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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1937.
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INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
PHONES REPORTED TAPPED
FARM BILL SENTIMENT
MANUFACTURED' IS CLAIM
...
MAN V FARMERS FAVOR
CONTROL FOR OTHERS
WALLACE BREAKS TRADITION
OF SI-A-DAV WAfiE
WASHINGTON. Nov. 16. Another
story of lntra-mural government
aleuthlng may soon leak out of the
file of the secret Investigators. For
a long time It haa been common
talk In the government that depart
ment of Interior telephones were tap
ped and reports made of conversa
tions to the high officials of the de
partment. The department has an efficient
Investigating branch of Its own which
has a legitimate function In Una of
regular duty. Now. according to a
tale whispered by those who don't
have to tap wires to know everything
that Is going on. the bronch of the
department or someone else on the
outside (which seems Inconceivable
has been fooling with the telephones
right up In the big front offices,
those of Secretary Ickes and his Im
mediate aides.
What, If anything, the secretary
has learned about attempts to listen
In on his conversations cannot be
stated, but It la said on pretty good
authority that telephone represen
tatlvea haw been called In to see
If his wires are being tapped or not.
Early In the New Deal. Louis ma
vis, one-time Investigator In the fam
oua Balllnger-Plnchot case during
Theodora Roosevelt's regime, was re
hired at his old Job. Later he re
signed, and It was rumored that he
had been too zealous In his activ
ities. A new man waa appointed,
said to be In closer accord with the
secretary's office.
As the committees wrangle over the
farm bIH. Senator 'Frailer, lone Re
publican member of the senate agri
culture sub-committee which plowed
up the grass-root sentiment In the
west and middle-west, looka with a
somewhat cynical eye on the results
of the lnvestlifatlon.
"The majority of those attending
the hearings of our sub-commlttce."
he saya, "seem to favor the Pope
McOIIl bill, which la really tho farm
bureau bill and haa the backing of
Secretary Wallace and the adminis
tration." But Senator Frarler Is Inclined to
take some of the evidence behind
this support with a grain of salt.
"Of course." he will tell you pri
vately, "there was a good deal of
manufactured sentiment for 'the' bill
as they called It. and It was evident
that county agenta had been In
structed to turn out large gather
ings whenever they could."
Meanwhile, members of a south
ern state legislature have arrived In
Washington with some Interesting
observations on some of their own
Investigations.
They agreed that, at first fiance,
the fsruier was In favor of some kind
of control, but they found on beating
the bushes themselves that, when
they asked the farmers what they
meant by "control." there seemed to
be a difference of opinion.
Most of the control desired. It ap
peared on carefully questioning the
farmers, waa the kind that could be
applied chiefly. If not exclusively, to
the other fallow.
Which fives you a rough Idea of
what lh special session Is up against.
(Continued on Pas Six.)
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
n...i a,... atrellch recalling the
to Angeles earthquake that caught
him naked on a steam table on the
ninth floor of a downtown building,
he averring ne reached tse street
fully clothed In ten seconds fat.
MT classy ads working ahead of
time tew Miry DsUs. she being noti
fied of the recovery of her purse as
she was penning notice of its loss.
Referee Esrl Torvkicy maklr.c. a hit
with te raeslln crowd by courage
ously receiving a slap In the puss
from palooha Srr.ollnskl.
Admiral Ernie Wert putting In a
bid fir tlie hallle.hip Nevada upon
completion of hla tour as recruiting
Off tear htn la January.
INVASION FOLLOWS
KLAN INITIATION;
$360 CASH TAKEN
Place Badly Wrecked by
200 Visitors Girl Enter
tainers Choked Waiters
Also Manhandled, Claim
JACKSONVILLE, Fla... NOT. 16.
( AP) Captain George J. Garcia,
grand dragon of the Florida Ku Klux
Klan, said today the head of the
Miami klan had denied to htm klans
men were Implicated In a raid on a
Miami night club.
"He said charges that people dress
ed In klan regalia stole money end
choked women during a raid on a
night club were 'unmitigated lies',"
Garcia added.
He did not give the name of the
Miami klan chief.
The grand dragon said he would
go to Miami to investigate the In
cident. MIAMI, Pla., Nov. 16. ( AP) Au
thorities Investigated today & raid
by. men and women In Ku Klux Klan
regalia on the La Paloma night club.
The proprietor said the place was
ransacked, entertainers were assault
ed and a sum of money stolen.
Al Youst, operator of the resort
on the outskirts of town, reported
to the sheriff's office the raiders
descended last night following a
public initiation of 150 news k lons
men at a city playground, ordered
his patrons to leave and forced the
club to close.
$;if?0 Cash Taken
He charged 1360 In cash and & $7
watch was stolen from him and that
someone kicked a hole In a (126 bass
drum. The club waa badly damaged.
Virginia Daw, an entertainer, said
she - was choked unconscious and $10
was taken from her.
The klan Initiation waa held at
city-owned Moore park by the light
of three flaming crosses.
Bob Hunter, a waiter at the club,
(Continued on Page Four.)
JAPANESE ISSUE
BRUSSELS. Not. 16. (AP) Jap
anese officials here today Issued a
sharp counter blast to the Brussels
conference declaration criticizing
Japan for her action In China.
A statement from the Japanese
embassy attacked Russia as a non
signatory of the nine power treaty
but a participant In the conference,
and referred to the part played In
framing the declaration by nations
which "repudiate payment of their
war debts to the United Stags' and
"vote things to which they do not
adhere."
The statement expressed regret
the powers did not take note of
Japan's communication rejecting a
second Invitation to the Brussels
conference, which It la contended
opened a rood to mediation of the
far eastern conflict.
While rejecting mediation by the
nine power conference, the com
munication of last Friday said Japan
"would be glad If the powers should
contribute to the stabilization of
eastern Asia In a manner consonant
with realities of the situation."
SILVERTON. Nov. 18. (ypi A warn
ing from Sheriff A. C. Bur led to
bank night being discontinued by a
local theater and the closing of other
games of cnance.
ASTORIA, Not. 16. p) Sarah X.
Cranahan, who was sorn on Clatsop
plains two weeks after her parents
nrrlved here by wagon in 1851, la
dead She lived here 86 vears.
Retriever Saves Strader
From Drowning in Lake
"Klpp." a large Chesapeake re
triever dog belonging to W. H.
(Heinle) Fluhrer, bakery operator,
saved the life of FJwood strader of
thla city when Strader on a duck
hunting expedition to Klamath lake
last Sunday, waa plunged Into the
icy waters as the rait on which he
was riding suddenly collapsed. It was
revralrd today.
Stratr, nearly exhausted by his
rnimmtng efforts and welghtrd down
by wil'crsnahed clothing, called to
"Klpp." stindlns on the shore. The
clog swam to Strader, who grained
hla tall and wos towed to shallow
water after a brave and hectic strug
gle In which the hunter aided as
much aa he could. BMh man and
uul acre exhausted but neither
showed 111 effects,
trader, bakery wagon driver,
Three Convicted Kidnapers Make Daring
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100 Mile Jaunt
To Cast Ballot
Thing of Past
BIO APPLEOATE. Nov. 18.
(Spl.) Go 100 mllea to vote? It's
not so good, think the folks living
on Elliott creek and Ward'a fork
In the ulterior portions of the
the Applegate country, and con
sequently the Hutton voting pre
3lnct has been re-estAbllshcd near
Joe Bar, with M. F. Clark as the
deputy registration clerk.
The trouble lay In the fact that
residents of that section are over
the California line, and for 11
years would have been obliged to
travel to California by way of
Ashland and tho Pacific highway
to reach Oak Bar to cast their
votes. Now that the precinct has
been re-established, Mr. Clark wel
comes voters to his home to reg
ister. He resides on Eliot creek
a mile and a half from Joe Bar.
Twenty voters will be accommo
dated. PORTLAND OPENS
LABOR ELEMENTS
PORTLAND, Nov. 16. (AP) Po
lice shifts Increased from 8 to 13
hours, with no days off and armed
with unprecedented authority from
the city council, pushed a campslgn
today to end lawlessness In labor
disputes, . , . . , r
, The council, at a special aesslon
yesterday, declared an emergency
existed and authorized addition of
special officers as needed.
The bureau was ordered to pad
lock establishments used as gather
ing places for "thugs, 'goon' men,
racketeers, and those who are . . .
perpetrating vandalism and crimes
upon business establishment . . .
home owners and innocent people,
including unprotected women and
children."
Chief Harry Nllea said clerical
bureaus would be consolidated to
release members for patrol duty, ad
ditional Jail space arranged and that
flying squadrons would check on
persons and automobiles on the
streets after midnight.
Dally reports of smashed windows,
beat-ups and other disorders were
attributed by police to the A.F.L.
C.I.O. sawmill dispute, the beer war
between teamsters and brewery
workers and other labor controver
sies. PENDLETON PIQUED
BY CENSUS GUESS
PENDLETON, Nov. 16. (AP)
Resldenta here took exception today
to a population figure of 1878 given
by R. L. Polk 6c Co., compllatora of
directories. The figure should be
9015, Charles Burnett, city recorder,
said.
It was pointed out that both the
Standard Rate At Data service, na
tions authority for advertisers, and
the Audit Bureau of Circulations,
cooperative association for the veri
fication of circulation of newapapera
and periodicals, accept the 0018 fig
ure. 1
Pendleton's growth from 0531.
counted In the 1S30 census, la at
tributed to Influx of new resident
and annexing. In 1834, an outskirts
area which Includea the Eastern Ore
con state hospital.
borrowed "Klpp" from his employer
for the trip.
The raft on which Strader waa
riding apread apart and cast him
Into the water with abort notice but
not until he had time to remove
two heavy coata full of shells. Half,
way to ahore the hunter's boots be
gan to fill with water and It waa at
thla Juncture he called for aid from
the dog.
"Klpp" Is a pedigreed dog of high
Intelligence. A year ago he ran away
from home and wandered to the
cabin of a woodcutter, who owned
a radio. He waa misting 10 days,
when his master broadcast a reward
for hla return, "Klpp." lounging on
the floor, barked when ha heard his
name mentioned and by his actions
attracted the attention of the wood
cutter to the radio. "Klpp" waa ra
mmed, tea next da'
F. D. r:s
SIDETRACKED FORI
ANTI -LYNCH BILL
Filibuster to Block Action
Looms House in Tangle
Over Adjourning for Day
Program Bogs Down
WASHINGTON. Nov. 16. The
senate sidetracked the administration
program today as It prepared to take
up the controversial antl-lynchlng
bill.
Senator Byrnes (D.-S.C.) announced
on the floor that a motion would
be made for consideration of the con
troversial lynching measure. He said
le&dera had decided not to permit
him to move for immediate consid
eration of the government reorganiz
ation bill, only one of President
Roosevelt's measures ready for con
sideration.
There were Immediate signs of a
filibuster to block action on the antl
lynchlng measure. There was a. short,
sharp explosion on the part of the
southern senators who have been
opposing It. Senator Wagner (D.-
N.Y.). backing the measure, has said
he believed any fill blister would be
short-lived.
Byrnes Shouts 1'nlicnrd.
The motion to consider the lynch
ing bill came from Wagner, who was
recognized by Senator Clark (D.-Mo.),
temporarily presiding, amid the
shouted requests of recognition from
Byrnes for recognition..
'Senator Connally (D.-Tox.) then took
the floor to debate Wagner's motion.
He opened his remarks with the state
ment that antl-lynchlng legislation
was not a part of the administra
tion's program for tho special ses
sion and hinted a filibuster when he
added that Wagner's motion "Is go
ing to cause somo little delay."
The house, meanwhile, was In ft
tangle over adjourning for the day.
After rebellious Republicans bad
blocked Democratic leaders' efforts to
quit work until Friday, Republican
(Continued on Page Four.)
BY
EUGBNE, Nov. 16. p With bus
iness men aroused over the second
outbreak of supposed labor vend a 11km
bcre within tho past month, the city
council was to meet In a special ces
sion at 8 o'clock this evening to dis
cuss ways and means of ridding Eu
gene of "goon" gangs.
Direct cause of tho special meeting
was the b oca king oi windows In two
barber shops one union and one
non-union by vandals late yester
day evening. !
Mayor Elisha Large said the prob
lem was a difficult one, but express
ed the hope the council could suggest
solution. He expressed the belief
outside hoodlums were responsible for
the damage.
S1TD0WNERS QUIT
PONTIAO. Mich., Nov. 16. (ypr
Sit-down strikers who had occupied
the Fisher Boby corp. plant here, for
nearly 13 hours left at 8:25 a. m. to
day and the management took pos
session of the factory.
Dorr Mitchell, president of the
United Automobile Workers of Amer
ica local here, said union officials or
dered the mm to evacuate the plant
because the strike was "unauthor
ized." He said a conference had been
arranged for 1 p. m. between union
tnd company officials on grievances
which caused the sit-down at 8:30
o'clock last night.
S. F. Store Windows
Marred by Vandals
BAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16. (AP)
Thirteen large plate glaas windows
of a downtown deportment store
White House), were scratched last
night by a vandal who apparently
used glass cutter, police rep-Tried
today. Glass dealers said the dam
age. If it wag found necraaary to re
place the pa nes, wou Id proba bt y
mount to several thousand dollars.
SALEM, Nov, 16. The supreme
court paid tribute today to the late
Justice James U. Campbell at a cer
emony conducted by a commutes rep
resenting tii buu Bar luaocutlon.
FOR RELIEF DATA
GETS UNDER WAY
Registration Cards Are De
livered by Postmen to
Every Family Aid Is
Available at Postoffice
Uncle Sam's postmen today car
ried out the largest voluntary census
In the history of the nation as they
distributed unemployment registra
tion cards to every family In palatini
homes, swank apartments, flop houses.
Jungle hangouts and mining and
logging camps.
Distribution of the .cards was start
ed this morning and completed this
afternoon In the Medford area. At 1
p.m. clerks took up their positions
at a table in the Medford postoffice
lobby to help those who encounter
difficulty in filling out the cards.
In a short time six men applied for
help, most of them having difficulty
In reading the type.
The cards are to be filled out by
all totally or partially unemployed
men and women who are able to
work and want full-time employ
ment. They are to be returned not
later- than midnight Saturday. 'I'd
return them It la only necessary to
put the cards In a mall box, deliver
them to a carrier or deposit them
at a postoffice. No stamp Is required.
Purpose of the census Is to de
termine accurately how many em
ployable persons In the nation are
totally unemployed or only partially
employed so that the unemployment
problem may be tackled Intelligently.
(Continued on Page Four.)
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EXPECTED TODAY
The Jackson county grand Jury was
expected to conclude Its session and
make a final report today.
On an order signed by Judge H.
D. Norton, the case of Menno F.
Davis, charged with larceny by
bailee, was ordered re-submltted on
the grounds that previous action
contained an error relative to the
amounts and county In which the
alleged offense occurred. It Is an
action Involving insurance company
funds for which Davis was an agent.
An Indictment charging John Slet
ton, resident of the Applegate dis
trict, with non-support, was return
ed by the grand Jury. Sletton. father
of five children, allegedly failed to
provide support for five mlnar chil
dren, the youngest two months old.
iiiiN
OSEND, Belgium. Nov. ISWAP)
Eleven persons. Including five mem
bera or the former royal family of
Hesse, died today in the flaming
wreckage of a Belgian airliner which
crashed near here while trying to
land at Steene airport during a fog.
The dead Included the Grand Duke
Oeorge von Hease Bel Rheln and hla
wife, the former Princess Ceclle of
Greece and Denmark: their two
children. Ludwig and Alecnbach: and
the grand duke's mother, the dow
ager Grand Ducheaa von Hesse Bel
Rheln.
The dead former Princess Cecils
was a first cousin of the Duchess of
Kent.
I
FEHL FEE CLAIM
A circuit court Jury this afternoon
returned a verdict In favor of Mrs.
Corinth la K. Stalloy. In the civil ac
tion brought against her by H. Von
ftohmalz, Burns, and George Rhoten,
E.ilem, attorneys, for legal fees, as
serted ly Incurred by herself, and Earl
H. Fehl, her son-in-law, and former
county Judge. The amount originally
sought, waa reduced to W0
when a voluntary non-suit waa grant
ed. Mrs. Stalley waa defended by At
torneys Porter J. Neff and K. E. Kelly,
named to protect her Interest by
U court.
Rich Playboy Would Leave
Girl Married on "Binge"
HICKORY, N. O., Nov. 16. (UP) Basil Ryan, wealthy New York play
boy who weut on what ho said was a three-day binge 10 daya ago and
married the daughter of a local dryoods salesman, emerged from a hos
pital today, had ft "frank talk" with hla wife and then went out and
hired a lawyer.
Ho said he told the girl, Martha
Berkley, that there was "no love be
tween us and we might as well come
o't In the open about the whole mat
ter "
The girl's family replied by hiring
two lawyers "to look out for our in
terests." "I am not going to run away," Ry
an said, after he had gone from the
hospital to the offlco of W. A. Self,
Hickory attorney, and engaged him.
"The only authorized and true
statement given out by mo was the
one that was issued by Mr. Charles
W. Bngby, my former attorney He
explained my version of what I con
alder an unfortunato experience for
all parties concerned. It was Just a
case of too much liquor."
Miss Barkley previously told report
ers she did not believe Ryan would
ask an annulment and said she would
"stick by my husband If It la pos
sible to do so."
Ryan refused to discu&a the matter
of his bride's two months old baby.
whose parenthood has not been de
termined. CRATlilAY
FOREST SAVING
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PORTLAND, Nov. 16. (fl1) O. J.
Buck, regional forester, announced
today the acquisition of 8,713 acres of
timber land in the Rogue river and
Mill crwk drainages north of Prospect
from the Rogue River Timber com
pany for preservation of scenic beau
ty. Buck said Increased cutting along
the route to the Rogue river national
forest and Crater lake park, decreas
ing one of the finest areas of pon-
derosa and sugar plno In tho state,
would be stopped and the region put
on a sustained yield basis. No cutting
will be permitted along the high
way, which crosses the tract for four
and one-quarter mllea.
Since ' the forest service had no
funds for outright purchase. It ne
gotiated an exchange with the com
pany, made posslblo oecause the area
waa located within the six-mile ex
change limit of the national forest
boundary. It was added to the Rogue
river forest.
A the block lies within a pocket
of private holdings bounded by the
national forest on three sides, the
forest service administrative costs
will not be appreciably Increased'
said Buck.
The timber! and referred to In the
foregoing dispatch Is situated along
Crater Lake highway and was for
years a subject of discussion, conser
vation agencies campaigning for Its
preservation for scenic values.
The land exchange was negotiated
some tlmo ago. The latest action
meana that title haa been approved
by the United States forest service
headquarter In Washington, D. C,
and that the land has now actually
been added to the Rogue river nation
al forest, it waa explained by Karl L.
Janouch, forest supervisor.
Brite Execution
Date Rescheduled
YREKA, Cat.. Not. 16. (AP)
Superior Judge C. J. Luttrell re-set
the hanging of John H. and Coke
T. Brite for January 31, 1038.
The mountaineer brothers, con
victed of murdering two officers
and ft vacationer In northern Cali
fornia August 30, 1036, lost In the
state supreme court a long legal
fight to beat death sentenc.
'Perfect Butler9i Proves
To be Woman in Disguise
OYSTER BAY, N. Nov. 16.
(AP) Death today held the secret
of why "Alfred Orouard," a woman,
masqueraded for 14 years aa a male
butler and chef In the household
of Joseph M. Dears, retired million
aire publisher.
Investigators mere baffled by the
lark of information about the wo
man's early life.
Sears, who said the discovery waa
an "amazing surprise." explained that
hla wife, the late Mrs. Anna Wen
t!orth Ca .dwell Sears, had engaged
the butler from a newspaper adrer-
Use meat.
c
Mrs. naull It van. 31, of North Caro
lina (above), the former Martha M,
nnrkley, who married the New York
socialite during ulint he described
a r three-day hinge.
PUBLIC HEARING DUE
The public heating on the Jackson
county budget for the coming year
will be held In the auditorium of the
courthouse next Friday morning, with
Bert Thlerolf prealdlng, and the bud
get committee and tho county court
present. As In the past, the budget
will be read Item by Item.
It has been reported a petition
protesting the abolition of the wild
animal bounty, for government hunt
era, will be presented. The action
waa taken when stockmen and farm
ers complained the bounty system was
not eradicating the coyotes and other
predatory anlmala fast enough. The
change meana a saving of SI 000 In
tho budget.
The October report on tho county
finances, filed by the county clerk.
shows a balance in the budegt on
November 1. of ,80.180.(10, or 783
percent of the amount appropriated.
All county offices and departments
are well within their allotted amounta
and will close the year In that shape.
Trta county poor farm has expend
ed 08 percent of Ita total, sfnd haa'
a balance of ,288.04. It Is the high
est expended, but tho county dork
said It would also finish without go-
lng Into tho rod.
FOR AID ON AIRPORTS
WASHINGTON Nov. 18. (API-
Delegates to the United Statea con
ference of mayors urged adoption oi
a resolution asking a permanent
program or federal aid in consirao
tlon. and development of municipal
alrporte.
Mayor Joseph K. Carson of Port
land. Ore., said municipalities no
longer could finance needed Improve
ments and the government ahouid
cooperate In a program that would
aid In national defense.
Fifteen fellow servants, kept at ft
distance by Alfred's air of austerity,
alao failed to pierce the deception.
They knew only that the Miller had
been born In France and worked as
ft chof In a New York hotel before
Joining the Sears household.
Alfred, tall, about 65 and weigh
ing 180 pounds, was regarded aa ft
"perfect servant." In 13 ywtrs ehe
never had a ultra for ft day off.
Her true aex waa discovered after
her death yesterday In a lodging
house to which she moved after her
health began to fall last February.
She had refused medical attention
I until bar deaia.
Escape
5 KEEPERS BOUND,
ONE IS ABDUCTED
IN QUICK GETAWAY
Bars of County Jail Sawed,
Held in Place by Chew
ing Gum Guard Coming
On Duty Taken With Car
WASHINGTON, Not. 16. (AM
Attorney General Cummlnga offered.
rewards totaling $6,000 today for In
formation leading to the recaDtura
of three convicted kidnapers who
escaped early todav from Ononrim
county Jail at Jamesville. N. y.
summing aald that 63,000 would
be paid for the capture of each of
the trio Percy Geary, John Oley and
Harold Crowley.
JAMESVILLE, N. Y.. Not. 16. (AH.
Three men convicted of tho kid
naping of John J. O'Conncll, Jr., et
Albany, escaped today In darln
fashion from tho Onondaga county
Jail hero after they had bound and,
gagged four keepers, a matron and
kidnaped another keeper.
me prisoners were Percy Geary
and John Oley of Albany, sentenced.
to 77 years, and Harold Crowley of
Now York city, wtio waa given a
38-year term.
H. H. Paddock, superintendent of
the prison, said the escape occurred,
some time between 3:36 and 3:4ft
(EST) this morning.
Paddock said the three convict
wore armed with two. guna. Recon
structing the escape. Paddock said
the bars of ono of the cell in
which the prisoners were confined
were sawed and placed together with
chewing gum to avoid detection.
Pounce On Keener.
When John Corbett, a keeper en
tered the cell block on the ground
floor to punch a clock, a routine
duty, one of the prisoners pounced
on him, bound him with sheets taken
from the cell bed and took his key.
The prisoner then liberated the
other two convicts and the trio made
their way to the guard room on
the same floor, Paddock aald.
There they encountered three keep-
era, Leroy Pease, Barl Brown ftnd
Francis Crowley, Paddock related.
They bound and gagged them with
aheeta and were ready to leave the
(Continued on Page rhree.)
COlFlffiALS
DISCUSS NEED OF
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PORTLAND, Nov. 18. (AP) How
to get more help from the atate and
federal government to feed relief
applicants ranked flrat today among
problem, of administrators of county
government convened at the Asso
ciation of Orogon counties.
Moat enthuslaatlo of those who
want the atate and federal agenclea
to pungle up more funds was Frank
L, ahull, Multnomah county, presi
dent of the association, whose county
recently was told by Gov. Martin to
finance alone Ita relief deficit Hear
ing the $300,000 mark.
Oettlng on another favorite sub
ject county claims on highway
funds Judge Earl B, Day, Jackson
county, expressed hope for gradual
Increases In the counties' shares). Tn.
1937 leglslsture channeled soma ad
ditional money off to them.
Protests against counties paying
rent and other expenses for federal
re-employment office, came from
Judge W. O. Powell, Camhlll county,
and Judge David P. oraham, Mal
heur county, aald the office there
seldom found a non-relief Job. Judge
Charles B. Balrd, Baker county.
thought "It Just a graft."
At the separate conference of coun
ty engineers of Oregon, sentiment
was for shifting responsibility for
secondary highway maintenance front
the atate to individual counties, in
engineer re-elected Christ Pauerao,
Waaco county, prealdent, and Paul
B. Rynnlng. Jackson county, secre
tary-treasurer.
GROCER PLANS TEST
UNION CLOSING EDICT
PORTLAND, Nov, 18. P Wtnnt.
fred McCombe, grocery proprietor.
started a teat of the right of union
to force closure of grocery store on
Sunday, by asking circuit court today
to enjoin unions from picketing bar
MtsbUahnun.