WEATHER ' Advertisements ' la Knr 8UtMmti rt re"Lt ibeeaase this pape' " confidence and atteatlonV of Fair today. i aridity. .Max.: 73; Mln. 49; River Part dowdy. ine faoue. J(J UvJ Vt till i tM -'-77 f SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR Salem,' Oregon, TrVdnesxfay Morning, September 5,1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS DEPTH; In Air Derby He Seeks Election What Think Of IT 11 sj it i-i - a i " i - i aw if i t i i ar w,siswa .iamaasera' j 1 -i .. - - - IF JT 1 U I I I I I I y l.t 1-1 I k Ll l-l 11 -t.r-'i''V Sx ? lI !l I I U4 I I J 1 1 VI. I I I I 1 I I I. I I I I I I , II cnpcnir - 'fuJv ; 12- V- W M eid a taw 0 y t H VTL?. I I I They Sill n UC II CT t . -Six Passengers land Pilot Meet Death in Crash At Pocatello, Ida. i Only Two Men Escape With Lives When Machine : Banks Too Steeply Tnr ATELLO. Ida.. Sept 4 m Spvpti rmrsons. fire! of fm homint: passengers on an air mall nlane. were killed today when the. machine crashed as It was making a landing at the air port here. Of the other two, one was the pilot of the plane, Paul Wheatley of Salt Lake City, and the other was W. A. McLean, traveling rep resentative of a magazine, whose parent reside at Winnipeg. Man. Mbb. Lawrence Schaper of Salt Lake City, with her children. Carl s and Ramona. 18 months old. were returning home from a visit with Mrs. Schaper's sister in Butte, Mont. 7 Wives Await Return Floyd A- Timmerman. Ogden. Utah, newspaperman. 36. and Joseph S. Richards, secretary of the Oeden chamber of commerce 40, are the other dead. They had made a holiday flight to Great Palls, Mont., and their wives were awaiting their return at the Og den airport when they were in formed of the fatal crash. The plane, flying low for a landing was sojne 75 feet above the-fteld when the pilot headed it into the wind. It banked too steeply and the right wing tipped np. Crashing to the ground, nose down, it rolled over and over several times, killing pilot and passengers. Flics From Great Falls The machine, owned by the Na tional Parks Airways, Iafc.le.fJ Great Falls, Mont., northern rm inus of its route, this morniB-for Sair Lake City, the southern des tination. - , The plane was a universal-Fok-ker 009 monoplane, designed to carry six passengers and a cargo of mail, iq addition to the pilot Air mafl service over the Salt Lake-Great Falls route - started oaljr about a montlMyjo,.. t When-: spectators reached the wrecked plane they found only two of the seven occupants alive. They were McLean and the Scha per boy. whose father is a me chanic for the National Airway? company. Both McLean and the boy died before they could be taken to the hospital. I All the bodies of the other oc cupants' were badly crushed, indi cating that death had occurred al most instantly. The plane did not catch fire af ter it fell, and the tnail cargo wa? not greatly damaged. Pilot Experienced SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. Sept 4 (AP) Paul Wheatley. air mail pilot killed In the crash of his plane at Pocatello, Idaho to day, came here toiaccept employ : ; , (Turn to page; 5, please) ':-kt.. l HOOVER TO IFJVADE WASHINGTON. Sent. 4. CAP) Herbert Roover will invade the home town of his democratic op. ponent, Governor Alfred E. Smith, on the night of October 17 to de liver a speech at Carnegie hall in New York City. Plans for this address, "along with - the announcement that he would speak at Newark, N. J., the night of September 17, were made known today at the general head quarters of the republican presi dential candidate: At the same time Hoover revealed that he did not contemplate any automobile tours about the vicinity of the two cities. ! j While the candidate has given some consideration to the extent to which he will carry the fight into the south, no definite decision : has "been reached other than he contemplates a trip which will carry him either into North Caro lina or Tennessee, or to a point along the borderland between the two states. Some doubt was cast today upon the possibility of a republican nominee making a speech in Chi cago. It' became known that. he considered his declaration of his lows on farm relief at West Branch, Iowa, probably was as close as he would come to deliver ing an address in the middle west, era metropolis. i Special Classes y On Citizenship Review of the work covered by the Y. M. C. AVcitixea classes last winter waa begun Tuesday with a special class open to the 23 per sons who will take the preliminary hearing Friday. Last night C. A. Kells answered Questions with the Yiew of clearing up vague points of the work. Thursday night Mr. Kells will meet with the applicants : for citlxenshlp for a final review. The class will meet at 7:30 o'clock . In the "Y" auditorium, - s. STATE IW It ' " . f ; " ! n!N " " a T '' ? ' " Z J ART GOJBL He recently set a. transconti ental record, aad has entered coast to coast ston-ctop air derby. CASABLANCA, Morocco, Sept. t. (AP). The "Kid Sergeants. of French aviation, who landed here this afternoon at an hour when they were believed to be well out ovjgr the Atlantic' on i flight to the United States, con tinned tonight to mystify four continents as to their real inten tions. i Jean Assolant and Rene Lefe- vre. the sergeants, now talk of flying "The Yellow Canary. to Dakar, French West 'Africa, thence to Pernambuco, Brazil, acros! the south Atlantic, and then on to New York if their luck holds. Their dreams do not stop there, for already they talk of an attempt to fly from New York to Paris. Whether their passenger and financial backer, Armond Lott!, will continue on their carefree air adventure, was not learned. He had concealed himself front even the workmen at the Le Beurget Field outside of Paris when the plane took off this morning. His parents knew nothing of his In tention to accompany the flyers. The Yellow Canary accomplish ed the flight from Paris to Casa blanca in little more than nine hours and a half. PARIS, Sept. 4. (AP) A sigh of relief went up from the aviation fields around Paris to night when the news came that the "Kid sergeants" Jean Asso 'ant and Rene Lefevre bad ended their big transoceanic adventure with a safe landing at Casablanca, Morocco, at 4:40 p. m. this was 9 hours and 36 minutes after their -lane "the Yellow Canary" had lopped from Le Bourget field. ' Neither aviation experts nor tht Paris man in the street had taken the attempt seriously. They were fearful, however, that the youn fliers would come to grief as it was believed that their daring out weighed their experience, especial ly in the art of navigation. ; Oil Line Leaks . r Announcement said that the plane landed because of a leak; in the oil lines. There was no explan ation for their presence in Africa if ter they had started ostensibly 'or New, York and had sent mes sages to representatives - In the Unite? States asking that arrange ments for a landing be made at Mitchel Field, Long Island. , Besides the two fliers there was x passenger in the plane. He was Armond Lotti, son of Alfred Lot- tl. a wealthy hotel keeper of Paris. Young Lotti was the financial backer of the flight hut his fam ily had no inkling of his intention to go in 'the plane. . v-:!jj ,-. 'Tl' : He concealed this . even . from workmen at the Le Bourget field aiding under a pile of rags in the machine. '" s-h Salem's W.C.T.U. Names Officers Salem W. C. T. U. met In regu lar session Tuesday at 2:30 o'clock at the hall at Commercial and Ferry streets. Mrs. Charlton, act ing president, presided. Devotion al were led by Mrs. F.' M. Reed. Ashort business session followed during which the report of Mrs. Sarah Ollter - oa prison reform work was made. Officers xor ine new year were elected as follows: oresldent. Mrs. J.-J. Nunn; Tice president. Mrs. George Thompson, secretary, Ada Condit; corres ponding secretary, am tBMiwo. and treasurer, Mrs. Sarah Oliver. Umatilla; County : Has 3 Robberies V PENDLETON? Ore, Sept. .4. f AP). Police here today : were confronted with the problem of findlns: the burglars who executed three robberies In Umatilla coun ty during - the v week-end. The Eastern Oregon E state hospital was robbed of 11.200 In cash and currency from a ' drawer la t the vault; a local grocery store- was ault a local grocery- store-was rebbed of $160. and the post of- flee at Echo was tattered. French mm m IN MOROCCO Scandal Involving ." Pofice Force To Be gifted To -Bottom, Order ReDorts Indicate Officers - Have Ridden On Trucks - To Protect Rum - PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4. (AP) District Attorney John Monaghan today directed his force of 20 county detectives to "go ont and bring them in." He gave the order after letting it be known that in a three-hour talk with police Inspectors and captains, who had ome to him offering cooperation in stamping out lawlessness, he had obtained "nothing of specific value." Whole Ring Included. The prosecutor said that by his order, "bring them in," he meant men engaged in, the bootleg rac ket, men who have been running saloons, men who drive alcohol and beer trucks and men who are believed to know the inside work ings of gangster slayings, illicit raffle in liquor and the alleged jribery of police officials. He intimated that his detec .ives would produce Important persons but declined to name any jf those sought as possible wit nesses before the grand Jury. Many Seek Cover Commenting on reports from .xlice that saloons and speakeas ies had been tipped off to close luring the grand Jury probe into Jlme conditions Mayor Mackey laid: ; "If more violators have been an to cover following my address o the police yesterday, then I am satlsfsied to a large extenU If it s true the keepers of these places aave been tipped off to close, then 7e have accomplished something." Ia the meantime, Chief of Coun- y Detectives . Patrick McKewen, working under the district attor ney, rounded up a number of sus pects who will be questioned as to .be truth of rumors that police iciuaiiy rode on liquor trucks to prevent Interference) with boot- jeggers. . T HOUR TO WE OFF ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y. ?ept. 4. (AP) Clarence D. Chamberlain, transatlantic art tor, l withdrew . today from the :lass"A" cross country air race, is other contestants were turning ip their motors for the start to norrow at 6:30 a. m. Daylight uiring time, for. Los Angeles. More than 30 planes were enter ed. ; ' Chamberlain's plane, a S perry nessenger special, failed to qual fy under rules which provide thai :wo models of an entered craft Jiust have been flown before Aug- jst 10. The noted flier's craft is he only one of its kind. He is ex pected to fly to Los Angeles later ;his week and take part in the vents there. - . T - -The planes will be lined up 50 -eet apart and will take off at ne minute intervals. The winner will receive 35,000. Other prizes ranging from 22,500 02300 will be awarded. The planes will make 16 stops between lore and Mines Field at Los An- jeles. Nights will be passd at Co lumbus, O.; Kansas City, Mo.; Fort Worth; Texas; El Paso, Tex as, and Yuma, Aris. Additional 3tops will be made for fueling. ; Large crowds thronged ? this field all day. Mechanics were mak ing last minute adjustments to mo tors, while others were testing out their' entries in the skies. Practic ally all were "stream lining; their entries, covering over door knobs and other projections with a spe cial preparation. They hoped to add a mile or two to (he speed of their-planes. r,'-t r"? The class B division will get oil Thursday whilo theclass C non stop -planes will leave September 12. - v Coolidge to Be : Mere "Exhibit' SUPERIOR. Wis.. f AP). Requested to speak at the Tri-State fair which opened here yesterday, president Coolidge said he would attend bat oniy - ui eapaaty . of an exhibit." Since boyhood days, the Chief Execative has been fond of fairs and, tor taia reason he said he would not spoil his fun tomorrow. te i1' Inquiry -Launched In Ship's Sinking SEATTLE.' Sent. 4. (APJ All officers were at thelrr posts and masters of both Teasels were on the -bridge when the steamship Admiral : Flske crashed into ; the Floridian. south of Cape Flattery Saturday night, witnesses said . at a United SUtes steamboat inspec tion fnouiry today. The Floridian - -- was sunk and its crew pickedr np '7 Aanuraa ium saa w vdsitt IPIIES HI Tht City' IKei ' - ' " v. v: J TN tbeae days ot prohibition water driaking Is said to hve become more general than ,rer before. Oregon Is stated for its wonderfnl rtrers and fu pare water. , Visitors to this state, constantly -are mwrtmttig sipon the mai"vel ons water they find here so swperlor to the jnnrky and dn-bioes-looking fluid which flows from the taps of many saa east era and Sonthera city, lost to get aa Idea of what Salem's residents tbemsetres thxnk abont their water system, the New Oregon Statesman pat the eweation squarely ' to, several Tnesday. This is what they' said: - i"- : - ' J FRED D. THIELSEN, mana ger of the Rodgers Paper com pany in Salem, said: "Since I live outside the city and have the best supply of water In the Willamette valley, I am Quali fied to speak as a disinterested party. With so many monn tala -streams available, Salem should hare a better water sup ply, butjof .course, the cost, is a problem. Even though 1 the present' supply may be excel lent, uninformed persons and particularly visitors who are told the water comes from the river, cannot be favorably im pressed. In my opinion the present ownership and manage ment -is all that could be ask ed." - WALTER LAMKIN, clerk of the Marion county circuit court, said:' "While the river water here- is no doubt filtered, and treated so as to make it safe for domestic purposes, the fact remains that it is. not as pure as it would be if. taken from a mountln stream, and that in summer it is toe warms In. my opinion, the city should plan on piping water from the San tiam some time in the future, and the first active steps to ward this end should be taken as soon as oar more pressing civic enterprises are finished satisfactorily." MRS. BOLTON HAMBLE. 2S5" North Nineteenth .street, said: "The rates are entirely 4eaiga for the .water service in Salem.-liMve ne objections to the quality of the water. Of course, being on a meter service makes a difference, but what ever the difference the month ly bill is too high." MRS. E. C. McCauley, 244 North Eighteenth street, said: "I do not like the taste of the water here. .The first few days after I came here from my home on the coast I could not drink it because of the taste. Salem water doesn't seem to be good water for coffee. GEORGE W. HUG. city su perintendent of schools, said: "I think it is too warm in the first place. It is all right this (Turn to page 6, please) ' I, Boat Makes Clip OfMore.Than92 Miles Per Hour DETROIT, Sept. 4. (AP) Pi ning Miss Ajaerica VII. In six ieats of one nautical mile each; George Wood brother of Gar Wood lesigner of the boat, set a new vorld record of 92.833 statute miles an hour Cere today. Three heats were run with the urrent and three against it. with the lowest mile covered at an ave rage of S 1.926 statute miles per hour, and the fastest In ,92.722,. ; : The average erased all records Tor speed boats, and even elimin ated the mark of 74.4 nautical miles per hoar established by E. Farman's hydroglider, a boat drlv sn by an aerial propeller. It also bettered by more than 12 miles an hour George Wood's unofficial mark of 30.867 made with Miss America second in 1921. ublicans Rep On Active Campaign in. Maine; Vote on Monday PORTLAND, Maine.' Sept. 4 (AP) Main, by virtue of Its September election, -the first to speak of the sisterhood of states, now Is listening to a chorus of high .powered counsel, from state and national republican " leaders so thar its voice when carried to the nation. next Monday may be distinctly and definitely repub lican. --. ,.- . . Only a senator, governor, four representatives ad . a . few other officers are to be chosen, but the republicans are .fighting for, more an a siaie "cwrj. , iw wbm - ooasis aa unporuBce uiat wwiwi.i. --.t-.i i.v n..itti.ML beyond the borders of the pinei tree sUte, f or tradition has given it the designation i "barometer! state.-From it grew, the disputed; political maxim "as Maine goes.; so goes the nation," -and for what, it may, be worth. " psychologically the party is striving mlghUly to - Uc republican but wiU go oter the end that Maine not only wui aa. - - i -i 1 uvuauiij, cyiuuvu. L U I Officers Declare Butcher Boy Admitted "Messing Her " - Up A Bit" 1 Alleged Slayer Of Los An geles Society Woman -Admits Love Affair LOS ANGELES. Sept. 4 . (AP) Testimony that Leo P. Kel ly, on trial for the murder of his admitted sweetheart, Mrs. Myrtle Melius, said when he was captured In a closet In the Melius home that he was "waiting to make my es cape" was given on the witness stand today by Detective Lieuten ant Blaine Steed. The detective and his fellow officer, Arthur Stoll, occupied the stand most of the afternoon session of the trial "Had I known that the only woman I ever loved was dead, you never would have gotten me alive' Steed testified Kelley declared while he was being taken secretly to a police station. When asked what he would have done the witness said the butcher boy re plied: Intimates Suicide "Well, there's plenty of guns in that room upstairs. Figure It out for yourself." Steed testified Kelley declared he didn't kill Mrs. Melius, but ad mitted he "beat her up some." While taking Kelley to the sta tion, Steed stated, he "told me he wanted to run away and ask ed it I would shoot him while be ran." "Why did you so brutally at tack her?" Detective Captain Stoll testified he asked Kelley. "Well. I messed her up a bit," Stoll stated Kelley replied. Asks to Be Shot "When Kelley was taken, at his request after his arrest, upstairs to see "the woman , he loved," Stoll testified he brought the de fendant before the slain woman and told him:- "There lies he woman you have murdered." "He Just sat there, hanging bis head,' the witness told the Jury. .Tha detective also testified that KAHey asked -have ; his hand cuffs taken of f to be aHowea to walk toward the window "and $ive you a good excuse to shoot me." Keller's blood stained shirt, his suit and underwear were put in evidence and identified by Stoll, who testified the shirk was wet. as though an attempt to wash it had been made when he first saw it in the Melius home. Harness Horses On Fair Circuit The two horses which have con tinued in training at the state fairgrounds tracsk since the others were shipped out to the northwest racing circuit were taken to Eu gene-Tuesday where they will be entered in the Lane county. fair track events, going to the Linn county fair next week and return ing to Salem in time for the state fair. These horses are- Georgia Hal, a green pacer owned by uH. O. Cox, known to the racing world for three quarters of a , century, and Linnie Olive D. owned by B. H. Davis of Salem. Pratum Man Gets Permit For Milk Peter Bischoff of Pratum. re ceived the first permit Issued un der Salem's new milk Inspection ordinance, and H. H. Kuensl of the Pleasant Horn dairy near Pra tum, received the first dealer's li cense, according to ' J. E. Blink horn, city milk inspector; Dozens of applications for examination and inspection are eominr in. Mr. Blinkhorn reporCs, the dealers and producers showing an. excellent spirit of cooperation. . .Carrying In this nursery of republican ism the party is not content with almost habitually winning, v but measures its success by the size' of the - majority. " Conversely, the democrats who have counted vic tory but rarely in state elections and .only once in a presidential race, customarily devote their ef forts to and rind their gratifica tion in chopping. . down j republi can winning majorities. Because the baometer can - go both vp and down, and Is con strued to gauge the high and low w o popular sentiment on cans hesitate' to write down' the majority figures with' which they will be delighted or disappointed In private ' discussions' i these fig ures with .which they will be" de. lighted r disappointed In pri vate -i discussions r these '. figaref range between 25.000 and 75.000, with an occasional neutral fixing Ttni topagw pleaae) r : lilLLLU 0- 'W..'' Sf- -sii:. ?st;:J-iSS'- -: L -''t;J .'.2 - .v v- ft, r H"5' via '-'Si. LOYAL M. Prominent resident of Forest seat on the State Supreme Court METHODISTS SEEK TO BFJl-fHI Request that the Rev. Fred C. Taylor, pastor of the First Meth odist Episcopal church of Salem, be reappointed to that pastorate. was made to Bishop Titus Lowe in a resolution adopted at the fourth quarterly conference of the church held, Tuesday evening with District Superintendent D. H. ..Leech pre siding. Other resolutions expressed ap preciation of thedisUIeT superin tendent's service over a period of six years, and Invited Bishop Lowe to occupy the pulpit of the church here at his earliest convenience. Budget Adopted ' The church adopted a budget for next year amounting to 210.- 975. Members elected to the fi nancial board included Dr. B. Blatchford, U. G. Holt. B. E. Sis- son, W. TTRigby, L. T. Reynolds. W. C. Keck, secretary, and H. H. Kloepping, treasurer. A. A. Schramm, state superin tendent of banks, was elected as a new member of the board of trus tees, and Mrs. Mary Boeschen, Mrs. Ella Lavender, Mrs. Cora Holm an, Miss Amy Martin, Mrs. E. C. Miller and Mrs. H. H. Van- devort were elected as stewards. Practically all of the other of ficers of the church were reelected one exception being that Mrs. W. C. Young was chosen as president of the Ladies' Aid society. The annual report showed that the church added 79 new mem bers in the past year, making a total c 1372 including 200 non resident members. . I 91 IS ROT REELECTED MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. 4 (AP) In his quest of a second term as gewernor of Wisconsin, Fred R. Zimmerman, follower of the Jate Senator Robert M. La Follette, was apparently, defeated in the primary election today, on the basis of early "returns. The choice for the nomination lay be tween Representative Joseph D. Beck, progressive 'candidate, and Walker J. Kohler, conservative. who were making a close race. Senator Robert M. - LaFoIlette apparently had scored a not unex pected victory over George W. Mead. . The vote in the republican gov ernorship contest, with 735 of the state's 2760 precincts counted, was:- Beck 41,339; Kohler. 4,234; Zimmerman 20,047. For-senator on the republican ticket the vote in 684 precincts was: LaFoIlette 51.504; Mead 27.- 166. Hop Pickers Now : In Great Demand tin This Section There is a demand for mora hop pickers in the "-yards of Oregon, whlen means virtually the Salem district, for nearly all the hops of this state are in the tende, terri tory of the capital city. More prune pickers also'are needed near Sa- em... Sim Phillips,: manager of Jte Salem free employment office, .ad calls yesterday for many more dickers. He eould ha v4 sent out it least 100 'and will need raore :oday There is : an ..especial .call I far 'f umtf Ued , o 2iclteraw x:.-: r V' .:;ic-: :. Sr.- er t-x-i;-; .-i RH'S HEAD 4 4 i a n t f 1 i I i . - 1 . -.v.:'.-. . -. .v .' if,,-. 4. l .x.-.' : i4. ' ? 32Z2 GRAHAM Grove who is a candidate for a bench. 10 BOLD HOLDUPS PORTLAND, Ore.. Sept. 4.- (AP). With more than 318,000 in cash, check and Jewelry at stake, cordons of police lato to day were combing the city and highways in an effort to run down the perpetrators of two of' the boldest thefts This city has wit nessed in monias. ,- Disregarding heavy traffic and crowds; two armed -men. at 11; a. m. today snatched a valise con- Uining 212,947. of whleh $2,947 waa in cash, from J. .F.. Magner, 60-year-old nlessenger for , the Portland Gas & Coke company, and disappeared in . the traffic stream, driving a touring car."' f Sometime last night safecrack ers sealed a roof to efetain more than $6,000 in money and jewels from H. Hornstein's Army Goods store here. Magner was unarmed and un accompanied, when confronted by a bandit holding a revolver un der his coat, as the elderly m senger stepped from the Public Utilities building on , his way to a bank. The bandit grabbed him, spun him around, and, although many people were on the streets, snatched the valise from the mes senger's hand and hurried to the 3idewalk where he tossed it to an other man sitting in the back seat The. sidewalk bandit slipped into the driver's seat and the car was iway in dense traffic. ' ' p xne 'rrigntenea messenger re covered and hurried after the ban dits' car on foot. He lost sight of it in the traffic and the two men escaped. No trace of them had been found late today, Mag ner was unable to determine the make of the car, and could not remember the licensor numbers. The loot from the Army Goods store consisted of about $500 in currency from a safe, $66 from a -ash register, and a 6 Vt carat dia mond ring valued at $3,500. Oth it Jewelry was taken. Railroad Wage Dispute Goes On . Meet Adjourns CHICAGO. Sept, 4. (AP)- The Joint session . of represents. Mves of the Brotherhood of Rail- oad Trainmen and the . Order of lailway Conductors was adjourn. 3d tonight until 9:30 tomorrow norning when negotiations in the iispute over wage Increases and working; conditions will be eon. tinned, iztl-' : : : r: ' It was understood that employ- is of 65 western railroads had voted virtually unanimous to striked but. . that , union officials were attempting to reach . an amicable settlement. - The onions : originally - sought Increases of from 10 to 18 per nt hut It was naderstood they would " accept 6 H; and 7 ' per cent Increases offered ' : providing the railroads would agree to ear. ry out the employes', stipulations on working conditions, State Receives Inheritance Tax The state treasurer has received from the administrator of the es tate ef Mrs. Elisabeth ,C. Good of Portland, InheriUnce tax: in the amount' of $100,000. Mrs. Good died In .Portland on January 2 of this year. leaving an estate of 1862.000. Officials said the in heritance tax might be Increased illghUy - bet ere the esUte :, Is set- Jtled. - . - -v' i POM SH Salem Attorney Elected By Unanimous Vote On Tuesday Night Bridge Contract Awarded To Sacramento Company; v - Lowest Bidder Keaaeth L. . Randall, attorney, - was unanimously elected .by the , city council Tuesday night to rep- 1 resent the fifth ward, filling "the vacancy created by the resign- . tion of Alderman George W. Thompson. Mr. Randall was nom inated by Alderman Patton, Stadrt when no other names were brought forward, Alderman Reee braugh's motion for a unanimoas . ballot prevailed.' The council awarded the cee- . tract for the South Liberty street bridge, the largest project In the present program, to the Holdener Construction company9 of Sacra- -; mento. Cel., at a figure of $77.- 875, which was $1020 lower than the -nearest competing bid. Local 'Labor Planned In recommending acceptance of this offer. Chairman Watson Townsend, of the bridge commit tee, said the Holdener 'ctmpany had agreed to .employ all locate, help except a superintendent and foreman. Two important resolutions were adopted , relative to the North High, street bridge, now under " construction. One accepted the offer of .the Oregon Electric rail way company creating an agree- ' ment as to right of way and shar. -ing costs of building. The rail way turns over the right of way to thr city without cost, and will bear the expense of building its share of the fill and culvert.; . strip eight feet wide through the center of the bridge. The other resolution , accepted the offer of Ernest Anderson, con tained in an option which expired at midnight last night, to sell the two lots projecting into v rHlga ' street just north of Division. 'fer. $8000. Plans tor . the Cross street bridge were accepted and the re- corder instructed to advertise call for bids to be opened at the next- meeting. ;. . . ' . r v- - - sjeaw-: Matter-Vp ' Power was accorded the sewer committee to take any actios it saw fit. in connection with the odor which was traced to the out. let of the'htate sewer at the foot. rat Center street. Chairman Gra- benhorst, of thia. committee, re ported that a conference would be held today with the" state -.board of control.' and that T.B. Kay, , state treasurer, had assured flat (Turn to page 5, please) SCHOOL DISTRICT DISSOLUTION URGED Hearing of the proposal to dis solve the Ballston school district, which comprises district No. 9 in . Polk county, and district No. 76 ' in Yamhill county, was held in the offices of the state superin tendent of schools here Tuesday. The application for-dissolution - ' of the district was tiled by pa trohs of Yamhill county, who al-' leged that they - were assessed .. higher forthe support of the d is. trlct that, the Polk , county pa trons. It was contended by the-..' Yamhill county patrons that they could send their children to the Sheridan schools .more . cheaply -than to the Ballston school. The boundary board of Yamhill . . county approved the , application . for the dissolution, with the Polk ; county boundard board dissent ing.. Under the law the pouneary boards of both counties must a p- ; prove the r application, before the dissolution, can become effective. ' The Yamhill county patrons of the BaUston district appealed to . the state, - superintendent . ei schools tor relief. He has taken the . application under advise- . . - ment. The Ballston district has a . three room school and: Is - staad- ... ardlsed. I -' Searchers Find Body of Another From Airplane fiKATTLE." Sent. 4. (AP) Coast guard searchers this after noon found the body or; Aiexaaoei MaeCallum Scott." former, memoer of the British parliament and one to seven prisoners whp lost their lives when a British, coiumma air ways monoplane : pronged mho , Paget Sound, August .25J Tr-" . The body, the intra recover. was found as coesv ett"""""7" were holding - what was believed . r to be the submerged wreck 01 ine plane off Point Gardiner near Port Townsend. Wash. J The body was Identified ; by papers and ClOthlBg.'- i-.;:X-? rt ' The object.heId by UO guaroa, men has been towed the last two , days to shallow water and the at-, , rival .of a' salvage tug and. diver from Seattle, was awaited for fur ther Investigation. Crews or, the guard boats' have little douot ou 'that- Ue object m the . missing jplaneV - Yf-r - -V