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Newspaper Page Texto o fEDFORD MATT, TRTTSTJXE, fEDFOTtD, OT?EiO, MONDAY, p;aok tctottt JANUARY 19. 1931. SAY RULING ALSO VOIDS EXCISE TAX If Supreme Court Holds to Opinion On Intangible Act, Brief Claims Excise ' and Personal Income Tax Acts Also Fail. KALf-.M. On., Jan. 1U. tVPj If the On-Kon supreme emirt hUiihIh on Its opinion Unit the IninnKibles tax net uf 11(21 is iineonstltuiinnal, declares a brief filed with the state supremo court today, then bmh the enrporalion excise tax net ami the personal Income tax nuiHt also tie declared unconstitutional. The three tax HiatutCH were enacted by ttye legislature, the Income tax helrnc referred to the people am! unproved hy them last Novem ber. The brief was filed hy Arthur C. Hpencer and Itiy Hhields of Portland, Representative Halpli K. Hamilton of Itend and A. A. Hmlth Of lla.lt er, to holster up the, Htitto tux coiiimiNHlon'H petition for re henrluK of the. 'cast of Stroll Red field and oihors a km Inst the com mission, tile cane In which the Court helit the net unconstitutional. Ai'KU merits in the brief also will be presented If the reheating is gru riled. Iiusis of legislation ' On the court's response to the petition for rehearlriK depends largely what tax lelHlatinu is In go he for (lie present legislature and the session's disposal of tiiea- aures already introduced providing for refund of moneys collected under thp Intangibles net before the court held it Invalid, t The. brief declares that the su preme court has failed to take Into consideration a constitutional amendment of I H 1 7, which de qlureii the principle that "all taxa tion shall he equal anil uniform." -Among" propositions set forth In the brief, nre: v, "The tax imposed by the Intan gibles act wan Imposed In lieu of and not in addition to ltd valorem taxes on Intangibles under previ ously existing statutes. "Assuming that the tax Imposed by the Intangibles tax act is a pro perty tax, the discrimination, If any, . . . Is In favor of individuals nnd not against them. "Whether the InLnngibloH tax net Imposes a property tax or an In come tux, the failure of the legls Iture in extend such tax to cor porations does not render the net obnoxious to the Oregon coriHtltu tlon." SERVE 7 YEARS , MAHSH FIKIU. Jan. Ill W) Jtuth Wurnock whh today entenc to nerve seven yearn in the Htate primin, for the killing of John Hehwer whom nhe nhot to denth In a hotel here lunt October, fcfhe will Htart nerving her nent rnce Immediately. a JeabuiHly wan entabUHhed an the motive behind the shunt Inx. M' M'arnoi'k and Schwer hnd been keeping company for aeverat liioiithH, wltntHHm mid, nnd he beinme nnry when ho tranMfer led hlH nttentloim tu unother wo mnn, 4 WAHMINOTON. Jan. 19. (A) IVenldent lloover'ti public laudn roinmlltee late today announced It would withhold itn report to the president for Borne time, probably ten days. Hias Your Back Given Out? Backaclio Often Warns of Disordered Kidneys. If miserable with backache, bladder irritations and getting up at night, don't take chancesl Help your kidneys at the first sign of disorder. Use Doan'sPHls, Successful for more than 50 years. Endorsed by hundreds of thousands of grateful users. Get Doan'i today. Sold by deal Lers everywhere. Doan's ills A DIURETIC tlHI ACTRESS, FORMER BOXER ROBBED Auovuitl t'rtx I'hmu Lita Grey Chaplin, actress, and Georgei Carpentier, former Euro pean heavyweight champion, were kidnaped In the former'n car by tour armed men, they told New York police. The robbers released them after taking jewels worth $14,000 from the actress and a small amount of money. Expect Action Soon On Crescent Harbor Report With the district criKinecr'H re port i-n OcHrcnt City harbor t" the humlH of the board, of army rriKlneers for review. It Ih t'XptM-i-od thiil fn vonibh- iit'tinn on sarin will ho liikcn In the Imini'dlnlf future. lu-cordJriK to C. K. (intes. pnVdcnl of tho Northern Cali fornia Southern On-non Develop ment ussnt-iuiion, The (I v v e 1 opment association i has made the cn-Hn-nl City har bor project Its main objective and beliiven that a deep water harbor) nt Orescent City will brinn about tremendous development of the' To Mtilfonl First Ititilroad Via Cresi'elil CHy 20. HO Savins $12.00 To ('milt Ink Fli'Ht Uailroad ,33.70 Via Crescent City 20.00 Having ..13.70 It Ih pointed nut by Air. (lateH that with a completed harbor! permitting the entry of vemels of STORY 1 (Continued from Pag 1) 8eek Voting Reform Tho "Kddy hlllH," which wnro en acted into law by tho HrtHHlnn of I lio legislature making property ownei'Hlilp a (juullt'lcntfon Tor vot ing on Hpeeial lax or public bond linipoHitlH wilt be repealed If tho IcKlHlature juihhch two hlllH Intro duced today hy Heiiulnr Kborhiird. A controversy wuh waged around tho two nienmitOH when they cntue hefnru tho letAlHlaturn two yearn ago. One of tho Kberhanl hillH would repeal tho uct portuiuliiK to Hlate, county and dlHlrict electioiiH, und the other would repeal that poi taliilng to election: in cIIIch and town h. (iovernor Moior'H nppointinent. of Dr. Albert Mount of Dragon t'fty on the HtHto board of health to huc ceed Ih. W. II. MorHO iff Salem and IiIh veappolntment of DrH. V. T. Thy of Hot Uiko and N. H. Irvine ol' Lebanon were received In (ho ttenato for cunftimatinn nnd refer red (o the committee on medicine, phuiiuucy aru; tientiHtry. Ask Co c peration Co-opeialion nl the California legislature with Oregon In the Hlate highway program Ih asked of the ,11.111 H'KiNiniivo uHBOinniy in a jmni iiiHiilnllmi Intnicluri'cl liy Hii-ihiii- j tatlvoH DoUip anil Soliuupii anil Ht'iialor I'liton In Ino Iioukii loilay. Tim roHolntlon polntH out (hut Oi.ikoii, tlirmmli IIh lilnliway do pattiuout, I)hh coiniiletiMl a highway (rom l.alii-vlinv Hiiulhiirly In (lie OriiKon-Calltoi nla hoiinilary linn, Known iib the Allni'aH l.aUi'vlew I hlKhwuy; compleleil an hnprovetl voail fruin Klaniutli IiiIIh to the Htato line, known na tho Weeil K In null h Kalla hlKhway, anil llial the California highway eominlBNlon lum inronimenileil that the two hlKhwa.vB in llial slate he iIi'sIkiiuI eil part of the California highway nyrteni. In view ot this action, Ihe roHUlullon polnlH out, It Ih ncci' ary that Ihu CallforulH leRlslatiire Inciiiile Ihexo pioJeclH In llie hlKh way pioarain of that Blaln nail nHkH that the coniplellon of Ihe highway he expeillteil hy leglhlat Ive enaclmeni of thai Btiitn. SAI.KM, .Inn. Ill Kliael-, 'mem of a group f K'" I.MN !""- i'Ules iih Km piewnt program will be linked of the atith legislative asNfinbly, William IIiIkk", Ash land, chairman of the IcKisMllve commlller of the lenKue aiinoune ed today. The Joint Kenate fiMli iniltei on muublpal afiairs and the ho ust committee un cminites and cltlei- will be nskel to Inlro dnce the inensures. Tho promum was form ii la led alter inretin ln I'nrttand during the phsi few months and he said Ih desired by majority if city members of the league. Heek Hulldltitf Onle The measures include the en act men I of a t ate-wide bill (dim; coil.', a I ic Unit plum bin it, heiitiuK. wlrlm; and ficrieral cisiintt uct lor. They iiInh wck to have tin state highway 4Mlnuibn meet a pm linn of expense and aintenanee of hlKhways threiiKh te elty 1 1 tn i t m. thi ai iumcnt ihK raised tb it at pi t tit-nt the cUi.n rccftv e ' nothing In return ftr license! and. The ivturn .f nSmal tempeia Kao1iri tae-. tutc was expet tetl to lacllitate t liber propit-iiln arc 1o change greatly rejief work, the It.uiri oft asi .-Mnviii p:i iiii-ihh ta.tiialties In the four day f In be paid semi-annually in(Syd ,.tnth nhttcks now number II ro of annually as at present, dh it i- ported deaths and many other but Ion of ritari fund tu permit ' injured rruhabty h creator t'" the cities to K-icive back It, in- win i.r revealed when (solati) steail of lit) percent of the districts arc heard (mm. ivsonrrcH of the Mid-I'neirk- Km 1.1, r. The three thousand foot break water already built at ( 'rvsrent Clly ban been renpoilHlble fir a lni'Ke increiiHe In Inbound toniuim1 and the rcKiiUatit savln frelfiht r.iteM over other meaiiK of tranw in rtnliou Ih very marked. The following' flKiireH show the rail road rates from Sun Kramiseo on first, seeond, third and four I h Hush freight nit compared with tho raten via Crescent City hur bor, and thence by truck to Houth- ern t'treKon polntH, Second Thlnl Kourtb juT.tMi $i:.:tM i!.:io IN. ay Hl.oo H.S.'i $ n.2o t can fi or. Soroild Third Fourth $28. GO 23.iO 120.20 IS. 00 lti-00 14.25 lio. no $ 7 t;o f.r deeptv draft, In all probability a greater frelKht Having would he effected. levy: ro-ennct state lnwH hy city ordinnnceH to conform to oxIni : Iiik NtatuteH and printed eoden, thus Htmplifylng proceilure; crea , lion of a Hlnking fund In advance i for the purpose of purchasing lire equipment, erection of mun icipal bulldirih'H and liarbage or Hi' wae dtspoHiil plantM;, blanket forecluHurcH on miltH to (iiiiet title bv clil. enal)ing tho city to bring one unit against a group Instead or preceding againnt in dividual defendants; proscribing the method for forclonlng delin quent . assessment liens by cities; prolertinK th'ns of niunlclpa lilies at tax saleH; making more work able the Htatutes covering annexa tion or uequisllinn of lands and exempting cities In the payment of penalty and Interest on delin quent taxes to the state on lands owned or acquired by the cities. T tun IIOSTON. MaKB.. Jan. 19. (fl'l Minn limn 60 iiernon were Injured imliiv whiMi n Now York Imunil ex- ,,,,; n-aln bihhmIIhk tlirmiKli Mm,w Blnrm anil n liiiBflcnm'r local rulllilnil at a oioHBOvor nt Keail vlllo. Hoth traliiB wi'i operalml hy tho New Yiifli, New Haven anil liiirtl'mil. Tim locomotive ot tho express eraBheil Into tho rear eniB of tho local, ovortiirnliiR two of them anil ,!n nirnliiK over on ItB own lilc The local canleil ahoul 00 pub- BeuKei'B. CUE CUP TONIGHT Clll!(, Jan. 1'.'. At Johnny liylon opeo fire In lefeno of i.iu ii..,...fl,,..l.l v.ti.,l'N llit'ce ,.. ,.,.,.. ,Uh1 Kh,M1 ,; uwwm lh challange of a newcomer to ehamploiminp play, i K. S. Scovllle ot Uuftalo. Hcovllle, veteran de.iplto dehul in the world s championship : classic, was espeeied to Hive the ! Sedalia, Mt, red-hfad cunsltler- ablc eppiwltion, allhou;h Lay ton whh the bl favorite to win. i The mutch will tnaummite the UMirnapient, which wilt extend over :'S matches find fl dnyn and nlKhtH. BY WARMER WEATHER M KX Ii 'O t'lTV, Jan. (T 1 hc-tii'uiidi uf pt'ions made lioiin lesM by last week's rarlhipiake. tnk hopn today with abalctuellt of the coldest weather lit Ren-, t., i(tion, 1 i ... "i " 1 i BUILD RAILROADED CATALOGUES OKLAHOMA CITY THROUGHSANDS HERALDOF SPRING ENDANGERED BY TO SITE OF DAM Boulder Junction Link With Hoover Dam Will Be Ready By End of Month is Present Plan; LAS VKOAS, New (?) Through shifting, sands of Nevada desert wanteK a railroad to Jluover dam In being built. Track-layers are following grad ing crews near here in running to completion 22.71 miles of railroad from ifouldcr Junction, a few mlleH south of I. us Vegas, eastward to J!oulder City. This section of the lino is to he i ready for operntion hy January 31. j It ht a branch of the Union I'aelfic. From lioulder City an additional .7.17 milfrf of government railroad I is to extend to the dam sit() in the Itbick canyon of tho Colorado. This will be built at an estimated eosl of ii.uoo.uoo, while xyoo.noo will he Hpent on the 22-mile stretch. Carry Supplier -Men, materia Ih and Hupplb-s for the building of the hun Hoover dam in JJoulder canyon will be carried ovnr the new rond, which will be formally opened within five mouths. Although the railroad traverseH a barren, desolate country, thtl line Is to lie protected by dyktth agaitiHt waters and sudden storms occa sionally experienced on the desert. 'reparation of the roadbed in volved the excavation of 37fi.OOO cubic: yards of dirt and rock, con struction of 42 bridges ami (it! cul verts. A maximum grade of .3f percent wan maintained. Weather Obstacle When work was first started on the rail project the contractor en countered an unforeseen obstacle in the freezing 6t radiators on trucks and tructors in early morn ing hours. Work trains have followed the tracklayers to ballast the track. Ah another preliminary to ac tual construction uf Moulder City SierrnH Power dam, the Southern Sierras 1'ower company hn begun work on a power line to the dam site. It will repreHent an Invest ment of $1,500,000 and more than 200 will be employed. - , The line will extend from Han Hernardino, Cal., over the San Iler- nardlno mountains to Victorvllle and from there go in an almost direct line to the Colorado river's lilack canyon. Tho power line pro hahly will lie completed before bids are opened for construction of the dam project March 4. i CROP IN FLORIDA PALM nKACII. Fla. UV) Tlor Ula fnrmerif may find In timber bamboo ft mw ho u ice of revenue. Timber bumhuo has lieen plant ed In various nectlonH of the ntnte by the United State departnient of nKrieulture for 2S yenr. nnd the rentiltH have been sueh that far m e I'm are urKed to develop the pro duet commercially. Some of tho uwh for tho timber vaiietleH I nelude poles for orna mental fences, trellises, flower Htakt'H, clothen poles, poles for gar dening purpoHen nnd garden furni ture. It Brows rapidly and pro vldeH a K""d nhade. Okeh Nomination W A HI 1 1 NO TO N , Jan. I Q.-(fV) The senate judlrlary committee to day approved the nomination of Win, 11. Hawtelle, of Arizona, to be circuit JtidK In the ninth circuit. llltor'N Wire llc I'OItTLAN'D, Ore., Jan. 10. (A) Mrs. Oirrie A. Lownsriale, wife uf John M. LtiwnHdalo, market editor of tho OrcKonian for the past 27 years, died nt heir home last night. Shi had been seriously III for sev eral mouths. : Toledo Spnue mill In this city resumed operation? recently. Sore Throats and Coughs Quickly Relieved by This Famous Prescription Hero's a doctor' prescription called Thoxine that Is rally throat insurance. It success is due to lis MUlek double action. With the very first xwallow It soothes the sore throat and wtops the couchinn. It KOs direct to the internal canne. The ivnuirkablc thhm about Thoxine is that while it relieve- almost Instantly it contains mth Ihk harmful, and is plea sunt tasting and safe for the whole famllv. Sinners and speakers find Thoxine very valuable. Put up ready for iw in arte. 60c and Jl.'0 Kittles, Your money back If not satisfied! Sold by Jarmin A Yood Urug Store. PLUS 4 AiL.VftOL KNICXEiS Tul on' at rnln- price; b anothir for 5t The Men's Shop Q Next to Rinlto Thtre I A reminder that spring is on the way is that the new spring catalogs of the seed houses of tho Pacific fonst are beginning to be sent thru the mails, altho the ones from outside edford have not vet begun to eorno Jn volume. ' Iniring the laHt of 'last week 12,000 spring catalogs of the Mon arch Seed and Feed company of Med ford were sent through the local postofflce to southern Oregon and adjacent northern California territory, and today 2073 addition al catalogs were received at the local postofflce from the same company for distribution over tho same territory. Providing further activity for the present time over the usual postoffiee routine husinesH was the receipt at the postoffiee thtH morn ing of 3440 n urn born of the new telephone directory for distribu tion thruout the county. Miss Zelta Itodenwold, home management specialist of the home economics service, returned to Med ford this morning, coming from CnrvalliH to cooperate with Mabel C. Mack, county home dem onstration agent, 'in summarizing the questionnaires ' filled, out by Jackson county homemakers dur ing the past two weeks. Findings of these surveys will lie considered by special groups of Jackson county women, who will hold preliminary committee meet ings this week end. The Home Makers Kconomie conference will be held Feb. G and 7. Antiques io Hegglng. ROCKN, France. OP) A former director of the museum of antiques offered for sale here some of the finest pieces ever presented at a French auction, but bidding was so low that iuot of the treasures were' withdrawn. Some dated back to the 17th century. EXPERT REIMS C7e New OAKLAND EIGHT Speed Acceleration Braking Hill Climbing Parking Easy Riding Economy New Low Prices in medford Why Oakland is an v.rvpB tiNCiiNH iiorsi;foi;r SYNCRO-MESH TRANSMISSION LOVEJOY SMOCK ADSORBERS RUnBbR CUSHIONS AT 40 POINTS 123 So. Riverside WILD OIL WELL National Guards Ordered Out As Gusher Floods Wide Area All Fires Extinguished. OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 19.- UP) An oil well blew wild Inside the city limits or Oklahoma City today, injuring a workman seri ously and imperiling tho "door step" oil field and adjacent indus trial and residential districts. The well, No. 1 Wapaco of the T. H. Slick estate, is about a mile from the city's business section. Lower connections were cut by sand and blown out under great pressure when it was being opened for production. When it was com pleted last October, the flow was 58,000 barrels daily. Two companies of tho Oklahoma National Guard wero ordered out. All city firemen were ordered on duty. The injured man was A. Rush, Oilton. lie was reported struck by a connection. All fires In a radius of one half mile from tho well wero ordored extinguished. , ,dtd Plan Arctic Survey. LKN!N.iriA D. (SP) Prof. Ru dolph I. Kamoilovich, soviet .Arctic explorer, has planned for 1031 a .survey of Russia' entire Arctic coast from Archungol to Vladivo stok. In lMS'j he hopes to drive a powerful ice-hreaker to tho North P..l Z . 7 fifnat-i i t I cut i ..,,..i.l....iwl...,.iliTf A FINE CAR TO DRIVE Mr$ Riir.r.rn mvi:-bar frame INI OX SPHlNCt SHACKLliS KM I III ARINC REAR AXLE II IN. KHR WHI-'fcL BRAKES SANDERSON FOUND! Read What We Found in Eastern Markets in ihe &iy ofllew Uorh C. J. Ereier Co., Be?. 22, 1930.! 3 Fourth Street, Portland, Oregon, Dear Sirs: In over thirty years tuyir.g exper ience I find a most peculiar condition existing at this time. 'j?odey is a buyer's market, liany man ufacturers must unload regardless of cost. I find there is er.ough of this merchandise available for rce to make this the best buying trit I have over had, since moot of the other bit; buyers are waiting until after the first of the year to go into the n'.arket. I have bought gocds in rcost in stances at about"fifty cents on the dollar. Vhi3 condition is about over, es surpluses are about gor.e, and manufac turers will not produce further at a loss.' Prices are therefore bound to rise. We can r.ou jro after business aggres sively, with the best values in -America. Yours truly, Victory scores another "knockout" Watch for 8-page bulletin. Wait for Jan. 21st. It brings victory for all. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING GETS RESULTS iififWfiro'' "GAS' !7C 11 AFr 2 door eda"i equipped, delivered. 11,120 All I I coupe; $1,220, 4-door sedan; $1,280, custom iedan: g 1 fa J $1,200 sport coupe; $1,220, convertible coupe. These care fully equipped even front and rear DELIVERED bumpers, extra tire, tube and tire lock included. Outstanding MOTOR CO. On Pacific Highway0 O 71 Performer CROSS HOW RADIAIOR ELECTRO PLATIil) PISTONS SIX FISHER BODY TYPKS PRODUCT Ol CII-NEKAL MOTORS Phone 1385