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 li11012 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