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SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1926
; . -PRICE, FIVE, CENTS '
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BOARD FAVORS .
LABOR 1 PACT
Signs Contract With James
& Bartholomew, Favor
ing Local Firms
SKETCH WINS APPROVAL
Work to Start in Month or Six
Week; V-Shaped Building
Tentatively Accepted,
Pending Model
The school board signed a con
tract with James & Bartholomew,
Portland architects, for drawing
up of plans for the new Tuxedo
Park junior high school, work to
start as soon as the plans are
ready. This will be In about a
month or six weeks, according to
Charles D. James, senior member
Vof the firm.
The architects will receive 5 per
cent of the total cost of the con
tract for erection of the building,
for their services. Considerable
discussion took place between the
board. and Mr. .James on wnetner
luwould be advisable to let out
ig contraet for the whole job,
with" sub-contracts in It, all re
sponsible to the main contractor,
or to, make-separate contracts to
cover such items as heating and
lighting. t
James & Bartholomew wished
to make It one big contract, while
the board, as stated by-Dr. II. H.
dinger, chairman, wishes to give
out separate contracts for heating,
wiring and plumbing, in order to
. giTe Salem contractors and labor
a fair show at getting the con
tracts for the building. It was
finally decided that the board
cculd give these out as separate
contracts if it so wishes. The
architects assented to the board's
proposition that local labor and
contractors should be employed as
far as possible.
The architects agreed in the
contract to furnish a clerk of the
(Oontinasd S.I
FORTY VICTIMS OF HEAT
;
UNPRECEDENTED WEATHER
TARES TOLL IN MID-WEST
CHICAGO. July 20. (By As
sociated Press.) The. silling beat
wave for more than two days has
orersnread tie entire middle west
today hang up new records taking
a toll of two score of lives, direct
ly and Indirectly charged to the
heat.
: Sweltering millions tonight,
however, were promised'some re
lief within a tew hours in the
form of thunder showers and a
break in the temperature. North
Dakota and Western Minnesota
exoerienced some relief today
with showers and a dropping mer
cury. .
Chicago saw yesterday's record
of 94.2 go by the boards at 4
o'clock "this evening when the
weather bureau reported 85 de
grees. Scores of other cities and
towns reported temperatures to
day above the 100 mark, many
shattering records for the year.
Of the upward of two score
deaths, most of them were from
drownings . Nearly a score of. the
fatalities were in. Chicago . and In
cluded three babies.
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CORPS IS HEARD
SALE3I LEGION OBGANIZA
HON 1 CONCERT FEATURE
Before one of the largest' crowds
of the season, the Capital post No
9, American . Legion drum and
bugle corps were presented to thie
Salem public; last, night at the
regular .Tuesday night program
offered br the Cherrian Band ia
Wilison park.
The, dram .corps was. the fea-l
tare of the, ' evening .and .offered j
a variety, of selections. The Le
gion organization was warmly ap
plauded by the large crowd,
Rolling
Flames Battled
In Forests; Loss Heavy
Lake view Fire Under Control,
iHtmiana nmDer is fewept by Blaze; Huge Loss to
Result in National Reserves
PORTLAND, July 20. (By Associated Press.) The for
est fire which has becsn burnincr for threo dnv 5n milp tWth
of Lakeview, Ore., was under control on all fronts tonight
except on the west where crews have been fighting against
a north wind which threatened to carry the fire into a large
siana oi mercnantaoie timber.
The fire swept into the Crooked Vallev recrion last nie-ht
and for several hours it appeared that the timber on the west
siae oi tne vaney would De destroyed but the fire lines were
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MAT HEAD O. A. E.
WASHINGTON. .Major General
John L.. Cle'ift, U. 8. A., Retired, is con
sidered ; the ont-
utanding candid.
te for! command-er-in-ehief
of the
Grand i Army of
the Republic,
which gathers in
official j encamp
ment ; at Des
Moines,; la., in
September. Maj.
Gen. Clem, famed
in . hiltory as
"The ! Drummer
Boy ofi Shiloh,"
looms importantly
among t the can
didates particular
ly in rjew of his
championship of
the Civil War
pension! bill which
was among the
iyt-. . .v -.-.w.v.'. .
Cut Jowcitb!
last to i be passed
by the late 'Congress
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THE HENS OBJECT
WASHiSOTO-S. Keper R. R.
Lambert, of the District Zpo, is thp
proud possessor of a giant! egg, pre
sented to him .y a magnificent South
American ostrich as proof, not only of
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her fealty to him. but of- her do
mestic nature. If she makes habit of
this sort of thTng the local dairy mar
ket is due for a ball movement, inas
much as one ostrich egg is equal to half
a dozen common or garden (hen)
variety eggs. I
"ART KNOWS NO NATIONAL
BOUBS8"
NEW YORK.
Alfred BosKom.
prominent New
York ! architect,
has been award
ed the i Cross of
the French Legion
of Honof in recog- 1
nition lf his ef
forts tio create
mutual t interest
and understand
ing between
young artists of
France nd Amer
ica. As chairman
of the foreign ex
hibits committee
of the Architec
tural Lejague, Mr.,
Bossora has
brought ; to Amer
ica somie of the
outstanding ex-,
hihit wjiich fea
tured I in last
-ear' Decorative ArU exposition in
Pari.
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"GLORinCATIOlI't
NEW YORK. A movement is afoot
among (American
architeelis to ap
ply the; Ziegfetd
fan idea: of "glor
ifying the Ameri
can girt" to the
new architecture.
As they stand
now, our sky
scraper! lack per
sonality.! life,
spirit aHd initia
tive. By Judici
ous use of Ameri
can btie
statuesque - build
ing ornaments or
by : imbuing our
architecture with
the vibrant vivac
ity - of 'American
youth wo ahall
have ehlTtd
something distinc
tive and signifi
cant in i architec
ture. Sw aay tho
architects. Now
to try ; the - idea
not. . i Of corso,
there's the Statue
of Liberty but
that, in the first
place, is not distinctly-!
American
and. in tho . sec
ond, there are those who say it rep
resent as anachronism. : .
HAGEN WINS TTtLE
DELAWARE WATER GAP.
Penn., July 1 0. ( By Associated
Press). Walter Raken i won the
eastern ', golf championship over
the Wolf Hollow cotrrse today
with a score of 276 , for the 71
holes, nine strokes ahead of John
ny Farrell, New Work, ho was
second, r ' . ' r .'
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Reports State; California and
held.
Reports received by the! lo
cal forest officials today did inot
reveal any new blazes In the state
and indicated that the fire below
Ft. Helens on the property of the
Deer Island Logging company,
was under control. Another Iftre
reported in this region is confined
to an old burn and the damage is
to reforestation only.
MISSOULA, Mont., July 23.
With the entire divide between
Clark's Pork river on the east
and the Priest river on the westj
a rolling mass of flames, flre to
day was sweeping the Kaniksu
forest on a 15-mile front, Fire
Chief Howard Fline reported ; af
ter an airplane trip over the con
flagrations raging in the forest
of Idaho, Washington and Mon-
ttna.
Large forces of men fighting the
fires have made little headway in
establishing control lines and now
are centering their efforts on the
tongues of flame shooting out
from the rapidly moving walj in
attempts to check the side spread-
(Contianad o. page 3.)
SPAULDING PLEA TODAY
CASE MAY RESULT IX APPEAL
TO HIGHER COURTS
A demurrer filed in police court
yesterday by the attorney for A.
L. Spaulding was overruled! by
order of Mark Poulsen, police
judge, and city recorder. Spauld
ing is ordered to appear this morn
ing at 10 o'clock to plead to a
charge of driving while intoxi
cated.
The demurrer filed by Spauld-
ing's attorney says that the ordin
ance fixing bail for this offense
at 500 is void and unconstitution
al, the bail being considered out
of proportion to the offense. I It
is thought that Spaulding will ap
peal the case to a higher court.
Fil PROFITS
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SEEN BY DEAL
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Keep Youth ori Soil, Make
Homes Modern, Get Fair
Prices; Message
LAUDS MARION PROGRESS
Idaho State Master, and Governor
Pierce Address Gathering
of County Grangers at
Fair Grounds:
Under the sponsorship of the
local organization an ! open air
meeting of the Marion county
Grangers was held yesterday un
der the spacious oaks at the state
fair grounds. !
The occasion was in honor of
the visit of W. W. Deal, state mas
ter of the Idaho Grange and chap-
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Lung Motor Is Urged
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EXPERTS DECLARE ; DEVICE
WOULD BE VALUABLE
That the pulmotor, as a
means of resusitation,. is an in
strument that Salent cannot
well do without, fa the opinion
of prominent authorities on
first aid and rescue work in
this city. ' I
Agitation for the purchase of
a pulmotor was started here
again following the unsuccess
ful attempt to revive! a young
girl who drowned in (the Will
amette river Sunday afternoon.
In speaking of the advan
tages of the pulmotor in resusi
tation work, one Salem swim
ming expert declared that if
the machine is kept inl good re
pair it will give results' in many
respects better than those ob
tained from other methods.
"If the machine is out of or
der, however, it is worse than
useless," the first aid expert
said.
I GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES!
2710 ACRES
TO GET ITER
Santiam Land, Under Irriga
tion, to Be Richer Than
Lake Labish
$150 to $350 IS PRICE
New Owners Take Over Lands,
Will Push Development
Under Two Companies,
Well Manned
Some events have been trans
piring in the Santiam irrigation
districts that will mean a great
deal to that section of Marion
county, and to Salem, in the vastly
increasing annual value of cash
crops, and this increase will be
manifest with the 1927 season.
The Western Oregon Develop
ment company has acquired the
water rights of the irrigation dis
trict east of Stayton, and the
lands of that district, comprising
6940 acres. This is a strong com
pany, with offices in suite 805
Couch building, Portland.
. The Flaxland Development com
pany has acquired the water rights
of the Santiam Reclamation com
pany and the West Stayton Gar
dens concern, with 20,23 2 acres
of land. The representatives of
this company in Salem are Percy
A. Cupper, Robert Simpson and
Clarence Bowne. It is understood
that California capital is interest
ed, and that practical irrigation
men have the control. The Salem
office of the Flaxland Develop
ment company is at 411 Masonic
Temple.
The lands of the Western Ore
gon Development company extend
from near Mehama to about two
miles west of Stayton, or from 15
to 20 miles from Salem, mainly.
The water for irrigation comes
from the Santiam river and' sev
eral other streams in tnat sec
tion.
The lands of the Flaxland De
velopment company lie west of
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H YaheQ
Tom Kay, president of the Oregon Linen Mills, Inc., Mon
day night went before the city council and demanded action
be taken to speed up street paving for the good of Salem, par
ticularly those streets in Rosedale addition leading to the new
linen plant, for the good of the industry which is of more
importance to the city than any other, the Oregon Pulp &
Paper company excepted.
For weeks, city council has fooled around about speeding
up city paving.
The idea was not new. Nothing had been done. Nothing
would have been done Monday night had not Tom Kay, a man
who unquestionably has the interest of the city at heart, gone
before council, accused it of hampering Salem's growth by
talking a great deal and doing absolutely nothing.
When Tom Kay ceased speaking three motions were im
mediately passed.
Hal D. Patton called for a report from the sewer com
mittee on obtaining proper drainage in that section. Council
didn't argue. The way had been made easy. Council passed
the motion. E. B. Grabenhorst moved that the street com
mittee report on a possible double shift. Council didn't argue.
The way had been made easy. Council passed the motion.
Hal D. Patton moved that the street committee report on
speeding paving by private contract at the next meeting.
Council didn't argue. The way had been ma"de easy. Council
passed the motion.
Presence of one good citizen, Tom Kay, turned what would
have been a dilatory and fruitless meeting into one of action.
What is the matter with city councilmen? Are they so
individually afraid of making enemies that they do not dare
take a definite stand, demand action on a project obviously
(Con thru ed
Mark S. Skiff
Aside By
"Conduct in Conveying Real Property was Fraduient," Opin
ion Reads; Late Judge Bingham Reversed, as
Willamette Grocery Wins
The state supreme court yesterday handed down an opin
ion in which it reversed the late Judge George G. Bingham
in a suit fild by the Willamette Grocery company, plaintiff
and appellant, against Mark
Skiff, defendants and respondents, and the First State &
Savings bank, defendant and appellant, to set aside a deed
executed by Mr. and Mrs. Skiff to their son, Mark S. Skiff,
Jr. The lower court held in favor of Mr. Skiff.
The First State & Savings bank was made a party, defend
ant for the reason it claimed some ;
right to the real estate by virtue
of an attachment levied thereon.
The bank answered and claimed
the same relief as claimed by. the
plaintiff.
The opinion of the supreme
court held that on April 17. 1922,
the defendant, Mark S. Skiff, for
a valuable consideration executed
to Edna Ross his promissory note
for the sum of $800, payable 90
days after date. On May 1, 1922,
Edna Ross indorsed and delivered
the note to the defendant bank
as collateral security to secure a
loan theretofore made by the
bank to Edna Ross and her has-
band. Wllburt J. Ross, upon
which there was due $604.
After maturity of the note the
bank started an action In Marion
county and on March 31, 1923,
recovered judgment by default
against Mark S. Skiff in the
amount of $800. Interest, costs
and attorneys' fees.
On June 16, 1923, the bank
caused to be issued an execution
upon the Judgment direct to the
sheriff of Marion county, but the
sheriff was unable to find any
(Continued on para B.)
POLICE BLOTTER - CLEAN
SECOND DAY, OP QTCETXES3
REIGNS IN Cm HALL
For the second day In a row
only two accident reports were
turned in at police headquarters
up to a late hour last night. Out
of three reports - yesterday, only
two happened on that day.
v tJp to the. same, late hour' last
night, not one. arrest, was recorded
on the. police blotter, the only
thing to mar the whiteness of the
paper, being two forfeited, bans
from arrest8 made ; before yes
terday. : j "... .I
...Anna Zlrkle . repotted,1 that ber
car- bumped! Into another one at
State, and Liberty streets, jthe only
damage . being ,bent fender ' on
the other, car,; 141 "E?-Reeves re
ported that his car was in an acci
dent at Seventeenth, and Center
streets yesterday, but gave - no
details. ;
trails Sn&
on aga 8)
Deed Set ""
Supreme Court
S. Skiff and his wife, Ada V.
irjct AinBRIQ AClfQ IIIRY
ih w iiviiiiiw nwnw m w
TO INDICT FOR MURDER
'FAIR CHAXCEM,TO BE CLEAR
ED ASKED BY MINISTER
Grand Jary Examines Six Wit-
neeses:
Eleven More Are
Summoned to Appear
FORT WORTH, Texas, July 20.
(By Associated Press.)- A de
mand that the grand jury indiet
him for the killing last Saturday
of D. E. Chipps, Fort Worth lum
berman, so that he can have a
"fair and open chance to be
cleared"' was made here today by
Rev. :J. , Frank Norris.
Norris is charged with the mur
der of Chipps, who was killed in
the ; study of the First 1 Baptist
church when he called to protest
f gainst an attack by the pastor on
Mayor H. C. Meacham and others.'
The fear., that the Jury, which
began , its investigation today
would "no bill! him and thus pre-
vent his acquittal of the charger
of murder, .was expressed by Dr.
Norris. .The pastor said it' was
the wish of himself and 'his con
legation that, he be indicted.
. f After, examining six witnesses,
the Jury recessed until tomorrow,
with a list of 11 additional wit-T
nesses summoned, to appear. As
the inquisitorial body got down to
work, the law firm of McLean,
Scott and Sayers ot Fort Wor(if
announced that it had been re
tained by the slain man's divorce
wife,- Mrs. D. E. Chipps, as special
prosecutors, i ..v : j. ;--; V;.; .V'J
The six witnesses examined were)
L. : H. " Nutt;, deacon in i Norris
church, ho saw Chipps killed;
R. Bonna Ridgewap,': . member ef
the church who. was sitting in an
automobile In front of the church
when Chipps entered' on his fatal
mission;- Detective ; A.; L. Ford;
who investigated the slaying and
arrested " Norris; Mrs i Fannie
Greer, a , switchboard '-operatori
Leo : S.- Grevemberg, hotel clerk,
(OoatiBue ysf l.)
JURY FAILS TO
ISSUE1KJT
FOR KIDNAPERS
Evidence Is Insufficient,
Grand Jury Declares in ,
Reporting on Case
MRS. M,PHERS0frS STORY
TO GO UNSUBSTANTIATED
Jury! Is at Call for Further
Hearing of Evidence ;
STATEMENT IS PROMISED
Written Statement to Be Is
sued, Mrs. Aimee Semple
Mcpherson Declares ? Dis
trict Attorney .Wants to
Question Ormiston, Former
Radio Operator
LOS ANGELES, July 20.
(By Associated Press.) -Sufficient
evidence has not yet
been found to warrant an in
dictment i in the alleged kid
naping of Aimee Semple. Mc
Pherson, evangelist, tha
county grand jury declared in
a - report - to Superior Judge
Keech today. ;
The report saidt ;
"The grind . jury has had
presented to it for consideration
the evidence in the alleged kid
naping ot Aimee, Semple McPher
son and finds there is insufficient
evidence to warrant an indict-
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OPEN STAYTON FIRE QUIZ
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PET-COOKS t- ON. AUTO .UAS
TANKS POUND TO BE OPEN
The state fire marshal yester
day was requested to conduct an
investigation of a fire which Mon
day night destroyed three build
ings lit Stayton. Reports from
Stayton indicated that the fire
was qt an incendiary origin.
The buildings burned in the
fire Juid 'been condemned and
were to have been razed within
the next few days. Investigation
by Stayton - officers showed that
the pet-cocks on the gasoline
tanks' of six automobiles stored in
the burned structure had been
opened prior to the blaze. Four
f the automobiles destroyed in
e fire were covered by insur
anceJ They were the property, of
the Anderson Motor : company,
whicb fixed Its loss on the two
uninsured machines at $500.
Residents of Stayton said this
was the third suspicious fire that
has occurred there during the past
few. months; ' A previous fire
burned the Hunt & Pate garage.
The state fire marshal forward
ed the request for an investigation
of the fire to the Portland. office
ot the department
SALEM FAMILY RESCUED
DR. 'sCATUIS, WIPE AND CHIL
DREN, nrr ur ferry
; NEWPORT, Ore. July 20. (By
Associated? PressJDr, Mathls
and j family of Salem who are
spending a. vacation here had a
narrow escape from drowning In
Taqulna bay today when the south'
beach f erry boat, Sadie B, ran
down ,a rowboat in which they
were fishing. . .
Dr. .Mathls and three children
were rescued by the, crew of the
S erry boat Mrs. Mathls, , how
ever, fell beneath the rowboat,
which dragged tinder the hull of
the terry. ; ,v -
CoL E. Batencourt, who oper
ates a boatho use, witnessed the ac
cident from shore and quietly
went to the scene in a launch. lie
managed to reach the anchor Use
of jthe: rowboat. 'and palled tta
smaller craft clear of the ferry
He drew Mrs. Mathls into his boat
and took her to shore where she
was ? resuscitated by members of
thej coast guard.'. This "aftercoca
she , was in a serious condltl-j
trora shock , ; '
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