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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, February 12, 1933 PAGE THREE 1 V 1 ( 4 i 1 N r a -... . f SOLOi'PAYTO END THIS WEEK Houses Rush in Past Week But Only one of Major Issues is Decided (Continued from pas 1) provisions irere dead letters be cause no enforcement laws were now in effect since the Anderson law was killed last November. Senate "dry" leaders will chal lenge this statement, citing a group of laws now in effect and being used laws which would hardly stand up if the constitu tional prorisions were abolished. This group thinks it unwise for Oregon to repeal her constitution al amendments against the liquor traffic until, "if and when" legis lation Is provided to regulate li quor's sale if the state is bound to go "wet". The Beckman beer bill, as re vised, comes up for house debate this week. Under its terms re tailers' can sell unbroken' contain ers of beer and restaurants and hotels may sell beer with meals. Beekman thinks the raeasare will hold up in the courts, whether or no the state's constitutional amendments on prohibition are repealed. Representative Johnson an nounced Saturday he would seek Introduction of a measure which would Impose on all law enforce ment officials In the state the concurrent duty of enforcing the Volstead act along with federal officials. Johnson may have trou ble getting his measure into the hopper at this late legislative hour. ChaB( for School Law Mostly Drad Most of the legislation affect ing the schools is dead or dying. Teachers' tenure changes have been killed, a move to cut down elementary school apportionments by reducing the spread in age on census school children has failed, changes in the transportation acts, are wavering. The major legisla tion tliu" ar on education simply eliminates minimum salary sched ules until 1935. The Stockdale county unit bill has strong sup port and may pass although the ever-present grange lobby is dead set against it. After five weeks of continuous committee work and debate, the auto license bill of the combined committees of the senate and roads and highways made its ap pearance Saturday in the house. The bill is somewhat of a com promise between the flat license plan advocated by Senator Dunne and the graduated tax sought by Senator Allen. The new measure which seems destined to pass puts a $5 licene on passenger autos of 2600 pounds or less weight. A license of $7.50 will be charged on pas senger cars weighing between 2600 and 3300 pounds; on cars between 3300 and 4000 pounds $10 will be paid and autos over 4000 pounds in weight will bear a flat license charge annually. The new measure lifts th state gasoline tax from four to five cents a gallon and puts a $1 an nual payment, on all drivers' li censes Instead or the 50 cent re newal charge now made each three years. Millafte Tax Upon Trucks is Favored Mntnr bus and truck bills are. almost ready for final lntroduc- tlon and it seems likely that a millage tax on each ton mile, a.s provided in H. B. 80. will be re ported out favorably by the Joint highways committees. About the best legislation mort gagors may expect is the adminis tration's resolution which makes a hearing on all facts about a foreclosure mandatory before a Judge. The resolution also cites the injunction that "those who sees, equity must do equity" and there by urges circuit Judges to con sider carefully before they give a decision which eliminates a mort gagors' equity after he has made every possible effort to pay. The action Remanded in tnis resolu tlon is thought to be constitution al whereas demands for an ex tended "moratorium" are of ex tremely questionable validity. A series of house and senate measures dealing with retail prac tices: advertising, customs of con ducting scales, bans on utility sale ot electrical equipment, etc. are very unnaeiy io pss. Governor Meier has been look ing on quietly and taking only a mail part In legislative proce dure. An unofficial approval of a general 1 5 per cent reduction In Hogg Bros. 456 State DEALERS in all makes of Washing Machines White Sewing Machine Headquarters New and Used Sewing Machines At Bar gain Prices We Rent Sewing Machines and Washing Machines CALL AND LOOK OVER Oni DISPLAY " Eicas Direo. . , Telephone 6022 Vv.;: , 459 SUU . f ; salaries which went to the ways and means committee brought quick criticism , from Senator Strayer and others and the 'exec utive official issued a denial that it had interfered with the -ways and means committee's freedom of action. A compromise S to SO per cent scale was quickly 1 deter mined upon. If the session ends soon enough the governor ' will probably hurry through with his Job of approving or disapproving legislation and entrain with Mrs. Meier for the inauguration at Washington on March 4 and the conference of governors called by the incoming president March . TREND OF WEATHER S (Continued from pay 1) brought the mercury above the zero mark after it had sunk to 3C below in that city. At Eugene the minimum tem perature was 31 degrees. Rain also routed the snow from Rose burg south to Grants Pass. A mild southerly breeze blow ing early this morning held the temperature in Salem above the freesing point and gave . promise or the unsettled weather with oc casional showers predicted for this region by the federal weather bureau. Xow and then dashes of moisture fell from the heavy pall of mist overhead. Saturday brought decidedly warmer weather here, the mer cury rising to 47 degrees and not falling below 29, which was 11 degrees above the Friday mini mum. The rainfall of 0.22 inch and water from the two-inch blanket of snow that melted early yesterday had not yet affected the height of the Willamette river, which was reported as 2.2 feet, 0.6 root below recent readings. (Continued from tif 1) connection with illness and subse quent death of his little girl; but that he never used a penny of the funds secured from the institu tions for personal use or pleasure. The balance went to appease creditors to whom he became In debted while conducting a mer cantile store, and who crowded him as soon as he went to work for the two associations, where he started at $50 salary and worked up to $200 per month. He said he had saved the two concerns Farmers Fire Relief association of Butteville and the Hop Growers Fire Relief hun dreds of dollars through his hard work, aided by- only one girl. He said he would turn to resti tution all Le owns: a $1500 home in Donald with $500 mortgage against it; and devote the rest of his life to making good the sums. Character witnesses appearing for Cearin were: Miss Oliver of Portland, his former assistant; Curtis Coleman, St. Paul; Roy Garrett, Donald: Ralph Davidson r.nd Charles Mullin. St. Paul Rev. ! Thos. V. Keenan, Salem; Fred ! Miller, Rorney Jar-kson. Hubbard, ad Joe Fowler, Donald. FIVE BUSINESSES ARE BIT BY FIRE Continued from pac 1) the Dallas fire department turned out to fight the fire and together over 50 men were assisting in bat tling the flames, using five hose lines, the town pumper and small fire truck. Warren Dunn, night driver, is the only employed fire man. Hundreds of residents of Dal las and vicinity gathered at the scene to watch the worst fire the ritv has experienced in several months. Last August a series of incen . - Aiicviicf a coriAs nr lnrPn- diary blazes resulted in destruc- non ci ma ocveum jr u.ci... cnurcn, two nouses ana uaru. -"""o . ceimy Bioveu iihu m uvw uuuums, erected alter the eld structure was razed by fire last May. Stayton A. R. C. Depot Cares for TUi-rtT ITorrtf 7f4c LJ x HI1,I,,V,J STAYTON, Feb. 11 The newiy III U H SENTENCED FOR 2-YEAR TERM opened Red Cross depot took care ung application for a ballot title. Last nigbt his condition was ro of thirty families, with an average j ijpton said the purpose of this ported as about the same with of five to nine In a family. Dlstrl butlon was In charge of members of the local Tenet committee, George Keech. E. C. Denny and Mrs. G. F. Korinek, assisted by Mrs. Keech The eommisary is in the C. E. Taylor building, next to the Laneefield shoe store and will be opened every two weeks Hazel Dell Sheridan 8th Grade President RICKEY. Feb. 11 Hasel Dell Sheridan was elected president and Frances Flood secretary of the eighth grade. Green and white were chosen as the class colors and "Work and Win" as the class motto. The class Is composed ot eight, girls and one boy. Sheep-Killing Dogs No Longer Nuisance MACLEAY, Feb. 11 The two dogs that killed several pure bred sheep for Rieck Bros., well known sheen breeders, have been killed. It is thought that tney are tke same dogs that destroyed a num ber of registered Hampshire sheep OUTPUT OF LUMBER IKES SLIGHT El SEATTLE. A total of 262 mills reporting to the West Coast Lumbermen's association for the week ending February 4 operated at 21.7 per cent of capacity, as compared to 21.5 per cent ot ca pacity for the previous week and 21.$ per cent for the same week last year. During the week 1(4 of these plants were reported as down and 88 as operating. Reports reveal 178 mills pro- duced 49.2S1.294 feet or 22.5 per tn Clear Lake Courier, edited by I sloner, and O. D. Adams, state di cent of their weekly capacity. Cur- Henrietta Porter, a small paper rector of vocational education, as rent new business of these mills was 20.8 per cent over produc- tion and 27.1 per cent of their weekly capacity. Last week nro- duction 6f these mills equalled 21.8 per cent and sales 22.7 per cent of their weekly capacity. Shipments for the week were 9.1 per cent under production. Inventories, as reported by 130 mills, are 17.2 per cent less than at this time last year. Unfilled orders increased 13,- 302,000 feet from the previous week. New export business receiv- ed during the week was 1,117,000 feet more than the volume renort- ed for the nreviona wek. New domestic cargo orders were 215.- 000 feet over th nrevioii. wv. new rail business decreased 2.- 365.000 feet, while the local trade increased 917,000 feet from the previous week's business. THEFT CONFESSED OMAHA. Neb.. Feb. 11. (API -Police announced tonight Ray Winger, 19, of Boise, Idaho, ar- rested late today as he attempted to sell an Idaho state bond to a brokerage house, had confessed he stole $230,000 worth of the bonds from a Boise printing company. He said, according to police, that he stole the bonds from the Sims York Printing company nine weeks ago in Boise. The bonds, he said, had Just printed. been When the bonds were stolen by mm, tney iaccea tne signatures oz the governor, the state treasurer and the secretary of state, as well as me siaie seal, xo male mem valid. Winger told police. He said he soon afterward ob tained copies of the signatures of Governor C. Ben Ross, Secretary of State Fred E. Lukena, and State Treasurer George Barrett and practiced forging them for days. When he considered his copy or tne signatures was near per feet, he signed the bonds. Winger related, the ponce said Cigarette Price Reduced, Result Of Tobacco War Salem smokers already have been enjoying the effects of the price war being waged by the four major tobacco companies. with cigarette prices generally re duced to at least two packages for 25 cents, and in some cases low er. Special quotations are being posted at two packages for 23 cents, while some of the chain stores make a regular offer of 11 cents a package, and 10 cents on limited quantities as specials. weekend I ail -Vnii7orini - Is Dnun fn TPmir " - . .... jiarion county s jau popuia- iiuu uit nuviuvr iow msri jester aay proDabiy the lowest In a decade when only four prisoners were on the roll at 5 o'clock. n v-, o luwiey rarmeri jay All rinA 1Usv.xr urain All Uone INow RICKEY, Feb. 11. Fear is felt iot wnai grain was not aiuea aur- I i a v i . n. a a ,nK lnB Ilrsl nara ireeze. in some piaee9 m the community it was as i J0W as ronr alK)ve sero wednes- day night. Farmers are rejoicing i iuai as jet lew itiuoi mil mil it- ea, as mere is no green ieea. PETITION SHAVERS BIT Senator Upton yesterday intro duced a bill providing that spon sors of Initiative and referendum netitiona ahan fll with the aee- Iretary of state an itemised state- ment showing all contributions Inil evnAndttnrA.. Th ittAtement wmia b filed at the time of mak- bill was to curb the activities of paid petition circulators. STATE i is is n- nj s s Affc the Best Ootid Fuel They hold fire from eight to ten hours and burn with a glow, throwing off an intense heat. You receive more heat units per dollar and they leave NS A SKIES Equally efficient in furnace, Fireplace or itovt IDEAL FOR CHICKEN BROODERS Pkone MM Larmer Transfer & Storage Co, 889JortliIJtrtyStrttt.Sha, Ortion -. Journalism Is Thriving In Schools Publishing of s. school paper has become almost universal among the schools la the county, and even the smallest rural school has its own publication these days. Many of them find their way to the desk of Mrs. Mary L. Fulkerson, county school superintendent. Three such papers she has re- ceived this week. These include eopiea "om an original written 'n long-hand. A feature of it is I page illustration of the first snow at Clear Laae ana all the scnool kiddles tossing snowballs at each other. From the West Stayton school comes the Bean Alley Breeze, a single page mimeographed edi- tion. whl ' informs that a travel- Ing library has been loaned the school from the state library. More pretentious ana tne pro- duct of a Ditto machine is the Febmary News of Hubbard grade school, which is devoted to Wash- .mgton, wun a picture ot tne na- tlonal capitol on the first page. and pictures of the two great American preaiaents insiae. ear- bara Cornell Is editor and Carol ncason, president. POTATO FUMIGATION Oregon potato growers who a few days ago feared an annual added expenditure of some $130,- ou result ot a arastie "tumi- gation" bill presented to the Cal- ifornia legislature, probably will find themselves confronted with no additional expense after ad Journment of the southern law makers. Charles Cole, director of plant industry for the state department of agriculture, announced Satur- day the receipt of a telegram from the president of the California fruit exchange advising that az- rlcultural interests renerallv are onoosed to the fumleatlnn hill, Under it all notatoes shinnM from states in which Colorado potato beetles hav hn fnnnA wM have been forced to wholesale fu migatlon of all potatoes shipped Into California Added expense to Oregon grow era in good years would have amounted to $187,500, for sale of 2500 carloads. IS PLANNING PARTY WACONDA, Feb. 11 Members of the Waconda community club met Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Karl M. Brown for an all-day quilting. Plans were completed for the annual club party to be held Sat urday night, February 25. Mrs. Van O. Kelly will make arrange ments for a program to be put on oy the chamber of commerce. The refreshment committee for this affair Includes Mrs. William McGilchrist, Mrs. J. E. Scharf and Mrs. Robert Cole, Mrs. Fern Run- corn will have charge of coffee. A new member, Mrs. E. J. Beck er, was initiated. Special guests were Mrs. snnriorv anri M xr i - - Spurlock of Salem. Cr wvijiiiiciiiiia LIUll ! r D:.L S l MllUJUlll X EDIT LI1 Is General Today Lincoln's birthday which occurs today will be commemorated In numerous cnurcnes nere wun ap- propriate sermons. Tomorrow pan throughout the state will b C08ed ln honoP of the Emancl. pator's birthday, which a few rears aro was named a leral fcnit- day in the state. Monday will not l . b m. ncbnnl linlM hut innrnnH te exercise win h .M in Tft.i 0f the schools here. The state legislature will eon nii in inni muiaii at i 'in m. tor a memorial service to be held ln the house chambers. Purvine Expected To Recover, Word Hope is bold tor the recovery of S. Kills Pnrvlno, who has been. 1 criticallv 111 at nil home. IBB TTni- varsity street, since last Sunday. possibility of slight improvement .since earlier ln the week. WHOA FUTURE CMFFSMFJ Iffl MB What is expected to be the first of a series ' of aanual banquets will be held at the Gray Belle res taurant at C:S0 p. m. Wednesday by students belonging to the two senior high school chapters of the Future Craftsmen club of Oregon. Around $0 boys, guests and in structors are expected to attend. with C. A. Howard, state super- intendent ot public instruction; C. H. Gram, state labor commis- special guests, and speakers. Members of the machine shop chapter ot the Craftsmen will bring their lathers as guests and members of the apprentice chap- ters, their employers. Kenneth Marston of Salem, state president. will serve as toastmaster. Talks will be given by Wilmer Johnson. president of the local apprentice chapter, and Ralph Robertson. president of the machine shop group. T. T. MacKenzie. Balem voca- tlonal director, is advisor for the apprentices, and Floyd Siegmund, mechanical drawing instructor. Is advisor for the machine shoo boys. E 'S LOSG BEACH, Cal., Feb. 11. (AP) An airplane mechanic who once worked with William J. Guy came to the defense ot the hand some young adventurer today with testimony that Guy was 30 mne, from here on the night the state charged he slipped aboard the schooner Car ma and shot Cap tain Walter Wanderwell in the back. The unexpected appearance of the witness. Ralph Dunlap, at the murder trial of Guy threw the I state legal forces into momentary consternation out of which devel- oped a spirited cross examination. In a brief direct examination, Dunlap testified that on Decern ber 5, the date of the killing of tne cruise organizer, ne saw "Curly" as he called Guy, work ln a11 aT on the 8hiP of hls m 1 pioyer, Eowsra jjeiarni, inaian aviator. Seven Bills are Put to Death by Painless Method The house yesterday put seven bills to their final rest through indefinite postponement by adop tion of an unfavorable majority report. Most prominent among the measures killed was one by Re presentative Duerst and McPhil- lips which would have abolished the present tenure law for teach ers. The house turned down two bills changing Juvenile eourt pro cedure, refused to permit levy of the elementary school fund on a state equalized assessment, and did not approve a measure to al low cities to secure refunds on their purchases of gasoline. The house also rejected Representa tive Oleen's bill which provided for the biennial election of all school directors, each to serve concurrent terms of two years. Offers New Plan Of Enforcement Renresentative J. O. Johnson announced yesterday in the house .-v Introduction and passage of a law which would compel all law enforce ment officers in the state to act concurrently with federal offi cials ln enforcement of the Vol stead act. The bill was submitted to the house committee on rules VALENTINE DOXES Packed with chocolates made before your eyes Reasonable Prices 697 North Capitol Tel. 78S7 Wo win Deliver EVERYBODY must have heard of our expertnes. You need to know us as you may be in need of our serv ices at any time. Phone, write or call Tel. 777 : b'hrim ttm7 SMS WITNESS I 4. yi ao v 77 l and legislation to see it the com mittee would introduce it. John son "warned if the committee turned down his measure he would seek Its. introduction through, some senator. - E Governor ' Julius Meier yester day endorsed the Willamette un iversity Philharmonic choir as Oregon's official representative to the Chicago National exposition, starting June 1, 193 3. The choir will probably leave here soon after the close of school this spring and be gone all sum mer, giving several concerts en route to Chicago. Several benefit programs will be given between now and spring for the purpose of raising money to defray cost of the long trip. Burglar Loots Western States Warehouse Here Loot consisting of $211.77 cask. several hundred dollars worth of checks, two cases of clgarets and six boxes of cigars was discover ed missing from the Western States Grocery company ware house here early yesterday. Find ing but one set of footprints in the snow leading up to the build ing, police decided it was a lone burglar who entered the place by climbing a power pole, crossing the roof and lifting open a ven tilator hatch. The burglar opened the vault where the money was kept by knocking off the door with a sledge hammer. Burglars who entered the place last November and made off with a Urge quantity of cigarets were arrested recently at Eugene. Builders Discuss Plans for Show At Monday Meet Plans for a mammoth building show. Indoor parallel of the Build Salem parade held last June, will be discussed at the forum meeting of the Salem Building congress to be held at the chamber of com merce at 8 o'clock tomorrow night. All persons Interested in the building industry are urged to attend. Sub-committees to put on the show, to be staged 1Q late March or early April, will be an nounced. Of particular Interest to build ing material dealers and contract ors will be a discussion of pro posed changes In the lien laws. The builders are attempting to ob tain a member of the legislature to speak at the meeting. 2 OGEES oiiDirjnmr UETT REPRESENTS REG j TPQBQci ' . ED 0 CD 9 JUST wheat every one supposed tire were "good efxmgV' Kebv-Spriar- ftdd engineers originator of 7 of Ae major tire innovations of tke pact- came tnrongh wit the most startling improvement made in tire in years. Accepting the scientific challenge that fatigue cause tire wear and destruction, they developed new secret proceaoc and method that give unheard-of new tire aJety and mileage. KeHv-Springfield Fatigue-proof Is the name given these sensational new tires on sale here est exactly tkm mm price yon have to pay for old-fashioned TIRED tire. Just study the feature and look at the prices. Don't spend another doBar for TIRED tires. Center and Liberty OH s ; . j f vAgreement on boundaries of the proposed addition to the ML. Jef ferson primitive area was. not a matter before the meeting, held at Albany Friday night by forest ry officials, Albany and Salem civ ic leaders, it was declared here yesterday by men who attended the conference. As was done at a similar meeting here recently, the forestry men outlined their plans for adding the eight-rakes basin to the primitive area and called for comment of the local men. Because Dr. Prill of Scio, a leader in promoting the enlarge ment ot the area, was unable to attend the meeting, it was de cided not to take a vote on the forestry department plans, until Salem and Albany men should confer with him. Chief points of discussion were over excluding Pamella and Mar ion lakes from the primitive area boundaries. The forestry officials promised to administer activities about these lakes as nearly as possible as if they were inside the area. Salem men attending the Al- 01 BITffilH Helpful Hints for Heaithfal Living CflcoimBOiffleGs Where Science and Ethics Reign CAPITAL DRUG STORE 405 State St. Phone 3118 J. H. Wfflett KILLY-SPRINOFIELD DISPATCH TIRES JSdU mt Cm TV Sto FrUm Mk)pt.mfr gzrif ; : : :)29x4.mi SrT&S1 : "f: : swiMt 7 rtnS.1 f : :2to4.754S 5-27 io-2 ilZl&ji&Zi. : :)23x5X3-H 555 10-80 Poatiac 29 to S1 . ) IZgrSifT7. :31r5i5-2I All OTMia SIX1S QUAtlV IOW 65? (I 0 6 3f m Sts, llltff Wo baa meeting were: B. XL Slsson, ' president of tke ehamber of eonv-j tneree, Wm. M. Hamilton, C. JLS Sprague, C. E. Wilson, Ben Clar-' gett, Lynn F. Cronemiller, N. J. Billings; and J. W. Moore. Forest- ' ' ry officials from Portland la-' eluded F. V. Borton, assistant re gional forester and T. W. Cleator, recreational engineer of the for estry service. Lincoln Honored At Oregon Meet Of Republicans PORTLAND. Feb. 11. (AP) Republicans from various parts of the state gathered here tonight tor the annual Lincoln day ban quet, held in honor of the memory of the 16th president of the Unit ed States, who birthday is tomor row. Dr. William Graham Everson, pastor of the first Baptist chnrch of this city, was the principal speaker. The need today, he said, is for the statesmanship and courage and divine guidance shown by Lincoln. The history of the republican party, W. Lair Thompson, Pert- lland attorney, said, really begins I with the election of Lincoln in 1860. is Frederick the Great rarely washed even his face and persons who bathed were considered eccentric even up to the last century. How for tunate we are to live in an age of cleanli ness typified by your physician's practice and advice. . m. m TIL3EC FOIIYI7IED Yet cost no more Imm n rmttir tmtj m raiWi I ntW lull lltir, Amm it'll 4 pmv . . i Hm I III W. ... " SKnilll lll,wMM...rtilyW- for A. J- Boff In the Bethel, eonv . A raunKy.- '