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GOLD H IL L , JACKSON COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY MARCH 17, 1927
Shortage of Funds
Embarrasses Institution
The Public Do­
Some Items of
main o f The
Interest Gleaned
United States For our Readers
w il be able to receive an annual
Oregon School» Io work out their
increase of not to exceed six per
own Salvation In lieu of shortage
fCopyrlght 1927 by New Editorial
cent. This w ill be a relief, but It
of appropriations.
Service),
w ill by no means be adequute to fin ­
Eleven States of the Great West,
A committee of the board of re­ ance the University’s program.
extending from the Continental D i­
gents was appointed at the meeting
Adoption of the Junior College
Monday to confer with the regents principle w ill ultimately prove u vide to the Pacific Ocean contain
of O. A. G. on the question of non­ useful device for eliminating nt the IKi.740,145 acres of the public do­
residents and fees, the board hav­ end of the second yeur those stud­ main und 130,991,501 acres of forest
ing approved the plan submitted ents who, while good enough to a- reserve. These figures do not in­
by President Arnold Dennett Hall. void, do not evidence a sufficiently clude reservations for Indians, Parks
The board, aside from considering serious interest in their education or Minerals. The balance of the
the report of President Hall which to justify the taxpayers* inveslmtnt public domain, 1,184,127 acres, and
was the main item of business, re­ of their further education, according of forest reserve, 5,601,304 acres,
lies in all other States.
ceived a number of gifts, among to President Hall.
It w ill immediately lx- seen, w ith­
which were the recent additions
Financial limitations, declared the
made to the oriental art museum by president, have kept the University out argument, that the development
Mrs. Murray Warner, and anony­ from achieving a little better status of these eleven Great Western Stat­
mous gift to the Iloernbecher hos­ than of a college. "University”, the es is inimately bound up with the
pital of 91(100. and herbarium donat­ said, implies a small group of grad­ Government’s policy respecting the
ed by Henry Diddle of Portland, den* uate students and a smuli number sale, settlement, cultivation and use
tai equipment given by the Oregon of research scholars whose energies of the public domain und forest re­
Dental association, and two cash are released prim arily for programs serves.
donafions f t * the proposed Pine of investigation. In Oregon, witli
The policy of the Government
Arts building.
its marvellous resuorces and its st­ should be predicated on the broad­
Renewed vigor w ill be added to rategic opportunity to develop its est possible lines consistent with
the University campaign to allev­ trade with 111« O ri.n t, there are proper conversation of forests and
iate the intolerable building situa­ outstanding research problems that other large natural resources, in
tion on the campus by inaugurating require immedfate attention, accord­ which the people of all States feel
a program to be carried forward to ing to the president.
a co-ordinate interest.
1928 and a re-opening of the gift
A small investment in a program
How intimately these vast bodies
campaign next fall. President Ar­ of research nt the University would
of undeveloped lands relate to the
nold Dennett Hall told the board.
prove to tie one of the most produc­ present and future welfare of these
A steadily increasing enrolbnent tive investments that the |ieople of
Western States w ill lie shown by
w ill require a steadily expanding Oregon could muke in the develop­
recalling the percentage of areas
program of considerable dimension», ment of their resources and there­
located in each State.
President Hall declared, explaining fore in alleviating the ultimate bur­
Nevada, with a total land area of
that failure of the ibrary appropri­ dens of taxation, he pointed out.
70,285,440 acres, has 57,667,158 acres
ation meant a trgic curtailment of
in public domain and forest reserve.
activity.
F IR E AT DELGODO’8
This means that Nevada is left with
Pointing out that forty par cent
about 15% of its area with which
of the young women in the Univers-
An alarm of fire was turned into to carry on. It can never become a
ity do not find accomodation in fra­
ternity houses or in dormitories, the local department Saturday even- , State of the first class under this
President Hall told the regents that ing and upon responding the mein- , handicap. If all its area were un­
one of the first Items in the pro­ bers of the department found that der development it would rapidly
gram should be a series of dormi­ the fire was located in a house in become populous und |x>sperous.
Utah has 62% of its area similarly
tories. Under the enabling act pas­ the north end- of the city which is
reserved; Idaho, 54%; Wyoming and
sed at the last session of the legisla­ occupied by W. Delgodo.
Tlie conflagration was sturtrd Oregon, 457. each; New Mexico,
ture the University has the neces­
sary authority to embark upon a from an oil stove whicli the tenant 88%; California, 37%; Arizona, 35%;
program of commercial if it seems left burning due t oversight. Mr. Colorado, 33%; Washington, 26%;
feasible. Money w ilt be secured by Delgado stated that he hud turned and Montana, 25%. The progress
profits from the halls now in oper­ on the stove In order to heat some that has been made in nil these Stat­
ation and by a slight raise in charg­ water to wash with when he return­ es argue for increased development.
The total Government holdings
es and by reduction in dormitory ed from his work at the Cement pl­
ant and had gone to town without in these eleven States exclusive of
expense.
Indians, Parks und Minerals is 315,-
Student fees at the University are turning it out.
The fire did considerable dam­ 740,646 acres, or an aggregate ter­
50 per cent higher than fees charged
by any other institution on the Paci­ age to the kitchen but wus kept from ritory about twice the size of Tex­
fic Coast, amounting to 9109.75 a spreading to other parts of the house as. Texas has a present population
year for the average student. Lim it­ by the timely arrival of the nearby approaching 5,000,000 and is deve­
ed faciliies have been reserved for neighbors and the fire department loping by leaps and bounds. It nev­
Oregon young men and women by The department is to be congratu­ er deeded any of its lands tq the
excluding non-resident students un­ lated for the speed with which they Government, and therefore has full
less they are eligible to enter the responded and handled the situation. control ef ull its area.
It is fair tq presume that at least
universiy of the state from which
8,000,000 new people could have
REPAIRING STREET
hry came, and, as long as funds at
Oregon are inadequate. Pres. Hall
Tom West was busy one day this homes and prosperity on the Gov­
declared that it is not defensible to week doing some repair work on ernment holdings in the eleven
This
accept non-residents to the student the street In front of the News of­ methods of development.
the museful additions to the student fice. This street was graded sever­ would represent in the aggregate a
body. The committee of regents al weeks ago by Alderman Van Hou- new commonwealth ns great as Pen­
w ill confer with O. A. C. to see if ten and son but due to the heavy nsylvania. The value of such pot­
the two institutions might not vol- flow of water during the heavy rains ential citizenship and development
unarily adopt and enforce this pol­ of three weeks ago the good work can scarcely be estimated.
The total value of Pennsylvania’s
icy.
done by the Van Houtcns was com­
A plan to alter the residence re- pletely ruined nt this particular agriculture crops in 1923 was $258,-
099,000; of its manufactured pro­
quirments und make much more dr- place.
astic the regulations under which
There is n tiling under the road ducts, 97,315,702.867; of its mineral
the non-resident fee of 9150 in add- at the corner but sediment accumu- products, including coal and oil,
tion to fees paid by resident stu­ ated to such proportions that it was $600,000.000
dents is collected a year was ap­ filled, causing the stream to cross
Acre for acre, the undeveloped
proved. Under this plan practically the road, washing deep furrows.
areas of the Great West equal and
all students who enter with prepara­
The road is now in much better in many instances exceed the pro­
tory work done out of the state condition due to the efforts of Mr. ductiveness of Pennsylvania. This
would be compelled to pay the fee West and w ill not serve ns n menace above and beneath the surface.
except that the president would be to the motorists it has during the
The State of Pennsylvania is one
authorized to issue a small number past two weeks.
of the heaviest taxpayers to the
of non-resident scholarships to out­
Government. The unoccupied areas
side students of exceptional schol­ GET GOOD RETURNS
of the Great West contribute no tax­
arship and personality thus exempt­
FROM TR IA L RUN OF ORE es af any sdrt; the Government,
ing them from the extra tuition fee.
being an absentee landlord, is not
'"It is the failure to receive a nor­
The test run of ore from the old a taxpayer either to itself or to the
mal increase In income to meet an | Roten property near this city jvhich States. These States, by this hand­
ahnorninl increase In attendance i was nv’de nt the Sparks mill nt icap, are dispossessed of the tax
that has crippled our development /Rogue River hnd nil the appearanc­ receipts which might legitimately
and made the University inadequate es of a real bonanza. According be theirs ,if their vacant lands were
Io meet the renl needs of the state," /to Paul Robinson of Ashland and settled and in production, and the
President Hall declared.
'one of the principal stockholders, Government is likewise mulct of
“When the millage was voted by the run went around 9100 Io the taxes. This aspect of the question
the people in 1920, it was anticipa­ Ion. Several local men nre also co- interests the entire country.
ted that Hie assessed valuations of owners in this property and they
property would increase ns the val­ are naturally very much enthused
In making chicken salad let the
ue of the property increased. Had over the prospect for the mine. Fur­ dieed chicken meat stand several
tills hnppened, the University would ther work w ill be done on the pro­ hours in a French dressing. This
today be receiving by mandate of the perty and the owners expert to put is called "marinating” it. If you
people, 9400,000 more than the mll- in a three stamp mill to take care like to make the most of the chicken
I ge income per year that it is new of the output.
flavor, use chicken fat instead of
getting.
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oil for this dressing, and give It a
“There is some promise," the pres­
Oregon has 8,247 miles of rural suggestion of onion flavor by sonk-
ident explained, “that assessed val­ routes which are traversed daily In ing a few slices of onion in the vine-
uations of propert- w ill be increas­ order to carry the mnll to the await­ equal parts of chicken fat and vine­
ed, and under a law passed at the ing rural customers of the postal gar before mixing with the fat. Use
last session of the legislature, we service.
gar.
NUMBER «9
P. T. A. Enjoyed Fine
Musical Program this WeeZt
DEAN HALE OF LAW SCHOOL
A program a little different than
RECIVES BETTER POSITION
Oregon was fourth largest payer
usual was presented by the Parent-
of income tax among the Pacific
W illiam G. Hale, dean of the
coust and Intenuountain states and
U th west of the Mississippi river. school of law. University of Oregon
has announced his resignation and
acceptance of a position as dean of
The railrouds of the United states
tlie
law school at Washington Un­
showed net earnings of 5.13% as an
iversity.
St. Louis, Missiouri.
average for the United States for
last year.
OREGON SCHOOL RECOGNIZED
BY OKLAHOMA JOURNALISTS
The amount of incóeme tax paid
in 1926 was $350,000 in excess of
1925 payments.
Notice of appointment on a com­
mittee of three outstanding journal­
Farm land in Oregon is rated at ists to adivse the Oklahoma Press
95 an acre under the average of the Association on compilation of a code
United States. Even with this rat­ of ethics has just been received by
ing it leads all but nine of the stat­ Eric W. Allen, dean of the school
es west of the Mississippi. Idaho of journalism at Eugene.
Other members of the advisory
Washington and California rank
ahead of Oregon in Hie Intirm oun- committee are Dean Williams of the
University of Missouri and Dr. W il­
tain and western states.
lard Bleyer of ti.e University of
Wisconsin. The Oklahoma news­
Oregon
stands thirty
second
among all the states of the o iio n p a p e r n r r intend to adopt a pub­
lishers guide and the committee w ill
in value of farm crops.
advise them as to the standard of
According to a report of It. G. journalistic practice.
Dunn St Go. there were 21,773 com­
LANE COUNTY STARTS REAL
mercial failure» in the United Stat­
SERVICE FOR FARMERS
es. Of this number New York led
with 3245 and California came se­
Lane county has started a move­
cond with 1641. Oregon reported
ment that should be extended into
only 505 failures.
every county of Oregon plans for an
A report issued by the United effecteive, economical, statistical
States government gives the state marketing information coverning
of Nevada as the wealthiest state in every part of the county. An ec­
the Union in proportion with its pop onomics committee of seven w ill be
ulation. South Dakota is second, Io­ appointed, each of which w ill re­
wa third and Oregon fourth.
present a district of the county. This
committee w ill formulate a program
It w ill possibly come as good neves of work in agricultural economics,
t»*thc |H*eple of the country to learn which w ill include the collection
that from survey of prices over Hie and giving out of information as to
country the people can now buy what crops to produce, what live­
with $99 what it took 9100 to buy stock to raise and how much of
last year. This w ill give the head each; when and how to market
of the uverage family a good excuse such products; how much on hand
to consume another cheap cigar a and other information valuable to
farmers.
day.
If other counties w ill take up this
Women in a jail at Jacksonville, plan and put it into effective opera­
Florida got rather rebellious because tion the results w ill be of great ben­
the prison authorities would not efit to the state. One county alone
substitute candy for cabbage on the cannot do much for general results,
prison menu.
but with each county thus organ­
ized and working w ith O. A. C. the
Erich Hagenlacher a German is State Market Agent, the U. S. De­
now the world’s champion balk line partment of Agriculture and the
billiard champion, he having defeat­ county agents, information of the
ed the American champion, W illie utmost value to farmers would be
Hoppe in New York last Friday by available and regulation of crops
a score of 400 to 236.
to a profit basis could be worked
out
WILD HORSES AUCTIONED
Four hundred wild horses have
been rounded up in he Heppner dis­
trict of the Umatilla national forest,
acording to George Clark, forest ran­
ger with headquarters at Heppner,
who attended a conference with for­
est officials here. One hundred of
these horess were shipped to Port­
land for slaughter, he said, and 300
auctioned off brought prices ranging
from $2 to 940 each.
The round-up was authorized by
Morrow county in co-operation with
the forest service and stockmen to
conserve the range for other stock,
he said.
MANY COUGARS K IL LE D
A large number of cougars have
been killed in Douglas county dur­
ing the winter. In recent years the
game laws have been so strict re­
garding hunting with dogs that the
varmints have increased in number,
hunter say, ns the farmers are not
kerping packs of dogs as they did
in former years. During the winter,
however, hunters with dogs have
been busy in several sections of the
county.
E. Teague of upper Sm ith.river,
west of Drain, has killed four cou­
gars, six beers, two coyotes and two
lynx during the winter. F. S. Blake­
ly nt Glide has secured four cougar
pelts since the first of the year,
while a number of cougars, coyotes
and boberts have Been killed in the
T ille r district.
T ry hot gingerbread, split and
spread with cream cheese mixed
w ith chopped dates and nuts.
Teachers Association in the school
auditorium last Monday evening.
Mias Leona G. Ma raters of the Ash­
land Normal school with the aid of
Miss Pearson a teacher of music at
trie Normal school at the piano d ir­
ected the members present in • live­
ly “sing”. Familiar songs includ­
ing Three Blind Mice were made to
reverbrate from the walls and ceil­
ing of the auditorium.
Miss Marsters demonstrated sev­
eral records on the electric Ortho-
phonic loaned the school by the
Palmer Music House in Medford for
the purpose. The method of dem­
onstration was interesting to the
audience and gave an added ap­
preciation to the selections. Some
of those present received their first
introduction into the art of appre­
ciation of good music. Attention
was called to the story of such a se­
lection as the Invitation to Waltz,
the audience was then asked to no­
tice he conversation carried on by
the bass, soprano and alto instru­
ments. M
Pa I oma Torador, the
Echo song and other well known
selections were then played and the
audience was asked to note the out­
standing emotion by each.
The reactions to music must be
instilled early, said Miss Marsters,
otherwise the capacity to react lies
dormant and undeveloped unused.
Music has both cultural and moral
values. A person surorunded w ith
good music from early childhood
naturally clings to the better things
of life as he grows older.
I
A film entitled Protoplasm, deal­
ing with the origin and nucleus of
life wa^shown at the beginning of
the everting.
Many people expressed apprecia­
tion of Miss Marsters work after the
demonstration.
Miss Marsters was also accompan­
ied by two other students from the
Normal school.
Miss Katherine
Vincent the Registrar at the Normal
school and Miss Marion Ady an in ­
structor in art.
A business meeting w as’
ed by Mrs. Kellogg and Mrs. Zim ­
merman.
9 EWES HAVE 20 LAMBS
Responding, perhaps, to the far­
mer’s traditional querry of “Baa baa,
black sheep, have you any wool 7”
his eight ewes presented a farmer
near here with 20 lambs full w ithin
a week.
Cleveland Martin of Dusty owns
NEW AUTO CAMP PROGRESSING
the ewes. One wooly matron gave
birth to quadruplets, two had trip ­
Peterson's Modern Down Town
lets and five were satisfied to offer
Auto Gamp, which is being construc­
tw in muttons each.
ted for A. W. Pterson by constractor
S. E. Gonard. is rapidly taking shape
and 20 cabins w ill be ready for oc­ HOW TO BREAK IN
cupancy by the middle of April. F u r­
TH A T NEW CAR
niture for the cabins is arriving and
according to Mr. Nc-terson, the furn­
1. When you get behind the wheel,
iture w ill be as nice as any found first of all get your bearings.
in the modern home. This includes
2. These w ill be found under the
both ranges and the beds. — Cresent
hood
in a little box w ith wires
City American.
around it.
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3.
Take
off
the
radiator
cap
and
A rug that curls up and wrinkles
place
bearings
inside.
If
they
float
on the edges needs resizing. Stretch
they are no good.
it face down on the floor, tack it
4. Take your seat again and throw
firm ly and sprinkle generously with
out the clutch. You can either throw
a solution made by soaking and dis­ it in the street or in theback of the
solving one-quarter pound of flake car.
glue in half a gallon of water. Let
5. Put on the gas tank and pull on
it dry for at least 24 hours. The the emergency brake sideways. I f
glue should not penetrate to the the care doesn’t start look at the bat­
right side of the rug.
tery.
6. If there is any watre in the bat­
Unbleached sheeting makes excel­ tery, pour it out before it causes any
lent slip-on covers for mattresses. damage.
7. Then look at the carburetor and
on finding that part, take off the
top and M*aih the inside out w ith
AT T H E THEA TR E
water. They often forget to do thia
at the factory.
| SATURDAY— “The four horse- |
8. Now you are ready to start. I f ■
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men of the Apocalypse”. W ith [
you can’t start the car now your
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Rudolph Valentino.
I SUNDAY—“The
Live W ire”. | top is either too low or else your
balloon tires are raising the car off
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With Johnnv Hines.
| TUESDAY— “The Red Kimono” 1 the ground and the wheels can’t get
started.
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With Mrs. Wallace Reid.
9. Leave all the air out of the Urea
| THURSDAY— “Hands across the |
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Border”. W itli Fred Thoinp- | so the car w ill stay on the ground.
10. I f the car won’t start now it la
, son and Silver King.
not your fault, because you tried
hard enough. —Pennsylvania Punch
Bowl.
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