P ortland’s postal receipts for No­ vember totaled >242,60L88, showing a E. S. BARNARD H. MASON DAY gain of .7 per cent over the sam e m onth last y ear when the figure was >240,641.68, according to announce­ m ent of P o stm aster Jones. B rie f R esum e of H appenings o The population of Medford Is shown S essio n F a c e s a Host of A gainst F e d e ra l R eclam aton to be about 13,000, according to the the W eek C ollected fo r P ro b le m s and P o litic a l E xp ansion a t This annual census of the Medford school district. Just com pleted, which shows O ur R ead ers. C o n tro v e rs ie s . Tim e. 3276 persons in the d istric t betw een the ages of 4 and 20 years. T he first snow of the season fell at W ashington. D. C.—Facing a host W ashington, D. C.—S ecretary of Ag An expensive bet w as won a t O re­ B aker la s t week. of problem s and a num ber of contro­ rlculture Jard in e baa Joined his cab­ gon City recently by B. J. H arris, local J. R. Geddes, 77, one of th e most versies, political and otherw ise, the in et colleague, S ecretary of Interior mill worker, who w agered w ith friends w idely known men in the Mill City 70th congress convened a t noon Mon­ Work, In opposing fu rth er expansion th at he could get a billiard ball into section, died a t bis home th ere Iasi day for its first session. Of federal reclam ation a t th is tim e his m outh. H e succeeded, but the week. T he republicans again have a ma­ W here new farm lands are to be pro­ services of a physician w ere needed to Eleven road d istric ts in Coos county rem ove the ball, and th e 50 cents won vided, the need for them should be jo rity in both th e house and senate, la s t week voted special taxes ranging by H arris will hardly m eet the bill. very clear before the en te rp rise is but due to defections in th eir own from >500 to >74,000. The election undertaken, he says in his annual re­ ranks, p articu larly in th e senate, they K ay & Sm ith, ra n ch ers of the Co­ w as lost in four d istricts. port. will lack the ab ility to put through quille Valley association, own the two th e en tire legislative program which E ight acres on the C harles K. Spald­ Jard in e's com m ents imply th at much Jersey cows w ith high te s ts shown P re sid e n t Coolidge will propose In his land now farm ed would be b etter used H. Mason Day, vics-president of the ing farm n ear D ayton yielded 647 sacks in the association re p o rt filed with annual m essage. by turning it back to the forest or em ­ Sinclair Exploration, who was arrested of potatoes. T hey a re of the B urbank H arvey S. H ale, Coos county agricul ploying it for grazing. The policy of In Washington charged with conspir­ v ariety and are well m atured. T h ere w ill be no difficulty for the tural agent. T w enty-seven herds were republicans to organize the house, giving settlers on federal reclam ation ing to Influence jurora in the Fall-Sin­ A rrival of eight prisoners a t the on the te st during the p a st month, In projects from 20 to upw ards of 40 clair case. with th e re-election of Nicholas Long- sta te prison la s t W ednesday h as in­ eluding 886 cows w ith a total milk y ears to repay construction charges w orth of Ohio as speaker, but the re­ creased the population of th a t in s titu ­ production of 314,942 pounds. w ithout in te re st constitutes an exten­ publican old guard in the senate hag tion to 626, th e h ighest in its history. E. S. Barnard, who was elected G overnor P atterso n has extended for sive subsidy to agricultural expansion a problem on its hands In seeking to C larence G ilbert. P o rtlan d attorney, period of one m onth th e reprieve president of the American baseball pacify th e w estern independents who he believes. w as appointed by G overnor P atterso n issued to Jam es W illos, who is under league to succeed Ban Johnson. have subm itted a legislative program “Many of th e conditions which ap­ as a m em ber of th e s ta te child w elfare death sentence for the p art he played and dem anded a ssu ran ces of early ac­ pear to Justify governm ent prom otion comm ission, succeeding the la te Rev. in the slaying of two guard s during a tion upon it. of land settlem en t in the other coun­ J. G. T ate. break a t the sta te p en iten tiary in Sa tries do not apply to the United W hile a good s ta rt has been made W ashington, D. C.—The suprem e W hile celebrating T hanksgiving at lem in A ugust, 1925. T h e reprieve is 8tates," Jard in e announces. “ Yet our court indicated th a t It would decide th e hom e of his gran d p aren ts, n ear on th e legislative program , especially sued to W illos will expire a t m idnight by house com m ittees, cone of many hom estead law s continue to prom ote in favor of Lincoln, Neb., on a suit Sandy, L ennis H enry H aselw ander, 18 D ecem ber 31. the settlem en t of land unfit for settle- brought by the S tandard Oil and other I m onths old, drank lye from a can and m easures w ith w hich th e new con­ The ru ral school d is tric ts of T hurs ment, and since the beginning of the oil com panies to p revent th e city from died n ex t day. gress will have to w restle will find Condon, Or.—Viola Richm ond, daugh­ ton and Davis, ten m iles e a st of Eu agricultural depression th ere has been operating gasoline and oil filling sta ­ p articu larly easy sledding once they W ork of rocking th e S antiam high­ gene, will be consolidated and the chil te r of John R ichm ond, farm er, was continuous agitation for new Irriga­ tions. have left the b a rrie r in the house. This w ay betw een Shea hill and C ascadia dren living fa rth e st aw ay from the sh o t to death and h er friend, Velma tion projects." The court, by refusing to h ear coun- has been called off for the w inter. consolidated school will be tran sp o rt R aim ey, school teacher, w as wounded will be due in a m easu re to the ex­ trem ely narrow division betw een the H e believes th a t p rivate capital set for the city, indicated th a t in its The co n tract lacks about 12 days' work ed by m otor bus. T he people of both seriously by R ay F erguson, 20, hired republican and dem ocratic member­ should be able to prom ote reclam ation view m unicipalities could engage in of being com pleted. m an on th e H ay creek ranch adjoin­ d istricts have cast favorable votes for ship In th e senate, w here th e balance w here a project is clearly feasible, and selling gasoline and oil to th e ir citi­ J. J. B aum gardner, 92, pioneer black­ the plan and a new school building is ing th e Richm ond holdings. of pow er is held by th e w estern inde­ th at federal funds should not be used zens at cost w ithout violating th e fed­ M iss R aim ey had been v isitin g at sm ith of the U m atilla country, died at expected to be erected a t T hurston. pendents, w ho have th e ir own firm except under very unusual conditions eral constitutional rig h ts of privately P endleton la st week a fte r a th ree P ilot B utte, which served a useful the Richm ond home and F erguson was ideas as to th e precise form the major to accom plish w hat private capital will owned filling stations. w eeks' illness. H e crossed the plains purpose in th e early days of Oregon driving the tw o girls to th e R aim ey m easures should take. n o t venture to undertake on account Counsel for the p rivate oil com pa­ by ox tra in in 1862, as a landm ark by w hich the covered home, a few m iles d istan t. H e stopped of the doubtful profitableness of the nies Insisted th a t the com petition from Tax Bill Ready S everal of the logging cam ps in the wagon could s te e r Its course in cross th e c ar and rem ark ed th a t a tire was enterprise. th e city had resulted in m aking their S enators and re p resen tativ es find vicinity of A storia have been shut Ing the cen tral Oregon country, is the flat. A m om ent la te r he attack ed the business unprofitable, and denied that now th a t the tax revision bill has been girls w ith a ham m er. T hey fled th e re was any em ergency o r public down as the resu lt of dam age su s­ property of the s ta te and will be through a fence and Ferguson drove put in shape for house action, a num­ tained to cam p equipm ent and rail m aintained as a park, dedicated to the w elfare which w arran ted the m unici­ lines in recen t storm s. mem ory of T erren ce H. Foley, prom ­ h is c ar through the fence a fte r them , ber of the ann u al appropriation meas­ pality engaging in the business. inent resid en t of Bend, who was killed shooting th e Richm ond girl w ith a u res a re ready to be reported and a A 7 p er cent increase in the postal Q uestions from Chief Ju stice Taft shotgun, virtually blowing off th e top good s ta rt has been m ade on flood and oth er m em bers indicated th a t the receip ts in Eugene during N ovember, in an autom obile accid en t In 1925. relief, one of the m ost im portant of all of h er head. 1927, over the receipts during the cor­ N ovem ber's exports from the Port court was Im pressed w ith th e idea th e problem s th a t face th e new con­ T he R aim ey girl stooped over the W ashington, D. C.—The cham ber of th a t m unicipalities could engage in responding m onth of 1926 w as a n ­ land d istric t w ere valued at >9,527,407, gress. comm erce of th e United S tates was such business under form er decisions nounced by D. E. Yoran, postm aster. m arking a gain over th o se for the body of h e r friend and F erguson tu rn ed the gun on her, w ounding her Since house rules p erm it limitation charged by S ecretary Mellon with hav­ of th e court. A pproxim ately 102 blocks of pave­ sam e m onth la st year, when th e ta b u ­ in th e shoulder. The wound is not of debate, th e re will be little difficulty ing presented a surprising m isconcep­ lations totaled >6,401,167. W hile not m ent w ere laid in Salem during the believed to be serious if no com plica­ in g ettin g the im p o rtan t bills through tion of facts and an argum ent hardly p resen t y ear by th e m unicipal paving up to th e show ing for O ctober, which tions resu lt. GENEVA PARLEY ADJOURNS th a t body, b u t th e re will be a wholly Worthy of a business m en’s rep o rt in was >11,906,853, it re g iste rs a high plant, according to a re p o rt prepared A fter being shot, the R aim ey girl d ifferen t sto ry w hen they reach the urging a >400,000,000 reduction in Preparatory Arma Conferees to Meet by W alter Lowe, stre e t com m issioner. m ark com pared w ith corresponding ran down hill to th e hom e of V. E. senate. Many of th e bills, including taxes. Again in March. A radio station, KNHS, has been es­ periods and is an o th er outstanding C ushm an, a mile aw ay, and F erguson the tax m easure, undoubtedly will be m onth so far in th e 1927-28 season. Mr. Mellon w rote to Lewis E. P ier­ fled. Geneva, Sw itzerland.—The p rep ara­ tablished in an E nglish class a t the rew ritte n there. son, president of th e cham ber, in a tory disarm am ent conference, which N ew berg high school. The announcer F ire losses in P o rtlan d dropped P olitical questions will en ter Into continuation of the controversy th at opened November 30, adjourned aftei and com pany are m em bers of Mrs. from >3.01 per cap ita to >2.07 during th e consideration of practically all leg­ B R IE F G E N ER A L N E W S has arisen betw een th e ad m in istra­ soviet Russia had suffered a defeat in H am ilton's second-term E nglish stu- j 1927, says F ire M arshal Edw ard Gren islation, and in th is pre-presidential tion and the cham ber over the size selection of the d ate for the n ext m eet­ dents. fell's report. T he estim ate is based H erb ert S. H adley, educator, form er cam paign session political speeches, of the tax reduction to be m ade by ing. R ussia w anted th e comm ission Salem 's business d istric t th is year [ on a population of 250,000 for both governor of M issouri and one tim e on w herein the republican adm inistration th e congress which began sessions to m eet again Jan u ary 10, but the com will be dressed in holiday a ttire , as 1926 and 1927. T otal loss for 1927 th e brink of a vice presidential nom ­ will be attack ed and defended in turn, Monday. The treasu ry favors a >225,- m ission put the d ate off until March th e resu lt of action ta k e n by the Sa- ! am ounted to >725,581.77 ag ain st >1,- ination, died a fter a long Illness in St. n ecessarily will slow up the legislative 000,000 reduction, while a slash of 16. lem Ad club a t a m eeting last week. 054,481.01 for 1920. T he fire d e p a rt­ Louis. m achinery. >236,000,000 is proposed In the revenue Soviet R ussia during th e conference F ir trees and evergreens will be used j m ent responded to 2028 alarm s in 1927 House F unctions Serenely F oreign secu rities floated in the bill drafted by the house ways and and 2185 in the preceding year. challenged the en tire world to disarm . exclusively. A m erican investm ent m ark et for the meanB com m ittee. W hile the house will begin to func­ N ovem ber w as the cloudiest m onth The Russian delegation offered to de­ The larg est m ountain bobcat ever In assailing th e cham ber of com­ stro y h er land, sea and a ir forces, pro­ seen in O regon w as sh o t recently by of the nam e since official records were first eleven m onths of th is year to­ tion in a m ore or less seren e atmos­ taled >1.494,000,000, or >175,000,000 phere, th e sen ate found a fight on its m erce program S ecretary Mellon fol­ vided oth er nations would do th e same. Jo e Schurtz, w ho lives n ear Ontario. begun in P o rtlan d In 1871. The sun m ore than for the e n tire y ear of 1926, hands rig h t a t th e s ta rt over the ques­ lowed th e lead of P resident Coolidge, The anim al attack ed S churtz while w as hidden by clouds 95 per cen t of th e tre a su ry announced. tion of p erm ittin g th e seatin g of Sen- whoso view th a t the cham ber was ad ­ Indiana Governor Must Face Trial. the tim e, th ere having been only 14 he was riding in his c a r on the Mor­ Econom ic progress during 1927 has ators-elect S m ith of Illionis and Vare vocating an unw arranted reduction hours and 36 m inutes of sunshine, out Indianapolis, Ind. — G overnor Ed. ton island road. brought A m ericans to the highest m a­ of P ennsylvania, republicans, both of was disclosed recently a t the W hite of a possible 284 hours and 6 m inutes. Jackson of Indiana and his tw o co­ W illiam L aw rence Monroe, 15, Jun­ te ria l living standard this country, or whom are under fire because of expen House. A fter this the cham ber re ite r­ One day was p artly cloudy and the defendants m ust stand trial on charges ior in th e R oseburg senior high school, any o th er country, has ever known, d itu res in th e ir p rim ary campaigns. ated Its dem and for a >400.00(T,000 tax of conspiracy and bribery retu rn ed and a s ta r player on th e R oseburg rem aining 29 w ere cloudy; on 24 of S ecretary H oover declared In his an out and defended its course in advo­ A ssurances w ere given by Senator th ese days rain fell in m easurable ag ain st them , Special Ju d g e O scar H football team , died from blood poison­ nual rep o rt to th e president. cating It. C urtis of K ansas, th e republican lead­ am ounts. Montgomery of Seymour, Ind., refu s­ ing as a resu lt of an in ju ry received in P re m ie r Baldw in’s recen t statem en t T h ere w ere th re e fata litie s in O re­ th a t the R ussian governm ent has not er, th a t th e re would be votes a t the ing to quash th e indictm ent. a recen t football gam e. gon due to industrial accidents during yet given assu ran ces of non-interfer­ com ing session on th e th ree measures GOLD C O IN S D IS T R IB U T E D T he C herry City B aking company, the week ending D ecem ber L accord­ ence in B ritish in tern al affairs was w estern independen t republican sena­ 100 Homes Razed by Forest Flames whose buildings and equipm ent were to rs desire acted upon. The subjects Millions to Go Into Christmas Stock­ Los Angeles.—L eaving tho em bers destroyed a t Salem recently, has s ta rt­ ing to a rep o rt prepared by th e state countered in a statem en t m ade in Ge­ a re farm relief bill, the bill dealing ings In United States. in d u strial accident com m ission. The of lot) homes valued at >500,000 in its ed construction of a new p lant to cost neva by M. L itvinoff declaring th a t a w ith the issuance of injunctions by New York.—S anta Claus will drop wake, th e dev astatin g forest fire which >100,000. The new buildings will be victim s included: R obert K. Young, condition of m utual non-interference federal courts and a resolution for an some >100,000.000 In gold coins into sw ept through the V erdugo m ountains fireproof, while the equipm ent will be P ortland, lo ad er; E dw ard H ansen, in in tern al affairs has been fully ac­ investigation into A m erican activities C hristm as stockings in th e United for more than 36 hours was brought of the la te s t and m ost m odern design. Oregon City, bucker, and F ran k A. cepted by the soviet governm ent. in C entral and South A m erica. Bunda, P ortland, saw operator. T here S tates this year, federal reserv e bank under control a fte r burning over 10,- A to tal of 185,959 pupils w ere en- was a to ta l of 705 accidents reported A legislative program for the Pa­ officials estim ated following th e de­ 000 acres. j rolled in th e schools of the s ta te in to the com m ission during the m onth. Paris Puts Curb on American Divorces cific n o rth w est w hich will occupy mand for >20,000,000 In gold coins In P aris.—D eterm ined to h alt a grow I the y ear 1926, according to a report New York. A req u est th a t the new day school ing avalanche of divorce su its by much of the tim e of the m em bers from Coolidge to Attend Convention in Cuba prepared by C. A. H oward, s ta te su­ th a t section for the w hole of the new T he custom of giving gold coins as W ashington, I). C.—P resid en t Cool perintendent of public Instruction. The tor Indian children a t B urns bo ex­ A m ericans, the m inistry of ju stice or­ congress has alread y been mapped Christm as presents puts a heavy strain idge let it be known th a t he has de­ high school enrollm ent was 41,258, panded Into a boarding school, pre­ dered the civil court of V ersailles to o u t and will be w orked into individual sented to C harles H. Burke, com m is­ On the federal reserv e m achinery and cided to attend the Pan-A m erican con­ while th e elem en tary school en ro ll­ hold up pending cases until the exact sioner of Indian affairs, by S enators sta tu s of plaintiffs, the length of th eir bills to be introduced early In the ses­ on the banks th a t supply th eir clients vention in H avana, Cuba, about Jan m ent was 144,701. sion. McNary and Steiw er and R epresenta­ uary 19. with the coina. The C orvallis • W aldport highw ay, tive N. J. S innott of Oregon, was given residence in E urope and th e ir reasons Reclamation Interests West The approach of C hristm as also which has been blocked because of a little encouragem ent by th a t official. for being h ere could be ascertained T H E MARKETS Of forem ost in te re st to advocates of moans the ap p earance of >1,000,000 slide on A lsea m ountain, is now open Com m issioner B urke explained th at The suit of B ainbridge Colby, form er Portland reclam ation and m ore rapid land set­ w orth of >2 50 gold pieces. This coin secretary of state, Is among those af­ to traffic, according to announcem ent additional expenditures for Indian W heat—Big Bend bluestem , >1.32%; tlem en t are the C olum bia basin pro­ la not minted except on special occa­ fected. by th e sta te highw ay com m ission. The schools is frowned upon at present by je c t in W ashington and th e Deschutes sions, hut because of the dem and 400,- hard white, >1.30%; federation, soft Roosevelt highw ay is open no rth of the budget bureau. 000 of them have been ordered struck w hite, w estern white. >1.27%; hard May Investigate Alleged Power Lobby project in Oregon, which contem plates N ew port to th e Siletz riv er, but is T hat L. Madovich, a logger, went w inter. >1 25%; n o rth ern spring, >1.26; off for the C hristm as rush Because W ashington, D. C.—C harges th a t a the expenditure of m any m illions of blocked by a slide betw een the la tter through 41 years of life w ith his di­ of th eir scarcity and the v a lu # placed w estern red, >1 23%. gigantic lobby has been organised here dollars and the opening to settlers of point and Taft. gestive organs in his ch est and his Hay — Alfalfa, >16 60®17; valley on them by co llecto 's, very few of the trem endous new acreage. The Uma­ T h ree hundred and forty-seven miles h eart on th e rig h t side of his body, by public utilities in te re sts to defeat tilla rapids pow er p ro ject is coupled >2 50 pieces ever are seen again. The tim othy, >16 5 0 3 1 7 ; eastern Oregon th e Boulder dam and open Muscle of road will be added to the sta te 's was disclosed a t a post m ortem per­ w ith them in discussions for through demand for them alw ays exceeds the tim othy. >20. oiled highw ays next year. T his action formed at A storia following his death Shoals to private exploitation may pre­ it w ater to irrig ate lands in both Ore­ B u tte rfa t— 49c. supply, officials say. cipitate a dem and for an o th er senator- was decided upon by the highw ay com­ last week. Madovic*-., apparently, was Eggs Ranch, 34c. gon and W ashington would be provid­ m ission last week. T his will m ake norm al. His stom ach w as w here his I ial Investigation at th e coming session C attle—Steers, good. >9.26019.26. ed, as well as cheap er power. Committee Meet* at National Capital. l of congress. Ilogs Medium to choice, >8.25© th e to tal m ileage of oiled roads in h eart should have been and the h eart Two m easures of general im portance W ashington, D. C W ith Its eyes Oregon 1325. It will cost >740.000 for was high up on th e rig h t side. His 76. will be closely followed in th e north­ turned on the election y ear of 1928, Lam bs — Medium to choice, >11© this work. The com m ission also voted lungs were exceptionally sm all, the Oregon C ounties Receive Huge Sum. the republican national com m ittee as W ashington, D. C.— A total of >6, west. They are the farm relief bill, to spend >3,898.000 for the malnten- left one being only slightly larger than 12 50. sem bled here Monday. The prim ary i 022.433 was paid O regon counties dur the provisions of which have not yet ance of the state highw ays next year. an ordinary teacup. Seattle. purpose of the g athering of th e com­ Ing the fiscal year 1927 under the Ore- been decided upon, but the progress T raffic accidents have taken a toll W heat Soft white, w estern white, Tummy F ields of near Redmond last m itteem en is to choose th e city to >127% ; hard w inter, >125% ; w estern of one killed and 23 Injured among . . . . , . gon and C alifornia tax refund act. Sec- of w hich will be directed in large part rode a horse which raced to Its w w 7 which will go the honor of holding the red, >123% ; n o rth ern spring, >126% ; P o rtlan d 's 50.000 school children since j week _.v. k __ *-i__ . rv tary of Interior Work announced in by S enator McNary, and the proposed le ath . b reaklsg its neok when It jum p­ revision of th e m erch an t m arine act, national convention next June. his annual report. T he am ounts bluestem , >134% ; d ark n o rth ern school opened last S eptem ber 4. ac­ ed a ditch and tum bled through a wire of w hich S enator Jo n es will be the spring. >1.43; d ark hard w inter. >1 37. cording to figures released by H arry fence. The boy was pinned under the claim ed by 18 counties totaled >6,741 ■ guiding s p ir it 466. Will Offer Filipino Independence BUI. Hay — Alfalfa, >26; tim othy. >28; P. Coffin. P ortland m anager of the horse, but escaped w ithout injury. J N ational S afety council. W ashington, D. C. A Philippine in ­ P. S , >22 Total num ber of school children In Austrian Civil Control to End. Champion S teer Sells for >2479. B u tte rfa t— 64c. The assessed valuation of all prop­ Lane county as enum erated during the J dependence, to follow the holding of E ggs - Ranch, 264735c. Chicago.—C alifornia Stam p, grand P aris.—T he council of am bassadors erty In Oregon, including public utili­ late census is 16.068. according to re­ a constitu tio n al assem bly and the ne­ C attle- S teers, choice. >9 26©10.25 ties. for 1927 Is >1.122.925.200 as com­ gotiation of in tern atio n al tre a tie s for vised figures announced by E Moor», cham pion steer, owned by the U niver­ has decided to end the civil control of H ogs—Prim e, >9.76tf9.90. sity of C alifornia, was sold at the In­ A ustria on Jan u ary 31 in view of the pared to >1.110.677.348 for 1926, an ta neutralization, will be introduced In '■ounty school su p e rin te n d e n t This 1 | crease of approxim ately >12.250.000 Spokane. tern atio n al Livestock show for >2.35 m anner In which A u stria has carried th e 70th congress as early as rules is an Increase of 127 over the num ber Cattle— Steer». good. >9 50© 10. a pound. The ste e r weighed 1056 out her d isarm am ent agreem ent. Civil perm it, S en ato r W illiam King, demo according to figures compiled by Earl •ounted last year, tb s census of 1924 H ogs Good, >9.16 3 9 25. crat. Utah, said. Fisher, sta te tax com m issioner. pounds and the to tal purchase price control replaced Interallied m ilitary ■bowing 14.94L was >2479. controL OREGON STATE NEWS Of GENERAL INTEREST JARDINE OPPOSED TO MORE PROJECTS COURT WILL UPHOLD CITY OIL TRADE COMMERCE CHAMBER RAPPED BY MELLON THE 70TH CONGRESS CONVENED MONDAY OREGON FARM HAND SLAYS GIRL FRIEND