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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN News Review Events the Congress Not Accomplishing Anything Important Budget Balancing Likefy to Be Postponed Johnson Assails Borah in Senate Debate. By EDWARD F ANYTHING of moment Is ac- compllshed by the present ses-Ion ses-Ion of congress, almoHt certainly the lust "lnnie duck" session that ever will be held, poll Ileal observers will be AKlonlMhed t . t '' The Democrats, In )jvw t putiterlcnl control ot O ). f' 11,- kn,,a the house, seem be "ITS wlldered and uncer tain ; the Itepub Means gleefully a slst In diHtractliiK their opponents and complicating their attempts at leglsla tlon ; the more rad Rep. Ralney leal members of both pnrtlea slush right and left to add to the confusion. The senate doesn't especially like the house's beer bill, and the house doesn't approve of the repeal resolution before be-fore the senate. Proceedings Id the upper chamber at this writing are held up by a filibuster conducted by Senator Huey Long of Louisiana for the purpose of defeating the Glass banking bill. And over all hangs the prospect (hat President Hoover will veto certain of the most Important measures If they reach the White House. As for balancing the budget, that probably will have to wolt for the special session of the new cou gress. President Hoover apparent ly has abandoned hope thut It can be accomplished at this session, and the Democrats, Including President Elect Roosevelt, give no Indication that they have decided how II should be done. They now deny that they plan to raise the In come tax. the leaders who con ferred with Mr. Roosevelt repudl ted their first statements that such was their Intention. Representative Henry T. Ralney of Illinois, majority ma-jority leader, declares congress can balance the federal budget without the Imposition of additional taxes, except a tax on beer, and his statement state-ment Is greeted with general ex presslons of approval from the tax payers and many members of con gress. He says the budget should be balanced by cutting down the cost of government a proceeding that has the nominal approval of both parties and that the lmosl tlon of a heavier tax burden on the people would be to "Invite revolution." revo-lution." All of which sounds fine but so far congress has failed to reduce re-duce governmental costs In any np preclable degree. The amount It will save In this session may not be as much as $100.00o,ouo. Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, Missis-sippi, one of the most astute of the Democrats, agreed with the Ralney program. "We," he said, "are going to retrench sufficiently to avoid levying of new taxs. It Is too early now to tell Just how close we can come to balancing the hud get through economies. Our plan Is to hold off on revenue leglsla tlon for several weeks while we trv to secure enactment of the beer bill re-enactment of the gasoline tax and all possible economies When we know how much we can raise and save It will be time enough to talk of new taxes." AS LA IT) before the senate, ihe resolution for repeal of the Eighteenth amendment was a com promise between the drys and wets on the Judiciary committee, and satisfied no one. It Is designed to bar the saloon, retains for the federal fed-eral government a certain amount of control over the liquor traffic aim to protect dry states from the Importation of liquor from wet neighbors, and provides for submit Ion of the amendment to state leg tslatures rather than to special tate conventions. Speaker Oarner and Representative Ralney said the resolution In that form would not even he Introduced In the house If ft were passed by the senate, be cause It does not conform to the Democratic platform. SENATOR BORAH'S assertion In the senate that France was Jus tided In her stand on the war debt because President Hoover In .his conference with M. Laval had given the European debtor debt-or nations reason to believe their obligations ob-ligations to t b e United States would be scaled down If reparations ware reduced brought on a sharp debate between the Idaho gentleman and Sen a tor Hiram John-ton John-ton of California. Senator Johnson Hi r i The row started with the leading in the senate of letters trra Secretary of State Stlmson and Secretary of theTreas vjry Mills denying that Mr Hoover had given Laval any such assur nee. These denials, Rorah said, were Inconclusive, though Jt Is hard of Current World Over W. PICKARD to see bow they could be more specific. spe-cific. Johnson thereupon soundly berated be-rated I'.orah for his stand, and satirically sa-tirically scolded him for not giving the senate the "facts" known to him when the moratorium was before be-fore that body In 1031. The exchange ex-change of personalities between the two erstwhile close friends wus acrimonious. Though Mr. Roosevelt declined to cooperate with President Hoover on the war debt questions, he Is get-Ing get-Ing rendy to tackle this and other International matters Immediately after his Inauguration. In pursu a nee of this plan be held long con ferences In New York with Secretary Secre-tary Stlmson, Col. Edward M. House, who Is an authority on foreign for-eign affairs; James W. Gerard, American ambassador to Germany at the time the United States entered en-tered the war; Sumner Welles, who wus assistant secretary of state In the Wilson administration, and Senator Sen-ator Swanson of Virginia, one of our delegates to the disarmament conference. Over In Frunce there la a grow Ing belief thut Mr. Roosevelt se cretly engaged himself to drastic revision of the war debts, and the public also refuses to accept Laval's denial that President Hoover promised prom-ised 1) I in a reduction. rEMOCRATIC logrolling and Ue-publican Ue-publican tactics of hampering marked the debate on the domes tic allotment fur in relief bill In the house, Kven If It were passed by house and senate It probably would be subjected to veto by the President. Presi-dent. The measure was loaded down with amendments by represents lives who refused to be controlled by their party leaders. Proposals to Include rice within the benefits of the act were adopted adopt-ed 99 to 2-f ; peanuts were added by the close teller vote of 111 to 110 and the buttei fat products of the dairy Industry Included 102 to "5 on a rising vote. When it was flnullx assured of passage by the house the Roosevelt farm relief program was rounded out with the Introduc tlon In the senate of companion bills designed to lighten the bur dens of agricultural mortgages through the use of further federal aid and federal money. u V" I NO FISH" LONG'S filibuster against the Glass banking bill amused a handful of senators and a lot of visitors In the gal lerles, but kept the senate from nceom pllshlng anything lluev made a mini her of sn resist I r a I luslons to Senator Glass, which rather annoyed the Vlr glnian He asserted that when recently he Said he Knew more bImhii branch banking than i ;inss he really "wus not Sen. Glass giving himself much credit." Then he produced a big Wide and reid from Isaiah: "Woe unto them that Join house to house, that lay field to field, till there he no ploce, that they may he placed alone In the midst o'f the earth." "Just change that to branch banks." he shouted, "and you've got what II happen to the Independent bankers." "If you don't take the house of Morgan Into consideration." was another contribution, "you ain't go Ing to regulate many hanks with any bill you pass here. The house of Morgan Is the undisputed king fish of the hanking business. " Long's plan to end the depression was characteristic. He would sur vey the country, order production to cease of any product of which there Is now plenty. Issue ten Ml lion dollars of federal bonds for food, clothing, and puhllr works and "Just a little capital levy" on the rich would pay for nil of this program. I.N ltKSI'ONSK to a special tnes sage from the President urging "emergency action" to tHve off wholesale forced foreclosures, con gresslonal leaders promised s pur flal revision of the bankruptcy laws at this session. The House judiciary committee began consideration of n bill embodying the principles mig gested by Mr Hoover In ease t tic debt situation during the present period of doprcsNyu niiKSIDKNT IHMiVI'.ll In a sp.- elal message asked congress to ratify the loin; pending im -(: l inn til arms t .invent l.n or to enact let: Islation a) tin Mssion. giving tin-Chief tin-Chief Kxe.llthe wider pou In placing embargoes on shipment ol arms to belligerents Neither re quest Is likely to tie grunted Ch.ilr man Dora!) of the serial e foreign relations committee has opposed "vVyrt the arms convention for years and 1 Is still against It, be and others holding that It would not Interfert with the enterprises of the greater powers, but would discriminate gainst small nations. Senator Shlpstead of Minnesota said be could approve neither plan, and some of the Republicans, notably Representative Hamilton Fish of New York, declared themselves against them. REPUBLICAN membership In the bouse of representatives was reduced by two during the week by deuth. Congressman Robert R. Butler of Oregon died of heart disease dis-ease Induced by pneumonia. Next day the capital was shocked by the suicide of Samuel Austin Kendall of the Twenty-fourtb Pennsylvania district. For months he had grieved over the death of his wife and finally final-ly gave up and put bullet through his head as he sat In his room In the house omYe building. Among other well known men who died were Guy I). Goff, former United States Senator from West Virginia, and Renton McMlliln, former for-mer governor of Tennessee and for 20 years a member of congress. ILLINOIS Democrats victorious in ' the November election gave the country a lesson on how to get elected at small cost. Figures sub mltted by the can- I dldates In that ' " itn,e ,0 tne clerkg f'""? ot tne ,nte and ", ' house showed that V7 Wllllani I ' ' ' erlch spent only f ,". , $272 In winning the yV, United States sena- lV. ,, - tor ship; the ex l.Jt'.f.A penses of his de feated rival. Sena tor Otis F. Glenn, were $f.83& Martin A. Brennan expend William H. Dieterlch ed only $2 In his successful race for the place of con gressmnn-nt large. The most expensive victory In Illinois Il-linois the contested victory of James Simpson. Jr., Tenth Illinois district Republican congressman-elect, congressman-elect, cost $.'t.l'.r)0. Personal, exempted exempt-ed expenses brought the total up to $1S.!H. Ills election was conteted by C. 11. Weber, Democrat, who spent $l.r2.. "piIOSE Iowa farmers who con- ducted the "strike" of lust year are making rather' successful at tempts to stop the sales of propert) for delinquent taxes and unpali mortgages. In several localities they gathered In large crowds and saved the properties of farmers, at least tenipororlly Their demon Hirst Ions were orderly. CMVK THOUSAND Indiana farm " ers met In their annual confer enee at Purdue university and adopted a program developed by the farm management experts of that Institution. The fourteenth point plHn, worthy of the attention of obtained In 10P'', there was less agriculturists of other stales. In Prime in I'rovo, judging from tlie eludes a policy of "pay as you go, j annual police report, reduction In costs especially those I'It . I.'T. -Accidental deaths for outside labor, production of j In t'l.ih . ..unty numbered on y 7 concentniled products to reduce ! during 1 as enmpnred with LM1 innrketlng costs, production of tii-h ! In a reduction of more than quality goods, taking advantage of 4tvi per cent, according to the an-marketing an-marketing short cuts. Increased In : nu:ll rei-rt of Sheriff E. O. Dnrnell tensity of op-era r I on on good lands culling of live stock 'vigorously and feeding of good animals well. In creased attention to seed selection testing and other crop practices, in ; ,., ,., rintendctit. creased study of management prnc . t.-a.-h.-r-. of the various district tlees. increased use of home grown ; ).,,.. r . t ,, . . , . " have ,i:n el to take registered war-seeds. war-seeds. ro iicinu more of the Tun l .. ... ,, . , " lv a -u.i. ...... .....(. ..n ikn i .... c I ii tii i mi nir liirni, ill creased protltictlon of legume crops avoidance of Investments In permit nenl Improvements, and making ' more use of governmental st-d edu catlonal forces available l-j farm ers." rvKSTEKATE tlghling for ,..ses U slon of tlie rich Jehol pr-jvlnee was going on between the Japanese and the Chinese armies toward the close of the week. The scene of th battle was rhlu-nienkow rhlu-nienkow pass In the (!real Wall, the 'I'ass of tbe Nine (iates." The Japanese, Jap-anese, employing Infantry, cavalry, artillery and bombing bomb-ing planes, attacked fiercely and occupied occu-pied the northern end of tlie pass, but the I hinese concentrated concen-trated at the soul h- Gen. Ttal Ting Kai ern end nud put up n fit l (T resist ance. being ni.led by the mountain 'us nature of t lie country. Jap anese planes Hew far across tilt bonier of the province ami bom burded tlie city of Jehol an. I other towns, the w;ir ofllee Justlfyiug this . i. lion by rharging that tbe ires j enee of Chinese troops there con t Mltnled a "tnenHce' to the .lap imese forces Of course the Chlue.se were on their own soil hul a little thing like thai does not deter .)a pan The Tokvo war ollice claimed Oelory at i 'bliimenkow Jen T'sal I'lng kal. n ho p,,, iiianded the Chinese .Nineteenth route an. iv In Its g .Hunt d. -tense o' MiangliHl a year Hg.. his , i he front and nsK.-.l thai he nine he untied to lead Ills iirni f r . I . i ii.-.i n 1 1 mi , ni in i- ni.icn ':-.-ri,-l Pie .1:, , iiee Im lins tit i cniifl.lenre III tl ot Marsh.-il ( -li.-.ng ni., s. place him as coio',i-ii,., pr.u in. -i I, is li, , ' s t; nn ' Us to ie In th. . s-If' I - let K w ; I I , r.',- i . , H IHI w . .,. ,n S. ,D, , , Intermountain News Briefly Told for Busy Readers WEEDS ON INCREASE. HIGH TEST CATTLE. DOG DERBY CALL OCT. AUTO CREMATES DRIVER 7 PER CENT RATE ASKED. ASHTON, IDA -First call to tlie nnual Aahtmi American dog derby February 22. has oe-ri sounded by ths association. No charges will be made for spectators this season. Several lMillnir mushers have al ready annoutKl their intention of tnterlng the VX'.X races. MALAD, 1 1 A The noxious weed problem on tlie Irrigated farms of Oneida county Is becoming more serious each year. PROVO, IT. --"nly SI, or .f per cent, of the ir..::7- tattle tested for tuberculosis 1" H'--. were reactors, according to a chart In the annual report of t1 li County Agents Ly man II. Rich and An-m H. Call, Jr. TONOPAH. m:v - " '. ! M( Leod, 60, Nye o.uniy health officer, was burned m dc-aili when his automobile auto-mobile turned ow-r and burst Into flames thirty -six miles east of here. BOISE, IDA.- The Arrowrock Irrigator's Ir-rigator's association has gone on record re-cord through resolutions adopted at a recent meeting In favor of assessing assess-ing and tatlnu' mortgages, notes, and cash in luniks and making 7 per cent the maximum rate of Interest In the state. WEISER, IDA. State highway work has been suspended In the Welser country, with the exception of keeping the highways free of Snow, until the close of winter. DRAPER, IT. Six-tenths of mile of snow fence is now complet ed along the highway between Stat street and Dnier. 'Hie fence protects pro-tects the worst ints along this Section of road from the heavy drifting of piidw, which caused extensive ex-tensive snow scraping during tlie recent windy weal her. LOGAN, IT.- liirths nearly doubled deaths during l'.:S2 In Logan City, ( iiy Physician E. L. nanson reports. During the year 859 births were recorded, as against 182 deaths, the records show. BOISE, IDA. --Hunting ducks by the noise of an airplane has become a new sport annual RoUe strictly illegal. Rejxirts to local game authorities au-thorities Indicated hunters were hiding hid-ing the sound of their shooting under un-der the roar of airplane motors as they roared a'ong the mail route, Which parallels the Boise river. BEAVER, IT. Beaver valley farmers are fiecoming alarmed over the lack of rain and snow on tlie mountains and valley. All Indications Indica-tions point to a drought which will exceed that of 19.11. PROVO. I T In spite of the adverse ad-verse economic eonHiticiis which ST. ANTHONY. IDA. Every rural school in Fremont county Is assured of at least a seven in :ith School term, nreordiitp tit V. Cl..n : ranis ami noin tnem until I hev i bec-isled IlolSE. IDA. Northern Malm had ii than average snow f ' during ti e four month ending Doc. 81, but southern Idaho fell short, a summary . f snow fall compiled by H. (i. r .r'er, Itolse weather bureau inclenrol.ivf, stated. k;DI:.. VT. Work has l.e-iin on the new $,t00,0(l0.0() forestry building lo re. riJESTOX. IDA. Kirthfr rx-perltnenting rx-perltnenting with phosjihate us sugar beet fertilizer will be conducted conduct-ed during tbe coming spring by County Agent Chase Kearl. Success of last ear's experiments on thp T'rven I.nr-en farm, on which 1(K) pounds of phosphate was used on i!0 acres Increasing the crop 10 tons per acre, accelerated further tests. HEAVE It. I 'T. According to a reHirt from Forest Hanger II. M. C!irlstens. n there have been seventeen seven-teen nio'ii.'ain lions killed In the Heaver in untnlns during the past , year, ins . . votes and 8 bolx-ats have ; been r. i i ied killed which is not i the total amount killed. ' TWIN I'AI.I.S, IDA.-Imino.lint i sale of 1. .i5.)53 pounds of beans j M"ri''l in the Jerome B. Rice Seed I r",ll',,,l warehouse since l'.Ktl. was p.rmitt.d by five southern Idaho '"an grow ers' agreements In the (llstriet en d In the It went h, nil. The beans were stor-'oinptiny stor-'oinptiny warehouse when rvci-lvershlp. I'llt.V. the ,,., for II,,-the II,,-the -I ,.. IsHi.-d I '. I T - Covering In detail ,.f liie I'tah Slate Hospital it bleiinlum, a r.-ixirt of 1 ard of Insanity has Ni n n-port shows an enroll-' enroll-' v I. to;:-J of SCtS p.-Hienls I with il!) two ye-irs I ' .i log the hieniiiuni, l',n . oiiniiilleil ,nt, -J 7 I and IimJ died. The niitu- !s to each oft leer and show u to lc li 7 and tin ;-n en' age .i") of one p- .1!-, ! Ptit. Calvin Coolidge Laid to Rest in Plymcnitir 1 1 ( v j i -' f , t Scene In the little cemetery of Ing Interred Scenes and ifll T V 1 United States frigate Constitution Old Ironsides passing througb the Culebra cut of the canal on its voyage from Washington, D. C, to Seattle, Wash. 2 Old friends of the late President velt doing honor to his memory at Tanker Doris Kellogg and Its 60,000 naving Deen rescuea oy me steamer Delaware Sua TAXES IN THE DESERT I Nothing seems to be escaping tlie eye of tlie tax collector in these try Ing times. TheCompagnie Oenernle Transsnharienne, controlling this tiny gas pump In the wastes of the Sahara desert, bs been ordered by the collector of taxes at Adur to Py tax on tlie gasoline that Is be Ing sold at tills station. So far the ense remains unsettled with the company firmly refusing to allow the courts to arbitrate the matter. TO COACH FORDHAM AW 'i . A . Jres II n-oulcy. h n,.,,,,.,,,, '''"rinlny as s m,,r " f,",r, ,,""' ' l our Horse,,,,-,, ",J' M,pol., ro,, 7"'"" '""nil,,,,,, university for . thru-year period. -ff ; I - y& ") l 11 p -?.- ' L j.,, m 1 "if IV i I .'V .? ii ! Jfi I -, 1 . 1 liHiilUl. ' I "11 "inll""l'"'"'WMf nOmMrirliHlna L , if . i 4 ' :7S , " Plymouth, VL, as tbe body of former President Calvin Coolld ' Persons in the Current News it, ;; Jinur A & - ... . ' -. -M-tf- his tomb In Oyster Bay, L. I on the anniversary of his death. - barrel cargo being destroyed by Are off the North Carolina coast, Itl A Poet Laureate Looks Over New Yj L Pi, a d ii.. .i .. . . . . . . . . . c .. ' fttnpdl n.. 4i. aiiuiBiieiu, supennienaeni or ine N-o."r" i tute of New York, pointing out some of the Interesting lbtl j City tO John MnSofloM nn linunt. r,t Fnlrlnnil nntl llrl H"! - - - -' " . - v1- . v who are visiting America. J ; :.v. s".-.( Mil... i . i.a mlnP laylorville. Ml., and searching them for dynamite st"tu the mine company's storehouses. r. - mi ve lot I 1 I V! ': 11 lit Hunting Dynamite in Mine War 1 1,-tir- ' LMMHfst v t : V4 .oi.io.s national (Jnardsmen stopping autos m p,j |