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SERVICE ""We guarantee cmr car rier service. If your paper Ndoes not arrive., by :30," rail 0101 uBd a copy will be 4 delivered t once. . ... f : EltillTY-tfRST YEAR FIGHT OH RAIL RATE lriCREASE OPEN I. C. C. Members to- Hear Northwest's Plea . for : V Present Charges "'--' ' ' ' "' x ' ' ' ' ' ,'" " . ' C. M. Thomas Leaves Tues ; day for Portland, Yitt be -- Principal Witness C. M. Thomas, public utilities commissioner, left here Tuesday -for Portland, where ho will par ticipate In the hearing: of the ap plication of the railroads for a 1 5 per cent Increase in freight rates. Several engineers employed by the utilities commissioner will testify at the bearing. v The hearing will open today un der the direction of the Interstate . commerce commission, and will continue for three days. Night sessions will beelL- - Commissioner Thomas will hare charge of presenting the testi mony on behalf of the Oregon shippers, who are opposed to the rate Increase. Washington ship pers also will be represented at the Portland hearing. ' Thomas declared that the pro posed lacrease would" paralyze Oregon Industry, and make it im possible for the fruitgrower of this state compete in the eastern markets. :'' PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 11. (AP) Lumbermen, stockmen, fruit and grain producers and oth er business and agricultural In terests of the. Paclfle northwest will appear before interstate com merce commissioners here tomor row to begin their arguments against the 18 per cent freight rate Increase asked by American railroads. ; . The hearing will be conducted by Ernest I. Lewis and William E. Lee, commission members, assist ed by Examiners Witters and Mat tingley. The hearing is expected tp last at least three day. Oregon producers will' be rep resented chiefly brTJrMTTbonias. public utilities commissioner. The Washington state department of public works and the California railroad commission also will participate. . - i The -West Coast Lumbermen's association ,1s expected to be the first organisation heard. DETAILS OF DEBT DOW ADOPTED London' Aug. 11. (AP) President Hoover's proposals for a year's war debt and reparations holiday were fitted, to the Young plan for reparations payments to day after three weeks work by. fi nancial experts of the Interested nations. -' -.. . Protocols signed by the experts this evening in the. cabinet room of the foreign office proTlde the suspended' payments shall be re paid in 10 equal annuities from July 1, Mi. to July lr 13 :in other words, there shall be - a year's Interim between the expira tion of the debt holiday, and the beginning of repayments. The suspended payments shall bear interest at the rate of I per cent, the protocols pro-ride,-- and sball be "absolute obligations in olving no : option ;of postpon mentV T.:i , ; r : :; PROPERTY DAMAGE HKAVT GRANTS PASS. Ore.. Jlug. 11 (AP) Forest fires that aw"ept away homes and llrestock In the Fielder creek and Jacksonville districts Monday apparently were well under control tonight. Scores of firemen were with drawn from the front lines and only a few men were left to watch the fires during the night. The front of the blase had ad vanced far Into Jackson county, forest official here reported. The fires in Jackson county, how ever, also were believed under controL ". 1 ' Exact figures on property loss es and the number of livestock burned to death were not avail able. . , : The Siskiyou National forest fire also was quiet tonight. . XGIlESSt ..'ACTIVE -: -. PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 11 ,AP) Renovation of property and new construction projects were recommended as a means; of relieving unemployment in "the bulldlngtrades in a report adopt ed today by the directors of the Oregon building congress. The report Is to be presented to the dvie emergency committee and Its cooperation will be asked. The report pointed out there Is' much work which should be done Immediately - and that a great deal of potentially valuable property , la the . city Is unde veloped.. .. . .... : . .: Ths report - was drawn by a -J ! i David Clark on Trial for Death I ;U ! ! Of Political Magazine Editor . - 5i Marked by heated clashes of attorneys that Indicated his fight for life may be based on a plea of self-defense, the dramatic trial of David H. dark on a charge of slaying Herbert F. Spencer, -political magazine editor, and Charles II. Crawford, millionaire pol itician. In the letter's office May SO, Is holding the spotlight in Loe Angeles and the West. Lower right Clark, former assistant district attorney. Is Hbown at right with his attorney, W. I. Gilbert, Upper right Is Mrs. David Clark (right) with Leonore Malone, the ; defendant's sister-in-law. Upper left depicts Mrs. Herbert F. Spen ' cer, widow of one of the victim. All were photographed In court. ES Producers and Distributors Set Rates to Permit Contract Revenue i Wholesale and retail prices of milk adraneed materially here yesterday when . producers and distributors agreed at a new standard to bring in sufficient revenue 1 to 1 permit producers $2.171 a hundred pounds with a fair return to distributors for tandling the milk. The raise in ates follows the milk war which if as terminated last. week inr rie tory for the producers. The hew milk 'scale compared with the on it succeeds follows: v r Old New Quart, homes .... .- ie 10c Quart, stores 7 c Gallons,' wholesale -25e Gallon, ; retail ..;....:.3Sc Pints, wholesale . . 4e Pints, retail . It Whipping cream, .half pints 1 : 15c 8c 30c 87e Kc Ce 18c 35c 70e. Whipping- cream, pints 30c Whipping cream, quarts 10c The old commercial cream, schedule remains In effect as fol lows: gallons. $1.40; quart 40 cents wholesale, 50 cents retail; pints 20 cents wholesale and 25 cents retail: halt pints, 10 cents wholesale and- -3 cents retail.. . . In , the contracts effected las week between, producers and .'dis tributors, .retail: prices -'.of 10 cents a quart -for grade" B milk were to bring $2.17 . a. hundred to producers for' four per cent milk.;The new schedule of retail prices brings the selling price into conformity with ..this sched ule. , . I r :'".',. ;--Clark Appointed , , . . . . . Local Manager. : ..ZZ ; Jn-making the. aanenncement ot tho new 'prices,- 'producers pointed! out, that the . new rates were' not excessive considering the extra costs, necessitated to bring up to grade the milk sold to' consumers. During recent months when low . prices pre- n (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) MILK-PRC HERE RAISED GEIR1LLY Jacksonrilie lire xaltt4 JSoWierJIomt Rnlinff Neiir. . - " Construction ; Is Vrvpoatd Claim Outsiders f et Jobs committee appointed last month by T. H. Murphy, president of th building congress. - BIXK8 WILL REPORT PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. It (AP) .A special dispatch from the Oregonian's -Washington cor respondent tonight satd ' a deci sion on the site for the -proposed northwest branch of the National Soldiers' home was expected with in a week. The ( dispatch said General HInes, chairman of the hospital; izatlon' board,' returned to his of fice Monday after a tour of the northwest during which he in spected several proposed ' sites." Unofficial sources, the Wash ington dispatch said, reported the majority of - the hospitalization board apparently favored Eugene as. the site. ; ... " ' PEAR PACKERS' DENT " MEDFORD. Ore.." Aug. 11 (AP) County Judge Alex Spar row and laborers today asked lo cal pear packers to explain why they apparently were hiring Cali fornians to pack the . season's pear crop rather than employing local workmen". A group of packers replied that 95 per cent of their help Is locaL-- 1. . "It is more nearly 95 per cent California," Judge Sparrow said. Some packers admitted they preferred Callfornians because they are accustomed to the work and able to work more steadily. . ' ' . ,"." ,.( ...... f . - - ' ' ... ; .: - - - . , - . . . . . ... . ; FOUNDED 1851, , ft Front of Building Wrecked ' But Consul, Alone : in -Offices Unhurt ''. PITTSBURGH, August J2 (AP) (Wednesday) The Ital ian vice consulate. In ' the fash ionable Oakland residential dis trict, wu badly damaged by an explosion -early todays Police ex pressed the belief the . place was bombed. . ; .":'" The front of the three-story structure was wrecked:-Windows were shattered 'for -several- blocks and two automobiles parked nearby were overturned. Dr.- Giovanni Guirato, the con sul, who was alone In the build ing at the time, said his tele phone rang a few-mlnutes . pre viously, but that when he took down the receiver there was no answer. Later, .he aald he heard footsteps on 1 the veranda. Then the explosion occurred.- He said he knew of no motive for the attack. 5 ' J ' The explosion was heard in the downtown district, three ' miles away. Firemen, who said a bomb ap parently had ben placed beneath a front . window," estimated the damage at $4,000. IMADISON. Wis.. August 11 (AP) r-The American farm .bur eau federation, through -Its president,- Edward A. O'Neal, toaight declared . present farm legislation ihidequate and announced return-to the principle of the equalisation fee. ; . .f ' " "Tot the past-two .years our organisation, desiring to see the marketing act fully tried out, has not Insisted upon the enact ment ' of - the - equalisation i fee prineiple,' O'Neal told farm 'bur eau leaders : from - 11 midwest states. 1 "It appears all too -plain 'that the present act does' not ade quately -provide for the needed control of surpluses. Consequent ly, -' we ; must renew - our demand for'enaetment of this type of leg islation -in order to. strengthen and preserve the farmer . owned and former controlled marketing associations that hare been estab lished.- -: . . OTeal said "he had discussed the equalization fee plan with farmers all over- the - United States since he became president of . the federation last May, suc ceeding Sam H. Thompson who resigned when he became ' a member of the - federal farm board. 1 "' - Dresses Sell at U Less Than Zero ; As Stores Fight' r RICE LAKE. Wis.. Agi. ll'.-r-(AP). A competitive sale on house dresses which ended in one store actually paying customers to carry the merchandise away en livened business at two depart ment stores here for several days. The price-cutting - controversy started when the one store, open ed for business here six months sgo, advertised $1 dresses at 9c Not to be outdone after 1$ years In business here the other store wound up by Inviting women cus tomers to get a- dress - free and collect a five-cent' premium for their . troubles. ' i-. m ? The sale ended with stocks of both store well depleted. ITU CONSULATE DAMAGED BV BOMB Salem, Oregon, JVednesday 10 TH T l BROUGHT E L Lads who Were Questioned Released; Incendiary ; v 'Suspicion Remains ! i r Forty men . Participating In - Fight; Wheeler. County. Fire Reported Here , SlLVERTON.'Autust 11The fire which was raging over about 50 acres -in' the North Santlam district near camp 15 of the Sil ver Falls Timber company - has been brought under control by a fire fighting crew under the di rection of Fire Warden E. E. Williams. With. the. assistance ol the 40 men who are now fighting the fire and portable pumps which are taking their water from Stout creek the fire should be nearly extinct by tomorrow. ' The two youths, Robert Lloyd. 12, and Ernest Smith 18, 'who were found In the vicinity of the blaze shortly after Its start Sun day,, were released - last night , af ter considerable questioning by J. N. Ferguson chief fire war den for this district. Smith is a Portland resident and Lloyd etves in the farming section near Hult. Ferguson says he ia certain that the fire was of incendiary origin. Reports were received at the state foresters office here last night that a fire had broken out In a stand of yellow pine timber 10 miles east of Fossil la "Wheel er ' county. Lynn Cronemiller, state forester, declared that the fire was serious, and that an area of more than 10,000 acres was menaced. ? Eighty-fire men were sent, to fight the fire, and others will fol low tomorrow. This was the only new fire re ported at the state forestry, de partment Tuesday. AOBICULTUHEIVS . CORVALLIS. Ore.. Aug. 11. (AP) Writers of agriculture In formation are educators rather than press agents,' delegates to the national convention of the Ameri can Association ;of Agricultural Editors were told here today. The convention opened today and will continue through Friday.' M. 8. Eisenhower,- head of the United States department of ag riculture information service, said "No other Institutions or group of institutions play so vital and effective a role In adult education as do the state agricultural col leges and the United States de partment, of 'agriculture." - A. plea for 'well-prepared agri cultural publicity- was voiced by E. R. Price, of Virginia, president of the. association.. . "Our publicity should be the kind that- builds, instructs,- edu cates. Inspires and motivates to better home life on every -Ameri-' can farm," he said. -. W. D. Staats, Washington State college, spoke on "Cooperating With State Press Associations." and C'A. Sprague, editor of The Oregon Statesman at Salem, told the association what daily papers want In agricultural material.. MrSiDaugherty " .... Chosen to Head -- JLincolh School Elevation of Mrs. Daugherty, fo the' past three years, teaeher at Lincoln school, to principal of that achool was .yoted by the school board last night. The con tract Is one 10-months basis, at $1500. : This will be the first time In several years Lincoln has had a principal all 'jts own. as that school and McKlnley have been served by one head. Miss Dorothy Taylor who will this rear (have McKlnley only. - , Lloyd H. S was son. recent Wil lamette graduate who has had two years ' teaching experience, was .elected toi the mechanical drawlrfjc vacancy at Leslie junior high scbooL -. Oregon Bankers' Plan to 'Offer Farming Course PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 11. (AP) The agriculture commit tee of the Oregon Bankers asso ciation, which met here today, de cided to hold four one-day bank ers' short courses .In agriculture In four different Oregon cities this - year. . Experts on various phases .of agriculture will be en gaged as speakers. Formerly only one short course has been held but the committee decided the new plan .would sire agricultural experts a chance to develop subjects of special In terest to the communities in the vicinity1 of the meeting places. . The dates and places for ti:e J meetings will be selected later. - ME UO R CO TRO DEEMED MPOHTAfJT Morning August 12, 1931 Shots; AirAed at i Him Wound Tots Vincent Troblno (above) is said to nave snven new Tork police valuable information In con nection with the cans; shooting in which one child was killed and four others seriously wounded. Troblno is reported to have told the authorities that it wae he who was meant to be the victim of the gang slayers' gnnflre. lie says the "killers" are after him ami he begs for protection to hv bis life. AH LINDBERGH" GETSWIFTS She now Carries Pipe, buTl Nobody Knows Whether Shell Smoke it POINT BARROW, Alaska. Aug. 11 (AP) Regardless of wheth er the wife of the "flying eolon el''.amQkes. Mrs. Charles A. Lind bergh carries-a pipe. Before'.the Lindberghs took off on their flight to Nome, Alaska, en route - to the orient, satires here' presented Mrs. Lindbergh with an old Eskimo smoking pipe. Another gift was a pair of snow glassevVTv'-'..-. . . .i . . Alter a ainner in ineir nonor at the radio station, the Lind berghs passed some time inspect ing a large collection of Eskimo curios. Their admiration of the collection' resulted In the' gift presentations to the famous col onel's wife. Most of yesterday, .'-however, was spent In making preparations for their departure. - Just before starting the motor of their , air plane, the Lindberghs got. out of the plane to say goodbye. They shook hands with practically ev ery resident of Point Barrow, as the whole village had assembled for the takeoff. - " SEEK TO RECOVER Oil OS'S IMS , More to collect on. outstanding: notes due the Aurora State Bank, now in the hands of the .state banking department, was begun ere yesterday with the filing of our units to collect on unsecur ed notes held by the bank." "' Suits to collect eall for $2100, Interest and costs .from J.' H. Mi ley, $1729, Interest and costs from Zeno Schwab, $1710, inter est and -costs from B. F. Giesy, $272$-, Interests and costs from W.-J: Mlley; ' . - It la understood several of the defendants have' offered, to settle for SO. cents on the dollar and that their-proffers havo been re fused. Certain asseta of the de fendants have- been transferred to other parties since the -bank closed and counsel for. the plain tiff. A. A. Schramm, state bank ex aminer, will seek to have a court order Issued showing. that .these transfers were made without le gal consideration. .- '- 1 Liquidation of .the ,bankhaa beeo In progress - for 'several months. . - CUCV IS RESCUED T NORFOLK. Va., Aug. 11 (AP) Capt. Llsandro Garay was rescued from the wave lashed wreckage of his airplane off North Carolina today nearly 36 hours after he fell Into the Atlantic at tempting a .nonstop flight from New York to Tegucigalpa, Hondu4 ras. Hia Jaw was fractured, his body bruised and cut and he was near exhaustion when the steamer Bl boeo radioed naval.; authorities here of finding Garay JX0 miles east of Cape Lookout. . .. ' - But the plucky flier, who had figured in internal turmoil In his native Honduras before he mys teriously took off from New Tork Sunday afternoon, soon -dispatched a terse messageto a. friend saying: .. "Fell Into sea Sunday midnight Picked up by 8. 8. Blboco noon to day. Exhausted. SJUhtly wound ed. Otherwise O. K. Proceeding Savannah, .arrive tomorrow night." - - 0 LITJDY ARRIVES AT ME; FOG CAUSES DELAY Flight ; From :. Point "Barrow - Is Broken by -Halt, at Seward Peninsula- Plane now - at ; Safety Bay ; . , Anxiety ! Felt ; due ; to J Failure to Appear- : NOME. Alaska, Aug. 11 (AP) Hazards of storm and fog along the north Alaskan coast were past for Colonel and : Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, flying - - vacationers, with their arrival late today in sheltered Safety bay, 21 miles to the east of 'here. --Colonel Lindbergh set his low wing monoplane down on the pro tected waters at 1:40 p. m. P.S.T., at the end of a flight from Point Barrow begun last night 'and broken by a landing In the fog near Shlsmaref, on the north side of the Seward peninsula. ' Two hours later, with an escort of the automobiles which had raced to Safety bay from Nome, the famous flier and his wife left Safety bay and came here to an enthusiastic welcome. After a semi-parade through the streets of Nome, with cheer ing people on all sides, the two were taken to the home of O. R. Jackson, the banker, to be his guests during their stay. Fog Appear-Soon After Departure Colonel Lindbergh would not leave his plane at Safety bay un less It had been carefully moored, but many small boats, caught In sudden storms on the Bering sea, frequently make Safety bay -their refuge and no matter how hrgh the waves may kick off Nome to night, the Lindbergh nlane will ride there In safety. Leaving Barrow at 8:53 p. m. (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) 11 LAKE ERIE BEEIOTJ " LORAINEr Ohio, August 11 -(AP) Seven persons were brought to Loralne hospital to night suffering from' Injuries re ceived when' wind of near tor nado force demolished - several cottages In. the Lake Erie resort village of Sheffield lake, 5 miles east of here: Reports that others had been Injured could not be verified ' because ' of damaged communication lines. No reports of death were received and none of those injured were believed In critical condition. . - Extent of damage " could " not be learned as all lights were out and motor and foot traffic was impeded by water which flooded streets after a deluge which ae compaaied .the wind. .. - '; ; Fred. Horn, Sheffield . fireman who brought some of the Injured here, said' the" wind, smashed down from the northwest without warning, breaking windows in his bowse and demolishing two cot tages, close by.. He' said one of the cottages was blown 60 . feet and - Its four -girl occupants in jured. . - : " . ; Horn said he pulled the girls from, the wreckage, loaded them in his car and brought them over flooded roads to the hospital. Blaze Fought 1 - Near. Lava Butte - .... . -. - - - SEND. OreAeg.-ll (AP) Shevlln-Hlxon mill . crews tonight were fighting a fire in old slash ings west of Lava Butte near the Great' Northern right-of-way." - Flfty men with a trenching out fit were on the fire lines. A. seven hundred acre blase near East Lake road was cheeked last night by a force of 225 men.' SUES School Building Sought ' . North of Silver ton Road Urging that a ' small -School building be constructed Immedi ately to serve the SO or CO grade school children In the angle be tween the Portland and SUrerton highways north of town, a delega tion from that section appeared be fore the school board last night. The group presented a petition bearing SO signatures. nl L. Relmann, Carle Abrams. Dr. C. W. Beechler and Fred Tiffany, presented three reasons-in support of urgent need. They said small children need to cross three- hazardous routes of traffic in the Pacific highway, S. p. tracks and Highland avenue to reach Highland school which they now attend; these children have to walk from IV to 2 miles to school now, while high school boys and girls are carried to school in busses: and growth of the district warrants the building! Members of the school board said they had been giving atten tion to conditions lit that district tnr iflini time, arreed ta the need for a readjustment, ordered a new Intrepid Flier i Is Feared Lost ' ( - Parker . Cramer, commercial avia tion pathfinder in the arctic re .. gion8, of .whose plane no news ' has been heard since Sunday. . He and his radio operator, Oli ver Pacquette, are believed to have met disaster off the coast ' f Norway. " SALE OF WHEAT TO McNary Wires Chairman of Farm Board Following Appeal From Brown Possibility that 30,000.000 bushels of wheat held by the fed eral farm board may be disposed of to the Chinese government is evident - In several telegrams which have been received and sent by Senator Charles L. Mc Nary. . . . Acting on suggestion from Da vid A. Brown of New York, chair man of the China Famine Relief la this county, McNary tele graphed Chairman James - C Stone of the farm board urging Inmediata 1 consideration of the proposal of China - to - purchase the wheat, provided terms, are satisfactory 'r .' .-;' -1 . McNary.. In hie wire 'to Stone, pointed the depressing effect on price level occasioned by the large carry over In wheat, and expressed hope . that ' the farm board will. seise every opportun ity to -reduce surplus - accumula tion incereals. lie also added that he held the same view on Germany's recent offer to pur chase a laie supply of wheat here. " ' - -'. " ' ' " i Chairman Brown of the China famine relief, in -urging McNary to use Influence with , the farm board, pointed to- the extreme serious flood situation In the Yangtse valley, and said quick sale to China 2ihe wheat would relieve starvation for 10.bOO.00 nArsnim. who face death ' before spring unless there - is prompt action. : . . " judge Sweeney Wet, is Bourbon I Nominee in Ohio .) . ----- j CLEVELAND. Aug. ll (AP) Democratic nomination for'edn greesman . from the 20th7 "Ohio district was won today by Muaic lpal Judge -Martin L. Sweeney, "Ih" a special pjfmary to fill the 'va cancy created by the death of Representative Charles A. Moon ey." The democratic nominee will be an overwhelming favorite to capture the election la November as the district is strongly demo cratic. D. Harden Pt rry. republican, will oppose Judge Sweeney in No vember. : . ' r ' V ; : The complete unefflcial count gave Sweeney 2.S2S rotes. Leon A. Kujawskl It! and Walter G. O'Dennell 131. Barry polled 14 f votes to 813 for Oscar V. Hensley his only opponent. The 20th dis trict is entirely within reater Cleveland.. - . ; check" to be made of the school populaton there and .referred the matter to the building committee and chairman of the board to look further into feasibility and prac ticability of building a one or two room portable school to serve for the present. . : Members of the delegation re newed offer of two years age to meet the board SO-SO on a site for the . building, agreeing to : give latfd equal in amount to that which the district might purchase. However, the board indicated the land Is held at too high a figure. ; Chairman H. H. , Olinger. ex pressing sentiment of the board, declared the board would under nT consideration build unless ar- Iangement could be made to ob inenfficlent land to provide for playground on the school premises..-., ; : Supt. George Hug reported that, thanks to patrons' donation of used books, the district will be able" to furnish all textbooks to pupils of jthe first eight grades. (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) 1 URGED - -THE WEATHER ; Fair today and Thursday, normal tebi per tore; Max. , Temp. Tuesday 83, Min. 43, river -SS feet, northerly triads. i No. 118 LTIES 10 Hi 0E11T HEAVY. REPORT General of lnsurgents-fr.2 Of Those Killed Says Havana Dispatch Successes , Claimed by Cc'Ji Parties; ; Menocal Bade In Country, Rnmor ' HAVANA. Aug 11 (AP) General Francisco Perasa.- reputed leader of the insurgent forces in Pinaf Del Rio province, was re ported to hare been killed aieag with many of his troops In serious fighting with government 'troops near Los Palacios tonight. , The number of casualties was not im mediately determined. Plana to bomb a rebel camp in the Toro mountains by airplane were abandoned when govern ment pilots failed to locate the In surgents, a report that former President Menocal had landed on the north coast could not be veri fied. - Lieutenant Rof olf o Chipi com mander of the loyalist forces la that section, - telegraphed amy headquarters that General Perasa. author of the wax of indepen dence, died In battfe along with two of his men.' Three other reb els were said tohave been gravely wounded and 11 taken prisoners. HAVANA, Cuba, Aug. 11 (AP) Cuba continued tense to night under a state of martial law . which was proclaimed today by President Gerardo Machado. There were reports of fighting and rebel movements from vari ous places -throughout the day. ' From Santa Clara today came dispatches reporting rebel aao (Turn to Page 2. CoL 3) 1EETUIH! ABDDT CAIlDIDtGT C C. Hulet, master of Pomona grange. Is by no means an avowed candidate - for the republican nomination for congress from the first district In Oregon -In 1932. he said while on a visit here yes terday, but Hulet Indicated he had been considering the matter, and would not be adverse to a congressional term. . " . "The grange has the view that the office should seek the man rather than the man the offiee. Hulet averred "That will be my policy. I am a republican in pol itics but not a "yellow dog re publican. The grange has an im portant Job in the state to per form and lust now I am especial ly anxious to see that completed." Hulet was asked if there was any. chance that the state officers of the grange would be . mewed from Albany to Salem.. He said there was no likelihood that this would he made now although he said It was being considered since . Salem was a more convenient place to transact all the bnsinesa of the grange. -'The state headquarters ha1 no funds available for -the transfer of the off ices, Hulet said. He doe not see fit to pay for the cost out of, his own pocket. The offices am small, Hulet said, conslsttax la .personnel" of the full-time state grange secretary, one stenograph er and Hulet himself. - Water Company - Wells Jh Salem Are Found Safe - " . . . "While some .wells in. Marlon county used for public drinking supply are reported as contamin ated, the Ore gon-Wash Ingtoa Wa-. ter Service 'company was pleased to receive Tuesday a report from the laboratory of the state board of health showing the two wells which supplement the local water service to be in "A" condition, whlcji means that the water is safe for drinking purposes.' Not only that but the reports la detail showed no bacterial count for one of the wells, or la other words -considerably lest than one per cubic centimeter. The other showed two per cable centimeter which Is far below the danger point, especially since no evidence of B.coli was found, j Plan For State : Labor Meeting Here Discussed -Plans for the statewide meet inr of the State Federation of la- rbor which will be held in Salem the week of September If, were discussed at the regular meeting of the Salem chapter" at Labor hall Tuesday night. Ben Osborn. executive secre tary of the state, was present at the meeting to help arrange de tails of the state contention. Frank Boehringer and Frank Marshall were elected as the Sa lem delegates to the convention. Plans for prominent speakers and various activities are being for 1 mulated. . ; -i . a