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Newspaper Page TextI THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM. OREGON. SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1936 it 01 l( fr U r. hi lej ro he CapitalJiJournal Salem, Oregon ESTABLISHED MARCH 1, 1888 An Independent Newspaper Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday at 444 Chemeketa Street Telcpnonea Business umce 3071 News Boom 3572: Society Editor 3573 O GORGE PUTNAM. Editor and Publisher 1 FULL LEASED WIHE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND THE UNITED PRESS SUBSCRIPTION RATES: BY CARRIER 10 cents a week: 45 cents a month; 15.00 a year In advance BY MAIL in Marlon Polk. Linn. Yamhill. Benton. Clackamas and Lincoln counties: One month SO cents; 3 months 11.25; 6 months $2.25; 1 year $4.00 Elsewhere to cents a month; 6 months 12.75: (5 00 a yeai In advance The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use tor publication ol all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited tn this paper and also local news published herein. 'With or without offense to friends or foes I sketch your world exactly as it goes." Seek Return of Saloons Disguised as the Home Rule League, Inc., of Oregon, the whiskey, beer and wine interests have launched their long anticipated attack upon the state liquor control act with the filing of two initiative petitions. One would repeal the pres ent Knox law under which the state operates a monopoly the sale of hard liquors and substitute a system of licensing private dealers, and the other would amend the constitution to permit incorporated cities to license, tax, regulate or pro hibit the retail sale of alcoholic beverages. , , , The proposals are cleverly drawn to appeal to all ele ments which for selfish reasons oppose the existing system of sale and control. .. There is a sop to the advocates of municipal licensing for revenue in the constitutional amendment a play for the support of such organizations and individuals as comprise the state league of city officials, which has made several futile efforts in the legislature to secure a portion of the li quor tax money. The cities now get 30 cents a gallon on all beer sold. There is a bid for the assistance of brewers and beer dealers in the provision which would reduce the tax on malt beverages from ?1.30 to 62 cents, and an even more attrac tive invitation to dispensers of beer to join the movement which would substitute loose and easily manipulated local control for the stricter state supervision and enforcement now existing. To attract the wine dealers and their friends the tax on this type of beverage would be reduced to 5 cens a gallon whereas the state now collects 12 cents a gallon on natur ally fermented wines and 30 cents a gallon on fortified wines, On bottled wines an ad valorum tax of 10 percent on natural ly fermented and 15 percent on fortified is imposed. The boldest deception attempted in the proposal, how ever, is the obvious effort to lead those prejudiced against hard liquors to believe that a heavier tax would be imposed upon whiskey and like drinks by levying an assessment of 60 cents a gallon on distilled liquors. True, the state does not now collect any direct tax on hard liquors but in its mo nopoly of sales through state stores and agencies realizes far greater profit than would accrue the suggested tax rate, The net profit on the cheapest grade of whiskey handled , .by.the liquor commission is 30 percent of the retail price, or about $1.41 cents a gallon nearly two and a half times the amount ol the suggested tax. ...... . Resort Is also made to the old nolitical device of stinu lating that the money collected shall be directly applied to the reduction of property taxes. The fact that present revenues from liquor control operations go to relief purposes, which otherwise would have to be financed through some form of direct taxation, is conveniently forgotten. Any such program would result in the return of the saloon and its attendant evils and eventually prohibition, Penalizing Industry . The Doernbecher Manufacturing company, said to have trie largest industrial payroll in Oregon, which was found guilty of violating the Portland city smoke density ordinance, .announces that the company's business will be liquidated and the furniture factory established in another state as a re sult of the court's finding. No penalty was imposed so as to give the company time to modernize the plant so the smoke density win not be in excess of that allowed by the law. there are of course two sides to the case. Modern smoke consumers are not very costly and pay for them selves in the long run in salvage of fuel as the paper mill at balem demonstrated when it eliminated its smoke and cin dor nuisance. And the public health must be placed above lactory pronts. it is probable that the Doernbecker com pany is merely utilizing this pretxet in order to escape the high taxes imposed in Oregon, especially on factories within1 city limits, to take advantage of the tax free proposals and sue auusiuies oiiereu in wasnington. At the same time it should he a wiu-nino- mrjiinsl llm C forts to penalize Oregon industries, for there arc many other mates wan an Kinds ol inducements, seeking to secure them, ine etlorts ot the Columbia river fishermen's union to close Salem industries and others along the river on the pretext that they are polluting the Willamette and hence destroying salmon is typical of the treatment accorded Oregon industry. No salmon spawn in the lower Willamette and the ascent to tne. spawning beds is made at a time of high water, when pollution is infinitismal. There is greater pollution from municipal sewers than all the industries combined. The annual output ot industries attacked is greater than the vame oi tne enure Columbia river fish industry, and their payrolls greater. And there is no proof oi their destruction oi saimon. These fishermen arc a contentions. mwHv WW . fit, and when they arc not warring between themselves and trying to put each other out of business bv legislative and initiative bills, or trying to ruin their own 'industry by dis astrous strikes, they are attempting to drive established in- uusiry out or uregon. . Scents a Polical Plot former uovernor Oswald West says that he looks upon Dr. Laughlin a proposal to chloroform the feeble-minded "as a i -jniuMcuii political tricK to deprive us of about one-third oi tne democratic majority we had in the house of rcprc- uiu hisi session oi tne legislature. Governor Martin, who approved the Lauirhlin nrnnn..l ..probably figured its effects on the senate, of whose members m u.i inverse occasions lorcibly expressed his opinions. Anyway it would effect a purging of both houses irrespec tive of parties. ; Enforcement of any such program would drastically cut rinfiS.0' 5".nt. 'tI'1nStnt t,l,e Pannes and eliminate the .l u b,;"ot '1 ' the self-st' tcr., who don't know Ztf i ,. "bout ,nnd 'hose on,y qi'nlifieation for public Ty to be" wished "K " T'8 " ' on devoutly Evert this however, would not purify politicis thr rml and potential crooks and demagogues as ll as the bone ; heads would remain in the running and secure niihlie offfce . on impossible promi8eg and Utopian rainbow chas ng Life's Big Moments . i M I 3ALVASIH6 THE TPASH HEAP THAT WAS AlWAYS LEFT BEHIND g&s-jqjjjj WHEN JJEIGHBOPS MOVED AWtr. sr M-lLaSit4 hit N0 flwyuft -MHALW Livestock Overgrazing Not Deer Destroying Ranges Says Piasecki By EDWARD). PIASECKI I have read with interest the article in th rVpovminn entitled, "Rim Rock Ranges Denuded bv Deer: Srnrkmpn to Ask for Open Season on Does." Quoting from the article, cattle, unless the state same de- partment takes Immediate steps to curb the invasion of deer, may face starvation on the range," according to Mr. K,oenier. I observe that the Information for this article was secured from one Casper Koehler, a Grant county stocaman. whose opinion was verl. tied by one Ted Hayes, a rancher from the Bums District. In view of the fact that the deer from the Rim Rock ranges are unable to speak for themselves, I feel that It Is but Just and fair for some one -to speak in tneir behalf, and I shall try to con- nne myself to facts which are self evident to anyone who has made any study of the situation. In the first place, to be concrete. let me state that I have hunted -in the Calapooia mountains in the Cas cade range, packing some twenty mUes from what is known as Camp er's Plat, which Is in turn some twen ty miles south of Oak Ridge, up Uito what is known as the Staley Ridge country, which was, up until some few years ago, a very delightful country In which to hunt. Were you to attempt to hunt this country to day, you would find that not only the Rim Rock ranges, but that whole country for miles and miles has been denuded by sheep and cattle to such an extent that you rarely ever see deer In that immediate vicinity. ine last few years I have hunted in and about Paisley, in what is known as the Buck Mountain coun try, and this territory is about to meet the same fate as the Staley Ridge country. For the last tllree seasons I have paid particular at tention to this situation, and there was not a day during the three sea sons that I did not see range cattle all over that country, In addition to he stock ranches on the lower lev els. Somehow, I am unable to vision any deer range denuded by the deer themselves. I did not know that there was any territory in Oregon so thickly populated by deer. It occurs to nie In addition to the excuse giv en In the article, "The heavy bliz zards of the desert country have swept the mule deer out of their ac customed ranges and driven them to ranch areas," that If the Rim Rock range has been denuded so that it were necessary at this time of the year, which we know Is unusual, for deer to come to the lower levels to feed, then I would venture that either sheep or cattle, and undoubt edly cattle in this particular in stance, have so denuded the range that the deer were obliged to come down to starve. The statements I have lust made. as these In the article to which I re fer, arc somewhat general, but, as Al Smith would say, "To be specific. lets look at the record." Statistics show that there are remaining one Hundred seventy-three million acres of public domain lands, and It is ad mitted by all. even the cattle and sheep men, that tlieso lands have been over-grazed and denuded, and mat mey nave contributed more than their full share toward the de struction of our good earth. In the past great herds of sheep and cat tle have been supported for slight cost for pasturage. The range has been so grossly misused lor so many .years now that there hns been less and less of it to support ever-in creasing herds. Until the passage of the Taylor bill June SO. 1934. certain cattle and. slicep Interests in Hie est succeeded In blocking legisla tion designed to protect them from tneir own folly, realizing that thov ere destroying thrir own means of livelihood In destroying the ranee. but nevertheless, insisting on the right to continue to destroy U rue Taylor Qrnzlng act which ves the department of the Inter ior the power to control and regu- c grazing on eighty million acres the public domain still leaves the other ninety-three million acres be denuded by sheen and cattle Tills public domain land Is presumed oa exactly What it Implies, a pub lic domain for the use and enjoy ment of all the people, and not par ticularly for sheep and cattle men. Should there be more feed than is necessary for the wild life thereon. it occurs to me that the fair thing to do would be to graze thereon Just such a number of sheep or cattle, or both as would not disturb the bal ance of nature. That It has been dlstured is conceded even by these men themselves time and time again. It simply means that the surface re sources are being exploited unwisely a.iu excessively, particularly by live stock which Is destroying the ground cover and resulting in serious wind and water erosion. That the caring capacity for livestock on most of the public domain has been reduced to a mere fraction, of its former possl bilities, is a fact no one will dis pute, with a very few exceptions, the public domain has, wherever used by the stockmen, been subiect- ed to such abuse through over-graz ing as to deplete the more palata ble forage plants, both grass and brush, unpalatable plants replacing succulent grasses, rendering it In creasingly difficult for a cow to make a living on a hundred acres of land. Reoccurring droughts accen tuate the deplorable condition and speed these vast areas on the road to utter destruction. Along with grass and the browse plants has gone both cover and food for game birds and animals. Many of the stockmen in the west are the best friends of our game and will not tolerate illegal killing, but, as -It has been said, "A mini's friends are of tcntimes his worst ene mies.' So It is with game and the stockmen. When have we legislated in behalf of our deer, as that Is the subject of mis argument. I make the point mat game and the wild life species. with one or two minor exceptions, have never had an area hi Oregon which they may rightfully call their own. There has been no definite state policy to set ud areas that he long to game. When you consider future impingements, and consider the rights of other Industries, sheep and cattle Included, I want game to do considered as one of Oregon's as sets. In view of the fact that we have a good many thousands of acres of this public domain In the state of Oregon, game should be giv en at least an equal opportunity to live inereon. it Is high time that the people of this State give wild me species, socially and econom Icolly, a place hi the picture of this s.atc. News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, March 21 President Roosevelt, before leaving for Flor ida, said he had high hopes that his housing advisers would have a plan when he returned. This was merely a polite cover-up lor the fact which will be evident shortly,- that the housing plan has blown up. What Mr. Roosevelt would have said, if he had spoken his mind is something like this:- The inability of any two of his housing experts to agree on any thing has convinced him that noth ing important can be attempted along that line. Furthermore, he has wasted so much time on. the subject that he hopes that no one will mention it to him soon again and as for the experts. It is generally understood within the White House coterie that the president will play a new game, call ed "housing-expert", on his Florida fishing trip. He will name each sallfish after one of his experts and club it lustily on the head as it is hauled into the boat. suspicions The experts cannot even agree on why they cannot agree iney seem to think it Is a matter of personalities. Each one suspects an me otners oi working for sub versive influences. That Is, they suspect each other of working for mortgage bankers trying to block me program, or for certain building groups with political Influence try ing to promote certain phases of it semsniy. They are probably Just a little bit right in their suspicions of each other. But the basic reason for the futility of the Idea, although they win aeny it, seems to be this: . All schemes which have been analyzed and considered contain such rank discriminations against property holders that they are eco nomically hazardous. Dangers The formost effect of any kind of housing, public or pri vate, is the shifting of real estate values. These cannot be avoided. If you build homes, you take tenants away from localities where they are now paying rent. You deprive pro perty owners and mortgage holders there of their values. By your choice of a new housing locality, you may boost the value of property owners mere. It is all right for private realtors to do such things constantly, but when the government starts doing It on a national scale, a constitu tional as well as an economic ques tion arises. There Is also some question whe ther the cheaply constructed -low cost homes would, last as long as their mortgages. Likewise. some doubt whether persons attracted to such homes would be good long term risks. At least these were the whispered considerations which dominated Mr. Roosevelt's recent series of ineffec tive housing conferences. They ex plain why the new dealers cannot have a program, although they con sider one highly desirable as cam paign ballyhoo. LANDMARK RECALLS GAY NINETIES HERE Pantry Patter By R. G. 15. By E. B. FLETCHER A Salem landmark worthy of note is at 340 North Liberty street, Just norm of the Christian Science church. It has brick foundation, is two-story, four triple bay windows and square cupola on the southwest corner. There are four large walnut trees along the parking, and an outstand ing feature of the lawn for these 50 years has been the rockery, once used as a fountain base, but now as a fish pond. The floor, at the land ing of the front steps, is laid with tile of curious patterns. For many years this was the home of William England and his wife, Olive Stanton England. William England was born in Illinois in 1829. He crossed the plains to Oregon in 1852 and settled at Salem. Working as a carpenter, he saved his money and began a brokerage business at Salem. In 1890 he formed a partnership with Oeorge Williams, and they organized the bank of Wil liams and England. About five years alter this, the State Insurance com pany went broke, and the bank of Williams and England failed with It, Olive Stanton was of the Alfred Stanton family. After finishing Wil- imueue university sne was Known as a writer and an artist of ability. She was Mrs. Olive Enrlght after Mr. England s death about the year iduu. ine only child of William and Olive England was Eugene England. whoso death was eight or ten years prior to that of his father. About the time of the opening- of me worm war me England proper ty was on sale at J 11, 000. It was purchased by the C. P. Bishop fam ily. They did extensive improving and . remodeling . during the years while they resided there. It is now the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pratt. Mrs. Pratt was a beneficiary in the estate of Mrs Stanwick Pratt of Modesto, Calif. If.- Above The old England home at 340 North Liberty street as it appears today. Below Wil liam England, pioneer of 1852 and prominent business leader in Salem before the turn of the century. Ten years ago, the Pratts Invested In this property. . . -. - The building has eight apartments and twenty-two rooms. Marble fix tures, unique fireplaces and num. erous conveniences give the place an air of home-like comfort." One of the occupants has been with Mrs. Pratt all of the 10 years, and an other, seven years. - There is nearly always "a house-full." A picture of Mrs. Olive England Enrlght, that has received much favorable mention, was made by the artist, Mrs Le Gall, and is. in her. possession, where she. resides hr the home of Mrs. Alice Wenger, 1427 Fairmount street. E. J. Roth,' 1113 Cottage street, was coachman for the Englands several years, about the time of 1892. Is there a man in Oregon who is familiar with the woods and has hunted during the open season for me past ten or fifteen years, who could not say that he has counted not only forty or fifty head of slicep or cattle, but has counted them bv Ihc hundreds, not on what, is com monly known - as cattle range, but what was known for years and years 10 oe ueer country and later appro priated by the sheep and cattle men. Anyono knows what several thou sand head of sheep will do In a year or two in deer country. It is so self-evident to anyone who has had any experience and has witnessed the destruction going on durini the past fifteen years, that It needs no argument. And now, the panacea .ur an inesc evils as suggested by Mr. Koehler, after tho sheep and cattle have made It impossible for the deer to find a range in which to live, without coming down to the lower levels. Is to open the season on docs. What a brilliant solution to the problem confronting us. It might in turn be suggested that In view of the fact that the stockmen havo contributed more than their full share toward the destruction of the range on the open domain, that they profit by their own Mimutlnn and in turn kill some of their cat tla untU they at least havi permit- Effect What they will probably do now Is this: continue the exist ing law with reference to renovations lor six months with some liberaliza tion, continue the government guarantee mortgage system indef initely without any further liberali zation. Some renewed effort may be made in reference to low cost housing and slums clearance, but the Jig has been up, as far as they are concern ed, since Mr. Morgenthau's real estate mortgage ally, Peter Orlmm, tossed his hands in the air and re turned to New York last week. TYPHOID FOUGHT IN FLOOD AREA Wheeling. W. Va, March 21 (IP) lnnoculation against typhoid was started yesterday afternoon among 20.000 refugees as the rampaging umo river roared to Its crest. The river, which claimed 16 lives last night and today, stood at 53 'i feet. Several hundred families still were marooned. As homeless men. women and chil dren were herded into the big mar ket auditorium, schools, churches and every unfloodcd public building, ur. R. M. Pedicord, city - county health commissioner, issued this warning: "An epidemic of disease will fol low the flood." Working under his direction were 100 nurses, more than a score of Dhv- sicians and a large number of volun leers. There was a shortage of serum. The food supply was sufficient to last several days, officials indicated, but they urged great care in Its prep aration. Dr. Pedicord called upon every person able to cook, man or woman Or child, to report at the auditorium. ' public donations of money and food were solicited. MRS. BLACKERBV HOME Silvcrton Mrs. A. F. Blackerbv .ecunuy reiurned trom a three- months' visit in Washington. She was at the home of her daughter, airs. Meva F. stivers at Omak. and with another daughtei. Mrs. R. H. Bnice of Enumclaw, during that time. ted this same rango to again re cover. My answer to the suggestion that the remedy Is to open the season on does In the words of the song writer Is, "No, No. A Thousand Times No." Very truly yours, EDWARD K. PIASECKI, The Fireside Pulpit REV. E. S. HAMMOND BATH HEM'S CLOTHESLINE When buying a new clothesline do not immediately put It into iu. First Jet it repose In boiling water for half an hour. Tills will keep it from stretching and prevent its, tangling and will give it longer life, , HINGES NEED OIL, TOO. n Do you know that about once a year you ought to oil your hinges, knobs and latches? Just a drop of oil will do and they will work bet ter and last longer. GRAPE-NUTS MOUSSE One-third cup sugar; U cup water; . 2 egg whites, stiffly beaten; 1 cup cream, whipped; W teaspoon va- , nilla; U cup Grape-Nuts. Bring sugar and water to a boll and boll until syrup spins a thread when dropped from tip ol spoon. (232 P.). Pour slowly over egg whites, beating constantly. Continue . beating until mixture is cool (about 3 minutes). Fold in cream and va-. nilla. Add Grape-Nuts. Place in -freezing tray of automatic refrig erator and. let stand 3 to 4 hours, or until firm, or turn into mold, filling it to "overflowing; cover with waxed paper, and pack in equal parts ice and salt. Let stand 3 to 4 . hours, or until firm. Makes about ' l'.i pints mousse. . Judge not, that ye be not judged I once knew a gentleman who was subject to ungovernable outbursts of temper. He would fly into a raging passion upon very slight provoca tion, and seem entirely beside him self. After one of these outbreaks he would take to his bed, and his indis position was no make-believe either. He was genuinely sick. Before very long he died of heart trouble. All the time he was having these tor rential outbursts his heart was fail ing to do its work. His blood was not purified as it should have been, and this unpurifled blood was carrying poison through his whole system. When a man's brain is filled with poisoned blood, he cannot be patient nor reasonable. Some people blamed this good man severely, and some laughed at him. But he was as much to be pitied as a fever patient who Is out of his head. I think we are slow to learn the great truth that it takes more knowl edge than we possess to Judge our neighbors rightly. ' One evening a religious worker was talking to a crowd in the slum district of one of our cities, when a , man stepped up to him and said. Say, Mister, If you had been born and lived all your life down here where we are, would you be talking to us the way you are now?" The speaker had no answer to that ques tion. I once heard Saukey sing: "When the mists have rolled In splendor From the valleys and the hills, And the sunshine, warm and tender, Falls in kisses on the rills. We shall read love's shining letter in the rainbow of the spray; We shall know each other better When the mists have rolled away.' Matt. 7:1. DR. CURTIS EGBERT DIES AT OLYMPIA Olympla. March 21 UP Pneumon It caused the death here Thursday of Dr. Curtis Egbert, 60, Olympla enlist. Born In Port Collins. Colo. Dr. Eg bert came west in an immigrant train with his parents when he was only three years old. The family semen in tne orand Ronde valley tn eastern Oregon and young Egbert was a member of the first graduating class of The Dalles high school. Alter graduation from the Port land Dental college in 19M. Dr. Eg bert came to Olympla and has prac ticed his profession here since then. Surviving are his widow, a son and daughter. LORE ENRICHED ON WASHINGTON Penn Yan, N. Y., Varch 21 (tP) George Washington, It develops, had difficulty In obtaining proper fitting trousers, according to a letter owned by Harry Bennett, of Dundee, Yates county. The letter, written by Washington, on Ncv. 5, 1782, was addressed sim ply and was sent from Newburgh. It speaKS ior itself: "Dear sir: By Doctor Oreeg send you $6.92, which appears to be the ballance due you for your lands. I pray you get me made, my measure enclosed, a pair of the nicest and best leather, breeches. .."I know not at this time who Is esteemed the most celebrated maker or I would not trouble you with so small a matter. Formerly there was b person railed (I think) the Cara- bous. by which very neat breeches were made. , "Whether they are yet to be had I know not, neither do I know the price of leather breeches at this day oui ii me money sent not sufficient. the deficiency sliajl be paid on demand. "I should beg to have them sent as soon as possible. I shall thank you for reiterating my request that they be made roomy in the seat. They generally make them so tight in tne tnign that It is with difficulty they can be drawn on. - : VThe measure enclosed is the size I would have, not what they could e orougnt to by stretching. -. "Yours, . . (Signed) "O. Washington.' Bennett came into possession of ine letter through finding an old Bible history book in a home he was cleaning of rubbish. Knowing that his wife would prize the Bible oook ne took It home. That was In 1918. For years the book remained In the Bennett home Only recently he picked it up and iiie icier oroppca out. GRAND MASTKK VISITS 8cotts Mills Butte lodiw No ix I. O. O. P., received m official visit from the grand master, F. M. Sex ton of The Dalles at the last meet ing, other visitors were Orand Mar shal Joe Eckley ot Portland, Special Deputy Orand Master George Bush of Sllverton, also Jack Riches and L. Davenport of Sllverton. and Prim. eroy of Monitor. Following lodtre and the social hour, refreshment., rZ V-V" J.V were served. ' .. f 8"u" SHIPMENTS TO CANADA GROW Washington, March 21 (IP) Aner-' lean exports to Canada rose 18 per . cent In January, the first month af ter enforcement of the new recip rocal trade treaty with the Domin- . ion neighbor, according to commerce; department figures published today. Shipments to Canada for tho month were valued at $26,090,000.- compared with $22,808,000 for the comparable month of 1935, accord ing to the department. At the same time, United States purchases from Canada rose ap proximately 20 per cent over tho. previous January, or from $19,004,--000 to $22,934,000. The United States thus enjoyed a favorable visible trade balance with Canada of $4,- 056,000 In January this year com pared to $3,904,000 the previous Jan - uary, ,:. MALHEUR IS , WETTEST SPOT Malheur county is the wettest. ltt Oregon llquorally speaking. ,; ;' Every person In the county sun- posedly drank $17.20 worth of II-. quor last year, according to statis-. tics compiled by the Oregon liquor control commission. For the state at large the 'per capita consumption was $6,334 when the population as given by the 1030 census was divided Into $6,041.11, total liquor sales In 24 stores and 130 agencies. Clatsop was the second wettest county, with a per capita consump tion of $10.43. Hood River was right behind with $10.34. Arid, according to the records, was Benton county where no state stores or agencies are located. Washington county- was officially the driest at $1.78. : : , Other counties showea this amount of liquor for every resl. dent: Clackamas, $2.95: Coos, $7.34; Deschutes, $7.64; Douglas, $4.70; Harney, $7.71; Jackson, :-4.8l); Klamath. $8.25; Lane, $4.53: LUm, . $4.30; Marion. $4.34: Multnomah.- V $7.89; Wasco, $7.32. . . Most of Oregon's liquor imbibers drank whisky, 665.546 gallons of it, to account for 74.66 per cent of the total liquor consumption Inst, venr. 89M57 gallons. - -, While running high In quantity, whisky drinkers were not so partic ular about quality, but watched, the pocket book. By far the best seller was bottled out of bond bourbon, with 422,643 gallons. -Only 167 gal lons of bottled In rye were sold, and other high-priced classifications were relatively low. . Oin was a poor second, with 94. 822 gallons consumed duringthe year. Following in the orderof sales were wines, cognac-and hrnnriv: al cohol and miscellaneous liquors.' ;; 2 LITTLE WHALES? CAVORT IN RIVER Astoria, Ore., Marcn 21 (IP) Tivn small , whales cavorted within the mouth of the Columbia river yes terday, feasting on naDlnw snimon and flirting with fame to become famous. the :ie.-Tnnt. sea creatures would need onlyto: PollOW the examnlp nt :mB!H,,1 bert," tiny whale thai swam up the Columbia and Willamette rivers- to Portland and was harpooned by a would-be exhibitor; uo still farther un the Wlllnmen. to the Oregon Cltv nn an t. tempt to climb over as did "Mrs Plnnegan," a half ton sea-lion-who later was hauled back to the ocean. or, . Have someone haul them n. land to the Metollus river of Cen tral Oregon and later h "Hi ti ered" by some fisherman at was a small octopus from California recently. ' MRS. BERNING ILL '. Mt. Angel Sister M Alexandria, . S. B of the Christie tnrtlan school at Kakawis, B c. Is visiting at the home of her mother, Mrs. Mary Berning. who l jteriniilv lit at her home here. Sister M. Irene. a., returned rn Oretrnn mt.v ftcr snendti u a foot Huv l at tht home of her mother. ' "