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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1933.
No. 156.
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The Weather
Forecast Cnsettled with showers to
nlfht and Friday. Moderate tem
perature. Highest yesterday c
Louest this morning 40
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Comment
on the
Day's Nezvs
By FRANK JENKINS
GOVERNOR MEIER asks for the
resignation of O. h. Starr, chair
man of the board of Ulster educa
tlon. Hl purpose, obviously. 1 to
put an end to the row that has de
veloped in the board.
In that purpose, he will be sus
tained by public opinion In Oregon.
. Higher education In thu stot has
troubles enough in these days with
out having to undergo the further
handicap of a row In the board.
The governor la to be congratu
lated for moving decisively.
I-JAMOM ORAU SAN MARTIN,
I Cuba's third president within a
month, hands In his resignation.
Cuba's economic troubles are aa
grave aa ours. Try to think what a
mess we would be In If we had had
three presidents since the first of
August.
Our system may have Its fault.,
but It la better than the Latin-American
system.
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THE International City Managers
association, meeting In Chicago,
passes a resolution asking swifter ac
tion on the three billion dollar pub
He works program.
If we don't GET swifter action, the
emergency that was Intended to be
met by the public works program will
have passed, and we will have no
need for It.
So most of us. find ourselves In
complete sympathy with the city
managers.
STATE .highway expenditure in the
United States In 1933 amounted
to 955.446,000. according to an bu-
nouncement Just given out by the
bureau of public roadsof the depart
ment of agriculture..
Of this amount, $816,765,000 was
expended for construction and main
tenance of highways. Interest on
bonds and notes and miscellaneous
expense. .
Other expenditures, such aa prin
cipal payments on bonds, transfers
to local authorities and obligations
Imposed by law. total 1386B1,000.
NOTE, please, that out of approxi
mately a billion dollars spent on
roads for all purposes less than $100,
000,000 for certainly transfers to lo
cal authorities and obligations im
posed by law must have amounted
to more than $38,000,000 went for
redemption of bonds.
We are running Into debt pretty
fast, and getting out rather slowly.
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MAINTENANCE of state highway
systems, which Include 358 210
miles of main highways, gave employ
ment throughout the year to an av
erage of 160,000 men.
This was direct employment. It Is
estimated that for every man DI
RECTLY employed on the highways
two others were Indlcetly employed
In supplying and transporting ma
terials and machinery.
That Is something to remember.
THIS writer, who Is probably a road
crank and therefore not to be
taken too seriously, Is of the opin
ion that if the entire three billions
contemplated by the public works
program were spent on highways we
would get more In the way of per
manent benefit from the money than
by fpendlng It In any other way.
ANOTHER highway figure that Is
Interesting:
More than B0 per cent of the
money spent by the states on their
highway systems last year was ob
tained from motor vehicle fees and
gasoline taxes.
That la to say, the owners of auto
mobiles are paying for the roads they
F. R. RECOVERED
WASHINGTON. Sept. 31. fAPt
Pre.dnt Roosevelt resumed his rec
ulur routine today at the White
Hnus. rompletely recovered from the
told an, slizht fever whtch bothered
him the early part of the week.
The fever which came bark yester
day had dlFsppeared this morning.
It was so slight last nlcht the presl
rent disregarded advice of a physic
ian and kept a dinner encasement
rith .'jrrrs M. Cox, former governor
of cv.w whom he visited until
titer midniHt,
TRIAL OF BAILEY
BY REVELATIONS
Federal Detectives Tell De
tails of-Capture 'Ma
chine Gun' Kelly Said to
Have Visited Farm Home
TOPKKA, Kan., Sept. 21. (AP)
A Kidnap pint In which his 16
j car-old daughter, Pecgy Ann, was
to hare been held a prisoner until
he granted executive clemency t
,o members of the notorious Har
vey Bailey-Wilbur Underfill! .gang
now confined In the Kansas peni
tentiary was made public today
by Gov, Alf. M. Landon.
OKLAHOMA CITY. Sept. 31. (AP)
Ranking government Investigators of
the southwest pictured for a Jury to-.
day their part In the roundup of 12
defendants In the Charles P. Urschel
kidnaping case while new threats
were reported received from George
(Machine Gun) Kelly, fugitive sought
for the abduction.
In addition Herbert K. Hyde, Unit
ed States district attorney. Intro
duced In a statement by Armon
Shannon, one of the defendants, the
first direct admission that Kelly and
Albert Bates, the latter on trial here,
used the Shannon family's property
near Paradise. Tex., to hide Urschel
nine days in July until $200,000 in
ransom was paid.
Agent Tells of Coup
The stories of Gus T. Jones, head
of the San Antonio bureau of inves
tigation of the department of Justice,
and of E. J. Lowd, head of the Dallas
bureau, brought out the details of
how the government centered Its
search for the kidnapers, swooped
down upon the Wise county, Texas,
farm to make four of the five princi
pal captures and dug out the factors
on which the government depends
largely for a conviction.
, Aa the court was formally opened a
disheveled man of about 35 ' burst
Into the room and demanded a
chance to speak for a few minutes.
"It's the most Important thing I can
ever say," the man said as officers
hustled him from the room.
Later questioning developed he was
Fred Coleman, son of the elderly T.
M. Coleman of Stratford. Okla., whose
home has been described as a hang
out of the kidnap defendants.
Kelly Threat Told
"He told me George Kelly, the ma
chine gunner we have not been able
to capture, had visited his home last
night and threatened his life," said
District Judge Edgar S. Vaught after
the man had been taken to his
chambers.
The officers said they believed he
was "grandstanding" for the benefit
of the defendants.
Coming Just after a dire threat
against Urschel and his family had
been made in a leUrr signed with the
name and fingerprints of Kelly, the
unscheduled drama created a furore
for a time.
The defense indicated It will seek
to show that Harvey Bailey, whose
capture on the Texas farm of R. G.
Shannon was a hlghpolnt of Jones'
narrative, knew nothing of the kid
naping until after It was all over.
Ben Laska, attorney for Albert
Bates, accused of being one of the
sctual kidnapers, said he had not de
cided what defense he will make.
"The state of Oklahoma blew up
my intention of pleading Bates guil
ty," he said, "by announcing It will
charge him with robbery with flre
hrms, which carries a death penalty."
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FOR NEXT SHIFT
IN CUBAN SCENE
HAVANA. Sept. 31. (AP) The
United States destroyer No. 240. with
her marines and sailors drawn up In
formation on the deck, and the
American ammunition ship nltro en
tered Havana harbor today as oppo
sition groups pressed their demand
that the government of Provisional
President Grau San Martin resign.
Anti-American sentiment wis ex
pressed in a demonstration by a
fmall group of Cubans who assem
bled before the home of James Ward
Stickney. The demonstrators shout
ed "down with the Americans t" but
left peacefully after a short time.
Prisoners brought In from Cama
guey province, where Captain Juan
Bias Hernandez U leading a revolt
affatnst the Grau government, report
fd that the Insurgents totaled 2000
men. Previous reports have said that
there were only a few hundred In the
field with Captain Bias.
HKUSINOPORS. Finland. Sept. 21. j
I API Colonl and Mrs. Charles A. j
Lindbergh made plans for continuing
their airplane trip today subject to !
her recovery from an Indisposition I
that attended their arrlvsl hTe from
Stockholm. In the nii'-'n'-e of a def i
mil nnnoinirervent it ss thought
t&ey mig'at 11; nt to Leningrad. L
COAL CODE FIGHT
ROSE FROM PUS
I 9
'Honest John' Lewis, Presi
dent of Mine Workers'
Union, Has Had Spectacu
lar Career in Long Strife
By ARTHUR r. P FOR EVE,
(united rres correspondent )
WASHINGTON. Sept. 21. ( UP )
Back in the 90's a sturdy coal miner,
blacklisted because of union activi
ties, led his family from a small Iowa
town In search of free speech and a
Job.
Today, one of the sons of the miner
heads the largest and most powerful
union In the world. He Is John L.
Lewis, president of the United Mine
Workers of America.
Miner In Youth.
The short, squatty mine leader rose
to power after spending 17 years of
his youth and early manhood In coal,
copper and gold mines. His powerful
shoulders and arms reflect his train
ing. He has Just emerged victorious from
one of the most important battles
of his career the coal code fight
which he expects to lead to unioni
zation of almost the entire bitumi
nous coal Industry. Yet he will not
consider lucrative offers to leave the
mine union leadership.
"Once a miner, always a miner."
he explains.
The msn who will rule over the in
dustrial lives of more than BOO.OOO
men often turns to the philosophy
of the old masters for solution of
labor problems that seem hopeless.
Knows the Classics.
He quotes eastly from the classics,
but his speech Is filled with words
of action and he speaks bluntly and
honestly. To the begrimed miner and
the immaculate operator he Is known
as "Honest John" Lewis.
The story of the Influential union
he heads Is one of 43 years of strife.
More than 1000 workers have given
up their lives In Its defense since a
small group of men met In Colum
bus, O., in. 1890 to pioneer the move
ment. Men have been sent to their death
by machine gun bullets with a prayer
on their lips, spoken in a foreign
tongue. Skulls have been smashed
and state troops have stood In front
of doors of the crude miners huts.
In the great anthracite strike of
1902. the union made Ita first serious
bid for recognition. Months passed
with the operators adament. Miners,
wives and families moved about, faces
gaunt, In ragged clothing, their huts
cold.
Rooseielt Intervened.
Finally President Theodore Roose
velt Intervened. He created the
anthracite coal commission, which
laid down a code for the Industry.
The anthracite board of conciliation,
named subsequently, still Is function
ing. The miners lost the fight for union
(Continued on Page Three)
FREAKSTORM HITS
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 21. (AP)
Small craft warnings were flying at
coaat weather stations today aa a
new atorm bore down on the Col
umbia river district. The wind waa
rising steadily. '
A freak atorm late yesterday killed
one man and caused considerable
damage before It blew Itself out.
Virgil Davis. 38, of Molalla was killed
by lightning. With H. H. Klnchloe,
he was cutting wood on the S. P.
Lowe farm. He sought refuge under
a tall Ifr tree. A bolt of lightning
struck the tree, ripped down Its
trunk, killed Davis Instantly and se
riously hurt Klnchloe.
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IN PLAi SMASH
QUTNCY, HI, Sept. 31 UF Wiley
Post, round the world flier, was se
verely injured, when his plane, the
Winnie Mae, crashed today at the
Quinsy airport as he was taking off
for Davenport, Iowa.
Post was rushed to a hospital, where
Dr. E. L. Chaddlck eald hit Injuries
were severe but not critical.
The Winnie Mae. in which Post
flew around the world in seven day.
18 hours and 50 seconds, will have to
be rebuilt. Post is on a speakinc
tour. ,
Post was able to crawl unassisted
from the plane and to survey th
damage of his first serious acclden.
ROSEBURO. Ore., flept. 31. (VP)
liouls J. Taber of Columbia. O.. na
tional grange master, mill arrive in
Oreaon. October 6. according to Dr.
C. H. Bailey, editor of the State
riranae Bulletin. Taber will address
a me-tlng at Klamath Palls. October
-i at Eugene the following after
noon, j
BASEBALL
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-rAP)
The Senators -clinched the American
league pennant today by defeating
St. Louis, 3 to 1. The victory put
them beyond the reach of the New
York Yankees, who were Idle today.
The victory was Washington's 97th
of the season against 49 defeats. The
Senators can lose the six remaining
games on their schedule and still fin
ish a game ahead of the Yankees,
who have chalked up 87 victories and
55 defeats so far and have eight games
to go.
The score:
R. H. E.
St. Louis 17 0
Washington ...... 3 6 0
Batteries: Hadley and Shea; Stew
art, Knott and Sewell.
Anicrlt-an.
R. H. E
Detroit 10 15 0
Philadelphia 8 1
Auker and Pasek: Marcum, Dietrich,
Peterson, Mahaffey, Coombs and
Hayes, Cochrane.
EUGENE,' Sept. 2 1 . P) The first
hunting ratality of the season in Lane
county occurred this morning when
Kelton Crampton of Bellfountaln was
killed while hunting on the Sluslaw
below Wolf creek.
Meager details of the accident were
received here today. Sheriff C. A
Swarts and Coroner Charles P. Poole
left for the scene of the shooting
but had not reported this afternoon.
Crampton was reported to have
been hunting with a party of six
men. The accident was reported
here at noon.
HOOD RIVER, Ore., Sept. 31. (p)
The death in a hunting accident of
Edward Volstroff, 29, son of Plre
Chief J. P. Volstroff of Hood River
was reported in a telephone message
today from the Long Creek district
in the John Day valley. Details of
the- accident were meager but It was
believed Volstroff discharged his rifle
when he stumbled over a log. He
was accompanied on the hunting trip
by his brother Russell, and Harold
Pemberton and Rudy Sal qu 1st.
FISHERMEN RESUME
COLUMBIA OPERATION
ASTORIA, Ore.,, Sept. 31. (API
Several thousand boats operated by
Oregon and Washington fishermen,
resumed their places on the glllnet
drifts of the Columbia river today
after a week-old strike collapsed lato
Wednesday when the union fisher
men decided to accept proposals of
the packers, and go back to work.
UNION PROVISIONS OF NRA
BRING NEW YORK STRIKES
NEW YORK, Sept. 31. (AP)
Strikes Involving about 100,000 work
ers were In progress in New York city
today and & walkout of transit em
ployes appeared a possibility.
The American Federation of Labor,
through its affiliate In the street
transportation Industry, prepared to
seek a showdown between A. P. of h.
unionization of 30,000 workers and
ha company union policy maintain
ed at present.
Patrick J. Shea, official of the
Amalgamated Association of Street &
Electric Railway Employee and Motor
Coach Operators, announced his
Gold Hill Fair Program
Friday Morning
10:30 Parade, including: children' peta, and float of busi
ness houses.
11:30 Program at city hall hy school children immediately
following parade.
12:00 to 2:00 Basket lunch on ciiry hall grounds. Coffee
served free.
Friday Afternoon
2:00 to 5:00 Inspection of displays, which' will be at city
hall.
5:00 to 7:30 KRKE SALMON BAKE at hall.
Friday Evening
8:00 Special entertainment by musicians from Klamath
Falls at pavilion.
9:30 till 2 anyhow Big Dance at pavilion.
Saturday Morning
9:30 to noon Races on ball grounds.
12.00 to 2:00 Ba-ket lunch with free coffee at city hall
grounds.
Saturday Afternoon
2:00 Ball game marriej men vs. single men.
Gold panning conti st and horseshoe pitching contest
will follow bull game.
Big Danes at Pavilion in Evening
THREATENSTRIKE
Secretary of Agriculture As
sailed at Convention Iowa
Union Corn, Hog Reduc
tion Plan Held Stupid
DES MOINES, la., Sept. 31. (AT)
A threat of a farm strike, ooupled
with a demand for the "Immediate
resignation" of Secretary of Agricul
ture Henry A. Wallace, waa heard aa
members of the Iowa Farmera Union
met In annual convention.
The threat waa voiced by the or
lanlzatlon's state president, Glenn B.
Miller, who told the convention In
his annual address last night that
unless currency Inflation and other
methods of farm relief are forthcom
ing soon, there would be a farm
strike that would "overshadow any
thing ever seen In this country."
ret It Ions Seek Ouster
petitions demanding seoretary
Wallace'a resignation were circulated
and Miller, both In hla annual report
and addreaa aa president assailed the
secretary, aa well as the state and
federal administrations and the
method of crop and llveatock reduc
tion now being used under the agri
cultural adjustment act.
"Henrv Wallace" said the speaker,
"seems to have forgotten everything
he ever learned or ever aald In this
state and he now declares that sur
pluses exist. However In 1033 when
he appeared before the cost-finding
committee which was preparing fig
ures on cost of production he aald
that there cannot be an overproduc
tion of food and clothing as long as
there are people who are freezing or
In bread lines."
ling Plan Held Stupid
The corn-hog reduction program of
the administration was described by
Miller aa "the most stupid bit of
Ignorance I ever heard of."
"If people are given Jobs," he aaid.
these surpluses will be eaten up In
00 days."
IS
ARROW PIERCES EYE
TACOMA, Wash.. Sept. 31. (UP)
A toy arrow penetrating the eye of
seven-year-old Lawrence Watera of
Olympla today ended a game of "In
dian." The lad died a few hours
after an operation performed In an
effort to save his eye.
He was atruck in the eye by an
arrow while playing with frlenda near
his home In Olympla.
union had organized men on subway,
elevated, surface and bus lines.
He said his union would file a re
quest with the NRA asking a plebis
cite to determine whether the men
preferred company unions or the A.
F. of L. union. He said failure of the
companies to abide by the result and
recognize the union chosen would
bring strikes.
A strike of 8000 House wreckers
over difficulties of code negotiations
In Washington threatened today.
Among strikes still in progress were
one involving 25,000 underwear work
ers and another involving 15.000
painters and paperhsngers.
WOMAN ON TRIAL
Mrs. Lillian Chesten (right) of East Alton, III., went to trial at
Edwardaville, III., with her husband and four other co-defendants
charged with the kidnaping of August Luer, wealthy packer of Alton,
III. The state sought the death penalty. Mrs. Chesten Is being escorted
to court by a deputy. (Associated Press Photo)
Pioneers in Reunion Told
Nation Now Needs Men
With Spirit Like Theirs
By Eva Nealon Hamilton.
The echo of voices, long hushed, -that endured and encouraged In that
long trek across the plains, . The call of the ox driver, who urged -hla
couragebusVafavan 6nward to sew the first seeda of civilization in the
Oregon country, sounded again today in Jackson county, when more than
100 members and descendants of that undaunted band gathered before
the open fire In Ashland's pioneer cabin for the fifty-seventh reunion of
Southern Oregon Pioneers.
Reviving the memories of those dif
ficult days, when the covered wagon
took the Oregon trail, leaving beside
It the bleached bonea of those who
failed to complete their course. Pro
fessor Irving Vlning of Ashland
voiced for men and women of today
the challenge, answered by those esrly
settlers' "Give me men to watch my
mountaina."
Today, as never before, Prof. Vlning
declared, "Oregon and. the nation
need auch men."
"This la the challenge of the fifty
seventh reunion of Southern Oregon
Pioneers to place the philosophy of
the humanitarian Into the hearts of
our people. Then we will honor the
spirit and the memory of those who
laid the foundation of the civiliza
tion that we today enjoy. And only
then.'
"The spirit of the pioneer la the
greatest need of the age," Professor
Vlning continued, after reviewing the
hardships of the wagon trail. "We are
ploneera In a new sense. The old
ordei5 Is changing and we are inaugu
rating a new frontier. Under the
new regime there will also be hard
ships. What sacrifices are to be
made, we are unable to judge. But
Its going to require all the fortitude,
all the faith of the American peo
plo to weather the storm of the new
era. We are facing the greatest chal
lenge today that has been ours. It
msy appear as high to us as the
rockles did to the pioneer mother,
but she carried on.
"The Old Oregon Trail," Professor
Vinlng recalled, "was not laid out by
engineer or surveyor. It was deter
mined by the hsnd of destiny. It was
created by the wild beasts of the
(Continued from Page Ten)
735 CWlS'
OUT OF VALLEY
Pear shipments to data from the
Rogue River valley total 735 car,
according to the Southern Pacific
freight records.
Wind accompanying the showers of
Wednesday did no commercial dam
age, arordlng to Horticultural Agent
U P. Wilcox, Pears were blown off
In some orchards, but the loss was
not general.
Packers and orchardlsts estimate
that half the late varieties of pears
have been harvested and that the
work will continue for the next twa
weeks, at the present rate.
D'AnJous and Boaca are now beln?
picked and parked. The Bartlett
rrop has been completed. It Is esti
mated that between 6.000 and 7.000
tons of Bartletta were shipped, at
an average of 915 to 16 per ton
Picking of Cornice pears will be un
derway next week, to be followed by
Winter Nellls and apples.
A number of orchards report a
hortage of plrk'rs, a condition that
has not prevailed in the past three
1 years.
FOR KIDNAPING
I
Olty and ats.te police wer today
keeping a sharp lookout for Joa Lu
cas, 24, escaped trusty from tha Ore
gon atate penitentiary, who last eve
ning about 8 o'clock made hla get
away from the atate Institution.
Lucas had made hla home In Med
ford until last fall, and was the son
of Katherlne Twlgg Lucaa. who drop
ped dead at the Rogue River can
nery here September 8.
Lucas, Accompanied by a guard
from the penitentiary, was allowed to
come to Medford Monday, September
11, for the funeral of his mother,
which waa held at the Perl Funeral
Home. According to officers, Lucas
was only here for a short time, and
during the funeral eat with the fam
ily. He was under guard, however,
at all times.
Coroner Prank Perl said this after
noon that at the funeral he did not
know that Joe Lucas was under
guard, and had Just assumed he was
a resident of the city of Salem who
had come here for the services.
. Captain Lee M. Bown of the state
police aald this afternoon' that hla
office was advised that Lucas Just
left the grounds of the state peni
tentiary last night. The captain
stated that the highway and roads
were being guarded In the northern
part of the state In the vicinity of
Salem.
Lucaa was sentenced to the state
prison last November from Umatilla
county for a term of two years on
a charge of burglary not In a dwell
ing. While a resident or Medford,
Lucsa operated a spray rig and,
according to Chief of Police Clatous
McCredle. had no police record dur
ing hla residence here.
The escaped convict has three sls
tera residing In Medford Mrs. J. P.
Moley. Mrs. Philip Hoffman and Miss
Oeneva Lucas. He also has three
brothers John of Medford, Arden of
Alturas and Eugene of Pendleton.
Lucas' addreaa from the peniten
tiary waa listed as 628 North River
side avenue, Medford.
SALEM, Sept. 21. (AP) Search
continued today for Trusty Joseph
Lucsa, who escaped from the state
penitentiary dormitory last night.
He was committal on a burglary
charge from Umatilla county in No
vember, 1033, to serve a two-year
sentence.
Lucas escaped from the trusty dor
mitory outside 'the penitentiary walla
Just before the 8 o'clock count.
He ws considered a .good prisoner
and had allghtly more than four
montha to serve until he would be
eligible with "good time" to release
ir am Ui orison, official aald.
COUNTY FARMERS
WOULD LIKE SEAT
E
Sweet, Pankey, Conger and
Morris Said to Be Among
Prominent Candidates for
Gov. Meier's Appointment
The political pot In Jackson coun-
ty, which has been simmering for
several weeks over appointment to
the two vacancies m the legislature,
from this county, has now spread to
the country, and a movement has
been launched for the naming of at
least one and. If possible, two far
mers to the posts. Heretofore thn
mentioned have been confined to the
The governor haa Indicated ts.
would call & special session of the
legislature for the last of October
and limited to ao davs. The .i.k
county vacancies occurred when Rep.
. nu named county Judge,
and Edward C. Kelly went to Wash-
Kion, u. v., on a federal appolnt-
Meetlng Held
A meeting of farmera mi h.i i
Jacksonville recently for the purpose
of adopting a few resolutions, and
f.v.b legislative prospect, but
from all reporta It waa not much of
n. aucceas. and no definite action waa
taken. The meeting was not under
the ausplcea of any form organisa
tion, and the Orange is. reported as
....un..ucu mow taxing a hand.
Among the candidates mentioned
for the legislature, who till th. .n
are L. M. Sweet of Sams Valley. Tom"
-mrai roint, Henry Con
ger of the Jacksonville district, and
w. E. (Shorty) Morris of the Table
Rock area, John Anderson of the
Tolo-Central Point district, Is also
mentioned, but Anderson la reported
aa needing considerable urging to
enter politics, aa he haa cows to milk
and plowing to-do. He haa been one
of the active conservative workers for:
farm benefit for some time. Sweet
and Morris were candidates at the
last primary for county commissioner.
Sweet ran on a platform to "uphold
'.he Meier policies." conger has been
active In agricultural matter, for
some time also, victor Bursell. of
Central Point, former county com
missioner has also been mentioned
but point blankly refuses to accept
or consider It.
flovcrnor Knows Angles
The governor, well acquainted with
the political temperament of this
oounty, and the Inside facts of the'
late turmoil, la likely to approach the
situation with due caution and delib
eration. His policy has been to mske
hla appointees from conservative cltl
yens of established stability, and do
ing his own thinking In making the
selection. :t la reasonably sure that
one of the appointee will be from
the north end of the county, and a
practical working farmer, and the
other will be from thla city. The
south end of the county haa George
Dunn, a farmer. In the senate.
On the democratic side of the
fence, there are not many aspirants.
Attorney Porter J. Neff being the
most prominent one. The Democrat
feel Inasmuch a Kelly waa elected a
a Democrat, one of the same political
faith should be named to fill out hla
term. J. p. Wortman, Phoenlg farmer-banker,
Is also mentioned. Wort
man offered himself aa a legislative
candidate, when a Democrat had no
chance cf election. His friends feel
he Is entitled to a roward for that
political heroism and sacrifice.
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ROOSEVELT PLANS TO
ATTEND LEGION MEET
WASHINGTON, Sept. 31. (fl)
President Roosevelt today Informed
Louis Johnson, national commander
of tne American Legion, he hopes to
attend the Legion convention In Chi
cago, October 3-S.
W ILL-
ROGERS
nvC
'says:
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Sept.
20. "Mr. Hoover meets re
porter but won't discuss na
tional topics." The rest of us
discuss 'em morning, night and
noon and I don't suppose there .
ever was a time when every
body knew as little about what
they were talking about as
they do today.
Actual knowledge of the fu
ture was never lower but hope
was never higher. Confidence
will bent predictions any time.
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