GRAIN RATE QUERY
IN CHICAGO ENDS
1 Idle since December 15. the Pelican
Bay lum ber mill, the largest pine-cut-
MAJ. R. Y. STUART
SERG. DONALDSON
Ing plant in Klamath, resumed opera
tion last week with two shifts. Ap-
proximately 150 men went on the lutn- [
ber company’s payroll.
W itn esses A gree F a rm e rs '
B rief Resum e of Happenings of The proposed national park of Sil-
Reduction of $ 2 2 5 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 Un
' ver Creek Falls in Marlon county is ■
M a rk e t Best W hen B u y e rs
the W eek Collected for
lik e ly if B alanced Budget
I disapproved by the departm ent of the I
A re P le n tifu l.
Interior because the area Is too sm all |
Our R eaders.
is M a in ta in ed .
and too Involved in private holdings,
says a report from Acting S ecretary
Chicago.—The m iddle w est’s opinion
W.
J.
Gooding,
representing
Els-
W ashlngton. D. C. A »225.000.00b
E. C. Finey to Senator McNary.
of freig h t ra te s on grain and its pro
m
ann
Bros,
of
Boston,
last
Monday
tax reduction cannot be had a t this
Five thousand dollars will be spent i
ducts has been expressed to th e In
bought four M alheur county wool clips
•ession of congress If a balanced bud
In
road
construction
work
in
the
F
o
rt
j
te rs ta te com m erce com m ission, em
for 35 cents a pound.
g et Is to bs m aintained, in the opinoin
Rock d istrict of the D eschutes na- ’
pow ered w ith special congressional
The Shevlin-Hixon company a t Bend
of ad m inistration tax ex p erts who
tional forest this summer, according
au th o rity to re-m ake them in the in
has recently put on a night shift with to inform ation from R. L. Fromme, '
have studied the March 15 tax re-
te re s t of the grain grow ers.
four band saws and the mill is now forest supervisor. Roads to be con- j
cepits.
The ra te investigation, authorized
running a t near capacity.
A ppropriations already made by
structed «Hi he prim arily for fire pro- l
by the Hoch-Sm ith resolution th ree
congress, they contend, would make
Donald Newton, 4-year-old son ol lection purposes.
years ago, was com pleted in Chicago
such a reduction unsafe, and appro
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Newton of Haines
S aturday.
On May 22 th e investiga
Four
persons
were
killed
and
335
j
priations for flood relief, estim ated at
was drowned in a septic tank on tie
tion will be resum ed a t S eattle. L a te r
others Injured in 1920 traffic accidents
»40,000,000, will force a substantial
Tom Smith property at Haines.
In Oregon during February, according
Maj. R. Y. Stuart, formerly head of sessions will be held a t P o rtlan d and
shaving down of the original figure
A special train arrived at Crane to the monthly report of T. A. Raffe- the information service of the forestry Los Angeles.
recom m ended by the treasury.
j Monday night carrying a consignment , ty, chief of the state traffic squad, j service of the Department of Agri
E verything is w rong w ith the grain
In view of these disclosures, tre a s
If bills before congress are passed of 1200 Idaho cattle for the feeding Two killed were pedestrians, the other j
culture, who has been appointed chief rates, a sym posium of testim ony taken
ury officials plan to go back before
Sergeant Michael Donaldson, an out and grazing lands of H arney county. two were occupants of autom oibles
here shows. T hey a re too high, th e
forester.
congress with revised figures th at
standing hero of the World war, will
Chicago,
Buffalo, P hiladelphia and
involved
in
collisions.
The
contract
for
erecting
the
Lapine
probably will rail for a reduction of
receive »10,000 bonus and a life in school building has been let to John
Boston grain bureaus, and spokesm en
between »180,000.000 and »200,000,000.
F. A. Banks, chief engineer on the
come of »200 a month in recognition J. Cunningham of Bend. It will re-
for th e farm ers of K ansas, O klahom a
Receipts have come In virtually as eg-
Owyhee project, has announced th at
of hia services.
and N orth D akota, claim ed.
I place the one destroyed by fire Janu bids for construction of the Owyhee
tim ated by the treasury, th ese experts
! ary 6.
M alad ju stm en t fs th e freight ra te
say, but the congressional appropria
dam n ear N yssa will be opened June
111, asserted K ansas City, D uluth, New
tions have exceeded the estim ates.
A half million honey bees ordered 1. This dam will be 360 feet in height,
O rleans and St. Louis rep resen tativ es.
"B ut th ere will be tax reduction at
I recently by Mead Honey company of the highest Irrigation dam in the ,
this session,*’ a spokesm an said, "ju st
1 Salem are en route from California, j United States, and will impound 600,- | W ashington. D. C.—H arry F. Sin The rep resen tativ e from M inneapolis
thought rail com petition w ith G reat
w hat It will be depends on w hat con
according to a telegram received last 000 acre-feet of water.
clair has given orders th a t the records
L
akes steam er c a rrie rs would benefit
gress does.” These opinions were ex
week,
At a special school election a t Fir- of his private secu rity holdings are
the northw estern w heat grow ers.
pressed despite the belief of P resident
i Governor P atterson, In a prodam a wood last week it was voted to sus not to be revealed to the senate Tea
All w itnesses, w hether they spoke
Los Angeles, Cal. Final p rep ara
Coolidge and m em bers of congress
tion Issued at Salem last Thursday, pend school for one year and tran sp o rt pot Dome com m ittee.
for “p it” trad ers, elev a to r operators,
tions
to
move
a
well-equipped,
organ
th a t a »225,000,000 reduction still Is
the
children
of
the
district
to
Sandy
urged the people to join in the observ
The com m ittee was so Informed by railroads, farm ers, ex p o rters o r mill
possible If congress cuts down on fu ized and financed arm y of workmen
ance of American Forest week, April gram m ar school, the board of th e la t Harold Kenwell, cashier of th e Sin
ers, agreed th e m ore individuals or
from fuur strateg ic points on a 10 mile
tu re appropriations.
ter school agreeing to hire a fourth clalr Consolidated Oil company, who
22 to 28.
concerns th ere a re bidding for the
The present 3 per cent tax on a u to front down Into the flood devastated
O perations at the Flagstaff mine, teacher. The vote was small, being explained th a t was why he had not grain w here It Is grow n and sold, the
mobiles yields the treasu ry about »68.- area of the S an ta Clara river valley
brought the record w ith him In re m ore money th ere will be in th e farm
n ear Baker, closed a num ber of years, only 12 in favor and 5 against.
000,000. The house, against the wishes was made Monday.
Seventy thousand dollars will be sponse to a subpena.
Financed by a »1,000,000 fund appro will be resumed within a few days
e r ’s pockets.
of S ecretary Mellon mid the president,
expended soon by the Southern P a
“I asked Mr. S inclair for th a t per
Several w itnesses argued th a t the
voted to repeal this. A move Is on priated by th e Los Angeles city coun on a large scale, it was announced
cific company In the passenger sta m ission and It was refused,” Kenwell price of the export w heat—the surplus
foot to resto re half of the present tax cil, more th an 1000 workers, under recently.
tion yards at Eugene in the extension said. “ You know the record Is Sin crop— fixed the price on all the w heat
■—Oi a rate of 1% per c e n t—to the the leadership of C. E. Bessler, will
The new high school building at
bill as one m eans of m eeting the man and operate approxim ately a mil R eedsport was dedicated with appro of passing tracks, E. L. King, superin c la ir’s personal property, and I can grow n in the U nited S tates. O thers
lion and a h alf dollars' worth of tra c priate cerem onies Sunday night. The tendent of the division, has announced. not rem ove It w ithout his consent."
W hite House demand.
contended th a t the E uropean price is
Two additional tracks will be Install
The com m ittee w anted to .examine predicated on the fu tu res quotations
A nother suggestion receiving favor tors, steam shovels, scrapers and o th building replaces the one destroyed by
ed and the old ones rearranged.
the records to see If he now held any In th e country. Som e th o u g h t th e
able attention in prelim inary consid e r equipm ent in th e move to wipe out fire a year ago.
L ast week a rock w-as unearthed C ontinental T rading com pany L iberty farm er was directly benefited by ra te
erations of the bill In th e m ajority all vestige of th e d isaster th at took
Roads between LaPine and Silver
ranks is one to abolish th e house pro a toll of more th an 450 persons lost Lake are im passable and there is no ' near Sw eet Home, w here highway bonds.
reductions; others, am ong them the
vision for a graduated tax on sm aller and caused losses variously estim ated chunge of getting through the m arsh, i blasting is going on, which caused
A lbert B. Fall, form er secretary of railroad spokesm en, a sserted ra te s
Incomes of corporations and to in In the several millions of dollars on according to word received at K lam ath curiosity among the valley residents, the interior, will tell his story of the played a p a rt in the grow ers’ prosper
The rock is of a dark blue substance Teapot Dome lease a t his home In El ity only in relationship w ith o th er mer
crease, perhups, the corporation levy March 13.
Falls from Paisley.
and when a m atch is touched to It the Paso, Tex.
The first sector was marked oft by
of 11% I>or cent proposed by th e house
chandising factors.
At a recent survey taken In Bend, substance burns. Some of the rock
to 12 per cent. The p resen t corpora four of the hard est hit citrus growing
Ju stice Jennings Bailey of the Dis
comm unities, S an ta l ’aula, Piru, Bards th at city Is shown to have a t least 70 has been sent aw ay for analysis.
tion tax is 13 % per cent.
trict suprem e court granted a motion
dais and Fillm ore. A fter th is section more fam ilies than were there a t the
Official figures covering tax pay of H arry F. S inclair for the taking of
is cleared up th e "arm y” will move end of last sum mer, and 30 of these ments front January 1 to M arch 20, a deposition from Fall, who Is too
on until every acre touched by the came since Jan u ary 1.
were released by Clyde G. H untley, 111 to attend the tria l here of Sinclair
scouring w ater from the broken St.
To speed up the repair work on the collector of internal revenue for Ore on April 4.
Old Oregon T rail highway between gon recently. The total for this year
F rancis darn has been gone over.
La Grande and Pendleton a double was »1,310,820.26 as compared with
Miami, Fla.—Five policem en, In
HARDING IN Q U IR Y E NDED
shift was started la st week a t the »1,352,521.65 for the sam e period of
cluding Chief of Police Leslie Qulgg,
B R IE F G ENERAL NEW S
rock quarry at Meacham.
W ashington, D. C.—U nless Great
1927, or a decrease of »41,701.39.
Records Show No Sinclair Bonds Held w ere held In th e county Jail w ithout
B ritain Is prepared to sign an agree
Official retu rn of Spain to the
J. C. Leith announces th at he will
The E astern Oregon P rincipals' and
bail following sen satio n al develop
by Late President.
m ent lim iting cruiser tonnage on a league of nations has been announced. construct a new w ater system and S uperintendents’ association will hold
m ents in a grand ju ry Investigation oi
Marlon,
Ohio—C
harles
D.
Schaffner,
basis acceptable to the American gov
W illiam C. Sproul. form er governor power plnnt for his electric light sys Its annual m eeting In I-a G rande Sat
two m ysterious m urders, one of w hich
ernm ent th ere Is virtually no chunce of Pennsylvania died at this home tem at Gold Beach. He will spend urday, March 31. Among o th er Items executor of the esta te of the late occurred two and a half y ears ago.
P
resid
en
t
W
arren
G,
H
arding,
has
an
th a t W ashington officials will agree n ear C hester, Pa.
»60,000 on the Improvement.
of business will be the aw arding of the nounced th a t an exam ination of his
Chief Quigg, L ieutenant M. A. Tib-
to discuss reductions In battleship ton
Frank Clark of Florida was nom inat
Salem 's high school will graduate eastern Oregon Interscholastic track records by' a special Investigator of bets and D etectives John Caudell and
nages and arm am ent prior to the ed a m em ber of the United States
259 seniors next June, according to anil field meet. Union is expected to the senate public lands com m ittee has Tom N azworth are held on first degree
scheduled 1931 conference of the ta riff commission to succeed Edward
J. C Nelson, principal, a gain of eight receive the meet, as It Is h er "turn." definitely established th a t the late m urder charges ln connection w ith the
W ashington treaty powers.
P. Costlgan of Colorado, who resigned over the class of 1927. The class in
One man was drowned and another president possessed none of the »3,- death of H. Kler, a negro bellboy, al
The B ritish suggestion made S atu r recently.
Is In a hospital suffering from severe 080,000 w orth of C ontinental T rading legedly a victim of th ird degree m eth
cludes 103 boys and 156 girls.
day a t Geneva th a t th e W ashington
R eports on employment from all
Eugene held Its annual spring style gashes on his head as the result of com pany bonds Involved in the T eapot ods. The indictm ent alleged Chiet
tre a ty powers reach an agreem ent to p a n s of the country Indicate a general
Qulgg conspired w ith the o th e r offi
an accident near A storia when the Dome oil scandal.
reduce th e tonnages of all battleships Im provement In the present situation show last week. Several blocks of the
cers to keep the negro's death secret.
autom obile In which they w ere riding
main
business
streets
were
roped
off
,
Mr.
Schaffner
said
th
a
t
W
illiam
F.
built in the future to som ething un may be expected soon, according to
The fifth policeman, R. L. Wood, a
crashed
through
the
guard
bars,
Allen,
acting
special
Investigator
for
der 30,000 tons, to extend the life of th e regular monthly employment bul and traffic suspended while thousands
mounted the tilted span of an opening the sen ate com m ittee, Investigated detective, was held in Jail charged
existing battlesliliw from 20 to 26 letin of the United S tates employment of people thro n g td the streets.
w ith killing Victory W. P arneli, a car
draw bridge and toppled into Young’s the late president's records.
years and to reduce th e site of guns service.
George M. Rusque, a Spokane archi river.
penter, in Novem ber, 1926, w ithout
on capital ships from the present limit
P resident Coolidge in a special m ess tect, has been selected by the school
provocation, according to th e indict
The Big Creek & T elocaset Railroad
U. S. Judge Ousts Striking Miners.
of 16 inches to 13% Inches arouses no age to congress proposed th at the board at Burns to draw plans for the
m ent.
company
has
filed
application
with
!
enthusiasm in state dep artm en t or U nited S tates tem porarily set aside new »75,000 high school building to
Columbus, O.—S triking union m in
In retu rn in g the indictm ents, th e
the
In
te
rsta
te
comm
erce
comm
ission
naval circles.
ers occupying company-owned houses grand jury declared It had discovered
Its m onetary claims against A ustria be erected in th at ctiy this year.
for
perm
ission
to
extend
Its
line
from
Naval officials view the English In order to enable that country to bor
at m ines in the eastern Ohio district,
“an alliance betw een police and m em
The good w eather of last Sunday T elocaset, Union county, for 11 miles
proposals us an attem pt to Insure con row additional capital for economic re
brought out the first golf players on ln a southeasterly direction to Beagle which th e operators wish to operate bers of the underw orld.”
tinuance of British superiority in cap construction.
tho new Mill City course. A large Creek Junction, according to informa- on a non-union basis, m ust move to
ital ships. British battleships were
m ake room for the non-union men,
gang of m. n also turned out and work t ion received by the public service
superior to American capital ships at
BRIDG E
LEG AL
Federal Judge Benson W Hough ru l LO N G V IE W
Sacram ento Valiey is Flooded.
nas been started on the fourth green. ; commission.
th e tim e the W ashington agreem ent
ed recently.
Sacram ento, Cal.—A woman and a , More than 200 R otarians and their
John W. Davis, Nationally Known
The annual run of suckers is under
was signed. Tile completion of the baby were reported drowned, 400 ref
Lawyer, Holds Case Closed.
Rodney and Nelson, the latest British ugees were homeless and North Sacra wives were tn Albany last week to way, and Joy reigns in the ran k s of Coolidge Says Again He Won’t Run.
capital ships, last year th ru st the B rit mento and surrounding territory were w itness the chartering of a new club K lam ath Indians. Up W illiamson and
P ortland, Or.—Any effort to p rev en t
W ashington, D. C.—P resid en t Cool
ish fh'et fat ahead of the United States under w ater as rain swollen floods ln Albany. Hank Manny of Seattle, Sprague riv ers teds of thousands of
idge, In reply to a resolution passed by judicial process the construction
district
governor,
presented
the
char
fleet in actual effectiveness.
these sluggish fish are moving, while
swept down from the hills. Frantic ter.
by the republican state cen tral com of the Longview -Rainier bridge would
redskins with spears, hooks and other
Inevitably fall, according to John W.
calls for m otor boats have been sent j
Searchers found the lifeless body of ap p aratu s are hauling them out by m ittee of Wyoming, declined to ac Davis of New York, ex-sollcitor-gen-
up and down the river as more than
W IL L D IS TR IB U TE S H E E P
cede
to
the
com
m
ittee's
w
ish
th
a
t
he
George W. Barker. Butte Falls banker hundreds.
The sucker is used as
600 persons are reported Isolated tn j
be a candidate ln the 1928 presidential eral of th e United S tates and n atio n al
Western Washington Conference Re homes burled to the eaves tn water, j and capitalist, who disappeared last food by the K lam ath tribe.
ly know n attorney, ln an opinion re
race.
Monday.
He
had
shot
hiinslef
with
ports More Purchases.
F our of Salem 's pioneer fam ilies
ceived h ere as a resu lt of his review
a gun taken from the bank at the time are to be honored In th ^ renam ing of
Olympia, W ash. — The w estern
Senator Ferris of Michigan Dies.
of all issues ln the bridge m atter.
T H E MARKETS
he disappeared.
city stre e ts under an ordinance Intro
W ashington sheep conference here
The opinion U declared to su b stan
W ashington. It C. Senator Wood-
Portland
The first rase of infantile paraly- I duced before th e etty county last
certified orders for 1750 sheep to be bridge N. Ferris, democrat of M k h l-|
tia te th o se subm itted by local a tto r
W heat—Big Bend bluestem , »1.47,
They are Baker, Simpson,
distributed as foundation flocks on gan, died of bronchial pneumonia. It sis in Jackson county for m onths re- 1 week.
neys before Mr. Davis was retained.
hard white, federation, soft w hite and
suited
in
tlie
death
of
Jam
es
W.
John
j
B
reym
an'
and
Ford.
The
proposed
farm s in Lewis. King and Pierce coun Is expected that tho death of Mr.
The ex-solicitor-generaL. w as selected
w estern white, »1.38%; hard w inter,
ties.
The conference reported the F erris will decrease the dem ocratic son, 25. Sam s Valley. The Sams Val- | change In the street nam es is in line
by a com m ittee composed of F ran k
n
orthern
spring
and
w
estern
red,
pure base of 600 sheep on previous strength in the senate by one vote. ley school has been closed as a pre- with the renum bering of houses
M. W arren, p resident of th e P o rt of
throughout the city, now- ln progress. »1.32.
orders from Grays H arbor anil Lewis Governor Green of Michigan, who has cautionary m easure.
P ortland com m ission; John H. Bur-
H a y '— Alfalfa, »18@18.50; valley
Caught by a cave-tn in the mine in
counties, making a total of 2350 sheep the power of appointing his successor.
A fter repeated w arning to boys and
gard. chairm an of the com m ission of
tim othy, »18018.50; eastern Oregon
ordered since th e start of the move Is a republican and Is expected to ap which he believed he had finally girls on ro ller skates to keep out of
public docks, and E. B. M acN aughton,
struck his fortune. Marvin J. Vincent, the business district. Chief of Police tim othy. »20.50021,
ment to establish the sheep Industry point someone from Ills own party.
chairm an of the port developm ent
B
u
tterfat—50c.
51, was killed more th an a week ago McCredle of Medford, clamped on the
In w estern W ashington.
com m ittee of the cham ber of com
E ggs—Ranch, 19024c.
in th e Jump-Off Jo e section of Jose lid tig h t, barring all roller sk aters
Tlie conference decided to ask all
merce.
Hickman Gets Stay of Life.
C
attle—
Steers,
good,
»11012.
assessors to enforce the deg tax,
San Quentin Cal. William Edward phine county. The body was found from business stre e ts under penalty
Hogs — Medium to choice, »7.90®
which Is generally ignored. It waa Hickman, sentenced to death for the about 15 feet under the surface of the of a rrest and having th eir skates con
Portland Wholezale Grocer«' Merge.
9.00.
em phasised th at many dogs would kidnaping and slaying of 12 year-old j ground in a position w hich Indicated fiscated and kept ln storage tn the
P ortland, Or.—T hree big firm s of
Lam bs — Medium to choice, *»12®
either have to be killed or controlled. Marian P arker in Loa Angeles, will j th at the m iner had been caught while police station until called for by par
this
city are in process of consolida
14.00.
ents.
not linng on April 27, the date aet for i on hia knees working.
tion Into one gf the larg est w holesale
Seattle.
Lindy Receives Congressional Medal his execution.
Mrs. H enry L. Benson, widow of
San Quentin p r$ o n
Eugene Is to have a rodeo July 2-4,
W heat—Soft white, w estern white, grocery estab lish m en ts of th e P acific
W ashington, D. u Colonel Charles authorities were informed by the su Ju stice Benson of the state supreme the first there in 10 years. Much
coast, with a capital of »3,000.000. The
A. Lindbergh has received from the prem e court th at hearing on hia ap- ( court. Is to construct a modern two- equipm ent and stock used in the Pen »1.44; hard w inter. »1 35; w estern red,
com panies going into th e m erger aro
»1.36;
northern
spring.
»1.38;
blue-
hands of President Coolidge the high peat could not be reached by th at j story concrete hotel building tn Salem dleton Round-Vp is to be used and
Allen & Lewis, Mason E hrtnan & Co.
SSt recognition of personal aehleve- time.
i at a cost of (25.000. Work on the riders who have gained fame in the stem . 81.53; dark n o rth ern spring,-
and Lang & Co. Combined annnal
»1.54; dark hard w inter. »1.51.
m snt th at the nation can bestow —the
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stru ctu re will get under way soon
eastern Oregon event will take part.
sales of these firm s a re betw een »15,-
Hay
—
Alfalfa,
»24;
tim
othy.
»28;
congressional tnedal of honor.
Lowden and Smith Win North Oakota.
Announcem ent was made last week
An initiative petition Bled tn the P. S , »24.
000,000 and »20.000,000.
Fargo. N. D
T hirteen votea for |
Roseburg fire insurance agents of state d epartm ent laat week would
B u tterfat—52c,
Canada Divorces Showing Increase. Frank O Ixiwden in the republican na “ m eeting called for April 9 and 10 make It unlawful to fish for salmon
E ggs—Ranch, 22025c.
Churches Pray for Good Government.
Ottawa, Ont Divorces granted In tional convention and 10 for Governor ln Roseburg to perfect the organlxa- with seine or traps In any w aters of
C
attle—
Steers,
choice,
»11012.
Chicago.—S tate prayer day for good
Canada In 1927 showed an increase of A1 Smith In the dem ocratic w ere pledg ■-----—
_
state
association
of
recog
'loo of a
Oregon. or tn any w aters over which
H ogs—Prime. »9.2509 35.
>3 per cent over 1926, statistics com ed by the North l>akota electorate tn nized fir« underw riters, sim ilar to as the state haa control. The proposed
governm ent and religious guidance a t
Spokane.
piled by the dominion bur»an of els sta te wide presidential preferential : soctatlona tn W ashington and Cal if o r law would become effective January
the April prim ary was observed In
C
attle—Steers,
good. »11.25012.00.
tlstlcs reveal.
250 M ethodist churches throughout
prim ary.
| ma.
1. 1929.
Hogs—Good, 89.10Q9 15.
Illinois Sunday.
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
TAX CUT DEPENDS
ON APPROPRIATIONS
FLOOD AREA TO
BE REHABILITATED
BRITISH SHIP PLAN
RECEIVED COLDLY
SINCLAIR REFUSES
j TO PRODUCE RECORDS
MIAMI POLICEMEN
HELD FOR MURDER