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Weather Year Ago
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TWELVE PAGES
MEDFOUD, OHMiON'. Tl'KNpAY. .'Kl'.lil'ARY !!)-!.
No.
The British System.
A German Champion.
The Five Day Week.
Air Is Life.
LEGISLATORS INVESTIGATE PAYMENT TO JUDGE
ER BILL IS PASSED By SENATE
nrnnrminr cimampc ninur nnniur nun
AUTHORIZE
mTjr- . .,, ' iKN.ur' Kr NlinliUL liluil rfllllilr
18 f U Mil I . i UUUIil IUHU r- Inn.n.-r.rt.. MUI1U Uv It
?lfcitaJ ' , HiM i I 111. I fill 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I A I 1 1 I S I
(Copyright. l!y King Features
Hyudicato, Inc.)
Tlit? Cmiiird line, now l'iulit
iuj; the American lines for win
ter travel to Cuba, curried -":),-171
passengers last year, of
whom L'u'l.ttiS crossed tlio At
lanlic. This surpasses all oilier
lines.
Long years of intelligent, de
termined planning are back of
tl'.al reeord. The Urilish are
supreme in ocean traffic, be
cause they planned to be. It
befan fiOO years uk". when
Henry the Seventh wisely or
- dained "that wines and woods
i'lom the parts of (Jascoin and
l.anniiedoii, should not be
brought but in English bot
toms." Tower of Isiifjlaiul and build
iii'.' her navy was more impor
tant- than cheap freiirhls audi
pl-nteons importations, to that
wise kinir.
To be prosperous, penna-1
neiitly
protect home workers I
ami industries. Those that sell (
embroidered handkerchiefs in
, . ... , i . -.. .. i
America ask tor a lu;.'lier tanll .
lieeanse (.'hincse women, com-
a use
int:,
l" liir-, v,uir j'Ji 11111-11)1.11111111;
anil even one-fiftieth of Ameri
can wajres.
No woman should make a liv
ino by toilsome embroiderino.
lint, if women do such work,
they are entitled 1o protection
its uiMch as the steel mills of
I'iltsburith.
Max !Seh in el I in";, a younv;
(ii'i'inan, is on his' way to prize
I'ilfelit. glory, upsetting the the
try that (Jermaus cannot I'iylit
with their, fists, lie beat John
ny liislto, "the Cleveland India
rubber man," with case, and a
series of rijlit hand blows '"to
the jar.-."
Xo man. before, lias stopped
liisko. Schniellinc; knocked
him down in the first, seventh,
eitrlitli and ninth rounds, and
the referee stopped the fi;,'ht to
save tlio Cleveland wonder in
the ninth.
Ccrman boys are not tanydit
that fist fie;htine; is manly. At
llauseher school in Stuttgart, a
voulTi, well brought up, would
exclaim when struck :
"Nein. Uas las ieh mihr
nieht gerallen."' (No I do not
permit t Hal. to please niri. ijui j
Schmelline; proves that (icrmaiij
boys "pack a wallop'' us Amor- j
icans put it. mid can use it, if:
you make it worth their while, j
Young Max, who looks like!
Ji nipsey, is on his way to iinike
a million. Twenty thousand i
iiicii in Madison iuarc (iai'deni
were "frantic with, joy when a
right to the jaw sent liisko
down in the first round.''
The joy might have been lies
intense had it not. been another
person's jaw. To imagine your
self a "sport," and almost he
roic, because you like to see
others hit. while you sit chew
ing gum, proves imagination's
power.
5
In V-W York employers of rice
IrlcifSis iiKrecd In h fivciliiy wt
ami luereoscU the workers' pay to
51;: n day.
The Inillilltr; Initios employers
Kol nu Injunction to prevent curry, i
Ing nut litis aurcomi'M. 1 nu nre
told JL'iJU.UiiM.OtH) worth of hulliJiiiK
would he held up hy tlio pgrecment.
Hire nipre electrkimirt and tliUJ.or nun there. Hit iKar P" : of r.ihac In the province of Hosnla.
work wotWhc held til). A five-dav nmnoplanc flashed over Curtis , 0nJy pUrlM of ),r;r di e and bone !
vcok. 'tlvint; men t-vo tUy inifidd. however. und landed at!w,.,c fOUn,i, Several peutiuiits in
which to sicntl what they ram and lloowevelt field n mile uway. tliHt district ncrr: also reported to !
build up heHlth and vljtor. Ib a pood j The present flight wa the e- have been frozen to death, the
thin (or the country. The employ- ioml tion-Ktop flight across the temperature, having reached about'
era have two Uavii oil a 'eek. tlieicountry from vrvi to oart to ie
majority of them u month or two accomplished, the flrt beintr Hoe -
br. There have he n two oast -
. (Continued on Pase Four). Uest non-stop flitLle uleo. .
PLANE
(Senator Bruce Accuses Hef-j
j lin of Having Obtained'
Inspiration From K. K. K.
Church Flag Causes;
Hot Debate Taunts Fly
As Ship Bill Is Argued. ;
WASHINGTON, K. I,
Til'' Ki'llllti' Imliiy puff
- W, -
tlie 1)111'
lUlliofiKinK Hi" construction ol' 1 ."i j
iTUl.ii't's ami an nirplanc currier. i
WAKIIINdTON. F.-l'. C.
Allllcuh I'T.'skli'iit Ci'olkli;
- (A') !
! iluca
not :t'pn,vc of III,' cruiser cun- t
flrtH'll'.'li I, ill villi III" Mine rc
Htliclinn clnilsc illi'llld'-il. li? itncs '
not u-NIi tii In iinilrrstiKiil as i-ay-
inu positively that he will vein the;
ineiiMire. i
'i'he Semite llitliiv l!e:,r..,l ;i Ante
'he eml-ei- eiistnieii.n (
'wli-ltil"tiir iiiii.ie.iiiy yesf r.lny tin "
request ..r i-r.-i.i-n i'i...li.i,-e w
hiive eliminate, the time elmise in.
,,, ,,.,,,. ,.,.,ui,im- ennstnii tinn (
"" 'he i-hies eaiifd fur t beKin in -1
Tl,,. I,i. ciirrles Ihc linivisi.m '
voted ! the house Unit live ut the.
I 1 r, cruisers shall lie put under way.
j during the fiscal year endlli-,' next
i June lin; five tile fullowinc year;
ninl fivu (iurinii the iv.-xe yK cml
iim June Th $1 ,umu,oiu
ulrvntft fiirrit'i also be sLirt-
ed duiiML,- thi pci tml.
Si'UHtur 1 IjiirrisDii, JJonmoi-iit.
of Mississippi. ufl'tM-ril t ho jiiiK'iui-
ipu'lit (o slriltr uiit lh tinv Hinitu
(ion provision anl to y.w llo' pics
Uii'iit a fric hand in pulling uiul'T
j way tin nnval prnurain any t tint'
prior M July I. I1:t:'. It uas tlt-
fiatrU on tii! rust nn.i oniy rou
call so far on tin- hill by a voto of
:i tu 1'S. Twenty-six i;-p"blierins
turned n;-;:iinsl the jn-opitsul and
JJe)nucr-i's and the r;u ;mr-laboi-senator,
Hhlpstead. of MiiUK-sota.
WASHINGTON. Feb. , .".
Senator Itl uee. if Maryland, ae
eused SetiHtm- Hetlin. of Alabama,
in the senate today of having ob
tained inspiration from the Ku
tClux Ktan for an amendment ju-o
posed lo the erulser
wouhl prohibit the
hill which J
flvinK of the
flaK at Sunday!
Aineriean em- i
I
ehaplafn"s ehureh
(rviee over tin;
lde.ni.
Itruee. deelai-fd Ileflin ubjeeterl
to the ehaplaln': fliij; beeauso it
looked like the emblem of the
Catholie elmreh.
"Well. It' tbe senator wants m
to ko on record lo that." lb-flin
dvelarod, "l will do so. but. I don't
want to take the senale"s lime. 1
eon tend that no f lu should lie
flown over the Amerleun flu. no
matter wbal It is."
r.ruoe Ib-n ueeused Ileflin of
having obtained Ills inspiration
from the Klan. to vhlch the
Alabaman retorU'd:
"Just because tile senator gets
his inspiration from the Knights
of Coluinbtis. he shouldn't think I
g.-t mine t'roin the Klan."
F
I noniEVKl.T FIF.I.P. N.
Feb. (,. 4,V Captain Frank
v..
M-
I Hawks arrlel at
I this afl riionn aft'-r
clock
IIMIl'StOp
'flight from Angclet.
I When the plane cam over th'-
fii ld 4M minutt s ley had clitpS
ltuo Hawk- took to the air In
jl.os Aie-rcles than Art 'bit he) took
to natUe the i old fllt-M Hawlu
'net out to brut. tJoebel's record
.was is hours and .. minutes.
Cai'taln Hawk'.- Ilm- whs 37
niinutrj betieV than the recortl of
lis t-ui-H and f. mlnuteM set by,
ei. a n ii ii r wdpiM'i ntsi
ill ;i similar JockheeO plane.
captain Huwks hnd be ex-
peeled to land at Curtlsa
ll''1'!
and a .urge crowd wan wajtlnt? ;
NON-STOP TRIP
COMPLETED BY
RANK HAWKS
Mi &x m BBS
! BRE1AN-IS PASSED
M L tfHJLr- i - ' Gain Aid From Govern-1 .
A special committee ol uie California legislature in cession to determin- :f Superior Judge Carlos
Hardy of Los Angeles is to be impe.-ched for adopting a $2,500 check from Annec Semple McPheroon
while she was under investi-jation two years aao. Mrs. McPh-rson has appeared on the stand. Mem
bers of the committee are William Clowdsley. Santa Clara: Harry Sewell, Whittier: Chairman W. J.
Little, Santa Monica; Claro Woolwine, Loo Anoeleo, and William Hornblower. San Francisco. Insets
of the judge and Mrs. McPhercon
BRITISH BOMB
!
Tribesmen Who Murdered.
American Missionary Get;
Taste of Modern Warfare j
85 Camel Riders Killed
. . i
As Punishment for Crimes!
JKKl'SAUKM. I Vb. o. - Vt Ad
vices read. ins her,, today stated
that tribesmen responsible fur the
i' ill I'll til In K'mveil I. .11 iliH V
.1, 1,1,. i, ti... !... n.inn- a i
pa ntPQ rpnM !A n Tn iw m im mmw mo
in uL tu tu i n u u u uluu i m mluulu u t
11 KOWEITi FLAX GROWERS HARDY HEARING
Cilktrt. Aineriean missionary, was . today vailed approximately 1!0 wit
mitrdered, have been severely i nesses in an effort to clear tlio way
bojubed I iv Hi" Mriiii-h air foree.
iiylity-fivc ean.el rjilers of the
Mula'lr tribes were killed by bombs
rhiown in punishment from the
plant's, it haviim been established,
ll was slated. that (he Mutnir
tribe together with the Ateehdi
and 1 1 a rah tribes wen.- the mur
defers of Mr. lillkert and the up
Kfessors. against the Irak tribes.
men In the Kowait territory.
Mi", lillkert was a native of
Kalaiua.'.uu. Midi., and went to
Irak four years ayo. ! was shot
.and killed by raiders while motor
' Ins in KowtHt neur the Irak bor
j tier. In the cur with him was
j Charles It. Crane, former Amei l
'. can minister to China, who
i eseuped unscathed an a chauffeur
drove off under a hail of bullets.
' Tin- aine raiders ulso attacked il
i pa rty of a ilk herdsmen. killing
, twenty of them, wounding many
i and then decamping v, ith -tuOM
sheep u ml numerous horses and
1 cattle.
; All three uf the tribes were ro
i ported to have evaded the control
i of I hi. S.tud, klnw of the HrdJiiK.
! lie ports In I lie hands of Kmir
' Abdullah .say that tin Wahabltes
have been Kntherlni.- against
I Traiisjordatiia in aiMiton to 1 rak.
j The ILmlr, visit! nf the eastern
: frontie,, has asked the TraiiM
; Jordan tribesmen to move, to other
places because of the threatened
attack.
Nulnei'ous Wahabitc agents ae
'nsed f buying arms have been
Hiresit-tl by th" Amiiii polh-e.
I'JtA'.i;!;, Czacho-Slovakia, Feb.
5. 'Ti Thin city has f xperh need
the most severe eobl recorded in
1 57 years. Th whole country is
completely hn' pvi rxl ttnd rail
roads arc at. a standstill.
Fa inir-hcd wolves have re bb-d
village in Cut hi iiiii. In the sarne
district relief exjeilili.- have
been erganizeii to carry food to
f-evt ral nujwlind villages.
Jtt-;i,i; it A HI Jugoshivht. Fh.
I "h oilliilig wtdves continue
... terrorize Hip emmtrv .ll-tel.tu !
; ., r,M,ttl.tl.a totluV triu. '.,,.--j
.,.,( u, i inn ft i'iHvlt,i ti.illr .-!.. I
2; iienree below zero fahrenhett.
i
' AumsvHIe New, garat,'; will be
c-'netructcd here.
are recent pictures.
SEEK DUTY AS
Ways and Means Commit -
tee Hears Request forj
Tariff Increase Wool
i
Rate Consideration to Bet
-
Heard Wednesday. i
j WASIIIXUTON, Feb.
i Kt.-Uliiln its IiearfnK on
i hemp ami jute tariff rales.
(Vi
na x,
the '
hutiso Wiivs uitil iiieHiis eoitniiiltee
for consideration tomorrow of
wool rates.
As an aid to Oregon flax grow
ers who have "Juo.nuo U'-reH under
cultivation. W. li. 1 tart ram. of
Salem, Ore., asked duties uf 3
cents a pound on flax tow. six i
cents on unhacklcd flax, and
cents, on hackled flax. I 'resent '
rates are three-f-uarters of a cent, '
ami otic and two cents respec-,
lively.
W lib t li e new ra l es, 1 la rl ra m j
said, Hit! Oregon growerH would be.
enabled to (urn out enough flax to!
meet praeticaily all needs of this
count ry. l-'in the, tua nufueturers,
he added, the highei' tlullen would
add only one cent a pound In the
making of a pair of boots and
from one and one. rju arte cents a
yard on linen towels.
Oeorge A. Ilartman, represent
ing the Juneau Fiber company, of
Juneau, Wisconsin, urged ati in
crease to 3 cents a pound In Un
duly of one cent on hemp tow and
to five cents a pound In the wtoj
cent fluty un hackled hemp.
Ilartman said western hemp;
millers could not compete with the)
imported hemp of the kind that 1st
produced in Kuropt and China lie
cause of labor cdsts. and that
under a higher tariff enough could
he raised In this country to supply
the 15.0'HJ tons annual domestic
conum ptlon.
PORTLAND, Ore
Fred 1j. ITonlt, for
Feb. &.!'
many years
ditor t'f the Portland iVew,
has
been pniiiiol' d lo the post of
.iHslxiaiit of ll. II. Ciiiiflelil. prr.-l- I Ang'liiB temple while Mrs. .Mo
ilenl of the board of (HrecturH or! I'Imthmii miih undi.-r police Imcjtl.
tlie .Sci'lpp.i-I.Hnfl' lil siring of I gallon.
m-v.Kpnper!, of which tin; News
a tiiemlii-r p.'ip'T.
iinalt will be Kilci'V''l'fl by
Kaiph .1. I:pijiiinln, cditia- of the '
Tiicnna Tune', who will conic to
I'oitl.inil tu direct the .News. Kb. yd i
A. !'ck!t, long a iiieniber of Ibej
,cwn stuff, bus been iippulntcd .
liiannglng editor. " '
Mr. Hoalt is convalescing from
a long ilincn'.
v
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MANAGUA. Nic. Feb. iA
Colonel Charlea A. Lindbergh,
flying the Mlumi-Panutna mail
plane, arrived her t 1 p. m. local
time ZAj V. M U. S. T )
UNABLE LOCATE
(
;Ormiston and Other Major i
Figures Sought Commit
tee Postpones Hearing
Judge Hardy's Attorneys
to Write Brief.
I.OK A N't i km:
I'aillMK to locate
1'eb. 5. (.!)--three
major wlt-
nessi'S the legislative
committee
ptance by
invest igutlllK lh
I Superior Judue .Carlos S. Hardy of
' a S'.'oUO cheek from Aimce Semplc
j Mel'hers'in and her mother, M i n.
i Minnie Kennedy, stood adjourned
i l Kitty. Two of the assembly men
: living in the northern part of the
1 state prepared to leave for home;
i the three living in tni vicinity
. tn ....... i.. t. ........ it- i., i,.
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i turn tip. If they faH to do so they
will be held under subpoena, tin
committee announced, until the
committee reconvenes, which Is
expected to be in Sacramento on
Feb. IM.
Kenneth Onniston, former radio
operator al Angelus Temple, who
was reported to have been ween
with Mrs.. Mcpherson at the lime
of her disappearance In HiL'ti, was
one of tht missing wit nesses whom
the sheriff reported I hat he wus
unable to find. Onniston 1m vari
ously reported to be In Ioh An
geles, Mexico and Nevada. An
other witness who could not be lo
cated is Miss liernice Morris, for
iner secretary to It. A. McKlnley.
Long I 'each, Cu I If or nia. blind at
torney, who was killed In an auto
mobile accident in August lyiitj.
In July Me Kin ley c"in munica ted
with Judge Hardy and Mrs. Mc
pherson saying that he was in
touch with the rxangdlsfH assert
ed kidnapers who had retained
him to negotiate. After his death
Miss Moitis was raid to have car
ried on the "iiegotnitions" with the
asserted kidnapers. A third miss
ing witncf-N was Jleglnald Tavener,
former los A nuclei, i,ew:-pa per
hinn. and later reported press
agent for Angi itis Tempi.',
Attorneys roi Judge Hardy an
nouneed Ihelr intention of writing
a brief and sending out copien to
.a.11 eighty members of the b-ijlida-ture,
1ml ha ting they would ad
dresH theiitHdves u, a point that
while a question of "good tai-te"
might have been iuoIved, the Jur-
ht violated no law or code of
I cinli-s In accepting flic check from
The Noted Dead
HKTKOIT.
Ham I lerbcrt
.Ian. r,. lP) VII
Murphy, Hetrolt cap
italist and ini run of music, died
j uddnly at his home early toduy.
Me wtm 7.T jears old.
Mr. Murphy was founder and
Qljrcsldtnt of the Detroit Hymphnny
, society and wan one of 1 lenry
, l-'ord'i original baekei K. He also
wn one of the founders of 'the payment, reunited from tho din
Cud 11 lac Motor com puny, The trlct for the payment of Hh out
Murphy Interests, of which he utondltitj Indebtedness to an amount
won head. lLllt the nnv Penobscot I wit hln tho ability of tho district
hntldltiK.
inj:.
Ueath
attack.
Uetrolt'e hltthcdt bulld
wan euused by n heart
J craft leatjc Ctxjper building.
Joseph Piolo, Two Years Fu-j
gitive From Sing Sing Is
Again Behind Bars -Tells'
of 1927 Escape Sen-
tenced to 20 Years for;U(',.ve,v'i,',iKa,io .li.ni.t m ......
Murder of pugilist, p, r; ;,H?ii;
I which hail lis Inceiitlon In south-
(M'li tireon u culiilniriillx ely i:hort
i;i.l III:TII. -X. v., KcI,. r.. tl-) f lim,. uku llirniiKli the 'I'ulelit and
The slayer of Hill Itreunali. In iivy-' .Meilforil Ii iIkiiIIo'ii illstllets, for
woluhl iiiikIIInI. was In .lull today ! Ihc rel'lniinclm,' of Irritation dls
aftcr licltiK n fiiKltivc lioiu .Slny I Irlcls with the aid of the feilernl
Slu iirlsou for two years. xovornmont. In raildly ttalnlm;
.liiselih l'lolo. win, dlsiiliiienicl i "ll'eim'tll 41 Hit Is CXIIOClrd III llllVO
niMitcrlously from prison on the
lllu-hl of .March L'. IHU;. was arrest-
oil hero last nklit as a suspicious !
character. Iicteelives mil. I him!
nfler u nlellliiL- Ills iiiovi iocnls f,.i- I
inure Ihiiu a week. Their sus
picions luol lieen aroused l,y III.
:ip,iirent prosperity with nu vlsildo
I menus of support.
When approached In a cafe, lie
ild he was .luiiies l.iivelle of Xcw-
; nrli. I ieleetl es .said they found a
ttlslol In his pocket. An ailtomo
i lillc he had lieen diivini; was rcj;
, istcrcd In 1'ninn county under a
fictitious name. Police said III.)
Identity us Hie I'scnpetl eonvlcl was
''V;!!'11'1'?1 !:'':''''ls
count of the manner In which h"
escaped from Sing Sing.
He said that under cover of :i
heavy fog he slipped out of his
cell, carrying Ills ma Kress with
him. Making his way to the top
of the wall with the mattreHH, he
said he held It before htm and leap
ed into Hie Hudson.
Swimming a tl 1st a uee of about
three city blocks, he salt, he climb
ed ashore and was away before the
siren on tin; prison sounded, warn
lilg that a prisoner luol escaped.
Send need in HUM.
l'lolo ami four others were, in
dicted for shooting P.i-enuan in his
New York eabaret In July. Ii'il.
Piolo pleaded guilty to manslaugh
ter in the first degree In October
of tlie same year, ami was sen
tenced to Sing Sing for "iM years.
In A pril. 1 i "J 7. a man surren
dered lo pnlli f San lllego. Cnl.,
saying he was Piolo ami asking lo
be locked tip because the feared
h won Itl commit a not her crime.
He was unable, however, to con
vince Sing Sing ntithoritlcH he wns
the escaped convict and later
changed his story, claiming to be
Joseph Fcrrl. He was released.
Hill lirennan. Chicago publlist.
who was at one lime a contender
for the heavyweight champion
ship, retired fnun the ring In 92ll
a Tier being knocked out by Luis
Flrpo. Jack Dcmpsey knocked
him out twice, once In hIx rounds in
Ifllfi and In 12 rounds In l!i2.
A fter uululng the fight git me,
Itrcnnati been me proprietor of a
cabaret known as Tin Juanu. On
tho night of' July Ifi. I Hi! I. liren
nan was In hik establishment when
five men entered and opened fire
on him.
As lirennan Ml JamcM Cullen,
a state trooper, went to his assist
ance and was shot, dying later from
the wound.
The killing of lirennan was be-
! lleved to be the outcome of a ouar
i rel with Piolo, who had been eject-
ed from Hie cafe for using abusive
language to n woman.
Ploto was under I ml Id me tit for
I ht slaying of his brother Santos
when arretted for the r.rennan
killing.
INTEREST BILL IS
PASSED BY HOUSEi
' J
SAI.KM. Hit., yvb. 0. UV Tho!
house M' y iifternoon passed
uilhr.iil tfi'lititit l...iiH.i 1.111 un -
thorl.lng the stale reclamation to
releaso Irrigation dlstrhtH from
I'Mpayinent to the state of Indebt
edness In curred hy the late In
j Kuarantei'lnif Interest on Irrltjatlon
-hondti when an agreement ha been
reached between the district and
ilH credllotH reduclnif the annual
to pay,
4
New bridge under construction
over Hklnanuu on Koottevclt hiKli
wuy between Astoria and Seaside
will have 34 foot liorlzoutul clear
ance between piers.
ment Co-operation As -
surcd By Major Interests'
Letter Outlines Project.
I ..I.- ....t....,t (I .-ti..n
i'he wholehearted support of the
western deieKullon ol Hctialois anil
rctncscntal Ives in coimress.
' view of all era of faun relief
in k now
III llilllll. It Is liellcVI'lt
l,y sionsoi's of Ihc movement the
opportune linn- his arrived for I
asking for such government aid in 1
refunding bond Issues. The lrriga- :
Hon districts will not ask for a
gift, but have plans of pa lug the
funds back to the government over
u long time period, perhaps rang
ing from an tti 7f years, doing
away with the necessity of one
generation going t it rough bank
ruptcy In order to pay for projects
to he Used by succeeding genera
tions. This is not droned Justice
ami the government Is expected lo
see t he fairness In t he request,
which has t ml lent ions of spread
ing over the 1 1' western states,
meaning that complete re-f I minc
ing of irrigation districts will en
tail tin approximate total from 50
to I 00 millions of dollars.1
Injustice Neon
A deep Injustice is seen in the
present system of literally penaliz
ing out? generation because It ha
the initiative of building Irrigation
projects, and Is contrasted to the
government aid given to construc
tion of Moulder dam at a cost of
S Hi.-i.aao.oiMI, . Mississippi flood
control at ltc0 million, the Colum
bia Itasin government project at
many millions of dollars. The
government will realizo no actual
reiuin In money from this work,
but in re-financing tho irrigation
districts 1m assured uf I he return
of Its money over a long-time
period.
If government aid Is secured, It
will mean that present irrigation
district costs will decreaso by at
least six dollars, Outlook for aid
Is encouraging- Inasmuch that
president-elect Herbert Hoover Is
practically u western man and
(Continued on 1'uuo Klght.)
L
T
Ustublidimeiit of a dirigible base
la I ho I log lie Hlvcr valley adja-t.-ent
lo this city Is among tho
posfllillHIeti of the lintnedlato fu
ture, and a meeting of the di
rectors of tho Chamber of C'om
mcrco has been called this after
noon at 1 o'clock for tho purpose
of Helecllng a reproaentativu or
represcnt.a lives lo attend a. meet
lii'j Friday In Portland of dele
Kates of vaiiouH Oregon commu
nities. Congresa recently appropriated
I ;
,000,000 for tho establishment
dirigible base on the Pacific
coast. The communities Interested
in tho Btuto of Washington, ro-
Jceiilly united upon Camp Lewis.
near 'lucuimi, Watth., a tneir
choice. Med ford ri'pnjnentatlvea
will endeavor to have the Port
land meeting unite, upon I tils, city,
hh the choice of this utate.
TIHM valley Is adnably located,
cllmatleally and Keographleally for
l'l "iriKlol;
It hah a minimum uf
wind velocity, Is I United midway
of tho Pacific (.'oast states, ami Is
a sufficient distance from tho sea,
to Insure nvoldancn uf seashore
weather, yet within easy reach.
It Is understood that tho novum-1
ment In seeking u site, In tho in
terior, and clliuato 1b ono of tho
main reiiulsllen.
It Ik ulso understood that local
aviation workers have an option
on a site, and that their cauro
han eunldcrnblo f flelal and pri
vate lmektiiR, duo to tho alrnitnd
cdnesn of (ho city, In tho pant.
A. dlrlKlhlo bnso employs from
300 to COO . men. with a vast
amount of equipment and quarters
and hangars. ,. -
MEOFORD WIL
IKE BID FOR
BUMP OEPO
Dunne Investigation Request
Passes Senate Unani
mouslyOregon Commis
sion Unable Get Data Is
Claim House Passes
Forestation Bill.
SAI.KM. Ore., Keb. !. 4 an Nut.
wIthsnimlinK an uttiick by senator
Klt'ppiM on (ho Duunu tiU'phiiuii
InveMilgntliw; memorial. In whirh
ho branded 'It as farcical And di
clarcd tli.it tlio Rovprnor Iiuh owcr
to malic Ihc Investigation throimb
the public service comnilKKlcn, tliu
Hcnurnr voted tor the meniorliH
anil It was adopted by the euute
umiiilinmiKlv lodny.
Tlie memorial ' calls upon con
ki'chs to adopt the .lohimon invest!
pithiK resolution for a nation-wide
prohe and lo appoint an Oregon
senator on the committee.
Ihinnc, In his opening cpeecli,
read a telegram from Senator Hi
ram Johnson, stating that the con-'
gressfonnl . resolution probably
would be tabled until after March
I. but that with the support of the
western states ho believed 11 "would
be adopted. A similar message was1
read from Senator Slelwur.
Data Needed
Dunne declared that the Oregon
public service commission 1h un
able lo get enough data on tho trie'
phone situation for rate making,
and cited n statement of cx-C'om-nilssloner
Kred 11. lluchtul at the
rncont ' henrlUK n his resolution "
In support of tlio statement.
Hufnrrlng to tho popularity of bin
memorial, Dunno said that It "is
now a political vehicle that evofy
one wants to rldo on, though two
years ago It was a much reared
vehicle."
Ilofonlng lo proposed locnl In
vestigation In Portland, Dunno salu
that "most of us believed wo would
faro just as well with tho public
service commission."
"It Is not my purpose." Dunne
continued, "to bo a bailer of tha
telephnno company. My purpose Is
to et all tho cards on the tuble.
Thon If tho telephone company Is
In tho clear It can bo relieved
from tho charges that aro being
liuido against it. If It develops that
it has too many employes, we will
then know that a lot of them arc
political employes."
SAt.Elvi, Oro.,,l',cb. n.(7) I'as
sage of '.otiue bill 20U, by rtotylsnn.
provldl'.g for the forestation and
ruforor atlon . or logged ort lands
In Oregon through reduced tax as
sessment valuations on lands In
the process of reforestation, 'after
it delmlo lasting through almost
tho entire afternoon rounded off a
busy day for the lower house of
the legislature Monday. ,
(Continued on Hugo Higlit.)
Will Rogers Says: .
NKW YORK, Fel.. 5.
Junk Dempsry inviteil me to
Miami to bn muster of ccrr-,
itioiiifM ut the Hlrililini;
81 1 ui' hey i'mht to sec who
will Ik; Bccrctwy of wur. I
foil it u it
litmnr wliuti
y o ti 1( n o w
tliat Hoover,
C o o li d g o
a ti il Sinitli
are all
available. 1
don't now ivliat the duties
of a loaslmusHT nt a fight-
re, but I would like to tell
'mi tlie advantages of Culf-'
forniii iiiider a 'Hoover ad
ministration. We liavc im
ported silk worms in Califor
nia Unit arc working twelve
inontliK a year, wlicre in Ja
pan tlicy only worked tlirce.
They ain't orjuni.ed yet.
LetH see, today is Tiics'
day. Donovan ia out of tlio
culiinut ou Tuesday.
Yours,
AVILb ROOEKS.
P. S. Watch your tariff,
Republicans. Grundy is-loose
again. '....'