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Thursday, April 3, 1930 THE HERMISTON HERALD WILBUR, ALEX. LEG6E DISAGREE ON CROPS y o honor secy . H u o ix v l K Farmer» Plan to Plant More Grain Thi» Year Washington.—A 2.8 per cent Increase In the acreage of corn this year, a 18 per cent decrease In that of durum wheat, and a .1 per cent Increase In the acreage of all other spring wheat, as compared with last year's harvest ed acreage, were Indicted by farmers* Intentions on March 1 to plant this spring as announced the past week by the Department of Agriculture. The report based on returns from about 80.000 farmers, was prepared by the crop reporting hoard, which said It was to furnish Information which would enable farmers to make such adjustments In their plans for this year’s plantings as may seerar desir able. The board said the farmers' In tentions to plant are not a forecast of the acreage thnt actuolly will be planted, but simply an Indication of whot farmers had In mind to plant at the time they made their reports, com pared with the acreage grown by them last year. Principal Event» of the Week Assembled tor Information of Our Readers. Klamath Falls* biggest automobile show was held recently In tbs Balsl- ger Motor company's new garage. A small mattress factory at Baker, owned by W illiam Day, burned to tbs ground with an estimated loss of |M 00. George Edward, tbe 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. P. H . Talley, was drowned In the horse trough at their ranch home, a mile west ot Redmond. P. J. Hurlay. The Burke Packing company has started work toward rebuilding Its wa terfront cannery at Astoria, burned down by a disastrous fire In January. Stillwater, Okla.—An honorary de gree of doctor of laws will be con ferred upon Secretary of War Hurley by the Oklahoma Agricultural and Me chanical college April 24. A branch of the Stafford Pickle company of Aurora will be established In Eugene soon, it was announced, If sufficient acreage of cucumbers Is guaranteed. REPEAL OF DRY LAW OK’D BY 42 PER CENT Three schools In Linn county been closed because of scarlet and measles epidemics, and at tree all public meetings have prohibited. Literary Digest’s Poll Totals 910,505 to 333,978. New York.—A stlU greater ratio for absolute repeal ot prohibition was re ported In the third week of the Liter ary Digest's nation-wide poll of 20,- 000,000 citizens. Combining the votes for repeal and for modification, the poll to date shows 1,244,483 votes, divided as fol lows: For prohibition ........... 333,078 Against prohibition .................. 010,808 Those demanding absolute repeal total 627,388, or 42 per cent, while 883,117 ask modification to permit ths sale of light wines and beer. Nineteen out of twenty states listed demand repeal or modification Kansas alone stands dry. Illinois votes 1)0,080 for a change to 80,721 urging the continuance ol prohibition. Indiana, famous foi Its "bone dry” law, votes 20,272 foi repeal or modification to 10,770 fot prohibition. Georgia, the only southern state represented, continues In the liberal column, voting 0,824 for repeal ot modification to 4,001 for prohildtlon The Literary Digest makes an In teresting comparison between the figures of the third week of Its 1030 poll and the figures for the corre sponding week In Its poll eight yeura ago, In 1022. In the third week of the earlier vote 30 per cent of those polled fav ored prohibition nnd 04 per cent asked modification or repeal. The present poll shows that the supporters of pro hibition hnve dwindled to 27 per cent in 1930, with 73 per cent demanding S change. Twenty Miner»’ Insurgents Are Dropped by Board Indtanupolls, Ind.—Twenty leaders In the Insurrection movement against International officials of the United Mine Workers of America were "per manently expelled” from tbs organi sation following tlielr failure to ap pear for trial before the International executive board. The announcement wns made hy John L. Lewis, Interna tional president, after the board unan imously adopted a resolution ordering the expulsions. The twenty Include Alexander How- at, president of the Kunsas Minera* union and newly chosen International president of the Insurgents: John H. Walker president of the Illinois Fed eration of Labor: Harry Flsbwlck. Bishop Perry Made New president of the Illinois Miners' union; Episcopal Church Head and Walter Neshlt, treasurer of ths Chicago.— Succeeding the late Bish Illinois Miners' union. op Charles P. Anderson of Chlcngo, Bishop James De Wolf Perry of Rhode 7 Miner» Killed in Gas Island was elected primate of the Episcopal church In the United States Blast; 7 Other» Escape at a meeting ,»f bishops here. The new Arnettsville. W. Va,—Twelve miners primate Is fifty-nine years old and Is lierished here In the dark recesses of regarded as belonging to the more lib the Yukon mine of the thrown Coal eral group of the church. Reorgani company In an explosion of gas. Nine sation under his direction Is expected teen men were In the mine and seven to result In simplifying the work of escaped unhurt. the council and a wider separation of The blast occurred about 4.000 feet the fiscal from the spiritual side of front the slope entrance nnd the miners church affairs. who met death were laboring In that portion of the workings. Dohenv’s Acquittal Ends Oil Scandal Litigation Canadian» Vote to Ban Rum for United State» Washington.—Six years of civil snd criminal proceedings growing out of ths oil scandals came to an end In the District 8npreine courts when Ed ward L Doheny was exonerated of the charge that he paid Altieri B. Fall, secretary of the Interior In the Hard ing cabinet. »100,0)10 for a lease on the naval oil reserve at Elk Hills, Calif. Ottawa. Out.—The Uberal govern ment members, practically the whole of the Conservative party membership, voted for the prime minister's bill to ban liquor exports to the United States. The measure was given third nnd final reading In the house of con» mens by a vote of 173 to 11. Coast Boxer Diss la Blog House Fusees Bus B ill Tacoma. Wash.—Counted out by a boxing referee a t he slumped to the canvas, Frank Farmerr. thirty-nine- year-old veteran fighter, died In the ring from arhat a deputy coroner said was a blow In the stomach. Washington.—The Parker bus bill, placing bus operators engaged In In terstate commerce under the super vision of the Interstate commerce commission. was passed hy the house on a rail call by a vote of 2IS to 1I1L » 4 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 F rvaek Flood Rollo» Puri».—The chamber of deputies voted an appropriation of 1.000,900,000 franco (aproxlmntety 840,000.000) far rehabilitation of the flood-stricken dis trict of eouthera France. STATE NEW S OF GENERAL INTEREST Government Agencies Will Continue to Boost. Washington.—While Chairman Alex ander Legge of the federal farm board la striving to reduce wheat and other surplus crop acreage«, other govern ment agencies will continue to encour age agricultural development In new areas. Officials of the other agencies, not ably the reclamation bureau of tba Interior department, are forced to go forward with their programs In tha hope of recovering the government’! money from so-called “revolving funds.” Mr. Legge a short time ago expressed his opposition to the development of new reclamation enterprises and will have the co-opemtion of Interior de partment officials In so far as pro posals to authorize new projects are concerned. But projects already au thorized and for which congress Is ap propriating about »10,000,000 annually for new construction. Interior depart ment men will keep going In order not to Jeopardize the eventual collection of more than »190,000,000 which Is sup posed to be repaid to the government. Although reclamation sponsors seek to minimize total production In con nection with a discussion of the agri cultural surplus situation, they point with considerable pride to the fact that the value of all crops produced on government Irrigated land In the quarter of a century since the passage of the reclamation act has amounted to a billion and one-half dollars. Lat est figures show an annual crop value of »143,000,000, an Increase of »10.000.- 000 over the previous year. Of the total about 6*4 per cent represents wheat, which means that the govern ment la furnishing water to produce annually about »8,000,000 worth of the crop which the government farm board Is trying to reduce to stabilize prices. The general land office, another agency of the Interior department, also Is ready to encourage development of new areas. The latest annual report of the commissioner of the general land office shows the approval of 8,230 homestead entries for patenting. Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde has taken cognizance of the part played by the government In con tributing to the present farm surplus situation by Its land settlement activi ties. “Much of the economic hardship suf fered by farmers has been caused by tha rapid expansion of the area de voted to farming,” said Secretary Hyde In his recent annual report. “Our pub lic land laws and policies have fav ored expansion. Expansion has been misdirected as well as overstimulat ed.” 0 N Claims Spotting 4 N ew Planets Home.—The discovery of four new planets—one of them Sts) times the volume of the earth—Is claimed hy Prof, Its fact Rendnndl. Italian sel» mologfst snd astronomer. bare fever Crab been The expenditure ot »101,469 la on the program of the Umatilla county court for road work this season. Work bas already begun on one project, the Cold Sprlngs-Myrlck road. Steel sections for the American Legion honor roll signboard to be erected at Astoria have been ordered. The sign will be 12% by 42 feet In slse and will have room for 600 names. An ordinance has been proposed to the Bend city commission to Impose a rental fee of 26 cents per month on each pole maintained by an electric power-seller on streets, alleys or pub lic grounds. A survey ot plans of Wasco county fru it growers of thia year made by The Dalles chamber of commerc« shows an aprpoxlmate 200 acres of cherries w ill be planted and 26 acres of Bartlett pears. Crashing through the glass of a window In the council chamber of the Roseburg city hall, a female China pheasant landed on the floor In a dazed condition when the Janitor was sweeping the room. Medford’s new dog ordinance pro hibits the entrance of canines into the business section except on leash. The Humane society takes over the en forcement ot the ordinance and la to receive all license fees. A wild fox terrier that has been in flicting heavy losses upon sheep In the vIciDlty of Oakland baa been kill ed by Herman Thiel, who w ill receive the reward offered by tbe Bank ot Oakland and several sheepmen. Two state traffic officers, unaware ot tbe Baker laws prohibiting over night parking on streets In the busi ness section, parked their ears In front of a hotel recently. They were surprised to find their cars tagged the next morning. The lurgest Ore to occur In Marsh field in more than a year gutted the Factory store, causing an estimated damage of about »12,000. Tbe loss was more than double the total loss sustained here from fire during ths whole ot 1929. The Dalles city council will make a check on wornout sidewalks with the Intention of putting In permanent walks In place of wooden ones that have fallen Into disrepair. Broken concrete sidewalks w ill be either re built or repaired. Steps towards the erection of a con centrating mill near the Blue Ledge copper mine near Medford are now under way, according to an announce ment by directors and officials of tbe Consolidated Copper company, opera tors of the mine. TH S MARKETS Portland Wheat— Big Bend blueatem, »1.20*. soft white and western white, »1.0»; hard winter, northern spring and west ern red, »1.07. Hay—Alfalfa, »»1.50QU per ton; valley timothy, »20.50 9 21; eastern Oregon timothy, »23.60 9 24; clover, ( I I ; oat hay, »17; oats and vetcb, »115001». Butte rfat—17941c. Eggs—Ranch, 21024c. Cattle— Steers, good, »11.25012 Hogs—Good to choice, »10911- Lambe— Good to choice, »9.2601». Seattle Wheat — Soft white and western white, »1.10; bard winter and northern spring. (1.09; western red, »1.08; Bid ¡lend blnestem, »1.20. Bggs -Ranch. 24 0 23c. Bntterfat— (3040c. Cattle—Choies steers. 811912. H ogs- Prime light. » lt .4 0 9 H .7 l Lamb»—Choice. »9910. Spokane Cattle— Steers, good. »10 78911 M. Hogs—Good to choice, »11. Lambs— M edian W good, »9.M91I Of MS students Inspected in 21 Lisa county schools during February by Miss Margaret Gillis, demonstrating health nurse for the Oregon Tubercu losis association, 288 had adenoids or defeetive tonsils, according to Miss Gillis' report Taking Immediate action In building Its extension into the timber belt of southwestern Lane connty, tbe Oregon Electric railroad started a surveying crew of 20 men ont of Eugene to begin the survey, drive stakes and get things ready for construction. Upon the call ot the agricultural committee ot the Douglas county grange, representatives of all ot the subordinate granges met at Roseburg with the Roseburg grocerymen for the purpose of working out a marketing plan for local garden products. REICH CABINET OUT; BRUEW N6 NEW HEAD Squabble Over ’30 Budget Wreck* Mueller Party. Mrs. Katie L. Brewer, on the occa sion of the 60th anniversary of the Chemawa Indian school next June, w ill have tbe distinction ot having been connected with the Institution since its founding, first as a student and for 48 years as an employe. The annual encampment of the O r» gon National guard will be held this year from June 11 to 25, inclusive, a » cording to announcement by Major General White. The Infantry units will mobilize at Camp Clatsop, ths artillery units going to Fort Stevens. Grass, brush and rubbish fires ars expensive in Oregon, according to a bulletin issued a few days ago by Clare A. Lee, state fire marshal. More than 300 such fires were report ed to the flee marshal during the sum mer season of 1929. Damage from these tires exceeded (590,000. Citizens of Eugene may be called upon to vote bonds or a special tax at the November election for tbe pur pose of bringing the municipal airport up to a standard approximating the airports of Salem, Medford and Klamath Falls and to aid In obtain ing airmail services for Eugene. The acreage of tame hay and po tatoes w ill not be changed in Oregon, but spring wheat acreage w ill be in creased 32,000 acres, if Oregon farm- era carry out their intentions ex pressed In the annual March inten tions to plant report ot the Oregon crop reporting service. Just Issued. Many of the farmers in the W illam ette valley have found that fiber flax is one of the best and moat positive crops that can be raised on land that Is fairly clean and in a fair state of fertility. One thousand acres have been contracted, and the half dozen flax pullers w ill be busy this harvest Eleven persons were killed and 284 persons were Injured in a total of 1886 traffic accidents in Oregon during the month of February. This information was contained In a report prepared by tbe state traffic department recently. Approximately 730 of the accidents were due to carelessness on the part of drivers. A county agricultural council soon will be organized in Curry county. Members w ill consist ot bonkers and business men Interested in agricultur al development of the county. Tha council wHl work In an advisory ca pacity with the county farm agent for the development of all branches of agriculture. Tha per capita coat of care tor pa tients at the Eastern Oregon state hospital la »17 a month, according to figures released at Pendleton. This la lower than most places In the coun try except the south. It requires 2200 eggs for one serving at the hospital. The dairy herd at the hospital Is ona ot tha best in the northwest Ths hospital la equipped to care for 1060 patients. The combination of a small boy and his bow and arrow caused inconveni ence for many people of Medford and Jacksonville recently, and serious trouble for the power company by tbe blowing out of two power circuits. Tha arrow, which was fashioned ont of a slender green-tree limb still full ot sap, descended In such manner as to lie across two high-tension wires, making an excellent conductor ot electricity. The average annual license fee on automobiles in Oregon under the new echedule is »21.80, compared to »27 under the old, according to Secretary of State Hose. He based his calcul» tions on registrations and receipts tee tbe current year to date. A total ot 202,000 automobiles have been regis tered In Oregon this year, paying in an aggregate ot »2,205,440 In tees or an average of »10.90 a car for the halt year period. Receipts of the motor vehicle registration department to date tor thia year aggregate »2,(5*,- 824.51. Mr. and Mrs. Stanton W ilks ot Adair are glad their young eon wore a rod sweater while at play, tor tha sweater saved his life recently when he wan dered from bis mother and played on tbe Southern Pacific tracks. Tha en gineer of the passenger train, seeing what appeared to be a red flag waving on the track, etopped the train, only to discover that the flag was tbe sweater on the back of young Master Wilks, his extrema youth making his feet uncertain on the pebbles ot the track. Prof. Claude H. Van Tyne. Ann Arbor, Mich.— Prof. Claude Halstead Van Tyne, sixty, head of ths Ustory department of the University of Michigan, Is dead here. He wns the author of a number of historical works and was editor of the American History Review from 1915 to 1919. TO HOLD CONFERENCE ON HIGHWAY SAFETY Standardization of Regula tions, Signals, Sought. Washington.—The national confer ence on street and highway safety, which has been at work gathering In formation and pondering ways and means of reducing the heavy toll of automobile accidents In this country, will meet here late in Ma) by call of Secretary of Commerce Robert P. Lamont Committees will report on local prob lems that delny In many communities tbe boped-for standardization of traf fic rules and signals. The safety sit uation will be discussed by the official delegates from states and municipali ties and from Interested organizations, snd promising snd practical solutions will be considered. Evidence assembled leads the com mittees to conclude that safety at crossing both In city streets and ou highways can he most readily In creased by standardized regulations and signals. Tills would Insure mo torists and pedestrians knowing defi nitely what Is expected of them and what their rights are. Not only would accidents be less likely to occur, but congestion due to hesitating snd con fused motorists would be greatly re duced. Obstructions which prevent motorists and pedestrians from gain ing a reasonably long and clear view i t crossings should be removed when ever practically possible snd other physical hazards shoald be Investi gated and remedied, the committee« have urged. The variety of ways of making left turn«, to which varione cities ding, continues te be a problem for the conference. The Inside turn on the green light Is now most common, and Is recommended In the model ordi nance already approved by the con ference. Marking of traffic lanes where streets are wide has been studied and la found to be a useful device. Two German Ship Line* Form 50-Year Merger Berlin.—Almost at the very moment (he German liner Europa bad seized the blue ribbon of the ocean the Ham burg-America and the North German Lloyd steamship lines announced they had completed a 50-year co-operative agreement to end competition. The announcement was mnde In ■ Joint communique Issued In two cities 5y directors of the organisations—In Ilamburg by Doctor Cuno of the Ham burg-America line and In Bremen by n err Selnken of the North German Lloyd. I t was Indicated that the lgreement was a union of convenience only. Berlin.—Torn asunder by tbe Inter minable squabbling among coalition parties over the budget for 1930, th< Mueller cabinet, tbe longest lived min lstry In tbe history of the German re public, finally gave up and presented it* collective resignation to President von Hlndenburg. The Mueller cabinet tripped over tbs problem of unemployment Insurance which, with nearly 3,000,000 persons now jobless In this country, has be come a serious financial strain and which almost precipitated the down fall of the government a fortnight age before It could pass the Young plan through the reichstag. Chancellor Mueller formed bis latest and second cabinet on the ninth anni versary of the signing of the treaty of Versailles, or on June 28, 1928. This so-called “grand coalition cabinet," In cluding as It did the Socialists, Demo crats, Centrists and Populists, has gov erned Germany for exactly one yeai and nine months. Its greatest achievement and ths one for which It probably will always have an honorable place In German history was Its co-operation with tbe allies In patting the reparations prob lem on a definite basts and so paving the way for a wlndlng-up of the allied occupation of the Rhineland and foi the final liquidation of the World war. President von Hlndenburg requested Heinrich Bruenlng, tbe leader of the Catholic, or Center party, to form • new cabinet The present political crisis In Ger many has arisen from an issue in purely domestic politic». Whatever government succeeds to the fallen Mueller cabinet it can be counted upon to continue the foreign policy ol the present regime, which Is based firmly on tbe lines laid down by tbe late H err Stresemann. Even application of the Young plan will not be delayed In any way by tbe present Interregnum. For Presi dent von Hlndenburg, on the eve ol the voting on the Young plan In the reichstag. proclaimed his Intention ol seeing to It that the budget for 1930, which includes the raising of taxes to meet reparations payments, should be passed by April 1, on which date the German financial year begins. Asserts Democrat* W ill W in Control of House Washington.—The flat prediction President Hoover will face the prob lem of dealing with a Democratic con trolled house during the Inst two years of the present administration Is made by Representative Byrns of Tennessee, chairman of the Democratic congre» •louai committee. Tbe assertion was based upon a po litical survey conducted by Byrns. He predicted the Democrats would In crease their number In the house In the fall elections by 70 members. With the 168 members now, they need only 53 additional votes to give them a to tal of 218 seats Io the poupe of 435 members. Tbe Republicans now have » majority of 102. with one Farmer- Labor and several vacancies. Byrns declared the “failure of the administration's efforts to success fully carry out one major project with in an entire year, the economic de pression, the obvious failure ot the London arms conference, and natlon- arlde unemployment conditions have treated dissatisfaction throughout the country and the voters will register their protest this fall.” Minneapolis W heat Loan Value I* Cut to $1.20 Washington. — The federal farm board has approved the change In the loan value of wheat In Minn» (polls from »1.25 to »1.20 • bushel. This move was decided on by the aoard In an effort to equalize loan values at the various terminals. Since the loans were established last Oc tober the spread between the quota tions at the different terminals have narrowed to such an extent thnt the soard felt the fair thing to do wsj to •eadjust the loan value. ONLY A DOCTOR KNOWS WHAT A LAXATIVE SHOULD BE Danger lie» in careless selection o f laxatives! By taking the first thing that comes to mind when bad breath, headache», dizziness, nausea, biliousness, gas on stomach and bowels, lack of appetite or energy ¡warns of constipation, you risk ¡forming the laxative habit. Depend on » doctor'» judgment In choosing your laxative. Here’s one made from the prescription of * specialist in bowel and stomach disorders. Its originator tried it In thousands of cases; found it safe for women, children and old folks; thoroughly effective for the most robust man. Today, Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin, as it is called, is the world’s most popular laxative. It is composed of fresh herbs and For Barbed WireCuts T ry H A N FO R D ’S Balsam of Myrrh m • « atoto>k>4 to lofasi w a r snow h r Ito to e to o k if m i aaitoiL Cheery W o rd . John D. Rockefeller, Jr., compli mented on hl« recent gift of »2,000,- 000 to the University of Paris, mod estly changed the subject by mean» of an anecdot». “The French are a wonderful peo ple,” he said. “Consider how gal lantly back in 1914, all our French- Walters and cooks and chauffeur» Bi.ried off from New York to die. “Louis Sherry had an excellent en tree cook, Raoul Roux. Well, when- I'.aoul left, bis last cherry words Were: “ “Good-by, Monsieur Louis. I ’m off to make sorties Instead ot en trees.’ ” Real dyes give richest celers? FOR every home use, Biu D yes are the finest you can buy. ‘ contain the highest quality ani th a t can be produced. I t ’s the anilines in Diam ond D yes th a t give such soft, bright, new colors to dresses, drapes, lingerie. D iam o nd D y e s are easy to use. T h e y go on sm oothly and evenly; do not spot er streak; nsver give things th a t re-dyed le a k. Just true, even, new colors th a t snd bpiii^h ykc jp d jv e s r ahd washing. lSc pack- 8?i ages. DiatnoiKkQyes Costly Expeditions Fitzhugh Green calculated that I t coat backers of Columbus about »2,115 to discover America tn 1492. (The Scott Antarctic expedition cost »500,000; tbe Amundsen-Ellsworth- expedition about »200,000; the Nobile Jt: Ila expedition, »300,000, while the cost of Byrd's Antarctic expedition Will probably be »1,000,000. There Is a sweet Joy that comes t » F through sorrow.— Spurgeon. Sin pots poison Into death's sting. Minister Candidate for Senate on W et Platform Boston.—State Representative Ro land D. Sawyer of Ware, a Congrega Boston, Mas«.—Former President tional minister, announced his cundl- Coolidge bas accepted tbe honorary lacy for the United States senate on presidency of the 1930 National Con tn unqualified wet platform. He said ventlon corporation of tbe American he would seek tbe votes of Democrats Legion, convention headquarter« an who “favor a candidate who will at nounced. The convention will be held til times b» a straight o u t uncom promising foe of federal prohibition.” here In October. Coolidge Accepts Legion Honor H oover to Speak na R adia A p ril 1 * Washington.—President Hoover will address the national convention of the Daughters of the American Revolution the evening of April 18. Hie speech wilt he broadcast over the Columbia network. U. 3. Washington.—Dr. Hugo Kckener re reived the gold medal of the National Geographic society for his H earst-iep pelln world-encircling flight last Au gust. st a ceremony attended by dip lomats of twenty-six nations. Stadeats F av o r M odification Rssb Soraaa by F is a » Cambridge. Mass,—Following the lead of Harvard ludverslty. students of 1C colleges and miTversttles through- nut the east and middle western states have signified sentiment In favor of modification or repeal of existing ll» nor law». Havana.—A package of chlcksnpoa semnto sufficient for severs! hundred persons wns placed aboard a Pan- American Airways plane for rnah de livery to Costa Rica following an nr gent request. Nonios C ard inal Focali! Washington.—The house public roads committee approved tbe Cottos bW authorising tbe appropriation ol 00.000.090 for federal highway al< In tbe fiscal y e a n 1931. 1962 and IM S »30.0QO.0O0 H ig tw a y B ill Vatican City.— I*ope Pins has ap pointed Cardinal Pacelli archpriest of St. Peter’s basilica, to succeed the late Cardimi) Merry del TaL riO X ZA BA KlLt/OM. tM ta T O -N IC H T
