HALSEY EXTERPHISE, HALSEY. OREGON. MAY 10. 1028
MARINE AIO RILL IS
APPROVED BY HOUSE
CYRUS LOCHER
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Brief Resume of Happenings of
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.
Predictions Made That Law
Will Increase American
Shipbuilding.
Salem postal receipts for April ex
ceeded those of any April in the his
tory of the Salem postoffice. Total
receipts for April, 1928, were (17,-
161.90, as ag ain st $1,571.03 for April
a year ago.
Some 30 land ow ners and ten an ts
residing north and northw est of A the
na m et recently in th a t town and re
solved to com plete road construction
by organizing the d istrict affected and
levying a special road tax.
C ongressm an Hawley has nom inated
John C. K ehrli of G arden Home as
principal for appointm ent to the naval
academ y a t Annapolis, w ith E dgar H.
B atcheller of Corvallis and H arold
Thom as of R oseburg as alternates.
W. A. Compton, 65, was found dead
last week a t his ranch home n ear
Broadmead, w here he was living alone.
On his body w ere found (55 in cash
and a bank book showing th a t he had
several thousand dollars on deposit.
Significant of the advance of Oregon
In th e last 25 years, the num ber of
telephones in the sta te has increased
approxim ately 900 per cent during
th a t period, while the num ber of <*Rily
telephone conversations has increased
more than 1100 per cent.
J h e McM innville News-Reporter,
E dgar M eresse editor, has the distinc
tion of being the oldest weekly new s
paper in the state. It dates from 1871
through a continuous line of publica
tion.
T he H illsboro Independent,
founded in 1873, is th e second oldest.
F ire in th e Oregon L um ber com
pany p lan t at B aker caused loss esti
m ated betw een (150,000 and $175,000.
Two million feet of finished lum ber
valued a t $80,000, dry sheds and stack
e r units, including buildings and m a
chinery w orth m ore than $85,000 were
a total loss.
OTIS F. GLENN
COOLIDGE Io URGED
10 SIGN FARM BILL
Delegation Representing Nu
merous Farm Organization
Call on President.
W ashington, D. C.—A delegation
T he s ta te De Molay convention was
rep resen tin g num erous n ational and
held In Salem F riday and S aturday,
m iddle-w estern farm
organizations,
w ith approxim ately 800 m em bers in
headed by Sam uel H. Thompson, p res
attendance.
id en t of the A m erican F arm B ureau
F igures compiled by th e county
F ederation, urged F resid en t Coolidge
clerk for U m atilla county show th a t
S aturday to sign the M cNary-Haugen
10,056 voters have registered for the
farm relief bill.
May prim ary.
The delegation included F. W. Mur
A pproxim ately 2000 school children
phy, president of the A m erican Coun
of Marion county participated in the
cil of A griculture; B. W. Kilgore, pres
annual honor roll parade held In Sa
ident of the A m erican Cotton G row ers’
lem Saturday.
exchange; George H. Peek, chairm an
The general fund of the s ta te on
of the com m ittee of 22; W. M. H irth ,
Cyrus Locher, democrat, of Cleve
May 1 showed a net deficit of (437,-
chairm an of th e corn belt com m ittee;
land, who was appointed by Governor
848.24, says a statem ent by S tate
C harles H earst, p resident of the Iowa
Oonahey to fill out the unexpired term
T reasu rer Kay.
Farm B ureau fe leration, and W illiam
of the late United States Senator
The Eugene F ruit G rowers’ associa
S ettle, president of th e Indiana Farm
W illis of Ohio.
tion started its canning operations
B ureau federation.
Monday. The association has disposed
The com m ittee urged Mr. Coolidge
Otis F. Glenn, who was nominated
of two carloads of rhubarb.
by the republicans of Illinois for Uni to reconsider his attitu d e on the equal
Mary Mealey w as chosen queen of
ted States senator, defeating Frank L. ization fee on th e ground th a t it w as
I th e May-day festival to be held in
Smith, whom the senate refused to the only device yet proposed by which
| Sw eet Home May 11 under th e aus
the cost of organized handling of the
seat after his election last year.
surplus may be distributed fairly over
pices of th e Union high school.
all the producers who m arket the com
P erm an en t organization will be ef
W ashington, D. C.—C om m ander J.
modity.
fected
and
officers
elected
when
the
S. Baylis and the personnel of the
Em bodying th e equalization fee m a
coast guard c u tte r Paulding were held Columbia county cham ber of com
chinery objected to by P resid en t Cool
m
erce
m
eets
a
t
R
ainier,
May
11.
en tirely blam eless for the collision
idge, the McNary-Haugen farm relief
with th e subm arine S-4, which sank
T he sta te land departm ent turned
bill w as passed by the house. T he
off Provincetow n, Mass., D ecem ber 17, o v er to th e state tre a su re r during
vote w as 204 to 121.
with a loss of 40 lives, according to a A pril (102,193.69, according to the re
W ashington, D. C.—P resident Cool
The m easure w as sen t back to th e
rep o rt to S ecretary of th e T reasu ry po rt of George G. Brown, clerk of the
idge Invited house and senate confer
sen
ate for ad ju stm en t of differences
Mellon Sunday by a special In vestigat board.
ees on the M ississippi river flood con
with th a t 4)ody, which several w eeks
ing board.
trol
bill
to
visit
the
W
hite
House
Mon
N early 500 pioneers of old W asco
ago approved th e bill by a vote of 53
In addition, th e board reported th at, county gathered a t The Dalles last
F orty-three Marlon county pioneers, day to discuss his differences with
had a subm arine w arning flag been week in th e seventh annual reunion tw o being sons of men who attended congress over several provisions of to 23.
As soon as th ese differences, none
displayed as "show n on the hydro- of the Old W asco County P ioneers’ as the historic Champoeg m eeting May the m easure.
of
which are of m ajor proportions, are
graphic office pilot c h a rts and in the ■ociatlon.
T he senate and house conferees ac
2, 1843, w ere guesta of the Salem
sm oothed over, the m easure w ill be
navy signal m an u al’’ the collision
cepted
the
invitation.
The
develop
Oregon pioneers gathered a t Cham cham ber of comm erce a t the annual
ready for Inspection by P resid en t Cool
would not have occurred.
poeg for th e annual F ounders’ day Champoeg luncheon held la s t week. m ent was regarded by supporters of idge. Some have predicted th a t ho
The navy board of Inquiry recently celebration last Saturday, with a m eet One of th e guests recently observed the bill as indicating possibility th a t
will veto It as he did the original Mc
held both the coast guard c u tte r com ing of the Champoeg H istorical H igh h er 90th birthday.
the president and congress m ay yet
N ary-H augen bill last session.
m ander and th e subm arine com m ander way association.
The carcass of a moose, reported get together on th e m easure.
responsible for th e accident.
Mr.
Coolidge
h
as
insisted
upon
the
T he Oregon Cem ent com pany’s big floating in Siltcoos lake, near Ada,
Yakima, W ash. — The republican
states in the flood area assum ing a
r
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d a d
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ent p lant at Lime in B aker county is believed to be th a t of one of the
s ta te convention here praised and
r AVUn CHILD LABOR LAW J has resum ed operations w ith a full cows of the original herd, liberated larg er p a rt of the financial burden,
cheered H erb ert Hoover as th e party'
and from the inception of the flood
crew after having been closed down on the gam e preserve at T ahkenitch
choice for p resident and Instructed the Natlonsl Parent-Teacher Congrei Re-
lake by th e state several years ago. control legislation In congress this
for
th
ree
m
onths.
affirm« Its Stand.
sta te 's 17 delegates to the national
has been one of th e outstanding points
A deal has been com pleted by the If correct, this is the third known loss in dispute.
Cleveland, O.—W ith a closing skir
convention at K ansas City to vote sol
out
of
the
original
five
im
ported.
W ashington. D. C.—A pproving m ore
idly for the nom ination of H oover from mish over th e question of child labor C ottage Grove cham ber of com m erce
As finally approved by the confer
Oiling operations are in progress in
th an two score non - controversial
s ta rt to finish. P opular sen tim en t for legislation, th e national congress of com m ittee for a lease of a 45-acre
ees, th e m easure authorizes a total
H oover overcam e factionalism and p aren ts and teach ers ended its 32d an tra c t Just south of the city for a fed various sections of the state, accord appropriation of $326,000,000 for car changes made by the finance com m it
ing
to
announcem
ent
made
by
the
eral
landing
field.
tee in the house tax reduction bill, th e
dw ui.ed the issues before th e conven nual convention a fter reaffirm ing Its
rying out the Good control project
T otal reg istration of voters In Lane state highw ay d epartm ent recently. from the head of passes below New sen ate cleared the way for an early
tion when more than 900 delegates stand In favor of a federal child labor
county is 21,031, according to figures Because of the unfavorable w eather New O rleans to Cape G irardeau, Mis decision on the ra te revision fight.
and several hundred sp ectato rs joined am endm ent.
In its first actual work on the bill,
T he child labor fight m arked th e announced by the county clerk. This conditions during the p ast six weeks souri.
In th e display of enthusiasm for the
the senate literally sw ept through th e
only deviation from th e solid support Is an Increase of 6832 over th e regis the oiling operations probably will not
secretary of commerce.
Its essential features include:
by com pleted before late in June.
The voting of Instruction was more of th e resolutions com m ittee. O ther tratio n a y ear ago.
Places the full burden of th e Good long list of com m ittee am endm ents,
The
75th
anniversary
of
the
discov
unanim ous than was expected. King proposals were adopted unanim ously.
A litte r of eight kittens, tw o flocks
control plan on the federal govern pu ttin g aside all relatin g to rates, b u t
H asty m arriages and easy divorces of young chicks, and tw in calves were ery of th e C rater lake by J. W. Hill m ent. except th a t the states or levee approving w ithout any debate a num
county's 244 delegates disregarded the
county convention’s formal déclara w ere condem ned as subversive of n a tu re's May^.lay p resen t to J. E. man and p arty of ten o th er prospec d istric ts shall provide w ithout cost to ber of changes in th e ad m in istra tiv e
tlon ag ain st Instruction to Join the sound fam ily life. Daily new spapers D oughty on his suburban place n ear tors, will be elaborately observed the United S tates all rig h ts of way provisions.
E nthusiastic over the rapid prog
stgne tim e this sum m er under aus for levee foundations and levees on
H oover band wagon, th e delegates de w ere criticized for publishing too St. H elens last week.
pices of the national park system , It th e main stem of the M ississippi river ress, leaders confidently predicted fi
ciding th at popular sen tim en t for the much detail about crim e and divorce
T he Suver mail route in Polk coun
was announced by S uperintendent C, betw een Cape G irardeau and the head nal action on the bill this week. Both
com m erce secretary Justified th eir ac cases.
ty, estab lish ed m ore than 28 years,
G. Thom pson of C rater N ational park, of passes.
republicans and dem ocrats have put
S upport of th e P. T. A. for th e 18th
tion. Only one district made a stand
has been discontinued and the route
ag ain st Instruction, the fourth con am endm ent was reaffirm ed.
About 1000 school children took
P rovides th a t no liability of any th e ir case before the senate, the for
divided betw een Monmouth route
The resolutions report was am end
gressional d istrict, w here some w heat
p art In a May day pageant last W ed kind shall attach to or rest upon the m er asking a $200,000,000 lim itation
and Albany route 4.
grow ers preferred Lowden, but a for ed to place th e organization on record
nesday afternoon on th e Cottage U nited Skates for any dam age from on the tax reduction com pared w ith
M ailing of approxim ately 340,000
m al te st showed H oover winning by as favoring the outlaw ^- of war. Only
Grove high school campus. Cottage or by floods or Good w aters a t any the $290,000,000 house bill, and dem o
crats dem anding a $325,000,000 cut.
a vote of 116 to 42. Thereupon, the one vote was registered ag ain st the v o ters' pam phlets for the prim ary Grove high and grade schools and out place.
election was com pleted last week, ac
Considerable argum ent is in sig h t,
d istrict convention named two Hoover proposal.
lying d istrict schools participated in
cording to announcem ent made by
how ever, over the proposal of S en ato r
loyalists as delegates to K ansas City,
the event w hich included May pole
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
Walsh Quits Contest for Nomination. th e secretary of state.
Bingham , republican. C onnecticut, fo r
drills and other in terestin g features.
Con
McAuliffe,
32,
was
killed
last
repeal of the in heritance tax.
W ashington, D. C —S en ato r Thom as
One
section
of
an
additional
long
AMERICAN STUDENTS LEAD J. W alsh, dem ocrat of M ontana, an F rid ay on the Coe Valley m arket road
A detailed rep o rt shows 138 p er
On th is both parties are split, b u t
distance circuit betw een B aker and sons were killed in the recent e a rth
hi
K
lam
ath
county,
a
large
rock
roll
nounced
th
at
he
was
"im
pelled
by
th
e
Estimate Shows About Million Are in
P ortland now is being provided by the quake d isasters throughout Bulgaria. the w estern republican independents
logic of ev en ts to req u est th a t no ing down th e m ountainside and crush Pacific Telephone & T elegraph com
have served notice they will fight to.
Colleges Here.
By an overw helm ing plurality L. C.
fu rth e r effort be m ade In M ontana ing him and his wagon.
pany crew s a t work placing 254 miles (L arry Ho) Hodgson, widely known th e finish against repeal of the lev y .
W ashington, I). C. — The federal
o r elsew here to prom ote my nom ina
T he wet w eather has developed a of copper wire on the lo n gdistance
bureau of education estim ates th a t
as a poet and orator, was re-elected
W alsh stated th at th e Cali- ran k grow th of clover in m ost fields sector betw een The Dalles and Uma
th ere are more college stu d en ts in the tion.”
FEDERAL PENSIONS LARGE
m ayor of St. Paul.
fornla prim ary result “quite clearly In- J in Yamhill county and many farm ers
tilla. T his work calls for a total ex
U nited S tates than in all the o th er
The
S
utherland
bill
to
grant
an
ad
d lcates that the dem ocrats desire Gov are mowing it and allowing it to lie penditure of $22.490.
countries combined.
ditional 100.000 acres of public land (7,663,900,000 Paid to Veterans by
ern o r Sm ith as th eir candidate."
on th e ground for fertilizer.
America Since 1790.
Its figures place th e American total
S ecretary W ork of the interior de to A laska was approved by the house
W ashington, D. C. — The pension
W. F. K ernin and others have be partm ent has approved for paym ent public lands com m ittee. The land ia
nt approxim ately one million and give
Americans Spared In W ar Area.
come Interested in th e oil prospects a claim of K lam ath county for $7705 to be used by A laska’s A gricultural bureau figured th a t th e U nited S tates
th e rest of the world »50,000. Ameri
W ashington. 1) C.—All A m ericans ¡n the Arago section of Coos county
had paid $7,663,900,000 on account of
can stu d en ts of high schixd rank were
in settlem ent of taxes on Oregon & college and School of Mines.
its pensioners betw een 1790 and March.
estim ated to num ber 4.200,000, as com In the T sinan area in China where and actual drilling of a prospect well C alifornia land g ran t lands for the
The
United
S
tates
board
of
tax
ap
pared with 5,700,000 for the other th ere has been a b a.tie betw een Jap- will be started within 30 days,
year 1927. under the Stanfield act. peals ruled that S enator Jam es Cou- 31, 1928. The figures do not include
countries. 4n schools of all kinds 29,- anese and C hinese troops, a re believed
C ontract for installing a 28 post curb T his is the sum equal to taxes th at zens, republican. Michigan, would not com pensation paid to world w ar vet
to be safe, E rn est B. Price, A m erican
000,000 were enrolled In America,
lighting system In Vale has been would have been paid had the lands have to pay a $10,000,000 assessm ent eran s through the v ete ra n s’ bureau.
P ensioners of th e revolution receiv
w h.ih was said to be more than one- consul at T sinan reported to th e state aw arded to R. F. Nichols, Vale con been in private ow nership.
m ade by th e internal revenue bureau
d epartm ent.
fifth of the w orld's total.
tracto r, and the C apital E lectric com
F irst straw berries of th e season on profits derived from sale of Ford ed $70,000,000, those of the w ar of 1812,
$46,179,364, and of th e Indian w ar
pany. The to tal cost will be about were brought into G rants P ass last stock.
OREGON
St. Francis Valley to Get (1,000,000.
$3200.
G overnor A1 Sm ith received a plur $34,380.363. P ensioners of the w ar
week. Although frosts of the past
T H E MARKETS
Ix)s Angeles. Cal The Los Angeles
W alock Ragsdale, 18. a resident of week have blighted some of the blooms ality of approxim ately 35,000 over the w ith Mexico received $58,471,636.
Portland
Civil w ar pensioners received $7,-
city council authorised the board of
W heat—Big Bend bluestem , hard th e Soda Springs district, was bitten th ere are evidences of a ‘bum per crop combined vote of S enators Reed and
w ater and power to cu rtail new con w hite. (1.63; soft white, $1.50; w est by a rattlesn ak e Monday forenoon and this year. F ruit trees have come W alsh in the C alifornia dem ocratic 065.442,194, those of the w ar w ith
stru ctio n of municipal utilities in order ern white. $149, hard w inter. $139; Dr. R. J. Conroy made the 25 miles through the spring undam aged and preferential prim ary.
S ecretary of Spain w ere paid $291,307.321 and world
th a t an additional (1.000.000 m ight be n o rth ern spring. $1 40; w estern red from Medford in 35 m inutes and saved indications point to an abundance of Comm erce Hoover, unopposed for the w ar pensioners have been paid $232,-
m ade available for reh abilitation work (1 39.
his life.
peaches, pears, apples and cherries republican delegation, was givbn a 177. U nclassified pensioners, includ
ing widows and children of soldeirs.
In th e St. F rancis dam area during
S eventeen hundred m entally alert this season.
com plim entary vote of 564.970.
H ay — Alfalfa. ( 1 9 0 19 50; valley
w ere paid $16.513,425, while It cost
th e next 30 days. The 185-foot St.
and
physically
fit
grade
school
chil
T
here
were
five
fatalities
in
Oregon
tim othy. $19019 50; e a stern Oregon
F rancis dam. a unit of the city's w ater tim othy. $20 60 0 21.
dren of Medford, C entral Point. Eagle due to industrial accidents during the Federal Highway Bill Passed by House (81,374,419 to m aintain the pension
service.
supply system , burst on the night of
Point, Gold Hill, Jacksonville and week ending May 3, according to a
B utterfat 48044c.
W ashington, D. C.—An am ended sen
March 12 last, and Ils 12,000,000,000
Medford,
w
earing
the
colors
of
th
eir
report prepared In Salem by the state
Eggs Hanch, 20025c.
Preaident’s Salary Held Taxable.
gallons of w ater left a 65m ile wake of
respective schools, took part In the Industrial accident commission. The a te bill to authorize appropriation for
C attle S teers, good. (11.25012 50.
the construction of roads through un
death and devastation before th e tor
W ashington, D. C.—To m ake su re
inspiring
parade,
spectacle
and
exer
victim
s
were
Clifford
A.
Grey,
M
arsh
Hogs — Medium to choice. (9 6 0 0
ren t poured Into the sea. More than 10.75.
cises sponsored by the Jackson Coun field, lab o ier; Joe Kelly, Portland, appropriated or unreserved public th a t the president pays a tax on h is
lands, non-taxable Indian lands, and salary, the senate voted a section into
400 lives were lost.
Lam bs Medium to choice, (12 2 5 0 ty H ealth association, in co-operation brakem an; Sam Ayers, Cochran, pile
federal reservations was passed by the revenue bill stipulating th a t th e
with
the
school
authorities,
in
Medford
13.00.
driver; O scar S. Rydam, Reaverton,
th e house. The 11 w estern sta te s of p resid en t's incom e is taxable. The
New Plans to Use Rocket Principle.
last Friday.
car builder, and Edw ard Mathlson.
Seattle.
California, W ashington, Oregon, Utah, section, how ever, would apply only to
Kassel), Germany. — A rocket pro
A
rticles
of
incorporation
have
been
W heat Soft white, w estern white,
W est Linn union high school cele W’yoming, M ontana. Nevada. New Mex
presidents who take office h ereafter.
pelled airplane designed not to go to (1.53; w estern hard « in ter, $141; filed By (he Eagle Valley Fruit asso
brated Its ninth annual May day festi ico. Colorado and Idaho would come
It was explained th a t under a recen t
Mars, but only to th e roof of thia w estern red, $1 45; n o rth ern spring. ciation. Inc., of Raker, with capital
vities T hursday with the crowning of u n d er the provisions of the bill.
suprem e court decision th ere was
w orld's atm osphere, Is In th e m aking
$1 46; bluestem . (1 6 3 ; dark northern stock of $5000, to handle the fruit crop Miss Sadie Borland as Queen Sadie I.
some doubt as to w hether th e presi
If It get* back safely a more powerful spring, $1 64; dark hard w inter, $1 61. of th e valley Practically all grow ers
About 1500 attended. Including approx
Rumanians Rise Against Misruts.
d en t’s salary was subject to taxatoin.
one will be constructed for a trip to
H ay — Alfalfa, $24; tim othy, $28; in the valley have signed with the im ately 300 grade school children from
A
lbajulia. Rum ania.—Two hundred
A m erica which Its designers figure P. 8 . $24.
association.
17 nearby schools.
can be made in four hours.
thousand peasants, form ing the largest Loa Angeles Wins Shriner Convention.
B u tterfat—45c.
Receipts of th e P ortland postoffice
The past m onth has been the w et
Miami. Fla. — Los Angeles was
for the m onth of April took an ex test April in the history of the Salem political assem blage in m odern Eu
Eggs Ranch. 22 0 25c.
Caaualtte« Number B00 In Toman.
pected drop. John M Jones. P ortland w eather observatory, according to an rope. raised th eir voices Sunday in a •w arded the 1929 national Shrine con
C attle Steers, choice. $11012 25.
No o th e r city entered a
London C asual ties from the recent
postm aster, reported.
Receipts far nouncem ent made recently. The pre m ighty crescendo dem anding th a t the vention.
Hog-’ Prim e. $10 75010.95.
Japanese-C hinese skirm ish a t Tsinan
1928 were $239.928 90, and for April, cipitation for the m onth was 6.25 regency dism iss the present B ratianu form al bid. though several were u n d e r
Spokane.
am ounted to about 800, disp atch es tc
1927, $259.27929, a lues of $19.1601», Inches. The average precipitation for governm ent aa illegally elected. Incom stood to have staged quiet cam paigns.
Hogs -G o o d , $10 > 5 0 10.85.
petent. tyrannnlcal and u n rep resen ta T he sessions sa il be held Ju n e 4, 5
the Dally E xpress said.
or 7.4 per cent.
C attle—S teers, good. 11.1501125.
April is 2.68 inches.
tive of the will of the people.
and I.
W ashington, D. C.—W ithout a rec
ord vote, the house passed th e 1250,
000,000 Jones-W hite m erchant m arine
bill, which Its supporters predict will
resu lt In a g reat Increase In ship
building In th e U nited S tates.
The m easure now goes to conference
w ith th e senate. Its passage by con
g ress and approval by P resid en t Cool
idge la believed certain.
N ot a single am endm ent undeslred
by th e house m erchant m arine com
m ittee was made to the bill in the
house. The slight opposition to m inor
featu res was sm othered In noisy
ahouts.
D em ocrats Joined with republicans
In pushing the m easure through the
house.
Its outstanding provision Is th at
w hich Increases from (125,000,000 to
(250,000,000 th e shipping board’s loan
fund, perm itting loans on ships built
In American yards for servlco under
th e A m erican flag up to three-fourths
of th e cost, a t the rate of in terest paid
by th e governm ent In Its bond issues.
T h e persen t law perm its loans up
to tw o-thirds of the cost of the ships,
b u t the in terest is fixed a t 4*4 per
cent for vessels for overseas trade.
Shipbuilders are enabled in the bill
to obtain th eir loans for 20-year peri
ods and at a rate of around 3 per
cent. This will offset to some exten t
th e h igher cost of building ships In
A m erican yards. It will not cost the
governm ent a cent.
CLEAR GUARD SKIPPER
OF DIVER CRASH
FLOOD RELIEF BILL
CONFERENCE HELD
WASHINGTON FAVORS
SECRETARY HOOVER
SENATE ACTION ON
TAX BILL EXPECTED