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EKJHTY-NINTU YEAR
Salem, Oregon Tkursday Morning August $, 1939
Price Se; Ntwssttnds 5e
No. Ill
Page's
Salary
Highway Town
' . - .,-.'. 'V. '. . ...
By big Blaze
Tangent Loss Estimated
Near $70,000; Many
Buildings Suffer
Heat Wave's Return to
Northwest Increases
Peril to Forests
ALBANY, Aug. 2 A fire
that started In the second floor of
the Jenks merchandise store wiped
way town of Tangent, seven miles
south of here, late this afternoon.
Loss was estimated at $70,000 to
180,000, of which about a third
was insured.
Besides the store building, four
residences to the east of the store
and the Christensen machine shop
and the Odd Fellows hall to the
west of the store were destroyed.
' The blaze jumped the street
and burned the belfry of the First
Methodist church but a bucket bri
gade managed to save the church
building itself, the parsonage and
a warehouse holding nearly $100,
000 worth of rye grass seed.
Postof flee Loses
Some of Mall
The postoffice, located in the
Jenks store, reported loss of some
mail In the fire.
J. E. Jenks, jr., proprietor of
the store which has been in busi
ness u years, saia me lire siartea
about 3:30 p.m. in a storage room.
No one was In that part of the
building and the blaze remained
a mystery.
A crowd of 1000 persons, in
cluding the 300 residents, watched
the conflagration and power ser
vice was cut off to avoid Injury
from falling wires. Telephone ser
vice was also out for several hours.
Two men. were; overcome, nei
ther seriously affected, by fight
In? the blaze in a 100 degree tern
perature. Albany, Corvallis, Haf
sey and Brownsville fire depart
ments which answered the call
were hampered by a high north
wind which fanned the flames.
The Southern Pacific also sent
a switch engine and fire equip
ment from Albany which was cred
ited with saving the railway depot
and the municipal water tank.
The machine shop with Its mer
chandise of oil and other goods
proved the most stubborn fire to
fight. Homes destroyed included
the new residence of Prof. Paul
Cawfield, the Don Ross home and
two residences, one occupied by
the Jenks family.
(By the Associated Press)
The return of the Oregon heat
wave, coupled with low humidity
and a dangerous northwest wind,
created acute forest fire hazards
and a number of fires were uncon
trolled. - .
Four hundred volunteer and
CCC men fought flames near Ver
nonla in the Coastal range which
were threatening green ' timber
and a logging railroad. The fire
covered 3500 acres of an old
burn. A blaze In the Foster log
ging holdings two miles south of
Willamina in Polk county burned
over 200 acres. and was still gain
ing on woods crews tonight .An
other fire In the Conacher lagging
holdings near Saddle mountain in
Clatsop county was nnder'control
In all but three scattered ?'ints. '
Wldelv separated f Ires i As tered
fighters In the Klamath FiUls dU
trict bat most of them ware smell
and controlled. The governmeit
fire control office said there wete
no serious blazes in any of the
" national forests.
The weather bureau forecast
continued hot weather and low hu
midity; for Thursday with thun
derstorms in some areas.
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 2
()-New fires cropped np today
to plague more than SO Of ire
fighters who already had their
hands fall with dozen widely-
scattered conflagrations.
One pushed on unchecked after
horning between 1000 and liOO
acres on the slopes of Bola Boca
mountain In the Shasta national
forest. A second consumed be
tween 2000 and 2500 acres of
Brash and grass between Middle
town and Lower Lake in Lake
county. Another started in Neva
da ; county, three miles east of
Smartaville and aulckly burned
over 50 acres. ,
S. L. Lamerton, chief dispatcher
for the division of forestry, sent
out men on a front that stretched
from San Diego to Lassen county
and by sundown reported most of
the fires under eon troL One. in
Lassen county northeast of West
wood, grew to 600 acres and re
. malned unchecked despite efforts
of state fighters, employes of the
Red River Lumber company and
4444 CCC men.
Portland Loses Chance
For new Postoffice
WASHINGTON, Aug. X-iJPf
Elimination oi ov,vuv,uvu uu
the final house deficiency bill to-Am-w
AtfT-rA Portland's Drooosed
$3,600,000 postoffice Uid 23 small
firegoa projects.
BIG NE'
'.':.-. -v' 7 r r: t : r- r .
Husband Blasts
Wife and Self
Oregon City Scene of
Dynamite Deaths?
' Girl II Hurt
OREGON CITT, Ore., Aug. 2.
iJP)-An estranged' husband and
wife were killed in a blast set off
by the husband here today, the
aftermath of a marital rift, and
the mother's 15-year-old daughter
was probably fatally Injured.
Lee Phlllippy, 40, Lone Elder,
Ore., farmer, set off the charge
when' he called at the trailer home
his wife and foster daughter, Ruth
Connerly, daughter of Mrs. Phll
lippy by a former marriage, had
rented after the estrangement
three weeks ago, Deputy Sher
iff Tom Steenson reported. Phll
lippy was blown to bits, Mrs.
Phillippy's body was hurled
150 feet Into a tree. The girl, who
answered her stepfather's knock
on the door and screamed a warn
ing to her. mother, was In an
Oregon City hospital near death
tonight
Steenson said that Mrs. Phll
lippy and her daughter arrived
in Oregon City July 1 7 and rented
an abandoned trailer house In the
yard of George S. Phillips, Oregon
City auto mechanic. They moved
in July 24.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ellieon,
neighbors, said they noticed Phll
lippy driving around the neighbor
hood several times today, saw
him park in front of the trailer
house about C:20 o clock and
leave the car, carrying a . small
box. He rapped, on the door. The
girl answered and a moment later
screamed for help. Her shout was
lost in the explosion.
Steenson learned tonight that
Phlllippy had purchased 15 sticks
of 20 per cent stump powder and
two electric caps at a local store
today.
To Choose Solon
The Marlon county court was
called upon by Secretary of State
Earl Snell yesterday to convene
August 9 to elect a successor to
State Representative John H.
Steelhammer of Salem who re
signed last month.
The court Is required by law
to elect as Steelhammer' succes
sor a citizen of his political af
filiation, republican In his case.
Steelhammer resigned because
he was accepting an assignment
by the court to handle Impending
tax foreclosure cases.
F ounder of Rosicrucian
. Order in US Is Dead
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. z.-fl
Dr. H. Spencer Lewis, 55, impera
tor of the Rosicrucian order for
North and South America, died
today after a lengthy illness.
Dr. Lewis, a native of French
town, N. J.; established the Rosi
crucian order in the United States
In ISO. '
Requested
Rival Camps on Continent
Tell World
(By the Associated Press)
Germany and .Britain, from
Europe's rival . camps, told the
world anew yesterday they now
were ready for any test the fu
ture might bring. - ,
And both proceeded to back up
their words with demonstrations
of stiengtli Britain. . politically
and Germany militarily.
Prime Minister Chamberlain,
who proclaimed Britain's prepar
edness, overrode a minor revolt
withii. his own party, won a 2S0
to It 2 vote of confidence and
pushed through his motion to ad
Joure parliament for two -months
beginning Friday.
The Germans, celebrating for
the first time the anniversary of
their start in the World war IS
years ago, heard their leaders de
clare present day Germany pre
pared and unbeatable. :-,
The nasi orators, whose speedy
es were made against a back
ground of nnnumerable military
parades and western air m'aneu-
JILDINGS TO
Both expanse and attractiveness of
trated above. New restaurant-auditorium building, upper right,
culture, and Leo SpitzbaHj, fair
livestock pavilion, which is 722
left shows well-ventilated sheep and swine section or, the pavilion and in lower center photo is
24 by 800-foot auxiliary draught horse barn adjoining stadium and Lone Oak track.
$32,000 Building Plan
Is Made
Addition to Mammoth
Are Highlights;
to Be Completed
Hammers, saws and paint brushes are being wielded by
128 men at the state fairgrounds in construction of nearly
$32,000 worth of physical improvements to.be completed
before the state fair opens Labor day.
Face lifting has been carried on in some of the big
buildings, while others notably the old fire station and barns,
have been lifted right off the face of the earth and new
structures are under wayi
The improvements, all a WPA project with the state
fair furnishing slightly more than half the money, are well
i v
' . , -mm I
f resident Makes
Hatch Bill Law
Controversy Starts Upon
Whether It Will Bar
any Third Term
WASH1NQTON, Aug. 2
The Hatch ' bill barring federal
employes from political campaigns
became' law with President Roose
velt's signature, today and imme
diately legislators fell into idls
agrefcmeni .at to whether the! bill
wouM prove a bar to a third term
candidacy. J
One school of thought, as typi
fied by Senator King (D-Utah),
was that the measure would tend
to obstruct any third term drive
by making it impossible for fed
eral tfficia's to be delegates to
party conventions.
Another, S3 represented by Sen
ator Murray (D-Mont), contended
thai the act would have no bear
ing cn a third term. Murray ar
gued that such a movement de
pended little on the activity of
federal office-holders.
While Senator Bridges (R-NH)
Interpreted the president's action
in signing the measure as "the
firs: definite indication that' Mr.
Roosevelt will not be a candidate
for a third term," there was still
no word from the White House as
to the president's 1940 intentions.
They're. Ready
vtrs used the occasion to draw a
parallel between the Germany of
1314, which they pictured as men
seed on all sides by covetous ene
mies, and the Germany of 1939,
described as encircled by the same
lealous powers.
In Dan tig, nazi District Leader
Albert - Foreter made , a : fiery
speech in which ' he promised de
struction of the Hast 10 per cent
of the Treaty of Versailles."
Free Citj nails took hope from
his nerds that they might soon
realize their dream of "returning
home to the reich. Forster told
them they were "protected against
any surprises" and that "nothing
further need be said."
Chamberlain's victory came, af
ter liberal and laborites support
ed by a group of "anti-appeasement"
conservatives, attempted to
have the house of commons re
assemble August 21 for a one-day
session. .. '-. - -
. The opposition expressed fears
- ITurn to Page z, sou 1
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WELCOME FAIRGOERS
sY "zf?rf& v" -
new state fair buildings being
manager. Upper and lower right
feet long and 240 feet wide and
Into Reality
Stock Barn, new Restaurant,
Others Are. Improved ; 4
hy Labor Day
ahead of scheduled building time,
says Earl Coons, construction
superintendent
The new construction includes
a ZiZ-root addition to the mam
moth stock barn, now making a
722 by 240-foot structure all
under one roof, which will house
6000 head of cattle, sheep and
goats; an annex to the lean-to to
the horse show stadium, the new
structure to house 40 head of
draft horses; a 48 by (0-foot res
taurant, with stage, dining room
which may be converted into a
small auditorium, and kitchen; a
fire station 20 by SI feet with
two stories that include upstairs
kitchen and bedroom; and a goat
(Turn to Page 2, CoL 2)
Late Sports
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 2 - VP) -
Portland made it two straight
over Hollywood tonight, beating
the Stars, C to 6, on Harry Rosen
berg's single that scored pitcher
Bill Thomas in the ninth with two
out.
Hollywood bunched six of its
eight hits In the seventh and
eighth innings for four runs, bat
Thomas survived the rally and
bore down in the ninth.
The home club played raggedly
in the field and two errors by sec
onds baseman Bill Cissell and an
other by shortstop "Jockey" More
house in the first inning paved the
way for three Portland runs.
Portland 6 10 t
Hollywood 5 8 4
Thomas and Fernandes, Monzo
(3). Ardlzola, Moncrlef (6) and
Brenzel, Dapper (6).
SAX DIEGO, Calif., Aug. 2
HflVWith Dick Newsome reg
istering hla first victory in m
Padre uniform, San Diego coast
ed to a 7 to 2 triumph over the
pace-eetdng Seattle RaJniers in
game here tonight. The win
was the Padres second straight
in the seven-game series.
Aided by four donble plays by
the San Diego Infield, Newsome
had shnt-oat until the ninth,
. when two singles and two base
, error , by - Johnny "Williams,
Padre fly -chaser, netted the In
vaders two tallies.
Seattle ..v....,,.: 2 8 S
Sas Diego 7 9 1
Tnrpin and Campbell. New
some and Detore.
San Francisco
Oakland .
.5
.2
9
4
- Stuta and Sprint Buxton, Dar
row (9) and Raimondi.
Los Angeles
-1 8 1
12! 0
Sacramento
Prim, Kush
(7)
and Collins,
Sueme 7. Seats and Grflk
completed this summer are Illus
with J. D. Mickle, director of agri
photos indicate immensity of new
will house 500O animals. Lower
O
House Economists
Hit Appropriation
Administration to Bring
Housing Measure up
Today Anyway
WASHINGTON, Aug.v 1 - fP) -
The administration took another
beating from the house economy
bloc today, but nevertheless de
cided upon a "suicide plan" for
bringing the much-opposed f 800,-
000,000 housing bill to a vote to
morrow.
The measure would double the
lending authority of the housing
administration. It Is a companion
measure to the lending bill which
was killed in the house yester
day. Administration ! leaders con
ceded In advance that it would
be defeated.
But the administration men In
dicated they wanted a vote to pin
the responsibility for the bill's
defeat on the rebellious coalition
of republicans and democrats.
particularly the latter.
Today the relentless economy
bloc carried the congressional re
volt to a new victory by reject
ing a 1119,000,000 appropriation
for loans to sustain the prices
of farm commodities.
Then it passed a 154,191,000
deficiency appropriation bill, mi
nus the loan fund, and sent It to
the senate. It did so in the face
of a warning by Secretary Wal
lace that unless the mon7 were
made available corn, prices would
go to 1932 levels, wheat quota
tions would fall sharply and the
prices of cotton, dairy products,
wool and rye would be "serious
ly" affected.
Work Begun Upon
High Street Span
Six weeks of bridge construc
tion began on South High street
Tuesday when the county bridge
crew began work with its pile
driver and other equipment at the
toot of Fry hill.
The city will pay S3500, to be
augmented by a WPA grant, for
the installation of a wooden
bridge similar to its predecessor
in being 155 feet long, but 30
feet wide Instead of 20, as in
the span which is being replaced.
Black surfacing will be spread
over the wooden planking of the
completed structure.
Construction of a concrete
bridge was considered impossible
under the present budget of
110,000 for bridge maintenance
and building, according to J. H.
Davis, city engineer.
Hoover to Fish
With Dr.! Wilbur
VANCOUVER, Aug. 2-(CP)-Herbert
Hooter, former president
of the United States and Dr. Ray
Lyman Wilbur , secretary of the
interior unaer the Hoover admin
istration, will fish In trout streams
near Clearwater, BC, midway be
tween Blue river and Kamloops,
some tlmt this month.'
Dr. Wilbur, now president of
Stanford anirerslty, and Mrs. Wil
bur, arrive here tomorrow for a
short visit before continuing on
a holiday trip through the Rock
ies to Jasper, BC, They will meet
Mr. Hoover later. -
Exact date of the fishing (rip
ta net been annnoBced,
Martial Rule
Colorado
Strike Edict
i
Governor Acts Against
Shootings; One Is
Critically Hurt
Green Mountain Dam
Site Is Setting
for Violence
riREEN MOUNTAIN DAM, Colo.,
Aug 2-(P)-GoT- L. Carr
proclaimed martial law tonight in
the Green Mountain dam strike
zone Immediately after a second
shooting clash between union sym-
patulzers ana striae ioes in wmcu
three were reported wounded.
Ihree otners were snot, one
critically, and another man was
cut during a battle near the
$4,000,000 federal reclamation
bureau project at 5 p.m.
Governor Carr announced his
martial law proclamation at Glen
wood Springs, as soon as he re
ceived word of the second shoot
ing clash two miles south of
Kremmling.
Fifteen carloads of strike sup
porters from Denver drove through
Kremmling, seat of the armed and
deputized strike opposition force.
Firing flared when the Denver
car? reached a barricade thrown
up by the deputized "back to
work" force which seized the pro
ject last night after breaking
through two American Federation
of Labor picket lines.
Thomas Kellerhalls, about 35,
of Denver a union sympathizer,
was shot through the left eye in
the first shooting battle. The bul
let lodged in his skull.
Union pickets drove Kellerhalls
to a hospital at Fairplay with Art
Morrow, about 40, who was shot
through the arm and grazed on the
chest by another bullet.
The attending, doctor said Kel
lerhalls might not recover.
The Summit county sheriff's
office reported another wounded
mau was bronzht tn nrerfm4.4..
A Wnrtli vai grazed on the right
A bridge on stats hMvav xr
8 was dynamited about two miles
south of the project, $4,000,000
unit In the $44,000,000 Colorado
Big Tompson federal reclamation
bureau development In northwest
(Turn to Page 2, Col. 5)
Mercury Mounts
To 102 Degrees
Temperate Early Morning
Rapidly Turns Into
2nd Hottest Day
The fastest temperature rise of
the year was recorded here yes
terday. What was apparently to
be just another hot day turned
into a ioz degree maximum at 4
p. m. after a phenomenal rise since
noon. The heat was eclipsed only
by the 103 Just a week earlier.
From 52 degrees minimum, the
reading shot up 50 points. At
9:30 a. m. it was only 7$ com
pared to 32 last Wednesday. At
noon the reading was 90 as
against 94. From then on, the
rise was rapid, showing a 97 two
hours later at 2:30 p. m.
After the peak was passed the
drop was as rapid as the ascent.
Between :30 and 7:30 p. m. the
reading fell a full 10 points, or
from 97 to 37 degrees. By mid
evening; the reading was only 73.
PORTLAND, Aug. 2.-)-Ore-gon's
heat ware took a curtain
call today after moderate tem
peratures during the first two
days of the week. Readings of 100
were common again.
Portland was blistered by an
even 100 maximum but it was
hotter in southern Oregon when
Medford and Roseburg both re
ported 104.
Eastern Oregon and the Will
amette valley got off with high
90s readings, Pendleton reporting
97, Baker 94, Bend 93, Burns 97,
Eugene 93. The coast remained
comfortable with North Head and
Newport reporting 78, North Bend
71 and Brookings 2.
Ohio's Senator Taft Is First
Asked to Declare Candidacy
CINCINNATI, Ang. 2-(fl-Sen-ator
Robert A. Taft of Ohio today
became ' the first prospective re
publican nominee for president of
the TJnlted States to he asked for
mally to declare his candidacy.
- The Hamilton county ( Cincin
natl) republican executive com
mittee, by resolution, urged him
"to allow his name to be nsed as
fijs rhoice ot Ohio's delegates to
the national convention."
Informed quarters indicated im
mediately that he would accede,
probably in a statement to be Is
sued through' his Washington of
fice' tcmonew. .-' s"3
t Taft is a member of the com
mittee .?'v: -a - .r-.sv'
His political record, the reso
lution . declared, ''and the frank
way in. which he states his opin
Elected City's
Water Manager
.... .
;,
:--::V xi-:.:
Carl E. Gnenther, whom the Sa
lem water commission Monday
night elevated to the position
of manager of the city's water
system from his former post as
maintenance superintendent.
Kennell-Ellis photo.
Accused Official
Defends Payments
Page Gles Rulings, Court
Decision as Refuting
McMahan Charges
District Attorney Lyle J. Page
replied to charges made against
him to the grand jury by Circuit
Judge L. H. McMahan yesterday
afternoon that he Intended to con
duct the duties of his office "as I
tbinfc best for the taxpayers of
Marion county and I Intend to do
that regardless of what Judge
McMahan may think or have to
say about It."
Page denied that he had ever
"received any money from Mar
ion county that was not ruled law
ful by state legal authorities."
Admitting he received $175 a
month- salary as deputy district
attorney under District Attorney
John H. Carson and others. Page
said that records were on tile at
the courthouse showing the pay
ments ordered by the county
court, $100 a month from the gen
eral fund and $75 from the prohi
bition enforcement fund.
Bcih the liquor fund portion of
his salary and county payments
for the dlbtrlct attorneys steno
grapher also attacked by Judge
McMahan, were held legal In a de
cree, given by Circuit Judge Ar
15 e G. Walker of Polk county on
a declaratory Judgment action
brought by Carson as district at
torney in 1932, Page pointed out
"Judge Walker, sitting in the
Marion elrcuit court, ruled that
the very same thing that Judge
MoMahan dteiares now to be un
lawful was lawful and the county
court has followed the ruling of
Judge Walker in that regard,"
Page declared.
Big Flood Routs
50,000 in China
Heavy Life Loss Feared
as Rivers Drive out
Hopeh Peasants
PEIPINO, Aug. 2.-iTP)-M o r e
than S 0,0 00 Chinese peasants
were reported homeless today as
rain-swollen rivers poured their
waters over the plains of eastern
Hopeh province, between Pelping
and Tientsin.
Heavy loss of life was feared.
but definite information was lack
ing.
The floods, which began east
of Pelping, were spreading to the
Tientsin region some 80 miles to
the southeast, Inundating several
villages. The Hsi river, tributary
of the Hal river, broke its banks
near Tientsin, destroyed dikes and
carried away hundreds of peasant
homes.
Market prices were rising be
cause of crop destruction. ,
Tnngchow, 15 miles east of
Pelping, was said to be wholly
under water with only tree tops,
roofs and the city- walls visible
above water.
ions on the great public questions
or the day all combine to make
him a national figure of the first
rank."
Dating a decade and more from
servi-e in the Ohio general assem
bly, Taft has been mentioned fre
quently as potential White Honse
Umber. -r
WASHINGTON, Ang.
Rep. Seccombe (B-Ohio) endorsed
Senator Robert A. Taft today for
the republican nomination for
president in 1940.
"Next year, said Seccombe,
"the party again will select a na
tive son of Ohio, and he will be
Bob Taft. I am for him whole
heartedly because he has shown
he has the confidence of people
of . all classes as well as business
and industry,' '
Grand Jury Is
Told to Probe
$6000 Payment
County Clerk Ordered to
Bring Records Into
Court on Friday
Weatherford Talked as
Choice to Conduct
Courthouse Prohe
Circuit Judge L. H. McMahan
struck out at District Attorney
Lyle J. Page before the Marion
county grand jury yesterday after
noon, men signed an oraer aireci-
ing County Clerk U. G. Boyer to
appear before him Friday after
noon "with the official records of
his office to show the amounts of
money received by the said Lyle
J. Page upon ,orders of the county
court in excess of his salary both
as district attorney and as depu
ty district attorney.'
The grand jury was then ad
journed with no date set for re
convening but it was believed the
investigation body would be called
in at 2 p.m. Friday when Clerk
Boyer 1b to present his records.
The Jury received a new set of
special instructions from Judge
McMahan yesterday that accused
Page of collecting in excess of
$6000 of his lawful compensation
during his term as district attor
ney and his extended prior service
as deputy.
Scene Set for
New Prosecutor
The move was considered in
courthouse circles as an effort to
lay legal groundwork for the dis
qualification of Page as prasecu
tor of the investigation of the
county court, for which Judge Mc
Mahan called last month, and the
appointment of a special attorney.
Judge McMahan reserved com
ment on reports he would name
Mark V. Weatherford, prominent
Albany attorney, as the special
prosecutor.
Yesterday's order recited that
the court had instructed the grand
jury, to investigate me oniciai
conduct of county officers and par
ticularly of the county court" to
determine whether the -County
court was guilty of corruption,
malfeasance, incompetency or de
linquency in office."
$000 Stenographic Pay
Issue Raised
The order also noted the jury ,
had been Instructed to ascertain
whether or not Page was receiv
ing $900 a year, referred to in the
instructions as stenographic hire,
and more than $4000 above his
fixed salary as deputy, "by the
sufference of the county court,"
and whether or not he had "failed
to enforce the law and to collect
for the county money illegally paid
by the county court." f
A copy of the order was served
on Page as well as Boyer.
Much of the nine pages of in
structions presented to the grand
jury regarding the district attor
ney dealt with statutes prescrib
ing duties ana compensation of the
office and supreme court decisions
construing them.
The district attorney is a state
officer, as such Is not enUUed to
receive any compensation directly
from the county he serves and
therefore can not legally collect
money from the county for sten
ographic hire, the judge asserted.
Neither may the county pay the
district attorney's office added
compensaUon for duties prescribed
by statute, he averred, citing pro
hibition laws in particular.
SHOOO for Probibitloa
Enforcement Questioned
"Yet in the face of these plain
provisions of law the county court
(Turn to Page 2, Col. 1)
County Tax Take
Is Over Million
The county tax department col
lected $1,2S9,I7C.22 in taxes dur
ing the first six months ot 1130,
Sheriff A. C. Burk reported to
the county clerk yesterday. The
department had a balance ot
$26,425.73 in undistributed taxes
on hand at the start ot the year
but only $13,645.41 on June SO.
Tax receipts by years were:
Current tax, $1,097,794.99;.
1938. $87,936.05; 1937, 1 26,
129.07; 193$, $14,011.16; 1935,
$11,758.49: 1933-14. $1861.15;
1932, $5191.83; 1931. $3385.94;
1930, $1302.54; 1929. $246.09;
1928, $57.49; 1927, $7.96; 1926.
$10.21; yield tax, $218.60.
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Pninemen Assert ,
They'U not Pick
At Lowei Prices
MILTON - FREEWATER. Ore..
Aug. 2.-('7-Prune growers of
this section voted last night to
demand $25 per ton for their crop.
Shippers offered $17 and $18.
Some rrowers said thev wnnld not
harvest at those prices.
K. resolution charged that ship
pers violated an agreement to
confer with the Blue Mountain
Prune Growers cooperative be-"-
fore announcing a price schedule.