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CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER
State Forecast
Oregon Clear today, to
night and Saturday. Few
snow flurries eastern moun
tains. Slightly colder.
33rd Year
CofC Speaker
Notes Oregon
Growth Result
Bend Chamber Told
Of State's Problem
In Population Gain
Oregon faces grave social and
economic problems as the result
of the westward sweep of popula
tion, Guy E. Leonard, assistant
manager, western division of the
United States chamber of com
merce, cautioned Bend chamber
of commerce members at their
nnr,,,-il mnntinn Inrluxr Tlii m,,-
1 ing was a luncheon affair, in the
Pilnt Hutte inn Blue mnm Out
going officers reported on activi
ties of the past year and new of
ficers sketched plans for the
months ahead.
Leonard substituted on the pro
gram for E. T. (Tom) Humphrey
of The Oregon Journal editorial
staff. Humphrey had planned to
come here by United Airliner this
morning, but schedules were dis
rupted by fog and low ceiling,
with the Redmond airport out of
service.
Officers Introduced
K. M. Longballa, chairman of
the chamber's forum committee,
presided at the meeting and in
troduced the speakers. Ed Hamm,
president of the chamber in tht
highly successful year just com
pleted, touched on the purposes ol
a chamber and stressed the need
for full member cooperation. He
touched briefly on work of the
chamber this past year.
Frank H. Loggan, new presi
dent of the chamber, reported
that 19 major committees, includ
ing some 200 members, had been
named to carry on chamber work
in 1949. Many of these commit
tees are already functioning, he
said. Loggan announced that for
um meetings will be held each
month. The fish and game com
mittee will be in charge of the
February 25 meeting.
Directors Introduced
New directors of the chamber
present for the meeting were in
troduced. Serving on the board
vJiis year are Ralph Adams, Loyde
Jlakley, Richard Brandis, James
w. Bushone. Alva C. Goodrich,
Frank H. Loggan, C. L. McAllis
ter, W. H. Myers, E. L. Nielsen,
'Gordon Randall, B. A. Stover and
Jack Wetle.
Ernest Rixe, winner of the 10
O'clock club's Rose bowl sweep
stakes In 1948, was introduced, as
was Nelson Leland, new chairman
of the membership club.
Leonard, in preface to his talk,
touched on population growth of
the western states and noted that
Oregon's gain from 1910 tp 1947,
was the greatest of any state, 49.3
per cent. Pacific slope states, he
said, revealed a gain of 40 per
cent. Eastern states lost popula
tion in the period.
Problems Reviewed
Leonard touched on some of
the problems faced by the west
ern states as the result of the
great increase in population.
Heading the list of problems, he
indicated, is that of providing
schools. But, he declared, the
states are now up against their
tax limitations. Plenty of team
work will be needed to solve the
grave problems of population
gain, Leonard said. He mentioned
that Los Angeles county, Califor
nia, had sought for years to ob
tain population and is now Ameri
ca's fourth largest city. But, he
added, 80 per cent out of every tax
dollar goes to relief in that coun
ty. The speaker touched on the
growth of federal taxation, and
concluded with mention of the
Hoover commission report, now
( being prepared.
ailroad Strike
Parley Disrupted
Chicago, Jan. 28 HI1' Negotia
tors for 1,000,000 railroad workers
strode out of a meeting with rep
resentatives of the nation's rail
roads to hold a discussion of their
own today as negotiations appar
ently approached the showdown
stage.
It was the first time in 18 daily
meetings between the railroads
and 16 non-operating unions that
the wage and hour negotiations
had been recessed for the unions
'o hold a caucus.
The session was recessed after
an hour, but the union represen
tatives said they would return in
an hour and a half.
-Newsmen asked G. E. Leighty.
chief negotiator for the unions,
whether the railroads had made
an offer..
. "I wouldn't call it an offer,"
eighty said.
He declined to comment further.
Another union official, asked
Mint had happened, said "Noth
ing "
t- P. Loomis, chairman of the
western railroads' negotiating
imntee, refused to say wheth-
in oner had been made.
Ships Collide,
Sink; 1,500
Known Dead
Hong Kong, Jan. 28 'II')- Surviv
ors from two Chinese coastal
steamers estimated today that
more than 1,500 passengers
drowned when the ships collided
and sank within a few minutes
last night,
The report was sent to British
headquarters here by the Aus
tralian destroyer Warramunga,
which picked up 38 .Chinese, the
only known survivors, at the
scene of the collision.
The message said the survivors
estimated that there were .1.500
passengers aboard their ship, the
Tainine. whh-h ,Miii,iri with ,h
Kienyuan. They did not know the
jiuiniKT auuitru me menyuan.
They said the Kienyuan sank In
five minutes and the Taiping sank
15 minutes later.
An SOS from the Taiping yes
terday said the polllui (in hurl rtn.
curred off Bonham lighthouse,
near Wenchow on the China coast
200 miles south of Shanghai.
The Wnrmmimpji nlekfil un tlin
SOS while en route from Japan
io iiuna. ii sam tne survivors, 34
men and four women, would be
taken to YVoosung at the mouth
of the Yangtze river.
The radio message from the de
stroyer speculated that some life
boats with additional -survivors
itlilv have heaHt,l for tha miln
coast. But the destroyer did not
signi any.
Power Regulation
Passed by Senate
Salem, Jan. 28 dl' A few min
utes before a power blackout in
the Willamette valley, the Oregon
senate unanimously passed legis
lation authorizing the governor
to regulate the use of electricity
during critical power shortage
periods.
The bill, introduced by Sen.
Thomas R. Mahoney, D., Port
land, now goes to the house.
The measure would empower
the governor to declare an emerg
ency and direct the public utilities
commissioner to regulate the use
of powet4 during thei emergency.
Orders issued by the commission
er would have the "full force and
effect of law.".
Ten minutes after the bill was
passed, the electricity went off
for 20 minutes in Salem, Albany
and other Willamette valley cities
and towns. Lights were dimmed
in Astoria.
A Portland General Electric
spokesman here said the failure
was "general" in this area be
cause of the acute power shortage
in the Pacific Northwest.
Sen. Mahoney, in remarking on
the bill, said the measure needed
little explanation. "All of us have
felt the effects of the shortage.
"We are asked to turn out un
necessary lights while advertis
ing display signs burn all night."
Both houses agreed to adjourn
until Monday morning at 11
o'clock. The senate had a short
session this afternoon but the
house adjourned after the morn
ing meeting.
Lumber Company
Sold at Auction
The Great West Lumber cor
poration mill of Lapine sold at
auction yesterday for the sum of
$7,500 to Oscar Rudeen, Idaho, a
stockholder in the firm, accord
ing to a report from Arthur E.
Hill, deputy collector for the U.S.
bureau of internal revenue.
No other details of the sale
were available because Robert
Ellison, government agent in
charge of the auction, left for
Portland immediately after the
sale. The purchaser of the mill
could not be reached for com
ment. POWER FAILS AT SALEM
Salem, Ore., Jan. 28 Uli Power
shut off abruptely at the state
capitol and in the downtown area
of Salem at 10:50 a.m. today.
Lights went out and teletype
service was disrupted.
Tulsa Baptist Minister Vows
To Continue Control Battle
Tulsa, Jan. 28 dJ'i The Rev.
Wallace J. Murphy, in serious
condition from a heart attack,
vowed today to carry on his fight !
against federal rent controls ;
"even from a sick bed." j
Murphy, spearheading a wide
spread drive to evict tenants from
their homes and keep housing va
cant, collapsed in his office late
yesterday and was taken to his
"home. I
Meanwhile. Federal rent direc
tor Tighe E. Woods said in Wash
ington that the government would
take court action against land
lords who try to oust "innocent
people."
President Truman also con
demned the property owners' ac
tion, and warned that they would
China Accepts
Peace Parley
Red Demands
Li Tsung-Jen Asks Peace
Talks With Soviets Be
Set to Discuss 8 Points
Nanking, Jan. 28 mi Acting
Chinese President Li Tsung-jen
has informed communist leader
Mao Tzetung that his govern
ment will accept the original
eight communist demands of Jan.
14 as a basis for peace discus
sions, informed quarters said to
day. Li's acceptance was contained
in a personal message to Mao In
which he again urged the commu
nists to name the time and place
of peace talks.
Not Accept Blindly
However, LI informed the com
munist chieftain that the nation
alist government could not he ex
pected to accept the eight de
mands blindly before peace talks
began. He agreed only to the
eight points as a basis for discus
sion. Informed quarters said Li's
message did not refer to" the de
mand of a north Shensi commu
nist radio commentator that the
government arrest and turn over
to the communists all those
whose names appear on a commu
nist Jist of "war criminals."
Nationalist Take Stand
The nationalist government has
taken the stand that this demand
was only the opinion of a com
munist news commentator and
does not represent the official
communist attitude.
The first of Mao's eight points,
however, demands "punishment"
of all nationalist "-war criminals."
The original communist list con
tained the name of retired Presi
dent Chiang Kai-shek and Li him
self. Communists Massing
Li's official acceptance of the
eight-point communist program
possibly was spurred by indica
tions that communist field forces
are massing men and supplies
neaf the north bank of the Yang
tze opposite Nanking for an all
out assault on the nationalist cap
ital. The American embassy mean
while disclosed that the main part
oi its stall win remain in battle
threatened Nanking while U. S.
Minister Lewis Clark goes to Can
ton to represent the United States
as the new seat of the nationalist
government.
9 Children, 1 Man
Victims of Fire
New Waterford, N.S., Jan. 28
iU'i Nine children and a man died
today in a tenement house fire
that swept unchecked because oc
cupants of the building, in their
excitement, forgot to turn in a
fire alarm.
By the time a neighbor a block
away turned in an alarm, the 10
victims were trapped in the blaz
ing, two-story, wooden building.
Fire department officials said
some of the children might have
been saved had they been called
earlier.
The fire broke out shortly after
5 a.m. In the McKeigan home.
Mrs. McKeigan, who was prepar
ing breakfast, roused her husband
and their neighbor, Wiseman.
The two men tried unsuccess
fully to save the children, Wise
man dying in the attempt.
CIVIL WAR VET CRITICAL
Lebanon, Ore.. Jan. 28 Uli ,
James W. Smith, 106-year-old
Civil war veteran, was reported
critically ill today at his" Water
loo, Ore., home.
The aged veteran who was 100
July 8 had apparently recovered
from head Injuries and shock aft
er a fall in his cottage early this
month.
not be able to "get away with"
their campaign against rent con
trols. The retired Baptist minister
found himself the subject of na
tionwide comment after the Tulsa
Property Owners' association sent
60-day eviction notices to more
than 1,000 families. Murphy is
executive secretary of the asso
ciation. As result of the Tulsa action,
landlords' in seven large cities
are considering evicting more
than 20.000 families to take their
properly off the rental market.
C. E. Marshall. Tulsa area rent
director, said that only three ten
ants had responded to his request
that all eviction notices he re
ported to him.
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28.
Pioneers' Association Elects Officers for 1949
M 1 flu X M
Deschutes county pioneers holding their midyear meeting at the Pine Forest hall last night elected
officers for 1919. From the left, they are E. A. Smith, president; Mrs. Harry Johnson, vice-president;
Mrs. Claude L. McCauley, secretary, and K. E. Sawyer, treasurer.
Search for Plane
Continues Today
Medford, Ore., Jan. 28 UP) Air
search for a missing plane and its
pilot, John L. Krause of Antloch,
Cal., was expected to be resumed
this afternoon with lifting of a
heavy fog which kept all planes
on the ground this morning.
Krause and his low-winged Sil
verswift plane have been lost
since Wednesday on a flight from
Redding, Cal., to Eugene, Ore.
Another pilot, William Thomas,
accompanying Krause on the
flight, landed safely at the Beav
er Marsh emergency air strip near,
Chemult, Ore., GO mile
north of
Klamath Falls.
At Tacoma, Wash., McChord
field air rescue officials said two
PBY planes and two 1-5 liaison
planes would be ordered to take
off for the search area about noon
today, if weather permitted.
Thomas told civil aeronautics
administration authorities he lost
contact with Krause in a heavy
snow storm somewhere over
Klamath Falls. The CAA said
Krause was believed down in the
Medford, Ore., area, about 00
miles west of Klamath Falls.
Bend's Wildfowl
Receiving Rations
Bends Mirror pond ducks,
swans, geese and other birds arc
receiving their daily ration of bar
ley these wintry days at five dif
ferent feeding spots along the I
Deschutes river, Clifford Sundy, '
in charge of the work for the city. ;
reported today. The birds each
day receive from a sack to a sack
and a half of feed. j
Sandy has noticed that a con-'
siderable number of migrants
have joined the Mirror pond birds
for the winter season. These are'
not as tamo as the local water-1
fowl, but show up for the "cats", !
Sandy said. I
Included in waterfowl being fed
this winter are 22 swans, Sandy;
reports. " :
Forest Officials
Set Timber Sale
Deschutes national forest offi- !
rials have announced plans for
the .sale of approximately 600,000
board feet of timber, covering
some 2,000 acres in the Arnold
ice cave area, through auction '
bids. The bids will he received al j
2 p.m. on February 28, in the of
fice of the forest supervisor in
Bend.
Hie timber is being offered for '
sale because the degeneration of
the stand and the danger that
pine beetles will kill mature trees.
The area will Ik- marked for se
lective cutting.
Forest officials report that the
stumpage is adjacent lo one of
the first areas logged in the Bend
country by Brooks Scanlon," Inc.
Ex-Manager of Inn
Files Court Suit
Mrs. Veona G. Williams, ex
manager of the Colonial inn, filed
suit in circuit court today against
William Corbett, owner of the
inn, for a Judgment of $1,681.80.
In her complaint Mrs. Williams
states that during the period of
her employment at the inn she
worked on an average of 16 hours
per day and received no overtime
pay.
Pioneers of Deschutes Elect
Officers at Mid-Winter Meet
Pioneers of the Deschutes coun
try holding their mid winter meet
ing at the Pine Forest grange hall
last night elected E. A. Smith,
a resident of Bend since 1904, pres
ident of the association for the
2 Die, 300 Escape
In Subway Fire
Boston, Jan. 28 Ul'i Three hun
dred commuters escaped through
flr s " t ,nrouffan eieva-
tor shaft and tower of a subway
station, killing three persons and
Injuring five others.
Police found the burned bodies
of two women and a man, all un
identified, who had fallen In their
flight on a narrow stairway, lead
ing to the tower. The five injured
persons were subway employes
win were at work in the tower.
; The station is the only one of
its kind in the Metropolitan
Transit authority system. Passen
gers are carried by huge qleva
tors to the street level where
there is a tower, about a story
and a half high. Part of the tow
er serves as an elevator shaft and
above that there is office space.
An unidentified policeman, en
route to work at the height of the
morning rush houi', performed
heroically In averting panic
i among the estimated 300 persons
waiting beneath the street for the
arrival of the elevator.
As smoke began pouring down
the shaft into the subway, he led
them to an emergency exit by
which they climbed six flights of
stairs to the street outside.
Columbia Rulings
Made by Officials
Portland, Ore., Jan. 28 HI'i-The
Oregon fish commission said to
day there will be no change in the
spring commercial fishing season
on the Columbia river.
The commission and the Wash
ington state director of fisheries
announced the same closed per
iods in elfect in the 1!MK spring
season w ill be enforced in l'.MD.
Commercial fishermen had ask
ed for a few days of fishing in
March and April.
Elimination of traps and seines,
an action taken by Oregon voters
in the November election, is ex
pected to result in greater catches
for gillnet fishermen and for In
dians at Celilo, Ore., the commis
sion said.
Arnie J. Suomela, master fish
warden, said the continued de
cline in Chinook salmon runs in
the Cowlitz and Willamette rivers
diri not Justify increasing com
mercial fishing in the Columbia.
He also said the revived bluebark
salmon run still needs protection
of the closed period late in June
and early in July.
ItED.MONI) WINS (iAMK
Madias. Jan. 28 - The Redmond
Union high school basketball team
defeated the Madias Union high j measure next Tuesday providing
school at Redmond Tuesday night j a method for distributing the ad
33 to 20. Hammock and Kreuger i ditlonal money which would he
starred for the Redmond team, '
while Dee was high point man for;
Madras.
The Madras school will play
Lakeview on the home floor to
night and will engage Redmond in
a return game tomorrow night.
1949
coming year, and named Mrs.
Harry Johnson, daughter of a
pioneer Jefferson county family,
vice-president. Mrs. Claude L. Mc
Cauley was elected secretary and
K. E. Sawyer is to continue as
treasurer. Present for the busi
ness meeting and old-time party
thai followed were some 340 per
sons. The new officers succeed the
group that headed the association
since Its organization In 1947. Carl
A. Johnson served as president of
the group during the first two
ears of its existence, with Mrs.
Rohert L. Martin serving as sec
retary.
Elections followed a potluck
dinner, arrangements for which
were made by a committee head
ed by Edna Brinson, Before
dancing got under way, Al Lewis
was presented in sleight of hand,
with Mrs. R. D. Ketchum provid
ing the background music. Mrs.
Paul Brookings directed group
singing. Music for the old time
dance was provided by Ernie
Traxler and his fellow musicians.
Dances included quadrilles, circle
two steps, a rye waltz, fox trots
and two prize waltzes.
Winners of the first prize waltz,
in the senior division, were Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Stout, Bend, with
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Tetherow, Red
mond, runners up. In the open
waltz contest, Mr, and Mrs. Tethe
row placed first, in a close deci
sion over Dr. and Mrs. R. D.
Ketchum.
Eva Todd Bennett, whose fath
er, John Y. Todd, Oregon pioneer,
purchased the Farewell Bend
ranch for $G0 and two saddle hors
es in 1877, was accalimed queen
of the Deschutes pioneers, after
being escorted to the stage, where
Johnson presided. Also escorted
to the speakers' platform was
Dolly Hodges Fessler, president
this past year of the Crook Coun
ty Pioneers' association. Mrs.
Fessler touched on plans for a
Central Oregon museum. Mrs. E.
M. Thompson, Bend, historian for
the Deschutes Pioneers' associa
tion, told of the problem of ob
taining historical records, value
of which, she stressed, will be
great in years to come.
The summer meeting of the as
sociation will again be a picnic
affair, in Bend's Pioneer park in
July or August.
House Education Committee
Introduces School Measure
By Kldon Barrett
Salem. Jan. 28 dl'i - The house
education committee today Intro
duced a bill to Increase the basic
school support fund to $!);" per
child to aid "distressed" school
districts with building programs.
The measure was prepared by
Rex Putnam, superintendent of
public instruction. It would be re
ferred lo the voters if adopted by
the legislature.
The existing basic school sup
port fund is collected on the basis
of $T)0 per child between the ages
of 4 and 18. The new levy would
add $45 kt child. It would boost
the fund to approximately $30,
000,000, Putnam said.
Putnam said he will offer
doled out at the rate of $2,000,000
a year.
It appeared unlikely that the
house military committee would
introduce as a committee meas
ure a bill to give war veterans
bonuses. A measure is being spon-
Low Temperatures Continue
For Oregon; Blizzard Hits
Ranges, Livestock Doomed
Government Officials Warn That Weather
Imperils 3 Million Head of Stock Valued at
Half Billion; Rain Threatens to Renew Flood
Portland, Ore., Jan. 28 U'W Low temperatures returned
to most of Oregon today along; with clem- skies mid sent the
western part of the state's told wave into the 28th day of
sub-freezing; murks.
Allan Jones, weather bureau forecaster, said the outlook
was for continued cold weather Saturday and Sunday with
snow or rain Monday and Tuesday. The week end will be fair,
with cloudiness bejfinninc; Sunday, Jones said.
Trains continued to arrive several hours lato into Portland,
but the power situation was
Parents Warned
Against Measles
Parents are once again warned
by Dr. Elizabeth Bishop, medical
director of the Tri county Health
department, to check their chil
dren closely for possible measles
symptoms. If any are found, par
ents are requested lo give them
proper attention Immediately.
As Dr. Bishop stated early this
week, the symptoms for this dis
ease are similar to those of the
common cold. A child may have
a slight cough or running eyes or
nose. It any of these symptoms
appear In a child he should be
kept indoors and away from other
children.
Dr. Bishop staled today (hat
nothing would lie gained by clos
ure of the schools at this time, be
cause children would he just as
subject to contacting the disease
through playmates around home
and other places where they con
gregate. She also pointed out that
a characteristic of the epidemic Is
that it travels from one locality
to another. In explaining her
statement, Dr. Bishop said that at
the present time the disease is
more prevalent In the. Held and
AJlen schools, while there Is com
paratively little at the Kenwood
school. She added that Is might
increase later in the Kenwood
school.
Dr. Bishop estimated the num
ber of cases of measles in Bend by
referring lo the figures supplied
on grade school absentee lists. She
pointed out, however, that not all
absentees were out of school be
cause of Jhe measles. Tuesday
268 absentees were reported; Wed
nesday, 287; Thursday, 300; and
today there were 330 reported ab
sent. No Action Taken
In Prineville Case
Prlneville. Jan. 28 (Special)
J. E. McCann, local service sta
tion-grocery operator who said
bakeries are refusing to sell him
bread because he has cut the
price of (oaves, announced today
he has received a letter from
Henry Hess, U.S. district attorney
In Portland. I less, McCann said,
has asked for full information
relative to the charges. McCann
had asked that a representative
of the attorney's office be sent
here to investigate.
Portland, Jan. 28 'Hi- No action
in the Prineville bread ease has
yet been filed In the U.S. dislricl
court hero, It was announced to
day. PKINCKSS IMl'KOVKD
Sandringham, Eng., Jan. 28 HI'i
Princess Fllzalieth, who Is ill with
measles, Is continuing to make
satisfactory progress, court sourc
es said today. Her temperature
now Is normal, it was said.
'sored by the
Wars for a
Veterans of Foreign
maximum bonus of
$!40.
Committee chairman C. L. Lieu
alien said the committee would
"have to give it a lot of thought"
before offering the measure in
sofar as the voters turned down
a bonus bill at the last election.
A bill was introduced in the
ttr,,,L. h I..,. l--..-i t-mi i; r-.i.t.
man. lo' in,N.':,. fmrn's'i,, c,Smilli was denied the right of a
the annual reeistralion fee for
car owners. Hill would continue
existing apportionments of high
way funds and divide' up the addi
tional S5 by giving the state S2.50
and counties and cities each $1.25.
Meanwhile, Rep. lilies L.
French, R Moro, said he will in
troduce a reapportionment plan lo
substitute for one introduced in
the senate if the .senate measure
Is passed by the upper chamber. 1
French who opposed reapporlioiv ,.UIS0NEK TAKEN TO SALEM
ment of the legislature, would If
necessary amend the senate men- Billie Gene Leanord, 315, sen
sure so that each eountv would fenced Wednesday to two years ill
have a senator and the house : the state penitentiary, left for Sa
would be divided by new districts Hem today in custody of Deputy
based on population. . I sheriff Harry Johnson.
No. 45
easing;.
Foit extended from the Co
lumbia river northward to Se
attle, nlthoujrh Portland and
the Willamette valley escaped
its mornintr blanket. At Port
land airport, where fog and
wind played tricks with the
mercury, the temperature made a
brief descent lo 10 degrees and
the mist caused some disruption
in airline operations.
La Grande recorded a minus 4
degrees for the coldest reporting
weather .bureau station in the
state, followed by Ontario s minus
2. Pendleton had 1 above, The
Dulles 3, Klamath Falls 7, Baker
9 and Lakeview 10. Other read
ings included Eugene and Med
ford 2G, North Bend 30 and Salem
31.
Blizzard Sweeps Range;
Another severe blizzard swept a
large portion of the western
ranges today, dooming hundreds
of thousands more sheep and cat
tle to starvation amid the mount
ing snowdrifts.
Livestock officials warned that
the new snow and cold weather
Imperiled 3,000,000 head of live
stock valued at a half billion dol
lars or more. The storm forced
suspension of haylift operations
but the air force hoped to resume
flighty today. - ,
The blinard slashed Its, way
across Nebraska, South Dakota,
Kansas and Oklahoma, dropping
as much as a foot of snow that
was whlpiM-d into tremendous
drifts by 40 to 150 mile an hour
winds.
Along Its southern fringes, the
storm area tossed off freezing
rain and sleet that caused mil
lions of dollars in property dam
age to communication lines in
Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.
Floods lilt Midwest
The rain threatened to renew
the force of floods in southern
Illinois and Indiana where almost
1,000 persons were forced from
their homes.
Early today, the leading edge of
the blizzard was slugging across
central Wisconsin toward the east
coast anil forecasters warned
that snowfall north of Chicago
would lie heavy. Storm warnings
flew at Lake Michigan ports.
Ranchers and agriculture offi
cials In the west gave the follow
ing slate-by slate report on en
dangered livestock:
Nebraska 1,G84,410 cattle
worth $252,U)i.0O0 in 2!) counties
nlone. About $08,000,000 worth of
livestock in 13 surrounding coun
ties. Utah-750,000 sheep and 70.000
cattle.
South Dakota - 700,000 Cattle.
Nevada - 200,000 sheen and 45,-
000 cattle.
Jury Trial Case
In Circuit Court
Prineville, Ore.. Jan. 2S UiA
case which may test the right of
Oregon cities to deny jury trials
to offenders has reached the cir
cuit court.
Circuit judge Malcolm Wilkin
son of The Dalles, replacing Judge
1 Ralph S. Hamilton of Bend, will
I hear the case of Don Smith, Prine
ville, who originally was arrested
on charges of resisting an officer
and disorderly conduct,
t leorge 1 1. Brewster, Redmond
attorney anil counsel ior smnn,
isaid he will take the case to Hu
ll. S. supreme court on grounds
"imi iiv nit'
A iurv trial Is not required un
der the Prineville city charter,
and several other Oregon commu
nities have similar charter provis
ions. Prineville City attorney Donald
M. Graham held that a violation
of a municipal ordinance does not
constitute a crime and is not with
in constitutional provisions.