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Newspaper Page TextCOMP (ft Is fo)in JQu ui U OF OREGON LtBHAHT EUCEJJS, ORE. m mrnm : " 1 1 Elmo Smith Takes Oath As Neiv State Executive SALEM IB Senate President Elmo E. Smith. 46-year-old John Day weekly newspaper publisher, took the oath of office as governor of Oregon at 9:36 a. m. Wednes day. , Smithy speeded here from his home by a state police car after he learned of the death of Gov. Paul L. Patterson, took the oath In the governor's office. It was ad ministered by Chief Justice Harold J. Warner. He spoke in solemn, measured tones as he swore to uphold the federal and state constitutions, and to faithfully discharge his duties. After he took the oath, he said he would "continue the sound and good administration of Gov. Pat terson with as little interruption as possible," SFlRST ACTS His first acts, he said, would be . to see that the governor's family gets proper care, and that "proper tribute is paid to a great public servant." The doors of the ' governor's of fice were locked during the day. The only spectators present for the taking of the oath were Justice William C. Perry; Secretary ol State Earl T. Newbry, State Treas urer Sig Unander, Deputy State Treasurer Fred Paulus; William E. Walsh, Coos Bay, former Sen ate president who now is a mem ber of the State Board of Higher Mrs. Abbott Found Purse OAKLAND (UP) Mrs. Elsie Abbott, mother of convicted slayer Burton W. Abbott, now admits she found Stephanie Bryan's purse in the basement of her son's home two months before the case broke! "I saw the girl's name on it, but it didn't mean anything to me," Mrs. Abbott said after visit ing Burton at the Alameda County Jail. "I tossed the purse back In the box and thought no more about it." . . Abbott's wife, Georgia, found the purse on July 15 and called police. The discovery eventually led to i the finding of Stephanie's body near the Ahhnt.f mmintniM nahln (na to Abbott's arrest and .coa .viction.j-:,-- l' ' Abbott's visitors yesterday In eluded his wife, mother and brother, Mark; his aunt, Mrs Mona Marsh; a family friend Frank Schwedhelm; and his cou sin. Rollin Haisht. ' All declared they intend to fight on tor Aoooit's freedom. Wheat Belt Has Rainfall . By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Most of the nation's winter wheat belt got some more bene' ficial precipitation today. Rain or snow fell over wide areas in the central part of the country. The rain belt extended over eastern Texas and Oklahoma with snow northward into the eastern Dakotas. Snow depths across Kansas Tanged from 7 Inches at Dodge City and Salina to 9 inches at Rus sell. Snow started last night in western Kansas and the storm moved northeastward across Kan- sas with falls from 4 to 8 inches predicted in northern Kansas and .northern Missouri tonight. Sleet and freezing rain pelted southern Kansas and sections of Missouri. In the rain belt, falls generally were light. One of the biggest amounts was nearly half an inch . .at Shravenort, La. Fairly cold weather prevailed in jmost ot tne country, witn Deiow zero readings extending across northern Minnesota to southern Wyoming and westward into parts of northern Nevada and eastern sections of Oregon and Washing' ton. New Appeal In Offing SAN FRANCISCO (UP) Caryl Chessman's attorney prepared to day to appeal a U.S. District Court decision denying the convict author a writ of habeas corpus. Attorney George T. Davis said he will file the appeal with the U.S. Appeals Court here. If that fails, he will carry it to the U.S. Supreme Court. The whole proc ess may take a year. . Chessman, 34, faces death in the San Quentln Prison gas chamber as the "red light bandit" of Los Angeles convicted in 1948 of kid naping, attempted rape, robbery and sex perversion. He asked Federal Judge Louis E. Goodman for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that the transcript of his original trial was faulty. Judge Goodman denied the writ yesterday in a sharply worded opinion that accused Chessman of making "false and perjurious statements." Had the writ been granted. Chessman probably would have been tried again. But this time, he w-ould have escaped the death sen tence. The law under which he was sentenced to death has been changed to provide a penalty of life imprisonment. I Education; Fred Shideler,' who only a month ago became admin, istratlve assistant to the governor; Edwin Armstrong, secretary to the governor; and a dozen reporters and photographers. PAST TRIP Smith made the trip from John Day in six hours, arriving here M 6:30 a.m. He Immediately went to a hotel, and came to the capitol shortly before 9 a. m. After he made his brief state ment about continuing Gov. Pat terson's policies, Smith said he had nothing more to say because "I haven't, had time to think this over." Smith has served in four ses sions of the state Senate, having ', I ft0 I ' fcLMO SMITH . . New Governor Judge Ponders Custody Case SAN JOSE. Calif., (UP) The guardianship case of 3'a-year-old Susan Smith, formerly of Portland, Ore.. , baa been taken under sub mission by Superior Judge M. O. Del Mutolo. The judge indicated that -he might spend anywhere from sev eral days to two weeks considering the evidence in the case. ' Susan's aunt, Mrs. Ellen High tower of Los Gates, Calif., . pell tioned to be named her guardian on grounds that the mother,-. Mrs. Marjorie Smith of Portland, is unlit. However, attorneys for Mrs. Smith argued that Mrs. Hightower was guilty of "child stealing'1 for taking Susan from her Portland home after Mrs. Smith was charged with complicity in the bomb-murder of her husband. Ker mit. Mrs. Smith was acquitted of the charge. Hugh Center, attorney for Mrs. Smith, argued yesterday that sev eral inter-state legal cases similar, to the one' involving Susan were thrown out because the domicile of the child Involved was in a dif ferent state. But attorneys for Mrs. Hightower cited a case in which a California court ruled that the court of Juris diction was the court in the state in which the child was living when the action was brought. Del Mutolo said he would study the arguments in regard to Juris diction and .would also go over the testimony introduced from the Portland trial of Mrs. Smith In connection with her , husband s death. "However, I am not going to pass on the guilt or innocence of this lady (Mrs. Smith) as to whether or not she had anything to do with the killing of her hus band," Del Mutolo said. "That matter was litigated In Oregon." After court adjourned yesterday, Mrs. Smith said she intended to return to ' Portland immediately and did not expect to see her child before she left. She said she saw Susan at Mrs. Hightower's home last Sunday and that the child told her, "I want to go back to Portland with you, Mommie." Mrs. Patterson Takes Shock Well SALEM i Mrs. Paul Patterson stood up well after hearing of her husband's sudden death. The Rev. Julian J. Kelser. past r of the First Congregational' Church which the governor attend ed, said "she took the news ex tremely well." The Rev. Keiser went to see Mrs. Patterson as soon as the news was announced. Quake Reported Near Marianas PASADENA. Calif. (,P A .strong earthquake which occurred 200 miles below the surlace of the Pacific Ocean was recorded Wednesday by the California In stitute of Technology. , Dr. Charles Richter of the Seis mological Laboratory said it ap parently happened between the Ma rianas Islands and the islands of Japan. It was timed at 5:53:47 and 6:03:31 a.m., PST. Magnitude was 6.8 on a scale which rates the largest shocks at 8.6. been elected its president in 1955 without opposition. He has been a newspaperman for 23 years, branching from ad vertising work to found the On tario Observer. He served as mayor of Ontario for three years, resigning in 1943 to enter the Navy. He was in the South Pacific and Far East for 18 months. He owns the Blue Mountain Eagle, weekly John Day news paper, end has an Interest In the Madras Pioneer. CHIEF INTEREST His chief interest in the Legis lature has been highway legisla tion, the same as Gov. Patterson's main Interest when he was a leg islator. , ' Smith is friendly and high es teemed by his fellow legislators. He also is a straight talker. His voting record might be con sidered as middle-of-the road among Republicans. Smith was born on a cattle ranch near Grand Junction, Colo., Nov. 19, 1909. He went to high school at' Wilder, Idaho, and was gradu ated from the College of Idaho in 1932. He married Dorothy Leinlnger of Payette, Idaho, and they have a son and a daughter, Mrs. Smith was expected to ar rive late Wednesday from John Day. Tax Charges Face Balentine PORTLAND lifl U. S. Balentine, Klamath Falls attorney who was put on probation a year ago be cause he did not file income tax returns, was. to appear in federal court here Thursday to answer charges of additional tax viola tions. Federal Judge Chase Clark meted the probationary one-year sentence- last Feb. 4 after the 55-year-old attorney pleaded guilty to failing to file income tax returns for three years. A petition signed by John M. McFarland of the federal proba tion office accuses Balentine of falsifying his 1954 tax return, which he filed last April 15, and of failing to keep Income tax rec ords last year as he was ordered to do by the Internal Revenue service. It also accuses Balentine of not turning over to the government federal taxes which he collected from the pay of an employe and of not making deductions from the pay of other employes. 'No Pressure' On Patterson SALEM W There was no pressure from Pres. Eisenhower or his staff for Oov. Paul Patterson to run far the U. S. Senate. In an interview with AP Corre spondent Paul W. Harvey Jr., shortly before' his death he denied reports' he had been requested by the President to run against Dem ocratic Senator Wayne Morse. Those reports grew from a breakfast meeting Gov. Patterson had with the President a year ago. The governor explained he had gone east three or four times in behalf of Oregon projects. He said on one of those- ocAisions he had gone to the White House for the meeting. "We talked about federal aid to education, and politics wasn't men tioned," Gov. Patterson told Har vey. He added that other politi cians he met in Washington had urged him to run. but there had been no suggestion of it from the White House. Gov. Patterson said in the inter view he had made up his mind to run for the Senate a week after a talk at Coos Bay in which he said he would make up his mind In two weeks. The favorable reaction from the public after that an nouncement convinced him he should run, he said. 4 frs j"" l CECIL KILLIAN, 1831 Lowell Street, proprietor of serv-( Ice station at 76 Main Street, miled for the lent of the 9 o'clock photographer thii morning. t Strati HiW ! KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 195$ Price Ftn Ceata It Page Telephone 8111 Disarm Talks Spotlighted During Meet WASHINGTON lifl The Eisen- hower-Eden talks shifted Wednes day to questions of disarmament and possible limitations on atomic and hydrogen bomb tests. . These subjects came up in a White House session attended by Harold Stassen, who la President Eisenhower's disarmament special' 1st. and Lewis Strauss, head of the Atomic Energy Commission. British Prime Minister Eden and Foreign Minister Selwyn Lloyd met with Secretary of State Dulles, Stassen and Strauss. Lloyd had conferred earlier 'for two hours with Dulles at the State Department on Middle and Far East problems Signs pointed to a call by Eisen- hower and Eden for an all-out ef fort to make peace In the Middle East. i PREVIOUS SESSIONS Previous sessions of the Eisen- hower-Eden talks have gone over joint U.S. -British preparations for another disarmament conference with the Russians next month at London. Past efforts to reach ac cord with the Soviets on disarma ment have foundered on the criti cal question ot how to make sure nobody cheats on pledges to dis arm. Eden has talked publicly about possibly limiting atomic and hy drogen bomb tests in the Pacific. But Eisenhower and Dulles,. In pub lic comment, have been cool to ward the idea. Plans for new U.S. nuclear tests in the Pacific have been going ahead. AGREE Eden and Eisenhower agreed Tuesday that peace between Israel and the Arab states is essential to Middle East stability. Among other things they discussed the possibility of posting United Nations- troops 'In the demilitarised zone between the hostile armies o( Palestine In-order to pacify the area.- ., ; - U.S. officials ' demonstrated little enthusiasm for this possibil ity but an American spokesman said it had not been ruled out by Eden and Elsenhower. In two days of discussion the British and American government chiefs and their foreign ministers have aired problems and disagree ments ranging from Europe to the Far East. They have touched also on such matters as general cold war strategy and plans for further disarmament efforts through the U.N. ' Polio Stock Auction Held A livestock auction held at the Klamath Stockmen's Commission Co. yards Tuesday netted tl, 119.55 for the March of Dimes drive, re ported Tom Perkins. National Po lio Foundation chairman, for Klam- ath County, today. A steer donated by Ben and Mabel Henzel brought in (791.65 for the drive. The steer was pur chased first by the donor. Ben Henzel, for $325 and then, given back to be auctioned again. The second time Dan O'Connor of J. D. O'Connor and Sons paid $283.65 for the steer and he also gave it back. The final buver was the Klam ath Stockmen's Commission Co. who paid $183 for the animal. The Klamath Stockmen's firm do nated a lamb which was purchased by Don Flournoy for $77.-A hog given by Del Stepp brought 126.40. Tulana Farms, donated ' a hog which brought $57.50 and John O'Connor gave a hog which was sold for $30. Two sides of bacon given by Grigsby's Smokehouse ' and Tru love's Market were auctioned 14 times to bring a total of $137 tq the drive. - Perkins and Jay Kroksh, county March of Dimes chairman, ex pressed their thanks to the donors and buyers and to the Klamath Stockmen's Commission Co. for their donations of time, money and livestock to aid the polio fund drive Death Comes To Fourth Governor By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Goy. Paul Patterson was the fourth Oregon chief executive to die while in office. By coincidence the state's- two governors named Patterson both had their terms cut short by death. The first to die in office was James Withycombe. who was in his second term when death came on March 3. 1916. Ben W. Olcott moved up from secretary of state to fill the vacancy. I. L. Patterson, no kin to the governor who succumbed Tuesday night, died Dec. 21.- 1929, three years after his election. A. W. Norblad, president of the Senate, took his place. Earl Snell, In his second term was killed in a plane crash near Lakeview Oct. 28. 1947. Because the president of the Senate, Mar shall Comett, also was killed in the crash, the governorship went to the speaker of the House,. John H. Hall. r.Kr-, -..v , .... . .v , f GOVERNOR PAUL L. PATTERSON Below Zero Temperatures Hit Klamath Basin Areas Below zero temperatures were reported from all over the Klamath Basin this morning. ' Bonanza -had its coldest night this, year' with an unofficial 12 degrees below zero Tuesday night- . At the' Ground Ob'srAer Corps station ill Fort Klamath,, it was 23 degrees below zero at 7 a.m. to- KF Base Work Bids Opened Six bids were opened Monday af ternoon at Hamilton Air Force Base, California, for rehabilitation of existing housing and shops, at tne Klamath r ails Air rnrce Base, according to information this morning from the Purchasing and Contracting office at Hamilton. Plans for the rehabilitation work were drawn by the office of How- ard R. Perrln, Klamath Falls architect-and the work includes reno vating; remodeling -and replacing of necessary fixtures and utilities in existing .structures at the base. Bids and amounts wpre: Pinnlger and Watklns, Klamath Falls, $238,069; Lostin and Robin son, Gresham, $284,000; Leo N. Huls, Klamath Falls. $230,320.68; Bigelow Construction Company, Portland, $262,248; Schenk Con structlon Company, Portland. $254,- 611; Brosterhous Construction Com pany, Klamath Falls, $240,048. Contract award will not be made until further study of the bids, of ficials at Hamilton Air Force Base indicated. A. Stevenson Asks Support SACRAMENTO W Sharp barbs against the Eisenhower ed ministration set the keynote ol Adlai Stevenson's appeal for sup port in his California presidential primary campaign. "We've had enough of piety and peaceful proclamations by the President to please half the Re publicans," the Democratic con tender declared Tuesday night, "and enough of threats and bomb- brandtshments by the secretary of state to please the other half. "We've had enough of huckster ing and self-advertising of this ad ministration to please its stock holders." Stevenson did not elaborate on his "piety" remark. The "bomb brandishings" apparently referred to the controversy over Secretary of State Dulles' "brink of war" statements In Life Maguzine. Patterson Home Receives Ike Wire SALEM tin. President Elsen hower telegraphed his sympathy to Mrs. Paul Patterson Wednes day. The telegram: r"I cannot possibly express to you the depth of the shock and distress I feel In learning of your husband's death. He was a dis tinguished citizen, dedicated to the service of his fellow men. More over, I was privileged to call him my good friend. "Mrs. Elsenhower and I loin in assurances of deepest sympathy to you and to the members of your family." No. 3389 day, according to Myrtle Wlmer Herald and News reporter tor tne area. Ranchers coming in to the Fort Klamath Oarage early this morning reported low last nlght ofj 25 and 26 degrees below zero, . . . : ' '-' Bv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sub-Arctic cold kept much of the Pacific Northwest region east of the Casrades in a deep freeze Wednesday. Forecasts were for continued cold. The Weather Bureau reported It was 23 below at Ellensburg and 22 below at Baker, Ore. It was even colder farther to Uie east as New Meadows, in west central Idaho, reported 4S below and Helena, Mont., shivered at 27 below. Other sub-zero readings in Wash ington and Oregon included: Yaki ma -16, Spokane -10, Pendleton -8. Walla Walla -7, Bend -6. Freezing temperatures also ex tended over virtually all of West ern Washington and Oregon, too. Brookings, on the Oregon coast, was the lone spot to report the mercury remained above freezing It had a minimum of 33. Bright weather prevailed gener ally. A strong wind accentuated the cold in the Columbia River sector. Easterly gusts reached as much as SO miles an hour at Trout dale, east of Portland. The forecast for east of the Cas cades was for temperatures as low as 25 below overnight Wednes day in some areas. Some Montana schools were closed because of the weather. The city of Butte, with 10,000 pu pils, was one of them. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Fair and cold throu&h Thursday except for morning fog. Highs 18-23. Lows Wednesday night 5-10 below zero. Iligh yesterday 15 how last night -4 Precip. last 24 hours trace Prcclp. since Oc t. 1 15.35 Same period last year 3.80 Normal for period 6.82 Probe Invites McKay WASHINGTON I A congres-, tain Davis considered the proccd slona) committee studying Interior urc to be "proper and correct." Department handling of 15 disputed Scott said he was "disturbed" that Oregon mining patents offered Davis had accepted "decljive !ln- Wednesday to he3r testimony from Secretary McKay Robert W. Redwlnc. assistant counsel lor the Senate subcommit tee which is conducting the hear ing with a House group, said Mc Kay was being Invited by letter to appear, ii he so desires, at a fu ture session of the Joint group. Redwlne said it was possible the hearing, which opened in Portland, Ore., in November and has been held here intermittently over the past three weeks, might wind upTruman administration wun one more session, in itce Wednesday. It is presently sched uled to resume next Tuesday. Tuesday's session recessed wllh Ihe barrace of charge and counter clnrge that has marked the hear ing throughout. The flareup came at Ihe wind up of testimony by Clarence A. Davis, undersecretary of the in terior, when Sen. Scott (D-NCi said the procedure followed by the de- partment In granting the patents to Al Sarena Mines. Inc., was "a shabby and shoddy way for govern - mcnt to operate." , Although asserting he Ik-It cer - Death Comes During Political Conference PORTLAND, Ore. OT Gov. Paul L. Patterson of Ore gon, who was the top choice of Republican party leaders in Oregon to try to unseat Democratic Sen. Wayne Morse next fall, died of a heart attack last night. Patterson, who had announced only four days ago that he would make the race for the Senate, was conferring with political advisers at the exclusive Arlington Club in Portland when he collapsed. He was 55. Dr. Ernest Boylan, who reached the governor's side with in five minutes, said Patterson died within 10 minutes of the attack at 9:50 p.m. The doctor tentatively blamed a coronary occlusion. Death Stops State GOP's Chief Hope PORTLAND 11 The Oregon Republican Party lost Its chief political hope through the death in Portland Tuesday night of Gov. Paul Patterson. Only Saturday Patterson had declared himself a candidate for Republican nomination to seek the U. s. Senate seat now held by Democrat Wayne Morse. Morse Is the only Democratic candidate so far.. . The death threw the Republican Party politics in the state wide open. INTERIM TERM Patterson's term as governor would have run into January, 1959, had he been unsuccessful in his bid for the Senate. His succes sor, State 8enate President Elmo E. Smith of John Day in Eastern Oregon, now must win the gover norship In this year's election if ne wishes to retain tne position, His interim term will run only un til early January, 1957. Gov. Patterson's death leaves State Rep, Elmer Deetz, Canby dairyman, the only Republican candidate for the U. S. Senate posi tion. Deets Is well known for his legislative work on Oregon milk laws, but is not generally consid ered to carry the political weight Patterson did. Thus the governor'i death turns an off-year , election .already.-of good size into' a full blown fight for political power in the state. 1 It brings up for election the third position on the Important State Board of Control. The board is composed of the governor, the sec retary of state and state treasur er, Fliied now by three Republi cans, all three positions will be up for contest by the strengthened Democrats. It Is believed the first time all positions have been open at one time. The board supervises all state Institutions and serves as a state land board. IMPORTANT POSITION 4 The Important positions to be filed in the November general election include one U. 8. Senate sent, four U. 8. representatives, governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, all state representatives and approx imately half ' the state Senate sents. Political leaders In the Repub lican Party expressed shock and grief at the governor's death. None wished to comment, so soon after the death, on the political implications. Republicans Keep Dinner Schedule PORTLAND m The Rennhll. can. Lincoln Day dinner at which Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson Is to be principal speaker, will go on as scheduled Thursday night despite the death of Gov. Paul Patterson. ' Francis I, Smith. Multnomah Counly Republican chairman, said the decision was made alter due j consideration and some hesitancy 1 because members felt the gover- , nor would have wished it that way. ! "Gov. Patterson's devotion to good government dictates that we proceed with those things political j In which he was so Interested," ! Smith said In a statement. formation and data upon which you based your final decision- from a member of Congress." He referred apparently to testi mony by Davis about meetings, letters and other communications wllh Rep. Ellsworth (V-Ore) con cerning the Sarena claims. Davis nld he had been contacted by no other member of Congress but ac companied his statement with let ters written by Rep. Boykln (D Alai to department officials In the Because the patents gave the private company title to valuable timber In the Rostie River Na tional Forest, Democrats denounce them as "a giveaway." Davis rejected the Democratic assertions. He testified. In ellect. that mining law required that the Al Sarena patents be granted The law declares that a holder of a mining claim can get patent (ownership) to the claim if he ! demonstrates he has made a "val : Id discovery" of minerals and has done at least 1500 in development iwork The only other Republican who has entered the Senate race is Elmer Deetz, a dairy man who was elected to the State Legislature two years ago when he led a successful campaign to remove Oregon's Milk Control , Act. The partv primaries will be held in May. Morse has no opposition among Democrats. Patterson became governor be- oause he was president of the State Senate in 1952, when Douglas Mc Kay -resigned to become secretary of the lnteitor in President Elsen hower's Cabinet. Patterson will be succeeded by' the new State Senate president. Elmo E. Smith, 46, publisher of the weekly newspaper The Blue Moun tain Eagle in the small eastern Oregon town ot John Day, Smith also is a Republican. After stepping Into the governor- - ship, Patterson was elected to a full four-year term in 1954. Smith will serve until a successor can be named at the fall general elec tion. SERVED CONTINUOUSLY Patterson, an attorney at Hllls boro, 17 miles west of Portland, entered politics in 1944, and had served continuously In the State Senate until he became governor, Survivors include his wife and three children, Mrs. John L. Smith son, Oswego, Ore.; Mrs. James Dollard, Claremore, Okla.; and Paul h. Patterson Jr., Tucson, Ariz. The attack that took the gover nors life came as a surprise to his physicians. Dr. Boylan said Patterson did not regain conscious ness after the attack and added, "He experienced no pain. He never knew what happened.'' :, - , ' Dr. Ralph purvine, Salem, saltt Patterson-bad undergone, two..rjhys-" ical examinations in the past two months, and neither disclosed, any heart trouble, He said it was similar to, but more severe than, the attack that struck president Elsenhower. This particular type of heart attack is one of those unpredlct- ables in the present state of the science of medlolno," Purvine said. Patterson's last nubile appear ance came two hours earlier, when he spoke a few words- of welcome to the Assemblies of God World missions convention, attended by 1,700 Pacific Northwest delegates at Portland. After that he went to the Arling ton Club, where he conferred with Ted Gamble, E. J. Ireland and John Hlggins on his campaign. Ire land had resigned only hours pre viously as secretary of the Board of Control, intending to become manager for Patterson s Portland campaign headquarters. COLLAPSE He was seated on a davenport when the sudden collapse came. Patterson long had been in public service, even before entering the state Senate 12 years ago. He was city attorney at Hills- boro, president of the Hlllsboro (jnamDer 01 commerce tunuimuu er of the Hlllsboro American Le gion post, and was active in com munity affairs. He was a member of the Con gregational Church. He was in the Rotary Club and was presioeni 01 the Oregon State Motor Assn. in 1950-52. . , He was born In Kent, O., July 18, 1800. His family moved to Port land when he was 8. He served briefly in the Army in World War. I, was graduated from the Univer sity cf Oregon business school in 1923, and received his law degree from the university In 1926. That same year he began law pi-BCtice at Hlllsboro, where he re mained until stepping into the gov ernorship. Capitol Funeral Service Planned SALEM 11 Funeral services for Oov. Paul Patterson probably will be held at 2 p. in. Friday In the House chamber in the state capitol. A stale funeral was being planned Wednesday, with final ar rangements to be announced later In the day. Friends of the Pattersons said that Mis. Patterson preferred hav ing the funeral In the First Con gregational Church here. But the church can seat only about 250 persons. Patterson Said Picture Of Health SALEM iITt Gov. Paul Patter son was the picture of health at Tuesday afternoon'r Board of Con trol meeting. In fact, newsmen, who have been wondering how the governor could stand the- strain of working long hours, remarked how well he looked. Attending that meeting was his last official act.