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o The Weather Pmveiwv Partly cloudy arr.l Sou tonight aud Suiuluy; cxmiijmcd cold. O Highest ycsU-rdny 33 lowest IliLs morning 3J .edford Mail Tribunf Weather Year Ago llitclitt year ut todiiy 41 lniwent year ago UMluy .16 Ditty Twenty-third Year MEDFORD, OKEliOX. SATl'UDAV. JANTAUV o. lit"). Xo. 28"). Today PLANE HAS By Arthur Brisbane PMAMPC AT' HydSHeadedSpYa'k- U 1 1 fl ll U L III Advertising Opportunity. A J nrPfinn! ;ihesacred A K (ttbUKU (Copyright. 1U2S, by Star Co.) Mr. (iilbfi't, interesting him self, for tbi! I'nitcd States, in Germany 's payments to the al lies, says (.iermaiiy eau pay everything and (ji on paying sfiilHl.OUO.OUO a year in golil in definitely. Kianee is delight ed, Kiifjlniul amazed. .Mr. Gilbert' rosy report re minds you of the old Jewish saying, "It is easy to cut shoe strings out of another man'-, leather." It will stimulate the" sale of German bonds that interna j.imal finanee intends to unload at a good profit on Ameri can investors, l'ei'haps that is part of the program. Mr. Whuleiu New York's new police commissioner, with vim aud vigor, joins raids on ."i New York speakeasies. Accord ing to Xcw York police au thoriti"s, that leaves about 2-1.-!)4;"i speakeasies still to be raided. - llaid "") speakeasies, anil (" new ones upon in basements, over delicatessen stores, hack of driii; si ores. The .serpent that grew a new ' head every time one was chop ped off had the speakeasy idea. It pays to advertise and this is the land of opportunity for iiose that i'eengnir.e -opportunity when they see it. Joseph 1. Uay sold a block .Thursday. To advertise the sale .Mr. Pay sent to many millionaires this speech:' "All try to help the your, but nobody thinks of the poor millionaire," and invited them to come to the court house steps it i id bid. The property sold for $:l, :J7"i,000, all cash, and it was bought by Max Ycrschleiscr, who came here from Austria as a boy, with nothing but cour age. Learn from Joseph i'. Pay that it pays to advertise and from Ycrschleiscr that oppor tunities arc still here. That block, sold for WT.v OU0, cost Xcw York, in 18!0. fjL'u'n.OOO. Keep a good piece of land and it will keep you. Scientists, desiring to make science popular, should not drag the name of God, or any theology, into their discussion; They should learn wisdom from the great Alexander, who wished his name and commands to be respected. When he con quered Kgypt he inquired im mediately for Apis, sacred Egyptian bull of Memphis While the bull munched his liny, Alexander knelt and wor shipped him, tollhit,' the Kgyp tians it was one of the finest gods he had ever seen. --They thought well of him and obeyed him. They had re belled against former con queror, wflo. to show bis pow er, slew the sacred bull and ate a piece of him. An Intoxicated lady told the jucl-fii her trouble dun to nn alcohol rub. Hlic bad swallowed nothing. Doctors said It was Just possible The Judge excused her. A gentleman, very drunk, led In by tho iioliceman, told tie; judge, "Mr mistake was eutlaK raisin-, while, drinking Ice cream soiln." Tliey lei him go. Prohibition develops new excuses. Sew York authorities, soiling "I Bamulcs of booties whiskey, fin'! H of them dangerously pisonons rood alcohol, hair tonic, carbolic acid in some. The bootlegger with (Continued on Page Four). Hundredth Hour of Flight Passed Performing Nor mallyKeeping Close to A irp or t Commander Spatz Tells of Bath De sireHad Good Dinner. MKTKOI'OI.iTAN A lit 1'OHT. I I.ns Angeles. .Inn. ft. W) The one j hundredth lutur nt" consecutive I flight w:ts rcliehcil safely' by llle ; Question .Miirk when she sailed nut of the south and "Inured" in j the air ,'ltilltl lV.'t almve Krellml j here at ll:J(i u'clm-k this morning, j She had been nlel'l since 7::!li o'clock, the morning ol' New j War's day. The plane appeared to he pertminin nui-mally. , . t'omplt-tin;; its hunilreth hour j in the air. the tiuestion Mark he- Kl'll to K'-t Within strikilli,- distance j of the endurance record of lis hours (-stt(hll:-hil hy the French dirigible Ulxmudo. Tile feat of keeping an airplane up Ioiik enouiili to break. Uie endurance record of a li:..rhl"i' than air ma chine an idea hleh heretofore has la-en considered fant.-i.stte thus appeared within the realm of pos.-U-im,v. Tile eniluranee piatie has kept Ililll t'lose to .Metropolitan airport Him e has niMtli1 it iitut l.'imi iiu: ('i-e-iu1 ol' i t w lnUf-uiT. MKTIinl'OUTAN Al It POIi'l', I Li s A njf!..s, J:!M. UVi Oil! fnv ' il Ii!''- mi tin- Ij'tUliiliMK i;iiiiit illls I liUM' it's llu- flii'.i.l.s llii.'i' tlinl:itil I :ranU;-,,r;;;;.v,c,:ewaof r,r;Four Deaths Follow Path of. lion .Marl; alter five days of It I finU ilsilf iu ni'i-il of hath riiii'!ity of f;m letters and wluit- i nut. I Tlmt uus tin- K't of Hit: fiJ'ftt j nt".vi, ,U).-stii(,'c H(ji;ivi'il, t ii in nijjrn- j iiiK fruin .Major Oir! pii.. coni- flight il-ini.-:iH It sour.;..! at.nvc 1 1n-j lOii-Hcr,. liiiutfritf Itciti. His ini-s mini' ri'ud: ' " IjiiHt niKhtV Uinnor wiis mar- ! veluiiM nnu if l.rc;ilii';ist h half its j (i c m m I , ll v. iil lit; n i-iirkcr. I .Mail Pleases , I "W'v uvv plf.-id :tt all the mail M ii n- K'-tthin. Lt. Qiii-Nii'bi it-: kept husy iin.sv iM-inK fan Itittrrn. We Miiii.'.'tiincH wondrr how tin; Mtm'.s lu-uvU'Kt miuw which wu Klflh mid Sixth strot'tH,' and up pruuncl organization ami refueling whipped into drifts hy blUHterint' poHfti; iho Southern I'aciric depot, crew Ket.s.this .stuff to ux with norili wind. The strueturu will be fireproof such dispute)!. Tcmnwoiii. J calls j Temperatures ranged down- and modern in every detail, -ind it! We are proud lo he associated ward to below zero, nnd more constructed of cement, and will with the jiani; dohiK it all. i intense' cold wave predicted for tot apprximtly LTi,O0O. Its "Semi up a wuMi basin if one tajtunlKlit in Kansas, Iowa, Xebrus- j diim;nsions will be 1."J by J r 0 feet ronvnnieut. We've uone four days ' Un. .Missouri. Wlveonsin, iMinne-;unJ wll .tory hij,'h. with the main without washim; and we're dirty Isota. Oklahoma, and Kast. T-xas. i ,.ntnineo on North Kir street. The a.s Idaz-'M but like Ii. ' Three accident deaths in Iowa r.onlijaet for the hiilldin;; of the "it frit hke Ketliim- back home j W).r .-iHributeil to the Ktnrm. and ( piHHt linn bren lei to J. Smiley, when wo sailed over Hie vicinity. ;h man wan found frozen to death The, packing plant will be equip of the Metropolitan airport l.itit ' tixlav in Jielolt. Kas. NumorouH I nnfi ni, ,.(, ,.,i ti,r night. The light of I.,oh Angeles were an easy horizon to fly on. 'J,:isi night was dark and rough hut better days are coming. hi- iou, neeu a siuruge oaiiery j tomorrow. , Ue are hke contemled cows, ..w i... ..i. nu.Miii, ittuT l a 1 1 1 1 g that dinner." (Signed) "Major Carl Spatz." REPRIEVE FOR j Governor Long Stays Sen j tence Executioner On I Hand With Black Mask I -Couple Frantic Over ! Shifting Prospects. j FRANK LIN, Ui.. .Ian. f,.- (,V) j Sheriff l'e)t annoum-ed today that Covernor f uej- 1'. Long had again reprieved Ada Conner Lc boeuf and I -. Thomas Drehcr until next Saturday. Tiic executioner, with his black mask, had arrived trom New Or leans and was prepared to of ficiate when the last reprieve came. At the jail it was said that the I shifl-ng orders had ju.t about ' driver. Mrs. Lcboucf and Dr. Ore-j her frantic. They caught a few catnaps during the night broken j n it.iMifc mi in; iiuiik. mini iiniit, tier claps, and drenching rain and i around 3 o'clock when awakened! by the t.iller on ord-rx of the 1 shcrl.'f and told f the governor H rcprb vi', they were so rMlced nnd hnppr that thev could not slerp. The sheriff (xrlaintd that the WEEK GRANTED TO LOUiSIANANS governor told him that since thermal nnd generally telr wruthyr In state supreme court had agreed to reconsider the case, he had de cided to grant a final reprieve until-ncxt Saturday Florida Mansion Offered to Hoover Parfy KjusaAjEi- i 'v- Tlie iilnl'-i- liotiic of .1. ( . I'elli'ey h In-i-ii iilactsl hi the dispoMil of le of one of the rooms. 8UZlRiF' lllER STORM Intense Cold Trains De-j layed City Traffic Tied j -Us Cattle Losses Ex-j MclltU III rctllldi KANSAS CITV. Jan. (!') I N M i D:W EST PACKINGfLANTiOUT OF WINDOW wintrr luuioil wt upot-. thu'by middle west and southwest to- day with bli,Kard-like inlonfdty, ca using at least four deatiiH, and hriTiglng to mo vera I slates the sea- ami repelled. traffic uccidenls were , All trains arriving in iant-as Cliv were from 1 !i minutes to two hours jaie. trains iroin -lllt! wrs, ml 1H)rtll bl.,1I(f tlio more seriously affected. Many loeomo-1 'liven carried snow plows to eieur tho ,rar. nf .hifts. ,s,(u- Ths Traffic. .. i.-nffj,. M(.(i m, hy drifl ing mow. Travel on seve -1 ral street car 111101 in Kansas City was virtually at a standstill this moinlng. despite efforts of mmv man -iuu inoorers 10 weep .lertr. tracks ! A-f the storm and frigid tern nut ved eastward, the li'-iituri xltuntlun In tho Horky , Mountain ""I"""1"' ""' t in'ar z"ii i eiuijcrit i in i-H, s' lt' iui last night throughout the region i TaM n'ubt. were displaced todayj hy higher marks and bright sun shine. I I Tel'-plior" -md wire enmmuni j cations were nrfected by the storm. ; a nd numerous po'nts were un j reachable by wire from Kansas City. ! Cattle losses W'Tc expected, by livestock men In parts of Kan- sas where the snow ranged from: ;i thin Mnnk't the southeast - Nil part of the state to 10 Inches' at Satin.'?. Temperatures In Kan-; sas were the lowest of the sen-J son ami a drop of 5 degrees be-i low zero In Kansas and Vdern j M lu.diiH wim m-Pfiicted for to- nltrhl. Highways In many places wer lid by snow drifts. UNSETTLED AND II . . . , SAN K HA NCf-'CO, .tun. :.'A't Tin- weather ouilook for the week be'.'innlng January C was annoimc ed here today by the Cnlteil Htates w-inin-r iiui'.'.iu, lis iuiio" . 1'nr western uliiles: The out- look Is for temperatures about nor- a...... uiu nix. ine...iu sn-J for unsettled, wet weather In! Oregon. Washington and northern Idaho. I While Plain. X. V.. million 'roldonl-clcel Hoover lor bis CO. ILL ERECT Work to Start at Once On Modern Fireproof Struc-j ture, On North Fir Street; Opposite Espee Depot j Will Cost $25,000. i Animunceinenl was made today I he Kimball Fruit company. through C. C. Oarby, local mun- uger, that work would start ut unci on the; construction of a. packing plant on North Kir street, between Mulpmenl for the upeedy and ef-) fielent handling ((f fruit, It will j .have a capacity of eight earn dully. Lm, t,.UI.L,lm. ri...iuti,.u r,. cars, ' The plant will be eomplcled and m)(,y fo. (,lM..1))pn ,M.fon, the opening of the l!)L'!i fruit shipping sea .uon; The construction was neecssltat- ; ed by the steadily Increasing husl- n ess of the Kim ba 1 1 eo m pa n y , which has been established In ihr valley for the past. Ifi years, aijd fni-mnrtv th HconU iviinhnri j & Pope company. I It, S. Kimball of San .lose, Cal.'. scju of Carl W. Kimball, president of the company, will arrive Mon day. He Is director of the Call- furnhi inturwta of Ihu Klmlmll : company. L IIIMXD K.M-lMS. .Mli-h.. Jan. -A 17-ycar-old high Hchool f without apparent motive,; !'"'' Hhol anil kllleil n nom ulmm hi - (called to the door of his bom early today, nnd then .commit! suicide. The boy, (nrln 1 1. Hoover, son i of ( 'lay ton Hoover, a farmer near j here, cut to the home of Joe Skablar.kas, just oiil.-J.I" lli- city I anil. To a unery of "who's thetc?" the. hoy thrust hi flxl iliniiii.'li the kIhhs of llm dour. Mri. KkablinkiiM niK-ncd ihn dor and the hoy stepped Into tho ro'ini. i "Why don't : that man Buy omethlllK?, Hoover asked iiinl,lng ll respites, and carrying the ti,lntril nt Kkiibliinkn. standing bebliMl his wife. without further warning ho pullid k revolver from his pocket iiuil fired, k'lllng Hkablsnkas al muni iiiniumij. i nen rriinoui u j word he placed the weapon i agalntt his own head and again fired. I I " Itelle Id', l-'lli. (iilaive) l lorlda slay. Ilclmv Is nil liitorlor OFFICIAL FALLS Horace L. Williamson Killed Dw in Cfnrv nrnn I aHv UJ ' v V' 3 vf J . . . il rnena Leaves rtpan- ment After VisitAt- tempt Open Window Is Blamed. NKW YUIU:, Jan. D. (A') Shortly after returning to hi West 54th at reet a pa rt ment from a n evening at the (heater and at a night, t-lnh, Horace 1 Williamson, fir, an official of the Knlted States Kubber company, fell from a win dow on the tenth floor aud way killed. Miss Fru Mutmlly, his guest of the evening, was waiting for the elevator after leaving the William son apartment when the house sup erintendent told her of William son's body having been found In the rear yard. She told tho police sdie had been Williamson's guest at dinner and . ... , ,1.. (CM . that later they had attended a thc- ater and a ninlil club, returnliiK to the apartment Hhortly after 11 o'clock. Williamson fell ti his death shortly after midnight. Police expressed the opinion that after the departure of Miss Mun ally, Williamson had attempted to open thi window and fell when ho lost his balance. Ho was dressed In evening clothes. IOllg Acl1lillllllHlC4. Identification of tin; body was made by H. W. Walle, also an of ficial of the rubber company; who was called by the police at the suggestion of Miss Munully. lie said the nearest relative he knew was a CharleH Wilson, a nephew, living at" Lancaster, ila. William son and Miss Munally. he said, had been acquainted for two and one hair years. .Mr, Williamson was a member of many New York clubs and at one time was an aide-de-camp to the governor of Kentucky. I A table In the dining room of ttlH Ml Hlii tnuiin imnrlmotil wnu I r , " ' "'. : u ... '." tertained guest during the even-! ing. The, window In a rour room out of which he fell was open. t u.. t.. The pollen said Williamson had occupied tho apartment for uhout five months, lie was a member of the New York Athletic club. OIh covery of the body was made when tenants on the first floor of the lion si- heard the enudi tin It fell. 11,(1 ""y 'a femoved to the est 'th street police station. FLU TAKES Ml WHO D I'lTTHIH 'X'flll. Jan. r,. ii'i - Jownh VnloTln, slnyer of two I'ltls- tiurgh policemen, and who escaped iho electric chair 11 times, died of pneumonia today in Western jienl- tentlary here. Vatotta, after galn- case lo the Tnltcd males supri lne eouO finally v.-afl glien a com- muled sentence of life Iniprlsou- men by the stole pardon board Convicted of shooting lo dcul.ll i 'ii i nnei r.n wa ro t Ollen anil Thomas Hopkins hero October 30. 19JZ, Valotta was sentenced to die in the electric chulr Juno 29, 1928. HOOVER ISPROMOi 1 ANXIOUS TO' TOO ILL to TACKLE J OB: Last Day at Sea Plans to Start Series of Party Leader Conferences To Visit Florida in Week Utah Encounters Heavy Weather. f. S. 8. t'TAIl. K.N KOUTE TO j AMI'TON KOADS, .lull. 5. IPl ! I Herbert Hoover faced this, bis lust, i day at sea anxious lo net to Wash- lnmon to nicKle tile next out Jon ahead that ol noIocUiik Iib official ! famtly. 11" pinna 111 Nlliri r illt III I wlih a series of conferences with i party louder over the country and I especially Hiosn wnu woro lore- ! most In his counsela durliiK the caiupaiKii. Ilu la hopeful that he inn sot through In n week In order to be aide to ki to 1-lorida for recreation and llahliiK with pcrhapa later a whirlwind -our of the Woal Indlca, IncludliiK (Mini, Haiti, ijnnto Domlimo and I'orlo Itlco. The 1st m t few days tit sea have not been ulloKcthcr In Mr. Hoover's likliiK uh I hi; I'tah encountered n collide of Hiiunlls with atlft winda and choppy aeaa, with more rousb water In prospect for today an the ship ncars t'apc llatlcrus. Heaidlc aoniewhul unfavorable wealhcr, (he I'lah la still muUltiK Kood ilmn and wMI iiroeahly nriive at Hampton Heads Sunilay an hour or I wo 'aluiad of t ho scheduled time, S a. in., unless frw? la encoun tered nfr the VtlKlnla coast. It was announced today thai the Utah's bluli frequency radio mil. which operated so successfully and ZZ':! litiKlon thousands of words lit press 'liH'mtch?H' win b fhlppnU lo tho . u. H. K. rittMhurmt In Ah U. S. S. I'lttMhurHh In AhIhUi waters. it waters. With 11 h Installation, tho iMttuburgii win he hUi to commu 1 nicate direct. Willi Ai'llnutnn hi (handim both ofllclal mid commor- cmi niosHiiKeti. - i . Receive Present ' ' Ah a tncmenlo of tho homeward trip, Mr. and Mih. Hoover todav received a pair of braH rand It sticks and bniHH bon-bon trayH do KiKned and made In tho ship's shop. The presentation wan without! core mony, Captain Trslu handliiK tho K'iftH lo Mr. and Mih. Hoover In their suite. Mr. Hoover today 'uivn the 1 Tt nil wardroom offieerH nil uutoKi-iiphed photograph of himself. Tho photo graph whh fnunod und plaeod In tho wardroom nlmiK with thoso of former ProHidont Taft nnd tho late . . 1 1 I iJol'll. nt. Harding, who once was a guest on this votisul. Tho photo gruph heaiH thlr lnsciipt Ion: "To wardroom offleeiH V, H. H. Ulah. with kind rcKardH of Herbert Hoo ver." -f : FOR RACKETS CHICAdO. 111., Jim. C (JW "rackot court" designed pal leu la rly to apply JiiHtlfo to tho rnoket eer has boon created by Chief Jus tice Harry Olson of the municipal court and will runctlon for tlio first tlino Monday. .Judge Daniol P. Trudo will pro side. Ily an arrangement with tho United Stains dlstrJct Attorney tho court will handlo minor prohibition law vIolutoiH and l! other tyncH of ..nD II. t f,.ll l 11 . " ' 1 u u,,mus"u Vl Among the phrcs that will bo heard In this conrt nro: Pmnertv i,i i ! ii'.nu in nun ii i;Aiuni :n , iiuitiiii'j In--; money in Kctllo employment suits; eollecllntf payment as Pn - itlty; cospiracy to do un Illegal net ! (boy cot l and blacklist ) ; trust or combination to fix Iho prlco of, or limit quantity of any milch-; ma licious tnlHchief lo houses, intiini- dation and kidnaping for ransom. CHICAdO. HI.. Jan. b.iA')-'Vw second bombing of tho now year shattered tho entrance to a newly j opened west side restaurant early I today. Windows In adjolirlng build ings wnro broken by the bomb, made t'rnm a tin pail plaster of Paris and black powder. A third homhlng wrecked Iho on I ranee lo I he Craw ford grill sev eral hours later as a result of what pollco described us rivalry between beer runners. .iJamuge was esti mated at 'ik'i'l. (''rank Kxisneskii. owner of the building, was hurled from his lied In the rear of the pluco, hut was uninjured. Kimilall Improved 1'Olm.ANlJ. Ore., Jan. 6. (II John C. Kendull, former circuit lodge of Cons and fjurry counties, who Is suffering from blood poi soning and arthrltlH, wan reported slightly Improved today. His home is now In Portlund. K CHICAGO COURT WILL FUNCTION SEE JACKTAX DEBATE 'physicians Bar Visitors to Sick Bed of Tex Rickard -- Restful Sleep Last Night, Reported Wife Worn By Ordeal Leaves for Rest. .MIA.M1, 1-la., Jan. j. (!') Jack Denipsey said today he va.s (,-rayi'lyj concerned over Hie condition Jf i un-no, m-. mu.-u-u. miuioimiru , fluht promoter, who Is seriously 111 h. Miami lleiieh Imnlliil. Detnpsey arrived In .Miami yes- a pany oi iriomin, nnu Imtiu-dlatcly culled at the hospital. He was told then and aain when be fulled this niornlnit, that Kick tird's condition was too serious to permit anyone to visit him. He said he would visit the promoter as soon as physicians would allow it and Unit until then he would make no plans. The ex-champlou, at the Miami Uracil borne of Harry Mohr, Clil c:iko hotel owner, was queried as tu lil rvnctlon to Iho statunlcnt yuatcrduy of IVIIIIum Muldoon, vet eran monibor of llin New York box lllK conuniHKlon, who bclkvcH Dnmpnuy Ih tho hnavywclht chani lilon of tho woi'M. "Atuldoon'H a Rood fi-lluw, all right," w.-ih his only comment. Ho xHlri ho wohld not refrroo the Hharkny-KtrlhtliiR bout hero next month nnd that ho would not go HorlniiMly into the buxlnoiw of train Inn whllo ho Ih horn, nuldo from H llilto road work which he contoin pttnert now tind then. Walter Kleldn, inllmnlo friend of tho promoter, who relieved Mitm. Itteliin-d nt tho bedHldo early toduy, said Tex had a roHtfu! Hlci-p neur dtiVbrenlt nnd Upon nwnkenln re imtrlied tlmt ho 'felt bettor than al liny tlmn nlnoo the operation." When I'lelda told Tox that Jack DcmpHoy hud nrrlveu durlllK the hlKht, Itleknnl expreimed a denlrc to eo him Itnmedliitely and wim dlnppolnted when ho wnu tuld the doctom would not allow Jack to call today. Mm, Hlokard, who Iium boon at her hUHhand'a hednlde almoHt con ulantly alnco tho operation, wai worn by the ordeul. Kho left the luiKplial roluclantly thin mornlni? nt tho InidMtonon of ottendnnt that who get mime much needed rem. ' " ''-" She refused to leave until Ur. Ad 1$?., uulun i lmm 8 co,,dltlon "owed lmprovc- nieni. , Jnv nf Thirteen ur J lilliwu Bags Two Bucks With Trusty .22 rnVATII.LA, Ha., Jan. 5. fI'i Hunters, put you .juns aaldii and listen to Iho tale of l.'l yearold Hubert Maxwell. Uiiherl. armed with bis trusty .L'2 caliber rifle, left homo i.ii a hunting expedl 4 Hon. A short Ilmn later ho came hack, out of hrouth, with tho Information that ho had shot two door. Jin was warned that little hoys his age should ulwuys tell tho truth If they want In go to heaven. Upou his Insistence, however, n metiiher of tho faintly accom- panled him lo tho scone of his hunt. There lay two buck 4 deer, a few yards apart, Hoh- ert hud baggod them with two shots. IPEOPLE ARE BLAMED N Property Relief Commission Discusses Suggestions to Legislature Sub-Committee Recommendations Favored By Dennis De clares People Vote Taxes I'OUTI.AXI), Oro Jan. 6. () J Members of the alate property tux relief coinmlsHlon debated today "veT vnrioua detallH ot suk ?cstlon.-; I iu uie ii-KiHiHiuru ior reuucinj; t,lvu ti.o .,.,,,tui,,n i ,,i.i1. (on n 8et of recommendations which II' adontvil arc oxueclcd In eut taxes hi OreRon. Much ol' this mornliiK's si-hkIoii was devoted to a proposed reooni niondallon to liave tho leRlKlaturo review iho expomllturo of mtllak'o taxes raised for state Institutions of hlKhor learntnif. A siiliconimlt teo had recommended: "A specific authorization by tlio loKlslaturo or other taxliiK hotly prtor to oneli subsoitiient levy of n continuous mllliite tax, the levy to be limited to nucti amount as Is approvod In the budget fc,r whlcli tho elected taxing body Is ruBpon alble." After discussion this was adoplcd with tho addition or Iho wonts, 'nol heretofore voted y tho people," to follow the words "mill line tax." It was pointed out that under I he original text of the subc.om mtteo's recommendation tho legis lature could pass on expenditure of the funds raised for the Univer sity of Oregon and Oregon Stale Agricultural college through ttiu mlllngo tux voted by tlio people. People Blamed llruee Dennis of Klamath Kails, n member of tho Ktibconuutttoo, who spoke In favor of the report, said: "Wo aro taking too seriously thin stuff passed by tho people. A bixioy man Is runningahout this, state colled 'the" ptkipio voted It.' The peopla are voting our tnxus higher and ..lilgher. Ouo of Iho chief causes of our litgh tnxeB Is flint, wn have let. tho loEisluttiro duck Its responsibilities." Claude K. in gnl of Corvallls anil I. T. I liirvlfl of KilKono auoke against tho report, lloth said It would bring back tlio old log roll ing mothods of tho legislature. Ther was a wordy battto over a reoommnndatlou that no stain funds bo lven tho stato fair, but nils was passou. 1'roponod oxciso and Incotno taxes wero discussed this nt'icrnoou. Chairman John Carkln of Medfdril said the commission would bo in session most of next week. Consolidation of tho stato gov otmneut Into the cabinet form, and plans for reduction of real prop-, orty lax, aro prominent features of tho commission's recommenda tions. Kaposi of tho 2 mill olcmcntary siinool tax on proporty. substitu tion of a 1-cent gasollno tax or other motor foos for a stuto prop orty taxs hy 1 mill by abolition of a requirement that this 'tax bo levied in order to obtain county pro rata of the slate market road fund, aro proposed. Creation of a full-time stato tax commission of three appointive members to su pervise assosuments iu another rec ommendation. General Uct-son lrutl DH8 MOINKH, III., Jan. C (P) rieneral Hyron A. llceaon. 00. lowu Civil war veteran and former tronstirer of the National Soldiers" llotno ut Hampton, Va., Is doiul here. Will Rogers Says: NKW YORK, Jan. Sir. Hoover lands nt OKI 1'oint Comfort toduy. That's a 1) 0 u t the lust- comfort h will pet for the next four years. IE his proposed cabinet incuts him Ut , tho train in Washington it should bo n bigfa-r recrpliim than liiudherglt's. Mr. Ooolidso also just got hack off it trip uway down in Cieoi'Ki". that'. as far for him as t'hili and IVru for Hoover. Mr. Cool idfjc took passports down there with him. We are loau intf Kurnpc two fimineii'i's, to show 'em how to pay cuuh other off without uny mon ey, by just reorganizing ami issuing more stoek. Yours, . WILL ROGERS.