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
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