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SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDA Y MORNING, MAY 30, 1922
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Paving of Stretch to Con
nest Polk County Seat
With Hard at Brunk's
Corners Begun Yesterday.
COUNTY PREPARES FOR
MUCH CONSTRUCTION
Direct Route to Tillamook
Beaches from Valley
Soon Possible
DALLAS. Or., May 29. (Spe
cial to The Statesman) Work
was resumed this (morning on the
uncompleted stretch of highway
between Dallas and Salem which
was started last year and which
was not completed last season on
account of the poor condition of
the roadbed. ;
The Dennis Construction com
pany which has the contract, has
a force of men working contin
uously all winter placing gravel
on the roads and scraping and
rolling it in and' the roadbed la
now In f ine shape for the hardsur
facing.
Two Months Kecessary.
It Is expected that it will take
at least two months to connect up
with the parement at Brunk's cor
ner and when this is done one of
the best roads In the state will be
found in Polk county and the run
ning distance to-the capital city
cat down to about SO minutes,
- At a meeUng of I the .highway I
commission and 1 the Polk county I
court held at Salem Saturday af
' ternoon agreements were made to
have the "balance of the road work
in this county and the rebuilding
of several bridges ' oa the state
highways start at once with a view
to having the West Side highway
' completed at least as far as Cor
vallls this ! year, thereby giving
Dallas direct connection with
Portland on a hardsurfaced road.
County to Build Roads.
' In addition to the work being
done by the highway commission,
Polk eonnty win also do quite an
amount of roadbullding on Its own
hook; At least one mile of hard
surfaced roads will be built lead
tng north of Independence con
necting up with the three miles al
ready built, Roads will be grav
eled and graded In all parts of the
county and the new road between
the tipper Salt Creek country and
the Wallace bridge which has al
ready been surveyed and approved
by the state highway commission
will be graded and made ready for
macadamising. -
' Beach Drive Direct.
This route will give Dallas. 8a
lem and all cities located south of
here a more direct route to'tho
Tillamook county Reaches and will
cut down the running time from
Dallas to these beaches to a little
over two hours. .
. Roads running into all . the
principal cities of the county will
be repaired during the summer.
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SAN FRANCISCO, ay 29, Ar -
thur E. Young, manager of the
FirBt National bank of Dubois.
Idaho, who was reobrted to the do-
lice aa mlsslnr Yterdr waul
found todav at the Ferrr buildimr
by M. M. Dekayser whom Young I
Jiad been visiting here. Young
, had been' suffering from a loss of
memory, according to Mr. Deksy-
ser.
SALEIil POSTOFFICE
WILL CLOSE TODAY
Decoration day being a"
national holiday, the Salem
postof f ice will be closed all
day, save , that , the general
delivery wUl be open from
9 to 10 o'clock for tran
slent'patrons only.'""
No clerks or carriers will
'be on duty during the day,' :
nd only the general deliv
ery department will be open
at all, and this only for the
hoars above named.
"The' above announcement
Is made by Postmaster Au
gust Huckesteln.' .
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ROAD WORK IS
AGAIN STARTED
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making la trip to the United
place in Tennessee in a short
BIG BRIDGE AT
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West End of Structure Over
Willamette Destroyed;
Traffic Stopped
Twenty or thirty feet of the
west end of the big bridge across
the Willamette river at Albany
burned out yesterday, according
to Salem motorists who returned
here last night. It is believed
there will be .no traffic over the
bridge before tomorrow.
The fire reached the bridge
from drift wood beneath the
bridge, though how this became
inalfmed is not known.
The drift wood and much other
debris has collected under the
bridge during the latest high wa
ter period.
July 29 Fixed as Date
for Sunday School Picnic
The second annual convention
of consolidated Sunday schools of
I Marion county wm oe nem at me
.utB fafr .rounds July 29. It was
I announced last night after a meet
lng of officials of the county Sun-
day school association, of which
n50- Vres is president.
I . At least 96 Sunday schools win
Participate In .this year s event
"ver o.uuu persons auenaea
I tne picnic last year ana a program
for the entertainment of at least
7,000 is being prepared.
Portland Women's Clubs
Ask Lower Street Car Fare
The Portland Federation of
Women's clubs, aggregating a
membership of about 8000 women
has adopted a resolution calling
upon the public service com mis
sion to reduce street car fares in
Portland from 8 cents to 6 cents,
claiming that the company has
not made improvements promised
when the increase from 6 to 8
cents was granted by the commis
ston, about two years ago. The
service commission is in receipt of
the resolution, together with a
letter, signed by Mrs. Alexander
Thompson, president of the fed'
era tion.
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Tuesday fair , and :
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ALBANY
BURN
a member of Parliament for
t 'i . ai l i i i
ieuers recenny receivea ay
States and to visit his birth-
time.
Move to Have School En
larged Furthered by Sa
lem Commercial Club
Salem civic clubs will to the
last man get out and fight for the
Salem Indian school, following ac
tion taken last night at the Com
merclal club to help put over the
campaign for at least a full high
school course of study and en
couragement for collegian work
by the Indian students if they de
sire to go further.
The movement was started by
the Kiwania club, that asked all
tne ciuos ana organizations oi me
city to join in making the Indian
school what it ought to be an
Institution for higher learning. It
now gives only up to and includ
ing the 10th grade, and there are
so many Indian students who are
eager to go on, that it is felt the
school course must be enlarged
for their benefit. There Is at
present only one Indian school
that gives a fall high school
course; that is Haskell institute
In Kansas, and Its superintendent
is also chief supervisor ot Indian
education.
The Kiwanis club has addressed
a letter to, Senator McXary. and
on this basic presentation of facts,
all the organizations are to go di
rect to the congressmen and sena
tors for their endorsement or de
mand for action
The size, stand -
ing, location and general charac
ter of the Salem school, and the
urgent need for more than one
high school for all the Indian
youths of America, are set forth
in a vigorous manner.
The Rotary club the Commer
cial club, the Woman's club, the
Cherrians, the War Mothers, the
Parent-Teacher association, and a
number of others will act 'in the
matter.
BURNED TO DEATH
OAKLAND. CaL. May 29. C.
Marston. 29, an oiler at-the plant
of the Pacific Tank & Pipe com
pany, was battered and burned to
death today when he was caught
in whirling machinery.' While
his body was . being whirled
around his . clothing was ignited
bf friction. . . , -i
CAMPAIGN FOR
CHFMAWA ON
S BILL IS
NOW ON VERGE
Approval by Senate Finance
Committee Wednesday
PredictedHouse Meas
ure Closely Followed.
HARDING'S ATTITUDE
UNDERGOES NO CHANGE
McCumber Plan Appears to
Have Lead Over Propos
al of Senator Smoot
WASH1NGTON, May 29. Ap
proval by the senate finance com
mittee on Wednesday of a sol
diers' bonus bill, following close
ly along the lines of the house
measure with its bank loan pro
vision, was predicted today by
members of that committee. Re
publicans and Democrats, after
the subject had been discussed for
nearly two hours.
An informal canvass of the
committee today indicated that
the members were divided, 9 to
6, for the house measure with
some modifications the so-called
McCumber plan. Five members,
all Republicans, were reported to
favor" the Smoot proposition of
paid up life insurance for the
verans m ueu 01 an otner rorms
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m,tteeman- . n.ato.r winim8-
iiemocrai, Mississippi, was unaer-
Ltoort tn w nmwMMttrt' anv
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legislation.
Question May Canse Delay J
Whether a land reclamation
provision is to be instituted in the
McCumber plan is an open ques
tion and consequently it may be
some time before a bonus is re
ported in the senate.
Chairman McCumber is anx
ious, however, that the bill be
reported out in the immediate fu
ture, and he expects to press for
action as speedily as possible.
There is a difference of opinion
among Republican leaders as to
whethefr (the bonus should dis
place the tariff bill at any time
soon, bo jthe iobable time at
which the senate will get into the
bonus fight is indefinite.
MrCumber Is Sanguine
Senator McCumber is of the
opinion that the senate can dis
pose of the measure with a few
days of consideration, but this
view is not shared by all leaders
-Opponents of a bonus In any
form, as well as opponents of the
amended house bill, are prepared
for a long discussion of the ques
tion.
Both the McCumber and Smoot
plans have been outlined in some
deU1, to prasident Harding with
a view of obtaining an expression
of opinion from 'him, but the
committee went ahead today with
their consideration without hav
ing received any word from the
executive. Publicly, at least, the
president has given no indication
ot a change of nrind since he told
the house ways and means com
mittee to finance the bonus with
a sales tax or postpone enactment
of the legislation.
Adjusted Certificates Proposed
Aside from a provision to pay
cash to veterans whose compen-1
sation would not exceed $50, the!
McCumber plan would provide for
adjusted service certificates on
which banks would be authorized
to loan funds during the first
three years and the treasury
1 thereafter during the 20 years of
the life of the certificates. The
certificates would have a face
value equal to about three times
the amount of veterans' adjusted
service credit at the rate of $1
a day for domestic service ana
$1.25 a day for foreign service.
and the total would be payable
at the end of 20 years, or 6ooner
upon the death ot the holder.
Farm AM Included!
There also would be provision
for vocational training and home
and farm aid. These and the
cash and certificates features are
almost Identical with those In the
house bill, but the land settle
ment, ' or reclamation feature n
the house measure has been elim
inated.
There is a movement In both
the senate "and house to $ave
some kind of a reclamation . pro-
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AGREEMENT
FUNNY LIGHT
SEEN AGAIN;
NO SOLUTION
Glim That Causes Silverton
Folk to Wonder Goes About
Aimlessly in Field
i3ILVERTOX. Or., May 29.
(Special to The Statesman.)
The flashlight, which caused so
much continent early this spring
and then disappeared when given
publicity, hag again come to life.
It was Been wandering through
the fields along Paradise road
both on Sunday and Saturday
nights of the past week-end.
A flashlight in itself on a dark
night ia not so mysterious (as
long as it keeps to the traversed
highways or the well known short
cuts. But the "mystery light"
does neither. It simply wanders
here and there with seemingly no
point or purpose in view. It usu
ally chooses field, lawns and or
chards for its rambles.
It is now nearly , two months
ago since it was last seen until its
recent appearance again.
CALL SOD TO
E
No Unitorms Necessary in
Parade Today, Says
Commander Minton
Ex-service men, veterans of the
World war are urged by Joseph
MInton commander or Capital
post No- 9' Amerlcan le&on- to
Join in the Memorial day parade
this aftenoon at 2 o'clock.
'For many years the veterans
of the Civil war and of the Span-
IssAtnerlcan wars have faithfully
observed this day in honor of our
nation's dead,' 'Is Commander
Minton's reminder. "These older
veterans reported each year with
ranks that are being rapidly thin
ned by time.
'The younger veterans must
take up this duty and it is for this
reason that I urge each man to
join with his comrades at Marion
square today. Both the American
Legion and the Veterans of For
eign wars will welcome ex-cer
vice men who will parade with
nnits. regardless of whether or
not you are a member. Get ac
quainted with the organizations
which represent your participa
tion in the World war and meet
those older veterans who set the
example by offering their all when
the call came.
"Uniforms? No uniform is
. (tat
necessary. Marcn in your civilian
clothes. Of course we hope that
there will be a representation of
army, navy or marine togs, but
your presence Is needed most of
all.
"Be at Marlon square promptly
at 2 o clock."
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HUNDREDS SHOW INTEREST
v
Speaking by and large, the
story of Oregon and the Indian
has been about the finest of any
mixed-people story in America
I since the coming of the Quakers
under William Penn. The white
men came here in response to the
I heart call of the Indians, to bring
I the white man's God and the
I white man's ways to the native
I peoples. They brought Bibles
land bacon and beans rather than
j bullets and bayonets and blood
(shed; only a few sporadic out-
breaks, fostered by renegade
whites, have ever marred the re
lations ot the two races the
aborigines and the conquering
Caucasians.
Xow Mingle at Chemawa
But there was never a finer
mingling of the two peoples than
out at Chemawa,, the Salem In
dian school, this week, the grad
uation and closing week for the
school year. The last three days
of last week all the halls and
dormitories and shops and indus
tries of the school were open for
the inspection of visitors. Hun
dreds, or rather thousands in all,
visited part or all of the school.
Jason Lee started the first Indi
an school, within sight of the
present school, 83 years ago. It
had various vicissitudes, and for
a time the governmental school
IN EXERCISES AT GHE
MAJOR MILLER
RON
FOR THE G.A.R.
Head of Veterans of Foreign
Wars Joins in Request for
Observance of Memorial
Day.
CARS ARE PROVIDED
FOR ELDER SOLDIERS
Patriotic Bodies to Parade
to Armory, James Craw
ford to Be Speaker
Enough cars have been pledgea
to care for every Grand Army sol
dier who will join In the gTave
decorating services this morning.
or in the afternoon parade and
services. Wl M. Hamilton is the
chief dispatcher, in charge of the
transportation, and the cars are to
start from the armory. All vet
erans who will accept the service,
are urged to make their wishes
known to Mr. Hamilton or his
aides, at the armory, and tney
shall see whether republics are
ungrateful!
The general staff for the day's
program will be Major Miller ot
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, as
grand marshal of the day; Acting
Commander W. C. Faulkner of
the G. A. R., commander Joe Min
ton ot Capital post. No. 9, Ameri
can legion. Commander H. W.
Ross of the Spanish War veterans.
Mrs; Norma Terwilliger, depart
ment patriotic instructor of the
W. R. C., and an official to rep
resent each. of. the patriotic "wo
men's organigations.
Observance Vnrgcd
Marshal Miller gives eut an ur
gent call for patriotic observance
of the day.
"The younger veterans should
step intq the places recently held
by the grand old men ot the G.
A. R., and take upon themselves
the pleasant task of paying honor
to the G. A. R. on Memorial day.
V?e have been honored by their
recognition of our common Inter
est in th e observance of this day
Let it be evidenced by the appear
ance of every veteran in line for
the Memorial day parade, that we
recognize the significance of the
occasion. Let us honor those dear
comrades of the armies and nav
ies of the United States who have
answered final muster, by setting
aside this day of tribute and horn
age.
Thoughts For Day
"In the observance of Memorial
day, let us turn the thought and
profound reverence to those who
have gone before. May 30 is now
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that followed the Lee missionary
venture, was located at Forest
Grove, from where it was moved
early in the 80' back to its pres
ent location. But they have never
had as big or as capable a school,
or as big a crowd of appreciative
visitors as they have had this
year.
Senior Play Attraction
The big social attraction so far
this week is the senior play and
its accompanying festivities given
last, night and to be repeated
again tonight. It is in two parts,
the first being the presentation
of the First Indian Suite, an in
terpretative Indian program writ
ten and orchastred by Ruthyn
Turney ot the school. The music
has a haunting quality that grips
the hearer as crashing chords
could never do. If the Indian life
as it used to be is not a .tragedy,
at least it was such as to inspire
somber, haunting music rather
than jazz. Mr. Turney has caught
the Indian music precisely as It
is, and his Interpretation of its
spirit, together with the panto
mimic presentation of Indian rife
and moods and thoughts, made it
an Impressive performance.
Big Chorus Featured
The second half of the evening
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FAIR BOARD mm
IS FIRED;
ACTIVITY
Governor Olcott - yesterday ousted from membership on
the state board of fair directors C. E. Gates, of Medford. Thtf
reason &3 riven by the governor in a brief note ia for the
good of the service," ; ? c
It is presifmed that the governor's action in removirisr
Gates from membership on the state fair board, to which he
was appointed by Olcott less than a year ago, is because of
Gates apparent activity with the Ku Klux Klan, an organiza
tion which wa3 acrimoniously attacked by the governor a
week before the primary election of May 19 and which
worked against him and in behalf of Charles Hall of Harsh
field. .
Gates was appointed on the board to succeed E. V. Carter
of Grants Pass. There have also been intimations that he
might become an independent candidate for governor for the
general election of next November.
"This is to advise you that you are removed as a mem
ber of the state board of fair directors, such removal to be
come effective June 1, 1922,', says the governor's note to
Gates. "This action is taken under tHe provisions of sec
tion 4043, Oregon Laws, for the good of the service."
POWER
T
TO BE BUILT
P. FLU & P. Co. to Spend
$170,000 in Improving
Equipment Here
The present electric power gen
erating station of the , Portland
Hallway, Light & Power company
at-Balem i- to' be replaced by a
modern plant having four times
the capacity of the present plant.
The P. R. L. & P. company has
installed at present at its plant at
Mill and Liberty streets electric
generators driven by steam en
gines having a total capacity of
750 kilowatts or 1000 horsepower.
These generators, engines and
boilers are to be removed, the
power plant building to be remod
elled, and a modern steam turbine
driven generator having a maxi
mum capacity of 3000 kilowatts
or 4000 horsepower is to be in
stalled, equipped with the neces
sary boilers and other auxiliary
equipment required to operate the
turbine and generator.
City's Growth is Followed
Due to the rapid growth of Sa
lem, the present plant has been
outgrown, and the P, R. L. & P-
Co.. in line with its policy of pro
viding adequate service for its
customers, is installing this mod
ern plant for the purpose of pro
viding a relay or emergency ser
vice in case the power should be
shut off from either one of the
two transmission lines over which
the power for Salem is ordinarily
supplied. .
One of these transmission lines
extends from the company's large
hydro-electric plant near Estaca
da on the Clackamas river, and
comes to Salem by way of Beaver
creek, Mplalla and Mt. Angel. The
other transmission line supplies
power from the . steam driven
plants in Portland.
Emergencies Are Frequent
Occasionally, due to farmers
blasting stumps or to storms, one
or sometimes both of these trans
mission lines are out of commis
sion temporarily. In such cases
in the future, this new power
T-lant will be brought into service
and supply the power required for
Salem and the surrounding; towns
served by the P. R. L. & P. Co
W. M. Hamilton, division mana
ger for the company, states that
it is the intention at present to
have this steam turbine driven
generator running 16 hours per
day, from 6 o'clock In the morn
ing to 10 o'clock &t night, carry
ing a light load and prepared to
cfrry a full load up failure of
power from the transmission
lines.
The volue of this new power
Plant is aproximately $170,000
and will consume from 8 to 10
carloads per day of sawmill ref
use fuel when operating at its rat
ed capacity.
OWSLEY SENTENCED
WALLA WALLA. Wash., May
29 Bert F. Owsley was sen
tenced today to two to 15 years
in the state penitentiary. He was
convicted two weeks ago of theft
ot wheat from warehouses of the
valley. He filed notice of appeal.
PLAN
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KILLED J1HR
Rairoad Brakeman Says He
Used Club In Fight
With His Victim V
EVERETT, Wash.; May If.
Donald . Stevenson, ; railway
brakeman, confessed here 1st to
day.-aeeordinrtote police, that
he killed A. A. Almour, Seattle
salesman, whose body was found
Thursday In a patch ;pf .woods
near Stanwood, Wash. . t
According to the police, Steven
son says he killed Almour with
club during- a tight over the Ques
tion whether or not they wools'
rob a farmer In, the vicinity it
procure funds to buy "moon
shine;. VV.; ' ; ''-y-Yv
Confession Believed In,
The confession was made M
Deputy .Prosecuting Attorney
Kaune and Sheriff West of Sno
homish county. The officials de
clared that they believed the con
fession to be true and that Sie
ve!) ion had a motive for the deed
which he failed to reveal. Kaune
was said , to have obtained the
confession after, he .had , filed a
first degree murder charge
against the brakeman. ' .
H. D. Ellis Wanted in Fargo,
N. D. in Connection
With Bank Case !
DALLAS. Or., May JJ. (Bp
cial to The Statesman) IL D.
Ellis, formerly connected with the
Scandanavlan-American .' bank of
Fargo, N. D., is being held In the
Polk county jail awaiting the ar
rival of officers from that state.
Ellis was arrested bf Sheriff
John W. Orr at Monmouth where
he was attending the State- Nor
mal school upon a bench warrant
issued by Sheriff Kramer of Far
go. His arrest followed the, In
dictment of a nnmto of officers
of the Fargo bank returned by s
grand jury in North Dakota s
short time. ago. ,rMf-
The bank with wiiich Kills was
associated failed about a year ago
after an unsuccessful career under
Non-Partisan management. Most
of the other officers , connected
with the bank hav been arrested
within the past week and will be
returned to Fargo. ' ,
IS XOX-OOMJIITTAL
SPOKANE, Wash- May 2I-
Declaration that he had "neither
approrea or aisapprovea, remov
al of Deputy Commissioner A. D.
Sumner and Supervisor C C.
Chllds, revenue bureau, treasury
department officials was made
here tonight by Elmer E. Dover,
assistant secretary of the treasury.
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