Medford Mail Tribune
WINNER
Pulitzer Award
FOR 1031
Twenty-ninth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1934.
No. 128.
The Weather
rorecast: Fair tonight and Tuesday;
warmer Tuesday.
Temperature
HlChHt yesterday 5
Lowest thll morning K
t
repLflH
I Ns iIfactional strife
By PAUL MALLON.
(Copyright, 1934, by Paul Mallon)
WASHINGTON, D.. C, Aug. 20.
There has been lot of whispered
speculation about who picked those
aummer collap.
albla houses for
the cold and
blustery subslst
a n c e homestead
project at Ar
'thurdale, W. V.
Some people
a u l p e cted Mrs.
Roosevelt because
It la her pet pro
ject. Others noted
a recent quiet
ehange In per-
yaonnel at the
aubslstence home-
r '
Paul Mallon
atead division here and blamed the
departing officials. Such suspicions
are all wrong.
The nosegay for that Job goea to
Colonel Louis Howe, the president's
Tight-hand man.
Howe Is the greatest kldder of the
administration. He can take It aa
veil aa give It, and he la taking It
bow, especially from the boss, who la
something of a kldder himself at
times.
The truth is that the thing waa
Bot half aa bad as a warmed-up ad
mlnfetratlon crltlo could make It
sound. If he tried to. According to
fair-minded Insiders, here la the way
It happened:
The government was utterly with
out experience In aubslstenca home
atead work. It decided to experiment
with Arthurdale m a very cautloue
way before launching Its program se
riously. Everyone sgreed It was going to be
difficult to get city customers. No
( matter how poor people are, they
-hate to leave the exaggerated pleas
urn of the city the movies, the
crowds and the lights and go off to
live three miles from nowhere.
Howa had soma knowledge of fabrl.
eated camp houses and thought them
tractive. He owned one. At that
posed to be waiting for some shelter
at Arthurdale. Howe tnougnt nc
ret fabricated houses up faster than
any othera and Issued a rush order
for 60.
Everything happened thereafter
which could possibly happen. The
houses were delayed. When they ar
rived, that section of the country waa
In the grip of the coldest weather In
many yeara. The houses were found
to be without proper heating facili
ties for that climate. Apparently, the
manufacturer thought he waa sending
them to Florida Instead of West Vir
ginia, or that they were for summer
use. At any rate, they were unsuit
able.
This spTlng the houses had to be j
put on firm foundations, eniargeu,
properly heated. The cost mounted.
Some say It la 70OO and some mucn
Tlwa. But, whatever the cost, It was
prohibitive for homesteaders. They
could never have paid the government
back for such expensive homes.
All that It really means Is that the
homestead division found It could not
be done that way. There were other
almllar experimental mistakes at
Arthurdale. but they were less enter
taining. They have been marked off
on the government ledger to valuable
experience. No one would have given
them a second thought here except
for the paeana of premature praise
which were lavished on Arthurdale
by overly enthusiastic persons out
side the administrations.
The homestead plannera believe
they have their ArthurdBle laboratory
work completed now. They have found
out how to do the Job. They have
a limit of 2500 on cost of houses and
are confident they can work within It.
Unquestionably they will request
more money at the coming session 01
congress to supplement the 50,000.
000 appropriated thus far.
The administration polltlclana were
not aa happy about the recent pri
mary result aa some of their atate-
menU Indicate, but neither are they
sad.
The only amazing thing to them
was the defeat of Clem Shaver In
West Virginia by a youngster after
Poatmaster-Oeneral Farley tried to
lend Shaver a helping hand. They
knew In advance that Donahey would
win In Ohio. In both cases they tried
to make the best of things by taking
th youngster and Donahey Into the
fold.
Measra. Parley, et al, really believe
they will win In both statea this fall.
Much more serious to them from
a practical Inner tandpolnt was the
victory of Boas Pendcrgsst in the Mis
souri senatorial primary. Up to now
Pendcrnsat hss been or"y a minor an-
novsnce to the Parley clan. If his
man wins the November election, he
will become a major one.
The Tarley boya are supposed to
have had an arrangement with Pen-
dergast up to now allowing him to
veto any objectionable appolntmenta
In his district. That arrangement has
not worked out very well from Par-
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BREAKS 001 ANEW
ON WATERFRONT
Barrage of Rocks Precedes
Firing at Building Where
Columbia Longshoremen
Group Holding Meeting
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 20. (AP)
Bitter, factional strife dating from
the recent coast waterfront strike,
was blamed for a waterfront battle
In which one longshoreman was shot
and killed and another wounded here
today.
Both James Conner, who was killed,
and R. A, Griffin, wounded by a bul
let, were members of the Columbia
River Longshoremen's association
which was incorporated as a rebel
lious, right-wing offshoot from the
International Longshoremen's associa
tion here during the strike.
Attack Tipped Off.
Griffin told police that about 25 or
30 of the Columbia longshoremen were
meeting today when they received a
tip that a group waa on Its way to
attack.
Police were notified, but did not
arrive until after the shooting. A
barrage of rocks was hurled at the
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AL CAPONE GOING
TO ALCATREZ IN
SECRET TRANSFER
ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 30. (UP) Al
Capone, notorious Chicago racketeer,
was enroute today to the federal gov
ernment's New Island prison for
"dangerous' criminals In San Fran
cisco bay, according to reliable re
ports. Capone reportedly was among 43
prisoners who were awakened In their
cells at the Atlanta, federal peniten
tiary before dawn and put aboard a
special train which Is taking them to
San Francisco via New Orleans and
Houston.
Secrecy Sought
Utmost efforts for secrecy sur
rounded the movements. Officials at
the prison referred all queries to the
department of Justice In Washington
where officials said It was against
their policy to discuss convict trans
fers. Statements of prison officials lent
strength to the reports. Deputy War
den J. H. Schoen here replied to
queries: "You'll have to get that In
formation from the department of
Justice at Washington." Officials
normally would be quick to deny the
reports If they were untrue.
Warden A. C. Aderholt of the At
lanta penitentiary wsa "out of town."
He probably accompanied the two car
special train of prisoners.
When the train arrived at New Or
leans last night, federal guards kept
reporters away. One prisoner shouted
that Capone. was "the man at the
sixth window In the first car." A
man resembling the gang leader
waved from that car before a guard
pulled down the window shade.
Served Two Years
Capone hss served more than two
years of his 11 year sentence on in
come tax evasion charges at the At
lanta penitentiary. He hss waged
two unsuccessful fights for liberty on
habeas corpus action In federal
courts.
Prisoners reported in the group
transferred from the Atlanta peniten
tiary besides Capone Included "Frisco
Eddie" O'Brien and Eddie Colson, re
putedly In for train robbery, and
Alvin Crip, former Chicago gunman.
The group leaving here reportedly
waa Joined by 10 convicts from the
Lewlsburg, pa., prison.
Scientists have found evidence
there are four kinds of sugar cane
mosaic, a disease. Instead of one
previously believed.
MUSICAL COMEDY STAR
SAYS HUSBAND SUICIDE
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 20. UP)
Jerry Jarnegln. song composer and
husband of Irene Franklin, musical
comedy star, last night died of gun
shot wound in his home, apparently
having committed suicide.
The composers wife and several
friends were In their home when a
revolver shot was heard. Miss Frank
lin rushed Into the living room and
round her husband dead in a chair.
Across the room, in another ohalr.
was a 38 caliber gun, which Mlae
I Franklin Identified as h-r husband's
I No apparent motive existed for the
i dm
Wealthy Brewer
John 8. LaBatt (right), wealthy brewer, victim of Canada? first random kidnaping, was abducted while
driving his automobile from his summer home near Sarnla, Onto., to London, Out. A note signed "Three
Flnged Abe" threeatened his death within 24 hours unless a ransom of air.0,000 wns forthcoming. He waa
later released and conflicting reports say a very much smaller ransom Has paid. At left Is a view of the La
Batt home. (Associated Press photo)
OREGON'S SUPPORT
ASKED BY
PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 30. (AP)
A strong plea for Oregon to go along
with the administration by electing
democratic state officers wsa made
at the democratic atate picnic In Blue
Lake park yesterday.
"If you turn me and the other
democrat of thla atate down In the
November election, God help Oregon
declared General Charles Martin,
candidate for governor. "The word
will go out through the nation that
one of President Roosevelt's strong
hold the mighty state of Oregon has
forsaken the 'new deal." "
- Congreasman Martin declared "Ore
gon la emerging from her depression.
Ouiitate is one the way to progress.
President Roosevelt baa put us on
the road.
"It ta my great honor to ba the
president's representative In Oregon.
We can cite hla favora for thla great
state In never ending succession.
General Martin said erttlca of his
candidacy say he favora "the power
Interests, how can I be so enthusias
tically In favor of cheap power from
the Bonneville dam?" he asked.
He declared the federal government
should distribute Its own power,
which President Roosevelt said would
be done.
B. P. Irvine, editor of the Journal,
amplified Congrcsaman M a r 1 1 n'a
statement that It has been the "new
deal" that has lifted America from
despair.
An estimated 6000 attended the
picnic.
STEIWER CONFERS ON
CONTROL-OF FLOODS
PENDLETON, Ore., Aug. 30. (AP)
Senator Frederick Stelwer waa here
thla afternoon conferring with mem
bers of the Umatilla river flood com
trol committee.
The committee Is trying to adapt a
program both to Irrigation develop
ment and flood control. Some con
flict haa arisen between flood con
trol and Irrigation proponent.
song writer to commit suicide, his
wife said.
Miss Franklin, when questioned by
police, said she waa unable to re
member whether she found the gun In
her husband's hand and then threw
the gun across the room Into the
chair. Detective said It would have
bvn impossible for Jarnegln to throw
the weapon a distance of fire feet
after shooting himself as he died al
most Instantly.
However, officers were Inclined to
accept a theory of suicide and felt
Mis Franklin threw the weapon
as'.de when she rushed in to find her
i husband dead.
First Canadian
ADJUSTER BARRY
Speaking on "Insurance Adjusting
from the Policy Holders' Viewpoint,"
B. L. Barry, an insurance adjuster,
was guest thla noon at the regular
Kt wants club meeting, and gave a
number of interesting facts concern-;
Ing fire insurance.
Mr. Barry pointed out that there I
Is a time limit of 60 days on filing
proof of loss concerning fires, and
explained how checking over policies
often saved the policy holders largo
amounts of money. Instances In both
Klamath and Jackson counties were
cited by him. Surveys were made,
free of charge, of both Klamath coun
ty and Jackson county insurance pol
icies, by Mr. Barry.
The speaker said that leading in
surance companies have reliable
agents representing them, but termed
about sixty agents In Jackson county
as being unreliable.
"An Ignorantly written Insurance
policy is Just aa vicious to the prop
erty owner as a policy rraudently
written," Mr. Barry eald. "Insurance
companies never pay losses they
would go but of business If they did.
Payments are made from collections
on policies. Charge are based on a
loss ratio of approximately 60 per
cent for losaea, and the other 50 oer
cent for expenses."
Mr. Barry stated that In the opin
ion of the Insurance commissioner,
one-half of fire loss In this country
Is due to incendiarism. Of $100 paid
on fire insurance, 25 is for legitimate
fire losses, leaving 300 per cent of the
loss ratio for the expense of opera
tions. In the figures of the Oregon In
surance department for 1933, four
million dollars are given as the less
ratio on unnecessary fire, such as
incendiarism, carelessness and those
they assume to be such. He said fig
ure from the atate department show
thst of a thousand loMt In the state
during 1033, 997 of these were not
legitimate.
Mr. Barry said thst Medford's fire
department rated second In the state,
and fnatcad of a M -per capita loss
here, a Is the atate average, Med
ford's wa only 11.23 in 1933, the
speaker said- These figures brought
about a substantial reduction In in
su ranee rates for the city.
"Fire prevention depends almost
wholly on the fire departments," h
explained, saying that the local de
partment had made nearly 700 invest
igatlon last year.
E. A. Carroll of Wenatchee, Wash.
of the Federal Depositors Insurance
company; W. W. McAllister and Dr.
S. J. Moffatt, both of Medford, were
g ueU at the luncheon.
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Dizzy Dean Back
In Good Standing
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 30. (AP) Dizzy
Desn, star pitcher of the St. Louis
Cardinals, wa restored to good
standing late today arter a hearing
before Keneaaw Mountain Landls,
baseball commissioner, but the 9100
fine assessed against him for missing.
sn exhibition game In Detroit was j
allowed to stand. I
EB SUHH R FI6MT
w
Kidnap Victim
ELKS GREET CHIEF
Michael F. Shannon of Los Angeles
Lodge No. 99, National Orand Exalted
Ruler of B. P. O. Elks, addressed1
more than 100 members of Medford,
Klamath Falls, Grants Pass and Ash
land lodges last evening at the Med-
roro airport on the subject of the
fight B. P. O. B. Is waging against
communism In the United States.
Mr. Shannon stopped at the airport
at 8 o'clock on his way by air from
Portland to San Francisco, having
nearly completed the first lap of an
air tour of the country.
Mr. Shannon, who was elected at
Kansas City July 17, Is endeavoring
to bring together the district rulers
for a united drive against commun
ism, to the elimination of which
Shannon has dedicated his term.
He spoke for a few minutes to the
crowd which awaited the arrival of
the private plane piloted by Clyde
Pangborn, famous aviator, and bear
ing the national ruler of Elkdom
and private secretary. According to
Ernest Scntt, local secretary, Shan
non had expected only a crowd of
half a dozen local lodge members.
He stressed the fact that now Is
not the time to talk but t.h time
to act, and strongly urged the local
lodges to Join In the fight the total
of 1400 lodges throughout the coun
try and their 500.000 member which
he hopra to contact during his term.
Shannon pleaded with his local broth
er Elks to show united militant
patriotism In suppressing commun
ism. Mr. Shannon has spoken at large
gatherings at Chlcano, Boston, Phila
delphia, Nashville, Denver and Port
land, and is on his way to a district
conference in San Francisco. Soon he
hopes to start on another lap of nil
air tour of the nation, this time tak
ing the southern route.
After the plane had taken off for
the south last evening, Medford lodge
brought their brothers from neigh
boring cities to the local club, where
refreshment and recreation were en
Joyed. Two plane loads of Elks from Klam
ath Falls made the trip to hear the
noted speaker.
DROUGHT PROFITEERS
WASHINGTON, Aug. SO. (AP)
Dr. Fred c. Howe, farm administra
tion consumers' counsel, suggested
today thst consumera watch the
drought situation closely to avoid be
ing WctlmlMd by unjustified prlc.
advances.
H. also said at a press conference
that soma false rumore concerning
th. rood situation had been clrculat
ed.
exaggerated reports an being
spread aa to prospective Increases In
th. prlc of food." How. told report.
era. "That misrepresentation takes
advnntnge of consumers and expose,
Ultra to raids by piotllcers."
FEWER VOTE 'JA1
ILEJPOWtR
Waning Enthusiasm for Dic
tator Seen in Plebiscite
'No' Votes More Than
Twice Those in November
BERLIN. Aug. 30. (AP) Adolf
Hitler today took cog nl nance of the
1 out of 10 vote opposition In yes
terday's plebiscite with the declara
tion: "We must and shall succeed In
winning over the last 10 per cent of
the nation for national socialism.1'
Ilv Elmer W. Peterson.
(Associated Press Foreign Staff.)
BERLIN, Aug. 20. (AP) Germany
haa given Adolf Hitler a thirty-eight
minion vote, "JA."
In Sunday's one-man election, call
ed to let the people say by ballot If
they approved Chancellor Hitler's ac
tion In naming himself, upon the
death of President Von Hlndenburg,
as president too, the vote was:
"Yes." 38.363,760; "No.H 4,394,654;
"Invalid." 873,296.
Nazi Vote Declines.
Some see in these preliminary of
ficial figures a .waning In enthusi
asm for Hitler, pointing out that
yesterday's "no" votes were more
than twice the number cast In last
November's plebiscite. Attention Is
also called to the sharp decline In
the volume of Nasi party votes as
compared with the November voting.
In the November plebiscite there
were 43.463,000 "JA" votes, and In
the November re lens tag election the
Nasi vote was 89,665.224.
With but few exceptions the 86
major voting district produced In
yesterday's election fewer "JA" votes
than were cast In November. Some
observers see this a a failure of the
Qerman voters to respond to the
appeals of Natl orators during the
past few days that a larger affirm
atlve vote be cast so that the world
might know the nation ts solidly be
hind "Mein Fuehrer" Presldent-
Ctianoellor Hitler.
89.0 Per Cent In Favor.
Yes" votes placed 60.0 per cent of
the total, as against 06 per cent in
the plebiscite of nine months ago.
The public cast a total of 43.629,
10 votes, a cording to preliminary
figures, or approximately 96 per cent
of the whole 45,202,667 registered,
qualified voters.
Regardless of how the balloting
may be interpreted abroad, the re
sults have been accepted by Nasla
as full evidence of their strength.
Today haa been set aside as a "day
of victory" with Nasi flags unfurled
throughout the third relch In cele
bration of the new conquest. The
victory came after a day of quiet,
orderly voting, unmarred by disturb
ance. There were scenes of wild en
thusiasm when the poll closed.
BOISE BASiN FIRE
BOISE, Idaho. Aug. 20. (AP)
Eight hundred and fifty men sought
today to stem a forest fire In the
Boise basin with all the odds against
thorn wind, high temperature, low
humidity and steep mountain sides
covered with powder-dry pines.
The fire claimed one victim yes
terday. Felled by a snag, John Bro
met, 20, Boise, Idaho, died at the
edge of the Kanlsku national forest
In northern Idaho,
BASEBALL
B. H. E.
Brooklyn
.310
Pittsburgh
..am i
Bablch, Clark, CarToll and Lopca:
Swift and Orac.
R. H.
New York ... 15 1
New York 7 18 1
Parmele., Hubbell and Mancuso;
rrettaa. JColp, Klelnhana s.nd Lorn
bardl.
RATTLER'S FANGS PULLED
BEFORE PREACHER'S TEST
Bt Htevs T. MeOlnnl,
(United Preaa Staff Correspondent)
(Copyright ltlt, by United Preaa)
BIBM1NOIIAM, Ala., Aug. 30.
(UP) Th. Rev, Dewey L. Dodson waa
not taking any chanoss today on pos
sible flawa In hla asserted faith in
"th. Immunity of th. children of
Ood" from rattlesnake poison.
Th. Itinerant Church of Ood or
"Holy-roller" wvangellst prepared to
damonstrat. hi "Immunity" to the
bit. of a flv. foot rattlesnsk. by
having th. poisonous fanga of th. rep
tile removed.
When Albert Teeater, North Caro
lina mountain preacher, gained wide
spread notoriety by letting a rattle
snske bit. him two week, ago and
surviving a week of pain, Dudson an
i I , ,
ids Faith Cured
Rattlesnake Bite
Albert Te ester. S9 year old
preacher near Sylva, N. C, it shown
as he slowly recovered from the
effects of a rattlesnake bite to
which he had submitted, he aald,
because "Jesua told ma to do It."
The Incident, ha aald. proved
"faith" could cure without the aid
of medicine. Note hla greatly awoll
en arm. (Associated Press Photot
SAEE AFTER RACE
E
MARIBOR, Yugoslavia, Aug. 20.
(AP) A balloon that raced through
the cloud U j stratosphere In the arms
at times of a 70-mlle wind, spanning
1100 miles between dawn and dusk,
has come to a happy landing.
Lost in the unexplored skies after
Its small wireless measaged a dra-
matto "8. O. S." and then became
silent, the balloon ot the Belgian
scientists, Max Cosyns and Neree Van-
derllst, dropped out of the sky Sat
urday night Into a corn field near
Zlnovlje, safe and undamaged.
In It Journey at express train speed
from Hour-Havenne, Belgium, to Its
Yugoslavian landing place, the bal
loon failed to set a new height mark,
doing no better than 10,000 meters
(approximately 10 miles) ; but the
flight was productive, according to
Prof. Cosyns, of "scientific observa
tions of the highest value.
I made certain discoveries and de
ductions respecting the movement
and effects of cosmlo rays which I
think, will be of great value to sci
ence"' the Belgtan professor told the
Associated Press.
Cosyns and Vanderllst spent most
of yesterday dismantling the balloon
and arranging for the shipment back
to Belgium of the records obtained
during the flight,
As the balloon slowly descended Sat
urday night peasant In the vicinity
of Zlnovlje were stricken with ter
ror. Some of them, believing the bal
loon to be of an Infernal origin, fled.
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 20. (AP)
The United States navy dirigible Ma
con will leave here at 8 a. m. tomor
row for a training flight to Seattle,
Wsh.. naval officers at Moffett field
announced here today.
The dirigible la expected to return
late Wednesday. It course probably
will be directly up the coast to Seat
tle and then straight back to Sunny
vale. nounced ha too was willing to handle
rattlesnakes "If th. spirit so directs.
Dodson'a announcement nearly
week ago renewed Interest In the
revival h. la conducting on a vacant
lot on th, west side of Birmingham
A newareel company sent a sound
truck her. from New York to make
pictures of th. evangelist's promised
rattlesnake performance.
The evangellat and the n.wsreel
msn got together with Cteorge Lump
kin, young msttress factor worker,
wno oauht a five foot rattler here
Friday.
Lumpkin agreed for a 110 fee to
operate on hla snske so that It could
b. handled harmlessly.
Dodson Insltted on witnessing th.
operation.
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DEATH OF RAINEY
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AS 10 SUCCESSOR
Democrats Scan Material for
Speaker Seen by Many
As Second Most Power
ful Post in Government
WASHINGTON. Aug. SO. (AP)
Th. funeral of Speaker Henry T.
Ralney will ba held lata Wednesday
afternoon at Carrollton, Illinois.
BT. LOUTS. Mo.. Aug. SO, (API
Henry T. Ralney, picturesque speaker
of the houae of represenattlves, U
dead.
Apparently on the road to recovery
from an attack of bronchial pneu
monia, he auddenly developed aglna
pectoris last night and died at 7:90
IT'HTrT' i t ,io i ,ayj-r i i
aisfocfaCcd Press Paolo
Henry T. Ralney
p. m the three physicians, hastily
summoned, stood by, unable to aid
htm. Today would have been hla
seventy-fourth birthday.
The speakers' unexpected passim
brought expressions of deep sorrow
from political leaders In all parts of
the nation Prom President Roose
velt on down.
Celled Humanitarian
The president called him a "hu
maniatrlan whose fine patriotism
thought first of all of what he con
ceived to be the well being and in
terests of the common man.'
His predecessor as speaker, Vice
President John N. darner, was
"shocked speechless." -
Leadership of the next house Is In
doubt aa a result of the death ot
Mr. Ralney, but Representative Jos.
W. Bvrna of Tennessee, who haloed
blm through th "must" legislation
of President Roosevelt's program In
the last congress, Is prominently
mentioned as his successor.
Widow Suggested
Prom Senator William H. Dietrich
(D., 111.), a close friend of the speak
er, cams the suggestion that th
widow for yeara her husband's secre
tary might become the Democratic
party's choice for the house seat held
by Mr. Ralney since 1003 except for
the term following the Harding land
slide of 1020.
While physicians at De Paul hos
pital where the speaker died, believed
he wa on the road to recovery, Mrs,
Ralney had a premonition of her
husband's death.
The body will be cremated, In ac
cordance with a wish Mrs. Ralney
aald her husband had often expressed.
(Continued on Page Two)
COST PROTECTION
TOUUMBEI
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. (API-
Lumbermen, especially some from the
Pacific coastal area, are reporting
that the new coat -protection price
under th lumber code do not pro
tect. There have been report her
that some mill will be forced to
close down unless business condition
Improve and bring an upturn In lum
ber prices.
While the cost-protection price a
outlined under the code were design
ed to be the minimum prices, under
present conditions they are tha max
lmum In practically all onses. With
a buyer' market, hope ha been ex
pressed, however, that prices will
climb. It is hoped the housing pro
gram will create such a demand that
the prices can be boosted, at least on
a majority of Items.
Aimougn some lumbermen naa
been skeptical of the benefits of the
housing program because of Its de
pendence on th willingness to land
and the willingness to borrow, the at
titude of lending agencies In appar
ently entering the program with en
thusiasm, has created an optimist.
outlook among lumbermen generally.
SJto At,