Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 11, 1931, Page 1, Image 1

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Normal temperature.
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Temperature ;
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Twenty-Fifth Year
TWELVE PAGES
MEDFORA OREfiOX. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, Uttl
No. 322
D
Todav
By Arthur Briib&ne
Bootlegging Up, Silver
Down.
Two Great Birthdays.
We Postpone, France Not
For Rail and Highways.
jCopyrlght King feature! 8ynd Inc.
Mr. Mill, invest i;;tt hip; for
Mr. Curtis, finds that fifty mil
lion dollars are needed to fin
ance the sri-eat rum fleet oper
ating off the Atlantic eoast.
Fleets of fast rum runners to
etieapc and outwit the eoast
t'liard, 1k oeean steamers, mil
lions invested in whiskey, and
A wide margin to allow for
seizures and losses, are neces
sary. The mail woll-drosse!. Of tVV
, i it i i . 4i..:,i,t
words, i.hh. to look to the njjht
ntul h't't in H fjuariPr of a scOOiul ;
, .... r n ' i , I'c
yis he otters supplies right oil ;
the bout" is usually not a boot-1
legger on his own aeeourit. lie,
is a high pressure salesman, '!
;
working for a syndicate on n
commission basis and drawing !
account. Bootlegging n-arries
a heavy payroll.
Hoot legging has readied the
fifty million dollar "big busi
ness" stage.
And simultaneously the busi
ness of producing and selling
silver is dwindling away in a
manner that threatens the
world's prosperity. The silver
is iiiv Knglisb shilling today,
with n face value of twenty
four cents, is worth actually j
three cents. Your silver dollar I
is worth intrinsically a f JW't ion ...
more than twelve cents.
Turn .remit l.lrlhrlnvu liiirirest
iu American history, are in
this month
Tomorrow will be i
'
tl
122nd anniversary of Lin-!
..I..'.. .1,,.. If .......itwto I'ou I
fill r uiiiii.ii. il i iiii'iiii.' "ii j
that wealth and elaborate edu
cation are not necessary to use
fulness. A boy could carry all
the books that Lincoln had
opened when he was ele.-led
president. '
The qualities born in his
brnill, inherited from his father
and mother, and ancestors J,-
lMHI,(MKt years Daok, mime '''"''; ;.'" " , ' aenlor llne
what be was.
If he bad succeeded in bis
efforts to secure a modest posi
1ion in the interior department,
Lincoln :,. in i r h t have f-'one
through life unknown,
none the less he would
Hut
lave
been Abraham Lincoln.
Thousands of men as (rent
have lived and died "without
fame" and many are alive now
that will never be heard of. A
combination of power, circum
stances anil opportunity are
necessary in the niakint; of a
ureal man.
The birthday of Washington, in
(Continued on page ten.)
Abe Martin
A woman's never ton Ini.j- I'
bop, lut when she wnnti t' buy
'onictltlti' she telephone her liu
tiuiiil r gl H. Uife llml his a
new n-.li iray hair nil as a inn
comes tot fcr on his licuil.
PORT BILL
REM FOR
SIGNATURE
House Passes Senate
Amendment On Much Dis
cussed Measure Pro
vides for Appointment and;
Election Commissioners.
SAI.KM, Ore, Feb. 11. (iP) The
hon.se totkiy passed the senute
amL'iulinent to the Port of I'ort
l;itil hill and the measure now goes
'to the governor, hiiving been
adopted by both housed.
I The nmendmmu provided for
'appointment of the four port com-'
mlwdonerA, and for their election
hv the district after the expiration i
1(irma ,n vri,
The four commissioners named,
wove Ruftis Ilolman, Harry L. Cor-
lHellman ijUllli,.rnm ami
Knnheth Dawson,
. salkm. Ore., rob. 11. (IP)
While the Binate this mornlnd do-
hated over the question of whether
,ne Kt:li emcreency hoard should
he curhed In its authority to allow
house attempted to clear its calen
dar for two special orders of busi
ness after 2 o'clock this afternoon.
I The free-text book bill, amended
' to eliminate high school students
' from benefits of the measure pro-
j vidinf? for state loaned books to j
nil public school children, was set;
for special order immediately fol-.
' 1UW1UK l lUllolililimuii v.
! Port of Portland bill, which has .
held sway in both houses tho past j
three weeks. Long sessions ure
anticipated in both houses today,
j Hoard Power Issue)
j Two hills were considered on the
emergency board issue in the up
ptr house, one providing holding
Zrt "
loiriHiatlve' appropriations, Horved
also as an argument on tho second.
The -intterwould hold -.deficiency .
! nuthoi lzntlons to an amount lo he
j fixed by the ways and moans com-
mlttee. The battle on the emer-
gency hoard's activities followed ;
the argument in the ways and
means committees recently pro- ,
.vionrfiini'nii liv the hnnrd.
which has exceeded a half million.
dolll
Mars during the past hiennlum.
K ,., ,, i..i
i 'nnfnrmnl inn with the federal
code is sought in amendments to
the statute relating to the Oregon ;
V...I 1 I n 1.111 lntf,wlllOl I
1 J i, 1; . uZ. b, i
IO(ia V. J lit Mill a iimi.in. v .-j
iiie National tiuard association of
Oregon.
Keillor to Coinniancl
The measure provides that the
senior line general shall command
tho Oregon National Guard In con-
formity to federal requirements m
grouping tho command of the
lrollIH under the senior line gen-
commander and also adjutant gen
era I of the Oregon National Guard, j
The measure makes no change In
salary, which continues at $4800 a
year apd provides that when tho
senior line com'mander also per
forms the duties of adjutant gen
era) he shall do so at no additional
compensation. " The bill does not
create any new office nor budget
Increase, but is designed to har
monize the National Guard and
federal regulations. '
DEMAND RELIEF
F
: 110ISF, Idaho. Feb. 11. (IP)
, More than a thousand farmers,
; cheering at every suggestion of tax
; relief, movetr on th state capital
; today and presented a series of
' demands for tax relief.
The demands were:
Kllmlnatlon of tho office
Passage of the bll, taxing power
one mill per kilowatt .-
co,ueTK" graduated in- .
"passage of a bill to make mines;
.if d other big interests pay more .
tax. j
I'assage of the clgaret tax. I
Passage of legislation to relieve
the farmers of all slatefcxes.
1
FU!
Til PRlOTF TP! 'ST
IU I HWuUUlU I UUU '
IDAHO
FARMERS
ROM TAX LOAD
j I'.aptlxt rhurrh of I'nMlnii.l, Joe
Sinner, veteran oi'((eant-at-ann,
WAtfHTNr.TON, Kt h. II. (P) J of the hoiiFe "f repreflontntlven.
President lluover today recom-' nald this wan the fliHt time in the
mended an appropriation nf $:'0,.j:'ft years he han nerved In this
otii) fur expen; of promecutintr the rapacity that other than a white
nnti-lrut 6Uit aain.st the Uadio ' man hafi offered the opening
Curporatlon of America. prayer.
FOUR PERSONS,
if. tiiXS4
It ' I J L
.- ' "s5n..wi-.. jikja.iM'i v-iT. -. iv. 'Mfa-' fi - - i", tr-y-ri' r-. - wasi-j
Ruins of the Oakland, Cal., Horse Show stables after they had been-swept by an early morning
fire, burning to death at least 60 horses and causing the death of at least ,our persons. Loss In animal
and equipment estimated at $325,000. Insets are of i left) Robert Ketchum, caretaker of the J. W.
Ferrie entries, "J T. L. Sullivan, caretaker of Mrs. W. P. Hoth s stablo. who escaped.
RAID
FRATS
E
1
IN QUANTITIES!!
,
Seventy UniVePSity Of MlCni
gan Students Arrested
Action On Eve of Im
portant Prom.
ANN AI1BOH, Mich., I'i'b. 11.
W) Seventy University of Michigan
students were urrested on charges
of disorderly conduct following
"''. 'h'T m,'', u! '
they seized quantities of whiskey
and beer.
Joseph Jooncy, 30, giving a local ;
hotel as his address, was arrested
for investigation Tuesday night.
Shirley O'Toole, an Ann Arbor
youth riding with lilm, supplied ;
information police said, which in- !
dicated Looney was a bootlegger '
who supplied .the fraternities with
liquor. Tho raids were based on ;
' ...l.l I... f.T...ln
l "lU'J
The raided fraternities nro
tho
hi I e I . a The.a, Delta
Kaipa
lisilon, Kappa Sigma, Tbeta Delta
Chi and Sigma Alpha Kpsilou.
The Delta Kappa Kpsllon house,
Theta Delta Chi and Sigma Alpha
Kpsllon houses are among the lar
gestind most socially prominent
on the campus.
The raids camo only a few days
before the J. hop, most Important
I of campus social functions which,
i Is scheduled for Friday night.
At tne J'ni ueua ineia nouse
the. police said they found two suit
cases containing 12 quarts and 11!
pints of whiskey.
STATE TOBACCO
TAX BILL FINDS
SAI.KM. Feb. 1 I. (VP) Sentl-
i ment In favor of supporting a to
bacco tux bill that Senator Kiddle
STRONG
AV
proposes to introduce was stronir; way at the Junction Is contcniplat
' In tty ways and mennn committee i ed to handle the traffic. A small
last night, but the committee up-j portion of the routo will traverse
j peared a hit uncertain about Sena-
tor .1 !: iicnnett's b for a:
tithimr tuv mi sclf-suslalnlnir state'
activities. It Is estimated that
the bills would return respectively
about $760,000 each annually.
From the returns or the pro -
posed tithing bill Bennett would
have the state set up
fund to
("lie- applied to wiping out the
wM hooper cen..
would apply the tax to the Job-
m 'K'huh.fnWr uy . Mamp
method. c3
COLORED CLERIC OPENS
SAI.KM, Feb. 1 1. fT";-
Uglsla-
:zxv zzx
mlorcd, ptiHtor of the Mt. cilivr-r
o
SCORES OF HORSES
1
! Pa jama Marriage
j Is Prediction Of
I Negligee League
!
NEW YORK, Keh. 11
lei-e comes the bride in
jamas.
So was It predicted at
annual revue 01 me unuea v j
underwear and isegngeo r
League of America last night
X
at the Hotel Astor.
( The revue opened with the
make-belicvo bride Bwceping i
down the runway in lace pa- j
fr jamas, followed by hor attend- 1
ants In colorful effects of tho
same nature. Spectators were
led to believe that tho vogue
soon would bo popular at re-
sort weddings.
i
L BE L
'
COUnty COUrt TakeS Final
bteps tor improvement -
Riflht-nf-WnV nntinns Artf
Signed.
i inai steps lor opeiimg 01 isortn
Central avenuo to the Pacific
highway via an extension of Court
street, were taken by tno county
court at Its regular meeting today.
ti. uir..f ...,iiin r n, mi
council and James II. ilell, who has
l,n,l rharun nf seeurlnir nnilnnn anil
other details, appeared at the ses -
slon nnd nskeil for narlv action
Optlons for the right-of-way have
been secured, with tho exception
of one small (met and It is prob-:
able condemnation proceedings will
he instituted. Cost of right-of-way
will be slightly In excess of $700.'
Options secured will be taken up
at an carlv date. It is expected.
Plan Wide Road I
The extension as proposed will
entend from the north terminal of:
Centr.il avenue and will join tbe j
Pacific highway, near the junction ,
with the Middle road and tho Sam's'
Valley highway.
A 100-foot road-
Owen-Oregon company property.
torn action or tne ex tension w
divert a large portion of the county
- pamcnger auto traffic from tbc
north end orthe county onto Cen-
tral avenue, giving a "straight
'
Continued I on Pafle 8, Story 1)
" - - munler nf Knin Prescott. Ashland , , ", "l . . . '" "If there Is a moral obllentlnn
. - . ..V': ;.. .:l"!ll .spnQmlns no Ueal pruonr ,BlBiBm0nt the charge would alveJ , . " 1 " . .
KinnTI I nraiTrilll ,w P""'""" 'T ,, 'ers and tlwenmlnal syndicalism i emnlovment to' 10 000 suhstitutesi ou wa"
Ill II J I U I 'I AIIIJAI lw'IN Immediately placed In the-. ,,(,,...., . iwi0uarters I ... .? .i-.. .m ,,,r5 , lll "hout 3 on the Income from a
vkM ,i N KA t,o",h w" t ,;,wn,it Tr'r ," ffoct Uiooo bond, UPon
I 1 U 1 1 I II ULN I llnL1 S::io a.m., April 3. Klngsley l: ,.,, .,, ,, ,.,,..,, empioyoB. moral and a legal obligation to
INKED
HIGHWAY
Billy Sunday Would Hear
"In the Sweet By and By"
When Soul Takes Leave
NKW YOHK. Feb. 11. Wl,
If y.,u were dung, what piece of.
music would you want to linger ln:
your e Os as you drifted Into tbei
dark? -
The Ktuii'muslc magazine, iut
the fii-Mloii.
Here are eome of:
the answer It rot :
Hilly Kundny: Q
"In
the ASwfft
0 l
Holy Lord,
Hy and lty."
Alfred K. Hmith: '
We 1'rnine Thy Natnt' '
Nicholas Lonpw orth
"Ileetb-
oven's Hevnth
lludy Valle
niphony."
Itlmsky-Ko
rsa-
koff'fl "Hch-herazf !
l.orado Taft: Th
"Jjlo Wuljure."
' I
fire music In;
KILLED IN" FIRE"
V V . -ei
if v"eyrfi
CELL
PEN
t ... .
Aaatxeatd Preit Phot !
i
LAND
DEATH
m SALEM
Slayer of Prescott 'Dressed
In' Last Night to Await
Execution Keep Con
stant Watch.
S.Vl.KM,
b. It. (IP) lames;
Kingwloy,
convicted of tho
-.,: ,,,',. ... ,.i ,.' ,, , .hn"1 ""- ",L "I""!- 1-.-H.-I1BO tion of Postofflco Clorks, said In a -, h .,,.. 'u n ; ..."
! the first occupant of the death'.,., ... ,.,,. ...,. , .
cell for several years. t,
, n,..K-ii-y wi.n iuu.iu su...,
week by a Jackson county Jury
,and th" death penalty was Imposed
' upon him by .1 ude Norton. Ho
' shot and k,ilh'd Prescott at Ash
' land when' the officer stopped
Kingsley's stolen automobile to
j qucHtion him us to ownership,
i A death watch Is to be kept at
I the cf'H each night until the exe-
t cutinn. while in the day time his
cell will be under observation or
the chapel guard.
; Bhriiul
...
and Ike Dunfold returned
today
from Snlem where they escorted
James K. Klngsley, under sentence
of death for the murder of Sam
; Prescott, Ashland policeman.
! Tho warden, superintendent and
elKht n,.son Klmrds mot Klngsley
and his guards at tho depot and
were whisked by auto to the pcnl-
tent Inry.
After Ike Imnford Lade him
irnfiil.ove. Klncslov presented him
with u" cigarette lighter.
' The doomed man manifested no
, nervousness as tho Iron doors
clanged behind hiin. He made no
statements.
INFLUENZA FADES
HI!
WASHINGTON. Feb. 11 Wj
With all slates reported except
Maine anil New Hampshire, Infill-
enza cases lo.iay toiaieu jj.v a
fti'ul.iut i ! wr.,,1. f,r,
-
Tbe total for Ihe corresponding
!.... lltll, rri,n
""
..if.. .ur, ,,T,. . ....
public
In
alth service said tho
repurin ininciue n "
the disease Is.
"'lining in tnrce weeas cji.ies, ,liyt frnnl ,hc lin)i w,lch at Its
'"' states where the at- t Htltcment listed total deposits
,tark begun laler, It Is still on thclllt $185,000, Mall withdrawals
increase. . i caused Its closing, tho directors
John Philip Soilsa: Ills own
"starn and stripes Forever."
Owen wisi.-r: The Hallelujah
chorus from Handel's ".Messiah. "
WllllanaOreen. president Ameil -
cnnOc'cdcratlon of Nilior:
Sextette
from "Lucia
Shubert's
Orslp llnlirllowltscb:
"I'nf 'n'Hbed Symphony,
linger Malison: one
O
f Soltsa a
marches.
Oenc Tinincy: l-'uneraPman h
from Warner's tluttenlamritcrung.
Dr. Wlllliirn Lyons Phelps; Hen.
thoven's Ninth Hymiihony.
llowatd Thui-HLnn, miigicliin:
Phonographic renilillon of "Old
:!REDS for
i " ... 1 ' .
ULMHurHo
Portland W o &
DerftflTtffc
T,5Q0,OS? Reiief, Free :
Car Rides and Cirt m City
. . . - ,
salaries wim icene n
Staoed in Sacramento.
(Ity the Associated Press.)
Several thousand unemployed ,
men, agitated, police uaid by com- ;
ni u n :t lea il ers, m a relied to t he
sutit of officialdom In the prin
cipal cities of the Pacific coast yea- j
terday to make a variety of de- j
inundH. j
A Rroiip of COO, some of whom
j admitted heitm communists, march- i
led to the, Portland city hull where'
! Kred Walker, spokesman, read h !
Hut of dnmim.U ulil..h Iii1w1.m1
Sl.IiOO.Otio for their immediate re-
lief, free street car rides, uso of
vacant buildings to house unem-j
ployed, use of the city auditorium .
for meetings and a cut in city of-i
ficials' salaries. After assuring!
Walker his demands were "Illegal i
and impossible to meet," Mayor j
!eorge 1 Haker told him "it
would be wise to watch your words ;
for a large number of Americans1
are listening." I
Kneraincnlo lliot.
At Sacramento, 13 men
were
i Jailed after a melee with nolice.
iand in uaKianci police swung nignt i
sticks In breaking up a meeting, 1
sending three men to hospitals for;
'treatment. At other places the
.meetings were uneventful, and at
I San Francisco and Los Angeles the,
demonstrators succeeded only in j
blocking traffic for a few minutes,
Sacramento witnessed tho wild-
naci.ummo witnessed tno who -
e.t scone of the dayH denonstrn-
lions. A group carrying banners
ma relied to tho state capltol and
., ... - ..,
" fuh ikh u,
the i-ftsulllng skirmish 13 were
taken to Jail as vagrants or for
I ,.., t,..
I'se clubs In Oakland. the 44 hour a week for postal om-
I'ollce at Oakland dispensed one ployos, which had previously pass
group but met resistance when tbeyed the house, and now only awaits
Mied to break up another meeting ' the signature of President Hoover
fur which, Ihey said, no permit had ' to become law.
been Issued. Ofricors' clubs sent ! The effect of the new law would
three men to emergency hospitals I he to grant a Saturday half holl
for treai ment. ! day for postal employes, which
Several thousand, principally ' now have a 48-hour week. The cut
curiosity seekers, iriilbered at the ting down to a 44-hour week would
1 Plaza at I.os Angeles while agl-
tutors harranirued the crowd, hut
when they called for marchers to!'""" would not necessarily provide
advance upon tho city ball, the
llnUners lost Interest. Two men
were arretted
Several hundred unemployed
men marc hed to Seattle's city hull
to urge upon officials the necea-
""V ' providing employment for
needy, nut round both Mayor
'K I'.dwsrda and he city coun-
1 ''II were absent. Heavy guards
.stood about a meeting at Han
j Francisco. Speakers urged listen-
I era to block the street to prevent
automobiles from Interrupting
specchen. but police quickly clear-
ed a lane fur ears.
I BANK 6f HUBBARD
I SALKM, Ore., Feb. 11. (IP) Tho
state hank of Hubbard did not
1 np0n today. Tho directors late last
nlKht c0M.,t tH ,ioorn ln rdcr to
prntoct its depositors from further
......... , .. .. ....
- ii -a n nuiuo i non u since tno cios-
, or ,,, Allrorn bank ju8t f()Ur
miles (llnlnnt.
2o.000 has heen
withdrawn during tho past
w,nlwll rlurlng tho past few
stated. Tho Aurora bank closed
last week.
BIGAD CAMPAIGN
DAYTON. O.. Feb. II. (Al
Frlgldalro corporation officials,
I meeting hero today, announced
they will launch Immediately a
$7,1100,000 advertising and sales
, nromotlon nroirram. It also was
nnnounced that the Frlgldalre
1 plant hero now was working at
f enpnclty, BfiOO employes re-
porting for duty.
, 4
Orogon Wentller
Oenerally cloudy tonight and
Thursday becoming unsettled In
the northwest portion, valley fogs
In Ihe west portion tonight: nor -
mal temperature. M o d e r a t o
changeable winds offshore heconi-
lug southerly. A
Shot At Skunk
iJiua rue vn
Canadian Ranch
frio KKHKOHKUT. Sask.. Feb.
When Percy May, of
r neamu'nl Plains, discovered a
skunk in his ham, his wife
cam out to see hlui shoot
I the animal. The skunk ran be-
hfmt 8 hoard, and, in order to
Hive her husband a ubancn to
lc shoot it, Mm. May pulled the
W board away. As the skunk
' 4 limmilitit fnmi llu lilflliitr nhti'A A
t0"1"'"1 her, Mrs. May jumped
oacK, tnrectiy in iroat ot mo
bu. .si. died in her i.us-
band's arms.
UP 10 HOOVER
44-HOUR
WEEK
FOR
POSTMEN
benate rflSSeS b ll AlteCIinQ m voluntarily and without pay,
( , 2000 taxpayers In Yamhill county
1 50,000 WOrkerS FOUriwho had determined to take their
;
HOUrS Ditty TOUr fOr Sat";
t
Urday.
j
1 !
ii'icmvpTftM Fnii it
WASHINGTON, Feb. H-,
The senate toduy passed the house ;
bill establishing a 44-hour week for
; nostal employes. The measure uow
1 OH tha rhta m..u
Beneficiaries of the measure in -
dude supervisory employes, spec-
al clerks, clerks, and laborers in
first and second class postoffices,
omployes of the motor vehicle serv
ice, carriers in the city and vil-
liiirn flPlivni'v nnrvlfPo nn nm.
i ," of the railway mail service
1 . runway man service.
, Kniployea would be required to
W()rl( but four hou,.8 on BaturUays
,ui, ,.,On0tin n,vl,lo,i fnr
i . ,..v..uuu
overtime.
Thomas F. Flaherty
secretary-
I Tim mamhar. ii.n M,ifrH
postofflco personnel, both city and
! rural are rejoicing over the pass -
In tho II s annntn inKnv nt
require only four hours work of
employes on Saturdays, rno new
; increase in numuer ot tne posi -
' or'tce staff, as the employes will
! mostly make up (or decreased num -
UBr OI nour Por woea Dy a system
01 douhllng up ln the work.
ITWO PLANS IN
FOR VETS CASH
WASIIINCTON, Feb. 11 (A7)
The house ways and means com
mittee today narrowed considera
tion of veterans legislation to two
proposals one to increase, loons
nnd tho other to pay one fourth
the face value of tho certificates.
The committee Is expected to
approve one of tho proposals to-
; ,,
morrow.
The loan plan Is along the lines
suggested by Kepreaontatlvo Bach
arach, Republican, New Jinsoy, and
would cost about $500,000,000. Tho
one-fourth payment plan Is sponsor
ed by Representative Fish, Repub
lican, Now York.
Vctorans Administrator Hlnes
has estimated the Fish proposal
would cost approximately $S50,000,
000. Chairman Howley announced the
plan for Immediate redemption In
full of the certificates was elim
inated by a Kl to ft vote.
LIMA WELC0P1ES
L
1 LIMA. Peru. Feb. 11 (IP) The
i Prince of Wales and his brother,
j Prince (leorge, arrived hero this
i morning from i:uliao, wnere tney
disembarked from tho liner Oro-
pesa.
', They were welcomed by the
mayor of Uma, who presented
them with tho freedom of tho city
: and gave them commemorative
medals and parchments,
I The prince of Wales responded
In Spanish to tho mayor's address,
CONSIDERATION
TAX PAYERS
HONGS
AT HEARING
Willamette Valley Revolt ts
Carried Into Capitol Ex
cise, Income and Pro
posed Intangibles Acts
Called 'Unholy Trinity.
SALEM. Ore., Feb. 11 () From
tho rural districts and small cities
of central Willamette valley the
I revolt against payment of the
usual proportion of property taxes
i was carried Into the atate house
last night.
i At u hearing called by the as
sessment and taxation committees
of the two houses the rebelling
i citizens were represented by W. T.
' Vinton and J. 13. Burdette, Mc
Mlnnville attorneys, the' former an
ex-president of the state senate.
I The attorneys said they were serv-
cause into court berore they pay
more than what they consider a
fair amount in property taxes.
Vnholr Trinity
Vinton referred to the state's
excise and Income tax acts and the
Prospective new Intangibles tax as
an ..unnoly trinity.. ftnd a ..,utta
gesture," acceptable to his people
only If the state couldn't offer
i something bettor. He urged In-
i stead one big income tax act that
i would vipld around 17.00A.nn0 nr
, mnr than twto n muh a.
j otner threo ara estimated to yield.
Another climactic juncture in
the hearing came when Charles V.
Galloway, chairman of the state
j tttX commission, hurled a chall enge
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hould immediately, before the
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? co"Bcle'" unaBr fno
uineiDles tax act neia invalid hv
the supreme court.'-
Obligation Seen -
, go to the assessor's office and pay
i lllm tax bt l 6 or 20 on tnt
1 """ wmon you are now sup.
I posed to do by law as a property
tax. But no field glass has ever
been made powerful enough to see
you going to the assessor's office
for that purpose.'1
The hearing was called to dis
cuss the two Intangibles tax meas
ures, one serving only as a retro
active measuro to cover 1929 in
comes, and the other a permanent
measure. Galloway said the retro
active bill would obviate the
necessity of a refund, except for
me aiuerence between tne tax on
sios eurnuigH, neia invmia oy tne
. court, and net earnings, provided
' In the new bills. Also he said It
woum enaoie tne commission to
u.iw. f.vu,uuv ur mure inu( was
not collected under the old act.
Bonds Tax Freo
Vinton doolared that ot about
$60,000,000 In' taxes paid In Ore
' gon every year the excise, lntangl-
bles and Income acts would raise
I only about $S, 000, 000, or about 6
percent. "It's not noticeable,'' he
said, "In hanks of McMinnville
are $5,000,000 In bonds that do not
pay a cent of tax, and the time Is
nenr when the counties will own
our farms. If something is not
done at this session ' It will be
I necessary to call a special session
of the legislature . for relief, - be
cause we are not going to stand '
for It."
J. E. Burdotte said that one
fourth of the taxpayers of Yamhill
county are delinquent, while over
one-fourth borrowed money to pay
taxes. Ho urged that Intangibles
be placed on the tax rolls for ad
valorem assessment as now re
quired by law. He said he believed
the lncomo tax Is subject to the
same assault In court as the for
mer Intangibles tax.
PF.IPINQ, China. Fehi 11. (Jf)
Chinese reports from Manchuria
here today said that $000 miner
were entombed Sunday noon In the
I r usnun mines by an underground
1 explosion. A considerable loss of
life was feared.
Uescue work was started Imme
diately hut only a few persona
could he taken from the shaft. ,
Relatives of the entombed men
gathered at tho pit head, In their
grief making a pitiful scene.
Tho Fuahun mines, one of tho
most Important assets of the South
Manchuria railways, are about
twenty mile east of Mukden. De
tails ot the disaster were not Im
mediately ascertained. A large
number were believed killed by the
explosion and the firs which fol-
lowed.
3,000 MINERS
ENTOMBED BY
TUNNEL BLAST
j.Mun Iilver."