I % >
\ # >
An increase of 209 over th e firs t
day’s registration a y ear ago is show n
JAMES G. CARTER
in th e rep o rt of th e re g istra r regard­
T H O M .S A. STONE
ing enrollm ent for the th ird term . T hia
brings the total long course stu d en ts
w,, A
for the year to 3752.
»
N inety thousand dollars w orth of
B rief Resum e of Happenings o
Tax R eturns Indicate an In -!
F e d e ra l V alu a tio n of Roads
bonds were sold last T uesday by th e
■.¿¿Tí
the W eek C ollected fo r
city council a t A shland to provide
crease in the N um ber of
fo r Rate M aking Based
funds for the L lth ia pipe line and th e
Our
R
eaders.
M illio n aire s.
reconstruction work on th e w a te r
on 1 91 4 Costs.
m ains throughout the city.
Salem
will
be
host
to
the
annual
en
P o rtlan d 's general cargo exports fo r
W ashington, D. C — More th an 95
W ashington, D. C.—Federal valua­
cam pm ent, Grand Arm y of the Repub­ M arch w ere valued a t >798,312 and
per
cent
of
the
Individual
Income
tax
tion of railroads for rati-m aking and
lic, June 21 to 24.
for the corresponding m onth in 1926
I collections are paid by .29 of 1 per
all o th er purposes will be based upon
Bandon is to have a new cheese fac­ were valued a t >502.202, so it was
cent of the country’s population, while
costs, prices and wages prevailing
tory. It will be able to handle 15,090 shown in a com parative statem en t Is­
I 82 per cent ot the people pay no In-
during 1914 rath er than upon the much
sued by the M erchants Exchange.
| come tax.
pounds of milk daily.
h igher levels of lite r years, a m ajor
This
is
disclosed
in
an
analysis
of
lty of the in terstate comm erce com­
M achines in the new >1.000,000 ad F ebruary’s total, how ever, reached >1,-
‘
the effect of th e 1926 revenue act,
mission decided.
dltion to th e Oregon Pulp & P aper 415,816.
based on the retu rns for th e calendar
Gus
Holmes,
E
rn
est E rickson and
Railroad officials saw In th e find­
com pany’s plant a t Salem were put In
year 1925.
A lbert Berkm en, laborers, a re in a
ings, which were handed down In sus­
operation la st week.
One of the significant features of
hospital with serious injuries as a re ­
tain in g the governm ent's attem p t to
J. F. C ram er, principal of the high
the analysis is the singular increase
collect excess income from the St
sult of a dynam ite explosion on the
school at Coquille, was elected to the
in the num ber of persons paying taxes
Louts & O’Fallon railroad, a decision
Friend extension of th e G reat South­
superintendency of the Bandon schools
on incomes of m ore than >1,000,900.
which may sway the com putations at
ern railfoad, n ear The D alles.; T he
and
will
tak
e
charge
in
Septem
ber.
j This num ber jum ped to 207 in 1925,
tached to railroad property by billions
men w ere drilling a rock when th e
The state land board turned over blast occurred.
comparing with 75 in the preceding
of dollars.
¡,
»118,365.06 to the state tre a su re r dur
year and 74 in 1923. Seven persons
“We a re dealing here with one small
For the first tim e in years (he H am ­
paid taxes on incomes of m ore than
ing March, according to a report by
railro ad ,” said the m ajority opinion
mond L um ber com pany mill a t Mill
>5,000,090, reaching an aggregate tax
George G. Brown, clerk of the board
w ritten by Comm issioner Meyer. •'Nev­
City is on the verge of being com ­
Thom as A. Stone, secretary of the
of >61.382,863.
ertheless, w hat we do In this case we
F ire which destroyed th e girls’ dor pelled to sh u t down on account of no
newly established Canadian legation
The num ber of Individual returns,
m ust In principle do for all the rail­
m itory building at K lam ath agency logs. H eavy snows in the m ountains
in W ashington.
under th e new law, dropped to 3,954,-
roads of the United S tates."
last week th reatened to raze a large this year have prevented logging, a r d
000, a falling off of 3.250,000. Of those
As the first effect of the sweeping
section of the Indian reservation set approxim ately" 17,000,000 feet stored
m aking retu rn s, however, a large num ­
policy outlined, the St. Louis & O'Fal |
Jam es G. C arter, recently appointed dem ent.
last sum m er has been cut up.
ber had no taxable income.
J . .
Ion company was ordered to pay to {
United S tates m inister to Liberia.
K
lam
ath
w
as
subjected
to
a
real
News has Just been received in
The total tax collection was 6 per
th e governm ent within 90 days >226,-
April fool’s Joke when it awoke to find Medford from W ashington, I). C„ th a t
cent g reater under the 1926 law. in the
878, this am ount being h alf the excess
four inches of snow on the ground and the tem porary branch office Of th e
face of a to tal net income >4,500,000,-
earnings the commission decided that
every
indication of continued storm y United S tates free em ploym ent bureau
It had In the years 1921 to 1924, in
000 less th an th a t of the preceding
w eather.
W ashington, D. C.—More than 22. year, and of lower tax rates.
th at has been conducted there th e
elusive. For o th er carriers the pros­
pect Is now clear th at dem ands for 000,000 m otor vehicles were registered
Fifty per cent of the corporations in
Marion county grow ers are reported last year or so gt the behest of th e
excess earnings in am ounts many in the United S tates during 1926, ac­ Oregon last y ear paid taxes totaling
gratified as a result of contracts al fruit grow ers’ league of Jadkson coun­
tim es as g reat will be forthcoming cording to reports received from state >3,058,780 on an aggregate net Income
ready executed covering th eir logan ty. has been m ade a perm anent office,
W ashington, D. C.—An arm ed guard
from the governm ent, though the final registration agencies by the bureau ot of >27,312,281, according to statistics
berry and straw b erry crops for the effective May 1 next.
from the American gunboat Monacacy
paym ents will not be met until the public roads of the United S tates de­ of Income for 1925. Of th e 5727 cor­
O fficers elected by th e Colum bia
next
two seasons.
turned riot guns on Chinese sam pans
litigation Is carried to the suprem e partm ent of agriculture. The year's porations In Oregon which have ta x ­
county fair board for th e ensuing' y ear
Governor
P
atterson,
in
a
proclam
a
on the Yangtze riv er Saturday, Admir
court for confirm ation or rejection of registration represents an increase of able statu s, 2868 reported last year
are; P resident, T. J ? G raham of
10 3 per cent, or slightly more than th a t they had received net income dur­ al Williams, com m anding A m erican tion issued in Salem , has urged the M arshfield; vice president, R. N. Love­
th e com m ission’s policy.
citizens
of
Oregon
to
co-operate
in
ob­
forces
in
China,
reported
to
the
navy
2,000,000 more than th at of 1925.
ing 1925, while 2859 others reported
serving A m erican F orest week, April lace of R ainier; tre a su re r, E lizabeth
Florida, with an increase of 40.2 per no n et income and a combined deficit departm ent.
M urray, St H elens; secretary , • P aul
24 to 30, inclusive.
The
American
bluejackets
were
cent, not including non-resident regis­ of >16,348.051 instead.
C, Adams, W arren. . T he fair will be
aboard the American steam er ChinaD,
The season's first cra te of asp ara­
trations, shows a g reater gain than
The statistics for corporations in
having been transferred to th a t ves­ gus was forwarded to P ortland last held S eptem ber .2, 3„ 4 and 5 a t th e .
any o th er state.
th e state of W ashington showed th at
county fairgrounds n ear D eer island.
Of the total number of vehicles reg 6158 corporations paid >6,790,360 in sel from the gunboat Monacacy to act week by the Mid-Columbia V egetable
H earing of the o rd er suspending the
Istered, 19,237,171 were passenger au­ taxes on net income for 1925 of >61,- as a guard. They w ere forced to fire. G rowers’ association. The first ship­
tariff
of Oregon railro ad s relatin g to
Admiral
W
alliam
s
said,
to
ward
off
Medford, Or.—Hugh DeAutremont tomobiles, taxis and busses, anil 2.764,- 326,522, while 4814 corporations re ­
m ent w as m ade March 22.
in tra sta te livestock ra te s will be held
23, jointly charged with hlB fugitive 222 were m otor trucks and road trac­ ported a to tal deficit In 1925 of >28,- the Chinese, "who were determ ined
Although large crow ds daily visit
upon revenge because of unauthorized the Sandy river, sm elt a re not running in P ortland May 24 in connection With
twin brothers, Ray and Roy DeAutre tors. R eceipts from registration fees, 512,015.
a hearing of. the in te rsta te com m erce
cargo
being
removed
due
to
the
fact
mont, with participation In the Siski licenses, etc., am ounted to >288,282.
heavily this year. T routdale desidents
comm ission, having to do w ith in ter­
that it was endangering the ship."
you tunnel train robbery and resultant 352 as com pared with >260,619,621 in
declare th ere are few er fish in the
state rates. The tariff of the Oregon
Three
Chinese
were
wounded,
one
death of four trainm en October 11, 1925. Of the gross receipts >190,406.-
stream than for m any seasons.
railroads was suspended last T hurs­
probably fatally.
1923, stood in the circuit court at Jack 960 was available for highw ay con­
Divorces and m arriages ran a close day until June 15, a t th e request o f
Admiral W illiam s’ dispatches gave
snnvllle and In a firm, clear voice, struction under the supervision of the
race in M ultnomah county during the the carriers.
W ashington officials a picture of
w ithout the slightest show of emotion, state highway d epartm ents, >51.702,-
month of March. One hundred and
widespread agitation in China.
R efusing to g ran t a req u est looking
answ ered not guilty to four Indict­ 184 was allocated to counties for ex
thirty-four m arriage licenses were is
At
Chungking,
w
here
the
American
tow ard a referendum of tlijp law u n d er
m ents charging m urder In the first pendltures on local roads and >25,274,
W ashington, D. C.—M urder of Ed­
sued and 132 divorce suits filed.
degree.
which county assessors are using a
158 was used to finance highway bond gar M. W ilkins, American mining en­ consulate has been closed and at
Mrs. Amanda G ardiner Johnson, 94, confidential statem en t she'et In fixing
which
point
the
Monacacy
has
been
The date of the trial, set for Tues­ Issues.
gineer, by Mexican bandits, at a time
form erly a negro slave, died in Albany assessed valuations this year, Secre­
day, Aprli 12, was postponed until
when the killing last Septem ber of stationed, Chine.se agitators planned
last Monday a t the home of h er em tary of S tate Sain K. K ozer made a
a
dem
onstration,
he
said,
to
protest
Monday, May 2.
nnother A merican, Jacob Rosenthal,
S T E R IL IZ A T IO N U PH ELD
ployer. Miss Maude H enderson, a di­ decision denying the G reater Oregon
against
force
having
been
used
by
The d istrict attorney was given one
still Is an unsettled diplom atic case,
rect descendant of h er original owner. association of P ortland the rig h t to
week in which to designate on which Idaho Attorney-General Rules Appro has given a new tw ist to the already C hinese authorities on March 31.
W ith th re a row boats lifted and have a ballot title prepared to invoke
Indictm ent D eAutremont would be
priation Regular.
disturbed relations betw een the Unit­
whisked aw ay a distance of 50 feet, the referendum on house bill 72 o f
brought to trial. The grand Jury of
Boise, Idaho,—Idaho's sterilization ed S tates and Mexico.
SHO RT N E W S NUGGETS
and other craft turned upside down the 1927 legislature^
Jackson county alleged In four indict law will be m ade effective this year.
Official report to the state d epart­
m ents th at with his twin brothers he Frank L. Stephan, attorney-general, m ent from Consul Iiwyre a t G uadala­
The typhoid epidem ic which has and hurled into the w ater, Oak Grove
Two thousand railw ay tick et offices
was Implicated in the m urders of Sid has rendered an opinion declaring the ja ra th at W ilkins’ body had been been raging in M ontreal since March w itnessed a m iniature cyclone recen t­ of the middle w est And east will dis­
ney flutes of Dunsmuir, Cal., engineer; >4500 appropriated by the lest legisla found was followed im m ediately by 4 has reached a total of 1540 cases.
ly.
play O regon beauties before prospec­
Marvin Seng of Ashland, flrem nn; ture to defray .expenses of carrying Instructions to A m bassador Sheffield
The Maryland legislature has adopt-
It Is thought th a t children bent on tive to u rists w ith in the n ext few
Coyle Johnson of Ashland, brakem an the law Into effect, regular In every a t Mexico City to m ake urgent repre­ ed a jo in t resolution asking Governor having school dism issed some months weeks. Illustrated four-color p o sters
and K. E. D augherty of Ashland, mall way. Governor H. C. Baldridge ques sen tatio n s concerning the m urder to R itchie to announce his candidacy for ahead of tim e kindled tw o fires in advertising Oregon^. "T he S um m er
clerk.
the dem ocratic presidential nom ina­ the basem ent of school 67, five m iles Playground of A m erica,” have been
tinned w hether the law made adequate th e foreign office.
east of Milton. L ittle dam age was prepared by H erbert C uthbert, m ana­
Dwyre rep o rted th a t W ilkins had tion.
provision for disbursem ent.
The engagem ent of Miss M artha done.
ger of th e publicity dep artm en t of th e
All persons, male or female, In any been dead four days, having apparent­
BRITAIN P R EPA R ES TO ACT
state Institution who are likely to be­ ly been slain when the bandits, hard H arris of Memphis, Tenn., to Gilbert
If a com m ittee appointed by the P ortland cham ber of com m erce, and
London Proposes to Play Strong come a m enace to society come under pressed by federal troops, became M. Hitchcock, ex-United S tates sena­ Union County Pom ona grange to can are ready for distribution.
Hand In China.
convinced they would not collect (he tor from N ebraska, has been an ­ vass farm ers of the valley reports
the provisions of the law.
Production of lum ber of 74 W e st
London.—G reat R rltaln Is prepared
20,000 pesos ransom they demanded. nounced.
favorably a producers' public m arket coast mills for the week ending M arch
Indiana’s im peachm ent trial of a cir­ will be established in La G rande this 26 aggregated 73,406,$S8 feet, as
to play a lone hand and a strong hand Forekt Road Funds Are Apportioned
cuit court judge ended when the state spring.
If necessary, in settling the Nanking
W ashington. I). C. A pportionm ents
against the previous w eek's produc­
NEW RULE FOR M E D IC S
senate acquitted Clarence W. D earth
affair.
from the >4,590.000 fund to be expend
The W illam ette riv er closed April tion of 76.198,502 feet, hccordfng t6 th e
A note to the C antonese authorities ed during the fiscal year 1926 on high W ashington Law Requires All to of Muncie of charges of corruption 1st to comm ercial fishing. The season figures of the W est Coast Lum ber­
and o th er high crime.
stating th e British dem ands was ap­ ways In or near national forests were
Undergo Exam ination
»ill reopen N ovem ber 15. Chinook m en’s association. New business to­
P erry S. H eath, known as the "fath
proved by the cabinet and is to be announced by the dep artm en t of agri
Olympia, W ash.—L eaflets contain­
salmon have been running freely, but taled 81,822,926 feet for the w eek,
forwarded to the W ashington and To culture Saturday. The following were ing a digest of the "basic science" law er of the rural free delivery" and for the height of the run had not been while new business for the week end­
klo governm ents In the hope th at they Included: California >575,009; Wash w ere sen t out to all practitioners of years prom inent as an editor and pub­ reached.
ed March 19 am ounted to 32,505,284
will agree to make the protest jointly. Ington, >415,090; Oregon. >533.000; th e “a rt of healing” In the sta te by lisher, died at his home In W ashing­
feet. Shipm ents of lum ber for the
The
most
rain
for
March
since
1922
O therw ise Great Britain will act alone Colorado, >12,000. and Utah, >164,090 C harles R. Maybury, director of li- | ton. D. C„ a fter an illness of more
week ended M arch 26 also exceeded
fell
in
Eugene
last
m
onth,
according
j than six weeks.
It is understood th at the final draft The am ount In som e cases Included censes.
the
production figures, a total of 76.-
to the report of the local w eather ob­
of the note dem ands reparations for funds unexpended during the current
The law, which becomes effective
194,383 feet being reached, as ag ain st
server.
Precipitation
was
2
87
Inches,
40.000 Coal Miners Are Idle.
th e victim s of the Nanking outrages, year.
Ju n e 9, Is intended to raise th e stand­
the previous week when shipm ents
or th eir fam ilies, punishm ent of the
P ittsburgh. P a.—All parties con­ the highest slnoe 6.28 inches fell five reached the m onth's record of 81,057,-
ard of m edical practice In W ashing­
years
ago.
p erp etrato rs and apologies to the gov
THE MARKETS
ton. It provides th at all persons ap­ cerned In the struggle brought about
048 feet.
Sam Laughlin, cashier of the Yam
ernm ents whose consulates were loot
plying for licenses to practice inedl | by ,hp »"«Plratlon of thtj Jacksonville
The busy season for fruit grow ers
ed and whose officials were attacked
P o rtlan d .
cine and surgery, osteopathy, osteo wage sta le In the Soft coal fields have hill S tate bank, »-as appointed a mem is on in the mid-Columbia. S pring
Although advocating drastic ami tin
W h eat- Big Bend bluestem . >1 36; pathy and surgery, chiropractic or J ,UK them selves in for a prolonged ber of the state industrial accident arrived in a hurry the p ast week, and
m ediate action to obtain full satlsfac hard white. >133; federation, soft drugless therapeutics in th is state <lpFp ln the strategic P ittsburgh dis- commission to succeed Dillard Elkins
orchardists in all sections a re b u sier
tlon regarding Nanking, officials here white, w estern white, >1.32; hard win shall be exam ined on dates fixed by I tf*ct- With some 40,000 union m iners Mr. Laughlin will assum e his new du­
than since last fall, when th e harvest
em p h asiie that Great Britain's funda ter, no rth ern spring, >131; w estern the d irector of licenses by a commit ! in ,bp
idle through failure to ties May 1.
of the record apple crop w as on. W hile
nienlul policy of coucllialton for China red, >1 28.
tee of five, to be appointed by the np8»tiate a new wage agreem ent, the
One autom obile was demolished, an
is still too early to m ake predic­
ami recognition of the legitim ate us
Hay Alfalfa. >18018.60 to n ; valley governor from the faculties of the i union concentrated its forces against other was damaged and Edwin Burke, tions on the 1927 apple tonnage, th e
pirations of the nationalists is miai timothy. >18018.50; eastern Oregon U niversity of W ashington and Wash the 18 non-union m ines of the P itts an employe, narrow ly escaped death
crop. It Is believed, will be far sh o rt
tereit.
burgh Coal company, potentially the when 70 tons of bundled paper crash ­ of last season. Two heavy yields do
timothy. >21021.50.
Ington sta te college.
B utterfat - 46c.
largest producer of soft coal in the ed through the floor of Paul T ragilo’s not follow in succession. C onservative
Federal Land Bank Bonds Offered
Eggs R anch, 1 9 0 2 4 c .
Coolidge Revokes Oil T ransfer Order. United States.
w arehouse In Salem.
grow ers and shippers place the 1927
New York.—A public offering was
Cheese—Tillam ook, trip lets, 258»c;
W ashington. D. C. The contested
One man. Bert C. Pickm an of P o rt­ apple crop around 3000 cars. No dam ­
m ade Monday by a countryw ide loaf, 26>»c per Ih.
o rd er of President Harding, transfer Ford Recovering From Auto Accident. land, sustained a fatal injury subject age resulted to apple fruit spurs last
group headed by the 12 federal re
C attle S teers, good >909 35.
ring naval oil reserves to the Interior
D etroit.—H enry Ford Is making nor­ to the provisions of the state work January, when sub-zero te m p eratu res
serve hunks of a new issue of >100.-
Hogs Medium to choice, >10012 65 departm ent, under which Secretary mal progress tow ard recovery from men's compensation act during the
were experienced. Some Injury, how­
099.000 federal land bank 41» per cent j Sheep 1mmbs, medium to choice. F h II made the Dohenv lenses, has been the Injuries he received a week ago
past week, according to a report is ever, was suffered by pears add cher­
bonds, priced at 1018* to yield about $110001300
revoked by President Coolidge
The Sunday when the sm all coupe in which sued by the state accident comm is­ ries. It will probably hot "be heavy-
4 10 per cent. Approxim ately >52.000.
Seattle.
legality of the H arding order has been he was driving alone was forced from sion. Hickman was a barrel m aker enough, It is believed, to have any
090 of the proceeds will be used to re , W heat Soft white, w estern white attacked In the governm ent suits to
(he road and crashed into a tree. The
di I'in all outstanding federal land bank >1 33; hard w inter. >1 33; w estern red. regain from E. L. Jtoheny the Elk tusplcion th at th ere was anything by profession. There were a total of effect on the season’s yield. The freeze
608 accidents reported to the comm is­ w as severe enough to p ractically wipe
4 8» per cent bonds due 1937, 1938 and $131; n o rth ern spring.
>135; Big H ills reserve and in the Sinclair oil preconceived about the accident that sion during the week.
out the peach crop for th e season.
1939 Through the transaction, the Bend bluestem . Big Bend dark north suits.
forced Mr. Ford's m achine off the road
Mrs E. E. Hurley of Umapine, liv­
A new corporation known as th e
governm ent will effect a saving ot e ra spring. >1.37; Big Bend dark hard
virtually has been abandoned.
ing six miles from Freew ater, was se r­ Sibley-Mills L um ber company, with a
about >232.000 annually.
U n ite d S tates S enator N o rris to Q u it
w inter. >1.36
—— — — — —
iously burned when gasoline, which capital stock of >250.000, has been or­
Hay Alfalfa, >25; tim othy P. s
W ashington. D C Senator Norris. Reduction In Rate on C attle Refused
she was using for cleaning purposes, ganized to o perate the mill a t Colum­
Coolidge W rist Sprain it Rheumatism >23.
republican, Nebraska announce,! that
W ashington, D C — Railroad rates
xploded. The Hurley home waa b u rn ­ bia City. The plant will begin opera­
W ashington, D. C. P resident Cool
B utter Cream ery. 45c.
he planned to retire from the senate >n livestock throughout the w estern
ed
and a bahy waa injured by the ex­ tion in April, and betw een 60 and 70
Idge haa recovered from rheum atism
Eggs - Ranch, 27 0 29c.
at th e expiration of his present term half of th e United S tates were de-
plosion.
men will be employed.
in his right w rist which has curtailed
Hog» -Good. »12 50012 65
The Nebraska senator, who has held lared by th e in terstate commerce
his W hite House handshaking the past
I-a G rande’s building perm its for
H alf a million rainbow tro u t w ere
C attle Steers, choice. >9 00 0 9 75
public office for the last 30 years, commission to be not unreasonably
few weeks W hat was at first believed
the first three m onths of 1927 total liberated in the M cK entle riv e r and
Cheeee
Cream bricks. 25026c, ! declared he Chose to round out hit
high, and a series of com plaints by
to be a sprain or strain was diagnosed triplets. 36c; loaf. 26c.
Ilf» In the service of his sta te and the American National Livestock asso >545,205, which is a larg er figure than trib u ta rie s recently. The flab have
by Dr W. ft Bayer of Baltim ore a*
Spokane.
plans to anaounc« as a candidate for dation and other organizations within for any one year In the city’s history been taken from th e McKenzie h atch ­
“old fashioned rheum atism ," to us<
Hogs Good, 11135013
governor when hi» senatorial teirn he Industry dem anding reduction» Perm its for March also set a new rec­ ery and differ from those th a t have
(he p resid en t's words.
ord. calling for »75.690 w orth of new heretofore been turned loose, in th a t
C attle Steers, good, >8 7 > 0 JjO
ends in March. 1931.
I was dismissed.
r n n a t r u r f (,tn
they are Irvin six to nine inches long.
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTERES1
SMALL NUMBER PAY
MOST OF INCOME TAX
MILLIONS INVOLVED
IN RAILOECIS1ON
22,000,000 CARS
REGISTERED IN U. S.
AMERICAN GUARD
FIRES ON SAMPAN
D'AUTREMONT ENTERS
PLEA OF NOT GUILTY
MEXICAN BANDITS
KILL MINE ENGINEER