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"'. - - V -r. CIRCULATION THE WEATHER Cloady ad cold today, ' Saturday unsettled, probab ly rain; Max. Temp. Thurs day 42, Mia. 83, rain .23 Inch, river 8 feet. Average Distribution . " "November, 8 7059 Net paid, daily, Sunday 6633 . MEKBEB A, B. C. FOUNDED 1831 EIGHTY-FIRST YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday. Morning, December II, 1931 No. 222 r RIEHT-flf-iy Spaulding Discusses Road Widening Problems at Oregon City Renews Insistence Highway Engineers' Salaries be ' Much Reduced -Apparently undeterred by threats Of flank attacks from other members of the state high way commission, Senator Charles K. Spaulding of Salem continued his driving attack on commission policies In an address given before the Klwanis club at Oregon City Tuesday noon. Spaulding was ac companied to Oregon City by a number of. Salem chamber of commerce members, who were In terested to hear what Spaulding would hare to say on Pacific highway widening Water Bonds Would Sell Far -Below Par If at All, Advised Only Possible Purchasers are in East Where Oregon Issues Under Cloud Because of Statle Laws, Astoria Default JAPAN CABINET PLAHS TO QUIT UNDER ATTACK TlfUNICIPAL bonds of the city of Salem to the extent of If A $2,500,000 proposed for a city water plant would only Adachi Bone of Contention At Tokyo; Paris Peace Plan is Accepted be saleable far below, par if saleable at all under existing I Both Nations in Manchuria market conditions. T. H. Boyd of Blyth & Co., nationally- established bond house, declared here yesterday while on a visit to state officials. "I doubt very much if any can be sold; there's no place for them," O Boyd stated Row Reserve Rights; Board not Named "There, are three specific rea sons I think the bonds would not now be saleable," Boyd stated. "First, the Oregon individual buyer is pretty well out of the market due to present conditions and to the intangibles tax law which is forcing many of our in dividual buyers to form out-of-state corporations for their pur chase of securities. "Second, banks, usually a po tential market, will not be able to absorb such a block of bonds mm ran Spaulding wasted no time'In his at the present time terse address In outlining his po sition."" He Bald he favored: 1. A 3 0-foot, three lane high way between, Oregon City and Sa lem, i 2. The present BQ-ioot ngni-oi For other place to sell the bonds the city would be forced to turn to the eastern bond hous es. These will not be in the market. For one thing, seasoned securities are now selling at such TOKYO. Dec. 11 (Friday) (AP) The Japanese cabinet met today to decide the fat of Prime Minister Wakatsuki'i government, with indications that If Kenzo Adachi, home minister, refused to step out the entire cabinet might decide to resign. A majority of the minseito frrTAmninn nartv anneared to Farmers say Woodburn Can- favor continuation of the wakat- r i isukl caoinei against iicb nerv sewaae uestrovina inom Minister Adachi after a rich in Rivor lengthy conference last nignt III III VI Mentioned For Senate Leader MR -TV f - X , - s- - - r - A .v " i - S fj i CHARLES L. McNARY y GUILTY; FACING DEATH T Empire Firm Probe is Virtually Finished by Jury is out Less Than two Hours; Cheers Heard As Verdict Read County Grand Jurors Asserted Slayer of Five is Cairn on Hearing Fate; New Trial Asked LOOMS SENATE DEADLOCK IT YET SETTLED MJS&SSSrVSi'LiS McNary Mentioned Again as WOODBURN, Dec. 10 Farm- li&ito party, had proposed a eoal!- ers who live along Pudding river are expecting to send a delegation before members of the state fish and game commission soon, to tell of the pollution of the stream w with tild drainage as ade- market bargains there is little de- by the Ray-Brown cannery. There . change. auate room for the highway wid- mand for. bonds. Then the east- has even been talk of carrying Mondav In an effort to break by wlllbe heard Satu eaing. em bond houses are alarmed at the matter to the governor, or (Copyright, 1981, the Associated " ytlon the deadlock over the Cheer Break Out 3. Eventual improvement 01 tne i ine siaius or uregon. uur eigai imug mo tsr w cuun. iue pro- (Turn to page Z, col. 1J posai 10 sena a ueiegaiion 10 ine tion covernment. in which the portfolios would be shared wun the selyukal opposition party. Foreign Minister Shidehara and other cabinet members opposed Compromise Candidate; Adjournment Taken WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (AP) Perplexed senate republican leaders today adjourned .until CLARKSBURG, "W. Va., Dec. 10 (AP) Harry F. Powers, Lothario of the West Virginia hills, was convicted today of mur der In the first degree for the "matrimonial racket" slaying of Mrs. Dorothy Pressler Lemke, Northboro, Mass., divorcee. The verdict carries a manda tory sentence of hanging. It took one hour and 50 minutes for the IS farmers and small town busi ness men to decide that the man who wooed dozens of 'women by mall should go to the gallows for the first of the five killings he is accused of perpetrating in the subterranean death chambers of his windowless sound-proof gar- axe at Quiet Dell. J. Ed Law, defense counsel, moved to have the verdict set aside. Arguments for & new trial will be heard Saturday. wast side hixhway. 4. Elimination of $500,000 ex pense annually from the overhead of the state highway department. 5. Reduction of salaries paid state highway engineers in the higher brackets of pay. Present Road. Said Poorest la State "The present road from Ore gon City to Salem Is one of the poorest, most unsafe highways In tha state." SDauldlng deciared. "I insist it must be made a three way highway with three lanes of traffic nnssible. Salem has two highways tunneling travelers to the north and when the North Santiam highway Is finished many eastern Oregon people win oe us As Verdict Read The trial was held in the town accommodate cuns cut omens' lead fressi 1 '1 -1 . rn.. PARIS. Dec 10 Japan and kT .. ,00m0, nrn state fish and game commission I china today accepted the compro- " v opera house to accommodate Is an outgrowth of long-standing mise plan evolved by the League 'the w6atern IndependenU townspeople who for months had uiMgicemcmo ""iwcru iae cau- 1 0I ISSUOns lor Miuemeui. w I tanrllnr (Irm aealnst Moses a nery officials and the Pudding Uanchurlan dispute and the tan- ;teJUiiS torUi river farmers. ,& Issue was nlaeed la the rilV During the pear canning season hnds of a neutral Investigating! vnt r.tA t!!v?V: bUJ. ?mtel0n. T!e J,lL embe" hring any change in the lineup of i6 ,u.u U1 icuutg UTt doi ji uccii oiovu. th llent forces in this strange cures m iub iruii were 1 Annroval dt mo iwu uwusn- f Driver of Mail Car Injured by Hit-Run Machine INDEPENDENCE, Ore., Dec. 10 (Special) Two automobile accidents occurred in this vicin ity Thursday afternoon. The first was reported at I o'clock wnen the car driven by O. B. Lyday, a brakeman on the Valley-Sllets freight train, collided with tbat of H. M. Broadbent or saiem, ai the intersection of 4th and C streets. The accident resulted when both drivers thought they had the right-of-way and kept on going. Neither man was injured and the machines only slightly damaged. At 6 o'clock In the evening as Francis Holt of Independence was driving toward Monmouth with the U. S. mall for that city his ear was struck by that of an un identified hit-and-run driver. Holt was injured slightly and his car almost completely wrecked The collision occurred about one mile out of Independence. The other driver made good his es cape. and been singing songs, reading books and playing phonograph records about the "Blue Beard" slayings at Quiet Dell. As the sealed verdict was open ed Powers was chewing his gum in th Rama methodical way he T 1 ra 1 E H Gain 260 Points in Third Session of Contract; Rubbers are Even By TOM O'NEIL NEW YORK, N. Y.. Dec 11 I ground up very fine in a machine I nts made acceptance of the plan at the cannery and run down the I unanimous and it also has been sewer to Pudding river. endorsed by United States Am- The farmers plan to send a del- baasodor Dawes. egatlon before Marshall Dana, the Kenkiehl Yoshlsawa reserved member of the fish and game If or japan the right to take such commission who has jurisdiction measures as it considers necessary over sucn ariairs, ana ask u some against bandits in Mancnuna. ur I JIJ .11 .1 . IV. trial TTa tilt. The "young guard" proposed .h,mw fn his swivel Qoluatinn Armv Punrf during a round of informal con- ' wo,"u,u" in ferences that the veteran Senator v v,. Watson, of Indiana, the party leader, be advanced as a com promise candidate to replace Moses. It was further proposed that the popular McNary, of Ore- fat was revealed, he glanced at his counsel, but said nothing and displayed no emotion. A moment later he was nana- enffed and led to the stage door. Ontalde a cheer rippled down Will Extend Day's Blessing To Unfortunate Ones steps can be taken by the commis- Alfred Sze, China's spokesman, 1T he made the leader in event I 08iae ene?5 "ppiea aowu sion to do away with that method, ftinulated that China abandons ?nMV ,Q eTent the street when the news spread inr the east side Pacific highway. (AP) (Friday) Mr. and Mrs. The farmers claim that the i it mnit be widened. We can't af- Ely Culbertson reduced the lead er has been polluted to such ML - . ... J . . . I ' ... .11 VU.O "VVU, in larmers ciaim mai xne wai- none Of IU rlgliU unuer exisung t Watson declined and after MINT REKTALS We can't ai- Ely Cuioertson reaucea tne ieaa poumea io sucu an treaties and expects me japanoso aaj0Qnling the session arranged ..m vttia i,M th traffic from of Sidney s. Lens and uswaia ja- "wm wm m ma in tne nver wm vacuate Mancnuna wun me , . .ia r rnnfrftni nvor 1U1 II u uvawav a : I - . . I . 1 . - I -v mm aa wa. --w www - the south nor can we bottle up icoby to ibis in tne mira session rp wmi Aiso, n is ai-i greatest possible speed the. Portland trattle going BOuth of their 150-rnbber contract egeu, me larmers. oesiaes oemg over the new super-highway to bridge match here last night and forced to put up with the odor nroron CItv by way Of Mliwau- eariy toaay. ow, ..av ""s" Sie. . . . , I.. , 0A 1 frr t&l 1Imia.V cim iv rinTari mat unless ine eessiun wan ou uuiuib. ...ovvv. 7 n . .ATI. I IT4.ll DMA WAn t Pi MA nihhara in Dean Rav. Bnnerintndent af a tnree-way dixuwbj n v" i v." " " i r " ' . strutted, state highway engineers a sensational series of deliberate the Ray-Brown cannery, haa i- wAnlA h nrrlnr a super-nignway ibvis buu auumiog. iu was uui i - "u "- vwuV W W U1U " ... 1 . ... iv. Jl I (nor tho affair thnnrli WllHAnYille WniCn WODW IWJOUOIB. JOB ruooer i.uttius - ,,, oat of the established Wil- now ls: ni and Jacoby 10; Cul- Densons six. At one time during the six hour session the Culbertsons had la deficit or only 4i& points, tneir high water mark of the series, lamette valley clUes oft its route, a 1 A 0-foot riht-of-way for an Oregon City to Salem highway -a,, hA a crime." Spaulding said. "It would wreck scores of Forty-seven thousand tront were planted in Pudding river two years ago below the pipe where the cannery waste flows in. Of (Turn to page 2, eol. 1) STUTUS MINED the week end. . The twelve western Independ ents again voted for other repub lican nominees today, preventing an election since a majority Is necessary. Senator Brookhart, of Iowa, after voting three, times with the twelve switched to Moses on the last ballot. Townspeople who had angrily shouted Powers' name tor an hour when a mob formed outside the Jail, looked more with curiosity than anger at him as he was tak en back to his cell. SALVATION ARMY "GOOD WILL FUND" Previously reported $101.47 Thursday" kettles .... 20.52 Total f 121.90 Report not Expected Until Next Week Law is Cited 11 REPORTED IN nieces of real property along the due to a redouble on which Lenz it won I a destroy it cc i c ov The sixteenth rubber was the longest of the series taking 13 hands and if the Culbertsons had not won it their deficit would have mounted much. Due to de liberate sets on which they were doubled the Culbertsons had lost which have been a century grow in Tt la not needed. It is ex tram iv emensive. the cost in irarinn cotintv alone being esti mated at $200,000." Additional Land The senator declared he did not more than, they gained when Lenz believe there was any additional was reaouoieu. aa tor widening There were bluff bids and in t. P.Hflc hlrhwar. "Widen the cipient protests and wrangles, and .r.nM if nMii he to 40 feet, put Culbertson raised his wagers to a good tile drains aiong the present total of $10,000 taking more road take down the telephone from Kibitzers before the third im u wMrh are no lonzer useu u,b- I o-foot nizhway wun io MS, BUTLER WIN PEAL The subject of hydrant rentals has been agitated by proponents of the $2,500,000 bond Issue; and the assertion has been made that the hydrant rentals are In excess of the amounts named in the fran chise. Paul Wallace, one of the former owners of the water sys tem, related yesterday how the rate came to be changed. A number of years ago, Wal lace said, the city council wrote IN MAD T E DY SERVICE PORTIONS OF STATE PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 10 fAP) Rain and a hardly percep tible flurry of snow reu in ron- Reports from McKenzie bridge iu mu eucmia wucu There are just 14 days between now and unrlstmas time wnen each and all of those people who are fortunate enough to have a home and family and a job are planning festive times in com memoration of the day so long ago when the birth of a babe in a manger started a civilization built upon the broad principals of good will and charity. There are those who appreciate that spirit just as much as the most fortunate, but misfortune Rehabilitation Start s Made by Officers of New Company Investigation of the affair at the Empire Holding corporation was virtually concluded her late yesterday and unless new testi. mony is developed the jurors will five their attention in the nest few days to other matters thev must probe. A grand Jury report is not expected for at least a week, the present jury desiring to clean up the investigation of a number of cases and to report on then all at the same time. One report was made by the jurors nearly a month ago. No additional witnesses wan called yesterday. The Jurors spent some time listening to the law as presented by District Attorney John H. Carson and by Barnett H. Goldstein, special prosecutor nan ed by James W. Mott, state cor poration commissioner. Overhead Expense Of Firm Reduced Meanwhile in Portland rehabili tation of the Empire Holding cor poration has been begun under the leadership of Dr. R. W. Cla cy, who was elected president Monday at a meeting of the new directors chosen by the stock holders. Overhead expenses of the cor poration, apart from commissions paid salesmen which In lees than a year totaled $120,000, have been cut from $7325 a month to $615 a month and the directors Indicated yesterday further re duction may be possible. The old monthly overhead costs of Empire were approximately: Directors, officers $3750 Off ice salaries 2175 Telephone, telegraph ..v.. 350 Western Union, mlac .... 100 Rent aid saren inches of snow fell there last night and today. Pendleton reported naif an men may prey down upon any mortal regardless of his station, came upon them and today and Christ- OSLO, Norway, Dec. lO.--(AP) The Nobel peace prize was awarded today to Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Col umbia university, New York, and Miss Jane Addams, Chicago social meeting or me executive Doara i-f. - " "7 I momhn,- nr thtnn lnt ... . . . . - a m i in i v vnA ran innw in liib raiu-w - o rnr izMhii.as mi DfAn Tfcarrea i i . to the newly formed public, ser- by the organizatlon thl. year and lumbia country ""'EK vice commission and asked them ,483.63 disbursed. Cash on hand Klamath Falls reported a ngnt u " funded by to- to-take jurlsUon and fixwat- wa9 ,247,3. ow and JMt- tJT 'rSlt severe snow storm in the history the poor man who became ill and Total $7325 New overhead costs adopted this week are: Directors, officers $... Office salaries 105 Telephone, etc . 100 Western union, misc. . . . . xa Rent 2V Total fI New directors of the corpora tion raised $2000 In cash among themselves Tuesday to start clean ing up many miscellaneous bttls past due. When the pressing ins mediate obligations are cleared up new capital will be sought witk which to form one operating in surance company. and a- feet of right-of-way on each side flyjp O TP POT! Man will be adequate," Spaulding de- vyiic: Sl CgUU iMdii Is selected as The commissioner said when he first went on the commission be was . given to understand me Judgment of its engineers was perfection itself. He told the Ki wanians he had changed his mind. Don't be too sure of these en rlnears. he counselled. "The people should ask for what they want; the people's opinion is as rood as the best engineer's the hitrhwav commission employs." The speaker then turned to the subject of highway engineers' sal aries. He said ne continued to favor a marked reduction in sal aries paid in the higher brackets. He characterized the ten per cent donation made for four months this winter as a "sop." Spaulding said there were now 3S8 men on the engineering staff of the de- (Turn to page 12, col. 1) er rates in Salem and to fix hy-1 Nearly two-thirds of the disr drant rentals. The commission bursements were for emergency held & hearing and in their decl- funds given the Salvation Army, sion lowered the general rates 10 the Associated Charities and the nprcftnt hnt increased the hvdrant aarrlM fnmmHtAM of the Ameri- worker, "two of the finest repre- rental 0Ter what wre named in can Legion and its auxiliary. The sentatives of the most vital ideal- tno frftiu.hi,e. tvn rrnnn. d the Lesion Ism in the world." I xh council then resisted nar-1 onmrnittoA torather were riven The recipients were so describ- ln tna !-.,- hvdrant rental and t inn on vnrrha of 49 aacka ed by Halvdan Koht. noted his- th CMO was uken court be- of notatoes. which are now in torian, who made presentation , finally decided in the federal storage, accounted for $S.03, y-. f m ri V f I " . . I. court in mo thcibco m wmcu i ana or au pounas 01 ui rasou RllOdeS bChOlar J United States was presenUng the the flxed D tn pnbWc Ber- mutton, now in cold storage, for world with some of its most vital -ommlion alloweil t ii7 n stand. The rates have continued as determined by the commission and upheld by the courts. of the Klamath basin began. The now after 10 months must ask for town, known then as Linkvllle, was isolated for 30 days. SEATTLE, Dec. 10 (AP) The Northwest district Rhodes scholarship committee announced here today the award of four scholarships to two men from Washington, one from aai one from Montana. dates for the scholarships were examined in Spokane yesterday and today. The students selected were William H. Sweet, Centralis, graduate of the University of Washington, now attending Har vard; Albert H. Garretson, Ta- coma, graduate of Whitman col lege, Walla Walla; Harold Fits gerald, Montana, and David C Williams, Oregon. idealism. Neither Dr. Butler nor Miss Ad dams was present. Hoffman Phil lips. American minister to Nor way, represented mem at tne cere- monr. wnicn was attended dv Oregon Klng Haakon, Crown Prince Olaf, vnui- foreign diplomats, hign state oi- ficials and other notables. Dr. Koht said the United States stood foremost among the nations to which the prize has gone. France, he recalled, has won the award six times, and today's pre sentation brought the American score to seven. WOMAN HURT BADLY THE DALLES, Ore., Dee. 10 (AP) Mrs, 8. A. Thornbury, 85, of Willamette, was In a critical condition In a hospital here today as the result of injuries received in.. an automobile accident near Rufus Wednesday. Donations of supplies and serv ices were received as follows: Rickey community, truckload of farm tirodnce: Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Durham, 50 boxes of apples; Mr. and Mrs. B .O. Schucklng, 28 boxes of apples; O. H. Colgan, sack of beans, and Terminal Ice & Storage company, reingerauon. S. Ellis Purvlne is treasurer for Community Service and chairman of the supplies committee. help; they remind of the nine families who needed aid badly Thursday; they remind of chil dren not able to attend school be cause clothes are missing or there is no food for lunebes. A nickle saved on chewing gum, a cigar nickle cigars too often smell terrible anyway, or any one of many tilings could be gone without and the money thrown in to the kettle and soon a smile would appear where before there was a tear, Concrete Pipe Interests Active; Rostein Assists o Representatives of Portland ce ment interests have appeared on the ground with a view to getting the business of putting in -a con crete pipeline In case the $2,500, 000 bond issue carries next Tues day. Edward A. Rostein, It Is re ported, is looking after their in terests in Salem. Rostein was o candidate for mayor In 1230 and recently announced himself in fa vor of the bond issue of $2,500, 00. . r According to tho report which came to Tho Statesman tho eon crete pipe people want to work It so that their material may be used in place of steel. Tho Baar ft Cunningham estimates contem plate the nse of steel pipe. Con crete pipe costs 25 per eent more than 85-year steel pipe, but con crete pipe is reputed to have life of 70 years. Seventy-year Iron more than 35-year steel pipe, so on the comparison of length of service the concrete pipe would bo the cheaper. Bnt the bond is sue is for 35 years and the Ques tion is raised whether concrete Hoover Invited To Visit Salem Governor Marks last night tent a telegram to Lh w. uanman, president of the Portland cham ber of commerce who is now in Washington, urging President Hoover to stop off in Salem while on his western trip to tho Olym pic games in California next year. President Hoover spent nls boy hood days in Oregon, and at one time was employed as messen ger by a Salem concern. County Reduced nliut conM hm rotten within the estimate of 2.500.000. C?inn Tav J?r The concrete nine neonle. how-1 wawa a a vr ever, are represented as being in- teres ted in fixing matters ao their product will receive consideration. Mayor Gregory said be had bo opinion as to the choice of pipo, though ho knew Rostein was in terested -with tho concrete pipe people. Tho state tax to bo charged aTainst Marlon county for 1182 will bo $194,417.78, County Clerk Borer has been informed by the Crrnr said ha would (state tax commission. This is not havo to bo guided by engineers, strictly o state tax. as it is tno eio- Rostein could not bo located last I mentary scnooi va ww" ntrht to lAarn what hia interest (the state bnt nsed in its entirety in th matt . nor whether hia I In Marion county. This amount is reputed connection with tho con-lies by $f,tsz.i wan was esu- rt ntn. Intareata lnflneneed nis I mated in me oounir ouutei. mo decision to support tho bond issue I that the county levy will bo tedue- of S2,l0f,o0. f , led by that amount. Don't Miss the first instalment TODAY The Gay Bandit of the Border by Tom Gill A new serial of Love, Action and Mystery Turn to Page 4 Late Sports WALLA WALLA, Wash. Dec 10 (AP) The Whitman mlleM basketball team defeat ed the Florsheima, Salem la- dependent ornmtet. 49 to 22 here tonight. They will play again tomorrow night. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10 (AP)-Clarence (Buster) Crabbe, University of Southern California Junior, tonight broke three Amer ican A. A. U. free-style swimming records in one race. A holder of halt a dozen world rrnrit 7rahhA cracked three marks from 600 yards to sou " resun oi water supplies yard set in 1228 by Ray Ruddy. f four Marion county towns be w .w.m tha una vard. in 7:10.2 ing found liable to contamination. minutes 3.2 seconds better than H. C. Sinks, county sanitary ln k. mr. th 700 varda spector, has ordered the water Water Supplies Ot Four Towns Held Dangerous Lions Majority Onnoses Bonds r . rr In 8:27.8. eight-tenths of a sec- JU iU -UK7S wn" "U8"- In StraW Vote end to the good, and the 800 The town are: Woodburn. Jef- KJfcrr w I .. i. a iiAA-'m Iferson. St. Paul and HnhbardL yards in 9:42, beyond Rnddv's Iferson, St. Paul and Hubbard. I V . . - . . t A . . , lhat thni. I eceni lesis 01 ins water aup- The Salem Lions club does not plle ,aowed them containing favor the proposed $2,500.ouo BOISE, Idaho, Dec 10 (AP) dangerous sedimentary matter, bond issue for purchase of a mn- jonn prbrg, Portland, Ore., according to the Inspector. This niclpal water system. If a straw 23ft won a decision over Count matter, ho said, probably entered vote taken among th member Harkovskv. of Russia. 222. in a the mains when they were first at yesterday's meeting la a ep- Mtlln matCh here tonight. llaid or seeped through the Joint. reseniauve. ui tv tow were opposed to the bond issue. Th straw vote was taken merely a a matter of interest and not a official expression or the club's favor or opposition to the measure. Booths tor Seal Sale To be Placed Saturday E SHSI0I1 Blf POLICE FOH ALBANY. Ore., Dec. 10 (AP) The Santiam Fish and Gam Protective association at its annu al meeting here this week adopt ed a resolution authorizing a com mittee to seek an injunction t prevention further payment of money to the state ponce depart ment by the Oregon state gam commission. The association also decided! seek action to remove from a state police department the pw er of enforcing state game lair. The resolution called for aboli tion of baiting or feeding et game; banishment of lire decoy; and proposed alternation of open season on big game and migra tory birds on the one hand upland birds on the other. The purpose of the last mendatlon, the resolution said, x to give each of the two classes- of game an undisturbed breedimg season. WASCO TAX LOWERED THBJ DALLES. Ore., Dec 10. (AP) Wasco county tax hwr den in 1222 will be $155,741.40 less than this year, the budget committee announced today. Boat is Upset, Hunter Drowns Have von bourht your Christ mas seals yet? They are in the maiL and Saturday win b found at booths to be located in conve nient nlaees downtown. TO KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Dec money returned rrom m saae o 10 (AP) Mike Purdoff, 23. these seal will go ior xnsj prevea- drowned in tho Klamath river tlon of tubereulosU and tor troat- nln mile outh of hero today, ment of those who now ar eur- Hla boat overturned. . ed with the dread dlseas. ' Purdoff and Roy Harrl- had I - A proclamation rrom uovernox been shooting dock and Purdoff I Meier urge upport to this civic et ant In a am all name-made flat 1 enterprise in the followlnr letter bottom boat to retrieve them. 1 to Mrs. Ivan Martin, city seal sai Breaklnr lea eansed the boat to I chairman: overturn. The body was recover- j "The Twenty -fifth annual seal led an hour later. - Isalo by which tho Oregon Tuber culosis association will finance its activities for the coming year io now in progress. Th amount asked from each individual is small and tho work which la carried on by this organ isation Is of the utmost benefit not only in wiping out a dread disease, bnt in promoting better health conditions for tho future. I hope vary eltixen of Oregon who is .financially ablo to do so will respond cheerfully and gen erously to tho appeal for support tor this valuable undertaking. (Signed) Governor Julius L. Meier. 1 SHOPPING days 'm CHQISTWS Jv.W.W?iWUVK pipo So said to cost 60 per cent