»ALSEY E M ’EHPBISE, HALSEY. ORELOX, NOVEMBER 20. 102* AMITY WITH U. S. SOUGHT BY EUROPE JOHN G. TO W N S E N D OREGON STATE NE’.YS OF GENERAL INTEREST P rin cip a l Events of the W eek Assem bled for In fo rm atio n of O ur R eaders. P re s e n t S tra in e d S itu atio n Caused by D is ag re e m en t O ver W a r Debt. A rm istice day a rre sts in The Dalles netted the city $134, according to a checkup made from records in the city recorder’s office. RAY SCHALK Sidney Frederickson, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Frederickson of Rose­ burg, found a dynam ite cap near his home and tried to explode the interior with a match. The cap exploded and shattered his left hand. W ill P ro vid e fo r M a rk e ’. Con- tro l by B o ard : Equalization F ee Abandoned. Reforestation of about 300 acres of The Eugene-Bend auto stage service cut over land lying on both sides of Par:«,—R elations betw een the U nit­ will be discontinued December 2 for Cannon Beach highway In Clatsop ed S lates and Europe at the present •county has been started by a crew of the winter. time are considered by experienced • 40 men employed by the Crown-Wil­ diplom ats and observers to be unsatis­ Six Lane county road d istric t! last lam ette P aper company. factory. week voted special taxes for road A qu arter mile of forest road into Europe has never accepted Ameri­ work to be done during the coming Llm berlost camp, seven miles above ca’s view point in th e war debt ques­ year. McKenzie bridge, has ju st been com­ tion and th ere is no gainsaying th at The first car of K lam ath turkeys pleted by Cascade national forest A m erica has little sym pathy in Eu­ left last week for southern California, crews. This finishes the road work rope, even among the sm aller nations. w here they will be placed on the Los for the season in th at district. In the disarm am ent thesis. Angeles m arkets. As for P resident Coolidge’s arm is­ The Raphael Leonard placer gold W ith a fall of 41 inches of snow at mine in Democrat gulch n ear Gold tice day utterances, the press has been the rim of C rater lake during the past Hill has been sold to the A malgam ated purposely restrain ed nearly every­ few weeks, C rater lake 1» taking on a Gold Mining company of Nevada. A where, ar 1 the press comm ent is far beautiful m antle of white. from revealing the real depth of Eu­ crew of 14 men has been employed in ropean irritation. About the only na­ L. J. Simpson has announced that extracting the gold from the property. tion which liked It was Germany, and th e Simpson Lum ber company mill Two im portant events in the con­ th is for the special reason th at Ger­ near Eugene will sta rt cutting Decem­ struction of the new B aker community Ray Schaik, former White Sox Dr. G. Townsend, Republican, for­ m any Just now is trying hard to effect ber 1 with 100 men employed. catcher and manager, has accepted hotel building occurred recently with a rapprochem ent with the United mer governor of Delaware, who was A contract for construction of the the arrival of a carload of stru ctu ral terms to serve as assistant manager S tates to co u nteract the Franco-Brlt- elected to represent that state in the first two units of Klamath F alls’ new steel from Los Angeles and the pour­ and coach of the New York Giant». United States senate. Ish entente. $300,000 sew er project has been let ing of the first concrete into thé floor. More and more it is the firm belief to J. F. Shea & Co. of Portland. R obert P oinsett, a 97-year-old pio­ of citizens of Europe th a t A m ericans Thieves in Clatsop county are said neer of H ubbard, was given a birth­ are a vast and im perialistic people, to be making a regular practice of day surprise when thé m em bers of the whose real aim is a financial and butchering young stock In pastures Congregational church were hosts at naval hegemony. In the cruiser con­ and selling the m eat in Portland. banquet in his honor. Mr. P oinsett troversy th eir sym pathies are with The tax levy in F reew ater for 1929 is bale and hearty and takes an active G reat B ritain; In the renewed tariff W ashington, D. C. — P riv ate toll will he 9.8 mills, n s against 14 mills part in all comm unity work. controversy, th eir sym pathies are with W ashington, B. C.—Ratification by bridges , across im portant stream s for 1928, the reduction giving Free­ Oregon is a state of sm all high France. the world powers of the senate's reser­ w ater the lowest levy in U m atilla schools. T his was indicated in a re­ again are the targ et for a scathing Every single g reat power earnestly vations to A m erica’s proposed entry port prepared at Salem, showing that attack in the annual report of Dr. desires an understanding with the Into the world court is expected to be county. Installation of an electric light and of the 274 four-year high schools filing Thom as H. MacDonald, chief of the United States, but apparently not one sought again by P resident Coolidge, federal bureau of roads, subm itted to Is now convinced th at such an under- ogether with his senate program of power line will soon be under way in reports with the state superintendent standing is possible, not one Is willing approval of the Kellogg anti-war the Victory district near Sandy. This of public instruction. 130, or nearly the secretary of agriculture and made public here. to effect an understanding on purely treaty and the naval cruiser construc­ Improvement will also extend to the one-half, have less than 50 students "T aking advantage of the hesitation schoolhouse. each. American term s, and everyone, while tion bill. on the part of public agencies, private still working for an understanding, Assessed valuation of property in Salem may be selected as the site These hopes of the president, who aeems busy concocting possible alter- Is about to conclude his occupancy of D eschutes county for 1928 shows an for a federal landing field for dirigi­ prom oters have been busy acquiring exclusive franchises to build bridges natives. the W hite House, were disclosed at a increase of $21.175 over that tor 1927. bles, according to announcem ent made at comm anding locations on the pub breakfast at the executive mansion to Only 12 other counties show an in­ by Councilman R osebraugh, He asked licly built highw ays, and in com pen­ Mayor Livesley to appoint a commit­ which he invited most of the republi­ crease over 1927. sation therefor to levy toll upon the can senators now In the city—17. M. Fickle. 70, one of the best known tee to investigate sites. Such a field annually increasing num ber of trav el­ Unlike the many past W hite House of R oseburg’s residents, died last would furnish em ploym ent for 2000 ers,” says Dr. MacDonald’s re p o rt. b reakfasts for congressional members, week. He served as m anager of the men, it was said. "An investigation m ade by this which have been confined alm ost en P o s'al Telegraph company office at C oncrete work on the big dam bureau showed that on O ctober 31. tlrely to the social phase, Mr. Coolidge Roseburg for 37 years. across the McKenzie river for the Eu­ 1927, th ere w ere in operation, under W ashington, D. C.—H ighway bond took up with the republican leaders Government men estim ate th at more gene power plant at L eaburg will be construction, or proposed, in the Issues totaling >240.000,000 were pass­ of the senate th eir calendar of busi­ than a billion feet of tim ber has been completed this w inter, according to United S tates 424 toll bridges, of ed In four states on election day. while ness for the approaching ahort term destroyed In the past six years by J. W. McArthur, engineer for the light which num ber 217 were on th e federal two bond Issues am ounting to $110,- and revealed his desire for early ac­ beetle infestation in K lam ath county and w ater board. He said th at the aid-highway system . 000,000 were defeated. tion on tj)e Kellogg treaty and the and northern California. w eather has been excellent this fall "In the first session of the 70th V ictories were registered for a bond cruiser bill. for construction work. Reports read at the annual meeting congress bills were introduced to Issue of $30.000.000 in Louisiana; $100,- It Is unflerstood that the president One lone pullet from Lane county authorize the construction of 122 new 000,000 In Iowa; $75,000,000 in Mis­ Indicated a desire to approach again of the E astern Oregon D airym en’s as­ will make a special trip to St. Louis, toll bridges and 67 were authorized by sociation at H aines showed th at 612,- souri and $35,000,000 In W est Virginia. the world powers on th e question of Mo., to uphold the honors of the acts passed and signed by the presi A bond issue of $75.000,000 In P ennsyl­ approval of the reservations voted by 162 pounds of butterfat were received Barred Plym outh Rocks of that dis­ dent.” in Haines during the year. vania. opposed on the grounds that the the senate In adhering to the world tric t in com petition with birds from Several Los Angeles prom oters are state already had ample funds for con­ court protocol. Several of the nations all parts of the U nited S tates a t the struction, was defeated, while a $60.- have declined to accept the reserv a­ planning the construction of a $300,- ROAD E X T E N S IO N S MADE 000 sanitarium in Lithia park at Ash­ G reater St. Louis poultry show, to be 000,000 bond Issue In Colorado also tions. held November 28 to December 21. Total of $88,056.983 Expended by Gov went down to defeat. C hairm an Borah of the senate for­ land, which, when completed, will be County offices, schools and business one of the finest in Oregon. ernment to Assist States. C alifornia had a $10,000.000 bond Is­ eign relations comm ittee, a hitter op sue up for the elim ination of grade ponent of the world court resolution, The W arm Springs drainage system, houses in the city of Prineville were W ashington. D. C.—E xtension of the crossing, but this was defeated. On will not interpose any objection to the com prising about 56 miles of drain closed one afternoon last week during federal-aid highway system , totaling the other hand, a $6,000.000 bond Issue action of the president in seeking canal In a project of about 25.000 the funeral services held at Commun­ 187.753 miles, by 8184 miles during the for state parks carried by a vote of adherence to the sen ate’s world court acres, is virtually completed at a cost ity church for John H enry Gray, current fiscal year, at a total cost ol Crook county treasu rer, who died re­ $205,043.784. with federal expenditure th ree to one. resolution. Likewise, Senator Gillett, to the district of about $27(^000. cently. The church building was un­ of $88,056,983, wak detailed to the sec republican, of M assachusetts, will not The 8. W. S trauss m onthly survey able to seat the large num ber atten d ­ retary of agriculture tn the annual G O VE R N M EN T LO SES TAX press his resolution asking the presi finds K lam ath Falls leading in the ing. report of T hom as H. MacDonald, chief dent to reopen negotiations with the am ount of building for Oregon cities Sherw ocd held its annual potato of the bureau of public roads. Couzena and Associates W ill Not Have other nations in view of the intetftioo outside of Portland during October and onion show last week. Officials New York spent the greatest am ount of the chief executive. to Pay $30.000,000 to U. 8. with 50 buildings valued at $97.290. in charge stated th a t the best type ol of all th e sta te s on road construction W ashington, D. C. — The govern­ The Dundee Fruit P roducts com onions and potatoes ever produced on during the year, receiving also the m ent's attem p t to levy an additional panv, capitalized at $20.000. has put B R IEF GENERAL NEW S the black beuverdam soil of the Tual highest total of federal aid. $6,002.778. $30.000,000 income tux assessm ent out 15.000 boxes of candied fruit this Eighty thousand bachelors La T ur­ season. Candied pears, apples, peach atin valley were on exhibit. The show The other states receiving more than against the original Ford Motor com­ pany stockholders, including Senator key will be affected financially if the es, prunes and quinces a re produced. is sponsored by the Sherwood cham ­ $3.000,000 were. Texas with $5.344.336, ber of com m erce and the office of Iowa with $4,115.257, W isconsin with Couzena. repulillcau of Michigan, has governm ent m akes good on Its rep o rt­ H earing of the rase involving the County A gent M cW horter. $3,983.658. Ohio with $3.341.632 and ed intention to impose a heavy tax on been definitely abandoned. proposed ronsrtuction of a sta te of­ Dairym en along the Mount Hood Pennsylvania with $2,037,0S8. Rhode Comm issioner Blair of the internal celibacy. fice building in Salem at a cost ol loop highway have difficulty in driv­ Island, the sm allest state, received revenue bureau has dropped the case, T errific storm s off the coast of the $600.000 has been set by the United ing th eir herds across this artery , as the sm allest allotm ent, $280.149. after the governm ent's defeat both In British Isles and northern Europe S tates suprem e court for December 3 m otorists as a rule a re loath to slow federal court and before the bourd ol drove shipping to sh elter last week. Members of the La G rande council down, it is claim ed, even when given Thomas Ryan Dies; $300.000,000 Left. tax appeals. He hud been considering At least nine persons are dead as a New York Thomas F ortune Ryan, an appeal, hut instructions have been result of storm s on land and one death of parents and t->achers have received a signal, us shown recently wheu Mil an aw ard for having the largest mem­ ton Melnig of Sandy stood in the cen 77, one of th e founders of big busi­ given to the collector of internal rev­ Is reported in shipwreck. bership in proportion to the school ter of the road waving a red flag, hut ness, died at his Fifth-avenue home enue in Detroit to abate the case. The body of Dr. George T. Harding, enrollm ent of any council in the state was forced to step aside or be run leaving wealth reputed to be between The governm ent contended th at the father of the late president. W arren $300,060,000 and $500.000.060. About 40 head cf horses raised In over. original Ford stockholders had ap­ G. Ilaruing. has been laid to rest in praised (heir stock at the wrong value Marion cem etery, within a stone's the neighborhood of N orth Powder High on the McKenzie slope, west of were recently sold to the U nited S tates the town of Sisters, the Skyliners. "Flu” Clcses California Colleges The assessm ent aguinst Senator throw of the memorial which the na Los Angeles. Cal.—O ccidental and governm ent for artillery and cavalry central Oregon outdoor organization, Couzens alone was $11.000.1)00. After (ion built to his son's memory. work at prices satisfactory to the have constructed a ski jum p and a Pomona colleges here were closed to a spectacular hearing before the board The ex m aharaja of Indore, husband of tax appeals the Ford stockholders of Nancy Ann Miller of Seattle, it is owners. 1600 foot toboggan slide. The jump prevent spread of influenza. Children won the verdict. They also won in the said will contest a suit for about $60,- A nother election is to be held at and slide have been put in shape and a t a num ber of public schools also federal court, where they contended 000 damages filed against him by a Richland in Baker county to choose will be ready for use after th e first were dism issed. th at the governm ent did not have the Hindu woman who charges the ex­ a mayor, G. H. Saunders and R. O. hedvy snow. The Skyliners also have THE MARKETS right to in stitu te the proceedings. ruler with luring her and her daughter Horning, candidates for that oflice, flooded a three-acre pond near S isters Portland each receiving 45 votes at the recent A cabin was built near the ski Jump to his residence, im prisoning them for W heat—Big Bend blnestem , hard Hot Bsttla Starts on Ryan Estate Tax. 11 years and despoiling her home of election. and toboggan slide. white, $1.49; soft white, w estern Naw York. A contest unions two furniture and jewelry. A nticipating a business of $1.000,000 Following an enforced vacation white. $1.20; hard w inter. $1.14; w est­ states and the D istrict of Columbia, in during the coming year, a new unit to which began some tim e ago when the which eat h will seek to establish itself cost $40.000 is being added to the lot G rande high school building wus ern red. $1.1414; northern spring $1.13. Guns Keep Quarantine in Alaska. H ay—Alfalfa. $19-; 14. tan k s open. B u tterfat—64c. through the public land areas of the per cent wage Increase, retroactive D istribution to the counties of $171.- The work of placing signs at all th« E g g s-R a n c h . 29045c. west Is the ftateraent by the Unltec to May I, 192$. when th eir form er 638.10. representing 25 per cent of the cross roads In Linn county by the C attle Prim e steers. $1101150. S tates forest service th at" th ere was agreem ent with the railw ays expired. receipts received by the federal gov Oregon S tate Motor cssoclauon and H ogs—Prim e. $76009.15. a loss of $33.000,060 from fires In th< The wage Increase affects 42.000 ent ernm ent from forest reserve rentals, Ihe county court cooperating has just lot m bs— Choice. $1101150. forests of the nation last year, accord ploy«» and adds $6.500.060 to the pay sales of tim ber and other sources, was be* a completed. Linn is one of only Spokane. Ing to the American Automobile at-« rolls of Ihe w estern railw ay. It will announced by Ihe secretary of state a few counties in the state rtceiving Hog« Good, and choice, $9 1009 26 elation ha ta force until May 1, 1929. at Salem. this set vice. C attle Steers, good, $10.56® 11.56. WORLD COURT ACTION WANTED BY COOLIDGE FOUR STATES PASS * BIG BOND ISSUES NEW BILL FOR FARM RELIEF PROPOSED ROAD BUREAU HEAD SCORES TOLL BRIDGES W ashington, D. C.—A new far» lief bill, designed to meet adnrnutr*. tlon desires, has been drafted by Chah, man McNary of the senate agricult»,, com m ittee and will be pressed for » vote at the approaching short sesiieg. The m easure, like the twice vetoed M cNary-Haugen bill, calls for estai», lishm ent of a federal farm 'board with a m em bership of 12 to take over co», trol of the m arketing of surplus crops. The board also would have authority to establish agencies throughout the country w ith a view to providing more orderly m arketing. S enator McNary, who was co-author of the old controversial McNary Hi», gen bill, says he has sought to incor­ porate the adm inistration's antidote for farm Ills in his new measure. His old bill would have created an equali­ zation fee to be assessed against sur­ plus crops to pay for their marketing, but the new proposal puts the cost of surplus m arketing on the government, and abandons the equalization fee. T he proposed farm board under the new bill would be perm itted to set up stabilization corporations throughout the country to supervise marketing of various crops. It is the theory of the legislation that, in the event a surplus develops in the production of a com­ modity, the stabilization corporation would keep thie surplus off the mar­ ket In the in terest of price mainten­ ance. The surplus then would be dis­ posed of in off-seasons. WASHINGTON FACES BIG TAX PROBLEM Olympia, W ash.—W ashington is con­ fronted by its most serious tax prob­ lem of recent years, brought up by the prospect of the 39 counties losing more than $1,000,000 annually which they now collect from national and state banks, and the question is cer­ tain to arouse and puzzle the 1929 legislature. The sta te tax commission, which warned the 1927 legislature of the im­ pending tax difficulty, has been mak­ ing an extensive search for a solution and, because of constitutional and fed­ eral restrictions, it Is not unlikely that the com m ission’s findings will con­ vince the legislature that the only Im­ m ediate solution lies in the enactment of some form of Income tax. Ju st now the national banks are be­ fore the courts with claim s for re­ funds and tax exem ptions on the basis of the federal law th at prohibits slates from taxing the stock of national banks at higher ra te s than taxes im­ posed on com peting capital. If the federal hanks win, as they won In Oregon, C alifornia and other states, the total loss In current tax revenues will be more than $1,000,006. If the banks lose, the rival financial institutions will continue to conduct business untaxed, while the national banks will unquestionably continue th eir fight with the Idea of winning relief In the U nited S tates supreme court. Meanwhile, revenues from such sources will rem ain in Jeopardy to the discom fort of the counties and state. NEW ERA UND ER HOOVER Observers Believe Aggressiveness Will W ill Feature Administration. W ashington. D. C.—Political leaders gathering for the opening of the short session of congress next Monday are becoming firmly convinced there will be a real change at W ashington March 4. not Just a change of faces in the W hite House. T his im pression grows out of nu­ merous developm ents current and im­ pending. including the bold venture of the president-elect into South Amer­ ica. his proposal that th? states raise a $3.000.000.000 public works fund to relieve unem ploym ent during depres­ sions, the prospect of disposing of the farm relief problem which has been in stalem ate for several years due to Irreconcilable differences between Mr. Coolidge and congress, the impending revision of the tariff and the probabil­ ity of an alm ost entirely new group of faces in the cabinet and th e higher executive positions. Ezra Meeker, Aged Trail Blazer, III. Seattle. Wash Ezra Meeker, pio­ neer of the Pacific northw est, lay ser­ iously ill in his bed in a hotel here. It was the second and, according to attending physicians, probably the last illness of the 97-yearold patri­ arch. His condition was too critical to perm it his being moved to a hos­ pital. Spckzr.c Plane Crash Probed. Spokane, W ash.—A governm ent in­ vestigation of the airplane crash It* which four men were killed a rd tw o injured b egin here Monday.