The Eugene guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1924-1930, December 11, 1924, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextYour Gift Selections From The Guard Advertisements Then Go and Do Your Christmas Shopping Early WEATHER IltMJ toniBM. ind. .i.r la the extreme F J,. .lads. Temperi- .,.i..m. 45: preclplU- fl j u Inch! direction of W . ,i, rfl-worn epigram gevertome singly" WEt th. T). H. Tierce gar- k... .....t. t midnight last JOB" " eastern, struc a I- .i. .hini was tullinj i u " - - Lwllrb''1'he """ 'f" rfdlte such a direction as Allwline lining puiw, i"' " !.t.Iv out of commissiou. vas reponeu i p,. but before a patrolman f. tni Happenings the Life tlani ItsVar. f0t Activities. ; i ? i . . " ' . - : ' - - ! VOL. 67 TODAY'S SEWS TODAX EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, 'DKCKMltKR 11, 1024 TOEAX'S NEWS TOOAT NO. 135 11 r,d te driver admitted that M wag one IU mn "Tft n order with' tie gar--rf the damages. The pump LtfSKL msw I rArti and uv LlMheen signeo up oj i CLfeottbe Farent-Teacnr as- Ljg,iti reported at the meet- Lftaoittte reports, incmaiog lle financial commiiieo, wu iriTi heina raised at a re- El"' " ptpua for ' playsbcd . equip- kim resd. .tlirlt4 Uiriti cherries present co to Gmt, president of the unitea Li.k.r (if commerce, wno Ltoniik Eugene November 30, (Ottkra W Mf- urant wr raia mrfitr to a lcttor received by iflt Cbadwica, secretary ui inv kabtr. Mr. Chadwtck ( placed 'together with some uinc Untata and filberts, in Mr. U iptcial car. Hirry to Speak Witt Harry of Portland, well Ln iectarer end newspaper man Aa a freo lecture tonight at til ill lie Osburn hotel, on the fcd el wrings and loans. Mr j speaking under auspices ol fated Savings and Loan ossocia Portland, traveling about the b a part of a state-wide cduca tuapaijo. Anyone interested is .- to attend. riled it lor $003 for injuries alleged mbHil austoined in an auto ac- fcXonmber 1 here were filed joj Vt. H. Blowers, guardian !i;4E Wheeler, 1G: It is alleged kit Wheeler is owner of the raj iraa driven by his son, Rex 'en, it-tbe time of the accident p warred at Thirteenth avenue oiHiljard Blrcet. u a '" George L. Ckavcr VERBAL OFFER TOiTM JO MR. PIERCE Asks To Resi Governor Silent On Ques tion of Acceptance of The Resignation Drastic Legislation Will Be Proposed at Legislature In January Christmas Trees Planned To Adorn Eugene Streets During The Holiday Season Appropriate Tuletide decorations for the business district of Eugene are assured through cooperation of the chamber of commerce with the ciiy light and water board,, according to announcement today of Carl G. Wnsh- burne who has taken the plan up with the board of directors of the chamber. "We have the cooperation of the light and water board with the cham ber and an effort wilt be niBdc to have tho decorations set by Saturday night and they will remain in place until after the holidays," Mr. Wash burn said. It is planned to have Christmas trees, six to seven feet high, placed in alt the flagpole sockets along the curb line in front of each business place. The electroliers will also add a gay color to the street as it is planned to have green and red lights, two on each cluster. It was pointed out to the chamber directors that many cities of the Northwest have elaborate decorations during the Christmas period and that some effort should be made here to give a touch of the holiday spirit. SALEM, Ore., Dec 11. UP) Th? resignation of George IS. Cleaver. whose conduct of state prohibition en forcement department has been the target of incessant criticism by th prcsB, district attorneys, sheriffs and police officials of the state for the past 20 months, is ln the hands of Governor Tierce. The resignation offered voluntarily by Clearer, is verbal in form and has been tendered several timeB during the past few months, the governor ad mitted this morning In reply to a spe cific query as to the truth of re ports in circulation Jiere that the prohibition commissioner had resign ed. ' Governor Silent- The governor said that ho would rather not discuss the question ot (Continued on page six) NlHklet Issued iwpublicity booklet has been ls- :nke Osburn hotel and these i4ely distributed through the N States at the principal hotels twirist information offices. wivc booklet in addition pic- pataeObbuin hotel has a mnp bwiness section, a road map '"'iadlial routes of Oregon and haiku on Euireuo and vicinity f" Company Moves ' Brothers Troduce and -IraaparjT are now situated in rs Eugene Warehouse on :!a afreet between Fourth hatiaj moved from its for WW at tin Oak street. The su condemned by the hCo'!(ctei ""at), bounty on a bobcat was at the nfficc of the county "V by Theodore Wills of fcnte C. r'f Drunkenness ith Uriinkrnnens. William STATUTES URGED TO BESET FOR CIPUS oo pace firs) Ct4 A it 7OM 'row IVant ads 1200 ' BHB SE GUARD ADLETS Pr. Henry Waldo C'oc, of Port land, has been Invited by the Eugene chamber of commerce to place his splendid stntntes of George Wash ington and .loan of Arc, which he JniJ nrnnnnl t,i lireseilt to the cit.V of Portland, "n the campus o the t'm versity "'f ifegon iust ad, as a result of the Portland tax supervision's re fusal to provide money to establish bases for the statutes In 1'oitbul parks, and Mr. foe's declaration lit.t he wuld take them elsewhere, pos sibly tu Seattle. The following telegram was sent to Dr. t'e this afternoon: "Eugene. Ore., Dec. 11. ln ac cordance with a resolution adopted t day, the Eugene chamber of commerce invites and urges you to plsce your two splendid statutes, uenrge .-u-ington and .loan or Are, on, the cam pus of the 1'nlversity of Oregon here, in view of the failure at Portland U provide bases for them and your in timation, as reported in the news dis patches, that yu will take them else where. The university campus offers a natural setting ot unsurpassed beauty for such statutes, nnd splendid locations for them arc available on the campus. No more cultured or sp preliative beholders would see tJie.n from day to day anywhere than here. The necessary bases will be provided. think it would h a misfortune to have these splendid statutes out of the stati' of Wregou and t n in .nnd them here. We are HI K' ' s.-iiding ss our representative to con r-r with you on the subject, Mr. K.- Newell. "Eugene chamber of rommen e. "furl (i. Washhurne, scting presi dent. i...i it Keltv. John H. Hell, Coin- mitt',e." motion to invite Hr. foe t-i send his 'statutes to the university i made at today's luncheon meeting f the chamber by Mr. Kelly, who was later appointed chairman of the rom- o act in te roaucr. jihi sgreemeot by mem- taken. JOSHSTiElD POSTOFFICELOSES GASH DURING NIGHT Hnbberv of' the general store nul postotficc at Goahen some time dur inn txi nirrht was reliorted at thi sheriff's office' this morning by Ral eigh Honey, proprietor. Only a small amount of cash wns taken from the. place as most of the day's receipts are taken home at night, the owner states. Entrance to the building w.is gained by a rear door and indications are that a aledse hammer was ii-m.1 to break through an inner door levt irig to tiic store, according to Van Svarverud, chief deputy sheriff, who investigated the case today. The Goshen store and postoftiee was broken into about a year ago br a number of boys who were also ac cused of entering other stores there aud at Springfield, the deputy state-!. The entering of the store was cvi dcily the work of a transient as Borne canned goods were missing aud other small articles that might iiave been picked up by someone going through in a car, the deputy sheriff slates. Till DRAINAGE OVOCATED FOR - VALLEY LA Many Gather Here For Ses sions Of Oregon State Association Speakers Point Out Chance For Cooperation With State College PRESEBVATiON OF HIGHWAYSCENERY COMffilOfl'Sffl w Stage Driver Pays Fine.For Speeding Charged with speeding a siage f he Portiaml'Ashland company at the rate ot 33 to 38 tntles an nour, a. Morgenson, driver, was fitch to ap pear in court by Melvin Tnrnbull, county trattic- oincer. ..n.r.-i.r... pleaded guilty and was fined ?t by Justiie Jesse G. Wells. Morgenson i -1 i-Ur nn iKn was arreaieu norm m Hiver road. Wilbur Hbnffer, of Seattle, IS, was arrested by the county traffic officer on a charge of speeding on the high way between Junction City and Eu gene ot the rate to 4? miles an hour, "lie slowed down to 40 miles at one school house and to Xi at the other," the traffic officer declared. Prisoner Admits ( Stealing Machine Ddgp mitt mmtr wis lirvcti to bve h'n taken frm Vti- ,1. V Wn(-n. tacUl frttroimnn, jmt Vanlmn in th? cilf j"! f,-n hp rf- tiirily wf nt n tnr'n rortl. Tiiia m"rnirijt t prwmr wrrp trjinjc to g cmmniffltt'm with IVrtUnJ attUm in orckr t' notify the owwr f the m.vhin KKTf,AM, Ore., !. 3t. Pies ervatin at srenery and the planting of shrubs anit trees alfn(j state hiph ways will be (be nUn at & program t be prepared for the state highway commtEsioo by special, committee named yesterdey afternoon. In genernf the commission has in miati utilization of a part ot the quar ter mill stntfi rmd tax to purchase seeiiie tiiits txhmg. the highways and keep them out of the hands of speu- Jutors aud resort promoters. The committee constats tf J, A. Cm toy of I'ortlnnd and Professors i. It. Sn-eetser of the Vhiversity of Oregon and A. L. Teek and t. A. Jly slop of Oregoa AgrteuUuraT college. The committee laid its genernl ideas before the commission, of which it was formally appointed. It will meet December -t at the chmler of commerce. Following the morning ses sion with government forest repre sentatives the commission devoted its energy to cleaning tip on hearings from county delegations, 'fodity the entire commission attended the Ore gon Trail meeting. Thftj highway commission indicated it would consider alt requests present ed by county delegations at the two dy meeting but made no promiMs be yond seeing what can be dmc as funds become, available. gn D BY Mexican Secretary Of Agriculture AM BILL SANGTIONE SENATE'S VOTE Program To Cost Approxi mately $110,000,000 Meets Authorization Construction Of , Ships And Conversion Of Others Is Included v-a t k . LL ' j i - ,'' mm MEXICO CITY Official Circles Discredit Report Of Death Kear San Luis Potosi nun DISTRICT ISLIKELY Theft of S confers ti by land, Pet it inn from residents of road district asking for a 'division ft that diatrirt with a rrturn to the for mer two districts, rt and 55, will probably not bt granted by the comity court, according to present indica tion. TBit year these district s were ombined as the total road mifcMge n the main highway in 1pjs than twenty miles and the other side roads are short, Judge i. t lUrnnrd said to day. "AntiMicr prop'-sttinn now pend ing fr the hate highway commir-abm to Hk orer the n;intenne of the McKenzie highway would be to a con liderabh extent ent down tho duties of ft road mpervjsor in that dtstrh-t, .the judge uplained. Lane County Share Of Road Funds Set Use nf tile uraiusge fur Isec coun ty ami other Willamette valley lands would mean more and better crops and increased nvofils to the farmer, aecordinff to opinions expressed this morning at the tenth annual session ot the Oregon Sate LtntEnnke assttcia tiou; in the lingerie chamber of com merce rooms, Atinroxinsateiy 50 mem ber aUertdetl the orjeiiiiig of the ses sion, and it is estimated that 100 woiiht he present before the meeiiiigK i'lwted. Kugciie's immedtitte iira'mage prob lems are the Amazon anil Long Tom, ft. K. t:h;Mhvsck, secresiT of the chamliev ot commerce toiil the visitors hi'' address ot Tveieoma at 10 o'clock, t'armera are begiaaiBg to realize the importance of atieijuate drainage io agrkiiave, the apeafeer Icclared. Response Detivorerl It, V. Stedrliffe of i'ortiimil deliv ered the response, ami Trofcssor W. A. I'owers, bead uf the department of soils a! tsregon Asricaiturai college, gave the first address, Mr. Towers spoke ou wet viiflcy wit types and iheir drainage, and illustrated his re marks by examples of fbe wet soils so-catted ."white-land' north of Eugene. liepcitled experiments by the illege experiment station save prov il, Mr. Tovvers K(id, tbat drained latida in til years would pay more than wire the oris;nal cost of tiling lo in creased crops. He mentioned increase in clover, bean, wheat Bttd other grain crops, ' l Karl Trice, extension specialist in drainage of 0. A. C. pointed out the fart that the government and col lege would cooperate with farmers tn laying ottt dratnaje systems; that the ..uimty agent was a big factor ia help ing in the program and ffcal drainage aid was available from the U. A. C extension service at Sny time lif H" tilication. Aftsraosrt Sessions. The sessions tere resumed after the noon luncheon of the chamber of commerce and Lur T. dessttp, drain age engineer of the United Htfttes de partment of agrii'iilture, distnssed n outlet pfBB for the' Willamette val ley, strciutmg the feasibility of drain age outlets and river drainage. h V. tlcBshaw, t.'nitcd Ktateif d.sirtct hy- driigrapbic engineer, sttoke on "itttn- i.ff Itecords ami Their Kelstlon to !rain 1'apartty " Hh I,nper, utate engineer, tHivered an address "iteijuirements for Htaie rectification nf Imtiiiage tlistrict Itonds." and !!. S. lingers, hydraulic engineer of f re g!n Agrifillturs! Cfdiege pos OB river cunt roi. The meeting this afternoon closed :tlie session, whii-h was presidwi over the entire dy by !w B. t hadwick ot Kifgene, ai-tsrsg fr Henstsr Hata H. HroMn, precident of the esoriation. t'nmmiitees were to he named before the coavetHhm cbyeil. , iuis Leon bas been appuate sec retary of agricttiture in tha cabinet of I'resident I. E. Caites, of'Mex'tei. WASHINGTON, Dc. It. fP The agricultural appropriation ' bill, carrying $124,000,000, ot which $80,000.00(1 would be avail-' able for road construction was passed today by the house. WASHINGTON, lee. It 'the senate approved today the naval con struction bill Htithorijcing a program expected to cost $!.!(.0Mttf. The bill provides for construction f eight light cruisers, six gunboats to be tntcd on the iattgtze river m t'biua and the conversion of six bat tleships from coal to oil burners, KIni Motion Lost. The measure was passed by h house and senate last session but was held up by a motion by Senator King. Jesnoerat of t'tah, to reconsider. which was defeated today. Appropriations for the program wit! be asked In the naval supply for nest fiscal year, Chairman Jfate of he naval cnmra'.ttce announced. Senator King retierated hi opposi tion today, demanding again "an ex haustive, and comprehensive investiga tion of the conduct of the navy department." He declared the department "ineffi cient and not tip tu the standards ex pected by the American people." "There is a feeling," he eonttnueit, "that there is inefficiency fn the per sonnel nf the navy. In my mind there has been a distinct deterioration in the navy witbio the last four years." He favored ctmsidVralirn by the navy of the air and submarine prob lems and served notice that when the navy supply measure came up he would auk further inniiiry into navy conditions. Chairman Hale ai Senator King's resolution for a naval fntttlry "would receive every consideration wbtt it came before the nmnnttee. IT GROWERS TO HAVE NEW BU1LDIN ON EIGHTH AVENUE Labor Leader Had Been Ex pected At Hospital In Laredo, Mesi EL PASC, Tex, Dee. ft. fPt Private advices received ty (tioe tator sfficfais of El Faso this afternoon from ttsxfct stated tbt Samuel 6at pars, Aatertean Federation of tabor chief, was seriously ill but had not seeeambed. The message stated that word, had' art bees reserved that a train bcartej him was nearias Koata rsy, Nesvo Leon, n he was rcatfnj watt, DEATH REPORTED Kli PASO, Te., Bet'- It. Alt ttnoffScSts! report received here to day front Mexico; t'ity ht Kt itt ternaektal, a rip's& tatuuaga newspaper, said that Swmtioi Clampers, prosMent of tha Ameri cas Festcratftm of Labor, died thia raataitiK aoar San Litis FofoHL The; dlspatcb waia .H.-.ttl!et fa mittce was nnaiiiiii'Uis i.,. t.reKcnt upon the aii u- v.,tl. tiho W3 oiipolnfed Vah'inrne to iiate jim,.- . tn ir. latteniten juncrm sent by Acting i'resident -ml,fr tlie invitstif! (,, will go to Portland and en!" ith bim neat Siturdsj, FUHEBAL HELD WASIIlXtiTON, Ie. 11 Presi dent Coni ilg'. several memliers of the t hief Justice Taft and aso- the supreme court service today for f.irmer Ass tate justice .iun i h- raliinet. Word of the setni-anouil sjipi. iotitneut of tiie st.ite market roj.d fund was received here tmiay from the highway eonimiemn, l.stie cotpi ty's share for the l"t half of thr present year i $27.(121. Thi fund already bn expended on road w tt ia various parts of the county thtt are handled through state finds. At the recent meeting of the tngtiwjy rommiaaion et Trent Man Is Named To Head Itoad Work T uperfie the grading Work on thfi road brtes HdHe iid Majde crerka iRhiHt will be done by The dore Kndfn, contract or of !rtlawl Andrew Miliar at Trent will repreteut the county rtiurt on the- irbt it vc an Hinjci-d tmimy. Kiianf fr the grading is htnx made rady and op Purtbinfi a ipp rt w rationa are pxiwrtnt t be startrd made that tli ftct would be mw. MawXmy Bmrmti)ft ftmtrttmff to nn-apoortionf-d, aeird uf to Ju'if i) t indi- atiorf, twmttrr of ths pvuo Harvard f t tb county cwurt. j y cuurt atatc. 3 Held Stricken By Scarlet Fever Three cases of what ia supposed to be scarlet fever were reported this afternoon front school district 1.1 at tjinc-aster, three and one-halt miles north of Junction City. I'r. 8. M. Kerrot), city "d roimty health nffi cer, was asked to go tn the district and Investigate whether the disease is scariet fever aud if found correct to take precautionary measures in or der to prevent spread. Erection , of a new concrete bittitl- big for tiso as a nmehins ftop uml assembling plant will soon be tittdcr way for the Kugena Fnvit fjruwers association, according to announce ment of the officials of the organisa tion today after Alia filing of, a deed tor a aite. ' Tlie property purchased offieittt cfrt-tea here. ia ott Kighth aveaus east , east off Th, ,., fn!mi,uoa ,,f j(r. Kerry stteet and has a dlmettslon (i0ompen- jfincss was xthxi tf'raalt Itstt hy tKt teet. Ttte protierty was ptirrtiaaed from ttMelltts C llorton. The increase i the business of the frttit growers association baa netea sitatett the expansion of the plant atnl the proponed building will take care of much work that 1 bow handled at other parts of the preftent bBtWtng, S it ia announeed. s The new buibKng, plana for which will sooti be ready, will cover prac tically all ot tha sits pwehaserf ami will be of one-story in height, tccorf ittg to present plana. SnilEflEll LANE TIMBER DEAL W. If. Ahel, etforney for the Asder son MMtttefon Lumber company which has plant near Cottage Grove, Morrison M-'jslsted at tito third aittisg of tha fourth Pan-Aster-, lesu labor conference be.'e. Mr. Morrisort nrtBoutlct?d that ttte la bar Iwnrfcr was confined to !i hotel room on account of a lij.:t . cold. Tuesday, Mf. (Somperj r.aitj fatted to appear at the ebwins ft'S sion of fltft eotttareaco. reports being; cirettltitcii fhnt Itis Itoa!ttl was decidedly falling. Consultation Held Lato Tuesday oiRtit sovrrat phyfttBs held rtmauttatlon at bis beditldc. apparently vtawtng tha case with some anxiety. Vcdnt-s-day Botrn it was decided that ths iBtmr SeaA'-r Kttould iinuteaiati-ly fpavs Mexico t'ity at!-rt titj htsU altitude was bilitved !- l m Bravating bis heart tn:ible. Departure Hastened At noon tho dmfora declared: that Mr. tSompera rofRttt not ar i (tern from the headquarter of tt t enotrter concern at MontewtBo, Wash, A deal for the purchase of about foftft acre of timber land adjacent to the present holdings of the company, wbfch were purchase!, from the gwernmeBt, S mw being negotiated. The timber is owned by the Slillard estate of Wis consin. This timber stand (s on .tfo by creek convenient to the operations of the rompany sow norfer way tm the acreage pvircbased from the government. day If fi remained t Mexico, Kverything was made ready ftr his prompt departure wtth the entire American tatwr delegation acrt-ompanying; hfm, Oacw atwiHrd tbw car. tbet aicSt mso ordered hi private aocrntanr to britta; hint a smalt bag containing; h!s private documents. Ite said that he wished fa mafcrt last dta poalftona, fearing; that ho might tt-'outinued en iiga six) TODAYS Mumfe Lts Angctes Iftkllywontl B IfHlS Albany Elks Stage Eugene Initiation AUiafiT Klk mtmlefrlng Ssl ftockei! into the Iwsl lodge room tsat night and staged one of the snappiest ini tiation ever conducted In Eugene, The vinitura arrived on special trsin at 7:'M o'clock, and remained until io::;. A hundred niemberrof the Ktigene lodge met the visiting delegation and marihed up Willamette -street to the Kilt temple. Kveryone was highly pleased with the joint meeting. France's Loan Is Oversubscribed PAH!!, Iee. II. UP Finance Slinister fVmentel aanemttced t(ay that Kranie'e fnlt rnal toaa of 4,00(1, francs bad been largely ovtr sabacribed, , By AUTHl'R BttfSBASE (Copyright, tffii. hf War Compaayi This t.o Angeles, looking out from wiwtow of tb Atttw hotel upon eity of which the beauty and growth multiply tenfold th won ders told of Aitadttt'a taotp- Itefore yo leave th railroad sta tion, Los Angeles facta are pottred into you. Twelve hundred thousand popaia fion, shown by th hwt retutut. That's l.s Artgeies. The most important teapfirt !n the I'Bited Htt pext to the port of Sew York. That' So Ia Angeles, Have yea any manufacturing ladtt triet of importsne is J.os Asgetea? j'aiB end emetrt abfne ia t Angfle face. ' Hav w nr manaf aet urea T This ia the siath city to th t'aiteit Htatea in manufacture and we're only tarted, Htretrhed acrost the able f a smafi metistatii eatthte the stty, 7"'J s at night an eteetrle sign. "Holtywood iand," Tbsy offer l.oa Augeie bar gaitis there, ott might perhapiget ai ai re for When men living here were boy, yrnt cmtld have bought that big bd? rt tl th bills and rituntain eight, for half of KJiMKXt. And if r had effere! such c sum tbff own, r would htvij Insured ymtr life, test y should d:e before completing the d, Itoa't laugh at the ail miltioa propoaltton. Thi town wiif bare (xiptitetioB of ig willioB, of fee rail lion sni more. !t la Btterfy iBtpoasi ble fa eiaggerate th future of Cali fornia, or IToruU, for the wit! draw, a a magnet draws a tack, tho that save money enough to live where they please, and here, in fctorh!, the coat of Bring i remarkably lo, ! than fclf the S of decent cofrf id New Vrk atate, for ntstance. . - "The desert sbali rej,," said oK Continued oa ag Io