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'i ca- PAGET5V0 , - fn OHEGON STATESMAN, Salew, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, February 21, 1939 v Sillon7iries IsRelerrea Fortified Wine Sale Bill Seat Back ; Hood Him v Growers Hit Bill The . houM re-referred, to the alcoholic control committee Hon- day cat bill to limit sale of for Utied wines to tate liquor stores and favor aatural wine' from Oregon products after Rep. Jlra. William Kanroe (D-Hood .'-lrer) objected that trait growers In her district feared the b i 1 1 aroaltt. result in retaliation -against Oregon traits from Cab tornia mad other states. . ' - A motion . to re-refer another bill brwught from Rep. E. W. Klmberltag (R-Prairie City) the objectloa that "It we're solas - to keep T-referring these 'bills M il be. bare all lommrr. ; Reconsider Pay BUI ; The boose voted to reconsider the 7 to vote , by which it defeated a bill to groat the co raandlajf general of the natloual Sfrard regular army pay during time -spent away from his home station. .fRep. C. C. Chapman's bill to Osaka failure to report contri butions to .campaign toads a 'misdemeanor passed the house , unanimously and was' sent to the senate. H t Also re-referred to the com mittee, were minority and major ity reports of the -:.oue medi cine, dentistry and pharmacy committee on the so-called op tometry bill. " both recommend ing passage bat differing la amendments. Rep. Frank J. Loo ergaa (R-Portland) said there was la chance of agreement on the amendments, i i Motorist Tax Passed A ! bill to tax motorists 50 cents biennially for a fond to pay hospitals for care of indi gent automobile accident Tic Urns passed the boose 48 to 11. -Tbe St cent fee would be col . lected from drivers at the time of obtaining drivers' licenses. Hospitals would be -paid from the fond on the same basis as In the ease of indust-ial acci dents. t Rep. C. C. Chapman (R-Port-, Iand praised th bill as "about x the cheapest form of automobile liability- insurance I've e t r beard of." Rep. Frank J. Lonergan (R . Portland) said hospluis are "the ealy institution on which we tbist responsibilities without promise of payment." ' t Curtain Goes Up :: On Show Tonight Big Lions Club Minstrel 4 Extravaganza Slated at Leslie8:15 -HitUTJp,?lSctfSSn Lions club sUge show, will bpen at the Leslie Junior high school auditor torn. Cottage and Howard streets at 8:11 o'clock tonight tor a two . , night ran. Indications yesterday were that a third performance Thursday night might-be required to accomodate the crowds. Swift action, without delay be tween acts, will characterise this variety production, club leaders ' declared yesterday. i 14 Fart Acts Billed Fourteen acts ranging through surprise-ending skits, acrobatic dancing, musical novelties, a cot toa pickers' songtest and comic "big foot- ballet dancing will con stitute the first halt of the sbow. A modern minstrel, with 22 men la jthe circle and a supporting .m- chorus of J J women will make up ta second half. George Bynon 's taa interlocutor and the end men www 1 4taaw LOU TMinFMES to tho pan Efcanc2cco rJoirld o I7aSi? : OPEN FEBRUARY 1Q ,- . Dp c 7 ciYcz? C4ia JVciH'o nzzl te3tlfcl cxpcsiacn! HERE'S mi 'nM' tn mmm. o bving u tbe Pacific Nona- west! Southern Pacific- has t , duced tarn so that you caa go o.Saa Francisco by ttaia tor ms UsttttMU 2 ceaa 8 mile. His is yoat cbanct to sec die Slaawnm SaaFrsndsco World's . . - . V, SPECIAL BOUNDTBIP SnnFitnciste) t n c:A:r$ h ". I. . ... . IT - V' 25 ?Ei?sctfr? February f5 ?2 House Bills INTRODUCED MONDAY HB 4 f . by Smith Relates to adjudication of exemption claims. HB 416, by alcoholic control Antes ds sections of the liquor control act. ? Relates partiealarly to local option. : f5 ; - , - . HB tit, by ways aad means Relates to creating a fiscal year as of july 1. HB 4t7. by -ways and means Transfers balance of construction fund for graadstand at state fair grounds to general f and. l HB 4f. by irrigatloa aad drainage Authorizes c o u at y courts ta adjust and compromise ad valorem taxes In drainage dis tricts. ' HB 419. by Perry and Sea. Bal ntlne Relates to advertising for bids oa eounty contracts. HB 470, by cities and counties Authorizing cities aad towns to establish sinking funds for the purpose of purchasing. munici pal equipment. HB 471. by highways Relat ing to traffic control signals leg end. HB 472, by irrigation, and drainage Relating to foreclos ure proceedings against irrigation districts. HB 473. by irrigation and drainage Provides for allowance Of attorney's fees in foreclosures by Irrigation and drainage dis tricts. HB 474. by Brady, et al In creasing tax which may be levied in Multnomah county for relief of indigent soldiers and sailors. PASSED BY HOUSE HB 5, by Caufleld Pertaining to "Seeing Eye" dogs. HB gi, by Chapman Relating to statement of campaign expendi tures and contributions. HB 135. by Hosch and Snyder Relating to licensing of public exhibitions. HB 150. by Greenwood and Hilton Relating to contract mo tor carriers. HB 185. by Caufleld and Sen. Staples To extend supervision of state livestock sanitary board over fur bearing animals. HB 18 4, by Herman To au thorize crediting of interest to general county fund. Same Utility Tax Asked for PUDs (Continued From Page 1) trlcts may set aside six per cent of their revenues in lieu of taxes because there "is no way of en forcing it." He added that the state's propeity tax structure was Jn danger if districts took over private utilities without also as suming the utility taxes. F. A. Beltz, Tillamook lumber company manager, criticized the bill because "there is no limit to indebtedness and there Is no pro vision (or dissolution of districts." Sen. Lyman Ross (D. Aloha) aaid earlier Monday be planned to Introduce still anothei PCD measure, declaring . the bills now under consideration Tiad crone off on tangents' at teftAX. of at tempted compromises. He said his new bill would be similar to that he Introduced earlier, enacting an entirely new PUD law. A bill aimed at preventing fi nance companies from selling in surance was branded as "class legislation" by savings and loan and Insurance company officials at a bearing before the senate in surance committee. 8en. Douglas McKav (R. Sa lem), president of the Oregon Auto Dealers association, sajd the bill would drive auto dealers out of business since It would take away most of their profits M are Warren Randle, Barney Fil ler, Dr. Harry Brown, Leslie Springer and Claude Stevenson. Profits from tbe show will go into the Lions club charity fund. it Special 'Z -- r ii tfr-V-nisaaJ zIlciA to ceo tbe t.S. ; . . the magnificent bridges and have ' the time of your life in me Gay ' nty, 40 dmlling acres of has. w ' " 'm , You W1 WSOtt yoOT car Spua youneU die burdeo of s ' car ia San Francisco's Fair-rear - traffic 1 nt a ... f: ; charge only 5 cents fare. Fast, fre ouent ferries take you directly to Treasure Island for 10 cents. Take it easy; Ukt $b trsm. "WrtXPniSITTCVZ 85 t day la aa w f-ittalta ' vaaa4triaTaU tara, go4 hotel, taaia - froBi aad ta statioa, n)riioa Sa ; Ui taw sf ga Fraarisca svsiy. fcat ssasUt SfaniUt s. , ( M 1 m Aakyaartaisraa4asaat -fec 4Uili, aaaaras raa batal taaai saa aaiafras tnsw Caw I HB 168, by Cblndgren Regu lating sales of fertilisers.- HB ' J M, by Wilkinson aad Chapman To provide for era tlon and maintenance of regional publie libraries. - - HB Tt9, by highways to au thorise highway commission to borrow money. HB 402, by agriculture To an thorize distillation of denatored ethyl and industrial alcohol with oat permit. "-f q HB 407, by vays and meana To appropriate za oaey for ex penses incurred in admlnistertuf Chapter 43, Oregon laws 1ISS. HB 414. by bank lug Author izing -county court of Linn eounty to exonerate sheriff and county clerk tor funds lost la bank fail ure. --- .-. . HB 415, bv medicine- To reim burse hospitals tor car of indi gent persons Injured in motor ve hicle accidents. HB" 452. by McAllister Relat ing to Irrigation districts west of Cascade mountains. PASSRD TS SKXATR HB 290. by Snyder Relating to terms of circuit court in Des chutes, Sherman and Crook coun ties. HB 127. by Multnomah Pro viding for contracts between board of control and adjutant general 'and WPA for the drain age of veterans' cemetery. ' HB 22. by Farrell Relating to arnoavits of prejudice. 81GXED BY GOVERNOR HB 162 Allowing counties to create sinking funds for construc tion of courthouses and other projects. HB 48 To regulate hours of business for Malheur county of fices. HB 111 Changing rate of as sessment in drainage districts. HR 116 Relating to bank ruptcy petitions for Irrigation and drainage districts: HB 128 changing boundaries of stock districts in Malheur county. HB 848 Fixing the hours of Dusmess for county offices in Coos. Hood River, Lincoln and Tillamook. HB 380 and 386 To transfer certain balances to general fund. Weather's Pranks Felt Over Nation (Continued From Page 1) velocity averaged 56 miles an hour for five minutes with brief gusts of 110 miles an hour. At least four persons were injured by flying debris. A "heat wave" afforded a pre-viev- of spring In New York City. Readings in tbe 60's were regis tered but rain and "much colder" was f ore last. Newark had a high of 65 above zero while Detroit Lakes, Minn., had a low of 31 below. The dif ferential was 96 degrees. Forty persons trapped by the swollen waters of the river Rouge were removed from their homes in Dearborn township, a suburb of Detroit Predictions of cold eased fears of floods in western Nevr York after several rivers and creeks overflowed. The Ohio rose four tenths of a foot at Paducah Kv.. to the 48.8 feet level. Flood stage there Is 43 feet Relief agen cies continued to evacuate low landers In the western part of Kentucky. Seven western states had tem peratures of zero or below. Nor thern Minnesota dug out of snow drifts for. the third time in two weeks. International' Falls and Fergus Falls renorted -30 temner- atures. These minima were matched In MInot and Pembina. N. D. Sioux Falls, S. D.. had -18. lowest of the winter, and Aber deen, S. D., -22. IiiliiisN.Hai69 Ex-Ledslator Dies PORTLAND, Feb. tO.-iJPf-A heart attack suffered while he was spading his yard was fatal yesterday to Julius Newton Hart, 69, attorney, former teacher and former state senator. Graduated from the old La Cre ole academy at Dallas in 1889, Hart attended Oregon Nomal school, Monmouth, and the Uni versity of Oregon law school. . He was elected district attorney of the third judicial district, then composed' of Polk, Linn, Marion. Tillamook and Yamhill counties, in 1900. He was elected to the legislature from Baker In 1906. Signer of Recall Ejected, Olympia CAPITOL, Olympia, Feb. 20-(P)-A signer of a recall petition against Sen. Joseph Roberts (D, King) was forcibly removed from the seat where he was conferring with another senator late today, and ejected from the senate cham ber for a second time. The signer, George Willis of Se attle, was sitting beside Sen. Frank L. Mozcaa (D, Grays Har bor) at his desk when Roberts eyed him at 6:30 p. m. and dashed after Sergeant - at - Arms Joseph Mehan, and demanded the man's ejection. Jefferson Youth .; To Face Charges l Don Evans, ll, Jefferson, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff B. O. Honeycut yesterday oa a Salem justice court. warrant charging hi nv with contributing to the de linquency of a 17-year-old Jeffer son girL Ha was held la the eoun ty jail In Ilea of J3000 ban. - The tlrt, Bnertft A: C. Burt said, ran away from boms yester day and waa believed to be la Portland. - A tj rtn DaULUij Death Penalty Isn't RefeiT( Governor Exercises Axe for First and Second Time; Tells View (Continued from page 1) towns with less thaa 3500 popn lUoa to cancel accrued iaterest a liana against real property ere a ted -by sssnsauieats for muaicipal improve men ts. MIt is not sound publie policy for taa tata to foster closed mo nopolies, the governor wrote In bis t e t o message oa the pilots' bin. The state should license all pilot applicants who meet the necessary euallflcationa." Sections of the bill which the governor viewed as tending to ugmen a monopoly Included one requiring the pilot commissioners to license only a sufficient num ber of f-ar pilots to handle the snipping at the Columbia bar, and another reauirinr that it li cense no bar pilot unless he owns or teases an interest in a 95-foot Pilot boat. Such a haat la nwnri by the eight members of the bar pilots' association. The bill also contain! nw re strictions on the licensing of riv er piiois. Bays Lien Bill Is Not Constitutional The governor contend that the bill permitting the cancella tion of liens would violate a pro vision Of the State constitntinn that no law impairing the obliga tions 01 contracts shall be passed. "There is no Justification for abating and canceling all or any part of the accrued interest of any or all liens on a piece of prop erty which lies next to a piece of property on which the owner has paia nis interest on the lien." the veto message read. "To adopt such a course would tend to encourage the non-payment of such obligations with lta steadily recognised conse quences." Governor Snraane waa inform. ed bv nresldina officers of hnth houses that the legislature could aajourn in iu days if it "would get aown to Duslness." The session comnleted its 4Xd day. Sen. Dean Walker, chairman of the senate ways and means committee, said appropriation bills would not delay its closing. A meetinsr of that committee tn report out a large number of ap propriation bills was announced for this afternoon. Sen. Walker nredicted that mont nt tha nnrru firlatlon measures, including those nrolvinc relief, would be dimm ed into the house hopper not later man Friday. Governor Stamps Approval on Bill Governor Charles A. Sprague Monday signed senate bill No. 138. by Senator Dorothy- McCullough Lee and others, providing equal representation of men and women on state central committee of po litical parties. Signing of the bill was wit nessed by Senator Lee and a num ber of other persons. - The governor also signed house biU No. 162, by Representative Snyder, allowing counties to levy taxes five years in advance for the construction of courthouse and other public projects. Taxes so levied would go into a sinking fund. VELOZ and YOLANDA in their famous Dance w r.-r Senate Bills TSUBODVCSD Eff BZXATHL SB 408, by Rosa Relating to granting of franchise. - . ? SB 409. by Judiciary Relating .to -administration of estate. SB 410. by Keala Relatiacto conditional farm equipment con tracta. ' . SB 411. by A. Dickson Relat ing to costs la cases la which state or manietpalltles are parties. SB 4J1, by A. Dicksoa Mxkins tt aalewfal to anchor, moor or .lo cate floating s tracta res to oraear property of riparian owners . oa Devils lake in Lincoln county. SB 413, by A. Dickson Relat ing to legal fees In connection with Injured workmen'a claims for compensation. PASSED BT SENATE SB 348. by Ellis Providing for incorporation of park districts. SB 202, by A. Dickson Requir ing safety and first aid equipment at bathing resorts. SB 127, by A. Dickson Relat ing to rights under workmen's compensation law. SB 388, by capitol reconstruc tion To abolish state capitol re construction commission. PASSED IN HOUSE V SB 161, by Kenin To provide for interchange of teachers with other states or countries. SB 186, by roads Relating to insurance, bonds and money filed by motor carriers with publie util Itles commissioner. SB 203, by roads and highways Regulating business of wreck Ing automobiles. SB 210, by banking Relating to regulation of mutual savings banks. SB 228, by banking Relating to the supervision of banks and trust companies. SB 241, by education Relating to certificate or elementary or high school teachers. SB 254, by roads Relating to licensing of dealers in motor ve hicles. SB 298, by W. Dickson Relat ing to duties of state bond com mission. SB 318, by printing Relating to salary of state printer. SB 328. by education Relating to rate of interest on school war rants. SIGNED BY GOVERNOR SB 139 Providing equal repre sentation of men and women on state eentral committees of politi cal parties. SB 23 Regulating fishing through ice. SB 35 Relating to the closed season on beaver, deer and moun tain sheep. SB 72 Relating to savings and loan associations. SB 130 Relating to dogs run ning at large. SB 158 Relating to standards of weights and measures. SB 302 Relating to road dis tricts and road taxes. Court of Klamath Urges Gas Slice KLAMATH PALLS. Peb. 20- OP) Klamath county court mem bers urged legislators today to support HB 370, providing for division of gasoline tax funds be tween the state highway commis sion and counties on a basis of the previous year's automobile registrations. The commissioners asserted the present basis of division, 1981 registrations, was unfair to rapid ly growing counties such as Klamath. I I of the Ggarette" with fyS-' "V N -T) canH'be-copied Brothers Here Admit Killings Claud and Elmer Tenison Repeat Slaying Tale Before Of ficers (Continued from page 1) on June 1. 1135, from Deschutes eounty. They said they- were na tives of-Texas. . 'After the conference, Edwards and If neon said they were inclined to believe the Teaisona -story, aa-l sertins "it they didn't actually commit the crime, they certainly had rullty knowledge, because their story checked oa many points." PERRTTON. Tex., Feb. 20. -UP -Childrens bones found 26 miles southeast of Perryton were sent to Austin headquarters of the stste police today for examination to determine if they are those of two children missing seven years. Sheriff J. S. Talley said tonight be believed they might be th of J..M. Cone, Jr., 10, or Vernon Cone, 6. He ordered the examination aft er two Oregon convict brothers. Claud and Elmer Tenison, serving 18-year terms for robbery in Sa lem, told parole board members they killed the boys on promise of $1,000 from the father. The Tenison brothers said they killed the elder Cone when he paid them only $250. A verdict of suicide was returned In the death of the elder Cone. Hay 31. 1932 The boys vanished the day before "I think they may be the bones of one of the Cone children," Sheriff Talley said, "but I don't know." The sheriff said it might be the bones, unearthed by Lloyd Davis, a WPA worker, while making a mineral survey on the Merydlth ranch, were those of an occupant of a wagon train destroyed by In dians near the site prior to 1886. The Oregon convicts first told their story of killing the boys and the father in 1936. At that time Texaa officers expressed belief their confession was a hoax. Grelle Chairman Of Milk Control Governor Names Portland Man as Successor to Smith, Resigned Appointment of C. E. Grelle, Portland, as chairman of the state milk control board was announced Monday by Governor Charles A. Sprague. He succeeds Edgar Smith, resigned. Grelle is chairman of the agri cultural committee of tho Port land chamber of commerce, vice president of the Pacific Livestock exposition, and secretary of the Pacific Wool Growers. He also is vice-president of the Northwest Livestock Production Credit asso ciation. Wendell on Board Harold Wendell, Portland, was appointed a member of the state sanitary authority, created under the stream purification bill ap porved by the voters of Oregon at the last general election. Wendell, an employe of the Lipmaa-Wolfe company, will suc ceed' Dr. Richard B. Dillehunt, Portland. blmdi.la happy co,i:?iATibN State Held Out Of Crater Park Liquor Control PORTLAND. Ore.. Peb. 20.-iflp -Federal Judges James Fee and Claude MeColloeh handed down an opinion today that the Oregon liquor control commission lacked Jurisdiction to regulate liquor traffic fn Crater Lake National park. Simultaneously they refused an tatertoeatory injunction to pre vent the commission from inter ferias with sales of beer withia ine pari. aWJM A A a. . rue two j u ages citea a recent decision in which the US supreme court held that exclusive juris dictloa as to regulation of liquor traffic within Tosemlte park waa vested-in the federal government by virtue of the acts of cession of tne para By the state. Salary Measure Again Defeated Second Attempt of Bill to Up Gram's Salary Ends in Tie Vote A second attempt to pass a bill by Rep. Frank Lonergan, Multno mah county, increasing the salary of State Labor Commissioner C. H. Gram from $360t to $4200 failed in the senate Monday afternoon by a 14-14 tie vote. The bill was defeated last Sat urday and Sen. Rex. Ellis, Uma tilla county, moved for reconsid eratlon. Ellis declared Gram was the lowest paid elective official in Oregon and that he was deserving of a higher salary. "You pay the state utilities com missioner $7500 a year." Ellis de clared, "and you have raised the salaries of other state officials during this legislative season." Opponents Speak Out Sen. Lew Wallace, Multnomah county, objected to increasing Gram's salary at this time. "After you have provided relief for the poor and hungry I will vote for salary Increase measures," Wal lace said. The, bill also was opposed by Senators Howard Bel ton, Clacka mas county, and W. E. Burke, Yamhill county. "The people of my county are not in favor of Increased salaries under present conditions," Belton averred. Divided Reports Due on Measures A bill by Senator F. M. Fran- clscovlch authorizing the state fish commission to close the Columbia river to commercial fishing above Bonneville dam and 15 miles be low the dam, will reach the sen ate floor on a divided report. This was decided at a meeting of the senate fishing and indus tries committee Monday after noon. A majority of the' commit tee voted to recommend that the measure do not pass. Three other senate bills giving the commission the right to reg ulate the commercial season on the Columbia river also will be re ported out with divided reports. Another bill would give the fish commission the right of regula tion on all streams in Oregon. A bill exempting treaty-right Indians from the licensing provi sion of the commercial fishing -0de I voted out "do pass." Jtiestenieic THE HAPPY COMBINATION (perfectly balanced blend) of the world's best cigarette tobaccos Chesterfield's can't-be-copied blend of mild ripe American and nrnrrmtiV Turkish tobaccos gives you all the qualities you like in a smoke . . . mild ness, better taste, and pleasing aroma. When you try them you tvill bnow why Chesterfields give millions of men ana women more smoking pleasure... why THEY SATISFY r "Ss Madison Hall Fight's Scene Heckler Floored, Beaten by Bond's Troopers Daring Speech (Continued fro-n page 1) blems and star spangled banners. Twice before the doors opened, bomb squad detectives Inspected every nook of the hall, searching for explosives, and orders were is sued tnst any person entering the Garden with a bundle must sub mit it to search. The Rev. 8. G. Van Bosse Of Philadelphia drew cheers from the audience when he approvingly mentioned Senators William . Borah (R-Idaho) and Gerald P. Nye (R-ND), and boos when he re ferred to Secretaries Perkins and Hopkins and Attorney' General Murphy, Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, and "Tbe Sons of Judea." Boos swelled from tbe crowd when G. W. Kunse, the bund's na tional publicity director, referred to President Roosevelt as "Frank lin Rosenfeld." The first Indoor disturbance oc curred during his speech when Dorothy Thompson, New York Herald Tribune syndicate colum nist, shouted, "bunk," from the press table. . She was led out but. claiming a constitutional right to heckle, she returned after Hey wool Broun, New York World-Telegram columnist who often dissents from ' her views, went to her rescue. She sat down and yelled "bunk" again. Declaring that "there is no free radio for white men," Kunze sug gested the bund demand that ra dio chains "cease giving the peo ple the trash of the Cantors, Win chells and Bernsteins, and give them instead the voice of one who speaks American without an ac cent." Forestry Program Bills Near Ready The administration's forestry program, designed to prcmota reforestation and at tho same time to assist counties whicn are rapidly losing forest lands from the tax rolls as they are logged off or burnt over, was declared Monday to be ready for Introduction. Principal provision of the bills would be one enabling the state to take over such lands, owned either by the counties or by private Interests, replant them and return 90 per cent of even tual revenues to the counties. The bills were described by David Eccles, executive secre tary to the governor, as "tha most important and far-reaching proposals submitted to the legis lature in ten years. Why do new car buyers pey mors for a ear equipped with GBEERIL TOIL 8 4. 10 Tires? We bare the Answer! IU 0. WOODB0W Center at Church Sts. Salem, Oregon I I fl - teDsves - lO)0)iO).coz,D n l) ri AKN0ra TICKET AGENT : sC:ri V V Phone 4403 ' " - -4 - Ilal4-Tsblata aalva-aasa Itaays 10e & 25c