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SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR NO. 19
Salem, Oregon, Thursday Horning, April 18, 1929
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TWO BF REBEL
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uismiegraung nap;aiy
Reports Indicate
Escobar Establishes Head
quarters at Nogaies to
Continue Warfare
FORT STOCKTON, Texas, April
17. (AP) Two Mexican rebel
generals, Antonio I. Vallereal and
Raoul Madero, who fled their
country, bare been in the United
State since Sunday, it was learned
here today. Tillareal had planned
to become a candidate for the pres
idency of Mexico in the event the
revolution was successful. The two
generals sought safety in Texas
after their troops bad been routed
in northern Mexico. Neither Villa
real nor Madero was In enstory
and whether any action by the
United States government concern
ing them is planned could not be
learned Tiere.
MEXICO CITY, April IT (AP)
The Pacific coast division of the
federal army which is combatting
the military rebellion, in that sec
tion, wasaconcentrated today in
San fchra.. an important railway
Junction In Sinaloa a few miles
south of the Sonora border. Gen
eral. Lazaro Cardenas, in command
of the federal column, reported his
arrival to the presidential office
-fes-
Army Organised To
Drive Into Sonora
Meanwhile General Juan An
dreau Almazan, federal command
er in the north, is .organizing a
column of BOOO men at Casas
Grandes, Chihuahua, for a drive
into Sonora from the east through
Pulpito Canyon.
Secret service reports reaching
the government from territory
(Turn to Page . Column 4.)
PORTLAND, Ore., April 17.
(AP) Vast areas of forest lands
have been set aaide in Oregon and
Washington by C. M. Granger,
district forester, where virgin
timbered stretches typifying all
important forest conditions will
be preserved to the public un
trammeled Industry dwellings. The
tracts will be known as "primitive
areas" or "research preserves' ,
and are so designated as part of a
policy of the United States forest
service to preserve regions of
natural forest for study and for
the enjoyment of nature lovers.
Areas already approved for
such reservation in Oregon include
approximately 8 600 acres on the
north slope of Mt. Hood west
ward from Cloud Gap inn; approx
imately 101,333 acres in the
southern portion of Mt. Hood Na
tional forest; 47,500 acres about
Mt. Jefferson in the Santiam and
Deschutes forests, and 47,500
acres in the Cascade and Deschutes
forest about Diamond Peak.
These areas will all be open to the
public for recreation.
Representatives
Of Water Firm
Here Wednesday
E. K. Barnum and Thomas Wig
gins, engineers for the Oregon
Washington Water Co., were busi
ness callers in Salem Wednesday
consulting with local representa
tives of the company about the
sew filter system which is to be
begun within a short time. It is
anderstood that plans for the pro
ject are nearly completed. While
construction will start this spring,
completion of the new project is
not expected until the summer of
1930.
New Prosecutions Appear
Probableas Aftermath of
Trial of California Judge
SACRAMENTO. .April 17.
(AP) The assembly board of
managers announced this after
noon they would not call Mrs.
Almee Semple McPherson as a
prosecution witness in the Hardy
Impeachment case because In Los
Angeles she had been an "evasive
and unwilling witness. They de
clared that she waa a "proper de
fense" witness and that they
would let the Hardy counsel place
her on the stand if he desired. .
LOS -ANGELES, Cal., April 17.
1(AP) Two new Investigations
here Involving a number of per
'sons connected with tha Aimee
Semple McPherson "kidnaping"
episode await the outcome of the
Superior Judga Carlos Hardy Im
peachment hearing at Sacramento.
Both District Attorney Buron
Fitts nd the loCAl bar MSOc1"
tion have asked for a transcript
of the Hardy case testimony. Fitts
was reluctant to discuss his plans,
hut- it ' Wat i learned' Vila office
Church Members
Grow in Number
Census Indicates
XEW YORK, April 17.
(AP) The Christian Her
aid's annnal religion census
hbows that rharrbes la the
United States gained 1,115,
OCO new members In 1928,
almost twice as many aa
they gained! in 1927, it was
announced today.
The Baptist church leads
In the gains, Its 14 branches
showing a combined increase
of 375,812 new members;
the Roman Catholic church
comes second, with 860,153
new members; and the
Church of Christ third, with
173,093.
Three denominations
showed decreases in mem
bership, the Evangelical sin
od of North America, the
Evangelical- church, and the
Friends, all the others show
Ing gains.
EXPLAINS
T1X REPORT STATUS
Information of Levy Due Is
Given Out Only Upon
Request, Word
rrftfrfRTn of the sheriffs office
tnr ratlin eta send out statements
of taxes due In 1928 were re-
hnffoA lvr Sheriff O. D. Bower
Wednesday when he made explan
ation nf the rountv's olans In
handling tax collection as well as
the necessity for keeping tne cosi
of collection down to the min
imum. "All that any taxpayer needs
tn do to obtain a statement of tax
es due Is to spend two cents and
to write our ofiice wnlcn win oe
more than glad to furnish the in
formation of raxes owing against
any property," Bower stated.
Constant Changes In
Ownership Cited
"The reason no statements are
sent out except on request lies in
th fart that so many changes la
In nil nrcnr annnallv that the work
of making out statements would
h rreatlv increased If taxpayers
were first sent a statement. These
would need much revision.", . .
The nractice of the sheriffs of-
ftoa h Wn in wait until citizens
a at erf for a statement of taxes, ac
companying their request with a
description of the property iney
owned. Then the tax collection
denartment will immediately send
statement setting forth the exact
amount of taxes due.
Deputies Working
On Statements Now
Rower now has one extra dep
uty at work during the day and
two at night sending out tax col
lection statements to various citi
zens who have written in tq know
what the exact amount of 'their
taxes will be.
With only 20 days remaining
until the first half of the 1928
levy will be due, Bower is of the
opinion that the rush for payment
will soon be under way. Taxpay
ers can confer a considerable fa
vor on the department by finding
out how much their tax will be in
advance of the time of payment.
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WASHINGTON, April 17.
(AP) The possibility of a breach
between the senate and house on
the incorporation of the export
debenture plan into the farm re
lief bill was heightened today
when the senate agriculture com
mittee authorised chairman Me
Nary to include the debenture idea
tentatively in the bill be will in
troduce tomorrow.
Senator McNary was given this
authority with the understanding
that the measure would be refer
red to the committee for farther
study over the week end. It is the
Intention of the committee to com
plete work on a tentative draft of
the debenture section and to re
port out its bill for discussion in
.he senate beginning Monday.
that he feels that he will have to
proceed against Mrs. McPherson,
Mrs. Minnie "Ma" Kennedy and
others in the event that Judge
Hardy Is Impeached.
Disbarment action against the
Jurist by the bar association will
be taken only in the event that
he Is found by the state senate to
have aided Mrs. McPherson to ob
struct Justice, it was said. But
regardless of the action against
Judge Hardy the association plans
to Investigate the activities of
Roland Rich and Wooljey and
other attorneys. in View of Mrs.
Wlseman-Slelaffa testimony at
Sacramento that Woolley had a
part tn bringing forth a "Miss X"
to pose as Kenneth O. Ormlston.'s
companion at Carmel, Cal.
The statute of limitations will
make Mrs. McPherson and her
mother immune next August from
court action in connection with
the "kidnaping" of more than two
years ago. Deputy District Attor
ney Wayne E. Jordon pointed out.
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MAY D
SAGHEE SOON
DELEGATES TO
BE-
IN CITY TODAY
First C. E. Meeting Slated at
Presbyterian Auditorium
This Afternoon
Salem Is Hard Pressed For
Housing Facilities to
Accommodate All
The vanguard of delegates to
the Oregon State Christian En
deavor. convention will arrive in
Salem this afternoon and will go
into the first meeting at 5 o'clock
In the First-Presbyterian church,
Practically all of the delegates
will be high school students, said
C. A. Kells, general chairman of
the ' local committee. .Tonight's
program will be In the high school
auditorium.
Fully 90 per cent of the visitors
from outside of the county signi
fied that they wUl .be here today
although many had been expected
to wait till Friday toV&me. Hous
ing arrangements for them have
been arranged with Salem famil
ies, fraternities, sororities and
Lausanne hall.
Greetings to the visitors, ap
pointments to committees and get
ting started will occupy the night
session In the high school audi
torium. Several local prayer meet
ings will be adjourned and mem
bers will attend the conference
meeting In a body.
Committees Organised
To Take Care of Guests
Local committee chairmen for
the convention are C. . A. Kells,
general chairman; Dr. D. B. Hill,
publicity: Judge Rossman. assist
ant general chairman; Harold
Aiken, treasurer; O. J. Hull.
housing; Lawrence Maves, local
registration; Bill Wright, music;
Eva Nisaon, registrar; L. L.
(Turn to Paga , Column 6.)
SINCLAIR MAY LOSE
NEW YORK.ADriL,17. fAP
The New York Herald-Tribune
tomorrow will say that Harry F.
Sinclair, chairman of the board
of the Sinclair- Consolidated. Oil
corporation, whose three-months'
Jail sentence for contempt of the
United States senate was upheld
recently by the supreme coutt, has
lost control of his company. A
group including Blair x and com
pany, Inc., New York bankers;
Arthur W. Cutten, Chicago finan
cier, and the Fisher Brothers, De
troit automobile makers, is un
derstood to be the new dominant
interests in the company's affairs,
the newspaper says.
The Herald Tribune quotes
Martin W. Littleton. Sinclair's at
torney, as stating that Sinclair's
status as chairman of the com
pany had not been changed. He
refused .to discuss Sinclair's fu
ture plans.
Close associates of Sinclair in
the company would not comment
on the reports that he now owns
very little Sinclair consolidated
stock and is scheduled to be sup
planted at an early date as chair
man of the company formed in
1919.
FOREIGN IDE IS
STRESSED AT MEET
BALTIMORE, April 17. (AP)
Hundreds of delegates to the
national foreign trade convention
here today faced a huge banner
proclaiming "greater, prosperity
through greater foreign trade,"
while they heard Secretary of
Commerce Robert P. Lamont pre
scribe a tonic of foresight. Intel
ligence, and energy to continue
American trad expansion.
They also beard distinguished
speakers from foreign countries
hall the ending of an "era of mis
trust and apprehension among
countries of this hemisphere and
declare that through expansion of
trade4 comet Improvement of In
ternational relations.
Senor Don Carlos G. Davila,
ambassador of Chile, predicted
advancement of world civilization
through the prosperity of the
United States, where he said the
grandeur of an empire had been
created by the welfare and en
richment of the masses, and re
ferred to -the Washington confer
ence of conciliation and arbitra
tion, held last December, and
President Hoover's visit to the
South American republics, as an
establishing an era of "confident
collaboration ..and friendship
which wiU give a definite struc
ture to the idea of continental
solidarity." - -
A few. minutes later. Marcel
Knecht, general manager of the
newspaper T Matin," of Parts,
prefaced his outline of the devel
opment of French colonies with a
declaration that America will be
one of the greatest factors in de
veloping international peace and
pointed to trade expansion as the
means of Improving international
relations.
- More than 1,600 delegates and
guests -were In-attendance. -
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court building. Construe tion will
County Organization Votes
to Support State Group
in Pending Action
Action of the state grange leg
islative committee in enjoining
the secretary of state and state
treasurer from payment of $5 per
day expense money to the mem
bers of the last legislative assem
bly was commended by the Mar
lon county Pomona grange, in
session all day Wednesday with
the Stayton grange. In a resolu
tion adopted on the matter, the
count grange further pledged Its
moral and financial support to
the state legislative committee
nntll the case is finally settled.
The meeting was declared by
officers one of the greatest inter
est and best attended in some
time. At the morning session the
fifth degree was conferred upon
a large class of candidates: Flor
ence Ramsdell, David Pottoroff
and. Emma Pottoroff. Sublimity, T.
H, Lambert, W. H: Bowers, Ellen
Flemings, Elisabeth C r a b t r e e,
Edna Crabtree, T. H. Thomas,
Mr. and Mrs. Geisler, Miss Susie
Kearns, Mrs. M. Olsen and Nettle
Blackburn.
J. W. Crites of Salem and with
the state school superintendents
office addressed the grange on
boys' and girls' club work at the
afternoon session. Other numbers
on the program were: selections
from Mrs. John Mayo's orchestra;
vocal solo, Mrs. Mayo; vocal solo,
Mrs. George Venton -of North
Howell; skit by Miss Ella Wil
liams and Mrs. Tait of Stayton;
duet by the Misses Ryan of Stay
ton; reading. W. E. Dunn of Sa
lem; talk, W. R. Gekeler, deputy
state grange master of LaGrande..
The next meeting of Pomona
grange will be held at Butteville
June 19.
Salemites present at the meet
ing Wednesday were: Mr. and
Mrs. F. H. VanTrump, Mr. and
Mrs. Milton Brown, Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
McDonald, Mrs. Clara Shields,
Mrs. Y. M. Loman, Seymour Jones.
F. A. Myers and W. E. Bunn.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Allen of Sa
lem were elected delegates to the
state grange meeting at Marsh-
field the second week. In June.
with Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Lambert
of Stayton named alternates.
W. A. Jones of Macleay is mas
ter of Pomona grange, F. S. Bow
ers lecturer and Mrs. Roy Allen
secretary.
IS
IN TOILS OF LAW
PORTLAND, April l.-(AP)
Captain F. M. Ring was .under
arrest here today, held for Clat
sop county authorities,- following
Issuance of a bench warrant be
cause of alleged, failure to pay a
fine of IS09 Imposed .March. 15.
1927. for piloting a vessel in the
Columbia river without a state li
cense. Captain Ring says he holds
a federal pilot's license but that
his application for a state license
was turned down because the Pi
lot's association refused .its. ap
proval. Following bis arrest Capt.
Ring said he would arrange to pay
tha fine but that be would con
tinue to fight the case; which he
says Is a test of the constitution
ality of the Oregon Pilot laws.
Germany Can't
Agree With Her
I Creditors, Word
PARIS. Anril IT. f AP)
With a margin of a billion marks
a year, (approximately lZ40,ooo,
000) between Germany and her
rditna on account of -repara
tions t?r tha period of 17 years
following any settlement, and
with nothing offered by Germany
thereafter, the second Dawes com
mittee today decided to call upon
a committee headed by Lord Rev
elstoke to study the whole situa
tion and sea if it were possible to
dose the gap . ' ; ;
SUIT IS COMMENDED
MR
begin in Jane. The cost is estimated
Board of Control Accepts
Plans for Office Building
I-..
Work to Begin Early
Which is Estimated to Cost $500,000;
Bids Asked for Excavation
PLANS for the new state office building; to be erected here
during the current year at a cost of approximately $500,-
000, have been accepted by the board of control, and actual
construction operations probably will get under way early
m June.
The board today advertised for
bids for the basement excavation
Bids for the general construction,
heating, lighting and furnishings
will he sought before June 1. it
Is proposed to have the building
completed and ready for occu
pancy early next year.
The plans call for a three story
structure, with a center tower
connecting it with the present su
preme court building. The tower
will be six stories high.
The building will be construct?
ed out of funis borrowed from the
state Industrial accident commis
sion. These funds will be repaid
out of rentals received from state
departments, boards and commis
sions occupying space in. the
building.
BEST
SOLD TO NEW FIRM
NEW YORK, April 17. (AP)
The Rldio-Kelth-Orpheuin cor
poration which was formed re
cently by a union of Interests of
the Radio Corporation of America
and Kelth-Albee-Orpheum, has ob
tained an option on, the theatre
property of Alex Pantages of Los
Angeles, it became known today.
Hiram Brown, president of R-K-O,
admitted that the option had
been obtained and stated that it
had several weeks to run.
Negotiations now under way
call for a payment by R-K-O of
$14,000,000 for the 15 Pantages
theatres In the west, middle west
and east and all of the company's
theatrical realty holdings, it is
understood. Completion of the
deal is being withheld pending the
return from Europe of David Sar
noff, executive vice-president of
Radio Corporation, Mr. Sarnoff is
expected to arrive here in aboift
two weeks.
Plan to Aid
Agriculture
Is Explained
WASHINGTON. D. C. April
17. (AP) Here Is what an ex
port farmer would do to get ben
efit of the debenture plan that
has been under consideration by
the senate agriculture committee.
An exporter of wheat, for In
stance, upon placing his pro
duet ready for shipment out of
the United States, would receive
from treasury, officials it the port
an export debenture certificate.
The value of this would be com
puted by multiplying the number
of bushels to be exported by the
debenture rate. The rate in the
case of wheat would be one-half
of the tariff on wheat, or 21 cents
per bushel.
The farmer would take his cer
tificate to any importing individ
ual or firm and receive currency
for It. The importer would be able
to use the certificate In place of
currency in payment of import
duties to the government. -
The net result is that the farm
er would receive the world price
for his product, plus the rate of
debenture.
WET FIGHT ORDERED
SPRINGFIELD, 111., April Yl.
(AP) By a vote of IS to 15
tha Judiciary committee of the
Illinois house of . representatives
today recommended adoption of a
resolution calling upon tha attor
ney general to Institute a test case
against -the 18 th amendment In
tha United States supreme court.,-
PANTACES INI
state departments here. The section
at $500,000.
in June on Structure
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Representatives are on Hand
From Ten Willamette
Valley Towns
, Lumber dealers from ten valley
towns met in Salem Wednesday
night to organise the Willamette
Lumber Dealers' institute. Off!
cers elected by the group are Wil
liam Liljequlst, president; Charles
Gabriel, treasurer; and L. R.
Schoettler, secretary.
Towns represented In the or
ganization are Monmouth, Dallas,
Independence, Albany, Silverton,
Woodburn, Hubbard, Stayton, Mc
Minnville and Salem. Directors
of the group will be O. J. Myers,
Mr. Liljequlst, Clayton Morse, L.
P. Cnmmiskey and C. E. Brande
berry. The object of this institute is to
promote good fellowship amongst
its members, to furnish credit in
formation for the benefit of its
members; to further the use of
wood products to establish a con
sultation service to the public in
the planning and building mt new
and better homes, or the modern
izing and beautifying of old
homes, thus Improving the living
conditions of local communities
and making for better citizenship.
FILM STAR TO SELL
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LOS ANGELES. April 17.
(AP) House Peters, romantic
screen actor, under $1,000 bond
to keep peace with his neighbors,
announced today that he is selling
his Beverly Hills home and will
take Mrs. Peters away for a rest.
W. H. Simons and Major Wil
liam Korst, neighbors, charged
that Peters' radio played too loud
ly near open windows and that he
had placed a wash tub of tin
cans near his garage, rattling
them with a rope. Peters replied
that the cans were to frighten
birds from his fruit trees and that
the neighbors' radios and player
pianos had made his wife a "ner
vous wreck."
OFFICIALS PUZZLED
LOS ANGELES, April 17.
(AP) Officers were in a dellm
ma here tor two days over what to
do with Mrs. Sarah Half, 48, sen
tenced for forgery to serve a terra
at Folsom prison, which has no
quarters for women. Superior
Judge Hartly Shaw pored over
law books a while and announced
that since she was a third time
convict he had no choice but to
send her there. Sheriff William
Treager decided tonight to send
Mrs. Hall to Sacramento tomorrow
and let the prison board deter
mine whether it shall build quar
ters for her at Folsom or find a
way to transfer her to San Quen
tin. BOY'S BODY FOUND
KENT, Ohio, April 17. (AP)
The body of Edmund Cox, eight,
missing for : three weeks, was
found la the Cuyahoga river late
today lodged against a log- , . ,
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IL ROM
WHERE TOSEND HER
oa
the right Is the present supreme
Seventeen Students Entered
in Event Scheduled at
Silverton
Seventeen students will be en
tered In the Marion county de
clamatory contest to be held at
the Eugene Field auditorium at
Silverton Monday night at 8:00
o'clock. William W. Fox, rural
school supervisor, has directed the
contest and E. Tinglestadt, prin
cipal of the Silverton high school,
will preside.
The high school division hon
ors will be contested for by Wil
ms Dick, Hubbard; Edgar Irish.
Silverton; Willet Jessee, Turner;
and Kenneth Gillanders, Wood
burn. Clifford Maulding of Silver
ton is the only junior high stu
dent entered.:
In the grate school division,
for which eaih student will give
a reading. th following students
will participate: Robert Hurst,
Aurora; Verda Scbaffer, Buena
Crest; Barbara Jensen, Monitor;
Jeannette Comstock, Silverton;
Mildred Grimm, White; Ellis
Jones, Woodburn; Hazel Magee,
Rickey; Orpha May Dasch, Liber
ty; Albert Nickodemus, Harmony;
David Van Fleet. Salem Heights;
Mary Louise LeDoux, Mt. Angel;
Betty Brown, Hubbard.
GET CLUB CHARTERS
Eight new charters for Marion
county boys' and girls' clubs have
just been received by W. W. Fox,
county club leader, and are being
mailed to the clubs.
Groups receiving the charters
are: Fairview rabbit club, Mrs.
Grace Sehon, leader; North How
ell Corn Growers, George W.
Welsner, leader; Merry Maiden
sewing cTub, Mrs, William Gray,
leader; Kooking Kids, of Gervais
school. Miss Nell Marthaler, lead
er; Sunnyside sewing club, Mrs.
Louise Frasler, leader; West Stay
ton camp cookery. Tresis M. Mc
Cully, leader; Evergreen sewing
club, Venita Ramsby, leader; and
Clever Cookers' cooking club of
Middle Grove, Miss Marie Kihs,
leader.
Narcotics Sent
As Peace Gift in
Tong War, Claim
SEATTLE, Wash.. April 17.
(AP) Wong Suey Chang was aa
unwilling messenger of peace
when he was arrested here March
23 for carrying narcotics, he test
ified in his trial In federal court
today. 0
The other Chinese Wo Hang and
OO Long, he said, threatened his
life and ordered him to carry the
narcotics to Portland as a peace
offering In a threatened Tong
war. Another Chinese would re
lieve him of his burden In Port
land, he was told. Federal officers
who arrested him said that ne did
not have the keys to the bags In
which he carried narcotics valued
at $5000.
COUNTY SPEAKING
CONTEST MONDAY
ROYS N GIRLS TO
City Attorney Will Push
Protest Against Claims
Of Power Firm, He Avers
Unless otherwise Instructed by
th rlt eonncll. Fred Williams.
elty attorney, will continue his
protest against the. claims of the
Northwest Power company to
water rla-hts in tha Marion lake
district, despite the urgings of the
county court that tne city resign
its claims.
DTrsB thnnrfc IDT nM that , the
city may make of these waters
lies many years In the future, Mr.
Williams does not believe that it
Is good policy to abandon such
claim as the city may have. Of
ficials of the water company, he
HEARING FIXED
APRIL 29 FOR
y
Public Service Commission is
to Stage Thorough Quiz
of Local Situation
ITER
INUIR
All Rates Are to be Placed
Under Official Eye of
State Group
"She public service commission
Wednesday set April 19 as t be
time for Investigating complaints
In connection with the rates, prao-
tices and service of the Salem
branch of the Oregon-Washington
Water Service company. The com
mission ordered the probe on its
own motion.
Unofficial complaints were fil?d
with the commission with relation
to the quality of the water, al
leged Inadequate pressure In cer
tain parts of the city, and delays
In extending service. The bearing
will be conducted by the full com
mission. Official RurpriNcd
At Early Date Set
City officials expressed surprise
Wednesday that the hearing en
water rates and service here was
set at so early a date, as It wil!
give them little time in which to
represent the -city's Interests In
matter. There will be no couaeil
meeting between now and the 23tb
so that no official action may be
taken Instructing the city attor
ney to Intervene unless a special
meeting is called for the purpose.
However, they indicated that the
city will In some way arrange to
make an appearance.
Water officials have been active
this week In seeing that service
furnished patrons was improved.
Dredge Removes Sand
From Above Intake
Starting late Tuesday afternoon
a large dredge was operated con
tinuously for 12 hours taking sand
from above the cribs In the intake
In the river and thus making pos
sible a better filtration of water.
Dredging would have continued
longer, water officials said, but
due to the fall In the river tee re
was danger that the dredge would
be left stranded on the Island
where the intake Is located.
The dredge lifted yards of sedi
ment which had accumnlated oa
the bottom of the intake and scat
tered this over the river's sur
face, thus allowing better seepage
Into the crib from which the pipe
line runs to the company's distrib
uting reservoir.
Dredging can only be carried oa
when the river level stands at 11.
or higher. Then the river over
flows the pond where the intake is
located and permits a dredge to
get into action. During the season
when the river is low, a large
"booster" pump Is constantly ned
taking the water from the river
and Into the Island pond.
The water company will aban
don the present Intake when Its
new filter Is constructed and move
Its pipe line farther up the river. x
About $250,000 Is to be expended
on the new filter project.
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PORTLAND, Ore., April 17.
(AP) This city will be headquar
ters for the next half year et a
crew of federal experts who will
make an economic survey of the
northwest, under' direction of Dr.
Frank M. Surface, assistant direc
tor of the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce. Social condi
tions, transportation, resources,
water and thaj economic features
will be reviewed and finding pab
llshed for the guidance of those
seeking information about the
northwest relative to the estab
lishment of Industries or business
ventures.
New Grange Body
To Be Organized
.A publie meeting to complete
organization of a grange will be
held Friday evening at the city
hall In Hubbard, when W. R. Kek
eler. deputy state grange master
of La Grande will be present.
Butteville and other Maris
granges are sponsoring the Hab-
bara. grange, wnicn wui maae vrm
for this comity.
points out, have admitted despite
thelrpresent plans for a new ni
tration plant in the Willamette
river, that as Salem grows; it
may reach a siie at which it would
be economical to go to the moaa
tains for a water supply.
In any case, the problem at
stream pollution Is growing, aad
It behooves the city to make cer
tain of an uncontaminated supply.:
It may be found advisable to set '
aside the North . Santiam water
shed for this purpose. '
All ef Salem's Industries are 3
Tura f& Pag a, Column X.)