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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1929)
ABOUT THE VALLEY ' Each day The Stntesmaa ,1a pmblUhiajt the mrmm which occurs about the Taller. "Lit tte Journeys" bjr Mrs. CaDia la added feature. WEATHER Uasettled toiay; provable bowers; west wind. Max. temperature Monday SO; Mtn. 49; river S; rata .05; riod y ; wiad sooth. FOUNO.GP 1651 SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 71 Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, June 18, 1929 ja PRICE FIVE CENTS QEPIMANGE SEP Weider and McCallister DIRECTOR RAGE 10 POLLS HERE Dark Horse Receives 'Total of: 454 Ballots; Slade and Pugh Lose Striking Contrast to 1929 School Board Election Is Observed Salem's school election, doped as a quiet affair, turned out to be a real honest-to-g-ood-ness election, with E. L. Wei- der, hinted pretty consistently! in advance as low man, polling 454 of the round 700 votes that were cast. Weider scored head and shoulders above the other three men. McCallister, who sought reelection, got it, with 286 votes piling up for him. E. F. Slade, second man to en ter the school race and pat for ward at the urgent request of a group of friends headed by Dr. C. A. Downs, retiring director, took third place in the final count, with 239 rotes.. Dare W. Pugh, ranked before last night as a fairly strong candidate, fell but a few rotes be hind Slade, rritb 22 . ballots. Welder secured 18 rotes more than McCallister and 234 more than Pagb.l ; ' . vl - u ' With no Issue, at least -on the surface, confronting the roters, the enormous rote that was cast served as a source of surprise to th'ose who gathered about the counting- board. At 6 o'clock, some 500 rotes had gone Into the ballot box, and when the polls closed at 8 o'clock, 200 more had had their say in the directorship. The polls were held tpen:tn hour longer than the stipulated time, due to conflicting reports of the closing time. ' Many roters preferred to "single shoot," with Weider get ting an amazing number of these ballots. Each other candidate also secured the straight faror of a smaller number of roters. The vote was in striking con trast to last year, when Frank Neer, the only candidate, was elected on in the neighborhood of 30 rotes. The school hoard now includes: Dr. H. H. Olinger, chairman the past year; L. J. Simeral. who is serring his third term; Frank E. Neer, McCallister and Weider. W. H. Burghardt was recently re elected clerk for a two year period. IT Registration in the summer grade school fell considerably short of last year's first day figure with 29 -pupils enrolling at both schools. 165 of whom are attend ing Grant. Classes are also con ducted it Park school While the registration is comparatively low, it furnishes a splendid working basis for the schools and will un doubtedly increase considerably .before the week Is over, according to Miss Margaret J. Cosper, direc tor. So far, the lower grades have the - heariest registration. The strained financial conditions which bare been evident through out the school year, are believed to be largely responsible for the low summer school attendance. m 1 Portland Lad Wins Edison Contest Here; Woodburn Candidate Places Second Archibald Atkinson of Wood burn, this district's candidate for Edison scholar, was made alter nate by the judges meeting here Monday, first place going to Alon so Grab of. Benson Polytechnic school, Portland. Unless Grab is prereted by illness or some 'ther consideration, the Portland youth will represent thta state at the Thomas Edison scholarship con test at West Orange, N. J. 'Announcement of the Judges' selection was made lata Monday after the state committee appoint ed by C. A. Howard, sUte super, lntendent of publie Instruction, had spent a considerable part of s. hy tnterrlewinc the IX boys representing tho rarlous Oregon Salem Taxpayers Show No Interest In School Report Even Directors Not Unanimous in Attendance At Annual Event; Healthy Financial Situation for Year is Shown Salem taxpayers, as usual, evinced little interest in the S annual taxpayers' meeting of the Salem school district, with j not even the full quota of directors present to listen to the report of Clerk W. H. Burghardt. R. W. Tavenner was named chairman of the meeting, others present including, the superintendent, George Hug, Directors Downs and Neer, Chairman Olinger; and F. W. Smalley, head janitor of the school system; and a reporter. The annual report shows that the district has adhered T CITY COUNCIL HERE Both Bids for Purchase Are Rejected Due to Weak ness of Market Facing a lass of $5490 because of the poor condition of the bond market, the city council Monday night rejected the two bids .sub mitted on $100,000 worth of sewer bonds. The high bid was that of Freeman, Smith and Camp com pany, Portland. $94,510. Because of the deficit of $1 000 already existing in the sewer fund, Alderman "Vanderort, chair man of the sewer committee, sug gested that $25,000 in bonds be sold to corer the deficit and the construction now under way, but the bidders' representatlre- said this would not be legal. Therefore the bids were rejected entrely. Hugh Rogers, city engineer, had pointed out the urgent need of completing the South Salem inter cepting sewer, estimated to cost between $40,000 and $50,000. The council decided that since this drain will not be needed until next fall, it would wait two months to see if the bond market improved. Barham Brothers were the low bidders on the North Salem tire (Turn to Page 2. Column 1.) Dog License Roundup to Start Soon It's Just going to be doggone hard for the dog owner who hasn't licensed his purp! So said the county court Monday when Paul Manarch was author ized to start the anrfual round-up of fees from owners of dogs .for wh'om no license fee has as yet been paid. Under the law every dog must have a license in Marion county, the fee on males being $2 and on females $3. Now that the period to pay the license Is past, a nenaltr of one dollar is added to each fee. The county court estimated Monday that 3600 dogs had been licensed this year to date. There are over 5000 dogs in the county, according to the court estimates. Manarch will tour the highways and byways to check up on the delinquent owners. All moneys received from dog 11 censes go into a special fund from which the county court makes pay ment to compensate sheep owners when sheep are killed by dogs. The fund is annually exhausted by such payments. districts. The selection was made on the basis of character, stabil ity, ability, resourcefulness, schol arship, chemistry and physics. Boys representing the 12 Ore gon . districts in the state finals here Monday Included Archibald Atkinson. Woodburn high school; George Winne, Medford i nigh school; John H. King.- McLough lin nnion high school. Milton; Franklin K. Eberhard, La. Grande high school; Glenn McKibben, Cottage Grove high school; Fred I. Hunt. Baker high school; Har ley. Slasher, Astoria high school; Alfred A. Jacquot, Bend high school; Alonso Grab, Benson poly- technic school, Portland; Larry (Tun to Page 2, Column 1.) 1 I SOLD BY closely to its budget. The dis trict has run a little behind last year. Balance on hand for the year ending showed $201.39. as against $18,852.07 a year ago. The figure for last year is somewhat misleading, as $10,000 of it was a hold-over from bond money, the sum being spent this year in improvements. Total of 6541 Children Draw Money Just 6,511 children of school age drew money for the district the past year. Of these, $.231 were boys. Estimated legal roters number 4,500. Of the 196 teach, era, the men drew an average monthly salary of $173.50 and the women average $127.82. Taxable property in the district reaches the value of $18,708,134. Bonded indebtedness was re- duced to $330,650, as against $385,600 in 1928. Outstanding warrants total $114,700, as com pared to $94,000 for June, 1928. Receipts for the year closed were: from district tax, $244,- 358.74; from county school fund, $60,694.80; from state school fund, $10,183.02; elementary school fund, $33,881.17; vocation al education state and federal aid, $1,339.58; grade tuition, $641.38; high school tuition, J37.020.6S; other sources, $279,130.59. The figures total $667,249.96, which with the balance of the previous year amount to $686,102.03. Expenses More Than Half Million Dollars Expenses of the year amounetd to $655,900.64, segregated as fol lows: salaries of teaching groups, $248,138.96; salaries other em ployes, $31,514.64; supplies In In struction, $6,102.55; census enum. eration, $490.57; fuel, $6,208.08; water and telephone? $2,295.04; light and power, $2,833.46; jan itor!' suppHes, $2,519.23; repairs and improvement grounds, $8, 472.15; repairs and repair equip ment, $287.30; library books. $775.04; rent, $35; insurance, $1,948.75; redemption of bonds and short term loan, $307,300; principal and Interest on bank note, $5,572.66; interest on other indebtedness and bonds, $19, 232.50; alterations and repair old buildings, S4.36S.V9; other pur poses, $37,805.62. YDUNB LADS1DST Searching tor the "tall building with a flag on top" where they had taken leave of their parents, two lads aged eight and five ears re spectively, were found wandering about Salem's strets early Mon day morning. They were Walter and Lawrence Huck, of a family touring from Eugene to Kansas. Mrs. Gertrude J. M. Page found them on the sidewalk In front of her home at 492 North Cottage street. She took .then to the city hau and other public buildings, but found no one to claim them Finally Sam Adolph came to their aid and took thenrMn his car to the state house that was the "tall banding with a flag on top." There the parents were found waiting, while two older brothers were combing the city in search tor the little fellows. Earwigs Again Rife in Salem Report Shows Earwigs are making rapid in roads on-the foliage of trees and shrubs In Salem, and immediate steps must be takes, to check their spread, according to a warn ing issued by the dtp park board. The matter was brought to the at tentloa of the city council Mon day -night, and referred to the park committee. . AND FOUND N ffl Win SCHOOL BOARD VOTE LINED BY INJUNCTION Opening of Bids for Build ing New School House Delayed by Suit Irregularities in Calling for Bids Charged by H. S. Peck, Plaintiff Bids for construction of a school house in the Salem Heights dis trict are still unopened, although time set and advertised for the opening was reached at 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Injunction proceedings Instituted by H. S. Peck and directed against D. D. Craig, Frank M. Erickson and C. A. Ratcliff, members of the board of directors of the school district, held up the approval or rejection of bids. Peck brought his suit yesterday, charging in it that proceedings in calling the bids were illegal and claiming that two board members, Craig and Erickson, had ordered notices published without the of ficial authority of the board and before an official meeting of the board. Reasons For Salt Explained By Peck While these charges were made, Peck is understood to have told the board members later that he filed the injunction simply to keep the bids sealed until after- the an nual school meeting and election, held last night and la which Dr. Craig was reelected director over VanCleave by a two to one count. Howard Zinser was reelected clerk. A somewhat heated gathering pre ceded tne roting, residents report, with a board number-filling much of the hour in which the polls were open with a review of the school year and the board. A member of the board reported to the Statesman following the meeting that so far as the board was concerned, bids could be open ed anytime now, and that such will be done shortly that building activity may be pushed as rapidly as possible. The member also said that while members of the board acted at first, on an unofficial meeting, a second and official meeting, was held, at which publi cation of call for bids was ordered in due style. T Master of lll-Fated Vessel Remains Aboard Despite Rescue Efforts ASTORIA, Ore., June 17 (AP) Efforts bv air. from lAnrf and from sea had resulted to night In the rescue of thirty members of the thirty-two man crew of the Tatea line steamship Laurel which went ashore on the ocean side of Peacock Spit, Just north of the Colombia river mouth. Sunday morning. Russell Smith, 19, Worchester, Mass.. member of the crew wan swept from the b rid ere to his aeatn alter the snip bit the sands and Cantatn Louis Johnson has refused to leave his ship, or part of It, for the bow and that por tion of the vessel forward of the eneine room bulkhead, lar In the surf four hundred yards south of the stern which still stsnds up right. ASTORIA, Ore., June 17 (AP) The coast guard cutter Redwing arrived here late today with six members of the crew of the wrecked steamship Laurel (Turn to Page X, Column 1.) City's Machinery Woji the Loaned Council Declares Objectloas to the renting or loaning of city owwed machinery a ad tools to pri vate parties, found expres .fckm im a ordinaaee iatro daced at 'Monday atgnt's cowacll saeetlag,' provMiaf that tills shall not be doae without the coausciTs ap proval. This was aaderstood to hare refereace to: the re eeat e of eky eqnipmeat ta the excavatioa work at the site of enew Pacific TeJephoaw aad. -Telegraph cosnpaay bandiag. -- 1 IP SCREW Kermit in Dad's Footsteps - E. -V. T " v $V LK - i V f J? ; " - I I fy '-.' ' - f Ksi ' f "N J , y JN TV " r v v. - - . ni.5f I v jfrz -.'Jzisja- .-r-y .-s v. ' Kermit Booserelt who haa Just m hunting expeditknt in lado-Chia ranaa, picmrea at bottom. Spouse Not Nice to Her Wife Avers Abuse consisting of kicking and maltreating the plaintiff as well as threatening to take her life. is alleged to have been perpe trated on Ida Steinbock in a di vorce complaint filed by her against Phillip Steinbock, her husband. In the case begun Monday in circuit court. Mrs. Steinbock re lates that she and her husband were married in April, 1917. Bad treatment has been accorded her for yeras, she alleges. Custody of the three children is requested by Mrs. Steinbock in her com plaint. Mrs. Steinbock was the com plaining witness in justice court Monday to an assault and battery charge filed against her husband. Steinbock was hailed before Judge Small and released on $100 bond pending further hear, ing of the case. TAKEN BY OFFICERS WINDSOR, Qnt., June 17.- (AP) Eight rum runners were captured early today as they at tempted to run the United States coast guard blockade in lake and river St. Clair. Seven rum crafts were towed into Marine City, Mich., this morning by American customs border patrol and others of the American prohibition en forcement services. Walter S. Petty, acting collec tor of customs at Detroit, said the capture of the men indicated the effectiveness of the new offensive against rum runners Inaugurated by the coordinated forces of the United States government. Four Teachers Resign Jobs in Salem Schools Four members of the home ec onomies departments of the senior and junior high schools will be absent when the faculty roll is called next September. Mrs. Mar Jorie Preble, and Mrs. Gladys Jensen; both of the high school, Mlas Rita Reld of -Parrish and Mrs. Ruby Delk Phillips of Les lie have all made other plans tor the next year. . ; Two teachers have already been elected to home economics posi tion: Miss Elizabeth Vane of Cor. rallls who will take Mist Raid's place, and Mrs. Bezel Archibald, an O. S. C. graduate. . - - I i .4 1 EIGHT 1M UBS j5(paW'.flWsv: returned to Saa Francisco from wbich bagged the rare giant Wife Can't Live Longer WithHubby Frequent accusations that she was unfaithful to him along with threats to take his own life, made life for Emma Frances Shepherd with John C. Shepherd, her hus band, unbearable, she alleeen in a complaint filed Monday in cir cuit court. Mrs. Shepherd says that they were married in 1910 and hare only one child of whom she asks the custody. Earl Bonney is the plaintiff in a suit for divorce begun Monday against Rose Bonney who has been unfaithful to him,. Bonney alleges. When he accused her of going out with other men, his wife laughed at him, Bonney avers, and said she called him vile names and swore at him. Water Firm To Dig New Well Soon Water which has been filtered In the new filter bed on Minto island, will reach homes and in dustrial plants in Salem early to day, it was announced Monday night The outlet from the filter beds was hooked in on this city mains at 4:30 o'clock Monday afternoon. Meanwhile the Oregon-Washington Water Service company is planning - to drill at least one more well In North Salem, ft was revealed in a report by the city eouneil's special water committee at Monday night's council meet ing.' This will be started as soon as the drilling equipment is re turned here from Vancouver, Wash. The company has received final approval from the New York of fice of the $250,000 expenditure for the permanent filtration sys tem proposed, and for $87,000 for extending mains and eliminat ing dead ends. Kleinsorge Is Reelected Upon Silverton Body - SILVERTON. June 17 Re election of Dr. R. E. Kleinsorge to a three year term on the Silrer. ton school board resulted Monday fin the annual election held here. Kleinsorge ' ' received 142 " rotes, while his only opponent. Otto Le gard. got IS.- . Holdorer members of the school board are W. S. Cunningham, chairman; Ed Geer, Carl Loo and R. B. Duncan. ? Strategy Used To Halt Referendum By Salem People City Council and Southern Pacific Company Combine to Launch Move Nullifying Re cent Petitions by North Salemites Steps which would nullify the referendum petitions filed last week against the new franchise granted recently to the Southern Pacific Motor Transport company for its street busses in Salem, were launched at Monday night's meeting of the city council The utility company submitted a letter rejecting the terms of the franchise, and a bill was intro duced by Alderman Watson Townsend to repeal the franchise ordinance. Mr. Townsend explained that the purpose of the repeal bill was clear the slate in order that a new franchise ordi- BIOS FOB TRAFFIC L City Dads Vote to do With out Street Signals; Es timates Too High All bids on traffic control sig nals for Salem's downtown streets were rejected without discussion Monday night by the city council through the adoption of a report from the police committee recom mending that hey be rejected be cause all exceeded tne amount provided in the budget for the purpose. Later in the meeting, a motion was adopted postponing indefin itely all consideration of traffic control signals.' This was done to dispose of a supplementary note in connection iwltb 4ne df-the bids. That leaves- $2450 in the city budget appropriated for traffic control, available to be used for some other purpose. A suggestion had been made that this be used to pay the police officers an In crease in salary, but the matter was not discussed on the floor of the couneil. The special committee headed by Alderman Dancy, appointed about five years ago to abate the nuisance of the city dump, was dis charged at its own request and,an ordinance submitted providing that the sanitary inspector should have supervision over the incinera tor which was built under this committee's program. met m scow LONDON, June 17. (AP) Neither United States Ambassador Charles G. Dawes nor the Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald today appeared disturbed by the situa tion which finds concentrated on them the attention of two na tions and only slightly less so the interest of the whole vorld. They quite adhered to their statement that the real negotia tions on the question of disarma ment would be launched by dual! speeches tomorrow night. Neither could be drawn into saying any thing more to throw light on the I future proceedings. Mr. MacDonald settled himself down to enjoy his holiday and played golf on his native heath of Loasiemoth, in which town his im portant address will be made with in 24 hours. Ambassador Dawes, getting accustomed to his new sur roundings here, was almost equal ly unconcerned although It was said he was putting the finishing touches on the equally important speech he will make to the Pil grim society. Efforts to extract some advance information from the general only resulted in his refusal to make any prediction, he reiterated, how ever, bis most complete satisfac tion over his talk near Forres with the premier. ffl FJ Ml W Owen Thomas Elder Now Last Remaining Veteran Of Mexican War of 1846 WASHINGTON, June 17 (AP) Waking to his 18th birthday to day, to learn that ho is now nolo survivor of the Mexican war, Owen Thomas Edgar turned to his daily devotions. x ;s His magnifying glass helped to rind the date in the rolume close to his chair. Bible readings for every day are la that rolume, and the aged reteran a member of the Waugh Methodist, church nerer misses a day. "June XT, 1 Kings VTU, t-11 and all the elders came he be gan. ' nance might be introduced, one which should not contain the provisions which caused might widespread objection. An attempt was made to pass the repeal under suspension of the rules, but this was blocked by a negative vote from Alderman David O'Hara, who opposed tko ' franchise when it came up orig inally. The repeal will come np on third reading at the first meet ing in July. What the terms of the new franchise proposal will be, ceuM not be learned Monday night, but Mr. O'Hara's vote was a plain in dication that opponents of the previous measure suspect the en tire proceeding is an attempt to. obtain action on the franchise la the near future, instead of waiting until sometime next year when the referendum would come up for a vote. Referendum Petitions WU1 Be Nullified If the council repeals the fran chise ordinance at its next meet ing, the referendum petitions will be of no effect, and if a new fran chise should be granted at some succeeding council session, H would go into efect upon being signed by the mayor, unless a new f referendum petition is filed. Tne council passed the aew parking limit ordinance, providing that motor vehicles may not park in any block for more than oao hour In any four hours, where the (Turn to Pasa I. Column 1.) Mrs. Charlotte Hardy Is Not Expected to Live After Auto Accident . Little hope Is held for the life of Mrs. Charlotte Hardy, 2S-year old Medford woman and a former -Salem resident, who was seriously injured when the car in which she was riding with her sister and a man crashed into a Southern Pa cific southbound train Sunday eve ning. According to report from the Salem General hospital late last night her condition was grave. The accident occurred at the Market street corssing. - Mrs. Hardy's left leg was sever ed below the knee and a part of the right foot was torn away and the limb mangled terribly. Ward Howe and Mrs. Hardy's sister. Miss Ruth Runre, both of Mill City, suffered severe cuts about the head but were able to leave the hospital after recovery from the shock. The trio bad come from Mill City to visit .friends. Howe was driving the light coupe, which the engine caught fully, shredding the cab and throw ing the occupants and chassis west of the track and some $0 feet south of the crossing. The engine was brought to a stop a block: away. No signal bell is- at the crossing where the accident oc curred, and one witness asserted the train did, not signal before the I accident. Mrs. Hardy's husband Is em ployed in Medfofd. - WOMAN IS BW nmsisuup By the death yesterday of Wil liam Hutxhugh Thornton. Buckner, : 101, . Paris, Mo., . Owen Thomas Edgar became, the last' ef those elders who long survived the war of It 4C. Four years ago ther were 11 survivors and two years ago a quartet. The deaths of Aug ustus Markle, of LodL Ohio, and Richard D. Howard, of Sterling City, Texas, had left only Buckner and Edgar. 4 . -x: ' . - v,.-" r -Today, ai a birthday distinction, the United States pension bureau informed Eld e,' In his pleasant (Turn ta Pace S. Comma L) v