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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1929)
PAGE TEN The New OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, May 12, 1929 CANNERY TO BE BUILT BP HERE Reid-Murdoch Firm Expected '7 to Close Deal Early This Week, Report Says (Continued .cm raze 1.) and ironing out the details Inci dent to the clearing up the title to the property so that transfer can be made. Reid, Murdoch & Co. is the on ly national wholesale grocery or ganization restricting its sales to Independent grocers. It operates 11 selling branches. To nerve these branches it has established can ning and food processing plants in various parts of the country. The organization was atrtacted to Sa lem through the activity of the Salem chamber of commerce which energetically presented to the company executives the advan tages of Salem as a fruit and veg etable packing center. Their own research department conducted the Investigations which led to the selection of the West Salem plant as an experiment, leasing it for one year. While nothing could be learned as to the disposition of the plant, it is anticipated that it will bow revert to its owners at .fhe end of the year. . The report is that if the deal goes through for the purchase of the King Pood Products plant, Reid, Murdoch A Co., will make It one of the largest food canning plants in the northwest. The plant Is 500 feet in length, fronting on North Front street and has track age connections with the Oregon Electric. ; The King plant has had rather a checkered history. The first con struction at the plant was about 16 years ago. The plan twas built as a dehydrating plant, the ma chinery for the process being in vneted by King. Another plant of the concern was operated at The Dalles. The local plant carried on dehydration of loganberries, prunes and other fruits, onions and potatoes. In addition it oper ated a cannery. ; During the war period the com pany launched a wide expansion program. It got into financial dif ficulties In connection with its stock flotation, and involved the Ladd Tilton bank in Portland, being one of the causes of the bank's near-collapse. The Nassau company, liquidating company of the Ladd & Tilton interests took over the property; and recently the title was taken through ar rangement with Mr. Hicks who held tax certificates on the pro perty. Since the financial crisis in the company's affairs the plant has t'een operated by various lessees.' Paulus Brothers ran the cannery pert of the time. The past year different units of the plant, Libby. McNeil and Libby leasing part of It. When the plant was active it provided employment for about 500 persons and was a heavy pur chaser of local fruits. The passing ef the plant into strong hands will mean its return to full activity in tbe Salem field, which is expected to mean much to fruit growers, laborers and business interests. I (Continued from Page 1.) ated a new state tax commission, but based bis opinion solely on that part of the constitutional provision relating to increased emoluments. "Chapter 466 amends sections of the Oregon laws which provide for the crea tion of the state tax commission, appointment of its members, their qualifications, term of office, ap pointment of assistants and com pensation of the commissioners and assistants," reads the opinion "A comparison of the language of the section creating the state Ml DELVEHS ferow! in tax commission, before and after amendment, shows that there is no change in the creation of the commission. The principal change is the substitution of two appoin tive and salaried members of the commission-instead of the three ex-officio officers who have hereto fore baen members thereof. The amendment provides the same re quirements as to the qualifica tions of the additional appointive members as of the appointive member heretofore provided for. "The principal change in section 5, which is an amendment to sec tion 1219. is to substitute the fig ures 14800 for $4000, relating to the mamimum salaries of the com missioners. "The rule is well established by numerous decisions of the su preme court that where a statute or portion thereof is amended 'to read as follows' or Is repealed, and a new statute enacted con taining some of the same provi sions as in the old, all such pro visions appearing in the new en actment are to be considered as effective from the date of the ori ginal enactment, and not as new provisions. There is, therefore, no state tax commission created by the act of 1929, but it continues as a tax commission created by the earlier statute. III SUCCESSFUL END (Continued from Page 1.) Blumenberg Dalton, the chorus accompanist,! was a joy to observe and hear in the Saturday nighf concert. Her solo numbers went far toward seting the right emo tional tone in the audience. Good Music week has meant the expenditure of much time and thought. And it has meant growth in music thinking. I dare say that few who have been attending the music events this week will fail to feel the need for the American public centering much more atten tion on the subject of music than it has heretofore. It seems an ob vious fact that the public will soon be ready to see that schools have time for music and have money to buy music. With time and ma made to develop realdam vtelair terial and a- genuine endeavor made to develop real musical ex pression in children, music week as a national celebration will come to be a rare treat, as well as an honest and wholly commenda ble endeavor. Much credit is due the Salem Music Teacher's association, its chairman, Mrs. Walter Denton, and cooperating individuals of Sa lem for the manner in which "na tional music week" has been pro moted in Salem. STADIUM, Seattle, May 11 (AP) By the overwhelming score of 82 to 49 the University of Washington easily defeated the University of Oregon today. A new world's record In the discus was announced for Ed Moeller, Oregon, weightman, when he heaved the platter 160 feet 1 inch. The world's mark listed in the record book is 158 feet 1 3-4 inches made in 1926 by Bud Houser of Southern California. County Court Is Not Favorable To Power Firm The Marion county court Is looking with disfavor on the appli cation of the Molalla Electric com Danv for a franchise to build dot. er lines in any and all parts of the county at any time, subject only to the occasional approval of the court. The anDlication ia look ed upon as in marked variance with the present law requiring a public utility to secure the county court before building each spec! fic line. IS IC WEEK COMES hi SUBS BEAT U an Incorporated 148 N.Liberty St. WATCH WINDOWS JBY.D STUDENTSRIDT HURLING ROCKS Trustees Take Refuge From 150 Irate Young Men of University (Continued from Page 1.) station, the general interpretation accorded the action in campus cir cles was that it involved. In part, a long standing modernistic-fundamentalist dispute at the institu tion. Fireworks Start When Two Trustees Resign Yesterday the board was called to consider requesting the resig nation of Dr. T. T. Shrlds and Miss Edith Rebman as members of the board. The meeting was said to have been instigated by Dr. Wayman, who previously bad refused to follow suggestions of Dr. Shllds that seven members of the university faculty be discharg ed. Dr. Shilds was said to have held that Dean A. E. Bennett of the college of education and Prof. E. L. Grimes were guilty of indis creet modernistic utterances. The board today, however, Instead of requesting the resignation of Miss Rebman and Dr. Shilds. vindi cated them and ousted Dr. Way man and his entire faculty. 'Spy" System Charged By Professors James H. Sperry. a member of the board contended the entire controversy revolved about an at tempt by Miss Rebman to control all denartments of the university. Charges that she sent students in to classrooms to spy on prores sors were made by deans of the university. Students, led by Cedric Peter son, passed a resolution endors ing President Wayman. PROBE OF EXPENSE (Continued from Page 1.) of control more than a year ago indicated that some state depart ments had operated state-owned machines as low as 34 cents per mile. This especially was true of the state labor department, which keeps a careful check on all auto mobile expenses. The cost of operating some other state-owned cars was 10 cents per mile. The average probably would not ex ceed 5 cents, Governor Patterson said. Secretary of State Hoss declared that if state-owned cars could be operated under five cents per mile, there was no valid reason why the operation of privately owned ma chines should be charged against the state at the rate of 10 cents per mile. The secretary of state said an arbitrary ruling with re lation to the allowance for pri vately owned cars operated by state employes would save his of fice considerable embarrassment, and save the state a large amount of money annually. The question of automobile ex pense came before the board in connection with a letter from the state board of health. In this let ter the board was asked the maxi mum amount it would allow a state nurse who was scheduled to make a trip in her own automo bile. The trip was classified as official business. Regardless of any rule that is adopted by the board of control in connection with the operation rf privately owned cars by state employes, the allowance for trips between Salem and Portland will be limited to railroad and bus fare. This Is 2.50 for the round trip. It was reported to the board that some state employes have been charging the state at the rate of 10 cents per mile,. which would be $10 foe the round trip. State Treasurer Kay said such a charge was exhorbitant, and that he would refuse to honor any such claim were he the secretary of um wm mm FOR state. Hobs replied that he had no option in the matter of these claims, which were paid on the presentation of affidavits. In order to reach some definite conclusion, the board instructed the secretary of state to prepare a summary of the automobile ex pense accounts submitted to bis office. This report will furnish a basis for working out a satisfac tory order. An attempt to obtain such an order was made during the ad ministration of Sam A. Koxer. ex secretary of state, but no definite action materialized. At that time Mr. Koxer favored a flat rate of 5 cents per mile for state em ployes who operate privately owned cars on official business. A schedule prepared by Mr. Koxer at that time indicated that such a rate was fair to both the state employe and the state. it u likelv that the board will arree on some definite allowance at its next meeting. rtt.verTOX. Mav 11. (Spe cial) Dr. B. F. Pound of Salem was re-elected president of the Marion county council of parent teacher associations, at Us meet ing here today. Mrs. T. W. Ab bott was reelected vice president and Mrs. R. L. Wright secretary. Both of these officers are also residents of Salem. Prtnctnal addresses of the meet ing were delivered by Robert Goets, local supenntenaeni i schools, and Mrs. u. J. os. " officer of the Multnomah county parent-teacher council. A luncheon servea ny siuueuie tinrfar thA Hunervision of Mrs. Hartley, home economics instruc tor in the local high scnooi. arew favorable comment from many of the visitors. BE OBSERVED HERE Prevention of drowning through teaching every child to swim is the aim Of the campaign to be started at the Y. M. C. A. May 20 nnHtr thA Bnonsorshin of the pub lic schools. May 20 to 24 inclu sive constitutes "National Swim ming Week," a campaign to lower the number of deaths by arown ing from 8,000 yearly. Louis Anderson of the high school physical education staff,, wHl be In charge of the training courses, and will Instruct the boys' classes. An instructor for the girls will be chosen later. Boys will swim on Monday and Thursday and girls on Tuesday and Friday. The groups mill be conducted from schools to the Y. M. C. A. by leaders. Consent of parents will be required before children will be permitted to enter the classes. Abrams Will Go East To Attend Buyers Meeting Carle Abrams, secretary of the state board of control, has asked permission to attend the annual convention of the state purchas ing agents of the United States to be held in Buffalo in August. Mr. Abrams said the expense of the trip would not be charged to the board of control for the reason that he expected to escort an insane patient to his eastern destination. State Treasurer Kay said that while he was opposed to state Jun kets, be would not oppose the re quest in ease the board of con trol did not have to bear the ex pense. PYLE BREAKS ARM ABILENE. Tex.. May 11 (AP) C. C. Pyle, promoter of the transcontinental "bunion" race, suffered a broken arm in an auto mobile accident near here today. DR. POUND IGffl HEADS P-T GROUP simiiiraTo Stares CITY CHAMBER E Encouragement of Scutching Mills in Willamette Val ley is Sought (Continued from Page 1.) on flax straw, on tow, and on hackled long flax the Item of rough -flax fiber being overlooked entirely. The increased rate on flax straw is of no consequence, be cause no flax straw is imported. The spinning tow rate is impor tant, and It was increased a little, but not enough to afford the pro tection needed. A cent and a half a pound would help. Rough Long Flax Fiber Overlooked The rough long flax fiber item was overlooked, and hackled long line fiber got an increased rate from two to three cents a pound. This would not help local farmers, nor encourage the building of in dependent scutching mills, for the hackling process is an operation of the spinning and weaving mills. However a duty of three cents a pound on rough long line flax fiber would help every farmer who can grow flax, because it would lead to Independent scutch ing plants. It would make the flax growers and the owners of threshing, retting and scrutching plants in a measure independent of the home demand from linen mills. They would have the bene fit oi the world market for flax fiber; and more especially the eastern markets in this country, where many thousands of tons of flax fiber, largely of an inferior quality, are used. Three Cents Per Pound Considered Xeceesary With three cents a pound pro tection, the advantage of growing a Deiter quality rioer, and with the use of improved machinery, the farmers of the Willamette valley can compete in the wor markets in the production of flax fiber, with the help of indepen dent primary plants to bring their product to the rough long line fi ber stage; and the same may be asserted of spinning tow, with a cent and a half a pound protec tion. The Portland chamber of com merce is cooperating, at the sug gestion of the Salem chamber of commerce. Other commercial bodies are urged to help, by wir ing at once. Other interested or ganizations and Individuals in the Willamette valley, as well as of western Washington and north western California sections, are al so interested for their fiber flax can be successfully grown on a commercial scale. WILUEJTE PUS The rivalry between Willamette university and College of Puget Sound, evident in all collegiate sports from season to season, will have its Inning again Thursday when Cac Hubbard's baseball team will meet the Bearcats on Sweet land field. It so happens that in the cur rent school year, Willamette has won every contest so far except women's tennis, which ended in a tie. The Bearcat football team upset all the dope in the bucket to 0 D D US IBIS Jlelctest iflemorial $arft 1 D I B D D D B D 0 D D I D E D 0 D D D 0 0 beat the Logger shere, and "Spec" Keene's hoopers won two games. The Loggers haven't played any of the other Northwest confer ence baseball teams so far this season, and therefore nothing is known of their strength. If Wil lamette wins this game, it will have clear sailing to the western division championship. Whitman has won in the eastern division. EE DECIDED MOW Salem's "little world series" in the realm of bowling will be de cided Monday night when the Capital City Bedding Co. and Man's Shop teams, respective win ners in the first and second halves of the City league race, will bowl for the city championship. The same evening, the Lions and Nel son Druggists will bowl to settle the tie for second place in the Club league. Awarding-of some special prizes in the recent city handicap tourna ment is also to be decided Mon day night. On Tuesday night, a fathers and sons" series of matches will be played. SELLS INTEREST IX STORE STAYTON, May 11 Dr. G. F. Rorinck has disposed of his in terest in the Farmers Feed and Seed store to J. E. Barry. Mr. Barry recently moved to town, purchasing the Effie Matter prop erty on the Stayton-Sublimity road. A FITTING GIFT A suggestion has come to the Statesman concerning a fitting, way to celebrate Mother's Day. People are urged to send a check to the secretary of building fund of the Old People's home, Mrs. E. J. Swafford, and have part In payment of the $6000 debt. By enough so doing the home would be freed from debt for its 20th anniversary, Octo- ber, 1929. BOW SEES TO Oouoh-Huflfton 0 HWory of Salem and (he State of Qxzqoxi THE history of a frontier set tlement is quite largely his tory of the early settlers who carved it from the native forest, and hence we shall, in delineat ing the history of Salem, con fine ourselves to brief sketches of the men and women who laid the solid foundations for our city of today. The subject of our first sketch which will appear next week, will be the Kev. asy Down 'Payments With Budget for remainder Can be easily arranged in purchasing property in Belcrest Memorial Park. Intrinsically valued, Belcrest Memorial Park is the lowest priced cem etery property in the Willamette Valley. Analyze the values: You get more than money can buy priceless beauty, Perpetual Care, the something that satisfies the heart. Investigate this before buying elsewhere. For details call 2205 Chamber To Hold Open Forum Here An open forum in which all members will be ivcn an oppor tunity to air their ideas on mat SKILL ' ' SY backed blears of experience loefe tfilh modern equipment anda desire to save faithful iq, insures cconomu, . Ifjtt V. J rue. " , "When Uie Summons Come A. t. waller. a 'A ters which the Salem chamber ofi commerce might adopt for then benefit of the community, is sched uled for the organization's Mon . day noon luncheon. Speakers will be limited to three -minutes) each. , No Doubt After one has experienced our service, he has no doubt as to its high quality. After he has paid us, he rea-" lizes that the best need not cost more. CLOUGH-HUSTON C9 Successor to V a 4 J fl D fl D D fl D D D D D D D 0 0 D D D II D D D fl D D D a m 0