The Eugene guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1924-1930, January 09, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text"Jet "the Council Street Committee Have the say on Automobile Traffic Rules in Eugene Read Today s Editorial pity News litems About People You Know and Happenings That Reflect the Life I of Eugene and Its Var Wied Daily Activities. HOME EDITION VOL. G8 TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREQOX, . FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY , 1923' TODAY'S NEWS TODAY NO. 4 THE WEATHER Oregon Rain In the west; light local rain or enow east of the (cascades tonight 'and Saturday; 'no change In temperature; In creasing aoutherly winds, becom ing gales tonight. Temperature Thursday: Maximum, 49 degrees;, minimum, 34; precipitation .07 of jan Inch. Direction of wind, south-west. Stage of river 6.4 feet. I ' tub Chooses Officers The College Crest Community club Qtcted officers last night at its an tral meeting in me community nouse. I which more than 100 persons- were resent. Those elected were C. C. Fhitten, president; Mrs. George jebec, vice-president; Miw. E. S. Tut- secretary; O. A. Houglum, trens ; C. TV. Gordon, trustee for throe nrs and Mrs. Donald Young, trus- &c for two years. Mr. and Mrs. A. t Ingalls showed, through the cour- sy of tile university, a series of intern slides of homes ' la foreign inds. Mrs. Rose Stack and Mrs. Don id Young, Qccompanied by Mrs. Hel- p Morgan, presented a musical skit. Jean and Alice Kincnid ssng a duet', lwoof Soasey and Donald, Dorothy id Joyce Gordon gave recitations. tition Is Filed A petition bearing the names of SI xpayers of road district nine was led with the county court today ask. S that M. Ij. Wallace be named road liervisor Uiere for the coming year. flic present supervisor of the district ips resigned and will not take the Jusition for another year, the mem- Iters of the eourt state. iankruptoy Case Filed Thomas Monroe, merchant, Eighth ioniic west, has filed in bankruptcy tnc lcuerai court at iortiana, ac- brding to the sheriff's office. The sets nro listed at $3218 end the lia filitics nt $3530. The Btore has been used, the sheriff states. ebster Kincald Here- Webster L. Kincaid of Portland, rmcrly a citizen of Eugene and who ill has extensive holdings of local property, is spending a few days in city on business. He is a real es file deuler in Portland. resident Campbell Better ST. L. Camp fiversity of 1 fing at Col jming the el !'. T.. Pnmnhell.. nresldent of the Oregon, who is conva- Coronado Beach, is con- une the slow struggle . back to nlth, which he has been waging for Several months, according to word re ceived here. ' ' ' f i Former Student Married ' (TVor'd has been received here of the marriage at Hollywood, Cal., Decem ber 23, of Guy Orcin Koepp, former student of the University of Oregon, nd Miss Zahara Lee. They will Baukc their home at Carmcl-by-tho-Bca. Veterans Plan Dinner X Spjuish War veterans and th fromou's auxiliary will Jiavo their aiontbly dinner next Monday night at flic armory, after which tiie women's iocicty will elect officers for the year. n " ; Weather Man Leaves Lee Goctschius, official U. S. wca tlier recorder in Eugene for the last light years, left todny for Palo Alto, (Cal., to make his borne with bis grand children. Mr. Goctschius lias been a Resident of Eugene for 20 years. Benjamin Franklin Is Theme 1 "From Benjamin Franklin to Hen Ty Ford" will be the sermon topicof jthe Itcv. Frank Fay Eddy at the Uni tarian church Sunday morning. The oloist at this service will be Itobert UcKnight. Divorce Is Filed A divorce complaint was filed in ircuit court today by Ellen 51. Mc- Farlend against her husband, Charles A. McFarland. Cruel and inhuman treatment is alleged in the complaint. Bounty Is Collected ; M. C. Davison, resident of the i Monroe, district, was at the office of SlU . ...I.. 4 II... .1.. county bounty on a bobcat. Notarial Commtastoi. Filed The notarial commission of Dorilla J. Somen was filed today at tho of fice pf the county clerk. I Here from Creswell Sin. F, W. Ogram, nssistnut post xuaater at Cretjwell, has, returned aft jr a buaineia visit in Kugetie jester- I Hera From Alvadore I W. F. Fisher, resident of the Alva Jdore district, ft ii a business visitor in Eugene today. i Hera From M areola- I Mrs, Cora Pollet, rident of the Marcola district, -fls a binnm' vu ; itor in this city tods jr. Leaving Forf Portland Mr. ami Mt. L. 1. Huhbs and Airs. (Continued on page five) -ZJLr-U U A LZ3 Million E L Letter From Warren G. Harding Introduced And Read In Court Governorship Of Alaska Is Mentioned "Confidential ly" In Letter CHICAGO, Jan. 0. W) Francis E. Pope, Spokane insurance broker, and a cousin of former President Harding, denied as a witness in fed eral court here today that he had been offered a bribe of 1,000,OOQ by a syndicate formed in 1021 to pur chase the government's war - time wooden fleet. v . Pope was called as a witness for the defense in the veterans bureau conspiracy trinl, in which Charles K. Forbes, former director of the Uni ted States veterans' bureau and J. W. Thompson, wealthy building contract or are charged with conspiracy to de fraud the government through hos pital contracts. - -t Charge Is Placed. . Elias H. Mortimer, Washington contractors' agent and principal gov ernment witness, testified on Decem ber 13 that Pope had been offered n million dollar bribe for bis influence with President Harding, by a ship syndicato in which Thompson and his partner, Jnmes TV. Black of St. ouis were indirectly interested. Pope said he had been invited to participate in the syndicate, taking a one fifth interest but that be never bad been offered a bribe in any form. He had approached Albert P. Lasher, then chairman of the United States shipping board, with an indefinite pro posal for the snlc of the fleet, com prising 8omo zotl vessels, but' nau been informed the boatB were involv ed in a lawsuit which would' prevent any action for three or six month. The project was then nb:imloncd, the witness said. Offered Governorship. Pope identified a letter from IVes'- dent Harding to Forbes, written u (Continued on page five) Sir of the 4V enumerators at work on the fedrr.il farm emmm in Lam. Douglni, Jfisrphine, .O-ih and fuck- son counties hnvn . rompleti'd their work, according to announcement to dny frnm the office of ltnl.'h I. Ijiir!, director of the work in this dietrkt. In addition to the two men from I.nne county recently nimoiiriced ' tlie following four enumerators. . -hnye completed their work: Tljfodore S. EastfTn, Coo; .Mm M. Henriert. Josephine; Chester I .lone. Jnrii son; William It. 'Jjn-sy, Josephine All work will be complete hy the time .limit of J miliary 31. is the iinnunce ment. Kealty Board Has Portland Session II. A M.''iilly. president of tli FRANCIS POP 0 ES-T Kugene Healty board, is attending thjeil mid-winter meeting of the Northwest Ileal Kutnte afciation which opened today nt Portland and m ill copt to - morrow ctcninx. .?. O. Holt, in:inng,r of tiie Kuffcne I'ruit Growertt' nioo. cintion, who recently left here fir an rnMern trip has remained over at I'nrtland to address the realtors on "Co operniinn in the ' utilisation of fnrm products." j m sm Dollar Earthquake Series Rocks Tokio; Volcano Erupting 600 Miles To The South TOKIO, ,lan. 0. OP) Tokio was disturbed todny by a series f earlb quakes of high severity, the first if which rocked hc city at, six o'clock this morning. The late temblor this afternoon came at three o'clock and caused many persons to leave their abodes for outdoors. Mount Aso, n volcano, located 800 miles southwest of hero has been In eruption since last Tuesday and is emitting ashes causing dumage to farms at its base. The crater of Mount Aso is 1." AS TO BUDGET TO Up to late, this afternoon the coun ty budget for the coming year had iot been signed by the county court althoughq this was expected. No de cision had as yet been made as to any cuts contemplated to bring the estimates to the six per cent limit. If has been the contention of the court that this limit lias not been exceeded in the budget. Hen F. Kceney.ouu-1 ty assessor, believes otherwise. The original budget which was pre sented at the annual tax payers meet ing may be upheld by the action of,' the county court as the opiuion to day was that they would stand on this estimate although no definite decision would be declared. 'A conference was held with John S. Medley, distrjet attorney, in regard to the constitu tinn 'limitation and what bearing It would, have on the present budget. The order for a half-mill levy for a timber cruise this- year wus filed today by the court. Plant Purchase is Benefit For Lane AVith the purchase of the Florence' F.lectrie plnnt hy the West Coast Power coiupntiy in addition to pluits st Itcrdspurt. Wttldport ami Newport thij will provide lipht'i) und power serviie for the entire Ituosevelt- high way nnil will he of great henefit to the future of this roiid. nceord hr to (icotgc Melv.n Miller who d!s listed the new development with V buries F. Cunninghtim. penernl uuinniier of the company avIhi has his hesid ,it irtern at Wnldpitrt. The ilnns htp to tie con netcrd nlotig (he owist ncronljijt j the nnnoiim-emcnt of the rompitny which rerently purchased the Flor ence plant. The trust ded of the property in Orejrun nnl nl.o a pl.iul in M.t.-on county. Wash., was filed with the county clerk here (oil.iy. Tin ded from the power rotnany Ut "he Cen tral Trust company of 1 II iiom h n hound viiIiiiiu' of ps prtet and om (if the largest legal in-lrumentti. n "ire. filed in I.nne nuinty in some time. According to attaches of the. clerk's office. Cannery Finishing Supply of Carrots The Kiigenc r'ruit linivern' a.no fialinn is niiff engugeil in ctuupltilig tiie ranniiig of carrntH in Ihf-fr biral plnnt, repiirta J. I), llatniin, office inanngrr. The plant Is working more than a doj.cn persoim in the cannery, and one man in out in the field round ing tip the reniiiiiider of the carrots to keep the work going. The ice cream and Ice plant, as the bo fni(iry, are kept g"ing throughout the year, Mr. llam lin states, but the canning work Is 1 eipe. ted to close down 6y the first of February. J. O. Holt, manager, will leave Portland tonn for Kansas City, where j be makes bia first atop oo a tour of 1 esitrrn markets. Mr. Holt recently 'attended the Northwest Csnnera' aa- locialion convention in Portland. :SS -""85 Bribe miles distant frmn the northerly to the suutherly tip and has on opening ten miles in wid:h east to west. In eruptions during recent years it seut off a mass of reddish-yellow clouds and the mountains and fields were mautled with a thick layer of greyish ash from the crnler. Numerous cattle and horses ate the grass on the fields- and died through poisoning. The ashes from the volcano contain a large percentage of poison ous element and when imbued with moisture kills all plants and nnimnls that ' feed on the poisoned grasa. TENT E WASHINGTON, Jan. 0. Another big appropriation bill, carrying 000.000 for the war department, was ijasHPt by the bouse by a vote of 1S2 to 31. ....... WASHINGTON", Jan. 0. The house todiy approved a section of the war Icpnrtment npprttpri.ition bill. Ing $4O,(M)0.0U0 ' for :wi'k during the coin'uft fiscul year on river and har bor improvement. ' v WASUlittiTOX, Jan. 0. With its calendar clear of appropriation hilla the bouse late today touk tip the Mc Fadden bill revising the national linnklng lnwa. - WASHINGTON', Jim. 0. Action on ro nomination oi, Attnniey General Sone to' hel'nn naaocinte Justlcetof tlu supreme court, won held up today by a aen:ile judiciary mili-coimnillee pending investignt'on of u .istement nil doeiimgutnr.v ev'dpnre laid before it by Jgmea A. Owubey of Boiililer. Colo . . ; ' ' Bank Bandit 1 1 Outwitted ESTACADA, Ore., Jan. 9. Twj girl emplpyoa of the Est.i cida Slate Lank th s afternoon outwIUcd a masked robber, WlD ordcrod fyl.'ss Ruth Dillon, cash l:r. at J lip poli.t of a pistol, to 'shova out :ho money." While Miss Dl.'lon offcre) the robber a pile of peni.lcs which she had b .en counting, M,S3 . Minerva Duv,. bolkk, eper, rushed to a rear window which tha, raisad a::d jhutod an alarm. The olio' 'I d ai.d juaped on lha - rui r.ing board of an automotile in wh ch a oaufedcrato was wait Ir 3 a block' from (he bank, and escaped. ' Branch of National League of Women "'- Voters i3 Sought Mi- H enter Io!liiiS"lK-ii(). of tie Nutionnj L?iiKue of Women Voters with headquarters in Wjishinglon. 1). In Kugene today und toniBrmw in the fntreii( of efttnSlitihinK a l"oul brunch of th lennue her. .Miss llol linfihcd' home li In Hoise. MhIki, nd the ia In tin went na regional ji -re((r of this district. Wie pinna to rtnru In !iifffn In id mur'init. M'bh' HtdllnRbhead ia a grnduatt nf Smith co Metre end baa uVme a greit deul of aoeial aeYvlce work. While the Women Voters league'if membership is m.ide up of women of all political parties, and ia atrjitly non-partlcan, and la for general poll timl education, it often end'Taea cer. tnio tneosnrea, and la at present ac:t velj auppnrting the rhild Inlior amend ment, according to Miss iiolUngbead. ' ' 25 SR Charge All Officers Retained By Directors; Mr. Vining Is President ! Secretaries Of State Groups Meet Today For Discus sion Of Plan3 POUTLAXD, Ore., Jan. 0 P All officers of the Oregon state cham ber of commerce were re-elected to day by the directors. They ore: I. E. Viniug of Ashland, president; It. V. Hamilton of ltend and Jtny T. Itishop of Tortland, vice-presidents; A. S. Dudley, rortlund, secretary-manager. The State Association of Commer cial Organization Secretaries, In ses sion today, considered the advent of a number of "service" clubs in the smaller cities of the state including Kotury, Klwanis, tiyro, Lions, Agen da and others. Members pointed out that one of tho most serious prob lems presented by the arrival of these clubs results from competition for In- OREGON STATE CHAMBER HAS SAME LEADERS nllot-',,e"!t au" activity of business -men of a city, they mild that while in the larger cities' the chamber of com mej'oe may not bo seriously hampered by the presence of such organizations, in smaller cities where the list of bus. Ineis men supporting tho chamber is limited, the completion mukes itself more severely felt. Cooperation Urged. "Swing In and cooperuto with them when they come, and line them up with the chamber of commerce work!" was tiie solution suggested by V. K. Meacham of Baker, W. A. Head of C.rvallis. C. JC. Wilson of Salem bnd others who have met the problem In that way.' i I.. AntlcH of Bond led a discussion of ways and means of protecting mer clwuis against undesirable solicitation at the noon liinc-l n. W. I. B. Iod- eon of Portlund spoke on Hie import ance of cooperating throughout the date to stimulate and promote tourisl travel. ' The bii'nea amnion, resolutions mid election l be after' i o'clock- lb a afternoon. " Subjects Discussed. Sul.jp, is for dim usdon after Ihe'j luiiilii'ou are: 'Countrywide work nuil the cho inhi'r." led by l.c..iurd Gil- ' key of Albany; "l-'ree Tr.msp ntaiioii I for Secret a rien." by A. S. Dudley, in mugcr of the ntntc ch .iubi.r, "l oin nmnity tlieal," .Murgi.r.l Iieullle of Oregon I'ty; "('0111111 Itee Probleuia," ('. H. Wilson of Salem; "Iud vidunl Problems of Scrrrlnrira." K. I'. ICuli bins. of 'lie I'niversity of (.Iregiui. J. if. I'uiler of A ill. a 11, 1 is presililig. A confcreni-i of represent .Hive from Oi-fgoii, -jsli iigton ami Cali fornia, to foriimlnie sugde, lions for uniform ju f.,r the tliiee iiil u ; reuiiiueuded by the Oregon unite j chamber of roiiiiuerce at the close of j its session ypslcrdiiy afternoon. The convention iid'-pted a rrsoluth n appealing to congres. to increase the 1 npproprinliou for forest roada and '. tra la" ind a resolution iirff'iig that the ! Mtate complete as rnpidiy as possible its system of lll.ijor bigbwajH. 1'lie Klamnlli county thamber cf ; commerce ntate development bill to be presented to the legislature vu In dorsed. Road Order Asked For Condon Route - Hfqueata for the planing nf a car toad limit of 0O pounds per inch of tire ou tiie fond"n road a short route ronneettng with (he High Piu mad and Morton's mill wert made todny to (he county court by G, Abbey, road supervisor of diatrlrt III. The rourt late today had taken no action on the matter. The supervisor stated that the road was b'ing badly cut by the hauling of poles. -- - ! fl P P rue? Denied BULLETS FLY Thrilling Chase In Early Morning Hours Results In Arrest Deputies Take Frank M. Parchin On Charge of ' Having Liquor '"After a thrilling chisc of nbout five miles south of Cottngo Urove at nn enrty hour this morning Frnnk M. Pnri-hin, alins A. White, was arrested and ia held nt the county juil on n 1'nj uor ohrirge. Van Svarverud, chief dep uty sheriff, and Melvin Turubull, traf fic bffleer, m:ide the arrest hut It wns not until several shots were fired nt the bis Winton six used hy the ruin currier that the cor wua hnlted. I'archiu, or White, was nccompnnl. ed hy his wife und little bay, who oc cupied seats in the rer of the car. For this renson the county officers were forced to be citreful in firing nt the .cur and Bevcrnl shots were'nec esunry before a tire on the mn chine was punctured. Liquor Thrown Out. Two gunuysncks of bottled Honor, unlabeled and believed by the cuuuty officers tobe moonshine, were thrown from the cur and crushed on the rond but after the arrest tho officers re covered Several bottles thut hud not been broken, they stnte. Tli I.nne authorities were inform ed Atedford officers that the Winton, loided with liquor, was coining north. The Lane deputies waited in the highway near the overhead crossing at Divide and wheu the north bound cur paused they gave chnse. Tho dri ver, when ordered to ha't,- speeded up tind at one time the imichine wna limiting nbout O.'i miles nn hour, ac cording lo Mr. Svnrvcrud. Man Is Unarmed, Although (he alleged liquor runner wns uniimned when senmied Uie deputieH Htnte that tliey believe Hint tliey beard aeverni rthwwerintf ahota from the enr abend during the chase. It in believed thut the cur contained between tiO und HO quart bottles of llijuor and a demijrn No knowledge of where (be prisoner mine from or Lis deMlniitiou with the mrgo Jmve yet been nmertniued. El Final details of the new Lane coun ty rensiia be rig taken for the Folk directory are being complete nnd the prvofs tire now with the printers and the pitbl raMon in ex pet-led to be xlnrted nt om-e, nrcording to ,1. Jt. Martin "In. has been in rbarge of the work here for the past four motilh". K. .tones and A- W. Met (iilf are the other eiiiiuieriitors who have worked the full time here. One outn'de enumerator uhm employed for pitrl of the lime. Tli if in the first t-ouiiiy directory (o be rompiled s tiT H'-l when the Folk eoiK-ern piiblihed one. The slaff of the directory company will go to Port land next to compile a new direct ory for that c'.iy. It Is expected that a fluff of about 0 will be employed there, Is (lie announcement. George Deitsch is New Night Officer ieorge Deltsrh bus been nnmrd ntglit piitrntiniin on the Kugens police force, to aurreed Ilnrry II. Coriiiw of Hpringfield, selected a. a temporary officer. The night force nov consists of 1. M. Watson, J. K, Ktrnit and (ieorge Dcltss'0. AS OFFICERS MAKE ARREST I Swindler Dies ) o o I El STATKVILLE, 111., Jan. 0. UP) Leo KoretK, whose phantom ruiiunm oil project took mure than two mil lion dollars from relatives and inti mate friend, died from diabetes, hint night, in tho atnte pcuitentiury which lyj entered Ilecember 5. to serve from one to 'ten years, euth occurred more (hnn a yen r after the 'flight vf. Koretx from Chicago, which was ful lowed by tho disclosure that the Hh ano liher Oil scheme he Jiad pro moted for upwards of 15 yearn wns n mylh. With him on his flight he tool; nearly ?i!,000,no0 In money and se curities, upwards of ?;t00,0()0 of which and . Jewelry valued at sev ernl thousands of dollars be returned a few dnys luter tu relatives, Koroiz after hi" capture In Halifax made no objection to returning to Chi cago to face indictments and even ex pressed a bopn that lie would be hur ried to tJie penitentiary. Ho turned over less thiio $100,000, oil that re mained of the sum he touk with (ilui. Lane Man Victim Of Heart Disease CalvlirA. noNscrmnn of Springfield, died suddenly at his home Inst night of heart diseaHC. He waa -8. and h;id lived in Lane cpu-Hy till his life. Tne body in at tiie Walker chapel and fu neral nrrnngenienta will he announced titter. , Ileslde hit mother, Mrs. Hose Boh Herman, he Is mnived by fr bro thers. Curl nnd Fred of Springfield; WillanI of ("oquille and Lester of Fronser, Washington, nnd five aiaters, liiifHell Teenuin of Springfield; Mm. L. .1. Crow nnd Mrs. Dclbert MrLJee of Wendliig; Mr. Chint linker of Portland and Mrs. W. II. Sappingfield of Grnndview, Wnahington. TODAYS lly AHTlll It IlItI.snA.M-: (Cop) right, )!I-J."i, hy Stiir Company) Miss lues llnriiin, the Mississippi girl, chosen as the ..ou'lihiest girl in the country, is described as a bundle of sunshine. Health and sunshine go together. The young girl is a bundle of com mon sense also, and snys, "I'll iniirr, when I'm thirty, not until then." Home heallhy boy mny chnngo her mind, but she would he wlso to stick to her plan, Healthy mothers have their brst bahiel after thirty, and In fact after thirty-five. I'lalu knew It, more lhan two thousand years ago. We know that America rules the world In automobile use and produc tion, having more automobiles than all the rest of tho world combined, tvlth millions of machines to spare. How much do we ride? Tbia country, In 1024, manufactur ed 4 million tires. Allowing an aver age mileage of 0,000, which la low, and dividing by four, you find that IK fill !S KILLED: FRANK GU Dead Man Said To Have Been Teasing Slayer, Who Turned Tricks Deaf Man Leaves. And Re turns With Gun; One Shot Is Fired KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Jan. 0. Max Xeilan, former resident of Klam ath Falls, was shot and instantly killed lu a Lakeview pool room last night by Frank Gunther, according to telephone reporta received here to day. (tuntber, a member of a pioneer, family is quite deaf and employs an ear phone. Neilnn, according to the report, took the earphone away from (iunther and began joking about it. (iunthcr left the pool room and re turned n fchort time Inter flourishing a revolver. Neilnn attempted to wrest the weapon from him, but before be' could do bo Gunther fired, the bullet entering Neilan'B heart. . . Guglher was immediately arrest ed. According to Lqkc county authori ties bo will be examined ns to bis sanity before any murder prosecution is started. N. F. Macduff Sets Grazing Lines For Eastern Cascades , lloiiifiluriea to be observed for sheep grazing lands uu the eatt side of the Cascade national forest are he ing prepared by Nelson F. Mneduff,. supervisor of the forest, today. Mr, Macduff is rushing thu work through In order, to huve tho reports in tho bands of If. L. Plumli, foreut super visor nt IJer.d, for the meeting to bo held nt Pendleton next week. In nddition to writing up the boun dary descriptions for 14 allotment, tliu ait iinri-iurtr ( uriinn rftir nil ni'.ut rato description of nrens, cluscd to grazing, ns well u how the permittees may bring their herds into the Cas cade national forest. Confiscated Cars , To be Auctioned Throe cars Jiolcl by I.sno county tlin rcmilt of coiifistntiou following llipiiir raiila will prolialily bo told ut pulillc auction ftomo timo nftcr Feb r imi ry 17 bs tliit is the ilnto set (or niiHwcra to be filed to the complaint', one of which was filed today. . Kour cars confiscated hero were sold nt aurtion abuiit two months ago. The cur described in tho complaint filed tudny is a Stnr touring hold since n mid .September 14. Other dines of curs belli aro pending, ac cording to announcement at the office of the district attorney. Ithy mul Wiso America on Whools Johnny Is-ltalLnu tires enough wcro made in one year or nioru iiinu unriy uiuion nines or travel, or twelve hundred thousand times around the earth, It wna u wild stork inarhet last Saturday, dearly beloved. The crowd bought a million and a hulf rhares in two hours. Many bujers were slid eyed hears, compelled to protect th -in-selves' after foolish short selling. Many stocks are low, selling at half their value. Uut how ia the little lunib to know which arc which? "Conserva tive" Wall street writcis le'.l you "such times as these always come be fore a acrioua reaction." Are they trying to protect you, or trying to give their friends a chance to get In the market ou a drop? The only safe rule la don't gamble. . Do with stocks as with land. Select what yuu think good, buy only what you can pay for, and keep. Last Sat urday specula'.urs bought stocks at (Continued on page four)