i n i C F V FVTF.RPRISE. HALSEY, OREGON, DECEMBER 13, 1923
THREAT OF WAR IN
SOUTH AMERICA
P. L GOLDSBOROUGH
B o rd er Clash S ta rts Rupture
B etw een P a ra g u a y and
B olivia.
La Pax. Bolivia.—The country I* In
• g reat state of excitem ent over the
breaking of diplomatic relation« with
Paraguay, which followed a border
claiih between troops of the two coun
tries last Thursday. D em onstrators
In the streets here shouted before the
presidential palace: "We want war,
Mr. President."
P resident Siles appeared on a bal
cony and replied: "If war Is neces
sary we will all go."
Six thousand youths bearing lan
tern s and torches paraded through the
streets, calling upon the general staff
to enlist them Immediately, shouting
"Viva Bolivia; muera Paraguay."
Former Governor Phillips Lee Gclds-
borough of Maryland, Republican, who
Asuncion, Paraguay. — The foreign defeated his Democratic opponent,
office has handed to M inister Mer William C. Bruce, present senator
cado of Bolivia a note saying th at from Maryland, for the honor of rep
Bolivian troops had entered Paraguay resenting his state in the senate of
an territory and when Invited to with the 71st Congress.
draw, attacked Paraguayan troops.
The note declares th at the entire
responsibility rests on the Bolivians
and alleges th at this was not the first
Incursion made by Bolivians, despite
the assurances given by the Bolivian
m inisters. It charges th at not long
ago the Bolivians occupied the south
ern region of Gran Chaco, beyond the
most advanced Paraguayan military
position, but withdrew their forces
when Invited to do so.
A fter reviewing the efforts made to
arb itra te the boundary dispute, the
note says the Bolivian governm ent
does not appear to have a clear vision
of the dangers of the situation, which
is not In accord with accepted treaties
and has occasioned repeated conflicts
which. Instead of healing the breach,
widen the abyss separating the two
countries.
BIG INCREASE IN
SAVINGS DEPOSITS
New York.—The g reatest yearly In
crease In saving deposits recorded In
the United S tates was announced by
W. Espey Allilg, deputy m anager of
the American B ankers' association. In
charge of Its savings bank division.
H e reported savings totaled $28,412,-
961,000 on June 30, last, a gain of $2,-
327,059,000 over the previous year.
"This Indicates prosperity more gen
eral than at any tim e since the busi
n ess depression of 1920,” said Mr.
Alblg.
The gain per Inhabitant was 7.7 per
cent over last year, and 113.5 per
cent over 1918 when the strong up
ward curve In savings deposits first
developed. The per capita savings
now stands at $237, New York, with
an Increase of $49 per capita, led the
states.
The New Kngland and middle At
lantic states were tied in group gains
for the year, with $36 per inhabitant.
Gains per inhabitant of other sec
tions for the year were reported as:
E ast central $15, Pacific $9, west cen
tral $4, southern $3.
D E C LIN E IN INFANT DEATHS
Report Shows Oregon and Utah Lead
in Lowest Mortality Rate.
W ashington, I). C.—Continuation of
federal co-operation with states In
m aternity and Infancy health work
and extension of study of delinquent
and dependent children as a vital part
of the nation's campaign against
crime were urged in the annual report
of Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the
children's bureau.
Miss Abbott also reported the In
funt death rale during 1927 to have
been the lowest In the nation's his
lory. Utah had the lowest death rate,
46 per 1000 births, Oregon was second
with 48 and Idaho and W ashington
had 50.
Shingle Tariff Urged by Johnson.
Chicago.—A call to cltlxens of the
northw est to organise at once to fight
In behalf of shingle and lum ber tariffs
was Issui d by R epresentative Johnson,
republican, W ashington, who said an
opportunity to present argum ents will
be afforded at hearings before the
house ways and m eans comm ittee Jan
uary 17 and 18.
LEAGUE COUNCIL
MEETS IN LUGANO
Lugano, Sw itzerland.—With Charles
Evans Hughes now a member of the
bench of the perm anent court of In
ternational justice, th ere is special In
terest manifested In American circles
In the revision of the statu tes of the
court. This question Is on the agenda
of the league council session opening
here Monday.
Interest also is keen because new s
paper reports from W ashington, D. C.,
have said th at President Coolidge con
tem plated reopening negotiations for
American adhesion to the court. Geo.
W. W ickersham , ex-attorney general,
who has taken a leading part in the
league's work of codification of in
ternational law, was mentioned as one
sf the international experts who might
be designated to study remodeling of
the court statutes. He is regarded as
the most likely American to be chosen.
The exam ination for revision is by
order of the league assembly, which
decided th at as the court now has
been In operation for eight years, with
an ever-increasing num ber of m atters
referred to It. and th at as a second
general election of the Judges will
take place In 1930, gome changes will
be necessary.
It is understood th at no sweeping
changes will be made. The statu tes
have worked too well to make any
profound change eith er desirable or
wise, and have been interwoven into
many treaties. F urther, It is desired
th at nothing be done which would
make it more difficult for the United
S tates to join the court.
B R IEF G ENERAL NEW S
The Prince of W ales, en route home
to the bedside of his father, King
George of England, has left Cairo for
P ort Said.
A rm am ents have been steadily grow
ing since the Kellogg reunuciation of
war pact was signed, declared ex P re
mier Lloyd George, speaking at the
opening of the liberty party's peace
campaign.
Dr. Wilhelm Marx, ex-chancellor of
Germany, has resigned his post as
chairm an of the centrist party, which
is In convention. Joseph Joos, a mem
her of the relchstag, was named as
his successor.
P rem ier Mussolini, addressing the
cham ber of deputies, declared the fas
cist foreign policy Is directed toward
peace, as dem onstrated by Italy's sign
ing of the Kellogg Briand war renun
elation treaty. Italy Is declared to be
ready to sign oth er such treaties pro
vided they contain sincere guarantees
for peace.
Bolivian friendship and good will
toward the United S tates was official
ly expressed to President-elect Hoover
by Acting Foreign M inister Palacios,
representing President Siles aud the
Bolivian governm ent, <m the arrival
there of the battleship Maryland, car
rying Mr Hoover on the good-will tout
of South America.
Kansas Marathon Danes Ends.
K ansas City. A m arathon dance
here came to a prem ature end Satur-
day night when the tew rem aining
contestants walked out after dancing
Estimate Shows Portland Has 361,218. three weeks. The three prom oters of
Portland, Or.—With a total of 361. the contest could not be located after
$18 persons living within the corpor several attachm ents had been filed on
a te lim its of Portland, according to box office receipts, fiv e couples were
com putations made by llen ry K. Heed, on the floor when the dance ended.
realtor, based on the registration for
th e Noveiulwr election, the population Gsorgla Hsn Claims Championship.
Savannah. Ga.—The "long distance"
of the city has Increased 39 8 per cent
since 1920. when the total was 258.298 egg laying championship of the United
S tates Is claimed for Princess Ger
Portland Scores In Philanthropy.
trude, a white Leghorn hen th at in
New York Portland, Or., ranks 23d 165 days laid 339 eggs. Previously
In a list of 183 American cities and the best record in th is country was
th eir adjacent trading areas which held by a white Leghorn at the Wash
ngton state agricultural experim en'
contributed more than $2,000,000
to philanthropy during 1927.
station, 335 eggs in 365 days.
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Installation of the electric light and
j power line is in progress on the pro
E L IZ A B E T H MORROW
posed Dayton-W heatland system . The
, Yamhill E lectric company of Newberg
1 is sponsoring this project.
A carload cf lime has arrived at
P rin cip al Events of the W eek Canby from the state lime plant and
is being distributed to farm ers of
Assem bled fo r In fo rm atio n
I Clackamas county a t $7.95 per ton,
with $2 credit for retu rn of sacks.
of Our R eaders.
Mrs. Pansy Imislund, 38, resident of
F ire of unknown origin destroyed Knappa, n ear Astoria, was killed in
one half of a business block in Wal stantly when she was struck by a
j logging train while crossing a trestle
lowa last week.
belonging to the C rossett W estern
The Hubbard m ineral springs was
Logging company.
formally opened Saturday evening
For the past two years the city valu-
with a banquet to 100 guests.
i ation of Newport has ben steadily de-
At a m eeting of taxpayers in New ' creasing. The 1929 budget was based
port recently a motion to levy a $5000 I on a $20,000 decrease in valuation,
road tax was carried w ithout opposi much city owned property being elim
tion.
inated from the tax roll.
The Lafayette high school has three
The Gunderson store a t Diamond
teachers and 36 pupils and operates at ville, half mile from the lime plant of
$75.34 per capita, the lowest operating the P ortland Cement company near
cost In Oregon.
j Baker, was destroyed by fire recently.
Apples from E astern Oregon and 1 The entire stock of groceries and gen
- W illam ette valley points are being eral supplies also was destroyed.
i sold on the streets of Coos Bay at
Im mediate plans to r startin g a fund
Miss Elizabeth Morrow, daughter ol
$1.15 to $1.60 a box.
with which to build a new courthouse the ambassador to Mexico, who, it ia
Isabella Jane Curry, who for 37 to replace the ancient schoolhouse rumored, is engaged to marry Col.
years had been a resident of Douglas j which has served the purpose for 20 Charles A. Lindbergh.
county, died at her home in Roseburg years sines Hood River county was
established, have been abandoned.
after a short Illness.
A so-called double-knot netting ma-
A herd of nine large elk and fout
deer were seen browsing near the ■ chine for knitting nets for salmon
Black bridge on Tillamook road, nine twine has arrived in Salem from
France and will be installed in the
m iles.south of Seaside.
Miles linen mills there. The machine
A carload of lime has arrived in As
will be installed by a m echanic who
Salem, Or.—The n et debt of Irriga
toria from the state lime plant and is
accommpanied the machine to Salem. tion districts in Oregon July 1, 1928,
being distributed by the county agent
T hree carloads of turkeys, compris was $16,812,349.17, according to the an
to farm ers who wish it.
ing the second pool to be shipped nual report of the state treasu rer,
The N orthw est P reach ers’ parlia through the Idaho T urkey Growers' which was completed here, and copies
m ent of the C hristian church of Ore association, left H erm iston recently. of the report filed with Governor P at
gon, W ashington and Idaho closed In U nsatisfactory prices offered in Boise, terson and m em bers of the legislature.
Eugene recently with a banquet.
Idaho, resulted in a decision to ship
U nm atured bonds outstanding July
Polk county Is said to have the larg the birds direct to New York, where 1 of this year aggregated $13,274,-
est vineyard in the W illam ette valley. they will be sold on consignm ent
075.71, with m atured bonds not re
It belongs to A. J. Flala, who this sea
Plans for the construction of a state deemed totaling $374,600. W arrants
son sold 115 tons from the 16 acres.
fish hatchery on Fall creek, to re and other outstanding obligations ag
Dan Cupid established a good lead place the Tumalo hatchery, were made gregated $3,222,808.10. The total debt
In Baker county during November, 15 known In Bend when th e Deschutes of the districts was $16,871,483.81, with
m arriage licenses being Issued as com county court agreed to give $200 to sinking funds of $59,134.64.
pared with four divorce suit filings.
ward the purchase of the site. The
The repoft showed th at Oregon dis
The election held In U m atilla coun new hatchery will be about two miles tric t Interest bonds Issued on behalf
of irrigation d istricts aggregate $2,-
ty recently to vote on a proposed tax east of the present “eyeing station.”
to m aintain union high school district
The non-resident m otor vehicle 158,960, with annual Interest thereon
No. 7 was defeated by a vote of 67 to sticker for the year 1929 will be print am ounting to $101,548.32. In terest paid
34.
ed In three colors and will carry an on these bonds by the state up to and
The state tax commission has fixed outline map of the state of Oregon and including June 1, 1928, totaled $514,-
public utility valuations in Linn coun a photograph of Mount Hood. The 694.27. T here has been repaid to the
ty at 34,315,254.52, an increase of $236, new sticker was designed by Hal Hoss, sta te by the d istricts Interest in the
Approxim ately am ount of $245,938.58, Accrued in ter
191.09 *over the assessm ents of last secretary of state.
100,000 of these stickers will be re est credited to these districts totaled
year.
$5105.44. The am ount of unpaid in
The state fish commission has leased quired.
The Oregon new spaper conference te re st due the state from the district*
Lake Neah-ka-nie In Tillam ook coun
ty from Its owner, Dr. H. E. Rinehart, annual session will be held a t the is $263,650.25.
and has released 500,000 baby chinook U niversity of Oregon F ebruary 21, 22
and 23, according to F rank Appleby, F IS H
in its w aters.
BOARD C O N S ID E R E D
E. E. Bragg, of La Grande was re publisher of the LaGrande Observer,
This Power of Commission Makes Carefwl
appointed by Governor P atterson as a president of the conference.
Selection Necessary.
mem ber of the state Industrial acci date was selected a fte r a question
Olympia, W ash.—Governor H artley
dent commission. H e will serve a nalre had been sent to all Oregon pub
lishers.
may soon take action to restore the
four-year term .
Four rural schools, which were open life of the state fisheries board, which
Hom er Fisher, 70, long a resident
of C lackam as county, burned to death last year n ear T alent, are closed and was vacated and left dorm ant In 1927.
R epresentatives of the fishing in
recently when flames destroyed a one the pupils are tran sp o rted by busses
room cabin near Sherwood, on the to the Ashland schools. Two schools, dustry have recently urged restoration
the Siskiyou and G reenspring dis of the board and were persuaded that
T ualatin river.
tricts, were closed last year, and those the governor was not unmindful of the
The new power line being built from
closed this year Include Soda Springs, need for re-establishm ent of the fish
Seaside into Cannon Beach will be
Dead Indian, Pilot Rock and Pinehurst eries authority and th at the delay was
finished tn about two weeks, accord
districts.
due to the difficulty of finding three
Ing to officials of the Pacific Powe'
The new federal courthouse In P o rt men of the "right so rt” for the board.
& Light company.
Making up the fisheries board Is
The assessor reports a total valua land has been allotted an additional
tlon in Clatsop county of $31,423,444 $600,000 out of the lump Bum appro concededly a ticklish problem for sev
or a drop of $1,933,356 from th at ol priation for continuing public con eral reasons. In th e first place, the
1927. A storia’s valuation Is $9,578,711. struction, carried by the treasury ap board is the most powerful of all state
propriations bill Introduced In the commissions, ranking next to the leg
against $9,437,327 in 1927.
house, m aking $1,100,000 in all which tslature.
Thanksgiving turkeys brought Vali will be available for the building when
It has jurisdiction over seesons,
grow ers about $11,500, Bold through it is begun.
gear, etc., and its orders. If promul
the Idaho T urkey G rowers' associa
Ashland's pride of achievem ent, rep gated, are final and not subject to re
tlon. The big part of the 1928 crop
resenting
more than a million dollars view by the courts.
Is being held for the C hristm as mar
o f im provem ents made there during
ket.
the last year was predom inant last
“Tar Heel” Beet Earn Millions.
Marlon county's tax levy for 1929
week in the dedication of three of the
Raleigh, N. C.—As a farm Industry
will total $1,214,274.74, according to
major projects, which have Just been in North Carolina, bee-keeping Is a 2Vi-
the budget as approved by the county
completed by the city, R eeder gulch/ million dollar enterprise.
Twelve
budget com m ittee. The new levy will
dam, new stre e t lights and new lithia years ago It was worth only $468.-
be Just $10,012 higher than the 1928
drinking fountain.
914.16. This year there are 214,945
levy.
The Douglas county turkey pool colonies of bees in North Carolina and
One evidence of the early construc
consisting of approxim ately 11 car they produced 14,000.000 pounds of
tion of the Lebanon-Caacadia branch
loads, will be sold on a consignment honey.
of the Oregon Electric railroad Is thr
basis, with an advance of 32 cents, top
purchase of a nine-acre tra c t of land
price, to the growers, the directors ol
THE MARKETS
at Sweet Home .for depot and term inal
the Douglas County Co-operative Tur
Portland
purposes.
key G rowers’ association announced
W heat — Big Bend bluestem , hard
Appreciation of the fine qualities recently, following three days of con
of th e K lam ath N etted Gem potato ference regarding the disposal of the white, $1 48; soft white, $1.1754; west-
ern white, $1.1654: hard w inter,
was expressed in a letter from Presl crop.
$1.11*4; northern spring. $1.10; w est
dent Coolidge received by H enry Se
Some 5,000.000 fresh w ater shrim p ern red, $1.12.
mon. prom inent potato grow er of the
are to arrive in Portland soon, accord
Hay—Alfalfa. $22® 22.50 ton; valley
Klamath basin.
ing io M att L. Ryckman, superintend timothy. $17®17.5O; eastern Oregon
Clarence H. G ilbert of Portland, ent of hatcheries for the Oregon state
timothy, $20 50 6 21; clover. $15.50®
prom inent In w elfare work In Oregon game commission.
They are tr e
for many years, was appointed by Gov mendously prolific and are declared an 16; oat, $15®15.50; oats and vetch
hay, $16@16 50.
ernor P atterson, judge of the court ol Ideal fish food. This first batch will
B utterfat—54®55c.
domestic relations of Multnomah be taken to the McKenxle hatchery
Eggs—Ranch, 31® 44c.
county to succeed Judge Richard with the aim la te r to plant the shrim p
C attle—Steers, good. $11® 12.25.
Delch. Judge Delch was recalled b) in Oregon lakes and stream s, parti
Hogs — Medium to choice. $7.75®
the voters of Multnomah county at the cularly where fish food is insufficient
8.75.
recent general election.
to sustain life.
Lam bs—Good to choice. $11®12
E stablishm ent of a Pacific coast
Bids for construction of approxi
Seattle
airw ays beacon on a Jiigh point five mately 65 m iles of road and tw<
W heat—Soft white. $1.1754; western
miles south of Salem wag assured bridges will be opened a t a meeting
white, $1 1654; hard winter, northern
when a federal representative sign of thq state highway commission In i spring. $1.11*4; w estern, red, $1.1254;
ed a ten year lease on the site. The Portland December 19. This was an
Big Bend bluestem . $1 48*4.
beacon will be of 2,000.000-candle
nounced a t the office of the highway
H ay—Alfalfa. $22; tim othy. $28
power.
departm ent in Salem.
B u tterfat—54c.
Resolutions urging Jatl sentences In
The Raker city budget as tinallv j Eggs—Ranch, 24 0 44c.
stead of fines (or persons convicted adopted by the budget board calls foi
C attle—Prim e steers. $11® 11.50.
of cattle theft were received by the the raising of 098,019 98 by taxation
Hogs —Prime. $9 25 0 9 40.
state suprem e court from the Grant A total of $5,089 95 was lopped off the
Lam bs— Choice. $1101150.
County Llvcrtock G rowers' associa
Item i lor the m ay o rs departm ent
Spokane.
Ion. The resolutions declared tines The amount to be raised la only $74‘
H ogs—Good and choice, $8 75® 9M
rere ineffective.
»Tester than last year.
C attle—Steers, good, $10 50® U.M .
OREGON IRRIGATION
DEBT $16,812,349
PROGRESS SEEN IN
CONGRESS SESSION
S en ate C onfident of Rapid Ac*
tion on M an y B ills of
H e a vy C a le n d a r.
W ashington, D. C. — Prom ise of
definite strides forw ard on the heavy
legislative and inquisitorial calendars
of congress were held out by leaders
at the outset of the second week of
the short session.
The Swing-Johnson bill for construe-
tion of a dam In the Colorado river at
Boulder canyon holds undisputed right
of way again in the senate this week
but it continued to show signs of
yielding to a solution of the long
standing controversy between Cali
fornia and Arizona.
The house with its smooth-working
m achinery already has ground out
the first of its nine m easures for ap
propriation of the billions of dollras
necessary to run the governm ent next
year and during the week its leaders
expect to dispose of another and re
ceive a third from its com m ittee.
On Tuesday. C hairm an Borah of the
senate foreign relations committee
will bring the Kellogg anti-w ar treaty
again before th a t body, with a view to
expediting com m ittee action.
Behind the Boulder dam bill In the
senate is gathering a real batch of
legislation with the new McNary farm
relief, the fate of which Is still In
doubt, pending a decision by party
leaders as to w hether to seek its pas
sage at this short session or await
the extra session prom ised for Its con
sideration, If necessary, by H erbert
Hoover.
PROGRESS CLAIMED
IN ANTI-RUM FIGHT
W ashington, D. C.—The efforts of
the prohibition bureau of the treasury
departm ent to enforce the prohibition
law was depicted in the annual report
off P rohibition Com m issioner Doran,
who recited th at his forces had made
75,307 arrests, with 58,813 convictions,
in the fiscal year 1928. It was an in
crease of 10,000 over the a rre sts lor
the previous year.
O perating with 4396 perm anent and
92 tem porary employes, the bureau
seized 1,048.636 gallons of illegal spir
its, 4,254,029 gallons of m alt liquors,
399,603 gallons of wine, 16,220 illicit
distilleries, 19,980 stills and 217,278
ferm enters. During the year the pro
hibition forces seized 6934 automo
biles valued at $3,057,132 and 81 boats
valued at $144,240.
Com m issioner Doran said 77,799
prohibition violation cases were ter
m inated In 1928, and of the convictions
15,793 persons were given jail sen
tences equaling 5631 years and fines
aggregating $7,031,109 were assessed.
In addition to the federal cases agents
of the bureau aided in 15,077 cases In
state courts in which 9025 convictions
were secured.
V ETS GET $ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 M O NTHLY
Sum of $26,217,825 Loaned by State of
Oregon in 7 Years,
Salem, Or. — A pproxim ately 10,864
veterans of the world w ar borrowed
$26,217,825 from the state of Oregon
during the seven years th a t the state
bonus and loan commission has been
in operation, according to figures
available in the offices of the world
war v eteran s’ state aid commission.
W hile most of the money w’as loan
ed during the first two years tl^at the
commission was In existence, loans
are still being made a t the rate of
more than $100,000 a month. Cash
bonuses have been distributed In the
am ount of $4,663,395.
In terest paid on loans taken out up
to the present time totals $3,636,774.87,
while $3,507,610.63 has been paid In
principal.
The report showed th at 384 proper
ties have been foreclosed and taken
over by the commission.
Two Die, 10 Hurt in Rail Smashup.
F o rt W orth, Tex.—Two engineers
were killed and ten persons were in
jured in a head-on collision on the
Fort W orth & Denver City railroad
416 m iles northw est of F ort W orth.
Officials of the railroad expressed be
lief the wreck was caused by failure
of a freight train to sidetrack betw een
Amarillo and D alhart for passenger
train No. 2, southbound from Denver.
Train Hits Auto, Three Die in Idaho.
Boise, Idaho—Guy Powell of Buhl,
Idaho, was Instantly killed and his
wife and 5-year-old stepdaughter.
C atherine Andreen. w ere Injured fatal
ly when their autom obile was hit by
a train at Filer. The woman and child
died in a Twin Falls. Idaho, hospItaL
New Earthquake Felt in Talca.
Santiago, Chile. — D ispatches re
ceived here said th at there was a
strong earthquake shock in Talca, and
that two houses collapsed and severe*
walls felL