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v : : BUY NOW I s It's wise and smart to bay bo. Prices have ad need, will go higher. 40U jMlMM mea erg action I by consumers. .V THE WEATHER Considerable cloudiness today j ami Friday, slightly warmer;. Max. Train. Wed-, nesday 44, Min. 84 rajn 0, river -1.8 ft., south wind. FOUNDCD 1051 - . EIGHTY.THIKD YEAR til M El EH WORKS DILL LASHES I0DIN IS OUT In Mother's Role ISSAEETO . 2 w . ' i ' v , 1 i' ' - -j - A . ' , , . . T fiolom Crmtrrt TtinMifav Hfmi Vnvai) 1 . 1049 ' V" v iiai I - ' - - I - - -. - GOVERNMENT liisiil GRANGE OPENS , lOfJIIENTION; . Takes Leave - . . - . ' . . - : Octogenarian on i I ;V , ' I ii LATURE ... - i r 4 (' t 4 I' M i i a ? 4 t 1 Amount for . Relief Taxes Shrinks as Government Aid ; Increases n Food, Money Liquor. -Control . to , Bring Sharp Contest; Higher Ed V ucation Change Doubtful ..- i By SHELDON: F. SACKETT s Oa the eve of the second spe--clal session ' of the Oregon legls- latere this year, problems before that 'body are apparent in tbeir general outline. The specific de tailed program for the session re mains a matter of conjecture with much, likelihood that the special session -will ' follow the lead of most legislative -bodies and sim ply mnddle through. GoTernor Julius 11. Meier, while expected to outline the needs of the state at the hands of the ses sion, will not go so far as to see that actual bills axe prepared to eoTer the points of his program. There has been talk of a steering committee a democratic legisla tive dictatorship--to cull the chaff from the legislative grain, but it is doubtful If such a committee can be formed or it It is, whether It will not occasion more Jangling by disgruntled factions apart from the committee than harmony and legislative efficiency. . Governor Meier was known yes terday to be finishing his address for next. Monday which-will em body whafhe thinks to be the im perative matters of legislative pro cedure. He will probably urge that all other matters be held In obey ance as non-essential and liable to crowd out emergency legislation. The prime purpose of the ses sion: relief appropriations, has shifted Its aspect In the last week. Two things have caused this change: the federal government's huge purchases- of surplus food staffs to accomplish the dual need of relief and orinirkestjObiljia tloa. The second ia the neophyte $400,000,000 eiviL works program to, be under way by the timeithe session convenes. Add to these two factors the $$50,000 cash al lotment by Uncle Sam made for November and December to Ore gon and the programs of 38,000,- 000 to $15,000,000 for state relief proposed this fall seem fantastic. The 3350,000 outlay has a string attached: the funds 'are only to come If the legislature enacts some self-helping relief ap propriations. That the session will appropriate some relief money Is certain: that the sum will not be as large as first talked, is believed sure. Liquor revenues are to be re lied upon very heavily to fund this relief appropriation. If the outlay of relief funds is small and the legislature Is optimistic, these revenues may carry the en tire load. Or debentures may be authorized by the state, capital izing anticipated liquor revenues for several years and these deben tures tendered Uncle Same In re turn for cash for this winter's needs. v " . ' 1 One group of legislators is known to have revived the Mar tin luxury tax bill and hope there in to secure money for the poor. A farm group wants a surtax on incomes,' caret ally providing that . . present minimums of -f 800 and : -11500 on incomes not be lowered, r Henry H a n s e n,.- gubernatorial Warwick, Is toying with the idea - of a gross tax on utilities. It has helped - the federal eoff ers : why . not . the state's, . Hansen - reasons, - and furthermore Hansen has never been friendly to.the utllltx inter ests. . These moneys, if secured, v (Tarn td page 5. coL" 3) Illness Blamed Mi : On Reiki Pork iBylJand PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 15 WP) A harge that recently killed pork distributed, by the federal government for relief purposes had brought illness to one fam ily was made before the Port land city eouneir today and city commissioner J. E. Bennett, who baa had " many years experience ' In the butcher business, declared that a sample of the pork showed it to be poorly cured, V Harry Olson of Portland, one of several - unemployed - men wha ..l.fnut tn tha dtV council i about the administration of re ' Mef by the public welfare bureau and the veterans unlt, pre8nted a sample of the pork and said he and his wife had been ill for two days lifter eating the pork ' although they cooked it several hours. f -AID PIVAJWED, FARMERS SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 16 () ; immediate establishment: of county machinery in Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana ,to bring about ! conciliation agree ments between farmer, : debtors and their creditors was urged by - federal farm credit ; administra tion officials her, today before meeting of representatives of the ( governors of the four states. A:'. " - ft $ " 7 ' - - - -' fi.,.-.tr''My"''''" ' .VliT-. K-.lria ll'hersoii Kniytho, daughter of Aimee Semple Mc pherson, who will be the third generation of the famous evan gelical family to preach to the flock of the Four Square Gos pel at Angelas Temple, Los An. ' . gelcs. She announced her inten. i tloa of taking np her mother's work. Clearing Right of Way Above Mehama on List; Jobs Set Out County Engineer Hedda Swart and Market Road Engineer Cutler of the state highway department, yesterday had completed a tenta tive allocation of 50,000 of work on road in this county to bo un dertaken at once with emergency relief funds furnished by the fed eral government. Both men agreed that work could start on these projects by next week, tho county furnishing the needed equipment. The bulk of the work would be hand labor. Major among the projects would be the work of clearing a stretch of road leading from Mehama to wards Detroit where a new route is to be followed by the North L itiam highway. Swart opined thi.t a construction camp would probably be opened there to take care of workers. The remainder of the tentative projects are located about the county with a view of giving work it is needed to relief unemploy ment and also where the roads are most in need of improvement. (Turn to page 2, col. 3) Bid oi $44 Ml Nets Harrold Road Job Here PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 15. The state highway commission awarded contracts totaling about 1500,00$ at its meeting-here to day. The projects, were . scattered all over the state and left bat 1 2, 700.000 of the C,10S,000 of PWA funds- allocated to Oregon . for highway construction. - . Contracts awarded. Included: Charles H. Leonard, bid' $67, 784, grading and surfacing Buell Salt Creek section, Dallas-Coast secondary highway. L. O. Herrold, bid $44,141.50. widening and resurfacing Salem- Nortfi Section, Pacific highway. SWART OUTLINES -REUEF RDAD WORK Messenger and Greeley ri ni ,V D PORTLAND. Nor. 15. (JPi Dis closing that the federal govern ment has not yet decided upon What course of action- it will take i tha Willamette Vallev Lumber WW W m company case scheduled to be heard m federal court nere j&on-a-w afternoon. Frank Messenger. compliance director for the NRA In this district, stsiea lousy mat limitation of production is essen tia tn tha welfare of the lumber industry of Oregon and Washing ton Tn Willamette Vallev Lumber company this week was granted a temporary resiraiDjna- oruer in venting the. West Coast -Lumbermen's association, administrative agency for. the national mincer code im this district, from enfore j.ut a nmvialona that wonld ce- aA vwv gf - eessitate a reduction in employ ment at tne company a piufc w n.n.. n'Tninlatrative ageney has been ordered to show eanse Monday why the injuncuon not be made permanent. "Over - production placed tne lumber industry in the condition now existing."- Messenger said, "and unless everyone' compiles strictly to the principles of the lumber code the industry will be vers ofl than ever before." Says Roosevelt Wilt Lose Congress Unless Something Is Done to Give Jobs Roosevelt Says Politics to Be Laid Aside to Speed ; Re r lief Work for Destitute - By WILLIAM WARNE . (Associated Press Staff Writer) , WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. (JP) Senator Dill, (D. Wash.) charged at a civil works conference of rep resentatives of 11 western states today that public works Adminis trator Harold L. Ickes failed to put men back to work and that Il.ozevelt would lose congress un less something was done about It. The conference, called to find ways and means to put the pres ident's reemployment program in to immediate effect in the west, was filled with, attacks on the pub lic works administration, broken only by support of Ickes and his organization by Governor B. B. Moeur of Arizona. Dill said Harry L. Hopkins, civ il works administrator, had been called in to do the Job congress set for the public works adminis tration with a 3,300,000,000 ap propriation. "Now Ickes is forestalling Hop kins' work by his ruling that pro jects submitted by municipalities to public works can be turned over to civil works only by the public works board and any that are withdrawn ean neither be re submitted or submitted to civil works," Dill said.' The senator added, "Hell will pop when congress reconvenes. Roosevelt will lose congress at the coming election If men are not put to work. I don't say it will be a republican congress, but it will be an opposition. congress." Senator Dill and Senator Bone (D. ,Wash.) said there .would be a concerted effort in congress to (Turn to page 5, coL 6) Reno Farm Plans Too Mild, Say CHICAGO, Nov. 15. (ff) Farm ers who announced they consider policies of leaders such as Mllo Reno and Walter M. Singler in sufficiently drastic, met 700 strong today to map out a pro gram at the farmers' second na tional conference. Representatives from 41 states heard Lem Harris, executive sec retary of the Farmers' National committee for action in a keynote speech condemn the farm policies of President Roosevelt and ask cancellation of farmers' debts. The conference was called by the committee for action, organ ized at the first national confer ence held last December in Wash ington. Harris declared the issues to be discussed and acted upon by the conference were: . 1. The crop limitation plan. ' 2. Foreclosures and evictions. 3. The cancellation of rent, tax and mortgage debts." ' ' 4. Lower prices to consumers and higher prices for the farmer, through a reduction fn the mid dleman's spread. ' . - The.- principal organizations back' of the conference, - Harris said, were the United States Farmers' league, the Farm Holi day association of Nebraska, the Ohio Farmers league, and the United States Protective associa tion of New, Jersey. O ! A similar attitude was express ed by Colonel W. B. Greeley of Seattle, secretary-manager of the West Coast Lumbermen's associa tion, in a statement made here today. ' "Under the lumber code," Gree ley said, "every mill that wishes to operate is entitled to an allo cation of production. The west coast division of the code has re ceived requests for allocations from 43 f mills in September, 488 in Oetober and 543 mills in No vember. Several mills requested addi tional allocations on the ground that they-have customarily oper ated two or even threo shifts. The fcode agencies, however,, were eon- fronted by the difficulty that these mills are not individual eases, or exceptions, but represent a sub stantial group of the larger opera tions ... which hare normally op erated two or mora shifts daring substantial periods in recent years. "If exceptions were made In the case of " the Willamette' Valley Lumber company or other com panies V . it is Impossible to see how similar exceptions eould be refused to any or all ol. the 7 multiple-shift mills; which might request them. Roosevelt Refuses Woodin's Resignation; Grants Him Leave Aeheson Resigns as Under Secretary; Morgenthau Old Friend of Roosevelt By RICHARD L. TURNER (Associated Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. (JP) To administer to the nation's fi nances through the vital period that Ilea just ahead, President Roosevelt has chosen his neigh bor, close friend and trusted per sonal advisor, Henry Morgenthau. Jr. On Friday morning Morgenthau will become the actual, if not titu lar head of the treasury depart ment, while Secretary Woodin, whose resignation the chief execu tive declined to accept, takes a leave of- absence and goes to Ar izona in search of rest and health. To make room for Morgenthau. Dean Aeheson, youthful under secretary of the treasury, submit ted his resignation, and Mr. Roos evelt accepted it with a word of regret and appreciation for his service. The president announced these changes today to a group of cor respondents assembled before his paper laden desk. In a tone of deep feeling, Mrr Roosevelt read in their entirety letters exchanged himself and Woodin. '"You know that every policy of yours has had and still has my devoted support," the cabinet of ficer wrote in part, "and I have never doubted that you are the one man that can lead this coun try out of its difficulty." This statement was obviously aimed at those who, nevertheless. immediately Interpreted the de velopments as indicating a rift be tween the president and the secre tary, an asserted sound money man. and as a sign that inflation lay ahead. Those who clung to this view pointed to Morgenthau's close' as sociation with Professor George F. Warren, author of the present effort to f6rce commodity prices upward bybuy!ng foreign and do mestic gold, and a persistent ad vocate of the so-called commodity dollar, based upon a changeable gold content. Morgenthau, 42, has been an Intimate advisor of the president, principally on agricultural prob lems since Just before Mr. Roose (Turn to page 2, col. 1) An appeal to the women of the Salem trading area to get behind the Buy Now campaign here and give it every bit of support con sistent with prudent purchasing was made yesterday by Mrs. Win ifred R. Herrick as president of the Salem Business and Profes sional Women's club.. "Women have played a vital part in national crises in times past and they have full opportun lty to do so again in helping, put over the Buy Now idea to further the movement to national recov ery", Mrs. Herrick declared, con tinulng: - "We are told that from 30 to 85 per cent of the buying comes through women, so it is truly seen that a major part of the buying campaign rests upon the shoulders of Mrs; Housewife and Miss Work ing Girl". Prices bavo already gone np to some extent, Mrs. Herrick pointed out, and there is indication that they are going still higher; With this in mind, women should buy. not extravagantly, but cautiously and to the fullest extent possible. "Only the other day I heard a woman complaining about the higher prices she had to pay for sheets and pillow cases. Stockings have come up in price, too. Those are Just two things thai come to mind, but they are a warning to women that when the merchant says prices are advancing, 1 he means it. . "Merchants say they still have some of the old 'stocks on hand that they can sell at the old fig ures; so it is economically wise for women and ' men as well to take advantage of these figures. And now is the time to do it, to put over the top Uncle Sam's Buy Now drive, of which the Salem campaign 'is but one of the many important units", the leader of the Business and Professional Woman's organization cautioned. Of course there are some people who 'actually haven't the money to buy, and - these- cannot help, no matter how cooperative the spirit. It is the people who have put off getting really, needed things for tLe 1 household or . family . that should unloose the' purse strings and make the greatest eontribu tionsv toward recovery through Buying Nqwv WOMEN ARE URGED TO I C1H ;; ., " -k j ' - i. WILLIAM H. WOODIN Johnson to Press for Action; Announces Hearings On Profiteering WASHINGTON, ' Nov. 15. Ut) Hugh S. Johnson came back from his mldwestern swing today voic ing a determination to obtain bet ter compliance with blue eagle agreements and codes and an nounced tonight that, beginning December 12. NRA would conduct public hearings on charges of profiteering. Johnson told newspapermen he had found compliance conditions bad" and that steps wonld have to be taken at' once to correct the situation. He took that report to President Roosevelt, when at the luncheon table, he described in de tail his findings on a ten day Speaking trip that took him from Chicago: and . Minneapolis as far iouth, as Tort Weytb. at-wltieh-anybody's-eomplaint that is backed up by suitable evidence will be received, was announced as "purely a fact finding Inquiry at which all interested parties will be given ample opportunity for the preparation and presentation of any facts bearing on the sub ject" Simultaneously. NRA moved to day into the differences between labor and employer groups over the construction code, announcing that a public hearing wOnld be held Monday 'over revised copies of the master code for the Indus (Turn to page 2, col. 3) Seven Die In Winter Tragedies (By the Associated Press) Seven deaths and storms on the Great Lakes and the Atlantic were reported last night as falling tem peratures brought new cold rec ords for many sections of the na tion and snow blanketed most of the east ' ' Far out over the Atlantic the British freighter Saxilby was in distress her crew of 27 men tak ing to lifeboats, in a storm 300 miles off the Irish coast. The liner Berengaria and dozens of other ships steamed to the. rescue. Two coast guardsmen, unheard from since Sunday when they left Ontonagon, Mich., in a 35w foot picket boat for Bayfield, Wis., on Lake Superior, and believed lost were reported sate by coast guards at Madeline island not far from their destination. Many Great Lake ships remain ed at hastily taken anchorage, de laying their trills for better wea ther. Four deaths were reported in western Pennsylvania after one of the heaviest November snowfalls In history. There was heavy snow in the Adirondack of New York. New Tork City's minimum of 23 above was tbe lowest temperature on record there for the day. But falo had 15 above, the lowest since 1874. Snow blocked highways in some sections of Ohio, and three deaths were reported in the state. Chi cago had a low of 10 degrees. Min nesota reported five below sero at BemldJL Late Sports PORTLAND, Ore., Nor, II Iff) Bob Myers. 160, of Tillamook; defeated Leo Jensen, 112, Van couver, B. C., two . fails out ef three in the main event on to night's wrestling card here. Reggie Russell,' 14, Corval lis, and Noel Franklin, 147, Pott land, wrestled three rounds to a drawln the seml-windnp. 7 i Bunny ? Martin, 162., Tulsa, Okla,, defeated Dr. Leo Burke, 111, Seittle, taking one falL - George Bennett-150. won the opener on a foul, from Joe Gard- ineer, 1 48. Portland. - - - - Iff r It CHIEF FINDS COMPLICE BAD Hearings to Start on Code For Distillers; May Substi tute Federal Corporation Congressional Leaders to Prepare Bills Covering New Liquor Tax Rates- WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. JF) Organization of a government cor poration to control the liquor sup ply of the country is among the proposals under consideration in administration circles. It was made clear that the pur pose of such a corporation would be to control the production and supply and to simplify tax collec tions rather than to control retail sales. No official would discuss details of the proposal but the admini stration's intention to secure su pervision and control over the source of the liquor industry whether through a federal corpor ation or through a distiller's code, was regarded as fixed. George N. Peek, the farm ad ministrator, said public hearings would begin soon on a code pro posed by distillers to regulate pro duction and distribution of liquor. The distillers Inserted a pledge in the proposed code to aid in pro tecting dry states from the traffic. Examination of legal ramifica tions is under way to determine how far such a code would go in giving the government control of the Industry between the repeal of the 18th amendment on Decem ber 5, and the time that congress enacts new . legislation. The ad ministration was represented as leaning toward the code method of exercising federal supervision unless further canvassing dis closed the federal corporation to be more desirable. The president met for more than an hour today with his cab inet committee on repeal and with members of the ways and means committee of the house; the Judi ciary committees of both the house and the senate and the finance committee of the senate. The (Turn to page 5, col. 5) RIDGELAND, S. C, Nov. 15 VP) William K. Vanderbilt Jr., 26. son of a famous New Tork fam ily, was killed vhere today as his automobile, speeding from Miami to New York, struck a fruit truck parked beside the highway. Ersklne Gwynne, relative and companion of Vanderbilt on the trip, suffered only minor injur ies, but J. W. Guppy, Vanderbilt's chauffeur, was taken to a Savan nah, Ga., hospital in a serious con dition. Vanderbilt officers said, was driving. Gwynne, who had made his home in Paris for some years, re turned to tms country recently as representative of a French wine merchant Guppy was a native of England. Young Vanderbilt's father who donated the Vanderbilt cup, fa mous in automobile racing circles of some years ego, is a director of the New York Central railroad. His mother is Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt, from whom his father. was divorced in Paris in 1827. Young Vanderbilt lived principal ly with his mother in New York. His father has remarried. The young man had not fully recovered from effects of a pre vious automobile wreck. Only yes terday a bird new through his windshield at Bunnell, Fla and flying glass 'inflicted wotfnds which required medical attention. 1 HIT IlEfl III WRECK Senator Connally Calls Louisianians Cowards' NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 15 JP) Charges of sluggings, Jaillngs and "crooked" counting of bal lots were laid before the special senate committee investigating Senator John H. Overton's elec tion today by a string of wit nesses produced by Francis Wil liams, a New Orleans political leader. . The committee settled down to the taking of testimony after a stormy opening' precipitated by a statement of -senator Tom Con nally - (D. Texas) chairman. - The senator ' arrived to take charge of the investigation on the third day, and started to ex plain he had not deliberately re mained' away as charged by the committee investigator, John G. Holland, and . was not afraid to conduct the inquiry. , - "About my being afraid," said the chairman, "the only persons afraid; of -this investigation are yott cowards in. Louisiana. He got no further as the spec tators - atbse with a roar and shouted' denial and ' denunciation at the chairman. One spectator - .1 9 (' Edwin Markbam, octogenarian poet, author of "The Man With the Hoe," is in Los Angeles on a speaking tour, to give his view on "how to be bale and hearty at -82." He will speak in Los Angeles and then go to north era California to give a series of 25 lectures. The venerable poet is completing a series of poems celebrating Christmas, Thanksgiving and feast days. He was born in Oregon City. Central Press photo. C. C. Hockley, Oregon PWA Engineer Confers With Sa lem Officials on Pending Works President E. C. Elliott of the Oregon-Washington Water Ser vice company is expected to ar rive In Salem Friday for confer ence with the city council re specting sale of its properties here. Pres. Elliott has recently returned from New 'York where he conferred ' with heads of the Federal Water Service company, holding company for the O.-W., and presumably with Chase Na tional bank, trustee for the bond issue against the plant here. (Turn to page 2, col. 6) HOPKINS FIXES AL101EHSIS WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. (JP) A basis for alloting the $400,000,- 000 civil works fund was an nounced tonight by Harry L. Hop kins, administrator of the newly formed organization. Asserting that "unemployment follows population" Hopkins said the administration proposed to al lot the jobs to be created 75 per cent according to population and 25 per cent, unemployment or re lief needs. He said the administration had tentatively allotted on a popula tion basis 3,000,000 of the 4,000,- 000 Jobs which it proposes, to create. - The other 1,000,000 jobs, Hop kins explained after the meeting were' left open to take care of men who will be placed on federal projects under the civic works plan. . Hopkins' official list of the number to be employed In the var ious states Ton a population basis Includes: California 132.750; Idaho 10, 600: Montana 13,500; New York 237,000; Oregon 21,000; Wash ington 37.500; Alaska 1.500; Ha waii 7,560; Puerto Rico 30,000; Virgin I-lands 8,000. dared the senator outside and men and women voiced their resent ment at his remark. Senator M. M. Logan (D. Ky.) who had conducted the hearing on Monday and Tuesday amid equal disorder finally ctlmed the spectators and Senator Conally explained he was not referring to all of the people of Louisiana but to those who Would run around and wK-per and were afraid to eome before the committee to testify. '--o - Before the day ended the com mittee had heard stories of ln timldaCjns at the polls,.-disappearance of a ballot box Tend ether charges against the Over ton workers at the polls in New Orleans. ' ; " At the close Chairman Connel ly said the committee would' be here for some time tad hoped to get to the bottom ef the charges, which were filed by former Sen ator Edwin Brousaaid (D, La.) against Senator Overton, also a democrat who was elected with, the ; support of Senator Huey - P. Long's machine. Wm COMnE TO T1U1 WEB DEI "Controlled Inflation and Managed Currency" En dorsed by Master Taber Wallace Urges Retreat From -"Surplus Acres jand Surplus Toil" T BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 15 The national grange, the "world s largest farm fraternity, opened Its annual convention here today and heard the appeal of the master, Louis J. Taber of Co lumbus, Ohio, for "controlled In flation and managed currency. Into the town in. swelling num bers came grangers from all parts of the country, particularly from Idaho and the Pacific north west. Hotels were flooded, room ing houses and quarters In pri vate residences were occupied and the entire county and cities wlsh- in 30 miles were tombed fr sleepfng accommodations. j The weather man beamed on the congregation, proffering a fall day as pleasant as early Sep tember and promising at least a few more. A special train brought master Taber anil a rrnim nf nfft ! and delegates from the east and tneir arrival was the signal for opening a celebration which was expected to continue scarcer abated until the end of the week. Th.s will, be the most impor tant convention the grange has ever had in view of the acute agricultu al situation." said the national master. "Indeed the sit uation Is acute, and the views of this organization on the question undoubtedly will carry influ ence." In his address Taber called far cooperation in agricultural recov ery, recommend support of the NRA but with the suggestion that its weaknesses and failures mutt be pointed out." Tax adjustment and operation of the national cur rency and credit to wipe out the disparity between farm products and other commodities -were also advised. To Boise the early part of the convention promised primarily celebration. Master Taber was mounted upon an ancient stage coach Immediately upon his ar rival and rode through the city at the' head of a parade comprising cowboys, farmers and unorgan ized groups. Tonight a dinner was prepared for 1,000 grangers, roast elk the offering for jthe guests of honor. Surrounded by official delega tions from 33 states and hundreds of other grangers. Taber delivered his address in the Masonic not- que, the principal meeting place of the organization during the next 10 days during which it will be in session. For 10 years the white haired man has been head of the grange and commented to reporters on his arrival that he had been "in agriculture" all his life. He served eight years as Ohio state master, two years as state director of ag riculture, and many years as a dairyman, now owning a choice herd of Jerseys. , . The masters in each state are the officially accredited dele rates. and the wife of each also has a vote. . With completion of the mas ter's address, the delegates went immediately Into business sessions faced with a number of contro versial subjects outlined by Taker and others expected to come from other sourees. Unable to attend the conven tion. Henry A. Wallace, secretar of agriculture, sent a telegram te tne master and to the "grange urg ing that we must continue te push with the greatest vigor pos sible our present retreat from sur plus acres and surplus toiL" Myrtle Point Lad is Charged With Murder J. it. MARSHFIELD, Ore., Not (ff) A first degree murder charge was tiled in justice court at Myrtle Point late yesterday against Ray mond Frye, If, who has been -toad in jail in connection with tke death of H. TJ. Blackman, h hunting companion, last month. . A hearing in Juvenile court wiU be held this week and evidence probably will be presented to the grand jury next Monday. Police maid Frye confessed to shooting Blackman and to bury ing him nnder limbs and bark. He said the shooting was accidental, and that panic-stricken, he tried to hide the body. STATE CALLS WARRANTS. . " Call for the payment ef all state general fund - warrants indorsed "not paid for want of funds" on October 4, was issued Wednesday, by Rufus C. Holman, state trees-. urer. The call involves fit 1,0 99. This call was made possible by tat ; remittances received from M ult i ttomah and Clatsop counties. " i