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MEDFOIil). Ol.'KdON. SUNDAY. KKHKIUKY S.
No. ?.19.
FUSS STILL
RAGES
PORT BILLS
State Senate Resents Ef
forts of Gov. Meier to
'Muscle In Via Rufus
Holman As Commission
Member.
SAL KM, Feb. 6. UT) The Ken
aio fi;lit over Port of 1'ortluiul
legislation will continue when the
Anell house bill, amended in
Htich a way an to "make it unsat
isfactory to the Angt'll-Mosei fol
lo winji', will come up for third
reading and final vol in the Ken
ale. A margin of two voles defeat
ed Senator CI us C Moser'H minor
iiy report yesterday, which rec
ommended that the Angell bill pass
in virtually the same form that
it passed the house several days
ago. The senate debute was over
i ho issue of whether the bill
should include an amendment by
n majority of the Multnomah sen
ut delegation whereby the names
of four men were written into the
bill, to become port commission
ers if the bill passes, or whether
no names should bo written into
the bill, leaving it to the legisla
ture to elect them. The latter was
M oser's contention.
Had Senator Charles Hall not
been absent the vote on the min
ority report probably would have
been a tie. which would not have
changed the result. If Hall votes
with the Moser supporters against
the bill, as he has intimated that
he may. and the supporters of the
bill fail to recruit at least one
vote from the Moser Bupporlers,
then the hill will fall to pass the
senate. If it does pass It is Mow
er's prediction that the house will
fail to agree to the senate amend
ments and that the resulting dead
lock will not he broken when the
legislature finally adjourns.
The four names written into the
bill by the senate Multnomah ma
jority were Jlillman Luddemann,
J larry I... Corbett, Kenneth Daw
non and Uufus C. Holman. All
concerned found the first three
'icceptahle, but the fight arose
over Holman who was not sat
isfactory to the Moser-Angell fol
lowing and who, they charged,
represented an effort by Governor
Julius L. Meier to "muscle in"
on port affairs.
The vote, on the minority re
port was:
Kor Billingsley, Carsner, Dunn,
Fisher, Krnnciscovich, Johnson,
Kiddle, Kuck, Mann, Miller, Mos
er, Schulmerieh, Hlrayer, Upton,
Against Hailey, Bennett, Booth,
Brown, Burke, Crawford, Dunne,
Kberhard, Kddy, Jones, Spaulding,
Staples, V h c e I e r, Woodward,
Marks.
Absent Hall.
Changing the name of the
ltoosevelt coast highway to the
Oregon coast highway and the
names of Malheur county and
river to Sinnott county and river
were included in the house bills
introduced. A joint memorial to
ii ongrests, requesting the appropria
tion of 150,000 for improvement
of Siltcoos and Takenlsh lakes in
Douglas and Lano county as per
manent resorts was also filed. The
house passed IT) measures, includ
ing five of the league of city bills
having to do with city liens, tax
ation and street vacancies.
Two bills introduced in the
.house by Representative Snell are
designed to revolutionize, in a
minor way, the system under
which the state of Oregon and its
various counties have shared In
the distribution of tax monies col
lected. The hills are designed to amend
the present system by requiring
that the state shall chare iu the
losses in revenue due to delin
quencies In the payment of taxes.
They amend existing statutes to
specify that the county In turning
over lax monies to the state shull
deduct a proportionate amount
. from the stale's levy for delin
quencies in the total amount col
lected. Under the existing system the
counties are required to turn over
to the state the total amount In
dollars and cents represented by
the state levy us imposed upon
the assessed valuation of each of
the several counties. The coun
ties are required to -bear the en
tire loss from delinquencies.
Pensioners Pay Italy.
ROM 10, Feb. 7. (.? Italian war
veterans have reduced tho nation's
public debt by nearly $300,000
through renunciation of pemdona
and insurance and by turning In
governmet bods. The Natioal A
Kociation of Combatant contrib
uted $21,ooo in January.
Government c h e m I n t tt have
found a new way to make alco
hol unfit m drink, but the boot
leuKers really ihdn't need a new
way Publi-ht-rs Syndicate.
Or. Nicholas Murray Butler de
i lared that I'rofossur Einntfin
is monarch of the realm of pur
fought, thus excluding tni fn.m
Jurl-ili.'tli.n over home of lh
shows in r.nthnm. F-oston Herald
Rogue River Fish
as Viewed
CliOKlNti OF TilK ItOCl'K
(Oregonian)
The legislature has closed the
Rogue river to commercial fish
ing, nor does there appear the
least likelihood that the governor
will veto the measure being al
ready committed to its principle
by pre-election pledge. But will
the Kogue remain closed? It is
a stream that in the political
sense is as restless and changing
as its own quicksands. The threat
to Invoke the referendum already
1h heard, and in all probability
this will bo put to practice, but
The Oregonian, in common with
a great many tin prejud iced citi
zens of Oregon, recognizes that
the status of the Kogue ought to
be determined as it now has been,
by some method other than pop
ular vote.
When Rogue river closing was
before the people on its several
submissions this newspaper rec
ommended a negative vote main
ly on the principle that when in
doubt one should vote "no." Facts
in the case were in outright and
open dispute between opposing
factions. Regardless of the pub
lic's ability to think for itself here
were required specialized knowl
edge and study of. local factors In
order to obtain a requisite com
prehension of the true effect of
the measure. This newspaper be
lieves now as it believed then that
such legislation is properly the
concern of tlte state fish and game
commissions and of the state leg
islature. For other reasons also the last
proposal to close the stream by
popular enactment was objection
able. The measure was a consti
tutional amendment, but In truth
a misdemeanor statute which, as
such, had no place in the funda
mental law of Oregon. Another
reason was that economic condi
tions should net be further dis
turbed at a time of general de
pression. Of these three objec
tions to the closing of the Rogue,
two are non-existent in the meth
od and nature of enactment now
obtained. As for the third, that
of economic conditions, it is evi
dent that the legislature consid
ers a closed river to be of greater
economic importance than the
somewhat curtailed commercial
fishing industry of the Rogue.
Kqually is it evident that the
legislature, with the facts before
it, considered the future of the
Rogue really to bo at hazard. The
enactment of such a measure Is
not, as many would suppose, chief
ly or even primarily a concession
to sportsmen. R is nn ncf of con
servation, intended to preserve a
fine stream in increased posses
sion of the finest fishes that swim
our western waters. There is a
danger, it may be, that wealthy
sportsmen will undertake by the
purchase of lands along the stream
to corner the fishing for them
selves, as has befallen in Maine
and eastern Canada, and as has
been the immemorial custom in
the British Isles. It would be re
grettable, indeed, if the closing of
the Rogue to commercial fishing
would mean a partial closing of
the stream to any angler who
turned toward it. What steps
should be taken to prevent such
a misinterpretation of enacted leg
islation we cannot say, and pos
sibly alarm is unwarranted. But
the time is upon us it Is now
when the rights of the average
license holder must be considered.
If It should prove that they are
not to be considered on the Rogue,
we would not be astonished to
see the river reopened. The pres
ent decision Is not Irrevocable if
later it be found that a mistake
has been made.
PHOT10CT TUB SALMOV
( Portland Telegram)
With a persistence worthy of a
better cause, an obstinate group
representing small nnd selfish in
terests, attempts again to secure
legislative action that would open
the Willamette river to commer
cial fishing.
It becomes necessary once more,
as in the legislative sessions of
l!t27 and 19L'9, to point- out the
criminal folly of this proposal to
permit commercial fishing on tho
river from the suspension bridge
at Oregon City to the end of th
Willamette slough nt St. Helens.
In JitL'B, the last year of the ,
open river, this stretch of water '
yielded a harvest of sixty tons of ':
fish to 125 licensed fishing boats, r
At the price of 20 cents a pound, !
this meant an average earning of.
$20u for each boat, or $100 a man.
In the nine years preceding U14
closing of the river, the "take"
of chinook salmon eggs In these
waters for hatchery production, ,
averaged 28,000,000 a year. Since
the closed river shut out the com
mercial fishermen, the hatchery
hns received 40.000,000 eggs a
year. t( be returned tn the river
as living fish.
To allow the wholesale slaughter
of commercial fishing in this area
Ik literally to kill the fish that lay
the golden eggs. In order to give
two or three hundred people a
chance to earn $100 apiece, the
proponents of this bill would at
tack the sources of the great sal
mon industry, employing directly
and indirectly. 4 5,000 persons with
profit to themselves and to the
state.
Not only that, but they would
discourage the sport fishing, which
Is productive of many profits dis
tributed throuKh the community.
Finally, and this ia extremely im
portant, reopening of the Willam
ette river would cause the federal
government to curtail fl abandon
altogether their work of propaga
tion nnd conservation in thi ter
ritory, since the redcrnl bureau
Is not permitted to operate In
Bill Opinions
by Oregon Editors
! areas whore; conservation meas
ures are not maintained and en
forced." ThhV statement is con
tained in a telegram from Henry
O'Malley, United States commis
sioner of fisheries, and ho adds,
"It is strongly urged that in in
terest of conservation nnd future
of salmon industry in Oregon,
measure in question be not pass
ed." i
"Tiirc pfoimj: hk damvkiv
( Sa le m Ca p ilal-Journal)
In November last the people of
Oregon cast a majority vote
against the closing of the lower
Rogue river to commercial fish
ing. The upper Rogue has been
closed for 20 years. Tho lower
Rogue has been closed to com
mercial fishing for steelhcad for
the same length of time. Seine
fishing has long since been ban
ned and the only fish taken are
salmon. Yet to show their con
tempt for expressed will of the
people, both houses of tho legis
lature have voted tho closure of
the stream within three months
of the date the people rendered
their verdict.
Salmon fishing provides the only
largo payroll at tho mouth of the
r i ver. Us c losu re m cans a rea 1
hardship to the region. It also
means the wasto of a valuable
Oregon food resource. But it
again emphasizes the latent hos
tility towards enterprise and in
dustry that makes capital shy of
Oregon investments lest to satis
fy prejudice and hysteria they bo
confiscated.
The defiant action of the legis
lature is due largely to log rolling
and the fact that the people of
the upper region have ten times
the number of legislators nnd
votes than those of the lower river
possess-. It is worthwhile noting
those in both houses who voted
in accordance with tho popular
vote. The roll call follows:
In tho senate:
For closure Bennett, Ril
1 i n gsley , Ca rsne r, Crn w ford ,
Dunn, Kberhard, Eddy, Kid
dle. Kuck. Miller. Moser,
Hchulmerich, Staples, Upton,
Wheeler, Woodward.
Against Bailey, Brown,
Rurke. Dunne, Fisher, Franc
iscovich, Hall, Johnson. Jones,
Mann, Spaulding, Strayer,
Marks.
In the house:
For closure, nyes Allen,
Rronaugh, Ilynon, Chinnock,
Day, DeJjup, Deuel, Eckloy,
Fisher, Gill, Glass, Gouley,
Hamilton, I toward, Jannsen,
Lawrence, Leo, Lewis Mac
Bherson. Manning, McAllister,
McCornack, McCourt, Me
Graw, Mcl'hilllps, Mott, Nich
ols, Oxman, Peters, Schaupp,
Scott of Umatilla, Hcott of
Morrow. Smith of Hood River,
Smith of Marion, Snell, Stock
dale, Swift, Temple, Thorn
burgh, Tompkins, Weather
ford, Wells, Yates, Lonegran
44.
Nays Anderson, Andrews,
Angell, Chindgren, Gordon,
Ilellberg, Hill, Johnson, Keas
ey, Knapp, Nash, Norton,
Proctor, Stewart, Taylor,
Winslow 1.
It will be seen that many of
these legislators voted not only
against the expressed wishes of
the majority of the people of the
state, but against the clearly ex
pressed wishes of the people of
their own counties. Twenty-five
of the thirty-six counties voted
against the measure. It was
nearly tied in three others. The
counties voting against closure
were:
Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop,
Columbia, Coos, Crook, Cur
ry, Gilliam, Grant, Jefferson,
Lake, Lane, Lincoln, Linn.
Malheur, Marlon, Morrow,
Polk, Sherman, Tillamook,
Wallowa, Wasco, Washington,
Wheeler, Yamhill.
It will be interesting to see
whether Governor Meier has any
respect for the mandate of the
people and vetoes the bill, or
whether ho also joins tho ranks
of "the people be damned" crowd.
4
Rogue River Valley The Scenic
paradise of the world.
COUNT
THE
YELLOW
BOXES
Real Proof That
Country People
Read the
MAIL TRIBUNE
UPSTATE PEAR
AREA VIEW OF
1930 MARKETS
J Hold Prof. Hartman's Re
j port Close to Facts Up
J to Coast Growers to De
p vise Means to Meet Their
1 Problems.
Hood River, known chiefly as
an apple growing center, hut with
increasing pear production,
through the "Hood River News."
views the H130 marketing and
other conditions as follows:
The views expressed by Pro
fessor i lartman as to the
causes of the depression of
the pear market so nearly co
incide with the facta that they
deserve the attention of every
grower and shipper. While. '
the general economic situation
undoubtedly caused a market
slowing-up in the buying of
winter pears, It is obvious that
the flooding ol eastern mar
kets with Bartletts long after,
the normal season for that ,
pear was over, also had a ser-
ious effect on wiles of Rose ,
and also on Anjous. which
went on to the market early. ;
Another factor, and this also
is serious, is tho shipping of
a third grade of pears which,
as market bulletins disclose,
only served to decrease sales
in the higher grade fruit. Be
cause the canners controlled
the-Bartlett prico situation in
the west this past season,
hundreds of cars wero packed
and shipped to the markets
of the east, and not only did
the Bartlctt grower suffer be
cause of poor returns, but he
dealt a blow to tho grower of
later varieties.
As the years of big crops
roll by it is becoming evident,
even to those who are natur
ally dense, that the sooner
pear growers and shippers of
tho west can collectively de
sign ways and means toward
orderly marketing the better
will be the chance of selling
their fruit at a profit. And,
by the wny production 1h In-'""'
creasing in most of tho west
ern pear districts, if they do
not, of their own volition, draw
up such a plan, the condition
that will eventually show itself
will force action.
AWAY ON !CE FLOE
P.PKKALO, N. Y., Fob. 7. W
At lenst 25 flHhermon wnr car
ried out into 'J,ake Krfo here to
day when a wewt wind broke off
a h u k section of Ice on wh leh
they were falling.
Identity of the men could not
be dvtcrminci immediately, but
marine offielalH bej-an comtiillnK
a list of those probably adrift
from the license numbera of auto
mobiles parked nlontf tho idiore.
llejuvy Jtliluo 'JVafrio
STRASBOUHO, Feb. 7. TP)
This French port on tho Rhino
handled 0,700,000 tons of freight,
the laiKOHt buHiness In its history,
in 1930. This placed it third
amon all French ports, only
Rouen and Marseilles lending- It.
Plan Itrltlfch Mdo.
MIN'KIIKAD, KnKland, Feb. 7.
&) Lundy Island, a privately
owned domain In the British chan
nel, may become n IJritbm Lido.
It Is planned to convert It Into
a Bwanky sports club to which
members might fly from Tondon.
0. S. C. EXPOSITION READY
irx tf r-m- -urn r;,
ill 45r
. Above Student committee in charge of eighth annual Educational exposition at Oregon State college Feb
ruary 13 and 14. Below Cadet band which will take part in all-college musical concert for visitors. Inserts
Dr. Joseph Roemer of Florida, vocational guidance specialist, (left), and C. A. Howard, state superintendent
of public instruction, two of principal speakers on the program.
OrcRon State Collcnc, Corvallis. !
More than 175 high schools of
Oregon have accepted invitations to
send delegations of students and an
instructor to the statewide voca
tional puidancc conference known
as the O. S. C. Kducational exposi
tion. J-at year 769 official delegates
attended from all sections of the
state.
Student committees have prepar
ed exhibits in every department of
"the college. ' TCoberf larmon of
MAUN BANKER FACES
11
KUAMATI I FALLS, Feb. 7 (1
Indictments retiirned Hturrelly by
the December grand jury have been
announced in connection with th(;
arrest of U. C. I 'obriittky. former
cashier of Hie Malin Slato bank,
who wus returned here from Den
ver Thursday night.
Three Indictments charge larceny
by embezzlement of over $100 ol
bank funds; lnlso entry In books
concerning; u $r2r deposit slip, and
possession of a $:,0im note with
forged eiKlotsemeul.
CDOHS VIl.LAfiH, Mieh. Feb.
7. (A) Five men were marooned
on an Ice. floe today that broke
away from the main i-o pack
ntong the Lake Michigan oast
lino here.
9 Berths Are 'Luxuries'
RO.MK, K'b. 7 (!) Slee dim enr
hertlis are uuiKM'essary liixui'ies for
Italian college hoys, Hays Carlo
Bcorza, head of the fascist uni
versity groups, lie cut down Hie
expense allowancu of students sum
moned to conventions from $1 to
S-t a day.
4
Perhaps Mexiyo would enter
tain a proposal from us ,to swap
Chicago for Lower California.-
tfion Tranwript.
The Summer Season
317 E.
-
Kcho, general chairman, has been
assisted by the following commit
tee heads: Dunoval Kuhl, Prairie
City, social events; Paul Mahoncy,
Monrovia, t al., housing; Frank Mil
ler, Palo Alto, traffic; and Waldo
Tavlor, Portland, publicity.
Meads of school committees pre
paring exhibits are Fuenc Gross,
Halfway, agriculture; Herbert
Staples, Corvallis, forestry; Marga
ret Coats, Albany, home economics;
N'adine Millliollcn, Corvallis, libra
j MICE TESTS SHOW
MclMIKItHON, Kns. (fP) Those
few seconds Just n Hie Is end
ing, when it is still possible, to
"come back," have been measured
on mice in tho McPherson college
chemistry laboratory.
Dr. J. Wlllnrd Jlorshey, profes
sor of chemistry, controls tho life
threads of his mice delicately by
placing them (n a near-vacuum. At
an air pressure about one-seventh
that of normal the thread snaps,
but not suddenly.
Dealh In the ordinary meaning
is indicated by the mouse's ceas
ing to breathe. But as Into as 30
seconds lifter breathing has flop
ped, the nnlmal can be brought
back to life, by putting him in
fresh air.
The come-back takes a long
time, two days for full restoration,
and It usually is several minutes
ho fore brent liing can be seen to
resume.
At an unidentified point be
tween 30 and tiO seconds the Irre
parable break corner. Hixty sec
onds wait after lneathing stops
haw he-n found always fatal.
will soon be here ....
You will want your car in per
fect condition. Now is the time
to have those repairs made . . .
Be sure and specify Parts from
Littrell
Littrell Parts Co.
Main
FOR .VISITORS
ry; Ethel t'pton, Gaston, women
physical education; Maxwell Cook
and Roy Dahtin, Corvallis, military;
Russell Mills, Vcrnoma, vocational
education; Eugene Powell, Toledo,
and Roy Mineau, Marshficld, phar
macy; Robert Goodell, Eugene, ba
sic arts and sciences; Jack Brown,
Corvallis, mines; Henry Risley, Cor
vallis, chemical engineering; Earl
Dibble, Portland, commerce; and
Lauri Vcmu, Astoria, industrial
'journalism.
LA flRANDK, Ore., Feb. 7()
The Union county Chnmhor of
Commerco today stood In vigorous
opposition to the recent Inclusion
of tho county in tho "drouth re
lief" areas.
1-jist year formers hero had the
best crops In yearH and 110 drouth
was experienced, agriculturists de
clare. Senator Stelwer Is being
1 requested by telegram to have this
seelion removed from tho "drouth
.area" lists announced earlier this
week.
I 4
j French Hallways Itnom
j PARIS, Feb. 7. P) An In
I crease of 1 1,000,000 passengers In
j lOJlrt was reported by tho French
state railways, despite the busi
ness depression and a decrease In
tourist transatlantic traffic. Pas
senger rail receipts wero $88,440,
54 n.
Reward for Fighting; I lexis
NANKINU (D An a reward
for suppressing communism hnro
while the army wns fighting the
northern rebels, the nationalist
government has voted a bonus to
every man on the Nanking police
force. The cops kept tho Chinese
capital free from reds by using
I plenty of muscle on agitators.
Phone 237
raw
AIM OF AC!
Places Cities of State Out
side Jurisdiction of Hydro
Commission, and Right to
Fix Electricity Rates.
S.U.KM. Fob. T. jP The df
slre of OroKon oitlej to remain
outside the Jtirixdiction of the
Oietfon puhlle service eommlsaion.
even if Governor Meier's program
of power regulation nnd develop,
mont Is adopted, caused the In
troduction of n bill by Senator..
Iluike today in conformity with
their wishc.H. The bill also nan
the Rovernor's approval and In
considered part of his program.
In brief the bill authorizes cities
and incorporated towns to secure
riKht to the uso of unappropriated
waters nnd it would regulate the
operation of electric generating
plants and distributing systems by
cities and towns, nnd also regu
late rates to be charged by tho
cities for electric service.
The substance of the bill was
originally covered, Senator Burke
said, by other power bills in the
governor's program but could not
bo adjusted satisfactorily to the
Ideas of municipal officials.
Among the provisions ia one
that "any filing made by any city
or incorporated town upon the
unappropriated waters of tills
state, shall not be subject to ap
propriation by nny other person,
municipality or corporation unless
it shall be judicially determined
that such filing exceeds the reas
onable present or future require
ments of such city or incorporat
ed town, in which event the sur
plus or excess may.be, by decree
of a court of competent jurisdic
tion, released and discharged from
such filing. ..... .1
Senator Brown, chairman of. tho
senate committee on 'railroads and
utilities announced today that a
public hoarlng on the hydro-electric
commission will be held by
the senate nnd house committees
Jointly next Tuesday morning at
8:30 o'clock in the hearing room
at the state house. A Joint pub
lic hearing will be held Tuesday
night In the house or representa
tives on the Orange utility dis
trict bill.
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Tribute to History
FALAISU, France, Feb. 7. (P)
William the Conqueror Is worth
about JI000 n year to this city. It
is the tribute paid annually by the
16,000 tourists, mostly American
or British who visit tho castle
where ho was born In 1027,
1
When Tho Cat's Away
SYDNEY, Feb. 7. UP) Taking
advantage of an acute meat short
age when slaughter house em
ployes went on strike for a month,
Sydney vegetarians made a big
propaganda drive and claim " to
have made many converts.
Promote Papal Police
VATICAN CITY, Feb. 7. (IP)
The lliO papal gendarmes now are
commanded by a colonel instead
of a captain. The former lieu
tenant was made a mujor and a '
full complement of line officers
was named from the ranks.
Mogue Klver valley The scenlo
pnrofUse of the world.
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