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7 I D E distention lor
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130.
Aver, dally net paid: 6671
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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.
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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. . .
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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
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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;
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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
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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-
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