Temperature
KurtHirt: Vnsctllcd. aiul prubably
rain tonight anil Tuesday. Mod
mill) tciiiM.rulurc.
EDFORD M AIL
The Weather
Highest yesterday :. 42
lo-st this morning .10
Precipitation:
To 5 p. m. yesterday OA
To 5 a. in. this niorniinr T.
Datlf 4Mt,-riMb !w,
MEDFORD, OKH(iO.N MONDAY, IM-X'EM liKl
1929.
No. 271.
TRIBUNE
fday PAHESONS
By Arthur Briibn. 1 1-1 I Kl D A l AT
Prosperity for Railroads.
Justice a Little Muddy.
Stalin, Man of Iron. ;
Hanged Then, Saint Now.
Copyright King Features Synd. Inc.
T li c Interstate Commerce
Commission,, nil powerful in
control of railroads, on which
national prosperity depends,
plans 21 railroad systems, to
cover the whole country. ,..
There ought to ic just one
railroad system, managed hy
tlit' ablest railroad men, highly
ptffld and owned by the nation,
with original private owners
fully and generously paid for
their property.
1 However, it is agreed by all'
in authority, including the gov
ernment, that our government
is neither honest nor able
to manage our railroads.
The Canadian government
does it, with admirable success,
hut Canada's government, pre
sumably, is abler and more hon
est than ours.
M
The next best thing is rail
road combinations, as big as
possible, to reduce overhead
and other waste.
With government practically
guaranteeing profits, by au
thorizing whatever charges may
lie necessary, the railroads,
Ivitli cost of management re
duced, should thrive amazingly.
Some of thiyn will, he gigan
tically profitable. But select
yolit' stock wisely. 'vTI5y.'
Tm Sn I'Vanciscd Cuil-tiiille-tin
says the imirdei' of William
Desmond Taylor, moving pic
ture director, whs known to a
former governor of Califor'tiia,
Friend Richardson..
An actress did the killing,
but for good reasons, whatever
they may have been, there was
no inclination to indict, and it
is too late to prove anything J
now.
Murder' is not dangerous in
America, except for those that
arc murdered.
New York's police commis
sioner accuses n jndgo of eon
sorting with notorious crimi
nals, murderers included. A
group of these gentlemen, in
cluding n number that he had
Ajiligingly . discharged w h e n
they weie accused of various
crimes before him. were .pres
ent at a complimentary bampiet
given to the judge
The banquet was interrupted
by other criminals that held up
the judge and his guests, rob-
(Continued on page -four.)
A wfety ilepo-dt box N wter.'
ntfotntely safe o Ion a lit
Itttln to Ik what might bp fulled)
Lin nmii ll. 'listl' itiifHP'tl
ftilltritt ll mnnlrr Irinl rtnrln an'
lift mil frr week n Him have
vmi In an acquittal. I
II UMLIinL ni
2:1 5 TODAY
Full Military Honors at
Grave for Late Governor
Friends File Past Bier
- in Hall of Representatives
As Body Lies in State
Officers of Guard On Duty
POUTI.AND. Ore.. Dec. 23. (0
A now governor, A. V, Norblad,
48-year-old lawyer of Astoria, Ore.,
and former president of thV state
senate, wiw ut the helm of Ore
gon's ship of state today and flags
were it half-mast In honor of the j
late Governor I. L, Patterson, who j
idled suddenly Saturday night at hl.- J
I country home near Kola,. Ore., of :
j pneumonia. -, ;
Affairs of state stood still tod.n :
while persons from every walk of j
life filed through the hall .of rep-!
resen tat Ives in Salem.. Ore.: stat?
eapital. where the body of the 70-year-old
man wjho went from a 'log
cabin Iri Benton county, Oregon, to
the state's highest offiee, lay.
Acting on the certainty it woitM
'be his wish, members of the Pe
terson family announced last nigh:
that funeral services for the man
who was known to thousands is
"Ike," would bo conducted ut 2:1
o'clock this afternoon, members of
the family said they were positive
the late chief executive would ha v.?
desired early arrangements, be
cause of the nearness of Christ
mas. Tiles In Slate.
In state, in fitting tribute to Hi
man whose greatest piece of advice
was "Do more than for which you
are paid." the body lay with of
ficers of the National Guard posted
fn military fashion about the bier.
The Rev. 'Fred C. Taylor, pastor
of the First Methodist Kplscopal
church, of which Governor Patter
son was n member, prepared to si;
'the" funeral sermon. ' . '-w-y
A battalion of Infantry donned
khaki to escort the body from the
stnte house lo Mount Abbey maus
oleum and the lSfith infantry b.nd
of Port land was to piay the funeral
dirge. Full military honors wer
to be accorded the former cliloT
executive at the grave, and a flrinr
squad was to salute him with thve
volleys after a bugler sounded taps.
Guanlsmcii Pallbearers.
Six captains of the Oregon Ni
tional Guard, In full uniform, were
chosen ns active pallbearers. Hon
orary pallbearers Included virtual
ly every prominent public official
in the state of Oregon. lAmon;'
them were: t H. J. Uean, Gcoif"
Rosnvm. O. P. Coshow. George M.
P.rown. T. A. Mcllrlde. J. Kami.
Many Hell and .1. W. Hamilton, al
members of the state supreme
court: T. It. Kay. state treasurer:
George A. White. Hall K. I loss,
secretary of state; Sam Koseer. stn'e
budget director: Or. It. K. 1."
Stelner, superinlendent of the Ore
gon state hospital; Henry Meyers,
superintendent of the Oregon stal
penitentiary; - .11 a 1 p h Hamilton,
Mend, Ore.. Governor Norblnd: VI I
D. VanDuzer, chairman of the stale,
highway commission; Dr. Arnold
Bennett Hrill. president of the l!il-
versltv of Oregon; Dr. W. .1. Kerr,
president of the Oregon State col
lege; i. I. Starr, Portland; C. A.
Howard, superintendent of puhiw
Instruction; I. If, VanWinkle, attorney-general;
Isaac Staples, Port
land, chairman of the senate ways
and means committee: A. G. Rush
light. Portland, chairman of the1
house ways and means committee,
and W. I). McN'ary. superintend
ent of the KikStern Oregon State
hospital.
Condolence Hcit'lvcd.
. Hundreds more messages of con
dolence poured into the state houc
and the Patterson home today fror.i
nationally prominent officials, state
officials, members of the Oregon
delegation in congress, friends, and
even those, who all hough they nev
er knew Governor Patterson per
sonally, sent telegrams praWIng the
governor's Integrity and state ad
ministration. Governor Patterson's life stoy
read similar to those of other men
who have gained imputation"
throutfh fair doling and wise de
cisions while conducting the affair
of a commonwealth. He was bori
September 'IT. 159. In a little log
cabin In Kind's valley, Benton
county. Oregon, the same year Ore
gon attained statehood. He vtha
the offspring of pioneers, his fathv
hi'vlntt come to Oregon from Belle
ville. III., nnd his mother, Caroline
Tatom. from Missouri.
When Isaac I.ee Patterson, tre
eldest son of a 'family of 1 w-j.i
six years old, his parents moved
to PoK; county, where they reslde-l
until the youth who became govJ
ernor wns 1. Tie attended Chris
tian colleKe, later the State Nornul
school.
Wan (inwrry (1erk.
Governor Patterson then wnt :o
Salem and obtained a Jd in !b
grocery store owned by Mct'ully
Gilbert. He worked for his board
for several months and as his serv
ices arew more valnable, the ni.'
erv firm allowed him $4fl monthly
(Continued on Tagc ve)
JAPANESE NAVAL
F mm Ttt i ntuu i ih i e
WMmimA sino-russ
Pil PEACE PACT
Japanese -delegates to the London naval conference nt the White House to pay their respects' to t
President Hcovcr alter their arrival In Washington. They will cooler with-Presiticnt Hoover, Henry '
L. Stimeon, secretary A slate, and other American officials preliminary to tha onsninu of the London
conference rt'xt montn. , N
ijiiiopiiBFiEiiMSiN
COUNTY BUDGET: 15.11 FOR COASI ON
WITHOUT KICK! ""iii! un!LU CHRISTMAS DAY
' . SACHAMKNTO. Cal., Dec. 2 a.
Estimated Outlay of $558,
414.91 for Jackson
, County During 1930 Is
Termed 'Common Sense'
List By Judge Sparrow.
j The l!30 budget for Jackson
county, calling tor estimated total
I levy of $i58,4 1 4.U I for county ope
ration, was formally adopted this
morning, following a public hear
1 fug, at which thire were no pro
j U'HtuntH. Mrs. F. Corning Kenly
and Mrs. H. K. Green representing
j the Jackson County Health, unit,
j were ; present, , J.i'H; Mufv!:clon
of" Ashland vast Iu :iresent,';!Just.
'to hear the budget . read, and as
, a matter of wivic duty,
j The budget will be turned over
t to the counfy nssessor for exten
j slon on the tax rolls, and compil
j ing of the levies. ,
j The prep'tnition and adopting
! of the budget was accomplished
I this year without any legal snarls,
and according to County Judge
Alex Sparrow, Js "A good, com
j monsense budget, strictly within
.the law at. every crook und turn.
and nothing anybody can kick
j about."
j It provides for expansion of va
rious county projects without cx-
travagance. No sa'lary raises for
I county employees are listed, but
appropriations arc made for nev
equipment In offices to speed up
the work.
Twenty-four thousand five hun-
dred dollars Is voted for the pur
chase of machinery for road oil
ing, wh'ch will be given a t-st
the coming year on the local high
ways and byways.: $12,500 U set
aside for the removal of the coun
ty machine shops at Jacksonville
to n more central location near
rthls city. No site, as yet, has been
selected, or date fived for the mov
ing, which will probably be be
fore the l!C10 road operations are
started.
KEYES SCOUIS
TAYLO R STORY
l.OS ANOKI.KS. Cal.. ee. 23.
fPt The purported statement of
former Governor I'riend V. Rich
ardson that he has positive proof
of the solution of the murder
s:vn years ago of William Oes
mond Taylor, film director, today
wu s a ssa : led by Asa K eyes, for
mer district attorney, convicted of
bribery In itmnectfoti with the
Julian I'eirulcum deb.icle.
Key. from his cot in the coun
ty jail hospital, where he Is re
covering from an operation, char
acterized ltirhardon's charges
that "Asn Keyes had blocked the
prorecutlon of Taylor's slayer," as
a olifhul broadside, and reiterat
ed his statement that "Richardson
Is Khaking the bones of Taylor for
political purposes."
'Why doesn't he produce his
evidence now?" K ey e n asked.
"Why has he remained 'silent apd
waited more than three years to
reveal that he had 'positive proof
of the Kiillty party?"
4-
XniciicMiiM mi Iagur Stuff.
OKNKVA. JV-The I-eBtiP W
Nations has In ilenevfi . approxi
mately I. Dos rKulfjr employe, of
these, four ore citizen of the
I'nlted States, h only non-member
nation with citizens on th
fltaff of the lea (lie.
OF RICHARDSON
DELEGATES CALL'
flllMIIMIIHII l III II
SACHAMKNTO. Cal., Dec.
j (JP) Governor C. C. Young granted
; today a requisition for the !cxtra-
jdltlun of Ilobert A. Wilson f nun j
' Med ford. Ore., to I.os Angeles to'
I face charges of taking his minor'
r daughter. Ulliun. and an unpaid i
'for automobile out of California--illegally.
The documents filed here,
(stated that Mrs. Hilda S. Wilson,;
I was granted permanent, legal pos-i
! session of the child last August, ;
! but' that her divorced husband ;
took the girl to Oregon.
"Wilson was arrested about af
week ago in Ashland on tele-1
t graphic warrant from Jos Angeles,,
according to Sheriff Jennings ofj
I Jackson county, and has since j
! been at liberty on ball, awaiting
receipt of extradition. i
.The mothei. father and datwh
i ti, are.. at, present located in Ash
j land, and according (o the sheriff;-
J both pitrents claim to have court
orders giving custody or tne cnnu.
SEARCH OF HOI
FOR RUM AN EVIL
I I.OS ANOKI.KS, Cal.. Dec. 23.
An individual opinion on the
evils o law cniorcemcni touny was
'expressed hy Federal Judge Paul
j. McCormlck, who yesterday rc
' turned to his home, here after lour
' months In the east as a meml!i' of
; i'residnt Hover's national coinmls
j slon of law enforcement and ob
servance. 1 Dcelnriuj: the solution of prohi-
hltion law enforcement to be one
i of the major problems demnndlnK
j Immediate settlement, .IuiIko Mc
cormick characterized the Invasion
I t.nd" search of private dwellings
) without warrant as one cf the out
istandliiR evils of present-day en
forcement methods.
VANCE BREESE VISITED
BY PERFUMED BURGLAR
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 23. ()
A "Ijidy Raffles" visited the
'apartment of Vance Hreese, nation
'ally known aviator, lato last night,
j according to his report to the p'o
illce. Brese said when he entered his
apartment a strong odor of perfume
(greeted him and a watch and suit
I of clothes were missing.
First Lady Aids Santa Claus
In Effort to Distribute Gifts
By BESS FURMAN
Associated Press Staff Writer
WASHINGTON. Dec. !!3.(Pi
The irerty mlxup that Santa Glaus
always makes proved loo much to
day for helpful Mrs. Heibert Hoo
ver. She came throuvh the curtain of
Washington's biggest picture house
nnd saw. arranged In neat rows, by
color anil iiinithT cards, the wide
eyed, expectant chlhlrn of Wash
ington's nono'too-prosperou chiss.
They were the kind of children
whose parents were not hit hy the
stock marke crash, having no mar
gin for even Insurance pay
ments. Site saw huge, gay cretonne-covered
hags, arranged in neat rows,
by color antl number cards, to
match tin, little hoys antl little
girls.
For the children Mrs. Hoover
t'poke almost an ultimatum:
"Will yon please arrange It so
Ihe right cl lid Is with the right
bag?" she said lo the master of
ceremonies. "If I Just give any
bag to any child that romes I'll gel
them all mixed up. I went out once
and mixed up bags. I'm not going
AT WHITE HOUSE
i i'ifi.1 I t t.a l liu
Weather : Prediction Unfa
vorable for White Yule
Middle West Will Have
! Added Snowfall East
Coast Has Much Snow.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Hoc. 23.
(A1) Sunla Chun will have to out
fit lls Klelsh with lntutrhangeahlc
gets of skids antl wheels for his
visit to the 1'ucllic coast this year.
Snow ami rain will fall In Wash
ington, Oregon, Iduho and Drounhly
la the extreme portions of Califor
nia and jSevnda, the United Slates
weathi'i'j hui'enu .forecast hero to
fliiy. ' 'Noniml; temperature, clear
weather and gentle- variable winds
will prevail over al) that portion
of Calltornul uuuth of San Fran
cisco. CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-r(fl'l There
Is virtually no uuesUon about lis
being a while Chrlslmas in the
middle west thin year. ICaiiy to
day It was .getting whiter and
whiter. ' . .- - i
Hallroails, bus lines, street car
companies In many cities had hard
ly KOtten their heads above snow
drifts resulting from last week's
bli.zard when the Chicago weatlur
bureau warned of more snow. It
hciran falling here lale Inst night,
sifting at lliHt then heavily, but It
was only of a few hours' duration.
j NICYV YORK. Dec. 21. (IP)
Driven by a northeast wind, a heavy
ifall of snow euvelop?tl New .York
iitml vicinity today.-
i W eather burntiu officials forecast
a white Christinas for the region.
; Atlanta: (ia., Dec 2.1. (pi
, Winter's Icy gratsp held the south
totlaV as a blnnket of snow and ice.
: extending from Texas well Into Vir
'Klnln und tho CarllonnH and nearly
'to the Klf coaat, cauued thousands
.of dollars damage and uiudo high
, way Iravel hazardoits,
I Two deaths from tho cold were
i reported over the week end.
t Homer (iirt. I'rom Oregon
WAHIIINUTON, Jtec. 1!;. lV"
Thn Oregon congressional ilelcga
J lion has at riiiigrd to present Pres
I ident Hoover with a Christmas box
! of Oregon products ami an en
i laiK"d colored picture of tin; Mln
; t horn home, near Newburg, Ore.,
'where ihe chief executlvo spent a
'pftitlun of his boyhood.'
to be mixing up the hags for these
ihlldreii."
The organ played carols. The
Hue rtarled. Tim camera men be
gan their grinding.
A smiling Mrs. HooVcr. in soft,
rich gown of mnroon colored velvet,
Villi close-fitting hat of maroon
rtcrpen almost to brown, stood lit-,
f ide a cheerful Hanta and gave out
bright bulging bags lo the toddlers
from f'eiitrsl .Mlrslon Emergency
Home. The bags were almost as
big as the wee hoys and girls.
And, as tiny .Marie Couch strug
gled from th stage under her har
den, she was saying to little Hetty
Heller, "Wall, you got mini'; this is
yours."
Luckily, it was all In the same
lilt family, the Central Mission
Kmcrgency Home, those little first
il numbers that Airs. Hoover hand
ed out, '
For almost nobody gol the Christ
inas cheer that filled Ills or her
particular case.
In a motherly manner. Mrs. Hoo
ver added much to tho galely of
the Christinas parly.
And when she left, laughing, she
said: "They mixed the hags up on
me after all. They're straightening
them out still."
n mm atf
Protocol Fixes Relationship
of Soviet and, Manchu
rian Governments Rail
way Returns' to Status
Quo Consular Agencies
: to Be Restored Long
Conflict Ended.
MO.SCOW, Dec. 23. Mos
cow and Mukden have made their
peace and have signed a protocol
fixing future relationship between
the Soviet Russian government
and the Manchuriau Chinese pro
vincial government.
A ' foreign comnibsnrlut an
nouncement said thn Soviet pleni
potentiary, M. Shnonovky, anil
Tsai Vun-Shen, the Chinese repre
sentative of the Mukden provincial
government, signed at Knabarovsk
Siberia,, a protocol which restores
the .status ipio on the disputed Chi
nese Kastern railway and mutually
Immediately restores consular and
commercial organizations In the
two countries.
Formal resumption of relations
will not bo arranged until n fur
ther conference is held January 5.
but meanwhile all troops will be
wit lid ra wu from the Russian and
Manchurian borders, all persons
arretted In connection with the
railway dispute will be released,
and White (In a id Russians will he
disarmed and deported by tho Chi
nese. , The new Russian general man
ager of the railway and his assis
tant will leave soon for Harbin to
assume their duties In eonnu-tlon
with the Joint operation or thy
railroad as outlined in the Peklng
Alululen agreements of HUM,
Tho protocol, It appeared, ends n
six-months chapter of violent' con
flict between China nnd Russia,
growing out of Mirtichipinn seizure
of tho Chinese - Kuwtern iullway,
which traverses that province, IhsI
spring. Tile Russllaus. unable to
regain tho road to a mulual man
agement scheme, sent troops to the
border and recently completely
routed the1' Chinese and took pos
session of western Manchuria. '
BULLETS LINK
E
Fred .Burke Undoubtedly in
Possession of Guns Used
, in St. Valentine's Day
Massacre, Declares Bai
listics Expert.
CHICAGO,. Doc. 23. M') Major
Calvin II. Goilduril. ballistic expert
asserted today that in a r k I u g s
found on bulletM taken from the
bodies of seven victims of tho Mor
gan gang massacre last February
were Identical with marking on
bullets fired from tho sub machine
guns found in the Ht. Joseph.
Mich., home of Kred Hurke, notor
ious killer ami bank bandit.
Maji-r Guilds rd made Ills an
nouncement In testifying before
the coroner's Jury reconvened to
day to bear the latest development
In the ten months InvestlKiitlon of
Chicago's most s,i'ctneulur gang
niiirilei-H.
The ballistic expert said ho had
fired 3.1 hiillvts from the weapons
brought here renin the Ht. Joseph
bungalow utter llurke had shot So
death a traffic policeman In an
argument a week ago.
The testimony was regarded as a
definite link- In the evidence con-lic-llnif
IliM-kn with the massacre
of seven of George "Hugs" .Mi. inn's
.Viillh Side ifang III a Clark street
garage lust Ht. Valentine's liny.
Morke win Hit,-. I l,t siu Ing as one
if the 17 wanted for questioning
In connection with the caiio and
was reported to huvo been Identi
fied by wltni'itHcs. a it one of the
executioners seen entering the gur
ge Jun before the staying.
(-. Hums, president of th .1. (', Pen
ney company, which mieia-irR a na
tion wide Hindi of H"o retail dry
goods and apparel Mm en, announc
ed todav that neu-otiiiUnna fur n
merger with Hears, Itopbmk Ac Co.
have been definitely terminated.
GANGSTER AND
IRAN CR1
Meanest Dtwk
Halts Auto ,
Form of V -am
(. 4. $
t'Oini.AN'D. Ore, lire. 2:1.
(IV A hit nnd run motcrist,
ohnraciprlzcil an tin; "nlfiin-
est yot." knufkiMl iliiwn J;u-k
-MUlan. A'i, I'nrtliinil. toiluy,
4 stninil his machlno on top
f hia victim, jumped uut ami
fled.
fr l'liyslelans said .Mlllan was
not injured werlonsly and io
fr llee said they obtained the
lieense nuuiher if tin outo
moltlie. Death of Lifelong " Friend,
Patterson, Removes Ob
ligation, Is Announcement
Decision Result Many
Importunities. " ,
SALKM, Ore.. Dec. 23. (P) Re
covering rapidly and completely
rront an illness which attacked hlin
while on n trip abroad last spring,
and released hy the death of Gov
ernor Patterson from the ohligntlon
be felt against opposing the politi
cal ambitions of a lifelong friend.
Thos. H. Kay, state treasurer nnd
long an active figure In the politi
cal life of the state, will be a can
didate for the Republican nomina
tion for governor at the .May pri
mary .election, the Capital Journal
announced following the runeral of
tiovornor Patterson this afternoon.
"Mr. Kay's decision- Is made In
answer to scores of telogmms and
telephone calls from prominent peo
ple In all. parts of tho state that
have been .received by hlin since
news ut Covet nor Patterson's death
was broadenst Saturday night,'; (ha
Capital Journal was Informed by
closo political Mends of Mr. Kay.
' At his home hero the stale treas
urer would make no comment on
the report, slating that out of re
spect for the memory of Governor
Patterson he did not feel that this
was the time to discuss politics in
volving that office. ;
MAS VILLAGE
CAM KltON, Texan, Uec. 23. (P)
Three men were killed hi a gun
fiprht hero today. The dead aro
Hubert lleftey, automobile dealer,
Charles Sens, constable, and Anton
Muebuor, furmer.
Ilucbnur, believed to have be
come suddenly Insane, nppeurcd at
the door of tho automobile agency
with an autoinallc rifle 111 his hand
and started shoolliiK promiscu
ously, lletley was kflled beforo the ar
rival of CoiiKtahtc Hen. Huebncr
opened fire upon Kenx as he ran
up, killing him Instantly.
The crazed man was finally shut
down by KiiKono Htnlth.
After llofley ami Hens had been
killed, Sheriff Illaylock appeared.
Huebncr fired ut him threo times,
one bullet KiainK tile sheriff's
knee.. Huebncr then backed uut
the front door, and turning, fired
three Hltots at employes of the
Texas Tower company, Juxt acrotts
the street. He continued to rdioot
at everyone in sight until Hmlth
killed lilin.
' Hu'-hncr emptied his rifle three
times In-fore he wax killed.
Two years ago Huebner had a
personal difficulty with an auto
mobile salesman. In which he was
struck over the head With a heavy
xtick, musing a fracture of the
rkull und remitting in a law suit.
lleflt y was of Cameriin'ri leading
citizen, t 'oust at do Sens was the
father of I ,co HeiiM, t'nlverlty of
Texas athlete'
LEGGENOT TTAPPEAR .
WASHINGTON, Doc, 23.-(M"
( huh limn Caraway oC the somite
lobby ommilte osahl today that
Alexander Legge, chairman of (ho
federal ritrm board, would not bo
called beforo Hie lobby committee
lo explain certain policies of the
farm board.
His statement was made after
Leuue had announced that ho did
not havo tfmr to appear before the
commute, hut would Uo no If requested.
i
I
KAYANNOUNCES
CANDIDACY FOR
GOVERNORSHIP!
! . i
RAZED GUNNER
SHOOTS TWO IN
MOTHER IS
ilWITNESSOF
OATH RUE
!
jNorbiad at Home of Invalid
i Parent for Simple Cere
mony Senator Moser
Reads Words Which In-
uuci mew uregon execu
tive to Office Mother
Inspiration.
PORTLAND, Oro., Uec. 23. (ft
A modest Portland home bocumu
tho seat of government of tho state
of Oregon yesterday and beforo an
audience which Included his elder
ly invalid mothec. Senator A.. V.
Norhlad, 4 8 year old lawyer of
Astoria. - Ore., became Oregon's
new governor aa he raised his tight
hand und took the oath of officii
from Senator Ous Moser, a notary
public.
There were no dignified solons.
no marble halls of the state house,
no pages and no festive Inaugural
events to welcome tho now Rover--,
nor who became the chief execu
tive of the state through an
amended clause in the stato con
stitution which' provides for the
carrying on of the affairs of the
office.
Simplicity made the proceeding
the more dramatic in a room In
the home of D. X. Regcr, a brother-in-law-
of the new governor.
Half kneeling by the side of Mrs.
Uessie Xorblad, 77, his mother. -Governor
Norblud repeated the
oath after Senator Moser: .
lCcpcattf Oath
. "I do solemnly swear that I will
KUpoort the constitution . of the.
United States and the constitution'
of the state of Oregon, and that I
will honestly discharge the dutlos
of the office of governor -of tho
state of Oregon to the best of my
uhilltv. tin bfiln nm find "
A moment of silence followed
aie veptiUon of Ahe,oaLh and tfwv-
ernor . Norolad s wife, son una
(laughter ana others realized he.
nuti uec a ueuiuaiuu 10 mo servicu
of Oregon. . . . . ' . , ,
The new govenror knelt by the
chair , of his mother and whis
pered; "Mother, when I started to
law school . . . you told me I
could do anything- the other fel
lows could . . , you havo been
my inspiration." . " '
Family Congratulates
There was a burst of sentiment
as Governor Nor bind kissed Mrs.
Norblnd the new first lady of
Oregon and received tho con
gratulations of Mr. and Mrs. Regcr
I Senator .Moser, his mother, Albin
Walter Norblnd, 21, a student at
the University of Oregon, his son
and daughter, K lea nor I.ylo Nor
blnd, 1 5, a sophomore In un Au
to ria high school. '
Qualifying his statement ' that
there was no dlsrcvpcct because he
and Governor rattersoii hud ells
cussed the possibilities beforo hnnd
the new executive announced he
would be In tho field for election
nt the next campaign. Ho uuld
that had Governor l'uttertioii en
tered the gubernatuiiul race ut the
next election ho was to witlHli-hw
(Continued nh Pago Flvo)
Will Rogers Says:
liKVKKl'jY HILLS, t'ul ,
Dec. Nations- Htni'tinjr
for the big- liimtlon tlisiinmi
niont conference to ditmrm
themselves of the thing
they figure
w o n ' I be
used in t It e
next w a f ,
which w i I
l-.'nvc them
more money
to d e v el o )
the things they will use. It'tt
mi efonmnie more than a hie
in it ii i I it ii affair. It's like,
holding- it truffle conference,
mitt just diseiiHsiiii.' tiie liimt
injt of horses antl Imggies.
I wonder if wo ever will (ret
ko eivilied that one will he
liehl to limit snhniHrines,
aeroplnnes iintl chemicals.
You , cnu't Hay ' civilization
don't ailvtiiiee, however, for
in every war they kill you
in a new way. Yours, v
Wll.t, ItOOKKS.
I. S. Tlitwu lieatlien nei(,'li.
lint's of ours in the south
g-nve ns a filiu lesson ill gen
erosity. The Mexican gov
ernment .sent ten thousand
to the orphaned of the Okla
homa mine disaster.
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