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J.' I TUUKB rlUHTWNTO ATTj . TRTRTTNTi. ftrETWOftH. OnEflOtt. MnKPAY, .TAKTTATT T2, 102- I, E SALEM, Ore., Jan. 12. Soon after liormanont orKnnization of the soimto lirni been effected today and the mes sage of Governor Pierce had been hoard at a joint Bosalon, Senator Gns C. Moser, president of tho senate, an nounced his commlLwie appointments of the senate. Some of the tommlttees nre sn'cm to be involved, accordlns to predic tions, in aiome of the wannest fights yer staged In the Oregon legislature. One-of these will be the committee on fishing Industries, of which Senator Sxhples Is named chairman. Another Is the irrigation committee, of which Senator Davis, a new member, is niaclo chairman. Hull of Marshfield again beads the committee on roads and highways, which also will have im portant bills for conisdoration this session pertaining to roada, automo biles and gasoline taxes. Senator Tooze of Clackamas heads the ways and means committee, Prosident Moser has crented two new committees. These are a com mittee on livestock, to be headed by Carsner, and a committee of forestry and forest products, headed by Dennis. The senate committee appointments are as follows, the first named being chairmen of each: Agriculture Taylor, Beals, Brown,' Carsner and Joseph.' Alcoholic traffic Garland, Eddy, Butler, Hare and Johnson. ' Assessment and taxation Corbett, Dennis, Beals, Davis, Fisk, Johnson and Rltner. Banking Butler, Banks, Corbett, DUNN, Hull, Hare, Staples. Claims Joseph, Eddy, Miller. Commerce and Navigation Klep per, Corbett, Kinney, UealH, Clark. Counties DUNN, Clark, Tooze. County iind State Officers Miller, Brown, Hall, Johnson, Muglardy. Education Chirk. Fisk, Gnrland, Johnson, Dennis, Hutlor, Tooze. Elections and Privileges Rltner, Johnson, Davis, DUNN, Staples. Engrossed Bills Miller, Davis, Mag lardy. Enrolled Bills Strayer, Carsner, klepper. Fodoral Relations Joseph, Kinney, Zimmerman. FIshinB Industries Staples. Banks, Butler, Hall Kinney, Rltner. Upton. Game Johnson, Clark, Davis, DUNN, Fisk, Hare, Taylor. Industries MnRlardy, Carsner, Klepper, Joseph, Tooze. Horticulture LaFollett, Zimmer man, Staples. Insurance Banks; Dennis, Klepper, Taylor, -Upton.- .... . . Judiciary, Upton Banks, Butler, Davis, Hare, Klepper, Johnson. Livestock, Carsner, Brown, Kinney, Strayer, Zimmerman. Forestry and forest products, Den nis. Banks, Hall. Kinney Taylor. Irrigation, Davis, Brown, Corbett, Dennis, Miller, Taylor, Upton. Modicine, pharmacy and dentistry, Carsner, Dennis, Clark, Fisk, Hall. Military nffairs, Klepper, Garland, Maglardy, Rlttner, Upton. Mining, Strayer, Dunn, Miller. Municipal affairs, Kinney, Hall, Jo seph, LaFollett, Strayer. Penal institutions. Brown, Garland, LaFollett, Taylor, Tooze. Public buildings and institutions, Fisk, LaFollett, Zimmerman. Public lands, Beals, Brown, Kinnoy, Taylor, Zimmerman. Hallways and utilities, Haro, Eddy, Garland, Hall, Maglardy. Resolutions, Banks, Corbett, Haro, Johnson Ritner. ' Rovlsion of laws, Eddy, Garland, Joseph, Strayer, Beals. Roads and highways, Hall, Butler, Carsner, Clark, Edily, Johnson, Ma glardy, Miller, .Rltner. . Ways and means, Tooze. Beals. Dunn, Fisk, "LuFollett, Staples, Stray er. Printing, Zimmerman, Staylos, Brown. 'BOHEMIAN GIRL' Anions tho local resident h who hoard over the nuilo tho rendition of tho opera "Bohemian Girl" Iiihi nipht in tho, public auditorium at Portland by the Brandon Opera company, among tho principal und chorus of which are a number of well known Met! ford peoplo, wore Ooorgo An drewH and Win, A. Gates. The local listeners-lii distinctly heard Ed Andrews, the well known chief comedian of tho company, say to the audience at (ho clone of tho performance, "How do you like it?", and the long applause which followed the inquiry. The Brandon company plays at Portland all this week, giving "Robin Hood" tonight, and tomorrow night, "The Mikado" on Wednesday and Thursday nights, and "The Spring Maid" on Friday nnd Saturday nighth. Doubtless a large number of local radio enthusiasts will listen In each night. liOCAL YOUTH CONFESSES CRIME (Continued from page one) Requisition Issued. SALEM, Ore., Jan. 12. Governor Plorce issued a requisition Saturday on the governor of California asking for the extradition of George and William Foster, who are wanted' in Douglas county for burglary. They are under arrest in Sun Francisco. MA J fere 1 .Wfc. I 1 f 1. 9 When You Jeel a Cold Com inoOn Take' jf? Laxative Bronw Quinine, w fabJefs to work off the cause and to fortify the system against an attack of Grip or Influ enza. A Safe and Proven Remedy. Price 30c Tho box bears this signature of course. All through the Ioiir ride, through Jacksonville, throuKh Med ford and bark up over tho Cascades, with tho little car bucking tho snow drifts he chatted easily with his cap tors, apparently unconcerned over his capture. At eight o'clock Saturday morning the quartette arrived iiT Klamath Falls. Desiring above all -things to koep tho story for their paper, the newspapermen took their captive not to Jail, but to a hotel where for 12 hours ho blandly withstood their questioning. Finally William Ganftnir, district attorney, was taken into their confi dence and the prisoner removed to his office. Here he remained obdu rate and for another day and night, laughod at all attempts to wring a confosslon from his lips. Taylor Confesses. Finally nt midnight, closeted alone with Perkins, ho suddenly inquired regarding tho caliber of tho bullet that had killed Erickson. Learning that a bullet from an automatic had caused his death, he suddenly ac ceded to Perkins1 insistent arguments and said ho would confess. Ho told of how they had plotted the crime in a bootlegging dive; of how they had sought to induce a cer tain underworld -character to join them in their outlawry; of how the man's wifo fashioned masks for them and fitted them to their heads after her husband had reiterated his deter mination to "go straight:" of bow they had staged tho robbery and of the so-called accidental staying of Biickson; of the wild dash In a small touring car from the sceno of the crime to tho snow-carpeted hills north of the city where the division had been ntado. Taken With Remorse. And then he told of the remorse which came over him as he lay that night on his hotel bed, tossing nnd tumbling nnd unable to sleep after he had learned that Biickson had boon murdered. 1 After his story had been poured into the ears of the newspaper man. Taylor relaxed and said fie was ready to make a signed statement. Malarkey, District Attorney William Oanong and his deputy, w. P. Myers were then called into the office by Perkins, when the story was again told with the district attorney serv ing as his own stenographer. When tho notes had been transcribed a few minutes later, Taylor, still possessed of tho iron nervo and cold demeanor, took the district attorney's fountain pen in fingers which did not tremble ami signed his confession. According to Jackson county au thorities Taylor had been a model youth until ho joined forces with Sim Pate several months ago. It was then ho started bootlegging and moonshlnlng operations and-got him self embroiled In minor difficulties. Now and then ho would return to his brother's farm in the Appiegato coun try, riding the rungo and helping with general ranch work. His wife and four year old daughter are living with his brother. teiy TO OPEN UP NEXT V - wl feu': m V Mih T. J. Crclfrliton Connected with tho Glad Tidings iniHHion, located in Med ford College building. OF DALY'S BILL TO BE WEEK, DOUBLE SHIFT The. Owen-Ori'iion linhr rom puny will start ter:ttini; Uh plant. I" thlH t'tty, on A double shift. lu'Kinntntr next week, furnishing additional em ployment to between 100 and 150 nun. Accumulation of orders, and n fv erninont contract for cutting tlmher In tho Butte Falls district, Is given uh tho reayon for the additional uhlft. Later tho plant will run three shifts, according to lUo announced plans. New machinery is being installed in tho local mill, and the work is being rushed. Another shipment of machinery is due this week. The superstructure of the shed for tho housing of the lumber crane In up and the first unit of a battery of dry kilns, has been completed, and ready for operation. Enlargement of the lugging pond, and the erection of a water tower have been completed. In nnlirination of tho double shift operations, the logging camps of the company4, have been operating all winter, and havo thousands of feet of logs decked in the Butte Falls dis trict, ready for hauling by tho Med- ford Logging railroad (nee P. & IS.) a subsidiary corporation of tho lum ber ronmanv. The city has not yet fulfilled Uh nromise to fix the road lcadlnir to mill property, and us a result the mud Is hub deep, and rivalling the far-famed "fields of Flanders," causing great inconvenience abke to traffic und po dostrians. Famous Thiers Pearl Necklace Valued at $1,500,000 in,N. York STATE HOUSE, SALEM, Ore., Jan. 12. one of the early fights of tho sessfon will bo over Governor Pierce's veto of tho Daly inheritance tax bill of tho last session. Tho estate of Dr. Bernard Daly of ' Lake county, amounting to about $1,000,000 was left as a charity to send young men and women of Lake county to tho institutions of higher learning in Oregon. The Inheritance tnx on the estate amounted to about j $00,000. Senator Upton last session ; Introduced a bill for tho remission of the tax on grounds that the estato was a charity fund. After tho session, the governor ve toed the bill. It Is said there is a possibility that a new bill will bo in troduced providing that about 25 per cent of tlie $200,000 bo placed in tho Htate irreducible school fund and that the remainder bo remitted. Enactment of this bill would, In effect, BUHtain the veto of the ov-ornor. PARIS, Jan. 12. Tho famous pearl necklace of Madame Thiers, widow of a former president of tho republic, has been sent to New York whore It is now in tho hands of its owner, tho firm of Cartiers. Tho necklace, which was auctioned here on June 10 of last year, is said to bo valued at $1,500,000. Tho Thiers pearls In tho form of a necklace composed of three strings, fetched 11.280,000 francs at tho auc tion In Paris last year. Tho necklace consists of 153 pearls, weighing 2137 grams. Man Fined $100 for Transporting Fruit Juice in Umatilla PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 12. A fine of $100 was imposed today In federal eourt upon Douglas McDonald of Pendleton, charged with transporting ' 3 Vi gallons of soured fruit Juiro, con j tnining too lnUnh alcohol, across the Umatilla Indian reservation. Iteraus(l the juice was intended to he used merely for vinegar, McDonald's car was returned to him. John Taylor, held In Klamath Falls, for complicity In the hold up January 4 in that city, of a card room, result ing in the murder of a patron, to which it Is alleged he has confessed, Is well known in this city, and in the Apple gate where he was born and reared, and where parents and relatives now reside. Mingled surprise and regret followed tho - receipt of the news in this city. Taylor's first appearance in the criminal courts of Jackson county was ahout a month ago, when with his brother Kdwin. and Sim Pate of Klamath Falls, he was arrested on a liquor charge. Tho case agalnstf the brothers was dismissed when called before then County Judge Gcorfee A. Gardner, and two days later they were arrested on a federal warrant, and arraigned before tho federal com missioner at Klamath Falls. It was contended that this action was duo to the inability of securing a conviction for liquor violations . In Jackson county. The automobile of Pate, also al leged to he Involved in the hold up and murder, was confiscated by the sheriff, and held hi Hlttson's garage, bonds being furnished for Its use pending settlement of the seizure ac tion. During the war John collated with Company 7, and was a popular mem ber, known for his good nature and fearlessness. He Is of a rugged build, standing about six feet tall, and Is an expert horseman. Following the dismissal of the liquor charges against him at Jack sonville. John made a demand by tele phone, from "the clerk's of fire, for the return of a rifle, seized when he was arrested, hut tho county authorities refused. John Taylot was married five or six years ago to Mtas filarlys Miller of the Applegate. nnd they have a daughter, four years old. Ills wife is well known in this city.-, l,OC.l,S OX 6 COMMITTEES tContlnued From Page One) Jjabc-r and . industries Reynolds, ltushliglit, Pierce, Fuller, Matin. Livestock A. H. Hunter, Wheeler, Winslow, Teegarden, Hesso. Manufacturing Hettlemier, Hurl hurt, Shumwjfy, Collier, Winslow. Medicine, pharmacy and dentistry Fitzmaurice, Hall, Hennctt, . Kil ham. Hwaji. Military affairs Cowgill. Ham mond, Cramar, Bratcher, Kirkwood. Mining Shelton. Poller, KIrainer, Fisher C. J. Hunter. Printing C. J. illunter Kilham, Mott, Hail, North. ' Public institutions Kllhnm, Rey nolds. Hazlett, Ilratcher, FlrkV(tod. Public lands Bailey, Shrock, Bet tlemler. Fisher, Hesso. Hallways .and transportation ltushlight, Loncrgan, Cordon, Wilson, Ford. Hcsolutions Melndl, Coffey, Lewis, On-kin, Uammlnd. Revision of laws Loncrgan, Shel ton, Swan, ltushlight, Winslow, Mott, Hazlett. Roads and highways Ford. Cira ham, Hercher, Pierce, Coffey, Hamil ton; Winslow, Howard, Oakes. Jtules and joint rules Uennett, Hall. Pierce. Cnikiii, Fuller. .Salaries of public officials Pierce, German, Oakes. Cowgill, Itussell. Ways nnd means Cordon, Mann. Wheeler, P.ennett, Mi.Callistcli, liu chnniMi. CoIIIit. Why Our Stores Are Good Drug Stores BECAUSE You may depend upon receiving In your prescriptions, nnd In all your purchases of drugs and chem icals, materials of the very finost quality. In no other purchase that he makes Is the customer so dependent upon the one from whom 'he buys as lie is In the purchase of medicines and In no other purchase Is It so essential that the quality be right. 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