The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem
Oregon, Sunday Horning, June 23, 1929
fa nints
Society News and Club Affairs
Dinner Party
Honors Travelers
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Sprague were
6:30 o'clock informal dinner hosts
Friday night complimenting Dean
and Mrs. R. R. Hewitt, and Ronald
Hewitt. The evening waa planned
a a farewell compliment to Dean
Hewitt an.d Ronald Hewitt who
will tour the Orient this summer.
Guests for this affair were Dean
and Mrs. R. R. Hewitt, Ronald
Hewitt, Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon
Sackett, and Mrs. Martha
Schmuck.
The South Central Circle of the
Ladies' Aid society of the First
Methodist church will hoid a bus
ings meeting at 2 o'clock in the
church Wednesday afternoon, pre
ceding the General Aid meeting.
The General Aid society of the
First Methodist church will hold
tho last meeting of the year in
the church parlors Wednesday
afternoon. Each Cird.wfll give
iU years report and election of
officers for the ensuing year will
bo held. The ladie of the Lucy
Anna Let Circle wjll be hostesses
for the afternoon and v:V.l tn'tr
tain as special guests those pres
ent whose birthdays come in tc
luonths of June and July.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Porter (Mrs.
Porter was formerly Miss Rosalie
Jones) are now visiting in Los
Angeles. They plan to be there
for another week. Many sociil'af
fairs are being given for them
complimenting their marriage of
last Saturday.
Miss Ida J. MacCuaig will leave
Salem Thursday for Montreal.
Canada, whei'e she will attend tha
international convention or nur
ses to be held there July 8 to 13. !
After the convention Miss Mac-1
Cuaig will visit at her home in ;
Princeville, Ontario.
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Campfirc girls.
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BY SENATE GROUP
WASHINGTON, June 22.
(AP) After placing ia the rec
ord letters to the effect that Rep
resentative Robison. republican
Kentucky, had solicited funds
from a postmaster fur his cam
paign. Chairman Erookhart of the
senate patronage committee today
revealed he is considering the pro
posal of legislation to ban. federal
office holders from contributing to
political funds.
The announcement came as a
result of the investigation of dis
posal of federal appointments in
southern stales and on the eve of
the committee':) departure'for Tex
ts in quest of further evidence.
Representative Robison was ac
cused by R. B. Waddle, postmaster
at Somerset, Ky., of demanding
funds to meet campaign expenses
and then filing a statement show
ing "no expenditures were made."
Waddle added that he refused
"certain illegal demands" of Rob
ison and was not reappointed at
the expiration of his term.
Another letter filed with fie
committee came from Sidney F.
Bailey of Madlsonville, Ky., and
accused the postmaster in that
place, whom he did not name, of
having been "often drunk o n
duty."
The Iowan also placed in the
records letters relating to the pa
tronage situation in South Car
olina and Arkansas..
...,Wlth Senator McKellar, demo
crat. Tennessee, concurring, the
chairman declared legislation
should be enacted that ."would
stop such methods of collecting
from federal employee" and placed
In the record a statement by him
self describing as "coercive" meth
ods used in politics by R. B. Cre-
aser, republican national commit
teeman for Texas. At the same
time he filed a letter by Creager
denying the charges.
REPORTER IS SENT "UP
Finds Penitentiary Neatly Kept Spot
VISITS WOMEN'S WARD
Taesday
Willing Workers class,
First Christian church, pic-
nie Hagers Grore.
Social afternoon. Eastern
Star social club. Masonic
temple.
Naomi circle. First M. E.
church, 2:30 oclock, Mrs. W.
Pennington, 1369 Center st.
Sons of Union Veterans,
Woman's clubhouse, 8 -oclock
Encampment report,
Wednesday
Joy Turner Moses advanced
students, piano and violin,
First Evangelical church.
Ladies' General Aid, First
Methodist church.
Friday
Joy Turner Moses Inter-
mediate and Dunning stu-
dents in recital, First Evan-
gelical church.
Mrs. W. Al Jones has had as
ber house guest this week Mrs.
lmui cnapin of San Francisco.
Mrs. Chapin came to Salem for
the marriage of Mrs. Jack Porter
(Rosalie Jones an event, nf last
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Thomas,
Mrs. Lena Waters, and Mrs. Walt
er Denton returned this week-end
from Portland, where they had
teen attending the State Music
Teachers' convention.
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Alden will
spend the next week touring in
California.. They left Salem this
morning.
.
Dr. and Mrs. H. H. dinger and
son Harold Olinger, are guests at
the hcaae: of Dr. Bert din
ger in The: Dalles.
Miss Margreta Millard, Port
land, and Mrs. Stewart Kibbe of
Corvallis are the week-end euests
of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Millard.
iranYWD
STAFF IT
OPENING
By OLIVE M. DOAK
It was a gray day, and damp.
Even the Ford coughed as it came
to an unsteady halt before a gate
marked "Closed." A solemn look
ing man with a question in his eye
stepped to the side of the car.
"You are Miss X? You will have
to walk up to the main gate. I'll
tell them you're coming."
We made our way up the cement
walk edged on one side with
magnif icient roses and a perfect
lawn, and on the "other side with
spreading dark green-leaved trees.
The appearance of the landscape
was that of a beautifully kept es
tate. Close slipped greensward
carefully tended flower beds now
a mass of spring bloom, massive
trees, precise fences a bit too
high and sturdy looking but this
defect almost hidden by climbing
roses bursting with red buds. And
at the end of the graveled drive
way, which divided the grounds.
stood the manor house gaunt and
spreading and grey a typical es
tate the estate of the disinherit
ed of society. The flowers, the
shrubs, the well kept lawns were
there as a means of keeping busy
the gardeners who were human
beings whose past has been mis
spent.
Satisfy the Guard
As we approached the tower
which marked the entrance to this
"manor house" a bead appeared
at a high window. A man with a
gun in his hand was looking us
over and being satisfied as to, who
in-Chief of the G. A. R, National
Commander of th eSons of Union
Veterans. National Presidents of
the Woman's Relief Corps,
Daughters of Union Veterans and
Ladies of the G. A. R.. The next
Department Convention will be
iaEugene.
Girls to Run
Elevators at
Courthouse
The staff of the Montgomery
Ward store here Joined with fel
low workers from Eugetie, Cor
vallis and Portland in attending
the opening of the new store. in
McMinnviile on Friday night. F.
T. McAllister, manager of the
sloro here, headed the Salem de
legation. The McMinnviile store was
crowded with people of Yamhill
county, who attended the open
house. This new store, the latest
addition to the Montgomery Ward
chain, has the newest type of
store fixtures, large glass show
cases being used throughout the
room as welll as glass shelves be
hind the showcases.
It is Mr. McAllister's expecta
tion that the new type of show
cases will be installed heie with
in a short time.
we were he directed us down the
wall to a narrow iron gate. This
gate upon our arrival emitted an
electrical buzz that brought a vo- r
lent start much to the amusement
of the man in the tower. Cautlbus-
ly we raised the iron latch and
entered. Mysteriously the gate
closed, marked by a dull clang
that added density to the day's
grayness density and tension.
We were inside the Oregon pen
itentiary and the doors were lock
ed. Over that wall yonder Oregon
Jones not so long ago had shot
his way to his own death, and an
other more lucky and less daring
had slid down a rope to an escape
that eventually ended like most
all others recapture and more
retribution one more example of
a law of life there is nto escape
facts and circumstances must be
faced.
In the warden's office we told
our mission. We had an appoint
ment with the matron. While we
waited for an answer we exam
ined the stripped austerity of the
room. Not a single thing was in
evidence not necessary to the reg
ular routine of the place. The
ominous tension in the cautious
plainness of the room made one
almost wish for the dog-eared
waiting-room magazines. Perhaps
someone had left a knife lying
loose, and even now it might be
working in the interests of regain
ing free (Tom for some llberty-lov
ing soul confined because he could
not ase his liberty in the approved
way M society.
- - Stairway Treacherous
, TbJ thoughts were not long
for .almost immediately we were
showa'v, a treacherously- narrow
stalrwty which led to a closed
door'at'the aide of which were
printed; instructions as td how to
enter. We must ring the door bell.
the buzzer wonld sound and the
latch would be released. We did
as instructed and were admitted
Into a narrow hall shiny, silent,
over whose center ran a bright
blue linoleum runner. At the end
oi in nau to our right was a
burst of the day's first sunshine. A
tall, blonde lady waited our ap
proach.
KEIZER UOm
IRICHM
KEIZER, June 22 Mrs." G. N,
Thompson returned -Thursday ey-
ening ' from Newberg where she
attended the W; R. C. convention.
---; This i was considered one of the
best state conventions ever. held.
- In Ore gon. There were. i
Orand Army' Veterans registered
r.-d iz Relief Corns-.women. De-
aides - all the:. other delegates ot
nrriniutlAIIR. NewbeTC
- tknew . just- how to entertahuaad
itaair iospltalitr la something ne
to : b forrotteiu Newbeiw Is
h nam of 'State uommwuei
rum na of , the. G. JL Iti " r
Theresa Kirsch and Margaret
Crum, of 36 applicants for 'the
Job. are the successful girls to
win work from the county court
Theirs will be the task of run
ning the courthouse elevator each
day. each Eirl handling a five-
hour shift.
Service on the elevator w.11 be
gin at 7:30 o'clock each morn
ing and . one girl will operate the
shift until 12:30 o'clock, when
the relief operator will g"o on to
run the elevator until 5:30 o clock
each evening.
Each girl will receive $3o a
month for her services. Thegirl3
were busy Friday afternoon test
ing out the new machine and
learning how to run it.
Woodburn Hears
Mission Lecture
AIRPORT BOOM SEEN
CHICAGO (AP) More than
$390,000,000 will be spent this
year in construction and develop
ment of airports in this country,
according to an analysis prepared
for the Curtiss Airports corpora
tion. The report predicts further
that the sum will be surpassed or
at least equalled for several years
to come.
CHILDREN
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HELD IT TURNER
TURNER, June 22. Dr. Ed
ward Lee Russell and nurses from
the Salem health center, conduct
ed a clinic for pre-school age chil
dren at the home of Mrs. L. C.
Ball Thursday.
A large number of mothers
took advantage of the opportunity
to nave their children examined
and prescribed for. Perhaps the
most noticeable improvement is
the three months old daughter
of Mrs. E. C. Bear, who nearly a
month ago weighed less than sev
en pounds, now is the picture of
health at near nine pounds.
PyiHK CHIEF
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SILVERTON. June 22 Mrs.
Carrie M. Knight of Eugene,
Grand Chief of the Pythian Sis
ters. Initiation of new members
took place during the lodge ses-!
sion. During her stay in Silver-
ton, Mrs. Knight was -the house
guest of Mrs. Helen Wrightman.
Also In honor of Mrs. Knight,
Mrs. Scott MacPike entertained at
a six o'clock dinner on Tuesday,
covers being laid for seven. This
meeting of Home Temple marks
the final gathering untiL Septem
ber.
Salem Kiwanians
Asked, to Attend
Corvallis Aifairl
WOODBURN, June 22 J. M.
Comer, eleven years a missionary
in India, delivered a lecture in the
Adventist revival tent, Tuesday.
His subject was "Is the religion
of India good enough for its peo
ple?" and he enlarged on this sub
ject, telling his own personal ex
periences, making an Interesting
talk. . -'- :
Washington, the caste wafr.so dif
ferent that the people had differ
ent -customs and even 'different
He said that in distances no
dialects. He talked at some length
on the caste system In Tmtla and
the possibilities of Iadla Ha said
that since the 'gospel . was- being
brought -into that conn try it has
been ' developing " steadily, the
women St India are demanding
their-rights and jioo, he said,
there.' would: be - equality ' there
among the Sexes aa la nany ather
civilised coan trie. India has
many valuable resources and if
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Miller's Basement
"Big Chief Indian Blanket"
Cooley is to lead the members of
the tribe of Kiwanis ot Salem to
Corvallis Monday night to attend
(lie inter-club meeting of the
Kiwanis organisation, which
throughout the nation that eve
ning will observe all-Kiwanis
knight.
The Eugene club has also been
invited to attend the gathering, j
which will be held at the Hotel
Benton.
"Get the fleas out of your
blanket, put a little wampum in
your pocket, pitch the squaw in
the canoe and get going." says
Kiwanian N. D. Eniott in mak- i
ing the announcement.
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