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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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