YVT D ! ZTS D A Y " M 0 1 IN LN G , AUGUST 2C,
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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
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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.
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