- - EIGHTY-SECOND "TEAlt v ;;;!;lr A. :' ' C':'":- .VP ; V " j Salem, Oregon,' Sunday Morning, August 7. 1932W i;-'::. v.,- 'JlfidJiJ-t:r.V 1 7 T- Kdlll4:-J -
g j TSSXa. I ?EST BLAZES PEAK OF HEAT University Grads Seek
- . v ' . ."'U"',' Pi Holding Company cum. In- . M U LLI I I UJJll I i A IM : ,. M ' II -V
Hoss-Wins -Last Tilt From
t Meier and It Ranklei;
t Hblman Is Quiet
Budget, Electric Rates jand
.Education Tangle are
V Other Issues now
B. 0T7VT TWMnJ V SAP.1CETT
vff Outwardly summer dullness I
the lot of the state capltoU Tacar
tlon season is on. Actlylty to de
partments has fallen off -In? step
with reneral slackness In business
thronchout the state. ' GoTrnor
Meier who always inakes news has
been away for a week and j may
not be on hand at any time during
the coming seTen days. -
.Yet all is not calm, clea and
oulet on the political sky. fobs
buttle for a thunder-stornt areH
vlentifnl and may enliven the
nmmer before it ends. .?
For one thing, the MeierHoss
feud is not at an end. The secret
tary of state apparently won a
Tlctory in his opposition to Quar
terly licenses. The governor mo
mentarily checkmated, renewed
hone when it was felt he could
work out a Quarterly system In
cooperation with Rufus CVs Hol
mao. state treasurer. But I Hol-
man balked and left the 'state
printer with some unfinished and
worthless stickers to cend to the
garbage heap.
Gorernor Doesn't i
Relish His Defeat
Governor Meier does not like
defeat. And defeat in so publicly
watched a matter as the license
matter and by Hoss smarts! No
good purpose ot the state will be
served by the -continuance of the
row but it is there and may break
forth at any time. . t
State Treasurer Holman - is
keeping exceedingly quiet tor Hoi
man.. He would liked 1 to ; have
obliged the governor on the li
cense deal but could not 'bring
himself to accept millions of dol
lars in a manner not provided for
by law. 'The thought that , he is
the eventual successor to the Bull-
. frog throne is always with the
treasurer."' If he can continue to
exercise his self-praised- independ
ence and yet keep the eventual
support of Governor Meier in
Holman's - own race, the : state
treasurer will have proved him
self a master strategist.
Henry Hansen is continuing to
mull over the 1933-34 budget
Exact figure&um the state's pres
ent financial situation are not
available but from preliminary
figures as of August 1. Hanzen
can well know that all the eco
nomics made by the state in. the
last 12 months will leave a big
deficit for the 1932 year, never
theless. This deficit, '.occasioned
by a tremendous falling, off in the
excise, intangibles and Income tax
.incomes,, well be well ovef $1,-
000,090. - . i
Restoring Part of
Property Tax, Issue
. Hansen Is debating whether to
cut the next i biennlum's budget
down a third .or whether to ask
the state tax commission to re
store some of the direct tax on
1 property which it now - appears
was too quickly abandoned.
L Utility Commissioner Thomas
is soon to promulgate his order
on the Northwestern : Electric
company In Portland. ; Persons
Interested in the utility business
are exceedingly anxious to know
how Thomas will treat the 310,
000,000 writeup in the capitaliza
tion of the Portland concern. The
363,000 annual payment made to
Electric Bond and share is Anoth
er moot question to be solved. If
Thomas orders a rate reduction,
how about the Portland . General
Electric company who would have
to cut rates accordingly and which
is having plenty of trouble with
its poor papa, the Central Public
Service company?
The utilities commission will go
w imimoot later in the month
to hold a public hearing' en the
Mountain States Power" company's
operations there. Meanwhile Til
lamook citizens will have decided
August 9 by ballot whether to cre
ate a utilities district. Much op-
poiujpn io me rates oi the Moun
tain States Power company; exists
in : Tillamook. The company's fi
nancial structure has been made
the subject of a thorough-going
investigation by the auditors of
, the ,a tllitles commissioner.! When
the facts are given out, the citi
zens ox Tillamook may find real
rate redactions possible tkrourh
; a revaluation of the power com
pany's bowings in that district.
Police Enforcing " ss j
: A at License Law . I -
Police Superintendent Pray and
his . associates have been 3 going
steadily on in their enforcement
of the auto license laws. The po
lice have been courteous, helpful
but firm. The result has been a
dearth of non-licensed cars on the
road and the filling of the gar
ages. License moneys have come
in rapidly but the pace has been
slower than In 1931 and the state
will, probably receive considerably
less money than was expected
from license Income. i-.fs
Leslie 1L. Scott's return j to the
- highway eommlasionership prob
ably dears the air in that situa
tion The governor Is understood
to have agreed to leave the com-
. mission alone although such
policy is out of character with
Here Is the finish of the BOOO-meter Olympic race fa which Ralph
Hill, former University of Oregon mller and Klamath Falls farm
boy, was nosed oat by Laurrl Lehtinen of Finland. Although Leh-
tinen sigzassed across the track to force Hill to break stride and
to prevent the Oregon man from passing him, BUI refused to pro
test or complain, thereby winning especial plaudits from the crowd
that booed Lehtinen wunercif ally.
sake of international good will,
ner bat Hill shares in the new
mm support in
in
berlin; Aug. . (ap) while
wave of political terrorism
swept through Germany today,
the groundwork was laid for ne
gotiations aimed at bringing
about participation in the govern
ment by Adolf Hitler, leader of
the turbulent national socialists.
Hitler's headquarters in Munich
made a geat secret about where
he was spending the 1 week end,
but political Berlin was convinc
ed that in., one of the Baltic sea
aide resorts tomorrow he will tell
General Kurt von SchlelAer, the
real power in the present minis
try, what price the government
must pay for his support. -
The latest suggestion in polltl
cal circles Is that Hitler will be
brought into the ministry with
the post of vice-chancellor with
out portfolio and that his leading
lieutenants Hermann Goering,
Gregor Strasser and" Dr. Wilhelm
Frick will get cabinet positions.'
SALEM MEN ASSIST
PORTLAND ' A3S C. (API
A state-wide committee organised
to firht repeal ot Oregon s dry
law at the November ballot will
begin its work Monday, J. R. El
lison. Portland r general chairman.
announced today. " -
Committee members include:
Edward Bailey, Eugene: Miss
Bertha J. Beck and Thomas Bibb,
Albany; Dr. Frank E. Brown, Dr.
Carl G. Doney, Dr. M. C. Flndley,
H. S. Gile, Dr. M. A. Marcv. Shel
don ' F Sackett and . Thomas D
Yames, all of Salem. ,
- AGREEMENT REACHED
PORTLAND. Aug. 6. (AP)
Men working n;federal aid em-
ercencr hlxhwavl construction in
this state will be paid '50 cents
an hour. It was announced here
today by the Oregon state high
way commission - and the bureau
of nublie roads.
It is the scale favored by labor
as a minimum for publlo works,
n
I USU. I : -
projects, and la for a 30-hour
The officials, possibly for the
ruled that LiebUnen was tne win
record.
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PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 6
(AP) Astronomers predict the
best shower of shooting stars in
several years after midnight
Thursday, Aug. 11.
These flaming stars are the
Perseid meteors, which have been
visiting the earth annually in
mid-summer tor 1100 years. Usu
ally they have to compete with
moonlight, but this time the moon
will be out of the way, for it
sets around midnight. For this
reason more than usual are ex
pected to be visible.
The Perseids are a vast ellip
tical ring of particles of cosmic
dust and stones, two or three
billion miles long,' and , about
90,000,000 miles wide. The great
stream : ot v dust circles the . sun
in a comet-shaped orbit.,
There la some doubt about the
precise position of the dense por
tion of the stream, so that ob
servers are warned to be on the
lookout also' after midnights the
nights before and ' after Thurs
day.. T
H STARS
SET FOR USD!
Fight Dry Law Repeal
Highway Wage 50 Cents : 'r
' Hitching Racks Needed J?
Mazamas Go To Canada
week in accordance with federal
requirements. " ''
RIDE HORSES TO DANCE
ROCKAWAY, Aug. 9 (AP)
The 'Saturday night dance here
got off to a late start tonight be
cause some 18 men had difficulty
in finding ', sufficient . hitching
racks.- - -. - i - .
' : The IS had ridden to the dance
on horseback. --Inability to pur
chase the new automobile licenses
was held responsible for - the de
lay. ... rtT"-'-"
i ' WILL CLIMB PEAKS
PORTLAND, Aug. f. -(AP)
Portland Maxamas club members
left today tor Vancouver, ;B. C
and from there twlU go to Black
tusc meaaows. ; ... ;
-The Maxamas,' mountain-climb
ing organisation, .will climb sev
eral snow-capped mountains near
Black Tusk meadows. It is the
first time they have attempted an
invasion of Canadian mountain
regions. 'J - -
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Homes oi our amines Near
Gienwopd Threatened;
Area Is Evacuated
Valsetz Fire Controlled;
Gale -In Rogue Valley
Creates Trouble
PORTLAND. Ore.." Aug. 0
(AP) Fires ranged over several
parts ot Oregon today, the flames
eating into, green timber.
The homes of SO families In the
Olenwood postoffice district were
threatened. - The worst fire in
years in Curry county was ear-
lag through white Cedar near the
head ot the Sixes river. The tire
originated three days ago on Row
land creek.
The fifty families in the Glen-
wood district - were taken from
their homes asHhe flames bore
flownvon their 4?llings. Seventy
men rushed from forest Grove to
night were attempting to save the
nomes.
A fire at the head ot Gales
creek has extended orer an eifrbt-
lalle front and already covers 15,-
ooo acres.
DALLAS. Aug. 6 (Soecial)
The forest fire which has been
burning for the past tew days in
the Valsets vicinity was reported
today to have been brought at
least partly under control. It was
burning on both sides of the high
way about 3 miles north and to
wards Valsets.
Little damage has been done so
far as the area over which the
Are is burning was all logged off
some years ago. The tire line is
about 4 miles long.
MEDFORD, Ore., Aug.
(AP) A 34-mlle-an-hour wind,
going as suddenly as it came,
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FIHEil'Sll'lG
DEFINITELY LISTED
Ranking of Salem firemen
was put into the realm ot cer
tainty yesterday when - the civil
service commission filed with the
city recorder an order "fixing
and classifying offices, places,
positions and employment ot the
Salem fire department" All de-
partment employes are now otfl
dally listed as to position and
time of entering the service.
The department now consists
of 35 men: Chief, assistant chief,
seven captains, one engineer, IS
drivers and 14 hosemen. William
Iwan, assistant chief, leads the
list tor length of service. He en
tered the service o: January 1,
1907. Next Is Chief Harry Hut
ton, who assumed his duties on
January 1, 19 IS. Youngsters of
the department are Floyd Smith,
Sol Taylor and William Hen
drickson.aH of Whom are driv
ers and took up their tire fight
ing activities here on May 29,
1930.
R. O. Lewis and Homer M.
Hulsey. who recently protested
their discharge, when the council
ordered a cut in personnel, are
listed as on the reemployment
list, '
LOUISVILLE. Kv Aug.
(AP) AJght voting marked Ken
tucky's primaries today for United
States senate and the lower house
ot congress, although Ideal wea
ther prevailed over the state. -
Only one serious disorder was
reported. At Arjay, In Bell coun
ty. Deputy Sheriff Frank Bowman
was shot to death and Henry Kir-
by. a miner, was stabbed during
er was sought by officials for
questioning. -
Counting ot the ballots, which
begins Monday, will determine the
democratic nominee tor the sen
ate and the nine nominees of each
party for the house. The repub
licans will nominate their candi
date: tor the senate In the state
convention here September 7.
Waters to Tell
'True Story1 oi
Bonus Struggle
WASHINGTON. Aug, 4 (AP)
A natkn-wide speaking tour to
tell the "true story ot the bonus
army's eviction from i the capital
waaT annonneed tonight by Wal
ter j.W. .Waters, commander of
the veterans. .- - -
On the tour. Waters said, he
will inspect and approve camp
sites "in .each state - that have
been offered through . the, key
me not America for the homeless
and- Jobless veterans,, .-. ;
"As commander in chief of the
B. E. F." Waters said: in a state
ment, "I Intend to take the story
of 'the battle of Anacostla' to
the Teople." .
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MEDFORD, Ore., Aug.
(AP) District - Attorney O.
Codding said today that the Em
pire Holding , Company eases. In
sofar., as tbey concern Jackson
countr residents wanM. h mIImI
ror d,!loa of .tn next
w
gran a jury, ii is unaeciaed yet
whether - this will be In - mid
September - or late October. -
Transcript of evidence and tes
timony , in three trials already
held have - been received from
tAheorsrat,on commissioners
The district attorney said he
understood the corporation com
missioner's office would provide
evidence in Multnomah county.
and would be asked to do the
same here,' - " .
-It Is further . understood that
the Douglas - county district at
torney would bring the matter to
the attention of . the grand Jury,
if the citizens should file ( di
rect complaint.
The corporation commissioner I
recommended that future Empire
trials be held in the three coun
ties. ' -
Hopes of General Revival
In Business Cause of
Bullish Tendency
By CLAUDE A. JAGGER
NEW YORK, Aug. 9 (AP)
In a frenzy of trading such as
Wall street had not witnessed In
a half-day session in more than
two years, the stock market com
pleted a week of steeply rising
prices with a big display of bull
ishness today.
The market was again swept
upward on the wave of good
cheer which has welled up with
the more confident hopes of au
tumn buslnesa recovery, rather
than by fresh. indications of. any
marked change in the . current
business situation. Extreme gains
in many issues ranged from $1
to $12 a share, and final prices
were near the best.
The . skeptical bear element
which has been inclined to attri
bute the upswing to "strong
arm" . methods by. certain finan
cial Interests, to politics or to
Incipient Inflation, found itself in
a painful predicament as it tried
to cover its short commitments.
VUO CIUDV Vt US)VU, Mil a
market had returned to the best I
At the close ot trading, the
level since the end of March,
and as measured by price indices.
showed an appreciation from Its
bear market bottom of a few
weeka ago of a little more than
0 per cent. As measured by
leee indices, all stocks listed on
the stock exchange have appre
ciated in aggregate value some
$9,000,000,000, while listed
bonds have appreciated more
than 13.000,000,000 sinee their
June 1 lows.
WOOL BEING HELD
BOISE. Idaho. Aug. 9 (AP)
A climb in wool prices that has
carried the figures up to approx
imately double what they were
last spring has encouraged Idaho
wool men to hold their dips, with
bankers reported backing them in
expectancy of still higher prices.
Offers of IS cents a pound were
received in Boise today for clips
which last spring4 drew offers ot
only six to nine cents a pound.
Authoritative sources estimated- a
large portion of this year's clip is
held by Idaho owners in storage
in anticipation of better prices.
The Idaho clip this year was
computed by the United States de
partment ot agriculture statisti-
jjk
a reduction from last year
when the clip was 19,419.009
pounds from 2,134.000 sheep. ;-
V.9JfcVr re H r
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Qn PjrJf Llbbv
I Vli x-'UiiU 9 lUUy
-Still in Hiding
, WINSTON SALEM. N. a, Aug.
(AP) Albert Walker, co-de
fendant with Libb Holman In the
murder charge arising from, the
death ot her husband, Smith Rey
nolds, obtained his release on
bond today, while attorneys- tor
the still missing blues singer map-
out ot jau.
the young heir to tobacco mil
lions, who was mysteriously shot
a month ago today, was granted
the privilege of bond in the
amount of 325.009 at a habeas
eorpus hearing. His father, B. B.
Walker, retired real estate dealer,
signed the bond and ha was freed.
The state offered no opposition
to the petition for ban.
U A11PES CANDIDATE . i ,
" MEDFORD. Ore., Aug.
(AP) A. W. Pipes, former may
or here, said today he would file
his petition Monday as indepen
dent candidate for county judge. .
HiTH
BUGS STOCKS UP
FOR HIGHER PRICE
Saturday Maximum but 97,
Four . Degrees Below
; Previous Mark
smoke Will Continue With
Fire Hazard Mounting
In Forest Areas
1032 Tear
' " " Max. Ago'
Monday ........79 07
Twesday ........00. OS
Wednesday .....04 84'
Thnrsday 102 . 81
Friday. ........101 75
Saturday ...... .07 79
Bnnday Cooler 83
For today and tomorrow, the
forecast is cooler weather. Un
less unexpected change should
occur, the heat wave Is definitely
over tor the present. Yesterday
the maximum temperature fell
to 97, four degrees less than on
Friday. The minimum was 51.
Picnic groups and other out
ing parties may feel reasonably
secure from rain. The weather
forecaster predicts clear skies.
Smoke, however, ".7111 continue
to clutter the atmosphere. The
fire. hazard is mounting rapidly
with the forests dried out by the
past few days' high heat.
Cool and Foggy at
Coast Is Report
Salem residents returning from
coastal points last night report
ed the weather there was eold
and foggy, a decided change
from conditions prevailing ear
lier In the week.
Maximum temperatures last
week tveraged nearly 10 degrees
hotter than during the same time
a yea ago. The past week s aver
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"No Jobs "available, many Per
sons unemployed," is the 'sub
stance of a report which D. D.
Dotaoa. assistant manager of the
tvmvs, M0iteu Hta(
U. S.-Y. M. C. A. employment bu
reaa here mailed yesterday to E.
J. Stack, Portland, state labor di
rector.
While harvesting and haying
are in run swing, tne nood oi
transient and local labor is more
than enough to supply the de
mand, he said. Hop picking will
pavlde more Jobs in two weeks or
so but in most cases crews are al
ready arranged for.
. Last week S9 men and one
woman were placed at work
through the bureau. Sixteen men
and six. women applied for Jobs.
Twenty of the men were put at
catting wood, 10 at common la
bor, four at selling, one at farm
lng and one at hanging paper.
The one woman hired was a
housekeeper.
Bolivia Leader
Opposed to All
Outside "Help
LA PAZ, Bolivia, Aug. (AP)
President Daniel Salamanca,
denying the Bolivian dispute with
Paraguay over the Gran Chaco af
fected American peace, attacked
neutral Intervention in a message
to congress tonight.
Bolivia's foreign relations were
cordial except for "the Paraguay
an dispute over dominion in our
Chaco territories,, President Sala
manca; said.
JOB SITUATION IS
HOT SO GOOD NOW
Salem Rotations Hosts j
To Distri
Salem Rotary club will be host
this week to the district assembly
tor district No. 1 of Rotary later
national, which Includes the states
of the northwest and British Col
umbia, and Alaska. Fiesta en ts ana
secretaries et the 71 clubs of this
district will assemble here to re
ceive a course of Instruction in
Rotary directed by Wttlkua McGil
ehrst, Jr.. governor ot the district.
Many will be aeeompaniea . ey
their wives and a total attendance
ot soma 209 1s expected.
The sessions will be held at the
hall of representatives In the state
house Monday morning. and after
moon and Tuesday morning. Spe
cial breakfasts and luncheons win
be held at the Marion hotel and
Monday night a buffet supper fol
lowed by cards and dancing will
be held at IHahee club, whicn wui
be 'attended by the . delegates,
members of Salem Rotary elub
and members- from other valley
idubs.r-v - -if" ' : - . -
-'. The session Monday ' morning
will be opened with an address of
welcome by W. L, Phillips, presi
dent of the Salem dub. The work
of the assembly will be largely In
structional In the methods ot run
ning a club and the purpose for
.which It is organised. .,
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Maybe Schrader j
Was Looking tor
Something Cool
A i
PORTLAND. Aug. 9. (AP)
Police said that Norman Eugene
Schrader, 20, Seattle, was arrest
ed, here today after he had rat-
temted a daylight hold-Up at an
Ice cream company office.
Schrader was taken captive by
citizens aroused by the screams ot
Kathryn Nevlll, who refused to
heed Schroder's warning to set
Into a vault. Police reported. .
"Joe Greco, .42, Portland, was
sent to a hospital here with a bul
let wound in his ankle. Schrader,
police said, had opened fire in an
attempt to scare the crowd follow
ing him.
Division of Irrigation :
is
Requested; Turn off at
Fire Signal, Asked-
"All hands to the pumps" has
been the signal at the water com
pany plant the last few days. Ever
since Old Sol climbed the ladder
and threw the searchlight on this
valley water consumption has' tax
ed the capacity of the local plant.
The consumption has been run
ning 6.250,000 gallons per day.
All pumps are working to main
tain pressure, yet so great has
been the drain off that the com
pany was forced Saturday to ask
a division of hours for 'sprinkling.
Those living north of Center
street are asked to sprinkle in the
mornings and those living south
to Irrigate in the evenings. By dt
Tiding the demand during this hot
spell the management hopes to be
able to keep up pressure. -
;The fire department is asking
that all persons wbo4re Irrigating
turn oft the water taps whenever
the tire siren blows in order to
Insure adequate pressure for
fighting fires.. The fire alarm is
four blasts ot the siren. Fire, out
signal is two blasts.
: Friday the shutting off ot .wa
ter In the diteh, unknown to the
water company,, caused a shut
down of one hour. The caretaker
at the diteh at Btayton decided
this was a good time to do the
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WALKER TO REPLY
TO
NEW YORK. Aug. (AP)
in a bitter attack on his accusers.
Mayor Walker tonight said; he
would appear at a puoiic neanng
called bv Governor Roosevelt, for
Thursday and would bring ! out
"the real truth- about -these foul
and outrageous accusations'! on
which his removal Is sought, f
He charged the testimony pro
duced against him at hearings of
the Hofstadter legislative commit
tee had fceen "purposely manipu
lated." I
- Earlier the governor had 1 dis
closed he had set a date for a
public hearing In his executive
chamber in order that Walker
might make a final answer to the
charges of misconduct and that
his critics might .tell again (why
they thought he should be re
moved. 1'
ct Assembly
J One ot the outstanding speak
ers for the event will be Dr. El am
J. Anderson, newly-elected presi
dent of Liafleld college. MsMInn
Tine, who has arrived from
Shanghai, China, Where ho Ipent
1 years In Christian education.
Anderson was a member of the
Shanghai Rotary club and I will
talk Monday afternoon at i on
"Rotary as a Force in World Un
derstandlng.. i
t Among the other speakers are
W. C Malnwariag. Vancouver, B.
C; Charles Qosner, Spokane; Su
perintendent A. C Hampton; As
toria: Adam MeKee, Everett;i Wil
liam Dennis. MeMinnvine; Arthur
Anderson, Pendleton: J. A. Harding.-
Roseburg; Lester Purdue,
Grandvlew;' Joe Dickinson, li'aa
hlmo, B. C. Pete SenedcOr ef
Portland and Thomas Goodlake of
Victoria will address some ot the
breakfast meetings and Snedecor
will speak at the closing luncheon
Tuesday noon. - T i -
.Dr. H. C. Epley will serve as
songmaster and Monday morning
win taix on tne vaiue I musie u
4 elub. ' r-
I Headquarters will, be at the
Marion hotel. Numerous social
features ot Interest to the women
who attend are planned by the Sa
lem women, . ,-- -
IS TAXIiJG SUPPLY
C S 1
Claim ; Hearing: Shows
Consolidation Idea
Is Traced There
Business men ' Invited
To aid in. Tracing
Move's Motives
PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 9 -(AP)
Amedee M. Smith, ehair-. .
man of the school-tax saving asso- .
elation, today directed a letter to
C J. Whiteside, president ot the
Corvallis: chamber of commerce.
seeking cooperation .In determin
ing the motives back of the Zorn
MacPherson bill for consolidation
of Oregon's institutions ot higher
education.
In the meantime, word reached
here from Albany that Hector
MacPherson. 1 co-eponsor of the :
bill, plans to review the testimony
submitted here during the prelim
inary hearing of Cvril q. Brown
ell before deciding if he will de-
mand a grand Jury hearing.
BrOwnell was released In dis-
trict court here yesterday on a-
charge of larceny In connection
with the recent disappearance of
signed petitions favoring the bill
MacPherson said he had an ap
pointment here Monday with Dis
trict Attorney Langley. v
Secret Organization
Behind Move, Claim
Smith'js letter, in part, follows:
"The astounding revelations ot
a secretly organized, secretly oper
ated and secretly financed organ
ization to promote the Zorn-Mac- ;
Pherson educational bill, made in
court at the Brownell hearing,
points so strongly to a group of ,
big business and professional men
of Corvallis that we are actuated
to write to you as president ot .
the chamber of commerce ot Cor- '
vallis to ascertain whether the
tactics used thus far by them and
the extravagant claims made tor
the bill has the sanction ot.the
ICorvallis chamber or represents
he city as a wnoie. v.
"If the activities of these hid-
den forces have the sanction of
the chamber ot the city, then the
voters of the state should know
It in light of the amazing disclos- -urea
of the conspiracy made un
der oath at the Brownell hear
ing ... .
Chamber of Commerce
"Invited' to Assist
"If the activities of these few
Individuals does not have the
sanction of your chamber of com
merce, we are Inviting you to call
a meeting ot the chamber and as
certain whether It will Join with
us and other representative bod
ies to defeat this vicious measure,
wheh the governor of our state
has publicly stated will result In
large losses .to the state and its
people, 'greatly increased taxes
and decreased efficiency in me
functions ot the state college at
Corvallis Itself, nft less than those
of the university and the normal
schools, it the bill passes and be-
Ueomes law.
"In case this suggestion xinjs
favor with your chamber might it
not be a good plan to inform the
people at large that the bill in ef
fect would start four new weak
and costly institutions of higher
learning in place ot the establish
ed ones we now have 7 There is
no doubt but that a great many
of our citizens have been deliber
ately misled into believing that.
the actual effect of the measure
would be Consolidation of our in
stitutions and destruction ot our
present Institutions and educa
tional system.
First Shipment
Oi Pears Ready
MEDFORD. Ore- Aug. 4(AP)
The first shipment of Rogue
River bartlett pears will leave for
Portland tomorrow tor export
shlpmenL
- The picking and packing of the.
Bartlett crop win start this week
and will be general by August li. 7
Some pears picked Friday in some
orchards will be held a week or
19 days before they are shipped '
east, i " v - '
Shct Off Wder
When Siren SovnuU
The extreme hot weath
er' and inn eased wse of
dty water leads Flre'Chlef
Harry attorn to direct ns
ers of water to shot off
their Irrigation lines when
they: hear the Ore aire
eeemd.
1 Fear blasts of the siren
are signal for a fire; two
blasts are the signal that
the Hre Is evx. '
Hnttoa says' he beUevee
there is a dty ordinance
directing smch actios, bat
whether there is er mot,
dtisens are mrged to com
ply, with his request so the
fire ' company saay be sere
ef adequate preesnre ta
fighting Area.
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