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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1927)
f rV HE ST .FDIKBfflllUET icifekon Agricultural 1-4 Sochi Members Have vK 'JVVery hnejimc IrAy i ; i .Tlrrre was" a foregathering ground banquet tables of tbe Cray Bell restanrant from 6 to 9 last evening, that promises to be an annual , event! It was a meeting af members ' of the Ore gon State? Agricultoral society the organization that founded the Oregon state fair, and kept It go ing and growing till it was turned over to state, with L its valuable grounds and buildings. Members of the historic society and some of their friends. There were present Jim Stew art. J. D. Mickle. Edyth Tozier IV. "Weather-red. Hon. and Mrs. David IV, 5JLooney, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Hen- " . . . . w n f. l ariCKS, sir, ana xars. n. r . suaot, Albert Toaler, Judge P. IL D'Arcy, Miss Teresa D'Arcy, Mrs. Will Irvine, Hon. S. A. Miller, member of the legislature from Umatilla county; H. R. Crawford. Salem, member of the state fair board; County Judge J. T. Hunt, and Mrs. Ella S. Wilson, secretary of the Oregon state fair. Interesting Reminiscences Judge D'Arcy acted as toast master, and every one was called upon to talk; and the talks were mainly about the Oregon state fair, past, present and future. Judge Hunt bad with him the state fair premium lists from 1&65 to 1870; the only ones In ex istence, showing, the names of many prominent people of the old days. Mr. Hunt has attended every state fair ever held, except ing two. j He remembers when people came with ox teams; when there were bull fights; when "RyestraV" was the greatest race borne In Oreron. i Albert Tozier began his talk in I Chinook jargon, which was the (only langsage that was under let istood by all the people of the old 'Oregon country, comprising all the country west bf the Rocky mountains to the California line. He had with him a newspaper clipping history of all the fairs ever held In Oregon. The state fair came up from the county, fairs; was formed by delegates from the counties. First, YamhilL, in T853; then Polk, in 1854. and Marion, the same year. February 22, 1860, the Oregon (State Agricultural society, origin ating and carrying on the state fair was f organized in Salem. 4dge R. P. Boise, who helped bart,f he Polk county fair, was the first speaker at the first state fair. Samuel E. May. afterwards secretary of state, was the first Awretary of the old society. His daughter, Ada May, married John Steiwer, and became the mother of United States Senator Freder ick Steiwer. The side saddle that was 'won by Pauline! Looney of Jefferson at one of the first state fairs is now in Portland, with historic relics, kept under the direction of Geo. H. Himes. - 'There were reminiscences at the 7 foregathering of last night that would lead to the matter to make up a big book; Interesting Oregon history. Hartman Bros. Jewelry Store. Watches, flocks, rings, pins, dia monds, charms, cut glass, silver ware Standard goods. State at Liberty St. . () SENATE LIKES NEW EDDY MEASURE FOR EDUCATION (Continued from pC 1.) ialism, and other humbug theor ies. : "The legislature of this state is facing a serious financial situa tion, is it not inconsistent to put hundreds ef thousands of dollars In new school buildings, and then go to the taxpayers with the state ment, we have passed a law ap propriating this money, now you dig up. We are straining our backs to improve our educational institutions, yet we are teaching courwa that are foreign to the fundamentals. ' - - ,. ' . : , "We have gone crazy on athle tk:s. I would abolish the inter- Kcholastic feature which Inter- 1 rupis our schools and makes It possible for the students to travel about the country at wIIL We should place our athletics on a Bonsible basis. A football coach mw ron-ives a larger salary than the urcHidents of bur universities. "Our educators dwell at length upon what; they term an enrich ment of the curricula to accom modate all students who present themselves.! The curricula has now expanded until it takes In virtually everything under the un: ve must call a halt. What we want is the teaching of those TtWhlnga which will tend to elevate v-ather than undermine American , V Weals. 4 "If this bill passes I believe the Kovernor will appoint seven men win rid the public schools of ra. ked -brain subjects : and get them back to the fundamentals of tI "ration.", i :h v: i r -. j- Senator Butler declared that while he did not care to discuss tho mU, !f v. , a. ' a.li .-cui.a u! mo urn u ten m- c,'ned to inform his colleagues mat the committee on education unanimously in favor of its Senator Miller commanded tha uthor of the bill, and added that ew spirit bad awakened among UTRFfllR in w i inn the teachers of the state. They are now cooperating," said Sen ator Miller, "and I look for a de cided i improvement in our public school system. Senator Eddy has taken a stand for a great princi ple." ' Senator Banks said that while he was In accord with the funda mentals of the Eddy bill, he was sorry that the author had spoken lightly-of the financial requests of some of the higher educational in stitutions. VI hope you senators will keep an open mind until the demands of our colleges are placed before you." said Senator Banks. "Athletics in the public schools and higher educational in stitutions were defended by the senator. Senator Banks voted for the bill. Senator Klepper said Oregon's high standing in educational af fairs convinced him that there was no need for the reorganiza tion of the school system as ad vocated in.4he Eddy bill. "This is the third time this bill has been before this senate and this is the third time I am going to vote against It," said Senator Upton. "I knew the skids were greased and tbe bill . would go through. I am opposed to the idea behind he bill and' believe that the educators know better than this legislature what is best for the schools." Senator Upton defended athle tics in the Bchools, and said that as far as he knew, the teachers were doing good work under the present system. He said any glaring defects in the schools probably were due to the laws and not to the educators. The senate passed Senator Banks' bill making it possible to extradite a father or husband who fails to support his wife or minor children. Under the Banks bill it would be prima fatfie evidence of desertion if a father or husband left the state and failed to provide support for them for a period of 0 days. . New sweaters! A large ship ment just in. New patterns, new shades in the popular pull-over and . coat styles. Scotch Woolen Mills. () PEOPLE MAY DECIDE CITY DUMP'S FATE Council Seeks Ways to Put . Measure on Ballot at Special Election Voters of Salem may be asked. in case a special state election is called within -the next few months, to decide upon several questions which may include a mlllage tax or a bond issue for needed city Improvements, including an incin erator to take the place of the dis posal plant, a change in the char ter to provide that a majority in stead of a two-thirds majority will enact taxing measures, and pos sibly a change to commission or managerial city government. It was indicated at Monday night's council meeting. Following discussion introduced by Councilman Hal D. Patton, the ways and means aud ordinance committees. Mayor T. A. Livesley and City Attorney Fred Williams were authorized to consider the measures which may be put on the ballot if a special election is de cided upon. Councilman Watson Townsend moved that this com mittee be so instructed. Councilman W. H. Dancy sec onded Patton's remarks, especi ally with respect to the incinera tor, relating the city's diffculties in the question of garbage dis posal. Considerable study has been made of this problem, he re ported, adding that a bond issue of from $20,000 to $30,000 will be necessary to install the first unit of an Incinerator to take care of present conditions. Mayor Livesley stated that he had not abandoned the plank in his platform calling for a change in the form of city government, and would see that the question was presented at the proper time. Councilman J. E. Galloway urged further study of the drainage and sewer problems before a definite program is presented. ZONE CONCEDED LITTLE CHANCE FOR NEUTRALITY Ooutini f r.m pug 1.) the idea of deflecting the. British defense force, now enrouted to Shanghai and to Hong Kong. It was reported, but could not be confirmed officially, that Charge D'Af faires Owen O'Malley, who had been negotiating with Eugene Chen, Cantonese foreign minister at Hankow, himself coun sels this course as facilitating a resumption of the negotiations which were suspended when Chen objected to the concentration of large British forces at.Shanghal. The cabinet session has before it the latest developments in the Chinese situation: as imparted by Minister Miles W. - Lampson at Peking and ' Charge D'Af faires O'Malley during the week end. Much of, the j future course 1 of Great Britain will naturally de pend on the movement of affairs in China and it Is expected that the question of deflecting': the Shanghai defense course -Will be allowed to simmer " pending- the outcome of Secretary of State Kellogg suggestion at Washing ton that the areft of Shanghai be excluded from tha flzfcU&f . la China."" . IlilVtlS COMING TO S1LE1 City Council Decides to Buy New' Equipment for Fire j Department ' Salem in the near future will have a shrieking, screaming, hair raising tire siren, according to ac tion taken at Monday night's coun cil meeting. On the recommenda tion ot W. H. Dancy. chairman of the fire and water ommitCee. Re corder; Mark Poulsejj was author ized to advertise , for "bids for si rens of various horsepower, with a view to purchasing one to be in stalled at the city ball. The whistle at the mill is not in working order.. and the bell at the city hall is cracked, Dancy report ed, so that there is no alarm avail able of sufficient penetrating pow er to call the men who are some times needed' in case of a fire. The recorder was also authoriz ed to advertise for bids for a turret nozzle, which will combine the streams from three hose lines, Dancy stating that there have been four files in the last year where such a nozzle would have helped. The council at Dancy's recom mendation ordered the purchase of six fire hydrants. Army and Outing Store. Biggest bargains in clothing, shoes!! under wear, hosiery, gloves, valises and suit cases. The working man' store, 189 N. Commercial. () Polk County Industrial Survey Nears Completion DALLAS. Ore.. Feb. 7. (Spe cial) The industrial survey, which was Started several months ago by a committee in the Dallas Chamber of Commerce, of which R. S. Kreason was chairman, is being completed. Letters have been sent to the various industries in the city asking for information to be used in this survey. Just as rapidly as posisble these statis tics will be compiled and each month at least one of these indus tries will be given publicity in our local papers in a "Know Your City" column edited by our secre tary Mrs. Braden, and will also for a part of the community re port from Dallas appearing each month in "Oregon Business." All have been greatly interested in the Pioneer stories which have been printed in the Observer and one of the members made the per tinent statement that "Things that are past are interesting and , we devote a great deal of thought to our yesterdays and yet our to-day is far more interesting and far more vital to us." So an effort is being made to familiarize our people with our "to-day" and the assistance and cooperation of the management of every .industry in Dallas is needed to make this ef fort fulfill its' objective. Only the best! Our patrons will bear this out. We serve only the best in meats and poultry Hunt & Shaller Market, 263 N Commercial. YMCA Withdraws From AAU After Protesting Control " NEW YORK. Feb. 7. (AP) Reiterating charges that the Amateur Athletic Union has gained "autocratic control." of' the American Olympic association, the Young Men's Christian asso ciation has withdrawn from mem bership' In the Olympic body. This action, announced tonight by Dr. John Brown, Jr., was fore cast recently when the YMCA. protested against the necessity ot having its representatives in the international YMCA athletic championships at Copenhagen, Denmark, next July approved by the A. A. U. The YMCA Is the fifth organ ization to withdraw from the National Collegiate A. A., nation al amateur athletic federation and western conference. All were members of the group defeated by the A. A. U., and its allies in the contest for control of the Olympic organization at . Wash ington last November. RIVER CLOSING BILLS MEETING WITH FAVOR (Continued from page 1.) f -' V- v long to the people of Oregon. Mr. WIrsIow told the committee that Tillamook county had, fore seen the wishes of the sportsmen and as a res ufiTa bill 'would be In troduced today oj. tomorrow clos ing ; the Nestucca, ;bay and tribu taries to commercial fishing 26 h ours every week. ! Dr. C. C. Moore of Slultnomah county replied lb MivWinslow by saying i that every fisherman knows just bow ar av salmon will travel in 24 or 36 hours, and will know just where to put his nets down at the end of the period to catch the fish before they reach their spawning ground just the same as if the bay had not been closed for a few hours for the sportsmen; - I It Is Dr. Moore's belief that the only way to preserve the fish'in that stream is to close it entirely to commercial fishing. - Rufus Holman, who claimed lo.be neither fisherman nor sport sman, spoke in favor of the closing of the Waters. -i ; Mr. Lonergan; who Introduced on of tha Mils, informed the com m!tte lhariast year ft cost the 1W state $9,500 to enforce, the ang ling laws on the Willamette riverT . and had statistics showing that the catch from the river last year represented the loss of about for ty, million eggs. ; Mr. Highes of the Salem rod and gun club spoke against the bill to close the Nestucca, saying that the club had almost unani mously deceded that the time was nov right 'to close It, .in as much as many of the residents who are dependent upon it for a livlihood are responsible for having made the community what i ,i " to-v. -1 He pointed out the fact that two years ago the fishermen were required to pay one half a cent for each pound of f ish tl ey caup; which went toward propogati-R tbe stream, and since the salmon will not return for four years if it is closed before that ti-ne is up. the fisherman will derive no be"e-, fits from the fees which they paid on their catch. Mr. Potter's bill number 4 87 would prevent sportsmen from' fishing in boats on the McKinzie river in Lane county lying east of the place where the McKinzie highway crosses the river. Walter Honeyman of Portland spoke against the bill, saying that he believed it to be aimed at him and perhaps a few more Individu als. W.R. Wallace and Ben Doris also spoke against the bill. F. H. Stickley of Eugene spoke against the bill saying that he did not believe it fair to allow a few who were financially eble to go out ih boats and whip'the stream of it's best sport, when the ordin ary tourist could not afford the cost of the boat hire. F. E. Sharer's Harness an1 Leather Goods store. 170 S. Com'l 5ult cases, valises, portfolios, brlet ases. gloves and mittens. Large ttock. The pioneer store. ( RUBBISH BOXES FREE, OFFER MADE TO CITY (Contiourd from page I.) for it, apparently r in fact it looked as though the thing would go over with a bang, although Councilman S. -E. Purvine moved at first to refer it to the zoning commission. Later he offered to withdraw the motion, on condition that the con tract be made for one year only. Then it was that Patton arose in his wrath and blasted the scheme with a flood or oratory that would have put to shame many a speech ?n the floor of congress. "When the city becomes so poor that we have to sell our streets Jo popcorn wagons and freak ad vertisers, it will be a sad day," Patton began, but it sounded more convincing when he said it than. & does in cold type. "I'll give you $6,000 a year for that kind of a contract," he con tinued. "Can you see the First ( National bank, and the U. S. Na ional bank, and Ladd & Bush let ting them stand in front of their places of business? That's where .hey'll go, if we allow it, "We have one of the most beau tiful cities in the world. If you let this thing go through, you'll hear the damdest howl that ever was heard. And if you do, this man will carry away 911,500. We won't pay for. the waste cans; but our merchants will contribute that sum. And there'll be a lot more people in here trying to sell us gold bricks. "I won't allow one of those things in front of my store, and if they putsone there I'll throw it back in the alley, and . that's where it will go as often as I find it out in front. I'm in- favor of waste cans, but the city can af ford to put them in without any advertising, and put them in the alleys where they belong." That, in substance, was the gist of Patton's remarks, and when he had finished there was no one to take issue with him. Purvine re newed his motion to refer the matter to the zoning commission. and it was carried. Cotton also addressed the boys at i he senior t.igb school, at Par rish junior highland met with the uii tor of the Y. the tecretarieb tnd the leaders groups. BIRTHDAY CKLEWIATKO SILVERTON, Or., Feb. 7. : (Special.) Mrs. Ole Satern was hostess at dinner Sunday in honor Of hef husband's birthday. Be sides Mr. and Mrs. Satern,. covers were , laid .for the following! Mr and Mrs. 'Oscar Satern, Mr. and, Mrs. Harold Satern, Mr. and Mrs. Vktor Madsen, and Alfred Jen sen. ' . V" . , To Oura & OoMin Tula' Lsxsfiyt Bromo Qumin telbtr The First and Original . Cold and Grip Tablet V ; pravan 8f for mora than a Quarter of ' a Century m as efetw remedy for COLDS. GSJP. INFLUENZA and at a PrrmKtrv. Prio30c - -Th boa br thi lntnm Si KEI': a -t' ffj nmm xt. Sines JSS9 Jjkt i - wis 2 NY - If ooDIR If 4 SALE STARTS WEDNESDAY MORNING Over a month's-selling activity there islbound to be a vast accumulation of short lines odd lots discontinued brands broken patterns, sizes and color ranges all standard merchandise of quality but merchandise which is more expediently dis missed from stock than carried into next season's selling. Special purchasers of manufacturers' short lines are picked up at ridiculous prices and added to this HALF PRICE SALE. 1 Ready to Wear 35 LADIES' COATS HALF PRICE Plaids with Fur Collars A tQ Full lined, value $18.50 2rm$V.LQ 30 Silk Dresses . $Q OC $16.50 values 2""POJ 25 Wool Dresses 1 A OC $21.50 values 2""vl 22 Silk Slips with Shadow Proof 1 AQ Hems, values $3.98.... 2'"'vL Dry Goods Department 1-2 Price All Wool Materials 1 Go at ,. '2PKICE Art Linens, White and Ecru, (Qn Reg. 69c V price, 2 yards........ UaC Artamo Package Goods, 1 with genuine D. M. C. Thread 2 PRICE Ladies' Extra Large U. S. Rubber Aprons fiC Regular $1.29 V2 price - -. OJC, Serpentine Crepe. Regular 35c yard price, 2 yards OJC One lot of Satins. Regular 35c yard price, 2 yards 00 C Heavy Blue Bib Qftf Overalls JOC Men's Blue Chambray IQ Work Shirts : ,-. K7C Men's Hickory ; fiQ Shirts .-. ...mC Men's Heavy Wool - . & .,' - QQf Sox .. jj..:, OUQ Basement Less Than 2 fricetale Ladies' Fiber Silk Hose . (Basement) Ladies' Silk and Wool Sliporj Sweaters 12 sleeves, values to $4.95... .... " (Basement) Girls' Union Suits $1.00 values - - 1 (Basement) . Ladies' CombingJackets " values $2.50 (Basement) Ladies Slips, black and brown $1.60, now.. .......I. (Basement) 1 lot of Boys. Khaki Pants . (Basement) 1 rack of Ladies Coats, Suits; Dresses, Skirts Boys' Suits; Rain Capes, Sweaters, 'Values to $10.00 : (Basement) ' h i- 29c $1.97 49c $1.25 79c 98 c SI .49 mm i iimsiiaiiQM ECTOR'S Men's Ribbed Union Suits in Ecro or Random Men's Dress and Work Pants All sizes - Men's Corduroy Pants All sizes ...... Men's and Young Men's Dress Pants ( light and dark shades the latest patterns AQ Wide Bottoms Men's Flannelette Shirts in Khaki or Gray..:..:.:. Men's All Wool Regular Regular Regular Regular Regular $20.00. $25.00 $30.00 $35.00 $40.00 s All coats and Top Regular $25.00 ..;.::.:.v:: .;si2.95 Regular $30.00 . j.'.....S15.95 .Regular $35:00 1.....S21.9S Boys' 2 Piece Suite Regular $12.50 :!......57.45 Regular $15.00 .-..'.j....'.. 9.95 Men's Dress and Work Shoes $5.00 values (Basement) Ladies Pumps Oxfords, $5.50 values .. (Basement) Children's, Shoes, a saving at Sizes up 9 .l.J. .". : (Basement) Men's Dress Shirts . with collars attached .t......: J - (Basement) Hard Wood ' " 1C Mop. Handles .. ....... IDC 1 Table White Cups, Plates, I f go for - "C 1" Table of Aluminum Ware, Granite Ware etc., values to $1.00....-.......... . J-. 98c $2.95 $2,198 98c Suits . .$11.95; ; $14.95 $19.95 . $23.95 ......$26.95 Over- Coats $2.37 .'..$2.77 $1.45 98c 49c I".