, president, and wel
come address by Governor Ai W.
Norblad. Dr. Walter L. Van Nuys.
president Oregon Council of Carls-
Cosgrave Again
Ireland's Chief
r
WilHam T. Coegrave was reelect'
ed yesterday to head the Irish
Free State eoueil, after Ea
mon de Valera, now a visitor
in the United States, and
Thomas J. O'Connell were de
feated. Oosgrave's majority
was SO to 8S.
REIMHARTS FRIEfffl
I
Loren Mendel!, Endurance
Flyer, Charged With
Smuggling Japs -J
MEXICALI, Lower California,
Mexico, April 2 (AP) Accused
of an alien smuggling plot, Loren
Mendell, who once N shared the
world record for an airplane en
durance flight was arrested in a
Mexican Tillage near here today
and his luxurious six place cabin
biplane confiscated.
The arrest was made as Men-'
dell's plane settled down on the
flat sandy terrain near Black
Butte, 27 miles south of this bor
der city. Only an automobile was
in sight. In it were Mexican cus
toms officials, three members of
the United States border patrol
and two Japanese. The aliens, the
Officers said, bad confessed they
were in Black Butte awaiting an
airplane to take 'them to the
United States.
While the party rode back here
in the torrid, desert heat, Men
dell admitted his mission. He said
he was driven to "take a chance"
because of debts and need of mon
ey to support a wife and three
children, who are living In Los
Angeles.
Last summer, Mendell and Pete
Reinhart, at Los Angeles, set a
world's record of 238 hours of
continuous flight. It since has
been exceeded. The plane seized
was given to them by an airplane
manufacturer in recognition of
their achievement. Afterward
Mendell bought out Reinhart's in
terest in the ship.
Last fall Mendell won attention
by taking first place In the Oak-land-to-Cleveland
derby of the na
tional air races. Since then, he
said, be had been doing private
flying but "things were pretty
lean."
IS SOLVED m UST
PORTLAND. Ore., April 2
(AP) A mystery which has puz
zled clerks in the office of County
Cleric a. A. Bailey for several
weeks was solved today by Fred
Enke. file clerk, when he acci
dentally happened across the
judgment roll in the case of
Charles R. LaFollett, state repre
sentative from Washington coun
ty who Is now serving a six
months Jail sentence for contempt
of court.
On March SI, after the state
supreme court had upheld the
sentence imposed by Circuit
Judge Walter Evans last August
and La Follett had been lodged
in Jail, Judge Evans asked to see
the documents In the case. A de
puty county clerk looked high
and low, then reported the docu
meats missing.
The roll was found to have
been placed in the wrong com
pattment of the file racks.
Conference
Here Friday
tian Education, will lead the first
devotional talk at S o'clock on
"A Sower Went Out to Sow," and
following this will be a general
assembly.
Saturday sessions will open at
9 o'clock that morning with a de
PUZZLING
MYSTERY
votional talk by Dr. Van Nuys and
the time will be divided between
discussions and short talks until
noon. A debate. "Resolved. That
Brains Are a Greater Asset to a
Woman than Personality," will
feature the afternoon session. Par
ticipating In this debate will be
Miss McMinnville and Miss Port
land on the affirmative and Hiss
Albany and Miss Eugene on the
negative. The Toronto young peo
ple's conference Is on the sched
ule for 4:4Vclock,and at 6:15
o'clock will come the conference
banquet and attendant fnn.
Elections -and Geneva reports
will be held at 1:30 Saturday
night '
(Torn to page I, col. 11.
BYRD'S VESSEL
: IN FIERCE GALE
City of New York is Hove to
; For 30 Hours While Cy-
clone Continues
Vessel Rides Well In Wind
That Reaches Velocity
Of 90 Miles
DUNEDIN, N. Z., April 2.
(Thursday) ( AP ) Rear Ad
miral Richard E. Byrd's antarctic
expedition bark, the City of New
York, radioed today that for SO
hours she had been hove to la a
southeasterly cyclone with a Tel
ocity of 80 to tO miles an hour.
The bark gave her position as
latitude J 5 south longitude 1S9
west, or slightly better than half
way from Dunedln to Papeete,
Tahiti, her first stop on the trip
home to New York City. The ship
with only a top sail and storm try
sails up was riding well In the
heavy seas, she reported.
Admiral Byrd announced he
will leave New Zealand from Wel
lington on the steamer Rangitikl,
which is due at Panama about
May 20. The antarctic .explorer
leaves Dunedln Monday for Christ
Church where a civic reception
will be held in his honor. He will
go . to the North Island for a re
ception at Wellington and visit
the Taerval regions as guest of
the, government before returning
to Dunedln to complete business
of the expedition.
Admiral Byrd, although he has
been busy since his arrival here
as ouw SVi ill ai lid a I
f,nm a . 1
.na"l;.V vl I!:..!"' I
Dunedln. The departure of his two
ships with nearly all the expedi
tion personnel safe and physically
well has given him considerable
relief, as the safety of his men
has been his main concern.
.API IBTEEM
Announcement Sets at Rest
Recent Inquiries Upon
Subject Here .
"Blossom Dav Sunday. Awrll
13." . '
King Bin? Hillman. ruler of all
loyal Cherrians, made this official
pronouncement Wednesday, set
ting at rest recurrent Inquiries as
to the time when Blossom Day,
started in 1914, would be observ
ed. The King, however, exercised
democratic foresight before mak
ing his decree and took into the
royal council chambers no less
personage than fruit growers of
the south Salem and Polk county
districts. It was agreed that next
SundayApril 6. would see blooms
plentiful in the lowland districts
but not In sufficient Quantities to
Justify the day being made offl-
Cull as Blossom Day
In the Sunnyside and Rosedale
districts as well as in hieher iron,
in .Polk county, blooms will not be
pientilal until April 13.
HHlman announced that the
BLOSSOM DAY HELD
monthly dinner of the Cherrians Rogers, a Standard oil million
has been postponed from Tuesday aire.
10 jnursday, April io. The ga-
thering will be held In the cham-
ber of commerce rooms at 6:30
o'clock. Entertainment followed
by a dance is promised.
In addition to the customary
tour to the blossom areas on Bios -
som Day, King Bing Hillman la ten days later had so far recov
anxlous that large plantings of ered that his physician left Wash-
tuilps in the Salem district be lngron. While the resident phy
seen. I Irian at thn hnxnftal wan attend-
luup peas in prolusion are to
be found across the Willamette
river bridge and on the Wallace
road as- well as north of Hayes-
vnie on the main highway.
RiTVFAi.n m v inHi
APlA miatn.i ', iIpki'imh
today In the case of the Indian
LTla Jimmerson who for two weeks
hu liatened tn . Mt. n,an.
ernment attemnt to enntirt hr
for the murder of an artist's
wife. The defendant, who suffers
from tuberculosis, was in a hospi
tal inn ill n w n n f .
for the concluding stage of the
trial an J V Rnt TVm. Aim.
SedSnd2 mea who bad .beard
The drama, with Its stories of
Indian witchcraft rites and ouija
boards, lacked only the summa
tion of counsel and the verdict of
a Jury to be complete. The Jurors
MISTRIAL DECLARED.
AS DEFENDANT SICK
had heard the testimony of state elected the biggest mayor in the
witnesses that Lila Jimmerson de- United States.
sired Henri JIarchand, a promln- Ir I Pennington was the ot
ent sculptor of Indian museum" frwhelming victor In the monlci-
groups, as a husband and that she pal election , yesterday. He
had convinced superstitious old weighs S5C pounds, measures
Nancy Bowen, a tribeswoman, that e around the waist, Is five
Clothilda Marchand was a witch feet ten Inches tall. Pennington,
and should be killed. They were a republican, defeated the tazpay-
shown letters written - over the
almsfnra of "Mrs. Doolev" Ufr
in th. ilAaih ef thn witch, letters
which- fhm atata declared were com.
eeived and written by Ula. 7 British two, masted schooner Ara
The 12 men listened to the mnt- imay with 100 eases ' of liquor
terinr old Nancr tell how she I aboard, was i seized, of! the coast
killed Mrs. Marchand wUh a ten
cent hammer and chloroform soak
ed wad of paper la the iatter'a gas In charge of the custom en
Buffalo heme. " ' -
THREE POWER
PACT NEARER
ENVOYS AVER
Japan's Formal Reply Given
Representatives of U. S.
and Great Britain
Further Discussions Will Be,
Held Today Between Trio
At London Meet
By FRANK H. KING
Associated Press Staff Writer
LONDON. April 2 (AP) .
Taking one great step forward to- ;
day toward a three power disarm
ament agreement among the Unit- 1
ed States, Great Britain and Ja-
pan, delegates to the London nav-
al conference hesitated to take
another toward a five power pact
ntll sure of their ground. Conse
quently they announced that the ;
important plenary session set for
Friday would be postponed until
next week.
Reljiro Wakatsnkl met Secre
tary Stlmson and Prime Minister
MacDonald at St. Jame'a palace
this afternoon. There he form
ally gave the long awaited answer
to the Ameiiean-British ratio pro
posals, accepting them with reser-
Yntions. The reservations, it is
stated create no obstacle to
three power agreement.
The same three will meet again
tomorrow to discuss the Japanese
reservations further. Today Stlm
son and MacDonald expressed to
Wakatsukl their deep apprecia
tion of the spirit and substance of
the Japanese reply and later
Stlmson, speaking to American
t nt 1a
newspaper men. said: "The situ
ation Is much improved since last
week and I am much more opti
mistic of a five power agreement
now than I was at that time."
The American delegation Is
said to be particularly gratified
by the way In which Mr. Wakat
sukl and his colleagues have
handled the recent negotiations.
It is also felt in the American de
legation that should the worst
come to the worst and a three
power pact be evolved, this could
be done with the general tone of
the conference much Improved as
compared to last week.
T
IN DEITUOF MILES
United States Department of
Justice Calls on Woman
For Explanation
WASHINGTON, April 2.
(AP) A report that a woman of
high social standing in Washing
Con had visited Basil Miles, diplo
mat and economist, shortly be
fore he died on June 14. 1928,
arose today In the investigation
Jhf J? department Is making
,nto tne circumstances, of his
aeaAn-
Thf, woman, who prODahiy win
1 De cauea ior queauunmB, oam
10 naT8 ,ei1 lJie ruom BnorilJ uc
fore Miles' wife entered it. His
I wlfe was described as having been
I ln tne. room wnen ne aiea. Mrs.
Miles is the wife or coi. rienry n.
Assistant wistnci Attorney
Nell Burklnshaw, who Is direct-
ing the Investigation, was consid-
ering having the body of Miles ex-
humed.
I Miles was operated on by a
1 prominent surgeon on June 4, and
In sr another natient that afternoon
ha wu attracted to the corridor
Uy a woman's scream. Mrs. Miles
told him her husband was dying.
When the physician reached the
room, Miles was dead. The death
was attributed to pulmontary em
bolism, or a blood clot on the
lung.
Miles was born ln Philadelphia
in 1877, and began his work with
the government ln 105 as a sec
retary of the American embassy
ln Russia. Later he was associated
I witn tne cnamoer of commerce oi
I the United States and in 1917 ac-
?Tpan,ea xne KOM KUS8ian ai
falrs ln the tate department,
I He married Mrs. Margaret Sav
in Europe In 1925 after she
nd her ',rBt husband had separ-
ia
Cl3VtOTl Claims
WJJr tVJJ SiaUll&
Biggest Mayor
In Entire Nation
CLAYTON. N. If., April t
(AP) Clayton believes It has
jucaei canajuaie.
I. IU7M RUNNER TAKEN
I BOSTON, April Z (AP) The
I of Maine, by a coast guard pa-
- 1 trol boat today, Thomas T. Finne-
101 IS ORDERED
Seen at The
Opening
Found
Cooking
School
Sidelights
More than 300 homes in Sa
lem will have a chance to sam
ple something a bit different ln
the way of foods if one is to
Judge .by the Interest of those
women who attended the States
man cooking school yesterday
morning. Every woman had a
pencil poised and listened eag
erly to all that was said.
"They were such a nice group
to talk to" said Elizabeth Rog
ers, "they smiled whenever I
looked at them and they seem
ed so interested."
This was undoubtedly true
but it is just possible that Elis
abeth's cheery smile was Infec
tious. Small boys and girls are vow
ing dire vengeance on those
demonstrators who Introduced
that little rubber "bowl
scraper. "What's the use of
having baking day in the fam
ily If a fellow can't get to "lick
the bowl." "You see there isn't
a thing left In the bowl when
this little scraper Is used."
Talk about a Scotchman's idea!
Rita Calhoun's suggestion
that one use the baby's worn
out stocking over the rolling
pin was greeted with a gasp.
At any rate the stocking she
used was evidently worn by a
very quiet kiddie. Can you fea
ture a youngster who would not
wear out the knee of such a
stocking? At any rate it would
be worth buying a pair of new
stockings to have the Joy of
never having to scrape a roll
ing pin.
"Huh! Any one would eat a
thing that looked as good as
that" remarked one listener as
Elizabeth Roger displayed that
Charlotte Russe. "Yes and gain
four pounds too," replied a de
votee of lamb chops and pine
apple. Certainly no 18 day diet
would have a fighting chance
in Bllgh's Capitol Theater dur
ing the next two days.
It was not only the women
who enjoyed the school. The
three kiddles, Barah Jane Cra
ven, Margaret Virginia Starr
and Cecil Henkle who assisted
(Turn to page S, col. 1)
Postal Receipts
For Last Month
Exceed Record
Postal receipts for March were
$11,127.32,- Just 1771.02 more
than for the month of March,
1929, when the total was 117,-
250.SO. For the first quarter ot
this year the total was 154,955.-
59, considerably lower than the
f (6.799.95 for the first quarter of
last year, the largest Quarter In
the history of the office.
Comparison between the two
quarters for 1930 and 1929 is
hardly a true barometer ot bus
iness conditions, Postmaster John
H. Farrar indicated, Inasmuch the
legislative mall and the business
from auto license tags was Includ
ed a year ago but not this year.
' The machine count, even, in the
lighter months so far this year,
has shown that many more letters
have' been handled f than m year
ago. : :: ,
Statesman Cooking School
MISS.CUTHB6RT
PeRTQa OVEN EXPERT V
ffl& ft? ' WHO KNOWS ' Jt
HER. DECREES Cx I
Of THE OAS CO. f I &
R WHO MAKES
CAKES AMD ARCHIE HOLT ( ' J
WHO TAKES'EM V
Cooking Matinee
Comnlete Success
Home Chefs Learn Much About Preparation of
Meals; Plain and Fancy Dishes Produced
by Experts on Stage at Capitol
WELL, the first. cooking "Mat" has come and gone!
It was a complete success. All the ladies concerned
were enjoying themsleves immensely. From the attitude of
the ladies doing the work, demonstrating seemed to be the
thing they like to do better
than anything else, and it was
a pleasure to their audience
to watch, them do the things that
are often a drudgery to other
women.
Few people can talk and at the
same time get the baking powder
in the cake or the milk ln at the
right time, but these young wom
en get in all the Ingredients and
tell the reason why and why not
at the same time. The complete
understanding that these ladles
have of plain and fancy cookery,
combined with their ability to ex
plain their recipes, promises two
more enjoyable mornings for Sa
lem housewives.
Recipes of the dishes prepared
at the matinees will be given to
each person attending and Eliza
beth Reger says she will be glad
to give recipes on request. If not
during the matinees, she will mail
them to you.
French Names Given
Pleading Delicacies
victoria Warner has some de
licious concoctions with French
names. Here are some of them
Cannelon of Beef and Pork, Fran
conia Potatoes, Macedoine of Veg
etables. If the names are so in
teresting and mysterious, what
will the results be?
And for dessert Rice Cream
Pudding. Rice Is certainly a
treasured (and healthful) article
for the housewife. There is
scarcely anything that can be
used in such varied ways as rice.
It can be used as a vegetable, as
dessert and of course soup is
never complete without it. And
the dozens (which I don't believe
is exaggerating) of wonderful
puddings It cap be used for. This
Rice 'Cream Pudding Is one of
them. Add to It your store of
fascinating desserts, of which
there can never be too many.
The drudgery ln modern house
keeping comes not ln the old-fash-
(Turn to page I, coL 5)
TULSA. Okla., April 2 (AP)
The aerial train of Captain
Frank Hawks, In which the not
ed transcontinental airman Is 'pi
loting a glider towed by an air
plane on a flight from San Diego
to New York, landed at Garland
airport here tonight after en
countering; unfavorable weather
conditions enroute from Sweetwa
ter. Texas. . ,
Captain Hawks landed the
fllder at I: If o'clock. While
crowd estimated at 1.000 persons
looked on. he coasted to earth in
his tiny craft from an altitude of
s.flflfl feet. 20 minutes after It
had' been cut loose from the tow
lnc shin, a small biplane piloted
br S. D. Jemlgan, Jr. A 500
foot cable is used to tow the mo-
torlesa craft
The day's lap of 275 miles from
Sweetwater was completed In
five houra flying time, stops being
made at Wichita Falls, Tex,, and
Oklahoma City. At the latter
place, the noon atop, departure
wis delayed 2tt hours by a wait
for rough, air current! o imprere.
HS COMPLETES
JOOU'IO TULSA
STATESMAN COOKING
MATINEE
Time: April 2, 8, 4.
Place: Capitol Theatre.
Hour: 0:30 to 11:00 a. m.
Instructor: Miss Elisabeth
Reger, home service expert,
Portland Gas and Coke com
pany. Open to the public; all la
dies in Salem and vicinity
Invited to attend.
Burglar Enters
2 Houses With
Pass Key, Word
. A burglar, equipped with a pass
key, entered two homes in North
Salem, two blocks distant from
each other, early Wednesday night
and made away with several small
articles of value. The thefts were
committed sometime between 7:80
and 10 o'clock while the tenants
of the houses were away.
At the Roy Nelson home, 1515
North 19 th street, the burglar ac
quired a bracelet, a loaded revol
ver and a flash light. At the Joe
Painter residence, 1620 Madison,
he took a key folder containing a
number of keys, and several ar
ticles of clothing.
ENROLLMENT 8362
EUGENE, Ore., April 2 (AP)
With the enrollment of 65 new
students, campus enrollment of
the University of Oregon reached
a new high figure of 3262 at the
close of the second day ot the
soring- terms, Earl M. Pollett, reg
istrar, announce, today. This ex-J
eeeds tne toiai ior me enure year
of 1929, when S242 students were
enrolled. A few more registra
tions were expected since -stu
dents have until April 12 to enter.
WORK ON PASS LOOMS
EUGENE. Ore.. April 2 (AP)
The'earlles opening of the Mc-
Kenzie Pass since the highway
was completed over the summit,
la planned this spring, the Eugene
chamber of commerce announced
today. Word was received that
the state highway commission
would start a rotary now plow
over the pass Immediately. It was
believed here that the pass would
be cleared ln less than two weeks.
SECTION- H AXTJ KILLED
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore April
2 (AP) Santiago Bustamente,
26, a Mexican, was fatally injured
today when an engine struck the
gasoline speeder he was riding
near Dairy, Oregon, Internal In
juries were said to have caused
his death at a local hospital. Bus
tamente was a railroad employe
returning from work.
DEFENDANTS GET VERDICT
- MEDTORD. Ore., April 2-r-(AP)
Circuit Judge H, D. Nor
ton today directed a verdict tn fa
Appraisal
Is Vetoed
By Mayor
Mr. Livesley Wants
No Referendum in
Water Issue
Lack of Public Inter
est Is Concluded
in Advance
Mayor Livesley Wednesday ve
toed the two ordinances provid- '
ing for a vote of the people May
16 on the question of floating a
bond issue of $7,000 to finance
the appraisal of the local water
system with a view to a later elec
tion on the question of municipal
ownership.
In his message to the couku
accompanying the ordinance with
his veto, the mayor contends that
obligating' the city in the amount
of $7,000 Is not Justified under the
circumstances.
An effort to pass the ordinances
over the veto, -which requires a
two-thirds majority of the coun
cil, will be made by champions
of the municipal ownership cttws
next Monday night. If this is suc
cessful, there will be barely suffi
cient time left to set the election
machinery in motion and prepare
voters' pamphlets.
The mayor's veto message fol
lows: Lark of Public
Interest Is Alleged
"I am returning herewith, wit a
my veto, ordinances number 25
and 2666 and my reasons for
doing.
"It is my belief that the people
of Salem are not any more inter
ested at this time in the purchase
of the water system than tby
were a few years ago when the
former water company offered the
plant to the city, at which time
the council obligated the city In
the sum ot $2,500 for an investi
gation. "I oppose the voting of the $7.
000 bonds for aa investigation
and oblige the tax payers to this
extent on the uncertainty of the
bill passing at the fall election to
vote the bond issue for the pur
chase of the present water com
pany holdings,. in which case it
would be a useless expenditure.
Praise Voiced for
O-W Water Company
"The present water owners have
taken over the old plan and have
shown good faith with the city
council and the city In doing
everything in their power to arrive
at the best solution c the mat
ter and hare installed two wells
in the north east part of the city,
which they have in operation. a4
have taken their main line way up
the river to get away from any
possible seepage from the slough.
"The are Installing the vTy
"They are installing the very
and laying large, substantial
mains to the reservoir, w'-ich will
necessitate the further extension
of larger mains' throughout the
city ln order to give an adequate
supply and pressure and believe
they are better equipped to com
plete this work In better manner
and much cheaper than the city
coud undertake it.
Ambition to Abkle
By O-W Plans Told
' "I further feel that it would be
an injstice at this time to inter
fere with their plana, or disturb
them or do anything that would
hinder them from properly carry
ing out their plans.
"The only question in my mind
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Oregon Enrollment High
Pass to Be Cleared Soon
Gas Speeder is Run Down
Heart Balm Action Lost
vor of 'the defendants ln the $50.-
000 alienation of affections suit
brought against W. H. Gore, pi
oneer southern Oregon banker.
rancher and former state senator,
and his. wife Sophia, by their
daughter-in-law, Gertrude M.
Gore.
COP IS SUSPENDED .
PORTLAND, Ore., April 2 , .
( AP) Patrolman T. H. Russell ef -the
police department today was
ordered suspended for two days
without pay by Assistant Chief ;
John T. Moore on a charge eL-
smoking a cigarette while in mm .
form.
VETS LAUNCH ATTACK
PORTLAND, Ore April 2.
(AP)--Veterass today attacked
H. a AtwelU chief of the bureau
of earwig eon troL, before the city
council, charging that he Is "aa-
der the thumb" of Charles 4.
Town send and discriminates
against veterans unless they, hare '.
contracted Town Bend. Townsend
is head of the Sabre dub, Veter
ans' organization here. ....
Atwell dented he was "undeT
the thumb" - or eTen associated
with Townsend.
SHTPPTXG INCREASES
PORTLAND. Ore, - April t.
(AP) A monthly summary y
the Merchants' Exchange here ta
day revealed that 474 carriers -representing
a -combined tonnar
ot 1,401.120 entered at this tort
during the first three months ft -this
year as compared with 44 ,
ships tn.2fS.7 tons for the
same period of last year, r