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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
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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
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Out For MotVs Job
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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-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
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