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'A ' STT MEDFOHD (OHEGONI MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday. March 2. 1930 ' French Prof est Of Restaurant. Owner Squawks Over raa.rB3 Brin Low Grade of Spuds On Market Dispute In Georgia Br William Warrtn ibeen sold. They said the pota- l.port for top grade potatoes No. i 3 'Big Ice Jam Defies 'Blasts Of Dynamite United Press Correspondent i'0 undoubtedly had been alii I and .o. z grades went up Salem Ore Mar 2 (UPJ i right when inspected at the ship- from $1.95 to S2 today, wrote I.. ...J PIUS IK'lIll IfUl dywoiCU W Wti utflilltail. t.A m WTiihi in ocen irozen. prooaoiy aunng restaurant toted his troubles to ; . , inn m nell the state agriculture department i ,he re"nt on ! Victim Of Fiasco "As the owner of a small res- Tzl -tj ui ! Wanti Ton Snudi - taurant in romana s crooKiyn today and mailed a blast against i ""ts lop apuas . j:..,;, ij ,,ii , i the bum spuds he'd been getting But tne point r ox wanted to ! - --V-ictim of the to Charles F. Brannan. secretary know was: "W hy can t I buy top , Irnment M?a?o v i n . .u. ir c ,rtmr,i.n ,. erade snuds for mv restaurant ernmem s potato d u v in g riculture " when Uncle Sam is dumping G. M. 'Jerrv Fox brought a : millions of pounds of them into bag full of spuds to Saiem with .f "'""V"-" '"J,.'."1 mm ana snowea mem 10 rrarin r - II am McKennon. chief of the plant in-: McKennon explained that po- acks laioes art: invviira wmy m trie dustry division of the state de partment of agriculture. V. L. lBill Close, US DA associate marketing specialist, went along. So did Hugh L. Taylor, assistant chief of the plant industry divi sion. They took one look at the potatoes and chorused: "Unfit for human consumption." The bag purported to be Oregon spuds. Taylor thought they prob ably came from Washington. All agreed they never should have . fiasco. I am paying $i a sack ; supposedly wholesale prices for 1 rotten potatoes. Out of five sacks j of potatoes for which I pay $20 fortunate to salvage two of potatoes that can be shipping point and graded. He said there are plenty of ?o. 1 and No. 2 potatoes on the mar ket and Fox wanted to know where he can buy them. Taylor suggested a certain retail store on the north edge of Salem. He also thought Fox could make arrangements to buy good spuds at one or two of the Portland produce markets. Fox. noting that the price sup- Granger. Wyo.. Mar. S ,UP.' A massive ice Jam defied a ser ies of dynamite blasts today and continued to bac's icy river vvat- I er into this town of 250. Washington, Mar. 2 WW i An early season thaw sen! the The Georgia congressional dele- ice pack crashing down the gation advised the French na-j Blacks Fork river last Sunday, tional assembly today to take It became lodged in a narrows the pause that refreshes before j just below town, fcrn-.ir-g a rut voting any ban on coca-cola. urai (,-,. The heavy run-oif The legislators said a proposal ; v.-aur and ice iunred by French communists and the over ,j,e r;vr tor.ks and flowed wine-growing oioc to oan coxes as a hazard to health "strikes a blow at the heart of Georgia." I James A. Farley, one-time postmaster general who now bosses the coca-cola export pro gram, said the proposal was the "weirdest bit of political she nanigans I've ever encountered and that covers a lot of terri , tory." i Armugtpt Pooh Poched Among other thirg;. he pociv-' , pcohed the health arjunwns ! pointing out that coke-crtciavt GIs liberated France I Sen. Richard B. R isseil. ,D: ! Ga.. agreed. He told reporters ! doctors now prescribed coies for I ' children's tumray-aohes." Tne Georgians get scce sup- SO RIGHT FOR LENT! Fruit Salad.' served to my customers "I am being compelled to pur-; chase these rotten potatoes be cause the government has bought all the top grade spuds in con-; nection with its price support ", program. This deceptively la beled price support program is not a price suoport program at ' all but a commodity-purchase program. The outright purchase by the government of commodi ties in competition with private .-business. ... tne potatoes t I Tj. ...u.i.. rjort from' d"iocrat:c leader i 'dumiM' the too erade snuds into ' a40? " L'-:cas- ''V f r- r " r -It c haH . M tA! French bab'.es will be any health-: the town 5 lowlano.s atmost irn-rr-ed lately. The first effect at the flood ww fell when the town's water Odtps were pet out ot commis sion, cutting off supplies of fresh water. Later, power linos began go in down Ore mn was electro cuted as he attempted to patch a broken tine. W hile dynamiters concentrated on trying to break the main ice jam. small packs oi ice dovvn streajn were blasted away to clear the path for the big mass when ic is broken free. Yoncalla Pair Held For Cafe Robber ! Hoseburg, Ore., Mar. 2 -IIP. State police today were holding ; Elmer Adrian Davis, 32, ?nd Carl Jack Carlton Keeling. 29. i both of Yoncalla. Ore., following 1 a cafe robbery north of here yesterday of about S35. One of the men fired a shot as he left the cafe to warn wit nesses not to follow. However, a woman bystander relayed a cortion of the license number to the state police office, and the car was found where Davis and Keeling were staying. They were captured while still ui bed. four hours after the holdup occurred. Sheriffs offi cers assisted state police in the capture. WHO TOOK WHOM? Fort Worth 'UP.' Robert G. Jones, a commercial photograph er, went to take a picture of the "continuous membership" com mittee of the Fort Worth Cham ber of Commerce. He got it. but when he left he also was the latest Chamber of Commerce member. Omaha flJ.B The Omaha ! Is a prisoner at the state penltet. World-Herald each year received i tiary. He saves a penny a day a contribution of $3.65 for char-1 from hia meager cigarette allow ity from Bill Tillotson. TiUotson ' ance. WITH PANCAKES, WAFFLES, FRENCH TOAST... BEST YOU'VE WkMJACjll EVER TASTED! I 1 f.iflimii. J '0 ', SoGrahdI TEMPTING FftOfTS-AMXeO WITH eoftoew's creamy-gooo coTTAGe cweese So QutCKf Sosr&p out wo s&vej 'stock feed , Compelled To Absorb Lost "Oregon grows some of the nation's best spuds. But this senseless program compels me to : absorb a loss on my produce or. ! increase the cost of meals to the working men who are my pa- trons." ! Fox concluded: '"In closing. l?t me say that 1 would like to get out of the rotten potato mar ! ket and into the troughs with the hogs and cattle, to salvage a few top grade spuds for my cus ! tomers.'' ler if tney are reared on rea wine." he 5aid. ' The b'.iges: btast cf all cam from Rip J.es C. Davis whose Georgia d-Stric. etsfcraces Atlanta the teM cf ccca-cota. 'They'll just fcooc'.eggirig it over ther?." said- "I'm not surprised t. :-?cim'r.ists are agins". it." r.-e said. Or.e G:rra Kisw si-Jgsted focne "xxz'di airstr.er.ts ' on Frr.h puri'izifs is a retaliation. 9 and CHAPRIiAW'S Photos Said Taken During Elliott Regime The Grange SO-O-O when you aee this carton, grab it I Inside are lus cious bits of pears, peaches, cherries, pineapple and Borden's smooth Cottage Cheese. At your food store DOW I Borden's (IIAMK c0TTAGE CHEESE FRUIT SALAD Portland. Ore.. Mar. 2 '.'.. Multnomah County Sienff Terry D. Schrunk said Wednesday the photographs of 30 Por-Ianc newspaper men and women ! found in a bawdy house last ' month were taken duriig sfre reaime of former Sheriff Manor. tMike) Elliott. i Elliott was recalled from ef i fice last autumn for a!t??-?d'. falsifying personal qualilicatior-s ; for office. The pnotograpns i matcnea inose taxen ior cress cards. CONFIRMATION WAITED I Shrunk said he got his post-, Washington. Mar. 2 tU.(S tive evidence from an in'ormant. The norrir.ation of Robert F. i who sairl the photographs firstiHale of Portland for consul gen-; appeared in the house during the.eral in the United States foreign i latter part of last July. Schrunk service is now before the senate 'said investigation on "the matter foreign relations committee fori I would Continue because several : confirmation. L; .i, . t r I tine Sunday C1anif!4 r.-.ctr: c5 in charge cf - -irz-cri. i: -x: regiiiar t-r4 Cecal Grar.ge. Fc'iT Mir.-i i Ke will talk ?e c:csersa:iori and Otto B-:r.?n -k-.".'. tali en sot! con serv."a:.cc. Mfnbers are asked to i ir-..-. a-y trw products for the disc ay ti'ai. Ail e rr: i e r s cf Juvenile ; Gra.-e are a.?kd to come crccr.ctlr at 7 o'clock to prac- tic? for t?jf graduation. I Refrwhcwrtt committee will' Mr a.-id Mrs. Julius Dobrot. i Mr ar.d Mrs. Carl Jantzer and and Mrs. Fred Dunn. 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