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FOUMDCD 1831 "
EIGHTIETH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, February 27, 1931
No 2831
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VETE ATI LOAN
DESPITE VETO
Vote Is 328 to 7 Forty
Members Swinging to
Support Hoover
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Substitute j Applying Only
To Needy Service men""
Is Shouted Down
WASHINGTON. Feb. 26-(AP
Turning its back upon Presi
dent' Hoover, the house- today
overrode his v4to of the veterans
loan bill by 328 to 79.
' The decision came less than an
hour after the bouse had received
the reto message from the White
House, The veto then was sent
to the senate: where it was agreed
to take It up at 11 o'clock to
morrow, after Senator Johnson,
republic a n, California, had
sought to bring it up for an im
mediate rote.
The house Tote was preceded
by an effort by Representative
Tilson of Connecticut, the major
ity leader, to hare the chief ex
ecutive's veto sustained by offer
ing a substitute that would apply
only to needy veterans. It was
shouted down.
40 Republicans ,
Swing to Hoover '
The atmosphere was tense as
the president's message, , calling
the legislation "unwise from the
standpoint ot the veterans them
selves and i unwise from the
standpoint oC all the people" was
read. I i
Applause j greeted both the
chief executive's message and the
declaration of Tilson that there
was no disinclination to aid the
needy veterans.
Proponents - held their lines
stoutly but the president's appeal
swung 40 republicans to his side.
On the passage of the measure
February 1 the vote was 3C3
to 39. i ,
It passed the senate last Thurs
day, 72 to 12. It, too, was expect
ed ta override thm veto
President Claims
Funds are . Larking -. ;- .' - .
The bill provides veterans may
borrow SO , percent Instead of
. (Turn to page 2, eoL. 3) '
flfliiDnun en cnptQ
IIIUIIULII UILLIIULU
NEW, YORK, Feb.. 2 6 (AP)
Death violent and sudden to
day overtook a red-headed woman
of 32 who had volunteered to tell
what she knew of a-"frameun"
by New York police.
Vivian Gordon, once a reforma
tory inmate, was found dead in
Van Courtlandt park, one delicately-manicured
hand clutching
a clothesline with which she. had
been strangled.
Her long, ruddy hair covered
her face; her black velvet dress
was torn. An expensive pump, en
crusted with brilliants, was found
some distance from the body, and
a pair of white kid gloves lay in
the mud. She had been dead five
or six hours.
Police Commissioner Mulrooney
ordered that Patrolman Andrew
G. McLoughlin, who arrested the
woman eight years ago on a vice
charge, be-questioned about the
arrest. Mulrooney said McLough
lin had been the partner ot a
plalnclothesman suspended as the
result of a vice case not under in
vestigation. ;
Hydro-Electric
Bill is Signed
And is Now Law
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Governor j Meier yesterday sign
ed Senator i Brown's bill) provid
ing for a hydro-electric commis
sion for the state, and thus put
into effect one ot the three ma
jor utility measures favored by
the. administration. As soon , as a
950,000 . appropriation - measure
can be passed to furnish funds
for the commission's work? the
new body, can function since' the
.bill contained the emergency
clause. ;
Governor! Meier Is expected to
name bis -wo members of the
commission soon. The state en
gineer is the third member, serv
ing In an ex-otficlo capacity on
the commission. The governor's
appointees serve without pay. .
Salvation Army
Worker's Spare
Tire is Stolen
Ensign E. Nv Williams of the
Salvation Army post here is hop-
Inr hla hurrlAat ha will nnt tinA
any nails, tacks or bits of glass
sticking in the tires of his auto
mobile. Some sticky-fingered in-
the ensign's spare tire, rim and
Iocs- while Williams was holding
a meeting at the Army hall last
night. Or, I "the tire may have
come loose I and dropped off," he
tars. . ; .'' -
Whatever way It disappeared.
Williams would be lad to have
the errant tire back on the home
rack again.:
EH i up wnsss
Long worth Speaker
House Again if
G. O. P. Holds Lead
15 Republicans Fail to Attend Caucus, Some
- on Account of Disagreement With Party
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. (AP) The house republican
caucus tonight renominated Nicholas Lonpfworth of
Ohio for speaker during the next session. .
Longworth already has served six years. There was no
opposition to his renomination at the caucus which was held
behind closed doors with a number of republicans absent, s
It will; not be determined tn-O- .
til the bouse organizes next sea-1
sion whether Longworth or a
democratic nominee, possibly
Representative Garner of Texas,
will be named. The republicans
will have 218 seats, the demo
crats 218, and the farmer-labor-ites
one in the next congress.
Nearly a score of independent
republicans failed to attend the
caucus tonight because they did
not desire to be bound by con
clusions : reached. . .
So far as could be learned,
there were 15i republicans who
did not attend-lncludlng Sparks,
I loch. Hope. Guyer, and Lam
bertson of Kansas; Maas, Selvtg
and Christgau of Minnesota; La
Guardla of New York and Frear,
Peavy, Schneider, Cooper, Had
ing and Nejson of Wisconsin.
There were a number of them,
absent because of illness.
AmEEMENT
Cooperative agreement between
the county court of Marion coun
ty and the national forest offi
cials on construction and main
tenance of the national forest
highway along the North Santiam
was signed yesterday by the coun
ty Judge and Commissioner Smith
following j ironing out of a slight
matter. !
,t The 'contract was presented
last week, but upon advice of
District Attorney John Carson
the article which deals with sec
tion on payments of final costs
was returned to the federal offi
ces for revision to make it def
inite that each body, the county
and federal, pay bait the costs,
not io exceed 1200,000. 1
"We know of course that the
intent of i the original section
was for. a 80-50 payment of
costs, but we wanted the matter
stated more clearly". Judge J. C
Slegmund commented yesterday.
The first copies of the contract
received here stated that the
county should pay 3100,000 on
the cost of construction and the
federal : department the balance
This i was the only change in
the contract.
WATER COMPANY'S
CHIEF DUE TODAY
President E. C. Elliott of the
Oregon-Washington Water Ser
vice company Is expected here this
afternoon from San Francisco to
commence : negotiation and arbi
tration with city officials concern
ing the purchase ot the company's
plant here by the municipality. lie
notified Walter E. Keyea, com
pany attorney, that he was coming
in a telephone call this week from
the south, i
Cltyi Attorney Trlndle, Mayor
Gregory and members of the
council, and the water commission
are expected to sit in with the
water company president at the
conference The result of the ar
bitration may be submitted to ci
tizens at a, special election.
Pending j arbitration, appeal of
the water bond case will not be
made to the state supreme court,:
Commissioner .
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Condition of John Porter of
Silverton, - county commissioner.
Is considered grave and all visit
ors have been ' forbidden from
the house now,: according to
word ' received here. Mr. Porter
has been t confined to his bed
since the latter part ot January,
when he suffered an attack - of
lntlaenia. I Complications have
caused .his condition to grow
steadily' worse.
SIGNED
N SANtlAM WORK
The Legislative Calendar
i SENATE TODAY
Third reading, senate bills
343. 347, 348, 349, 297. 340,
219. 281. ,
Third reading, house bills j
362. 343, 344, 3S5, 366, 36,
376, 10, 150, 276, 296. 307,
197. 237. 305. 216. 194, 115,
309, 334, 324. 335, 330, 103, 1
326. 273, 354, 35, 370, 146,
382, 383, 384. 385, 386. 387,
393, 388, 399, 99, 139, 60,
343, 278. 208.290,113. 395,
343, 340, 317. 177, 297. 63.
.255. 319.
; . i 5 HOUSE TODAY
Third reading, hoozo bills
207. 400, 193, 2T54, 121, 402,
403, 404. 405, 70, 173, 331,
332. 367, 372.
Third reading, senate bills
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CAPITAL WORRIED
Two Infantry Companies go
Disloyal, is Report;
Troops Dispatched
LIMA, Peru, Feb. 26. (AP)
The Peruvian revolt against the
military junta governing the
country now is distressing the
government at each end of the
republic.
Today it became known that
two infantry companies at Plura,
in an oil region in the extreme
north, had revolted against the
provisional presidency of Lieuten
ant Colonel Luis M. Sanches Cer
ro, who himself gained office by
a revolution last August.
The Plura troops rebelled Tues
day under the leadership of Colo
nel Manuel Valde Iglesias.
Troops Bent in
Both Directions
Hence with the speed of armed
revolt to the north and the south
of the capital the Lima govern
ment has dispatched troops in
both directions to suppress the re
bellions. Official statements have said
that a loyal cavalry regiment from
Tacna is approaching Arequlpa,
the southern point which has been
held since Friday by revolting sol
diers, while a fighting division
mobilized at Lima to move south
ward. -
The government also claims the
adjacent departments of Moquega
and Aparuimac are loyal and loyal
forces hold the pott of Mollendo,
key to Arequlpais sea trade.
Government forces -were start
ed northward yesterday to crush
the Plura insurrection, although
its existence was not made known
at that time.
Well, Al is
Gallant One
Girl Learns
CHICAGO, Feb, 2. (AP)
A girl reporter approached Al
Capone in timid fashion during
court recess today and After
gulping once or twice, stuttered
out her name. )
Capone arose and bowed gal
lantly. "I was supposed to ask you a
question," she said, "but I can't
think of what it was."
Capone stord smiling.
- "Oh, I know," said the girl,
"What do you think of the
American girl?"
"I think, you're- beautiful,"
said' Capone. The girl retired In
confusion. ' . . ,
Bootlegger , is.
Real Article;
Quart in Each
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ASTORIA, Ore.. Feb. 26 -(AP)
Karl Wlgen, said by Sher
iff Harley J. Slusher to be a
Portland bootlegger, was arrest
ed here today when - Sheriff
Blusher found eight quarts of li
quor in his car. Two quarts were
concealed In boots In the car.
Wlgen was brought Into Jus
tice court where he pleaded not
guilty to charges brought against
him. " He was- held under 1 500
bail. -1 ...
PAIR EXECUTED
'OSSININO. N. T., Feb." 2f.
(AP) Anthony Vellucia, 40, and
Anthony Luccianlo, 3, both of
Amsterdam, N. were executed
tonight at Sing Sing prison for
the murder of Libero BarnelL
50. 195, 92. 287. 37. 229.
265. 276. 299, 307. 165, 171,
78, 240, 262. 83, 241. 303, :
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Senate Joint memorial 12. -Senate
Joint resolution 16. :
Special order, 2 p. m.,
house bill 298. ,
SENATE YESTERDAY
Passed public service one- .
man commissioner bllL ' '
' Approved 1 change of prl-. '
miry voting date from May -to
August. v'X
Passed state constabulary
bill supported by Governor -Meier.
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Passed' grist .of routine '
bills.
Approved state depart-;
ment rt agriculture bill. !
IE HILL
Taken ill While on way to
Ualem for Address at
Senate Chamber
Noted for Railroad Develop
ment, Widely Known
Throughout World
PORTLAND, Or., Feb. .26
(AP) Samuel Hill. 74, friend of
royalty and Internationally known
railroad builder, died here tonight
after an 18-day fight against in
testinal influenza.
His Illness developed suddenly
here February 9 while be ' was
en route to Salem, Ore., to discuss
good roads before the state legis
lature. Last week he submitted
to an operation but he failed to
rally and his condition was such
that his son, James Nathan, was
called here from his home In
Washington.' D. C. .
Besides his son. Hill is survived
by Jiis widow, Mrs. Mary Hill, the
oldest daughter of the late James
J. Hill, the "empire builder."
Body Will Lie
In State Today
The body will He In state here
tomorrow afternoon. Funeral ser
vices and cremation will be in Se
attle. An urn, containing the
ashes, will be taken to Maryhlll,
lonely and desolate castle which
(Turn to page 2, col. 6)
On behalf of the city of Salem
Baar and Cunningham filed an
application with . the federal
power commission for permit to
investigate power sites using
North Santlam waters. The ap
plication was made In response
to the approval given by the peo
ple to the question as submitted
la the recent " electidir. f -
The application calls for two
projects. One would divert the
waters of the North Santlam at
the month ot Whitewater creek
with a power plant at a point on
the river above Detroit. ! Another
would carry the waters of the
Breitenbush river and the -North
Santlam to a point' near Niagara
Where a power plant would be
located. A third proposal Is for
a modification of the two. The
maximum power j development
would be 36,000 hp.
It a permit is granted the' city
has three years for investigation.
The filing was made without
cost to the city. Part of the fil
ing Is in conflict with one of the
proposed projects ot the North
west Power company, a subsi
diary of Pepco.
BAKElfPlM AT '
SEATTLE BOMBED
SEATTLE, Feb. 26 (AP) A
plant of the Golden. Rule bakery
was bombed here tonight, Injuring
Charles Short, 22. Four others
working in the lant were unhurt.
One side of the structure was
wrecked. The explosion shattered
windows in nearby residences jtnd
was heard over a radius of three
miles. . . ' -
It was .the second time within
five days that an attempt has
been made to bomb the buildings.
A large quantity of dynamite was
discovered outside the walls Sun
day. Ed Hagen, former Seattle
policeman - and ex-convict was
charged with "attempting to en
danger life and property by explo
sives" in a complaint filed today'
by Chief Deputy Prosecutor Em
mitt G. Lenlhan, in connection
with the attempted bombing.
Hagen was Identified as one of
two men who were seen' on the
building by a watchman.
Needham One of
15 Indicted by
U. S. Grand Jury
PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 26
(AP) The federal grand Jury
today reported 15 general true
bills Involving 18 defendants,
five secret Indictments and two
not true bills in Federal Judge
McNary's court beret.
The indictments Included
Charles Needham,: prohibition
act, Marion county, February 2,
four counts.
- Not true bills were reported
In the cases ; ot W. E. Branlger,
Klamath county, and Emmett Le
ahy,' Marlon county, both charged
with prohibition violations.
Logging Camp -
To Start Work
.MOLALLA, Ore.. Feb. 26.
TAP) Eastern and Western Log
ging company officials announced
today their logging camp near
here would begin operations Tues
day. About 180 men will be employed.
ROAD BUILDER
PASSES AWAY
HERS
KE
POWER
SURVEY
Career of Rail
Pioneer Ended
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SAMUEL HILL
FEE OF PEILE11
IS FEDERAL JUDGE
Nominated by Hoover to be
v Bean's Successor in
Portland Court
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 26.
(AP) James Alger Fee, of
Pendleton, Ore., was nominated
today by President Hoover to be
United States district Judge in
Oregon. He will succeed the late
Judge Robert S. Bean.
PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 2.
(AP) Circuit Judge James Alger
Fee, who was nominated by Presi
dent Hoover today as the succes
sor to the late Judge Bean, said,
when informed ot the . nomina
tion, he was "very, very appre
ciative of the confidence shown
in me by my friends and the trou
ble they have taken in supporting
me for this position."
"I recognize tne responsibility
of the position," he said, "and am
particularly appreciative ot the
necessity of immediate action to
help clear up the work which has
accumulated in the federal court
since the .death of Judge Bean."
" If the nomination is confirmed,
he said, he will move to Portland
from Pendleton as soon as pos
sible. '" ; ' -
- Judge Fee was born in Pendle
ton, Ore., September 24, 1888. He
graduated from Whitman college
in. 1910 and then went to Colum
bia university,' New York, where
he was graduated with his bachel
or of laws and master, of arts de
gree in 1914. '
He was appointed to the' circuit
bench in 1927 by the late Gover
nor Patterson. His term expires
In 1935.
DEATH ACCIDENTAL
RALEIGH. N. C, Feb. 26.
(AP) William M. Frazer of
Rah way, N. J., confessed today to
killing Mrs. Phoebe Stader, -but
said it was accidental. He agreed
to return to New Jersey to face a
charge of murder.
The 31-year-old former restau
rant worker arrested , here yester
day told ' Abe J; David, Union
county. New Jersey, A .22 caliber
rifle he carried in his automobile
for protection, accidentally was
discharged while they were riding
from Elizabeth, N. J., to Rahway,
the night of Tuesday, February
17.
Physicians at RahWay today
found the bullet In her head. Her
body was taken there after Its
Identification at Bowling Green
yesterday by her husband, Philip
Stader, a metal worker. It was
found Sunday.
Blaze Destroys
Three Business
Houses at Bend
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i BEND. Ore.. Feb. 26 (AP)
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
a confectionery, a sporting goods
store and a drug store In the cen
ter of the business district here
tonight. ' Damage was estimated
at about $25,000.
- Fire department officials said
they believed the blase started
from defective wiring.
Do You Remember
When Salem had a school
for negro children? -:
Or when- the" present
Washington school was call
ed the "East alcm school
and was described as "One
of the finest, most commo
dious and conveniently ar
ranged public school build
ings on the Pacific coast. It
la furnished with the latest
and most approved furni
ture. It is supplied with wa
ter from the Salem water
works and Is heated by hot
. air furnaces?' t
; Watch for the 80th An
niversary edition of The
Oregon Statesman, coming
March 28, with its story of
Salem and Oregon for 80
years. ! Interesting bits of
history, from the Statesman
your fathers read. -
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-PARTISAN
ELECTION FOR
BENCH PASSED
Candidates not Permitted
To Tell Affiliations
In Ballot Slogan
Primary Vote Date Change
Also Approved Upon
" Reconsideration ;
The senate Thursday approved
a bill introduced by the Judiciary
committee providing for the non
partisan nomination and election
of Judges in the state of Oregon.
The proposed legislation applies
to Judges of the supreme, circuit
and district courts and the court
ot domestic relations for Multno
mah county.
Senator Crawford explained
that under. the provisions of the
bill no reference would be made
on the non-partisan Judiciary bal
lot to the political affiliation ot
the candidate. Judges in office
would be allowed to have printed
on. the ballot after their names
the ' words ''present incumbent,"
and the department of the court in
which they were serving. The two
candidates receiving the highest
vote at the primary election would
go before the voters at the gener
al election.
"This bill would make it pos
sible' for a good democrat to be
elected to the office ot Judge in
Oregon," said Senator Crawford.
Governor Meier recommended
the non-partisan Judiciary, poli-
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FIERCE HURRICANE
COSTS 230 LIVES
SUVA, FIJI. Feb. 27. (Fri
day (AP) -Two hundred thir
ty persons were killed Saturday
In tile worst hurricane ever ex
perienced in the Fiji Islands.
Most of the victims were Fijians
and East Indians. One European
was electrocuted. t
' The hurricane and heavy
floods devastated the districts of
Slngnatoka. Ba and Lautoka,
cutting all communication until
today. One hundred died in Sig
natoka, 80 In Ba and 60 in Lau
toka. More are expected to die
of exposure and cold before help
arrives.
K train on the Ba-Laotoka
railway was blown off the tracks,
killing one person and , injuring
many.
A Fijian woman, struck by
three sheets of Iron simultan
eously, was cut to pieces.
Tanks containing 600 gallons
of water were hurled 60 feet. K
house was blown on top of an
other.
- Hot gusts of wind from leaden
skies Saturday morning de
veloped into a furious hurricane
at 3:30 p. m., it lasted until 3
a. m. next morning, with torren
tial rain pouring throughout.
ON SESSION DATES
WASHINGTON. Feb. 26-(AP)
- Formation of a- constitutional
amendment fixing new meeting
times for congress was blocked
today when conferees . became
deadlocked over the house provi
sion fixing a limit for one ses
sion.
With only a few working days
left in which to iron out the dis
agreement. Senator Norris, re
publican, Nebraska, called anoth
er meeting of the conferees for
tomorrow in an effort to bring
together the senate and house on
an amendment to be submitted
to the states. -
The stumbling block is the pro
vision! put in the proposed con
stitutional amendment by the
house at the insistence ot Speak
er Longworth providing that the
second session ot a congress, as
now, have a definite day for ter
mination. - ;
Both the senate and house
agreed to do away with the exist
ing order whereby an old con
gress meets after the elections ot
a new. congress.
Flax Growers
DEADLOCK
REACHED
Cut in Price by State
SILiraRTON, Feb
2A tnet -
lng of flax growers of this section
was called Thursday afternoon at
the Edwin Overland farm.
F. Schwab, field man for the
flax in this district, called the
meeting for the purpose of finding
out whether or not the flax grow
ers were willing to take a 82 a
ton cut. The situation, as Schwab
explained it, was that the state
officials were trying to cut' down
expenses as much as possible all
around and that the flax Industry
was one place they were forced to
cut because ot market conditions.
Contracts had been signed
whereby the farmers were to grow
flax of number 1 trade at 83 S a
'Meanest Thief
Makes Haul of
Ear Phone Sets
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Thieves entered the First Meth
odist church sometime Wednesday
night and made off with three sets
of aconstlcons, which were kept
in the kitchen of the church. '
These little ear-phones are kept
for the use of deaf members of
the congregation and the loss is a
matter of great regret te the peo
ple of the congregatiori. Jt had
been the custom to keep them in
a drawer "in the church kitchen
and the loss was discovered ' on
Thursday. Nothing else was miss
ing, apparently.
JEWELERS GATHER
HERE IS SPRING
Local men Plan Program of
Entertainment; I Golf
Tourney on Bill
-Tho Willamette Jewellers club
ot Salem met last evening at the
Marion hotel to arrange for the
annual meeting ' of the Oregon
Retail Jewelers association which
will be held in Salem this year
during the last week of April.
Included in. tna entertainment
of visiting state Jescelers will be a
golf tournament, the events of
the first day closing with' a ban
quet and dinner dance at the
Marion hotel.
Members of the Willamette
Jewelers club of Salem will meet
again March 12 to arrange final
details for the state meeting..
No - Meeting .la
Salem Klnce 1025 . -
The last time the state Jewel
ers held their annual meeting In
Salem was In 1925 and j the con
sensus of opinion throughout the
state among Jewelers was that
the Salem was the. most success
ful and interesting meeting held
for many a year.
Members of the Willamette
Jewelers club of Salem state that
every effort will be made to make
the state meeting next April one
of the most outstanding conven
tions ever held in the northwest.
RULfG TO PERMIT
NEW YORK. Feb. 2 7.-r( Fri
day) (AP) The New York
World newspapers were sold to
the Scrlpps-Howard syndicate ear
ly this morning for approximately
15,000,000. - j -
NEW YORK. Feb. 26 (AP)
Surrogate Foley tonight grant
ed trustees of the Joseph Pul
itzer estate permission to dispose
of the world newspapers.
The Surrogate ruled 'at mid
night that the will of the late Jo
seph Punier does not prohibit
the sale of the New, York Worlds)
The effect of the decision is to
permit the three-sons of the late
Joseph Pulitser to sell the morn
ing, evening and Sunday Worlds,
permission to do which they
sought from the Surrogate.
Judge Foley did not rule on
the contract for sale, by which
the World newspapers would pass
to the Scrlpps-Howard Interests
to be merged with the New York
Evening Telegram.
Hewitt Speaker
At Bar Meeting
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.. Feb.
26. (AP) Dean Roy R. Hew
itt, of Willamette university, will
be the principal speaker at the
meeting of the Southern Oregon
Bar. association here Friday eve
ning. E. E. Kelley, Med ford,
president of the association,, will
preside at the meeting.
Agree, to
On
The farmers had the land
prepared - for the acreage for
which they had signed up and It
was too late for them to sow any
other crop on this -land J : There
fore, the state was willing to co
operate with the farmers by let
ting them keep the acreage last
contracted for if they would take
the cut.
: Farmers present expressed the
opinion that the state "was rath
er up against It at the present
time but they believed that it was
doing the best it could under pres
ent conditions." L
All ot ahe farmers agreed to
take the cut. Number one grade
will bring 333 and No. 2 grade
will bring 128.
NEWSPAPER'S: SALE
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Goes to Governor, who
Championed Plan;
Vote 53 to 7
Representatives Laud
Movement as one
For Efficiency
A. state department of agricul
ture, as provided In Senate Bill
87, was apprpved late yesterday
afternoon by the lower house b
a decisive vote of 63 ayes and 7
nays after an hour, of oratory,
the bulk of which was. favorable
to the passage of the measure. 1
Already approved In the sen
ate, the bill now goes to Gover
nor Meier for signature. The ex
ecutive is kBown to be a staunehi
supporter of the bill and his in
fluence In the house was clearly
evident yesterday afternoon ai
member after - member said he
would stand with the governor.
The , bill abolished a dozen!
boards ' and commissions now ex
isting In relation to state agricul
tural problems and substitutes
for them a director of agricul ture
serving in a five-section de
partment over one division ot
which he Is chief- and with four
deputies- handling the work of
the remaining, divisions. The di
visions are provided for as ad
ministration, plant Industry, ani
mal industry?ods and dairies
and markets, grades and stan
dard's. Chief to Receive
S5000 Annual Salary
Under the act's provisions, the
hew head of the department is to
be appointed by the ' governor to
serve four years at an annual sal
ary of $5000.
Representative Chlndgre n
opened the debate for the bill.
He argued that the measure waa
one ot efficiency.. Representative
GUI said the agricultural depart
ment law was a distinct step for
ward in state's affairs. ":
Representative McCornack of
Lane opposed the measure which
he said i was not amended as he
thought necessary. Opposition te
me act was expressed by Repre
sentative Chin nock on the ground
that there was no limitation
made on salaries to be paid the
deputies. .
Representative Andrews madi
a fervent plea for the bill. He
contended it was distinctly a,
move towards administrative ef
ficiency. - He praised Governor
Meier as a leader among Oregon
business men and said the meas
ure would introduce the cabinet
system of government in a sound i
way, that is by gradual. steps.
Other representatives c o m- ,
mendinar the meaanre lnrlntrrl
Nichols, MacPherson, Tompkins
and Hamilton.
Members ' voting against the
bill were Allen, Cbinnock,. Mc
Cornack, McCourt, Nash, Smith
of Hood River, Weatherford.
WITNESS TELLS OF
CARD GAME DEATH
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 26 (AP)
Charles Hofman, a participant
On the game, related at the mur
der trial of Mrs. Myrtle Bennett
today how a contract bridge bid
of four spades doubled and lost.
caused a quarrel which ended in
the fatal shooting of John G.
Bennett, in the couple's fashion-
Able apartment here September
29. 1929. v.
Hofman was the first witness
called for testimony Prosecutor
Jamee R. Page told the .jnry
would prove Mrs. Bennett delib
erately shot her husband as be
was leaving home angered by the"'
card game controversy.
The ' witness. admittedly ' &
friend of the dark clad, weeping
defendant, told his version el
Bennett's death Immediately aft
er former Senator James A. Reed,
defense attorney declared to the
Jury that the shooting was whol
ly accidental.
Annual Run of
Smelt Reaches
Sandy's Mouth
. ' C
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 26
(AP) William IL Roach.! dep
uty game warden, said today the
annual run of Sandy river smelt
hid arrived oft the mouth of the
river at Troutdale.
The extent of the run could
hot be determined, he said, be
cause the fish apparently were
waiting for a rise of water before
crossing Into the .Sandy .from the
Columbia, i
FANTAGE3 CA5B BET .
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26 (AP
Trial of Eunice Pringle's mil
lion-dollar suit against Alexander
Pantages, theater magnate con
victed of criminallv attack! nr her.
was set today for June 1.