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o M&teflBD-Mlii "Tribune. b The Weather Temperature IliglieM yesterday IV 2 lamest (IiIh morning - Precipitation 'In .1 p.m. yesterday 00 To i. mi. loilny . . q.'H To.ilnlit al Tui'Mliiy. il.mdv anil ull-i'ttlcl; pmhiibly t'fato U'inX'rnliir J Iwantv-llftk Tu ftKDFOKI VJK(iON. MONDAY. .IANTAKV 12. 1!:!1. No. 'J!)'2. L Talking Eecscon Will Aid Ships Off Scotland Tadpoles Eaten By Aviators On Long Hike Back Today Fear Ocean Fliers Lost J SPA ill AIMS ON AN LAWGIVERS urAn iinrn By Arthur Brisbane Work, Water; Wisdom. That Next War. A Royal Salesman. Your Heart-Engine. Copyright King Features 8ynd., Inc. Ciilvin Coolidge, in the Clii i cago Herald ami Kxainincr, dis covers that "sonu' hit suffering from lark of work, some from lack of water, many more from laek of wisdom." The former l'resident lias work, more profitable than wlien he was President, lie has ernor of the state of oroRon, was water, the Olllv thing that he , Inaugurated loony before the lar . Best crowd that ever thronged the drinks, ami his wisdom is mi- statehouse. limited. It is hard for him and , nc"J,culft .Ju,!BL' ,L MuJ'ah,an' : lonfi a friend of Governor Meier. Others of IIS to realize how ieuU the simple oath to which manv there are who laek what ! -Melcr """bribed, nidclng himself I us Kovernor of the slate, is more important than work, j Immediately after taking the water I10P1' or W i S d 0 111, namely Mr. . Coolidge recalls Presi i dent Cleveland's .statement : "It is the business of the people h support the government, not the government to support the people." AVith all due respect to tro ver Cleveland, it is the bllsi- 11CSS Of the government to tlo Whatever the people elect it . want tlie government to do. ! Just at present they would tlie government to recognize the fact that, a serious emer gency exists, and do (something. The next war will not be pleasant. Submarines will prowl, like invisible sharks, de stroying all merchantmen. Air planes will strike any fighting vessels that dare, lenve . port. With poison gas, explosive bombs and fire bombs, they ' will drive population from the cities, destroying millions. f-f And, as shown by United States army experiments at Mu llen, X. J-, gigantic "war tanks" will tear across the country, plowing their way through houses, as a hunter in a fox hunt goes through a hedge. A war tank with a liHS-horsc-power Liberty airplane motor, the weight of the tank JIJ.lH.li) pounds, raced through icy ponds, over big logs, through barbed wire entanglements and battered down "brick walls two feet thick at 4."i miles an hour. Then, shedding its caterpillar track, it traveled over paved highways at 73 miles an hour. The Prince of "Wales and one of his brothers will slion be on their wav to South America on (Continued on Paco Four) Abe Martin i.i i ... i. .i.i .... BO-..U..I nuvlilnerr for 1 kin remrn.lH-r how vc .11 ,( CM l.e.1 ll.lnkln' pn.lilfcltlmi w.ml.l thnm tlionsnn n' rerormerM tint m rni - ployment." Nilil Art lrk Milnj'. I lme n-ail lierp one o' the Vnii tlrrllllts linn murneil irum a vmn - tlun t-O I Rite" c'rc all imrtr iW.'li alike M-n It conie li cull - In1 up a ncM'.paiKT. (i.'opyrlght John K. Dill Co I I Vote Shows Lonergan 34. : Gordon 23 Marks Unop-j posed As President of Senate Both Houses Arc Organized Without Hitch. SA1J:M. Ore., Jan. 12. OT Julius 1.. Meier, the first indepen- I llellt Itnl'tv lnn tn Itn ,ln,tn,l t'.i'- oall Governor Meier begun his The. Inaugural followed closely on the mcBsaKe of A. W. Xorblad, the retiring governor, who spoke of conditions as he witnessed them while In the governor's chair, and mtulo recommendations to the legislature from Die hifni'tii.'i I inn and experience he sained. SALEM. Jan. 12. OT Krank J. I-onergan of Multnomah county was elected speaker of the house I and W. I,. Marks of l.inn county I'residj'iU of the senate In the ur- .legislative assembly here today. , l."erKun received 31 votes and I Herbert Oordon, Multnomah coun- ty, lilt, in Uio only conlesled elee tion in tlu' house. The two can didates did nut vote. .Marks had no onposltlon fur presidency of the senate. 1 Organisation of tlu; two houses occupied tin major portion of tlie morning session. Members of both houses were sworn in by Chief .Justice Henry ,J. Jean of the su preme court. Sam lirowu, t'eiiator from Marion county, entered a vigorous protest in being sworn in by a member of tlie supreme court which debarred the late C.eurgo W. Joseph, and senate members permitted him to be-swom-'in by Secretary of State Mai K. Muss. Called to order. Chief Clerk Kred Drager called the house to order to officially begin tlie business of the session. Itev. II. K, l'arker, Kirst Metho dist church of Salem, delivered the invocation. Italph Hamilton, speaker of Hie last session, wan minted temporary chairman and conducted the busness until Lull- j ergo n was elected speaker. . The contest for speakership. carried to the floor, attracted a large crowd which more than! packed the house chambers. Al lan ll. liynoii, Multnomah county nominated Ijonergnn, whom he stated was new serving his fourth term in that body. Hay W. Olll, Multnomah county, in nominating Cordon, slated hs nomination was a protect against the system used for tlie election of a speaker, wherein he stated members were pledged at (he end of the previous session to support tt candidate. Clerks KIccUkI Clerks elected by the liotise in cluded, Kred Urnger, chief clerk: Harry McClellau. assistant clerk: Albert Ilede. rending cfc-rk: Miss Kllby Kussell, calendar clerk; .Joe F. Singer. serRcant-at-nrnts; Kolly Southwick. door keeper and W. I'. Me Adams, mailing clerk. A committee of five was named to prepare resolution relative to the death of llepreentalive W. Carlton Smith of Marion county. Standing committees will be an nounced following the Inaugura tion ceremonies this afternoon, the speaker announced. The house adjourned until 1 for the Joint session with the sen ate to hear the addresses of the retiring and new coventor. In accepting the speakership T.oncrgun expressed appreciation for the honor accorded him. ' I am not unmindful, " he paid, 'that the people have spoken In no un certain terms. It shall be my en deavor to co-operate with all in tlie Interest of Welter legislation." Hi own Creates Scene. Without u jarring note except the retirement of Senator Sain Crown of Marion county from the enate chamber when Chief Jus tice P.ean entered to swear in the iv-wly-elected nteinbers perma nent organization uf the senate proceeded smoothly, as planned at the Sunday ni'ht i-uueu. The election of all officers was without contest except for the of flee of inallittK clerk. Uin- Mor hy. Salem, who held the office two years no. was elected over Stanley Sal hwclt of Unn c-oiinty. The desk and floor officers elected wore: Chief clerk. .John I. Hunt of Woi.dburn: ns-iMant chief clerk. Klizabeth Clatt of Wood burn; calendar clerk. Albert Cod dard of I'endleton: readitnc clerk. .Minani l. n.troeM.v in r"-nf I "TR-rant-it-". 'm-. "I. . .. i"'r,' ;r "f alen,. , .. .r ke.MM r. 11 ; T' '' l-'''""1-'- ( Crsj in Fog .MAHSIIFIKI.I). (Ire. Jan U'.- U'p iiBin Kailirk. L'S. pool hull j owner, wm nerloimly injured In an automobile wreck near Counlllc j last nlnht. Ilia car nwerved from j the hlifjjvay Id a fo and over- tiimril i.iur time. WINS A A SPEAKER CI.ASCdW. .Scntluml. Jan. U'. (A'l A lalklim- lipumm, rlu Inwnlloii of CliarlfH A. Hli'Vensnn, a cousin of Hub ert I.ouIm Stt'Wnon, has bi'en Installed at Little 1'ombrne lii.'lithouso on the Firth of Clyde. It Is the first of it.s kind, anil .consist of a radio tele phone imnstnirision of a fog siKnal and speech from a Ki'aniophone reeortl. It speaks the won! "' o in b r a e" and sound out the ship's distance in ml!e.s and cables from the signal station. 16 VIEWS ,6URNING OE BLACK MAN i Two Thousand Witness Tor tureVictim Chained to Roof of School, Where Teacher Killed Building Soaked in Oil, Fired. MAKYSVILLK, Mo., Jan. 111. (A) Chained to the roof of the 1 (larrell rural school In which he ! was alleged to have assaulted and murdered Miss Veltna Colter. year-old teacher. Raymond tlunn, neKi'o, was burned to death by a : mob which made a funeral pyre of the building today. j (iunii wau marched Into the school house and to the spot where the body of the youns teacher was discovered. Those about him said tho nesi'o confessed hla ku i It. Ho was then taken to the roof of the bulltlluw unci pluced across the Wdtfe pole. ; Holes were chop ped In the roof and pasollnc poured over the floors and on the walls. A member of the mob ap plied a match, and the structure was soon in flames. Ncro Culm Ci u mi was calm throughout. Those close to him said he was not Injured during the march to the school, jilthoiiKh his clothing was stripped to the waist. At least 2000 persons stood around the small school building as It burned. Face down across the ridgepole, Ciunn pushed himself up and waved nt the crowd which contain ed hundreds of women. Then he sank against the roof. One long, piercing shriek arose a hove the crackling of tho flames as they played About his head. The crowd, with little disorder. stood about the four corners where Hie school wiih situated until the while, one-room frame building was reduced to ashes. IN TIRE PRICES AKRON', O.. Jan. 12,ifl1) An nouncements of sweeping cuts in retail tire prices were made today by three of tlie largest Akron rub ber companies. The fJenerul Tire and Rubber company announced a reduction of 7 ',i to 12 per cent on alt passenger tires, but Maid no cut in truck tire prices; Iium been made or Is contemplated. The It. K. (ioodrlch company stated It "has revised Its tire price schedule to meet this reductions announced by competitive cont- pil IlieH." i official ronfirmutlon was ob tained of the i;i( to per cent credit d to l'Mreslone Tire and Rubber company since last week. Seiberliug Rubber company an I nouneed sin. -dies on all tires of 'the m.ill order grade. Tho Oood- year nnd Mohiiwk Tire manufac turers probably will Issue state ments laler today. OI.Yl'l.. Wash.. Jan. 13. ol'i I r.i-pi'eM-iitHlivc ,'leilient Scott, of I Qncouvcr. collMpsed in his chair iliLt-i ntiiniHK ii Hum llld iiiik ni' ll In the house a few mluuten after SWEEPING CUTS ANNOUNCED the legislature opened Mere today. Senator Walter .1. Taylor, a physi cian, said few minutes later be wn- dead. o i J i' iAj; If ft r fefe'-'f Hope fur Hie surety r Mrs. He ryl Hart and l.leul. William S. Mai-Lttreul enrmilt1 fniiil llulllillo ll. lieruiiula til llorla In their plane I'l-liilewlllil. was virtually given lll tiHlay ullll the tilers long oter ;llli'. They arc- pUturel nt Norfolk. Vu.. nliere they ere fnnvl down lifter missing; Itei-muila oil the rirt lal of llielr NittlH from New York to I'ai'ts. I'leltiri nlHivn shows lliei loplaue. SOLONS SPEED NATHAN STRAUS CON Fl R M ATI 0 N BENEFACTOR OF TARIFF GROUPCHILDREN. DEAD Four of Six Commission Members Given Okeh House ,Paves . Way. Jor Drought Relief Bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. U. (A1) Accelerating its paqje, the senate today confirmed with , hardly a pause, four of the six members of the new tariff commission. The house worked on the Vestal bill for automatic copyright of creative work. Jts rules commit tee had Just paved the way for bringing the (i(),00U,0u drought relief bill up tomorrow by voting to give It special legislative status. Through this channel, the commit tee hopes lo speed It soon after ward to conferencco with the senate upon the f 15,01)0 amend ment for human food loans. A not her house commit lee, th;ii investigating communist ie activi ties, heard from John W. I'ote. comptroller of tho treasury, rec ommendations for legislation to curb "whispering c n m p a i g n s" agjiinst hanks. Chairman Fletcher of tho tariff commission was confirmed despite a contention by Senator Korah, republican, Ida ho, that he was without proper knowledge of lite subject. More strenuous opposi tion for Kdgar U. Jtrossard of rtah another republican member of the commission, was marshalled by Senator I larrlsoti, democrat, Mis sissippi. K.chocs of the bitter but losing fight of (ho senate to have Presi dent I loover resubmit the names of three members of the power commission were heard, with talk of an effort to block appropria tions for the agency. Improve Cemetery I'KNDI.HTO.V, Or,:., Jiyi. V2.-(,V) -Work slarted here today oil tile $r,i)iio improvement project In the rcndlnln.i cemetery, in line will. plans lo alii the unemployed. A new pipeline Is heli.K Installed. One thlid of the appropriation will go for labor. Dwellers on Prison Isle Fear Ocean Will Swallow Home During Earthquakes TKPIC, Nayarit, Mexico, Jan. A') In tho U-easts of hundreds of Mexican felons Imprisoned In I-as Marias Islands prison colony today was a desperate fenr of a nntunil (iit.ictvsin which will pink their island home Into the sea and Jrown them all. Kor three davs the Islands Imve been sha ken by some powerful subt'i'i-nman ftu-ee which h;is ci -Hiked buildings, opened erev Hsses In the earlh. and washed In hUK'- waves from the ocean. Islet runes near the wHter's ede have Ktnoked and emitted rutnblliux noises. I . i Patriarch of American Jewry Passes in Sleep Revered .Oveq eWorld for Philan thropies. N FAY VOliK. Jan. 1 2. IV-Nathan Straus, patriarch of A mer- ican Jewry and the benefactor of j 11111 I hlldren the world over, died in his sleep yes - had Imm x t r letcil w h e e I ulllee his to lin I im return freiit 1. li r si year. Kor hlc phil anthropies lit the NATHAN STPAUS conservation of , ii fa nt life, the establishment of a Jewish homeland and the- relief work of the World wnr, the name of Nathan Straus was revered whereevcr mankind puf fered. In the Cnlted States, (lermany, .Pales line, Cuba, Poland ami the Phil ippincs particularly he poured forth h Ls resources to aid the under privileged of every race and creed. Horn in lihenish Pavaria, Xa- than -Straus was brought to Anter i iea as u boy of 11 by bin father, ; ,nMtUv, and settled In Talbot ton, Kia. When the Civil war ruined his fat Iter's business the family moved to New York and the elder Straus ami JiiK ,u' sons started tho crockery business of ,. St raus . Sons. Kront t hat beginning, tin' ItiMiilera fnrKetl a hrllllant svicc..-. To Ask Federal Alt,' j l'K,ll.i;Tt)N. Ore.. .Ian. li.- (A') --Thn nnulilla county court will seek federal aid on Ha miles of road between .Mission and (.Ibbon oti the I'matillu Indian reservation at the slum highway commission mci tlnK next week. Some believe. It Is said. Hint a Mlper-natural veiigeowe Is altoiit lo he vlsileil upon the pwi:il col i.nies In ret a lint inn for the Im prisonment of .Mad re ' 'oiieepe ion. who Ih serving yi-ars as "mural ;rtit hor" of the assassination leiiei n f ibl f H"M in I .I'-'V There Is u roinl fear that a vol- ;tno will open direct ly under t In prisoners' feet, or that one of th nearby small runes will em 1 1 t flood of lava which will engulf them; that reduce the I'MiilinuIng iiiih'i will' died? buildings, or that aifT'ortel llliA-nse Kelsmh wit ve will Inun ft thn Islands and w( t them of human life, 'PILOTS OF JlADFJIi Mrs. Hart and Lieut. Mac Lareti Long Overdue En route for Horta No . , rrj; Stnce Take Off! Word From Bermuda IHHITA. Island of Kaya!. A .ores, ' Jan. 1 -iAt The storm-swept At lantic wa.s believed today to have claimed the lives of two more trans- i oceanic fliers. ! llupo foivthc saf4-ty of Mrs. I'.eryl Hart. 'J7-year-old widow, and lieu tenant William M. Macl.areu, who left Ham:iltn, Rermtida. at 1 1 : ! T a. nt. (K.S.T.) for Horta in their, monoplane Tradewlnd. dimmed fal with the passing hours. The aviators, with a "pay load" which they hoped to lake to Paris, expected tu negotiate the I!.0it0 miles in about hours. This would have put them here at 1 1 : 1 a. in. yesterdity ( S : 1 5 a. m., K. S. T. ) I l usifii Simt Takeoff. ' They have not been seen or heard of since thL. takeoff. They carried no radio. The :tun gallons of gasoline which their plane caired was believed to have been Mifficlcnt lo keep them until 1 p. lit. yesterday. In this lime they might have reached the western Kuropean or Mor coast, but In view of a norl thcast giile, poor visibility and othe f:t vora Ide weather condition un thl. j win considered improbable. If forced down at sea the plane I probably won hi not have floated for more than a few minutes. Al though It was equipped for a .sea lamLng, the giant waves seen here abouts t he past three days would have crushed an even more sub stantial nhip. SIIAXOIIAI. Jan. 12. T Wln- ter, In this part of the world tho har.biuger of death and intense suffering, today gripped virtually terdav In his "" ,,r norm inina, .Mancnuria, ni s;ird yeiir. berla, Korea ami Japan, paralyzed A f t e r t h e communication, crippled railroads death of his "inl took an undetermined loll of wife, Mrs. Una human life and property. Outherz Straus. ' China, , from the Ynngtso river Ht months ago, ' northward and from tho sea west hls health sank ' w,"'1' ,!IV llnf'p J mantle of lee T-.ni.tiJ iimi bei!,ntl now, while frigid blasts from the nnrth adcleil to the depth of u!.l,e white blanket with a mixture of ...enow and sand from tho barren steppes uf Mongolia' lOiniKM:, Ore., .Ian. 12. (fl'l Throwing n rock through the win dow, bandits stole rings and watches valued at between $200 and $.11)0 from the Carter jewelry store here last night. A number of pedestrians were on the street at the time but the robbers worked so rapidly they easily escaped. The rock bad been wrapped In a felt hat to deaden the noise of the smash. TO PAY BOND INTEREST SAI.KM. Jim. 12. The bond holders cu m ml I tee of tho (.rants Pass Irrigation district, In a meet ing at r; rants Paws Saturday, voted to make another Interest payment of 2 per rent on the district's $1. I liO.oaa outstanding lumds. This Ik In accordance with the district s reorganization plan which Is now In progre.se, State Knglnecr Strb-k-li ti said. Stricklln attended tho meeting;. ACCOUNT ICE CRUST VI CNN A. .Intl. 11. UVt One f hundred and twenty men and wo men sk iers broke legs, arms, alt- I Ides ir fingers Sunday around VI- entta and the emirtyai f an emergency hospital heie rrsc bled In some ways n first aid tion back iif a battle line, 0 of other Injuries were re fill outthout Austria. Ice crust forming over the snow- flelds accioiiled for the extraordi nary number of accident!. AI.ICK SI'KINliS, Norlhel'lt ? Territory, .Misiialia. .Jan. 1J. ! -V (,T) -Two aviators lost in ! the central Australian desert I lor more than two weeks wen1 lnoimht here today by ! rescuers with a story ol liow i they had lived on mailed milk I tablets, boiled mass and even hnlpoles now and I hen while l hey wandered toward civili- zaiion through a trackless wild. They are Capl. W. K. 1'lllen- humli and S. ,J. llamhre, who started out for some mining ptoperlics last Iteeember ami were lorceti down in the des- ,.rt December E Medford Irrigation District J ; Votes Merging of Man-!" agement With Talent Water System. The hoard or directors of the Mcdlord irrigation district, at a meeting this morning, voted lo merge Iheir management with that, f tllft Talent irrigation district and effective Thursday. January l!i j. ' Olen Arnspigor will be general inan- iikit of the two illHliiels. The ; raieiu ii'tif;aiioii uimru'i ircviouaiy voted approval of (he plan. Arn t.plHer is niumtKer oC that dislrle.t. Tho two districts will mainliiin llieir riniuieeH and wtiler rfehts Keiianilely tinder Iho new order. ...... . .,. ,v.,n. ..,. .. "' y'- ; A IN AR ECONOMY MOV ot inn iVKMiioni mm net, aaui uiia,(ll0 tiuhnr ervico conimlHHlon llH iiiiii iniiK ine iiimv.: nttrt niii.t,; in "the. InluroxlH of el'licioney and e.eonomy,". and hud been eontem plalod for mmio time. The dirue lura fell, that (iwinu to tho mmill neHH of tlie two dlatrlctn holh could lio handled wlth'ono TnannKcment, "reHUltliiK 111 it siiliHtantlal bbvIiik." Anotlier Item hrliiKlns nbont tho t'luuiKo of policy wau tho similar ity 01 nnereniH Ol uu I wo iiuji kiiik dislrlelH I.H.I (hn la,;l ll.at both wero ill I no name tei I uoiy. SHELL ALSO CUTS Announcement was made today by Kdward W. Carlton, president of thn Fruilgrowers' league, that t the SheU Oil company, In response to 'KVow"rH- nMp.csis, , had reduced ,i(.n r maudlin fuel oil, Iho base prlcn of smutlgt) fuel oil lor oriiiard heating from the pru- posed li cents per gallon lo 5.-5 1 cenls per gallon. Tho prim applies lo truck de liveries from thn company's stor- age tanks In this city.. Carload prices for dcllverius on sidings ro n.sin unchanged. Similar ai l Ion was announced last week by the Hlandard Oil con. uany, the Khell company making lis decision at that time. The Fruilgrowers' league com mittee, composed of l'aul A. Seller er. Marry Hosenherg and Krank Upton, and the Fruitgrowers' league urn highly uppreclatlvo of the oil companies' actions, which was placed before thu bead offices by resident managers. SALKM. Ore., Jan. 1 2. ! A move lor an Investigation of tele phone rales charged hv Iho Paciric Teloiiliono At Telegraph Co. In Ore gon was iauncTie.I In tho legislature today by a cocurreut resolution In troduced by Senator Bennett of Multnomah county. ll calls for hurried action. The resolution provides that a special committee of three members of the Kenale, three members of the house and three persons lo he appointed by thn governor shall begin tho ptohe at once and report hack to Ihe legislature within lf days after the appointment of the committee. - CUT IN WAR DEBTS WASMIXOToN. J m. 12. lV) Opinions for and against rcdue tloitH In Inter-allled debts to the I'nlted State were expressed at the capltoi Unlay in connection with the suggestion by Albert II. Wiggins, chlnnaii of the Chnse Na tional bank, that n cut would help bllfinesrt. "As a good American proposi tion, I am opposed to it," said Chairman Smoot of the senute fin ance committee. LEGISLATOR ASKS PHONE RATE QUIZ iilhi muu UB C IVES Abolition of Public Service Commission, Creation Hydro Group and Strict Retrenchment Among Recommendations. SAI.KM, O re. , Jan. 12 . (TJ Abolishment of tho Oregon public service commission; creating of n hydro - electric commission, and rigid retrenchment to reduce stato indebtedness was recommended and stressed by (lovernor Julius U Meier today In his Inaugural ad dress to tho 3tilh Oregon legisla tive assembly. Other recommendations of tho governor included: Support of the Orange power bill; creation of u state police system; consolidation of "multiplied agencies" of stato ildlllii,t,llt'on llUo ,8lnKl?i;! meats; preference to municipal! on applications for power sites; Investigation or state ex pense accounts to establish stan dardized expenditure system; ap proval of the Umatilla Xapids power development project. Aooli-li Commission The public service commission, as now constituted, would he abol ished and a one-man commission er substituted In Its place. The hydro-electric commission would consist of three members to have Jurisdiction over tho uho and ,iv.m,i t Wnter power re- sources or Oregon ror mo Beiieru. tion of electricity. In speaking of tho public service commission Mr. Meier said he- .... ..,, nu it nmv oxtHtM lM HlU, ,as. proven an utter failure. 1 rceonnneml unoiuion ot now constituted and tho creation of a department of public utilities to consist of n sinfilo commissioner appointed by nnd removable at tho discretion ot tho Bnvcrnor, and with u, salary adequat to secure tho services of a man of experience and flrst-claHs ability. . Jtoprcsoi.t Peoplo In addition to being vested with j ..... Nrvfen , ,mmlHHlon mny now eXorolse. ., should lm elmi'Bed by law with tho Bpoclfla ilnty of represientlng tho public In all eiintrove.HleH with utilities af feetltiK rates, valuutloris nnd ser vice, and his chief duty should bo , lo pi otoet tho publlo on nny nnd nil occasions to tho end that tho ; peoplo nmy obtnln adcautttQ ser vice at fair rates." The governor recommended, too, that this commissioner should havo supervision over Issuance of nil stocks, bonds, securities and obligations by utility companies, and over nil consolidations, mer- ......ol.t.ani. nml Mil .I'M nf tll'O pcity by them, except Insofar ns .liirindlclloii concerning such mat ters may bo vested In a hydro electric commission. Water Tower Dormant Mentioning that Oregon has water power resources amounting to a putentlnl 0,000,000 horse pow er, (lovornor Meier suld "most of (Continued on Page 8, Story 1) ROGERS 'says: ISHVKRLY HILIiS, Cut., Jan. 12. This is n one-net play; pliicc, United Htiites Semite flask room, Senator Iiookaliend totlienexteleetion. "Iioys, I (?ot anotlier idea to put the Big Moss llerhie on the spot." Other Statesmen "Circiit, what is it? Senator Iniikalieadlotlieiiext election: "You reiiiember those llirce men we OK'd for; liis power eoiiiliiisKion tile' otlivr ,lav?" ' . . "Yes." ; " Well, let's inako hiin lake it haek." ' ' One Aniiitenr Statesitif)ii f 1 In t can wo do that ; we. would lie noing back on our own word, wouldn't wel" Knt ire Chorus: "I la, ha, lin. Say, with 1132 coining on us. we fan tlo anything, can't we! ('nine on, let's have one more ami we will go in nnd vote it." Continued tomorrow. tt III) ViXawtl llUUU b. o
