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OIL WITNESS FOILS SENATE OUIZZERS COL. C. B. ROBBINS R e lea s ed by C ourt A fter A r re s t fo r F a ilu re to A n s w ar. OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST B rief Resum e of H appenings of the W eek Collected for Our Readers. O rganization ot th e Linn-Benton Schoolm asters' club was effected a t i Albany with a m em bership o t 42 | schoolmen from the two counties. J. I O. McLaughlin, sup erin ten d en t of the Corvallis schools, is president. A check for $34,247.52, rep resen tin g I K lam ath county’s sh are of receipts derived from sales of U nited S tates forest service tim b er and forest re n t als during 1927, h as been received by th e county tre a su re r's office. A fter several m onths' delay, C lacka m as county has received a check from th e United S tates tre asu ry for $350, 689.17, rep resen tin g paym ent in lieu of taxes for revested Oregon & Cali fornia R ailroad com pany g ra n t lands. W. S. W A SH IN G TO N ATTACK U, S. POLICY IN CENTRAL AMERICA D e le g a te s in H a v a n a C o n fe r ence D iffe r W ith E x -S e c re ta ry Hughes. O rganization of the Lane County As W ashington. D. C. — The Judicial H avana.—The first m ajor a tta c k on sociation of Collection Agencies has arm ot the governm ent reached into United S tates policy in C entral A m er been effected a t Eugene. th e senate to remove Robert W. Ste ica w as heard by delegates to the w art, outstanding Teapot Dome wit The tax levy in The Dalles this year Pan-A m erican conference S aturday. ness, from im m ediate Jeopardy for Is 48 50 mills, o r 4.38 mills low er than It rep resen ted for th e firs t tim e in contem pt. the 1927 levy of 52.28 mills. th e session open d isagreem ent be Stopped by the D istrict of Colum tw een leading delegates and form er E ugene’s postal receipts for Ja n u bia suprem e court from imposing sen The St. H elens Wood P roducts com S ecretary of S tate C harles E. H ughes. ary totaled $12,977.51, an increase of tence on the wealthy Chicago oil op pany is Installing new m achinery and 3.1 per cent over January, 1927. I t brought the question of sovereignty erator, the senate turned at once to m aking additions to the broom handle of the w estern hem isphere n atio n s F orest fires In Clatsop county d u r th a t court, asking th a t S tew art bo factory which will increase the daily and in terv en tio n out for public de ing 1927 burned over 888 acres and im prisoned by Judicial pro« ess for his output of broom and mop handles bate. F inally, it caused H ughes to destroyed tim ber valued a t $21,885. refusal to answ er questions. from 30,000 to 40,000 In an eight-hour be the objective of Indignation which Forty-three tons of honey w ere ship U nder the w rit Issued by Justice shift. a t tim es was violently sa rcastic and ped from Redmond to Portland, des Dailey, the chairm an of the board of Both th e affirm ative and negative bitter. tined for H am burg, A ntw erp and Bre the Standard Dll company of Indiana team s of The Dalles high school were V ictor M aurtua, P eruvian delegate, men. was taken from the custody of the victorious In a dual debate w ith Hood p recip itated th e arg u m en t w hen he assistan t sergeant-at-arm s of the sen Mayor George L. B aker has an Col. C. B. Robbins of Cedar Rapids« River high school team s a t Hood read an official sec re ta ria l re p o rt u rg ate and released under $4000 bond. Iowa, appointed to succeed Col. Han nounced th at h e will be a candidate W. S. Washington, collateral rio- River. The deb ate question involved ing declaration by th e conference th a t Stew art was placed under a rre st by ford MacNider a t assistant secretary for mayor ot P ortland for the fourth cendent of George Washington, who the proposal for s ta te developm ent of sta te s, although having the rig h t to the senate sergeant at arm s after his of war. time. has been elected worshipful master hydro-electric power. Independence, m u st resp ect the rig h ts refusal to answ er questions in the of Alexandria-Washington Lodge No. Records of the Hood R iver T raffic of others while holding th a t indepen T he latest in Infant in d u stries for oil Investigation. The questions association show th a t 169,000 boxes of St. H elens is an agricultural im ple 22, A. F. & A. M., the lodge presided dence. ■ought to bring out what Stew art apples of the 1927 crop rem ain In cold m ent m anufacturing plant, th e St. over by George Washington 138 years The a tta c k broke w ith stu n n in g knew nt the distribution of Liberty ago. storage. H elens R otary H arrow w orks. The suddenness as soon as C harles E vans bonds from the $3,080,000 "slush Benjam in Jam es H aw thorne. 90. new concern will m anufacture ro tary H ughes, head of the A m erican dele fund" alleged to have been raised by retired atto rn ey and form er professor harrow s, a recent invention perfected gation, had finished a speech giving H arry F. Sinclair and his associates of the U niversity of Oregon, died In by Adolph A nderson, who b eads the th e M aurtua re p o rt th e full and un as a companion transaction to the W ashington, D. C.—Problem s of Eugene. firm. conditional support of the A m erican T eapot Dome naval oil lease. land settlem ent and farm develop governm ent. O. A. K ratz, city m an ag er for the A dm itting liability to the ex ten t of m ent on the federal reclam ation pro p ast five y ears of th e A storia city Following each o th er w ithout delay $6790.09, bondsm en of ex-employes of jects of the Pacific northw est will be governm ent, has been selected as city ln sh o rt speeches rem ark ab le for a the sta te banking dep artm en t who given p articular attention a t the m anager of Dubuque, Iowa. W ashington. D. C.—A bond of peace lack of o rato rical flourishes, sp eak er directed the liquidation of F rench <4 reclam ation settlem ent conference to and friendship betw een F ran ce and a fte r sp eak er aro se to pour a g re a te r Fifteen g irls of W est Linn have o r Co., defunct bank of T he Dalles, have be held here on F ebruary 14-15, under th e U nited S tates, w hich had its be o r lesser m easure of censure on th e ganized an out-of-doors sp o rts club. tendered a check In th a t am ount to the direction of Elwood B. Mead, com ginning ju st 150 years ago, on F eb ru M aurtua proposal. Hiking, tennis and sw im m ing will be A. A. Schram m e. sta te superintendeut ary 6, 1778. was sealed anew a t th e W ashington, D. C.—A move to link m issioner of reclam ation. A rgentina, Mexico. G uatem ala, Sal of banking. participated in by the m em bers. A broadcast invitation has been sta te departm ent, when sig n atu res vador, S anto Domingo, H onduras, Co destinies ot the Jones shipping bill F red Schm idt, th e broccoli ra ise r of The Fossil electric light plant own were attach ed to th e new peace pact, and the ta i reduction bill was made sent to th a t section by Dr. Mead, Coos and Douglas counties, has added ed by D. E. Flory was destroyed by w hich virtually renounces w ar a s an lum bia and U ruguay joined w ith vary In the senate when Senator Jones, who believes th a t the securing and 420 acres to the prospective plantings fire. The origin of the fire Is un Instrum entality ever to be called li<o ing degrees of in ten sity in assailiu g republican, W ashington, Introduced financing of some 2000 se ttlers need for 1928. H e expects to p lant 2000 th e principles approved by th e U nited known. N othing was saved but a few play betw een the tw o republics. th e shipping bill passed by the sen ed for th e K ittitas, Vale and Owyhee acres. S tates. personal effects. T his p lan t was The an n iv ersary is not alone th a t ate as an am endm ent to the tax re projects will be facilitated by confer C uba’s am b assad o r to W ashington, built for a mill some 32 years ago and Two hundred and eighteen cars of ence discussions of the policies for of th e first Franco-A m erican tre a ty duction bill passed by the house. a few years la te r used to lig h t the w ith its solemn declaration th a t Dr. O restes T e rrara, supported th e farm produce w ere shipped from Vale the solvency of th ese projects upon The tax reduction hill Is due to be U nited S tates. Dr. F e rra ra declared town a t night. 'th ere shall be a firm , inviolable and th a t the question of in terv en tio n o r reported by the senate finance com completion. He figures th a t K ittitas during 1927. W heat, livestock and p o W hen the sta te tex t book comm is universal peace, and a tru e and sin nilttee, March IB. and the house m ust m ust have 460 settlers, Owyhee 940 tato es composed the bulk of the ship non-intervention has no place in th e m ents. sion m eets In Salem next N ovem ber cere friendship betw een the m ost act on the Jones bill before th at time and Vale 375. p resen t discussion and added th a t “The governm ent is investing $66,- C harles V alentine Foelier w as given for its biennial session, it will give C hristian king, his heirs and suc Cuba cannot Join o th er nations in ex if the senate is to concur In the tax 600,000 in irrigation works, hut this consideration to textbooks for six ele a sentence of tw o years in th e sta te cut plan. cessor, and th e U nited S tates of pressions on intervention, because: Jones took this method of assuring is not reclam ation any m ore th an an penitentiary, a t R oseburg a fte r plead- m entary school subjects and nine high A m erica," but also of the first tre a ty “In th e case of Cuba th e w ord in te r action In the house on his bill for empty building is a factory," Mead j ing guilty to a charge of possession of school subjects, according to circulars of any ch aracter en tered into by th e vention has had one m eaning, honor, being issued by C. A. Howard, sta te A m erican governm ent. It is the a n continued governm ent operation of declares. "T here will bo no Income a still. glory and goodness.” Lakeside. 17 m iles north of N orth 8UPerln ten d e" ‘ Public instruction niversary of the first recognition by the m erchant m arine. It had been nor benefit I. - th e Investm ent until are settlers, houses leveled. Bend, is planning a general improve- One hundred cherry trees, g ift of ! an^ power of A m erican nationalism rumored th at the house was planning there and crops growing. T hese are m ent system and will s ta rt with bond- the im perial Jap an ese governm ent to as it had been a sserted In the Dec to side-track the m easure because of ^•f’h create earning pow-I ing Eighth stre e t for the nucleus of the Coos Bay L um ber company, w ere laratio n of Independence on July 4, W hite House opposition. Over the opposition of P resid en t er and are Included in the estim ates th e system . burned by th e custom s office of 1776. But th e new tre a ty goes far beyond Coolidge and adm inistration leaders, and plans of most foreign countries. Ed Jen k s has been aw arded a 10- M arshfield, upon orders from the fed the senate passed th e Jones bill to y ear lease for th e C ottage Grove post- eral board of horticulture. The trees the assertio n s of peace and friend t expand the American m erchant m a W O M EN O PEN BLUE BOOK office, and will s ta rt a t once th e erec- w ere refused adm ission because of ship contained in th a t original coven W ashington, D. C —S ecretary Kel rine and to m aintain it under govern I tion of a fireproof building on N orth fear th a t th ey carried fru it tre e dis a n t with F rance. It not only a sserts logg has advised the hoi|ge foreign m ent control. ease. th a t w ar betw een the tw o nations is affairs com m ittee th a t the A m erican W. C. T. U. to List Wet and Dry j N inth street. unthinkable, but It sets up new and A combination of dem ocrats and Candidates for Office. Investigation has been started into governm ent would be "w illing to sign P ortland postal receip ts during Jan- w estern republicans sent the m eas Chicago.—A blue book of wet and u n ry totaled $240,165 27. T his total the fallure of th e P ortland brokerage strong m achinery for the ad justm ent a tre a ty with all pow ers of the world ’ i fte-m nF o zv _ • a « ure to the house by a vote of 53 to of arb itra tio n or conciliation of dis prohibiting the use of subm arines en dry candidates for public office was com pared with th a t of $238,733.61 for | firm of Dverbeck & Cooke, which sus 31. putes betw een them which m ight tirely." opened to en tries h ere by the Wo Jan u a ry a y ear ago, revealed an in pended with accounts on its books e s otherw ise lead to w ar. tim ated a t substantially m ore than The secretary 's views w ere s e t m an's C hristian Tem perance Union. crease of $1431.66. $2,000,000. Indications point to an BASIN PROJECT HALTED forth in a le tte r to C hairm an P o rte r ( losing th eir two-day m ldw estern W hile fishing on upper F loras creek B R IE F G ENERAL NEW S ln response to a request for an ex campaign conference, national officers n ear N orth Bend, H arvey Anderson. aggregate loss by the hundreds of Secretary Work Declarea More De pression on a resolution by R epresen of the W. C. T. U. sen t out word th at 24, was drow ned when he lost his bal custom ers of th e com pany th a t may tailed Surveys Are Needed. G ranting of increased bonuses to ta tiv e F rothlngham , republican, Mas its organization lieutenants in every ance and fell into the raging torrent. run to $1,500,000. W ashington. D. C —The bill author state, county and precinct were to E llsw orth Kelley, convict, who Is enlisted men serving on subm arines sachusetts, to prohibit the construc He leaves a widow and two children. ising the Columbia basin reclam ation place every asp iran t to office defin under death sentence for th e p a rt he has been recom m ended to the house tion of subm arines. The honor of being the first eagle project in the state of W ashington itely on record as friend o r foe of played In th e slaying of two guards by S ecretary W ilbur. "T here is no objection to the reso Boy Scout In Yamhill county goes to Automobile accidents In 1927 resu lt lution." the secretary said, “provided struck an uncharted rock In the form prohibition. during a break at the sta te penlten- Allan P atch ett, 17. He has earned 22 of a mem orandum by S ecretary of tiary in August, 1925, is not entitled ed in 20,891 deaths, an increase of it expressed the opinion of congress U nder the plan of attack outlined Interior Work, produced at a confer today by Mrs. Ella A. Boole, national m erit badges, though only 21 are nec to release from th e prison through 1240 deaths, or more than 5 per cent th a t subm arines be abolished and ence by D irector of the Dudget Lord, president, a resolution will be pre essary fdr the aw ard. habeas corpus proceeding, according over th e previous year. th eir construction prohibited by all The school census of Coos county to an opinion handed down by the Close to 2000 persons were w ithout th e nations of the w orld." which stated th at In the secretary ’s sented to every p arty leader from th e ir reg u lar Jobs as a result of the opinion the project has not been suf- national chairm an down to ward com reveals a total of 8370 children, a de s ta te suprem e court. fire which sw ept through five blocks flclently Investigated to be given of m itteem an, dem anding th e insertion crease of 720 since th e 1926 census, T he necessity of im proving the RUSSIAN BONDS O P P O S E D ficial approval. of a plank in the party platform In th e town of P ow ers being th e only tran sp o rtatio n possibilities of th e W il of the business section of Fall River, Mass. The m em orandum wns brought to dorsing prohibition and pledging Its d istrict to rep o rt an increase. lam ette riv er betw een Salem and State Department Objects to Sale of G eneral Pershing and G eneral L as light in the presence of several mem en fo rc.m en t through the appointm ent Lenore Powell. Linn county tre a s P ortland was stressed by re p re se n ta Railway Bonds. bers of the W ashington di-legation of lta “undoubted friends" to power. urer. hag received a d raft for $3071.95 tives of a large num ber of industrial site r have been honored by the P eru W ashington. D. C.—S ecretary K el vian governm ent, which approved a nnd H ervery Lindley of Seattle, pres which is Linn county's sh are of the concerns at a m eeting in Salem. The logg announced th a t th e A m erican ident of th e Columbia nasln associa Court Holds Rail Salary Rise Stands. 25 per cent of revenue from Santiam request to nam e.tw o new stre e ts after m eeting w as called by Colonel Luk governm ent did not view w ith favor the two A m erican generals. tion. who were seeking Lord's sanc national forest ren tals during 1927. esh. federal d istrict engineer, to ns- < hlcago, 1 11 . A petition by w estern th e sale of R ussian soviet govern tion for th eir bill. Colonel C harles A. Lindbergh S atur Nine persons, five women and four sem ble Inform ation for subm ission to railroads to sot aside an aw ard In m ent bonds In the U nited S tates, and day celebrated his 26th birthday by a S ecretary Work stated th at several creasing th e pay of locom otive fire men. received citizenship papers at the w ar departm ent. 250-mile air Jaunt from San Juan. th a t he was confident A m erican bank years of fu rth er detailed survey men and hostlers on 56 w estern sys Coquille, following a naturalization From pow er sites in th e M olalla Porto Rico, to Santo Domingo, where ers would cooperate w ith the govern should be m ade before It conld have tem s was dism issed by Judge George h earing conducted by W. W. W iggins riv e r basin In C lackam as county. 38. fully 100.000 enthusiastic spectators m ent to th a t end. The se c retary said th e Indorsem ent of his departm ent. A C arp en ter in federal d istrict co u rt of P ortland before C ircuit Judge 900 horsepow er may be developed 60 th e A m erican banks concerned in H is derision Is believed to make the w itnessed his arrival. Brand. per cent of the tim e and 13.000 horse passage of th e hill a t th is session Uncle Sam 's family i, growing. The the proposed bond issues had been C onstruction work has sta rte d on pow er 90 per cent of the time, under T H E MARKETS im probable. population of continental United so notified by the sta te departm ent. th e new railw ay line from N yssa to regulated flow, according to a rep o rt Portland Mr. Kellogg w as referring p artii.j. , « ° m r s hence 15 « tim a te d \\ heat Big Bend bluestem . $1 .39; the dam site of th e Owyhee irrigation from the U. S. geological survey Reg a t 123483.324 by Dr. Joseph A. Hill, Iarly to th e recently advertised sale Trapped Men Tried to Raise Sub. hard white. $1.27; federation, soft ' The ro aJ »'ill be 26 miles ulation would be obtained by con assistan t director of the census b » of approxim ately $30.000.000 worth of W ashington, D. C. -W h ile life re white, w estern white, $1.25tfc; hard ’ lonK and ls to be Onished in 10 stru ctio n of a reserv o ir with suggest reau. R ussian soviet governm ent 9 per cent In 1920 It was 105.710,620. m ained, th e im prisoned men on th e Winter. $121; northern spring, 123; [ months. ed heights of 260 and 310 feet, the gold bonds, offered to the American subm arine 8 4 tried vainly to effect w estern red. $1 20 ( Pistol River, on the R oosevelt high- re p o rt states. Rail Merger Quit Open, in Tacoma. public at 95, to obtain funds for Rus- th e ir own rescue by raisin g one end H ay — Alfalfa. $ 1 8 0 1850; valley I « a y 16 m iles south of Gold Beach, stan railw ay purposes. W hat th reaten ed to be a strik e at of th e sunken craft above th e surface Tacoma. Wash — The Interstafte tim othy. $13018 50; eastern Oregon , now has a postofflc« with G. E. Guth- th e T hom as B. Kay Woolen Mill of | commerce T his was the conclusion reached by tim othy, $20 50 0 21. mmerce commission Monday open ridge as postm aster. Mall, heretofore Salem was am icably settled, and 33 Honey Association Shows Expansion. divers who explored th e hull of the «1 a hearing here of thp CMe of th# B utterfat - 49ff 52c. received tw ice a week, is now re w eavers w ent bark to work. Because Boise. Idaho.—The Mountain S tates subm arine In Its "grave" off Province- Pacific Northwest, both for and Eggs- Ranch. 24027c. ceived daily. Honey Producers' association. m eet of poor conditions In th e woolen mar- town. M nss. the navy d ep artm en t has against the proposal to m erge the C attle—Steers, good, >11012 ing here in annual session, voted to F ifty four Albany men have subm it- * as on lhe verge of .m aking announced. The d ivers found th at H ogs« Medium to choice, $7.75® ted bids for carry in g the mail betw een a cu t in w ages when the w orkers Great N orthern and the N orthern Pa- expand Its territo ry by taking in the th e ship’s crew was evidently in th e 900 clflc railroads into one system . The th e Southern Pacific depot and the I w alked out. As th e result of a con sta te s of W ashington, North Dakota a c t of blowing w ater from th e ballast Lam bs — Medium to choice, $1150 A lbany postoffice. Judd Rosa, who ference the w orkers returned and hearing here Is the fourth and final Colorado The states o rig in a lly ta n k s when life expired. The ste m 013.00. of such hearings to be held. It also In d u ,led In the aeeot ... ¡d ' died a few weeks ago. held th e con accepted a 5 per cent wage cut. reach plane indicator alio showed a rise of is considered one of th e m ost im port ho, Oregon. Montana and W Seattle. tra c t for many years. ing a 50 50 agreem ent with the owner. about 19 degrees. yoming. ant. as the stories of m any communl- W heat Soft white, w estern white, H enry Zorn of the Cham poeg farm G overnor P atterso n has refused to ,lpi served exclusively by one of the hard w inter. $1 26; w estern red. $1.21; Hoover Is Mum on His Candidacy. has signed up 40 acres of flax for rem ove C lare A Lee. s ta te insurance ,wo ]inos will be told. P erhaps th e France W ill Settle W ar Debts, n o rth ern spring, $1 26; bluestem , W ashing H ash in g trn . D. C - s . , rH ary of l ’arls.- - France baa no intention of $142; dark no rth ern spring. $1.44; th is year. The original Champoeg com m issioner, from his office, as re- tn°at serious opposition is th e pro- » « ■ •w e Hoover was asked Monday tow nslte, where th e old school house I quested by assessm en t certificate of the public w orks departm ent Commerce repudiating h er w ar debts, but has dark w inter. $1 S3. Whether he intend. , 0 perm lt use ” stood, where the first stag e station holders in The B ankers’ Life Cora- ot ’he sta te of W ashington, which is delayed funding them because she did H ay — Alfalfa, $24; tim othy, $38; was built, w here th e first bowling al- pany of Iowa. The request for L e e s on record as being against the uni Ì Ì o w T ? ,he ° W0 Pr,Dlar,M' "Yon not know how to pay In th e 62 years P. 8 . $24. ley appeared and w here th e first rem oval, on grounds th a t he refused fication. replied dUcu“ P0“ “ « * ” he proopsed by the United S tates, I’re- B utterfat 53c. brick yard In th a t locality m ade its to cancel the com pany's license in inler Poincare declared In the cham Eggs Ranch. $4c. first brick and ground where. In the Oregon, w as m ade to the governor Committee Favors “Civilian Cabinet." ber of deputies In defending his fi C attle S teers, choice. $11012 N .w York City Crime Decreases early 30s, stood a gristm ill, will grow ! both by le tte r and a t a verbal hear- nance policy "W e already have ar Ilogs Prim e, $9 25 0 9 40. W ashington, D. C.—The Willie bill flax this year. 8. M. Sm ith will grow ing T he governor said he saw no * r rk. N. Y.—Crime in New ranged to pay th e g reater part of our Spokane. to establish a "civilian cabinet" in the 10 acres. O thers will grow flak In ] reason why he should in terfere with w ar debt charges during 192$ and P hilippines w a, ordered favorably Cattle- S teers, good. $11.35012 00. 1929. The land la said to be ideal for the operation of the Insurance depart- reported by 1929,'* P oincare added. ■ — the senate territories i Hogs—Good. $909.10. such a crop. , m ent as now conducted. , committee. LAND SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE CALLED ANTI-WAR TREATY MADE WITH FRANCE MAY LINK SHIP BILL , WITH TAX REDUCTION AMERICA READY TO ABOLISH SUBMARINES i