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Newspaper Page TextGOING UP! mm m f a J 1 1 7 averac 7 I D E distention lor llinn tb BMnth and f U W tar Octobat Si. 130. Aver, dally net paid: 6671 Uaatox Audit Bums CtrenlAtioa A.T V ....... WEATHER Generally fair today and Saturday, . morning fogs, gentle variable winds; Max. Temp. Thursday 2. Mln. 82; bo rain. FOUNDED 163! EIGHTIETH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, November 21, 1930 No. 203 STORM SWIRLS TO EASTWARD Communication and Traffic Hampered; Snow, Sleet and Cold Prevail New Mexico man Freezes : Jo Death on way to Seek Help for Family KANSAS CITY, Not. 20. (AP) A -winter storm Tiding east from the Rocky mountains - tied knots in wire communication and ham pered rail and highway traffic through the west today in the wake of tornadoes that took 21 lives and injured about 100 per sons In Oklahoma, Kansas and Ar kansas yesterday. Snow, sleet, rain and sharp drops in temperature were the ac companiments of the storm's sally Into the mid-west. Wire service to the Pacific coast was badly hit as lines" snap ped through the prairie country from accumulations of ice, sud den temperature ' changes and high winds. Passenger trains from the west were running several hours behind schedules and highways were blocked in many sections. Druggist Frozen Another fatality was added to 4-JfeAlst oi several uie ciaimeu since the blizzard broke over the Rocky mountain section. Guy D. Miner, 47, druggist of Des Moines. N. M., was found frozen to death near Mount uora. r. w. e suc cumbed to exposure while going for aid after his automobile be came sttfck in snowdrifts. An aged man named Whitehead from Amarlllo, Tex., who was left in Miner's car, was found uncon scious and may die. Hundreds of motorists were marooned In towns and farm houses along snow blocked high ways. Twenty school children were forced to spend last night in a country school near Pueblo, Colo., when huge drifts isolated the building. - - - - MEIER MAT LEASE That Julius L. Meier, governor-, elect of Oregon, may estaDiisn nis residence in Salem in a real home and not In an apartment or hotel was indicated in a report that he might take a lease on the beauti ful B. C. Miles residence at the corner of Court and Capitol streets, Just across the street from the state capltol. This spa clous house would be w.ell suited for a governor's mansion. Mr. Meier, who has been In San Francisco since the election, has made no definite announce ment as to his plans. On his be half a Salem man did discuss a lease of the Miles -home with Mr. and Mrs. Miles. Mr. Meier Is ex pected to be in Salem next week to make a selection of residential quarters. Some time ago Mr. Meier dis cussed with the Marion hotel a possible lease on a five room apartment in the hotel; and If he decides not to take a separate house be may conclude a lease with the Marion. Mercury Soars , .To Spring Level Balmy air of spring greeted Salem residents on Thursday when the' temperature registered a minimum of 32 degrees and a maximum of 52 degrees. TO PLAY COMMERCE PORTLAND, Ore., Not. 20. (AP) Announcement was made here today that, the La Grande high school football team would play Commerce hlch. in a. benefit game here Thanksgiving day.' The 20-year age limit, which had threatened to block the game, will be waived, it was said after officials of the state ath letic association and the Port land interscholastlc league had agreed to meet at a later date to attempt to reach some agree ment. COAST UNIT PLANNED PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 20. (AP) Pacific 'coast creamery men met today, and organized a merger of leading cooperative creameries of the coast into a general marketing -unit. The or ganization ; would be under the auspices, ' of the , federal , farm board. . The three leading co-operative organizations in the west are the United Dairymen' association of Washington, the Interstate Dai rymen's association of Oregon, and the challenge cream and butter . association of California. 1 mm MLS RESIDENCE Bossy Didn't Jump Over Moon but She 1 Made More Trouble HARRLMAX, X. Y Not. 20. (AP) Once apoa a time a cow Jumped over the moon. It was quite a while ago and has never been sub stantiated. On the other hand, right here im Harri man, today. Slat Mulligan's cow The Mulligans were asleep In their quarters, on the sec ond floor of a building the lower floor of which is oc cupied by a Guernsey cow. The family was suddenly awakened by noise on the stairs. "Boo!" shouted Mulligan. "Moo!" replied the cow. The animal had climbed 21 steps into the Mulligan quarters. That was nothing, com- -pared with jumping over the moon; but It required sev eral workmen, a rope and tackle to put her back in her place. E TO Response Here Slow Says H. E. Eakin, Chairman For Roll Call With but two more days re maining for the annual Red Cross roll call campaign, concentrated effort will be made materially to swell the membership lists today and Saturday. Committees declare the response so far has not been what it should be in Salem, and are urging that all who can, sub scribe before tomorrow night. II. E. Eakin, chairman of the roll call drive, had the following to say yesterday: "The Red Cross Is dependant for its very existence upon the support it receives from the rank and file of the people who, at roll call time, pay their dues and re ceive the certificate of member ship. Those dues, offered by the rich and poor alike, form a fund which enables the Red Cross to go immediately into action when disaster strikes down a com munity. 1 . . Public Health Work Also Aided "In .addition, these same dues finance the work of Red Cross public health .nurses; programs of life-saving and first aid that have done so much to reduce hazards from accidents; they help finance the Junior Red Cross, that Inter national alliance of school child ren; and they bring eld and com fort to the disabled veterans of the world war. "I strongly urge every man. wo man and child In this community to become members o? the Red Cross during the present roll call." In charge of the booths about town yesterday were the following women: First National bank booth. Mrs. E. V. McMeehan, Mrs. Roy H. Simmons and Mrs. Clifford Farmer, young society matrons; Ladd and Bush bank booth, Mrs. O. L. Poe and Mrs. Glenn Seely of the Legion auxiliary; United States National bank booth, Mrs. Ida Niles and Mrs. George Bayne of the Woman's club; Miller's booth, Mrs. E. T. B. Hill and Mrs. J. C. Davis of the First M. E. church: Roth's booth, Mrs. H. T. Love and Mrs. C. C. Best of the D. A. R. Classmate of Pershing Dies CHICAGO. 111., Not. 20. (AP) Brigadier General Albert D. Kniskern, West Point classmate of General John J. Pershing, died at his home today of heart dis ease. He , was in charge of the army supply depot in Chicago dur ing the world war and served in the Spanish-American and Philip pine campaigns. . . n SATURDAY La Grande Eleven Called Creamery Merger Talked - Press Corference Soon Buckaroos Take Opener TO DISCUSS FLANS EUGENE, Ore., Nov. 20. (AP) The annual Oregon Press conference will be held at the University of Oregon January 22, 23, and 24. A meeting of conference offi cials will be held here Saturday to discuss plans. SCORE THREE EARLY PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 20. UP) The Portland Buckaroos won the first Portland game of the Pacific coast hockey season here, tonight, .defeating the Ta coma Tigers, 2 to 1. Portland : scored , all three of Its goals in the first neriod. The first eame after 13 minutes, . 24 seconds of -pUy taken Downie, Conn and Poole attacked in a group. They whipped the puck back and forth n front of the Taeoma net until Downie finally managed to shoot it past. Goalie Robertson. - The game was slow because of the new offside rule. The whis tle blew 32 times because play ers crossed the blue line ahead of the puck. ? , v 1 TOR UM IS THREAT OF GERM CHIEF Sluggishness of Nations in Disarmament Move is Complained of Herr Curtius Says Germany Will not Avoid Debts Unless Necessary BERLIN, Nov. 20 (AP) Foreign Minister Julius Curtius tonight told the nation and the world that Germany might be compelled to Invoke the safe guard measures of the Young plan. These safeguard, measures refer to a moratorium and the convocation of a special advisory committee to bring about allevia tion permissible under the plan. The foreign minister's speech constituted Germany's first offi cial Intimation she is likely to in voke her right under the plan to declare a moratorium Herr Curtius expressed sharp criticism of Europe's sluggish at titude toward disarmament and in connection with a recent speech on that issue by Premier Tardieu of France, he declared Germany would demand an early disarmament conference -"where each nation must show its colors and its real Intentions." He prefaced his speech with the assertion he was not offering the subject of the country's financial position for discussion, but was making a plain statement of facts He assured the world Germany bad no intention of scrapping the Young plan and that Germany would not invoke alleviatory measures of the Young plan until its burdens became dangerously oppressive to its people. USE TO BE Wives of Salem Lions club members, in keeping with the prosperity movement which the men are sponsoring, will wage a quief "Use Oregon Products campaign among themselves. Agreement to that end was reached yesterday afternoon when Newell Williams, president of the Lions club, met with the wives of Lions at a social gathering at the home of Mrs. W. B. Mott, Wil liams urged the women to use as many Oregon products as possible. The Lions wives will gather a list ot items made in this state, and will direct purchases In this channel as far as possible, thus tieinrg up with the business re vival campaign which begins De cember 1 and which the Lions club is sponsoring. MISSING 10 IS FOUND AT ILWACO ASTORIA. Ore., Nor. .20 (AP) Terminating a four-day search for, three missing Marshf ield trail ers, .newspapermen and officers today located W. C. McLean, Pete Murphy and Calvin Beck at II waco. Wash. Families of the three men in stituted the search from Ketchi kan, -Alaska, when they failed to arrive when expected. The trollers told Tom Reeves. Astoria newspaperman, they left Marshfield October 4 In the troller Tioga and arrived at Astoria Octo ber 28. They put oat from As toria for Ketchikan again October 29but were forced back by heavy weather. They hare been at XI waeo since that. time. . The three men said they had engaged Bill Howeld, an experi enced pilot, to take them to Ketchikan and expected to . sail within a few days. In the mean time they are making necessary repairs to their boat. - The men were said to be In good health. Robinson Claims i - Mexican Arrest NOGALES, Ariz.. Not. 2 0.- (AP) Theodore D. Robinson, former assistant .secretary of the navr. renorted here ho and Mrs. Robinson, sister of the late Presi dent Roosevelt, were arrested to day in Nogales, Sonora. Mexico, and f 320-ia Mexican gold in their possession was confiscated by Mexican customs authorities. The Robinsons arrived in No gales this morning from Mexico City. . v:V ,''.-. ILiCr. J Found by Police POCATELLO, Ida.oT tQ.-f-(AP) Suffering from cold and exnoftnra. .Allen -L&rsen 24. re ported lost at ThisUlej Utah during a blizzard November 14, was picked up by police here tonight. - - ' : ',r Police said the man had suf fered a lapse of memory and could remember 'little ot what has . happened , since ha became lost. PRODUCTS Colt ins, 'New Chief Of Telephone Firm Here, Coming Today Local Manager Arrives Today H. V. COLLINS SQUEEZE PUT' Oil Companies Said Ready To Exercise Means of Enforcing Prices Talk of "squeeze plays" in the motor fuel situation in saiem was prevalent here yesterday. Oil romnaniea. It wt said, were en forcing restrictive clauses of ser vice station leases to bring larger dealers into lne with companies' demands that gasoline sell for 24 cents a gallon, in contrast to much lower figures of Portland dealers. SuDer-service stations were at tempting to maintain the 21 to 21, cent figure in order to re- business and the incident busi ness of oil sales, washing, greas ing and other services, which customers usually confer upon the dealers from whom they buy their motor fuel. At this figure. they were voluntarily selling on a marrln for nananne cost ana nrofit of onlr 1 to 1H cents. 20 cents being the wholesale price set by distributors. New Contract is Said Law Evasion Thronrh a newlr devised eon- tract one oil company was refus ing to deliver Its product to deal ers retailing rasoline for lees than 24 cents. These contracts are said to evade federal urlce fixing laws by providing for de livery of the fuel to aeaiers on consignment, tho legal theory be in that the ran remains the prop erty of the oil company' until it has been sold to the public and that the company haa the right to fix whatever price it sees fit on Its own goods. Further methods of eniorewg the higher price brought to light thronrh dealers' boldlnr their properties on sub-leases from the oil i-omnanT which holds leases on the grounds. The sub -lease bind operators to handle products of the lease-holding company. Sources of the difficulty seems to lie in th fact that Salem deal ers are required to pay more than freirht rosta for their SUDDIt Of fuel, above the wholesale fijure offered to Portland dealers. Al though the freight rate paid Is onlv .76 enta on a gallon, the companies are said to make an actual charge ot 1H cents. Con sidering low profit made on gaso line, fractional differences in wholesale price affect dealers ma terially. NEW mm PLAN MIAMI. Fla- Not. 20. (AP) Plans to link North and South America by a new aerial route, including the longest regularly scheduled water flight in the world, were tentatively an nounced today by Pan-American Airways, Inc. Tha haw route would be from Miami and Havana to Cristobal, canal zone, by way or Kingston, Jamaica. The flight from Kings ton to Cristobal 430 miles, would be entirely over water. The linn la expected to ooen December 2, with a schedule of two flights a, week. The flight nowl is made by way of Porto Cabezas, NIC, over a route open ed last spring by Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. . T.nrt nlanea will be used from Miami and Havana to Kingston and sea-planes on the 30 miles crdsswater hop to Cristobal, "FLU SAID RAGING f.nvnrTsi" Nnv. so. f API An Exchange telegraph dispatch from Warsaw - says that an unprece dented epidemic of nfluenxa Is ratine- in Poland. ; especially In the Lods textile district; L " V , ' - 1 '- ; ,- Jam--' DEALERS HIED LB in Successor - to Aller; Dancy Resigning, Announced H. Y. Collins, one of the best known telephone men in : the Pa cific northwest, has been select ed as manager for Salem for the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company, according to announce ment ,by H. R. Risley, general commercial manager for the company. Mr. Collins succeeds C. C. Aller, who recently was transferred to San Francisco. Atv the same time Mr. Risley announced the retirement of W. H. Dancy, commercial represen tative at Salem. Mr. Dancy, who Is 62 years old and has38 years of telephone service to his cred it, 35 years of which have been in Salem, retires af his own re quest. "With Mr. Dancy's retire ment," said Mr. Risley, "the tel ephone company In Oregon loses one of its oldest and best em ployees. Mr. Dancy has earned in many ways the privilege of retirement and making his life his own." Started Career in Salem in 1892 . Mr. Dancy, who numbers hun dreds of Salem and Oregon peo ple as his friends, started his telephone career in 1892 as a repair-nan at Salem and later worked a short time in Portland On January 1, 1906, Mr. Dan cy was made manager for Mar lon county for the telephone company. In 1910 he became district commercial manager for Salem. He held that title, or its equivalent, until May 1, 1927, when he was made commercial representative. Mr. Collins, the new manager, Is expected to arrive in Salem today and immediately take up his new duties. He has. had more than 20 years of telephone service, all of which have been in the Pacific northwest. He has served as manager at Aberdeen, Centralis, Kent, Hoquiam and Renton, Washington, and as area manager in both Seattle and Portland. In the latter place he also served as district commer cial upervts&rT'Tme oT the "key positions. For the past few months he has been temporarily serving as manager at Klamath Falls. Besides his telephone record, Mr. Collins has an enviable civic record. He is a past president of Rotary at Hoquiam where he was also the organizer of the Rotary club. He was president of the southwestern Washington Development league, a member of the board of directors of the Paclfie Northwest Tourist asso ciation, and president of the Ho quiam chamber of commerce. He was active in the Kiwanls club at Portland where he was i member of the1 board of direct ors. UD OF 11 KILLED IN TRAFFIC CRASH DAYTON, Ore.. Not. 20. .(AP) Joseph Cockerham, 11, was killed and three others were injuria seriously in an automo bile accident on the Dayton-Mc-Minnvllle highway today. The Injured were: Lucille Lo rett, 22, a teacher at Unity; Robert Hodge and Florence Hodge. All three -are in a Me Mlnnvflle hospital. . The sheriff's office reported Miss Lorett was driving the au tomobile in which the party was riding and drove onto the high way without stopping. The au tomobile was struck by truck driven by Bernard Potts who told authorities he thought Miss Lorett was going to stop. Potts and Floris and Evelyn Bond, who were riding with him, were uninjured. Potts waa arrested. Rebellious Red Troops Halted) t Officers Slain LONDON." Nor. 21. (Friday) - CAP)' Berlin dispatches to the Dally Express carry reports that two battalions of the Red army mutinied while engaged la winter maneuvers at Ismallowo, Tillage It miles from Moscow. The reports add that the men killed some of their officers but iltimately wero subdued by the ogup (secret police) after a fierce battle in which many sol diers were killed or wounded. It was added that 700 arrests had since been made in the Red capital. t Verdict Favors b Swope Guardian Verdict for the plaintiff for $900 was returned - by the Jury late yesterday in the case of Roy Nelson as . guardian for Cecil A. Swope, .incompetent, ' ts. United States Casualty : company. The case, over collection 'on an insur ance policy, occupied two full days in court. - - ... - ; FIFTY MILLION FDR HIGHWAYS n Appropriation is Urged as Drought Relief Plan By State Groups Suggest States be Allowed To Repay Their Part At Later Time WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 Resolutions urging tbe next con gress to appropriate 150,000,000 for highway construction In drought states and to authorize loans for seed, fertilizer and live stock feed were adopted tonight by representatives of more than a score of state drought relief com mittees and the national drought committee. The highway resolution calling upon congress to appropriate the 350.000.000 without requiring the states to match the fund dol lar for dollar at the time the dis tribution Is made. The portion to be borne by the state would be repaid to the gov ernment br an annual deduction from the noimal federal road ap propriation over a period of ten years. Earlier in the day the delegates to the drought . conference re ceived word from Dr.'C. W. War burton, secretary of the national committee, that congress would be asked to make tbe 3125,000 000 alotted for federal aid in road construction in 1932 available im mediately on enactment on the agriculture department's supply bill. The conference also urged lib eral contributions to the Ameri can Red Cross to enable that or ganization to meet the relief problems In more than 1,000 drought stricken counties. SOILED TOWEL NEW PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 20 - (AP) A soiled towel, apparently smeared with blood, tonight was In the hands of detectives who said they considered it a possible clew to the solution of the alleged murder of Mrs. Leone Bowles, 33, Portland society matron. Mrs. Bowles died nine days ago in the apartment of Mrs. Irma Loucks Paris, 28, former secre tary to Mrs. Bowles' husband, Nelson C. Bowles, 34, Portland capitalist. Bowles and Mrs. Par Is told police they were in the apartment at the time and that Mrs. Bowles stabbed' herself. First degree murder charges were placed against them today, how ever. The towel was found In a linen closet in Mrs. Paris apartment by detectives and surveyors who had gone to take measurements. It was found under clean linens. Po lice said the towel bore stains which probably would support the theory the death knife had been cleaned. One of the chief developments today. District Attorney Myers said, was the statement of Dr. Paul D. Cooper, who. was called to attend Mrs. Bowles, that he, Bowles and Mrs. Paris had "re hearsed" the story they were to tell authorities. Noted Railroad Executive Dies WEST PORT HARBOR, Mass., Not. 20 (AP) Earle Perry Charlton, vice president of the F. W. Wool worth company and a member of the board of directors of the New " York, New Haven and Hartford railroad died here tonight. He was operated on at Palm Beach, Fla., last February. Pure Alcohol is Gill Car Cargo When local policemen stopped car driven br one Bob GUI. hailing from Belllngham, Wash., last night, they discovered 16 gallons of pure alcohol, said to retail at 1 15 a gallon. BOWLES Showdown Meeting on 1 Hotel Project Tonight Tonight a meeting of Salem citizens will take place at the Elks club where a definite decision will be reached on whether to proceed with the financing ot a new com munity hotel. A meeting was held in Governor Norblads office yes terday morning, and it was de cided to have a showdown meet ing tonight to settle the matter of whether to go ahead or not. Business' conditions and other reasons hare been advanced as a reason for dropping the matter at present. On the. other hand the need of Salem for a new hotel and the need of employment of work in gm en are given as reasons why the project should be pushed through.. . v . ? About 20 attended the meeting CoimtvientNeed Fold County Court By Panic of Plenty" Is Littleton's Word Anent Depression NEW YORK, Not. 20. (AP) -The present business situation is a .''panic of plen ty," Martin W. Littleton, prominent New York attor ney, said tonight at the an nual, dinner of the chamber of commerce of the state of New York. Caution, courage and com mon sense must be the foun dation for economic revival, he said. John E. Edgerton, presi dent of the National Asso ciation of Manufacturers, said the composite opinion of the heejds of state manu facturing' associations of IS states wae that the business depression and unemploy ment had struck bottom and were on the upward; trend. DY BOOM SAID E Closing of Institution at Asheville Followed by Five More, Word ASHEVILLE. N. C, Nov. 20 (AP) With the real estate boom of a few years ago held responsible by the state banking department. The Central Bank and Trust , company here failed today, causing four other banks in western North Carolina to close their doors, and tying up total deposits of more than 22, 000,000. The Bank - of Lowell, at Lowell, Gaston county,, also closed today but its closing was said to have no connection with the western North Carolina sit uation. Whether any of the banks would re-open was in doubt tonight. The Central Bank and Trust company alone had deposits of more than $18,000,000 at the time of its last statement of con dition on September 4. It was capitalized at $1,000,000 and on September; 24 its resources were given as $21,753,000. The other banks closing were the Biltmore-Oteen bank in Bilt more, Asheville suburb, with a capital of $50,000 and deposits of $615,061; the First Bank and Trust tjompany, Hendersonville, capital $150,000 and deposits $1,207,628; the Citizens Nation al bank, Hendersonville, capital $100.000.,; deposits $1,077,397. and the American Bank and Trust company, Hendersonville, capital $50,000, deposits $111. 638. - LARGEST SHINGLE IS NEW WESTMINISTER, B. C Not. 20 (AP) The shingle mills of Bloedel, Stewart and Welch, Ltd.. said to be the largest In the world, were almost destroy ed by a fire of unknown origin here tonight.. Fire apparatus from Vancouver and Burnaby were being rushed to the scene. Scores of firemen and hundreds of civilians at a late hour had failed to control the fire. Several huge drying kilns because of their highly inflam mable contents were destroyed. The heat from the flames was so Intense fire fighters were repeat edly driven back. -' The mills had ' been operating 24 hours a day UP to the time of the outbreak. FAIR IS EXTINCT SPOKANE, Nov 20. (AP) The Spokane Interstate ' fair, an annual event here for 37 years, was ordered discontinued today by vote of the stockholders. which Governor Norblad called in his offices at the capltol- Thurs day. Governor Norblad put -before those present the idea of put ting Salt-si on a par with other capital cities as regards hotel fa cilities; also the. need to provide employment this winter. .He cited how a hotel would make this more of a convention city, would at tract and keep tourists. 'and would gerra visiting government officials. Henry Meysrs jand Dr. C. O. Doney also spoke 'of tho value of better hotel facilities here. Hal D. Patton said that If his site-was chosen he was willing to 1st the pi Ice be fixed by appraisal. It was, stated at the meeting that the -location of the proposed hotel had not been decided on. -. BANK MILL BURR BignDelegatici Crowd Overflows Ono Place of Meeting, is Heard at C. of C. Facts Brought Out by Representatives of Farmer Groups An extensive but well-orran-ized presentation of the need of Marion county for an agricultur al agent was presented Thursday to the county court. Judge John Siegmund, James Smith and Hen ry Porter, commissioners, hear ing tbe affirmative arguments for the proposal and announcing that next Monday, Novmeber 24, the opponents of the proposition would have opportunity to pre sent their case. Without the slightest rancor and with apparent willingness to get at the facts concerning county agent work, nearly 30 witnesses were presented as proponents of county agent work for Marioa county. Collectively , the men rep resented agricultural leadership In the county and as individuals they came from a wide-scattered body of granges, community clubs and chambers of commerce as well as from business and banking groups in the county. Hearing Lasts Over 5 Hours Hearing" of the county agent proponents began shortly afttr 10 o'clock in the morning and lasted until after 3 p. m. and save for a noon . adjournment, the meeting being held In the cham ber of commerce because the 125 men attending could not be ac commodated in the small Judi cial chambers at the courthouse. John Ramage, president of the Woodburn Cooperative asso ciation, was the leader for the presentation of the county at-nt arguments. Lawyer-like, he pre sented each witness to the rourt and asked him to state his spe cific reasons for the employment of an agent in Marion county. Ramage explained to the court that before he took the leader ship of the county agent move ment he had made a careful study of county agent work in other counties in the state. lie said that questionnaires sent 21 granges in various parts of Ore gon showed 20 out of 21 of them to be favorable to the work of an agricultural agent, employed by the county. "As farmers who have known what the agent can do we have laid aside prejudice and consid ered the facts and thus favor the employment of a man locally, Ramage said. "We don't want higher taxes but we want better farmers. We know that an agent will cost only one-tenth of one mill on the assessed valuation of the county and we also know that out of a million dollars levied an nually by the county there must be a place somewhere for the $460 needed by an agent- Most Counties . Of State in line Summarized, the arguments then presented by the speakers were: County agents are employ ed by 29 out of 36 counties ia Oregon. Not in six years has any county abandoned lta county agent program. - - Marion county, highly diversif ied agriculturally and favored by nature, 'needs agent work to improve methoda of production to make possible greater farm profits. - . While a slight increase in tax es may be necessary, the expendi ture is valid because the results obtained, as proved in other coun ties, are far larger than tbe ex penditure. ., County agent work in narticu- lar would be valuable for dairy men in aeveioping cow-testlnsr as sociations and stopping menacing diseases such as contagious abor tion. ... Marketing associations- for small fruit growers and vegetable' raisers, checking . of diseases ia fruit, vegetables and berries, aa4 development ot proper irrigation methods are sure to follow county agent leadership. The following are summaries of the remarks made by each speaker, together with the nam ot me organization ne repre sented: C. E. Jorgensen, Sllverton grange: Sixty members in the grange and the organization voted unanimously for the em-, ployment ot an agent by this county. Jorgensen, once a resi dent of Coos county, said indi vidual production per , cow had been greatly helped by a cow- testing association formed under county agent leadership. O. 3. Larson, master Wood- burn grange: Out of 22 mem bers, there were only, twM or three dissenting votes; to the county agent proposal. An agent would be a great help in 4-II - club work said Larson. He em phasised the value of 'an eduoe- . (Turn Jo page 2, coL 1)