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1 - SERVICE TIID WEATIIEU Fair today, cloudy with ralna j. Saturday, teuipera tare , unchanged; Max. Temp. Tbnrsd. y 49, Min. 85, raim .K3 lack, fiver 2- -feet - - " ' ' - - V r We frnarantee tier service. If your paper does not : arrive by 6:30, call 600 and copy .will be delivered at once. rt 1 1 1 i f I -. t 'vi ii i.i ii v ' . . ,s"--eW y - " - - - FOUNDED 1551 EIGHTIETH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning:, February 20, 1931 s ' " I - - i ' ' i . - - .. . t " ' '''"''''''MJ''M1'''1'M I V lK FREE TEXTBOOK ILL IS PASSED Bl THE SEfffi Certain to Become law as Governor- Favored it In his Platform Vote Is 17 to-13; Opposi ttori "Based. Mostly on. ; . Expense ltfjn The stale senate yesterday gave a IT to IS approval to the Lee bin providing for free . textbooks - la Oregon. The measure, already approved by the boose, now goes to Governor Meier for his approv al or rejection, the former being thought sure since free textbooks were Included In the Meier plat form before bis election. ., A packed gallery beard the de bate which took all the time of the morning session and brought out one of the most closely eon tested oratorical contests of the session. ; The Tote follows: i 1 ' For Bailey, Booth, Carsner, Crawford, Dunne, Eberbard. Franclscovlch. Hall, Kiddle, Kuck, MUler, spauldlng, Upton, Wheel er, Woodward. . Against Bennett, Billlngsley, Brown, Burke. Dunn. Eddy, Fish er, Johnson, Mann, ! Schulmerlch, Staples, Strayer, Marks. The bill provides that the cost of the books shall not exceed $1.50 per pupil per year. Districts of the first class may purchase the books direct, while districts of the second and third classes shall purchase them through the 1 state educational department. Oregon Held Far -r TTTTT In Rear, Claimed : Senator Bailey, In opening the - argument for the bIHr declared that -Oregon was one of : four states !n the union which does not have a free textbook law. "We prpvide school bouses, teachers iand much equipment, 'said Sen ator Bailey, 'and I can see no rea son why we should not go a step farther and furnish, free text books. This bill has received, the Indorsement of tboatataftangt. the -parent-teachers -"associations and many' other organization! in terested ia the welfare of our school system." t " Figures submitted by Senator Bailey showed thaCpaasage of the bill would save (thet Portland school district approximately $37,000 a year. - I am opposed to this bill on -the 'ground that It savors with paternalism, said Senator Sta ples. "It will not be long until our children will be taken away from as and ' educated : by the state. We are gradually drifting toward socialism. Thirteen- pro fessors at the state university voted for Eugene Debbs when be -was a candidate for president of the United States. ; j "With our . present, deficit of more than $2,090,000 we are in no financial condition to take on i (Turn to page 2, col. 1) YOUTH CONFESSES i unn is cui SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 15. (AP) Charles A. Simpson. 21, police said, confessed late today be bound and burned to death Mrs. Albina Voorhies, 65, Monday night in a lUUe store she oper ated here alone.. He "was ' imme diately charged with murder. Panic stricken by the "terrible look In ber eyes," after ; be bad clubbed ber over the bead,' the confession read, Simpson ' bound the helpless woman band and foot, poured coal oil over ber body and set it afire while she was still alive. ' j 1 Police said he j explained he killed Mrs. Voorhies to escape ar rest, for she bad recognised him as the son of ber landlord. He obtained $10. . . Trailed since the crime was dis covered, Simpson was arrested af ter he came out of a municipal court room where be bad gone to face a robbery charge. He was free on ball tinder this charge at the time the murder was commit ted. It was, police said, only one of several robberies of which be was accused. Escaped Convict Ca tight Few Days L After SZIarriage l CORVALLIS. Ore., Feb! It). -(AP) Benton !; county officers today eut short, the romance of George Wardell, alias George Kellog, alleged escaped convict from the Idaho penitentiary. Wardell was arrested at the home of Mrs. M. J. McClure War dell, to whom be had been mar ried last Monday at Albany, Ore., the bride was left at her home and WardeU was placed in the county jail pending arrival of Idsho penitentiary- officials. 7 WardeU, who said bo had been here two months, allegedly was arrested in Idaho In 1923 for as tault upon a minor. He escaped June 25. 1925." . - W fiat's in a Name? Muck, Says Coolcing Scho Pleasing Terminology Of Willa Campbell; Interest in Event ' I j Still at High Pitch 5 i LOOK out you men!' You will be unable to tell what you are eatine; for the next few. days if your wives carry out the ideas sriven at The statesman cookino- school on Thursday. : , "Ji CBt jFe?5s ' yr disH depend on the nama you give It -Willa Campbell told the SOO women gathered at the - - GOHSDLIDATIOn OF Saving I In .Inspection for Child Ubor Effected . Under Gram's Plan i , Consolidation of the state board of child labor inspectors and the Industrial, i welfare - commission with the state bureau of labor, was approved by the Joint ways and means committee last night, Under the provisions of the bill authorizing the consolidation, C H. Gram, state labor commission er, will act as secretary of the Combined activities at a salary of $3600 a year. He now receives $3000. Millie Trumbull, of Port land, la now serving as secretary of the ; board of child labor in spectors i and Industrial welfare commission. Tae estimated cost of conduct ing the three departments separ ately during the current biennluxn was $32,011. Under a budget pre pared by Mr. Gram covering the cost of the combined activities. the expense ! will be reduced to $23,580.; . . ; ;-; ..- ; Conciliation - 5 ' ' U Board Eliminated The ways and means commit tee also eliminated the state board of. conciliation, which requested an appropriation of $1975 for the current biennlum. The appropria tion of the bureau of nursiirg-and-i child hyjrleney wblcbrls- conducted in connection with the state board of health, reduced from $22,791 (Turn to page 2, col. 1) SI REDS' M PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 19. (AP) Bank Tobberies have been proposed by Portland commun ists ..'as a 1 means . of obtaining greater . funds to carry on their activities, M R. Bacon, Portland special police officer, testified to day in ! the trial of Ben Boloff charged with criminal syndical ism, j i :-' Bacon affiliated with the com munist ; party last year in order to obtain , information about Its work. His work led to the arrest and subsequent indictment - of more -than, 20 alleged commun ists. Several of these are await ing deportation and Boloff is the first of 13 others to be brought to trial for criminal syndicalism. The entire day was devoted to direct and ' cross-examination of Bacon. He told of theories and doctrines he bad - learned in - a "communist school just around the corner from . the police sta tion." Ml:- - Communist , sympathizers jam med ; the courtroom , and - during the noon recess more than '300 gathered in : the plaza opposite the courthouse ' where they were addressed by Fred Walker, 23, organizer for the young commun ist league for Oregoa and Wash ington, and Paul Hunter. 22, secretary! of the international la bor defense league r of Portland. Walker and I Hunter? are , among the 13 Indicted for criminal syn dicalism, i; They are at liberty un der $2500 bail each. 'MEAT POISOXS CO ELKTON, S. D., Feb. 19-(AP) At least! 60 persons were suf fering from food poisoning ' to night and i eight of the victims are expected to die. attending physicians j said, as a result of having j eaten meat " sandwiches while attending- an auction sale near here today. S APPROVED RUBBER1ES The Legislative Calendar 1 i HOCSE TODAY . Third reading house bills i 325, 266, 267. 268, 282, 309, 315. 326, 340. S42. - Special order 10:30 a. m., report senate bill 150. ' ; Special order p. m., bouse bills 38. 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 362. 362. 363, 364, 365, 366. 4- . Third reading senate bills 61, 78, 110, 113, 140, 145,. 112, 141, 56. 224. 108. 122. 189. 130. 132. 133, 216. 326. Senate joint resolutions 4, 5, 6. - -, ' Senate joint memorial t. HOUSE YESTERDAY ' Defeated resolution ' on child labor amendment. 61 Instructor Helps Digestion, Claim Metaodit church on Thursday. Yon. - mere men may think - you anov a lot about foods but ; H seem that the old adage about a rose by any other name does not apply In this ease and If you like the sound of the name of a particular dlsb yon will probably like the food. Don't believe It do you? Oh, well, it does not matter because you .will not know the difference anyway. AU this - stress on names was I because the class featured the use of left overs and it seems that the clever housewife can take -a bit o' this and a bit o that" and by the alchemy known only, to good cooks combine the "bits' so that most attractive and appetizing dishes will result. A "Heavenly" dessert to 1 be made and left in the ice box un til needed, was ' demonstrated by Rita Conner. The basis of this was t whipped creanu For; one pint of whipping cream she used one-half package of gelatin dis solved in two-thirds cup of wa ter. To this. mixture was added various fruits. : "Just use what Turn to page 7, eoL:l) IWO KILLED WHEN TMIN. TICK! HIT Inquest Expected on Cause " Of Fata! Collision : : Near Barlow , vAURORA, Feb. 19 Two men were' killed and a meat- truck completely demolished on Thurs day when the north bound Shas ta limited struck the truck. The accident occurred near Barlow station. ' s " i : " George Sturkart of Portland, driver, of the truck, and :Dave Grelner, a hitch hiker1, from Kent, Washington, - were killed In stantly. - - i t f Alex Anderson, engineer on the train, said be did not see the truck as it turned from the Pa cific highway and ran on to a short spur, track. R. A. Taylor, fireman, said be saw , the truck but believed it was about to stop. Taylor called to Engineer Ander-J son wben he saw that the train was about to strike the truck. The emergency air brake failed to prevent the accident. " !: I . According to i reports Stnkert apparently tried to beat the train (Turn to page z, col. 2) r k -BILL: SESEEU Prospects for a compromise be tween the Kiddle 'forces for di version, of $1,250,000 of state road, funds for countyj market roads and the highway commis sion backers, looms in th house. At least, an attempt will be made when the . measure comes before the lower bouse, ; after passage by .the senate, to give the high way commission more leeway . In its disposal of the $1,250,000 set out for market roads by, the Kid dle blU. ' - .V-.-. The highway commission, it is said on good authority, objects to having any specific purpose at tached to Its funds. This is an en tering" wedge for throwing high way matters into the legislature, the commission feels. f ; s Its wish would be to have the legislature authorize the com mission to use such funds as it saw fit for market roads, leaving it free to designate the projects to be developed as well as the amount of money to be expended. Under : the Kiddle bill aa amount equal, to .the one-mill levy, which is to be repealed. would be diverted from the pres ent highway funds into the var ious county treasuries. ? SENATE TODAY I Special order 11 a. m., state department agriculture bllL Special order 2 p. m bill to change Roosevelt high way to Oregon Coast blgh- way. ",. , SEX ATE YESTERDAY Approved free textbook ' bill. 17 to 13. Approved Woodward bill: for five-day period of wait ing before marriage license : Is issued. ' - - . " Killed short-train bill, 19 to 11. - - . -v;. Passed admialstratlon's . and grange's power bill. MARKET f MM ORGANIZE TAX COUNTY GROUP Farmers Gather Here, lay , Plans for Relief From Taxation Burden . Second Meeting to Outline Policy. 1$: Scheduled For, Saturday . - . . - ...-. ' Taxpayers of Marion county, at tempting to formulate, a definite program of tax . reduction for farmers and other holders of real property, completed organization of a Tax Equalization league at a meeting attenaeo oy 7 a iarm era from Salem, Sllverton, Au rora, Woodbarn and other points at the'- chamber of commerce Thursday evening. The group unanimously endors ed Senator Schulmerich's plan to eat approximately $1,000,000 from the state board of higher education appropriation and ap proved a Plan to send members to appear before the legislature be fore the end of this session to pre sent a program of cutting taxes. "Our hope is to equalize the state and county taxes. The bur den is now too heavy on proper ty Farmers tee! it growing heav ier every year, especially this year when there are no prices for the articles we have to sell" , said Henry Zorn of Aurora, president of the league for this county. Honest Division Of Burden, Aim "There la nothlnr radical or bolshevistic, about our program We are all taxpayers and Oregon citizens, many of us are pioneers. What we want is an honest dis tribution of taxes." . Li. 8. Lambert of Stayton, 1 member of the executive com. mittee urged farmers to -make their wants known by writing to legislators.- ' 4 - "We must drop all . of our dif ferences and organize, to stand 100 per cent for lowering of the taxes" he said.' "We want-the legislature to work tor us and if it doesn't. It will hear from us." " 4 .Redaction of salaries of educa tors in the schools of higher edu- (Turn to pago J, col. 4) Rain Needed So No Cause To Complain ", ' V " in - ,' If your feet nave been wet and the suit you just had pressed got soaked ' through within the' past tew days, don't complain of the discomfort-- for it is nothing to what you may suffer this summer If the rain does not continue to fall. There was none too much rain fall last year, even with the snow, but by comparison with this year 1930 was a "wet" year. Rivers of Oregon and the lakes are even now showing the shortage of wa ter. The Willamette river Febru ary 18, 1930, measured 8.4, and February 19, 1930, 7.8; for Feb ruary 18. 1981. the figure is at the astonishingly low level of -.2 below zero. With the rainfall of the last few days the level raised 2.8. making the river stand at three feet Thursday. The total rainfall for December, 1931, was seven inches short of the normal figure and January days did not add a single fraction of an inch of moisture. So do not. complain of the damp. It is needed. Oregonlans could not live through the humili ation of the east having to send back some of the sbeckles sent to it for drouth relief, in. order that drouth relief might be effected in Oregon. - ; FIFTEEN MILLIONS COST OFJEW UWS war touit- Teh. 19 (API Th Mr ttnainess of oasslnr legis lation will cost the states around fifteen million dollars this year. Forty-four state legislatures now are at work. Another gets started In April. . More than five thousand state senators and re presentatives are functioning. Clerks, -pages, stenographers. chaplains, charwomen, printers, parliamentarians and Janitors In crease the number of persons bar-. ing part in 4be state law making to approximately lb.uuo. , Pennsylvania spends more for i laws than any other state; xxo.l?i t the last session. On Its the basis of previous legislatures It mir he exnected to produce 4,- 900 bills, of wWch 00 will be- come laws. . - N Tort with 1 1.7 9 9.2 ST and Illinois with $1,100,000 are the Only other states pcndlng- more than a million dollars In the mak ing of. laws. -r. ;." " BOXER IS KILLED JERSEY CITY, N. J Fcb. 19. (AP) Injured in a boxing contest last night Al Van Whs ley, 18, .Newark negro, died to EQUAL! Zj tTI 0 1 J She Was Queen OfMardiGras Misa "Glady Gelpi, of New Or leaiu. Ia. wm neenn of the New Orlena Mardl Gim Festl Tal this year. "Ham Oelpl Is a Tivacions type i of southern beanty and haaj been socially - prominent thnmghovt tne ace - son. r - .. . I SITE OF SOLDIERS' . IK NOT PICKED Report Vancouver, Wash., Is First Choice Said Not Official Advices received! in Salem last night through Associated Press in dicated that the report emanating from Tacoma to tbe effect - that Vancouver, Wash., bad-been rank ed as first choice as a site for the soldiers' home to bo located in the northwest, was not based on fact and r that the selection . nad not been made by General Wood, who recently visited the coast. The report was that Vancouver, Spokane, American Lake, Wash., and Roseburg. Ore.1 bad been rec ommended In the i order named. This' report was based on a tele gram from Congressman Albert Johnston, but Johnston's message, while giving the towns in that or der, did not definitely say wmcn waa recommended first. Oregon veterans; w no nave xo- Iowed tbo matter professed great surprise, as it waa their expecta tion that Roseburg, wnicn pro nosed the Idea and whose efforts nut the appropriation tnrougn congress, was thought to nave tne msiae track, leastwise iai wm the conclusion they drew rrom General Wood's remarks while in the state. . . I : - " It is further pointed Out that Washington baa IS federal insti tutions to one hi Oregon. The matter Is not fully deter mined yet. as the I final decision rests with the Hospitalization board which is expected to act at an early date. Meantime Roseburg. j and other Oregon cities are ex pected to unite in a drive to get the home located in Roseburg, which has the united Support of Oregon, whereas Washington Is TO GALL ELE MADRID. (By t Telephone to London.) Feb. 19. (AP) Rnain's new cabinet, beaded by PrMnUr Jnu Bautista Aznar. in its first official meeting tonigm .Via. .atltnr nf JwHrnil uciucu vu O " and the1 esUbllsbment of a con; stltutional convention as soon as possible. ' - r- Other important ' policies are a plan ( to give administrative inder iwniitinea to the Catalonian dis trict land another to better the status otithe peseta; Spanish mon- a tltA . first important matter the cabinet-will fix; dates for mu nicipal, provincial and parliamen tary elections m tneir: respective order, the government promising rnmnlet mlneeritJ in all. - : Then the ministry will' tarn Its attention to improving the- value of the peseta, will revise some 01 the repressive acts decreed -.under the - seven-year . cuctatorsnip . 01 prlmo de Rivers, and will present a bill in the new parliament tor administrative independence - of Catalonia. s- , - ' Large Contracts - . Are Awarded by - Highway Board PflBTTAND. Ori. Feb.' 19. (AP) Th state. blghWay com- mlatlnn mefttlnsr here today. awarded i contractg aggregating $748,241. ImproTements provia ed by the contracts will affect 1Q I Contracts were awarded for five ttrldre: three of them on the TJmpqua highway west of ! Drain and one eacn in uon ana van- inrton counties. The bridges will cost $118,448.50, 'while road con tracts amounted to $665,792.50. : - APPEAL KOT FOED SAN FRANCISCO! Feb. 19. f API The last oDDortunitv . to file an appeal in behalf of Henry A. line, convicted I bomb maker. passed today without any, action SPANISH CABINET IIETERiS Lflffi ffiiSORE GIl'EO HUGE PilIJORITY President's Opposition - is Flouted; Vote 72 to 12 in the Senate . y immediate Veto Expected; Allows;; Loans of Half Certificate's Face v Washington. Feb.- 19. (AP) i- The senate passed the veterans loan bill tonight, 72 to 12. completing one of the most devastating routs of the admin istration on Capitol bill In the term of, President Hoover. The measure to which the president only yesterday voiced bis Tigorous 1 objection was rushed through the senate with not only the rotes of 34 repub licans ror it put with the sup port of many of these adminis tration members in debate also. Applause ranr- from the ral- leries and the floor as the over whelming majority was an nounced by Vice President Cur tis at the completion of the roll call shortly after C p. m. May Borrow Half Of Certificate Face' The; bill would allow World war . veterans to borrow up to half the amount of the face value of their compensation cer tificates an average of $500 -to each of the 3.400,1000 ex-service men. , - ' It was passed by tbe senate in the identical form In which the house approved it .363 to 39 on Monday. .Bolstered - with these tremendous majorities the legis lation will be sent to the White House tomorrow and a certain Teto was forecast. ' Senator Harrison, democrat, Mississippi, asserted in the sen ate today it would be : passed over the veto and - ie republican leaders tonight conceded this was probable. - jAlarm tha the measure might be killed by a pocket veto with out returning it to congress be fore ' adjournment was stilled late in . the day by semi-official words from the White House that Mr Hoover would veto it within 48 hours. Democrats Vote . ; Solidly for Bin . Democrats voted solidly, for tbe loan measure which was ad vanced as a compromise for the full cash payment of the certif icates t advocated by many. . ' Senators Watson of Indiana (Turn to page i, coL 8) - f - POLITICS "RAMPA1JT IN CHICAGO'S LOOP CHICAGO, Feb. 19 (AP) Politics held raucous carnival in the Chicago loop today. Only four days until the party primary for mayor, and every ma jor, candidate in the rough and tumble republican race converged on downtown. . It was bedlam all day long as "Big Bill" Thompson, Judge John H. Lyle and Alderman Arthur F. Albert shouted of plots, of gang sters and skulduggery. ' Crowds blocked some streets. defying police in orderto listen to defying police in order to listen to carrying the voices of their candi dates. Sound trucks shrilled pro paganda. Mayor Thompson's ani mal show grotesquely plodded Rl alto street; and as a counter-attraction Mrs. Albert appeared atop a tallybo with . a group of pretty girls. , ; . , . . ; ' Mayor Thompson told his audi ence he had learned that "200 St Louis gangsters are being import ed for the election. . - They are to be used, be said. to "strong-armTOters into cast ing their ballots for one of his op ponents. ..:", :t . ; Around the corner, in" another loop. theatre. Judge Lyle repeated his plaint that city hall police are Vdirertlng many people who want to iear him, into the Thompson meetings. ' Many Dentists Coming To Clinic; Between 300 and . 500 dentists of the Pacific "coast area are ex pected in Salem today and Satur day morning for the , second an nual mid-winter dental clinic sponsored by the Marion-Polk-Yamhill Dental society. The ses sions will be held in the Elks' temple, opening at 8:30 o'clock this morning.' . The conference banquet will be held at theMarien tonight at 6:30 o'clock and Saturday afternoon the group will adjourn to go to Portland to attend a banquet and session sponsored, by, the Seattle dentists, a large number of whom are expected to be here. Lecturers for the clinic sessions are Dr. B. E. Lischer ."of the Uni versity of California, Dr. C. T. Fleetwood of Seattle, Dr. William La Shearer of Omaha. Nebr., and Dr. David Bennett Hill of Salem. . Dr. Lischer, who will talk at t Regress' oMfe:; sgdiiia&is IMe Tax on Tobacco Is Voted' Down :; After. Hearing . Following ' a pnbHe-beariBg here last night on House Bill .313, . which - proposed . an . excise tax on . tobacco, the bouse taxa tion . and : revenue committee voted unanimously against the tax. ,-, ' - By action of the committee the bill will be reported out tomor row with the recommendation it be not passed. Opponents of the measure at the public bearing declared en actment' of the . bill would de velop bootlegging in tobaccos. It would handicap Oregon dealers, they said, by stimulating mail order business and by driving border . business in Washington and California. GRANGE POWER BILL PASSED BT SENATE Objection Raised to 5 per Cent- Requirement for j Asking Election The senate hurried through Its consideration of tbe grange pow er bHl yesterday and gave the measure a 22 to 5 majority but not 1 until Senator Bennett bad criticized tbe five per cent of vot ers qualification for the- petition ing of a special election. By the passage of the bill the second of the .three Meier utility measures has ' passed the upper house iwhlle the public . service commissioner measure' has - been approved in the bouse ef . repre sentatives. Little opposition Is expected to the completion of the legislature's approval . In the houses which have not yet consid ered the three measures. ' On the grange power bill tbe vote stood: Ayes: . Bailey, Billlngsley, Booth, . Brown, -Burke, Crawford, DuxfJe of Clackamas and Mult nomah, Eberbard, Eddy, Fisher, Franeiscovichr Hall, Kiddle, Kuck, Mann, Moser, Schulmerieb, Spauldlng, ppten. Wheeler, Wood ward and Marks. . " - No: Bennett, Dunn of Jackson. jonnson, staples and Strayer. - Absent: Carsner, - Jones and Miller. - : . - Bill Explained , By Senator Bailey . A ! brier , explanation of the grange power bill was given be- (Tnrn to page 2, col. 6) Enlargement of the plant ca pacity and other improvements are nnder way at the local Reld-Mur-doch plant and the machinery , is being given a complete overhaul ing. Frank B. Madden, northwest manager tor the company, la in Salem supervising the work. Another boiler Is being Installed which, will increase the capacity Of the plant to 1000 horsepower. A new 100-foot steel stack is also being installed. The two. will cost nearly $12,000 when completed. Another box and crate house will be built at once. It will be 50 by 100 feet in size. Tbe old house Will be torn down and the ground put Into lawn. A S magnesia covering is being nstalled - on all the steam pipes. Mr. Madden stated that the com pany might be forced to put in a second water tower because of the local water situation. The present supply Is from an eight-inch main and is not sufficient when the plant is running at full capacity. Opens Toddy o'clock, 3:45 o'clock today, will speak on-children' in dentistry, practical Information for tbe gen eral practltlon and dentotaeial de formities and "their diagnosis and prognosis. '- f.- i' ' Dr. Fleetwood, who appears on tbe program at 10:45 and 3:45 o'clock today, will speak on cav ity preparations- and impressions, technique of' inlays and bridges, care of gold and casting and sol dering and assembling of bridges. : Dr. Shearer's subjects will in clude x-ray and diagnosis. Infec tion, of tbe mouth and treatment and nasal and sinus infections, lie will lecture rat- 8 o'clock tonight and at 9 o'clock Saturday morning.-' , '- - . - Df. Hill's j lecture,' at 10:45 o'clock 'Saturday morning, will be on practical information to the patient relative to diet and care of the teeth, - , ENLARGE CAPACITY AT REHURDOCH I- Arbitration of Value ia A Lilcely Solution, 4 . Now Apparent . Public ' Service Bccirc! -;. Hears - TciUrnony ; ; No Ruling: yet f Action on two fronts of tbo water problem was in progress yesterday. While nothing defi nite was decided, progress was reported and further coo vena tions are planned, for today. The public service commission held a formal bearing on the matter ef ordering the company to install a; filtration plant yesterdsy af ternoon, and after taking testi mony .announced it would aa i.ounce its decision later. During the morning and again In the late afternoon Mayor Gregory and members of the utilities committee of the city council and President H. R. Crawford of the chamber of commerce,- met with representative! of the water company in an" ef fort to. come to an agreement for suspension of litigation and settlement of differences either directly or by arbitration. Posr parleurs were suspended last evening to permit the utilities committee to confer with other councilmen; and conference will be resumed this morning. Pear to Proceed"; u With Improvement T At the session vefttprdiiv ing Attorney K-eyerfor the.wa- i r company stated that under the wording of the charter amendment which fixed the date of valuation as of August 30, 1930, tor his company to make further capital investment now would be at their peril; so the company did not see hnw it c nld proceed with completion of tne niter plant so long as tbe caae f on tne legality of the amendment had not been finally .decided. 1 President Elliott stated that since the city had voted over4 whelmlnrlr in favor of the water -system bis company aid not want to - stand in the; way; but would retire from the field on payment of a fair valua tion for the property. After much dlseussloh hark- and forth Elliott for the water company stated that they would Join .tbe city In an arbitration plan, either accepting the par chase price of 1927 and addia net Investment since;, or else ar bitration of the entire property. Tbe company would agree to ac cept such price as the board ef arbitration would decide; and the city council would agree te submit such proposal to the' peo ple of Salem for authorization of the necessary bond issue. The board of arbitration would con sist of one man named by tbo! city, a second by the1 company and the two to agree on a third man in case the two could not agree. . , ,. i Would Permit of f - ! Filter Completion ' Under this agreement and the calling off of the appeal of the pending case, the company would proceed to complete the filter plant, with the city passing upon an contracts ana awaras ror tne work, .the city then to reimburse the Jrampany for this outlay ; jTurn to page 2, col. 1) ' ALMOST ALL SOLD WASHINGTON. Feb. 19 (AP) Chairman Legge of the farm board said today the wheat car ryover of next July 1 might be almost entirely in the. bands of the governmerit sponsored grain stabilization corporation. . A little later Speaker Long worth announced there Was little) chance for wheat embargo legis lation at this session. i Legge estimated - the corpora tIons holdings at the beginning ! of next summer's harvest at : "possibly " 200.000.000 buehela." with half that amount in easV wheat. Operation Upon Samuel Hill is j Said Successful - r - . i PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 19 (AP) l Samuel- Hill, philan thropist and good roads advo cate, , underwent a major opera tion at St. Vincent's bospitat here ' today. Attaches said to night bis condition was "fairly good". , ! Dr. William- K. Skene, his phy sician, said the operation tisi been successful and that Hill's condition was "as good as could be expected after an operation of that-nature." He declined, bow- ever, to reveal the nature of the operation. - Hill .was admitted to the hos pital February 9. T CARRYOVER being taken. - r . I : . j -i 1 .