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WEATHER FORECAST: Fair; not much
change -in temperature. Maximum yesterday,
70; minimum, 47: -river. r Z-JJ rainfall, none
atmosphere, clear; wind,' northeast. t j f;
-v Uncle Sam Is In an uncomfortable position.
All he got out ot .the .World, war wag . near
beer, and rEorope now denounces him as a
grasping Shylockv New ,York Sun. L.ij "
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TSVENTY-SIXTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON; WEDNESPAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1926.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Coolidge Says Only Slight
Margin Between Income
and Expense
BUSINESS WOULD SUFFER
Those Favoring: Cancellation of
Foreign Debt Would Halt
Such Reforms Thinks.
Chief Executive' -
PAUL SMITH'S, N. T., Sept. 14.
(AP) President Coolidge is
opposed to a reduction of J 5 60,
000,000 in federal taxes at the
coming short session of congress,
as urged by Senator Simmons,
democrat. "North Carolina, consid
ering such a step unwarranted by
present conditions.
With the goyernment running
on its present margin between
expensed and income, the presi
dent believes any such reduction
in the immediate future might re
quire an extensive and perhaps in
advisable readjustment of ar
rangements for disposal of the
huge national publie debt. At the
same time, he favors reduction of
taxes as rapidly as they can be
brought down. - He also favors
paying off the public debt as
-peedily as consistent with wise
public financing. ,
Moreover the president is not
certain that the country demands
an extensive tax reduction at this,
time. Certainly he holds those
who are demanding cancellation
of the foreign debts to this coun
try would not favor it. as he be
Tlieves both cannot go together. As
for proposals that the foreign
debts be cancelled and taxes re
duced it was said'ln benalf of Mr.
Coolidge today that they do not
harmonize, yi -."? r -
The president has from the first
it was asserted, stood for a .pro
gram of reducing taxes and ob
taining tax reforms under which it
was expected the government
would have a larger income by
J
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TROOPS PURSUE INDIANS
YAQVI DECLARED IX RETREAT
TO MOUNTAINS
NOGALES. Sept 14. (AP)
General Francisco Ancheta, com
mander of the garrison at Nogales,
Snrona, Mexico, tonight was ad
vised of a battle between 1500
Yaqni Indians and Mexican troops
i-ar Vicam,' Sonora. 1
The marauding Indians have
burred out bridges between Vicam
and Lencho, on the Southern Pa
cific de Mexico railway, which
ere being repaired hastily tonight
to permit the advance or rederal
troops.' -
The military- is concentrating
on, Vicam and 'the Indians are re
ported in retreat toward the moun
tains. -:. .
HUNTER SLAYS COUGAR
ANIMAL WAS SHOT AS IT COM
PLETED 15 FOOT LEAP
MKDFORD, Sept. 14. (AP).
Jnst as it completed a jump of 15
feet from the ground to the limb
of a pine t ree, a cougar -weighing
130 pounds, one of the largest re
ported slain In . the county for
some time, was killed yesterday
in the headwaters' of Evans creek,
near Salt creek, hys W, Martlneau
of Gold IIil!,a;member of a deer
hunting party. -; '
POLICE OFFJCER JAILED
SEATTLE POLICEMAN IS SUS
PECTED I rfS-' R iRRERI EH
SEATTLE, Sept. 14. (AP)
Motorcycle Patrolman II. B New
ill of the Seattle nolle denart-
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Searing. Newell Is held in the
y jail as a suspect In recent Se
attle robberies.- Police mean
;whiio souit a man they declared
vs criminally associated with the
jatrolman. ' y '
i'olice found Information against
N well which' will not be revealed
"ntil the second suspect is found.
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I I FKHER FROM INDIGESTION
TltlES TO REGAIN HEALTH -
TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 14 (AP)
Aftpr fasting 42 days in an effort
to regain his health, William Frie
kprt, 65," died here today. Frlebert
yz a-eutferer fIronj Jadlgestloa.
'27 Flax Price
Acreas
Producers and Industrial Heads Agree Larger Crops, at Same
7 Prices, Will Be Needed io Keep- Wheels
, Turning Nett Year
The flaSc prices to the grower will be the same for the
1927 crop as for this year's crop. The state is now ready to
contract with farmers for the 1927 crop. Double the acreage
grown this year will be taken on.-
The above are the three most important things about the
news item that follows, affecting a large number of farmers
in this district; and all over the Willamette valley, and in
fact' affecting everybody who has any interest in this part of
the state, or any part and affecting the linen industry here
and everywhere in the world.
There was a meeting of prominent flax growers from all
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SSSHHH!
; PARTS. T1ie new rearhes here
from Iiirrit. It in passed on to
Anwrita with full and sympathetic
rwltnUihn " of the sensation it jnay ,
crtp. i Jt n ho)l that American ko
riety, now fortified for th impending
season, -will snffir no unhappy reac
tions. Whisper it. Hsshh ! 'J he prince
i.s coming again. The lrinoe of Wales.
Ife promises to dance with more Amer'
iean dehs, siih-dr,l, ingeBues or what
hae you! There, that's the news from
Biarritz where H. R. II. is xummer
ihU. With a full year for preparation,
mayhap Anferica will be ready for him.
HOPE AT iJLSTt
SAX FRANCISCO. Conveyed by
radio, a high-pitched human tone has
Kneeeeded in extinguishing a sensitive
flame. The distance was twelve miles.
MISS VOOSE
To Ail-re t7
1a
Kow'. if only some benefactor of hu
manity will reverse the process, radio
performers may be extinguished by the
ii e of a small flame. The No tie I Prize,
the Congressional Medal and the Vic
toria Cross await the inventor who will
do this.
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8TBAHDED
PARIS. Caed aa Paris is to fin
ancial distress, tbefe is om-thing of
novelty to lie found in the plight of
some 3,000 Americans who are strand
ed here, penniless, unable io get work
and without government aid with which
to return, to America. Among the
stranded Americans are representatives
. ' n 1 1 1 K A rwA
DIME
of almost every stjatam of life, from
profewtiona! "bnaia" to disconsolate
heiresses who are unable to make con
nections with the necessary friends or
agencies from which money plight easily
be had. Inasmuch as the U. S. does
not provide for the return of its citi
rens stranded in foreign parts, the
local American Aid Society finds itself
swamped with appeals. . . . There is
one bit of consolation in the situation
and that i thn fact that Paris always
Jis been an ideal town in which to lie
, TKKir. There's o aoraetbinu about
DR. HICKMAN IS CALLED
ACCEPTS PARTORATK AT Mil
WAITKEE, riSCOXSIN .
Pr. E. C Hickman, retiring
president of the Kimball -School
of Theology, has accepted a call as
pastor of the Kenwood Avenue
Methodist church In Milwaukee,
Wisconsin; it was announced yes
terday morning. This decision
comes as" a surprise, as it was ex
pected that Dr.' Hickman would
remain In the northwest.'
1 Jle will t leave Friday, accom
panied by his family, and will mo
tor to Milwaukee. He intends to
stop at Spokane, Wash., and other
places to Visit friends, ind wilt ai
rive in Milwaukee in tirade to
preach hM - first ' sermon' tM if irst
Sunday In ; October.
TYPHUS: FOLLOWS FLOOD
HAXOVE11 FAMILIES FLEE
FROM DISEASE OUTBREAK .
BERLIN, Sept. 14. AP)
The outbreak of typhus Jn the city
of, Hanover" is; getting worse and
there are now. 1200. cases under
treatment.! 4 Many 1 families are
fleeing from the city. Thirty cases
have been reported in Madgeburg.
The disease , broke out after ' the
recent floods.- ' -- "-i
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Unchanged,
e WilrBe Doubled
from Columbia county, at the
state penitentiary at 12:30 yester
day, with state officials and repre
sentatives of the two Salem linen
mills. When the company sat
down to dinner in the guards din
ing room at the prison most of
the tables wera comfortably filled.
The meeting had been called at
the suggestion of Col. W, B. Bar
tram, field man for the state flax
plant and for the Oregon Linen
Mills, Inc. He wished, to explain
to the farmers and state officials
and the representatives of the
local mills the results of his tests
of this year's flax straw.
Some Very Good Flax
He reported that the average
yield of flax for this year for the
whole district, outside of Colum
bia county, was 1.40 tons to the
acre. For last year it was 1.25
tons.
He displayed numbered sam
ples of scutched fiber from this
year's flax. No. 1 was from flax
grown on the Rhea Luper (state
engineer) farm near Hubbard. It
scutched out 11.25 per cent fiber,
against an average for last year
for the whole crop ctf between 8
and 9 per cent. It hackled 65 per
cent line fiber. Mr. Thompson, of
the Miles mill, who was present
and who did the hackling, said
that was the best result from the
samples submitted. The 11.25 per
cent fiber means 225 pounds of
long 4ine fiber to the ton of flax
straw, and the 65 percent hackled
flax means' that 65 per cent went
Into long line fiber, suitable for
twines and threads, and the bal
ance went into spinning tow. (The
trade calls it "line" fiber, instead
of long line fiber.)
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FLIER POSTPONES FLIGHT
CA1TAIX REXE FOXCK WAITS
FOR RETTER WEATHER
NEW YORK, Sept. 14. (AP)
-i-Weather reports of impending
storms off the Grand Banks
caused Captain Rene Fonck,
French ace, late tonight to post
pone the hop off for his attemp
ted non-stop flight to Paris.
Everything had been in readiness
for taking off from Roosevelt
field .early tomorrow. No new
date was set.
STUDENTS Fill
CAR SKED CUT
Geqroe Hug to Investigate
Improved Transportation
for Pupils
BOOK BUYING DAYS SET
Congest ion to IJe Eliminated by
Diviiliiig Time of Rook
Store; Tuxedo Plans
Are Considered
The problem of how to take
care of the 30 or 4 0 high school
students who used the school car
on the Oregon Electric railway
that was taken off tha run recent
ly, was referred to George Hug,
city school superintendent, at the
school board meeting last night,
and he was given authority to
take the matter up with the pub
lic service commission in an ef
fort to solve it. .
Mr. Hug stated last night that
the railway company claimed to
have sent him a notice last spring
stating that the school car would
be removed, but said he did not
remember having received such a
cemmunicatfon, and that there was
no record of it in his office.
A delegation of residents from
the district affected Nvas ' present
at the' meeting and told of the ne
cessity of having a way to trans
port their children to and from
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CAPITALIZE STATE FAIR
MESSAGE TO OREGONIANS
OREGON REPRESENTATIVE IS
HACK FROM SACRAMENTO
Many California Horses Will Re
Entered in Races and Show
Here
The state of California has no
better advertising feature than its
state fair, according to Ella RhultE
Wilson, secretary of the Oregon
state fair board, who returned
here yesterday from Sacramento
where she visited the California
state fair as a representative ot
Governor Pierce. A. C. Marsters
of Roseburg, a member of the
Oregon state fair board also at
tended the California fair.
"In California every person is
a booster for the state fair," raid
Mrs. Wilson, "and everything pos
sible is done to advertise the
event. The California legislature
appropriates $200,000, for the
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liOIiliED!
STANFIELD TAKES COURT
ACTION AGAINST KOZER
4-
INDEPENDENT NOMINEE RE
. FERRER TO OREGON LAW
.'Freedom- From Dictatorship"
Wanted Placed After Name .
on Railot
Mandamus proceedings were
filed in the state supreme court
here yesterday by Robert N. Stan
field, independent candidate for
United States senator, to compel
Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state,
to place after his name on the bal
lot the words "Freedom From
Dictatorship" or "No Dictator
ship." The writ was made re
turnable by the court Septem
ber 20.
It was alleged in the complaint
filed by Stan field that under sec
tion 392.1 of the Oregon laws a
candidate for office was author
ired to use not more than three
words after his name on the ballot
in expressing the party or prin
ciple which he represented.
The secretary of state refused
to certify to Mr. Stanfield's pro
posed slogan, but wrote him a let
ter in which he in U mated that he
would not be adverse to having
the question referred to the courts
for a legal interpretation.
In refusing to certify to Mr.
Stanfield's slogan the secretary of
state referred to section 2965 of
the primary election laws' which
reads as follows, in part: , -
"No independent or non-partisan
candidate shall be permitted
to 'use any word of the same of
any existing political party or or
ganization in his candidacy, nor
shall be 'permitted to use any oth
er name than "Independent" or
"Non-partisan."
The secretary of state also re
ferred Mr. Stanfield to a ruling of
the attorney general in the case in
volving T. M. Kerrigan, who a few
years ago was an independent can
didate for public service commis
sioner. It was held at that time
that Mr. Kerrigan was not entitl
ed to use a slogan after his name
on the ballot in that he was not
the candidate of any political or
party organization.
RPCORMICK RITES TODAY
WIFE OF KIMBALL PROF-ESSOR
TO ISE LAID TO REST
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. McCormick,
parents of Dr. J. D. McCormic'c of
.Kimball college, and Mr. and Mrs.
R. R. McCormick, all of Caldwell,
Idaho, have come to Salem to at
tend the funeral of Mrs. J. D. Mc
Cormick this afternoon at 3
o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. De
whirst o Portland wjll arrive this
morning. Mrs. Dew hirst is Dr,
McCormick's sister and R. R. Mc
Cormick is his brother. The fune
ral services will be held at the
Rijrdon mortuary.
BRITISH OFFICER DIES
PALA ALTO, Cal., Sept. 14.
(AP). Captain Arthur J. Hutch
inson, 80, retired British army
officer, died here today.
DUE UTS
PAYING FUNDS
Evangelist Says Woman
Hired to Act as Private
Investigator
POLICY LEADS TO SNARE
Angelu Temple Statement Says
McPherson Attorney War net 1
Client to Beware of
Mr. Seilaff
Mrs. Seilaff was closeted with
Keyes and chief deputy district
Attorney Harold L. Davis for three
hours tonight during which she Is
said to have given the authorities
a detailed statement of her actions
in connection with the McPherson
case. At the end of examinations
Mm Seilaff was taken from the
prosecutor's office by two detec
tives and a woman attendant.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 14.
(AP). Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman
Seilaff, confessed perprtrator of
a "Miss X" hoax in the Aimee
Semple McPherson case, tonight
was.detained and held incommuni
cado by orders of District Attor
ney Asa Keyes. Keyes action fol
lowed an examination of Irs. Sei-
larr. ine greatest secrecy was
thrown about the maneuver but it
was learned that Mrs. Seilaff will
be held overnight to be ready for
further questioning tomorrow.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 14
(AP). Aimee Semple McPherson,
Angelus temple evangelist, today
admitted that funds from Angelus
temple had been given to Mrs
Lorraine Wiseman-Seilaff to-carrjd
on a Carmel,' Cal., investigation
wntcn nnaiiy resulted in a con
fession by Mrs. Seilaff that her
origlnaf story about "Miss X" was
a hoax
"Of course, we forwarded Mrs.
Wiseman-Seilaff funds with which
to carry on her investigation,
Mrs. McPherson said. "We did
just as we did with the detectives
and others who believed they
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EDWARDS' APPEAL SEEN
SENTENCED TO OO DAYS AND
$100 FINE ON CHARGE
Leo (Frisco) Edwards was sen
fenced to 60 days in jail and to
pay a fine of 100 yesterday aft
ernoon by Mark Poulsen, police
judge and city recorder, on a
charge of driving while under the
influence of Intoxicating liquor.
Edwards failed to appear yester
day afternoon at 2 o'clock when
he was scheduled for trial, and in
stead filed a demurrer through his
attorney, stating that the facts in
the complaint did not constitute a
crime.
The demurrer was overruled by
Judge Poulsen and judgment was
entered against Edwards. It is
expected that he will get an order
from thel circuit Court for. stay of
execution and then appeal the
case. He is allowed 10 days In
which to file an appeal.
$10,000 PERMIT ISSUED
J. D. HART WELL TO ERECT A
. TWO-STORY BUILDING
A building permit was Issued
yesterday to J: D. Hartwell to
erect a two-story concrete ; build
ing at 132G and 1330 State street,
the estimated cost 'being given as
n,000. The Cherry City Build
ing company will be the contrac
tor. ft VV". '. ' .
Mr. Harfcwell was granted per
mission to build this structure at
the city zoning and planning com
mission's meeting Monday night.
The city council had approved the
building previously, y y-?i j -The
first floor of the . pronpsed
building, will be used for store pur
poses and the second floor for
apartments. It will be an addi
tion to-'the present apartment
house owned by Mr: HartweU on
land next door to this one
HORSE DOCTOR SOUGHT
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CLAIM VET CONTRIBUTED TO
DEATH OF' RACER -
CHICAGO, Sept, 14. (AP)-A
warrant; was Issued today for the i
arrest of G. " C-- Mcintosh Louis
ville, Ky.; veterinarian accused
of contributing to the death of, the
1100,000 race horse Captain . Hal
when he treated the animal-for
intestinal troubles. - ' . ,
Ford America's
First Billionaire
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Joseph S. McCoy, ; government
actuary for : the United States
treasury, has announced that the
U. S. has its first billionaire. In
asmuch as John D. Rockefeller,
Sr., is known to have cut down
his fortune largely through trans
fer to his son and by . charitable
enterprises, it is understood that
Henry Ford is the man to whom
McCoy refers. Latest photo of
Ford.
CHERRIANS WILL ATTEND
FAIR ON OCTOBER FIRST
ORGANIZ.TION PLEDGES SUP
lORT TO STATE BOARD
Colonel Carle Abrams Tells
Visit to Oak Grove Power
Plant
of
At a meeting of the Cherriana,
held last evening at the Chamber
of Commerce, it was unanimously
vntAd in attend the Rtatp fair on
tMstftaUty day, Friday, October.,1,
and to co-operate in every way
with the state fair board' on that
day.
Harley O. White, King Bing, ap
pointed as a special committee to
arrange details for the day, Grov
er Hillman, chairman, E. Cooke
Patton and Dr. Harry Bancroft.
An invitation from the Van
couver Prunarians was received,
asking the Cherrians to take part
in the Vancouver festival Sept. 23,
24 and 25. .
As it, was so near state fair
time, very few of the Cherrians
could attend and it was voted not
to attend in a body but 'that as
may as possible individually ac
cept the invitation.
The entertainment of the even
ing included two reels of moving
pictures, entitled, "The .Modern
Pioneer." The pictures were pre
sented by the Portland Railway
Light and Power company, show
ing the advance of civilization
from the time of the early Oregon
pioneers to the present day. and
including the power plant of the
PEP company at Oak Grove.
, During the evening CoL Carle
Abrams, secretary of the' board of
control, told of a visit to the Oak
Grove power plant on August 20.
AL SMITH TO RUN AGAIN
GOVERNOR RESPONDS TO
DEMOCRATIC i PARTY CALL
NEW YORK. Sept. If. (AP.)
The New York .Times says Gov
ernor Alfred E, Smitn nas definite
ly decided to respond to the call
of the . democratic party and be
come ' for the fifth time its candi
date for governor.: AH doubt on
that question, was removed, the
paper, says, when word came from
Albany that speeches placing him
in nomination were being prepar
ed. The paper lists as 'other can
didates 'on the democratic ticket
Edwlu Corning, chairman of the
democratic ' state- ;?ciomraittee,y as
candidate for" lieutenant governor,
and Justice- Robert F. Wagner of
the' appellate- division for-United
States' senator. - x , y f ;
shotgun Fiend hunted
FARMER , LEAVES TO TRACK
IKAVN SmEN- "ENF.nES
WINNIPEG, Sept. 14-(AP)
Police here today were searching
for.: Rosa Little, : a ' farmer of the
Roblin district west of jWinnlpeg,
who,' after' making! ont a, list of
seven men he contemplated kill
lag; left home with a gun and shot
James .Munroe,'7Q, ai neighbor.
Munroe was aot seriously Injured
r rPoliee declared i fl.nancial wor
ries had .made i Little . Insane and
ne had 'sought revenge for fancied
wrongs. 'After shooting Munroe,
he killed one of the farmer's doss.
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WEPRIiARY
VOTE RETURNS
Anti-Hartley Landslide Indi
cated in Early Washing-
ton Ballots i
BATTLE OVER NATIONAL;
POLICIES MARKS "VOTE
Massachusetts, Louisiana, Col
orado, Washington, New
York, Vermont," Maryland,
Michigan and South Caro
lina at Polls .
TACOMA, Wash., Sept1 14.
(AP) An anti-Hartley landslide
fn the 26th senatorial district of
Pierce county ave State Senator
Ralph Metcalf, senatorial major-:
Ity leader, virtual f assurance of
success in his fight for re-election.
Nineteen . precincts out' of 65 in
fits district save Metcalf 2668 and
Lloyd R. Crosby, his pro-Hartley
opponent 1,191 votes. , .
Senator J. R. Oman was high
man in a four cornered race n ,
the 29th senatorial district against
three pro-Hartley candidates.
where 20 precincts out of 41 gave
him 1,001 votes to 730 for IL J.'
Petersen; his nearest 'opponent.
For the house the Hartley and
anti-Hartley -factions were divid
ing honors on the face of scattered
returns with five out of nine in
cumbents running high in their .
districts. . : "
SBATTLE, Sept, 14 For Unit
ed States senator in 17 complete
and one incomplete precincts out
of 2,495, gave Jones, complete 1,-
080, incomplete 7; Hammond 238,
complete; Griffiths complete 346,
incomplete l; Henry, complete 66; ,
Bullitt, complete' 4; Longstreet,
complete, one. - ,
For supreme cou,rt, returns of
13 complete precincts gave Hal-
comb 353: French 506: Bridges
355; Pemberton 290; Cunning
ham 25; Tolman 368. - -.
Wesley L. Jones of Seattle,
seeking renomination on the re
publican ticket for his third term -In
the United States senate had a
commanding lead in. 154 com-,
plete precincts ont of 2,495 In the
states. Jones, a dry who voted
for entrance in the world court.
had 8,3 25 votes to 2,834 for4
Frank E." Hammond, a wet who
denounced the stand of Jones on
the tribunal. Judge 'AustlnT.'Ef
Griffiths, a dry who attacked
Jones for changing his rote and
opposing a bill of Gooding of
Idaho that placed , railroad rates
from Eastern ' Washington ' to .
points east of the Cascade moun
tains on a distance basis as com
pared with those to the -Pacific
shore; received 4,515. Lee , R.oy
Henry totaled 676. V ' - -.
In the Seattle congressional dls-.
trlct John-F Miller, Incombent
had 3,430 and his nearest bp-?
ponent, H. Alvin Moore, loeomo-'
tive engineer ana dry,'. 1,3 82 for
the repnblican nomination for
congress when 61 of 346 precincts
AIR MAIL' IS DELAYED
SIin DAMAGED AFTER TRIAL
FLIGHT AT SEATTLE '
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SEATTLE, Sept. 14 (AP.)
An, airplane, scheduled to lnaugn
4 ate the Scattleros Angeles air '
la ail service by starting from here
at 3:45 o'clock tomorrow mornln g,
will not leave," the -.Pacific Air :
Transport "company, holder cf the
contract, ""announced late today.
Minor' damages were' received by
the -plane;iwhlle'"landlng ""after; a v
trial. flight. i :t " l ' '
Instead, the mail will be taken
from Seattle to Vacbuver, Wash., 1
by 'Virata leaving, here, at 11: IS. v.
tonight. At Vancouver it will ba
picked up by a plane stationed at v
that- point, f y :
Parkipg Liw Signed
ONE HOUR.LIsnT TO BE EF
FECTIVE SEPT. 23
Salem's new parking ordin
ance, passed by the city council
at its. meeting. a week ago last
night, ' became law, yesterday
when it was -signed ; by Mayor
John B. GlesyyThe njew oriia
ance limits parking to one hour
on 15 downtown, business blorV i
and to two hours on IS ch ?
blocks on. -the, edge of the one
hour district. . The ordinance
will gO into effect Sept, 2S.
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