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.