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The Weather
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fair, but Willi cloudiness, Tvm-pc-niturcs
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p,llP Twenty-fourth Year.
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FOURTEEN PAGES
MEDFORD, OREOOX, FRIDAY. XOVEMIJER 19U9.
No. 211.
M
i . By Arthur Brisbane
All About Prosperity. .
Ford. Talk's Sense.' 7
Good News From Hoover.
ffcverybody Push.
1 ' (Copyright by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
Mr. Hoover's "super galaxy"
of business tulent reads like n
who's who in the. upper brnek
els of high finance. Fords, Du
Pouts, Kosenwalds, Youngs,
Sloans, are lisled to tell the na
tion how to "spur trado." The
names will inspire confidence,
but there 'are too many to do j
any actual work together. The
President will listen and d j
something, 1
'
Ciivo '
A wise Italian said,
li:ht and the people will find
.their own way.'-'
."Prosperity saysu''Viive cred
it, and business will find its
own way.''" ','
The nation ought to find out
who is responsible for the out
rageous usury tluit disgraced
tlje country and precipitated
panic, and who is responsible
for the shameless stock issues
that lie on the financial mar
ket like a ton of pudding on
the stomach of -a child.
The people reading the list
of big guns brought into ' ac
tion, to help business, ask them
selves, "What is the matter?
What is there besides the
slumping of a Wall Street ma-.'
inn qf which we. have, not been
told;"
The American farmer, listen-
itljj tO the radio for Uk; priees j
W'vlieiit mul eornrmrirltt
,
as
lOliOWS:
" I busy they ull'gct when
iniyiliiiig happeils' Mo "Wall
Slreet
"How quietly and ealinly
they take it, when thinjrs hap
len to the fanner."
M
It is refrcsliing to read Henry
Kurd's ideas about "stabilizing
and inei easing M,osperity.M
Invited by IM'esident Hoover
to join the army of advisers.
Kord begins by announeinjr
"an immediate inerras? in
wain's anions Ids own em
ployes." ' ' .
He sav. -Tbe only thin that
sllclllld be lligll priced is tile
man who work AVa.es must
not come down; tliev must not
, even stay at their present lev
els. Tliey must fio up."
To that statement, runkly bol
shevistic to many gentlemen
with plenty of moiiey, Ford
adds. "We must see that in
creased va:es are not taken
away by increased prices that
do not represent iticrt'iised
values.". ' ,
(Continued on Page Four)
Today a collector o' rnro Mam pi
mvo ()Kur Mus no rents fer a
triii stamp nllh inuctlngc on It.
Harry Tlww lui beii sonkeil for
TJWMMI. an from ntm on pvt'r'
"fciii thai wet him comlti 'II back
up lo b spnnkeil.
I T - . fT t -t-V
ARID AREA
ON NEW R.R.
DISCUSSED
Southern Pacific Points Out
Keddie Link Would Tra
verse Country Hard to
Irrigate Witnesses Dif
fer On Cost Figures
Logging and Other Traf
fic Explained.
SAX KKAXCISCO. Nov. '22. (),
The statement that "there is a very i
severe surplus of lumber in the
L'nlted States went into the record
today In the Interstate Commerce
commission hearing of the Great
Northern-Western Pacific railroad '
building case. i
The Southern Pacific elicited the I
declaration from WUnejss C F. j
FHnn, general manager of the Al
bion Lumber company , a subsidi-.
ary of the railroad. It wag a coun
ter-argument against the Western
" ;
Paclfic"s evidence that new timber
resources could be made available
by the proposed line which would J
run through forests of northeast-;
ern California. '
Production oY lumber has been!
falling off in recent years to bal-j
ance a rapid decline in consump- j
tlon, the witness isaid. In 1!)UI j
there were 44,00(1,000,000 board I
feet used, compared with 35,000,-j
000,000 In 1928. ,
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 22. (P)
The three great rullrouds flKhtlllB
over the plans of two of tliem to
Uulkl a 200 mile connecting line In
northern California today' turned
aside to arsue the practicability of
irrigating a smnll valley.
,,,,,, nmm ' commission
hearing into the public advantages
of the proposed line dragged thru
the cross examination .of, several
southern Pacific is fighting the
1 T tii'diinnnl nf tlie fSrent. Northern
o he
and Western Pa
aclfic to construct
a railroad from Klumath Falls,
Ore., to Keddie, Cal.-
, Max Tholeii,' attorney for a
ifinup of farmers in Uig Valley,
challenged a tatement by J, D.
dalloway that it would cost $23 nn
acre to put an Irrigation system
into the valley. tSovernincht esti
mates giving tjie figure about one
third as large as iallTTVay's were
in turn disputed by the Southern
Pacific consulting engineer.
Survey Too Old
j tiallowny aSMerted the govern -j
nient survey was made in 1015
when costs were about half of the
present estlmutes. lie added that
he did not take for granted the.
! accuracy of a government man's
figure simply because the man was
I employed by the . government.
I There were things about the Ilig
j Valley project. Mich as underlying
strain, about Which he believed tho
"pac.fic introduced
through C. H. Nash u second lurgu
CenS Z
nhuw the nature of tho country
throufflt which the line would, paaa.
including highways alretniy Mcrv
inf? the. uia.
DtlU'i' itneHHes of the Southern
Pacific' Included ttpcclallst.H In lon
ging, agriculture, mall and cxprcKM
traffic and u variety (f other
operating actlvlth'H.
E
1J
WASHINGTON. Nov.
l.'mtble to make any progress with
the
tariff hill, the senate recessed I
at i::3i .M. toduy unlll H :-.". j
o'clock tonight, fifteen minutes he- j
fore the special scsciou adjourns
sine die.
I'hairhian Sinoot. of the finance
; committee, made several attempts
I to obtain action on amendments to
j various schedules. Including tho:c
laffecting wool. silk, papers and ,
bouks. but each time Indications
pointed to' extensive arguments.
l Kenfftor Couzens. Republican, of.
Michigan, u member of the com-I
intttcc. proposed the i-e'Ns after
stating "everybody seems to be
h-Aiing on the job."
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2:. iVt
The bout" adjourned sine die at
l-:in o'clock today ending Its la
bor In the extra seKfton of the
7 I hi cungi e?s.
To Inscct Milk
PCNDM5TON, Ore., Nov. 22.
iP The possibility that Pendleton
will soon have n standard milk
ordinance proposed by the United
Stales public health service Is seen
In the appearance last night of M
milk dealers 'ottre the city council.
LEAD REPUBLICAN FRESHMAN BLOC IN SENATE
A young guard, organized by
served notice on the republican old guard leadership that there would jpe no adjournment of the spe
cial session unless the tariff bill Is passed. Hers are leaders of the rfew'i freshman bloc, left to right:
Senators Henry J. Allen of Kansas, Daniel 0. Hastings of Delaware, ArthW H. Vandenberg of Michigan.
GRANGE HTS AT
CIGARETTE USE..
BY EDUCATORS!!!
i- j rs i
in Final i
rdriTierS lOllCldVe
0 . n :
SeSSIOnS rOWer UlieS-
tion. Prohibition and Lob- ;
byists Resolutions Yet to
Be Voted On:
HI'jATTIK, Nov. - S2.V-W) With
u tiumbir of Important resolutions
still pending, the national grange
entered ui:-on the final session of
Its 10-day convention here today".
The delegates-will pass-on 'resolu
tions dealing with tho power ques
tion, prohibition and proposed leg
islation requiring registration of
lobbyists, among others.
At last night's session, a reso
lution was adopted urging school
rur & S
resolution' waft a substitute '.for-font
more drastic submitted by -the
.Michigan grange, . asking school!
boards to deny employment to to
bacco users.
Itadlo was brought to the uttuii
tlon of the grange last night by a
special committee, which reported
that "the time seemeD near when
the radio will be considered a
public utility and be regulated as
such."
Tho committee- Wits named In
response t protests that agricul
ture was being neglected in radio
programs and the charge that in
some Instances political candidates
backed by farm organizations were
subjected to discrimination. . The
committee was headed by O. A.
Pnlmuter. Oregon 0'pnge master.
No definite stand was taken, but
further study was recommended.
Tito delegates approved a plan
for establishing a combined mem
orial building and headquarters
at Washington. 15. C. but declined
to authorize' an (nim'edlate drive
for financing the proposal.
DEATH OF TIGER
IS
PARIS. France. Nov. 21.)
: Physicians In attendance upon for
inier Premier Georges CleinenceBU,
! who Is now gravely 111, sent for
I oxygen tubes shortly before "4
o clock this afternoon.
PARIS. France, Nov. 22. yP)
Dr. DefJennes. member or the medi
cal slaTf attending former Premier
Clemenceait, late (oday said that
tho death of "Tho Tlgflr" appeared
only a question of hours.
The physician hbI(I that the for
mer premier was suffering front a
crisis of uraemia wh!cli already had
j lasted IS hours and could not pos-
j sihty last another 21.
I ITnlertB nn iinenected linnrnvo.
! ,Mn. ift hLti within D i,M
Or. IX'Ocnnes concluded the former
premier cannot hope to survive the
present crisis.
lEOHKIirilO. Ore., Nov. 22. Pf
J. K.; McAbea. Kugetie, suf
fered a sprained back today when
an ambulance being driven from
Med ford lo Kugenet wherf It was
to have hon put Into service, was
wrecked near nftre.
The heavy car skidded un Ice
and rolled over. Mrs. .Me A bee
nnl Mr. and Mrs. II. W. Anchor,
all Kugenc, escaped , with minor
hrui.M.-s. McAbev whs returned to
Kugene. ...
According to lb Her! Under
taking Par loin, owners of tho onl;
two ambulunce lu Medford. tl
wreelted. ntm nine tut! not from
this city.
newly elected republican senators
j Leaves Cell to
! Welcome Stork
Without Stigma
SAN LAKAKU Cal., Nov.:
2. (Ai .Mrs. Frances Culp
.eano, 30. wife of a Los An-
geles grocer, . was taken from-4-
4 her cell in San Quentln prison 9
to .Cottage hospital hero so
I 'that. her child would not be
' A Iw.in it-ltlV.ii. nclur... u-nllu .Qlin .
is servuiR u s 10 year lerm i
for aiding in un illegul opera-
tlon. , ' '
WIFE RETAINS
Telephones; Love and Loy
? alty .'As Detectives Ques
tion Laurence Tulloch,
Self-Confessed Slayer of
San Francisco Divorcee.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22. (fl
Nina SusOff, 22, New York dan
cer and wife of I-aurencc P. Tul
loch, charged with murder as a
result of the shoot. ng of Mrs. Cor1
trudo Hawkins Ievine here yes
terday, in a telephone conversa
tion from New York city, today
assured Tulloch she still loved him
and would stand loyally by him.
The call came as detectives In
the city prison were questioning
Tulloch In an effort to determine
a motive for his confessed killing
of Airs. Lav I no, Han Francisco di
vorcee, found dying from a bul
let wound In her temple In Tul
loch's flat on Telegraph hill.
Tulloch, employe of a local ra
dio broadcasting studio, had Jin't
reiterated that the shooting wasf
I acciucmai. Mrs. iavino and no .
were merely examining a pistol j
together, lio said, when she reach
ed for It and It was discharged i
as ho attempted to snatch It i
a way.
"That's wonderful of you, Nina.'
Tulloch replied to his wife's words
of assurance. "I haven't done any
thing wrong. It's all a ghastly
mistake." He was ted back to his
cell, overcome with emotion and
with tears Jn hfs eyes.
He had told police yesterday he i
had intended divorcing, his wife. I
After the conversation with her
he told police what he had said:
yesterday about divorcing her was
"all a mistake."
Kelp Is Threshed.
SAN 1'KUIUJ, Cal. P With
machinery somewhat similar to
wheat threshimr eouinmeut. three
pnrlniirls nf Uellt nre hui'vonri.:!
dully from the loor of the se.i
near Here.
CONFIDENCE N
ACCUSED
MAN
Final Tribute to Secretary Good
Given in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Home
Hy TlMMNlorc; fr Hoop.
Associated Prcn Ktaff Writer.
iKDAIt KAPIDH, Iowa, .VuV. 22.
(A Men and women from every
walk of life ussombled at the Flrnt
Prenbyterian church hero this
morning for u li st tribute to James
W. lood. secretary of war.
Government dlgnltarfes In silk
hut, led by Secretary of tho Navy
Adams and high army officials, re
splendent In cold bruld. Joined
with Mr. flood's old OJar Hapids
friends In b simple religious serv
ice, followed by military rites ot
Oakhtll cemetery.
Kxecpt for seats reserved for rel
atives and the congressional dole-
nation, the church was filled before
10:80. Around the flag were bank-1 ushered to front center pews,
cd pink chrysanthemums and pink ( Ur. Harry Moorehouire Gago.
roses. Just behind lay the palm i president of Co collego. of which
wreath sent by President and -Mri.j Mr. Good was a graduate and trus
Hoover. On top of th plp-organ tee. and Dr. Robert Utile, Pres
was a long spray of whim llllef?. ' byterlan pastor, ere In charge of
The rostrum and chancel were oov-j the snrvlnes. ,
Associated Preits Photo
surprised the sonata when they
FEAROF LAW
borge Sunday and Holly
wood Woman Drop From
j Sight After Adultery
Charge By Wife Police
i On Trail in Los Angeles.
I 9,OS ANOKIJiH. Nov. 22. (fl)
j Police today are searching for
ueorgc M. Hunmiy, 6i. real estate
di aler nnd son of tho Itcv. Wil
li; m A. Sunday, evangelist und for
M s; Mauryno La Halle, a llolly
wi od cloak model, against whom
co n plain U charging adultery have
been issued by Deputy District At
torney George Stahlman.
' Thc complaints wero. tho out
growth of . an Investigation of
churges mado by Mrs. Harriett
Sunday, wife of George. Sunday.
Wat'Cants v for the ;nrreftt of ,tne
pair wero Issued In municipal
court ' yesterday and bonds- were
placed at $10,000.
Airs. Sunday charged she nnd
four witnesses surprised her hus
band and Mrs. Im Salle together
at the Sunday home on the night
of October 27. She first uppeared
before district attorney's Investi
gators on November 1. She said
her attorney now Is preparing a
suit for divorce. ' j
t'Oiice naiu Dummy uiuppuu nuin
sight November I, and Mrs. La
Salle has .been reported missing
since she appeared for question
ing at tho district attorney's of
fice shortly after the start of the
investigation. The Sundays have
two children, George, Jr., 13, and
John Mason Sunday, 13. Mrs.
La Salle, who was divorced last
year Is the mother of n five-year-old
son.
.P.
CHIOO, Cttl.. Nov. 22. (It
Bouthorn Pacific, officials today re
ported nine cars ot northbound
Southern . I'hcKIc passenger train
No. 14 left tho tracks at Soto at
0:15 a. in. today when a booster
wliool of the engine broke. Nono
of the passengers was Injured. Tho
train contained III mnrs.
Find Dead Woman
KANSAS CITY. Mo Nov. 22.
(PI Miss Maude Smith. was
found beaten and choked lo death
here today In her room on the
third floor of a looming houso on
Hast. Fifth street. The body was
found by a nclgliljor womnn who
arrived for a coll on tho victim.
I I'. II.
Dolan. deputy county euro'
i ncr, salt! Mlss-Sliillli had been dead
(wo uhjts.
red with wreaths and baskets of
blooms, many of which were from
Ihe While House conservatories.
High In one corner was a wreath
of red roses, Inecrlbed "Jim." sent
by t.'edar Hnpids friend.
Marshall llldwetl of Con college,
on whone board of trustees Mr.
Good served, played a program of
orrsn numbers before the service.
The guard of honor was changed
Ht 10:30 as Campbell Hodge.
President Hoover's personal rep
rexentatlve, entered the church.
Secretary of the Nnvjr Admin,
acting Secretary of War Hurley,
other war department officials and
the congressional delegation led by
Senator Mrookhart of Iowa, were
EVANGELS SON
AND MODEL ARE
RAIL HEADS
PLEDGE!
ID HOOVER
Executives of 189 Class
One Lines Will Back Nor
mal Business Program
As Outlined By President
Hoover Consults Build
ing Industry Leaders for
Co-operation.
CHICAGO. Nov. 22. (A Kxveu- j
tive heads of 189 class ono rail- I
ways of the nation today pledged
themselves to give the utmost aid
to President Hoover's program for
maintaining business conditions on
a normal basis. - Meeting In unnual
conference the railway leaders for
mulate! u report to tho president
but announced that any specific
statement of the report would
come from the White House.
H. 11. Aishtun, chairman of the
executive committee of the Associ
ation of Railway Executives, auth
orized the following statement:
"Tho meeting endorsed the views
of the president in this matter and
agreed to du everything possible to
uld In continuing the .maintenance
of business In this country on a
normal basis. A report Is bolng
mado to tho president by this
meeting but any statement us to
that report will have to come from
tho White House." ' . '
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. (P)
PloautMl with tho far reaching
agreement entered Into by Indus
trial and labor leaders to mamtaln
wrko atablllty during tho preaent
buslneHH Kltuatlon, President Hoov
er today turned to representatives
in the general building field for
cooperation lit the natlon-wld'e
program .for promotion of econo
mic progress. j ' ..
"- More than u dozen spukcsnien
for. contractors, manufacturers.
and real estate' 'Mjfliit'ds -were 1ir
uniiiiitiiun iui- uu aueruoon con
ference at tho White House, tho
last to bo held tills week and tho
fifth In tho scries of seven which
Mr. Hoover has arranged as a
means of offsetting any general
effcet of the fall In stock prices.
On Monday the chief executive
will meet with Secretary Hyde,
Chairman I.cggo of tho Tarm board
and representatives of farm or
ganizations. '
MIDWEST AREA
SNOWJN EAST
Sixteen Below Registered in
Minnesota New England
Has General Snow storm
Causes Automobile
Deaths at Crossing. ;
CHICAGO, Nov. 22. W) Win
ter has pitched his snow-frosted
tent on the plains of tho north
west and hus sent his soldiers,
armed with Icicle bayonets, to the
northern fringe of Dixie.
Thief Itlver Kails, .Minn., stole
whatever distinction there was
yesterday In being pre-seasonably
cold, having a tcmperaturo read
ing of 10 below zero. The red
lliii', however, dropped below ,tho
cipher In many othor thermome
ters In .Minnesota, thu Dakotiis
and Wisconsin.
Tho southwest and the Itocky
.Mountain regions did not escape
the cold. Temperatures went be
low zero In .Montana, and there
whs sleet and raw weather In the
,Tcxa Panhandle, and unseasonal
Cold In Arkansas.
NKW VOItK. Nov. 2 J, (P; .V
white blanket covered much 'Jf
New Kngland, New York nnd
Pennsylvania today as a result of
thu first generul snowstorm of the
season In tho oast.
Tho heaVleit full occurred ulunit
the south shore, of Uiku Krle, lit
inches having fallen at Dunkirk,
N. Y.
A fall of several Inches occur
red In Massachusetts and New
Hampshire, western and northern
Pennsylvania and western New
New York.
Many automobile accident, due
lu heavy snow clinging lo wind
shields and obscuring Ihe vlslop
of drivers, were reported.
At Erie, Pa., four persons were
killed when two automobiles were
struck by a Plttsburg-Uurralo pas
senger train of the New York
Central, traveling 45 minutes lute.
Tho Hccldont occurred during a
heavy snow storm and the watch-,
man failed to see the upproaoh-j
Ing train.
WINTER INVADES
Workers Plan
to Death in
Brooklyn Stack
NEW YOKK. Nov. 22. -iVTt
Three workmen whu were
4 cleaning t lie interior of a
v huge smokestack in Itvunklyn
fell to their death yesterday,
but the fact was not dineov-
5 eretl until today, Inquiries by
4 the wife of one of the victims
! who failed to reach home last
night led to the discovery of
the bodies.
Their scaffolding apparent
4 ly collapsed at a height of 75
fr feet from tho base of the
! smoke stack.
I Today the door, at tin base
of the stack was opened and
4 the bodies found buried
under- the wreckage of the
4 scaffolding.
Federal Farm Aid Men Meet
With Hood River Apple
Interests for Better Un
derstanding of Policies,
Financial Aid.
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 22. (P)
Charles S. Wilson, member of tho
federal farm board, and .lames It.
Howard, organization specialist of
the board, wore to confer with the
growers' associations at Hood
River, Ore., today. They were to
meet first with the Hood River
Fruit Growers' association and
later with representatives of the
North Pacific Council nf Apple
Growers' Cooperatives,' which In
cludes associations from Yakima,
Wenatchce and Okanogan, Wash.,
as well as Hood River.
Yestpj-llnv Menum.' Wilnnn nml
Howurd! conferred with Boino 12,1
representative of tho slate's organ
ized agriculture. Mr. Wilson sub
sequently declared he had obtained
the direct contact with Oregon
growers ho had anticipated. He
said ho hoped those who attended
tho meeting had a bolter under
standing of the Hsopo ami policies
of the board.
Mr. Wilson told the group that
small, competitive co-oporatlve as
sociations in this Btato or elsewhere
can expect no direct financial aid
from the new farm board. He add
ed, however, that the farm board
will make overy effort to assist in
organizing and federating market
ing groups. This, ho explained, will
put marketing associations In a
stronger position both with the
board Hnd as regards handling their
rinanciul problems through exist
ing agencies.
F
DEW MS FIRE
CHANTS PASS, Ore., Nov. 22. '
(A') frost and heavy dew today
wero retarding twp forest fires
near here, one ol' which menaced
the small village of Urookluga, Ore., '
after It had swept through and
burned several buildings at Har
bor and headed twoard stands of
valuable timber. j
The othor fire, reported burning
along tho Oregon-California lino,
northeast of Crescoiit City, Cal.,
has increased steadily despite the
combined crews of sovornl hun
dred men. The flro, tho United '
States district forestry office ro-i
! ported, was on the vorgo of spread-
ling into virgin tlmhcr lands In the
I Siskiyou national forest.
j Additional lookouts toduy were i
posted alop Ml. Kmlly to watch fori
oilier fires and to koep In constant j
touch with headquarters hore. Dry-;
ness of the underbrush caused by i
continued dry weather served as a !
handicap to fire fighters.
I The district lorcury ofllce report-!
ed that, with a southwest wind,'
crews could save Brookings, a
small town of about 200 Inhabi
tants and a half a dozen buildings. ;
A bridge over tho Chctco river was .
wiped out, thereby destroying, the
transportation to lumber camps.
TRIAL BY OHIO COURT
t'OLI'MMl.'H, O.. Nov. 22. (P
Or. James Howard Snook, convict
ed murderer of Miss Theora K.
Mix. todsy was denied a new trial
by Ihe Ohio district court of ap
peals, Hnook. sentenced to b
electrocuted the night of Novem
ber 2, was expected to carry his
case to the etule supreme court.
Mi
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uunrcno mm
GROWERS ASSN
MOUNTS TO
IN TACT
UU 111 LI IUI
Renewal of Communication
Facilities in Newfound
land Reveals Loss of Life
and Property As Result of
Water Wall Following
Monday Quake Steamer
Is Safe. '
st. Johns, Nr.. Nov. 22. (it
Toll of the tidal wave which
lashed an isolated section of tho
souin coast or uuriu reiunsuia nit
er last Monday's earthquake, was
believed today to be close to 3i
lives, with proiierty loss of great
extent In many small villages.
With land communication sev
ered (or three days preceding thu
earthquake by a severe storm, first
word of the destruction the tidal
wave wrought was wirelessed yes
terday from steamers which had
put into the port of Hurin. ..
Messages flashed last night from
the Burin telegraph station listed
tho names of 26 men, women und
chlldron as dead, but these did nut:
Include fatalities In his own town,
the largest on the peninsula, whero
earlier dispatches had reported
nlno dead. . :
Tile toll of lives thus arrived at
35, or ono less than the 30 reported
to tho "Newfoundland Weekly" at
Boston yesterday by Sir Richard
A. Squires, Newfoundland premier.
Tho premier reported 18 dead at
Lord's Cove and Laniallne, nlno at
Burin, soven at. Kelloy's t'ovu and
Jwo at Stepaside.
HALIFAX, N, S., Nov.. 22. ()
Tho coastal steamer Fernfloltl,
which sailed Monday from at.
Pierre for llurln. Nf.. was ronortctl
safe at 'Hurin today by the vessel's
owners, Farnuhar & Compuiiy, ;
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CENSUS WING STARTS
APRIL FIRST IS ORDER
WASH1NGTOX, Nov. 22. P)
President' Hoover issued ft proc
lamation toduy for the 13th decen
nial census to begin next April 1.
and culled, upon the country to
give prompt and nccurute - re
sponses to alt Inquiries In order
to make, "this great and neces
sary public undertaking a suc
cess." .-'.
Gas Tax Mounts I'p.
JKFKEIiHON CITV. Mo. CD
Tax collections for oil and gftso
ilno In Missouri now exceed $8u0
000 a month.
Will Rogers Says:
' UEVEKLY ' HILLS. Oil.,
Nov. 22. While Jlr. Hoover
luul all the prominent mule
financiers of the emit "r
Htoring confidence,'-' I rode
herd on nil
the female
industrial gi
antesses o f
the went and'
restored the
follow,
i n ft "confi-.
deuce": .' . , .
Tcxiw (.iiiinan (the Gen
eral Motors of night cluhs)
sititl : "I will put brnncheH
of m.v industry in every
town tlmt Soars lloelinek
t'larn Itow said: ''1 will
be glad to help out President
Coolidgo and Scoretury Mc
Adtio in this financial yi'iii.
that the talkies have j,'"'.""
into." ' v !
; Klinor Olyiin: "The trou
ble with this country it Vtoo
confident, but it hasn't got
'It,' and 'confidence without
'It' and some money, is lost."
Fanny Uricet : "I'll buy
stocks, but not at the top."
.Aimcc MePhcrson: "Have
just fired two lawyers and
one of my deacons for buy
ing on margins. If the worst
comes to the worst with Wall
Street, t will take up a col
lection.", Yours,
WILL ROGKKS.