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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1926)
1 f hi -1 n i T r V f II- a 1 11 7 248.080 LICEfiSES sbdumgmi Income From Motor Vehicles Estimated at $9,500,000 Says Secretary Kozer j Returns from motor vehicle li cense fees in Oregon during the year (1926 will be approximately twice as much as? is contributed In direct property tax fori the Support and maintenance of all "state institutions, : departments and activities which are provided for through appropriations made at the biennial session! of the leg- tslature, This Information was contained in " report prepared X here Monday by Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state. - i ; : "It the number of motor ve hicles which have been licensed thus far during the year 1926) is to be accepted as indicative of future registrations," read Mr. Kozer's statement, "there will he not less than 240,000 motor ve hicles licensed in the state of, Ore gon on December 31. The result ant fees from these registrations would aggregate 16,000,000.! "This amount, with the gaso line tax estimated at $3,500,000, ?. would return, from motor vehicles C operated in 'the state more than 2 39,500,000 during 192. Thus far this year. 162,000 'passenger and commercial cars have 'been li 3C censed, from which the fees ag gregated mor$,?than'f 4,445,000. During the same period' in 1925 't the number of motor vehicles reg istered was 147,600, with license f fees totalling $3,936,000. "The outlook for tourist travel in Oregon is more promising at the present time than ever before. With the completion of many of the main highways and with the opening of additional highways during the next, few years, travel in this state from other sections ' of the country will increase rapidly. ; i Comparing the license j fees taxes which the motor vehicle f owners of the state pay for the privilege of operating their cars on the highways, it was found that during the tyear 1926, the te turns will be approximately twije at much as contributed in direct property tax, for th,e support and maintenance of those state insti tutions which receive -appropria tions from the legislature. "The direct property tax in IS 26, exclusive of the two! mill elementary school levy, is a trifle vf excess f ;5.60fc00. 'Motor. 4?hicle owners i.will contribute ' 59,500,000 during the samer period- for the privilege of driving ' t their cars under states regulation." Mr. Kozer has estimated that there is now one motor vehicle In tb,e state of Oregon for every four of its population. STAT CAGE TOURNEY WILL OPEN THURSDAY (Oonttand from pace l.) ; j nine state districts are again full this year and the teams seem to be stronger, than ever, i The following teams will be In the tournament this year j District -No. 1 Baker. ) ' District No. ' VIjn. District iDis trier ifl3 ii-uch : 1 1 rwv nnrt for it. eii-provea ubi r .iDions h, employ it.-j . 'T fitart HlllL'S today; and rel.el V , tomorrow. , Use it ; promptly. Vad the cold .does not get starts 'J3St it a few i days, and the, damaje bonded. One lTs. than coW. begkru . ' a 1A is erioa .matter. . Deal with it J? the way uiL' TbAt.way is,' I i)cnow$. h VlrtKTffistS. r- W . a & ill Prtcs tSc' -l I .. v . 'T -51 AT THE aEATRES j Oregon M ilton Uhgarded Hour." Heilig "Sally, Mary" vs. Astoria; 8:30 p. Hillsboro. ; Friday 9:30 a. m vs. Eugene; 10:30 a. Laughlin . va (winner Marshfield); 7:30 p. m. Baker-Astoria) vs. (SalemVfills boro winner); 8:30 p. m., wtner The palles-Eugene) vs. (wiWr McLaughlin-Medf ord-Marshfi;elL) . Saturday 1:30 p. m., (winner ??so jrrway game) vs. rwinnpr 8:30 Friday game), final. Tn the second flight series the following games are listed: , Friday 2 p. m., loser Thurs day 4 p. nw) ,ys. (loser Friday 10:30 a. m.); 3 p. m (loser .on Thursday, 7:30 p. m.) vs. (loser 8:30 p. m.). Saturday at 9 a. m., (winner Friday 3 p. m. game) vs. (loser The Dalles-Engene game); Satur day, 2 p. m., (winner 2 p. m. Fri day game) vs. (loser 7:3 Fri day game); Saturday, 3 p. m., (winner 9 a. m. Saturday game vs. (loser 8:30 Friday game. Second flight finals 7:30 Saturday; main finals, 8:30 Saturday evening. The trophy Is given this year by a sporting goods firm in the east and will be on display in Hauser Bros, today. - The trophy s in the form of a backboard and bas ket, with a ball suspended in the basket,, all metal "being silver-plated. Second and third place will also be awartfed silver loving cups. . ' i ' ' ! During this week extra bleacher seats have been provided in Wil lamette university gymnasium to meet the requirements of the large crowd expected. The first game will start on Thursday at 4 p. m. PROHIBITION, GOOD? EVIL? DEBATE TOPIC (Continued from page 1.) y versity, and member of the nega tive team, said: "More arrests for drunkenness do not show increase of drunken ness, but increase of enforcement. "The Volstead act hasn't had a fair chance. It has only been in the last year that adequate money was provided for enforcement. We are just coming to the place where it is to be given its first fair test. "The change has certainly been desirable from every standpoint, working man gave a good share Before prohibition the average of his weekly"wage3 to he" saloon. Now he"iputs money in'vfhe bank, gives his wife more money for the house, and buys more insur ance. "Prohibition has decreased the amount of alcohol consumed. , Dr. Neal of ;Lob Angeles, who ran 62 institutions for alcoholic patients, went but of business two years af ter prohibition. ' "Col. It. C. Nutt of the United States bureau of narcotics declares that use of drugs has decreased since the days of prohibition. "People of this country are, .as a whole, opposed to any modifi cation of the Volstead act. Ninety per cent of the land area in the United States was already dry be fore the federal law went into ef fect." "We favor the prohibition of high roltage beverages," declared Stanford Reese, Utah members the affirmative team. "But a can't geVdrank ou Usnt wines beef:-'''' e argue that the present law oo dry. The American people ant something to drink In i the ay of alcoholics. "The people; of this .nation are ivided in tollbrea glasses: First,! 5se who want J6get drunk; they III always' gerdrunk' The dnly W to get rid of them Is to wait III they bury ,thenaseves. I Second class includes those. werely.want enough for stlm ion. , , . t The third class Is composed of who drink only because they he taste of malt liquors. Te contend that If the United ill permit the sale of light ,nd beer, the bootlegger will u out by competition. We modification of the law it wet enough to satisfy as a whole. erreman of Willamette negative team! declared ootlegger in In business oney he can make of it. ent, that those who are ur law want hien volt- , ' else thewould insist otlegger BiAthem heer 'olstead act were m6i. -rr.it, the sale of lighv i .- hoor .i arnrr .factory would n&vu w vuo uovcviu, everiboitlev would have to , be in spected before sewing, ior i voma ba a simple matter xor me manu facturers to fcmuggle in a higher alcoholic content than that allow ed. 7 Those place that .have tried prohibition anl then modification, have invariable gone back to com plete prohibition.? Toti a little 1 servos" ohiy $J a'ggravator, landL 1 violations Hh - t r r. : 2tv 1 !Fhrthd.more,'Hf is not onlyn?. Uls in "The Yene and inV Salem vs. Tie Dalles .. Mc-Htdford-. Plinner A i 1 I itcfuor Jt the l l wine. J 'If the I . io V Star's Way-of Fielding isn't Always. & Best. KOOKies uearn m 1 j uuwg . Z - ; T7TTTT.-.,....w..' v.-.-..v-.'.v : :-:...-:v. v.-. -.-:::-.!.:'.. : - frJ 1X3 3V Bob Smltn, Brave pztcner, who arso can play the outfield, show ing (left) the -way an infielder would trap a ground hit ball at his feet and (right) hovr'hiany outfielders, including Eddie Rousli, trap it. It Js i)areutt he-man on his knees will -lose time in returning the kit! I because tie imufct arise first. This is one of the serinii of articles by Brown on tbe priit!m of tka bis; league mans9c thp tiaSninc rmpiBl the fitltm .iiuV m.T?ooki iwfcieh go nnnoticea to the easnuLr ohmetYer or eritie. By Norman"1 E. Brown, Central Press Sports Editor. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.. March 8. rUntil the introduction of the "rabbit ball" a few years ago base ball fans ' cared little about out fielders except as far as their stick work went. A club's strength was often measured by the attack ing power of its-outfield trio. Later an outfielder came to need endur ance, a motorcycle and a telescope as well as a bat to land a big league job. But even back in the good old days there were good outfielders and poor outfielders. And every outfielder seems to have his own peculiarities in the matter of field ing. This is what makes, in the opin ion of Manager Dave Bancroft of the Braves, the matter of picking and training outfielders a prob lem. , To be a good "ball hawk" an outfielder ; must cover : the .max-: mum of gTotiod-fad'musrBtuTn the ball quickly v when he does get it. : Bancroft points out, for In stance, that Eddie Roush and Tris Speaker, two of the game's great est outfielders, play their fields en tirely different. Roush plays a deep field, preferring apparently to take a long run in toward the infield for short flies rather than go back for the long flies.- Speak er has always been noted for his ability to go back at a greyhound pace from his . usual position in short center. It has been said of Speaker that he. Is the only center fielder to ever play that position from second base. It rests with the big league until a man is actually dangerous to society although not actually drunk. "My worthy friends of the affir mative would do away with the evil by approving part of it," stat ed Edm6ns, in the rebuttal. "Then why not extend that .to "bus iness. Why not say to thieves, you are permitted to steal f 2 .5, today, but jio more.' $-1 X,et murderers ' knock down their' meft instead of killing them outright."; Before the debate a vote was taken of the audience, 160 being against modification -and 3 6 for it. A vote after the debate show ed 132 against modification and 4 6 for It. No Judges' votes were given. Otto Paulus acted as chairman of the debate. Heavy snowfall in the moun tains insures ample irrigation water for 1926. eyes ana a ' " wholesome ' . -. : v ,- . ' ' ..: li ., - : i i ' ' ;RrinnrM7nn -ir. LiuvnrLjvou iiu t baldngs that at your; command, wnen you use (THkmwonL&s : gueatest , ' CAIZL3 a V ysri3 manager,; then, if the youngster's earlier bosses have not done it, to discover his weak point in field ing and overcome it some way. "George "VVhitted was terribly weak at going back for long drives when he first entered the big show," said Bancroft in his dis cussion of outfielders. "But George used to practice hours' a day doing nothing but run toward the back fence for long hits. Con stant practice improved that part of his game. "I believe, too, that an outfielder- should! field a ground-felt ball just the same as an infielder does. Most outfielders are content "to 'trap a grounder. They feel that w the safe way to play it. Buti they lose time in returning it. :Jf an outfielder fields such a ball whil on his feet he is ia pdsition to make his return throw instant ly. Roush frequently goes to both knees to trap ground-hit balls."S However, Bancroft pointed out that Roush ordinarily goes to his knees to "trap" a ground hit ball but has become so accustomed to fielding them that way that he baafiUbl.IC,eaiorcmB me- taw m your minimize the in- of time in irik-tfl1 anicounty. HewJU tell you. "But as far as outfielders are concerned the fielding weaknesses are easier to eliminate than the mental. How many times have fans seen an outfielder field jla doubtful double in short left, cen ter or right with a man on first and then throw foolishly to thif-d too late to catch the-: base runner (letting the batter reach second, of course) when a throw to sccd would at least have held the bar ter at first? 1 . "So an outfielder must think s well as cover ground and field cleanly. And you can tell whether they're thinking by the way tbey handle themselves and the ball' ASTORIA STUDKT WIN$ j , ' - hi . EUGENE, Ore., March t.yi Benjamin Chan, Astoria, fresh man in the University of Oregon school of journalism wins first prize, $100, in the Murray-Warner essay contest for foreign stu dents, lie wrote on "what the United States - has done for my country" 'and what I hope it may be." V STRIKERS, POLICE MIX PASSAIC, N. J.f March 8. (By Associated Press.) A flurry with police involving an exchange p.f snowballs and jeers, broke up the afternoon march of striking mUl workers through Clifton today be fore the parade had reached its objective. There were no injur ies and no arrests. There we're about 2000 In the parade. ; are a feast for A m . m m rrear ro tne taste and delicious, always ; Tsosa c? ant othsii EDITORIALS QFTHE PEOPLE Vft ,r7l tc,n n n tide of the 2r n.r.::: The Oregon from Portland : -.rr.ee- the.inaugu ur.it of their if . heiwocn Rose- Star- 5-. to A -Mi; ratior, frf par ior ? burs aa : of tlis.-. : timo airo i . T'uo firtt unit -i-'. i.-ut on some i.'uvtu very dod- uiar with r!:e patrons of the' line. The second unit id c Fageol de luxe chair car, carrjin:; 30 pas sengers and is tha last word in motor coach development. The tar is equipped with the Westing house air brakes, and the factor of safety is three times that of the latt-st developments in touring cars. The seats are the result of years of experiment in the de velopment of the most comfortable type of seats and are designed to take care of the passengers' com fori over the long haul between i'oi i'and and Roseburg. (J;i'' of these chair cars leaves Portland each morning at 7 o'clock, arriving Roseburg at 3:40 in the afternoon, and the other chair car leaves Roseburg at 7 o'clock in the morning, arriving Portland at 4:15 in the afternoon. Thcs. parlor cars pass through Sa lem northbound at 2 p. m.; south bound, 9:15 a. m. It- W. Lemen, president and managi r of the line, announces also that the company has ordered new ubbi rvation type parlor cars in recognition of the desire of the traveling public to see the country through which they travel. These coaches have glassed-in observa tion platforms and are equipped with awnings to keep out the di rect rays of the sun. The coaches will be in service during I he next 60 days, and the announcement of this type' of ser vice is in line with the established policy of the company of antici pating tut desires of its patrons by providing the most up-to-date Equipment ror their use. ; OREGON STAGES. ftditor Stat-Ssman: Dear Sir: What's the matter with the prohibition in this town? tit you can answer this auestion satisfactorily and offer a solution that will cure all ills of the pa tient, you will b accounted as one of he wise menof your day and generation. Go to your pr.hibition officer and ask him what Is needed the am not mistaken that one or two men in a county are not suffi cient to run down afl the boot leggers that are to be found in so large a territory. If that is all the force our gov ernment is able to furnish' for Cleaning up a country, the ques tion arises what goes with all the fJHoney paid out for fines for man ufacturing this booze? A few of I the offenders go to jail, it Is true, put the poor taxpayers are sup posed to pay for their board and lodging. .. 'V If there is a surplus, and It looks like there must be, why could it'flbt be used for hiring more help to cooperate with those men who no doubt are doing all they can to bring those fellows to Justice. And ask him if he thinks the courts in your . city are doing allj they can to enforce prohibl tionfif theare aldinhlm in every traY possible? If so why is the case1 of - the, Mt. Angermen been, hanging fire for a year or jnore?!: VTVhy is a man fined - onlyVi $ 10 1 ipr; geiung uruns, is let out on bail,' Jumps his bond, leaves town, then returns under ran assumed name add. repeats the experiment? No; ThsV.;en who drinks the stuff fa 'hy;far tha meaner'of the two. JThe latter is a man wifh a de prayed appetite and .Is 'more dan gerous to the' community than his confederate iaicrffhevr there; were n6 'drinkers, there "would be jSd aellers of the stuff, i The 'drink K"(Shoild be fined; not $10 Bat ten (imesthat amount, ' f'WISmoi.;,'k that ; offi cial,' if "he is not liandicapped by people who refuse to Inform on persons whom ! they have every reason to bellve are manufactur- 1 the - - , ciiai; ST. CSST ET TZSZt Ing, or selling moonshine? Because , they ' have business transactions with them, it might seriously affect them in a finan cial way. j If you knew that a horse thief, or a murderer, was hiding in your neighborhood, you would have all your neighbors looking for him. A certain garage man in a near by city told the writer he was cer tain that more than one third of his customers were selling whis key buf he had not informed on them. Why? He had looked to them for his hread and butter. When a certain fraternal organi zation held a pow-wow in Port land last summer, one hotel man in that town sold $600 worth of the O. B. Joyful in one night. All this is Creating a gang that is calling for the repeal of the Volstead act, or, for a mild solu tion of wine and beer, that we might have more blood money. "Still crime goes on unchecked and waiting Justice sleeps." This is not a question for judges of our courts, or government j officials alone to solve. Unless they have the cooperation of all the people, prohibition will indeed be a fail ure, and if it is a failure here other nations will not tackle it, for they look upon this nation as pne that what ever we undertake we carry out.. Respectfully, A. R. FISHER. 1775 Hickory street, Salem, Ore. RADIO PRESENT BRINGS QUICK TEST RESPONSE (Continued from page 1.) you. Be sure you get a vote cou pon for every subscription that you turn in. All subscription votes may be reserved until later in the contest. 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