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THE PRflg'AtfffEMA, OREGON, AUGUST 22, 1930 HfivE REPUBLICANS M1WSPUI Defection Shown At Baker When 18 Committeemen . -: Leave Meeting. Baker. Evidences of a state-wide split in the republican party continue to crop out. The latest defection over the gubernatorial mixup took place at Baker last week in county republican ranks when a call was is sued f or a ' meeting to indorse the action of the recent state central committee meeting which nominated Phil Metschan for governor. Im mediately upon passage of a motion of .indorsement by a handful of the committee members, one precinct committeeman offered his resignation while several stayed away from the meeting, only nine of the 27 commit teemen being present.' f-v 1 ; The meeting of the committee followed a luncheon -with Senator Fred Stelwer, Congressman Franklin Korell, Congressman R. -R. Butler, Phil Metschan, Floyd Cook of the state central committee, . Supreme Judge John L. Rand, State Senator Fred Kiddle and Harold Arner, sec retary of the state central commit tee, as guests. f Senator Steiwer expressed appre ciation for his support in Baker coun ty and complimented the organiza tion on its growth. Representatives Korell and Butler spoke on the prob lems of congress just adjourned and other guests ' also discussed the party's problems.: '. x ; Declaring : that he was a loyal member of the Republican party, and pledging his support to the regular Republican nominee, Ernest L. Crock ett, committeeman and newspaper publisher of Baker, resigned from the central committee because ' he could not join in an indorsement of Phil Metschan for governor and expressed the opinion that the total member ship of the committee was far from being in sympathy with the action of the state nomination committee. ' , Mttschan's address before the com mittee was a plea for party support, and after pleading with the member ship to stay with the party, he re ferred to the "hired press" and at tempted to ridicule the independent movement. " "There are men in the Republican It Won't Be Long Now; Till We'll "Let 'er Buck." Pendleton Aug. 28, 29, 30 Pendleton. It won't be long tow! Pendleton is all set for its twenty first annual Round-Up, to be staged August 28, 29 and 30. The streets are gay with banners and Pendleton's business t men are transformed into i cowboys in ten gallon hats, the gaudiest of shirts, brightly beaded vests and cowboy boots. Holding sway over her West ern monarchy is Queen Lois Mcln tyre, who has as her attendants four charming maids, Virginia Sturgis, Muriel Tulloch and Evelyn Cresswell of Pendleton and Mildred Hansell of Athena. v , At the Round-Up grounds is gather ed the finest of stock; speedy race horses, steers from the Mexican bor der, and the Round-Up buckers. Chief among these is Roosevelt "Trophy, who in the six years of his bucking activities here has been ridden but once. . The Indians, by the hundred, are trekking in from the hills and are building their Indian village on the Round-Up grounds. Thousands of Indians appear daily in the Round-Up parades and in the historic Westward Ho " procession: The Westward-Ho will be held on Friday this year in stead of on Saturday, and will begin its magnificent progress through Pen dleton streets at 10 a. m. on Au gust 29. Prune Picking Under Way Prune picking has started in the Milton-Freewater ' district - and in some orchards at the state line. Pick ing is now a general industry in the earlier orchards where the fruit, is mature and the harvest will be in full swing during the next few days. party who are not ; supporting the party's candidates and principles and they don't belong there," he said. Charges were being hurled around the American Legion department headquarters that Floyd Cook, chair man of the central committee, was lobbying in behalf of Metschan's can didacy and that strong pressure had been brought to bear on the depart ment commander, Sid George, and the distinguished guest committee of the Baker post, to have Metschan intro duced at the special program for dis tinguished guests. "We will not change our stand. We forbid such issues as partisan poli tics getting on our Legion platform," one member of the committee declar ed, ., . "... We Have tfie Best Root Beer . . that Money Can Buy . . We Are Making a Specialty on Milk Shakes KILGORE'S CAFE Governor Norblad Silent In Row Waged Over Re- ; cent Removal of Clifford Cylinder Boring j j We have added the latest Model CYLINDER BORING MACHINE to our mechanical equipment and we are prepared . to rebore automobile engine cylinders for the trade on short notice. Come in and see the new Machine. REMEMBER WE ARE EQUIPPED TO DO EXPERT WELDING AT ALL TIMES GallaKers Garage J. E. Gallaher Athena Phone 471 THE ATHENA MARKET We carry the best Tin eat That Money Buys Kippered Salmon, all Kinds of Salt Fish. Fresh Fish, Oysters, Crabs, Clams, Kraut in Season. A. W. LOGSDON Main Street " Athena, Oregon. Salem. Admitting that his office is being deluged with letters, telegrams and long distance telephone calls in protest against and in commendation of the action of the state game com mission is removing Harold Clifford as game commissioner and Ed Clark as deputy game commissioner, Gov ernor Norblad refused to divulge the names of those most active in the fight being waged over the ouster. : . "I cannot see that such a course would serve any good purpose and it would . only add fuel to the friction and back-biting that is already rag ing among sportsmen of the state," the governor declared. By far the greater interest in the controversy, the governor said, is be ing shown by friends of the ousted officials, especially those in the south ern part of the state, who are de manding the removal of the offending game commissioners and the rein statement of Clifford and Clark. Referring to reports to the effect that he had, ascribed the ouster to politics he refused to comment, de claring he was taking no part in the fight "as yet." He has sent for and is in receipt of all of the testimony taken in the case against the ousted officials. He intends to spend some time in a careful perusal of the voluminous documents, he said, be fore making up his mind as to what action he will take, if any. In a statement given the press on the day following the ouster the gov ernor called attention to the fact that he appointed four of the present game commissioners and declared he had always given them a free hand in the conduct of affairs of the commission. Removal of Clifford as game warden and Clark will not cure the situation or make peace among the warring factions of sportsmen in Oregon, in his opinion. "The indignation expressed in the many letters and telegrams received at the executive department con vinces me that the sportsmen's feud will .continue as before and Clifford's removal will not cure the situation," the governor said. "Intelligent effort to enforce the state game laws and conserve the wild life of Oregon apparently does not count for much in this day of political antagonism," - he said. "A game warden possessing high quali fications is objectionable to the poli ticians, while a political warden is not the kind of an official desired by the real sportsmen." McDougall-Tollgate Road Receiving Gravel Surface Gravelling has been completed on two and one-quarter miles of the Mc Dougal Camp Tollgate section of the WestoncElgin road in side the borders of the national forest, Mayor Dorsey Hill of Walla Walla informs the Union. The grading crews have been at work in two daily shifts to keep ahead of the gravelling activi ties. . The portion of the road being improved is approximately 5.6 miles m length and the progress made in dicates completion of the surfacing early this fall, Mr. Hill stated that Umatilla coun ty will Improve the quarter-mile of road just outside of Weston this year by surfacing it. There are also rumors to the effect that Umatilla county is contemplating early im provement ; of the remaining nine miles from McDougall Camp, down Weston mountain. It has been stated by the forest service that there will be no further improvement in the Weston-Elgin road untilthis nine miles is graded and surfaced with crushed rock. Silverton, Wonder Boy Baseball Team, Winners The Silverton 16-year olds, won the district championship of the Ameri can Legion junior baseball series at Baker Saturday when they defeated Pocatello, Idaho, 14 to 1. Silverton had previously laid away the Seattle entrant, 15 to 2, and this week will play in the Western finals which include all districts west of the Mississippi river. Winning there the Oregonians are eligible to contest in the little world series to be played in New Orleans for the national cham pionship. Schwab, Silverton's peerless pitcher, allowed Pocatello only eight hits and struck out 10. However, Silverton's victory came in one big inning, the fifth, when Hadley who had been hold ing the Silverton batters to four hits went wild. Five hits off him and four errors were good for 8 Silverton scores. A midget 100 pounder, 13 year old Bill Black, took up the bur den for Pocatello where Hadley left off, and held the Oregonians to four hits and four runs. Typewriter Repairing Have Your Typewriter Cleaned and Overhauled During Vacation Terms Reasonable Telephone 372 Coad's Typewriter Shop 109 W Mais St. Waha Walla rot R POLICY IS NEEDED BY STATE Future Development of Hydro-Electric Resources Demand Action. Salem. The notable power streams of Oregon are in the grasp, actual or intended, of private interests and not all of these are the electric utilities. A probable exception is the Mc Kenzie due to the dominant relation ship with it to Eugene. These conclusions are reached by State Engineer Rhea Luper based up on an entirely new , Oregon power map. . . . .- At the present moment and with a public interest in power questions never before experienced in Oregon, applications pending before the state engineer propose a total ' investment of $64,361,780 to develop 694,761 hy dro-electric horse power. The- big applicant is the California Oregon Power company whose fillings pending on the Klamath and Umpqua rivers propose the development of 360,024 horsepower at a cost of $50, 250,000. The Umpqua river applica tions cover an investment of $29,650, 000 to develop 188,661 horsepower. The Klamath river applications in clude 171,363 horsepower to be de veloped at a cost of $20,600,000. The state engineer says that pnor rights to power sites are established by the time element. Those who come first, are served best. This privilege has often been exploited. The claimants would allow applica tions to, rest without action. Or, when permits were granted and con struction acconding to law must be gin within a year, perhaps only a few shovelsful of earth would be turned merely to comply with the letter but not the spirit. . Oregon charges a license fee that average only a little more than two cents a horsepower year and to carry even big projects without develop ment means only small added cost to large concerns interested in their future supremacy. In the case of the California-Ore gon Power company fillings, however, it is understood to be the intention to generate power largely for whole saling in the San Francisco district as the company's Southern Oregon market is understood to be practical ly saturated from its present plants and it is also at the present time wholesaling to California. Regardless of whether sites are taken over by private or public in terests, State Engineer Luper says: "Oregon is overlooking a large source of future revenue. The re maining unappropriated waters be long to the state as a whole. The streams of Oregon are capable of producing from five to six million horse power. At the present time only about 300,000 hydro-electric horsepower is actually being develop ed. The future value of hydro-electric power cannont be estimated but it will be very greatly increased un less some cheap fuel substitute is found for coal and oil resources, which in time will become depleted. Under present laws waters may be appropriated for hydro-electric pur-: poses or any other use on payment! of only a small filing fee, which cov ers a part of the overhead cost of maintaining a record of water right titles. The state should encourage the development of its water re sources. Such development can only be obtained through investment of capital,. Capital will require security through stability of law and policy. Any policy which would tend to lock up the state's resources and prevent their development would be waste ful and detrimental to the best in terests of the public. : "It is probably impossible to place any special tax or license upon devel oped water power under our constitu tion, but since we have actually de veloped a small proportion of our po tential power and present indications are that the increase during even the next 10 years may be very great, I believe that it would be sound policy to provide for a license fee, to be fix ed by a board or commission ranging at 25 cents to $2 a horsepower year. "Licenses should extend over a long period of years with proper pro visions for renewal and proper pro visions for an increase in rate ac cording to future valuation. Such a law could conceivably produce a large revenue In the future, and, while it is true that it would be passed on to the consumer, it would seem entirely equitable that since the water belongs to the people as a whole, the consum ers in any particularly favored local ity could afford to pay a small in crease in rate for the benefit of the state as a whole. It would also pro vide some return for the people of the state for power transported and used in other states," The state has been receiving only about $12,500 a year ' from hydro electric license fees. Fishermen Encounter Sharks Following the schools of salmon which are numerous off the South western Oregon coast, travelers re port numbers of sharks of the man eating species. One fisherman said salmon had been nippd from his lines by these voracious fish. Small er sharks have been taken on lines in the lower bay near Empire dur ing the last week. These, however, were ntft the killer type. 1 Till I: -: HI s is tfie Separator that has pleased housewives in every V community The M Ball-Bearing Cream Separator HThe next time you are near our .place, stop in and look over the McCormick-Deering Cream Sepa rators we have on our floor. Here you will find a machine in just the right size that will suit you in every little detail. Or tell us when it will be most convenient and we will prove to your satisfaction, right at your own house, that the McCormick-Deering is the closest skimming, easiest-turning,' easiest-to-wash cream separator you can buy. You will stay pleased year after year with a McCormick Deering. Come in and look it over. Rogers H Goodman (A Mercantile Trust) Hermiston Editor, Legion Head Jack M. Biggs, Hermiston editor, was elected state commander of the American Legion, department of Ore gon, to serve during 1930-31. Op position was presented for a short while when Harry Dorman of Port land, was placed in nomination dur ing the final business session of the 12th annual state convention, but when it was evident the Eastern Ore gon legionnaire had things his own way, Dorman jumped to his feet and asked that Biggs' selection be made unanimous. Judge Moreland of Esta cada, past district commander, was selected as state vice commander, no opposition being offered. Tom Stoughton, Portland, was' re-elected finance officer. After Flowers, Killed Crossing a Seattle street to get flowers from a neighbor for his wife's funeral, Scott T. Douglas, 82, was truck down by an automobile and died a few hours later 111! r?n n PENDLETON, ORE. i n it . LowKouna i rip ares and Special rain Service (or Day of the Finals SATURDAY ugust 30 Art Going Saturday, Aug. 30 8:15 A.M. 8:33 " 9.03 " 9:10 " 9:18 " Returning Saturday, Aug. 30 Lv.VALLA WALLA At. 12:00 A.M. Round Trip Fare $1 25 1.00 1.00 " ....MILTON .... " 1M0P.M. 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Over the Columbia river and its sloughs and over the heads of 10,000 spectators, obscured by the blanket of smoke that settled down Sunday, an orange monoplane with brilliant yellow wings began the first wide circle in the air of the thou sands which the pilots hope is ahead of it Exactly at 1:50:32 o'clock the wheels of the plane left the Tex Rankin airport with the three Rankin brothers aboard, determined to better the refueling endurance record set by Red Jackson and Forrest O'Brine Tex Rankin was at the controls. H. A. Frick Carpenter and Contractor Pendleton Phone 1392J Specializes in Metal Weather Stripping Real Estate Wheat Alfalfa and Stock Land SHEEP FOR SALE L. L. Montague, Arlington Pleads Guilty to Sale and Possession B. B. Richards, when in terviewed by the Press man, pleaded guilty to the sale of the best insurance obtainable for the money and possession of more policies in reserve ready at a moments notice for your use and purpose. A policy for every hazzard. B. B. 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