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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. .
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Linn-Lane Conservation District
Slates Tour on Soil Problems
Farmers in Lane and Linn Counties are invited to attend' a
one-day tour of Linn-Lane Soil Conservation District to- observe
approved methods of dealing with the problems of "keeping the
sou." County Extension Agent W. -B. ParKer said Mondav that
those interested in soil conservation may participate in the entire
tour or join the group at any of the scheduled stops.
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.
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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. Bedortha farm, one
mile north of Coburg school,
where is located a one-year stand
of Ladmo clover and grass pas
ture, irrigated by the flood sys
tem with pump, on the Muddy
Creek irrigation project.
From there the tour goes to the
Charlie Swango farm, one mile
north of Coburg school. Inspection
will be of border irrigation of old
and new stands of alta fescue and
Ladino clover with gravity water
from the Muddy Creek project.
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