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eiPJCIL FLAYS
DIRT OUHG
Injunction to Be Sought to
Prevent Slide Threaten
ing Mill Stream
DANGER OF DAM IS SEEN
South High Street Fill Leads to
Indicant Protest, Special
Meeting Called for
v. Today
Question of dirt fills In certain
parts of the city came into up
stage prominence Friday night at
an Informal meeting of the coun
cil, . Particularly was consterna
tion yoked by the mayor, council
men present, street commissioner
and city engineer against "the
promiscuous dumping of dirt"
near the south end' of the South
High street bridge,' on the -west
side, by F. N. 'Derby. Dumping
of dirt for the Liberty street
bridge project fill was also
touched.
F. N. Derby is said to be dump
ing dirt to fill in a part of his
lot. But the dirt has slipped until
it threatens to dam the Mill
stream, according to W. 8. Low,
street commissioner, and Hugh
Rogers, city engineer;
I hare ordered Derby to stop
filling in the dirt," declared Low,
"but my order has been of no
arail." Alderman Paul Johnson
corroborated Low's! statement,
adding that Derby said when Low
threatened arrest:
"I'm ob my own property. "I
dare you to."
Mayor J. B. Oiesy instructed
Low and Rogers to prepare writ
ten reports concerning the matter,
and intimated that be will today
sign a complaint ordering city at
torney Fred Williams to swear out
an .function against Derby's
felt filling in di
iT'.&use of 'the; .dirt -sliding
down, the channel; . of -the mill
stream has been . moTed north
about 30 feet, according to both
Low and Rogers.
By an agreement of some four
teen years ago the city promised
to protect the property on the
north side of the bridge for which
it received the right- to lay
through that property a sewer.
Attorney Williams ; offered the
opinion at the meeting that the
city will be liable; to damages
against this property.
Paul Johnson, Leona J. John
son and Mrs. Minnie Graham sent
a communication declaring ;' that
"irreparable" damage is being
done their property because of
the slide of Derby's dirt f ill. !
"The wall to hold the fill did
not hold." declared; Low. "The
dirt toppled into the creek. Derby
is still filling in the dirt. The fill
is crawling into the creek until It
is almost dammed. 4 - ' f
"It is only a matter of a little
while until the creek Is entirely
filled. Already it is so close that
another high water:; will damage
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WOQDBURN MEET CALLED
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COUNTY COMMUNITY FEDERA
TION' WILL CONFER J '
A meeting of the Marion Coun
ty Community federation will be
held at Woodburn i In the high
school next Thursday evening at
ft o'clock. It was announced Fri
day. ; ; , j. i -
: Prof. F. E;' Fagan; superintend
ent of Woodburn, schools, will be
one of the principal speakers of
the erening. A program will be
presented by the students of the
high school.- Reports from the
heads of the committee. wlU be
read. ' ..iff .. J J
John P. Hunt, president, of the
Woodburn Commniityf club. will
make the welcoming ;;address.
Lloyd T. Reynolds, president of
the federation, will respond.
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land school system land two years
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Normal school. ; Extension work
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LAWS IS RECOMMENDED
CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY ON
LIQUOR LAWS SLATED
Senator Walsh of Montana Oppos
es Plan; Wet Leaders Are
Satisfied
WASHINGTON. March 19.
(By Associated Press. ) Open
congressional hearings on the pro
hibition question moved a step
nearer today with a decision by a
senate judiciary subcommittee to
recommend to the entire commit
tee next Monday that such pro
ceedings be ordered.
Under the program agreed upon
over the protest of Senator Walsh,
democrat, Montana, the wets and
drys would be given six days each
in which to present evidence and
argument. Senator Walsh plans
to carry his fight against public
hearings to the entire committee.
Senator Edge, republican, New
Jersey and Brncer democE- Mary
land, leaders of the wets, are sat
isfied with the program proposed,
while Wayne B. Wheeler, general
counsel for the Anti-Saloon league
said the league was not opposed
to a hearing, but would oppose at
every step of the legislature to
procure a measure that, would
weaken or repeal the national pro
hibition act.
The sub committee decided to
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SEEK CHILD'S CUSTODY
OREGON COURT DECISION
FIGURES IN SEATTLE CASE .
SEATTLE, March 19. (By As
sociated Press.) Jeanne Marie
McCarty, two-year-old daughter
of Narcisse Alley, professional
dancer, and Ignatius McCarty.
former chief of department of la
bor investigators on the Pacific
coast, over whom the parents are
waging a court fight for posses
sion, was placed in the care of
Mrs. Peter Bettlnger today by su
perior Judge Hall. Mrs. Bettinger
Is the child's aunt by marriage.
The ease was continued until
Wednesday to permit McCarty to
obtain a certified copy of a final
decree given Miss Alley in Mar
lon county, Oregon. The father
announced that he expected to
prove that Oregon courts had no
jurisdiction over the child and
that the Interlocutory decree given
him in a California county by
which he was awarded custody of
the baby was legitimate.
CRUELTY CASE IS ENDED
MAN TRIED FOR BURNING
DOG; JURY DISAGREES
LA GRANDE, Ore.. March 19.
(By Associated Press.) The jury
which tried Jack Hilary on a
charge of setting fire to a dog.
was dismissed today after being
deadlocked overnight. The prose
cution said Hilary would be tried
again-next fall. Hilary ? was ac
cused of pouring oil on the dog
and igniting it, the burns result
ing In the dog'a death. The de
fense contended the dog caught
fire as the result of an accident.
LAD KILLED BY FLAMES
POURS KEROSENM IN STOVE,
.. CLOTHING, TAKES FIRE 0
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M ARSHITELD, Ore., March 9.
J(By ! Associated Press.)
Freddie Richart, 1 0-year-old sob
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Richart, re
siding near Bandon, died .today
f rpni t burn received while pour
ing coal oil on a f ire late yester
day. His clothing eanght fr and
he ran' into the open,",a flaming
torch.. All his elothes were burned
off his body. Two sisters ere
burned la attempting I to . rescue
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Last of Three Airplanes s
Wrecked When Gear
Buckles in Soft Earth
EXPEDITION IS HALTED
No Means tl Transportation Now
Available; Misfortune . Ob
struct Path at All Points
of Expedition
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. March
19. (By Associated Press.)
The" last of the three airplanes' of
Captain George H. Wilkins was
wrecked here today when the
landing gear of the Detroiter, a
three engine machine buckled,
throwing the plane on its nose.
An engine was thrown out of posi
tion and propellers bent.
The big ship which was being
started on its first test flight had
shot along the ground only about
forty feet when the accident oc
curred. Captain Wilkins, who
planned an air expedition to hunt
for land in the Arctic region and
a transpolar flight over the Arctic
wastes from Point Barrow, Alaska
to Spitzenbergen originally started
with two three-motor airplanes
and one single engined machine.
One of the big planes was de
stroyed January 17 when fire
wrecked an experimental labora
tory at the Ford air post at Dear
born, a suburb of Detroit. The
machine had Just been completed.
The parts of the other two were
transported to Fairbanks via Se
attle and assembled here.
Yesterday the single engine
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CASKET "VICTIM" SUES
SAYS HE STRAINED HIM
SELF LIFTING COFFIN
ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 19.
(By Associated Press.) Claim
ing he strained himself lifting
a heavy casket while acting as
a pallbearer at a funeral, Theo
dore W. Mertens, St. Louis, to
day filed suit against the Ar
thur J. Donnelly Undertaking
company, asking $5,000 dam
ages. Mertens charged the
company with negligence in
failing to have an assistant to
lighten the burden and in not
having a front handle on the
casket. He said he was one
of two front pall bearers in
carrying the body jnt " Mrs.
Mary Mahan from a church and
that he strained when the man
opposite him gave out and let
loose of his (tide of the casket.
TWO MISSING LINKS
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FUNERAL RITES
SET FOR TODAY
Coolidge Services in Little
Cemetery to Be Marked
by Simplicity
HIGH TRIBUTE IS WON
Character of Liife Brings Expres
sions of Respect . From
Leaders Throughout
the Nation
PLYMOUTH. Vt., March 19.
(By Associated Press.) Colonel
John C. Coolidge, father of the
president, will be buried Satur
day in the little cemetery near
this hamlet with simplicity, in
keeping with his 80 years of life.
Arrangements for the funeral
were made today after the arrival
here of the president, who had
learned of his father's death while
hastening to his bedside from
Washington.
Services, brief and extremely
simple, will be held at 2 p. m.
in the Coolidge homestead. They
will be conducted by the Rev.
John White, of the nearby village
of Sherburn, who will use the
latest revision of the Episcopal
burial office. There will be neith
er hymn singing nor eulogy.
After the burial the president
and Mrs. Coolidge expect to start
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662 ACCIDENTS LISTED
INDUSTRIAL MISHAPS IN
WEEK MAKE HIGH TOTAL
There were a total of 662 indus
trial accidents in the state of Ore
gon during the week ending
March 18, according to a report
prepared here Friday by the. state
industrial accident commission.
Of the accidents reported 54 8
were subject to the provisions of
the workmen's compensation act.
113 were from firms and corpora
tions that have rejected the law
and one was from a public utility
not subject to state protection.
HOOD RIVER HAS FREEZE
ICE FORMS OX IRRIGATION
DITCHES; SMUDGES OUT
' HOOD RIVER, Ore., March 19.
(By Associated Press). With
a maximum temperature of 31,
thin ice formed on irrigation
ditches and frost prevailed last
night over mid-Columbia fruit
sections. Growers, however, re
ported no damage.
Many growers have smudge
pots ready to be lighted if the
temperature drops below the
safety mark.
Council of Organizations
Confers on Child Health
Eighteen Organizations Represented at Meet, Progress in
Education for Hygiene Noted, Reports of Individual
Accomplishments Submitted
At the meeting of the Salem Council pf Organizations of
the Marion county child health demonstration, held last eve
ning at the Chamber of Commerce, 18 organizations in . the
city were represented and reports were made by a number
of chairmen. Fred D. Thielsen, president of the council,
prsided.
Mrs. F. A. Elliott, chairman of the Health Center of the
demonstration, reported that she had interested 60 women
who had signed up for service, workiner from time to time at
the Demonstration '"iiinrlfm 1 .
on Hjgh street, just south of the
high school building.
Mrs. John A. Carson, chairman
of the nursing service committee,
reported that she had been given
the utmost cooperation by women
in the nursing help for the Dem
onstration; that she had appointed
special committees from different
districts in the ,city to cooperate
with the three nurses from the
Demonstration who were giving
their entire services in the health
work among school children in
Salem.
Mrs. E. E. Fisher, chairman of
the loan closet, said that while
every one visited had been most
generous in giving supplies, yet
a few more were needed. It was
voted that in order that sufficient
funds might be had to buy the
necessary equipment for the loan
closet, that each organization asso
ciated in the health work be asked
to contribute $2.
Dr. Stella Ford Warner, direc
tor of the medical service of the
Demonstration, presented statis
tics showing the work now being
done among school children in Sa
lem. In the first grade of the public
schools. Dr. Warner said fully 85
per cent of the children in Salem
were found to be practically nor
mal. The examination also dis
closed the fact that with each
grade up, the number of normal
children decreased until in the
fifth grade, only 57 per cent were
entirely normal.
The chief cause In the decrease
in physical fitness, Dr. Warner
said, was' due to decayed teeth,
poor nutrition, abnormal nose,
throat conditions and defective
vision.
Salem now has three full time
nurses, as a part of the work of
the Marion county child health
demonstration. During the year
1925 nursing visits numbering
1812 were made. The calls in
cluded care of the sick, control of
communicable diseases, health su
pervision and instruction, and ma
ternity nursing.
Miss Nevin O. Betz, staff asso
ciate of the American child health
association, speaking on "Milk
and Its Relation to Health." said
that where: there is more official
inspection people have more con
fidence in milk, and as a result
larger quantities of milk are con
sumed, all for the good of the com
munity, and especially growing
children.
There have been only two sur
veys of milk in this community,
she said, which meant practically
nothing, as these were merely a
temporary record. To give as
surance of absolute pure milk a
community should provide for bac
terial count each month. This
county should have local control
with state supervision.
Miss Betz told of Walla Walla
and other cities in Washington
that have milk inspectors on the
Job at all times. Dairymen co
operate with the Inspectors, Miss
Bet? said, as confidence in the
purity of milk always means larg
er consumption, and, of course,
more business for the dairymen.
FIGHT IS EXPECTED
WASHINGTON. March 19.
(By Associated Press). j-A bitter
senate fight is shaping up over
the Steck-Brookhart election con
test. r
Washington mourned the death
of Colonel John C. Collidge,
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The house held a memorial ses
sion for William Jennings Bryan,
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Public hearings on prohibition
modification were decided - upon
by a senate sab-commttee. .
Secretary Mellon -outlined ' bis
views on the financing ; arrange
ments for tho-Bonlder Canyon de
velopment project, -
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The Des Moines farm relief bin
was attacked in - th house by
Representative Tincher, republi
can, Kansas. "" " ' " "
xrt'!.)-.';' K;'r;f frf ,
' New Tor k" bankers were asked
by the senate interstate commerce
committees to - explain,' Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul reorganiza
tion plans, ' . .'
, Friday ;j
Iji Washington
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SHOCKING MURDER ORGY
STIRS CALIFORNIA CITY
SIX VICTIMS OP MADMAN ARE
TO BE BURIED MONDAY
Other Names Declared Listed By
Gojns, as Future Targets
of Revolver
STOCKTON. Cal.. March 1?.--(By
Associated Press) The kind
ly oblivion of the grave Js to
close within the next few days
over one of the most shocking
murder orgies in the history of
this commonwealth when the six
victims of John M. Coins, who ran
amuck with a pistol and a swift
sedan yesterday, are laid to their
final rest.
Evidence that Goins may have
kept a list of those he intended to
murder, much longer than the
pitiful toll of those whose' lives
he snuffed out without warning,
was brought forward today by Al
vln Mathews, former Stockton
newspaper reporter, who "cov
ered" a court case that went
against- the sensational slayer.
Matthews said that he saw a
small book in which Goins had
written down a number of names,
including that of ' Matthews and
that he had notified the reporter
that "these are to be settled
with."
.-Tfce-- fuaerals o. Mrs. Florence
Podesta Goins, wife of Goins, and
her' sister, Mrs. Minnie Podesta
Clark of Stockton, the first ones
to fall before the madman's gun,
are to be held on Monday, as the
the funerals of Alexander Mar
engo, 0, vineyardist of Gait, his
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CANDIDATES ENTER RACE
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ELK1NS, OF EUGENE, SEEKS
STATE SENATE OFFICE
Willard A. Elkins Of Eugene.
Friday filed with the secretary of
state here his declaration of can
didacy for the office of state sen
ator from the Fourth senatorial
district, comprising Lane and
Linn counties. Mr. Elkins Is a re
publican. Emmett Howard, republican, of
motor route A, Eugene, wonld
serve as representative in ' the
legislature from the Third repre
sentative district, comprising Lane
county. "i
Reuben E. Stratton 'of Clats
kanie, seeks the democratic nomi
nation for the office of representa
tive In the legislature from the
26th representative district, com
prising Columbia county.
STREET CARS IN CRASH
TWQ MEN SERIOUSLY HURT IN
- PORTLAND COLLISION
PORTLAND, Or., March 12.
(By Associated Press.) Two. men
were seriously injured and 1 three
other passengers were cut by fly
ing glass Jn a rear-end collision
between two street cars here to
night. H. E. Liebe was badly cut
abbut the head and face and John
M. Cunningham sustained serious
body bruises. Both .will recover,
hospital attendants said v f
According to the official report
of the 'street car .company, both
ears, heavily loaded, yere travel
ing east on the Banny Side line
When the accident occurred. The
first; car stopped to discharge pas
sengers and the-jsecond crashed in
to the rear of ihe'ear ahead. v Com
pany "officials ordered an investi
gation, y :
COAST SERVICE STARTS
pacific coast i4 air mail
' Route inaugurated
PORTLAND, Or., March 19.
(By Associated Press Tb9 Ryan
M-I, one ef a fleet of 10 airplanes
which will carry'man between Se
attle and Los Angeles; brought the
first ' letter from Seattle to Port
land today, making the flight in
one hour and 35 minutes.
" The letter was from Charles M.
Perkins, Seattle postmaster,- to' J.
M. Jones;' head ' of the local post
office. ' Vefn "P. 'Gorst," who '- re
ceived the7 air mail Contract 'from
the government, was a passenger.
on the Ryan M,-f
PAPER STRING
PROCESS see;.
Waste. From Penitentiary
Flax Plant in Demand by
Eastern Parties
BY-PRODUCT OF VALUE
Addition of S30.000 Machine May
Mean Profit of Nearly f lOO
Dally; Investigation
Being Blade
Eastern parties are looking to
the Salem . district- for the flax
waste that comes from the scutch
ing plant, and this opens up a
prospect that may be of immense
value to the flax and linen Indus
tries that . are being developed
here.
Take the scutching plant at the
penitentiary. When it is running
full blast, it is turning out' about
two and a half tons of waste a
day. That amount is likely to be
Increased this year, by enlarging
the plant; putting in more ma
chines perhaps doubled. '
Paper string can be made from
this flax waste; a string that is
now being made from cotton
waste. It would be stronger and
better, made from flax waste.
The flax waste at the penitenti
ary Is now being burned under the
steam boilers. It is saving 920
to 30 a day in fuel
But It can be turned Into this
paper, string, and sell for perhaps
$400 a day.' "'' '
Quite-a dream. Interesting to
every one here. f --'. '.
There is another hing. . ' This
flax waste can be used in connec
tion with kraft paper making,
helping td turn out l a very ) high
grade and high priced ledger pa
per. '.. ' .
""-There are several .products of ,
flax now being turned out at the
penitentiary,' and more coming., -First,
there Is the flax . seed.
Then there is the ground seed for
the drue trade, for noultlces. Then
the recleaned seed for the drug
manufacturing trade, to go fnto
medicines, also for planting.
Then there are the bolls, or
hulls, after the seed Is taken out.
These are being Bold to feed man
ufacturers, for making stock feed:
mainly dairy cow feed. This will
later be made up at the peniten
tiary, instead of selling the bolls
to outsiders. ; - -
" Then there Is the long line fiber,
and the spinning tow, and the up
holstering tow.
But there is left the waste.
The waste Is the core of the flax
straw; called' the shlve. . It Is oh
the Inside of the straw. The fiber
is ort the outside. The pectin that
adheres the fiber to the core or
shlve is eaten away by bacteria
in retting. Then, after drying, the
retted flax is "broken" with break
ers. ' That Is, the core Is broken,
so the scutchers can work it bet
ter and faster. Then the scutch
ers separate the fiber, from the
shives or coresv-. .
And ' the cores are the waste,
with, of. course,' many particles of
fiber that are In the waste.
;. It Is an interesting thing to
know that, perhaps a very little
way ahead, there will be such
profitable uso for this waste, as is
' tCoatiauad oa pax S.) -
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