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THE OREGON STATESMAN, j SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1923 The Oregon Statesman lined Daily Except Monday hy THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COSIPAXY 215 Sooth Comma re il Streot. Salam, OrfO R. J. Hendrieka I Irl S. MeSh.rry .'.Ralph C. Cvrtia -rBezalla Boach - - Hanaxsr Managing Editor - - City Editor - Society Editor R.lnh H Ktatala. Advartiain 3fCT. Llord E. Stiff lor Saporintoadaat VV. H. Headman. Circulation Manarr E. A. KhoUa - Livestock Editor W. C. Connor - - - Poultry S4:tor ftfUCBEB OT THE ASSOCIATED FUSS ! ' Tha Associated t'reaa ia axelaaircly octitloC to tho usa for pabHeation of all diapatehea credited to it or not otherwise credited ia tan pa par ad a la tee local news, published biraia. H V -MiniaoT Busnrzss omen , Pacific Coast Representative loy h Stypoa, Inc.. Portland Security Bld(.; S Frnaeieeov Sharon Bldg.; Lot Angeles, 0.1 Weitern Pacific Bldg. Thomaa F. Clark Co, New lark. 12-1 W. list St, Chicago. MarqaetM Bldg. ' Baaineaa Office 2S or 583 ' Society Editor 108 TE1XPHOKES News Dept. 25 or 585 Circulation Office 553 lab XwpartmeBt 553 Entered at the Pott Office in Salem. Oregon, aa second ciaai matter July 20. 1838 And with many such parables spake He the word unto them, as they were able to hear It. But without a parable spake He not unto them; and when they were alone. He expounded all things to his disciples. Mark 4: 33-34. owns logged-off lands mast carry this mounting burden while he waits the forty or fifty years required to brinjr his slow-growing crop to harvest. If he owns merchantable tim ber, he is virtually penalized for saving it. It is practically a race between the tax and the ax, and it is a fortunate young tree that escapes them both to grow to maturity. This is the situation that these expert investigators will examine collecting statistics which will be given to the states to use as a basis for formulating a sound tax policy, fair alike to the timber owner and to the state which must command a certain measure of financial support from every owner of property. Professor Fairchild and his staff are undertaking a task vitally affecting one of Oregon's basic industries, and it goes without saying that they should have the most hearty and cheerful cooperation of all agencies, public and private, to which they may apply for advice, information or assistance. HOOVER IKES HIS WAY NORTH PATRIOTISM CALLS FOR SUPPORT OF CHURCHES (In his address at Champoeg park on Sunday last, on the subject, "Early History of Religion in Oregon," Prof. J. B. Horner of the Oregon Agricultural college, dean of 4 writers of Oregon history, included the following in his re marks, bringing out a good deal of favorable comment from the 1000 or more people present:) "The coming of the missionaries to Oregon was patriotic because the future of our government rests with the churches. "Our nation is held together by the Constitution. The American government stands on the Constitution as a group of people stand on a barge on the high seas, where they are comparatively safe so long as they stand peaceably together. The Constitution rests on the Bible, and the churches are the chief support of the Bible. "Destroy the churches and the Bible is no longer read. Soon the sacred volume is obsolete. With the Bible obsolete, the Constitution is no longer respected, and our flag is looked upon as a rag. With the loss of respect of the Constitution and the Stars and Strips, anarchy prevails. Therefore, the pstablishment of a church that supports the Bible as the source of the Constitution on which the nation stands is absolutely patriotic. "It may also be inferred that since the future of our government rests on our churches the influence of such men as President Andrew Jackson and Lr. John McLoughlin in assisting Jason Lee and other Oregon missionaries was therefore, not only religious but positively patriotic. "From the foregoing these two corollaries may be deduced: (1). It is patriotic in America to support the church of one's choice so long as that church upholds the Bible. (2). Scoffing at the holy Bible and the Godly churches in America is de cidedly unpatriotic." Oregon, for the sake of the oncoming generations, needs a reasonable law on forest taxation, to induce reforestation and thus perpetuate the great lumbering industries and the other industries that depend upon her forest resources. If any one doubts that irrigation is a good thing in the Willamette valley, let him drive out to the West Stayton irrigated district while bean harvest is on, which will begin this week. On 150 acres in beans there, the product this year will perhaps be a million and a half pounds. Tomatoes, cucumbers, strawberries, the bush fruits, and other crops do wonderfully well under irrigation in that district. The experience there is a powerful argument for major irrigation projects all over the Willamette valley. UNIMPEACHABLE TESTIMONY ON HOOVER'S ABILITY. HONESTY, UNSELFISHNESS AND AMERICANISM According to the Al Smith philosophy, the Jeffersonian principle of "local self government" doe3 not apply when a community in a legally wet nation wants to vote itself dry, but it does apply when a community in a legally dry nation wants to vote itself wet. Buncombe and bosh and hogwash andfalderol! H OUTPUT UNDER llEHTIUli Picking Starts This Week Near West Stayton; Bump er Crop Prospect (A Salem subscriber of the Christian Science Monitor kind ly hands to the editor the following appearing in that news paper, coming from the Monitor bureau in Washington, D. C.) : A memorandum on Herbert Hoover, written Dec. 30, 1916, to President Wilson by Walter Hines Page, American am bassador to the Court of St. James's "for possible help to the president and the service," illustrating Mr. Hoover's Amer icanism, statesmanship and public service, has just been dug up from the files of the Page correspondence by George K. Morris, chairman of the Republican state committee. . "Those Democratic editors who are active in spreading propaganda reflecting on Mr. Hoover's American citizenship," said Mr. Morris, "might well turn to the Writings of that very eminent Democrat, Walter Hines Page." ivnU m.l. TTtr.,i rf . iiuu iu iiiuan udui ,a.imi.i The memorandum is as follows: "Hoover: Mr. Herbert C. Hoover chairman of the Commission for Relief in Bel gium, would, if opportunity should offer, make a useful officer in the state department. He is probably the only man living who has privately (i:e:, without holding office), ne gotiated understandings with the British, French, German, Dutch and Belgium governments. ), "He personally knows and has had direct dealings with these governments, and his transactions with them have in volved several hundred million dollars. He is a man of very considerable fortune less than when the war began, for his relief work has cost him much. "He was approached on behalf of the British government with the suggestion that if he would become a British sub ject, the government would be pleased to give him an impor tant executive-post, and with the hint that if he succeeded J title might await him. Clung to Citizenship "His answer was 'I'll do what I can for you with pleasure, but I'll not give up my American citizenship not on your life! Withm the last six months, two large financial organ Vizations, each independently, have offered him $100,000 a year to enter their employ, and an industrial company of fered him $100,000 'to start with.' He declined them all. i "When the Belgian relief work recently struck a financial tsnag, Mn Hoover by telegraph got the promise of a loan in Ithe United States to the British and French governments for Belgian relief of $150,000,000. f "I do not know, but I think he. would be glad to turn his European experience to the patriotic use of our government i'He.is 42 years old, a graduate of Leland Stanford Junior j University. (Signed) "Walter H. Page." '3:- 'V FOREST TAXATION (Portland Telegram) ft -Under the Clark-McNary act of 1924, there was authorized ' a program of study into taxation of forest lands and its effect upon conservation. For the next few months, the : field of inquiry will be the Pacific Northwest and the Port . land office of the Northwest forest experiment" station will .be the headquarters of Prof essor Fred R. Fairchild of Yak university and his assistants, who will gather the facts ; required for this important staudy. V Under our present system, the tax on forest lands increas es its rate with the erowth of the trees, and the man who Bean pick Ins: on the Irrigation oroject near West Stayton will begin on practically all the yards this week. About 150 acres of Ken tucky Wonder beans have been planted this year and the beans are contracted with the Oregon Packing company and the Stay ton Canning company. The pros oects for a bumper crop never looked better. It is predicted that the output will average from five to six tons to the acre, and E. R Clark, veteran grower, believes that he will secure 10 tons to the acre. This is a rapidly growing in iustry of large proportions and of much interest to Salem. In ad dition to the beana, the growers are now marketing cucumbers in large quantities, which are con tracted to the Oregon Packing company. A considerable area in tomatoes is constructed fb the Stayton Canning company, which concern has also taken care of substantially all of the strawberry crop from this section. The pro ducts from these irrigated landf have attracted considerable atten Lion within the last few years, and much of the produce is sold or the farms to those motoring in from Tarlous sections of the coun ry to secure fresh vegetables. A number of roadside stands have been built to accommodate this trade. A recent report made to the Hate chamber of commerce indi cates that 18 of these garden tracts have been sold since the first of the year, and eight new houses have been constructed dur ng the same period. Assurance of markets Is what if necessary In agriculture, and it would seem that this area, on, ac count1 of the excellency of Itt rops, has been enabled yery large ly to sechre a market for Its pro ducts by contracting the crop be fore It is planted. ... It will pay anyone Interested In the upbuilding of Salem and community, as well as those In terested In truck gardening, pota toes, 'peppermint, flax and other agriculture, to drive out to West Stayton while bean picking is at its height and see for themselve: what is being accomplished in this section. the governor of New York. "I am throwing no mud at Gov ernor Smith. He is honest, he is brave, he is intelligent. I don't question nis motives. To get where he is with his crowd he had to do what he CM. and from his viewpoint it was probably worth the price. But the real point of interest in that record for the American people now, if Governor Smith will defend it, is the pic ture of Tammany putting the pressure on fine, aspiring young men like Al Smith, forcing them to use their courage, not upon the evile of Tammany but in behalf of the friends of Tammany. The record will show how Tammany demands that a man of Governor Smith's intelligence twist that in telligence into a weapon for Tam many's use; how It overlays his conscience with Tammany psy chology so that his loyalty is to Tammany when Tammany's inter est clashes with that of his city, his state, or his country. "I realize and I am saddened by the fact, that this Tammany record faces a man who is the can didate of a major party for the highest office in the gift of the American people. I make no :laim here that Smith is a Tam- Tiany plug-ugly. I honor him for having risen from the debasing subserviency of those who in the days of hie youth sweat dimes from the poor through those that prey upon the poor tne saloon keeper, the tout snd the prostitute. "This record is, of course, an ild record of a young man, but the young man rose on this rec ord, and today the issue is formed upon the elements that made this ild record the return of the sa- oon, which Governor Smith as s young man deienaea so amy, so onistently, so loyally. But the Tammany system goes on today in it went on 100 years ago,' and ndeed it will go on in all of our American cities unless Governor 5mith and the sinister forces be hind him are overthrown. Tam- -nany is indeed Tammany, and Smith is lte major product." dollCdOnw b-oahlthatifaSn cmfc TD STATE LINE Monday and Tuesday to be Spent Fishing in Head waters of Klamath TEN CARS MAKE PARTY A Clouob-Huflffon Cb History of Salem and ffje 1 iaie oj Oregon 1 Journey Yesterday Made by Auto mobile; Return Trip to Be by TTrain Back to Stan, ford University EUREKA, Cal., July 28. (AP) Far away from traveled roads with towering redwood trees as a canopy, Herbert Hoover, republl can presidential nominee, slept outdoors, tonight at Bulle creek flat with a part of 45 of his as sociates, his secretary friends and newspapermen. WITH HOOVER PARTY. En- route to Brown's Camp. Califor. nia, July 28. (AP) Traveling through the beautiful coast range of mountains, Herbert Hoover, re publican presidential candidate was well on his way tonight to Brown's camp, near Hornbrook. lust south of the Oregon line in California where he will spend Monday and Tuesday fishing. Mr. Hoover's automobile led ten others spread out for miles alonr these smooth highways which led around hills and mountains, first up and then down, with hairpin turns enough to give a real thrill o the dozen travelers accompany ing the nominee. Road Familiar One To the commerce secretary it was an often traveled road, but be found pleasure in pointing out 'o those in his car the varlour places of interest in the Sauaalitr valley, a fertile country, which of ten came into the view of the party. The way led first through a great chicken raising country then, through miles upon miles of orchard land and into the vine yards and hop fields where once a wine business thrived. But the mountain scenery, the high hill? and deep gorges, were the thing? that caught the fancy of those accompanying Mr. Hoover. Forest Fire Soon Before reaching Willits. where i stop was made for lunch. Mr. Hoover watched the start of what promised to be a forest fire of some proportions. This was on a hillside fifteen miles southeast of Willits and rangera were starting backfires to head the blaze which spread rapidly in the sun parched undergrowth. After the party got into the (Continued on page 7.) Hi Xi. er the IN the convention of 1818 the boundary between Canada and the United States was fixed at the line of 49 degrees North from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains, the land west of this point to be open to both parties for 10 years. rill be seen, therefore, that time the political faith of state was in the hands of Only time could tell wheth- Union Jack or the Stars Stripes would eventually fly this territory. Small Beginnings --if 1 are' th rule rather than the exception. What comes of them is deter mined, by the motivating spirit back of the move ment." ' Our own small begin ning was developed into a large institution be cause the desire to serve was always paramount. CLOUGH-HUSTON C? to St, Wlllt I J&isiinciiVeGfuneral Service- phone 120 Vv- WO ,-W.Ul III UNDERVALUED Charges Hurled At Rail Rate Hearings At Portland Yesterday Spruce and Norway lines will handle the remainder of the north Sale territory, including that south of the fairgrounds and the Holly wood section. The Nebraska unit has not been completed. Two other sewer projects have been completed, the Trade street storm drain and the Richmond parallel, at a cost of $17,000, and that on Hoyt street, at $3,978. GIVKX 15 DAYS Richard Layton of West Salem was arrested in this city Saturday afternoon on a charge of disorder ly conduct, and sentenced in mu nicipal court to a 15 days jail term. SINISTER TAMMANY BRAND SHOWS ON AL (Contitiued from pf 1.) many." i The rest of the statement said: "No Klansman in a boob legis lature, cringing before a kleagle, or a wizard, was more subservient to the crack of the whip than was Al Smith ambitious and effect ive and smart as chain lightning in tho legislators when it came to proUct the saloon; to shield the tout and to help the scarlet woman of Babylon, whose tolls in thoas years always clinked reg ularly in the Tammany till. "I have assembled this detailed record, giving the page and the paragraph of the journal and the photographs of thos pages, not to prove that Governor Smith Is ss- wet as a colli doc coming oat of water with a stick In his mouth, hot to prove that In the legislative pool.Al Smith was in fact retrieving for Tammany. It is not the humidity of his votes, bat the sabserviency of them that should Interest the American peo ple. To sea these long pages of rotes on the record In which Smith's name Is lined up with the plug-uglies of Tammany is not -ar dltying spectacle for - those whr wish to make a president out ot AL SMITH GOES UPON FEW DAYS VACATION (Continued frn pt !) and his wife. Halfway to the destination. Smith's car turned into Riverside Inn and the others followed. Smith climbed oat and as the women members of the party went o the veranda for a rest he called fo the newspapermen and others to Join him. ; in a small room where for half in -hour three men were kept on the jump serving ginger ale, sods vater, cigars and sandwiches. Smith was master of ceremonies urging everybody to have a cooi ng drink on him. "Don't take any money from these men." he told the proprietor, 'I'm running for alderman and I need their votes." As he sipped iced soda water md puffed a cigar, the governor nulled from his pocket a five-dol-'ar bill given to him just before he left the Biltmore by two girls who said they had hiked from Houston. Texas, to make that con tribution to his campaign fund. Smith, it developed, had ac cepted the bill on which the girls bad written their names and in exchange he had given them an other one with the suggestion they tarn It over to the treasurer of the democratic national commit tee. When he reached the beach, the governor found a crowd of youngsters In swimming and a small battalion- of camera men waiting for him. He showed them that he could really swim. ..'Walking into the still salt wa ter. Smith started oat with an overhand stroke once he was In water of swimming depth; and later tarned a few somersaults In the water. . Finally he made his way out to a float, polling up there to Join a number of adven turous youngsters who had. gone ut that far. O O Bits For Breakfast O I Mr. Raskob believes that law should be passed enabling every omm to have Its supply of liquor. low would this do for a campaign Seed time and harvest m S The whole year through; tha' 's what we have here. Bean pick ing begins this week in the West Stayton irrigated district. V Ten acres of the best beans there may bring in $7000 or more gross. There is big money ir beans, on our irrigated lands, and there are great possibilities for developing the Industry here. : s The members of. the Salem Re alty board who attended the an nual meeting of the Pacific North, west Real Estate association held at Victoria. B. C, found every body interested in flax and lin en m And Charley Wilson, manager of the Salem Chamber of Com merce, says in his weekly bulle tin: "After telling delegates all about our flax and flax products they were interested and wanted to come to Salem for the annual meeting next year." : When they come, they will get a vision of what the flax and linen Industries are going to do for all the section of the northwest that is adapted to flax' growing and linen manufacturing which means most of western Oregon and western Washington, and per haps a good deal of British Co lumbia. S . The Salem Y free employment office had last week 189 men and 40 women applying for work, and found jobs for 99 of the men and 25 of the women. This means some unemployment nere. Hut there will be less as pear and ev ergreen blackberry picking and canning go forward, which will be this week and there will be none a little later, with hop picking on The fuggles hops will be ready for the pickers about the middle ot August. PORTLAND, Ore.. July 28 (AP) Charges that the valua ion of the Oregon-Washlnjrton Kanroaa & aviation company railroad lines, as estimated by J. P. Newell, consulting engineer for the Oregon public service commis- iion, was 25 per cent under the rue valuation, were made by at- Lorneys for the railroad at today's ;ession of tho interstate commerce commission grain rate hearing here. Newell s study of operating "osts and earnings has been the foundation of the public service commission's request for a fifty oer cent rate reduction In grain. The voluminous Newell exhibit has been the target of vigorous ittacks by railroad attorneys. Newell said in his report that the final value of the O. W. R. & N. company os of June 3 0. 1916, as found by the Interstate ommerce commission was $135,- 460, 913." Allowing for improve ments and other factors, he esti mated the base of return for 19 25 at $150,046,074, and the maxi mum return of 5 per cent as allowed by law, at $8,627,649. W. A. Robbine, attorney for the road charged that the 1916 re port or the interstate commerce commission was not a final valu ation, but only tentative. The ac tuak valuation on May 31, 1928 Robbins said, was $214,091,584 ir $60,045,510 more than- the 1925 valuation gigfen by Newell The 1928 valuation, he pointed tut, would permit a maximum re- urn of $12,310,266. or $3,682,- 517 more than indicated by New all's figures. Ralph Budd. president of tlu jreat Northern, was an interested spectator at the hearing today lut took no part in the proceed 'ngs during the half hour he wa in the room. THREATEN WOMEN AGAIN Mrs. John Matson of Brownsville Receives Letter lira Barlow Walker, Prominent Philanthropist, Dies At Age of 89 EUGENE. Ore., July 27. (AP) Mrs. John Matson. of the Brownsville district, who was re cently the victim of kidnapers, re ceived a note in her mail box to day demanding payment of $5, 000 under threat of being again kidnapped, according to a report from Halsey. Jesse Cross, mail carrier, found the note when he opened the Mat son mail box this morning to de liver mail and believeing the mes sage was. for him he opened ana read it. The note demanded that the money be placed in a black bag or a mail box south of Halsey. When Cross returned to Halsey, 'he sheriff of Linn county at Al bany was notified and the Matson place was placed under guard. Mrs. Matson found the note af er Cross had read. It. Several 3ays ago the, woman was found jnconscious in her automobile on the highway near Halsey. She said he had been kidnapped by two nen who had ill-treated her. PITER JTIMM TCM PC 1 GIRLS HAVE HiGH TIME "Hangar Tea" Staged by Oregon Co-Eds; First of Kind PORTLAND. July 28. (AP) The Hit of co-ed glee mingled with the roar or airplane engines today when a score or mors girls from the University of Oregon at tended what was said to be the (first sorority "Hangar Tea" to be given In the United States. The Chi Omega sorority took over for the day the entire equipment of the continental airways at Guild's lake and operated the concern for the benefit ot their building fund. Of course, there was a pUot or two handy to operate the planes, but they took their orders from their sport-frocked superiors. Ice cold pop and hot dogs replaced the conventional refreshments of aft ernoon teas, and Instead ot bridge for diversion, there were the wing walking acrobatics of Johnnie West and the -stunt flying ot Gor lon Mounce. ; Miss Thelma Park was airport ''"an twHnfsnitanl fnr AMaatAm lil ... . ... . logan: "A still for every home Sh: WM .'"uted hV nudM rr? tl" 'ZJ'090 and a home for every stmt" . Rose Roberts and Dorothy Davis. Nbrak. -tV " . .r.. 1 - ----- uiuiii, wuii-we Visitors strolling past the cab Ins of the city auto camp may no tice in one of the garage com oartments quite a number of brightly colored banners. For the benefit of the uninitiated, they are banners of the United Arti sans' organization. They were painted by J. E. Taylor of Port land, who with his wife has spen several days here, and will spend several more. Mr. Taylor is a ilgn-painter and is here working with a crew at the plant of the Union Oil Co. The banners are to be used by a Portland lodge sometime in the near future. The crew in which Mr. Taylor work is under the direction of R. E Lee. another auto camp resident of several weeks. Another family In the munici pal camp is that of Chris Knudson of Bocemsn, Montana. The Knud sons came here several weeks ago and. stayed several days and left for a short trip. They have done the same thing twice since, an have always come back and FRAUD CLAIMED AFTER SEPARATION GRANTED (Continued from pafa 1.1 four thousand dollars provided for by the terms of the contract. It would be necessary for the said nlaintiff to mortgage everything he had by giving to. the United States National bank a chattel mortgage, and that the said chat tel mortgage would cover the fur liture of plaintiff and defendant herein, the automobile of said de 'endant and said defendant's of fice furniture, fixtures and. para phernalia, as well as everything alse which defendant possessed, and that it would be impossible for this plaintiff to obtain her own piano or radio for the reason that if the same were taken by olaintlff, defendant would be un able to borrow sufficient money with which to meet the demands f the contract. "And it was wrongfully, unlaw fully and fraudulently represent ed to this plaintiff by said parties n order to induce this plaintiff 'o sign said contract and obtain laid decree of divorce that unlers ?aid plaintiff would sign said con- ract and obtain said decree of di- rorce, the said defendant herein vould quit his practice In Salem, Oregon, and remove to parts un known and would leave this plain tiff without anything for her sup- oort and maintenance, and fur ther, that plaintiff ctfuld not ob tain any furniture belonging to lefendant and plaintiff. "That no such mortgage wan 'lied against the property, but on the contrary, some of said furni ture was removed from said dwell ing house formerly occupied by plaintiff and defendant and used for the purpose of furnishing an partment for one Edith Burk- hotter, a woman to whom defen- 1ant has been, for some time past. giving his attentions, and who has ontributed in a large measure to he domestic difficulties existing MINNEAPOLIS. July 28 (AP) Death today claimed Thomas Barlow Walker, lumhor man, philanthropist and ait col lector, and one of the richest men in the United States. Advancing age he was In his 89th year was held responsible for the passing of one of the north west's outstanding figures for the past 60 years. Although he had shown re markable vigor for a man of hi advanced age, Mr. Walker bsan to decline three weeks ago. Whvn the end appeared inevitable early today, three of his five children were gathered at his bedside. For a time he appeared to rally, and then fell into a sleep. Hid passing was so quiet there was little to tell when sleep merged into death. Mr. Walker, who came to th northwest as a grindstone sales man, built up a huge fortune In the lumbering Industry, hlawealt!i being estimated several years ago at $100,000.0,00. He used it to gratify his urge for philanthropy His art collection of 8000 pieces .was known throughout the coun try as one of the most valuable. It was valued at $5,000,000 when he presented It to the city of Min neapolis several years ago, and af terward he ccmflded that it had eiven him his greatest pleasure, I because it enabled him to see from the heights the city he had cIoi.-j jo much to build. "I've lived in Minneapolis fiS years," he said, "and this is th first time I have really seen it You get a great idea of how this city is growing." 25 YEARS AGO O July 20, 103 . J. B. T. Tuthtll, profes or of chemistry and toxicology at Wil lamette university the past seven years was elected yesterday to th chair of the department of chem Istry. W"ork of Improving the ground forward, despite the fact that thn 4'AaAv 1 I . . ' 1, . building and grounds has been ex hausted. Louis Stelnbach and family, of Wadena. Minn., have moved onto property near the Lincoln Sschool and. will make their home In Salem. The Portland Mills company h.n rented the warehouse belonging to Walter Klrkland at Wheatland. pitched their tent in the same spot Just north of the community j between plaintiff and defendant ... . i herein visitors wno repeat at tne auto camp nearly always do this. No matter what part of the ground? they stayed in the first time, they always go back to the same spot if no one else Is there ahead of them. If they stayed In a cabin, they try to get the same one, but the chances for this are less be cause there are so few cabins and so great a demand for them that they are usually filled early in the day. "This part of the grounds' In this case the original com- ls like home to us," they say. Sewer Reconstruction Program Moving Ahead The $159,856 so far expended In sewer reconstruction Is within the original estimates of the Tarl ous pieces of work now finished It Is believed by the city engineer. although no official check . haH own miae. The Norway street drains and those on Spruce are being rebuilt with the estimates on each at 138.103 and $63,240. The wort n uaines street, has been com A copy of the alleged contract !s also filed, the contract essen tially being to the effect that he pay her $4000 to divorce him. One of the legal contentions made Is that the state was not represented at the trial. In Ore gon the state Is considered a par ty to all divorce suits, and must be served with complaint and sum mons along with the defendant. Miss Emily Etalger left Mond.i night for Klamath Agency, wh she Is teaching. John Bewely, one of the hi; 1 hoys, is very 111 at his home at 3-i 14th street. r '? Miss Maud Griswold ha Jo!n vi hr sisters at the Crlswold cottat j-at Newport. t Oscar Ilayter, the Dallas atnr-- ney, was a Salem visitor. Miss Helen Calbreath has re turned from Gladstone park. . HontTImon Ford returned from Oregon City yesterday. Judge and Mrs. R. P. Bot have left for a visit In Astoria plaint was filed on June 27 and the divorce decree entered three days later by Circuit Judge L. H. McMahan. Another point of law that may enter the case, although neither party seems to want it brought up. is tnst collusion between two nar- tles to a divorce suit is forbidden by law. The law does not permit the decree to be granted where the husband and wife hare "framed" the affair together. Scappoose community Is the oldest, ; largest, and richest agri cultural district In the county. How has the county road ' work been distributed T. How much In our road" district? ScaoDoose Register.' Trans-Siberian Air Line May Join Berlin, Tok$ Leningrad (ap preiim- Inary plans have been completed for t trans-Siberian air service, uslnr dirigibles. Captain Walter Bruns, general secretary of the group In charge of tho project, an nounced that the time from Mos cow to Toqyo would be reduced from 1$ to 5 days. The dirigible service, he. said. could be maintained iz oni"w portatlon per passenger would not exceed a first class steamship tick et from Hamburg via Sues.