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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1930)
t PAGE TEN The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Friday Morning, June 20, 1530 PUBLIC LANDS RETURN URGED i Menace to Reclamation as Seen by Opponents is Denied by Luper Everything should be done by the state of Oregon to induce the federal government to transfer to the state all unreserved public lands within its borders, accord ing to a statement issued by Rhea Luper, state engineer. Luper said that these lands, if transferred to the state, could be so administered that the revenues derived would assist materially in defraying the costs of govern ment. Under federal control these lands return no taxes to the state and can only be sold with the consent of government offi cials. It was explained by Luper that a few months ago President Hoov- er Issued a call for a meeting at Salt Lake City. Utah, to discuss the proposal to transfer these un reserved public lands to the 11 western states in which they were located. AH of the 11 states were represented and the question was discussed at some length. The principal objection, to Pre sident Hoover's vlan was that the aeteeral and oil rig fits were re served, by the government. This reservation resulted in making nau of the lands virtually worth leas and a liability to the states. State Will Not Low Federal Aid Recently a conference was held la Washington at which state and federal officials were questioned as to the advisability of transfer riag administration of the lands from the department of the In terior to another federal depart . xaaat or deeding the lands to the 11 western states, subject to set tlement of elalms of sauatters and completion of the survey work al ready undertaken. Luper declared that reports were current that Intransferring tae public lands to the states, the reclamation program in Oregon would be menaced. He said this was not true, and that the gov ernment would continue to assist in reclamation activities. Oregon officials here who have given the Question of transferrin- th public lands to the states, considerable attention, declared that such a move would tend to carb the expansion of government control, and would place this state In a position to realize a large amount or money from gracing fees and from the sale of the lands. At the present time nearly a third of Oregon's terri tory Is under control or the flor al government. It was said that several other western states are In a similar position. Reclamation Fund 801 to Be Adequate Word received by Mr. Luper re cently Indicated that the Hoover commission was of the opinion -that there would be little differ ence la the Income of the revolv ing reclamation fund even if the uriace rights to public domain lainds were transferred to the states. At the time Dr. Elwood Mead, federal reclamation commissioner visited Oregon more than a year ago, he said he favored the com pletion of reclamation projects al ready undertaken before any new districts. He also expressed him self aa favoring federal aid to the states In the financing and devel opment of - private irrigation pro jects. Mead pointed out at that time that there were a larire nnmhar f irrigation projects in the west which were not completed and that many of the settlers were stranded and unable to make their payments. Te government has been requested to take over some f these districts in order that they may be completed and colonized. Luper said that while a number ef state Irrigation projects have xtot been able to meet their inter est and bond payments, the situ ation had Improved materially. He aid this Improvement had been brought about through the reor ganisation plan adopted by the state reclamation commission. The Warmsprings irrigation pro ject la being refinanced, and within a year or two will be on a sound basis. Reorganisation of the Snow Creek and Slid lrrlga- "uu uistricts also has been auth orized, and will be worked oat by the state engineer. T o KLAN BURIES SLAIN DRY AGENT Pi Z pjzwfmW 'm ?rrvi rct l-fUHi'-'- mM r rl. wn '.ill wnH 1 ' i - iii ii mmJr 1 DEFENSE GIVES I TESTIMONY BLESSING RUNAWAY LOVERS j Startling Move Brings Rum Rebellion Case Near To Conclusion frft -fl m .ii - n , ROBED IOJVNSMEN bearn tkm coffa of Albert Brown. Modoc coaotj fan ' .k 5MEN hearing tkm coffa wa a member of tbe IMobibitioa arent, slain im I made known imt3 tbe n BghL That the officer j took part an bis faneral of tbe orrantzatioa was not of tbeklan THRIFT EDUCMN PUUI IS MGHED hundred dolUrs. Uttertl, a for mer Ainens eonntr nlner riA to Baker, ore., after the crime and was arrested there. He was brought back to Ohio where he pleaded ruiltv to thm ixiaruer. DENVER. June 1 9 I API Less speculation, more thrift, will be the gist of advice that the American institute of banking Is going io give American people In a vast program of education that win embrace kundreds of radio talks and published articles. The pnblic education commit tee or tne institute laid Its plans today at the annual convention The program mapped out Is a con tinuation or one berun Int vtr when 300.000 persons were reach ed tnrougn one medium or an other with the gospel of thrift. J'Next to religion, finance Is up permost in every man's thought, said Fred Brower, Jr., Winston aiem, n. c. There is no greater service banks can render than : teach persons to save and nro- Tide for their survivors after death and to teach children so they will be better able to cope wun the financial nroblema whirh are to confront them in later life. Those who learn thrift are ured of a happier life than those who do not learn It." A steady encroachment by sav ing ana loan associations on the realm of the Barings bank was de nounced by Rolph G. Hblste, cre- ait manager of Central Trust Cc. Cincinnati, who said Inroads must be stopped or sarinn and loans associations subjected to the same legal restriction and taxa tion laws as govern savings nan Kg. California Travelers In Majority CLEMENCY SOUGHT FOB BIKER SLAYER Business at the Salem into is growing, yesterday stated H. 8. roisai. superintendent af th ramn ground. Ud to recentlv th mmiH taken in has been about the same as compared to the same period last year. This Is due In rvt part tO the extr&nrritnitrv lata spring mat tne nortnwest has experienced. Since Warm weather mi art a however, he said, thm DDKlW tit cars registered has greatly increas ed. Most or tne ears are from Cal ifornia, that state supplying twice as many as Its nearest rival. Washington, and our times the number of Oregon ears. About 12 new arrivals reHater each day, announced Mr. PoIsaL Many stay, longer than just the night, and there are about 25 ears In the nark all the time. Since the rarious schools hare let out for the summer, mo eh trsnaient laoor iinas its summer home here. The same eaulnment that was used last year la again used for mis season. Tne buildings hare been renalred and riven a new coat of paint, and are occunied nearly all tbe time. New bedding nas oeen placed In the combina tion garage-cottages. Mr. Polsal is a snecial member of the local police force and takes care of all disciplinary matters oc curring In the auto park. MB FUG 111 IT SEATTLE SAN FRANCISCO. June (AP) AbrnntlT rivinr nn h! sirurrie arainst removal o t McKlnney, former Seattle federal omcer enargea wun conspiring to offer protection to bootleggers, ap peared before Commissioner Ar thur o. Fish here today and agreed to return to Reattu for trial. Hi furnished is.oao hni for his appearance there June SO. "In taklnr this action." Mc Klnney said, "I am waiving what I believe to hm a valM la-al nh. Jection which would forever bar my removal to Seattle. I never in tended to resist going back to Se attle, but hare resisted thta mn. al proceeding to determine how iar me Bitterness and Hatred of Roy Olmstsad against me for mv prosecution Of him. wonld carrv him. I hare heard his story, and am sausnea to meet tbe charges he has made arainst ma at the earnest opportunity.- State Officials To View Ttoods At Annual Camp Acting Governor Hamilton will leave here tonirht for namn Clat sop where he will witness the mil- nary maneuvers as a guest of Brigadier-General White. He will at tend the clambake to be held at Seaside Saturday night for the wregon staie eauonai association. A number of other officials, in- eluding State Treasurer Kay, will attend the mllltaxty demonstra tion and editorial association fes tivities. COUER D'ALENE. Idaho. June 19. (AT) Defense in the "mm rebellion" trial here startled the court by resting without intro- aucmg a word of testimonv to controvert government rhareea that 46 men and women conspired to turn liquor revenues into the city treasury of Wallace. - After the rovernment finished its case, the court ordered charges against eight defendants dis missed. Charcea arainst fonr others had already been dropped. ana two or the accused were still at large, so 32, Including the for mer sheriff and eltv officials were left to face the Jury tomorrow. when final arguments start. Counsel for lfirnr Herman -T Rossi vainly sought dismissal for mm, -on tne grounds that the al leged consDiracT was over hv th time he took office. Federal Judge J. H. McNary replied: "I believe the evidence) shows the liquor traffic was carried on lust as ODenlv in Ruasl'a Adminis tration as it was before, and that no effort mail. n 4 " Further, the court added, Rossi must have known nf "w1d conditions in Wallace, because -ne naa run in the election on a reform nlatform to clean un th town." Double Jeopardy riem la Demicdl Counsel for former Sheriff n. E. Wenieer contended he placed in double jeopardy because ne naa aireaav Been, convicted nf liquor eonsolracv in the "Mniian whiskey rebellion," trial and was nnaer an is months appealed sen tence. The court ruled other wise. Those freed todav worn among the least Important of the accused. The government case ehara-wi the city officials with rivinr "nark rental receipts" to liquor sellers, wno were assessed an average of 145 a month. Gambling dens paid higher, nrices. witnesses said. And testimony was produced that for mer Mayor w. H. Harrlck be- nevea tne city should be "wide ODen" because bnalnaaa mn Ko. Ueved trade would go elsewhere ii Wallace were dry. " .JSP' : tit: . t U ii - llf GREEN PRUN ES SHIPMENT HIT Washington Growers Note Oregon Regulation With Pleasure WALLA WALLA. June 13 (AP) Walla Walla vallev Dmr growers whose Droduets. next io wheat, return the largest income In this district are honln? effort to prevent "bootlegging" of retn. prunes will succeed throurh re cently announced federal grading regulations. Oregon has adODted rra.'-c that, it is believed, will nrerert shipments of green prunes. Wah- ington has yet to adopt the grades. Petitions are usins- mear, et adopting the grades here A mee ing of srune erowers Is umirht discuss the possibility of adoptirg tne graaes. NUMERATOR 'S SOU CABINET PROSPECT Douglas Gflmore, metioa picture actor, and his bride, Kuth Mix, danarhter af the famena Tom Mix, screen star, are back home. a . . .. a iii appeeree qaies en im everiy Hills, CaL, freat, where Mrs. Olive Stokes Mix, mother ef Ruth, Uvea, and she decided to forgive them. Photo shows Mrs. Olive Stokes Mix meeting the couple after their return frem Tama. Mini sum cuge IS BRED Stang Services Will Be Today: Lived in Salem Funeral services for Mrs.. Ada Altina Stang who died Wednes day at tne noma el her daughter. Mrs. Flossie HaU, In Portland will be held from Terwlllieer funeral nome this afternoon at 2 o'clock. interment will Je in the Odd Fel lows cemetery, and Rev. H. O. Stover will officiate. Mrs. Stang. wife of R. J. fitanr of thla city, was taken to P"ort- iana last rnday for medical at tention. She has been ill since early in January. She was 74 years old and has been a resident or saiem for 12 years. She leaves, besides her widow. er, three children, Mrs. Flossie ii ail. Portland ; Mrs. H. J. Lane, Farmlngton. Washinrton: and c. J. stang, Salem. WASHINGTON. June 1. (AP) Reorganization of the fed eral power commission into an In dependent agency of five commis sioners to devote their entire time to the administration of the na tion's water mower resource waa assured today when eonrreaainnal action waa completed on legisla- tlon relieving the present organisation. Final action by the house hn the conference report of a senate bill marked the fulfillment of another request of President Hoover in his annual message to congress. The measure will relieve the secre taries of war. Interior and agricul ture of the burdensome duty. The reorganisation will become effective after three ef the com missioners have assumed their nosta. Not more than thre may come from one political party and tne appointments are from one to five years successively. Each is to receive $10,090 annually. In reeommendinr the lecislatlon President Hoover pointed out that the duties involved In the com petent conduct of the trowlnar re sponsibilities of the commission exceeded the time the three cabi net members could give It. In hear ings before the congressional com mittees it waa disclosed that mi nor officials largely determined tbe action of the commission on applications for power project licenses. Power Industry Answers Claims Of Ambassador BERLIN. June 19. fAP Spokesman for the power indus try tonlrtit anawered thn aneerh made yesterday by Ambassador Frederick M. Sackett, in which the ambassador said in effect that the Cost of nower of the consumer was IS times that of the cost of production. "The cost of a banana on the ft . - . A A. J . nut usei is m iiucmcni issuea by George N. Tidd, president of me American uas ana Electric company, "is Infinitesimal, yet by the time It haa been fathered and reached the frultstand tbe ratio is nearer 1500 to l than 1 to l, and similar examnlea are common in all kinds of Industries. "The, electrical industry Is by no means the only, or even the most striking, example of this great difficulty (of the spread be tween production cost and tbe eost of the consumer). In nearly everv Industry the eost of distri buting and selling is much great er man me initial cost oi production." The son of a Yamhill coue?v census enumerator is mention) for a cabinet position. Walter Basye of Rochester, N. T., son tf Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Basye, living near McMinnville, Is being reconc mended by the republicans of his borne state to President Hoover for a place In his cabinet as secre tary of labor, to succeed James J. Davis, who has been nominate i for United States senator from Pennsylvania, who is expected to resign in the near future. Walter Basye is publisher .f the Monroe Republican, daiiy newspaper of Rochester, and -f the1 Fraternal Age and Jureriie Age magazines. Under the supervisor of the sec ond Oregon district, A. J. Base of McMinnville, was given the ta. of taking the farm ana popula tion census for a considerable sec tion beginning at the west line of the city of McMinnville and n r - ning west and south. His cr!r- tiais and papers were good, tii his work thorough. RUMANIA REDUCES DEBT BUCHAREST ( AP) The Kt manlan ministry of finance r.te begun to nav ontatandin Ahtn r f the government for the period cf 1316-1920 out of an item of l- 768,519,686 lei In the 1930 bur- get. Finest Toric Read ing Lens $4.95 TORIC Eyeglass Insurance and thor ough examination Included. Present Alabama roa.il nrnlert. can tor expenditure of 15,640,- COLUMBUS. Ohio. Jun 19 (AP) Governor Myers Y. Coop er tonight has under advisement an appeal for executive clemency ior james Litterai, 42, of Baker, ure., who is condemned to die in the electric chair at the Ohio nn itentlary tomorrow night for the siaying or Harry Green, Nelson ville, Ohio, miner, October 2, 1529. Lateral's sister. Mrs. Naney r vis, of Nelsonvllle, told the gov ernor that Litterai was not men tally responsible at the time of the crime. Governor Cooper Indi cated a decision would be made tomorrow after he had conferred with the trial Judge regarding Lateral's mental condition. Green was beaten to death with a lead pipe and robbed of several Make it Your's Guaranteed UNDER STATE SUPERVISION Y0QT IS ssdea tadfty Jtaasv Thtia Tl ti sat issmisflili ieaaa teday get asat as owiS rrt ansa jVr; eaJey Mggw faswas; eerst Tss siieij Is IsiistU ss here yowmoney is safe: ran M0TOAOE aad waste It grewi tapidly aat fas state kelds tae mortgages ffja!-?iEE0.oa" " fc fw Make 'AT DATS YBAJt by saaH years, atazt wntkr mmOXni waaaary x-Jaiy i. Westera as yea aaae a the evnura m UAH. ran coupon vest. Oty- Western Sayings & Loan ASSOCIATION aim AJTD TAJfHtlX T. St. C A. OXUTJI MMtonen ovrttiMNi A greater bank to serve a greater Salem Salem is growing ateadily. New residential districts are rffinging up. New business houses are staking their fu ture in Salem's progress. To meet the needs of this pro gressive community and anti cipating the realization of Sa lem's potential opportunities the United States National as member of the United States National Group of Banks with resources of almost 1100,000,000 now offers all the banking services available at the large metropolitan in stitutions. The i same friendly personnel the same prompt attention plus adequate resources to meet any xpansipxHHwait you here. United States National Bank Salem, Oregon MEMBER: UNITED STATES NATIONAL GROUP OF BANKS iYGMD AL1 4 The response Thursday to the Sale of the Price Shoe Co., was beyond all ex pectations. We did our best all day try ing to serve the many who visited our store. The sale will continue for ten days as announced. Come in Today Our stock is very complete and you will do well to buy these shoes at the low prices offered. ! - f -.