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MEDFORD, OREGOX, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1932.
No. 63.
Medford Mail Tri
IUNE
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
1 1 lilt senate o( the United Btatea
t finally passes the' tax bill, and
whether you like the bill or not you
must agree, If you are fair-minded,
that under the circumstances It Is
about the best that can be done.
The circumstances are these:
This la a campaign year, and In
campaign years It la politically nec
essary to make It appear that taxes
are levied on the FEW. Instead of
the many.
5P YOU are wise, you won't let your
self be fooled, but will realize that
no matter how taxee are levied the
BURDEN of them Is borne by us all.
The sooner we come to realize that
fact, the more clearly we shall be
able to think on the aubject of taxa
tion. WITH the tax bill out or tne way,
congreaa must turn Its atten
tion to cutting Btlll further the cost
of government. One way to cut the
cost of government Is by reducing
salaries paid to government employee
Including congressmen.
Thla writer, speaking merely tor
Jiimself, can see no good reason why
In times such aa these employes of
the government should not share,
along with the rest of us, In the
general reductlona of Income that
have been brought about by condi
tions over which we have no control.
Can you? ' ,
GERMANY threatens to go fascist,
and on the day thla news reaches
the United Btatea toe New York stock
exchange baa a sinking spell, prices
of securities dropping sharply.
But on the eame day prices on the
Berlin bourse which Is the European
name for the atock exchange RI8E
sharply, favorite shares, an Associated
Press dispatch Informs us. soaring
from five to eleven points.
.
WHAT does that meant
Thla writer, speaking frsnkly,
doesn't pretend to know, not posing
as an authority on auch things. But
at least It seems reasonable that If
Germany Isn't frightened by the pros
pect of fascist control of her affairs
we shouldn't be.
u
THAT la fascism, you ask?
Well, without going Into detail,
Mussolini la a fascist, and la backed
and kept In power by Italian faaclste.
Italy, under Mussolini, hss been do
ing fully aa well aa other European
countries rather better thsn the av
erage, It appeara from this distance.
So fascism might not altogether be
ruinous to Germany.
FASCISM Involves' the Idea ol dic
tatorship, and thla writer, on
general principles, doesn't care much
for dlctatora. But Europe Is used to
them, Saving had many dlctatora In
the past.
So If Europe wante MORE DICTA
- TORS, why ahould we be scsred Into
a blue funk?
A FAIRLY ssfe rule for us to fol-
low la to mind our own busl
ness, and let Europe mind hers. Every
time we try to mix Into Europe's af
fairs, we get Into trouble.
o
VER In Ontsrio, on the far esst-
rn border of Oregon,
a woman
dlea at the advanced age of 103,
which is certainly a ripe old age.
That atory, some wsy, seems to
have something lsoklng. It would be
more fsmlltsr If It Included the stste-
ment that during the greater part
of her life she smoked and drank.
Perhaps the correspondents over
looked something.
B
UT thla aged woman of Ontario
was not without distinction,
For the Isst ten years,
we read,
she hsd celebrated .her blrthdsy an-
nlversary by running a footrace with
her guests, end on frequent occasions
she WON the race.
That la something to be proud of.
IT IS a fine thing to live to be 103
and remain active and full of In-
terest In life clesr up to the end.
It la a TERRIBLE thing to grow old
and lose Interest In life.
If you' are wise, you will keep up
an active and Intelligent Interest In
everything that la going on around
you. If you will do that, old age
will hold no terrors for you.
1
345 Graduate at
Salem Exercises
SALEM. June S (API Orsdus
tion exsrciaea for 345 high school
seniors, the lergest graduating class
of the Salem high school l hiitorr.
were held here today. Burt Browr.
Bsrker. vice-president of the Univer
sity of Oregon, delivered the princi
pal address.
Csrolton Jim Oould purchased
Carol toa Herald.
10 RAUHREI
Gigantic Security Investing
Corporation in Process of
Formation
chases Will
First Pur-
Be Bonds!
WASHINGTON, June S. (API
Federal officials In close touch with
the country's finances today express
ed "genuine plessure" over the for
mation of a glgantto Investment cor
poration by the Owen D. Young com
mittee in New York.
The corporation wss described by a
high official In the reconstruction
finance corporation aa "a very, very
desirable thing."
NEW YORK. June S, (AP) J. P.
Morgan and company today an
nounced that a glgantlo security
investing corporation, to which 8100,
000,000 has already been aubecrlbed,
wss In the process of formation.
The corporation proposes to make
its Initial purchases In the bond
market. Its policy in acquiring in
vestments must be based In large
measure upon its confidence in final
action by congress in effectively bal
ancing the budget and thus mani
festing Its determination to main
tain Intact the government's credit.
It waa explained.
Causea Rally.
One of the most substantial ral
lies In a number of montha today
lifted the bond market from Its
recent depths and a long list of
securities recorded gains of from
1 to 6 or more points.
Buoysncy of practically all loan
cstegorlea waa attributed almost di
rectly to reports that a concerted
move would be made by important
financial Interests to stabilize high
grade bonds.
While utilities and industnaia were
firm throughout i the session, the
rails were spectacular leaders In the
upturn.
Blr sum suDscnoea
Thomas W. Lamont, partner In
P. Morgan and company, an
nounced that aubscrlptlons to tne
oorooratlon of 100,000,000 had al
ready been received from a number
of New York banking Institutions
and that financial Inatltutlona in
various narta of the country had
also announced their Intention
of
participating.
. The .following. New York instltU'
tlons have alread aubscrlbed: Chase
National Bank, National City Bank,
First National Bank, Guaranty Trust
comoanv. Bankers Trust company,
Central Hanover Bank and Trust
comoanv. Irving Trust company.
Manufacturers' Trust company. Bank
of Manhattan Trust company, Chemi
cal Bank and Trust company, Ban
nf New York and Trust company,
United States Trust "company, 'Brook-
lvn Trust company, public national
Bank and Trust company, Commer
ctal National Bank and Trust com-
n.nv and Marine Midland -a-rues
comnanv.
Also subscrihing are J. r. mors"
and company,, and Kuhn Loeb and
company. Morgan and company will,
In accordance with tne request
th subscribing Institutions i
r: . .. - . ... .. vi.
under tne general aiiKLwu ..-r-nr
miration's board, act In the ac
quisition and handling of lta In
vestments.
Recover Boy's Body
From Rogue River
GRANTS PASS, June 3. (AP)
The body of Glen oLOp, 33, of Mc
Mlnnvllle. waa found late yeaterdey
in the river near here In which he
drowned May 16 when he and four
othera attempted to row over the
Ament rapids.
Love -Mad Youth Gives
Human Sacrifice to
Pele, Goddess of Fire
WASHINGTON, June S (AP) Ths
nstlonal park service today authoj
Iwd Superintendent E. P. Leavltt, of
ths Hawaiian nations! park, to try to
recover the bodies of William Nunea
and Margaret Enoa from Kllauca
crater.
Nunes, sfter shooting the Enos girl
tossed her body Into the crater and
Jumped In himself. The bodies are
about 900 feet below the surface of
the rim. Leavltt outlined a plan to
lower rangers Into the pit.
An alternate plan was to bury the
bodies where they ere by dropping
dynamite close to them.
HILO, Hawaii, June 8 (AP) Pele,
dreaded fire goddess of Hswsllsns.
hsd clsimed a human aacrlflce of
love and despair today In her tradi
tional home the lava tilled flreplt
of Halemaumau.
Clasping in his arma the body of
the girl who hsd spumed his love,
Wllllsm Nunes. a young Portuguese.
lesped yesterdsy Into the deep pit of
the world's largest active volcano.
He apparently had slstn Vie girl.
Msrgsret Enos. before hurling him
self Into the lava-filled crater where
some believe the ancient Hawallana
once offered human sacrifices to ap
pease the wrath of Pele.
Their bodies lay today side by side
shrouded In sulphurous fumes 800
feet below the brink of the pit on
the slopes of Kilauea,
Two days ago the high school girl
refused Nunes' offer of marriage.
BASEBALL
RESULTS
American.
H. B
10 0
S 1
Be well:
Cleveland
Detroit ....
Bstterlee: Ferrell and
Bridges and Ruel.
R.
..30
New York
Phlladelphli
13 IS 1
Allen,
Dickey:
Rhodes. Brown. Oomea snd
Earnshsw. Mahaffey, Wal-
berg, Krause, Rommel and Cochrane.
R.
a
i
St. Louta
Chicago .
(Ten Innings)
Blseholder and Ferrell: Fr aster and
Berry.
NatlonaL
R. H. E.
Boston
8 14 1
Brooklyn
8 15 3
Batterlea: Frsnkhouse, Cunnlng-
hnm, Csntwell and Spohrer; Clark.
Moore and Lopes.
H.
14
13
Chicago
Pittsburgh 8
Smith, May and Hemsley; Sweton
ic and Grace.
TO FLY ATLANTIC
NEW YORK, June S. (AP) Stan
islaus Hsusner of Newark, N. J., took
off for Warsaw, Poland, from Floyd
Bennett field, 8:46 a. m. (E. 8. T.) to
day. He hoped to maxe It a non
stop flight.
It was Hausner's second start on
the projected solo flight to ths coun-
Attooialai Press Photo
Stanislaus Hausner
try where he was born. Last Satur
day he took off but was forced back
after several hours by unfavorable
weather.
He waa followed Into the air today
by another plane In which his pretty
voune wife rode as psasenger. Thla
plane merely Intended to escort Haus-
ner on the first few miles of his
Journey.
In the second plsne wss also Rev.
Paul Knappek, a Newark priest. Haus
ner's plsne la the old rebuilt nei
lsnca monoplsne, Santa Rosa Maria,
which was originally built (or a Chi
cago ayndlcate which planned an
ocean flight which never material
ized.
Although Hausner's destination-'
Warsaw, he said before leaving the
If conditions necessitated he might
make a stop at London or Paris. He
planned to follow a course sllgntiy
to the south of the steamer lane.
(Continued on Page flU .
Early yesterdsy morning the rejected
suitor kldnsped Miss Knos from the
home of her sister, Mrs. Manual fu-
rado, shooting the ftlster In the .hand
when she tried to stop him.
As authorities reconstructed the
trsgedy, the 30-year-old youth drove
to the brink of Hslemaumau, pre
sumably pleading with the girl to
reconsider his proposal. Falling and
unable to live without her, yet wish
ing to spare his sweethesrt the death
he had chosen for himself, Nunea
presumably shot and killed the 10-year-old
girl before making his dra
matic leap.
His blood-stained automobile was
found on the brink of the fire pit.
In it lay an automatic pistol and a
note. '
Ten minutes to eight," the note
read. "Margaret died instantly. She
did not sulfer. And now Z must
pay."
The possibility arose today that
their bodies msy lay forever In the
bottom of the smouldering lava pit.
Several men volunteered to dare
the tortuous heat of the volrano. but
the 18-year-old girls parents were
undecided wrist to do. The only way
to reach the spot where the two fell,
only 50 feet from the ever -boiling
lava, is by climbing down a rope.
The girl s parents said they might
prefer to leave the two where V-ey
had fallen If there was some maens
of covering them up. Their attti
tude was in deference to the legend
(Continued PQ PM PU),
AS
FLOOD ROARS O'ER
Oklahoma City Swept by
Sudden Rise of Waters
When Rain Records Six-
Inch Fall in Brief Span
OKLAHOMA CITT, June 8. (AP)
Three women vera drowned and
there were unverified Teports of other
deaths a sudden flood swept Ok
lahoma City early today, trapping
scores of sleeping families.
Sent roaring out of their banks by
a half foot of rain, the waters of
the Canadian river and Lightning
creek surged over a wide area In the
southern part of the city. Water
poured through the business district,
Inundating basements, while families
already living In camps for the desti
tute fled, homeless.
The body of a 14 year old girl waa
taken from Lightning creek at South
east 33rd street. J. M Meads, for
mer deputy Aherlff, reported that the
body of a woman about 45 years old
waa taken from a tree on South 21st
street and that of another woman,
about 40, was recovered at South 25th
street and Santa Fe.
L. L. Estes, a south aide resident,
said he saw a woman who was cling
ing to a housetop go down when her
home, floating downstream, collided
(Continued on ege Two)
SELECT DEAN TO
COLLEGE COURSE
SALEM, Ore., June 9. (AP) The
state board of higher education to
day announced the selection of Dr.
M. Ellwood Smith to organize and di
rect the "lower division" curriculum
arrangement under the new system
of higher education. Dr. Smith has
been dean of the school of basic arts
and sciences and director of the sum
mer session at Oregon State .college
since iwia.
Lower division' the board t
nounced, Is a comparatively new term
In Oregon education but will loom
large in the future conduct of the
system. It involves the work of all
freshmen and sophomores, at both
the university and state college, pro
viding a general education.
Unlike other deans selected by the
board, Dr. Smith has no staff, bat
on the other hand all faculty mem
bers teaching non-technical subjects
to freshmen and sophomores will
work under his direction as well aa
of other deans.
Lower division organization Is Im
portant to high school seniors plan
ning .to enter the state college or
university next fall. Dr. Smith said
In Interpreting his arrangements. He
continued:
"The first effect, is to insure for
the entering student some breadth
(Continued on Page Five)
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LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 3. (AP)
Threats to kidnap and harm the
young daughter of Marlene Dietrich
screen star, caused bdy guards to be
plsced about both rhe actress and
her daughter today.
District Attorney Buron Fltta said
a thorough Investigation of th rests
which demanded 10,000, would be
made, but that he was of the opinion
they were the work of "cheep chisel
ars" who were trying to collect "easy
money" and who had no Intention
of harming the little girl, Maria.
Rudolf Sleber, husband of Miss
Dietrich, appeared not to be alarmtd
over the situation, leaving last night
for the Paramount studios near Paris
after a stay of two months in Holly
wood on a leave of absence.
The plot against the actress and
child was revealed through a mlxup
In addresses on letters sent by the
extortionist and disclosed the kid
nspers are attempting their nefarious
scheme at the same time on Mrs,
Egnn Muller, wife of a linen Importer,
and her smsll son. Mrs. Muller re
oelved a letter Intended for Mies Diet
rich, while the actress received one
Intended for Mrs. Muller.
SHOWS DECLINE
SEATTLE. June I (AP) The
West Coast Lumberman, aasoctstlon
today reported 321 mills operated at
JO 8 per cent of capacity for the weet
ending May 38. aa compared with
23 ft per cent the previous week snd
44 1 per cent for the ssme week last
year.
Shipments for the week, reported
by 318 mills, were U7 per cent over
1 oductlon and current new business
waa 6.9 per cent over production. Rait
business, locsl trade snd new expor.
business showed considerable decrees.
as over tee prerloua vtejb
BONUS MARCHERS
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AttotlaUd Pra PAof.
A "bonua army" of World war veteran. Is shown making a transfer at Aurora. Ind., from trucks of
the Indiana national guard for those of the Ohio national guard and highway department aa officials of
the two atatea co-operated to help the veterans in their trek to Washington to plead for payment on
their compensation certificates.
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WASHINGTON, June 8. (AP)
The big push to get 14S names on
the Patman petition to force a house
vote on the bonus at this session
waa carried ahead today by encamp
ed war veterans, while police strove
to provide food and shelter for the
greater numbera of ex-soldlers re
ported hesded here.
With nearly 3000 In the city, of
ficiate laid plana to concentrate all
the Joblesa veterans In Anacostla
near the navy yard. Lumber was
being assembled for temporsry shel
ters. The war department refused
tents.
Among those who arrived last
night was a group of 88 from Min
neapolis, who traveled In a boa car
a bill of lading reading: "Live
stock 55 veterans."
The Patman petition calling up
the bonua bill from the house ways
and meana committee has 118 slgna
turea of the necessary 145. The
veterans sent large delegations to
the house office building to attempt
to obtain the remaining names.
RECEIVED $2676
Klectlon bosrds for the primary In
Jackson county cost 83676.B3, accord
ing to the county clerk'a office. This
waa allghtly In excess of the previous
prlmsry costs, due to the heavy vote
and longer count. This does not In
clude other election costs which will
bring the total up to about half of
the 88000 budgeted for elections this
yesr.
Warrants were mslled toaay to tne
election bosrds out side of this city.
Medford election bosrd warranta can
be procured by calling at the clerk a
office.
Tomorrow la the final day for the
tiling of campaign expenses by the
candldatea aa required by law. Most
of the local candldatea have filed
their expenses. All the precinct com
mitteemen have filed atatementa
showing that they expended nothing.
H. W. Conger today filed tne iiai
of costs for his coronershlp race. It
totaled 8140.80. Hugo W. Daly spent
15.00 In his rsce for constable.
Certificates of election hsve been
forwsrded to all the primary winners.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa., June 8.
(API Lou Gehrig tied the all-time
major league record for home runs
In one game today when ne nit lour
In succession sgslnat the Athletics.
His fourth cams off Roy Mshaffey's
delivery In the seventh Inning.
The only other msjor lesguer who
ever hit four In a row waa Robert
Lowe of the Boston Nationals, who
did It May 30, 1894. Ed Dela,hanty
of the Philadelphia Nationals hit
four In one gsme In 1898 but only
three were oonsecutlve.
P.I.
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NEW YORK, June 8 (AP) In
una onartera In Wall Street, It la
felt the artlon of the Pacific Tele.
nhone at Telegraph Co, In declaring
the regular quarterly dividend of
1.78 on the common stock may be
! taken aa an Indication that the
American Telephone 8c Telegraph Co
hiph .vtntm. It. haa no nresent In
t.ntmn rf ehsnsiin lta own annual
' dividend rets oX .
'CHANGE T CKS FOR WASHINGTON'
UP TO SEABURY,
SAYS ROOSEVELT
NEW YORK, June 8. (AP) Sam
uel Seabury, In a telephone call to
the Hofstadter legislative committee
headquarters this afternoon said a
transcript of. the testimony concern
ing Mayor James J. Walker would be
sent, with an analysis to Oov. Roose
velt next week.
ALBANY, N. Y., June S. (AP)
Governor Roosevelt said today It waa
the duty of the legislative committee
and Samuel Seabury to make chargea
against Mayor Walker "If they be
lieve they hsve a aufflclent causs,"
without waiting to make formal re
port to the next legislature.
The governor'a atAtement was an
answer to published reports tha i Sea
bury, the committee's counsel, In
tended to hold up formal charges
sgalnst the mayor of New York to
give time for Governor Roosevelt to
set on his own Initiative.
The ststement of Governor Roose
velt follows:
'The only Information before the
governor la In the form of very In
complete newspaper stories. It Is
not even clesr from Judge Sesbury's
statement to Chstrmsn Hofstadter
whether he has fully completed the
Investigation. I act In each CAse
definitely, positively and with due
promptness. .
Get the law atralgnt. It is the
duty of the legislative committee and
Its counsel, if they believe they have
sufficient cause, to present evidence
to the proper authorities without
waiting to make formsl report to
next year'a legislature. '
BEND, Ore., June 3. (AP) Pinned
beneath their automotive which had
overturned on The Dalles-California
highway near Lava Butte, Mr. and
Mrs. Amos Wilkes of Redmond suf
fered from shock, bruises end prob
able internal injuries. They were
brousht to a hospital here. The acci
dent occurred last night.
Passing motorists, attracted by
smoke which roiled from the small
overturned car, rescued the couple,
Amelia Given Ovation
On Arrival in France
PARIS. June 8 (AP) Thousanda
of cheering Parlalsns surrounded
Mrs. Amelia Esrhsrt Putnsm when
she reached here thla afternoon from
London by way of Cherbourg, fhe
police hsd a hard time preventing the
crowd from lifting her to their shoul
ders snd carrying her off to her ho
tel. There were many women In the
crowd at the station as the train
rolled In. Aa It came to a halt and
Mrs. Putnam alighted with her arms
full of flowera, the crowd swept the
police and surrounded her.
Tou mske me very happy." she
cried. A member of the Amerlcsn
embsasy stsff pushed through to her
side and led her through a pathway
which the police succeeded In form
ing. Mra. Putnam arrived from England
thla morning and met her husband.
Oeorge Palmer Putnam. American
publisher, who came from New York
on the liner Olympic.
Mr. Putnam hung back modestly
as the greetera acclaimed his wife,
but she Insisted he remain at her side
until the ceremony or welcome hsd
ended and they were able to get away
together.
Mrs. Putnsm crossed the channel
from Southampton In the aumptuoua
motor yacht Evande, owned by C. R.
Falrey, president of the noysi aero
i nautical society. She arrived In Cher-
I bourf at I AS m. to dlaoovex tiat
C. AND E
PACKING PROPERTY
The Growers Exchange, inc.. Myron
Root, manager, has purchased the
packing plant at Fir and Eleventh
streets from the First National bank
of this city, acting as a trustee. The
plant was formerly occupied by the !
O. and E. Co. No figure waa made
public relative to the amount in
volved. The Growers Exchange sustained
the loss of its plant last March, thru
fire, presumably of incendiary origin.
The Bardwell Fruit company wnicn
also sustained losses in the same
blaze, has no announcement to make
at present on future plans.
Payment of Insurance on th losses
sustained In the fire have been made
and .the adjustments were described
as "'ory aatlsfactory."
The Growers Exchimge, Inc., fiaa
taken possession of the O & E. pro
perty, and established an office there.
The plant has a capacity of tea
carloads per day. and la well equip
ped throughout.
The deal for the purchase of the
plant has been pending for several
weeks.
NASHUA. N. H., June 3. (AP)
Vernon Reaver, circus agent, sain to
day that the act of William Allen,
New Jersey negro who found the
body of the kldnsped Lindbergh
baby, would not be shown In sny
New Hampshire or Massachusetts
communities.
His statement followed the action
of threo Maasschusetts cities, Brock
ton. Qulncy snd Lowell, and the New
Hampshire city of Portsmouth In
banning the Allen act within their
borders. He ssld the decision wss
made In view of the public sentiment
demonstrated. v
Mayors Bsker of Brockton and Mc
Orath of Qulncy characterized the
negro'a proposed appearance In their
cities aa "contemptible commercial
ism " The Lowell city council recom
mended that the act be barred there.
the Olympic had been delayed and
she hsd beaten her husband to
Prsnce.
With her were Mr. Pslrey, Amy
Johnson, noted British distance filer,
and a number of friends.
Mrs. Putnsm was greeted at Cher
bourg by the mayor. She wore a
brown ensemble. "I flew the Atlantic
becsuse I thought It wss time some
women should do It." she told the
msvor when he greeted her.
The first thing she plsns to do
when she returns to the United
Ststes, She said. Is to fly her hus
band to California on a business trip.
Mrs. Putnsm motored to Hamble
from 'xmdon yesterday In an auto
mobile from the American embassy In
London. She was a guest of Mr. Fair
ey there before she left at a dinner
at which seversl persons prominent
In British aviation were present, in
eluding Miss Johnson. Sousdron Lesd
er A. H. Orlebar, noted BrltUh speed
flier and the master of Semphlll.
At 7 a. m., Amerlcsn Consul Hora
tio T. Mooers and the Clcomte de si'
hour boarded the yacht In the har
bor here from a tug and extended
greetings to Mrs. Putnsm,
Mr. Putnam arrived aboard the
vacht at 8:30 on another tug, from
the Olympic He dashed to hla wtfe'a
cabin to greet her and remained there
ten minutes.
Later he aald: "I'm terribly proud
of her, but I hops tn-ns-Atlsntle fly
lot won t become a habit with, her,'
TRIES CIRCUS ACT CONTINUE PROBE
MATE
STATE PAIR AS
State Budget Director Sug
gests Abandonment for
Current Year Decision
lip to Agriculture Board
SALEM, Ju ne 8. (AP) --The an
nual Oregon State fMr may sot be
scheduled this year. Suggestion to
eliminate the fair was made today
to Max Gehlhsr, director of sgrl
culture, by Henry M. Hanzen, state
budget director. Financial condi
tions were given as the resson for
urging abandonment of the big agri
cultural event of the year.
The final decision In the matter
will rest with the board of agricul
ture which will meet here June 18,
Gehlhar announced following con
sideration of the auggestlon made
by the budget director in a lengthy
letter.
renders Pec I si on.
Oehlhar had not decided what his
recommendations would be but satd
he would take It under advisement
and reach a decision prior to the
meeting of the board.
The letter to Gehlhsr stated that
the fair last year and the year before
had resulted in deficits, due to over
drafts on the premium lists and
losses sustained by the horse show
and the racing schedule.
The fair is carrying a deficit of
about $8000 Incurred In 1930. and
principal and Interest on outstand
ing bonds amounting to $7400 were
due In October, Hansen's letter
stated. Last year the fair Itself re
turned a profit, but It was absorbed
by the overdraft on the premium
list of about 11,600, It was stated.
The state legislature appropriated
(37.S00 for the fair each year, but
which proved inadequate for the
premium list, aa outlined by the
previous fair board.
Governor Warns.
Hansen further stated that It had
been reported to him that without
the horse show or the racing pro
gram, the fair would be profitable.
He concluded his letter by stating
that If the director of agriculture
should decide to hold the fair, Gov
ernor Meier has warned against cre
ating any deficiency.
Gehlhar said, that several courses
remain open to the agricultural
board. He stated that farmers had
suggested that rather than abandon
the fair entirely,' It be conducted
purely as an agricultural event with
plenty of free amusements, elimi
nating both the horse show and th
racing event.
The courses thus open to tne
board would be elimination of the
fair entirely; arrangements for
purely agricultural event: conducting
the fair In its entirety, but with
a smaller premium list, or the elimi
nation of either the horse show or
the racing event.
STRANGE DEATH
HILLSBORO, Ore., June . (AP)
Inveatlgatora today sought to pene
trate the mane of myatlfylng circum
stances aurroundlng the death of Mrs.
jaiiabeth Koeber. 78, the while main
taming a tight-lipped silence concern
ing their findings.
Despite offlclsl taciturnity, It waa
learned last night that the stomach
of the aged woman had been removed
and sent to the university ol Oregon
medical school at Portland for ex
amination of 1U contents.
Mrs. Koeber died Wednesday two
houra after she had been found, hor
ribly burned, In the basement of the
Free Methodist church parsonage
here.
SAN FRANCISCO, June. 2
When a Lo Angeles guy comes
up here to Frisco it's just
country boy going to town.
You have to take your spurs
off here. Tou can't explain
Frisco. It's just ths Grcts
Garbo of the west.
Just come up through Stan
ford university t Talo Alto
and my son, a student there,
couldn't tell me where Harbert
Hoover's home was. He is
either just dumb or a Democrat
could be both.
See the senate took your
money snd balanced their bud
get. The whole thing is sup
posed to be baaed on what wa
all earn this year. Somebody
is going to get fooled.
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