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TITE MORyiXG OltEGOXIAy. TUESDAY. DECEMBER' 26, 1933 2L
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crowd of lawmakers, according to
state highway officials. It was con
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gress which created tpe situation ,
and is not any idea originating with
the new legislature, they say. j
The federal aid act specifically I
provides that the state highway de
partment must do all maintenance
work. It Is further provided that if
any, state fails to maintain roads
which have been built with federal
aid, the secretary . of agriculture
may, after 90 days' notice, do the
work by contract or force account,
but there is nothing in ihe law that
requires the secretary! -o show any
speed about it. Until the work is
TO PORTLAND HOME
IFuiFSttAimnifflES!!
Parents of Sarah Rockwood
Mourn Child's Death. .
eventually done all federal aid ! 81
money is cut off.
SLAYER STILL AT LARGE
county failed to do the road majn-
appropriation would be held up until
Hits oecieLtuy 01 agriculture gui
around tp the job, and in the mean-
Reckless Driver Who Runs Down
Nine-Year-Old Girl Is
Unknown to Police,
that the state was not obeying the
icuerai act at an.
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Grief stood out overwhelmingly
Christmas day in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Rockwood, 715 Eaft
Twenty-sixth street North, in spite
of (the efforts of friends and rela
tives who brought with them the
message of "peace on earth, good
will to men." The funeral of their
little 9-year-old daughter, Sarah
Goodwin Rockwood, the little girl
whose life was snuffed out by a
reckless motorist whose identity yet
remains hidden, will be held today.
If ever a lesson were drawn for
the reckless driver it must be con
tained in this terrible tragedy which
descended upon a happy home in
Portland on the day before Christ
mas, and will remain a sorrowful
memory of the day when Joy and
happiness should reign supreme.
The charitable spirit of Christmas
still pervaded the grief-stricken
household, despite the tragedy, for
they did not speak in harsh terms
of the cruel act, "If this can serve
as a lesson to drivers if they only
will be more careful now," said the
mother yesterday; but it is apparent
that such lessons have proved futile
in the past. John, the little 11-year-old
brother, who was with his
sister at the time, said that "Christ
mas wasn't so nice now that there
are only two of u there were
three, you know." There is a little
twin sister of Sarah's, whose name
is Adelaide.
Children Walk in Street.
Sarah' and John were on their way
to a neighbor's home on East Twenty-ninth
street, about 7 o'clock Sat
urday night. They had turned the
corner at Fremont street, had tra
versed about three-quarters of the
way up the block on the south side
and were nearing the intersection
of East Twenty-sixth and Fremont
streets. They knew a ear was com
ing behind them and, although they
were walking in the street at the
time, they were within three feet of
the curb, according to John's story.
Then, as the car came -on rapidly
and the boy saw that it was about
to strike them, he clutched fran
tically at his little sister to pull her
away from the danger. Even as he
did so the fender brushed against
him and threw his sister to the
pavement, one wheel passing over
her little body, as marks on-the coat
bore evidence.
"She was carried ten feet down
the street," said John; but neigh
bors who were attracted by the
boy's screams declared that the car
must have thrown her that far by
the impact.
Driver Ignores Screams.
Even had the driver failed to see
the- little tots he could surely have
heard the screams of John which
soon brought neighbors to the scene.
The big car sped on. The senseless
body was carried into the home,
where the child died five hours
later.
A high bank on the south side of
the street at the place where the
little child was struck has been
crumbling in the recent rains and
mud had slid down onto the side
walk. It was to avoid this mud'that
the children were walking in the
street. An arc light at East Twenty-fifth
and Fremont streets and
another at East Twenty-sixth and
Fremont streets afforded sufficient
light for a driver to see anything in
the street, and the lights - of the
car were bright, according to John's
story.
Efforts of the police to find any
trace of the driver of the big car
have been in vain. Conscience
stricken, he too may have suffered
throughout a sorrowful Christmas
day; or, again, if he be the relent
, less murderer that police and those
who are familiar with the terrible
tragedy now believe him to be, he
may some day be apprehended and
pay the penalty for his crime..
PUPILS WHO WOX HEALTH
AWARDS ANNOUNCED.
Virginia Cooke, Dorothy Craw
ford and Mary E. Adams Re
ceive Highest Honors.
Announcement was made yester
day of the winners in the "live a
little longer" essay contest con
ducted under auspices of the Oregon
state board of healtn in connection
with the health exposition recently
held in the municipal auditorium.
In the high school group Virginia
Cooke, student in the second aca
demic year at St. Mary's academy,
won the first prize of $25 in cash.
In the grammar grades group the
winner of the $25-prize was Mar
garet Crawford, pupil in the room
of Mrs. Buhous, Creston school. The
prize of $10 for the best essay by
a pupil of the primary grades weni
to Mary Elizabeth Adams, room 2-LS,
Fulton Park school. The essays for
the younger group of pupils were
but 500 words in length while in
the two older groups they wei 1000
words long.
The topic on which the pupils
wrote was, "What I Learned at the
Health Exposition." Several hun
dred essays were received and it
was a difficult matter for the
judges to choose- the best. Many
young writers illustrated their
papers. The three health pointers
most universally emphasized, it was
found, were on the care of the teeth,
he drinking of milk and the eat-
ng of fresh vegetables.
The complete list or prizes and
winners follows:
High school croup First prize.
Miss Virginia Cooke, second academic,
St. Mary's academy; second prize, $10,
Miss Doris Cooper, English VII, Com
mercial high; third prize, $5, Miss Dor
othy Bullock, third academic, St. Mary's
academy.
Grammar (rradaa erouo First prize.
$25, Miss Margaret Crawford, Mrs. Bu
hous room, Creston school, 4227 Forty
first etreet S. B. ; second prize, $10, Miss
Marjorie Vincent, o-B, Holman school,
869 Corbett street; third prize, $5 Miss
Roma Crockfitt, 6-B, Failing school,
Porter street.
Primary grades group First prize.
$10, Miss Mary Elizabeth Adams, 2-B,
Fulton Park school; second prize, $7,
Billie Gerken, 2-A, Buckman school, 172
East Twelfth street; third prize, $3, Miss
Phyllis Alba Strickland. 2-A, Buckmaa
school, 174 East Fifteenth street.
BIG HOTEL IS ASSURED
United Hotels Corporation Offers
Tacoma Directors Control.
TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 25 (Spe.
cial.) Tacoma's $1,000,000 civic ho
tel is off to a fresh and real start.
The trustees will delay active prep
arations for construction no longer.
it was announced, but will proceed
at once along the plan of action
outlined in their resolution, adopted
while the matter of capital stock re
duction was pending.
The united Hotels corporation,
which has taken the lease on the
proposed Olympia hotel to be built
in faeattle, has offered the "Tacoma
directors a contract calling for an
earning of 4 per cent on the capital
stock of $1,000,000 and to return
half of the net earnings to the
stockholders. -
TAXES DUE ESTIMATED
Delinquents in Washington Are
13.7 Per Cent of Levy.
OL.YMPIA, Wash.. Dec. 25 (Spe
cial.) Taxes due for the year jl922
and delinquent since December 1,
totaled 13.7 per cent of the total
levied, fatate Treasurer Babcock an
nounced yesterday. Garfield eountv.
which paid a greater proportion of
poii taxes this year, as compared
with last, than any other county in
the state, also leads all counties In
percentage of taxes paid, having
uuiy uue-nair ot t per cent -delin
quent, Mr. Babcock said.
inner counties, particularly in
eastern Washington, had a larire
percentage of delinquent taxes, the
highest being Douglas county with
35 per cent.
As all delinquent taxes bear 12 per
cent interest after December 1, it
behooves those who have not paid
up to get in early, the treasurer
auaea.
3000 SCIENTISTS MEET
Professor Stafford to Represent
University of Oregon.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eu
gene, Dec. 25. (Special.) Professor
O. F. Stafford, head of the univer
sity department of chemistry, who
recently brought to perfection
vi uLcoa joi uuuzmg waste wood on
a commercial scale, '- represent
the University of Oregon at the
meetings of the American Associa
tion for the Advancement of Science
to De new in Boston this week.
Three thousand scientists from all
parts of this country and Canada
are expected to attend the meet
ings, which will be held at the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology
ana narvara university.
n-oressor Stafford will Inspect
further work being done in eastern
wuoa uisuuaiion plants that are
utilizing nis process. He expects to
return nere January 8.
ROAD REPAIR AT ISSUE
Opposition to State Taking Over
AVork Declared Misdirected.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 25 (Spe
cial.) Opposition of county com
missioners to the proposal that the
state take over the work of maintaining-
the roads of the state high
way system is directed at the wrong
mi
BLUE SKY LAW IS URGED
Texas Oil Literature '- Flooding
State Veterans' Home.
OLYMPIA, Wash.,. Dec. 25 (Spe
cial.) Support for the passage of a
blue sky law for the state of Wash
ington came to J. Grant Hinkle
secretary of state, Saturday, from
an unexpected source. It appears
that the veterans' home at Retsil is
being flooded with letters, couched
in glowing terms, setting forth the
advantages to be gained" by invest
ments in Texas oil stocks.
A. J. Murphy, captain of barracks
at the home, wrote to Mr. Hinkle
declaring that a blue sky law is
needed more than any other law
that could be placed on Washing-
tons statutes.
School Vacation 10 Days.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec. 25.
(Special.) Aberdeen schools were
dismissed Friday for a "ten-day va
cation. The majority of the teach
ers left for the sound cities and
Portland to spend Christmas, a few
remaining here with friends and
relatives and planning visits to the
cities later in the week. Grays Har
bor students at Washington and
Oregon colleges have arrived home.
Schools will open January 2.
Centralia Teacher Resigns.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Dec. 25.
(Special.) Announcement was made
Saturday by the Centralia school
board that M. E. Harty, popular
member of the high school faculty,
had tendered his resignation. It
will take effect as soon as his suc
cessor is chosen. It is understood
that Mr. Harty intends to engage in
the lumber business.
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