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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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