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o o o (7) j The Weather &1 trf W" ww O r-, S&fo;.. q MKDFOHD, Ot.K( ION. TIlTRspAV, . I A X I uTTTlT ITJl 0 " " nTTiT0 George Greets Wilhelm. Who Rules Congress? Horse By Airplane. John D., Jr., Sees a King. (Copyright, l'.y King Features Syndicate, Inc.) By Arthur Brisbane j On tho former kaiser's 70th ! ! birthday, Kins Oeorge of Enp- j land sent congratulations to the i son of Queen Victoria's (laugh- j ter. j ' Ten years nso the Hi itisli prime minister was promising j to lian-i t lie kaiser. j WASHINGTON, Jan. :;i. .-Vi j When il came time to take up Hie But you don't hail? vnur own 1 cruiser hill again today many sena . , , ' ,1 'tors were mill thinking 01' Senator 1 eniism, and n hanging would need's speech yesterday in suppou not look wel 1 in the royal of tlio measure ami of the reply of .... , 'I Senator ItruuUhnrl of Iowa. 1 lamily records. Ashl(, fMim lm, B,t,,,.,s them- Ten years work wonders. Helves, there was the lad that uite a change Irom a hnngim: tlM lnml ,,,,,. ,,. at the end! lo congratulations. I"' session and his address may ihave been the last in which he The vote in the House will j "'!" "'"v ""' I (Ifcide, KilhjiM't 10 rivsidrnt havo kIvcii him fume as an urutur. , foolhls velo, the spendinu rTu'" of IfLM.'ifUXIKHI extra, on Jirohi- i today are 1111 lunsrr wars 01' valor , . I hut of maehines; valnr half arnied ' 11,11 " (ani'.ol resist valor full armed; th.' More important to wets and iopininn of the world is dete rmined , . ... Ihv Hie polieies if t)ther nations ami drys, that vote will measure , aj, arp ',.,,.,, .. , the dry forces' power in Con-j HefeninK to the Washington na-1 vat armaments conlerenee of 1--. 1 f-,n"-ss- llteed said lhal tl:e I'nited States; Congress has obeved drv or-! ameed to "iiesmiy $',ci."i"i.e'i , ' 1' worth of I tie lines! fi'-ihtiru; craft! ders lor about nine years and j evi1. l.,u.eiv,,d ,,y tho iaii,s of en- will probahlv continue ohev- 'iiineers. They sank obsolete ships."! ,, " , .1.1 lie also referred to the armaments j inpr. ( on.jiessnien know that of (lUu,1. ,,, SeV,..al times in 1 if tbev vote drv the wets will j the course of his address, but de-; .' , . .' ... ... ' elared that he bore no other conn- torpet about it. Hut il the I ry iM will , hc ,K,.(i ,i,ai since 1 vole wet the drvs will never' they were armed, it was necessary t'oi'tiivp tlicm. So tliey voti tviiile niiiiiy live wet. dry Mr. ViiRiipr, who turned rexns oil into money, owns n ' race liorsp named Vornntjo tltnVI will race at Tin .lunna in two! important races and is nomi- j nated for the l.oitisiana derby ' !it New Orleans four days later, j From Tin durum to Xcw Or-J leans the bor.se will travel by j airplane, no other transporta-1 lion bi'iiii; fast cnoutrh. This demonstrates that it will be necessary to find for race track pamhlin; some better excuse than "improvins; the speed of hcrses." The fastest horse is slow eomnared with a little run-1 a bont. dolm I). Koekefeller, Jr. called on Kjiypt's kini;, Kand, ! Tnesdiiy. When the Ptolemies ; were on the throne, and An thony ran away with Cleopatra for the sake of Iter frold, a vis it or would have crawled to the j throne on his hands anil knees. That 's changed. i . -- 'J Now a simple visitor from I over the ocean, callinir on a kinn whose ancestors were the! richest in the world, could buy j that kinn and not miss the money. Moral : Invest in America. Ualtimore prohibition en foreoment. is looking for "the: speakeasy in which three hi'.'hl school girls pot whiskey thai ! caused them to appear drunk j in class and cause an uproar, j Speakeasies near public school-. i arc patronized by students dur-j inir recess. Kmpty bottles are, found in rest rooms. , Ualtimore is no exception! ninonc cities. in... r 1 llill soi l im 'i hibilion needs improvement. Tuesday nl-ilit President fool Idge made his farewell talk on gov eminent expenses. Cabinet officers, federal era ployes paying out public money heard the President's last admnnl Hons on the Importance of econ omy . . . . tins country annum c.e k'-"'''" i to n ecotiomlcul President, com-1 ing in at a time wnen ooooun n.u . iwen simandered. and many nilaht havetgntinuehe squandering. . lu ..lc."What s rour- ' . - - ace ; i nereis no uimm win. v ir- jlz wrxzX : a-Kut-..l.i tin ill. Mill UlMllll I SO- mid-ocean. ' U U ..... r. fttc.v?- I Ji'L j AM OU U LU .v-feA! PA1 ... v-viiU UL iLftW BYREEDKSS" ; m OF AIRPmiT Missouri Senator Says Peace Treaties Will Not Turn Bullets Arms Con ference of 1922 Not Kept Is Claim United States Sank Obsolete Ships. I for the 1 nited stales to ne pre- PROBE COST DECIDED SAX FI1ANCISCO Th. Tniltd Statrs Jan. "1. here todiy lu-ll lhat the Nassau company, fnrmuily l.add ."i- Til ton hank f Portland, is mil liahlf fir (xprn-'M iui'iirrcd hy two I'l'dcrnl in viatica tors outside tin iuti? (f ! Ort-yon duriinx tlu- invosii-ation o llu failure of tho hank at .lark souvilk'sonvilh' in Scpleinti-r, r.:'t Tln oi-L-uon courts lichl ihv hank j was respotn iitle for all exi'en-.--.s in- curnM hy invi stiatoi st-nt to oru Kn from tin- -nst hy tho rutted States. The l.add & liu-h hank wa- in volved in liti'-'Mtiun with tio- Jack sonvilh' ictitutlon over :nM noi.-s all to liave ht i-n foryi William Johnson, president cashier of the insolvent hanj:, l,v n,l Mayor A. W. Pipes h.is cnn 1 de ted tiie personnel of tiii- t-la li ning ci m mission by reappoint m u (ii'OiliC Porter, win-"1 term bad ex pired, and selecting -;. r. Corn. W. V. (Cill) Allen and .1. . Collins its new memher.s. The old mem bers renin i til tig are I.nrry Si haib-. chairman, lb rnard Poberts and .1 r. Fleig.-I. j The commission will meet Fri - j ilay eveninu to organi.e alio uan.-- act several itenis of importance NI-:V YfUlK, Jan. ,11. ?' New ivuk.t were scaled in the late . . .i. . if auernipon oeaniiKs on ini' mim i . I market today when the demand ifor stocks overflowed into the eop-j per roup, KcnneeottQ-ofired T'i I . points to 1 r.ii , Anaconda moved ' up -1 to i jii and I ' i pent i new ) j climbed IS to lin. all new hiuhs. ' I'ni'tn Carbide. Midbind steel pro-l 1 il lift- pfd.. and Simmon pained i tt, and .fohnn-Manvillr , la'-o, Nevada and reene (anan-1 D - i Itr-lu'in-n J ii ml r i.riintu The ' ,.,., .,' . M. , ......roxl- V" "'"n'-u ' i - . HorM Knew Hig Tra(j, CAM1ttllK;K-('i- elrlverless norse iinni; a ini'h wasou nan i,. L.l,, l.,,ri traffic of 'I'l - .i 'ir i,ii,i.ii.i - , , . nrS:!";vTrs: 'and i flc officer, blew l'i whlrlle and I j pared. JACKSONVILLE BANK put 1111 his hand. IVIIesrn swear ' Hie horse Stopped from force of j habit. "O'" o . V V' 1 mM f, . ' 1 he Chicaqo Civic Opera Company January 2b closed its activities at its home of 40 years (interior upper left) and will move next fall to its new 42-story building (lower right). Adelina Patti (upper right) appear-: ed in "Romeo and Juliet" when the old Auditorium opened in 1889. The same Shakespearean drama will i close the old building, with Edith Mason (lower left) as Juliet. I DERBY DONNED Floyd Cook Master of Cere- J monies Governor 1 nit-' iateel in Iron Hat Brigade' for Remainder of Legisla ture Session. KALK.M, Ore., .Ian. 31. P) (iiivrVnnr I. 4. Patterson his join c1 On' 'iron ll;it lrif;nd" and I ly the til;'h of liis own pronil.sn will Mtirnuiiint h is white locks with the insignia f the md-r for the remainder of the ;tr(th hLtisIati c assemhly, at least. FOR DURATION BILLS WILL Bh BUILDING PLAN: in nn i ii ni'im in 1 1 ii nu n i t im innin Dl fHMCKOUIl WLLQUJMUM I WVCNjMll DHbl i The executive was initiated this ! morn i iik. a nd walked throiiKh the (fP' . corridors of the Mate house on his ourtlway to lunch wearing the hade pf a full-fh'dKi'd niomhcr a lerhy. It is not hrown i The ceremonies of induction into t Ji rder. which nui.ihers memhers some of th ; . anions most distinguished emlf-men of the first, second, third and fourth house of ilu ut'd l.y a I seiilhly, were eXe lerhied committee eotisistiim of i' loyd Conk, iiecrelary of the Hepulilican state central committee; Men Ilorris. state game oitimfssioner past master Fred 1.. Clifford, f initiation ceremo- mes; KmH Snell, Senator Ied Kid die, cli lei hiiih-hattei- ot the or i ganizaiion; Jolui Kelly, t)olitical j j scribe, and Uarvey Wells. j I Tiie presentation took place in 'the rveciUiVe chambeis with t'ook, j in Hie role of spokesman. Acrom-! ipanying the derby were a enne and i j a leu or of transmittal signed by j ! "The I'nited .Members of the third, ine lourtn and all other estates. 'Gentlemen, I thank you." mid the governor. "Some 'men do not ' look well under a derby, but I as- i mii vol i iomk wen under anv Ikind 10 'LAY OFF HE Fi " jiOS . N( i KI.KS, Jan. .'11. A n i,i(li,.,i thri'Ti of "you fellows ! lay off the Aimee case" was nt- j trilniled to Superior .Ilnlire I'arlos! S. Hardy by Itoben W. liiydcn. a I member of the mand jury which two years aire in vest iua led Ilie al- I h-U'-d klilllapimc or Ailll.-e Seniplei Mi-riicrson. In testimony today be- ' I'.ie mo in cjoifcauni? committee orjcllhcr tn llle slale b-Mlslat n re. 'KEYB DEFENSE RESTS IN CASE EARLY TODAY.CARKIN FAVORS SPRAY 1.1 a ..'t;r.i.i:n. Jan. n.e defense rested its case In the Cerre ile1,,l""' ",:,i "i. lormer luslrlct ',l",n"-' A -a keys and two co. ""'eii'lants Here at 11:17 o'clock ,hl" '"i-rninit. The state Immedl. ,,.,,. ,,.....( ,., c.,11 ,,vr,i .e. I atelv prepai'-d ' iiiitinl uilness-s. I o t OIIMtHUMT S, Weill. I.S ANOKI.KS. 31.--f,r. ; W'illhtin .IenninK4 lit van, .lr.. son I)f ,t. i . i'" mrnoner, and Mr. '.'"'n cm i.aiiin.er were married h"r' and "n honeymoon (rip. 'i n was divorced two years ago i and Mri, liryun cl((ht ycarj ago, I ' i-3 intuit t,r -Tfi 3 'I 1 1 n 1 ?! 1 1 'si.' MUNICIPAL TAX Briggs Wires Withdrawal Expected for Proposed Taxation of Municipally Owned Utilities Mayor; Pipes Opposes Bills. i A teh nram Was received hy the '.Mail Trihune this afternoon fi'otn Kepivseiualive Win. IH-1K8S. Ill si ' ,"s. ""o"H0 ,1" H 1 ...id I,. I. reelltlB inunieipall- lies will probably be withdrawn to- I mm iil'lvr a lu-ariiiK ni-ej-oii ilan of .supervising munic ipalities. J.ocal LaXillK hodif.s to he heartl tomorrow evening. ' This was c.uod news to Mayor , A. . ripe and the other city on iciii is, woo seal i millennial u. I'.. 1 la m inn ml t(p Salein tin- ot her day to ai'l ipther Oregon cities in! ennihattiliK these hills, and afl'iiui- ; I a tclcniam received by .Mayor; I'lpes yesterday from Hie mayor Irom the mayor Ma tint; that the ! .Mc.Mimmllc house committe on taxation and ; asse.ssmetil.s had decided ttt reconi j mend the withdrawal of ( he hill which would place n tax on all ! municlp iliy owned public utilities, and h!m stated that the other ob ject ionat hills wo ii hi probably be withdrawn too le proposed legislation against which tiie tlhl is beliiK waged ar h.mu.. Kill '.!" it-l.ir.l. ......1.1 ..I...... joiuniclpal plants under regulation : of the public service commission, and Ionise bills i.'.l and Lrl', which would place a tax on all publicly j owned utilities. ! .M unicipally-owned utilities are j now managed either by tho city ! council or aiipolntlvo comniisslons, who are directly responsible to the!.. voters. If the bills to tax municipal or Publicly-ow u.-d utilities passed, it would mean that Medford's water j man -oi Jsniani would have to pay a state tax: and If the bill to Kovcin municipal plains is passed il would mean that those systems would be run ( by the public service commission. -Mayor I'lpes speaks stroniily in i opposition to these bills. dcclai'llIK j that they are absurd In that tbeyi would take the fixins of wilier rates away from the municipal ' overninent. and would Impose n lax on llle Meilforil water system which the oily can not afford to ; pfiy. lie calls attention to the fact j lhal the city council now Is called upon to contribute C'O.tlOA lo si 111 in maintaining; the water system, I and that a lib; slale lax on top of j thai wi.uld somewhat cripple the I city financially. I a city not being allowed lo Kovern Its own municipal plants and, says ft stand to reason that n city government could bettor oper ate its own plants and fix lis own rates. !E S.M.KM. Ore., Jan. 31. espec ial. I "l' farmers n I protection In ibis matter' to quote llepro senlntlve John II. Carkln, Medford atinrney and former 'ikcr of the liouse, defending a bill regulating I be ae of pois'in spray The staler1"""' bootleg board of horticulture cndorsnl this ine.-iMir... which niW,4e that tliel'"'r busbanil. date of manufacture nf the poison .pray be printed on the contain thereby lnurlng the fruit grower iicnlnst a deteriorated product. The bill panetd ihe bouie unanimously, a 1 k a jj 1 1 4 1 ft 1? lit s iii! n 1 - A k BILL 10 HALT Committee Urges Bailev Bill I J Dn Nfit Pa?? fllltn li ,Wl rd MUl ..... i n i CCnSO War V rO P 0 Sa I ,. rvieets Favor Robison Has Insurance Bill. ; I i mw ... , The ronlM'W Stmnr.1. O. Jlallev I" prevent eot,-etlon of a stale )uilli,,K , .,,,, ,,, ....... ,, ,.,.,..,.,, ,,., ,,, .,.,w, funds nl the stale ind il.-'l na I aeel ilent enniioissloil as alltb.irlzed by me iii.'i imi. e.nue to naiorht In-; oii w,lh the iinaniinons ai vr-rse . . I ol the senate commit lee oil; , j,u,j,. bllfldlr.'s and institutions Hist bis repeal bill d.i n.il ias." The committee, in its reoort slai,.,l ihnt it found Hie huiUUnK . , . , " ... U.ied loleiiiiale lodl.-ctlon to,- Hie' I trust funds of the accident com- ' Wlierens, tho City of M'eilloril Olle-r favorable reports to ruine1,,,,,! ). UKue ltiver valley la a Ollt of Coioioillees Iniliiv wct-o i.. I .-i . .i.t.l ,, i.itim fi iiMihiliO I hose of Hi,, senate roads and highways emoinittro on the pro- lPos;jl that the automobile l.c.'iiso ''iir run from .Ink- I lo .InU- I. iiusl. ad of from January to I .I.i n um i y as is now the case, and Into and out of this district Huh the report of the house judiciary ' been enormous; and, I ' ommUtee and state purchasing j "Whereiw, transporta! lor. of part li.Kcut be consolidated in the in -' sennets, mail and fremht by ulr j tere. ts of economy. I li'ivt night the personnel of tin ! Joint committee which will leavi jfp'r Olympia Friday aftel'iKPon ti consult with a similar eom mil ter f t he Washington legislature on j fir-h legista t ion was announced t'i include Senators Jones, i'orbett, Catsiier. Kiddle, Klicl- Mover nnd 1 Kcbuimerlch, and Representatives Settleniler, fhllds, Knapp, .lets- liter. Ho bison. Iliiicll.lt and Yule". ! niodelal develoiunent or llle CIIV lloblson of Clalsop will Inl l o. ; llllll Sll I IlHIIIlI III K count ry . tillll j e to the house a I. ill which "Whereas, the present lnnillllR 'proposes io provide terms on ,fleld luiB been found utterly in which fraternal Insurance oritanl-i ndetpiate, even for the. present us" Uallous v o ale in Orcein. ; ! 'r ,i a(fl'- lllto out i-l ot re,,iire the rewrltlm; of Medford. unci unless n mure null- Oiilicies nn llo. loere:isel oicmlom ba-ls. E I'OltTI.A.SD, Die., Jan. 31 M') -An investigation of charges O.ni B1EWJ the charges are substantiated The charges were noolo l'V 'larauellii Me-nlows on the witness rliind in circuit court liere yester day In the hearing of Hie divorce case brought against t h-O woman i.y her husband. H. M. Meadow". .Mrs. Meadows U-llfl-d at " - 'r""l' of policemen had 'm Ited ei-tiibllshlie nts, I 1 which she caid were operated by Mead.Ws furnished v!th "liquor by the llle policemen gallon," the woman declared. In return. Qhe officers tlpiied her husband off when rnld were projictea, mo wuncsi aum. 1 ,, ... Rogue River Valley Traffic Association Resolves in Favor of Improvement May Tells Fruit Distribu tion System in Europe Bosc Ad Plan Revealed. Resolutions t'lwlorsinm tho pjo posoil inxv Moillont :ih'port ami (ho issmitiro ui $IJii.oO'I hitiids nn tin cotislriu.tinn tlirrt'oT, to ho il" rhlod at n spooial I'leotlon April next, woro iuinptetl hy the ILuui" Kivor VallfV Tnit't'ir assoilat Inn at a inootint; lu-hl this noun. Tho it solulioiiM not to.-th ttat tho proHciit airiM't lacilitloM aio fiuiilo- I quad'; itiaL it i:i iniiM-ial ivo (hat .Modl'oi tl maintain her posh Ion us . nno of tho tenilinj; inrports of lhi'1 I'ai'lfic t'OUKt aroa; that tho lulluro ' ui' thenlrport hoitils to oarry wnul i ! osult in a loss of irosti;i' ami j omtnorojnl atvanla:o, and that it! limdorti. upln-ilalo airport is naia , mount to fntiiio growth. 1 Jack K. K May. junior nieinhori or tho Hi in oi s. It. .Moonaw of: London, Kn:la;ul. ono of tho luru ; ost fruit imptnims and oxportliij i-otirorns oi Knroiio. inht tho aso- ' t ialion of llio systont of IiIh firm in (listrilmtinu fruits to tlio load ! it points of Kurnpo, and furlhorj siatod "that imitation over the Ire'ii't Monato of load sit nation in (livat Ihltaln had diod down," in ' 'I'wstion i- 'seeniiiry'1" or the house wcinesdny after- r ' ' l .. l .111)1)11 Itl till' liiilil nl nmiuit tiilnl ! Ad Plan I resolution ,. J David ItosenbeiK told the Ruin-1 I '"!" Mcl'lierson s plan the con. eiini; of a Hose adverlisliiK cani-, ! ntluii of the statu would be ,,;,.. WilM lmiu.r coasidera-!"""' ''' 1 "vide that after July Iiiou. The Plan is to advertise 1111' u':il- adinliiistrative anil on- newspapeis m w- ,-muw enies, ''"i1v" iuuiuohh ot me s , K,.v. iiliui hv clipping and presuntinK i'oiiion iittaclH'U to iho ait uum hoartT would ho nivon u lhw ni-av hy a leadltiK InilU'ivr. Mr. Hortt'iihci; nlatntl that, 111! Ills opinion, "oik Horn: pt'iir In tho moiiih wh'wulUi a inxiia that told nhniil Ihcin. Jiullco and military affali-H, and the Jamcn K. 1-MuiUton said "that ! '"imftmoiil of leKal affaliH. IMovl tlio thlnn to do was to ot pcoph' ! '"m 1h :,,mo "''o f'"- l'liirtinunt to cut them." I 01 HtnUl '" "lirK ff the Hot rctary II irt fiKUi'ed that this adverlis- !lf M,al; i : u i ii. , .' , , .... .,- ,., iMriioou oi .,"'.'. ,,,.. ,uuuuinn mi llw. ..m uo.,.,ii..i it , tim-ehiiuliKr eom. ','i,,,. ,.s r.iHt'rueleil to llioeeed , i ,o.. f.... ti... .nmlnv iliiu I'ujr ynn mum ..i . v ,, wlllioiil further arKUliienl, and at tile price it inoiiKin nesi. I cxi oi ncauiuiun i,i ,oioi,.il bv tlie nieetin-l Is lis illows iruvol norlb nnd south nn the I'll-I ,.irj(. coast, tind since a lenipiirary lunding Held wns first esttthllshed i ,. h eltv nf Med ford the I growth of airplane transportation plaiie continues to Increase throughout th!j United States n an uniprecedented rate, nnd doubt lesH will grow in greater propor tion front ynfir to year; and "Whereas, advantages, to the city oT Medl'ord and the Itcwie ltiver valley in maintaining this locality as one or the principal rucmc const nlrportH nro many, anil ore nf n nature which further tho com- II Iieiinil lll'Ill llinillllK I""" in-.ied within the immediate fll- I lure, Meilforil and Iho Uogue ltiver I valley may lose Its prestige as an 'airport, unci consequently lose Hie j coinmerclal and like udvanlages now enjoyed by it; and "Whereas, plans have been made I by the city of Meilforil to procure land adjacent tn the cltv and de velop the (.nine into n modern, up toilule nlrpoil. ami In furllierance 'or this plan thorn will he submit ted to the voters of Hie cliy In April a proposition for the Issue of bonds of the elly in tho sum of UlL'U.noo, which are lo he used In establishing such a new ulrporl; I "Now, Iherefore, Die Uogue ltiver Valley Traffic! association, being HH,lHf,., that the establishment, of hy Ilie elly." j,os AXflKI.KH, Jan. 31. 'Vl .Walter llagen. noted golf pro'es. Islonal. nnd llrlllsh open clmmploli fli, HU ,( for divorce in suiir .01 court hero today, nllcglng tlip . his wiU luiu ducrtvil niui. . ,. V..riil'Vi:i:. vati . Jan. : :: I . - ,1-. N.. mall, r wln.h 4- v w;tv slit- Wants in mi, i civ, inlifn-nity, h:m On- iicht tf ' & way nil Washington hihv;tys. Sih'h is ihi (iplnitui of Sum-- 1 v n.T .lmli;' Ci.'tii" 1!. Simn- son. .supporting Ins ih-cisiim. Jinlt:i S i in i s it n vt'stci'ilav awarilfd to H. A. Frow.l .iu.t- I tn.-nt of iiainst K.lwur.l .Man-hhank. ( l-'i'i'w.l's cow dioil in nn at- "h to ltM- vn r way over M:irohlnnk's auto- ! lliobit.v Functions of State By Gov- CABINET FORM 1 mm m . mm. . . I 15 INIHUDUCED AS RESOLUTION .... ,1 nw, sleet and freezing rain crnor and Nine Depart-1 '"mum for today t)y the .v eminent ineteorolonlst here, with incuts School District'1'"1" --- ti n.r toninht and to- niorron. The teniperaliiro was to Tpxi RnnU Art flnnoarc in rl"" "le '--ii-r bureau said, ICXl DOCK MCI Appears 111 .with winds chant-InK lo southeast- HOUSe Grist. j The inerenry in Portland fell to 1 IK dcKrees above zero dtirlnK Oi nii-'ht. SAI.KM, Ore., Jan. lil. uT Hoc - tor .Mcl'herson's plan lor l he reor- Kaniation of the stale Kovernment I "'u r,"'m t Kovern nieni was presented for consilient a:" "uient snail be perlonned by Iho iivenior with tho asHlstanco of the fiillowltm' nim (lepartnientu: . of ttmlcitltun of lnhor and indiirtlry; of rinanco; of couuncrce; or (m!ucu Hon; of nuhlitt wnrUrt: of mihltc woliiro; Ilia (lopnrtmenl ot ntuto ii . ..il mi i c tiiMi tiiiin iiunii 111 1 VII olflccH, hoardH and cointulKriloiiH of the state, except the. offices of kov ernor and Mccretary of mate, would he abolished July , l!31, iimlor .Mcl'hei-son'H plan. Kuril depart ment, except the (lopiirt inent of education, would he In chai'K" an olflcer to he known h dm tlb rm-lor of his ilepartment. The kov einoi would be director of Urn do liartnietit of state pollen and mili tary affairs and tho department or education in charge of a board of nine directors to he known as the Hl"1,! hoard of education. t Governor Responsible 1)0 Ml department tlirectoiH would appointed hy the governor ac -nlliitf to KafeRuaids CHtahllKhetl hy law, nnd would bci vo (IiiiIuk his pleasure, Hum belli? responsible only tu him. The rcHiiititlDii provides Hint tlio proposed nnienilnient establishing I ho cabinet forni bo Hiihinltled tn the voters nl Iho next special or Kenentl elecllnn. Submission of the resolution fol lowed n number of meellnicH nf Dm house uoininltten on tidiulnistrnllon and rcni'Kiinlziitlnu hh to the best, means of sneiirlnK consolidation or reiirKant-iitloii of stale Kovernment. S M,KM, Ore., .Ian. ,'11. (fl') C.nv ernnr I'ulterson anil .Slate Treas urer Tom Kay, an members of the slale laud hoard, voiced their op position lo house bill 183 nt a meet ing of the public limits commit lee of Hie house Wednesday afternoon. The bill authorizes and directs the iitlorney general to proceed to col- gleet moneys due the state for roy alties on sand nnd gravel removed from navigable streams of the state and provides that the slate land boards, from Its funds, pay tho ex penses of such action, not to ex ceed jr.uoii. The school district text hook net made Its appearance In the house when It wus introduced as house bill -!iT by Anderson, Uohlson and llynou. The hill provides for the piirchaso of text books by school hoards for the use of pupils when n majority of Iho voters of tho dis trict favors such action. Action to have the legislature of Oregon meet only every four yenrc I was started in the house of repre sentatives Wednesday uflernoou lu S'd provide qiiiidiiennlal tneelings of tho legls latute, begliinlng after the 1U33 ses. sinn, and that the amendment be submitted tn the voters of the slato nt the next general or sieclal elec tion. llicgcnbiirtli Hccleciecl. P10KN1X. Ariz., .Ian. 31. W R .1. Ilageiilmrth. Spencer, Idaho nnd K. It, Marshall, Halt Lake City, I'lah, wero re-elected lo their respective offices of presi dent nnd secretary at the cluso of .he tilth annual convention of the Xatlonal Woolgrowera' aaoclatlcn 'Usrc today. II II II 1 11 1L J 111 J II i NORTHAREA Three Inches Snow Added in Portland Freezing Rain Predicted 18 Above Zero Last Night Hood River Schools Closed Oregon Trail Blocked By Drifts. I'OIITI.AND, Or.-.. Jan. HI. iVi Tho liKcif.s c( winter ii:iin loihiy hi'ld nnrlhwesteni Oii.koii In mi j uy Bl ip. In I'Diilaiul, sifter a day's resplm ilinlin which the mm diil Us hest ! lo halt the steady tail In tempera line, three Inches of new snow nll iluiliiK the nlnlit anil nioruliiK. Tin snow fell I'l lonsly, driven by u bills terliiK north wind, unit at tlmus Kiive way to a fall of frozen ralu. 1 "'li the senior and junior liinh schools at liood Iflver were dis- iiilu.,,1 ln.i..rt..it..i.. i ,,1,,,',,,. , ,., , ' , ',, ' niei oil is avalluble at the railroad slilliiK, snow has prevented trims- portatloii to the hulldins. 'I'llO Htm III Imu l.il'l- ! depth of from Jll inches to six feel over the mid-Colunihiu district. Trucks carryliiK bread lo Hood ltiver and The Dulles trnm I'ort lalltl bakeries were tile first to break IhroiKh tho diirts on the Columbia highway today. They tir lived hours lale after buckilii; snow and wind. The plows wero at work on the rotul hut could mulct) little headway iiKiilnst thu wind. Al lioverninent Canili, cm Mount Hood, I- feet of snow wns-teporl-ed. The ronil Is closed nnd the snow plow distillled. The weal her bureau hero today ordered out a suuthcnsl storm wmjilnir at a. in. from Eureka, Cul., to I'upe Flattery, fori. AnKe- les, west, Itcports from LuUrunUe said Hint afler houra of cutlet woalher with only traces of snow, heavy winds ilurlnK the niiiht and todciy clrlfteil snow across tlio Old OreKim Trail between lattiiKticle and Maker, ef fectively blorkliiK Hie road. The minimum temperature In l.tt fii-antlu iliirlhK the past ;tu hours was H cleRreeu aliove zero. The (etuiieriiiuru nt 7:30 a. in. tmlay was degrees above. A temperature variation of only two decrees during the IM Iiour pe riod ending at 5 u. nt. tocluy was reported by tho Houehurir weatl-.er ' bureau. Yesterday's maximum was :!-! degrees and the eoltlest lust nlnht was 32 deBreeu. Hul mail for thu pcrlocl was .51 of nn inch. The thermometer began rising this morning but the ralu continued. All unusually heavy snowfall, taking on at times the Intensity of a blizzard, blanketed McMinnvlllo tn a depth of approximately six inches. The temperntnre there during the night fell to 111 degrees nbovo zero. To Restore Boone Home 1.I0XINOTON, X. C (A A' re production of the original log cnhln of Daniel Iloone built near hero la years ago on the spol whero itoone tin lit. his home. Is tn ho restored hy the Daniel llooua Historic asso ciation. Will Rogers Says: NEW YOiaC, Jan. 1're.siiliqit Coolicliie wants Ilie ei'iiisers voted for tltirine; liis niliiiiiii.slriitinii iiticl uitl for out of Hoofer's hiulsfet. Mr. ('ooliclcre is coint; to hnvi' Ii i s hittl'et hnlnnccd when ho (joes out. if he him to (rive out h 0 111 e lOL'S. Seiiiitiir Wd nili wnuts 11 eiilll'ereiii'e lo riulits on the sens, Hinn a war in which .vmi luiven't been nble to tret inlo." Thnt is just liki' liiiltiinir eon ventioit to tliseiiRS "the ritdits of iiinoeeiit bystiuitl ers (luring a fight hctween lioliec mill bandits." lie only has one right, and that's the right of a decent burial. Yours, WILL ROGERS. decide ' your Continued orf Pae Four). 0 o o