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V ' ABRIDGE LESSONS ' Three times- a -week Hie Statesman earr.'e interest ing bridge lessons by Mrs. THE: WEATHER " tnsettled With showers today and Monday, moder ate; Ux, Temp. . Saturday 4 Min.' 42 river 4 feet, rain .27 inch, sonth winds. WUllam H, Quinn, Cnlbert- - son associate instructor, KIGHTY.THIRO YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, January 14, 1934 .- - 1 r 1 7 '4 Y 7- IP If k f w z - 4 if' 4 1 i 1 : 7 jrr ,-r Marks Slated For Chairman - jod Monaay; nepori uuc On Investigations .Meier intent secret; i nomas . tikeiy Alternate; Tax Chtor) ot A By SHETLDON F. SACKETT -The significant eyent ot this 'Week in affairs political in Ore rili be tomorrow's nigner "inr Eoscoe Nelson who resigned following his welU intended bat Ill-adTised speeches last tall. Marks has been successful in the last two months in keeping fthlgher education matters in the main off the front page. He 1cnows his board must ultimate- lydeclded ori the question of the -chancellorship for next year, and on the status of Dr. Wayne Morse ;bf Eugene. His policy following te Nelson flare-up was to give s.th f higher education patient a ,'rest before iU nex operation. Kew Appointment -Being Held Off -W The board has before it the m . .. m s s education board gathering in Portland. Willard Marks, Tlce "ahairman of the board, is slated l fdr election as chairman, succeed- Yiy iincompieie ana preliminary re if . port i ot the American Assocla- tion' of University Professors. It pFesumably will have tomorrow - U own committee's report on the 2-. -: ctx of tomorrow's meeting will . ?Je possible a e t i o n . on both ot fortnight ago that Mr. Marks ,-was not yet ready to commit him self as leader of the board to de cisive action. If so, the Monday session In Portland will be ont ardly quiet and unimportant Governor Meier has been content toilet the present board worry : along with Its involved problems: -there is "no indication that he will il appoint anyone to fill Mr. Nel son's shoes until the Kerr-Morse ' nd related controversies are "smoothed out. Meier Contemptuoos -Qf Absenteeism Oitkism i Governor Julius L. Meier keeps' t mum on his Intentions. An execu tive, ' come January, is supposed Y to announce his desire to woo the Voters in May. Take away from ; the governor his small coterie of 'friends who want him to run be- C cau8e only in a Meier administra ytion they will be welcome, and tne -'greatest Impetus to his 1934 ran ""7 7- dldacy is removed. It is obvious ''the governor is not anxious tc . " run;! that he wlllbe forced to by " bis "advisors"; "that any decision joa his part is as yet not formu- lated. Meier has shown contempt for, the growing amount of crit- Icsm ot his absenteeism. Back '.from more than a fortnight in San Francisco, he last week spent only one day in his office in Sa lem. Either Meier doesn't care a whii about public reaction' and .thins he can override It In a 'campaign or else this straw shows ft decision against a campaign is - Impending. ' T Should Meier not run, this f 4 rrlter -believes C. M. Thomas 4 would very likely be a candidate. The 'Judge has many of the at- tributes of a candidate; an issue. -the Bfg, Bad Utilities Wolf; he -bs plausibility In . public speech t-' aw i uuium ? ' ..wants above all a certain job for 1 th tint fonr eiLFiit bit would probably, retire as a candidate if he conid maae a laroraoio trade -.School Men Cautious, 1 .Battle for Sales Tax 'Jv -Theschool organization for ths a '? pales tax is forming in many coun . -y ties but. school executives arehes-V- r ltant to become too ardent in ' . their endorsements of such a po V -f-itical Issue. The large anti-sales I - , tax group Is slapping the ears of 1 7 r ' too outspoken school men telling ,, VTthem in short that a school man ! saouia leaca ana leare 10 omer? r- 'jthe problem of getting the where- withal to 'nay teachers. Ordinarily ""eautlous, school men as a group hesitate to become too prominent "Tn a fight whkh might leave bad A. fitter effects. " ' - f 1 Pclzell to be Postmaster' i"lt He Wants Position y If i W. A. Delsell wants the Sa "J. -tilem i postmastershlp, soon to be J yfilled by the democrats, there is Z lutle doubt he can get the job. W Sne is a political UUicum ot Walter Jh "T Pierce and his ex-secretarjr. The 'jf former governor is the man most Totent , with -Farley and the man tsybos rword : goes on first con LfJ' 'Ttressional district appointments. eiDelsell was a good publicist for . the party In the 1130 campaign. f A: probably doing more than anyone Jy- to unseat Hawley, Delzell provtd A .ttiing the ammunition which Mr. -Jltfott i snbseqnentlr successfully '-"ffired. DelxeU has a nico berth me 'xeaerai revenue on ice likely he will drop it for plant : in his ' old home tie doesn't; consider YT but it is fV J the ;nice krr:Hown. if 1 . Henry Crawford of Salem aa the "-vrunnenjp. --v--'-- '.v:-it uaymona wuco a. rcsisuauuu V Z state relief director and CWAJMerriam, Lane; Claude N. Buch administrator can be directly . L-i- - ,!Tur to page Z, col 11 . Tu rrier of Conare ss Out For MotVs Job "" - 1 Former State Superintendent of Schools Will Run on Pro-Roosevelt Platform; Goss, r; . Nott, Delzell Are' Mentioned PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 13 (AP) R. R. Turner of Dallas, democrat will file his candidacy for representative from the first congressional district before April, he told the As sociated Press tonight in a long distance telephone conversa tion. ' , Representative James W. Mott, republican, may also T COISTSIHID 80-Mile Gale at Tillamook Brings High Tide; Much Damage is Reported ASTORIA. Ore., Jan. lS.-f3)-A brief, violent storm which lashed the Oregon coast line to day abated tonight after re-enacting some of the flood scenes wrought bythe December storms Preparations were being made to renew normal shipping opera tions at the mouth of the Co lumbia river. A 6 6-mile an hour gale' Drought high seas there to day and the , motorship Silver Maple was the only ship to fight its way in across the bar. An 80-mile an hour gale at Tillamook brought a 9.6-foot tide, equal to high marks of the De cember flood. Eight inches of water was reported in the streets of Nehalem nearby. Fear was ex-; pressed that the high water would rip out dike repairs recently com pleted by CWA workers. Lowland residents . were taking precautions as rivers near the coast commenced to rise again. No 'serious damage was reported today. Train service on the Southern Pacific line between Tillamook and Portland will be resumed to morrow, Ray Grate, TiuamooK agent, announced. Traffic on thn line has been suspended SO days for flood damage repairs. About 200 carloads of freight on the coast side of the mountains were awaiting traffic resumption. Ferry service across the Colum bia river mouth was suspended today because of rough weather. Coastal points of southern Ore gon escaped the brunt of the storm's fury. At Marshfield it was reported heavy seas on the bar held one vessel to the shelter ot Coos Bay, but the wind veloc ity was only 25 miles an hour. Large Payroll For Polk CWA Workers Given DALLAS, Jan. 13.-(Speclal)-A total of $5411.75 -was paid out here today in the CWA payroll for Polk county, according to Fred Holman, disbursing officer. This week's payroll was approxi mately $250 less than that of last week. New projects are being started In Foil- county and when the Buell and Mountain View school projects get under way early next week the Polk county quota of I 335 men wlu De practically filled. j There are 153Z men registered in this county for the work. Grange Here Votes Against Sales Tax The Salem grange yesterday added its vote to those of other chapters in the state opposing the new sales tax for school relief. The local chapter at its monthly meeting passed a resolution to this effect. Credit A s soc Formed to EUGENE, Jan. rt.-)-Organ- ( Ization of the Willamette - pro I duction Credit association, cap itallxed at $100,000 and embrac ing Coos, Douglas, Lane, Linn, Benton, Polk and Marion coun ties was started at a meeting held here today. The purpose of the association is to handle farm loans for teed purposes,, harvesting crop and the like, supplanting the Regional Agricultural Credit corporation, a subsidiary of the RFC, it waa ex plained to the 100 delegates at the meeting. - Headquarters ot the association will be in -Corvallis. O. S. Fletch er, Eugene, was named tempor ary secretary and Howard S. Mer riam, Goshen was named tem porary chairman. Directors are Jesse D, Clinton, ' Coos county; Loren L. Miller, Douglas: H 8. at - janan, Benton; Ray L. Jenkins. , Uuincoiu; jrrea jk. x-iiou. roi; VMS HON Dallas is Candidate; - have another democratic oppon ent when he seeks re-election, as he Is expected to do. John Goss. Marshfield democrat and state representative, had previously in dicated he would also enter the first district congressional race. Political observers here also nominate Edward F. Bailey of Eugene, Earl Nott of Yamhill, W. A. Delzell of Marion and Arthur McMahan of Albany as other pos sible candidates. Turner, now superintendent of schools at Dallas, was appointed state superintendent of public in struction by Governor Walter M. Pierce in 1926. Subsequently he was defeated at the polls by Char les A. Howard, republican, who now holds that office. The platform on which Turner will run, it is understood, is one supporting President 'Roosevelt's program and advocating public ownership of hydro-electric utili ties. Cheesemakers Suffer Most Overwhelming Defeat -In Their History TILLAMOOK, Ore., Jan. 13.-(P)-A fast-breaking, sharp-shooting Salem high basketball team doubled the score on Tillamook high, 40 to 20 here tonight. It was one of the worst defeats the Cheesemakers have suffered on their home floor. The Salem players scored from any place or position within firing range. Ike Wlntermute led the Salem attack with 18 points, closely fol lowed by Peters who scored 14, it was learned when Coach Hol- lis Huntington and his squad re turned early this morning. Roth scored 5, Engel and DeJardln 2 each. Salem led 25 to 11 at half time. Brownell played a short time and also Burrell. The Salem boys tied up Baum gartner, Tillamook ace, limiting him to nine points. Salem high's victory at Tilla mook makes the red and black look even stronger than recent games have indicated, for 'the Wil lamette freshman and their coach. Lestle Sparks, reported that they encountered at Tillamook Friday night, where they were defeated 17 to 15, the fastest quintet Til lamook high has ever produced. The freshmen had an air-tight de fense when they could get into po sition, but Tillamook outspeeded them with a fast breaking at; tack. l Liquor Charges Here Numerous; Three Arrested Liquor charges dotted the city police blotter last night. Alford Whiteside of Turner route two was jailed on a charge of driving while drunk, police re ported. Other officers brought in George Mikelson of Silverton, ac cused of being drunk and dis orderly in a local dance hall. Charges of being drnnk were booked against Bill Mulligan and Mike Lane, both of Salem. - ial ion Being Assist Farmer R. C. Burkhart, Linn; J. W. Ram age, Marion; and James W. Sea- vey, Eugene, director at large. Directors of the association signed an application for a char ter which will be forwarded to Washington at once. When the charter, is received the directors will complete the organization and start taking applications for loans. It Is expected the associa tion will be functioning ;, by March 1. . ' Farmers receiving loans will take out five percent ot the loan ln stock In the association, this money going: to make np the cap italization as there is no stock sold. All funds loaned will be fed eral money. . , The meeting was called by the Production Credit corporation ot Spokane and WE. Williams, vice president ot the corporation had charge ot the meeting. He wai assisted by H. B. Howell, Grants Pass, field organizer of the cor poration. - SALEM HIGH TOPS IllOOK 40-20 - - - L ' ' 1 . ' - - - 1 . t . : . ! DR. HOOP ILL WITH BAD HEART ATTACK Defendant Later Improves; Alienist Declares She is Of Sound Mind Woman Not Given to Scenes He Declares; Insanity Defense Scorned ' CHICAGO, Jan. 13.0P)-Dr. Al ice Lindsay Wynekoop who is on trial for the slaying of her daughter-in-law, Rheta Wynekoop, suf fered a severe heart attack to night and physicians were called in emergency consultation in her cell in the county jail. She rallied under treatment and her condition later was described by attending physicians as "con siderably improved." CHICAGO, Jan. 13.-(ff)-Dr. James Whitney Hall, noted psy chiatrist retained by the defense, made public today an outline of his analysis of Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop, on trial for the mur der of her daughter-in-law, Rheta. The picture of the 62-year-old woman physician sketched by Dr. Hall who has figured as a ment al expert in 34 murder cases in cluding the Loeb-Leopold trial was that of a mentally sound, emotionally well balanced, normal mother, deeply religious, kindly, cultured, affectionate but not de monstrative and highly intellec tual. For two days Dr. Wynekoop, who was swept out of the prac tice of medicine into the central character role of a real life story as mysterious as any detective fic tion, has sat in court and heard 12 men qualified to inflict the death penalty upon her. She has taken it seemingly in a matter of fact manner, almost wearily detached, outwardly emo tionless save for the tapping of ber restless feet. "Dr. Wynekoop is not the type of woman to give to scenes. Her intellect would not permit It." s4id Dr. Hall. INJUNCTION WRIT NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-VAn injunction requiring her to work for only one manager during the two weeks starting January 20 failed to stop Mary McCormic, the opera singer, from sailing today for London. She was reported to have a contract tor appearances there during the same two weeks in which Supreme Court Justice Richard P. Lydon ordered her to work only for Colett Huff of Hollywood, Fla. If she carries out the London contract. Miss McCormic may face contempt proceedings on her re turn to New York. Miss McCormic who is seeking a divorce from Prince Serge MdlvanI, boarded the liner last night after friends had given her a farewell dinner. She at tempted to surround ber depar ture with secrecy, she said, to avoid a process server for Huff, Tuesday Date for Pension Petitions First formal petitions for old- age pensions in Marion county will.be received Tuesday by six CWA helpers appointed for the county court Monday the court will announce the alphabetical order in which applicants shall come to the courthouse. Follow ing each application being filed, the court will make a detailed in vestigation of the claim. 1 The six CWA workers selected by the fed eral reemployment office here. will start work Monday. The first day will be spent training the workers in the proper manner in which to take applications. Liquor Board is Welcomed, Salem An official visit with members et the state liquor commission and Its executive officer! was paid Saturday afternoons by a chamber of commerce delegation headed by William P. Ellis, presi dent. The commissioners were "welcomed to Salem" and urged to ask the help ot the chamber In any possible way In getting their large task under way. Of fices will be opened by the com mission en the third floor of the state eapitol building tomorrow morning. Sawmill Slated To Start Monday SILVERTON, Jan. 18 The Silver Falls Timber company milt will resume operations Monday af ter a shut-down of four weeks. Camps will likely open March 1 provided weather conditions are OPERAS Ti EVADES favorable, - Main Figure in French Turmoil A V y Transmitted to New York by ra dio, this is the first picture to reach, the United States of Al exandre Stavisky, mysterious Franco-Kossian promoter and founder of the JBayonae City Credit bank, the crash of which shook all France. Stavisky com. mitted suicide when police raid ed his secret lodge near Chain onlx. ; Oustric Arrested as First Move in Cleanup of Financial Mess PARIS. Jan. 13. - - The pledge of Premier Chautemps to clean up financial scandals had its first effect today when the banker, Albert Oustric, was jailed for a single day. Oustric has been mentioned fre quently during the bitter debate of the past week regarding the collapse of the Bayonne munici pal pawnshop. He was the cen tral figure in another famous fi nancial scandal and '7as convicted in 1930, one year after the fail ure of the Oustric bank and other stock selling organizations. He served nine months and then was provisionally released. Former Premier Tardleu raised the case in the chamber ot depu ties yesterday when Premier Chautemps promised to act on the Bayonne scandal, but discovered today that Oustric had only one more day to serve of his sentence. The banker voluntarily walked into a jail and said to officers. "I hear you are looking for me.' Taxpayers in Salem school district Monday will be given the opportunity to express their favor or disfavor toward the directors projected additions to Englewood, Highland and Leslie school build ings through CWA aid, at the election opening at 2 p. m. and closing at 7 p. m. at the admlnls tratlon building, 434 North High street. A vote of "yes" will favor di version of $25,000 of $40,000 ot unissued school bonds to enable carrying out the Leslie project. The remaining $15,000 of the issue will be divided equally be tween Englewood and Highland schools if approval of the pro jects Is obtained. The directors plan that CWA shall contribute $60,000 to the $100,000 needed for the three additions. Late Sports PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 13-()-Although far in the lead, the Union Oil basketball team never relaxed its close checking game as It defeated Multnomah club 30 to 17 in a City league game here tonight. With bullet-like passes and smooth team play the Oilers gain ed a 14 to 7 half-time lead. MIAMI, Fla., Jan, 13.--Overwhelmed by his opponent's stamina and variety of shots, Bryan M. (Bitsy) Grant, Jr., of Atlanta today went down gamely to defeat before the defending champion, George M. Lott, Jr., of Chicago, in the finals of. the Mi ami Biltmore singles tennis cham pionship. The score was 9-7, 6-4, 11-9. AUSTIN, Tex., Jan. lI.-(ff)-A wide search for a head football coach at the University of Texas ended today with the selection of Jack Chevigny,- former Notre Dame backfield star and assist ant under the late Knute Rockne, to lead the 1934 Longhorns. LOS ANGELES, Jan. lMff) The University of California at Los Angeles evened its basketball series with Stanford's Indians here tonight, winning a rough and i tumble contest by a score ot 11 BANKER IS JAILED in Pirns sen HI KM to zi SPLITS FORCES FOR RECOVERY Utilities Code Issue Arrays Johnson Against lckes In Wordy Battle Gold Situation, Income Tax Probe Take Back Seat At U. S, Capital WASHINGTON. Jan. 13.-P)-Another dispute between govern mental agencies this time over power uprighted itself today to dominate developments in the capital. The dispute, between the na tional recovery administration on the one hand and the power com mission, Interior department and public works administration on the other, overshadowed a status quo gold situation; talk about an international sugar agreement; the continuance of an income tax study in which the name of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh fig ured; and some additional indus trial code signing. Into the argument, which was precipitated yesterday by the challenge on the part ot a repre sentative of the interior depart ment and public works adminis tration of the right ot the recov ery administration to fix a code for privately owned public utili ties, came Donald R. RIchberg, general counsel for the recovery agency, with the contention that the right not only exfsted but would be used. The battle of words arrayed Hugh S. Johnson, the recovery administrator, against Harold L. Ickes, In the dual capacity as head of the interior department! and chief ot public works. They hare met before in disputation. This time the interest of federal and municipally owned power plants was to the fore. Gold prices remained unchang ed for the 20th day and Presi dent Roosevelt still was ponder ing whether to exerci--i his power to call into the treasury the gold of the federal reserve. DISCOVERED DEAD NEW YORK, Jan. lS.-OW-The mysterious stock market opera tions of the "wolf ot Wall street have been ended by death. The body of David Lamar. whose activities in finance oft en-times shady gained him this sobriquet years ago, was found today in a hotel room he engaged eight days ago. Lamar had been dead bout 24 hours. He was 65 years old. The aura of secrecy about his last days rivaled many of the in cidents in his career in stocks. Hotel officials recalled noth ing of his stay in the hotel. There had been no calls from his room for two days. The manager went to the room today, forced the door and found Lamar dead on the floor, his body clad in a night shirt. Preliminary examinations indi cated his death was caused by heart disease. A drug store clerk recalled that a man answering Lamar's description frequently within the last few days purch ased medicine to ease heart pains. More Rain Here Expected Today Two heavy downpours with lighter showers yesterday brought .S Inch ot precipitation here be tween 7 a. m. and 5 p. m., mak ing a SC-hour rainfall ot .81 inch. Unsettled weather with showers is predicted for today. SHADY FINANCIER Polk Farmers Organize to Support Oregon Sales Tax DALLAS, Jan. 13.-(Special)-One hundred twenty-five farmers and dairymen of Polk county met at the courthouse today to organ ise a group to back the proposed sales tax. The group met at the request of a number ot farmers from all parts of the county who sponsored the meeting. Organisation ot a group to be known as the Polk County Prop erty Tax Reduction league was the first business transacted. A. R. Cadle was named as president and George H. Knrrle was elect ed secretary. Mr. Cadle appoint ed the following men as an exe cutive committee: W. H. MeKee, chairman; Frank Crawford: George Primus; Alfred Loy and J. J. Sechrist, Charles V. Galloway, member of the state tax commission, gave a short talk explaining the sales tax v and also answered questions raised by the farmers. In reply to a question as to- whether there was anything la the bill' that EMEI LIQUOR , PTfinro Tfi nnrR diunto lu urtit BY FEBRUARY 1 0 Eighty Additional Agents to Sell Hard Beverages in Smaller Communities; 105 to be Employed; Stores Wil( Keep NRA Hours, Closing at 8 O'clock Week Days, 10 p.m. Saturday; Setup Decided Here Commission Not to Await Decision of Circuit Court on Validity of Knox Law Before Starting Sales, Decides Here After Lengthy Session; Sammis to Open Salem Office Monday; 17 Cities to Have Dispensaries EIGHTEEN hard-liquor bpttle stores will be operating in Oregon by February 10, the state liquor commission an nounced here Saturday afternoon, at its first session held in the capital city. Decision to open the stores without awaiting final courf determination of the home-rule provisions of the state con stitution followed an executive session of three hours held by the commission yesterday morning at the Marion hotel. Headquarters for the stores will be established in Salem on Monday, two office rooms having been assigned Adminis trator George Sammis of the commission yesterday on the third floor of the eapitol building. Sammis, reporting his CHIDE IN RURAL ED Route 2 Will be Altered to Accommodate Patrons Who Complained Simultaneously w 1 1 h a letter from Congressman James W. Mott to Polk county residents on rural mail route 4 out of Salem assur ing them that their petition for a change in service would .be granted them came an order for that service from the postofflce department headquarters in Wash ington, D. C, to Salem postal of ficials yesterday. Rerouting of rural carriers last summer brought mail delivery for some ten or a dozen route 2 patrons onto another road some distance from their houses and to the rear. Complaints to the postofflce department from which origin al orders came were voiced through Mott, A return to the old service on that portion of the road will be made February 1, following the orders from Wash ington, Assistant Postmaster A. E. Gibbard said last night. Stadter Resigns But Date Is Set For July First PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 13.-P) -As requested in keeping with the Portland economy program. Mu nicipal Judge Fred W. Stadter to day submitted his resignation but not effective until July 1. The plan was to have Stadter and the other municipal judges resign and a single successor named. Tomllnson, the other mu nicipal Judge, asked that he be given the month of February as vacation time and his resignation be effective March 1. TALK FINANCE TODAY WASHINGTON. Jan. lZ-VP)-President Roosevelt will discuss his monetary policies and finan cial legislation with members ot the senate and house banking committees at the White House tomorrow night. would reduce property taxes, Mr. GaUoway read the proposed head ing for the bill it a referendum is invoked whkh states that the net revenue was to be apportioned to the districts and deducted from the property levy, C. L. Tallman, county assessor of Benton county, stated that his county estimated that the s a 1 e s tax would result in a 1$ per eent reduction In school taxes. Arthur McPhilllps, aathor of the sales tax bill, gave a short talk in which he stated that the sales tax was an act of providence tor the farmer and that it would never deprive them of their homes as ether taxes could. A motion to request the farm organisations set to Inrpke the referendum againit the sales tax passed the meeting -without a ne gative Tote. - The mt!nr also paved a reso lution, wittoct Jt nepatlve vote, which reads as follows: 1 - ; . (Turn to pace 2 col. 4). . SERVICE n -vpians yesterday to the liquor com mission, estimated that a total of 105 employes would be needed to get the entire organization set up and operative. Sixteen cities In the state, out side of Portland, will have state stores. These cities Include Sa lem, Albany, Corvallis, Eugene. Roseburg, Marshfield, Medford. . Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, The Dalles, Bend, Astoria, Pendleton. La Grande, Baker and McMinn vllle. In addition the commission expects to a p p o i n t 80 agents throughout the state who will dis pense liquor by bottles in cities not deemed large enough for a state store. The selection of the agents will be completed within the next four weeks, to permit opening of stores and agencies on tne same date. Sammis Program Is Quickly Approved The details of the commission's plan came in the form of a re port by Administrator Sammis who outlined how he expected to proceed with the organization of the system. Sammis' plans were adopted in rapid - fire order by unanimously passed motions of the commissioners. State liquor stores will run un der NRA hour schedules, open- ing late in the morning and clos ing promptly at 8 o'clock on each day of the week except. Satur day when they will be open un til 10 p. m. No stores will be open Sundays. r , The commission was told that stocks of liquor are already mov ing to the state and virtually all kinds of liquors will be available by the time the retail stores are ready. Goods will be shipped by rail and by water to Portland, kept there in bonded warehouses, remaining the property of the shippers until the state elects to purchase the retail stocks. The commission authorized 8250,000 for purchase of ktocks. Sammis stated it may be pos sible to open three or tour stores just prior to the opening date, but that within a week ot Febru ary 10 all would be in operation. He stated the first stores would be opened in Portland and Sa lem. , . Nothing to Lose by Early Start, Claim Chairman George L. McMorran stated the state would lose noth ing by going ahead with organiza tion -despite the suit in court brought by Klamath Falls to test the legality of the act. , The opening of the stores slm- ultaneously was recommended in fairness to all communities, the i commission stating that liquor would be obtainable in every rart of the state at virtually the sasaa I time. , . - - ' While no applications for state stores have been received, -Sam- mis reported, it was believed these cities took it tor granted that t-y j" would be established. Man ap- plications have been receive' tor agencies, but the complete list awaited contact with every community to make sure none were placed where the commun ity did not desire aa agency. : Chairman McMorran said h e though the state liquor .commis sion must fee prepared at all times to offer a hard-liquor commodity, to the public which would com pete with prices heretofore of fered by Illicit sellers. He said the state would see to it that the liquor was accurately A branded; We must be prepared to provide a dependable article, he added. Mr. Sammis said it was the plan , ot the liquor commission to place V a state seal of Identification on U Oregon liquor so consumers would . know they were purchasing; lesaK Ised liquor of reputable quality. - Organizer Aaron . Holts, I . (Turn to page 7, coL 8) . i t -