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PAGE FOURTEEN1 MEDTOD MAIL TRIBUNE. irEDFOIil), OREGON. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 16, 1934. Payrolls of State to Be Increased Through 'Buy Oregon" Movement OF AT LETHAL WEAPONS FOUND IN PRISON Fossil Remains of Wild Beast Which Roamed Idaho Before Glacial Age Assembled by Scientists By Mllller KrlcKlihnum I'nlted Press .Staff t'orrtr-iondent WASHINGTON. (UP) The bio graphy of "grandparents' of the present horse animals which roamed North America several million years ago Is being complied by Smith sonian Institution scientists. Fossil remains of 65 wild horses ot the genus Pleslppua. which means they lived before the glacial ages, have been assembled from excava tions along the Snake rlvor, near Hngerman, Idnho. Miiny HHf-linens The collection represents the largest aggreBfltlon of prehistoric horses uncovered. It ranged from remains of animals little more than colts to aged horses. Scientists said the wide number of specimens would allow them to study Individual varia tions of the species as they never had been able to do before because of the limited number of skeletons available for study. Dr. C. L. Oazln, Smithsonian In stitution paleontologist, who super vised the Snake river excavations, said the prehistoric horse was much like the present one except In size. The "grandparents" were smaller in body, but their heads were Just about the same size as the modern horse's. Dr. Gazln said. The prehis toric horses were fast, due to their small stature, and galloped rapidly across the open spaces of the con tinent a million years ago. These horses, like the present ones h ad hoofs and showed on 1 y red 1 -mentary traces of the earlier stages of flvo toes. Hillside Excavations Excavations were carried on In a hillside two miles from. Hagerman. First traces of the skeletons came to the attention of the Smithsonian In. stltutlon in 1020 when a geological worker sent In a skull that had been found protruding from the hillside. Museum officials were so Impressed with the find that they sent an expedition to work the location the following year. Apparently the spot was a natural trap for the wild horseB, since so many skeletons were found In one location. One theory Is that It was a water place for the animals and that a section of quicksand caught occasional hcrscs as they drank. ,, .,. i 4r -' V ,(J.V4 K a t r A - --it tr Warden Court Smith of Folom, Cal., penltsntldry examining one of the two wooden gune found In a convict cell. Smith laid they were the "moet perfect" prl.on made gune he had eeen and that they "could kill." The barrele were made of wood, but the bore waa metal llned. Match hsada would have aerved aa oercuasion caoa. 7 RAIL CROSSINGS 10 BE ELIMINATED By ENDTHiS YEAR State .Highway Commission Program Does Away With Major Hazards on Main Routes Plan More Action E iE DOCTOR BETTER BALTIMORE. (UP; When your child eats all the sugar In the bowl, don't spank him call the doctor. Mrs. Marlon M. Miller, associate di rector of the CM Id Study Association of America, advised parents at the 10th anniversary conference of the Baltimore District Child Study As sociation. Mrs. Miller mid that such a prank should not bo pi need on a disciplin ary plane. She snid that If a child displayed excessive liking for sugar a physician should be consulted. She urged mothers not to make an Issue of untidiness. She opposed all corporal punishment. In reply to questions concerning the lying phase of child behavior, she said truthfulness Is a matter ot education and not Instinct. She be lieves effort should be made to discover why the child lies and the cause removed, without Inflicting punishment. ROM FUND RELIEF SALEM. Not. 16 fAP Profits of the State Ltqiior Control com.ilston mnj not be disbursed to the vnrlous counties for relief purposes until the certificates of Indebtedness against the fund have been paid, the attor ney general ruled ;n an opinion here today. The opinion wan requested by Rufi C. Holman. state treasurer, following the issuance of the tlM, 000 certificates for rtllef purpose against that fund. These, attorney Cieneral I. H. Van Winkle stated must first be p,itd before counties again may share In the distribution of profits In adltlon to benefits re ceived from matching federal fund for which the quarter million dol lar Issue Was Urd. The opinion also stated that prof its of the Liquor Control body can not be turned ever to the treasure) monthly, but must be psld quarterly as provided by statute. AT DESK HE SAYS NEW YORK, Nov. 16. (AP) Rex ford O. Tug we 11 set at rest today rumors that he might noi continue as under-secretary of agriculture. "I'll be right back at my desk to morrow." he informed questioners upon his arrival In rew York after a two months' stay in Europe. "Nothing is changed so far as I know." He went to Rome originally as heacf of the American delegation to the conference of the International Institute of Agriculture, and after participation in the proceedings there travelled through England, Ireland. Prance, Italy and Belgium studying agricultural methods, European nations, he sald, were developing strongly a policy of et onoclc nationalism and self-sufficiency In regard to agriculture. IS IDENT MANHATTAN, Knn. (UP) While the "black widow" spider has achiev ed a wide degree of Ill-fame only in cently, Dr. R. S. Smith, department of entomology of Kansas State cd1 leg here, says the Insect hae boon more or less common in Kansas many years. The bite of the "black widow" or "hour-glass" spider, as It is properly termed, rarely is fatal. Smith says, adding that he never has heard of a victim who received prompt medical attention dying. Smith says the hour-liws spider Is not aggressive and that few persons bitten by spiders are victims of tins variety. Bites of any spider should be t rented with antiseptics, he says, and In case severe pain develops, a doctor should be called nt once. Both mnle and female hour-gl-Lss SALEM. Nov. 18. (API Seven major railroad crossings will be elim inated by the end of this year at a cost of a quarter of a million dollars as the result of the tlimin ation program of the State Highway commission the past two years, the roads department reported today. These crossings are on the primary highways and were all paid for out of federal funds. The highway department has Just completed a report of such addition al work contemplated for the fu ture, at the request of the govern ment which has Informed that the Public Works Department is at tempting to launch a crossing elim ination schedule next year. 47 .More Lifted Forty-seven crossings were listed In the new report on the important arterial routes in Oregon which it was estimated would coat about Hva million dollars. Half of the ccst of the, work would be in crossings in Portland alone, it was stated. The work the past two years, either completed or under contract by the end of the year. Includes the Ashland undercrosslng. 166.500; the Mllwaukle undercrosslng. 41.900; the R2nd street overcrosslng, $30,300; the Fourth street overcrosslng, 29, 600; the South Portland undercross lng 21.960; the North Bend over cros&lng, estimated at 919,000, and the Cummlngs Hill crossing $12,150. 20 In Multnomah Twenty of the crossings In the future program will be in Multno mah county. Other counties listed for elimination of these hazards in clude one in Marlon, two In Linn, one in Clackams. one in Yamhill, one In Washington, two In Lane, i three In Douglas, one In Jackson. I two In Sherman, two In Wasco, five ' in Klamath and six in Umatilla. j The largest project would be the East Portland -Oregon City overcrops- j Ing at an estimated cost of $325,000. The largest outside Portland would be the Hermlston-Umatllla project on the old Oregon Trail. f Butter clothes for less. It will D3 you to climb my stairway Klein tht Tailor. 128 East Main, upstairs. Rejection of Equality in Prin ciple by Japan Will Mean Bar to Actual Sea Power Equality, Is Forewarning By Harold P. Ilranian Associated Press Foreign Staff Copyright, 1934, The Associated press LONDON. Nov. 16. Great Britain let it be known today that If Jspan re J ecU her proposals for naval equal ity "In principle," she will not gTant Japan equality in the actual ton nage of their fighting crafts.' This indication, from an authorit ative source, was contained in a statement that Great Britain still seeks a method of approaching a compromise on the difficult question of a new naval treaty but that she will not go beyond the recognition of equality in principle for Japan. This decision waa made indepen dently by Great Britain some time ago and has nothing to do with any conversations her diplomats engaged in the present preliminary naval parley have had wth the represent atives of the United States and Japan. Both the British and the Ameri cans here for the conversations eald officially that reports that Great Britain and the United States were considering an agreement were en tirely false. Both delegations said they wished the situation was near the agreement stage but that actual ly the three powers were Just as far from an agreement as they have ever been. The British last week suggested that the Japanese consider a com promise which would give them equality in principle but by which the existing ratios would be main tained. These ratios give the United States and Great Britain rual sized navies while that of the Japanese is 60 per cent the size of the others. Oregon Products Days Nov. 17 to 24 A m , as BUY AIDER'S DAIRY PRODUCTS Give the Eogue River Val ley Farmers and Rancheri a boost by using wore dairy foods. The very finest are produced right here in Southern Oregon, Always Specify Snider's WOREGONi TwdMttC I ICE CREAM BUTTER MILK CREAM CHEESE 'It ies Snider' s, It's the Best to Buy" Phone 203 VfORECOK spiders are poisonous, and have a distinctive reddish hour-glass mark ing on the abdomen. OREGON PRODUCTS DAYS Q NOVEMBER 17 TO 24 Prlre lw .Mutltrr of I'nftn. BUCYRUS. O (UP The ttorn was generous on a recent visit to the Chuckwslt dairy farms. It left twins to Observers Semiramide. a pri cow of the widely known Chut kwalt herd, Hare Inlln htl ! shertrf. ttJUFNE. Ore (VP) An nld tlo lln. believed to be a gcmilnt Dales trerl. made In Italy In 1730. was sold at a Bhrriff's auction sale here to J. P. Reynolds for 270 The tlo hn was seized to satisfy a judgment. This Week Buy Oregon Products with PRIDE! THE week of November 17th to 24th, has been set aside for the observance of OREGON PRODUCTS DAYS so that citizens of this state may familiarize them selves with the brands and high quality of products manufactured in Oregon . . . During this week, we can BUY WITH PRIDE, for every purchase of Oregon-Made goods advances the prosperity of every man. woman and child in this stnte ... Let us all enter into the spirit of OREGON PRODUCTS DAYS, beginning tomorrow, and continue throughout the months to come in doing our part to advance Oregon's prosperity 1 MEDFORD NATIONAL BANK Put Oregon (abor to Work! Bay Oregon Made Products! ,f STATE-WIDE effort is being put forth to impress J upon the people of this state the importance of buy ing Oregon-Made products ... For your own selfish interest, as well as for the welfare of the entire state, you should "Buy Oregon" . . . This added purchasing power will be re-invested right here in Oregon in farms, forest, in dustries! Oregon labor will be given employment ... a sub stantial contribution will be made to the prosperity of Oregon . . . Watch your labels this week and for months to come b sure your preference is for Oregon-Made merchandise Let's go forward with Oregon! THE CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY
