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Newspaper Page TextI ? Medtord M mum IWt Tnty-third Yttr. Weklf FUljp-twf.lh Y4f. MEDFORD, OKEOOX, .SUNDAY, FEB7.:; No. 335. AX Today BILL BANSMQJHEROF; ; IDAM BELOW1 DORIS NOW I 4tm;)0t. CRK HELD UNFIT! J 1 (Copyright, By. King Features 'J , I Syndicate, Inc.) I . . Corporation got good ice and 'government, sometimes, poor service. Col. Lindbergh , is named federal aviation nd-! visor and WHEN H E WOSKS ; hift lTnolo Sam will pay him $25; a day. . ; All Hollywood knows tlint j Lindbergh could have had i ij!:iOO,000 for making one pie- turo which would have paid ' him about $10,000 an hour for his work. ' ,4 However. ;ik Lindbergh snvs. : , , , flying is his business and.! a . day for .......l. A-..n..n-,Ar,f flying would suit him better than any price for standing be fore a camera. rjesidos, he has a job with Onrral Allerbury of the IVnnsylvania, selecting .....tin ,,j rtrt fA.. ,,. r.,..( railroad which will rn' a sal- .try ..considerably better than SiTa.dllV. ' 1 .' t ' ' "important to owners of 25, - 000,000 automobiles, running in America, is tins question: . wnai can ine . eoverumeni, and Herbert Hoover do about P C.Oitornla Ore- oiiu nuriitrvnuuvH '';'; Tower Company. . conserving the nations Oil sup-. r - -J.,-, . nlv? 1 .bA1-'1;3 3-fr,,rt,,i Py ' HIb!) I Ifln to declare tho steel- , 'head n game fish, and prohibit Slalisties Show that the conn- commercial fishermen catching ' lev will use in 1020 'OXK BIL-V'" . .inxV.OXK.ilUNDlM!r.),;AXTJ TVS BULLION BARRKLB OF -.jf Oil;.' ThoHO barrels, nicely strung, end to end; wmii.i make a necklace of which your little boy ean tell you tho length, al lowing five feet to the barrel. I'ses of oil , gasoline and other products of petroleum in crease daily. . Horses will -soon disapHar from pity si reels. Railroad men will tell you that gasoline trans portation by motor bus and truck is only heginning. -The New York Central .Rail road has ordered from the Gen eral Elect rio oinpany driving machinery for its first combina tion oil-electric passenger- en gine f9 feet long, weighing fl.-)0,000 pounds. Much oil will he needed to move such an en gine at high speed with n train of cars behind it. The biggest Herman passenger ship, just launched, is motor driven. Where is the oil to be found and whence will 'machine power come, from when reckless folly shall have squandered the na tion's oil wealth! Jtcn that now lalk of a "surplus oil sup ply" will live to pay 50 cents , a gallon, an?! more, foio'-'nso- ! line. . . Kngines using gas more eco nomically will come. Kvcn good engines wftstc 85 per ecu! o fuel. Tower from , the sun will be harniked some day, I and someone will perhaps in vent an electric, motor better than a gas engine. "Rut n'fcthnt is in the future. The danger of a disastrous oil situation, with irreparable dam nje to the automobile industry nnd high costs for automobile 'owners is here NOW".' . Q ' If Mr. Hoover, who combines en-Bliieerln- skill wilh plenty of will O power, can solve that problem, the country will he much obliged. Meanwhile, wise companies eon serve their oil In the ground, buy ing supplies from the squanderers. Mr. ItfK'kefeller and his asso rlales knew wht Ihev er Bho.il. when they estohllshed oil resources T as far away as the A ctlc 'tn-i . and reach out for oil In Mussls nnd Veneiuela. When Itabolals described flor- sorv-IR9ue River Measure Now; i Up to Governor Jackson, Treasurer Salary ln-: crease Passes Senate : Final Hearing On Abolish-j ment of. Rival ' Regents Monday. Hope to End Squabbling. SALU.M, Ore.,' Fob. 23 (Sp c'nl to Mall Tribune) Senate bill r .. , .:.. 1G4 introduced by Joint delegations i .,' . ' , ,, , ' ' i "h''ng :nSUe river from I Iftnm rnn.ri'n.Xtnn linlnw l-U.. Untie! " " ties Irrigation and domestic passed house today nnd now Is I In the governor's hnnds for Bp- I'rovnl. flrrt l.V.I, '! TO 'I'vo.-. I . . s.u.roM salary Increase bills were parsed I.. , w l.y.lhe senate today. Ono of .mreane u salary 01 mi whei rhef Jan'10s ,0 JllV,8 Mo. Uiwim - r of Jefferson county fiom!Kraphwl ofnt.ei.R i,h,.0 hmMuk that inerea n.VsltmVy o7a ".! Walker. treasurer of Jackson ; county from 51,500 to $2,000 a ' i'r - .. . .1 The dam bill would halt the jlnnl .lt ,.,,, ,, whluh ls ,lowi " ' " construction oi a power piant at com inn, wnicii is now in iinguuon between tne city oi,,.v ui,,...., imai,.,,,,! r n,e woman " rVr?.."' " . . ;n " ,m'V' .V' ".. 1 lost. " However, the sportsmen nre 1, iney have a bill which closes the stream to commercial fishing. If, however, senate bill 151, which will prevent construction of dams below lllg Ilutte creek, 'passes and uniform seasons are established on tho streams in lho vicinity of the Hogue, the bill to close the Hogue will not be pressed. KALKlf. Ore., Feb. 23.--W Tho senato blik creating a state board of higher education and" the University, of- Oregon and tho!'"'' was a . i 1.1..1..,. .. ...... .... j n,.n U,, ,.nll..., ...! r,n,l.lll schools , will come' up for hearing at '2 o'clock Monday af- ii'i-noon. KeprPsentntive . Mac- l'herson motioned for such pro cedure together with denying ho was 'conspiring against the unl- crsn. "The constant warfare between' the university. and the college Isl most intolerable," be said. "Ore gon is divided between ,two camps. III. follow,. i-m nf llie Inn Intuitu tt.,nti Tn nn1U..n lu i.nlni, mi. In I organize its forces and the uni versity is doing likewise. Doth shies are strenuously oppi-ing any movement that would centralize control and bring about a greater efficiency of the schools. ' What about the rest of us who are looking at this disgrace-( ful thing and having to pay the. bill? "lt has been brought to my attention that I have been work - Ing for the colleiro to the delrl- ment or tne university, i wanning to urunsen unvein thl, situation tn be settled. Theislate hlU.wnys was re-referred scate , proposed by Senator- the alcoholic committee. ment or the- university. I want! I'.ell f.n,1 Kltnlxincl,.!, U ntin nf the best pieces of legislation of-ja person twice convicted of drlv-l fereil to Ihs body and 1 urge that I ing ad nutomohlle on the highways early consideration be given to while Intoxicated would be subject; the bill." I to serve a term of from one to . Macl'horson said that his nnniejflve years In the penitentiary and I had been associated with the mat-1 pay a fine of not less than 1 1200 I tor so as to Impugn bis motives! oY more than .n0. ; and to jeopnriliz.e tho measure. 110 said that; he had asked Sena tor llnllcv nf tjine cnunlv In name I i coniitilttPft of ihroo nr lvp litom horn of the nlnmnl of the Uni- vf-rwhy of Orfpon to invest int(V nil the corrohpondonre hp had hnrt ' rOKrrrtinr (lie mnttrr Hinrp rvliiir to (It'tPrnilno whothnr )in had ron- i Hldj-ed to do anything (c:iJnnt thn univfntity. " j SAX KItAXCIHro, Vvh. 23. (A! Uoprospntatlve Wt'lln of Mull-' The wi-uilir outlook for the nomtth votfd nt'a'ntt it hut yH- J ljoKlnn1nuMhruai-y "J4, v nn trday h moved that tho iwfliun i nun:fdlirre today hy the rnltd bmuirht hack for rcrriniidrni-' tate weather buroau nn fnllnwn: tfon. Put In vott H dpvood , far wivttern ntatw: Thp outlook that there " wW juit enough d - iA..I(..n ,L.aat If Iba .ftn WlnJ ' . . , ... . 3 1 fiKa ilixt r(rronid'Ta1lon. hy HoiifP hill a.lit, inindurod hy flndiTfon nnd Ilronaitnh, . pro - vldlni: n method fr the nxinif liability as the result of autnm.i-, hllo accidents, failed to pass after ' It was iv extended on.idera- ... 1. I!.-.: ' t- ,o, uoo LI. ' .CI measure. 1 ney sum mm in- 7ul ... h-rMnllon that was need- I.KI'Kri Kit. l-.ni:, H'i.. in, bill a. I.irwallon tnat was n thoroughbred hunters, 1 " ,n """ frr"," ","" ,0n.''"i.....T. ,Z ZV ,il! f',k, carding reckless nutoinoiuie nrn I era. flnblsieln. led lho opposition Grandfather and Welfare; Society File Charges as- Abduction Climax Los Angeles Authorities Probe Accused 'Pair Mrs. Sharp Has Police Record. SAX FltAN'CISCO, Fob. 23. (A) ! The nuK'hluery of the law that ! worked at top speed for seven days to return kidnaped four-year old Doris Smith-Murphy to her distracted mother was thrown Into reverse Rear tonight as efiorts were uiit.ated to wrest the four-' , , , , . , , , ' . i Ihe grounds or alleged iiutttues. The first move came frnm lho i i,,U'1 mnlBrnul ei-n ml 1,. I her III.. ! ,, r,., ,hl ,, t,-,.nlnn oelnH for Din iirei.Mnllon nf i.rnel. I ily to children which Investigated I . .. ...!.. ' "' '""M" Lor Ang-lf!s pnlleo indny evl (UMued an Intercut in the eano SXS" o't STEST iuvo.d! in ,e hWnapng e sent to the I soll, 1L,, t.jty. Chief Davis said lie wanted the! the Doris kidnaping In Los Anu- jeK m ye, mialv,.,l. . Thl, ..., ..,,, ,. i ,,s Ariireles he,eon the kidnaping charge.; watt 81lid , imve ii0nced Los; Angeles nuihorlties to ask for the finger prints nnd descriptions. developed tonight that Mrs. Rh," hI1H in trnulilo here' ,o the'Tldir' "ing of bal I Doris.- She was charged wilh hi;- four' years ago, -police records re- vealed. The charges were dismiss- ,ed without trial after she had a I previous alleged bigamous mar- her present husband. The records also revealed that . Hie home of the Murphys was In vestigated by the San Francisco society for the prevention of cruel ! ty of children nhnut a year ago.! The tase was dropped when H wiH ; ifhown that baby Doris was prop-; erly cared for. Officials of the. society said tonight that "in view : of recent develoinnents it .is imper-' alive that the case be re opened." i From another source tonight : Ulieilipi WWIIIIl llll 111...... n.m. Winn uii in... ... n.in.. mother. C. II. W aason, grandfath er of the child said that Mr. and Mrs. Murphy were not suited to tare tor baby Doris, for whom U'asson has a. great attachment. Mrs. Murphy, celebiatii the, !ilnt. A.-eiti nf the child's return '. .;,,, ,,,. Khn will re- . ,. ,.. ... ...k0 u,p )aiiy j from her. iFELON CELL-FOR . ' . R VI. KM, Ore.. Feb, , fci.'. . I Following a spirited debate In I which a Inrge number of senators im participated, the bill providing tot a general tightenlll-r Of laws relat ing to drunken tirivera on ine I l'ndi-r till! nroVlSlOIIS Ot Hie bill lUNSETTLEDVEATHER THIS WEEK OUTLOOK ;i for unf-ttlid v.cnthrr with rain In tLostiirn IVn m tr t l.n (sn.l Wiwt I . w.. ... northern plateau r.-Kloi..' and fair) , northern platoau r'Khn, and ( weather followed hy unetth-d Xcvadit nnd taiinirnia until the Found By Mother In middle of next we-k when the " '"' " ; " " ' ,,,.Plvrd went her will become unee.lled wltlO' ?mU,y' , "' h'. '".rJ V, the possibility nf ruin.. if h" "T'JZ vl . V.. 1 -.n.w.r.,..r.. - r InHI. Iln ''Is II UlOOHlbllO. 1 1 Is Wife, el- . ,. .. C J ...!, ,w - -- - i . ;..' , , nrouvm .. , ' ' mutely "II I..IU fll H ll'Jtl'.n 11' " KIDNAPED GIRL ! t- IX, ')BM ill " , OJJ r tit '.s MWilil-kMl Nationwide search for Done Virginia SmitM Murphy came to a happy ending with the recovery of the four year old child uninjured. She is chovn (lower left) In the arms of her step.father and her mother. Mr., and Mrs. Edward J.. Murphy ot San i1 f .nciaco. Above at right are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sharp in whose custody Doric Vilgima waa.held for 'ive days, in the Mission district apartment, Indi. cated by cross. C. C. Bidwell. radio salesman, ir3t) furnished the first clue to the whereabouts of the child. He was held for aueationing and the Sharps arrested pending investigation. FIND CLUE TO L Desk Sheds Light On Douglas Mystery Gil breath Never Returned From Trip In Hills Flight or Suicide? rtOSL'IICRG, Ore:, Feb. 23. (P, , .,,,, ,.,, ,! ,iia. nppenranco of Ike (lllbrealh. miss - OST TRAPPER m iui nnni nrninh inniiiM no nvnu minor Ltn iii uurturuHiiiJni'iHo "'Mi'ulwc;RADI0 FLASHES ing since January 2S, was shed to-1 "' ' ' ""; ..,' tlllli Inferiority complex lit Tact a ver day wilh lho finding by his moth-; l nH" " ' B.,,U1S leih h, ? ' . itni.M nrmv r , ,iv ,. In her homo In lilddle of an order fillbrenth wroi.- directing the First Slate ami Savings Dank of Uoseburg to pay SUM. his savings ncfounl, lo his mother. I'ha older was found by Mrs. M. M. (iilhrcath when she opened a drawer ot a desk. It is the iirst tangible clue to the case which has baffled officers for the past mouth. Officer's declared today the note Indicates tlllbrealh left the, coun try or ended his life. C.llbieath left Ills home In search of yew wood, currying three days' provision. When lie failed to re turn more than 2la men beat tie- j BiirioimdliiK territory, uncovered i moonshine activities on Silver ' l'eak and discovered a set which officers thought might liav, -""' w(,n stolen articles were found In their im,,p,,i,i ,,n(i sentenced to .V. " . J'Vc llL0l."x lo l'o v" j ' n.'"" ,0.hn,L owned tho sotKiin COUPLE CHARGED SMALLPOX CASES , I-OUTDAVD (ire Feb. 23. Cbuiged with having spread fro... thirteen 1" twenty esses "t small- pox In I'ort! Mr. and Mis. Hoy llnvfi. w..r.. Lidnir mmIIL'IU hv 1lOll " tooay. ine iwo i'mummi h-... their home today nn Jr. HaroM Avcrlll, aMNintant riiy nrairti i.f f 1-r r. entT'd to inv?rttlatft the situation. ,,r' Av-eriu quarantined the homo in! u"in "" " rH 11 niiin.-vi 0"i i" I toll, went out the br.-r loor and ,the coonle drove away. ; . - . , , - j..-. - eov.r.d. officers say. worked In, re,,a,.rant while III. Hayes I- i. . .. . ... ... ... oh .1". ,. . III,- HiBrim. ,n,n . .... - RETURNED TO MOTHER UNINJURED DRIVER OF CAR occo Belcastor Center of Chicago Investigation In-, to Butchery Div Tacker Not .Connected With Kill- ings. Police Claim ! Theories All Fade. ' .: CHICAOO, re:. -Wr-TIn; 1 liih-uku uniiiiu; sum loinKiu i in. i ! "'.uence -taiiie cu ny .cm,B.,u ,,s "-" " ideullficHlion of ltocco chauffeur and member Jl 11 iv "'i""". . nurwin i'.i. !:i ifli The st viilenilne'a dav gang nia isacre tn txlit appeared as much of a IN -MASSARRF 0 RON SHOWN mystery n it did nine days ago. mess couierenre ai ine unless lho authorities hove undls- 1 niverslly of Oregon todny. closed Information as to the Idea-1 Mr- Sawyer - ineseiited fnrt tltv of the gunmen who shot down u' "I the final session of the con seven members of Ibe Monin gang : fernnce, and wa precedeil by the in their headquarters. eleclloa of Kurlo ItlchaiilRon, llal- llalf a dozen theories have been l,lH- publisher of Hie folk Comity built up, In lho inlorlm and as I lienilzer.Ohservnr, as president or many clues uncovered, nnlv to 'ho l!i:io eonference nnd-, (lenrgo evnporalB Into' unsuppoi led beliefs i Tunibiill, of tho .University school of Inconseiiiienlal happenings when i"' Jouriinllam, as secretary. Mr. subjected to examination. I'ollce Hlchnrdson sui:ceeds Frank II. Ap who seveial times have announced Ideby, publisher, of tho ur Dranilo Ilia uli.li..'u u-(tiil,l n elem-Dil llo i Observer, who presided at ' I his Kli"lln n lew hours and have given out new. and oflen conflicting Infoi nia - , t Urn . ay by day H hi ro - - "i i. . ,. , . . ' ,i. ,' " ' . , , '' 't'" ""v,'1 ,,,',,,"u if"'"; thin concern the savings nl yet made public. The latest "solution" lo he ex ploiled bv Hie authorities c.atno to - dav wilh' the lliidlug In Detroit of Dr. Loyal Tucker. Chicago denllst .,, r....... ....... I.lu WOO oisiiii peuieo in in-,.. ' . . ... ici.... l, borne nisi, nigin.. wneu n, .. ..v...-,,..,,, , ,,., learned he had vanished life police more attention tn business lis a at first announced that he had source of news, declared (leorgo F. Identified one of lho killers when " ornwiill, of Hie Tlmbermun. shown a photngniph hf the suspect, ' Following a report of tho com as a man whose ninth he had ex 1 niltloe on exchange of dnla hy traded lecenlly. weesiies. preseuien ny Arne nne, l-ator Dr. Tiicker was round In i Tillamook, and the new field man a diiz.-n condition In Detroit with e-'er of the edltorluli association, the story Hint he had been slug- kidnaped and driiR;ed In Chi- cago by four then who took hint away 111 an .automobile. John Kgan, chief of detectives, declared Dr. Tinker was not a materia wit. neHH. UIKI Mtat UK , i.i..,.i iri..l at the lime ofli""'" -. - it,..i,.,.fi :; na... ,t- hi hv SitMwm Urrrt Val" ir.vi.tiv i"it 1. p. Vlriii:ilv Un nH-Vl.an n.H,K.,.er r;.T.- , fapondnlr aiM lln-ir Wivph ncav rnn honut of it t-pe:kUi Hniiiiiiniiini'c . , . .. ,,"n"u"t "'" ', :"'n""'"'; """',"",,n r""'"' . .,,,. rhalr be plllCed Oil - B,,. hi. ,.uil i be ..cciijw.'-.' In turn by the Amert- een ceiii. i, -j 1'... 1X1:1,1. I'el.. L'J.-a-i-. It -.,. n..n, r,iei..r f.i bi.He of ' , ... ,,, ,, ., ,m ...,., ..,, i, -- . night. COMPLEXES OF Editor Proves State Has! Poverty, Inferiority, and! California Complex, None Justified By Facts Judge Sawyer's Paper To Be Broadcast. KUCiHNK, Ore., Feb. 23. M) u logon sailers from n nnvurtv oomph- a California complex, nil ",, , ' , Ul lliuill JU!MIUH(l jy 1HCIH. 111)1)- trt Sawyer, pultlishcr of Oiq "end llulleiln nnd stnte hlghwav oniinlssliiner. declared in Ills ad- t "ie final session of the ' V 0 a r ' s conference. . Resolutions 1 were uiiopteii iiroposing that Mr - '" - - . '' I Mr. Sawyer, who presented facia and fi..iM, . ,.,. ,. ;f"'., J. i,1" rr V, J I- ' only , nit Oregon r""i'.r 11 suunieu imniicihliy and edu '-'a lonaiij'. 1 Dr. Arnold Hcnnelt Hall, presl-1 jOcnt of the uulversily outlined a ' I'lnn for a business survey. I It Will be lllcl-eiiHliiirlv lifx-euunt-v ,, ., ' . , " lor llln U-r.nl:lv l.i. xua i... .,. I,. ...... resolution was passed to the er- f.' Hint such uu exchange of data !"' he put In effect for the weekly newspapers. Mudy .(lets Cliiilr. M;n. V(,K 3 . (,., for the I.otio Ktigle! l name of tlto a''tref5tef of Ameri. u ht-ne Km n kiln Ih send I riff up n weddinir iimwent in Anne M or rr w n Iahi 1j X V hair, p re - .FOtitod liV (IfHffiulanls of tlin nmn nrvh to .t.meph .ffernon and lnteP iitivi'ii uy nun n iiiniiini .ti"-i .iihu. I r.ilt 1'iills I'llghl. WIHC.IIT FIKI.D. DAYTON', O., ' Feb. 23. lA't Ueut, Jlarry John- ST. PAI'Li Minn., Feb. son's third attempt In 11 days to , Kxpendllures tntullng jr0,000,000 Kinlilish a new airplane iililiud -(for new e(iiliin lit and lnaliitea record ended here today at 1: in lance nnd improvement of existing p. m., nn hour nfter be started. I equipment and trnrk have been nil l.ieiu. Johnsen landed after he en- thorlied by the (Ireat Northern , ,.i. i,e,l dense huso at 2.aiin that ohseured slaht of the - ... . HKPOLiiicsi TO VISIT ANNE ANFi PflRK OR MARRY HER Lone Eagle Hops at Dawn For Mexico City Gives . ; . .: Hint of Wedding Plans a&Final Week of Legislature Wichita-eLands at Abi- to Produce Much That lene In Pitch Darkness. KAdl.lO PASS, Texas, Kel. 33. :. ' W1) Colonel C'hnrlCH A. l.lndberKli 'landed hero at 7:30 p. in., tnnicht ! enroute to Mexico City. He said ; he would spend the iiiht here and ' leave for the Mexican capital at daybreak. . ' " Lenvliu; Abilene at 2:45 p. in.. SALEM, Ore., Feb. Z.iP)-r-, i.iiulbni'Kh yetilrel four and one-: Carried by about 50 votes, the i half hours to fly the 300 air miles . house late today passed a resolii 'here. A strotiK headwind held him 1 lion voting oaeh member ?5 a. day ;to 50 miles an hour much of the ; durlUK the session as expense time he said. , The nol(d flier refused to am- pi If y his statement that he was: I koIiik to Mexico City. Asked if he j rue thlrty tutn legislative assemo llnlended to marry his fiancee, j ly will adjourn slue die next weekV Miss Anno Morrow, at this time, probably at midnight, Saturday, 'he preserved a Btonv slleueo. Marrh 2. l'raetically all of the Notified that Llndbei Kh was major leKishitlon is in senate com IhOUKllt to J8 llentllm! tills llirft. Hon. more, than a hundred, persons were at the air fluid when his lints the income tax, and the motor ! motor was henrd. He circled the j license fee hill has sent to the en i field once and landed in pitch dark-j ate. . . " ! lu..ss. . i For the seventh and lust week of After bclr.-? shown to a hotel, I the session, there are several meas i Lindbergh made nrraiiKements to lures which are controversial and' ihialn a passport to Mexico, lie ; biistllus with politics. Among then retired to his room ami asked not to ho disturbed until morning. Ills Travelair monoplane was func tioning perfectly, he said. WICHITA, Kan., Feb.. M.-') Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh has I broken his silence on his engage ment to Miss Anna' Morrow. Asked by tho Wichita llencon whether he thought his mnrrluge would affect his flying he answered "Yes." As llo where he planned to llvo he 'replied, '"St.. Louis is my. home." i . . BIRD AT POLE 'Direct Contact With Anarc tic Made and. Best Wish es Given World KDKA Programs to Cheer Long Polar Nights for Expe dition. MESSAGE FROM itiTTQiit-iini i Feb 2 1 im i "''itlon has been adopted by sen IM fTSIII IIOII, la., -. i. .tn ,lnli hnose and will n linear on For the first time In the history of radio broadcasting, a message direct from the Antarctic was given to Hie rndlo audience of the world early today. After establishing two-wny radio cominuiilcntlon with the Hyrd Ant nrollc. expedition, radio station KDKA hero picked up a ntussage in code, send by Coinmnnder Mell aril K. Hyrd, re-hroadcast the orig inal signals and then radiocast an Kngllsh translation of Hie wireless' "tootatootoola-too." The raliroadiaist followed a spee h,i ii.iw'rntn nut on the air liv KDKA, each week for lho", Hyrd I expedition and lor the people of i the far north. Conimniider' Hyrd. In his mes sage, addressed .to llenrgo wenui, :anadlan Westlnghouse company, Montreal, Canada, said that "We have been having 2t hours of day light since arrival, but In n few days now the sun will sink below the horizon, and In another two months darkness will set III. "This is going to ho the most trying period of our slay down here. We nro all looking forward In anticipation to the coiilliiunnco or your weekly broadcasts with all hands grouped around the loud speaker listening lo tho voice of KDKA. You can't Imagine how much this is 'olng lo help us over h this is oing lo neip us rough spots of the long winter tho tllKht ' . . I' rteilllS "lU'Ht wlnhpfl to nil or at homo." HILL LINES ILL LI railway for llia. c. o. Jonss. vice- I president In charge of operations, - (announced todny. HI OnLLliI Does Not Matter, In-i come Tax Bill In- Dire Straits Portland . Gang Prepares to Pester Gov ernor. '' . '.'.ii:- money. , , SAL1C.M, Ore., Feb. 23. (P)-. mnira, iuo nuure u uii l" entire tax relief program, except-: these will he action of the home rule hill to permit Cortland to fix its own telephono rates; a resolu', tlon making a "pork barrel" but' of the hlsliway department', at': , tempts to over-ride the veto of .the governor on (he bill giving MtilP uomali county two additional. Judges; fish and game legislation and the proposed personal Income tax.- ' - Polities la showing In the pro posed personal Income tax bill. " Its backers nre uncertain whether "tn pass lt or refer lt to the- people! If-tho bill, la missed .the legislature . will he ertticJHod for trying' to-forCii. on the people u tax which .has boon repeatedly voted down by the electorate, if the bill Is reterrea In tho people there' are hints taut the tnx on Intangibles and tho ex- clso tnx will have the referendum" Invoked and all three ' measures may be slaughtered by the peo ple. .. - - -, : ' i,, : The highway "pork barrel"' res olution Ih swelling hourly. Heine; n resolution,., the governor has no1 veto over It. The resolution dir ects the highway commission what to do, but there nre lawyers who say that the resolution Is merely suggestion, no matter how -strong Its language, and that the highway commission need not regurd It as a mandate. - - . , . Much remains to bo dano In the coming week, but the past .week; has Been some Important matters disposed of. The kindergarten bill lias pusr.ed and the credit tor this goes to Mrs. Doruthy Lee. . Dividing tho boards and com missions Into a cabinet form ot state government is an idea to be submitted to the people. The res- the ballot in due time. Heretofore when the legislature has attempted a cabinet government, through con solidation bills, the hills have al: ways failed because boards, com missions ami departments . united to defeat the proposals. . ,'.,,! F lOUTLAND, Fob. 23.--P)'- Flow of one thousnnd gnllons .' of moonshine a day was cut off last night when federal nnd state pro; hlhltlon officer nnd tho Washing ton county sheriff's force descend ed on n plant which officers dig nified with tho name "distillery.'; It was located on the Williams ranch near Six Corners' on the TiJ gard road. ' ', Leslie 11. Case, Horace Case, fleorgo Maxwell ail Kdward Sftu'i were arrested at the still, cha.'ged with manufacturing liquor. The distillery was of a-ncw type nnd was complete with- holler. M)ml wafor ftll(, Ccclr)c lfKlt )lmt . u T(l1c W(lg mated ut ila.oi)0. - ... . . n , nti.en.ln fnp' I fourteen days, and the liquor hud been coming to l'ortland.; Approx iniiitely an.ouo gallons of mash am) 4ilo gallons of whiskey were 'con fiscated. I flEX.wri.l.M, Da., Feb. !!. W) Mr persons worn killed nnd four others Injured seriously, some per haps ratally, In the explosion or the boiler at n sawmill owned hy W. A. Cnnuet hero today. Tho mill was wrecked, Involving o.fj estimated loss of 1S,000. ; V SPOKANR. Wash., Fob. 3. VP) One hundred animals were soM yesterday at what baekors claimed was "tho largest sale of registered, short horn eattlo In the United stales." Buyers paid JH.00O for the ptiro bred animals. (Continued on 1'ags Four). I (Continued on rage Eight.) today. working at a factory. J earth.