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. Unloading. oi (Connie, Oregon n - . - : i . - - E: "- - - - . . - Secret Flight Follows Final Radio Message Is on One of Two Ships With Sealed Orders; George VI Roles Millions Listen to Last Statement Explaining Abdication Reason LONDON'. Dec. 12.- Saturday) Edward David Windsor ol England sailed today into exile after bidding dramatic farewell to the" empire he renounced for .a -woman. ; - . Twelve hours after becoming a private citizen, tbe former mon arch dashed by automobile to Portsmouth whera he embarked amid the greatest of secrecy. He sailed aboard either the ad miralty yacht Enchantress or the destroyer Wolfhound, which slip ped from the harbor under sealed orders. . . Paitea r f ' Oio Cdrrnov fin? thu darkness It was not immediately known on which of the two vea- aIi VAMrarA hart mhnrtr? Tha ex-rulerg destination wes not announced but unconfirmed reports circulated In Portsmouth ;.he was 'bound tor the Mediter- fanean. j. -.; . I . In the evening of Friday, the day when he ceased to be Brit- farewell to the half billion people In the realm he once ruled the realm now in the hands of his brother, King George VI.' Million! Listen ' To Radio Address " ' Edward told the world he laid down the sceptor- of bU fore fathers only because he could not carry on without "the woman I love" the Amerfcan-born, twice divorced, Wallis Warfield Simp son. The greatest radio . audience that ever glistened to the words pt one man, heard these words car ried to the end of his former "dominions beyond the seas" to the corners of the globe: "Ton must believe me when I tell you that ' I have found it im possible to carry the heavy bur den of responsibility and to dis charge by duties as king as 1 1 would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love. .. . ; "And I want you. to know that the decision I have made has been mine and minjs alone." .- r . To the 495,000,000 subjects of the far-flung realm over which he reigned until but a few hours before, Edward David Windsor said slowly and clearly: "This wa8 a thing I had to Judge entirely for myself. j "The other person most nearly concerned, has tried up to the last to persuade me to take a differ ent course. "I have made this, the most serious decision of my life, only upon the single thought of what would In the end be the best for all." Denies Rift Between Himself and Baldwin . ' In a Toice so slow and strong at the words be was speaking, the man who had been Britain's king pledged heartfelt allegiance- to his younger brother, the Hew King George VI. . He sought to dlfpel for all time the last veattge of reports of bit terness between himself and Prime . Minister Stanley Baldwin, the man who told his king he mast not marry Mrs. Simpson And kerp his crown. King and mother stood beside him as he spoke. . The minister of the crown and In particular Mr. Baldwin, the .prime minister," he said de liberately, "have always treated me with foil consideration. "There' has never been any constitutional difference between me and them, and between me and parliament." The roice of Edward, the man. broke onlv onee during the brief address. That was when he spoke of her majesty. Queen Mother Mary, . I .- "During these hard days, "he said, "I have been comforted by her (he caught his breath) her majesty, my mother, and by my family." Introduced as hlg royal high ness Prince Edward" while the chimes of Big Ben, London, tolled the hour of 10 p. m. (S p. m. EST) the man who had been king concluded with: . , , - "God save the king!" Senator Nye Visitor ;.A Senator Gerald Nye of North Dakota ' spent a few minutes , in Salem Friday conferring with Governor Charles H. Martin. They, were close personal friends while in Washington. He wa on his way. to Eugene. ' , Mrs. Simpson Listens In) as 1 Edward Talks CAXXES, France, pec. Ill "?) The voice of former King Edward VIII spoke out of radio tonight In the Villa Loo Vie! where the woman for whom he renounced his throne listened. ' , But secrecy snrfonnded the eoiotions of Walfis War field Simpson, for whom Da vid Windsor's i words to his empire held most iwraning. The ' only direct ibforma tlon came from Lordf Brown low, the former king's gen-tleman-in-waiting. ( "The king's voife," he said, "was beard at the villa as it was heard everywhere else. There in nothing furth er to say. Rumor spread through Cannes, that MrsJlmpso3i, on hearing the. x-kJngs tender $ reference io her as "the woman I ifoTje, was" overcome with emotion. World Lists to Ex-King's Speech 1 1 Spellbound Silence Noted in London; Marjy Here Tune In on Radio LONDON. Dec. ll-HVrne last words of Edward's farewell to his empire fell tonight On hushed, spell-bound listeners. j Not a murmur brake the si lence in thousands of jgroups. All London stopped to listen. People gathered whenever there was a radio, in streets, homes, theaters and pubs, t6 hear the last words of their abdicated king. I Women ; wept in the streets when he mentioned -"the woman I love." ; f Men' squared their -jaws when he mentioned George YI "has one blessing, enjoyed by so many of you and not bestowe4 on me a happy home' with his wife and Children." - - ! Edward's full, clear words were heard as those J of an old friend baring his distressed heart. Theater' managers: reported many of their audiences hurried ly left after the address with no taste for the rest of linterrupted programs. t I Hundreds, perhapsj thousands of Salem people listened with al most as much lntetest as did British subjects, to the radio mes sage of Edward Windsor follow ing his abdication. He was heard with full clearness frefm Portland stations which brought the words from national hook-ups connect ed with the British broadcast. Listeners here remarked upon the evident sincerity lot the for mer king in all of his statements. So generally did people in the northwest listen in. that tele-phono-company employes remark- ed that there was almost a total cessation of calls during- the per iod that Edward spole. Pibball CasejNow Under Advisement PORTLAND. ORE.l Dec. 11- (iT)-Circuit Judge Crawford took under advisement today an in junction suit brought by J. H. Campbell and N. J. Arnold, Mar ion county, to res tain state and county officials from Jseizing and confiscating, slot machines. 'They claimed the machines? constituted games of skill. Assistant Attor ney General Moody charged they were gambling devices. It was indicated the case would be given to the supreme court, regardless of the circuit court erdict, in order toj set up a precedent, j.,;; 1 . ,f?': George VI Starts Hi Work; Will Decide LONDON, Dec. ll-if)-KIng George VI plunged quickly today into his new tasks of rulership by starting to put bjis house in order. - j ; , Officials ? of the royal house hold streamed Into f'tbe palace with a number," -14 Piccadilly, to discuss with the monarch the changes necessary la .his .more pretentions i new home, Bucking ham palace. - r 'One of the visitors was; the earl . of Lancaster; . who . will be lord great; chamberlain in the new reign, j , I The earK whos Is IC 9, married in 1905 Eloise, daughter of the late W. L. Breese of New -York. His heir. Lord Willoughby def Eresby, married Phyllis Astor, daughter of Viscount Astor and bis Virginia-born wife. Lady Nan cy Astor. i - -Chanss Assured at BBckingham Paliace -; i Men ' who. apparently , are marked out for important posi- to w 1 ii Crown Augiance Gut By Free State j 1 i i - No Actual ' Severance Is Planned Now; Edward Still King There Ratification of mange Is Expected Today; Labor Defeated DUBlik Irish Frpn ctata rio. 11 ii-Ijn the only land where to- "6m. X.Uara V III SllU was King, the Free State parliament push ed to final passage a bill abolish ing the office of governor-general aing s representative. . Thus, the Free State made It self in effect independent of Brit ain In thft conduct of internal af- xairs aitnough President Eamon de Valera, made clear that thfra would bef no break from the em pire lor ,he time being. De Valera nlanned to the Dail tomorrow lesriRlation rat ifying the accession of King ueorge vi, but Without that leg islation tonight- Edward etili lecnnicaity King, . Henceforth, under the hill tn be presented tomorrow, the Brit ish king's name Will hn niiPit onlv In the conduct of foreign affairs 01 tne -re state. -Governor-General Expected ito Sign Governior-General Donal-Buck-ley was expected quickly to sign into law Jhis own official "death warrant" enacted by the Dail to night, passing to de Valera the l i urn 10 rage z, col. 4) 1 Portland Seeking To Obtain Relief Carson Names Committee; Union Leader to Scan Need of Corn Cargo PORTLAND. Tlec 1 1au- Charging Ithat thonsanda of our people arp utterly unable to un- uersiana wny the commerce of this p o r t must continue to be blocked because neople elsewhere cannot agree," Mayor Joseph K. Carson took steps to form a cit izens committee tonight to act in the current tie-up. The announcement ram a elnA on the heels of action of the joint union policy committee in San Francisco f authorizing Portland longshoremen) to unload a cargo of corn which Oregon poultry producers were resorted threaten. ing to move themselves. Cliff Thurston, member of the Portland I.L.A. strike eommitteA. said an investigation would be started to determine whether the corn is needed by poultrymen and that if such Is decided, the cargo win be unloaded. Thurston o noted State Direct or of Agriculture White as say ing "there! is enough corn avail able until the first of the year," The committee member stress ed that "our dispute is with water front employers, not the farmers . . .' and y. . . . we have no de sire whatever to Inconvenience the (poultry) producers.' - Named- as chairman of the cit izens committee was former may of Georce i Baker, now rpneral manager of Columbia Empire In dustries Carson " said- Baker "could depend apon the city's fn.l cooperation;" and that he could select his iown committee. The mayor said "I believe our local people could - amicably ad just the whole matter if given an opportunity. Edward9 s Title 1 y 1 ! tlons in the! new king's entourage include t Sir! Erie Mievllle. who was private secretary to the duke of York, and Rear Admiral Sir Basil Brooke, comptroller of his household. I It has. been. taken for granted that since there is now a queen on the throne again, changes are bound to take place in the bache lor household of Edward VIII In Buckingham palace. The post! of mistress of the robes, which was , held by the duchess of Devonshire ; when Queen Mary was in Buckingham palace, is expected to be revived. 4 LONDONj . Dec. 1 l-fffV-G eorre VI, Britain new king, will de cide .. wnat 1 una - ms abdicated brother; Edward. Dayld Windsor, will bear, it! was disclosed In the house of commons today, . . Siir, Donald Somervell. . attorney general, tbld commons, the "new king will deal with that when the; time comes." - ? ; Peace Pact Is Quicldy Signed By 10 Nations U; S Argentina; Brazil Take Lead ; . Strong Guarantee Given - Epochal Step Taken, Is View of Hull; All to Sign, Is Forecast BUENOS AIRES, Dec. ll.-(fl- Representatives of the United States, Brazil 1 and Argentina signed a Joint resolution for peace and security today, the most con crete action yet taken at the inter- American peace conference. Several other nations includ ing Mexico, Guatemala and Nic aragua added their signatures a few minutes after the three great countries approved the consults tive accord which resulted from secret conferences. The signatures of Chile, Cuba, Peru and Uruguay, quickly ; fol lowing, increased the list of early assenters to 10. A separate repetition of the 1933 Montevideo convention on non-intervention was framed as part of the project. Strongest Guarantee Continent Ever Had United States Secretary of State Cordell . Hull declared the pro posal -conveyed "the strongest guarantees for peace that this continent ever had and affords an example to the countries of other continents." He said it was "an epochal step. providing for conferences, col laboration and c on saltation among the 21 American nations in the event of: A. A menace of peace to the American repub lics from any source; B. A men ace to peace on this continent through inter-American w a r s : and C. A menace from any war outside this continent that threat ens the peace of the Americas. Observers believed the plan may win the signatures of all the 21 republics represented at the conference tonight. Then it would go before the peace organization committee tomorrow and prob ably would be approved' at a full session of the parley Tuesday. The peace and aecurlty proj ect would establish a consultative system in case of troubles be tween American republics, said Oswaldo Aranha, Brazilian am- Dassaoor to Washington. Informed persons said the ma chinery proposed under the con vention would not 'affect commit ments of American members of the league. Electric Company Will Fay Dividend PORTLAND. ORE.. Dee. 11- (P)-OffIcers of the Northwestern Electric Qpmpany and the Pa cific Power ft Light company said today Christmas dlvlvends to ' stockholders would total 1300.000. -A year-end dividend of S1.75 a share on 7 per cent preferred stock, for a total of $82,477 on 47.130 shares, was declared by Northwestern, and Pacific said its total distribution would be $229,239 to 68,109 shares of 7 per cent and 10,685 shares of C. About 9.000 persons will share in the disbursements. Fields Is Chosen As First Citizen PORTLAND. Ore- Dee.' 11-4PV -The Portland realty hoard named as ue city "first eitlxen" ef 19 36 todajr Arthur. Fields, U year-old native portlander who headed the Portland Rose Festi val and community : chest cam paign this rear. Ha Is rn the an tomobUa business. Fields formerly was President of the Portland chamber of com merce, the Breakfast dub, Hunt dab, Portland Automobile Deal ers' association and the Oregon Automobile dealers' association. Cascade I Locks Raises Ante-on Land For King CASCADE LOCnCSL Tiee. Last week the chamber ef com merce hero offered King Edward v 111 40 acres of land If he would establish his - summer residence here. Since his abdication, the chamber said it would 'raise the ant to 80 acres and a hotel. Injuries Not Serious Daniel Qweji Church, , SSS North Summer street, was treated at the Salem Deaconess hospital early this morning for head .lac erations suffered when his auto mobile skidded and turned over on 1 the highway north of Keizer school. He left the hospital sfter receirlng first aid. - , " Murphy Resigning As Pilots' Coach; Big Timer Sought PORTLAND' Ore.. Dec' 11-Mn -The Rer, Michael J. Early, pre sident of the University of Port land, announced t h e acceptance .with real re gret" today of the . resignation of Eugene L. "Gene" . Murphy, head football and baseball-- coach who will enter private' business here. Murphy, a graduate' of No tre Dame with i- which the Port- "0a" Murphy land - school Is affiliated, came here In 192C. His football team this year won three and lost four games. V PresidenfEarly indicated a No tre Dame graduate would succeed Murphy. Mentioned as in line for Invita tions to Portland were names na tionally prominent in football cir cles, lending weight to reports the university contemplated a new era of athletic expansion. Directory Shows; Population Cains Publishers' Estimate For Salem 29,000, Close to Statesman Figures Surveys conducted bv R. L Pnlfr ' & Co.. In connection with the new city directory to "bo. Is sued soon, confirm studies made by The Statesman last month that indicated Salem had under gone a substantial growth in pop ulation since tne .1930 reaerai census was taken. ThA Hlroctnry publishers will list the city's population st 29,- 000 people, C. H. Pearson 01 tne Portland omce reDortea yesier- davL- This fiKure renresents a 10. 49 per. cent Increase over the official 1930 count. ' A rrowth of 2 60 (Tin the caultal city's metropolitan district sinee 1935 also Is estimated in tne new directory. The 1935 estimate was 34,500. What is nrobablr one of the most accurate indices of popula tion, tho number of water ser rices, was found in Tho States man's survey to suggest a 12.248 ier cent gain, or a present pop ulation of 29.478. . Inludidg data on school census a.nl etnctrle newer service cus tomers, The Statesman found the averara of the three to Indicate a 14.02 per cent increase in pop ulation, placing tne count at z,- 955. -. . Sam Yoder Heads Legion in County RTAYTON. Dee. 11 Sam Yoder of Woodburn was elected president of the Marion county council of the American Legion at the meeting here tonight. Frank Walker Of Mt. Angel was named rice president and Harry Wilson of Silrerton secretary- treasurer. ' The countv Legion Auxiliary council elected Rose Butach of Mt. Angel president. Myrtle Smith of Woodburn ; vice-president, Nellie Titus of i Silrerton secretary- treasurer and Elma Wilson of Salem - sergeant- at - arms. Mrs. Bartlett of Salem , was Installing officer. The two groups united fAr a hnnnnsf and dance ' follow ing their separate business meet ings. V l ' '." ,; u-' Vv A method of assisting, through tho state service officer,- in the claims of reterans for hospitali sation, was approved and referred hack , forth -various -'posts.-. TEn dorsement of -the Boy Scout pro4 gram in Oascada area was rotedJ The next meeting, February 12, wUl be in Silrerton. -1 ! Irl 9. McSherry of Salem, who will relinquish county council of-fica- for the first tim alnee the council .was first organised, was one of the speakers tonight. i .I Fishing Boat Is Found i i : Empty, Tragedy. Noted 'ASTORIA. ORE., Dee. ll-(5-A f isheran hearing cries for help responded only to find an empty boat with the motor running and a .hat floating on tho water. Ja cob Kestl, ' 62, a p p S r 1 1 y drowned when he tell over board; ." .a -n M - ; Two Charges Faced i Edwin W. Otto, Toute six, was arrested here last night V on charges of being; drunk" and f org Ing a check, city police reported The check lnrolved Amounted to s,s. r : ' -S. .i. Patrons Disperse ; - BEND. Ore Dec ll-(-It didn't take a curious person long to empty a billiard parlor. He in vestigated too closely a gas bomb atop the safew . i 1 tiOOSDayrian Support Asled Of City Hecids - : ' .," Kuhn Interested, ; to Ask Aid of Local .Groups Upon Suggestion txovernor Martin issues Warning Poultrynien . May Take Action ' Mayor V. E. Kuhn of Salem together with officials ofj other cities in Pacific coast states as well as state officials, was1 invit ed Friday night to get .behind the "Coos Bay plan" for ending the maritime strike. In k ' tele gram from the committee at Marshfield, Mayor Kuhn was urged to join in a united request to President Roosevelt, depart ment of labor officials arid oth ers concerned, that this program be carried out to prevent tcontin uation of the losses which - the western statea are suffering due to prolongation of the strike. "I am deeply interested and In tend to take some steps oward recognition ol tnis request, Mayor Kuhn said. 'I will pre sent it to a logical group pf peo ple whom I think; capable of judging the best procedure." Warning to Unions : . Issued by Martin , i I A warning to labor unions that if they refuse to unload the "Primero,7 now in Portland har bor with a cargo of corn, the Oregon poultry producers probab ly would, was contained! in a telegram drafted jointly by Gov ernor Charles H. Martin and Mayor Carson of Portland, The telegram was addressed to1 Edward F. McGrady, i repre sentative of the federal depart ment of labor, now in San Fran cisco. . i " When pressed for a cony of tho: telegram. Governor Martin said: . i ; -;: "You better get some .one else to release it. Maybtf tha 'mayor will 4om through. It was pretty hot." ' S Governor Martin later! com mented: ,--, "We telegraphed McGrady that if the labor unions do not agree to . unload the ship the poultry raisers may organize and march down in a body and unload It themselves. They need tho corn and are Impatient." The Oregon poultry producers, representing a largo percentage 01 tne egg poduction in the state, recently appealed to Gorernor Martin for assistance. They said the poultry feed supply was exhausted and that immediate, action was ne cessary to preserve the poultry industry.- - ')(..- The rPrimero" was said 1 to he loaded with a large tonnage of corn, from Argentina. I I Stockyards Blaze Spreads Rajpidly; Buildings in Path CHICAGO, Dec. U.-(Satur-aj)-(ipy-FlT9 starting la a sheep barn of Armour and company quickly swept out of control in an. area of two blocks early today at the stockyards. Driven by a brisk breexei the flames leaped to the southwest, destroying cattle pens j and buildings and menacing Ar mour and company's large general garage. The adjoining elevated railroad structure! was : threatened. . .. ; j . - t The stockyards was the scene ', in 1934 of one of 'the most destructive' fires . In Chicago history.- " t iSentencesbPtcLrole Board Favored by .When ' the ' legislature , meets hero next month, iwill bo kskriho interfering with tho habit . . v . . 1 ual criminal law parolahle cas- the . parole system, ; - including grant of power to the parole board to fix sentence of prison- era. Dr. Floyd L. Utter, a member of tho board, told tho B ai lem Credit association luncheon Jmeet lng yesterday noon. ' 1 . Utter with other members oz tho board recently returned; from visit to cauiornia,.wnosft pris ons and parole system were; stud ied closely, and some of the rec ommendations, which will be pre vented to tho legislature are the result of that study as well as part pf the more for uniformity in parole laws orer tho country. Lack of Uniformity ; I I : Xa Sentence Cited i ? Utter declared himself abso lutely in fator of giring power to the hoard to fix sentences. largely because of injustices done hnderJ toe present system in Which sen tence is handed d o w n 3 by the court. The parole board would tlx sentenc only at conclusion pf. an exhaustive study of each case. -The legislature will also be Prompt A no 1 rm t ttt nenej lanen tup ... i WarhinMbyMtiMu Definite Headway Toward Settlement of Marine Dispute Reported by - j! LiindLeberg After Parley , Poiiltrymen's Needs to Be Decided by " Columbia River Committee; One I ' Killed in Drydock Riot SANS FRANCISCO, Dec. 11 (AP) A union leader &aU tonight definite j headwa3r-is being made to settle th 43-day Pacific coast maritime wajkout, and strike head quarters here gave permission" for unloading cargo in Ore gon here poultry growers had threatened to do it them selves !" j Harry-Lundeberg, secretary of the coast sailors union, announced the headway in peace efforts after his second Conference today wth T. G. Plant, chairman, of the com mittee 'representing offshore operators, who carry 65 per cent of the coast's! cargo tonnage. "We are just j going over the ground generally, and I ' : we are making definite head Accused bv - ii . 1 1 V . Survivor of Fight Baker Claims 3Ien Advised on Awaking That Group Were Law Of ificers YREKA, Calif., Dee. i ll.-tfV Charles! Baker,- who fled -from tho fight at Horse creek in which three men were slain, told a Jury today " how the mountain broth ers. John and Coke Bflte,."ris up a cursln' the law.. U'y U' w: Tho i star prosecution witness In tho murder trial of the Brites testified the brothers were sleep ing ft! their - Horse -creek camp when he arrived with: officers to arrest them on an. assault com plaint. . '!', ; . . Lr'- ' ' ; Baker said Deputy Sheriff Mar tin Lange announced, as -flash lights were turned oh the blan kets under which the Brites lay. VHelloj boys, are you asleep? We are officers. Ton are under ar rest." 1; ; 1 - : h.. ' -:'. Tho witness, who had sworn to tbe assault complaint against the brothers, . testified John Brite lifted himself - on on knee and answered: "No officer can ar-' rest-us.ifv:! ! ' -i I.- 'L-'-H- In tho fight that followed, Baker told the jury, Lange, Con stable j Joseph Clark and . Fred Seaborn, a racationer from Val- lejo, were shot and beaten to death.1 - ": j, !'. . After the fight, last August SO,' the Brites fled into the Siskiyou mountains : and, after evading posses' for weeks, surrendered to District Attorney James Davis on a promise they would be protect ed from any lynching attempts. Pictures, on Display at -1 Sfofe College Pilfered !CORVALLlS, Ore... Dec. 11-CP) Pictures rained at $50, and said to include 25 of the best- Japanese prints loaned for a- dis play, were .stolen from the dis play room; at Kidder hall on the Oregon State . college campus last night.' ' 1 1 - Utter in Address asked to make all crimes except es. , Utter- s a t a, on the tneory "that we must not eioie the door of hope to prisoners. He predict ed further- that . time will bring repeal - of tho habitual criminal statute. . ;.: ;:;! : Other reforms which will' bo sought include a fully paid chair man - and : appointment of the chairman a n d third member of tho board for a definite number of years instead of at pleasure of tbo gorernor. The gorerhor's sec retary -will continue to sit as a member or the board, aa under tho state constitution the gorern or has final power of parole. - Reformation through suitable work, superrision - of ' paroled prisoners-' by an adequate . parol ing staff.' probably f i T o ; assist ants to the parple officer, a def inite system of conditional re leases, an adequate study of. aU convicts prior to release and ab olition ' of - tbo f state probation board: are other aims of the pro posals which will go to the legis lature to correct the present par- olo problems. ctibn for way," Lundeberg said. Plant did not comment, but tb pair revealed they would meet again tomorrow to lay further groundwork for resumption vof negotiations. 1 The Joint strike policy commit tee here authorized the Colum bia river strike group to unload a strike-bound corn cargo ia Portland after the Oregon gorer nor, Charles II. Martin, reported poultry growers were threatening to march on the waterfront and move the feed themselves. "Our turkey growers and poul try men la general hare suffered from the maritime strike-and prospects - of additional . lossea have aroused among them an in tense hatred, Governor Martia telegraphed -here - to Assistant Labor Secretary Edward P. Mci Grady. Rapply Is Reported Practically Exhausted He said be was informed Ore-, gon corn was practically exhaust ed, and that the strike-bound supply, which consignees desired to unload under "full union con ditions," would cover the short age.' McGrady put the issue up to Lthe Joint strike committee, which soon after authorized handling the cargo if tho Columbia river strike headquarters, deemed it necessary. . i ' Violence flared on another la bor dispute front when one man was killed and about 39 injured in a strike riot at a shipbuilding and drydock plant in Chester, Pa., scene of recent waterfront strike actirity. The Lykes Brothers - Ripley Steamship company announced la New Orleans it would attempt operation of its strike-bound ships . with "replacement work- era.' Company Vice President S. P. Truman., said'- "We are now prepared to attempt to more our ressels in any way that is hu manly possible." : Stage Equipment '; I Nearly Complete . Equipping of the stage fn the new Leslie Junior high school au ditorium will .bo completed next week,1 according , to Superinten dent Silas Gaiser. The school board is spending approximately $1800 for relour and asbestos stage curtains and settlnirs. Installation of theatre chairs on the auditorium balcony has been finished. -t-a ; Varmint Ilantiii Profits; MEDFORD, ORE.. Dee. ll-lffi Vernon Hopkins found varmint killing a profitable business the past week. He collected $210 in. bounties on hides of 59 coyotes and .17 bobcats. nil SMOPPNG OAYS LEF1 FOTZ. TMZ T 1 I f H7I POLKO BOY mj k-M a. a a m:2 EH f