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ftKDFOKI VJK(iON. MONDAY. .IANTAKV 12. 1!:!1.
No. 'J!)'2.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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