WfLL TKY TO SAVE WORKS OF FAMOUS "MOUND BUlLDS
American si lentist.i arc mo
inounds built m Ohio, Illinois and elsewhere by the
"mound builders" who preceded the Indians. Above is
the largest of all, the "Serpent Mound," located 100
miles out of Cincinnati.
the conclusion of this year's fair In
order that he might devote his entire
time to other interests. It is said that
he has not changed his decision and
probably will retire from his present
position as soon as he compiles His
annual report.
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
OREGON STATE NEWS
An electric power company is to bu
formed in Medford.
Threshing is under way in some sec
tions of Linn county.
Morrow county Is claiming a wheat
croD of 2.000.000 bushels.
Physicians say that there are four has agreed to approve the China trade
Ma f infantile paralysis in Condon, act sponsored by the Portland Cham-
Mrs. Margaret Wilkinson, Grand
Ronda pioneer, (lied at L Crande at
the age of 97.
Hop picking will begin near Ilarris
burg about August 15.
Organization of the Clackamas
County Pioneers' association has been
effected.
The Cabbage Hill -Headman's Pall
road, a stretch of ir.8 miles on the
Pendleton-La Gr ude road, has been
finished.
Governor Olcott has promised to be
present and speak at the dedication
of the municipal aviation field at Eu
gene September 5.
UUM county will not produce one
fifth enough peaches for local con
sumption this year, according to the
county fruit inspector.
Leland Smith of Portland, recently
appointed to the consular service, has
been assigned to the consulate of Sai
gon, French Indo-Chlna.
Feed for cattle on the low land of
Josephine county is reported to be ex
cellent. The cattle are In fine condi
tion for this time of year.
Allen Johnston, 9 years old, whose
parents live in Portland, was drowned
In the Columbia river at Rainier when
he was caught in u whirlpool.
E. T. Brown, at present connectcri
with the University of Washington
has been elected head of the physics
department of Willamette unlversit;.
to succeed Professor llerscliel D. Hew
itt, who resigned.
So efficient haH been the orgauiza
tlon and worlt of the forest service In
Ihe Santlam national forest thtl sum
mer that, although 22 forest rires have
started, the largest one burned over
less than two acres.
Contractors, have completed paving
what is known as the South Salem
section of the Pacific highway. Tho
Improved stretch of road is approxi
mately 8V4 miles in length, with paved
surface 16 feet wide.
Scores of Russian students tire com
ing to universities along the Pacific
coast and particularly the Pacific'
northwest this year, according to in
formation received by President Clark
of Pacific university.
H actor MoFhsrson of the On
Agricultural college was indorsed by
the executive committee of the North
Dakota Farm Bureau federation re
appointment to the presidency oi the
North Dakota Agricultural college.
The Revenue mine. In the Kane's
creek district of Jackson COUntT, OWn I
by K. U Coburn of Grants Pass and
O. W. McClendon Of Gold Hill, has been
sold to N. K. Conklln and A. I,. Conk
lln of Baksrsflsld, Cal., tor 130,000,
The Oregon public service commis
sion has authorized Its (rain InspeC'
tlon department, with headquarters in
Portland, to establish branch hay In
spection plants nt Btantteld, Umatilla,
HoHrdnwin. Messnsr, Patera, Hermii
ton and lrrigun.
Jouatlinn BOOrni Jr., e Senator
from Oregon, who has been suffering
in Washington, IV C, for severe
weeks from a nervous collapse. m.
ts able to take afternoon walks. Con
fidence is expressed b his attendants
that he will soon be restored to health
rcimer Starr, who was drowned at
KlrkHvllle, Mn. while In bathing July
4. was a son of lr and Mrs. Phllo
Btarr, earl) pioneers of Sherman OOUO
her of Commerce, lor separate legis
lative action prior to and Independent
of the general revenue revision bill.
Members of Bend, Redmond and
PrineviUe lodges of the Woodmen of
the World will hold a Joint session in
Redmond Saturday evening, AttRUSt 6,
to Initiate large classes resulting from
the centra! Oregon membership cam
paign now on.
W rd has been received at Dallas
that Joseph Dennia, youngest son of
Mr. ai.d Mrs. O. K. Dennis, Oaitdale
farmers, who is serving in the Ameri
can army of occupation in Gormauy,
was cited recently for bravery lor pre
venting an explosion.
Under the direction of the Ameri
can Legion post, Bend will celebrate
clean-up day, July 31, at BhOVlln park,
the tract in Tumalo canyon recently
donated to the city by tho Shevlin
Hixon company. Volunteer labor will
put the park fit order.
The month of June marked a new
record in the business transacted by
the state corporation department, ac
cording to announcement made by T.
D. Handle?, stale corporation commis
sioner. The cash receipts of the of
fice for the month were $113,000.
Reports are current at Salem that
R. S. Bvenden, now assistant to Dr.
Slinvpr. head of the department of
education of Columbia university,
probably will be offered the presi
dency of the state normal school at
Monmouth to succeed J. li. Aekerman.
The Oregon public service Commis
sion has suspended for a period of
six months a tariff filed by the West
ern Union Telggrapo company increas
ing the rates for press messages of
fered for transmission over Its wires.
Hide for the improvement and con
struction of approximately 121 miles
of road and several bridges in Oregon
will be considered at n meeting of
the stale highway commission to he
held In Portland, October 25 and 2ti.
Pheasant hunting in Umatilla and
Mere count ii s this year is better than
in any portion of the state a ltd hunt
ers afe flocking there and coming
away With the bird limit, according
to F. M. Brown, chief deputy game
warden.
Governor Olcott. acting at the re
iiuest of Mrs. J. lines D. Howard, chair
man of 'the Millcdgoville (Georgia)
chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution, has sent to the sou, hern
, lty I handful of Oregon soil to be
used with soil from all other stales of
the union in maturing a to-called
Liberty tree to bo planted time on
Nov embi r 10.
Sam A. Koser, secretary of state,
has advised J. I.. Finney of Astoria,
secretary of the Columbia river fish
ermen's league, that it would be neces
sary to obtain the signatures of Hilt
Qualified voters of the 20th judicial
district before recall proceedings
could be Instituted against James A.
Eakln, circuit judge. Mr. Kinney's let
ter to the secretary of state was said
to be the Ural public Intimation thai
,as on foot to recall Judge Ha
rding to Mr. Kozer.
reemenl on a new discount
in the purchase of wheat in
V.i'm. T.'-Tr growers have begun the
harvest of Qravenstein apples and in
dications point to the beginning of
the harvest of the main commercial
varieties a full week earlier than us
ual. It is expected that growers will
be calling for fairly full harvest crews
by September 20.
A friendly suit was filed in circuit
court at Dallas to test the legality of
the alleged over-taxation In Polk coun
ty. The state tax commission recent
ly Informed the county court that
Polk county's 1920 tax levy was ap
proximately ?10,000 more than the
constitutional limit.
The Portland city council, through
Ci y Attorney Grant, has presented a
petition to the public service commis
sion urging that, the Portland Railway,
Light & Power company be required
cither to perform certain maintenance
and cons, ruction work on street rail
way lines in Portland or reduce the
fartB on such lines.
There were two deaths in Oregon
due to Industrial accidents during the
week ending August 25, according to
a report prepared by the state Indus
trial accident commission. The vic
tims were William Webster, laborer,
Portland, and Mrs. Mattie Reed, house
wife of Wilbur. A total of 458 acci
di nts were reported to the commission
WONDERS
By T.T.MAXEY
navy, to make war upon the whisky
smugglers along the Atlantic coast.
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes,
summing up reports of Inspectors as
signed to smuggling activities, em
phasized in discussions with his su
periors, the urgent need at this time
of a coast patrol which the authorities
may employ effectively to stop the
flow of illicit liquor from abyiad.
Dry law officials base their hope
for some of the navy's ships on Di
rector of the Budget Dawes' decision
o transfer from the navy to other
branches of the service snips tnat
might otherwise be junked or sold at
a sacrifice.
A MEAS
SCENTS TO TAX
m. AGREED ON
(S), Western Newspaper Union.
THE HIGHEST WATERFALL
J.N XHH great hollows of that mighty
pile of granite known as the sierra
Nevada mountain! In California there
are many wildly beautiful valleys. In
the very heart of tins mountain world
Is a spot of unusual loveliness known
as Voseinite valley -u seven-niile-long
chasm In an 1,100 square mile master
piece of scenery,
'lowing gracefully over the rugged
Sk line Of these bold, towering, al
most perpendicular walls are a number
of cataract which readily take first
p'nee in' all their kind on earth.
Greeting the sightseer from dizzy
heights these columns of water tumble
headlong down the sloes of the can
yon to join the foaming river below.
Of the eight spectacular falls, by
far the tallesl la the Xosemlte, For
merly this monster cataract un
doubtedly lopped in a single grent
plunge. Now, Ibis full, which normally
is 36 feet wiuo at the top, drops 1,480
,(et In one dicer spill, followed by
cascades for about 800 feet and tnen
makes a final jump Of about 4(H) l'eet
a total distance of approximately half
11 mile.
The great itattbhach In Switzerland
Is IJXX) feet high: there Is a fall In
New Zealand Mid to be 1W4 feet
high; il.e Grand In Labrador is cred
it. d with a drop of 2,000 feet, By a
considerable margin, therefore, the
Vo entite dwarfs all ether known
va'.eri'itlls.
Sweeping Changes in Pending
Bill Submitted By Sen
ate Leaders.
Washington, D. C Amendments to
the pending tax revision bill agreed to
by republican leaders in the senate
would provide for:
A maximum surtax rate of 50 per
cent on that part of incomes in ex
cess of 1200,000, in lieu of the com
mittee plan for a 32 per cent maxi
mum on the excess over $66,000.
Repeal of the exfess, freight, pas
senger and Pullman transportation
taxes, effective at the passage of the
bill.
An increase from $2.20 a gallon to
$4 a gallon in the tax on distilled
Kiiirits nroduced. imported or with
drawn from bond for uBe for industrl
al, medicinal or other purposes.
Restoration of the capital stock tax
of II on each $1000 of invested capi
tal.
A graduated increase in the estate
tax rates to a maximum of 50 per cent
on the excess over $100,000,000 in lieu
of the present maximum of 25 per
cent over $10,000,000.
Repeal of the exciBes on sport goods,
chewing gum, perfumes, essences,
tooth and mouth washes and pastes,
dentifrices, toilet powders and soap
and soap powders and other miscel
laneous taxes sufficient to make up a
cut of $:',", 000, 000 annually.
Reduction of the tax on candy to 3
per cent, with elimination of the com
mittee proposal for a 10 per cent tax
on candy selling at wholesale for more
than 40 cents a pound.
The other excise provisions of the
senate bill would stand, including re
peal of the excess profits tax next
January 1, a flat tax of 15 per cent
on corporation incomes and Increased
exemptions for heads of families and
on account of dependents.
SENATE VOTES FOR
FREE CANAL TOLLS
Borah Bill to Exempt American
Coastwise Vessels Is
Passed, 4-7 to 37..
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Washington, D. C The Borah bill
for tolls ex3 aption ot Am rican coast-
vise vessels passing through the Pan
ama canal was passea oy uie bouuuj,
47 to 37. The measure now goes to
the house where it is expected it will
be subject to indefinite delay, at least
until after the conference on limitation
of armament.
The senate rejected two substitutes
offered by Senator King, democrat,
Utah, to authorize the president to
negotiate for arbitration of the toils
question and to appropriate $2,000,000
as a subsidy for American vessels
us ing the canal.
Debate on the Borah proposal dis
closed a split in party ranks. Twelve
democrats voted for the bill while 15
republicans voted against it.
Oregon, Washington and Idaho stood
solidly for the Panama canal free tolls
bill. Senators McNary, Oregon; Poin
dexter, Washington, and Borah- and
Cooding were present to vote for the
bill. Stanfield of Oregon and Jones
of Washington, both absent, were
paired in favor of the bill.
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House Committee Sees Dangerous
Precedent.
Washington, D. C. The administra
tion bill designed to permit Major-Gen-eral
Leonard Wood to become governor-general
of the Philippines, without
retiring as an active officer of the
srmy was laid on the table by the
house military committee without a
record vote. Committeemen were said
to have held that it would be a dan
gerous precedent to establish.
Practically all committee members
ere reported to have favored tabling
the measure, which makes it certain
that the bill will not come to a vote
in the house.
No criticism of General Wood was
expressed at the committee session.
General Wood, it was argued, should
t tire from the army if he wished to
accept the island post.
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By a vote of HI to 4!l the house
passed the McN,u resolution author
islut the president to invite foreign
nations to particulate In a world ea
poHitlon at rortland in 1816,
The development of a new and val
uable prune which may murk a new
epoch ia the prune IndUStT) ot On
con ws announced h Professor F. C
Keimer of the Talent experiment sla
tlon. The new product is a Kreneli
prune twice as lurae as the normal
French prune, something that prune
growers have long been hoping for.
and Is the result of grafting BXj
nittnls started by Professor Kciiiu r in
1914.
Members of the state fair board, to
gether with various livestock and ug
ricultural organisations ot the slate,
have seat letter to A. H. I.ea urging
that he remain as secretary of the tair
board for another year. A few weeks
ago Mr. I.ea aunouueed thut he in
UuueU ts reslgu the secretaryship at
.UU
the northwest, wherebj cent will
be discounted from the purchase price
for every pound under till pounds
to the bushel, instead of the old dis
count of 1 I 'ut for every pound or
friu i on thereof, was reached at a
conference between representatives of
the farm bureaus of Walla Walla
county, Washington, and Umatilla
county, Oregon, and grain dealers of
l'o -Hand and Seattle at the Merchant
exchange in Portland The new sched
ule must be approved by the mer
chants exchnngej of Portland
. ami Tacoma beloro they can
effect. vu.
One hundred and twenty l.inn ooun
ty boys and girls are expected to com
pete In a tryout to be held September
to choose members of stock juiUitu
teams to represent I. Inn county at the
state fair and In contests In itOCI
judging at other expositions this fall.
Occupation of the new commerce
hall at the University of Oregon hits
been begun by the school of business
administration and will be complete
ly occupied by the time school opens
September 2ii. The structure w!l
house also the departments ol history
sud ecouomtcs.
Pskln. TB
the proposals ol' the Japanese govern
ment concerning a settlement of the
Shantung controversy was made pub
lic here. It declares that Japan has
advanced no plan for a settlement
which is fundamentally acceptable to
the Chinese government and people
and that the Chinese government feels
that there Is much In the new pro
posals "still Incompatible with the
Chinese government's repeated declar
ations, the Chinese people's holies and
itspiratlons and the principles laid
town in Chinese treaties with foreign
powers."
It Is added that tf the proposals
comprise Japan's final concessions,
"they surely Inadequately prove the
sincerity of Japan's desire to settle the
eoule j Question."
The note was handed to the Japa-
n, se n : istcr I i I r Yen. t he I'hlin se
j foreign minister. The Japanese min
ister said" at the time thai he received
he document in a purely unofficial
.apaclty that he would return It to
Or Yen if it was unacceptable to
lapau.
Spokane, Wash. The October crop
report for Washington state. Issued
by G. S. Kay of the federal bureau of
markets and crop estimates, indicates
decrease in the spring wheat crop
of the state as compared with the esti
mates of September 1. The total wheat
and oats crop, however, are stated to
be considerably above the average,
while the barley crop Is below aver
age. A larger apple crop Is indicated
than was predicted a month ago, while
the potato estimate shows a decrease.
The spring wheat crop is estimated
at 18,690.000 bushels as compared with 9
the September . e lm " 21,026,000 J
bushels. The 1930 crop amounted to q
17,862.000 and the average for the
u s 1915 to 1!1! waf 19,623,000 bush- 9
This yar. according to the pre-
liminary estimate, tne spring wneat
f China s reply to crop averaged 15 bushels to the acre
as against 11.9 bushels in 1920 and
17.1 bushels for the I Mear average.
The quality of the crop is given as 91
per cent as against 87 per cent last
year.
Of the total wheat crop of the state
the report estimates that 57 per cent,
or about 2S.0i 'O.noo bushels, has been
marketed. On AttgUSt 1 the winter
wheat crop was estimated at 30,922.
000 bushels, making the state's total
wheat crop approximately 49.612,000
bushels. th n port says.
HAVE IT MADE TO MEASURE
FROM THE ALL WOOL LINE
PROM CHIEFS WANT HELP
Destroyers and Ch.u?rs Are Asked to
Chase Booze Smugglers.
Washington! D. C. Prohibition au
thorities have ssked for some of the
obsolete types of destroyers and sub
marine chasers in the. United States
VETERAN SCHOOLS RAPPED
Less Theory and More Practical Aid
la Needed In System.
Washington, D. C The present sys-,
tern of federal vocational training con
tains "decidedly too much theory" and
needs the injection of practical meth
ods. Director Forbes of the veterans'
bureau declared in a report to Presi
dent Harding covering his recent
country-wide inspection of hospitaliza
tion and vocational training facilities.
Colonel Forbes characterixed the
system as "unmistakably and abso
lutely wrong." and expressed doubt
whether "very many men have actu
ally been rehabilitated by the gov
ernment and have gone back to their
respective communities as wage earn
ers and as assets."
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