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Newspaper Page Texto r The Weather Forecast: Tonight and Saturday cloudy and unsettled; moderate temperature. Highest yesterday 75 Lowest thli morning 42 Medford M Facts Not Claims Vou take no ctiancea on A. B. C circulation. No claim made the auditor-! figures tell the story. The Mall Tribune la Medford only A. B. C. Newspaper. Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFOKU, PRECOX, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1932. No. 57. VALLEY FEDERAL Comment on 'the Day's News BASEBALL RESULTS Dedicate Rogue River Bridge Tomorrow KNIFE FIGHT Rational Brooklyn .. . AIL TRILUNE New York By FRANK .JENKINS IN tbU column. If you follow It In even the sketchiest fort of way, you have read of the beaver and of the possibilities of water conserva- ' tlon here In Southern Oregon It we can restore the beaver to the .head waters of our streams. Tou may be Interested to know that William L. Pin ley, former state game warden of Oregon, now of Washington, D. o., one of the coun try's best-known naturalists, is In .entire agreement as to the Import ance of restoring the beaver In this country. M ft. Flnley Is now in Oregon. Re said to this writer the other day: "The life business of the beaver la to build dams and store water. It was a great pity when the season on beaver was opened a few years ago. "The destruction of these useful animals that followed did enormous damage to those areas of the state where conservation of water la nec essary for agricultural development. HEN Malheur lake and 1 Lower Klamath, lake were set apart by President Roosevelt as federal bird refuges, Mr. Flnley says, they were the greatest game bird breeding grounds In the United States. Since then. Lower Klamath lake has been drained and reclaimed, and Malheur lake, through diversion of the streams that feed it, has gone practically dry. This, he thinks, Is a great pity. Many people agree with him. VjfjTHEN Lower Klamath lake wes " being drained and the streams ; that feed Malheur lake were being diverted, it seemed to us 'thai the great need was more land to make homes for more people. We know now that we have more land than this generation can hope to use profitably. Meanwhile, travel has become one of Oregon's great resources, and we are trying In every way possible to bring more and more people here to see wthat there Is to be seen In Ore gon; knowing that when they git here they will spend money which will benefit us In a business wsy. In attracting people with money to spend, wild life Is fully as import ant as scenery. If we had back Mal heur and Lower Klamath lakes, as they were In the old days, they would probably be worth much more to us than the land that .has been reclaimed by draining them. Garner's Bill Carrying Two Billion Appropriation for Public Works Program Is Ready for Committee WASHINGTON, Mar 27. (AP) In a lashing attack upon the relief bill proposed yesterday by Speaker Garner, President Hoover today termed the measure the most "gigantic pork barrel ever proposed to congress." WASHINGTON, May 27. (AP) On behalf of the administration. Secretary Mills last night pronounced absolute opposition to any bin pub lic works program and any new bond issues. He made his statement In specific reply to an employment plan re cently proposed by Alfred E. Smith, but by coincidence or otherwise Mills' words came out Just as Speak er Garner was making public his detailed plan for bond-financed con struction of hundreds of federal buildings, miles of roads and water ways. s Mungo and Lopez: Schumacher. Bell. Mitchell and Hogan. R. H. E. 4 H 1 8 IS 1 and Wllaon; at. Lou la ,. Pittsburgh Hatnca. Carleton French and Grace. Boaton Philadelphia Brandt, Mangum and H. E. 10 1 IS 0 8pohrer. Hargrave; Holley, Berly and V. Davis. R. K. E. 4 13 1 s ii a Cincinnati Chicago . Kolp. Benton, Rlxey and Lombardl; Warneke and Hartnett. Chicago Detroit . H. E. 11 1 10 2 T Seabury Produces Evidence New York Mayor's Checks Paid by Money Not Admitted in Testimony Lyon, Fabar, McKaln and Orube; Sorrell and Hayworth. WASHINGTON, May 27. (API- Acting Chairman Crisp today aet Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for hearings before the house ways and means committee on Speaker Garner's 82.100.000,000 relief bill. The bill goes Into the hopper to' day. "By next Friday we can begin work on the final draft of the bill In executive session." Crisp said. Representative LaGuardla (R., N. Y.) a leader of the Independents, and Representative Mead, (D., N. Y.) (Continued on Page Six) , t ov YSR In Southeastern Oregon Is the last remnant of the vast bands of antelope that once roamed the West. In recent years, under state protection, these antelope have been Increasing. Occasionally this question' is raised: "What shall we do with them?" , This Is Mr. Flnley's anwer: "Go on protecting them. Their presence, ultimately, will attract many times more tourist money than the value of the forage they consume.' Remembering Malheur and Lower Klamath lakes, we must agree that he Is probably right. IF you live within the city carrier limits of Medford, this newspaper waa brought to your door by a boy who is in business for himself. He buys his papers and pays for them. Then he resells them to his customers. He takes his , chances, Just ss any other business man does. If his customers pay htm regularly, he prospers. If they do not, he loses. IHE mother of one of these boj- said the other day to this newspaper: "I value beyond anything I ean name the experience which my boy Is gaining as a newspaper carrier. It Is wonderful business training for him. it is teaching him to be punct ual, for he .has to be thert promptly to get his papers when they come from the press. It Is teaching htm the value of money, for he has to buy and sell on his own account "And above all it Is teaching him how to deal with alt kinds of peo ple. When he gTows up and gets Into business on a larger scale, thatj training will be worth everything in the world to him." TOLD BRANCHES DALLAS, May 27 (AP) Testimony of subscribers to siock In the Empire Holding company that they were as sured by salesmen of the company that operating Insurance subsidiaries of the Empire woutd be doing busi ness within a month of the time the stock subscriptions were made was heard in the circuit court here this morning as the state continued to weave its case against J. H. Stockman, former officer of the Empire company accused of conspiring to defraud In the sale of stock of the companay. Before the adjournment at noon Judge Arils Waker announced that the trial of I, H, Fetty, also a former officer of the Empire company, had been set to open June 13. F. Siemens, Dallas, testified that he subscribed .to two shares of stock on the strength of representations by 8. E. Howard, salesman, that one operat ing subsidiary of the Empire company would be writing Insurance within 30 days. W. 8. Mulr, Dallas canneryman who subscribed for five shares of stock through two salesmen, said he was told on the occasion of a visit to the offices of the Empire company In Portland that one of the subsidiaries would be operating In 30 days. ON MARCH EAST SEYMOUR. Ind, May 27. (AP) The hltch-.hlke" of the Oregon uunua origaae" to Washington, D, today turned Into a parade of National Guard motor trucks, as the veterans began moving out of Sey mour at o:su a. m. The 37 Indiana guard vehicles that brought the world war veter. ana here from Washington, Indiana, yesterday. . were expected to reach Kiizanetntown. Ohio, on the IndlatW onio state line near Cincinnati shortly after noon. States Cooperate "'""5 iot me ex-service men mere were trucks of the Ohio Nat. lonal Guard prepared to haul them acrosa that state on their way to mo national capital to demand lm. mediate cash payment of the bonus certificates. West Virginia and Penn. sylvanla made almllar plana for move. ment ox tno brigade. The veterans took to the trucks after train rides from the far wet enaea at East St. Louts, 111. . Make Slow Time.- -.-i-All day yesterday the truck, lnm. bered over the picturesque eouthern Indiana hill., averaging onlv elirht miles an hour. The veterana didn't reach a prepared lunoh at Salem. ina., unm a:ou D. m.. and It w. more than four houra later that thev laid their bunks In a shelter, house in tne city nark here. Fond nri firewood awaited them on their ar rival nere. Vets Spirits High The veterans' spirits, for the most pari, remained high, and through wir waaer, w. w. waters of Port' land, Ore., they expressed determina, tlon to remain In the national cap ital until action la had on their onus demands. "Marching strength" of the brigade was cut to approximately 240 yes terday. Waters explained a number oi veterans Bad proceeded to cin. clnnatl by freight tralna and other means, instead of waiting for the motor cavalcade to form, 4. E (Continued on Page Ten) Coleman, Walker Democrat Choice Republican nominees for assessor and I State police, the sheriffs office, and federal prohibition aides early laat.niftht raided the home of Mrs. Mark Finney, 40. Jacksonville, and seized 375 bottles of beer, two crocks full of beer mash and a number of empty bottles. William Desthread, 29, was also arrested. Mrs. Finney, a widow, is held In the woman's ward of the county Jail. The house Is classified by the au thorities as a "beer-Joint," and has been under surveillance for several weeks. The building Is located In the rear of the pioneer Beekman Bank building, and a short distance from the Jacksonville dance hall. The couple are scheduled to be given a preliminary hearing this afternoon. 10 CONTEST FOR A report of the recent child wel fare conference in Salem waa given PORTLAND. Ore., May 27 () justice Henry j. Bean of the atate aupreme court, and Roy Hewitt of oaiem win oppose each other In the November "run-off" election for Bean'a position on the supreme court bench. Hewitt ran second to the Justice, who did no trecelve the ma jority. John W. Mcculloch of Port land wsa third, and Judge Jamea T. Brand of Marehfleld fourth. In the race for position No. 2. 1. O. Bailey was elected In the pri mary vote by virtue of having re ceived more than 60 per cent of all votes cart for position No. 3. With 173B precincts reporting com plete, the vote in the two depart ment was: Poaltion No. 2: Be,,,, gajoa Hewitt, 48 389; McCulioch. 44.420; Brand, 37.459. Position No. i: Bailey, 107.112- George M. Brown, 69,183, and Loyal M. Oraham, 37.890. NEW YORK. May 27. T) Ssmuel Seabury. counsel of the Hofstadter committee today produced at a hear ing documentary evidence Indicating that Russell T. Sherwood could not have paid checks that Mayor Walker said he gave him money to pay from m K without drawing on funds the mayor has testified he knew nothing about. Mayor walker testified be gave Sherwood cash to pay for checks which Sherwood sent for him to the mayor's sister, Mrs. Nan Walker Burke, and to pay expenses of the steam launch, Mary w., that was used by Mrs. Walker. The total for these two purposes was (21,343.77. Seabury produced records Indicat ing that Sherwood paid the money with his own checks, drawn on an account Sherwood had In the Cen tral Hanover Bank and Trust com pany. The mayor testified he be lieved Sherwood had sent his per sonal checks, but that he had given him cash to back them up. AOVElWEZE HOLOS SEA HOP i. A" irvi ...... , a-T- .- W i I, " -a. If . i.' . -wo . v.. Jorillill opening or the new UuKua Kiw.r bridge lu-tnrrii neililrrliurll uiki tiolil llniili will ha made Knt lirdnj the bruise the last link to tne opening for travel of the Orejon stnte highway. Prominent rltlxena of three states will assemble, at ths new bridK, t 11:00 a.m., Saturdav to re.elve the signal from presi dent Hoover at the While House In Washington formally announcing this flue hlghwar a thing of reality Motor caravans from many Oregon, California and Washington cities will Join In the festivities FLEE! OF PLANES SEATTLE, Wash., May 27. (AP) With the wind still in the north, It appeared unlikely that Nathan O. Browne, New York aviator, would get away today on his projected non-stop night to Tokyo. Browne had not shown ud at Boeing field and It was assumed he was sleeping In an effort to get an tne rest possible before start ing ms journey. He needs a south wind to facilitate takeoff with the heavy load of ruei necessitated for the BS to 60- hour trip. SALES TAX PLAN WASHINGTON, May 27. P) The 1.75 per cent sales tax amendment was Introduced today In the senate by Senator Walsh (D., Mass.) The Massachusetts senator awaited an opportunity to bring the Issue to a vote. The senate wast to vote first on the proposed postsl rstes In the bill, Walsh has carefully withheld the sales tax proposal until the special' excise rates were voted upon. He wants to substitute the general sales levy for the excise rates, The.ssles tax proposal, for which lt sponsors today were claiming a Dare majority, would exempt food clothing, medicine, farm lmplcmenta ana puoncations. Fi ILL PLAY FINAL MCIRPIELD. Scotland. May 87. AP) John DeForeat, wealthy young Londoner, who learned his golf In the United States, today won his way to the finals of the British ama teur golf championship for the sec ond straight year, defeating Lionel Munn, Irish veteran. 1 up In 21 holes. In their semi-final match. He was the finalist against Eric Martin Smith In 1031. ' Eric Plddlan. 22-year-old Interna tionalist from Stourbridge. Joined DeForeat In the finals with a two up victory over E. A. McRuvle. last remaining Walker cup player In the championship. Flddlan and DePorest will play a 38-hole final tomorrow. 1 KILLED, 4 HURT IONE. Wash., May 27. fAP) today noon at the luncheon of the ; Highway workers reported here to Allied Welfare association at the day that one man was killed and Hotel Medford by Dr. C. I. Drum- j four Injured, one seriously, when a mond, rcunty phrslclsn. truck and steam shovel belonging to Mrs. Alice Coppln of the Business : Tucker Brothers, road contractors, I and Professional Women's club crashed through a bridge over Cedar J. B. Coleman and A. C. Walker, brought the lun' neon group a sum- creek, not fsr from here, today. The treasurer, also received the Demo- : mary of resolutions passed at the j steam shovel was being moved from cratie nominations over the party's j club convention In Klamsth Falls j lone to Creston, Wsai on the truck. "write-In" candidates E. C. King ! last week, pertaining to Interests oi j The dead: francls Johns, 22, 8 po ena H. T. Autry of Ashland. Both I the welfare workers. kane. Walker and Coleman are seeking a I Mls Dorothy Mitchell presided at The Injured: Clay Cheatham. Ollle third term and will ba unopposed ' lodays mee:ing In the sbsence of Watts. Jess Shriner and Charles ' -t 94Ut tti SSWf. H 4 cqko ' , Vote Replenishing Fund For Veterans WASHINGTON. May 27. fP) An emergency deficiency appropriation of H2.7o0.0O0 for veterans' expendi ture was psased today by the houe and sent to the senate. The Los Angelej fleet of planes, touring the coast to stimulate Inter est in the tenth Olympla to be staged In the southern city this summer will srrlve st the Medford airport at 12:18 o'clock Eunday, according to final notice received today by the chamber of commerce. Euroute to Vancouver, B. 0., the party of 40 persons, flying In 20 planes, will remain In Medford until 2 o'clock Sunday ' afternoon. They will be greeted at the field by acting Mayor C. A. Meeker and the aviation committee of the chamber of com merce. During the fleet's stay In Medford a special program will be broadcast from station KMED. And from 12:30 to 1 o'clock the leader of the tour will speak, explaining the purposes of the tour, and leading eventa to be In cluded In the Olympic games. Plans are being made for a special exhibition of swimming and diving at the Medford Natatorlum at 1 o'clock, featuring two membera of the tour: Georgia Coleman, national Indoor and outdoor diving champion: Josephine McKIm, holder of msny national swimming titles and anchor awlmmer on the American Olympic team. The tour leaves Los Angeles for Bishop, Cal., Saturday morning. The fliers will proceed from there to Reno to spend Saturday night and continue to Red Bluff Sunday morning, flying on to Medrord for luncheon, which will be served by the aviation com mittee of the local chamber of com merce. Among the planes will be rep reaented ' the following companies: Union. Richfield, Texas and Shell and the cities of Glendale and Pasadena, also the RKO studios and business firms of Los Angeles. The tour Is being sponsored by the Junior Los Angeles -chamber of com merce and the National Aeronautical association. The planes will leave Medford for Vancouver, B. c., and re turn south to Los Angeles June 1. E REED BALKS VOTE ON FARM RELIEF WASHINGTON, May 37. (AP) Senator Reed (R., Penn.) blocked an attempt In the senate to obtain an agreement to vote on farm relief leg (station before the adjournment of contTress. Senator Nye (R N. D.) asked for an agreement that the senate would not adjourn until It had voted on the MV-Nary omnibus relief bill and the Prazler refinance measure. Reed objected, saying "I don't think any senator has a right to ask for such an agreement for a single measure, when the senate calendar Is clogged with legislation." According to post election atreet talk, the "Medford gang" battle cry haa been dropped, because It has played out. Certain malcontents who profited by this slogan, however, want to keep political agitation go ing so according to reliable reports they have picked out the California Oregon Power company to be the goat. If these reports are correct, then a continual barrage against Conco can be expected in these next few weeks, and when public suspicions have been adequately aroused, cer tain of the successful primary can didates, are to Jump Into the arena as the people's saviours, against the Power Trust. W.hlle public opinion In general la behind the movement to Insist upon the purchase clause in the haw California Oregon franchise, and the strictest safeguarding of tho public interests, mere is no apparent sun- port for this attempt to make Copco a football of local politics. The Copco organisation ,1s very popular locally, not only because of Its personnel, but because It haa al ways shown a disposition to play fair with the people and wc.-k in every way for the development and pros perity of southern Oregon. It Is generally believed that If Cop co will agree to the purchase clause In the franchise, and thus show their liberal and Just attitude, there will he little public support for antl Copco agitation. PlMi 31-VOTE LEAD FOR T STREET Stabbing of Erway During Affray Between Lindsays and Lee Smith Hinted Re sult Rum and Romance The grand Jury today launched an Inveatlgatlon Into the atabblng affray on South Front street Thure day afternoon wherein Charles Er way, a California transient, sus tained severe knife wounds about the neck and shoulders during a free.for-sll fight between A. B. Llnd- ssy and Elden Lindsay, hla son, and Bmitn, local police character. Lee PORTLAND, Ore., May 27. (AP) Harvey Starkweather of Clackamas, won the democratlo nomination to congress from the first Oregon district by 31 votes, according to official re turns from every county In the dis trict, tabulated by the Associated Press today. The vote stood: Starkweather 12,143 William Delzell, Salem, 12,112. In the race for the republican nom ination to the aame congressional po sition, official returns from Coos county cut down tho lead of James W. Mott, state corporation commis sioner, by 32, hut he still led Repre sentatlve Willis C. Hawley by 138 votes, with Washington county the only one remaining on tho unofficial uat. Tlielr count vas Mott 30,862; Ha ley 30,714, 4 often In difficulty over liquor trana actlons. As near as can be deter mined by the authorities, the fracas was a combination rum and ro mance feud between the combatant!. Erway, according to the dlatrtca attorney's office end police, waa knifed when he went to the rescue of Smith, who was undergoing a pummellng at the hands of young Lindsay. The Identity of the wlelder of the knife has not been established beyond doubt. Pair In Jail. Smith la at liberty on a $50 bond furnished by himself. The Lindsays are held In the county Jail. - Smith was fined 75 In federal court at Pirtland three weeks ago upon a plea of guilty to transporta tion of liquor. Hla most sensational local episode wns a wild flight In his car some time ago from the state police before being arrested at Cen tral Point. He is 'always well sup (continued on psge nine) TESTIFY AGAINST Insane Escape Killed By Train SALEM, May 37. AP A. Bloom- qul.it, 40. who eloped from the Ore gon state hospital hern May 21, was killed by a Southern Pacific train near Eugene last night. Btooinqutst was received Rt the slate hospital from Clatsop county 10 years ago. Noted Scientist Plunges Off High Cliff to Death PASADENA, Cal, May 27. (AP) Dr. Leonard Thompson Trolsnd, not ed scientist of Harvard university and famed In the scientific world as the co-Inventor of coloring pro cesses for motion pictures, was killed today In a fall ovrr a 2-V) foot cliff on Mt. Wilson, 8.000 foot high peak. Dr, Troland, who waa 42 years old. had ascended the mountain aev. eral days sgo with a friend, B, D. Eaton, In search of recreation. He was in southern California on a leave of abaewe In an attempt to rfgwo bjs btAltt. He had not been visiting the fam ous Mt. Wilson observatory at ths time of the secklant but merely was wandering along some of the num erous mountain trail which criss cross the pak. Dr, Troland, born In Norwich, Conn., graduated from ths Mas sachusetts Institute of Technology and held other degrees from Harvard and Bomdoln. For two yeirs, he was a research engineer for the Oeneral Electric company and In 1016 be came a member of the Harvard fac ulty, six years later he became an PORTLAND, May 27. (AP) A lime processing plant with an an nual capacity of 600.000 tons will be operation near Dallas within alsv wecks, according to Max Oehlar. dir ector of the state department of ag riculture who revealed plans for large scale use of procesned limestone to -eliminate acidity of soli In some Willamette valley sections, thus In creasing the productivity of the soli. The plant, for which machinery now la on the way to Oregon from the east, will be located eight miles southwest of Dallas. The limestone deposit near Dallas, Oehlar said. Is or hign quality and Is great enough to met all demands for many years. BAKER AND DOLP IN SEMI-FINALS DRY LAW REPEAL SPRmOFIKLD, III., May 27. p) Former Oovernor Len Small, Repub lican nominee for governor, told the Republican state convention today he was for repeal of ths 18t amend ment. His declaration came soon after the keynoter, snd temporary ejjslr msn. Prank L. Smith, a "persons! dry." urged the delegates to adopt a platform plank for resubmlstlon of the liquor question to ths states and blamed the Democrats for plac ing the 18th amendment In the con supported by Illinois Antl-flaloon lea stltution. Small In former years has been gue as a "dry." Billion For Bank Guarantee Favored WAMFIINOTON, May 27. ip, Ea tanlishmfnt or a billion dollar fund to guarantee bank dnoMts was ap proved today by the houie. Without a record vote the 8 tea gall bank deposit guaranty bill waa pass ed despite administration opposition, msny House Republicans voting with Democrats. Half of the guarantee fund would come from the recon struction corporation and the r malOajion) Other souroeij PORTLAND, Ore.. May 27. (API Dr. O. P. Willing and Johnnv Robblns. and Dr. Cliff Baker and Prank Dolp were paired In the 38 hole semi-finals of the Oregon Golf association's ninth annual tourna ment today. Dr. Baker of Kalama, Wash., the dark horse of the tournament, de feated the. veteran Rudie Wllhelm of Portland, six times champion, 4 and 2, Thursday. Dolp, of the famous golfing fam ily, defeated Douglas Blcol, S and 6; Robblns finished 8 up on L. J. Nichols, and Dr. Willing took Joe Brown, 4 and 3. In the women's championship flight competition. Miss Jean Plage man, Multnomah, defeated Marian McDougall, Waverley, in a thrilling struggle. Miss Plageman won on the 17th green by halving the hole In par. Flora Jnne McBrlde, Waverley, continued her winning stride to de feat Mrs. Spencer Hlnidnle, 2 and 1 Mrs. B. B. Honkln, Columbia, and Mrs. Mae Wllklns, Multnomah, went to the lBth tee where Mrs. Wllklns threw It away by driving two balls out of bounds. Mrs. A. O, Callan, Portia nd, won over Mrs, Martin Hunter, 2 and 1. Other results of the womens flight mntchci Included Miss Ann Stange, La Grande, who defeated Mrs. Marshall Wright, 2 up. Miss StAiiga Is paired today agalnat Mrs. R. W. Williamson, Multnomah. BROMLEY STARTS FOR SEA FLIGHT DALLAS. Texss, May 27. (AP) Harold Bromley, flying a monoplane propelled by a Diesel motor, left here before dawn today on a planned three-hop test flight In. prepara tion for a trans-Pacific Jump Seaitte to Tokyo for a prUe of 30.- ooo. His plana, ss announced here were for a non-stop Journey to New York; a non-stop flight from New York to Loa Angeles, and a non slop lump from Los Angeles to Se attle. The aviator who previously failed In an attempt to span the Pacific, planned to fly to New York by the way of Texarkana and Memphla. tall, lender Train, PENDLETON, Ore, May 27. (AP) Roby Mulilns, of Measner, was brought to a local hospital yester day after having fallen under a train there In an attempt to board It. His left foot waa amputated follow ing hla arrival at tUe taoanlia, HOPEWELL, it' J,."fcfay"37. (AP)" Col. Charlea A. Lindbergh la ready to take a persons! hand In the prosecution of John H. Ourtli for the hoax to which Curtis has con fessed. He has expressed to Prosecutor Anthony Hauck. who win have charga or tne prosecution of Curtis, "In termediary" in the famous kidnap ing caae, his wllllninesa to taka the witness stand If Curtis Is In dicted. Just what action haa been taken ' by Hunterdon county grand Jury has not i been officially announced. It la generally understood that the (Continued on Page Nine) FOUR LIVES LOST NEW LONDON, Conn.. Mbt 27 (AP) The steamers Oreclan and Chatanooga collided In fog off Block Island today, the Oreclan sinking with a loss of four lives. The Chattanooga rescued the re maining 32 members of the Oreclan'i crew and during the morning the oowes or tnree of the four men lost were recovered by one of the coast guard craft rushed to ihe scene at first report of the accident. The Chattanooga, which left New York for Boston last night, pro ceeded for Boston with the rescued after reporting that her own pas sengers and crew were uninjured. . WILL- ROGERS BKVEIUA' JIILLS.-Cal., Muy 2G. Congress aud the senata ara wonrlpriiiu if they will be through in time for their va rious conventions. Now the question arise in our time tho name as in Sliake- Hpenre'a (or some other old- timer) "to be in acssion or not to be in noshinn. That is tha fluent ion; whether it is better to suffer with or without con gress and the seriate." Most folks say "let them suf fer likn they have made ns suf fer," but to keep a politician from his convention is just like Inking iee cream away from a kid. H's liable to make 'cm so mad there is no telling what they will pass.