Medford Mail Tribune
Second Section
Eight Pages
Second Section
Eight Pages
Twenty-Fifth Year
MEDFORD, OKKCION, SUNDAY, DKCEMBKU 14, 19:50.
No. 205.
i
LAWGIVERS
OF
LAY PLANS
Legislature a Month Away,
So Solons Start Organiz
ingSession Expected to
Be Lively Preliminary
Didoes Started.
By CliAVTOX V. BKHXIIAK1)
As.sociiitoU Frcss Starr AVritcr
With tho opening of the 36th
legislative assembly In Oregon at
Salem Juat one month away, lines
aro already being: drawn for or
ganization of the houae and senate
and the 89 members of the two
bodies are looking' , towurd what
they consider one of the most in
teresting sessions in recent years.
A state senator from Marion coun
ty, to fill the vacancy caused by
the death recently of Senator Lloyd
T. Reynolds, is yet to bo named
to complete tho roster of 30 in
the upper house. The house of
representatives comprises 60 mem
hern. While various counties having
three or more legislators are form
ing organizations of their own.
Governor-elect Julius Xi. Meier is
preparing his inaugural address,
which will be delivered to a joint
session of the house and senate
shortly after the opening ceremon
ies January 12, and Governor A.
"W. Norblad, retiring executive, is
likewise preparing an address in
which he .will point out specific
weaknesses in administration
which he has noted as well as to
present a tax program and a re
quest for the creation of a state
board of pardons.
Tho Oregon legislature at this
session will comprise a larger
group of experienced lawmakers
than recent previous sessions, a
survey revealed. Ono lone Demo
crat will hold a seat in the senate,
while seven Democrats havo been
elected to the house. Since party
lines are not diawn in: the, Oregon,
legislature, this situation will not
affect actions of lawmakers.
Tho organization of the house
has not been definitely determined
at the present time,- although
Frank Loncrgan claims enough
support to elect him speaker over
Herbert Gordon, who Is determined
to wage a battle for the chair.
Both aro from Multnomah county
and both aro veterans in tho state
legislature. It is expected that tho
election of cither will not bo cer
tain until the vote is counted at
the Initial meeting of the house.
WHIard L. Marks of Linn county
is generally conceded the presi
dency of the state senate and there
appears but little doubt that he
will be named. Ho has served two
terms In the senate and In the last
session was chairman of several
important committees. His only
posHible competitor for tho chair
is Senator B. J. IOtldy, Douglas
county. Marks, however," believes
ho bus the senate sewed and has
already started work oil committee
assignments. ..;,.,
Reports have been received of
numerous measures now being pro
pared for the legislative hopper,
ranging in consideration of school
Icvlen. fishing regulations, auto
mobilo licenses, primary election
law changes to the four main Is
sues which are taxation, water
power, control of utilities und rotid
legislation. .,
Of all these measures, tho tax
muddle is possibly -the most per
plexing. All the others present
their difficulties, but since tho
state supreme court's action do
ctoring the Intangibles tax uncon
stitutional, leaving about a mil
Hon dollars collected by this tax
last year to be returned to tax
payers, tills subject carries enough
controversial angles to engage
lawmakers for considerable of the
40 -day session.
The Roguo river closing, a sub
ject which has been before tho
legislature in the past and which
was acted upon by tho electorate
nt tho lust election, will again
make it appearance as one of tho
lending issues. Tho votors defeated
the niovo to close the river to
commercial fishing by a margin of
votes. A niea.su lo to closo tho
stream, varying slightly from tho
form on tho November ballot, Is
being drawn for presentation at
the opening of the legislature, it
was learned. The Interim fifth com
mittee has been holding meetings
over the stato on this subject and
this week in Portland hoard the
demand of the stato game commis
sion to close the stream to save
runs of chlnook and steel head sal
mon. Commercial fishermen arc
opposing closing.
The matter of a higher basis of
district school tax levy upon which
to base annual increases will be
presented as well as changes In au
tomobile licenses as outlined by
Secretary of State Hal IS. Hons;
rhanging the time of holding the
stale primary election and a meth
od of filling vacancies In the legis
lature, proposed under the enab
ling act passed by the voters last
month.
The Multnomah county delega
tion, comprising 21 members, met
for organization last week, the
OREGON
WEALTHY WIDOW STRANGLED
;.' 4."; yy-
' Atsonatfd Pint Phon
Lew Fook, (inset) Chinese servant, was charged by San Francisco
police with having strangled to death his employer, Mrs. Rosetta
Baker, well known as a clubwoman and amateur actress. Her body
wai found in her apartment and there were indications the victim
battled her assailant, 1
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RIVER APPLES
New, and Improved Typesi
Apples and Pears Underj
Observation Hood Riv.er
Station No Blotch fori
Boscs.
HOOD ItlVKIt. Dec 1 3-- (!
Some new and improved varieties
of apples and pears under test at
tho branch experiment station
here aro showing promise for
commercial use, the btennjnl re
port of the station just issued,
reveals. '
A wtrahi of red Kpilzenberg
from the southern Oregon branch
station shows a darker and more
nttraetivn u I u r than the old
Spitzenbeiger with more pubcaid
flavor and excellent keeping qual
ities. Three russet types of Rose
pears are also under observation
by beln it grafted on regular Hose
treea. They appear to be more
free from - an unidentified blotch
which frequently lowers the mar
ket value of the regular liosc va
riety. ADORN OFFICES
I'OIITLAND. Hi v. (tVt
The general demand for a change
in public offices tmlicutcil nt the
recent election also stretched to
the county judges and court; of
the stale, it Is i-cvcah d in a check
made by .1. K. .Smith, county
commissioner, secretary of the
state association of Judges and
cummlH-doners.
t'hef k reveals there will be 'Jn
new faces out of the l"N judges
and commissioners of tho state
when they gather In Portland to
day for their three-day annual
Houston, Of these there will be
eight nev county Judyes and 1 2
new county commissioner:- to re
place nt many more either do
fcated or falling to run for re
election. U
T
M AllSltr 1KI.!. lire, u ,t,V!
The curfew shall ring. Is the !-;
HHn O ho Coos lisv W. . T.
inrnitiers, who uppenred hefofi
the Marshfieid city council this
week to demand the enforcement
of the curfew ordinance. The
,urtVw has not rung here for ten
years, when thw law was set nirte
ROGU
IMPROV
HOOD
TAX LEVY ON
TO
SEE NEW RISE
WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 13.
A preliminary estimate of mo
tor vehicle taxes for 1930 made
public by I he American Automo
bile association today shows Hint
on the average tho car owners will
pay approximately fourteen per
cent more this year thnp they paid
in UtJH.
Coincident with tho Issuance of
this statement, the A. A. A. an
nounced that Thos. 'J. Henry of
Detroit, its president, had appoint
ed a national committee to study
every typo of motor vehicle levy
and to develop a formula to as
sure equitable taxation for the car
owners. !
Mr. Henry cited three reasons
w h I eh he d ec 1 arod mad o It 1 m -peratlve
that tho eiitlro motor tax
structure and the practices and
tendencies inherent in It. should
be stibfeet to a comprehenwivo ex
amination at this lime. First, the
wholly disproportionate rise in mo
tor taxes from year to year s com
pared with other forms of taxa
tion: the evidence of efforts at
wholesale, diversion 6f tho tax' to
other than road purposes: and
third, the probability that tho ex
cuse of "hard times will lead
many of the forty-four stato leg
islatures meeting early in 1131
to make further raida on tho car
owners. Mr. Henry said in part:
("Our preHminairy estimate for
this year showB that, tho motorist
on the average will pay 33 In
motor taxes In 1930 as compared
to fjs.".ri6 in 1 Under alxtoen
different forms the taxes on the
ear owner aro being constantly
pyramided. In the ten-year per
iod, l!il-l!t30, motor vehicle lev
ies from gas taxes and license
fee have Increased 509.6 per
cent. iH compared with an , In
crease of !"! per cent in motor
vehicle registration and 150.11 per
cent In oxpciiditurcfc for high
ways. "The motorists are now con
fronted with a net situation
which may well open the way
for wholesale diversion to gen
era 1 purpewes of stato and local
administration of levies placed on
them as a claw. Two notable
precedents were established in the
November elections In New Jer
mv nnd In Intif)anaH fn the
former Mate, bond Issues totaling
$17, "00, moo were authorised for
nubile Institutions and Inland wat
erway, to to retired from g
tax collection. In Louisiana the
gas tax w raised on'i cent per
gHllon In order to provide funds
for port development. Tho auto
mobile is not as yet a sea-going
veh if le!
"While I shall not Anticipate the
sction of our national committee,
I personally feel It la imperative
that the law authorizing tho gas
tax In every ntnie should specific
ally and raleaorically deelaro that
every cent contributed by the car
own'M's must be nued for road con
struction and maintenance, which
would include the much nver-due
hlxhway beautifieatlon. For very
Mate to do this will In some In
stances require cnnitltutlonal
amendments.
MOTORISTS
RE
MERGER
OF
TO
Tl
Pacific Coast Lumbermen
Propose Pool of Interests
to Curb : Production to
Consumption Jlark
Cheaper Now to Operate
Than Shut Down.
I'ORTI.AND, Ore., Uec. 13. (V
Consolidation of tho smaller lie
dependent lumber mills and tim
ber holdings of western Oregon
and Washington' Into units of
greater resources and financial
strength, was suggested today by
AW R. Greeley, manager of tl
West Coast Lumbermen's asso
ciution.
Greeley told members of tho
Western division, of the Unltea
States chamber of commerce. In
session here, effective ' adjustment
of current production of lumber
to tho consumptive demand is
one of the greatest problems fac
ing the industry.
He asked, too. for further clarl
fication or libcraliaition of the
present statutes dealing with r3
straint of trade.
A survey of Western Oregon
and Washington, he said, reveal'
ed 695 "living" sawmills of which
2ill had produced no lumber dur
ing tho preceding Quarter. . Ho
estimated tho capacity of those
U95 actual or potentinl producers,
as normally customarily operated,
in excess of fifteen billion board
feet of lumber annually. This, ho
declared. Is at least 25 per cent
more lumber than the Industry
h:m yet sold In Its most favorable
year.
"Behind these sawmills stands-
some thirty years' supply of tim
ber In private ownership," Oree
lev said. "This vast amount of
timber, in excess of 300 billion
board feet, has been subject for
many years to the taxes, protec
tion costs. Interest and other,
carrying charges' Incident to pri
vate ownership. There has, tJus!
been created a tremendous finan
ctal pressure for liquidation) Atj
tho same time the trend in lum
ber values and the rate at which
taxes and other carrying charges
accumulate largely restrict oppor
tunities for sain of timber to
areas in tho path of speedy manu
facture. Hence, tho liquidation
of burdensome investments in
raw material Is forcing timber
Into the sa win Ills.
"Trees must be converted Into;
dollars to pay taxes, interest and
bond maturities: nnd sawmills
operate In the red rather than In
cur tho greater loss of shutting
down."
Over production Is a "chronic
ailment" of the Industry, the
speaker said. "At times it Is un
der fair control, then It breaks
out afresh In an ncuto form."
"And every cycle of a few
months of over-production," he
said, "brings In Its trail demorali
zed markets, Irregular employ
ment or unemployment of labor,
and excessive wasto of raw ma
terial as the hard-pressed opera
tor discards low-grade logs or
lumber whoso manufacture would
only add to tho burden ' of his
losses."
Consolidation move monts. he
said, must lead tho way for a
continuing orderly control of pro
duction. "And this need not take
tho form of a single, giant mer
ger of timber holdings und opera
ting facilities," Greeley declared.
"It may come about most par
ticularly through a numbor of
consolidations formed by group
ing mills or timber holdings In
each of tho principal lumber pro
ducing dWtriels of western Oro-i
pen snd Washington."
SAWMILLS
C O U N T
THE
YELLOW
BOXES
Real Proof That
Country People
Read the
MAIL TRIBUNE
EVANGELIST AT
IRK IN DEATH
X VALLEY
PALACE
Indians Gather to Hear the
Singing Though None Too
. Strong for the Preaching
After Miles of Desert
Travel,
KTOVK PlI'H WKUS. DKAT11
VAI.LKY, Calif., Hec. 13. OP)
"Death Valley Hcotty" has brought
religion for the Indians into this
desolate region. Two women evan
gelists, summoned to .his $3,000,
000 desert mansion, uro holding
revival Ncrvices. -
"It's a great Idea for tho In
dians." says tho famous prospect
or. "Maybe they don't understand
much of tho preaching- but they
like the singing."
Miss, L o u I so Qultsch. former
Chicago church worker, and Miss
Mary Ayera, Australian evango
list, aro the workers.
More than 100 Indians, many
coming miles on their ponies from
their homes hlddon in tho sun
baked canyons of the Panamlnt
and Funeral mountains, attended
one Sunday service. About 50 In
dians and their famlles work on
Scotty's vast fenced "estate."-.
, "They havo tho simplicity of
children," Miss Ayers said. "They
like especially well such hymns
as "Whcn tho Roll Is Called Up
Yonder xid repeat tho chorus
over and ??v.er."
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Gutte berg Bible
Will Take Place
in U S. Library
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.
(P) Ceremoniously, tho Gut- 4
tenberg Bible, highest-priced
book in tho world, tonight
was to tako Hs permanent
place In tho library of con-
-tfr"''-' ' v...
. Invitations haW boon ' is
4 sued for tho event. ,
A solid mahogany caseT
carved after a design by Ml- (
chncl Angelo, awaits tho i
bible, now locked In tho H- j
4 lit-nrhm'tt Vflllll. fl
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TRIAL NEXT WEEK
KLAMATH FAI,I,S, Ore, Deo.
13-r-(fl') The trial of JJonuld Nuokor
charged with tho murder of Frod
Dunbar, will run Into next week,
Judge CI. l' Mklpwortll, heurlng
the cawe -announced today when It
wiih evident the oaBO would not
get to tho jury tonight, ami IiIh
announced oppoHltloti to a night
ueKBlon.
After moro than an hour's re
buttal, tho court reccBaed until
1:30 p. in. to allow tho district
attorney to rc-vanip his lengthy
hypothetical qucntlon put to Dr.
D. C. Burkes, Portland.
TACOMA, Due. 18. IP) Klfi!
ten hundrod tons of gift". Includ
ing 12.000 ChrlHtnians trees to
wave In a palm-g r o wing land,
makes tho Hawaii-bound liner
Mullko a "nautical Santa. Claus" j
bearing tho hollduy spirit tu tho
mld-I'aclflc. I
tllfts from all over tho west'
consigned to friends and rcla
tlves were put aboard.
Editorial Opinions of Upstate Press
Anent Grid Coach at "Old Oregon"
Spears to Stay
It now appears that Dr. C. W.
Spears, head football coach at tho
University of Oregon, has no In
tention of going to tho University
of California. President Hall Is
glad. We aro glad. The rumors and
reports which have been amanat
ing from California have been cx
tromely disturbing. If pot actually
damaging to our interests hero.
Apparently, Knuto Hockue, the
great coach of Norto Dame, was
largely responsible for tho episode
by making over tho radio tho ex
tremely tactless suggestion that Dr.
Spears would bo exactly tho man
for the very desiruble borth at
California. Apparently the obliga
tions of Dr. Spears to the relatively
small university hero were over
looked In the coldly professional
recommendations of Itucknc,
l'ossibly Dr. Spears may havo
been indiscreet In making remarks
about the Oregon football situation
which ovor-anxlous reporters in
terpreted as dissatisfaction with
his position hero. Hut Dr. Spear a
should not bo blamed for a situa
tion which grew up faster than It
could be controlled. Possibly tho
delay of tho California manage
ment In squelching the rumors was
tho chief factor In coloring them
with plausibility. But all's well that
ends well. What might have been
Ian awkward situation botwecn two
i great schools seems to have beon
removed.
However, tho tenseness of tho
situation only emphasises the prob
lem which football has become In
the educational system, tho degree
to which ll Is over-emphasized. It
would not tako much to bring
down the storm that Is browing
over commercialized athletics. It is
because wo have been looking to
Dr. Spears as one of tho roally Im
portant men in his profession to
give us a foutlng In an unequal
struggle which we cannot vory well
quit, that we wolcomo tho news
that he will stay. liugeno Register-Guard,
On tho Anxious Seat
If Dr. CTarcnco Spears, who
draws a salary of $11,600 a year
for coaching tho University of Ore
gon's football team, doesn't desert
to coach the University of Cali
fornia as rumored, It will be only
becauso ho Is not offorcd the Job
No other conclusion can bo
reached from tho qualified denials
Dr. Hpeara la' giving out while
awaiting developments in Califor
nia. Tho contract ho holds with
Oregon' binds 1hetnversHy 'for'
five "years but does not bind the
coach to remain. .
LUMBER CENTER QUIET
AS FORESTS ALL GONE
TULLSTON, Mich. ) Tho
whlno of band.aws und the clutter
of piling boards will bo heard no
moro In this village, onco tho lum
ber center of ndVthern Michigan.
: Tho I'ollston sawmill, one of tho
lament two-carrlago plants ciwt of
tho Rocky Mountains, has been
closed, bringing to an end the lum
ber Industry liere.
This winter will bo tho first in
50 years that no sawmill hn op
erated here. Kxhuustloll of the
timber resources was given as the
rettsnn for closing- of the mill.
Directory of Gifts
Gift Between
50c and $1.00
Silk Neckwear
Fancy Handkerchief 8ets
8llk Hosiery
Cuff Links '
Garters and Bow Ties
Belts
Suspendera
Boxed 01ft Seta
Gifts Between
$1.00 and $2.00
Fancy Shirts
Leather Bill Folds
Toilet Seta
Imported Lisle Hosiery
Fancy Wool Hosiery
Bill Fold Seta
Cheney Tiea
Gifts Between
$2.00 and $5.00
Mocha Qlovea ' "
Drata Shirts
Kid Slippers
Golf Hoaa
Silk Lined Capa '
Silk Tla and Handkerchief
8ea
Lambs' Wool Slippers
Dresa or Motor Glovea
Cheney Neckwear
Pajamai
A amall deposit holds
ny aelection until
Chrlstmae
Dr. Spears Is evidently dissatis
fied with tho mu to rial supplied by
Oregon. Ho Is quoted in a San
Francisco Interview with declaring
"Kor one thing I was guaranteed
50 players who would avorago 180
pounds. This spring they gave me
a squad of 35 players whoso ave
rage weight was only ItiO pounds."
This Is a tacit admission that un
less the football material la at
hand, high priced coaches cannot
deliver tho goods with a winning
team. On tho other hand. If the
material Is at hand, a high priced
coach does not seem necessary.
Dr. Spears Is evidently following
the same pussyfooting tactics with
California that ho engaged in wtth
Oregon while ho was under con
tract with Minnesota. If ho gets a
similar iucrcaso In salary and the
requlslto tonnago of players prom
ised, ho can bo expected to again
jump lils contract. And It will be
serving Oregon right for tho uni
versity to sec uro Spears broke Us
own contract with Captain Mc
13 wan.
Tho Incident shows tho over
emphasis plaaed on football lit the
universities of today, in conse
quence of which "Oregon students
aro still troubled" as tho campus
paper, tho Emerald, remarks.
Football has become the one big
thing in college Hfo and tho coach
outranks tho proxy. Salem Capitol-Journal.
More Games Hero
Some time ago the Eugene Register-Guard,
which we shall here
ufter refer to In this column as tho
R.-G., which doesn't always stand
for right Guard, had an editorial
objecting to the fact that ao few
of the football games played by the
university are played on the local
field. We think tho peoplo of tho
university elty havo a right to ob
J oct. Not only are the students who
support the team loyally entitled to
see the games without going to the
exponso of a trip to Portland, but
tho fans In tho town whore the
school Is are entitled to some con
sideration. If there Is a football
player In Kugono or Corvallls who
la having a hard time making it
possible for htm to stay In school,
the football enthusiasts down town
are expected to give him prefer
ence for jobs whon Jobs aro avail
able. They aro expected In num
erous and sundry ways to support
the team and they do it loyally and
enthusiastically. It Is unjust thoro
fore to both tho town and tho stud
ent body whon so many of the
irood ffiiniDH uro taken to Portland
nfarr Effort to holp Portland 'pay
for Its expensive stadium. Cor-
vwllfB aaotto-TImes.
SEEK BODIES OF
LOST FISHERMEN
SANTA DAUHARA, Cal., Dcc.j
13. (P) Tho mystery veiling the
fato of tho fishing craft Fidelity,
missing with her crew of eleven I
slnco late last month, was believed
eolvod hero today, and a vigorous!
search for the bodies of 10 mem
born of her crow went forward. -
Tho finding of tho broken body!
of a man nt a point on the west1
end of Santa Rosa Island yoster-
day Is seen as tho solution to tho:
mystery of tho craft's disappear
ance, during a chunnel etorm Sev
ern t weeks ngo. I
Ladies! Como in and Select
"His" Jift at "His" Store
Lee's
MEN'S
Shop
, NEXT TO RIALTO
Buy Chrlstmae 8eal
MARKETING
OF CATTLE
Rocky Mountain District
Stockmen Form Credit
Corporation, to Better Fi
nances, and Speed Ship
ments. COLORADO,. SPRINGS, Colo.,
Doc. 13. (P) Aiplcturo of moun
tain states ! livestock marketing
association, organised to glvo the
grower I . oompleto. marketing
service and .adequately - financed,
was presented -to -the 66th annual
convention of the 'National Wool
Growers association here today
by e. N. Arnett, president of tho
Intermountttin Livestock Market
ing association.- r .
. The organisation of which Mr.
Arnett is .the head serves the so
called range states, and Is a
member of the Nailonal Livestock
Marketing association with head
quarters In Chicago. Ae a com
panion .organization, the Iiltcr
mountaln . Credit corporation was
created with the aid of tho fed
eral farm board to aid the grow
ers 'in their financial problems.
All tlnahclnl connections be
tween the 'regional and national
associations are through the Feed
er and Flnanco corporation ot tho
national organization. ,
"The plan of the directors of
the rntermountaln association,"
said President' Arnett, "l to build
up for its. members a' complete
market service. For those who
wish or should,' Ior: various' oc
casions, sell -or' buy on :th 'cen
tral markets; their own sales
agency Is' available. When It Is
to the best interests of the buy
er and seller' tft 'go' direct from
grower to feed l lot, then' direct
sales service 'will bo Available to
them.' ; ' 'l 1 ' ' .
"The form' of marketing agroo
ment -'iml; Jlstlng- uf livestock? for
sales gives the grower the privi
lege of sotting the1 price at which
he WW sell.' The 'buyer; with- hW
order, gives ; the price 1i Is will
ing to pay. This service Will get
tile two -together at a price satis
factory to both parties. No sales
service, either on the central mar
ket or by tlirect -'movement, can
raise or lower prices." - i
President Arnett - described the
functions of tho Intermountaln
marketing ' association 'as threo
fold. To establish and develop
a sales and market service that
will handle livestock on a rock
bottom cost basis, whether on' tho
markot or direct movement.
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'Klamath Falls. . Worn com
pleted on macadam Toad from
Natural Oag eompany'a new plant
on Houfch Riverside to connect with
AnhlandjC!amath Falls highway.
, .,
- The mind of his wife Is at peace:
fur she knowfth where, he 4s all
day;: and; 111. tho evening .he la
weary, and gocth to sleep . after
dinner. '
for Men
Gifts Between
$2.00 and $5.00
Fancy Shirts
Shirts with Collars to.
Match
Gift Box Handkerchlefa
Belt Bucklaa and Be I to- ,
gram 8ete
Imported Silk Neckwear .
Caasimere Muiflera
Coat Sweater ... ,
Silk Mufflers .
Bath Robea 4 ... , ,
. Gifts Between
$5 and $10.00
Rain Clothing' - "
Imported Silk Mufflere
811k Shlrta
. Wool Bath Robea t
Suede Jackets . .
: Silk Bath Robea .
Pullover Sweaters i -
Smoking Jacket
i i .'V.'' .' ,. '
Gifts Between
$5 and $25.00
Novelty Pajamas' ' . '.
Military Brush Sets
Golf Knickers
Raincoat 1
Overcoat! ' 11
Fur Lined Qlevaa '
Leather Coata . ' '
Flannel iRebes 1
Traveling Seta '
Each qift neatly
wrapped All ready
for the tree
CONSIDERED
(Continued on Page Two)
by common consent.
(Continued on I'age Four)