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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1925)
YVT D ! ZTS D A Y " M 0 1 IN LN G , AUGUST 2C, mii iif:nTi- 1 12 iiUUUilULJ iu : jt so ems Survey Shows That Average Lostto Uwner Is Less : Than $2.50 Per Car A great deal has been said and . printed, daring the past several days, about the new auto Illumin ation for Oregon, whlclr la to take effect September 1, The impres sion has been "given out that com pliancy with ibe provisions of the new law' would' ruin automobile . uwaera,: , ' I " A Statesman reporter last night Interviewed 'just a few people in the automobile Industry; He found . as follows: .; t-ecourCrawn-a"tla.raTichccii plications would be avoided. ' - Action oii the question Jast night fans Into flame a contro versy that haa -extended over a period of years and which at times has risen to considerable Intensity!. The local board has several' times; before taken action restricting the activities of school organizations. . For two years the clubs have been required to" file with the superintendent copies of their constitutions and whatever other formal agreements are used by the organizations. Xast fall action, similar to that taken Jast night was threatened and student members appeared before ; the board in a! plea for , continued existence of the clubs. "- The J. C. club; oldest of the or ganizations coming under, the ban. has been in existence for . more than ten years and with the K. O., T. A., and K. C. clubs numbers in its alumni many prominent local graduates of the high school. What measure of protest these alumni will make as they have in the past when such action was im- iditiiCiTriiiis" :PHCMIJ0e McMinnville . Salem Club men and. Families Have Big Time Last Night Vlck. Bros, hare adjusted hun dreds of light to conform to the (pending is problematical but it is new, l?wti and thelr charges have 1 generally doubted whether the averaged very Htjlle more than order will be" allowed to stand .11.50 for each car; surely not I without some sort of resistance. more than $1.75 for each car. The average I for the Marlon PACIFIC TCIIR PI ANNFn AuwmoDiie company nua oeen AUTOiiOBILK MEN WIM, DEM ONSTRATE RUNNING TIME f 1.30 to 12. The average for the Valley' Mo tor! company for new Fords has been ftbout $2.50;- v For old, old One man employed' by the Valley IJ, H; Burrell. however, says he can. make an old, old Ford com ply; with the new law for about $20. His 'average for other cars is about 12. Btarr Whlteraore , say their . f mm .A mm rm. ' ;- - Ferris & Powers give about the fame. figures.. . , -;-"T -s One 'car owner, whoiu adlnat- meat cost him LG0, said he got j $50 worth of illumination. - Y There Is no doubt about the im portance of getting rid of the glare of automobile lights. It is dangerous to life and property. The new law "undertakes to do this; to make night traveling safer. It is In line with what is being attempted ana done au over the country, to get uniformity leading to safety. WASHINGTON, Ang. 23. (By Associated Press). - To j demon strate thai the Pacific is "just around the corner." Thomas P. Henry, president, and Ernest-N. Smith, general manager of the Automobile association, will leave Washington next Sunday morning for San Francisco , in an automo bile." They plan to 'reach the Golden Gate within seven days. 'The officials, who will carry greetings from government offi cials to the governor of California and the mayor of San Francisco, plan' to attend the celebration of the state's 75th anniversary of its entry into, the union. . The prime purpose of the trip, however, the association said ; to day, is to show the great distances that can be covered by the modern automobile over modern highways traveling under conditions that need not tire man or motor. - WRECK BLAME PLACED SALIDA, Colo., Aug. 25. -(By 't X ,,ContlM4 from pe 1.) tween two Denver & Rio ferand western passenger trains near here last Thursday that resulted la the death of two trainmen and the injury of about other persons The board of officials of the rail road rendered the findings. Canyonvilie prune growers form pool of 750,000 pounds. SECRET CLUBS ? TO DISAPPEAR f "M-rf L Sm,Lh G. Recklan. telezranh onerator at belong -to .cjjawuiaie wun any se- I Tennessee Pass, were held respon cret society, iraiernuy. or sorar-1 8ible tonight for the collision be lly i and -1 " v- - :.-,,:-'. - ; "Whereasi There are certain se cret and semi-secret organixations la the Salem high, school and the Junior High schools which have been' organised and exist for social purposes and are. proving detri mental to the morale of the schools : and tha maintenance - of schodf dWcipiinet now s "Therefore, ba it resolved: That the "superintendent and principals be and hereby are ' directed, instructed,- and authorised to make and 'enforce such rules and regula tions' as may be necessary for the abolition of these organizations." ; While the " resolution does not spectfy the detailed plan by which the' order is to te put into effect and the penalty imposed, the hoard heard and iverbally approved plan suggested by Superintendent Hog which .would expeli. any stu dent when evidence Indicated that he wm a-member of an unap proved organization and would refuse entrance-- to . the public . school 9 here of. any new student who joined. It Is understood that the order, will not apply to the Latin club of the high school and a fey other organizations , which have a definite scholastic purpose, but that It la aimed at all social organizations. ' : The so-called lecret organlza . t Ions , of the high school cameMn ' for a severe yerbal panning in the discussion which preceded enact- nieiit of" the resolution In which the younger' generation in general came; in for a share of criticism. A positlveVstan4 against the con tinued existence of the organiza tions; was taken by, each of. the board -members. '.v Prfncipai 'Nelson of tha senior high school became the center of discussion Sot a time when it was suggested that he might nol sup port the board because of his known support end . sympathy with student affairs. : ; - Superintendent Hug gave him good share of the buck with the statement, "I . can't solve this problem, and you can't, but' the person who can is the principal of the-high school. He could solve It jf he puta" his heart into it." A , v moUdn was passed V instructing Principal t4elson and amended to include all Junior high : school principals, to appear at th ert meeting of the board, hut the ac tion was later disregarded with the verbal agreement that the order of the board should be suf ficient.. : ... Junior high Bchools were' In cluded in the. ban after Director Simeral t declared , that to his knowledge there were tour secret organixations in the J. L. Parrlsh Junior high ichool. Knowledge mai mere were such organlza iions in rarrtsn was denied by superintendent Hug. ' : Prior to the motion' instructlne the special commlttee to draw the resolution at ace Chainnaa din ger read .reports iroia five other cities wherB legal proceedings re sulted from, the -attempt of school boards -to abolish, secret organlza tlcns, the chairman- urging that Jhe .: action, ierj ;'Jba cArefalljr drsgonrad -titans. No definite actioa was taken. In addition to being grand 'Irjg- on of Nebraska, Carter is imp-:-Ial representative of the klan in 1111 nolswith his headquarters in Springfield. Dr. Hiram W. Evans, Washing ton, Imperial wizard, told the ICTICEOBtlitO' BY FAST AIRSHIPS t dragons and titans that it Is their bpeed in rOlar KeglOnS n- duty to return to their communi- creased 7500 Percent bv - - J Nearly 200 people attended the annual ' intercity picnic staged by the Kiwanis clubs of Salem and McMinnville at Hager grove last night. The McMinnville Kiwan- ians came down in full force, bringing between 55 and 60 peo ple. : Rev. M. E. Bowl In, pastor of the Baptist church at McMinn ville, was the principal speaker, giving, an excellent talk. Special songs of a camp meeting nature were eung by the Misses Elreyand Myrtle Maxwell of McMinRvtlle. The picnic started at 5 o'clock and did not terminate until after 9:30 o'clock last night.: A John nie Jones feed, augmented with basket lunches, was served. Sports and a. variety of races had a prominent place on the pro gram, with the Salem baseball team defeating the visitors by, a score of 11 to 4. The two clubs broke even in a variety of other events. ' Automobiles were parked with their lights adjusted to Illuminate the pathway for the races. The meeting was declared one of the finest in the history of the organ ization, i " . The Salem club will resume Its regular Tuesday noon luncheons at the Marion hotel beginning on TuesdarrSept. , ft was announc ed.. With the ' exception of one luncheon the first Tuesday this month, no, luncheons were held during July and August. ties and foster the impression that the klan. is ''now taking its place in the social life of the nation as dignified dependable v agency for the achievement of civic righteous nerr." , MacMillan Party COMPILE STUDENT COSTS ws AVERAGE ON PEH-HOCTl BASIS GIVEN AS fOJSl The average cost, per pupil hour of student working in the machine shop at the high school was S6.51jluring the school year 1924-1925, according -to a report submitted to the school board last zilght. Total disbursements for the shop amounted to $2304.39,. while' credits were accrused amounting to $1176.75, leaving a total cost to the local school board for the year of $527.64. There was an average enrollment of 27 students for the three-hour daily shop period. Miss Naomi Taylor, daughter of Rev. Taylor pastor of the First Methodist church here, was elect ed by the board last night to fill a vacancy in the English depart ment at the high school. Miss Taylor is a graduate of Mornlng slde college and has had two years teaching experience. the mileage at a fractio-f-4b average expected." TONGS RESENT CHANGE SWITCHING OP CONVENTION HA ID OUTBREAK CAl'SE SECRECY' IS; ADVOCATED KLAN MEMBERS SHOULD NOT VNMASIC, DRAGON SAYS WIND DESTROY FACTORY SEVERE GALE LEVELS BUILD INGS IN CALIFORNIA i BUCKEYE LAKE. Ohio. Aue. 25. (By the Associated rr9a l The Ku lilux Klan must revert to Us original intention of teenine its membership secret if it is to achieve the object "to which it is dedicated." Glen Carter, grand dragon of Nebraska, asserted to day before the national meeting of state and regional heads of the or ganization here. He denounced the growing prac tice of. klansmen of appearing In public unmasked. "This has done more to prevent men who, might be Inclined to -join than-' any other thing,", he said. 'If our member ship is known.' I he declared, "many men sympathetic toward the klan ,may be deterred from Joining for business, political and -social reasons'. Carter's stand was opposed by several of the grand LOS . ANGELES.Aug. 25 (By Associated' Press.) What tele phonic advices from Imperial Val ley described as '. strong wind demolished the ' Globe Milling company plant and the Southern Pacific; station at Callpatrla to night. Calipatria is southeast of the Salton Sea and about seven miles from the scene of the recent storm which destroyed a number of structures in the Rockwood dis trict. ' ' " Several .houses also were blown down and electric lighting service interrupted, but the advices men tioned i no dead or tsertously in jured, though a number of per sons were hurt by flying timbers. . A heavy rain followed the wind and some damage was said to have resulted to crops. A refrigerator car standing on the Southern Paci fic tracks near the station ,was Mown off the rails and overturned. WASHINGTON. Aug. 25. (By Associated Press.) LTratenant t Commander Richard E. Byrd. and navy aviators with the Mac- Millan Arctic expedition, increased the speed of Arctic travel about 7,500 per cent, the National Geo graphic society calculated today fin the flights to hunt for; an intermediate oase between Cape Thomas Hubbard and Etah, the society said, .MacMillan looked down in the course of one hour the country he had toiled 15 days to cross ith dogs and Eskimos. Three times in three different years MacMillan . crossed Elles mere Island. The planes crossed It three times in a week. "in MacMlllan's terse message from Etah, 'We arrived la twenty min utes at the Greeley camp of 1884. where 18 men died of starvation' Is packed a story of the con quering of the Arctic by the air plane. Cape Sabine, to which Greeley and his men retreated, is thirty miles across Smith Sound from tha Eskimo settlements at Etah. In 1884 that thirty miles separated them from necessary Eskimo help for nineteen months. I "Dr. Hayes, another Arctic! ex plorer, took 31 days to cross Smith Sound. with four dog teams and the best of conditions MacMillan crossed to Greeley Camp on I his previous trip, north irt eight hburs la order to place there the me morial tablet sent by the National Geographic society "Navy planes covered 300 miles in less than two hours, according to radio reports to the society Under good conditions a sledge party seldom covers more than 20 to 25 miles in a day. When glacier has to be climber or windblown, rockstrewn pass cov ered, a day's work will still leave CLEVELAND, Aug. 2 3. ( By Associated Press.) The plans of the Hip Sing tong to .transfer a convention scheduled for SU Paul or Minneapolis to Cleveland was reported tonight to be responsible for the Chinese outbursts In vari ous cities. Wong Bo, local organizer for the Hip Sings, attributed the dis orders to efforts of the On Lecng tong to prevent the convention be ing held Sept. 22 to Oct. 1. This was denied by Tom Chan Poy, secretary of the Cleveland On Leongs. who termed the Hip Sing meeting "a legitimate excuse to bring a crowd of gunmen wltu which to fight our group." GERMAN SUB BLASTED t BOAT THAT SANK LUSI TANIA IS BLOWN UP mm OF DEBTS BEIi CONSIDERED Settlement of Italian and : French Loans Is Dis cussed by Coolidgo sary to withdraw the leviathan from service on account of the limited fund, a No draw the presi dent's fire. He was represented as believing that President Palm er of the fleet corporation, and not the shipping board, was charged with determining , what government ships should b kept In operation. It was announced alo at the summer White House that the president expects to return to Washington just before or Immed iately after Labor Day. . SWAMPSCOTT. Mass., Aug. 23 (By Associated Press.) Settle ment of the French and Italian indebtedness to the United States in the president's opinion should be based on the ability of the two nations to pay. and the t?rms need not be the same as those granted Creat Britain or Belgium. The rapacity to pay principal, which the president would apply tn mil rurnnntnr irrMinanti l. not ta be varWH In Ma lrm.nl I .noouurra y-birruy oj ur, - ,.-o i r In nrntlilAn. sr v.. ill. I " M. treaty or any other International COPENHAGEN, Aug. 25. (By Associated Press.) Another drama of the world war ended to day at Veilby Beach, on the West Jutland coast. The German sub marine U-20. credited with the de struction of the Lusitanla. tor pedoed and sunk off the Irish coast May 7, 1913, with a loss of 1.20C .persons, was blown up by order of the Danish admiralty. The submarine's conning tow er, has been sticking out of the water since is 16, wnen she went aground. MINERS' BODIES FOUND TRAGKDY OP NORTH DISCOV ERED IN LITTLE CABIN VICTORIA. B. C. Aug. 25. Provincial police reported here to day the finding of the bodies of Peter Ackerman and George Wil liams. trappers. In a cabin In the wilds of northern British Colum- dii wnere tfcey were overcome with slcknessl A note left by Wll Hams for a son in Edmonton, Al berta, gave him directions for finding a chace of furs valued at 12000. HEALTH WORK SECURE DEMONSTRATION PAST EX PEKLMENT, KAYS BROWN When headquarters of the Mar ion county child health demon stration are moved to permanent quarters on North High, near the Salem high school, a grand, open ing for the public will be held, it head ef the agnVment. understood or actually consummated. This view of the executive was disclosed today at the snmmec White House with the added state ment that he believes every op portunity should be afforded such nations as Prance and Italy to pre sent to the American debt commis sion any reason they may have for seeking more liberal terms' than those granted Great Britain. The British refunding agreement the president recognizes was ap proved by congress as setting a standard for other settlements. and he Is of the view that If any nation wants more liberal terms it first must convince the Ameri can debt commission of inability to meet the requirements laid down for Great Britain. The com ment also disclosed that President Cooltdge considers some of the re ported protests in Washington of contemplated reduction of govern mental expenditures as props ganda aimed at his economy pro gram. ! Particularly, the president taken this view with regard to reports tftat unless more money is avail able the army will have to re irencn lo a point below safety. tteponea statements credited to Chairman O'Connor of the ship ping board that it might be neces- Brown, demonstration. Having laid the foundation with much preliminary work, the dem onstration is now on a perma nent basis. A clinic was held Tuesday at Dorter, nottheast of SHrei-tonl with 3S chilJrea booked for an ex amination. The clinic was in charge of Dr. Stella Ford Warner. This is the first clinic to be held In the past two weeks. FARM CONDITIONS TOPIC SENATOR BROOKIIART RAYS PAPERS ARE TO BLAME BEDFORD. Iowa. Aug. 25 (By the Associated Press.) Senator Smith W. Brookhart in aa address on "farm problems and their solu tion." delivered at a farm bureau picnic here today, condemned the dally newspapers of the United States for .failure to properly diagnose In their editorial col u ma the condition of the farmers. Senator Brookhart declared that some of the newspapers delibera tely misrepresented the agricul tural situation by painting a pic ture of farm prosperity that does not exist. 4 "Even the country weeklies are taking the Wall street bait and preaching farm properity, the senator concluded. Highway contracts under way in Coos and Curry counties total $2,300,000. ) vjsfs Swv) bub user STANDARDIZED CASH STORES Albany Woodburn Salem Corvalli8 x in T(Q)(om w Let us prove to you that we mean it when we proclaim our Smiling Service and our Economy Prices! And tonight, when you serve whatever you've bought from us, you'll agree heartily that our claims for Quality, too, are well founded. Consider the Extra Wear! Two-Trousers Suit Jf Clothes eeonomy means anything to you, then the' Suits you buy here with the extra trousers will go a long way in Helping you solve any financial problem. ; Here they are in the Fall Season's newest styles and high grade fabrics S30.C0, S35.C0, S40.00, 545.00 Fancy. 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