FORECAST: Unsettled with probably
rain; moderate temperature; Increasing
east to southeast winds on coast. Maximum
yesterday 54; minimum, 47; rlyer, 0.9;
rainfall, .26; atmosphere, cloudy; -wind, !
southeast.
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EVENTY-SIXTH YEAR
Portland Chamber of Com
merce Back Movement for
Securing Industry
1000 "ACRES FOR 1927
HOOO Acres Needed for 1928, Plan
Then for Erection of 8)2,000,
OOO Sugar "Factory in This
Community
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At the meeting of the board of
directors of the Salem chamber of
commerce last evening, it was de
cided to go forward at once with
the campaign for a minimum of
1000 acres of beets to be grown
next year, preliminary to 8000
acres and a beet sugar factory in
1928. and a meeting is to be held
next Monday evening at 8 o'clock
at the Salem chamber of com
merce rooms, to which will be in
vited representative men from the
various communities of Marion
and Polk counties, and of the com
munities of the other Willamette
valley counties. Blank contracts
for signing were wired for last
night, and it is'-expected that the
Portland chamber of 'commerce
representatives will be at the meet
ins Monday evening next, and like
ly a representative of the Utah
Idaho Sugar company from iseu-
ingham. So Salem will he on ner
way to a "$2,00 0.0 00 sugar factory
for 1928.
The Basis of 'It
The basis of this; action is let
ters from the Utah-Idaho Sugar
company and the Portland cham
ber of : commerce, preceded by a
long campaign in Salem, promoted
by the Salem chamber 6f com-
c: fce. The ionowing is me wore
Wo Sugar company, dated at Bell
lnrham. Wash.. Not. -It. signed by
J. W. Timpson. district manager,
and directed to Manager wjlson of
the "Salem chamber of commerce:
'Acknowledging receipt of yours
with reference to ' ihe Willamette
valley sugar beet development, I
m prepared and will firmly rec
ommend to our executives that we
offer our contract to the farmers
of the Willamette valley in suit
able sections for growing' beets In
1927, on a basis of $0' per ton
guaranteed minimum f. o. b. cars
at loading stations, provided -we
ean have 1000 acres signed up to
Justify us in putting a fieldman
down there and making a district
of it. The best freight rate we
GOVERNMENT AID
IN HIGHW ATWORK
"NO ACTIOX TAKEN IN NEAR
FUTURE FOR SKYLINE ItOAl
District -Fomrter Tells Chamber
of Commerce of Proposed
Highway
No action will be taken in the
near future toward 'building the
so-called Skyline road along the
top of the Cascades from Mt. Hood
south. Major. C M. Granger, dis
trict forester for Oregon and
Washington, told the chamber of
commerce members at thelr'week
ly luncheon Monday "noon.
Considerable b b faction has
arisen to the building of the road
on sanitary grounds he said, as it
is thought It would endanger the
water supplies of cities taking the
drinking water from streams flow
ing from the- Cascade mountain
watershed. . , .'
Among tne -forest road's to be
built In the near future. Majer
Granger stated, are one from De
troit to "Humbug "creek, six miles
long, and Detroit to Fish LAke,
33 miles long. These two toads
represent a cost of 1.135,000.
Nearly 900 permits for summer
homes in the national forests of
Oregon have been Issued, accord
ing to Major Granger. These sites
be leased for 30 years at 915
. & k tin I f Ai.a Ar
ess in size. : T
The district offering r the best
cooperation to tho federal govern
men t w III probably jget the most
consideration In building a road
across the Cascade mduntains.
Such a road 'would 'tost "between
il.OOw.OOO and $2&00,000. Major
Granger stated. V-V '"'"K
Proposed routes for -sucu road
are from Detroit to Sisters, which
would be of most advantage to
Marion county, Cascadia to Sis
ters. Eugene to Klamath -Falls,
and from Roseburg up iho TJmp-
DRIVE STARTS
BEET ACREAGE
BREAK: BLOCKED;
saws Discovered
KARO SYRUP CAN CONTAINED
SEVERAL TUCK SAWS
Innocent Looking Package of 8ug
ar Hiding T1ac for Wire
Clippers
A can of Karo Syrup and a pack
age of sugar are not as innocent
as they sometimes appear accord-J
ing to Sheriff Bower and his dep
uties, who found In them the
makings of a real wholesale de
livery, from the Marion county
lail.
The first installment of imple
ments arrived a week ago, but
Sheriff Bower saw fit to keep it
quiet for a time in the hope that
some clue as to the sender would
come of it. Saturday night he
arrested Gordon Gilles, who is
charged with the crime.
A week ago yesterday a messen
ger boy. gave to Mrs. Bower a
number of bundles containing gro
ceries. Mrs. Bower wanted him to
leave them at the office, but he
insisted on leaving them with her.
The package was taken to the of
fice and opened. Investigation
disclosed a number of hack saws
in the Karo syrup, several of them
being" broken in two pieces.. Evi
dently they were intended for use
in sawing the bars. A pair of
small wire clippers were also
found apparently intended for use
on the screen outside the bars.
This package was addressed to
Walter Chance, who Is incarcerat
ed for driving while Intoxicated
and has assessed to him a fine of
S100 and CO days in jail. Sheriff j
Bower believes that Chance was
Ignorant of the saws and clippers
addressed to him and would not
have made use of them.
Saturday night Gordon Glllis
arrived at the jail with a package
of sugar and a few other things
to give to the prisoners. He was
arrested and subjected to an ex
amination. Glllis admitted that
he hired the messenger boy to de
liver the goods, but said that -the
can of syrup was lgiven'to him by
other parties. Later he insisted
that everything was gotten in Al
bany. ; 1
." On Monday the officers investi
gated" the 1 groceries he had with
him when arrested and in the
package of sugar found a pair of
wire clippers. The handles had
.been sawed off bo they would fit
In the package, lie claimed that
he was in Albany and was coming
to Salem, when another party gave
him the sugar to bring.
The officers are making an in
vestigation of GUlis' rtt'ord and
think they will find more than
just the fact that he served in the
county jail previously on the
charge of petty larceny. In Sep
tember he was arrested with a
man named Adcock and sentenced
to 30 days.
PROBE LjMEROCK RATES
SIMILAR INVESTIGATION IS
STARTED BY GOVERNOR
The public service commission
yesterday instituted on its own
motion an investigation of lime
rock rates in effect on lines of the
Southern Pacific company, Oregon-Washington
Railroad &. Navi
gation company, Spokane, Port
land & Seattle Railroad company,
United-Railways, Oregon Electric
and Oregon &' California Railroad
company.
A similar Investigation was
started at the request of Governor
Pierce a few weeks ago in an ef
fort to secure lower lime rock
rates on the lines of the Southern
Pacific company. The investiga
tion ordered today increased the
scope of the previous probe and
includes practically all of the rail
roads operating in the state of
Oregon.
The hearing will be held in Sa
lem November 26.
TWO CARS ARE WRECKED
MAX RECEIVES BROKEN LEG
AND OTHER INJURIES
Bail for Sam Lowe of Spokane
was set at $100 yesterday in Jus
tice court here. Lowe Is. charged
with reckless driving by R. A.
Terry of Detroit, Mich., who is,in
a local hospital with a broken
leg, dislocated knee, and three
broken "ribs as aTesultof a, crajh
between his car and one driven
by Lowe Saturday on the Pacific
highway 'near Broo ks. , S
Both cars were badly wrecked
by the collision: and knocked into
the ditch. Terry holds that Lowe
was 'entirely to blame for the ac
cident. A warrant for Lowe's
IlLON BOOSTS
TAX CUT ANTE
HITHER NOTCH
Secretary Declares Saving
of 15 Per Cent Possible
for Next Year
CONGRESS MAY HIT IDEA
Ronml Table Discutmion With
'l'rfwi Representatives ISrings
Forth Many Plans for
Refundment
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (AP)
Secretary Mellon today again
boosted the ante on the plan of
President Coolidge for income tax
credit, declaring it would be safe
to permit tax payers a saving of at
least 15 per cent on their next
year's Income levies.
The 15 per cent minimum cred
it was predicated, Mr. Mellon ex
plained, on a prospective surplus
of $300,000,000 for this fiscal
year. First estimates made by the
president indicated a surplus of
$200,000,000 and on that ground
he proposed a 10 per cent credit
which later was boosted to 12 M
per cent.
There were definite indications
today at the treasury, however,
that no tears would be shed there
if congress turned down the pro
posed credit plan, threats against
which have been seen in some of
the conflicting views expressed by
leaders, and forced the application
of this year's surplus to debt re
tirement. But if the surplus is -igoing to
be returned to the taxpayers. Sec
retary Mellon made it clear today
that he saw no other practical way
to do it. He also reiterated that
no permanent cut in tax rates
would be sanctioned at this time
At a round table discussion of
taxes with newspaper men, Mr
Mellon frankly called for alterna
tive proposals to the plan to give
a credit on next year's income lev
ies as a means of returning to the
taxpayers the prospective surplus.
Some suggested that the credit
be given on the excise and corpor
ation taxes alone; others that the
surplus be divided, in greater pro
portion among the Individual in
come tax payers so that those who
pay small levies would get greater
credit; and some proposed that
(CoTitiuusd on page 8.)
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16, 1926
COUNCIL PLANS
TAXICABS' FEES
MAXY PAVING ORDINANCES
MEET WITH APFKOVAIj .
Reject Petition of Burger Bros.
for Building; Service
Station
Grave doubts that the city of
Salem can enforce its ordinance
asses ing a $20 annual fee against
all taxicabs or .buses operating
within the city were expressed by
W. P. Ellis, attorney lor the pub
lic service commission, and an
authority on such matters, accord
ing to a report made by the ways
and means committee to the city
council at Its last meeting last
night.
The , committee had been ap
pointed .to investigate the possibil
ity of carrying the taxicab fee case
to the courts by fighting an in
junction brought against the city
by the Oregon Stages, Inc., sever
al months ago. To carry this case
into the supreme court ;wili cost
between S1S00 and $2000. the
committee found.
That the city will not attempt
to enforce the ordinance is indicat
ed by an ordinance read for the
first time last night, in which a
$10 fee is specified. The ordinance
was referred to the ordinance
committee.
Tne council rejected the peti
Hon of Burger Brothers to erect a
service station at Capitol and Cen
ter streets, cn the grounds that
the matter had already been
turned down by the city planning
and zoning commission and that
(Continued on p 2.)
WALNUT EXHIBIT
CREATES DEMAND
BUYER ALSO ATTRACTED BY
FIN'E OREGON CELERY
Omaha Man Wants Car Load Like
Display In U. S. National-
Bank Window
Dave Eyre ot the United States
National Dank had an early tele
phone caller yesterday morning.
It was a man who wanted to talk
to him about walnuts. He had
seen the walnut display in the
bank window. Mr. Eyre told him
he would meet him at the bank.
What the man wanted was to
find out where he could buy a
car load of that kind of walnuts.
Mr. Eyre sent him to the packing
house of the Salem Nut Growers
Cooperative.
Went to Dundee
A. E. Cummings, manager of
the packing house, could not self
the man a car of walnuts. But
he sent him on his way to Dundee,
(Con tinned on page 2.)
BEWARE! KEEP YOUR NAME OFF THIS ROLL
WATER SAMPLES
SHOW POLLUTION
GAME WARDEN AND SANI
TARY ENGINEER 'MAKE TEST
. Motor Boat Used for Trip Down
Willamette From Eugene to
-Salem
PORTLAND, Or.. Nov. 15.-
(AP) Water samples, for a study
of the extent of pollution of the
Willamette river, were obtained
by George N. McDaniel, sanitary
engineer for the Oregon state
board of health, and A. E. Joyner,
Oregon City, deputy game warden,
according to McDaniel's report
made today. This is the first of
bi-weekly trips along the river
to take samples for an entire year,
at the end of which period a re
port will be made, with recom
mendations for cleaning up por
tions of the stream.
Future health, and fish life con
ditions, are expected to hinge upon
this work, which is being spon
sored by the Anti-Stream Pollu
tion League of . Oregon, through
cooperation with the board of
health, the game commission, the
fish commission, the Multnomah
Hunters and Anglers club and
other bodies.
Results of only one test set are
very inclusive, BlcDanieis ex
plained today, after completing
the laboratory work on the set.
"This, however," he stated, "in
dicated that the stream is so pol
luted at several points that an av
erage rapid sand water filtration
plan would be unable to purify the
river water for drinking pur
poses."
The bio-chemical analysis of the
samples was made by the labor
atory of the state board of health
Public health Is considered
first by the agencies interested in
the work, and then comes the
sportsman's outlook for game fish
in the future.
GOVERNOR DENIES PLEA
DELEGATION OPPOSES CLEM
ENCY FOR GILES COLEMAN
A delegation of Wasco county
citizens arrived in Salem yester
day to confer with Governor
Pierce and oppose executive clem
ency for Giles Coleman, who
Is
under three years penitentiary
sentence for embezzlement of
funds while jailer at The Dalles.
It was announced at the execu
tive department that Governor
Pierce had made a complete study
of the Coleman case, and that he
would refuse to interfere or set
aside the sentence imposed by the
court.
Included in the delegation were
a number of men who served on
the jury which convicted Coleman.
HEiCITY IDE
ISSUE 1 HALL
ILLS MURDER
Letters of Choir Singer . To
. Rector Read to Court
By Prosecutor
DEFENDANTS KEEP .CALM
Sister of Slain Woman Repeats
Alleged Conversation of
Mrs. Mills Telling of
Love for Pastor
SOMERVILLE, N. J., Nov. 15
(AP) An Issue of veTacity be
tween two state witnesses, ap
pearing out of a clear sky in the
Hall-Mills case today, preempted
for a time the place in the spot
light occupied by the love affair
of the Rev. Edward W. Hall and
Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, slain with
him four years ago.
Elijah K. Soper of Highland
Park, a New Brunswick suburb,
was the witness whose testimony
was attacked. He had testified
that although he saw an automo
bile of the touring car type, oc
cupied by two men and a woman,-
parked near Derussey's Lane,
about midnight, on date of the
double slaying, he could not iden
tify the occupants. The state then
produced Ira B. Nixon, owner of
an oil company in New York, who
lives in Newark, to say that Soper,
four years ago, told him that ho
had recognized the occupants of
the automobile as Mrs. Hall and
her two brothers.
Reading of letters, from Mrs.
Mills toHr:,HaTJf found heat Ibe
bodies, was not accompanied by
the tension in eourt developed
when letters from the minister to
the choir singer were read Satur
day. The woman's letters were no
leas ardent than those of the man
but there was much more repeti
tion of favorite phrases.
The three defendants were calm
throughout the reading which was
done by Francis Bergen, Somerset
county prosecutor. He read rapid
ly with no stressing of the affec
tionate words and sentences. Mrs.
Hall was attendant but between
letters when there was some con
clusion as to the order and the
pile of manuscript had tcjJ ar
ranged, she SDoka awwords to
Mrs. SydneyTarpender, her cou
sin, who has sat each day Just be
hind her.
James Mills, husband of the
slain woman, leaned forward in
hie chair with an expressionless
face. Charlotte Mills, the daugh
ter, was out of the courtroom.
"Dearest, Dearest Boy," was tho
salutation of the first letter and
all abounded in such terms as "My
Darling," "Honey," and "Sweet
Adorable Babykins."
Frequent references were made
to an anticipated "love nest," and
one expression was aarung, i
could rave forhours." That "love
is the most vital power," was a
declaration. "No house Is big
enough for me," she 'wrote, "I
need the great outdoors. TheTe
isn't another man who can make
me smile." she said, referring to
her love for Hall and his for her,
she described as a "noble man's
great eternal love." "I am his
forever," she added.
Two of the 'letters were almost
entirely occupied with discussion
of a book in which the writer com
pared the characters to herself and
(Conttand on pas 8.)
DRYS READY FOR WETS
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE 3L1N IS
SUES STATEMENT
. CHICAGO, Nov. 15. CAP). -Wet
forces In the 1928 presiden
tial campaign will "abandon their
beer and wine pretense and come
out openly for the Restoration of
the entire liquor traffic," F.- Scott
McBride, general superintendent
of the ' Anti-Saloon League of
America, charged in a statement
today. j
McBride said the general - re
sults of the 'recent elections "are
very encouraging ' and that the
campaign and propaganda- of the
wets "were preliminary : to their
supreme attempt to overthrow the
18th amendment by winning: ;. the
election k for ' president and '.con
gress in 1928." .: , w
-"The Anti-Saloon League,: Mc
Bride said, "is preparing to meet
the wet challenge involving the
control of "the 'presidency and con
gresj f.wo years
ate with his
TEXTBOOKS MEET
BODY?S APPROVAL
DISSENSION ARISES OVER
BOOKS FOR ARITHMETIC I
Agriculture, Music, American Lit
erature and Geometry
Texts Readopted
Text books dealing with arith
metic were the center of consider
able discussion at the annual text
book commission meeting in Sa
lem yesterday at, which, practically
one-third of the books to be used
in the public schools were adopted.
The books adopted will be used for
a period of six jrears.
The commission was divided
upon the adoption of bookiumber
one a'nd boolfc number two on
arithmetic essentials, Milton A.
Miller, F. H. Kent and Winifred
Winnard voted In favor of the
books offered by Lyons and
Carnahan, while A. C. Hampton
and George. W.; Hug voted in faTdr
of Everyday arithmetics of the
Houghton-iMifflin company and
the Stone arithmetic of the Ben
jamin Sa-aborn company, respec
tively. Tthe vote on book number
three was unanimous, Row Peter
son and
contract.
company receiving the
Book number one will sell at
the retail price of 70 cents witn
an. exchange -price of 65 cents,
while book 1 number two sells for
77 cents wflh an exchange value
of 72 cental and book number
three sells flor 78 cents with the
exchange price fixed at 73 cents.
The textbooks for agriculture.
geometry, American literature and
music, which. are now In use in
the state, wefre readopted by the
commission yesterday.
Text boVts newly adopted by
the commission follow:
History, fifth grade Hero
Tales from ' history, by the John.
G. Winston company; retail price
90 cents; exchange price, 83 cents.
Spelling -McCaU's speller nam
ber one ; Tretiairprice 4 8 cents, ex
change prioe 44 Cents; McCall'a
speller numiber 2, retail price 48
cents, exchange price 44 cents.
Laldlaw Brpthers, publishers.
High school texts
Algebra-r-First course In al
gebra, retail price $1.20. exchange
price SI. 10; intermedlte algebra,
retail price $1.20. exchange price
f 1.10. Allyn and Bacon, publish
ers. t
Bookkeeping Twentieth Cen
tury Bookkeeping and Accounting
text, stock No. two, one year text.
retail price 11.32. exchange price
$1.19; stock number one, one and
one-half year text,, retail price
$1.48, exchange price $1.33; stock
number 44, one-half year text, re-
(Contiased m 9g 2.)
SILVERTON MAN GUILTY
SMITH ADMITS CONSPIRACY
IN FEDERAL COURT
PORTLAND. Ore., Not. 15.
(AP) William R. Smith of Sil-
verton, who is serving a six
months sentence in the county Jail
for cutting and selling timber
from government lands, appeared
again in the eourt of Federal
Judge Bean today and pleaded
guilty to a charge of conspiracy
to cut other timber from govern
ment lands. He is Jointly Indicted
with A. G. Spence, who is sched
uled to appear in court tomorrow.
Judge Bean withheld sentence
until after he had heard Spence's
story.
HALL LEAVES FOR EAST
PRESIDENT TO CONFER WITH
NATIONAL EDUCATORS
EUGENE, Ore., Nor. 15.-
(AP) Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall
president of the University of
Oregon - has gone to Washington
D. C, ' to attend s. meeting of the
National Association of Univer
sity Presidents. From there he
will o to New York ito confer
with . a number of educators and
will attend a similar meeting' in
Chicago. He is expected to .re
turn to Eugene by Thanksgiving,
It was announced on the campus
today. : ; . - ' . v
AUTO LANDS IN RIVER
THREE" MEN HAVE NARROW
- "ESCAPE FROM; DEATH -'-
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V MARSHPIELD, Ore., Nor 15.
fAPKAn automobile ' carrylngT
C. O. 'Johnson, Marsh field ; vEver-
ett Higgans and T. Merle West'of
Myrtle Point, was crowded off the
Bandon-Coquille highway and sub
merged ! tri the - Coquilie river.
They lost' sorae'of their belongings
but none was injured,-all escaping
bruises except -Hlggans, who 'was
scratched. - t ' J J:-i
l The -embankment was 'SO 'feet
iilgh. - Tfce car Jar? 2I? !wi$s
' -The celebration of Columbus Day passed
'.nleesantlr without Runert Hurhea tell In sr
i as that Columbus was disappointed' in lore.
'4 -that be chewed fine cut tobacco or that he
knife.
TRICE TIVE CENTS
BAND HELPED
V
BY III
LEGIH POST
SpccraPElection Due to Se
cure Approval for Added
.Mileage Tax 't
BUDGET MEETS -FAVOR
Service Group Pledges $34 OO fos
Concerts and Maintenance of
Comfort Stations, Council .
Accepts Offer
Thanks to the local post of the"
American Legion, Salem will have
band concerts and a comfort sta
tion next year. The post appeared
in a body .before the meeting 'of
the city budget committee last
night and stated that it would give
82400, the sum necessary to pay
for these; two items. The com-'
mittee Toted to accept the gift
without any strings attached, after -
first considering accepting it with
the understanding that it would
be paid back in case money is
raised at a special , election next
spring.
The $2400 guaranteed by the
Legion will 'be available Novem
ber 1, 1927. it was stated by
Brazier Small,, justice of the-peace.
who acted aa spokesman for the
Legion delegation, which was -so
large that the councjl chamber,
practically overflowed. . ;. ,
"The' post to ted unanimously at.
Its meeting tonight to guarantee
this sum," said Mr. Small, "as it
is our purpose to do as much as
we. can for tberoodU of .the city.
We know what hard financial
(Ooatinmad a paf S.)
CITY DUMP STILL
WITHOUT A HOME
POLK CITIZENS OBJECT TO
HAVING SALEM GARBAGE
Ways and Means Committee to
Recommend Not Buying
Patterson Site :i
The city dump, which a week
ago was believed safely domiciled
in a wilderness in Polk county", Is
again faced with the necessity of
hunting -a new home, t as the citli
zens-of Polk county do not relish,
the idea of having the dump thrust
upon them and iiave been sending
a twirrage of -letters to the ; city
council setting forth their' ob
jections. , .. ...
The city council at its meeting
a week ago Instructed the ways
and means committee to investi
gate a site in a canyon six miles
west of Salem in Polk -county,
which could be bought from Geo.
Patterson -for 84,000. It was this
site that brought the storm of
protests. , v' :
In Tiew of. ' the strong opposi
tion, the committee has decided to
recommend to the council that the
site be not bought, it was stated
last night by Alderman W. II.
Dancy and L. J. SImeral. No re
commendation was made 1 at last
night's meeting because of lack of
time, but the matter will again b
brought up at the next council
meeting. '
The ways and means committee
has another site in mind that' may
be suitable for the 'dump, it was
stated lAst night. : '
OREGON HIT BY STORM
FHONE CONNECTIONS -DISRUPTED
AS POLES "FALL
FORTLAND. Nov. 15. (AP)
Heavy raiiis, accompanied by winds
that, at times . reached . gale-like
velocity In several sections of th3
state, - swept over Oregon - today.
Southern Oregon -was " especially -card
hit and the storm Is continu
ing unabated on the coast. In
several districts wire eommunlca-;
tion was destroyed by falliag poles
and trees." , 'S;T.('-.i-:,r ':
The wind storm, raging down
from Mt. Hood teday damaged tel
ephone lines 'from Government
Camp and littered the highway:
with broken limbr from trees Hn
ing '.the road. .Ther was ' three
inches of l snow on the highway
four miles below the camp -thid
morning,, some of it melting dur
ing the day as the -rain fell con
tinaously . . . '
. . AVeather - forecasts for -Oregon
tomorrow- 'gave no fndicallon of
the torms passing. -Hig1i east
and 'southeast 'winds along ho
coast are expected v .
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