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AMHOUIATK» ITGiiH MKKVICK
YOU XI., No. iai.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22. 1021
GRANTS I'AHH, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, ORHGON,
WHOLE NUMBER .320«.
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OF UNCLE SAM
Legislature Enacts Reapportionment Bill That Provides
Only a Single Change in The State Senatorial
Representation—Bill Passed Last Night
HOOVER VIRTUALLY SUIÌE OF JOB
Harding Ila» III» Cabinet Positions
All Filled. Daria to lie Named
Iaibor (Allei
Hi Augustine. Feb 22 —(A. P»> —
President-elect Harding has com-
pleted tela cabinet by the selection of
Edwin Denby, of Detroit, aa aecre-l
Denby Is an at*
'tary <rf the navy
torney. a former congressman, and!
served aa an enlisted man In the
navy and the marines In the war.
'Herbert Hoover Is reported virtually
Tlibsen for th» ettmlMT®* portfolio,
James J Davis, of Pennsylvania,
former steel worker, now a banker,
will Mr named by Harding for
ta ry of labor.
Wrmthtw !• Hpringiik«'-—
While the weather ha» settled
down to a springlike quality, the
prognosticator» predict that thel
vain Is not yet all over, The riverì
remains at a fairly high stage, being
fed by the melting snows from the
foothills and by the downjiour In the.
Rear creek district.
The Medford
country experienced a cloudburst !
Holiday which put Bear creek over
Its bunks, 'but did not bring th»-'
iRogne to within several feel of the
prevdMM high stage of the winter '
The heavy rains wtll not delay farm
work <m the better drained soils, hut |
the ground tn other soils Is heavy
' with the moisture
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT FOR
THE FIRAT TIME UlMMI NI-
OATES DIRECTLY
Changes iu represenutlve districts
Uke halt a representative from |
Marion, half from Linn, one from
Douglas and Jackson, and one from
Washington. These three would be
divided to give Multnomah one ad­
ditional, one to the Crook. Des­
chutes, Jefferson, I«ake, Klamath and
Grant district, and one to Harney
Washington s inauguration as
i<«>mpused «< Hare, Farmii «mi Den­ and Malheur district, which would Washington Resigning
tile First Chief Executive nlM w- n"me<’
‘
fO"’- have one for each county.
Command of the Army
milter Mfi<l nUrinpl u> *<*■<*• ou trie
The third Roosevelt highway bill
Georg» Washington
Inagurated hr»t bill.
I was introduoed tn the house today
Dwember U ITM. ‘toorg» Washington
Prealdanl of the United Stato» April M>
'it
declares
the prupveeu
proposed Roosevelt!
It aecia
res me
twvxj.vn
hls commini?« M commander
17». in New York city. whlcb
that
timo wao the foderai cauli*» During the
Salem. Feb. 22.—(A. P.)—The re highway a .Ute highway to which _________ During th« Av* year» follow­
ImlnlRtereU
roromont»» the chan'.eUôr adì
-
* t
.------- * funds
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...
r.1 , h
J
ing th» close of hla
hl» military ÇV»«
career
he
may ---------------
be applied,
in <nd •m- apportionment bill which passed the state highway
the oath with groat dellbgr^tipr
it occupation tn attending
found »uffletent
attending
lon bowed
Shaala. aft«| Vhùi Waahingt'
and
re-enacts
the
clause
of
the
orig
­
senate
late
yesterday
hassed
the
to
the
affaire
of
hl*
homestead
and
prop
­
•<-
own. ools-d taw Ttlbla. kl»»~f K
I- end
r
and tn foatertng the prorreee of hl»
nueh tUvQ. house at midnight.
clnImsd with cloaed oye» and «nU*n
As amended and I inal act making application of state erty
native »tale
He greatly helped by hla
'¿on
T'i swoar. *u help mo ' *odl!''
correspondence, to bring th* leading men
Thoroupon tho clmm oilor declared. "It passed by the house, it provides only funds contingent upon the govern­
of the country to a determination to form
la dan»." and turning to tho crowd ox- one change in
senatorial districts ment matching the money. Chalr- a more perfect union He wa» president
claimed
"long Ilvo George Washington
the Philadelphia convention of IJSJ.
»•reolden
_
______ I of th* United
___ __ Stale»'" Th* and by that Curry county would be man Booth of the highway commis­ of
which framed the ConetltuUon of the Uni­
la»t |i»mM delaratlon on ih» tari of
ted
Fttatea
Washington wa» unanlmou»ly
sion
is
In
accord
with
the
bill.
Mem-
I
taken from the joint Coos and Curry
..........-.___ _________ dio" ot mon
choeen the Brat Pr»»ldent of the United
»rvhicsl custom
Th* error of Ibi» prac­ district and linked with Josephine
(Oendnued on page 2.)
State», and on April ». !•». took the
Helem. Fob. 22.— (A. I’.)—Inilica-
l lotto Into Ulis afternoon were that
the legislature may not adjourn un­
til tomorrow afternoon or night, ap-
ll>roximatrily 200 Mil» are -till pend­
ing in tile »male Ibi» afternoon mid
the »mate refusivi to concar in house
amendment» to the reapportloninnit
Mil, and a conference committiw
i
tice »«», however, »non e«po»ed and
abandoned, but at the lime the . r.rwd
thought nt nothing but th» esclllng »ol»m-
nllv of th» acene, and many who d»mon-
•tritlvely waved their l>at» wore too over­
come Ly emotion to join Io the hustas.
oath of offlee tn New York, wherecon-
rre»a was then eltUng
At the cloae of
hl» term of offlee he wa» re-elected unan-
im<.u»ly and on March «. UM. took the
oath of offlee for the Mcond Uma.
Washington, Feb. 22.—(A. P.)—
The American government has com­
municated directly with the league
of nations council on the subject of
mandates, this being the first time
the United Sûtes has Initiated ac­
tion before that body. The commu­
nication was sent to insist upon
rights though the United Sûtes Is
not a member of the league. It la
asserted that the United States ex­
pected to be heard regarding terms
of mandates before they are put In
force.
Fire in Presbyterian Church—
A bunch of dry Shingles left lying
on top of the furnace at the Presby­
; -
—---------------------- terian church caught fire this morn­
I
ing. and from the escaping smoke it
appeared to the onlooker as though
the edifice would soon be a mass of
ashes
The fire department was
New York. Feb. 22.—(A P.)—A troduce American automobiles, mov­
called out by the ladies of the church
group of scientists left here today on ing picture cameras and other mo­
who were meeting for the prosecu­
a mission that will keep them In the dern machines on the Gobi Desert.
tion of work, and the chemical en­
Salem, Feb. 22.—(A. P.)—An ad­ gine smothered the blazing shln-
ivast untrodden area« of Aeij for Central Asian plateaus. Tibetian
New York, Feb. 22.' • A. ‘ P.»
stsppes and other little known lands. ditional tax of one cent a gallon on gles in brief time. No damage was
' five yesiM
Herbert Hoover said this morning he'
Gasoline trucks will constitute mo- 1 ' gasoline to be applied for retirement done to the building.
When
they
return
to
America
they
had not received au invitation to
•
-Î
bile bases for vi arious branches ofi of state highway bonds is provided
tec-.r.i? a member of Harding's cab­ hope to have evidence that the "miss­ ¿he
Kue wruu'u"-
paleontologists, ar--
expedition palaeontologists,
ar-’ under a bill the house passed today,
touay.
ing
link"
between
man
and
beast
ac
­
inet. He declined to say what his.
p^^aloglsts and anthropologists— I It now goes to the senate. It is es- New Teacher at laurel Grow—
attitude would be it an Invitation tually existed. Also they expect to
Miss Norma Cochrane has assumed
bring back thousands of animal and while , needier cars are used in ex-' ' tlmated it would yield 1375.000 an­
should be received.
George Barr
her
duties as teacher in district Ng,
nually.
The
senate
debated
fqr
an
botanical specimens to fill the pro­ o I c -. h /». 'nd h'mtlns D y - Andrews
Baker. Identified with Hoover In re-
‘ 50-mile-an-hour car too hour and a half over a divided re­ 10, the VMfel §rt»ve sc'aool. taking
posed
Hall
of
Asiatic
life
In
New
1
| lief work. In a statement said the I
* Mtaa Edith»*
has found..
wlth frightened an- port on Bennett's lak« bottom Wil,
York.
I commerce portfolio offers lid •UCh I
slow to keep
VgU and lg uk. and the bill went to the third read­ the position vacated by ...
« california contractor
Koy
<?hapman
(Andrews,
leader
of
Glazier,
who
recently
resigned
be­
Dll» IN ANDES MOUNTAINS opportunities for public sen¡cd la
telopes in Centre! K
U8e ln hunt­ ing.
cause
of
ill
health.
Miss
Cochrane
two
former
scientific
parties
Into
i the work Hoover Is now doing.
______
ing a speedier racer to
nners.
comes well qualified to carry on the
China, will head the new groups, to
Ing
these
mile-a-miStit«
w
,
1K> R thm ! Work Is Resumed—
Grass Valley, Cal.. Feb. 22.—(A.
good work of Miss Glazier, she hav­
bd known as ths Third Asiatic Expe­
The first base of the [»»rtf' v
»he
The contractors have resumed ing »received her training for the
P.l—While on a tour of the Andes TRANSCONTINENTAL FLYER
dition of the American Museum of
established in Mongolia, wiere* -
IS HHU'F.D TO DANK Natural ffctaory.
work on the Jump-ott-Joe grade teacher's work at McMinnville after
Mountains of South American, W. F j
Supporting It fln-
hb
Schroeder, wealthy Stockton. Cal.,
anclally are more than a score of scientsts expo t to remain1 24 mont ” I** orth of town, and are moving dirt leaving high school.
4
Dallas. Texas. Feb 22.—(A. P.l — I New York's wealthiest men and' before penetrating Western China.
contractor, died recently, according
At . a . - -apid pace. This Is the he^’lest
Lieutenant
Cooney,
transcontinental
\ in ¿Jte Southern Oregon district.
to a letter received here from Mrs
women, the museful and other or­ After the vanguard ba«» spent a year
in Mongolia, a second iffoup of scien- CUt -imp is
about eight miles XT8AUA TO HAVE THE
Schroeder, She said her husband flyer was forced to land at Bronte, ganizations. The pafty will
. „»tv The engineers report
succumbed at an elevation of 11,000 Texas, this afternoon, He was un- from San Francisco on March 19. tists will leave New tork to join 'rbe c
LARGEST PEACH ORCHARD
from th * cnr'
w4ji
•
feet and was burled in the moan*
moun Injured,
Joined in Asia by scores of na- them.
i that if the'
tains. Mr. and Mrs. Schroeder re­
Northeastern and Central Asia I t.’nue for a cot?’!® °f
Visalia. Cal., Feb. 22.—(A. P.) —
; tlve guides, huntsmen, cooks and
016 tuu1'
visited
here
before
going
to
cently
I helpers, the scientists expect to in-
(Continued on Pare 2)
tlV of rock and
«1*»
road Planting of what Is claimed will be
South America on the first lap of a
bee’s can progress.
» *1
' 1 the 'world's UrtMi peach' ?rchard.
world tour.
will soon etart on the great i,6od'
acre Tagus ranch between Visalia
and Tulare. H. C. Merrit, owner of
the land, announced recently.
Ground breaking of the first 500
acres
to be planted was held recent­
Judge Calkins granted a change of
ly with ceremonies.
venue in the trial of R. D Hines, one
of the cases growing out of the Jack­
sonville bank failure, and the case
Chico. Cal.. Fob 22.—(A. P.)—
will be heard In the circuit court of
Armory Hall, m
P,ace h'ir* <"
Bpokano, Wash., Feb. 22.— (A. P.l j Josephine county. Hines was former
early days for m an^ organizations,
Oedlt men from all parts of thei vice president of the bank. In grant­
is to be torn down a ext month, it was
northwest, Oregon, Idaho. Montana j ing the change of venue Judge Cal­
announced recently.
and Washington, are expected to at­ kins said that he "was largely actu­
Church societies, IM- 'liticai bodies,
tend the annual convention of the ated by the belief that It would be
gambling clubs and oil* er associa-
Northwest Credit Men's association only fair to this particular defend­
tions held their meetings in the old
to be held here Wednesday and [ ant. as well as less expensive to the
London. Feb. 22.—(A. __
P.) ____
—De-
hall, which for years was the only
Thursday. February 23 and 24. All county, for 1n the very nature of
building in this section large enough tails of the decennial census of the
phases of credit problems are to be things many taxpayers will feel that
British Islee were announced here
to be used as a gathering plata'-
threshed out at the convention and j they are personally aggrieved by the
At one time General John Bia well recently by S. P. Vivian, the new
many prominent men are scheduled| failure of the bank. and defendant
of Chico, former candidate for pre"®1’ registrar-general, showing that th«
to address convention sessions.
wpuld be justified In objecting to
dent of the United States on the pro ' enumeration of the people, which is
On the opening day. February 23, many jurors for that reason thus re­
hibltion ticket, held his political to begin In April, will cost approxi­
the convention speakerg include I quiring the summoning of many jur­
mately from 12,000.000 to 22,500,-
meetings there.
Frank P. Shockley, Spokane, asso­ ors to secure a jury to try the case."
00'0 and require a staff of 400 work­
ciation secretary; J. S. Brooks, Port­
Th^ court Intimated that if similar
ers in the London headquarters alone
FORMER CHAIRMAN OF
land; G. A. Johnston. Taconta: Wal­ pleas were received on behalf of
DEMOCRATIC PARTY DEAD to deal with the schedules. There
den F. Muller, Seattle; C. F. Road­ other defendants he would transfer
will be 38.000 enumeration districts
night, Seattle; C. L. Graden, Port­ the case to other courts, so as not to
New York. Feb. 22—(A. P.)—Wil­ with a separate enumerator for
land and F. N. Graves, Ellensburg. congest any one trial calendar with
liam F. McCombs, former democra­ every two or three hundred house­
"What the banks are doing and the cases.
tic national chairman, died today at hold«.
what they might do to help their
“The war has out clean across
Greenwich. Conn.
local associated retail credit men,"
every branch of our national life,”
1« the subject George II. Greenwood,
■aid Registrar-General Vivian.
“It
Spokane banker, will discuss before |
has broken up and redistributed all
the convention on Thursday. Other
local populations. It has violently
speakers scheduled to address the
I upset all birth, marriage, and death
delegates on the closing day Include
rates. It has altered the whole oc­
W J. Johnson. ¡Seattle and R. W.
cupation and Industrial configura­
Watson, Spokane'hanker.
.
tion of the country and completely
—•
Much time will be given both con-| Washington. Feb. 22.— (A. P.)— I
changed many of the customs, habits
“First in war and first in peace”—
vention days to discussion of various The senate and house conferees
Rijra. Feb. 22.—(A. P.)—(A Mos-1 and conditions of the people. There
With love we speak of him atfain
credit subjects, according to Secre- agreed oh' limiting the immigration
cow report say that Cossacks attack­ is hardly a single question upon
I
tary Shockley. Credit men of ®po- of aliens during 15 months begin-
Whose praises with the years ircrea«e —
ed the train of I*eon Trotzky, soviet ■ which we can look back to the re­
kane will act as hosts to visiting nlng April 1 to 3 per cent of the
war minister, and several trainmen sults of the last census for guid­
“And first in the hearts of his cuuntrymen.”
delegates.
number now In the United States.
ance.”
were wounded.
ISLES
GEORGE WASHINGTON