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Medford . Mail Trifitne
The Weather
Temperature
Highest ycMerday W
liOMeeA till lllOl'llillg iil
Precipitation:
To 5 p.m. yesterday 02
To ft ii. in. tixluy I!i
l-WecnM: Tuuijclit mid Satur
day, rnln. .Moderate temperature.
Twenty-Fifth Year
FOURTEEN PAGES
MEDFORIX OlMXiOX, FIMDAY. JAN TARY Hi. UK!!.
No. 2(M.
C. P. BOY IS
CLARA BOW ACCUSES EX-SECRETARY OF BLACKMAIL
h Dakotan
Tf rites Poetry
About Climate
nnnnn Ann
HEARING ON
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Todav
, By Arthur Briabane
Big State, Big Country.
Grace Sparkes Territory.
Ed McGinley and Grand
ma Gray.
16 Railroad Presidents.
Copyright King Feature! 8ynd., I no.
I'UOKNIX, Ariz., Jan. l.".
They teach you to he fiic.frot i-j
in til is hig state. On thu Santa
Fo "Cliiof" yon an; awakened
at 4 to get off at Ashfork, at
ten minutes to ". Hospitable
citizens, Messrs. Hauuu, Mur
ray and Shirley, are there to
welcome you and drive you to
Presjott in a Kred Harvey Cad
illac. The driver, wearing a
ten-gallon hut, gives you new
ideas of speed, uround the
curves of Ifassnyampa Trail,
with nothing much between
you and Eternity waiting 10.
000 feet below in the canyon.
"A good car 32,000 miles,
valves ground, spark plugs
cleaned once, brakes relined
once and nothing else," says
the taciturn driver.
Stars in Arizona arc amaz
ingly bright, one toward the
cast must have been made espe
cially for this state. It makes
the envious thin moon look
pale.
At Prcseott, which used to
be Kbit Whipple, where Uncle
Sam fought the Apaches, Miss
Grace Sparkos, secretary of the
chamber of commerce, is wait
ing at the Hassayampa hotel,
where 150 gather for breakfast;
at 6:45.
' ' We 'd be more, " said Miss
Sparkes, "only we were all
at an unemployment- relief
party until late this morn
ing." KvtTyhmI,vs health in Ari
zona seems jrood. For hrejik
fast Inrgc pork chops, pancakes
uilli a (piarler pound of jellv
rolled iti each; htutoii. hot bis
cuit, jet black coffee.
Wishing tt) niiikc some feeble
impression lit such a jtttherin";
you mention a 7000-aei'e place
in the stale of New Jersey.
"Suppose you know, ' ' says
Grace Sparkes, "that Yvapai
county, in which you now arc
is as big as the whole state of
New Jersey, and that's after
cutting: five other Arizona
counties out of Yavapai, and
(there is another county, Co
conino, containing the Grand
Canyon, bigger than this."
r
j. L. Uiilfitrr, 'president "f
tlie chamber of commerce, un
dertaker by profession, is able
to devote bis whole time to the
public because the extraordi
nary j;iiod health of Yvapai
t-'ives lii m ' nothin; to do pro
fessionally, unless some eastern-
(Contlniied on Pago six)
Abe Martin
' Tell Ulliklry has traikil Ills !
j tcr'i, farm fer new tonmlo slmp
f, cl raeln' cur. Tlicr hain't not bin
j as dcinornUiln' s hollilay.
MAID
WAR
Explosion Tears Hand From
Albert Hoffman While
Playing With Schrapnel
Fragment Enters Abdo
menSpine Shattered.
Albert Huffman. 16. of Central
Point, lies in the Community hos
pital in a critical condition this
afternoon with his right hand miss
ing, several vertebrae shattered,
hit intestines perforated and his
.skin discolored with powder burns
as the result of an explosion, which
occurred about 1 0 o'clock this
forenoon, when the boy was play
ing with a war relic, said to be
shrapnel.
Young Hoffman was playing
with a friend in the basement
at the Virtue home ut Central I
I'olnt. lie picked up what he
IllUllgUl was U jit-cv oi ivau. Miunu-j
etl it on a rock ana tne suusianee
exploded, blowing off hU right
hand; one fragment entered his
abdomen on the left side, perfor
ated his intestines, and continued
through to lodge in his spinal col
umn, after shattering several ver
tebrae. He was brought to the Commun
ity hospital at 11 o'clock and was
mailed into the surgery. Many in
ternal stitches were taken but the
metal was not removed from hit
vertebrae. Some hope for hi re
covery was reported this afternoon.
Dr. U. Y. Sleter and Dr. Kdwurd
Durno arc physicians on the case.
KICATTLi:. Wash., Jan. 1 G. !
For the week ending January 10.
,113 mills reporting to tile West
crated at 33 lis per rent r-
IIV. I 111 il.NdriHl l(H! 111 IfJUiLVi (11(11-
pared with r.li.TS por cent for tl.
rijinie w''k ln.-t year ami an avcr
ajfo of to per font during the taut
three months' uf 1130.
Current new business reported by
224 Identical mills was 21.33 per
cent over production and shipments
were 4.7 3 per cent over. During
the pn."t six weeks orders have av
eraged 13.H4 per cent over produc
tion, due to the low levels of cut
ting and fairly regular, although
low, volume buying, the a.ociatlon
aid. '
SELLING FUNERAL
SET FOR SUNDAY
PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. Iti (P)
Funeral services will bo held Sun
day for Ren Selling, 78, one of
Oregon's first citizens. lie died
at a hospital here yesterday from
bronchial pneumonia.
Services wilt be held at 12
o'clock noon, Sunday at Temple
Ueth Israel. Interment will be In
the lieth Israel cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers will be Jo
seph Shemanski, Joseph Simon, K.
11, McXaughton. A. Rosensteln.
Milton MarUcwitz and W. H. Aycr.
Active pallbearers will be Carl
Kvuns. A. Rubles, U. Cluptlt, Ross
Weller, Fred C.rabbe and J. C.lgray
all men from Mr. Sellings store.
STANRELD SUED FOR
COLLECTION OF NOTE
PORTLAND, Jan. 1S. Uvt
-illt for 10UMM agatnn Robert,
N. Stanftcld. former United Stut'-s!
Senator from Oregon, was on file
In federal court here today. The
Portland Cattle Loan Company.
inc.. . ontends that on January Hi.
lit 2 3. Slanficld sluned a promiwry
nolo agreeing to pay $100,000 with
ft iter cent interest at tne cnu 01
five years.
No part of tlie note has been
paid, the complaint mi vs.
TEXTILE W0RKERS OF
BRITAIN FACE LOCKOUT
MINIKIN. Knu.. Jan. ft fVr
NcKotlatlonn liintltutcd hy govern
ment offirialH In an effort to nettle
llie Lancashire cotton diniiute
hruke tonight ami It wan announced
that a KcneriK'koiit. Immediately
affecting 250.O00 weavers, would he
gin tomorrow.
LUMBER MILLS)
PRODUCTION AT
LOWEST FIGURE
U7Sit Lvml ' j fife
4uriatr,t Ptns PI10I9
Daisy de Boe (left) and her attorney, Nathan D. Freedman, In Los Angeles court whero Miss rie Boe,
former secretary of Clara Bow, was tried on grand theft charges. Miss Bow. (right) in disguise in dis
trict attorney's office, alleged her former secretary took $16,000 from her bank account and from tha
witness stand accused Miss de Boe of attempted blackmail. '
TALK IN SENATEjLEGGE F0RiSGH00L BONDS
BALKS EFFORT
OF RED CROSS
President Hoover Told Or
ganization Embarrassed
111 rica iui uiuuai'i
lief Funds.
AVA.S1I1NC.TOX. Jan. 18. UP)
Oftk-lals of the Amurloan Hod
Cross inCurmcd lrcsiilonl Hoover
today tlio organisation Is bcilii? sorl
uurtly ?miiari-assed In Its iilea for
a 910.000,000 drought rollcf fund
by il-u)oaals In the senate that
congress apiiroprlttte and plvo mon
ey to the lied Cross.
The nrcsld-ent delayed luncheon
halt nn hour to discuss tho situ
ation. Tliw present were Chairman
Payne of the lied Cross, See.rctary
liinonl, 1'ndor-Seei-elai-y Mill anil
Asistatit Secretary Hopo of the
treasury, all menihors of the Hod
", ., llnfHVO ral1u
, , t t... I 1 '
""" . hG ,fu'' " " 'H.. ' I
cause of the proposed relief nieas-
.ui'os in the senate has been resin
' tered in a number of el t ten, par
tticularly Philadelphia and Boston.
The Red Crons today announced
1 receipt of $310,000 in contribu
tions for drought relief.
Will Rogers visited heartqunr.
ters and offered his .services for
three weeks in furthering the cam
pulgn. by a vaudeville tour of Tx
Oklahoma and Arkunnas.
E
As a result of a truck crash last1
night on the Pacific highway near
Dunsmuir. Calif.. Otis McDowell,
Medford. is In a critical condition
at the Dunsmuir hospital. A Yreka .
resident, whose name was not!
learned here, was killed.
The truck, operated by the I
Oregon-California ' Fast FreiRlU
line, was proceeding north on the:
highway and during a severe snow
storm, and slipped down a 20-foot
bank, demolishing the truck and
trailer completely. The Yreka man
Is said to have been killed out
right. 16.' iPj Miss
CHICAGO, Jan
F.pple .Moss. 41.
department
manager for u wholesale Jewelry,
A'was lounu sirangien 10 ucain e-
ler.iay in a surage oi tne rear 01
her home. A plero of cupc was
wound tightly about her throat.
Three persons, including her
roommate. Mrs. Rclleta Morse, told
pnnee iney hw hit niujui, ;uui
about 20 years old, escapr
from
j the parage,
1,
AGUA CALIENTE LEAH
,;LA CAIgUNTK. Mexico. Jn.
(g) P Wiffy C'o. Hruoklyn pro-fi-Hftlonnl,
Jumped Into the lend In
the Aruh CallilHc f-'i.OOO open
golf tuurnument, BhouiiiiH a 6tt to
day fur the third round, giving him
a total of 21 for the 54 holes. He
was the lat to finish.
IMPORT BAN
UPON GRAIN
Burtness Bill for Embargo
On Wheat, Feed, Grain
. and Butter Indorsed
Price Betterment Only By
Crop Cut, Is Statement.
WASHINGTON, .Ian. 10. WJ-
Chali-nmii. IjObso today
the Burtness hill fur a
Indorsed (
two-year;
ciuhai'Ko on wheat, feed grains
and hulter.
I'RIIANA, III., Jan. 1 G . (!'
Alexander l.egge. ehairman of the
federal farm board, in an address
prepared for delivery on the tm-
nintl farm and home week pro
ersitv of Illlnolsi
d States wheal!
' lllllllf f lit. t I'll it O.I
m-
i.wers "have no alternative but
to produce no more than ran
t.
utisumed at home If they want
a better price."
"Tin wnrbl wbent market tu de
cidedly gtoomv for the American
grower," Mr. fjcgKc mid. "There j
alreadv Is loo much wheat, with
production IncrcaHlng in some f
the exporting countries and Russia!
xfitiilmr u h.ti. iti,. ni:n lfi.i fiiMifi-i
tlum hiiv or in ilumirht ousstble.
Thi.r im.. u-iiv i f.i tl.i iif Miir-
plus American wheal at a priee! with Knlghtcn anil !Uwel of Port
belnw the prvenl domesifc level.'1 1 land, has nssiireil the Medford
I.eKfif. said it was loo early to! board that the plans will be ready
say whether the "benefits of the; for construction bids between Jan.
Krain Htablllntlon corporation' 2tllh and 24th.
efforts to keep prlee of wheat I Only local labor mid local ma
to the American farmer from 20 terials wilt bo employed, Supt.
to cejits higher than the world j lledrlck repented today. A flvo
market price will be permanent." I percent margin will also be given
to local contractors In bidding. No
VaSUINCITON, Jan. Kl. fI') j nc wlll be classed as local, who
The senate today adopted without. WIIK nt MedTord doing a bona
debate a resolution for hivestina- f,r buHlnvsH In his line December
tlop of the reasons for the failure I jHt
of the price of bread to reflect j 4
the decline In the price uf wheat
and flour.
Inquiry nl would be made to j
ascertain whether bread prices ,
are at their pre.-enl level because (
of "combination in restraint of 1
trade."
The senate Interstate commerce
committee was given SKi.OOO from
the senate's
the study.
contingent fund for
'
I,OK ANC.KRKS. Jan. 16. (Pi
Renjamin F. Itrown, slumping In a! HfMI I Hcmplojcil.
near faint as he hear. I the pru-j HALKM. Jan. Ifi. IV Six hun-
I nouncemeut. was entcnccd today ;dred inep hi Salem are out of
1 to be hunted for the Fhotmm slay -
ing f Mrs. Merle Kits. Ifis co- county court announced hem In .1
defendant, Merle Kits, had been . statement concerning tho unern
scntcncd only to life Imprison 1 ployment, situation locally. Thl
ni'Mit as the rrMilt of the Jury's j number filed for work on state
recommendation In his trial and I highways, bilnging the county to
eonvicllnn. tal to 10 men.
Slim Men In Green Garb
Fashion Edict For Summer
rilll.AllKI.I'IHA. I'n.. Jan. I.
Wi Here Ih how thn well dressed
man win look in the spring ami
rummer of llul, as decreed hy Hie
International Association of Cloth
ing iJeslgners:
The prediOlnatlng color is green.
Shoulders will he hroudor, walKts
slimmer and higher, coats longer
and sleeves narrow at the hand. In
0 eating that anything but the slcn-
lurvur uLnM
KM FROM NEW
mm MOVE ROLE
ANU PLAN W N
BY BIG MARGIN
!
i
Resubmission Shows Voters
rni.vn Da.J ..m. eoK tn
Favor Bond Issue, bob to
58 Building Plan Voted
629 to 49.
Superintendent K II. Uedrlek
and members of the Medford
school bourd were enlhuninstle this
morning In their expression of np
nriMtliiUuti of tho Hilenld najorlty
Klveir tho fUC.OOO bund issue and
Hchool building program in tho
I H ... n hinhn- hlL-h
schoul building yesterday. Tho
vote on the bond issue wuh UKi
"yc" and OS "no" and the building
program was accepted by a vote
of titil'.t io 41).
The vote was somewhat lighter
than in the first election, due to
UJ,li weather anil the conviction uf
"'any people thnt their votes were
m-cuea. inn urn jm ny nmr
: tng tno proposed nrogrfiin, now
ever, was larger, the opposition
having dwindled to less than half
tho vote cast In the first election,
I which was K'H
on the bond
Ikhuo.
T' Hl I'Ihmh
Plans for the cunstructiun of the
two new buildings will be rushed
With all possible speed. Sllpt. Iled-
rbk Htated this morning.
Frank
U'lark. local archlteet, associated
ENDORSE
mm VET SHE
j SAI.FM. Ore, Jan. Hi, (At The
1 senate Joint resolution endorsing
1 Roseburg ns the site of t he Na-
( Uonal Soldiers' Mo , Introduced
by Senators R. I. Kddy, and Hep
j resentatlves II. F. Nichols and
Walter S. Fisher, was passed by
the state legislature yesterday. The
resolution was paaseil by tin senate
' TiicHibiy and yesterday was put
i through the house.
1
! ntcady employment, the Marlon
der young man will he phhhc.
Ilottle green anil a deep, ilarl-
lilue are the predominating color
I for simrls wear, and a return of the
notched laiH'l Ih favored. Kports
coatr, to he worn with flHtiiiels are
trimmed with while pearl zillions,
patch imckcla and helled backs,
and onu display of husineKS suits
was of bright green, elaborated
wltb bright green buttons.
Gary Cooper Gets New Fem-i
inine Lead Through Ac-i
tion of Paramount Court
?nanrlnl Rr-hinrl Mnvo Is
Belief in Hollywood.
HOLLYWOOD. Cal Jan. 16.
(ll Clara How waH removed from
I ho position of a eo-star with (Jury
Cooper In tho film, "City .Streets."
hy ofl'iellils of tho Paramount
Publlx corporation today. In tho
part that was to havo been filled
hy the i-ed-lieaded "it" Bill. Sylvia
Sidney, reeently of the New York
stage, will appear,
Tho announcement was of great
Interest to tho film oolony for It
marked the first timo slneo Cluni
became a starring figuro in all her
riainbouyutil stylo Unit sho bus
been replaced 111 a plcluro.
KeTiise ('oiiimeilt
No other word rjmo from tho
officials mid they would not com
ment on a bit of testimony which
was written into the trial of Daisy
DeHoe, ex-seeretary to tho actress,
on gland theft charges. It was:
l wanieu 10 . . . nv-i v.inn.i
out of tho paper beeauso ono mora
slam 111 the papers und Clara Is
through In pictures."
Studio officials said they Know
nothing about a report that Miss
How desired to go on a vacation
because she was In a nervous con-
l oll from tho rigors ol inn iriai.
Th0 uclrvm , ,,,.,. ctraet to
Paramount, bill no aimouneenicnt
was inado colieerning her future
activities with the studio.
I.OS ANtlKLKS, Jan. 111.
Omicclled cheek, hundreds of
them, by which tho stato contemlH authors of tho lSIghteentu umonu
It will prove J)nlsy Io Uoo cmbcz- I nwm told tho senate today tho dry
led Jlti.000 from her crstwhllo ; elauso would slay In tho constltu-
employer, Clara How, sereon star,
wero tne rocai pouu 01 uueresi m
tho trial of the furmer Hccrotury
again today, v-
tieorgu Arnistronff, nuditor, sat
In tho wltnesH stand most of yes
terday describing the checks In
detail while tho crowds that flock
ed to tho courtroom for u kHiupho
of the red-headed actress during
the previous four days dwindled
away to a handful.
(hecks Missing
Tho checks, Armstrong explain
ed," were a record uf the Hpeclal
Clara Row nccuiint, tu which Miss
De Roe had iicccsh for two years as
Clara's secretary, and Miss De
Roe's account. Ho said tho recent
wuh not complete, In that chocks
amounting to approximately $4H,-
000 have disappeared.
Marjorle Falrehlld, district at
torney's Investigator, who first
questioned Miss Do Rue and who
obtained jewelry and love letters
ami teleurams from her safety
j ,i,.Mslt box, had a brief Inning.
She described supic of tho things
found In thn bnx. There was a
diamond studded vanity css sho
said, which Miss Do Rno said she
took from tho actress" homo be
cause "Clara let her dogs play with
It." Miss Fairehild testified tho
defendant freely admitted taking
the tilings "beesusu It was so easy
to get them from a careless child
like Clara,
Hear Legends
Armstrong said sumo uf the can
celled checks here such legends as
"J3 Clara borrowed from me,"
"it.fi (I for makeup for Clara," and
$30 Clara's birthday present to
me." Do said all ho found to
represent thn missing I4H.000 wero
a few check stubs marked "not
used."
Armstrong will continue on tho
stand turiny, with tho stato expect
ing to close Its case beforo nlgtit
nui. Rex Hell, Miss Row's "boy
friend. was tu court yesterday as
her representative but tho actress
herself put In no appearance. Roll
said she would return today tu
hear "Daisy's explanation."
Miss De Roo was expected to be
the first defense witness, and free
ly admitted she would have "some
mighty Interesting things to te."
4 .
FOR LONG CONTRACTITO BE EXPELLED
MOW YOltK, Jim. Ifi. (TV-Tlie
HlKnlnK of Hehe I'nnii'lH to a loni;
tertn Htarring cnntriict wuh an
nounced today hy Warner llrotlierM.
The actrcHH Ih Io niHkn lour mo
tion pictures a yeHr for her employ,
era. MIhh ItanlelH, who Ih "tree
IhiiHiik." Is at prcHcnl workiiiK In
a Warner MrotlierH' pliiure.
Medal for Explorer
WASHINGTON, Jan. l.-(li
l.iucoln KIlHworllt, American ex
plorer, camo to Ihe While House
today to bo presented with the Kohl
medul presented by congress fol
lowing his famous polar flights of
ID.'i and If till. t
Oregon Weather
Cloudy cast, ruin tonight and Sat
urday In tho west portion. Moder
ate tompcrBluro. Strong west,
backing to south, winds, on coast.
KAlKiO. X. !.. .Inn. Hi ll'l
l-olk Ih';iIhmi1. ImsMii 111
llic v:ii-iii ,l.iilii.u-y sun, li.ivo
liii rt-:itllni; alMiul the i-oltl
wc;itlicr "iltnvii fust." Yt'S-t.'i-tlii.v,
a liK-al loet hurst into
sunt;:
"I'ti hero in N'iM-tli Dukiilu.
whci-r tin- tall grains rim-,
tin- ii'.i lias tlli'iu-il to wati-r,
and llirn. isn't any sliuw. Th.
squirrels aro out in Kuriro,
anil all tin stri'i'Is ari1 wvt.
'o".s lahl our sUat.-s anil Mils
iiiili-, our ull'.'i-s rush about,
ami ilown In WalilnMon, thi-y
say. Ilio llhu- Imils aro out.
'llf oourso it's i-iikl,' lllo l-ast
i-oiuplains, 'Immmuso It's .luliu
ary.' '(If i-oursi its warin,'
liaUotans olaliu, 'that's wry
ortlinary.' "
YEAR TEST
J rl '
senator siiepparo uiaims
Clause win nBinaiii in
Constitution Repeal
Would Loose Evils On
Country.
WASHINGTON, J mi. (A)
Marking tho eleventh unniveiHary
of national prohibition, ono uf thn
tion futovcr
ilo was Henulor Sheppard, demo
crat, Texas, making tho first
senate speech on tho Ilquur nues
tlon this session, with a fighting
defense of prohibition.
Denying it had caused nn In
crease In crlmo or of drinking
among young people, Slicppard
told his colleagues repeal of tho
F.tghtccntlt amendment would "let I
evils i
louse upon your country
which will mean the arrest of Its
progress, tho wreck of Its glory,
tho pollution of its name und
fame."
Wets Forget IMIh
"Those who clamor for the
storution uf legalized liquor havo
short memories or no knowledgo
nf the lawlessness and corruption
for which legalized liquor stood
Sheppard said.
"Tho fight against bovorago
alcohol reached an intensivo sta
tus," ho said, "when Increased
population, . . . increased chances j
,or gain o,u . ... .
11111.. -bine age united to bring about'
tho manufacluro of Intoxicants to
an extent that threatened tho per
nmnent corruption and control of (
guvernnient, tlio general Impair
ment of health and morals and
efficiency."
Government control lias demon
j si rated elsewhero, he said. Dint it
Increases tlio consumption of liq
uor and results In "unspeakable
political corruption and degrada
tion of the government."
Obedience Foundation
"Tho principal foundation on
which prohibition rests today,"
Sheppard continued, "is tho volun-
tary obedience of the great mass of
the American people.
"Tho comparative handful of
prohibition enforcement officials,
about 1700, . . . scattered among
in, 000, 000 American peoplo would
bo overwhelmed but for tho fact
that they must cope with but a
comparatively small and lawless
minority.
To cull thlH enforcement group
nn army thrciileiilliK tho home,
nicnnctiiK privacy, and Imperiling
tlie liberty of tlio American peoplo
Is iinolhi'i- wi IngiiiK-wct ubsiird
Ity." 4-
HAVANA, .Ian, I H. Twen
ty Mine yearn of effort In Cuba's
Journalistic field bv John T. Wtl
ford, owner and puhlinher ut the
II a v a n a American, approached
their end today as an trder de
creeing bis expulsion from the e
publle awaited 1'rvsldent Machado's
signature.
Oclavlo ZtifeKarrtii. uli-Mecre-tary
of Interior, said the decree
Mhonld be sinned today and' that
Mr. WMford, who Is a former Mo
hl to, A la., newspaperman, would
havo 4H hours to arrange hl nf
fairs and leave tho Island republic.
.7. . .. . . o
UHKii in .'irini,
MKXK'ti t'lTV, Jan. (1
Hticht cjiAi tremors lasting for
2i minutes were felt hero shortly
after noon today. No damage
was reported.
PROHI LAWs
STANDS 1 1
i ROGUE BILL
I WEDNESDAY
t
Oregon Solons Clear Decks
for Action in Remainder
of 40-Day Session His
tory Made On Opening
Day of Legislature.
MbKM, Jan. 16. (AV Repre
sentatives uf the game and com
mercial fishing interests, which aro
pitted sharply against each other
over the bill proposing tho closing
of ltogue river to commercial fish
ing, aro expected to com tn Salem
In largo numberH next Wednesday
for the public hearing set for 'Wed
nesday night In tho seinito cham
ber, or, If tho attendance Ik largo
enough, in the hull of representa
tives. The Jackson county game. Inter
ests will be represented, among
others, by T. K. Daniels of Med
ford. while Ralph Cowgill, also of
Medford. will represent the ganift
interests In general. Cowgill has
been about tho state house con
stantly sinco tho settsion opened,
his main Interest being the Rogue
river bill. . m.
SADKM, Ore., Jan. 160. (P) Tho
Initial week of tho 36th Icglslaturo
in Oregoni of four days duration,
ended with tho desks of members
cleared for the scheduled adminis
tration program, and organization
effected to handle any proposals
put beforo tho lawmakers.
Statute making history is ex
pected during tho next five weeks
of the limited 40-day session.
The week saw tho passing of tho
Norblad regime und the Inaugura
tion of tho Meier administration.
It heard recommendations for. tho
new legislation In tho first address
of the new governor and reports of
dozen or nioro power and utility
measures In tho making known as
administration bills. Tt saw tho
addition of two now htrase commit
tees to handle tho utilities and re
apportionment proposals, and the
completion of tho full roster of 30
senators and 60 representatives.
Itllls Introduced
Thlrty-sevon bills and numerous
resolutions and memorials wero
l,1,1,otlucd tho first four days. Tho
gusc 01 dims iouciicu upon tno re
turn of nearly 9900,000 collected
under tho Intangibles tax law,
since declared unconstitutional;
tho otd ago pension law; the movo
for tho stato highway tu construct
the Tualltan tunnel; tho first of
tho now gamo code provisions and
lesser proposals.
Tho first public hearing on mea
sures was set for next Wednesday
night when discussions on the first
senate bill Introduced, the closing
I of the Rogue river to commercial
; fishing, will ho heard. Important
committees met for organization
tf
. ' .
l week tho nightly session of tho
! ways and means committee and
. ' hUHlnmut nf tho
stato.
Inaugural Feature.
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ROGERS
WASIlINd'TON, Jan. 13.
I inn hero for relief. You got to
come and net it personally. Yoti
can't ilo it tliroiiffh your Sena
tor or CongrcsNinan. They aro
worse off tlian we arc. Times
are. so linnl thoy arc allowing
const iluents into their private
lunch rooms to ljny their rep
resentatives meals.
CongresH hasn't done any
thing in so long that even the
lolihyists that work on commis
si. ms arc starving und holler
ing for personal aid. C'ougrcss v
Wednesday turned down the
.pl.-i.lH 1(1,0(11) food Mil, and rasH
ed !!ir,(l(lO,()(IO "to Improve i'ti-'
trances to national parka'. " Yoti f-
enii get u road anywhere you ,
want to out of the government
but you ean't get u snntlwich.
Well, in two years there
won't he n poor farm that
won't liavc n eoneretc road
lending up to it. I am staying
all night with 'ein tonight, hut
I aim sle.piiig in my ovcreoat.
C 0 MaHUlkl tiiMMlftM.
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