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EIGHTY YEARS:
Place orders now for. The ,
Statesman's 80th rAnnijafr- -sary
edition, a review of -Salem
history.
. TOE' WEATHER
j Unsettled with rln to
day and Batprday, moderate
temperature; 'Slax. ' Temp.
Friday 57, Min. 43; rain .08
Inch, river 8.0 feet.
FOUNDED 1831
EIGHTIETH YEAR
; Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, March 21, 1931
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-AMocialionat Meeting
l a Here is Oplirnistic l-
i For Reversal -
WillPrepare Careful
'- Data for : Hearing
r :'- ; Nextuhirnn
Undaunted by La, so-ealled "stub
of th toe" occasioned by an iin-
' favorable army' engineer report
on canalliatlon; of the WUlam-?
ette river as tar as Eagene, mem
ber of tbe wniamctte Water
ways association' met here' last
"night at the Gray Belle to discus
the next step In the groups Inslst
. ,ent .demand for Improvement of
the river.-. - ' ' . - .:
I 7"We had" too easy colngT ta oar
first steps at river Improvement",
declared Frank Jenkins of Eu
gene ln opening the. discussion
"Our preliminary survey wan ap
proved although our ' association
-started in a nebular, unorganised
and Inexperienced way .last falL
We are by no means Justified in
sitting back and forgetting our
goal. Wo've simply begun."
- The meeting, attended by 54
representatives from Eugene, Al
bany, Independence, Canby, Ore
gon City, Portland and aboutilO
men from Salem, resolved itself
Into a discussion oC the feasibil
ity of river development and the
next step in carrying it out,
"We should talk of river con
trol rather, than river canallzat
tlon," declared Dr. E. T. Hodge,
professor of geology at the Uni
versity of Oregon. Hodges said
that no. valley on the entire Pa
' clfic coast was more favorably lo
cated for a great producing area
than that of the Willamette river
: but .Indicated that the river's
'meanderlngs to the sea, under ad
equate control,; could work won-r
ders in (he jiroductlrlty -of the
. area.-' -
Engineers in studying the ter
ritory must Include in the savings
from ' river - control the drainage
' benefits which would entail to
' lands now too flat and wet ' for
any use except a pasture, said
Hods. ' :
River control would also make
: possible far more adequate valley
irrigation than is now carried on,
; he said. "' -i
William P. Ellis, local trans
portation counsellor, said he
i thought the project of an im
proved river entirely feasible but
urged that . the association pres
ent its case more carefully when
the matter came up . for hearing
before the army engineers." Re
member that you are up against
technical . men who want .their
facts exact stated and sufficient
ly convincing to Justify the large
outlay needed," he stated. ;
Unfavorable ,.," V:
Report Incentive i
R. H. Klpp, secretary of. the
Columbia river traffic associa
tion, said that the report of the
federal army engineers' ' should
be taken as ah ineentlro to hard
er work rather than -of despair
about .development. Tbe facts
gathered by the engineers were
Inadequate. Many thousands of
. tons were never reported. The re
port made new alowance for the
'potential tonnage which could be
.developed," Klpp declared.
A. F. S. Steele, secretary of
the Eugene chamber of com
merce, explained that the figures
used .by the army engineers in
their unfavorable report, were in
adequate since the Questionnaires
they ent out were not completed
by many shippers. The. savings of
. S3S9.000 for the cost of 117,000,
000 which the engineers esti
mated would be needed to calaixo
.. . (Turn to page 2,rcoL 7)
HOLLYWOOD, Cal.. March' 20.
- (AP) Billy Townsend, the
fair-haired ' Junior welterweight
,f rem Vancouver. B. C," boxed his
way easily to the decision in his
,10-round fight tonight with John
ny Lamar, Los Angeles. " Lamar
took two rounds, two were even,
and Townsend collected the oth
er six. -
TULSA, Okl-, March 20-
(AP) Ed Don Deorge of North
Java, N. Y.i retained his claims -to'
the world's heavyweight
wrestling Utlei by defeating the
'masked ' mystery1, of Kansas
city here tonight, two falls out
of three. .. .,
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Mareh
20. (AP)- Young Corbett,
southpaw welterweight from Fres
no, served notice on the fistic
, world that he is still very much in
the running for the title when he
pounded out a 10-round decision
over Paul Plrronne of Cleveland
tonightr -;
8AN DIEGO, GaL, March 20w
(AP) Sandy Garrison Casa
nova, Los Angeles light-heavy
weight, scored a technical
knockout oveV Vie Pert ley, Los
Angeles, in the fourth round of
scheduled 10-reund boat here
tonight. - '
Late Sports
Youth is Killed
By Bullet From i
Unknown Driver
t.
ANDERSON. Ind., March 20
(AP)- SUnley.Tyska.20, high
school school basketball star was
shot and killed by an unidentified
motorist near here tonight, after
one of his companions bad yelled
to the man to dim the headlights
on his automobile. . : v .' r
Officers patrolled Madison
county road, late-; tonight in
search of tlj slayer. ,
RESiBuS POSIT
Governor; not Ready to Tell
Name of nevv Corporation
Commissioner, Word
Mark D.-MeCalllster, state cor
poration commissioner, sat last
night among; that growing circle
of men who once were high state
officials. His; resignation, present
ed to Governor Meier' earlier in
the week, wis accepted yesterday,
although announcement .of the
change in the department trickled
out to Portland sources before
the . governor was fully ready" for
release of the news.
As ; a result. Governor Meier
was not ready last night to an
nounce . McCalllsters successor.
The former- corporation commis
sioner's resignation will he effec
tive as of the day the incoming
commissioner takes office."
Governor Meier said the mfddle
of this week; that he had Virtually
determined t upon McCallister's
successor hut was unwilling ' un
til a further conference to disclose
his. name.':.; ; : -i.-'tl. -;::'. .tJ.
Resigns totTake,-,. ".-, - '
FinnJrreideVk'J' - r
McCv-3jter saidTJeresIgned to
accept the presidency of the Con
servation Corporation of America,
whose headquarters will- be in
Portland. This firm to have
charge of distributing a new de
vice for reclaiming used motor oil.
The machine has been perfected
by Professor Baender- of the Ore
gon State college who holds the
(Turn to page 2,- col. 1) - j
Fraiclsco, 1 March
(AP) At 4! minutes past C a.m.,
tomorrow on may, it one deem
its appropriate and violates. none
of the laws, rules and regulations
of nation, state and city, spring
fawnilke from one's ! couch and
chortle roundelays with tra-la-la
retrains for Hwill be spring.
Although March 21 is the clas
sical equinox, actually March 18
was on the Pacific coast, for on
that date the sun rose at :09
a.m. and set at C:0 p.m., making
the day and sight equal. ' But in
that part of the world where they
first made caledars, March 21 wa
the date agreed on. In the south
em part of the United States the
.equinox was; March 17.
From now until June 21 or
thereabouts the day will increase
in length aatll there will be -If
hour and 19 minutes of sunlight
and only- 7 I hours and forty-one
minutes of darkness.
Breakiiir Ditch
InunSadesBend
Causing Damage
f t V ; ) : - ' '
BEND, Ore., March 20. (AP)
An irrigation ditch break early
today sent a torrent of water into
Bend : that ' flooded many -basements,
eroded , railway embank
ments ' and . damaged lawns and
gardens.- --' -.-'
About 20 feet of a ditch bank
five miles south of here wished
oat and the flood of 300 second
feet of water poured into the old
Pilot Butte canal - which . passes
through bend. : The ' canal was
large enough -to carry the water
but a clogged culvert caused the
wafer to spread through the low
er portion of the city.
The water cut under a railroad
track and delayed traffic until re
pairs could i bo made. ; The flood
was stopped by turning oft the
water at the Intake, r
Crude Oil Men . .
Will Organize
"LOS ANGELES, - March 20'.; -t
API TtTrentatlves- of 70 ter
cent of the , Independent crude
oil production in California met
tndav at the call of Raich B.
Lloyd, prominent noyalty owner
in the Ventura field and voted
unanimously - to band together
MllffC
sb now:
CUM REVEALS
for co-operative marketing.
FDR ACQUITTAL
No ) Basis for directed ;Ver-f
diet, judge- Irr-Bowles tl
TriaT : Djedarfis I
Oratory is Spilled Over
x Merits of Contention j I
m-r State: has Failed Si
HILLSBORO,' Ore.", March , 20.
(AP) Circuit Judge George
Bagley tonight' overruled a - de
fense motion-for at directed Ver
dict" 6f acquittal in the . Dowles
Louieks murder trial -but reserved
the right at any future ttrne to
take the case from the Jury: with
out further "argument by" counsel.
'. Nelson C ' Bowie. - Tnrtlail
caoiUlist. '-.and Miss :'- Ifma " O,
Loucks, his-admitted sweetheart,
are accused Of killing Bowies'
wife, Leone, w.Jth a , bread knife
in : Miss Loucks' apartment last
November .12..-" : i:- t .- ;:
Peenliarities ' i
"This case has many peculiar
ities." Judge Bagley said in pass
ing the motion. ' "One of the
strangest. is the assertion of the
rignt Dy me state to convict on
circumstantial evidence, t yet f at
the same time outtinar in ti t1-
dence the statements of both de
fendants.. I have been unable to
find " a parallel or approaching
parallel to this case.'
. "Mt lmnrAAHinn nt fh rn! t n-
thorixing the court to take a case
from the Jury has three, subdi
visions, lie is authorized in do
ing so if the 'state falls to prove
a vital element or tne ease; if
the testimony, is of such charac-r
ter that only one conclusion un
der the law is nosslble: and if on
motion for a new trial the court
would be required to set the ver
dict aside because of the lack of
fm SA . Sfe S 4
- luitt i jpsv &9 COt I.) - '
SABOTABE PLOT Oil
CLEVELAND, O., March 20.
(AP) A: gigantic sabotage plot
to destroy the world's largest dir
igible and numerous airplanes was
believed uncovered tonight as de
partment - of Justice agents con
tinued ' an Investigation of the
wrecking of a navy . bombing plane
and an alleged scheme of a
worker on the dirigible to freeze
rivets in the framework with wa
ter instead Of hammering them in.
Paul. F. Kassay, the' suspected
worker, was under arrest at Ak
ron, O., where the giant dirigible
is under construction. He denied
the accusations and : said he was
the victim of a frame-up.
Federal Investigators said Kas
say was a fanatle and they be
lieved he had been ! planning ; to
die in a crash of the dirigible, it
necessary to accomplish . his al
leged purpose of destruction. They
said he was a communist, but of
ficials of that party disclaimed
him. -; . I: . r
- - The giant dirigible, ' the "Ak
ron," is to be ready for flight ear
ly this summer. It is planned to
be the world's most formidable
fighting airship and will be oper
ated by the United States navy. ,
Great ReduciidnU
Noted in Income :
Tax Collections
WASHINGTON, Mareh 20.
(AP) Sharply decreased income
tax collections for the first quar
ter' of 1930 were visualized - to
day by treasury officials as they
studied 'latest, reports of receipts
from that source. . ; ' - . ' . .. - '
Before, them the officials had
the report for Wednesday, -the
latest available, which showed
only f 98,091,515 had been col
lected that day compared with
$214,524,548 for the correspond
ing; day last year. . , ;
Tillamook "
Thnrsw 10:3d A. M. .
Pendleton
-Jefferson
Wed 8:30 P. M.
Astoria
Monmouth
.Wed., 4:30 P. f.
'Baker
Benson !
WeL, 7:80 P. M.
Pleasant Hill
w -
)
Ashland -Wed.,
8:30 P. U.
The Dalles
Salem
ThnrsM4:S0 1L
MyrUe Point - '
DIB
BIBLE
FOILED
T
TROUL'GES
.-r
PORTLai'D ij.DS
Jefferson, City Champions,
; Beaten 39 to 15 In
. H Upset Contest r -
' . : - - - --:-'!- fi,:
Eastern Oregon" In Finals
- For First Time Since
A 922; Same School . 1
By ; jim nutter ; . ',
" A horde of gigantic, speedy,
sharpshootlnsj 5 Buckaroos - from
Pendleton swept through' the Wil
lamette gymnasium Friday after
noon, leaving in its wake the big
gest utfset of the 1931 tournament
with Jefferson high school rub
bing its eyes and staring at a
39 to 15 score which was in favor
of ' Pendleton. i K--'--1-':-,
The team which was " twice
beaten by Baker during the regu
lar playing season . and ' which
supposedly beat Tillamook' In the
first game only because the
Cheesemakers' main player, was
not in the lineup, showed speed,
precision, training everything
that goes to make a championship
team. ; '
First Eastern . ; ': ;
Finalist Since 1022
The last eastern Oregon team
to reach the finals -was Pendle
ton back ln-1922.- The Bucsstroos
did not .faro so well in the final
playoff than however and were
beaten by Ashland 45 to 22. But
that was the .time when Guthrie
was burning up .the court for
southern Oregon. . This; time
though. It looks like the i Buck
aroos will haTO Avgjood. chaftco to
deliver in the championship -game
at Willamette tonight against Sa
lem high; - - -:-.-
Jef ferson opened the scoring
when Clausen dropped in a long
shot. This score came in just 30
seconds, but before the first min
ute had elapsed, Erwln gave Pen
dleton two points with a field
goal and Stroble followed at once
with another. ,
The Democrats called time out
to talk it over, but at the same
time the Bucks put their i heads
together and continued in the
lead, heading Jefferson 3 to I
at the end of the first quarter.
Between quarters the Buckaroos
adjusted their spurs and; rode
rough shod, over (ho Democrats,
gaining 18 points in the second
(Turn to page 2, -col. I)
HESINBUES
FOR III ROLL'
Friday found The Statesman's
'honor Toll' with Its largest sin
gle day's additions since the paper
announced it wished to give spe
cial distinction to long-time sub
scribers in the anniversary num
ber to bp published next Saturday,
March 28.. . " '. -
Men and. women from all parts
of the city and some, from out
side ot Salem, wrote or telephoned
that they had beea continuous
subscribers for -at. least "50. year.
Some same wore added f pio
neers who have resided in Oregon
at least 80 year and can claim
the distinction ot being -octogen-
erians along with The Statesman.
Yet more names are wanted
as many as there are men and
women to whoso homo this paper
has been, a continuous visitor
down-through: a halt-century, of
time, i ;r ,-v : r -
The date of the anniversary Is a
week away; The Statesman soli
cits more names for its roll of
honor!
CHAMPIONSHIP
E
Pendleton 43-14
FrL, 4:30 P. U.
Jefferson . 31-21
Jefferson 33-28
Xhara, 7:30 P. M.
Baker 30-28
i
' v
Benson 35-19
Thnrs 8: SO P. If.
Ashland 49-19
i Benson 24-22 '
AJU 8:80. P. 31.
; Salem 31-17
The Ashland high school basketball team win the hard luck honors
,, two games by a total margin of three points. From the leftt Coach
1L Riley, Darling, Mabbatt, Carter.
THEODORE DREISER
SLIPS LEV FACE
Argument Over Authorship
Of Certain Work i is ;
. Cause of Rumpus
NEW YORK, March 20 -(AP)
Theodore Dreiser ("the gen
ius")" slapped the face of Sinclair
Lewis ("Babbitt") last night.
"It was an outrageous, scandal
ous affair," said Lewis, tho only
Americas ever' awarded tho, No
bel prise lor literature. .
" Dreiser's comment was twice as
long it contained 12 words:
"Rash and unwarranted insults
were rewarded with two siaps
upon the face." :
- Ho- declined even monosyllable
further discussion. .
The men, probably the two best
known of American writers, met
in a roof off the dining room of
the Metropolitan club where they,
with 25 other men of letters, were
attending a dinner given by Ray
Long, editor of tho Cosmopolitan
magazine,-in honor jf Boris Pll
nyak, Russian communist writer.
Claims Dreiser
Stole Wife's Work
At the dinner Lewis had said:
"I feel disinclined to speak in
the presence of a man who has
stolon 3,000 words from my
wife's (Dorothy Thompson) . book
on Russia, and before two sage
critics who have lamented) the ac
tion of the Nobel committee in
selecting , me as America's rep
resentative writer." -r.
There was a moment's strained
silence as Lewis sat down,, but
nothing happened. Boon after
ward the company adjourned to
another, room foK coffee- and ci
gars. ' : " " -
Lewis, tall,- fiery-haired author
ot - "Main Street" and "Elmer
(Turn to page 2, col. 1) .
Gombutz Diets;
Now Weighs But I
Mere 361 Pounds
YONKERS, N. Yi, March 20
( AP ) -M lchael -. Gomhuts has
been dieting. He now weighs only
811 pounds. - -
Two months : ago Michael
weighed 414 pounds. He applied
for a'Job digging a ditch and .was
turned down hecauo he couldn't
getln to the ditch.
So far tho last 80 days Mich
ael has eaten only one meal a day
breakfast. He lost, almost a
pound a day.
SERIES
Pendleton;
Sat, S:30
Salem 25-18
Valued Volumes !
Are Presented to
Vatican Library
"VATICAN CITY, March 20
(AP) Louis Mendelssohn, De
troit capitalist, presented tho val
uable Rosplgliosl library and ar
chives today to Pop Pius for the
Vatlean library. j
. The Detroit man," long time .ex
ecutive of the Fisher Body cor
poration, and Mrs." Mendelssohn
were received by the pope pri
vately on March. 7. The pontiff
gave him a gold medal commem
orating tho audience. .
: Tho Rosplgliosl collection " in
cludes many. "valuable books gath
ered by Pope Clement IX of Ros
plgliosl during his pontificate
from lf7 to 1889. . .
HOPE KG FOR j
LOST III ICE
Rescue Steamer is Caught
In Vicious Storm and I
; , Arrival Delayed .
RT. JOWXTS. -H-V. M&rcli SO
(AP) New woes for- tho res
cued and waning - hopes for tho
missing were todays tidings xrom
turbulent White bay, where, the
sealer Viking exploded and sank
Sunday with a probable loss pt
28 lives.. - " ' 1
Meanwhile Bernt Balchen, hero
tit m tit mn anrlal exnloit. flew
into St. Johns. New Brunswick,;
from Boston, Mass., mil aiternoon
in a plane in which' bo and two
companions hopo to . search - the
disaster scene.
Caught in a vicious hor'easter,
with., snow driving all about her,
tho rescue steamer 8agona, carry
ing 110 survivors from Horse is
land, was caught fast in an ice.
Jam. Her arrival hero may be de
layed . indefinitely. - "
' Tho sealer Sir William, com
panion ship ot tho Viking, ended
her rescue efforts at the bottom
oS tho bay... Stuck in a Tice-llke
Ice grip, she became waterlogged,
burst; into flames and sank 15
miles northeast of. Horse island,
bnt her crew of 28 escaped in
dories to tho sealer Eaglo. " : v
Iteecne vessels -.r---i
Abandoning: Effort -
AftM hnrkinr the lee fields in
the bay, s halt dosen rescue ves
sels -Tirtually abandoned hop of
finding tho 28 missing men irom
the lking, including tho Ameri
cans, Varickr Frissell and A. O.
(Turn to page 2, coL 8) -
39 - 15
P. M.
, u
-
at the state tournament; losing
Bliss, Gill, Myers, Boeder, How
w
LULL PLAliS
ED A STEP
Stockholders are Asked to
Deposit Shares Under
; Escrow Agreement
Reorganization plans for "the
Oregon Linen mill here advanced
a step yesterday when notices
were sent to all stockholders ot
record, asking that their stock
bo deposited with tho First Na
tional bank here, - subject to an
escrow agreement, which : pro
vides that ' the shares be . ex
changed on a four to one basis
for stock in the Salem Linen
mills. . The escrow contemplates
that outstanding unfunded, .in
debtedness of 858,000 ' against
the Oregon Linen mills be liqui
dated and 380,000 subscribed
for 2000 shares of . Stock in the
new company before any transfer
be made.
As soon as 51 per cent of the
stock in tho present company is
deposited, subject to the escrow,
the reorganisation deal can be
completed, provided tho present
company and thocompany to bs
organised meet the conditions
mutually ass'ume If either side
falls stockholders. were informed,
in' letters sent from Salem yes
terday, the stock will be re
turned. Group Confident
Of Success
According to F. J. G libra! th,
who with John R. Meek of Fort
land ' has been- instrumental In
developing the - reorganisation
deal, his associates . are quite
(Turn to page 2, coVl)
O lie More Cent
Oit Gas Price
th Most Cities
SAN FRANCISCO, March 20
(AP)-JoIning other major com
panies in the- - latest downward
step in gasoline prices, the Stan
dard OH Co., of California, today
cut one cent ' from its wholesale
duction of ten cents a barrel in its
figure and. made an average re
price for erudo oil.
. The gasoline slash was gener-,
ally effective in major cities on
tho Pacific coast. It brought the
price here' down to 9 cents whole
sale. "
Find Shortage;
Seek 'Assistant
? To Postmaster
. ASTORIA. Ore.', March 30.
(AP) After a preliminary audit
indicated, what, postal inspectors
said was ' a largo shortage- in ac
counts in' the postef f leo here, . an
intensive search was started to
day for H. F. Peacock, assistant
postmaster, who disappeared yes
terday. .,v', - , . i
.Tho audit ; of Peacock's ac
counts was made by Inspectors
Linebangh . '- and Freeman, and
Postmaster Charles Halderman.
They said - records of tho stamps
account have not; been .kept for
tho past three or four months. ;
Total of Idle .
. Meti Cut Down
WASHINGTON, March-20
(AP) Secretary Laniont esti
mated today 8,050,000 were un
employed in the United States last
January.
. Since that time, however," he
said indications have been receiv
ed by th labor department and
the president's emergency em
ployment committee that condi
tions, have improved. . v
mm
) ElIEd
DilZZllOE fdr:
Shake off Nervousness cl
'.Tournament -Play When .
; Second Half Opens
Beat Benson 25 Jo 18 and
Duplicate Success of
- Last' Year's Team
STATE TOURNAMEXI
' PROGRAM TODAY
8:30 a. m. Astoria vs. Jef
ferson (consolation semi
final). !
0:30 a. m Baker vs. Ben-
son (consolation semi
final. - j
2 p. m Special; game, 1027
teams of Salem andvE-
' gene. ! ' ,
7:30 p. m. Consolation
finals.
8:30 p. m. State cham
- plonship final, ' Salem vs.
Pendleton. j
SCORES FRIDAY
Tillamook 28, Myrtle Point
18 i (consolation). .
Baker 23, Ashland 22 (con-
solation).
Astoria 49, The Dalles 11
(consolation).
Pendleton 39, Jef ferson 19
(championship semi ft-
' nal).
Baker 28, Tillamook 21
( cooaoLat ion ) . . .
Salem 23, Benson 18 (cbam
- plonship semi-final ).
By RALPH CURTIS
r Suddenly throwing off at the
opening of the second half tho '
nervousness which had marked
their tournament play up to that
time, the Salem high school play
ers recovered the dazxling speed
and the precision which bad char
acterized their work throughout
the season and handed Bensea
Tech of Portland a 25-to-18 beating.-
- . ,
The red and black thereby da
plicated its success of the 1930
tournament by qualifying for tho
final game, and at the same tint
removed Portland's last hope in s
season which tor the first time
had seen two teams from the met
ropolis reach the semi-final round.
. In the first half, despite that
return of Kitchen to the Salens
lineup, the local team had played,
except tor a few; moments of
flashy form, much- as it dht
against Myrtle Point on Thursday.
Local fans expressed a hope that .
tho nervousness, occasioned by s
feeling that too much was expect
ed of the local team, was gone for
good when they saw it evaporate
at the opening of the second half.
Benson Gets Four j .
Points at SUrt j
Benson, as had two other los
ers the night' before, plied u a.
tour-point lead before Salem
scored. Kitchen ! and San ford
broke loose to score for Salem but
Benson led at first quarter time.
8 to 5. Foreman came to the fore
early in the next j period to put
Salem ahead, but it was a period
ot tight defense and Salem led at ,
halt by only two points, 11 to 9.'
The situation was quickly alter
ed, when Sanford and Graber be
gan a scoring spree in the third
quarter which ended with' the lo
cal team holding its greatest mar
gin, 23 to 14.
Sanford's accurate' loops from
back of the foul line and Gra
ber'a steady work under the has- .
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' WASHINGTON, ; March 20.
(AP) Hearings were concluded
today in the tariff commission's
investigation into production
costs of softwood lumber which
was ordered by the senate.
- The final session was taken
up largely with testimony by op
ponents' to the 60 per cent in
crease in the present daty; ot 91
a thousand feet, proposed y tho
West Coast Lumbermen's asso
ciation,'" : ' ; '
J. H. Bloedel of Seattle,! oper
ating in British - Columbia and
Washington State, was the prin
cipal witness. He contended the
lumbermen's problems would net
be solved by a higher tariff and
said there was ample reason for
a, lower dtty.
t Earlier in the hearing Col. W.
B. Greeley, manager ot the Vt
Coast Lumbermen's association.
In proposing the duty ..increase,
cited lower production, costs as J
cheaper transportation as JuVJ
fvinr th hieher tariff. The in
crease woqld be the mat' mum
permitted under the flexible iro-
visfon ot tho tariff act. . -
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