Medfo
9
IBUNE
Datly Twentf'thlrd Tear
kl Fitn-MVrntb Year
MEDFOliD, OKKdOX, Sl'XDAV. .lASVAliV . l!-'9.
Xo. 286.
WAIT. TR.
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
N. Y. To Constantinople.
The Babe and Voltaire.
If The People Knew How.
Deadly Gas? We Need It.
(Copyright. 1S8, by Star Co.)
As tliis is written the nrinv
monniilnno ' '(.litest i.-in l....l"
has Iipi'h in tho air 75 hours, I
taking' supplies ol' fuel frnm a !
smaller piano to food its Hirer
AVrijtlit whirlwind motors. Tin;
pilot, in the "fi hours would
hove flown from New York to
Constantinople.
Twenty years at;o this writer
suggested airplanes o f the . j
future, gigantic machines go-! metropolitan A I It POUT,!
ing round and round the earth, ' '-os AN'iKI.KS, Jim. r. tl'i :
dropping passengers at I'nris. I u"1,i"K " ot '""'!
lt , . ... i nKiriK i.ynnder.s Hit urmv mono- i
eking, , te., taking on supplies jlla,. Ql,,,Hl,1)U M.lrk ,OI1'lKU1 al j
from smaller planes. l !:. o'clock tin. last of-j
pi, ,- , fleial record ftr sustained flly.ut of
The suggestion was called uktt.ran, tniU llf thP l!lar Zeppelin. I
jt' ridiculous" then. The giant dirigible was in thej
c. .. ... , ... alt- continuously lor 111 hums and'
Soon it will be reality. ;1 milltes in its flight last fail j
What men cm imagine, thev: rr"" Kredrchshaien, Cermuny, to I
' ' I . I ,,...1 V I 'PI 1 , I !
f'an
I
Italic Ruth, weight AM 1 .'2 1
pounds, playing liamlhall t.
reduce, says "I am thirty-five
years old, still have five years
to play."
That's ihe worst of depend
ing on your lens and arms,
young gentlemen.
Depend on your brain, end
at forty you are just .starting.
(ioethe wrote the second part
of Kaiist at seventy-two; Vol
taire was at his bef at eighty
two, although he weighed l'-'ll
pounds less than ISabe
weighs.
IUltll
. The Rockefeller
foundation, !
'nnd the l.aura Spellliinn Roekc-j
felloe fnimiliitinli OBtnlilialii.il
in nicinnry of the Into Mrs.
John I). Rockefeller, li 11 v
been consolidated, t o t a 1 i n 2;
$24,0(12,447 more than it cost i
' '
to build the Panama Canal. It 1
:. w.. c... it.. t ......!
u.y 'c K'ca.c.-L n..... 1. 1
set asitle for philanthropic, pur-1
. . .
I
The people of this eouulry
could set asidi
much and not
ten liniev
ttn limes as
feel it. They
hnveu't the brains to do that
and are fortunate in having n
Rockefeller family to do it for
them.
4 r . lAnl.,v
-v viei iiiuu pi uitftBi'i 1 1
int; on the horrors of future
. , . .,
war, with deadly Rases ei"-:,1R
ployed, caused his audience to
shed tears, ll takes somethiii!;
Jo make d'ermans shetl tears
r. . .
niter the Kaisers war.
SoillO of our people Will shod
. .. '
tenrs also, l liose in lisnilltt-1
Ion that Have brains' piioiil'Ii '
j
slinulil f tilt 1 nut exactly what
the iirofessor meant, iintl'pect we'll ever want lo come
1 .
pt snnifl of it.
0 need it, not
fur fitlm'k. wlncli is .tot in our
line, nut lor fieionsc, linn 11
lotVnst', a
norossary for rotnlinlion.
This nation should have air-
slips, Ktihniarinps, fast
crttis-1
its. ami overv nossiltui war
xvo, and sav lo other nntiunsjwas Hrhed.d.d to be !
"Keep away from us,
if you
lire wise
here: in
W ...... is.n
JlPro. in AniOfit'O, ami destroy
you where von live.'
f If vein like liitf OlillifS tllis,le ir when the eatth Is lighted
.-III .-; Tlini.in li ("mult- hy ,lie rising run tomorrow inorn
will suit. 1 nomas is. tump lava ,.,,,,,,, a r(!e-
licll of Iliirtlinp. -Mont and, ord of approximately l- hours off
.. . . i ....... ,,.!,., i
nicncns iarvei.1 ""'"Mi,,.,... ..,,i,i r nmir
L'rower." ll n d e rt n k ( s tin'
lilantino of 10,1 HUM "HI acres of I Stark was com -
IMssian land with wliea. amllf.le.lujc, th, ... o,. new
SUx.
I'llllttimr 1 (. HJtl.tMtO acres, members of the Metroiwlltall all -1 among other things, the il.-ferr int.
. , ,',.!! 'port ground crews, and tho pilots "f 'he Isi-ii-mn appropriation
tliuler f-overiiyneiit stiperMslon, , (he rpfeMnK ,,,,. uml thl..for a state offl.e l.ull.tlng In
would bp new Instead of (ftiv-1 "blackboard" ship, today donned event the l ulled states supreme
.'leather Jackets with a yellow "?' '-our', hold, as legal Its on
Prilllll'nt helping ill'? larinel, II ! . . . -lruel..n from funds borrowed
Would he a ease of the flintier
'
lielpin tho povcrnilielit.
The A II i n n riltcrprise
, ,, ... n.uiwii.vi
twt'Uia rail lor l""."""i"w" Itntlay. Windows In a ilolnlnR build-i the budget dlreetnr. has ellm'n
ilorth of American agricultural , logs were broken hy the bomb. Int.- I all requests for new hulld-
a ; 1 made from a tin pall plaster of ings. except sin-h as are iir.pera-
k (Continued on Four). IparU and black juwdur. j lively nrcvaaaiy.
7 MARK ! ,
: .mmm i , .
ENGINES : ? -
1 UAI If I Ail 1 SSs '.IF1:
i DHUMNui j
All Records For Endurance
Flight Smashed, and
End Not In Sight Avia
tion History Made and
Crew Contented and
Spirits High.
unofficial,' which hail Iliil been
surpassed, was that of Ihe l'rcnch
dirigible. IMxinude, whleli plunged
nun ine sea nuer Having ueeu in
the air an estimated US hours. At
l:f.i; tonight the Question Mark
had been in the air 111 hours and
:i0 minutes. i
Shortly bet'tne 11 p. in. tonight.,
the followil: : message, signed hy j
Major Carl Spatz, commander, wa.- (
dropped f'"om tile Question Mark: '
"We ha'.v some missing (yiin
ders. ('au't tell how many. dm '
only take inn gallons of "us at a i
time. V.f w.im it ever yiwo noi !
.May he ublo to lllui through until !
luoclliug and replace plugs hut can.
do nothing yet. UVW w ill drop a ,
paruehute f.are n::d fire red fuse ,
pistol if forced to land." j
"Missing spark plugs are not j
ueces.tarlly uot-ious," II. .1. Adam '
Hon' n cllul'KH of illfollnation at j
the nirpori said. "There is always i
ia chance that they w ill pick up I
i again, but it is not likely at tills;
" """ V , . 1
the plane can 'remain Iti the air j
HU1 "vn- "'9 ml.tstng plugs
can he replaced."
MISTIIOPOUTAN A I It P O It T,
LOS AXGHl'KS. Jail. B. (JP)
Di-onlr.--; steadily over peacefiil San
fVrnando valley. Its lh.ee motort ,
oporatlng as sweetly as on New t
Year's morning when It took off
on ita epoch mukitiK flifclu. the
;,.,... Queali,m Mark plane
night was estahlishltiK its
and absolute claim to supremacy
iof the air. P.eeotd nfler record
i has been overtaken and thrus
aside since Ihe hune Kokker left
'"' Kutid more than tour unu a
har rtavs aK() Hm, lhe lajl oxist.
ins records for sustained fllsht
I were tumhliiiK from the slues to-
nhht.
Just before darkness soiled over
the valley, the Question Mark re
turned from a swing down the
coast to 9att DleKo, was refueled,
and settled down for a Iouk night
lo be spent In great 311 minute
iclrcles.
I At daybreak 250 gallons morel
'were In he laketl aboard Ihrough 1
swinging hose lines l:i prepar-j
utlou ror perhaps another flight to
j SuAV,nenuniber of hours grew.,
the spirits of the Question Mark's
crew rose with litem,
..0 1. ..,
read
an entry uy i,iciiienniii r.iw.iuu u.
LiiifMiii:t. one i( in mn ri KKi'rh
-,,, , th Ulu,-H h,K dropped ' ' :
at Ihe airport loniwht. "the Itiuter1,111 ''" '-':i.l!H.a:l2, as compared
p slav up the lonuer we want to I to f.'7.:ir,!i,tr,7 . for tho i!27-1 S7 j
l( pver'vth.nK keeps on I d..n't ex- l..ntiluin and 'jt,-ir.ii,:i-li for l!iL'.r.
.Inu-n ' I
,as the plane ovethauled the last i
inrrti-hil and unofficial i i r n s
I. ..-ii.,.... I t....-v r.r III.-.
flht arrangements heisan to ask I
theniselves If Ihe tjuestlon Murk dill u-coinmendeii to thu leaisin-; ! raulillu I). Itoonevell, in-w r iv- " " court proeetMiir.-;n lion
ever would come tlown, Itiire for atiprojn-iaiion. of ihis i-rnor of Ni-w York, ntnd politlral 'l,,y;.
At 1(1:50. til tonlcht, lhe last of-1 inter amount lii.n.H.iiiio will he liyland persd;al friend ef Smith. : '"''ho nature nf the evidence
lielal sustained fl'.-iht lecord. thatjdlrect nppropriatlon hy the P-kIs-
of the Herman utrigioie iirai .ep-1
(lo-'uHin. of 111 Iiduik and :(u minutes.
rd of the ill-fated French dhiKitaV
PlXUlUUe, UllOilKiai, 11111 leriipni ,
nx hours in the nir. waf due to
I become vaat history at o i-iock
j tomorrow morning. j
II llie vutrniii)ii .iurn wi mi m
the sutiace of Ihe earth
ancesvf all types ot nlrcrafi, atari -
I in toe inmorj 01 m union.
III cclehrntlnti of the iipiiroach-1
Unit triumph of the big plane, as)
,rrom the puur neeiu.-nt rninmis-
I CHICAGO. 111., Jan. 5. (pi The "Ion. The lwo-yar portion of
j second bombing of the new vearithi- fund would be I121.1100.
, shattered the entrance to a newly! To make the huoget mei.w
ox-ned west side reslauranl early !avallalde funds lhe governor, thru
GROUND CREW AIDS ARMY PILOTS OF
mm for IMrvll $wt&
Top photo shows M. 0. Smith messaging thi Question M.irk. world's risor.-? Iv: .i.-j e.-. .'ur.tr.co
monoplane, from Metropolitan Field, Los Angelos. The note to the flier? in,-.. I.-: '. i3:r:;o,e not re.
ceived.'1 Below is the refueling crew number two he:irj oil for tho pi.ire !.c'o 3 aloft to trans
fer it on the wing. Left to right Lieut. W. H. Kee.f-. 3-j'... F- t Chivt K. Whit, v, ... ..;
jBUDGET CULLS
FOR SLASH IN
IISTATE EXPENSE
Next Biennium
Estimates
Lowered After Four Pre
vious Years Says Kozer,
Report Responsibility
of Legislature In Provid
ing Funds Also Less.
S.y.KM. Ore., .Inn. fP) Tlu
expense of the Oregon stp'e pov-
ernment for the biennium i
f i!t2!t
. Jt1
and lfi:ta. a'-cordinp to tho stut
.win 1 ...i , iK i
.... - , . . t.....
jnudgfi. mmle ' imhli tonight oy
IHMlKfl. MlillM- MIIHI- UMUKIIL- "'.
,. . ...... .
.
-
estimate for 1.12a ami,
ItJ'i the sum ot si,t!M,Mi win;
(..tti.- from lii-i-ns.. unit olhi'i- lllis - -
(--llaneous fees, lenvini; 1 ;..i.". .-,
latun.- sr.n.iriii is rixi-a oi con-
lintiinu appropi lotions; s I ,lir.2.2 . :l
miihm
li-vles within the d tiei'i
nt limitation, and SK3.D52 lev-
ie.! outside the 0 per cent linll-
tation to pay Interest cm IrriKU-
t:on district 'interest honils. This
mm ih iiv nart of the
total appropriation for whleh the
' . .. .
leki.-lature is direetly ri-sionnie
i ,1.
t! K"4 r.l'O
; .u...u .k.
The
Miiiri'i-s iriiio on ii I"-
money will Ik
av.illnble arc $11.-
3T.rfl- from the annual property
and wll,"' lur V .i 7 . "
inr roil in inm tne riiiir -"--
,,rJ'
H. I.'i.T 7.i from a limn H-
enft s. it i t. Kpt-cia i iax'-n, un-
' - "" ' " ." -ran.f.-rs ami
ZT'Z
j
by the governor.
These suggestion, contemplate.
SL1 HOPE FOR
: DEMOCRATS IF
AL'S PAIS ROLE
Minority Leader in House
Writes Letter to Gov.
Roosevelt Gives Fig-,
ures on Prohibition Force
and Wo Official Action in,
Sisgt.
WASHINGTON, Jan. i. ,
The future success of Ihe lietno-
jcriitic piirty. In the opinlun of Hi p-
(..., i -n .. ...
1 '.-!.' ill ill 1 vu I IDA Ml I I IC" IH-V.
. .
IIIlIKM'Iiy .V.'IIUl Ml I III' IIOILU. (
minority .whip In the hiii: dr
... ....
""'" ""-; .i,:aui.;a-
ti r ,m.;t. rri.,.H wlil. li noniiti-
ated (Joveinor Smith and coiitroll-
ed his catnpalKn. Otln-.--wise, tu
sees a disitiiemntion of tin- parly
hi.votlil mi vnt nil
,nx wh1 ,.,,.,,,!,. . ,,,,,,(.()
Ui-mocriil c w h o for t ii. renuilniliM
..f Ai-Im.i.u,..! vi,n II, I., ..I,..,-
Iti a letter, made puPllo today, to
ltoosi-velt had (:o:ign.t. dated Uox :
on ins ri.tMecii'.iu aau snirKi-sn-ii
tne party must have a constrm live
p:ogiain and lonlinue to mulnlaiu
a strong national or;anlr.atlon.
Koplylng, the 'lXdn deoli.red the
f-iluallon whleh cullnlnaled In the
'nomination of Smith n-:.l Hoover
end tl 3 cleetlon of the latter was
a "calamitous mistake.''
"11 ll... Ull,,,..l..n
If the situation and
forces
...i.i.i. ....I....... r
Allien iioiiiniaii-ii i.oveiuor maiill
and controlled the cainiialcn con .
" ' . . ",'m,""M
oeciaieo, i fxas and me cniife
voiith wI! c-:int tn lit Ih-mocriiMc
the i-HNf wHI not be contrnlbrl, the
went will be peinianeMlly entrant
i-d. and ihe parly will brenk np.
Home of iln vot i-I N oIllK to t u
Itcpnbltran party, oiherx remalniim
v.lth lhe orgaiiiiiillnn, and otheis
liecoinlng Imlep ndi-nts."
t'otistrui tlve handling ' of su-li
'live" political Ibkiiob ; proliibi
Hon. Immigration and the tarlli'
was required, he said. As lor lhe
first, he declared Unit while pro-
hlbltlon sentiment prevailed, there
were probablv more lhan 1 oii.oi.it
saloons and several hundred thou-
,and lsiotleggers in existence
. ..wt,in, a ,,., ,.frr, -
.those responsible to rnfonn the
Oregon WontlliT
r.vnerally cloudy; continued low
'iii,i rature In lhe Interior; gen-
tic ariablc wind..
MYSTERY PLANE
ViLENESS BURS
WEli mm
i"APE"IRIAl
Special Prosecutor Firm In.rAZ
.
Stand and Defense
Agrees Northcott
Wants Benefits of Sym
pathy, and Will Be Own
Lawyer Special Venire
to Be Called.
HI V KKSIDK, (VI.. Juli. rt.OVl
Special I'i-uhui ntnr Loyal C. Kelly
UniKillllf'ftfl IjwIiiV ilt-it liu will .mi
" "
allow Women In k'I on llui liii v
... , .
"'"ii iii UiTiU' nil 1HH III litir-
,. n stcHan Northcott, whose
trial for i.iunler ot three hoys at
"Imcllle chicken runi-h will
'"' lesmned here today. "Hyinpa-
been eoiiHiilen-d a HNo:if point in
the delense hoth hy No. hert Savay,
ucii'iise counsel, and youiiK .North-
eotl llinisi-lf. wll.l loihiv ili.r-li.i-i.il
'"' Plans to assinue personal con-
w-ncii it will lie nis i-ssnrv to In
1 ".niim u.i nun is smrn
that 1 will not linnosn line .Inn
In the case on a.iy woman," Kollv ' " "l l'H lhe first lime lhe leg
aid. He Indlmteil thai If a spec-j I""'1""'" on Capitol Hill officially
Sal venire of So, called for .Monday, i turned their attention from
includes women, ho will use his i 1IB ptol.lems of the Coolldge re
rlshts of perc:ii;iliiry challenge to Klnio to those of the incoming ad-
excuse t hr-m. Savay from Ihe
start of the trial lael Wednesday
continually has voiced Ills dlssat-
ll,... u-lll, II...
which, by chance
cx luslvily of men. Ills plans tn The uiicsllon -a party-old Issue
(liallenge most of the pieseiii I1"11' one which had lost none of
panel, nceeiisltatl.ig the calling of! If fervor In the campaign lust
the special venire, were looked '"H reaches 0111 and affects a
noon hy court observers as constl- miiltllude of Interests an well as
hlling 11 di finite i-Hori lo oIiIhIii ! millions of people anil constitutes
women Jurors
Superior Jude (Jeorgo K. I-Yeo-
'"" "''" Judge, today announced
iippoinlinent m Dr, .Newton Kvans,
nationelly known pathologist of
'"'" Mmla. Oil., and Dr. I.. I).
Whliliy;, noted lilo-chenilst of l.os
Angeln to act for lhe court In
examination of physical evidence
which the prosecution has indlcnl-
ed It plans lo present. Including
bils of alleged lllimnn hair and
bones.
The naming of Or. Kvans nnd
I'r. Whiting completes n cominls-1 publican party and bIso one of tho I "Ills nia-ili; powers gained mas
moii of exi.orts w hleh was asked , means of bringing about farm re-: tery over me; I have heen deprived
by Sawiy.
Young Northcolt, however. Ha
vt snld. 1 rtert .We a strong con-
vletlon that women Jurors would
he lavorablo to his cane.
mm
SIDESTEPS
I ISSUES
i Tariff Revision And Farm
Aid Shifted to Hoover:
and Special Session'
Looms, Unless McNaryj
Bill Approved Kellogg
Peace Pact Is Opposed
Old Guard to Rescue. '
; I'. K. S. I'TAil, .1.111. r,.i,7i;
'll.1l.1rt Hoover will return to
I his homeland tiiluorrow- from his.
; tiir.ii.i.v-iuaklng giiiiil-wlll 10, ii-jl-iltii
Atii.-i'le.'i upon which
, emlial kid lroin S.lll Pedro, fal...
.Nov, i;i.
i Mr and Mis. Hoover will go to pay at least L'.'i per cent of hisjwere elected as follows:
iaslioic from the Piali at tild incomi) tax. Irrespective of howl .-.. ,). tluw-yenr torm
j Point (.'omtoi t ,u (i:;io . t niuch property tax lie puvs. Such I , ' ., ' , .
Il.o inl a special train for Wash-: was tile filial recominmldation oi l ' M,'f ,'"ck,'n of ,he Tal'"t
ingion where the president-elect the propeity lax relief commission I 'ilstrlet, with a total of votes.
, will spend week or leu days today In Its report to t lie state leg- j ",ul Jul' ot Orlffln Creek,
Iconferrliig wiih party lenders re-, lsluture which co.ivenes this mimlh. a of 38 votes,
iganling cal.lnet anil other ap- In making llils reconiiuendtil ion j 1,10 two-year term:
poiiumenis and policies of his ihe. commission completely revets-1 John Anderson, mtistor of the
; administration. 1 ed its position as lo the opera- t'enttnl point grange, with a total
j Kinni ihe capital ho will go to'll' U of a property tax offset tiikun'01, .1" votes, and 15. T. Nowbry ot
1-torida for fishing and recrea- a few- days ago. .Talent with a total of S6 votes,
1 1 ion, with another mission of John II. Ciirkln, chaliman of the! Kor the one-yenr term:
jiuiiity. 'I 1. to the Kast Indies,' cnnilnlaslou which wus nulhiirl.ed Henry French of the Eagle
under cuntemgilatlon before Ills ''' "IB '"M' leitsltltuvo to investi-' Point Idlstrlct, with a total of S3
I iiiiiii:iii'atlnu. jgate the lax situation, pk-udtid j votes.
! . . , . ! with the eoinuiissiou not to pro-j MaeCrnekcn and Judy are
WASHINGTON, .Ian. f (sl'i - v'''' " property lax offset, nuotlr 1 1 nienibers of the present hoard,
! ('o.igressluiial leuders looked for- ""'horltles in tin effort In show it: and French Is n member of tho
'ward today to the lieprm.i !il:ig ' """""'"I- A- HhumwRv, Ore-' Poultry ussnciation hoard,
j Isll hero 'of ilerbmt lioovcr for K"n "i:,iRe ri-p.esentatlve. The directors at the first meet-
'an answer as to whether liiini iv-' W"M 'l,"1")r insistent tliat Ihe off-ling will select a president. All
lllef Is to h pressed at this session
I or deferred In the exlra aesslcit
; promised hy the president eh cl.
It Is Ihe verdict ot tho I ers
jthat unless Mr. Hoover next week
I Hives detlnllo word thai he Is inr
; the .Mc.N'ary hill now before, the
I senate, no legislation cu bu enact
'ed at tills time and an exirn hcb
; slim, prolmhly this Bp-in.t, is nut
. - iicqiioiiliy tmuvoiuHoJov - Tin v itv
'. Kol.iB to put the (inesllon to Mr.
j Hoover durltiK his stay her-.
1 ihj iiruHiiioui-eicci is uuuersLOOil
to have received cud nies.tay.es
lroin WashliiKton Implorin him to
liidlintu his wishes on the pond
inn rnrm roller bill which has re
ceived endorsement of the Cool
IdKo administration and 11 Is be
lieved here that he chatiKed his i
"
plans to ku direct to rTnrldn t'i"'"" ' i"-...-..i n-,,i p,,.p.
eomc to Washington to conler on
Ihis tiuestloa uinoiix other...
As Mr. Hoover approached the
capital today, a Kepubllcan Htul-!""'1
wart. Senator Jones of .Wash.nK.t,.
isiiiiu.i a statement in which lie
Ilneii no with Hemiioi-u 11, ..-, ..ri
Idaho, and Hiookhart of lown, for
otlest on to an extra session llils
Miring after the new administration
takes ornce.
With lliese three KcputillcaPK,
all strong Hoover men In the catn-
imlgn, Blnndlng pat o-tnlnst farm ' ""olher topic, mid educators inter-
rlli-r until The new pffiil iiSi.r, obJoctlonn. prodlctlr., .hat If
Into power, leaders declared flat
ly 1 tin t no I'ariu relief legislation
would he undertaken now unlesii
Mr. Hoover himHclf gives the word
for the pending McNuty hill.
Chairman McNary of the senate
agriculture coiumlltee, has not cult
ed u meeting of lhe cmmltlee lni"mt "" icgisuuiire siiouiti control
co'isldcr his hill and 11 Is believed 1 IR '1HI-'illleatit millage which (
ho is iimong those hoping In got!"10 le-ialulure has Itsolf enacted, j
a nod from the president -elect
No one at the capliul today hud
heard trom Mr. Hoover, ll Is be
lieved lie will not initiate his con
ferenfeH Until he haH called upon
l,-,.i,i,.in i.,,ii,ii... nor lu o
nor
lhoi:;hl he will pass nnv word on!''"1"' "Imuld he made trom some
the farm leulnhit Ion which 1h be-
.i i.i. .i. i.. i...
fore the CoolldKe congress unleHii
he does so through tho president
I S AKI I INtJTON. Jan. fi. fPt
Kvell before Herbert Hoover litis
had a:i oppor! unity to go over
Plans for Ids inauguration, con
gress next weelt will he at work
on one of lhe flist major problems
lo he tackled during his uilinlnlstru-
: tl" tariff revision.
ininistiatlon and singularly enough
this will take place tiurlng .dr.
Hoover's initial visit to Washington
regular panel. I since lhe election to the presi
was comprised 'lenef.
one of the biggest penrediiue
tasks any congress can undertake. !
I'lider constitutional mandate, tar -Iff
revision, because It Is revenue 1
raising legislation, must originate
in Ihe house and on Monday lhe;
ways and means comtullleu will
slart hearings on tho subject.
There Is little doubt that revis
ion will be upward nnd a studious
tariff benefits as far as isisslhle
attempt will he made In extend the
lo the farmer.
This was one of
the campaign promises of the He-
lief outlined by Mr. Hoover and his
running mate. Senator Curtis of
Kansas. In their ptogrnui to aid
1 this Industry,
j Uurlog tho campaign Mr. Hoover
NO OFFSET DIRECTORS
ilN INCOME! OF 'CO-OP"
TUX PLANS
Prosperity Tax Only a Cred-'
it In Commission Notion i
Complete Reversal
Made Carkin Makes!
Plea Voters' Pamphlet!
Saved Keep Legisla-'
ture Away From Millage
Funds. ;
POItTl.ANI), Ore., .Ian. !,. (,) ; operative r.x. hange held at the
Kvery resilient of Oregon sunject i Hotel Medford yesterday fifter
. lo ihe provisions of Ihe proiKiseil ' noon. r. 'organisation steps were
.state liuoine lax will be obliged
Is'' bu l'"l'l'd,
1 Oalloway, former
uu tiroiipeii, 11s was 1 mines
stale lax com-1
i
.niissioner.
Kxeniptlons
In the income tax
1 wore fixed at Sloiio for single, ami
S.'iiiu fur married persons, with a
I Ki-iuluuted i nto and reductions of
$-lUM for each dependent under IS
years. An otfset on the real prop
erty tax to ho used 11a a credit
up to .7e. per cent of tho Income,
tax was authorized. This menus
Unit no matter how imtchv (creator
the real property lux tuny' he, the
I taxpayer can apply it as a . credit
only to the extent of 75 per cent
of hlu Income lax. The result is
.'.'!, t..a";V.1., """" u"."rr 11,8 l!ro
vhIoiih of the ptiipimod liicumu lax
nniKt pay ut IitimI uue fourth ot it.
The ftiHt oltHi't adoutud wuh to
i -rr. . i .1 . 1
",X ' . "" ""H?t-'.
P.oceeds from the proposed lu-
I -'" tax would lio Into the Ken-1"
''';' to relieve real prop-
! "V- " thn wot, d he
' ..... . e..ilh ... , m.i,. h,
posed excise lax on hanks.
A, "mHKeslioii loday that the vot
"hiot i,u abolished
I" oiesieu uy nuuinway, nun tne 1
, commission shelved the subject on
I ho ground Unit Insufficient study
hud heen made.
Hudaet control of' mlllnan was
nia it!(4i.iiiLiiii w iisniiiiieu uoiliroi.
Oregon Stalo college and the Un-
iverslly of Oregon would ho sill). '
Jeeted to log-rolling, as they were j
years ugo hofnre lhe millnge wiih
risttihlishud.
It was agreed finally, however,
lull thai 11 should not undertake
control ot Ihe mllluges voted by
the people.
As for the millage for elementary
scuoois, tne commission recom
i iiienueu repeal, suggesting the rev-
soi ree oiner inn rein nrniinr"
source other lhan real proper'
Next Thursday Ihe commission
will have a public, hearing on the I
proposetl excise lax on hanks, (I
nanclal Institutions and business.
1 y t lint time the draft of Ihe meas
ure will he completed. The flat
rate to he used will probably he
the rate applied In California,
which Is to he 4 or ti percent meas
ured by net Income.
Friday a public hearing is sched
uled for the proposed personal lu
eonie tax, with the real property
tax offset.
lleports of the commission and
I'Ulj-coinmlttees ure being printed
tind will be available, for the leg-
islulors and the nulilie within the
week.
LECTURER KILLED
FOR FADED EGO
NCHUMIIIiIKi, (Inrmnny, Jan. 6,
(I'r I'r. Kurl ChRor, lender of
the (lernttin 'atillioroposophical
movement was shot nnd killed to
day os he entered a public hall
lo deliver a lecture. Three shots
were fired hy William Krlegur, a
fotmer adherent of tho movement.
.One nf the bullets wounded a wo-
man.
I of my ego," oxilalpied Krieger in!
explanation of bis Act. Ha said hi:
seceded from the movement be
cause It represented "powers of
evil."
SELECTED
By-Laws For Re-Organiza-
tion and Change of Farm
Bureau Name Adapted at
Meeting Report For
Year Shows Gain New
Poultry Rates Will Bene
fit Valley Raisers.
i
At a meeting of the uharo
holders of the Karm liureau Co-
! taken and directors for tho voor
nave neen active In tnrm bureau
work.
Five directors were selected
from tho followine nominations.
! the numerals following their
'names, signifying tho number of
votes thev received. Tim winner
are not Included In the list.
Arnold llohnnrt, Central Point,'
2C ; (leoi'av W. Stovens, Talent,
16;' .1. (V Hopper," Astllatid, ML'
l'. V. Isaacs, .Medford, 10,
The ' nominations were ' mano
from members having 50 or more
shares.
Hy the new hy-lnws, the name
lit rt t.-t,H... 11,,...... Cn.n,.apii
ltlve KxchunKo was ehnnfted to
Kami C'o-CtpeiHtlve KxclmnKe. and
th hy-lnwH were ftdopted after
11 'I nuur (iiih-'uhhiuii
an hour'H OIhcuhhIod, In which
,ina w rr.r.d
by It W Hparks of Rogue Klv-
" " CantraU of Ruch arid
CBntral of Ruch, and
"""j discussion County
I c0 Hurse." In
the course or remarks charged.
'this association has been bull-
-----
ped Hhurply to order by the chair.
I). M. Lowe, who moved the
appointment of a nomlnatlnK
committee to expedite the meet
"rana to protest, when It
was alleged that "the . bureau
" iiv u- Ba -
A compromise wns reachod on
ri'ndliiK of tho new by-laws.
when It was agreed to read only
the eight or ten sections, that
eontalned changes from the old
set.
i nner tno iiy-liiws, tno name or
tho organlmllon Is changed, and
will he capitalised at J60.000 In
1 accordance
with a plan backed
hy the granges of the county,
and lhe Karm brtieau, and which
was fostered by Manager Clay T.
I'nrker. The final details of the.
rc-organizatlon which calls for
n wider scope for tho co-opera-tlve
bureau, will be arranged at
an early mooting ot the new di
rectors. The annual report of tho direc
tors showed that tn the past year,
tho Kami fc-urenu receipts total
led 1 )r..-l0lir,.as, and the dis
bursements 1 05,584. S8. Income
from merchandise nmounted to
tl3l,r12.4r, from miscellaneous
sources $ 1,202. 8s, nnd from mill-
ling operations t5.7H8.07. A net
gain of close tn fnooo was shown
over 1110 pruvious yenr. a twiee-
, n-yenr n1""1 wn"
I ""' member to receive a copy,
I''10 director's report showed
'bat since th Induction of Clay
1 1). Parker, as mnnnger Inst June,
, a policy of reducing the "pre
i vlous enormous credit" to the
j minimum; of cutting overhead,
and collecting old accounts, had
; been followed.
I Tho union of the Tonltry As
sociation with the parent body,
j for the elimination of double ex
pense was considered, nnd In the
j refinancing plan, It wo stated
that J. p. Hopper had given val
! uahle support. The report ex
pressed the hope, "that the mem
bers forget their petty snarls, to
be able to receive the full bene
fits of coming federal aid," and"
predicted "that co-nperntlon was
to take the place of service."
The report said that mistakes
had been made In the Karm Bu
reau, but these were part of the '
Plan, and no moro than coma In
to the life of any 'organisation
of whatever nature.
Manager Parker announced at
(lie rlose of the meeting, that un
der a new ruling ot the Southern
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