Morgan N..v.
Mrs. J. F. H anoi sty
Kood E.khberry cme hcn-e
nn the siBjf from G ell, Friday.
M-s. H. 0 Ey is sufferiiu
from tosilitis this week
Mr. VV F. Pa I miner, is a vie
tim of rheuo.aus-ni this weik.
M.itga.i p.opie a:e nopitiK lor
it little nai uier weather soon. Uh
Su.ir i i, im nixit, tne ttiet 1110111
u.er rc-tfisu-itu J8 uiiet-s below
ai o. luugii on coal and wood
H'e.-l
.Mi. G-.oi:e Mahout y lost
home lowlsoti account of trie cold.
Mr. Martin Lauren Itind .wsa
iiu.i'ie.vs vijk ainl a .Saturday.
N. E. Petty jotin was catling
n tt. G. Hardesty, last Thursday.1
Several people heieuUms tr I
miutf s.e.ia at una cold weather!
H liard Oil aUlOS. I
Mr. an J Airs. Seely spent Tues-!
day evening wiih Mr. and Mrs.
an ash.
Dan EokVoerry spent Satur
dijr evenly vitii the home lolk
Mr. S D. Seely is assisting Mr.j
I'!: In Mllllir villi .hi tti..i '
" ' '-.!
i ..... . - ,.
'". jr..il:1 kt liy
nur has 1.18 alitep ull Ihe COul r. Jgtt.on or O.llaf Howard. Offi
raiicn on Wnlow Creek. U-t Herb Mooro u now tatiunea at '
Glenn B ill ca Ird on Jaait-i-
11 trdtsty, MonOay Aiori.n u.
Misa Geneva Pettyjohn sptnt
tjjndaj witu Miss Alice Naal;.
Mrs. Eudora Svely and little
daughter, gpttit Suncay with
iil 1 8. Siib.
"Myra AleOloCK.'.Cai.tO on L'thei
Ma hone, last luesi-'uy.
Mr. and Mrs. U. E. liarhison.
Hiwardilaniesny, Mrs. Martini'.
ljjurenteind, and ilr. and Mrs.
Drt Palmateer, were busines?
visiiors in Ijne, last Tuesd ay.
Mr. Bill Clayton, of Rhea, was
calling on Mr. John Na b.
Herbert Hynd, of Cecil, was a
business visitor in Morgan, last
Monday.
HL'DiO.X ESSEX
SUI'EK-SIX
Paul C. Balsiger, Agent.
At Paul G. Balsiger's:
J. E. S;variicn
INSURANCE
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t S v , .. . ... i8 I-lf-nt at Wc,:.: . i ts,,:.,.!. ,
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. turning. Anil one i;f ihi-ir Kiirtt m'-.vis i-s M.e
family aiitotniil.ili; .... 'Miut'n why tin-I..
ttur lii ix offer no mncli to np-anil-rominti,
Americans.. It represpuls pro-rnm. It eouii
tuttM un itii.r-s,ivc fe;, ,;, from lower-priecd
truiistportatiiin.
The I'onl'uo Hi'; fix It n real innovnf inn a
Iirnnd new rnr from lif.'iimini? to -nt. It offcrt
Iii' rur M-rriniariie, Inxtiry, comfort iin.l ntjlo
atpriiTMuhli-li mnlvcnt);reiit ilruin on the pur-se,
frlr-ri;nJr,,..h.r,M,,r u, 'UrrYrhr,..Uump,nn4
, r""'"r ''' "'... h-r!i uk-
fa..d...oll,r,lrb,ere.prlrr.-l,-y,l,t,,,-,lho,,,,J,r(u,,,
f,.n.rnl Molur, Um, 'am.,.1 l . ,l,. al mlum
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lone, Orej-on.
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fj '" ' J:
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rtcy 0. West ,f Chle.iBO. ( "io wit
i ppcin;.'d ttert' y cf th In': -lor by
President Cooli. j; to tucis.-J Hubert
Work. Mr. Wc : lj He-i.-;! can ra
iLnal eommltteem. i f.r C'.noi.
alitc Oilier C. H. Hitslo
- - ' i'.. ' I : nss lo
Uoril. I
.i..' Eaoos?, v ol! Ixc xu traprrr. iol
Ic .vJ tJUBtl.-j c. :;.v;;.Uin3 S3 from
( i.".c!au:i.ia count ircciitly wlu'U lio
tr Ui ill into .Moi.illa rna coyote, lu
I .' c. ia and luur consv.r t. Th.'
:'.rie will ..y h.'i.i an aiiditiomil JluJ
. r t',3 iru :;r.H.
''-" -1 tBSrtsaUi.4 JtJuS.J.K.U
hi. J nvn lovKd lu Ckciatiiaa county
i r ir.'!, r.c;o:dlBK io a :alcmut prt
! t7 t!:-' i'- y crurt. tctlns at
. ;1.
Self Assertion
Must of (lie books designed to dp
-! "I'orso.nsitfty'' are probably (old j
io men who think you ran correct i ;
tragic J:nn by tooting your born. J
r castle I mirier.
N-M$ Don't Help Either
No. linger. tioll ilo not inaKe a po
lilc.il piiity strmiir or nunc secure
In f.ni larjiff Hie mitiilici of l).i.
I c kct the part j will to piece
- I! 't .n Trniitn-rlpt
t.'otirtal Lo.io m Ute
llcni;. Mmm n:i turn Hm-. Irm
uicl.'iil times nr. I W-.v : . -r
in. IIciihImIu'!. iiitI;p l(cni.cti c
.lien's niaite lit the Thnic laiin t,
'iijj eintil to tiiu-n for rim-not.
4tv
go n roil ml telling
, "i m rirtiL'n-s .ivt
r .
14 M V U flit -I I,.,,.,,,
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Mon(
night
Social Sc'cnco Solution tu Pcaco Problem
War r-Only Wicked, But Futilo, Snys Dr. Hall, President
of University of Oregon, in Sories of Artlcloa
Thi it tli i.ftli nt a rt'lia ,f alv artl.
tli vrfltrn l -r tills cscr ,y Ur. ArnuM
p?tinelt Hnii, in-,lteiit of Ilia lliiivrrsllv
of Ornftm. f tlia l-rtillrm tit int.i.ll......l
r lt. mil In an uthatily in this
iirui, aim . una or tit l,mn,1, r of III
e-o.-iai actrnw KMsrttri-h I'ounvd of Amvr
l.-
ily Pit. ARN'OI.I) BKXNKTT I1AI.L
rrntitwn.. univf nlly of UlYitun
There aru otlit-r way iu wlin-h
p.ifial control in Intcritittlonnl f
fairs mast be ii!cim-uti-ii by thf
tt-t'lintiiie or rniij.
rrn loiriioo. Some
n il ion inn y f iinl it-,-lf
with nn rx
;:inliii! p mi !a t um
mil a liniiti-d fiio-l
tappty anil ri-nt-h
the roni-lusion that
vnlrsa it can tx
pir.il Its t r'irirl
linilta it is tlrjhui'd
tu ultimata starva
tiun and national
iloi'lint. At one
0Wi
Or. 1111
t!iat nation becomes a menace tn alt
fiiunVict interested in the territory
V at is conceivably available for the
realization ef the one 'al r ;on
Meals of v "nsu i. ami .ntci ...ith-n
nl f .ti i und conflict may easilv
result. Hut r hat r I' fae' if If
a "lcnt!f.c iiu.Ki.:itlnii. conduct
ed l" competent cholar, would
produce untlenhhle evidence that
the nation would nerd additional
territory or new adj. menu in
o 1 1 r -,-r t 0' ' ma of H
f n I ip-ilv. It !. iii ife reasonable
to t-.ii;-";. i' . eterel-one
tie International sncl.il control
ou!d nit refuse reaunat1e relief
and co'd-blondi-d'y condemn l.'ie
state tn Its apparent rite,
Jt-t Si liiiii.i-s lioiwr Ilic
Under a ivc.m of .nclal control
In which such Jiistliotole utn-atlons
were determined by scientific In
vestlmtions, a reasomliio and Just
eolation nf the pr'-lcm wnnld
seem much n-nre nrohible. l-'or
were Cie aitirron ed n il i-n to
peil to the arhirrsrncnt of war. she
would undoubtedly seize ino.e thtn
was nerere.irv for her mmnnjiii'.,
d-mnnds. and ether n.nlons. t
bivinar been convinced l-v scientific
Innulrv of the tii'.'flcitlnn of fi"
a.rtrej.h n .ns action, and
eitter to ni-Mln the exlitlni;
a atut and eouilibrltim nmnnt the
S"ate. wniilfl npno.e with remor.e
! hosti ty the npni---l in anna
I'nder such a s!ln. the nations
would acrure neither peaee nnr
eeciir.ty, while under ti e efreetlte
avateni of scelnl ron'rnt, pr-li!n-s
nilcht conceltaHIy be solved, na
tional security injured, and peace
preserved.
Any at'empt tn evrr'se a sve
tem of social control In ihe Paclfi?
taaln would be bound to enco nter
ncedleas oppoaltlon. frb-llon. and
r-nbil-Iy failure i-rles. !t was pr.
located by a aries of a-ientlf c
(tudlcs on the I'ac.flc dealing with
f ind aupp-y. exnn-lin population,
source of raw ms'eriit. nosall.UU
Irs of Induatrlal development,
channels of Iniernitinu.-il trade,
nr-l il ar 1 rell.-:, i -.n;l;i.;.hlea. nnd
t' fiindann-n-.al char-"-'er of the
flvl'-sa'lons In-n'ved. for without
ruch tnforrrtlnn, sne-it control
ou'd be Impotent to adluat con
fl et.ni lnteriiia and wnrlt out the
silutb-n nf vo-ing iroblfrca In a
'' I' at wnu'd win cnfl,!ene,
avolj friction and secure tiie vol-
-"tr lei.l'.-a ;- nf )h r.--i.
Ps and natlotui Immediately in
volved. In other words. so-'nt eon'rol,
even thoush aerniiipankd with ef
fective Instrumental .ties for lis ct
presslon. mint be bs-ed upon mod
ern aienMfic method and the t"!-.
nlque of so-lil enslni rinit, ( it
t icceeda.
Tontrol Vim Ho .(,,,,
Another Implication Involved tn
an ef'ect've s-atem of sic til con-t-o!
Dm., nations l that such
control niut be of a -h a char-a-ter
as to Insura mlnmitv aerui-a.
eenea. at If,,,, ,y ,,.n H tanipnrarr
a.nw of foree as ni l be ressonsb'e
aed practita'de. Any attempt to
-terc. coerflm upon a slnr'e
rate, the ultlmnte )utre and wis.
Aim of which dors not appesl to
th-!r sober Jitditment after the rns.
J. I'. llil!i,ntt, well l;nown rtsul. nt
tf Hi.cr it.unty, was badly Ittjuroal
Iv.i rl'y w ic:i Lmu, i.,n ,;,i, i
- ;j i
tii-J.l io:ilrnctn
: toon
i i (.."..i 1. tl loo j,
bYu:,; ii tii coini.:-,
K. J. Tucker, J:.i-.;.. .
u v. ill
:n.
iu ity lull
Ill .-u. .!,!. ICCilivi d f- I l I .-l.:...
'....... v 1,1 ii..
bi.ri Mirprl.-.o. Win i I., (,,,.n,:(i ,.
Uail n-riatiijiia ni'ii.. . ; )3 fou.-.d a
check fi,r ai;.rox;n:.,:.. j :tw.'i,
Tiie ilty tf Wuii: . ut a n-lo
lielil In tho county cc -.; .:. ,;uo recently, t
um in fl-nie 00 acr-?.! cf ! :tl InHirlo Hie
I'iciiuiiil llnet ef th) , ,:4tnUb river,
pivliif? tl an aero fur .". , tract.
Croji rovTU.-.-t froiii Medford Ir-
riKiiilon (iliitrlet Ineio;. .,1 fnj, u 3S!;
7M '" J'-' t. SUuv m i2s, ac-
'' oi'
coruiiia tJ thu atiiiui l irport ot K. J.
Ltiich, louiinBer of i:, (iiHtr!t-t.
John Arnold, for 12 ;-.a;- clly com-
IN
llV! I
i - .....um, ,wi j. , city com-
i ! mltialouer lit Antoriu, v, :l retire to prl
I ! va'e life January 1. . .-ig ,, )
-IVI-.-0 no hug mlHtied (. i!y ons council
wealing, and thut was Cm to lllneHH.
..,,., , ,
lou ! ncT rr .!l..'a: !
tnook Hind region of r'ntnon .-i,,.,,. v
plunJng Hliku apiuce treea on 3u
ucrc of logned off IhiuI belonging tu
the Ciown-Wlilanieilo I'.'ipcr company.
Clii:iitnun bunltio!!! t.t Mudford't
poatf.ffloa bug broken nil record. It
vnt announced by i-os.iau.-r Warner
tliul all mull that ft''lns.ls
io rn
Monday night wut delivered by mid
m (..lit
slim a oil excitement of th moment
has di.Mippciii'iid, Is doomed to tall.
So ther are certain things In
regard to which the population i(
the nations would tnka an altltuil
of li ici-oncllable opposition. Any
attempt to coerct them contrary to
such tiatliinallatlo oonvlcttona would
call for constant military enforce
ment, rather than the puacetul In
strumentalities of social control,
One o( the contributions that
si-letitlflo research could make to
this aspect ol th problem would
"v in iiu.na m aiuviaui a I atiiiiiniii j
01 the types of controversies and
nilsundcrstnndlnits which have led
to war, A clarification of these
causes into justiciable and non-Jus-
ticiaoi umputes wouui n estreme
ly belprul. Justiciable dlaputea
u KI..I. .l......n.l ,,., tl.. 1,.....,.....
tntlon of law or ascertainment of
aim liable to peaceful adjustments
in wnicn ins nations invoivcu are
IILmIu l Iu... W., l,t.ll..l
d.spiitrs Involving obvious conflicts
of w hat the nations resrurd as their
vital Interests, ar much more dif
ficult to sols In a way that will
meet with lb acceptunc of Hi
Intei'eated nowera.
Subjects of Ct titrol To'd
A survey of the Cannes of inter
national controversy, however, will
brina to llitht a va - niiiiiber of is
sues, many of vsliu.il Mini nations
will renard as lylnit cr ..ely wlthm
the purvleve of domestic power.
Any attempt to attend the . encles
of International control ao ra Io
Includo the power Io settle all tuch
questions would b esceedlnKly
IUT i liil'-, TltA ir.tti.r. Il.u .....
st. tilth, n of the I'nltra) Htates III
trying to establish nit eitcctive aov.
ernment over 11 In li-pendenl and
bel!!i;eient colonies, found it neces
sary to reserve lo the suites all
power, authority, and J n isdlctlon,
, opt where histury and esprrl-
ra . h.iat Indicated the absolute
necessity of KruntlliB eilch power,
authority, and Jurldlcilon lo tie
(cilciul Koternmenl. Ksen with
l i s aeruiiuluus rraard for Ina
rights of the Individual states, tl-.e
civil war proved loo great a atraln
upon the Instrumentality of on.
t...iiat social control, and, for the
t me Pring. social control was brok
en down and we had a government
by mil.tary power. If this would
bi.ppen between the "American
st, i:e. which bav o mi y Inter
ct, traditions, and Idenls In com
m,.n. how much mure likely would
It lo- to happen between Hip trading
f'-H-'gn nations of the wor d H it
hive no common heritage of his
to, v a lid ideals.
t or this reason. It would seem a
sound principle for procedure In
ro.-mulntlng a plan for aoclal c, -
trol niniinir Ilia nitl,.na ... li... -i
sui)eets of control to th abnolute
iiiinimum. In fact, ther serins to
be ground to assume thai (h only
ono thlmr upon which the great na.
ioins of the world would be brouiiht
to such a definite agreement as lo
in-ure the Voluntary a,., ........
of any nation against which th
co pciia judgment wa rendered,
Is Hie ellmlniitlnn of war a. .
e.lllS of enfnrrlnv n.Mnnnl . ..
1 ei ,-nl nrnnu.l. il.., I ii... .
- ... , irHuinr na
tions should bind themselves In
i i.iiT economic, commercial and
military coercion upon any nation
of tho groun that itL-i...o.:. ,i...
ciarcd war s Ithnut (Irat aiihniliiin
Its controversy to some form of In-
ternationiil n..t .,,,.
inie, or decisions seem to reco
" Pr.nc.pie, her iiwcusacit.
Ihe dcrree of controi her pto
pnied Is mersly lo ban an.rei.lv
"ai .nre s a means of eoforclr. ,
national policy, leav'ng tho na
Hons fir to choose the method nf
amleabl tolullu , that they may
desire. In ither words. Ihe pro.
posal limits the rontrol to the
smallest possible Jur edlctlnn Hint
K.vcs promise of averting war.
(m-oim) Is SnrroKi-rt
This, In turn, limits the acope of
so i ll control to the on l-stie upon
wlib-li the peoples of all the na
t.ons seem now to b agreed th
ill and futility f war. f t).a
analog i-s from domeeuln develop,
no at and from the origina of so
eleiy have any value as analnalrs,
ther la every reason to bellrv that
"u h a program will ho successful
ard that each Individual nutlm
Will aenillraea In tha .,..-..
of auch a program.
( I lio neit artirl will follow tuoni
ifjiTrSTATE tiliDGE FREE
L-.t Cl.s'.icl FlemovjJ When Com
rn. sooner Votj for Trenafcr,
Puii::iint, Or. : ;-j.-.l.u.u ,'an
c.- .'cr liileisiiitti brit ris ncroaii the
Cur. Va river bicams toll i'n-e Now
Y"t' ilny.
1'iic last obslaclu in the way ut lull
o' i Ii (Inn was p'liKivcd brforo noon
j:(...'li y wlu n Multnomah County
C'otnii,',:.il,it( rs Am ilea M. Bmith and
Cram I'l.-gliy, a majority nf the
board, voted iu favor of IriinsferrltiK
u li.i.i.ii.h coumy'i el:;:ro of Hie
lulii-.u uoroat llio ;roron bIoukIi, lo
c e Cy iron Sli'.le li';;I: .vny e'li.ini'tm'o;!
j t'J: . o.'.'. U'.i .'"ready tun;
vi 1 ii to roleusu luelr Blitiri of lh -.
b.i'.IfJ to Hi V.'r xili I ii i: ton lilchwny
ct.iuiulu.ilon.
Prt.ilui.-tion of liintlrr In (aokoii ile
c.oa( d JO per cent lnat year, ueeuid.
Ing to fiKtircs pi-ppnrtd by the censuu
bureau in conjunction vlih Hie foreat
sorvlco, nliowlng deernaae Iroin 4,
5 1,735 board feet In 1928 lo 3,!J2,8&2 j
board feot In 1927. The number of I
- nilliig mills In tha tame tlmo drop
pen iroiu j:cj to nvv, i no ilecllno in
pn duction in Oregon wag the lurgcat
of any of tha lurgti turn tier producing
slnle.i, with tha exception of I.oulniuiiu
and MiaalHslppi,
Itoaldentg between Contrul Point
and llybeet bridge on Hokub river are
petitioning tho county court fur
iiotiiiuoiiiH iiiu county court iur w
- "'
to a junction with the I'aclllc lilh
way belweon Central Point and Med
Vrrtu (llHi,aU:Im from Wu:;li
announco Hint Coii-ircmiiiian llawlty't
bill asking 'for :!DU,UU0 for cmtftiuc
Hon of a rond tliroip;li tho Umptiuu nil
tional forest between Illnck I'tiiua.i ai,d
Ht-ainbo:it Bprlnga lias been killed la
Ilia iiiiule,
BILLF0R OREGON
Graduated Tax Plan Witn No
Property Offset; Sales
Tax Considered.
Sale Tag rVUatur May Provt Popu
lar Incom Tax Bill Break Sched
u! Lobby Opposes Motor Bui
Franchlt Prohibition to b Aided
Flhlny Treaty Fall In Commit
tee. Salem, Or. Tho most Interesting
wcclv of tlin IpglHlatlvo afsaloii la now
nt band, What with Hie telephone
hearing, the highway bonding (mur
ing.., the truck regulation hearing and
otb r mnltera It will be ruse of "nil
batiL i on deck." And also during this.
tin .'l urih week of tho sen-dun, will
j cone the first formal recognition of
j Old ..Inn Deficit, wluu Senntor Kd
i W. ."Iller of Josephine county Intro
I duct a a sales tux bill,
j 1 I s have reached the placet where
I -'iit'rs must vote one wuy or an
oil' ", nnd such members at have, a
I I"'1 ;vl eye on the future are bo
1 cot g cautious. Ther are now loo
uiii iy bill In the hands of committee
I v, h cli must be smoked out if thu si
sic. I It to take action.
Wld Interest In Salet Tag.
No tax aurgeatlun yet made la to
lik. Iy to make the public take intu
"t nt tho proposed talcs tax. This
niei Mire It Independent of tha ...ri..a
o( I Ilia recommended by the property
tux n-llef commission. The tales tat
tan be expected to stir up more po
Plo than the throe proposed Income
lax bills already Introduced. A no
inj has been paying attention to the
di f.clt In the state finances. Senator
, -Miller decided !i bring forth his Idea.
The office of t, ,tH, tu commls
alon and the atlo.ney generafa tifflrt
; have, been workl; on the details for
! "'"lor Miller for a week. The main
Id .a of the bill hav lieen drafted and
by Tuesday the details should be com-
; pl. ted.
t The galea tax calls for a 1 mill tux
on wholesaler!; 2 mill tax on the busi
ness of retailer; 3 mills on amuse,
i niei.ts, and 5 mills on tobacco. An ex
; cmptlon of ;,ooo It allowed, a sum
j considered sufficient to permit the
I fellowa to escape, Tho tat I to
J light that the merchanta cannot past
It on to the consumer and for that
i naiion Senator Miller believe that
tho bill should prove popular with
I everyone. Haw products are exi-mii
mid also personal service, tu, h us bar
ur anop and beamy parlors. H Is
est. mated that the bill can raise II..
ooo.noo . year, but It may raise more, '
or lens. If the rate are not right,
Hi y can be revised lm..r !
result are aeon. The proposed bill la :
b..avd on the West Virginia Inw. 1
rainiest Extraction It V,tw.
Thi principal advantage! f,,r th,
li.ll. aa checked off by K-nator Miller,
la tlut It will raise enough money to
ll out th deficit without pln.lug
n ndditionid burden on property; the
tax Is ao exceedingly small that It wlil
not ba felt by the consumer at all, and
wily slightly by the merchant, but in
Hie rgi regale It will be a reservoir of
rt vi run,
Ntxt la to come night sessions of
tlu li-.iisn of repretentatlvet, In order
to api-cj up the work, according to pre
diction of Bpoaker Ralph Iliimlllon,
m.-.de nt the week-end adjournment
Fridny. The night icttloni are to
nt.irt, however, It and when th 3
lion, a committee, get Into the real
mood i,f reportlnj In the bill they
liilll liuve tn their poueatlon.
'rfpo.'d up the work," I the urgent
advk-D of the peakr. lit doclnred
lilniatlf In furor of no more adjourn-nr-nti,
and working right up to Batur
day rliJitt hereafter. Hut, even thus.
i tho (rcapect of completing tha work
j within the 40 days and 40 night.
wh'rh Ii tho officially authorised life
, cf llirf aeaalon, I very doubtful, and
, o.ia l.ita to be mlglily sanguine to ex
j I or t or believe that this legislative
j tcclon will complete lit work on
. iclirdu'e.
I When adjournment wa taken until
Motiiln, there had been offered a total
i of 47 bill. Of these 14ft had been
i dlaiioa- d of through finnl passage and
i ImI' finite poatponomont. With those
j thr.t lind failed to past and had been
withdrawn and tabled, there still are
220 bi'lt In the hands of commllluet,
Tlio liinilncHs In tight mean Hint there
mu tt ba longer dully lettloni and per
h:ip tho adoption of the cloture rule
at an cnrller period than usuul.
Income Tax Bill Submitted.
Planting the whole Carkln tux relbd
commutes revenue legislation pro
gram wldo open, Senator Hull and
Uopr.'sonliitlve Norton Joined In dump
In i! an Income tnx bill In the hou-a
bxi pur, which coven both corporate
and prlvitto Incomcg, carrlei high ex
ompllora and a graduated rate of from
1 to 4 per emit, and no property offsot.
Tha fnrkln committee now lint a
ln which provide an excite tnx nf
4 !r font on corporate Income, with
a personal property offset of OS pot
cent. Hearing have boon hold on It,
and It appear to have plain gulling
In tlio house at Intuit, 1liu longtv
pooled Individual Inciunii bill put 1 1
Us nppciunncti. It curries n roul proi
erty offset eliiuso,
Now comet the Hull Nurli.u bill,
driving rliiht In between the two, It
gives exemptluna or 116(10 to the site
gin taxpayer and !2!uu to Hie miiirlud
tnxiiayer and the corporation, Thnr
la a (lepouduiit exemption ol lliKl,
Tlio rntea start with 1 fvr cent on
tho first llnoo or tuxttblu Income, 1
per on tho tectuid, i per cunt on
noon, liiioo mid ;3"D3 r.ti:! 6 fvr cunt
oil all Incomes above 15000.
Lobby Against S. P. Bui Bill.
Two measures In which the Houlh
em Pacific Is deeply Interested aru
being fought by an active lobby group.
The foi-eoa uiobllltml are the ttulo
giniir Utile- of I! llwa." r0nil loir.
Unto i uncll of I horm ', Hi th.u
huoil i : lico. mtlv i Klr i-u n at I Kit
ginee , (earn; rt talon. olh .hon-l
of Its. .it -sad T alnii- n a. .1 .Hat KpiI
erutli n of (,r! jr.
Th v damp a 'Melon. !glt' tlon '
house : il 3d:: whii i pri . ' r r the
puhll ' : -rvli " com ileal, n to I ue u
rertlllc. to of nocc ilty i... ( ci iveni
eneo i herw: ; a I a neb is i- to motor
cart l. r.i. The emit, ntlon la maun that
am h a rrnnch: w jld. In erfuct. grant
a coiiipli.te monopo'y of transportation
on the highways of Oregon.
The tecond bill which hat this lobby
arrayed against It la house bill 371.
regulatlnc, truc';t anl r vle'ng the foes
for trui kl and busses. ', h revised
rale In th bill. It la claimed, hav
been reduced from approximately 1700
to approximately f .too.
Cute In th but and truck bill run
bo amended In committee and possibly
will, now that the organlted labor lob
by It ramping on the trail of the
Southern Pacific, hut the franchise
bill ran only past or bo killed.
Would Reduce Ttlephon Rat.
Ri niilor Jay Ppton moved Into the
telephone rate fixing business with a
bang Friday afternoon by Introducing
a bill providing "rate and charge
whii h do not exceed "S per centum of
those, now Imposed by said Pacific Tel
ephone A Telegraph company, and ev
idenced by lit tariffs and achedulet
now on file with the public service
commission of Oregon, are hereby de
clared to be Just, reaaonabl and law
ful." Tacked onto that declaration I a
command that the company ahall, bo
fore July t, 1929, file a new schedule
of rat.-a with the public aervlc com
mission which shall In no case be In
etc. st of 75 per centum of tha ; . Jtent
and existing rate.
Aid to Prohibition Enfore '-nt
Tightening up the date prohibition
law a I proposed In three bill Intro
duced at the preaent session ot the
legislature. Two nf these bills were
Introduced by the ent alcoholic
committee, whit th third bill waa
drafted by Senator Kddy. It waa aaid
that other bllli having lo do with th
prohibition statulet were In tha mak
ing and probably will be Introduced
before the close of the session.
Probably Ihe most Important ot th
three bills wat the one by Senator
Kddy providing a lovere penalty for
any person who la convicted of telling,
bartering or giving away, under cer
tain conditions, liquor to boyi and
girl under the age of 21 yean. Under
the provisions of tho Kddy bill a pur
on convicted of this crime would be
subject to a penitentiary tcntonc ol
one to four yean.
Joint conference between the Ore
gun and Washington legislature on
fishing problem In the Columbia river
over which both Hates bare Jurisdic
tion, cam to utter failure la Olympla
Saturday, and th entire program of
law change agreed upon a week ago
wa abandoned,
Flthlng Agrttmtnt Fill,
rtopreicntitlve Kd Sinn of Waihlng
ton wa th itumbllng block of both
legislative committee. Senator A. W.
Norblad of Oregon, armed with full
power to act for the Joint committee
of the Oregon legislature, luliniltled
changes In the agreement reached last
week, at the behest of the commercial
flslu men and ranneri ot th lower Co
lumbia, The agreement reached laat week
called for the tenon to be doted
from May 23 to June 23. The flahor
men propoted It should remain open
until June 1, close from June 1 to
June IS, and remain open to Septem
ber 15. Thl wat agreeable to every
one except Sims.
Him wa taken Into an executive
conference by the Washington logli
Intora, hut remained adamant, and In
asmuch as dig support would twlng
the lower house of tho Washington
legislature, the whole plan wai aban
doned. "We believe that the attitude of
ilnpreieiitiitlve Rlma la unfair, unjust,
unreasonable and altogether wrong."
mid Norblnd. "I shall go back and
tell tlio Oregon legislature that the
, entire deal It urapped and all law
will romaln a they ar at proaent.
with nothing accomplished ai a result
of the cotiferencet."
Leaden of both mate wore dlttp
polntod, at It wit the firttt time ilnr '
1913 that both legislature had agreed
to a compact, and It wai felt that It
will bo a long time before they will
ever got together again.