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said i was homely
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out that what
STARTED IT EMI
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FARMERS TO FINANCE SELVES UNLESS FEDERAL SYSTEM CHANGES
OVCOALL'jj.iV, GOODRICH ifN"''''JWATiOry'6i;v 3i"lv" I
.V I . Ef' eranent take some Immediate steps to finance tho f..rmen in their oresslnc
needs the farmer. Way lay plans to create their own agricultural bank, ttamgbon the na Ion Thto
was the elat of Proposed action at Indianapolis last week, when President Jamc, It Howard caUed Into
ITffV T""l BvUreau representing some thirteen million farmerV
asks that the federal reserve bank system be modified, which now loans money to dealer. Mn farm
commodities over which the producer has lost control and which gluts the mark t due To "hi ca Ulng
of ha enort-time loans. The total loss on farm commodities, including livestock was est mai.d?. 2f
btllton dollars, as result of recent price declines. These first and wMTmtfanrt
eho upper and lower panels, delegates to the convention: Center, left to right J W Powri!i
tlcnal "cretary cf the A P. B. F.; Governor Goodrich of Indiana; Preslden I . R.' Howard l ot the
' Silver. Washington representative of the American Kara Uurca"
NEW MAT CHAM?
KEPT ON TRYIHG
If at Grot you don't succeed,
try. trv again",- has evidently bn
the policy of the new heavyweight
'estilng champion of the world,
d 'Strangler" Lewis of Louis-
"e, Ky II .,, . the 8tran.
eisr s bhh chance at the title, last
week si New York when he threw
Joe Sujcher Kebrusks farm boy
and took the title in one hour and
forly-one minutes of gruelling
mat work Lewis was twice defeat
ed by former champ Earl Caddock
and this was his third chance at
IT lW'8 wor8 Steclw
with bis famous "headlock '
BONUS VGULD GOST
OVER TWO BILLION
Houston Makes Estimate Be
fore Senate Finance
Committee.
HARDING MAY NAME
WOMAN TO CABINET
r. J MWj
Washington. Passage o the sol
diers' bonus bill would cost the gov
ernment approximately !2.3f)n.nnn nun
Secretary Houston estimated before
the senate finance committee consider
ing the soldier's aid measure.
The treasury secretary declared pn.
actment of the bill meant an added
burden In the way of taxes, relterar.
ing a statement made before the com
mittee last week that the treasury
ought not to be called upon to as
sume any additional burdens. '
Assuming that all the men
select one of the four optional plans,
Mr. Houston estimated the c.nt nf
each of the plans as follows:
Adjusted service pay 11,342,000,000.
Insurance provisions, M.534,000,000.
Vocational tralnlnar aid imsnnnn.
000.
farm and home development 11,880
000,000.
"The purpose of the National Wheat
Growers' association is to control the
distribution snd marketing of wheat
through financial and .elllng'agencles
of Its own selection at a price based
upon cost, plus a fair and reasonable
profit," said Secretary McGreevy.
u t?0Ughl tm President
elect Harding will ak Congrws
to create a Department of Educa-
'!,srrle T Upton of Warren,
t.. will be asked to head the ow
HI be the first woman in if,
United Stales ever, named-..-,
lablaet position
GROWERS PLAN TO
FORGE WHEAT UP
Wichita, Kan.-The Wheat Growers'
Association of America, which has
been conducting a cAmpalgn to Induce
grower, to withhold their wheat from
the market until price, are 'higher,
plan, to have mid-western states so
well organized .within the 'next six
months that the grower, will be able
to control the price paid for the 1921
crop, according to W. H, M(:Greevy,
secretary and treasurer. , j
The association now hes a member
hlp of approximately 100,000 in the
"tales of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and
Nebraska, according to Mr. McGreevy,
who has his headquarters here, The
organization will be ext. nd id, he said,
to Minnesota, North Dabott and South
Dakota,.
HARDING CONFERS ON U. S.
Cabinet Selections Also Expected to
Be Discussed.
Marlon, O. Question, of foreign re
lation, and an association of nations
gave way to domestic discussions at
President-elect Harding's home this
week. Among those with whom he
wlU talk will be Porter McCumber,
senator of North Dukota, a ranking
member of the senate finance commit
tee; J. w. Good, representative of
Iowa, chairman of the house aorronria-
tlons committee; Frank Mondell, repre
sentative of Wyoming, majority leader
In the house; Patrick H. Kelly, repre
sentative of Kansas, member of the
house military committee.
Cabinet selections are also exDAnted
to be discussed at a proposed con
ference with Will H. Havs. chairman
of the republican national committee.
Portland Bond House Close
Portland, Or.-Wlth the discoverv
that a large deficiency exists In tha
affair, of the bond house of Morris
Brothers, Inc., of Portland.. San Fran-
Cisco, Seattle and Tacoma, Fred S.
Morris, who took over the firm's af
fair, last week when John L. Ethnr.
ldge, then president, resinned. an-
nounced that the institution's doors
In all Of those Cities would not nnnn
Monday morning and when urged
further for a statement as to the fu
ture,, admitted that "This Is, the end
of the Corporation's business." 'i
Gooding to Succeed Nugent In 8enate.
Boise, Idaho.-The resignation of
John F. Nugent from the United
State, senate, to take effect on Janu
ary 15, was received by Governor
Davis. Senator Nugent was recently
appointed to the federal trade commis
sion by PreBldet Wilson. Governor
Davis has announced that be will ap
point Senator-Bleat Frank R, Gooding
to fill Senator Hugent't unexpired
term.
: OREGON KNOTES"
OF GENERAL INTEREST
I i i
Principal Events of the Week
briefly Sketched for Infor
mation of O ir Readers.
Clttjpin of Dallas are attempting to
iwuro a fret mall delivery tervlce.
Uiorce W, Wright, Albany attorney,
I. compiling t history of I. Inn county
The Lower Columbia Oil Gas com
pany h.t. begun operatlou. it It. well
In Clatsop county,
An International mining convention
will be held In Portland durlug tht
first week In April.
Brooding over family trouble., Rich
ard Moss, aged 45, committed suicide
at Ontario by .hooting himself.
Barkley Walker ha. purchased and
assumed control of the Wullowa Coun
ty Reporter, published at Knterprlse.
John Smith, who crossed the plains
to Oregon In 1S5!, dlucl near Cottage
Grove a few day. .go at the age ot 5
years.
Legislation to compel farmer, to de
stroy Canadian thistle, before thvy
bloom I. ditlrtd by Potuoua Orange
of Linn county.
Enterprising cltlirn. of Boanlman,
Morrow county, are negotiating to es
tablish a terry au'oss the Columbia
river at tlut city.
Oil and ga. of tuperlor quality
hare been discovers! on the Jay Man
nlng ranch In Klamath county at a
depth of 1595 feet.
Two hundred dal ymen of the Bank,
district have subrlbed (18,000 for
the erection of a cromery and choe.e
factory In that city. ,
Nearly a thousand doxen egg. were
marketed by the Ashland Cooperative
association In November, the price be
ing 75 cents per dosen.
More than 25 sawmills In Klamath
county have closed down for the win
tor. Only three ar .till running and
they may tuapend coon.
Four boys whose age. rango from It
to 19 yean are In the Lane county Jail
charged with the burglary of .evert!
stores at Cottage r.rore.
The fourth annua! automobile show
of the Pendleton Automobile Doaleri
association will be held in Happy Can
yon March 10, 11 and 1J.
Bobcats are having a hard life In
Lane county this fall, bounty on IT of
their hides being claimed at the clerk'
office In the last few days.
The city of Albany I. trying to ob
tain a furniture factory to replace
the furniture manufacturing plant
which forniprlj operated there.
Moro than 19,000 head of beet cattle
have been shipped from Klamath coun
ty since September 1, and 4000 head
still remain on the feeding ground.
Federal game authorities refuse to
consider the suggestion of Pastern
Oregon sportsmen that the o;en sea
son for .hooting migratory bird, be
changed.
Marjory Ellis, 12 year, old, wa. In
stantly killed two 1'lles souti of iillls
boro'when a truck driven by her .tep-
father capsized In a collision with an
other truck.
Mining men of Astern Oregon, at
a conference at Be'rer to devise means
of meeting present conditions, adopted
a new wage scale providing for a gen
eral reduction.
There are 7 teX of snow at Anna
Spring camp In the Crater National
park, which Is tour feot more than
i.here was at that point at the Same
time last year. 1
Sparks generated by friction -while
cleaning a silk dress In a Bend laundry
fired the gasoline, sat the bulldlrjt on
fire and burned the clothing of 0. E.
Olsen, proprietor.
The Delta 8alng!e company at Flor
ence has shut down Its mill and log
glng camp while the capacity of the
mill I. being Increased by the addition
of another machine.
Sllverton want, on armory building.
A large delegation of citizens went to
Salem last week to urge appropriation
ot 10,000 county funds, to add to the
city's appropriation.
All gravel on the Old Oregon Trail
between Pendleton' snd Echo has been
laid and the road h completed except
for a bridge near Echo, which will have
to be built In the tprlng.
Among the various amount.' asked ot
congress for Improvements In Oregor
i. an appropriation ot $1125,000 for
making a survey of tho Coos Bay
Wagon road grant lands. 1
It Is roported that the Crown-Wil
lamette Paper company will resume
its operations near Seaside wltliln a
short time. The Seaside camp em
ploys several hundred men. j
, Water two feet deep ran down Sea
whipped by a 50-mlle gale, das bed over
the board walk and .wept through
part of the bu.lness section. I
There were two fatalities due to In
du.trlal accident. In Oregon in the
week ended December 23, according
to a report Issued by the state Indus
trial accident commission. The vie
tims were S, M, Thless miner, ol
Bourne, and Joseph M. Fltt.gerald, la
borer, of Salem. A total of, 456 acci
dent! were reported. .
-ill a U: ...
Work of raising the Quota of the
Itate of Oregon, outside of Porllsnd,
for the European relief fund I. moving
forward rapidly and approximately
ITS. 000 ha. already been pledsrd.
Harry Silver, mumiftor of the Pom
ndour mineral tprlngs nar Athlaim,
las a crew of men niuiwl lu pulling
lows teat wells fur cnruoiilc add u
wihlch the company inrU to dnvelon
On account ot the success of the
tate butchery stnbllshid flvi) year
o at TWowutor, the plant hus been
tnlu'raod to haudle 15,000,000 ciiKi lb
ilace of the 10,000,000 bundled last
veer.
Plana have been announced by Ih
Kaaociatlon ot Pacific Fisheries fur a
nation wide campaign of education a.
to the economy and food value of the
more plentiful varieties of canned
mlinon.
F. M. This, an undurground miner
employed at the K. K mine at
tlourne. In Hukur county, was liiktuiil
ly killed Whan a small rock hm-ame
llslodn.Hl striking blui on the back ot
the neck.
Mia. Luke Jonulug. ot Mtdfurd. 35,
a sister of Milton A. Miller, Internal
revenue collector at Portland, wa. kill
ed Instantly lu an automobile accident
on the Pacific highway near Mcdford
Christmas eve,
For the second time within the past
few weeks Uerval. I. without water
The pumping station Is ample to sup
p'y the dcm.ind, but tlie wells fill
with a tlue sand and put the pump, out
jf commission.
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon was
operated upon at the emergency hos
pital In Washington. D. C, Friday. It
was said that the operation was a
complete success and that the senator
was resting comfortably.
Taxpayers of Multnomah county
will be called upon next (ear to meet
the Inrgmt tax bill that has ev biwn
presented to them. The total will be
approximately 114,718,000. or 153.44
per capita, based upon 276.211 popula
lion as shown by the federal ceusus
of 1920.
A aquash so large that many people
refused to believe It a rl vetetable
but thought It was an Imlnilnn made
of paper has been on eihlbltion tor
several days In the window of Mur
phy's seed store In Albany. It weighs
181 pounds.
Two hundred phonograph, are now
In process ot manufacture at the Cre
mona Phonograph company's plant si
Albany. Material, are on the way to
Albany that will keep lite plant oner
atlng at the rate of 15 finished cab
Inets a day.
The Talent lrr!stlon district hs
filed with the state engineer applies
tlon for certlflrati-'n of bonds In thi
urn of J33.0U0, to be used for the pur
chase ot additional land In connection
with Installation ;of what will be
known as the Em U rant reservoir, nea
Ashland.
Rogue river dairymen won highest
honors In the Oregon Cow Titling as
soclatlon as the r-iult of tisl. mad
during November, according to nsultt
which have Just been given out. Tha
district also led others with 35 cow
yielding above 40 pounds of butter fa
for the month.
Because of the wave of crime over
the entire country and ot the recent
burglaries and attempted burclarlei
and much petty thieving, the Mcdford
city council hat added another police
man to the night force, and lights have
been placed In all the alley, through
out the buslnce. district.
"Declaring In their complaint that
Union county financially Is unable to
proceed With road work, thut road
funds are at low ebb, and that the road
conditions should remain as they are
until labor and matcrluls are cheaper,
William R. Juspcr and Walter M
Pierce have enjoined the Union county
court from contracting two piece, of
road, advertised, front the Iowa achool
house to Island City, and from Island
City to Cove. T'ee distance covered
amounts to about i') miles.
L. E. Bean of IS gene, who recently
returned from Washington, D
whore ho went several weeks ago In
the Interests of the Chamberlain road
bill, designed to aid the public land
states of the west In building high
ways, has received a telegram from
Representative MrArthur stating he
had received assurance from Chairman
Mondell of the house committee on
public highway, and othor house lead
era that legislation providing for an
proprlatlon. similar to those called for
in tho Chamberlain bill undoubtedly
will be passed In the house.
To promote pure bred livestock rais
ing, Klamath Fall. bank, are offering
Inducement. . to communities making
the best showing. The First National
bank has offered a high-class regis
tered bull to the district that first rids
Itself of all scrub sires snd replaces
them with purebreds. The First State
Saving, bank promises a registered
buck of standard breed to the district
putting In the greatest number of reg
istered ewe. In 1921, To encourage
hog culture the Klamath State bank
will give a registered boar to the dls
trlct In which the large.t number ol
registered sow. ar placed during the
next year, and the American Nations
bank, to promote the grading up ol
dairy herd., offers a high-grade bull
to the district making the best dairy
tog record In 1921. ; '
HOUSTON ASKS FOR
TAX ONFARM BONDS
Secretary Holds That Exemp
tion of Land Bank Issues
It Wrong.
Weshlngtoo.-Wlihdrawal ot the tag
exemption provision from farm loan
bonds liiued In the future by Joint
stock laud bank. ha. bast recommend
ed to eonirto. by Secretary Houston
on the ground that then bank, art
organisation, of private capital lor
commercial purpose. In which the pro
fit, accrue to the benefit ot the le
velling stockholders.
Tai MMnnllona In tht ease of Joint
atock land hauka were declared by the
secretary to amount to gilt at the
ipente of the government slid tax
payers generally. The privilege, he
said, ahould not be continued with re
tptt to the private mortgage eon-
paniia, orgsnisea ior pnvaii yrvut.
This Is emphasised, the secretary as-
terted. In this period ot high taxes,
when the government has established
the policy of subjecting Us own securi
ties to partial taxation and when the
treasury cannot afford to dliptut
with any ot the receipt, which other
wise would accrue on account of teiri.
The withdrawal et the tax et'tup
tlon fur the United States from farm '
suggested, should be eccouipn.l' d b .'
an Increase In the power, ot the ft d ,
eral land bank, to make any l"in ni'
authorised by Joint (lock lanl
In order that there be no cui'iil :,i m
of the financial benefit, to scrlrul.ure
provided by the farm loan sit.
During the past fiscal yai, lbs see
retarv said. I? lolnt .lock laud bank.
were In active operation, making loan.
In the aggregate ot 120.162,470 to 1141
borrowers.
II, S. TROOPS IN
EUROPEDWIN0UN6
Washington. The American force
In Germany will soon be reduced nt
the rate ot about 1200 a month, due
to the expiration of term, of enlist
ment, and no replacement, are being
tent to Coblens. The war department
estimates thst by May, 1921, the force
will have been reduced to 7004 or.
7500 men, about one brigade,
While President Wilton has Issued
no orders for the withdraws! of to
force, substantia! reductions are oo
curing from month to month on an
increasing ratio. The force now num
bers about 14,000 officer, and men.
Many of the enlisted men have been
on the Rhine tor long time and their
enlistments are beginning to expire In
considerable numbers.
The aggregate cost of the American
force In Germany to June 30, 1934,
which Germany must pay, amounted
to 257,0li5,084.3C. This turn Include.
maintenance of officer., men and ani
mal., charge, peculiar to the army
(civilian employe., rental., billots and
claims), and net debit covering eur-
voys, salvage sale, and the like. .
MAY NULLIFY LAND LAW
Japan Looking Forward to New Treaty
With United 8tatt.
Toklo. Addressing preliminary
meeting, of the diet here, Vlscoent
Ucblda, the foreign minister, express
ed the opinion that a new Japanese-
American treaty will be concluded
leading to nullification of tha Cali
fornia land luw. He .aid he expected
such action to result from tht negotia
tion! which have been In progrei. nt
Washington between Ambassador 8ht
dohara and Roland S. Morris, United
State, ambassador to Japan,
The ambassadors, he .aid. ware
making effort, to obtain an under
tending with the tenate to tecura
passuge of the treaty. He announced
that In view of the sincerity with .
which they are endeavoring to solve '
the problem, Japan has refrained from
protesting against the California law,
but that lf the negotiations fall a
formal protest would be lodged.
British Letter Prompte Inquiry,
Washington. Official coinltanee
was taken by the state department of
the action ot the British embassy In
writing directly to Chairman Kellogg
of the tenate committee Invettlratlnt
oable communications, denying testi
mony that the British authorities Im
posed a censorship on cable messuges
coming to the .United States (from
Great Britain. At the department's
request Senator Kellogg sent to Acting -Secretary
Davil a copy of the em.
bassy letter.
New Type Battle Craft Under Way,
Washington. Among the 140 ve '
el. under eon.truotlon for tha nnw .
are four type, new to the American
battle fleet but already In use by the
other principal maritime power., They .
are the battle cruiser, of which sli art
being built; the scout or light crulaar.
the airplane carrier and tine fleet tub-marine,