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Li The Christmas Spirit Has Taken Hold of Salem and Vicinity as 'Never Did You Know That Salem Is the Center of a Growing Bean Industry : Before; Shopping Must Be Done Early to Be 'Best Done y That Should Be Made a Gigantic One, for Many Reasons? " Weather forecast: Fair east and cloudy west portion ; ' moderate variable winds. Maximum temperature yesterday 44, mini mum 3 2, 1 river B.S, rainfall none, atmos phere cloudy, wind - southeast. . Christmas Shoppers! Edition Twenty-Four Pages Y I VENTYEVE ; I SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS HUE TO CITY 0FCA1 Sill III Mil Dean d Salem Canners Tells Something of Op eration of Hunt Plant ; 861 TEOPLE ON PAYROLL 1 - i i I f 0,000 Paid Out Weekly Dwr jjiig Busy Period; Heavies Week Turned, Out 50 Car '4 loads, 1000 Cases Each r V " "A I: i i - (W. G. Allen, manager for this district of" the .operations of the Hunt Bros. Packing; company, and directly In charge of the bis; Hnnt cannery in this city, was the speak er at the noon meeting; of the Sa lem Kotary clnb yesterday. As Mr. Hnnt is the doyen of the canning Industry of this district, and is one of the best posted men on this coast, or anywhere else, In this field, he had things to say that are both important and interest ing. Mr. Allen speaks rapidly and the following transcribed notes ol a Statesman stenographer, while giving a general idea of what he said, leave some things for the reader to fill in. This Is the way the stenographer got y the ad dress:) " 0"-- Fellow Rotarians and friends: The other evening as I was walk ing down the street and as I pass ed Bill Gahlsdorrs window ne hailed me. and said "Ton are jnst the fellow I want to talk to. and said that President Lee (Stein- r) had Issued an order that dif . f went members of the Rotary club were going to be called upon t giro,. reason for their exist enfwhat they are doing here5 in &Iera. and what ; they, represent. He told me that he wanted me to talk upon what Hunt Bros, are do ing for Salem. I replied, "Do you want me to talk about-the gener- m I ContiAQ4 on paff CANNING SEAS6N REACHES : CLOSE 6WAX SOXG SOUXDEI LAST MGIIT AMID'TKARS Onions, Last Crop Pucked, Reason Given; Canned Goods 31ar ; . - ket Slow -' - v ' PRUNE MEN QUIT MARKETING PLAN PACKER-GROWER ORGANIZA TION XOT TO BE TRIED Uncertainty of Making Idea Effeo- - tlve Giren as One Reason r f or Action . - PORTLAND, Dec 1 4. ( AP) Any further attempt - to create a state wide packer-grower . organ ization for the ' marketing . ot prunes on the principles adopted by the committee of one' hundred at CorralUs June 1 will be aban doned it the committee follows the recommendation adopted by .' its committee of nine. t ' The nine, meeting here today adopted a resolution which said, in part: ; .; - . - "It was the unanimous opinion of the committee of nine that the possibility of making the' plan ef fective was bo uncertain and the probability of desirable results if the plan became effective, so un certain as not to Justify the effort incident, to " submitting it to" the growers. - -' . - The plan eTolved from' the prin ciples of the committee of 100" was reduced to writing and presented today to the nine by its committee of three." Discussion at the -eon elusion of . the i presentation cen ered about these Questions: Could the plan be put Into effect? L Could the plan give promise of - success Justifying the effort? : No meeting of the committee of 100 will be called unless there is a demand for it, Kenneth C. Mil ler, secretary of the committee 61 nine, said tonight, i , ' -. . ' ' A resolution - commanding ..the efforts of Henry Crawford t- Sa-' lem, chairman of the committee 61 nine, was adopted. - Mr. Crawford worked to effect the , organisation - which today'c recommendation would abandon. Other members of the .committee of nine are: W. G. Fisher" fcnd Fred Drager, Salem; W. H. Brew er, Charles Dick and M. '3'. New- house, Portland:' R- L. Eskridge, Sheridan, and Rush Clark. Oak land. Drager was not "present to day. Advisory members "present today and concurring In , the res olutions were Seymour Jones, Sa lem, state market agent; R. H Kipp, manager of the . marketing department, Portland chamber , ol commerce; Paul Maria, director ol extension, and ; Dr. Mi Nelson o the 'experiment station, Oregon State Agricultural college" and A W. Moody, Vancouver, Wash. The fact that plans for a sim ilar- organization in California were abandoned last summer an5 had not been 'revived had its influ ence, it was said. In the meeting. V PiGill OEi LARGEST 1RI U.S. HISTORY Coolidge Asks To Spend ' Three Quarters of Billion : For Warships I ) WANTS 71 NEW VESSELS Twenty r Five ' Additional Light Crniaers Placed in .' List : mm Compiled for Adoption by i . Act of Congress , FEDERAL AUTO TAX REPEALED HOUSE OF RKPRESEXTATTVES AMENDS REVENUE BILL All Democrats and Few Repnbll- can Pile Up Vote of lo Members To 142- - - 1 WASHINGTON. Dec. 14. (AP) rCongress was asked by the ad ministration today to authorise the second largest naval, building pro gram in the history of the nation. ."It proposes , the ultimate con s traction, at a cost of approxl mately 1725,000,000, of seventy one war, vessels, - which would In elude twenty, five additional light cruisers, nine -destroyers leaders which are practically the equiva lent of scout "cruisers; : thirty two submarines and five air craft car riers. ' ; - - ;' ' : ; . The plan was transmitted to Speaker- Longworth ;by Secretary Wilbur who said that he had been informed ;by the director . of ! the J budge that the "proposed legisla tion is not in conflict with the fi nancial program ' of ' the. presi dent ::, - - 1 - Could Suspend Program I , . The . naval secretary said that the vessels would be constructed under the terms of the Washing ton arms treaty, and that In 'the event of another naval arms con ference the president would be emnowered In his discretion, to suspend in whole or In parti the proposed construction. ' program reached the speaker's of fice Chairman Butler, of the house naval committee, Introduced a bill drafted by the navy department to. put the ' program itf legislative form. . -j. f The chairman declared that the navy in submitting . the : program had not specified any date for its (Co&tinn4 on par 16) BROADCASTING DUE SOON PETITIONS ! NOT YET IN Opposition of North Salem Folk tc Incinerator Expressed !. The swan song of the. canning season for 1927 was sung ; last night, to ' the accompaniment . of a flood of tears on the part of the canners of the last of the onion pack at the Pa ulus plant; tears superinduced by the onions. Not eaying there were not some lach rymal displays over ' the closing down of operations for the year. The canning season, commenced away last spring, on gooseberries. It was a long season; not. longer, however, than some former, ones, when apple canning persisted to a later date than this year. - " Market ; "Nothing Doing- - In the canned goods and dried fruits markets, there is almost "nothing doing," The dealers are waiting forinventory, ai of Janu ary 1st, after which there is ex-j pected to bea normal demand. The dullness is seasonal happens every, year. In California they are offering to New York dealers their 30-40 prunes at six and a quarter cents a pounds f Z ovi b. California.. Oregon dealers want seven and a half cents ctot Xheir SO-40's, and the California, of fer ings put a crimp, in the demand for OregonsIn the., first I p.the season, California was supposed to be short of those sires but later showings indicate a larger propor tion of the large sizes t!jan was at first thought, -v; Bob Paulus has left Chicago, on his way home, after a tour Of the lit eastern market places. IXt-VOFt'e I I - , . here the middle of next week. ' As has been said, the Paulas pinery people expect to put up a ) iJJrge pack of vegetables next year, -V n contracts that Vis, sell the 1 pack 're It is put p. . And 1 - therefore make contracts for the growing, of the.yegfetablei isaln-- ' ly carrots,, beeu, fparsnlp; and 1 "-onions. The time irlH, no doubt - , .,, come, before long, when the, fia - lem canning season will run the i; whole year vthrough. ' . " - - ' While opposition in North Sa lem to the DroDOsed location of the incinerator ; on the Oregon gravel pit is said to be growing, no netitlons have 1 been filed at the city recorder's office as yet. Several North Salem people at tending the Salem Men's club last Tuesday spoke against the pro posed location, although no action was taken. Th unexpected ooDOsitlon has complicated the . plans of Ihcin erator committeemen. They be lieve, however, that beautlfication of the gravel pit, which Is now In a sorry state by reason ot clandes tine nrhare dumolne. could brought about if the city had n nervlslon over! the "whole section there, and that the incinerator would- be far 'enough" away from town tovforestall any -proper ob jections in that direction. "Will yourr report be - ready Monday night?" Alderman Dane j c a.skpd vesterdar. " ' ' - v -1 don't know, but 1 1 think It wf be," was the reply, '.-y.-.- Listeners Assured Good Reception On Low Wave t Length ' : -, ' :r M Preparations for installing the radio sending apparatus of the Capital Broadcasting company. which will be the first station of its kind in the city are progress ing rapidly, and the proprietors, J. R. Hughes and K. B. Aldrich, expect to be able soon to announce the opening date. ; LT. ' While the wave length will be low so as not to Interfere with the broadcasts of the major sta tions, perfect local reception Is as sured and the programs will be of such nature as to interest: local listeners especially. .a WASHINGTON,' Dec. 14. (AP) Two major voting engagements in the house today resulted In the retention of - the federal Inheri tance -levy in the revenue bill and the complete elimination from" the measure of the sales tax on auto mobiles. ' The ote to repeal the atftomo bOe tax was 166 to 142. ItWas taken . by members passing 'down the - aisle ' between tellers. On ' a previous standing vote the, chair had 'counted an even 120 on each side of the Question, : ' ':, ' " "The motion'to eliminate the -automobile sales tax over the. protest of" majority of the ways, and means committee, which In draft ing the bill provided for a reduc tion in - the levy from 3 to 1 & per cent, was made by Representative McLaughlin of Michigan, a re publican on ' the committee. It was supported by a number of re publicans and' practically the solid democratic membership. -. 1 It is -estimated complete repeal of; the tax would result in a loss of 133,000.000 in revenue. The house In voting, 191 to 15, to retain the Inheritance tax sus tained its action of two years ago. After the house had voted re peal ot the automobile tax. Repre sentative Tilson, . the republican leader, , warned ' members to be careful In the adoption of amend ments lest the "entire program of tax reduction be defeated. He said that too many amendments would threaten the financial con dition of the treasury BIDS ON GARAGE OPENED VaRey Motor Company Building to be Completed in March Bids on the construction - con tract for ; the new. Valley Motor Within a few minutes after cnntin?1rill&ig -which lf- he erected soon in saiem, were open ed Wednesday In Portland. News of the outcome and the name of the successful bidder, will not be available until late today. 7 yT Preliminary work on the struc ture, which is -planned-to be one of the most thoroughly arranged and equipped garages on the Paci fic coast, is already under way, and Manager W, L.- Phillips " an nounced Wednesday that he ex pected the building would be ready for occupancy about March .15. I The building will, occupy the northwest corner of . Center and Liberty streets, with 160 feet frontage on Center and 232 feet on Liberty. :' - ' ' ' : ' IMMENSE DIVIDEND PAID SIS Per Share Given Stockholders la Western.. Electrio l CHICAGO, Dec 14. TAP) A special cash dividend of s 13 a share has been voted by directors of Western Electric company, in addition to the usual quarterly 50 cents a share. . " The total disbursement will exceed 150,000.000. ACCORD PRAISE TO YANK FLYER ERTEXDLT FEELINGS CEMKXT- ED BETWEEN COUNTRIES Lindbergh. Acclaimed mm. Harbin g- er, of Good Will From U. 8. r'-J v To Mexico WASHINGTON, Dec 14. ( APHalled as the harbinger of American good-will toward , Mex ico, . Charles . A. Lindbergh found on his arrival . today ' in Mexico City that both President Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg expected hiaflight - from . . Washington to Mexjco , City to assist, the two countries in cementing : friendly relations. .;V i'J' ' : ' President Coolidge J led ' the way by; declaring . that ' Lindbergh's conrageous venture would b e known as one of good will, and he added.'that "the true' spirit of fttore Displays and Street i Decorations Add To Brightness of Season yourt mission will be sympathetic- auju understood - In the United SUtes and Mexico. 1 ; "To the president's' message of I congratulations. Secretary Kel logg attached his j own t hat Lindbergh not only had advanced the cause ot aviation, but would "advance the cause of amity be tween these nations. : "Ton have performed a great public serriee," Mr, Kellogg said in concluding - his message. These messages were only two of scores which went from gov ernment officials army and navy officers and others who had wait ed anxiously hours while it ap peared that Lindbergh might have encountered trcfuble j as he near ed his goal.' ; ' y . The; house had a particularly trying time ot It In attempting to mix Lindbergh with! the reading of the complicated: tax bill and three times Representative Tilson, the republican leader had to arise to explain just where Lindbergh stood. , ' . On one occasion, long before Lindbergh had landed,- he an nounced the flyer was safe in Mex ico City. Told that this was not true, he started an 1 Independent investigation as to the source of fiia- information but got nowhere. While the senate was not in ses- 8lou:toaay, the business of the housawas opened with a prayer byTth ;ev. , James Shera Mont gomery' the chaplain, that the "chivalry; simplicity and high moral standards'' of the flyer might-he an example and inspir atlonio! American youth." "Gotfbe with America's incom- CoatiDned oa pf 16) M&m SMALLPOX NOTED Demonstration Considering eral Vaccination Clinic Gen. It cases of smallpox continue to pop up here and there, the Child Health Demonstration will arrange to hold free vaccination clinics all over the county. Director William De Klelne said . yesterday.; A, new victim, a child of Clar ence -Bentz living near Fargo, and a pupil at Butteville school, was reported-to the demonstration yes terday. t The case was quaran tined, and Dr. Vernon A. Douglas conducted vaccination clinics in that district yesterday. FESTIVE SPIRIT lEClSTIS PERVADES CITY MANY SHOPPERS ABROAD Tree on Courthouse . Lawn to be Decorated- for Tenth Conseo ; utive Tear; Less Fortunate Not Forgxtten The spirit of Saint Nicholas has encompassed Salem. People are in a holiday mood. They hurry, thlther and there, gaze at attractive store windows filled with suggested: Christmas gifts; buy, and hurry on again. Merchants predict that sales of Christmas " merchandise will be greater this year than ever before, and with this belief In mind have stocked their stores with an abun dance and variety of goods never exceeded. - i Santa, Gets Attention : Kven Santa, who parades in front of a leading department store, beckoning children and their parents to view his toy counters, is more jovial, as if pleased at the prospect of the coming eventful journey. Santa Is . wholly impar tial. Each tot gets a smile and a pat on the head to remember when on Christmas morning is revealed the brim-full stocking. ; Merchants, generally, have ad opted the suggestion of the Sa- (Cniinnd oa pace 10) LAW OPPORTUNITY SEEN Judge Rossman Addresses Wl j lamette Legal Aspirants New avenues constantly open ing up in Industry and commerce provide abundant 'opportunity for members of the legal profession in this day, Judge George Ross- man, of the Supreme court, told Willamette university law stu dents at a meeting of the group last night In Eaton hall. Alertness, application, and wide-awake attitude should char acterize every law student admit ted to the bar, said the judge, who was for eight years an instructor in the Northwestern school of law Success, he said, can never come to a person slow to grasp the many openings offered. : SALEM PEOPLE WILL NOT LET THIS HAPPEN LET BUILDING JOB SOON BMs to be Opened for Cherry City Bakery Build is g l , DIES AT HEARSE WHEEL Trnnk . Harris of DatlAs- rasses Away In Driver's E-is DALLAS, Ore., Dsi; U(A?) Frank Harris, astistsnt o ft Dal las undertaker, died -today at tt .rlel.cf a tearss. - Bids on the general contract for theeonstrnction ot the Cherry City Baking company 'building will be opened Saturday, officials of the company . have announced. .The building Is to replace the one de stroyed by fire a few weeks ago. Work has alrsady started on the basement and : foundation, -wbielM are being censtructed under a eep- arate contract. This phase of eon struction is com-pletlon. well along, toward STAAT TRIES AIR RIDE Native of fizlm IIojhko Independ ence Tar Dinner Takinir hU first aeroplane ria and fsttlng a' mighty thrill out of It, J. Hr Staat, Id, horned raided in gRlero, f Wterday hopped over to iBdeytndenca In A Taelfla AJjs wny plase to tAfe dinner with h! trotr.sr. rS ma-return, in? i 4 a tX - - X ' - - f ' : t . .,:! . : 1 HOME EXPOSITION PLAN Realtors May Conduct Demonstra : tlon Here In Jarch ! Plans for an "Own Your Own Home" exposition In Salem next March are to be outlined at to day's luncheon of the Salem Realty board. President L. E. Ob erer announced Wednesday. , The plan will be explained by - p. - L. Bolton, who with hie associates hag been conducting these exposi tions in other cities throughout the northwest. ; They have the ap proval of the state and national realty boards. ' ' ' If the plan is adopted, the ex position will be staged for six dan at the armory, with exhibits by all ot the local realtors. GROCERIES SCATTERED Associated Stores Truck Involved . , involution Produce was ecattered In many directions Wednesday atoout noon when, an Associated Stores truck driven by Roy J. Rice, route t, Salem, ; collided at v Center and Church streets ; with in automo bile driven by 2. R. daton, 782 North Front. - W y., . --i Rice reported that he was driv ing lnorth on Church street and turned out to pass anotherScar. striking as he did so Claton's ma chine, which he believed was try ing to pass him. ' Both machines were badly damaged. ' ' 1 , LINDBERGH TO FLY.HOME RILEY ELECTED BY FEDERATION HEADS " COM3! UNITY CLUBS FOR COMING YEAR County Agents Favored At Mert- ' Ing Ilere; District CI nbs Proposed At a meeting , of the Marlon county community federation, held at the Salem chamber of com merce .auditorium last evening, Dr. P. O. Riley, editor of the Hub bard Enterprise was elected presi dent, R. D. Hulsey of Salem, rural route 4, vice president, and Ivan Stewart of Salem Heights, secre tary and treasurer. I Officers for 19281 will assume their duties at the next meeting of the federation to be held at Hayesville the latter par of Jan uary. Federation delegates went on record in favor of a county agent for Marion county, to be placed on the ballot and voted on at the coming November election. At all meetings in the coming year, the question of a county agent will be fully discussed. ; Delegates were told that there is a misunder standing as to the i duties of a county agent, and for this reason the matter will be fully, discussed at all meetings. j Following the suggestion made at a former meeting that county federations form a state' organi sation, a committee was appoint ed 'consisting of A. F. Jafky, chair man, Dr. Henry E. Morris of Sa lem and Ivan Stewart of Salem heights to meet and discuss the subject with delegates from Clack amas county. ; I - Due to the fact j that . Marlon county Is of such large area and varied Interests in farming mat ters, delegates suggested that the Marlon county community feder ation be divided Into four or five districts where interests are mu tuaWor the monthly meetings, and then meet three or four times a year when all parts of the county would be represented.' It was pointed out; that the com munities of Salem Heights, Sunny side, Liberty and Rosedale had formed themselves Into a club to discuss matters of special interest to farmers in these four communities.'- - . ' . "The suggestion" was made that communities In the northern part of the county and also In the southern part, organize for meet ings to consider matters of mutual Interest, and later to present these at a general county meeting of the federation.; " - : To make suggestions and, to in vestigate, President Lafky of Marion appointed ta committee consisting of Ivin Slewart, A. N. Fulkerson rand .George. 11 eckert. The committee was notified to re port at the January meeting to be beld at Ilayesvljle. entire mm ICLIIS'I' IHEifli Nearly; Hundred Thousand Mexicans Welcome Col. Chas. Lindbergh HOP COMPLETED SAFELY Famons American Afr Hero Ar-X rives at Destination After More than Twenty-Seven - Hours In Flight . J By CLARENCE DUBOSE Associated Press Staff Corre spondent. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 14- (AP) "LIndj- has done it again he and the other halt of the fa mous "we." WlthoufstoD Colonel Charlea A. Lindbergh, piloting the "Spirit of St. Louis," which earlier In the year had carried hm- td Tar Is1, flew from Washngton to Mesice City. For more than 27 hours he was at tbe controls. Perhaps there never has Ieen witnessed such a dellriou demon. stration, of joy by a Mexican mul titude as that at 2:39 o'clock this afternoon, when after some three hours of apprehension that misfor tune had befallen the flier. ' the Spirit of St. Louis settled on the Valbuena militarr aviation fit-Id. two and a half miles from Mexico City. Llndy and hs plane were safe and sound: nothlnr was wrong except that a miscalcula tion of direction carried the plane in a great circle from Tamplco in to the interior, instead of Jn a direct line to Mexico City: The lone eagle not only flew SENATORS FORM TO HEAR CHARGE UPPER HOUSE OF OKLAHOMA .-' - LEGISLATURE SIEETS Vot Taken to Try State Offl iiilm Without Suspending Them from Office WHO'LL PAY FOR PAVING? I1 vision Street - Work .Done But , Nobody to Foot Bill 'How the collection , of some II t00 covering the 'cost of filling in the mill race and paving on Di vision street can he brought about la worrying city officials. , The work was done more than a year ago when a three way agree ment was entered Into between the cltyvHhe Oregon Pulp and Paper company, and; the' "chamber of commerce, the substance of which was that the paper company would pay' the cost up to, 11500, and the chamber would guarantee tbe bal ance. If any. As it. turned .out, the cost was just a few dollars un der $1500. - The Oregon Pulp and . Paper company afterward disposed of the mill race to the Western Pa per Converting company,; and . it was - understood that '.the,, latter company would pay; the bill which it has not seemed disposed to' do.- While Ihe pregori Pulp and Pa per company is apparently liable for the bill, the city Is loath to Institute legal action, and 'efforts are being made to secure payment before the end of the year by more desirable methods. .Since it -was paved the etreet has eecome one of the most beau tiful In Salem. -i OKLAHOMA CITT, Okla., Pre. ' 14. -(AP).Proceedlng l rapidly as a couft of Impeachment, the itate senate late today voted- to receive charges made by rne hofe of representatives against Gover nor Henry S. JohnsUn and two other state officials, without im- " mediately" suspending them frcra V office. Decision not to suspend the ac cused officials was made in an ef fort to avoid the possibility of a dual government, if Governor Johnston ignored the suspension and the senate recognized the au tomatic succession of Lieutenant Governor W. J. Holloway to ihe executive chair. -Underthe rule adopted, the governor and those accused with him. Chief Justice Fred T. Bran son of , thet state supreme comt, and" Harry B. Cordell, presidfnt of the state board of agriculture, will be automatically suspended when their trials begin. - Disregarding the warning cf the governor that it bad permission to meet only as a group of citizi.e and not as an Impeachment body, the senate met In Its chamber at the Vapitol in' a peaceful atmcn-phere.-National guardsman who last Monday prevented the Lcjbo from meeting in the capitol hail been withdrawn and no effort v:s made to disperse tbe senate t.u- t lng. ' - ' Upon convening this afternoon, the senate by a vote ot 23 to 12 "CootInnei a pr t5) BOOTLEGGER NOT JAILED Walter Brown Given Only 3O0 . , Fine By Judge McXary We" 3fot to be Carried Back to . . United States by Ship i ; MEXICO CITTr Dee. 14, (AP) Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh informed the correspondents this erening that It Is his Intention to fly from Mexico when he departs Which may be a wee hence or longer. He was not certain wheth er he "would fly to Havana or re turn to Washington direct. If the latter he eeuld not say whether It would be a non-stcj flight ; ' u PORTLAND, Dei 14 ( AP Walter E.'Brown' known as Fort land's society, bootlegger, pleaded guilty before Federal Judge . Me-Nary-today to charges Ot conspi racy to violate the national prohi bition law and smuggling. ' He was, fined- $500. Brown, was Jointly" indicted with Walter Pear son, Herbert Nelson and Theodore Swint on charges of having engi neered the attempt to take 2S eases of bonded liauor frorx the Italian steamer TImavo at term inal ussier 4. D(J. S, " 10,00 Copies Annus! Shoppers' I Edition ; . . . Oregon Statccman , . . ' '", distributed ! -this morning'. . - - -. . Salem and rural communities comtl'tr! covcrcl with 2 4 tare. ; guide for Ci.rUU-t