EDFORD lMlt,TRBBUNE
DaDy Tnjj-faqrth Tur.
MEDFORD, OH EG OX, SUNDAY, MAY"
No. 51.
M
Today
By- Arthur Brisbane
Why Farmers Laugh.
A Touch of Bolshevism.
Henry Ford and Moses
Immortal? For How
Long?
(Copyright by King FwturM
Syndicate, Inc.)
'' Tears and laughter afford re
lief. Loud laughter, violent
weeping, cause the mind to rest
and bring. temporary relief.
There will be farm relief
)au!f)iter in new 3 that railroads
have consented to lower freight
rates on wheat flour from the
Middle AVest to the Atlantic.
. The notion that farmers will
get more for their whea't when
flour mills pay lower freight
bills will make the saddest far
, mcr laugh.
r Relief for flour manufactur
ers is welcome. They are hav
ing . a hard time with chain
stores regulating their profits.
But charging them 10 cents
less, a barrel, for shipping flour
will not cause them to give
farmers 2 cents a bushel more
for wheat.'
Relief for farmers and for
many others will come from
generally increased prosperity,
and especially from sharing na
tional wealth more widely.
. American farmers once sold
corn for less than the, amount
of the tariff now proposed.
.
It is certainly bolshevism,
almost anarchy -to suggest it,
but government ownership and
exploitation, of. natural mpiiop
.oJieX'will "eventually , "come, no
matter how many newspapers
the power gentlemen may buy.
Wise ifinance, will, tell you
"The' government does not
know how to run business
Only private enterprise can do
that well." What' about Can
ada? Sir George Trevelyan,
member of the British parlia
riiejit, gives us food for medita
tion in these statements :
'A few years ago Canada had
three railroads, privately own
ed,. on- which gigantic sums of
public and private capital had
been spent. ' They paid 116 prof
it, and ."there was a great
likelihood that they Would close
down."
Trcvclvan says "Canada took
over those railroads,' national
ized them and in a couple of
years they were beginning to
pay and have paid ever since
They arc being run successfully
:nud there is not a try in Can
ada who would dream of hand
ing them back to private en
terprise." . .
-
Business men that buy power
n America are interested in an
other .. part of Trevelyan V
.Bfatemcnt:'-, ' ' ''
'''in Toronto there is a great
electrical undertaking which
gets its power from the British
ihulf of Niagara Falls. :
.;. . "That undertaking belongs
"lo the state of Ontario and is a
nationalized concern. The oth
er half of the Niagara Falls
works a private enterprise on
this side and pays good divi
dends to those who have capital
in it." .
Now comes the jiotnt for those
Tjho are familiar with Canada's
prosperity and know that cheap
power la the basin of Industrial pie
ces. "Interesting thing Is that on th
Ontario slile, the nationalized un
dertaking pays a regular and large
sum in proiits to the community.
"Not only w. but ft gives llxhl
and power tiOthe peonle of Onta
rio at NOT LESS THAN f".
THIRD OF THE PRICK THAT
THE PRIVATE ENTERPKIHE
CHARGES FOR IMIVT AND
POWER IN AMERICA."
M
Power trust e.lUors will tis and
say that Trevelyan does nm know
Coatinatd on Fact roar).
13
AS
Federal Prosecutor In Re
ceptive Mood Klan Can
didate In 1922 to Enter
Primary and Attract The
Women Voters Patter
son Expected to Seek Re:
Election.
PORTLAND, Ore, May .11. UP)
Tho Or'JKoulan will say tomorrow
that two more prospective, candi
dates for tho gubernatorial chair
In the refurnished executive office
In the Salem stutenouso have ap
peared on the political horizon in
the form of George Neuner, Uni
ted States district attorney forj
banker and member of (he stale
senate from Coos und Curry coun
ties. 'Neuner. -the Oregonlan will
say, "frankly admits ho doesn't
know what he will do concerning
the nomination. He has received
many letters suggesting Jhat he
submit his name and this en-
coumgement has come from many
sections of the stute.
'The ins and outs of legislation
are familiar to Neuner for he has
served in the house of representa
tives besides other clerical duties.
His services as United States at-
torney have been- so satisfactory1
that he was : recently appointed
for anoiher term and last yeur:
Mabel "Walker Wlldebrant offer-1
ed him a special position at Wnsh-j
tngton, U. C, cnicugo or in viuuku
of prohibition matters on the I'tt-
clfic coast. - I
"Pr'ovidlnf? . ho is a cfindldato
Neuner says he will outline a pro i
gram and stage an aggressive cam-'
palgn. .in short . Neuner can ue ,
classlfled Bs a mntitm-o candi
date. ' "
Neuner Is widely known thru
out; Jackson county, through act
ing as spoclul prosecutor In tho
DeAutremont brothers murder
trial, and liUor cases.)
"However, there is nothing ten
tative about Hall. Ho has de
clared repeatedly, that ho will en
ter the primary contest for the
nomination- and feels that his
NEUNER
URGED
GOVERNOR
chances are better than they were the inspection to which it was en
when he ran ogalnst Ben Olcotti titled.
In 1922. t j "Representative Korrell has
"Hall has been working sys- written a letter to Secretary Adams
tffmatieally on his campaign for backing tho protest which wua first
months. He expects to havo his communicated to the Oregon rep
business affairs in such hapo thnt j resentatives by the Oregon and
he can devote his entire time to Portland chmabers of commerce."
the, campaign by the end or mej
present year.
"Part of Hall's campaig
attract the support of the
voters.
"There was n bitter campaign
when Hall sought the nomination
In 1922 and in tho general elec
tion as a result of the spilt In rc
nubllcan ranks, Walter M. Pierce,
democrat, was elected. The Issues
of 1!22 have been forgotten. Ilnll
can be expected to nolo nis mi-
mer support and ns he was a co-1
sponsor of on Income tax bill In
the past two sessions ot the leg -
islature he might find favor with
advocates of that method of tax-
ation.
"Unless something unforseen
happens. Governor Peterson will
see another term. Ills statement
at Medford that he would be
randidnte and his denial
stnteinent nt Eugene are no
ously considered. All prospective
nspirnnts forgovernor are work
ing on the theory that ratterHon's
name will be on the ballot."
f- .
'BADGER GAME'
PORTLAND, Ore., May 11. WPj
With a bulk't in his ukull which
may caune -death, Harry NIcholH,
23. Seattle, trait in a hospital to
niRhl, and Mr. and1 Mis. Charles
Pnullim were hold hy police after
a KhoothiK scrape in
wcMt nlde
GUNPLAY ENDS
N METROPOLIS
noti room. e jr,i a "wee nip In the morning to-
Paulllm Mumbled through the rtaJ. tooJ tho p(,,iK(. nfl a nH.nii( or
hotel lobby with a nun In his hand U-Hraptnif a 8enti-n e to the Htato
and leaped Into a taxicab. In an- (ntii.il farm at I-nnlnK.
othtr hotel two bockn away he jund RUlliy on three counts of
surrendered to officers. ' ioH.-rswinn of liquor and niaintiitn-
Pollee sny Mrs. Paulllm was nK u milnnre, ;rldKet today was
found in Nichols' room. 'senti nced to an indeterminate nen
A city-wide span h for fonritenee and flnel Jloa. Then hhe
othr persons believed implicated tok an oath she would neither
In what police Intimated wns)drink nor sell liquor and was pa
a "Imdfjer gam e . immediately j rlid.
started.
CHICAGO, May 11. JP) Master
Imindsof the poultry Industry have
iconvened here to work out plans
for hen relief.
AIR MAIL INAUGURATES NIGHT FLYING SCHEDULE
NgB DAY qxtssbj
. Aitoiiattd I'ttu Photo
Hay Little, (inset) Boeing pilot who flew the first eastbound air mail from San Francisco bay on
Sept. 0, 1920, wis chosen to start the new program, which cuts the time to 32 hours between Atlantic
and Pacific cocets. Map indicates territory flown nights and days respectively. .
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BASE GRAB BY
SISTERSTATE
Confining of Selection to
Southern California Un
der Fire, and Position
Taken North Pacific Area
Entitled to Consideration.
. PORTLAND, Ore., May 11. (ff)
The Oregohlan will say tomorrow
that the navy department's plan to
confine its search for a Pacific
coast dirigible base to the Los An
geles-San. Diego area drew fire to
duy from Scnntor McNary and
Kepresenuuive ixorren, uregon, in
Washington.
"Senator McNary." the newspa-
per continues, "was an early caller 1
nt tho offices of Secretary of the
Navy Adams, where he confirmed
a-report from Oregon that the gen-
Wul- board ajlpointed 'by" the de
partment '"to investigate the pos
sible locations had recommended
that such a base , be confined to
southern California.
"Although Secretary Adams as
sured Senator McNary that selec
tion of a dirigible base had. not
finally been made and that further
contemplation of a site was' consid
ered, McNary insisted ' the north
Pacific area had not beelT given
i HEM FIRE LOSS FOR
STATE DURING APRIL
SALEM, Ore., May 11. (P)
Fire losses In Oregon outside of
Portland during April aggregated
(194.544, says the monthly report
D Clare A. Lee, state insurance
.commissioner. Two of the 81 fires
j reported were said to have been of
incendiary origin. The heaviest loss
(was at Myrtle Creek where a school
house was burned with a damage
0f .riO,ol)0.
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE
- AIR SERVICE DOUBLED
PORTLAND, Grp., May 1 1 . (P)
Two-way passenger service be
tween Seattle and Portland wuh In
nuguratcd today hy the West Coast
Air Transport company. A broug
ham plane carrying four passcn
gers, left Portland at 10 a. m. to
day, to return nt 4 p. m.
Another plane leaves Seattle nt
7:30 a. m., returning to Heattlc at
3 p. m. -
LOVER OF 'WEE NIP'
TAKES DRY PLEDGE
KANSAS CITY. tenr... May 11,
r J.tVi Iti idirct MpCni lhv 1 nhn ml.
, mjttod In court that ihe nppreelat-
WAS HI NOT'", May 1 1 . (P)-
president and Mrs. Hoover left the'
Whlto House at 11:30 a. m. today
for their usual Saturday's outing
in the country.
ill WIPE
SLAYS 5 MS;
THEN HERSELF
Felt She Was Unworthy of
Husband, Note Reveals
Worry Goaded Wife
Enacts Grim Tragedy
Oldest Girl Choked With
Bare Hands.
SASKATOON'. Sank., May U.--W)
Mrs. Muriel Wilson took the
lives of her four children and
then committed sutcldo hecbuse
sho felt horself unworthy of her
husband. It wuh discovered toduy
when a searching party came ui-
0n the flvo bodies.
.., ... nll-nlcht hunt
hatl beep
conducted for Mru. Wilson, who
was SB years old. Sh6 left icr
home early yesterday with1 hor , cil attended the, meotfiiK.
children In the family motor car. j The principal-speaker waH Hon
The husband, W. A. Wilson, upon ' C. Uey. general attorney for the
returnlnK home last night found Southern Pacific company, who
a note from his wife stating her : .outlined his company's attitude
Intention, of killing the children on the proposed extension of tho
and herself. j Great Northern railway Into Cali-
Thc bodleB were found two ; fornia, which would operate In
miles from the home on the bank ! conjunction with ho Western Pa
of the Saskatchewan river. The clfic. '.
children, had been strungled td ' ' A9 a line for handling through
death and Mrs. Wilson had hanc -
ed herself from a tree.
The mother used her hands in'tlonal and treniendous burden or
choking her oldest children. iuura,
9 years old, and Iouls 4 She
tle scarfs around the neckfl of
Marjory, 2. and Glen 'William,1
five months old, to strangle them. ;
Laura had put up a struggle It
was evident from the condition
In which her body was found.
Mrs. Wilson had stood on a box
and later kicked It from under
her often lying a rope around her
neck.
Wilson is a salesman for the
Prahie Oil company, the note ho
found from his wife asked forgive
ness and stated -that she felt her
'self unworthy of. him.
PORTLAND, Ore., May J 1 . (fP)
Death of the woman to whom he
was betrothed wus given by friends
tonight ns the reason for the sui
cide of Archie Klncald at Corbett,
Ore., today. Klncald was found un
conscious near bis Corbett cabin
by a resident of the village and
was taken to a Portland hospital.
He had shot himself through the
head.
, Klncald visited his friendH today
and bid them goodbye.
65C EASTERN OREGON
I.A (IHA.VDE, Ore., May 11. (Pi
It was learned here today that
bnrbcrs of eastern OreKon are to
meet soon to discuss a uniform,
revised schedule of prices. 1a
CIrnnde barbers recently announc
ed HiiMi a revision, effective May
15. Tho rates specify a charge of
25 cents for a shave "without neck
clip"; haircut, 65 cents: children's
haircuts. 50 cents.
Itaker, Wallowa and lnlon coun
ty barbers already favoring uni
form rates, are to approach Pen -
dlcton barbers on the subject.
Cicero Dairy Bon-bed
CHICAGO, 111., May 11.
The d.ilry plant of Josef Wagner
in Cicero bus leii protected for
nearly a month against violence by
an tnjtinejion. hut a bomb nearly
wreeked the nlar enrlv todav.
( Wagner recently refused to Jnln n
milk dealers' association and lh?y
I threatened him, he said.
ESPEE COUNSEL
RAPS
LINE
Ben Oey Telis Civic Meet at
Grants Pass Public Offer-
ed Burden of Unneces
sary Investment Citi-
' zens Council of Sacra
mento visit Lower Rogue.
Q HANTS PASS. Ore., May 11.
yp) The Saerumento region citi
zens council, civic body made up
of members from the countleH of
North central California, met here
toduy with- the chamber of com
merce and other leading civic or
ganizations of Grants Pass.
: Itepresentatlves from practically
eWl counki-tirt'ei''u: by the 'coon'
1 traffic, the proposed road offers ,
the public nothing but an addl-
1 unnecessary; investment,'
he do-
el a red.
I
ROSE CITY TESTS
POHTLAND, Oro., May 11. VP)
Tho colorful Jeffei-Bon hlijh m-hool
band of Portland won In cIukk A of
tho state band concert held nt
Grant high school today. The Jef
ferson band waa Knappy In appear
ance and this, combined with Itn
ability to play, won n Hcnrc f
S3 2-3, tho hiiihoMt wore of tho dny.
. Corvallln hich school wan second
in clnm A and flriint hlith of Port
land third. Four whnnln competed
In thin class, tho other helns Sa
lem. .
Albany hliih school won first
place In class H and West l.lnn sec.
ond. Klamath Kails won first
place In class ('. and Irrluon sec
ond. IrrlKon has only 110 students
In Its (trades and hitch school and
30 of them are In tho hand.
Winners In class A anil class M
are ellKlble to enter the nalionnl
band contest at Denver, Colo., later
this month.
SMART ALECK TO
GET SALEM CELL
POHTLAND, -Ore., May II.
Henry M. Kirk. 22, cucumber
farmer, stole nn automobile and
a calf nnd needs a lesson.
Henri', convicted on a theft
charge, stood before a circuit
Judge today nnd nsked, ns n favor,
to be sent to prison.
"I een In Jails before. Judge,"
Henry said, "but they done me no
! Kood
need a Jolt nnd a leon.j
; Judito
Morrow thought so t
and sentenced him to the s tate
penitentiary fur one year.
Itlow llr'nk Hack
LA (JllANDK, Ore., May II. A)
Iawrence Jones, IS, of North Pow
it.
ilimi in n erltlea) mndltlnn In n
1 hosnmil hern today with a broken
back. He was struck yesterday by
" teji-lnrh branch of n fallen tree,
phe Wow imi alyued his leys.
SOUTH
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Jt-t UIWVII IIIMII
! BAND IS VICTOR
OEBENTUP MB
mon ' UVo BOARD MEMBER
Mid-West Bloc and Demo--.crats
Unite to Put Motion
In Tariff Bill Think
President Can Prevent
Deadlock Farm Sections
Active.
WASHIN(lTON. May 1 1. (P
A stiffening In the ranks of the
senate group which favors the ex
port debenture plan gave adminis
tration leaders considerable con
cern today ;is to what effect an
attempt to Incorporate this pro
posal Into the tariff bill might
have, tihould it finally fall to be
Included In the farm relief hill as a
result of opositlon in the house.
Plans have been formulated by
tho debenture group in the senate
to attempt to tack that proposal
onto the tariff measure If the
house decllueH to receive the sen
ate farm bill after It passes. It
has been suggested the house
might take such action based on 1
the contention that the debenture
section constitutes revenue legisla
tion and therefore cannot constitu
tionally be Initiated by the senate.
Kepuhlican leaders have ac
knowledged that a combination of
democrats and middle western re
publicans In the house ntlght pre
.sent n formidable threat to their
plans for restricting consideration
of the tariff bill, but they still are
of the opinion that such a coalition
could not commit nd enough sup
port to be actually dangerouH.
The problem Is believed to have
bocomo more acute hecause senti
ment for the debenture plan In the
senate is considered to have extended-
rniher,,( than diminished
atnro ' Ihat V proflosiUvnK- written1
into tho farm bill over tho objec
tions of President Hoover. Adr
ministration leaders have said that
the plan, If offered as' a rider to
tho tariff 111 If would receive two or
throo more votes on the senate roll
call than It did on being retained
In the farm bill.
Some members of congress noted
today lhat, along with Information
bolng circulated In tho agricultural
sections of the country with re
, Hpect to tho effect fo the debonture
i ptun. a number of house repub
Iciaus from those sections nre be-'
lleved to be looking more favorably
upon the proposal than they were
earlier In the session. In addition
the democrats have taken up the
plan,- Representative Garner of
Texas, the democratic leader, hav
ing declared that. If the house Is
given an opportunity to vote on the
question, an almost solid demo
cratic lineup will be presented In
Us favor.
However, the opinion of the ad
ministration leaders is that even a
strong coalition of democrats and
middle western republicans would
be offset In the house hy the sub
stantial administration majority.
They also look to President Hoover
to take a hand In the negotiations
and are hopeful that his influence
will prove beneficial In preventing
a serious deadlock.
A showdown concerning deben
tures between the house nnd sen
ate Is expected to materialize next
week nfler the senate passes the
farm relief bill, and sends It over
to the. house. Present Indications
are that the house will refuse to
accept It because It contains the
debenture section and rf this should
happen, a warm discussion over
constitutional jurisdiction Is pre
dicted. Honntor Watson of Indiana, (he
republican leader, nnd other ad
ministration senators, contend the
house ought to accept tho farm
bill, disagree to the senate's
amendments and permit It to go to
a conference of sennte nnd house
members,. The republican lender
has been conferring with house
lea ile rs but so fur no agreement
has been renched. Wntson intends
to negotiate further over the week
end nnd Is hopeful that the views
of senate leaders may prevail.
UPSTATE EDITOR
CALLED BY DEATH
PORTLAND, Ore., May 11. (fV)
Fred L. Hoalt, 6.1. for many years
editor of tho Portland News and
recent Iv annointed assistant to
H. !l. Canfield, general manager
or the Hcrlpp-( nnrieid chain oi
Paclfle coast newspapers, died to
night nt his home from complica
tions brought on by a severe at
tack of influenza.
Mr. Boalt was well known In
this city, and was a friend of
many yenrs of R. A. Koppes, city
editor of this paper. They work
rd together years ago on Cleve
land, Ohio papers.
Opinion Requested By Gov
ernor Handed Down By
Attorney-General Elimin
ates Local Man Find
ings Based On Strict Let
ter Constitutional Law.
SAI-KM, Ore., May 1 1 . (T)
John II. Carkin. Medford, Is not
eligible lo serve as a member of
the state tax commission of three
paid members authorized by the
l!20 legislature. Attorney (ieneral
Van Winkle ruled today. The j Thn .Sectors ,,f the Krultgrow
oplnion was reiiuested by tlovernor . or8 (.KUOi al a meeting Saturday
Patterson. ) afternoon, Instructed their presi-
It was held In the opinion of the ,(,.,, Albert Huron, to wire Con
attorney general that Curkln was , Ki ssman W. C. Hawley, chairman
Ineligible to serve as n 'member j uf the ways and means committee
under that portion of the constitu- of the house, asking him why no
tlon which provides that no sen-' provisions for placing banana Im
utor or representative shall, during ports in the new tariff hill, hail
the time for which he may ha.v
have been elected, be eligible to
any..offlee the election of which :s
vested in the legislative body.
POPPY ESSAYS
IlAKKIt, Ore., May 11. WV-
Heloctton of the eighteen best
compositions In the poppy essay
contest conducted In grade school
nf Oreiron bv the American Le -
glon Auxiliary of Oregon, was an
nounced hero today by Mrs. Wil
liam O . K'4lly. president.. The cs-j
jiiiVs.'q vldcd Into," jhror groups,
were graded here by a1; clearing
uouse curnmmeo una win oc nvm
ALICE KELLOGG
CLASSWINNER,
to C. A, Howard, superintendent eluded, holding that the debenture :
of schools, who, will select the! would be-detrimental? particularly
winning composition ,fiom onchHo the apple growers of eastern
group. - , ' . I Washington.; . . a
Those selected we ret i The -Fruitgrowers League waged
First group: First second , nnd an active movement for the adop
thlrd grades, Helen Htelner. North tiun of a banana tariff, tho last six
Hend; Colene ltaddlng, Irvlngton
Portland; James Grogan, Russell-
vlllo school, Portland; - Mlgnon
Denhnm, Prairie City; Margaret
Turner, nit leer: Winifred Hill. An-
telopo.
Second group: Fourth, fifth
sixth grades, Hetty Savage, Marsh
field; Cleo Hlatt, Heppner, Lil
lian Young, Cottage Grove; Lau
retta Lowe, The Dalles; Charles pun urBp umi uie imcKinK
Shaw. Vale; Virginia McOreer, 1 houfie lnHt BCaU'8 tor Iho.welgh
Iteed. Portland. j n ?f U! boxe8': k,feP them
Third group: Seventh, eighth wJth,n the Priwlbd Uni ts, and
grades. Wllmcr Lankford. Th that growers check he weights. It
Dalles; Alice Kellogg, Medford;
Anna II e n r 1 k s e n, Hermlston;
Lloyd Counts, Cottage Grlve; Jnno
French, Grass Valley; Barbara
Shimp, Ontario; Gladys Roberts.
La Grande.
ladfIsTill;
goes to school
GOLD BMACH, Ore,, May 11.
(VP) Robert Relnert. 8, plunged 57
feet into a well with seven feet of
wator yesterday but attended his
classes In school today.
Robert was playing with nn
older brother. He slipped nnd
plunged head first Into the well.
John Relnert, tho father, shouted
and received a reply from the bot
tom. A bucket with a rope wns
lowered nnd Robert was brought
ito the surface. Ile suffered minor
bruises.
The -boy. who did not know how
to swim, said he kept his head
above wator by clutching the side
of tho well nnd "kicking hard."
MEMPHIS, Tenn.. May 11. oP)
An advocate of literal application
of the scriptural injunction that . ho,(eil (0 mV0 the I)roprlallon ln
women shall be silent lit church :th6 93l ,.1 budget,
found scant support In the South- steps were also taken for tho
ern Baptist convention todny. nnd posting of pear sales and prices
the partletihir woman about w-m whero they would be available for
the controversy came to n veto growers.
was received w Ith v Igorous nr. j The following telegram wus read
claim when she broke silence from on the securing of an Irrigation
the platform. land drainage survey of the Rogue
Only n few scattering "ayes" River valley:
were :erd In the convention hallj Washington, D. C, Mny fi'.
wnen me presioent, jjr. ueorgej
am Trueet, put the question as
to whether the body should re
scind Its Invitation to Mrs. W. J.
Cox of Memphis, president of the
Women's Missionary union to ,
luako an address.
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TO EXPLAIN
A SLIP-UP
Fruitmen Wonder Why No
Tariff on Bananas and
Send j Wires Fruitgrow
ers League For Farm Bill
Sans Debenture Rec-
ommend
Weights.
Pear Box
been made. The organization
Joined wlla other fruit interests ef
the bind in requesting the banana
tariff.
A wire was sent Senator Stelwer
asking htm to Introduce an amend
ment providing for a turiff on ba
nanas when the bill comes to the
senate.
Tho text of tho message sent
Congressman Hawley reads:
Mav 11. 1929. .
"Hon V. C. Hawley,
"House of Representatives,
"Washington, D. C.
"Can you explain failure of
ways and means committee to re
port bill Including tariff upon ba-.
nanus which was advocated by the
fruit growers' of United States, In
cluding ourselves, when In the
same week a duty of 50 cents per
bunch was Imposed by Canada on.
', bananas not produced In British
( possessions, not h withstanding the
fact that' Canada produces no ba-
nunnM nml entnYtHfntfvnlv llttln
competing fruit.
'yRUITOHOWlflHS LEAGUE.'
The vlre,ctyrH alHa niovej. to wire
the Oregqii ongrjessional. delctrnV,
j tioni that they favored the farm
runei,' wiwi. uio uouemuro man -
months.
The directors also recommended
report fixing the weight of pear
: boxes for the Cornice and D Anjou
varieties at 52 pounds, and for alt
other vurletles at 53 pounds. It
was contended that at this weight
the pears would reach the eastern
auction markets In first class con
dition, and unbrulsed, as now. Tho
wun umu rcuuiuuiviiuru witti wit)
D'AnJous, Comlco and other winter
varieties of pears be advertised In
tne oust In an extensive campaign.
William U. Sweet,' of Denver,
Colorado, ex-governor of Colorado,
addressed the directors, and urged
co-operation ns the cure for farm
and horticultural ills. '
Sweet, an old tnetid of 3. C.
Barnes, Is visiting him for a few
days. For 1 6 years Barnes has
been sending Mr. Sweet a box of
Bose pears.- The former Rocky
mountain state official paid a high
tribute to the Roses as a toothsome
dainty, and said that he always
ate too many of them when avall
anle. The governor told the meeting
how co-operative agencies had
saved tho beef growers of Colorado
and urged Its local adoption.
Mr. Barnes said that Sweet, a
Democrat, had been elected gover
nor In a Republican state, but
pacified Bert Anderson by an
nouncing he had voted for Hoover.
: tlltnn motion (if (I Vim tlitavun.
berg, the Rose pear committee was
Instructed to continue Its activities
as the winter peer committee.
Fddle Cn lie ton ins tie a noble
effort at explaining the Debenture
plan., He gave a most concise and
reasonable explanation. - President
Hurch read a number of excerpts
from tho National Apple Growers
association bulletins, showing tho
alleged havoc the debenture plun
uotilil work-in their export trade.
The dlreefnrn hIho vnlml t,
thAr best efforts In the securing
of a $3000 appropriation for the
extension of frost protection work.
This sum would be used chiefly In
securing reports from distant
points, enabling more complete
and accurate forecasts, and lo
enable the growers to be prepared
. wl.h nimi0 ,,. Rllttu
R Is
, a. H. V. Carpenter,
Fruitgrowers League,
Medford, Oregon. .
Chief of Bureau of Public
Rynds T, 11. McDonald advises
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