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fempf Charge mist in Jail P! defendants K,.c. wnspiracy trial. c,li! v of contempt for .whether his fifred Wager,- I of "J! I, reputed to Sunderof the pe duration of the Selling Shoes For Peanuts Doesn't Pay BARSTOW, Cal.-W-You could have . bought a pair or shoes for peanuts here yester day. But not today. Radio announcer Si Willing out in a commercial plug for a local shoe store during his morning broadcast Footwear, he told his listeners, was selling "for peanuts 3.98." So Mrs. Nara Prvio arrived at the store a short time later with 398 peanuts. She got a pair ol shoes. ... . The wording of the ad was promptly changed. Autumn days. travel days Hollis Tells Kiwanians Ordinary PrODerfV TflX citizens uranea constitution u j u. . - j The United States Constitution, signed 162 years ago, is a "re- llEcfl nilllcO markable governmental document", but its readers should not forget iimiwti that it was drawn by citizens with no greater abilitv than possessed by citizens today, Orlando J. Hollis told members of Kiwanis Club ! PORTLAND W) The pos- Monday noon. Isibility that Oregon may be forced Stadium Manager New Parole Board Member PORTLAND U.R James 3. Richardson, manager of Mult nomah Stadium loi 22 years, has accepted Gov. DouRlas McKay's offer of an appointment to the state parole board. Richardson will rcdace John L. The University of Oregon law school dean pointed out that records to levy a property tax that will j Gary, former vice-president of in the biennlum beginning in 1952. members said, because of an anticipated $?2 million deficit by 1951. on the planning and drawing of the constitution wsrp nnnrlv kert and that scholars have long tried to dig out the day to day happen ings at the convention which preceded the actual signing of the document During the convention, which was held behind closed doors, and which lasted from May until Sept. 17, only day-to-day minutes were kept. These were left with George Washington at the conclusion of the convention, and were later turned over to the department of state, and Drinted in 1819. John OllinrV AriamK tnnlr jhDraa nf rmHll,.gtinn a difficult task since the secretary kept tally sheets on convention i Minimum Estimate votes, but did not specify on the sheets either the date of the vote or i s,ate tax commission analyst the proposition being voted on. ) William Collier said the deficit The most careful notes on proceedings were kept privately bv estimate was a minimum figure. James Madison, who did not want them published until after his He said if government costs con death. They were published in 1840. Madison devoted his later years tinue to rise, and he believes they to correcting the notes, but in doing so took the official printed record are more likely to go up than of 1819, which was full of errors and discrepancies. Luckily he used down, the anticipated deficit will a different type of ink for the corrections, and this faded differently, be much higher. Only the use of Scholars were then able to trace out the unfortunate corrections. what he termed the "cushion . .me icai owjjf ui uie uappemnK& at uie convention can oe Detter traced through letters written by the delegates and other authorities, Hollis showed, as well as by the "constituents of the day to their rep resentatives. . . Hollis, who has done a great deal of research on the subject through the letters of the times, read many excerpts from letters showing "that conditions and human nature have not changed much." "We can be proud that our country, born in revolution, had a con structive plan for the future", Hollis declared. On June. 11, 1776, a committee was appointed to prepare the Declaration of Independ ence, and almost at the same time, another committee was appointed to prepare a form for federation of the colonies. not be offset by other revenues i Multnomah College who resigned was hinted by the Interim legis- ito become superintendent of lative Tax Committee Monday. schools at La Center, Wash. Such a levy could be required ! 1 GOOD ONLY IN SrOTS MEMPHIS. Teiin. (U.R Wil liam F. Grice made a hole-in-one on a 181-yard hole 'but took 125 strokes for the course. . Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., Tiies., Sept. 13, 1949 , Page 18 100 ..'1000 . Auto or Personal OR MOM . COMMERCIAL CREDIT rLAlV io,pMm.iws.w.Mrfw.rii)' EUGENE AGENCY: Uli WILLAMETTE IT IfoSiTnKI" I F s III III " 1 ISir2 II UNION PACIFIC Ln days... cities humming with activity the countryside rich in color ... the pertect L to travel East. 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The tour of Linn-Lane Soil Conservation District will begin at 10 a. m., Sept. 16, on the Paul Quimby farm, 2"A miles south and three miles east of Halsey, where there will be an example ol land leveling for drainage. I Indonesians Protest Dutch Executions . BATAVIA, Java U.R The Indonesian Republican govern ment has protested to the United Nations that the Dutch violated the Dutch-Indonesian truce by executing nine nationalist prison ers last week. A UN statement reporting the protest was issued after a special meeting of the UN central joint ! military board to investigate the j charges. Dutch representatives told the 'board the executed men were! ordinary criminals. Sun Valley for Nay you'll like 'or Complete Travel Information Consult GENERAL PASSENGER DEPARTMENT o 751 Pillock Block Portland 5, Orator) NION PACIFIC "AILROAD fund" of $15 million would hold the deficit below the minimum figure, he said. This fund is main tained to keep property . taxes from actually being levied in a year of low. tax collections. Collier noted that the current biennium budget is $139,262,607 compared with the previous bi ennium budget of $78,149,627. benator Howard C. Belton, Clackamas County, committee chairman, said he had a "very strong feeling we may go back to the state property tax." This came as Hep. Eugene Marsh, Yamhill County, noted that the property tax problems of the counties may one day be shared by the state government. At 10:45 a.m., the group. will be at Little Muddy Creek, at the Rowland Bridge, near Kizer's, to view the channel" cleaning work. From there, the tour will proceed to the Lee Foster farm, one mile north of - Alford corner," or "four miles northeast of "Harrisburg. Until lunch time there will be demonstration of land leveling for irrigation, and also Inspection of a border irrigation system. Lunch- will be at Malpass Bros. farm, on the Coburg Road, five miles south "of-Harrisburg. inose attending the tour are asked to bring their own" sack lunoh and a cup. Coffee, sugar and cream will be furnished. At 1:30 p.m., the group will in spect the Malpass, Merman, Lund, Barrowed ditch as an example of community drainage. The ditch was -constructed for irrigation, too, and there will be examples of irrigation structures, land level ing, mole machine for drainage improvement, sprinkler. Irrigation with water from the MuddyCreek proect. ' The .'Muddy Creek. : irrigation project pump system will be viewed at 2:15 p.m. Located at the Armitage bridge near Coburg, 'the new pump units are used to pump 15.000 gallons per minute from the McKenzie River into the ir rigation canal. At 3 p. m. the scene changes to the R. M. 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