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rAan roun T2is OREGON STATESMAN, Salsm, Crecn.TTed.nccy tiorelrr. rV-rcary 4, 1931 ; "2Vo Fair Stcaya Us; No Fear Shall AwtP ' : ; ; , From" First Statesman, March 23, 1S51 . THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. Snuccr, Sheldon P. Sackxtt, Publisher Chaeles A. SrCACrK - - - - Editor JIanager t . y Sheldom P. Sackett .-'" - Managing Editor i . Member of the Associated Press f The Associated Press ! exclusively entitled to the tjxe for publica tion of nil news dispatcher credited to !tt or ot.oterw.se credited in this 'paper., i .. ..;" ' ".. ' Pftpffltf Coast Advertising ReDresentativesi Arthur W. K types, Inc., Portland, Security Bidg. Ban Francisco. Sharon EMg. ; Los Angeles, W. I'ac Blag. Eastern Advertising Representatives: Ford-Parso-s-Stech-r Idc- : New T"rt, 271 : Madtsoa A Ye.; i Chlcaso,) 369 N. Michigan Ave. . Entered at the Postaffic at Hatter. Published every viorning except Monday, business office, SIS S. Commercial Street l 4 : " ' ' 1 SUBSCEIPTION RATES: ? MaQ Subscription Rates, tn Advance. Within Oreson: .Dally sna Sunday. 1 Mo. 60 cents; 3 Mo. $1.85 Ma. 3.2: 1 year $4.09. Else where 6 cents per Mo. or;3.0 for 1 year In advance. . By City Carrier: 60 cents a month;! $3.50 a year in advance. Per Copy X cents On trains ant News Stands S cents. The Lawrence Bills j r' is only natural that there should now be discord in the interpretation of the! sacred writings It was always s?. The people need not be surprised that even the elect dis pute anions themselves : as to whether or not the Lawrence bill conforms to the text of the Jofeeph platform, which is of course the covenant of the new administration. Harry Gross -says that it.violates the views of j Mr. Joseph, and the gov ernor insists that it conforms and! abolishes the commission "as now constituted and Col. Clark publicly admits that bis bill is merely the carryover with slight! amendment of the old legislation and regulatory machinery. The various dis ciples may quarrel like conventional religionists over; how to interpret the three tablets of stone that are the alpha and omega of the new faith. While they are doing tnat tne public is warranted in making a study of the merits of the bill without regard to just how itr conforms with the Book of Joseph. : The Lawrence bill in brief 1st. It "abolishes" the present public service commis sion of three and sets up a single "commissioner of public -utilities" who possesses all the powers .now possessed by the commission. ill' I 2nd. It gives optional and somewhat qualified "home rule" to cities. . . j vr-' ; ! J ' j ;. -' ; - -. j ;3rd. It gives the commissioner power to examine and pass upon contract : between, operating 1 utility companies and affiliated service oi supply companies. j The last provision is a legitimate protection of the pub lic interest. It prevents affiliated or holding : companies from "milking" the utility under the guise of "operating expenses" and thus keeping its apparent -rate of return be low the "fair rate." ! ' .. i 'The first change making on0 commissioner instead of three is pure camouflage. "A ! rose by any name would smell as sweet." Compare it with senate bill U2, creating a "hydro-electric commission" which would consist of three members. The regulatory i commission or commissioner will have far greater duties than this latter commission of trirfMv shiner-ton nas ft single hpArl nf the "department of utilities", but he has associated supervisors who join in pass- ing judgment on rates. The public service commission is- or dinarily one of the most over-wdrked branches of govern ment. The duties are pressing, important and onerous. The work is of such a character that the seasoned judgment , of three is much to be preferred to the judgment of one. It would be a mistake, in bur opinion, to substitute a single commissioner for a board of threei ' i There is this also to be recalled. - Suppose some years hence the people are led off on kukluxism or some new ex ilnitfttinn of TireiiiiSices. ianrl the .f interests' alio - in: a srov- emor they can control. How pointment of a single commissioner who will be pliable to i J mi .1 A. j 1 1J 1 J .3 Utility uemanas i a nen wnai, a fnf sonmnifseinn tt thrtia ' rut to expect,would be tools of vested interests. How about "home rula?" In all probability this would become a dead letter except so far (as Portland is concerned. How could Salem, for example, successfully prosecute a rate -case against the Portland General Electric company t We would have to evaluate not only the local distributing sys- , tern, the transmission lines, and the power plants, but we would have to allocate to Salem a certain portion of the investment in , generating expense; Think not only of the cost; but of tneftility of it all. Portland might attempt "home rule" and. doubtless would. Driven by political fears the city council : would doubtless enact an arbitrary ordin ance slashing rates ay! 25 as with the telephone com pany. The utility would promptly take the case into court. Immediately , home rule is a be tried out "de novo" and before a public service commission. : j . j ' Under the old days of were in a constant hide and Utility control became a constant issue in politics; the in vitation to corruption was always present; and unscrupu lous politicians lived off the graft from the ; utility con ; cerns. "Home rule" gives the advantage save with Port land alone,, to the utility company; and may open. the gate to discrimination between communities and to political ma nipulation and corruption. In ourl judgment the optional come ruie ieature scouKi ne We only to cities of 300,000 also be made definite and final, mothering by the state commissioner. Let Jhe city elect" how it win be served; and then abide by its, own decision. ; Now as to . the question which Harry Gross raises, that the Clark bill continues the commissioner as a Judi cial official rather than a "consumer's advocate". There is something to be said for the ion i3 that the commissioner to issue its Orders after hearings, in a semi-judicial way. Vh - nrtt mntinnp ! mmniisaion nf three nrl then create in the department a i him with the responsibility torney" representing the people's Interest before the public service commission. Then : give ham a staff of engineers and accountants and money now we expect the commission to be both prosecutor and judge and jury about the only place where we permit such a jumble of responsibilities. - i : The plan of Mr. Gross the definite "scourge of the Lord'V Now this simply means if the commissioner acts in arbitrary manner, without hear ing and without findings to support. his orders, the utilities wiU take the cases into state or federal court, so you get a "judicial" determination anyhow. ' j - - " To sum up: The Statesman believes the bill as drawn by Mr. Clark and Introduced considerably." Confine home Create a 'peopie s advocate to serve as "prosecutor" be fore a public service commission f three, and supply the department with adequate funds to co its work properly. We shall discuss the other power bills another time. The world la boldins; Its breath While the royalty ot Sweden defies whether young Prtace Lennart may enarry a commoner. It ij a Idt u&ictt. s peojrle the world oTer win h on the aid ot tha youas couplet. All the world aUll Salem. Oregon, a Second-Class j i does three things: easy then to dictate the ap uatr auu crj wuwu ue roiscu TI rf wriAm It i rpflSflnJlhlp myth because the case must decision rendered exactly as separate bargaining the towns seek f game with the utilities. aoousnea or else maae apniica- population for over. It should not qualified by any grand Gross idea, although our onin (commission) should continue "pepple's advocate"? Charge of being the "prosecuting at enough to work with. As it is is to make the commissioner by Lawrence should be altered rule to the city of Portland. 'OTesi a uvr. HEALTH Today's J&k ty It S. Coptland, I f. D f Thera often arises the problem ot how to get children to eat cer tain foods. The grown-ups at familiar with the adyantages and 'benefits of certain foods, bat frequently Tommy may not agree with us. ' '. . It la defin itely bellered by some, stu dents of the subject that any dislike a child m a y hare for cer tain r foods is due "entirely to neglect in training. This Is unfor tunate, if true.' for often children grow up disliking . foods which are absolutely essential for their health. " 1 In many instances the " cause for this dislike may be attributed to the parent. The chlldi oyer-' bears the adult s complaint and the expression of his dislike of certain foods, such as spinach, carrots or mllk Children are quick to Imitate and if the taste ot a particular food is not pleas ing, they win immediately Te- ect the food. They found their objection on" the conversation of their elders. If you . dislike some foods, merer roice your opinion in the presence of young children. Children should never be scold ed for not eating certain foods. Nor should they be forced to eat foods they do not desire. Forced feedings never develop : a desire or taste for food, and certainly do not promote proper digestion. At the same time you should continue serving these foods. Never remove them from ; the child's list. It nothing is said it is; probable he will eat them in time. It . takes tact- and . thought to overcome- these dislikes.' One -wis mother told me the .other day that she makes sandwiches, fill ing them with a mixture of the disUked vegetable mashed -p with a larger quantity ef a pop ular -vegetable. "When the child finally discovers the fact, he has. found out that the despised food is really not bad, but, on the con trary, is actually good. - Occasionally I see a dyspeptic old gentleman, who, organically is ! well, and possesses no real stomach disorder, yet he won't eat this or that, thinking it bad for him. Usually he is merely suf fering , from poor . food : training in childhood. I pity him. 1 i tf the foods served the children differ- from those the rest of the family have, it is better to have the children eat before the ad ults, and preferably in a separate room. There: should be only the most pleasant of conversation at; any table. There never-should be any playing or undue excitement atJ this- time or Immediately fol lowing the meal. 'Answers to Health ' Queries 1, B. Q.r What would you ad vise for low mentality? - z What J would cause puffl- nesa under the eyes? 3 what can be done for a continual tired feeling? - A. The treatment would de pend upon the cause of the trou ble. Have a talk with the doctor who Is familiar; with the pa tient's condition. ; He will advise you. t This symptom mav be in dicative of a heart or kidney dis turbance or ft may.be due to pos sible dissipation. In this case also examination will determine the necessary treatment.- 3 -Low i blood pressure, ane mia, autointoxication or a gen erally run-down condition-, may be at the source of the trouble. Have an examination and follow your doctor's advise regarding treatment. Yesterdays . . . Of Old Oregon Towm Talks from The States man Oar Father Read - February 4. IOCS ' Rev. and Mrs. H. D. Kimball. Rev. B. F. Rowland of Portland, President J. H. Coleman of Wil lamette university. Rev, W. H. Selleck, pastor of the First M. E. church, and Prof. McCall of the faculty spent a good portion of the day Inspecting the Willam ette campus to locate a suitable site for the new college of theol ogy which Dr. and Mrs. Kimball are to build. No final decision was reached.' -: .,?-.? The stock of goods from H7 H. Rogan'a new grocery store on HELD FOR DAUGHTER'S DEATH . , ... ,. ... , :v: f .i .,..-. : ... -' , Louis RIker. Si. and fc'a 7S-year-plj wife. f Toledo, Ohb, bein- lowmsr their dau' iga tnat the shooting took T th fatil u"-r I :L.ter. Ida. It I I v . v .w fA ---Kj .r-m Lift 'ifz . ' '- k ' X- .an -t ffer" I : l- I' ' n I iHlt9filnl'Kl ' K mm) -i 't F j -inn- ... .-.-!' .f 4 V' ft. .. .. -,,::l-yr)"l?t i v k 4V. .f-i vr.: - - 1 i 1 ' ... . . . 1 l 1 . m m "Murder at The murder ! ot Baroness - von Wlese at Eagle's Nest atlrred the town of Kingeliffe. Walter Vane assistant chlef-of-pollce, is la charge of the investigation, aid ed by his fiancee, -Bim" Martin, young newspaper reporter. . A note, written by the Baroness, is found near the body. Bim recalls seeing the Baroness slip the but ler a piece of paper, which he denies. Suspicion is cast on Mary Frost, whose husband,- Ted, had flirted with the Baroness. Mary's shawl is found wrapped around the body. Mary claims she was unable to locate the shawl and left with Ted. It develops she re-' turned later fofth shawl. Com plications arise! when it Is learn ed that Laura Allan had borrow ed the shawL Emily Hardy4! maid heard the Baroness quarrel with her maid. Bim wonders about the wounds on the head and arm of the Baroness' maid. The Jewels of the Baroness hare been stolen. ' CHAPTER XHI As always, when aha saw Miss Laura Allan in these surround infgs, Bim was struck by the vast difference between the aloof, ar istocratic young woman and the members of the Pine Hill crowd. Laura Allan was tall and slen der and dark with a proud, sul len face and eye that seemed to weigh the world and find it wanting. i Given more vivacity, she would have been like a thin, burning flame; as it was she seemed to dispense an Icy glitter. Her manner was languid end faintly scornful; she. appeared' to dislike- Em and Em's- associates even while she allied herself with them.- She would sit for an entire evening with an untouched high ball in her hand and with a cryp tic little half smile on. her full Hps, watching Ted" Frost sink deeply into his; cups. She pre served to Mary Frost the polite and slightly tolerant attitude us ually accorded age an attitude, Bim thought, which would be maddening to a woman less than ten years Laura's senior. ' The Trents she ignored as she Court, street has arrived, and is being placed for sale, though the construction is not quite com pleted.' .--'I..- : Regular annual inspection of Company "M. Third Oregon, . was held at the armory last' night. Cot Jas., Jackson, TJ. 8. A.," in spector general for Oregon; was here for the inspection. All . but one of the 68 men enlisted were present. ; - - i - , f . place when the daughter was struggling. with her lather for possession af a revolver will which it is reported he content plated committing suieid. GETTING DRYER EVERY Eagle's Nest" OT'IR $h stooped mid dug it out of the pebble dust in which If imbedded, , . ' ignored BUnny Balrd, excepting at such times as whim moved, her to encourage his unflagging de votion. . ;,v i ' : v'r-:; ;J v: But for all her dlsagreeable ness. Miss I Laura Allan had charm. She was willful, self -centered, and careless of the happi ness of others; but also she-was magnetic-i-a strange riddle of a woman. j .,.,.-m"' 1 'i1 This morning she seemed to be at. her best as she greeted Em and Bim and dropped a faintly astonished nod to Reynolds and Walter Vance. It was Em who told her; the "news. . : "Something dreadful has hap pened, dear. The Baroness was; shot last night. "Oh,, no!" Laura sat down quickly. Incredulous and shock ed. "Not it wasn't she isn't " Em . wagged ; her head ' up and down. "Yes, she's dead. Out in the summer house.". . - ,l "The- summer .house!" Some thing like horror twisted over the dark, ; lovely face ' and : ran "on; down the slim body. Laura seem ed usable, to speak tor. a moment and then her words came tum bling out in a manner quit dif ferent from her: ordinary re served way of speaking. " - "But .who did it? Who'd want to do a thing like that? There couldn't have been anyone here she'd Just come and not one of us knew her really not even you. Em?" - . . . - - ,i Td met , her and : the baron only once, ' in Palm - Beach last winter," Em agreed. "Of eourse, we don't know what'a behind it. but were trying to find that out." "Oh!" Laura looked at Rey nolds and Walter and seemed; t understands their presence 'now. "Ill not be much help to the po lice, of course." i- "But youi won't object to an swering questions, Miss . Allan?" Walter wanted to know. . "Certainly not. If I can.", I "Thank you. What time did you leave here last 'nightr" me began, repeating the Inquiry upon which seemed to hinge so much that might be of impor tance. - i . ! Lauri- considered briefly, her face falling into its usual aloof ness. It was. after 11," she stated. : "I remember that the Lclock was - striking midnight when I got In the clock at home, that is. Mrs. Brigga. our housekeeper, put her head out; and asked If I wanted anything, i I said that ! didn't and went up to my room." "Who -was here when you left. Miss" Allan?" . "The Baron was in the library ! with Mr. Hardy. I didn't see the Baroness though I "wanted to say good-night. Em was somewhere around X think she was seeing th -Treats off. -: And there was ! Mary Frost." DAY ;C1 hi Q "Ah Mrs. Frost! You saw her as you were leaving?" "Yes. She was going out the back way into th garden." t "Sue about that?" - ' ; ' "Oh, yes. She had on her Span ish shawL I ' wondered 'at the time for she had it pulled up about her throat and against the back of ! her head ' and drawn closely around her shoulders." . 'Where was Mrs. i Frost when you saw her?" - ;! As I recall sheVas Just step ping off the terrace into the gar den. Z was a little surprised,, you see, for I thought she had left earlier." "And where were you at the time?" "I'd got my wrap from th dressing room and was on the front ; terrace waiting, for Mr. Balrd to bring my car around." "There's screens at the front door and others at the back. You looked through these and' saw Mrs. ; Frost beyond the corridor and the terrace?" M r . Laura gave him a calculating glance and seemed to hesitate be fore she replied. "She was some distance away but I'm sure it was Mary; Frost The way she carries herself yes, it was Mary Frost." "Did you see anyone with her? Anyone waiting out there?" . "No.". . The word was muffled. "Y0u went directly home from here, (Miss Allan?" "I : drove Mr. Balrd up the mountain first and dropped him at the driver to- his bungalow. Then X went home." - "You retired at oncet" "I did." she said; haughtily. j s j DRY LAW REPORT TO HOOVER f o . 1 .-.... ... .. . : .. ..-v,. q - - - i , - George W.-Wlckershaiu, chairman of the national commission on law -' observance and enforcement, "with Trank J. Iioeth, f Chicago, ap pointed by the preeldeat a year and a half ago, suad the 60,000 - word report est the enforcement of the prohibition laws. BITS for BREAKFAST cy n. j. Two great bishops i .' i -! - T " . Ttose who hav visited San vriii in th nast Year, if they 1 wr nhservant. know that the tallest hotel buudinr ut me wesi is -th WiUianx -Tgyior noiei in that city and the newest of the great hotels in that city or noieis . . i . t and one oi mt ituesw ,.-.1 f i :.mm---:"-'-"- f That hotel was named for BIsh- on WUliam Taylor, first mission ary evangelist and preacher there, beginning with the gold rush days when the present metropolis be hind the Golden ' Gate was a straggling,: rushing, lawless, crude hamlet, made up largely. or partly, of th rag tag and bob tall dregs of the world. ! The William Taylor has BOO rooms, every one with a private bath and outside exposure, and the building is 30 stories from foundation to roof. It is in the midst of the civic center; close to th city hall. And it la a! monument to th man whose great fame was gain ed and whose world encircling evangelistic work .was don large ly, because he had the financial help of a, Marion county farmer who drudged and worked and de nied himself all his life long in order that he might earn and save th means therefor. ' - ,1. : v - W ! This modest Waldo hills farm er, William Wayland Brooks, bore patiently the i stigma of being thought miserly and close by all his neighbors, that what he earn ed might be used to, do good in the world ; to give the light of Christianity to heathen lands; more particularly to the savage peoples of darkest Africa. Something was said in this column' last week of the first of the two visits to Oregon of th great Bishop Matthew Simpson, one ot th last official acts of whom I was to consecrate Bishop William Taylor, May 24, 18844- June 18, 1884, less than a month thereafter, Bishop Simpson died. Writing in the Western Chris tian Advocate of July" z, 1884 Rev. Thomas H. pearne, who was on of th outstanding Methodist preachers and presiding elders of J tn Oregon country during our pioneer years, and in 1884 missed by. a hair's breadth becoming uJ s. senator from Oregon, said in part: "Th purpose of this oaoer is to give incidents In Bishop Simp son s lire which came under my . Walter then requested them to step into the reception corridor. and once there he directed Laura to stand on the front terrace where she had been the night be fore when she saw .Mary Frost. This accomplished, he asked Bim to walk slowly across .the back terrace and down the . garden path toward the summer house. . Bim obeyed willingly enough, though with an inward shudder. as sne realized that she was treading in the footsteps of the woman who had gone, such a short time before along that very way to her death. ir ; 8he strolled on the pebble path until a clump of shrubbery , hid her from the- view of those who watched and there she- paused a moment to draw a long breath. The summer house was before her, locked and deserted: she was too far away to see the sheet spread overthe body which lay upon tee floor. T , As she was turning back an ob ject at the edge of -. the path caught her attention and she stopped and dug it out of th pebble dust in which It was em bedded as if trampled there; The object proved to be a blood-stone with an Intaglio very beautifully cut upon the surface; ' it was, plainly, a setting lost from a ring a man's ring. . Bim studied it thoughtfully and stepped it into the pocket of the sweater Jacket she wore. "An other clue maybe," she told her self with a wry little smile, "one that probably will lead nowhere.? The others still were at the front- of the- house when' she re turned. Bh looked Inquiringly at Walter who shook his head. ; "Even In bright daylight you'd have no very clear vision from here ot a woman on the back ter race. Miss Allan. Just a blurred impression V , ; 'Hut I'm sure," Laura insist ed. "Besides, who but Mary Frost would -wear her Spanish shawl?" "You might, Miss Allan. As a matter of fact the maid saw you wearing it into the garden ear lier in the evening.". Laura turned - upon Walter a face Ilk a white flam out of which i her eyes biased with fury. "The maid.", she said distinctly "lies. I did not wear the shawl and I did -not go out there into the garden!" (To be continued tomorrow). HENurjers personal notice. They will have Interest to his many friends and the man in his Jess public and of ficial 'life. Having never been published, they will have the add ed charm ot freshness. V "Most of these occurred in Ore gon. One of them, and among the most thrilling, occurred in Washington, 0. C.. on the next day after Mr. Lincoln relnaugur- atlon. Bishop Simpson's first of ficial visit to Oregon was in 1854. Bishop Ames had preceded him there in 1853. ! -. "I first saw Bishop Simpson in the conference room in Oregon. The conference met that year in Belknap Settlement, Benton coun ty, about 120 miles above Port land, the chief seaport. Steam- Ka.X.. -n V A nnnav 'Wilts m Attn was suspended. There were then no stages nor other public con veyances up and down the valley. The bishop had been hindered by an accident to his ocean steamer. He reached Portland on Thurs day, the day after th session had opened. He procured a man to take him to the seat of the con ference. (The fact is, as the read er nf fhfa cnlnmn tnnvf ha nrrv. cured this man at Salem, having com this far by steamer.) But this person, not knowing where Belknap Settlement was conveyed him to Polk county instead of Benton. (The tact is, the man ' got lost In th woods in th dark close to where ; Buena Vista is now.) .. "He entered the log church (school house) on Sunday morn ing. Just as the writer was closing his sermon. (Bishop Simpson said his prayer, after the sermon.) No one there had ever seen him: I said, 'If the gentleman who has Just entered the room is Bishop Simpson, he willi please advance to the pulpit. He came forward. I introduced htm. He gave the cause of the delay as a shipwreck, through which he had Just passed. He said that when in imminent peril, and amid consternation and alarm, he had been greatly com forted by the lines of Henry Kirke White, some of which he repeated thus: " 'Once on the raglna- sea X rode: The storm was loud, the night , was dark: ). The ocean yawned, and rudely blowed i The wind that tossed my founder ing bark, i Deep horror then my vitals froze; Death-struck, X ceased the tide to , stem;.. .. When suddenly ar star arose, It was the Star of Bethlehem. i- :. Pf . .; He told how sweetly thrilling the lines . were, and how deeply they had moved him, adding: ;i o'er,. " ....... Ill sing, first in night's diadem. For ever , and forevermore, The Star, the Star of Bethlehem. "Th effect on th audience was strougly markedJ Many wept; some shouted. The bishon spent several weeks with me, vis iting different points ot Interest. One Saturday afternoon. In Salem, he Inquired: 'What did Blshon Ames preach on last year in Sa lem I refilled that Ttlahnn A m ua hail Drea.Chuf m" mnut mamnraKlo sermon on 'Faith. The next day. in tn same pulpit, and to many of the same people. Bishop Simp son preached his matchless ser mon on "This la the victory that ; overcometh the world, even our faith, and Hav faith in God.' "Th effea war indescribable. v..u.,a, nisuvB uiBiiueu it times, succeeded and broken by sobbing and weeping ;and shouts. ; vAinca ui uearers up la thought and feeling as far science and reason, and sight and promise, and experience and ima gination, could go toward the In- visiDie ana the Eternal." (Continued tomorrow.) 4 i i i The Safety Valve - - . Letters from i , CUtesraaa ,Teadert - J 'Stayton, Ore. . To the Editor: . If you please I'd like for vou to -publish this short, letter and get it to the governor and before th legislators. I Want to suggest that since out machine age knocks out of em- " ployment people 45, why not make the Old Age pension so thos between 60 and 70 get fit per month and those above 70, $22 per month? I am now Hying on 10 per month and I know a few livrng on 1 8 per month. Please think seriously about the abov proposition. ! Respectfully yours, ; FRED VAN CAMP. i.i Indict Kingsley For Slaying of Traffic Officer MED FORD, Ore.. Feb. 3. . (AP) James E. Kingsley. alia J. C .Adams," Monday was Indict ed for the first degree murder of Sam Prescott, Ashland police man. ; Prescott was shot -and killed January 27 when he stopped Kingsley to question him about the ownership- of th car he was drirlne. Kingsley was arraigned today but will not enter his plea until tomorrow. An early trial la ex- . . , ... pecieo ir ne pieaas not guilty. lungsiey allegedly has confess ed the murder and said he shot to escape arrest. He waa driving a stolen car at the time. Eeabania. known as wild hemp is being raised in Kern count Cal., to enrich the soil for latei planting to onions and potatoes.