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PAGE TWO Thft OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, February 8 193 it i i II! SALE TDK BILL ' FIILF0R1 Jo be Introduced in House This Week With Approval Of Governor Meier (Continued from pan 1) tratfvft conference on the bill been i concluded in the governor office j when statement was Issued by 1 Ray W. Gill, matter of the Oregon : state grange. "We art more de termined thin e'rer to resist the : enactment of a sales tax law," Gill aid la quoting the action Tuas j day of bis executive committee, i He said resolutions opposing a ! sale tax bad been adopted in 180 ' grange organizations in the state. Higher Income Tax Favored by Grange la Substitution for the sales tax, Gill said the grange favored the , following program: 1. Lower exemptions for in rome taxes and dauble existing 4 , rates. - 2. Make material increases in 1 the stata inheritance tax and pass a gift tax. $. Make all possible reductions Ion "state government expense. Aa ft means then of meeting the Sjf to deficit, Gill said the fxange j would favor a ten-year bond Issue against the state, no principal to ! be paid the first two rears and with all principal to be amoritzed in. the last eight years the bonds are outstanding. The statement declared: i It has generally been the policy j of the Oregon state grange to op- ! pose ine issuing or Donas lor puo liee revenues, but we now feel that the state of Oregon faces a grave emergency. Farmers, labor era, professional men and bus iness men have reached a position where they cannot stand addition al taxes other than those which come from income sources. In this emergency wo feel that the best way out is through issuance of bonds -as outlined. Any tax that way be levied at this time either on property or ales will depress aad discourage business, and be cause Of the seriousness of this emergency the grange accepts this at the best solution of the reven ue problem. FOUR I KILLED (Contlnu4 from pas 1) hospital from fire to three; years failed to pass as did a meaaure by Hepresentative Lonergan which would have repealed the present Oregon statute requiring a med ical examination for a male appli cant for a marriage license. Several of the measures passed were Introduced at the request of th.statlfccorporation department aad tighten existing provisions relating to the application for cor poration permits. One provides for a. Jail sentence for the render ing of fake financial report on ady corporation. Included in the measures In definitely postponed was Repre aentative Hilton's measure which would have prohibited a utility from rendering service parallel ing its present line. The bill had special application to bus and railroad competition. (Continued from pan 1) mended the bill, declaring that be WDUld SUDDOrt it 1AA nr the floor of the house If provi sions were included to force ail sales of beef cattle to be made on ft grade basis. flay Gill, master of the state if. Pal Nite V CIORCI rnAustin 0'5L'LUVAI) V Uriag Thla Coapon . PAL TICKET .Admit One when pre--t tented - with one 25c 1 paid admission Good ToaJjrht Only Feb. 8 1 ij 3B BILLS PASSED Ofl PEDDLERS IS GIVEN SUPPORT ft fes m m f .i a ii i C3I I 1 p ; Crand Theatre - P3 GIANT DEVELOPMENT PLANNED -. . "T Hex?--:.!- v.vv . 5, V r - V '" r 11 ' " " " r """ 1 m"nf In II im l IU1NO.S ' TV-Ma v i Missouri h M a Hi. j . p& -grr M bt - I TCkJnSSCC Jtfs''c. AOI.'rt ARKANSAS f 3? '- ""V" 7- II 4- 'aabama Jr Area affected bv Proposed Devexopkentt. The nott elaborate vroiaet of Bluuiat vr tiamataJ hw tba Ffnl Covernaaettt was -recently announced by Presideat-eUct Fraaklia D. Roosevelt, who intends to submit his pro grass to Ceagrasa ia tba early days of bia adaunistraUoa. The plan, which would affect tea States, tie tba problems of conservation, reforestation, flood control, tba crea tion of new power unite aad the reclamation of usalaas land into one graat unit, which Mr, RooMVeit is confidant would bo solved by tba adoption of bia plan, tba essential features of which are as follows I Taking tba entire Tennessee River Valley, covering aa area of some 640,000 square miles, a unified system will bo worked out for creating aew power reserve to provide cheap electric current. The Teaaesaoa River aad its tributaries would be controlled to prevent floods, large tracts of lead would be reclaimed, aad aa extensive program of reforoa tatioa undertaken. Mr. Roosevelt points out that we already have good start in the Muscle Shoal power plant, which coat the govern ment S16S.000.000 and is aow lying idle. If Coagrees approve the plan, the reforestation aagle of the scheme would put from 50,000 to 76,000 men to work withia the year. More than 200,000 would bo employed wbaa the project was started ia real earnest. The cost of the menu- maatal davelopaseat would possibly grange. In advocating adoption pointed out that present dumping of surplus farm products by itin erant peddlers is bringing all farm products to their lowest price level. Other speakers, commenting on the bHl saggeated inclusion of berries in the classifications af fected. Included among representatives of farm organisations favoring ad option of the regulation measure were Chester Mulkey of McMlnn- ville, Morton Thompson of Yam hill county and member of the grange legislative committee, and George T. Nichols of Portland. Representative McCornack and T. A. Johnson of Gresham also discussed phases of the proposed measure. Lump Sum for European Debt Britain's Idea LONDON. Feb. 7 (A P) Aft er the "big five" of the cabinet and Sir Ronald Lindsay, British ambassador to the United States, had compteted a preliminary sur vey of the debt problem today. It was learned that suggestions that a lump sum between $1,250,000,- 000 and S2,00t.000,000 be paid to the United States contemplated that this payment would cover all European war debts and not merely Britain's. Such a lump sum, it was said in authoritative quarters, would mean scaling down the war debts in accordance with the repara tions policy adopted at the Lau sanne conference, which virtually ended reparations payments from Germany. The total European debt to the United States was funded at more than f 11,000, 000,000. Sales Tax Plan Is Endorsed by Trade Leaders PORTLAND. Feb. 7. (AP) The Oregon Association of Trade Executives today Issued a state ment endorsing the sales tax plan as an emergency revenue raising measure. The association, which pre viously expressed Itself as against such a plan, stated it favored lim iting such a tax to not higher than 1 per cent, with the pro vision that its proceeds be used to reduce property taxes. ACKBIAN IS HOSPITAL KEIZER, Feb. 7 J. C. Ack- man la recovering at ft Salem hos pital from an operation under gone a week ago. Mr. Ackman is an employe ef the state hospi tal. KEIZER. Feb. 7 Th LaAiea' Aid wilt meet all day Thursday wun Mrs. j. a. Reynolds for quilting. Potluck luncheon at Boon. OllTOOOllJ Horn of 25c Talkies Tonight is Dime Nlgbt "EXPOSURE" with LIIaLee Walter Byron lUxj Doran Bryant Washburn ev .. : -v-te,-...:-".-"-. W(- ....... .... reach tba billion dollar figure. MERCHANDISING DY UTILITIES URGED (Continued from page 1) out of the competition of the util ity companies and independent merchants who feel that the busi ness shonld be left to the private stores. Some merchants do not favor outright prohibition, bnt support No. 107 Instead. This was the position taken by the Oregon Merchants Utility body, William Gahlsdorf. president and Fred Williams, counsel, both of whom spoke for No. 107. J. King Byron, secretary of the Oregon Retail Furniture dealers association complained against what he called "subsidized com petition". Wilfred Long, George Rawlinson, Portland laundryman, also spoke for the legislation. Resolutions In support were of fered by hardware groups. J. A. Boring, chairman of the Portland wholesale dealers in ap pliances led the fight against. the bills, as ft self-defense measure tor makers and sellers of the mer chandise. E. L. Jackson of the California-Oregon Power company and R. J. Moore of the Tamhill Electric company defended utility company merchandising as neces sary to build load for the con sumption of the service. Moore declared that it was the increased consumption of Juice through ag gressive promotion by the com panies that brought about rate re ductions. H. M. Thomas of the Northwest Gas company declared the legislation would put his com pany out of business. S. G. Ward of the Graybar Elec tric company, E. M. Fouch, maker of panel boards, T. J. Mellon, and Paul Fowler, makers of water heaters, defended utility merchan dising, joe Ralston, of Albany. dealer, said the electric stores never got sales until the utilities went into aggressive promotion, a view endorsed by Gordon Or put, Portland appliance dealer. H. A'. Franklin, Corvallis farmer, wanted to let the utilities stay in the business because of their follow-up service. Three Thousand Strike at Auto Body Factories DETROIT, Feb. T (AP) While disorders continued in the three weeks old Brlggs Manufac turing Co., strike, 8,000 automo bile body workers walked out at the Hudson Motor Car Co., today after demanding wage Increases and other concessions. The shut down affected 6,000 employes. There was no disturbance at the Hudson plant today, but at the Brlggs plant five men were hurt, none seriously, during dis orders which attended a change in shifts this afternoon. Recovery oi $500 For Turner Asked Alleging that just before Olin H. Turner was adjudged insane he distributed $500 received en an adjusted compensation certifi cate among four persons In Tilla mook without cause or reason, bis guardian was yesterday granted permission to employ legal coun sel to recover this sum.. The First National bank is guardian. .. Too Later to Classify S rra. furo. apt Furnace heat, very attractive, Aaulta, ! Oak. STATE FAIR TO GET MUDS Warning of Abrams Anent Gambling Unheeded by Ways-Means Group (Continued from pare 1) other counties to bring la the an suspecting victims. This was ft re sult of the times and ft desire oa the part of some persons to make the fair a financial success." Senator Staples also made a plea for continuance of the fair appropriation. He declared the state baa made financial provi sion for the extermination of wild animals aad there was no reasoa why a, reasonable amount of mon ey should not be appropriated te perpetuate the work now being done by the boys' and girls' clubs. Abrams Mentions Gambling Measure Abrams then warned that a bill already had been introduced which would put the atate in the gambling business. A saving of $62,30 was re ported by the committee appoint ed to investigate the child-caring Institutions. This saving was brought about by reducing the state per capita allowance to these Institutions by Si a month. The committee adopted ft res olution recommending that the mileage allowance for privately owned automobiles operated oa state business can be limited to three cents ft mile for light ears and four cents mile for heavy cars. Approprlationa for virtually ev ery division of the state agricul tural department were reduced materially. CHEIIS BALK IT RELIEF SCRIP PL1 (Continued from pace 1) the Lent season. Donald Pritchett was appointed chairman of a committee on arrangements with Dr. O. A. Olson. Charles 8. Mc- Elhlnney, Asel Eoff and Kenneth Wilson to assist htm. Use of Linen Buita Continued Two other committees were named by Mr. Deckebacb: Entertainment Dr. A. D. Woodmansee. chairman; V. P. "Tiny" McNamara and H. R. "Rufe" White. Study of civic matters for action by Cberrlans Wallace P. Carson, chairman; Mayor Douglas McKay, F. O. Deckebacb, Sr., William 8. Wal ton, Leif Bergsvik and W. C. Paulas. The Cherrians decided they would again use ltnea nits for public appearance and that the garments should not only be of flax grown near Salem and goods manufactured here, but also tai lored locally. After King Bing Deckebacb outlined suggested activities for the year, the more than 80 Cher rians at the dinner expressed the opinion that 19 S would be a most active year for the organ ization. Supervisor of Santiam Forest To Retire Soon PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 7. (AP) William O. Weigle, su pervisor of Snoqualmie national forest with headquarters la Se attle, and Charles C. Hall, super viijr of Sanltam national forest, with headquarters in Albany, Ore., will both retire March 1, C. J. Buck, regional forester, an nounced here today. Both have reached the forest service retire ment age of it. Hall entered the service In Hell Gate Forest, Montana, In 190 1 and worked in New Mexico and Arizona forests before coming to Oregon In 1911 to assume bis present post. His eon, James K. Hall, la a professor at University of Washington. UTILITY BILL OFFERED A bill introduced by Senator Burke Tuesday provides that ft peoples utility district may be created by a majority of the vot ers. The existing law provides that all parcels or municipalities within the proposed district must rote In the affirmative. Sponsors of the bill said its passage would correct ft condition which made it impossible to create the Tilla mook peoples' utility district. GIRL TO J. JTEALS LYONS. Fab. 1 Mr. aaf Mm John Neal are rejoicing ever the arrival of a 9-pound baby daugh ter at their borne Sunday. 25c SPECIAL 25c BLUE PLATE LUNCHEON at the BOHEMIAN In answer to insistent pop ular demand we again offer our special 25c Blue Plate luncheon at the counter and fountain only. . WEDNESDAY'S MENU BE LOW IS TYPICAL Creamed turkey on tea biscuit or Bohemian Veal Loaf country grTy String Beans Mashed Potatoes Choice of dessert Apple cobbler. Chocolate Pud ding, Jell or Ice Cream ' Coffee; Tea or Milk Salem - Bolismian Restart tea Bute St. Tel. 13i 3 KEY MAN T f. , -X v i Although Chancellor Adolf Hitler has dissolved the Reichstag in the hope that an election may result ia ft substantial increase ia the num ber of Nazi members of that body, political observers aver that he can not hope to remain ia power with out the support of the Centrist Party, of which Dr. Lndwir Kaaa (above) is the leader. Kass held an important conference with Chan cellor Hitler before the latter dia- solved the Reichstag. The Call Board By OLIVE M. DOAE GRAND Today George O'Brien ia "Robbers' Roost. Thursday MacDowell club presents Portland Apollo club. Friday Leo Carlllo and Lois Wilson,, In "Obey the Law". HOLLYWOOD Today Llla Lee and Walter Byron in "The Exposure". Friday Hoot Gibson In "The Cowboy Counsellor. WARNER BROS. CAPITOL Today Karloft In "The Mummy". Saturday Irene Dunne in. "Thirteen Women", and Eddie Quillan in "The Big Shot". WARNER BROS. ELSINORK Today Douglas Fairbanks In "Parachute Jumper". Friday Claudette Colbert In "Tonight is Ours". Karloff baa become Just an other name for make-up in the theatre world and his latest cre ation as the "Mummy" In the pic ture by that name which comes to the Capitol today verifies his art. A brief sketch of how he ac complished the uncanny result in his make-up is of interest. The face, of course, was the first con sideration. It was dampened with water, and then completely cov ered with very thin strips of cot ton even the eyelids were not spared this nerve wracking pro cess. Collodion waa then applied, and the mask touched up with spirit gum to hold It ia place. Work waa atopped at Intervals la order that a drying machine might be applied to set the facial wrinkles. The next step was the pinning hack of the ears. Makeup clay was used to give Karloffa head the serrated appearance of a mummy. Twenty-two different varieties of make-up paint were then applied to the actor's with ered countenance. Swathed from head to foot In bandages which had first been acid rooted and. passed through a warm oven. Karloff was readv to step on the set and aubmit to an other eight hours of gruelliag wore, neiore the cameras. Seven air pilots of national rep utation take Dart in the darlnr aad spectacular air stunts for the Warner Bros, nicture. "Parachnta jumper," starring Douglas Fair- As ! WW U-U i T f,fl I a. AJLJ tar mm y 1 8 'i T"r . HI ' II MismiE. M REPEAL ISSUE (Continued treat pace 1) 100 Portland teachers art at least It years old, MacKenile said. Charles A. Rice, superintendent of Portland schools and a num ber of other members of the shoot board presented arguments tor the law. It provides security tor persons who are making teaching ft life vocation and tends to ft higher plane of work, pro ponents of the law declared. No objection was evident against two house bills that would amend the present tenure law to provide tor retirement of teach ers after they reach CI years. The present law, however, should be maintained ia its ma jor provisions to keep ont poll tics from education, opponents of repeal'deelared. Other eommentors on the meas ure opined that the present law should be extended to Include all school districts la the state or, it it is unsatisfactory, should be eliminated enttrely. Included among speakers favor ing cutting of the tenure law were Louise Palmer Webber of Port land and D. M. Webb, represent ing the TaTpayera' League of Portland. Oregon Building Repairs to Cost Total of $UJS00 With but six business days in February past, building permits slues for the month already are but $2009 under the total for all ot February 1911. To date the tout la Slz.409. while la Febru ary last year the entire amount was $14,175. Repalra to the Oregon building, new underway, account for 110,- ot oi the total. An additional 11909 permit was issued January 10 for work en this structure, damaged by fire last month. Wilquets Appeal Gregorie Estate In connection with estate of Mary F. Gregorie, J. P. WilQuet and Henry Wilqaet have appealed to the circuit court from decision of the probate court. Ia the lower court the Wilquets were plaintiffs sjabrst Mlehal Parr aad others, bet there the Judge handed down decree Janu ary 19 In which Sarah Wilmet was adjudged a sister of Mary F Gregorie, and J. P. and Henry Wflauet decreed entitled te only a fourth each of the estate of Mrs. Gregorie. Joe Dunne, Elbert Bede at Fraternis Legislative activities will be discussed at Fraternis dab meet ing at the Spa tomorrow night by Senator Joe B. Dunne and Erbert Bede, reading clerk of the bouse. Mr. Bede waa a guest at last week's meeting and Senator Dunne has addressed the club several times la the past. BANK HEARING FRIDAY A public hearing oa Senator Zimmerman's bill providing for a state-owned bank will be held In the senate chamber Friday night. The hearing will be conducted by the senate banking committee. beaks. Jr. which comes to the El sinore today. The new feature at the Holly wood tneaxre. "Exposure," pro duced by Tower Productions, Inc., provides a thrill a minute. The plot revolves around the efforts ef Doris Corbln to hold on to her small newspaper which the publisher of the town's biggest publication la forcing to the wall She enlists the services of a brll llaat but somewhat erratic report er who pulls her paper out of the hole by exposing- some ot the town's Juciest scandal. "( !;: J? -in i - , v . ; ',.... 1 : pj ; !' ft i ADDED Frank t Albartsdn 'V!.-;, Comedy ' laapahoi h 2T cm J 25c CONFESSES , I ' : : :'" Mrs. Beatrice La Falda, 23-year-old wife, of Newark, N. J, is shown ia the police station after she had confessed te the slaying of Charles Kermis, a boarder at her home, be cause, she said, he had alienated the affections of her husband, Victor La Falda, Kermis, a student of aacknt Greek phfloaophy, had monopolized ftU the attentions of the husband with his discussion on Socrates, ae cordina to the wife's story. Bills Passed in Senate ft B. SS. r 6m T previa far tke ceflavUM of eeaatr wimitl la tee kaada ef eeuty tseacurere, a B. ItS. y Daaae Betatiar U a tiee te stele laaeetrial aeddeal eeeakb. aiea at foe esaWyua1 ef eiaesr er fcea ef player's faauly. & B. 111. ay Jsese Te preeitU pel hrtiea ef tae water ef Otwer lake ia ClacaasiM eeaaty. & B, 13. h Deaeast ltaraf teres ef circa it evert la aiata JeeieUl eirtriet. Haraev eeaaty. ft B. X17. f Dmaa T itplsU psy teat ef eiatsae far Ueal eaa other ear tee y State Iaeeatrial aceleaat ee aUasioa la toaaeetioa with aaaiiaisua riea ef Werkasea'e Oeapeaeatiea lav. H. B. IS, br Oeraoa- Belatief to tke fe a4 filiag reeeralaf ef trsaa sarks. 487 Students on University Rolls WiUamette university registra tion for the second semester stood at 487 Tueaday with a pro bability that it would reach S09 before the end of the week. Fig ares from the office of Ethel Schrelber. recorder, show that a total of 364 students were regis tered in the first term. The de crease in second semester enroll ment is no more than that ordin arily experienced Mrs. Schrelber said. PLAN FOR LINCOLN DAY A resolution asking for the apolntment ot a Lincoln day ob aervanse committee was introduc ed in the house yesterday at the capital. A special program Is plan ned for the legislators at that time. FACES ASSAULT CHARGE WOODBURN, Feb. 7. Const able Uppendahl arrested Henry Welch ot Duck Inn, Friday, on a charge of assault and battery brought by his father. He plead not guilty end ball was set at $15. Preliminary production figures value the iron and at eel manufac tures In Canada in 1911 at $JSI. 119.900, ft decrease of 22 per cent from 1920. r One JUMP ahead of the sheriff- Pour.bttj and atunfJJonde between' thecal I - it- I K Ikmmmb flrrifTTVTYmP I IHU J II I II I I HALM H f rV " ir. BetU DarU L; (J c- ' ldCarriCa , apart. ORQ iesE FACE 0 BILL (Cootlnoea from page t) the educational committee which would have Indefinitely post poned his bill -providing for a ehanre In tha law ralattav tfc apportionment of elementary school lands. . The vote was It to It. Upton's bill provides that the apportionment shall be made oa the basis ot children between the ages or six and II years instead ot oa the present age schedule ranging from tour to 20 years. upion saia nis bin would save the taxpayers of the state approxi mately $570,000 a year. The aenate indefinitely post poned ft bill Introduced bv Senator Zimmerman providing "that aU state income tax returns shall be open for public Inspection. Sena tor Upton declared that the pas sage of this bill would make it possible for busy bodies to pry In to the affairs ot their competitors and wreck many of the state's fi nancial Institutions. Similar aetloa was taken in connection with a bill fathered by Senator Dickson providing that assignments ot wages shall be filed with the county clerk. HUGE TIES OF FIVE COUPLES GUT Judge LeweUlng yesterday sev ered marital ties ot five couplet. Most of the divorces went by de fault. Eleanor C. Boyle was granted divorce from Kenneth R. Boyle and given custody ef two minor children and $11 per month sup port money. Erdeena Hanvbracht was given divorce from William H. Hum braeht and care of ft minor child. She was also aUowed StS per month support money. Marriage rows were dissolved la Gayle R. Finley vs. Henry 0 Finley. She charged desertion. They were married in Salem la 1921. Alice W. MeBlroy waa givea divorce from Wirtiam H. McElroy. They were married in 1929. She alleged In her complaint that re cently MeEtroy paid considerable attention to bis former wife and children by her. Mary Elisabeth Ma pee aad Ralph Mapea were relieved of marriage tiee, and she was re stored her maiden name of Haley. She brought the action. Many Cases Set For March Before Judge Lewelling The following cases have been set for trial fn Circuit court de partment two tn March by Judge L. G. Le wetting: March 1 Appeal in the Henry Heidecke estate to determine heirship; 2nd. DeGuIre vs. Lam bersou; Cth, Taylor rs. Richard son; 7th. Dances vs. Schramm; 8th, Edlund vs. Battleson: 15th. Fortner vs. Garajobst; 18th, Fro sts, vs. Zehner; 20th, Brown vs. Belcrest Memorial park; 23rd, Day vs. 8hieMs aad others Today & Tomorrow Watch for Red Tag Days S I i ! 1 l: