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SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR. NO. 149
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, September 17, 1929
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Big. Fires
Approach
Sstacada
Fate of City Hangs in Bal
ance; Change in Wind
Is Hoped for
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Every Available Man Rushed
; To Fight Blaze, Only
. Five Miles Away
' PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 1.
(AP) With two outlying com
munities razed and a number of
scattered dwellings already de
stroyed by fire which started Son
day night and roared down the
Clackamas river valley from the
Mount Hood region to withia fire
mile qr the city limits, the fate
of Estacaia. Ore., hjnged tonight
on a possible change In wind.
The fire, according reports of
Estacada, had a front of between
four and fire miles about tire
miles east of the city, while from
the south to north, beyond Squaw
Mountain, It corned approximate
ly 12 miles. Whether the flames
bad Jumped the Clackamas river
In this territory bad -not been
learned.
City Doomed if Vbd
Comes From East
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flames, agreed that the town was
virtually doomed if an east wind
similar to the one Sunday arose.
As a heavily timbered ridge skirts
the southeast region of the city,
the fire could: easily sweep Into
the business district from this di
rection, fighters said.
While every available man was
recruited to stem the advance of
the fire, worried women were busi
ly packing household goods In an
ticipation of a hurried retreat.
Several families already were said
to have left Estacada for Portland
and sections to the north. Armed
-with handpumps and buckets, chil
dren of all ages were perched onj
housetops watering down roofs and
- watching the advance of the
flames.
"r Two Hundred Men
Reported Cut Off .
Following In the wake of the
blaze came the report that 200
jnen under the direction of T. H.
"jSherrard, supervisor of the Mount
1 iood national forest, had been cut
V off from the outside world. When
last heard from the crew was
i fighting fire somewhere 'Oi. the
I north fork of the Clackamas rirer
In the Squaw mountain regioa. It
vas presumed they had been trap
ped when the fire. In Its mad rush
toward Tstacada, wiped out ui
aflroad trestles of the La De Leg
ating eomnany and rendered all
xnountaih trails impassable.
The fire,, according 'to Bob
Cooke, Estacada merchant, start
ed its westward march Sunday
night.
' Cooke, who had been in the
Equaw mountain district all day
Sunday combatting the flames,
aid a sudden violent gust of wind
hot the flames ahead. Roaring
like thunder the fire headed di
rectly toward Estacada, he said.
Hotel Is Quickly
(Take by Flames
Cooke, forced to flee because of
ftne Intense heat and flying em
fcers, drove to the. Log La Barre
Itotel, six miles southwest of Es
tacada. The fire, however, had
leaped ahead of him and he found
biases in various directions. The
flames quickly engulfed the hotel,
burning it to theground, causing
' a 150,000 loss to the one time
' prominent summer resort. Spread
' lag from the hotel the blase en
veloped the summer homes of
1 Thomas Carter, assistant forest su
pervisor of the Mount Hood re
serve; Frank W. Wynne, Los An
geles, CaL, Insurance man, and
George Anderson, Portland busi
ness man.
Before the hastily assembled
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Believe It or Not
- - - About Salem
No city In the United
States of the size -of
g&lem has such influential
representatives in congress.
- Senator McNary is chair
man of a number of the
rriost influential commit
tees of the Senate and is na
tionally known for his final
success in Kavincr the Mc-
,Nary-Haugen bill enacted.
Congressman Hawiey is
chairman of the Ways and
Means committee and a
member of the appropria
tions committee of the
House of Representatives.
This is the most powerful
committee in the House.
Tfcs StataaMB will vtlewM eoa-
IribatisBi froa It rtrt of sta- , .
er nsMrksbla facts ahwt Salsau -
W.U.Head
A recent plctstre of Dr. Carl Gregg
Doney, prfsidcnt of Willametto
nniversity..
IIP IT IWUIilEIlE
Oakland Man Chosen Tem
porary President of First
Year Class
Freshmen to the number of 1S7
registered at Willamette univer
sity Monday, according to a list
Ha the registrar's office. This
number is about the average for
the first-day registration. A
number of others will register as
soon as matters pertaining to
their entrance credits are ad
justed. Donald Clark of Oakland, Cali
fornia, was elected temporary
president of the freshman class
yesterday -afternoon, and Alvis
Love was made temporary secre
tary. A meeting to elect officers
for the whole semester will be
held in two weeks.
This morning at 8 o'clock the
registration of the upperclassmen
will begin; upperclass registra
tion. Is scheduled to be completed
today, and classes will begin their
regular schedule Wednesday
morning at 7:45. Seniors and
Juniors were telling wild stories
last night about plans to be early
on the campus so as to avoid the
registration, delay which is always
the punishment of late comers.
The concluding program of the
freshman week was held Monday
night. At this program campus
organizations put on stunts show
ing the nature of their work.
Registration at the Kimball
school of theology will also take
place today. Kimball officials ex
pected a larger enrollment this
year than last year, partly because
of facilities for further, work in
the graduate departments.
D1LU5 WINS FIGHT
A dispute between the school
districts of Amity and Dallas over
rights to the McCoy district In
proposed high school transporta
tion routes, was, decided In favor
of the Dallas school by a board
of arbitration named by C. A.
Howard, state superintendent of
public instruction, after a hear
ing in the department of educa
tion Monday. The Amity route,
including McCoy, in Polk county,
had been approved by the county
boundary-hoard of Yamhill coun
ty, while a route laid out by Dal
las and including th esame Mc
Coy territory had been approved
by the Polk county boundary
board. The Amity school had ap
pealed to Howard following its
failure to gain approval of its
route 'by the Polk county authori
ties. The routes are being estab
lished under the provisions of an
act of the last legislature.
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HERE ARE PRAISED
Oregon's state prison at Salem
has come nearer to a happy solu
tion of the employment problem
with which all penal institutions
are faced than has any other such
institution which he has ever visit
ed, according to Governor Bald-
ridge of Idaho, who spent several
hours here Sunday visiting the
Oregon penitentiary as guest of
Governor Patterson and Henry
Meyers, superintendent of the pris
on. Governor Balderson was ac
companied by Warden Joe Wheel
er of the Idaho penitentiary.
: Faced with the necessity for a
change In their employment pro
gram for a few years when a re
cently enacted federal law will In
terfere with their present manu
facturing activities the Idaho-officials
have been making a tour of
western state prisons to study the
systems employed in the various
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Crack Organization Will be
One of Attractions at
Fall Opening .
Mysterious "Dr. Jekyll" to
Be Sought by Crowds
Upon Streets
Salem's own drum corps, the
aggregation which last year took
second honors in national compe
tition and this year seeks first
place, will be one of the many at
tractions for downtown visitors
Thursday night at the annual fall
opening sponsored by the mer
chants of Salem and the Adver
tising elub of this dty.
Throughout the downtown dis
trict the drum corps will parade
to demonstrate to the city what
type of organization will vie for
honors at Louisville, Kentucky la
ter this month.
There will be other attractions
in addition to the scores of at
tractively, decorated windows and
the store displays which regularly
call thousands of people from
their fall firesides. ,
"Fire Dollar Prize
Awaits Right Questioner
"Who is Dr. Jekyll" Is a stunt
arranged by E. A. Brown of the
Advertising club. Some Salem
person, unknown to anyone but
himself and Mr. Brown, will walk
up and' down the walks In the
downtown districts and in his
pocket he will carry three five
dollar gold pieces to award the
fortunate citizen who identifies
him. Of course, he must be asked
in proper form if he is the real
Dr. Jekyll and when so asked, he
will promptly award a five-dollar
prise.
Other stunts include the annual
hunt for treasure in the windows
downtown and a big dance at the
armory. Gardner Knapp, chair
man of the committee, said Mon
day that the outlook for the open
ing .was better .than ever with
fully as many merchants parti
cipating as in years before.
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LONDON, Sept. 18 (AP) A
spokesman close to Prime Minis
ter Ramsay MacDonald tonight re
vealed that a matter of three
cruisers for the American navy
armed with eight-inch guns was
the sole remaining difference of
opinion between Great Britain and
United States.
Britain has suggested that the
United States be content with
eigheen cruisers of this class,
while America has stated its needs
as 21. It was stated on the high
est authority that this difference
of opinion, which is regarded as a
minor matter would not be per
mitted to hold up ultimate agree
ment.
French Action in
Germany Feared
COBLENZ. Germany. Sept. It
(AP) Despite dentals in vari
ous quarters there still were ap
prehensions today lest the French
cuating British forces In Weisba-
troops take the place of the evv
den and the suburbs. These ap
prehensions were expressed today
at the offices of the German com
missioner, Baron Langworth Von
Simmern, who is liaison officer
between the ministry for the oc
cupied area and the interallied
Bhineland commission.
Completion of
GIVE PROGRAM
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Klamath Falls to Alturas
Held Real Step Forward
EDITOR'S NOTE
R. J. Hendricks, for more than
ears Intimately connected with Oie
growth of Oregon gives Tbe States
man an unusually accurate and valu
able, picture of the Southern Pacific
extenaton the opening of which was
celebrated Saturday. Mr. Hendricks
left behind his historical reading and
writinc kme enough to en Jay-the ex
cursion but be made H a point to peer
behind the events of the day and dls-
forer the significance of tbe road de
velopment in the future.
What does the completion of the
new Southern Pacific gap from
Klamath Falls to Alturas meanT
It means a great deal more than
aappears on the surface; more
than has been Included in the
news stories of the last spike cel
ebration of Saturday at Hacka
more. The most Important rail
road construction in the north In
years," is the way -President Paul
Shoup of the Southern Pacific
puts It. How can that be, with a
line only t miles long?
t Hackamore, the place of the
last spike driving oa Saturday
noon, is no place at all yet and
probably will not ever be any
thing mueh more than thejite of
a saw mill to work up some of the
pine timber of its section the eon-
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Squadron Leader Augustus H. Or-
lebar broke the world's speed re
cord for aircraft and officially set
a time mark of 868 miles per
hoar. This Achievement of the
British Schneider cap team indi
cates that the speed possibilities
of modern aircraft have hardly
been scratched, bat it also brings
to light the fact that British
planes are far ahead of American
models when it comes to actual
speed.
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Prominent Polk County Road
Booster Confers With
Governor
Here Monday to plead the cause
of- completing the Salmon river
shortcut route to Tillamook and
Lincoln beaches .was J. W. Boyer
of Grand Ronde, Polk county.
Boyer, for years an advocate of
better roads and the father of the
development of the last three
years in northern Polk county and
Lincoln county road, wants the
state highway commission to ap
propriate not to exceed $25,000
with which to complete the grav
eling of the road which runs from
Grand Ronde to Otis and which
cuts off 32 miles from Salem and
Portland on the direct route to
Lincoln county beaches as well as
provides the most direct entrance
and exit to the Roosevelt highway.
Boyer pointed out while in con
ference with Governor Patterson
here that $125,000 had already
been expended by the super-road
district in Polk and Lincoln coun
ties and $120,000 by the federal
bureau of roads in grading the
short-cut road and graveling part
of It. Graveling on 8.9 miles of
road through the federal reserve
is to be completed this month.
Only six miles. of graveling re
main to be done to make tbe road
passable and fairly smooth
throughout the year. These six
miles lie through northern Polk
county between Grande Ronde and
the federal government work
which starts on the Polk and Lin
coln county lines. A stretch of
one and one-fourth miles of road
from Butler Junction to Grande
Ronde is to be graveled under a
$5000 appropriation from Polk
county.
According to Boyer, 0 per cent
of the funds needed for graveling
the five mile stretch west from
Grande Ronde will be furnished
by the federal government so only
40 per cent remains to be raised
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struction of which plant has al
ready commenced. For the pur
poses of the last spike celebration,
it was chosen merely because it is
on the newly constructed line and
was suitable tor staging the latest
idea of a last spike driving: for
no last spike ceremony was per
formed on Saturday. The last
spike had beea driven several days
before, by the construction gang.
There was substituted on Satur
day the "breaking of the harrier."
That is, a representation of a
mountain barrier, made up of pa
per boxes, had been built over the
new track at this ppint, and this
make-believe barrier was pushed
over broken through by the
engine of the first passenger train
coming from the south, to meet
the one on the same track north
of the barrier. So, with the blow
ing of whistles and the snapping
of the movie cameras, attended
by the applause of several thous
and visitors who had assembled,
the last barrier was appropriately
tumbled down, and an empire was
opened to commerces-through the
operation of the new passenger
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ASKED
AGAIN TO HAVE
PLANS DRAWN
Extended Wait is Found to
Have Done Bridge but
Little Good
Instructions Given Rogers in
Hope of Getting Action
. Upon Project
Instructions to prepare plans
and specifications tor a full width
bridge or culvert across North
MiU creek on Commercial street,
were given Hugh Rogers, city en
gineer, by the city council Mon
day sight after protracted discs s.
sloB, upon a motion by Alderman
Patton.
Similar instructions were given
R. A. Furrow, who was at the
time bridge engineer, at a meeting
April 1, five and one-halt months
ago, but Mr. Furrow was relieved
of his duties August 31 and up
to tba ttlme no plans had been
prepared. He had reported on a
preliminary investigation which
showed that a bridge would be
more feasible than a culvert.
Purvine Says Bridge
Is Wide Enough Now
The proposal to build a bridge
at this time was opposed by Al
derman Purvine, who declared
that he had frequently watched
traffle at the present narrow
bridge and had noticed no con
gestion; and that with Front
street being opened up, still more
of the traffic would be taken
from North Commercial. He said
the present bridge would serve
tor many years.
Alderman O'Hara, whose ward
is most directly affected, replied
that the present bridge is inade
quate, unsightly and that its safe,
ty has been questioned. He said
this street would soon carry
mor of the highway traffic and
that Front street would not be
paved for its entire length for a
long time.
Tax Increase Feared
By Mr. Wilkinson
Residents of that ward want
the bridge, but they also protest
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ZONE NEAR DEPOT
Industrial Development En
couraged by Action of
City Alderman
The ordinance changing a small
area in the vicinity of South 12 th
street between Cross and Wilbur
from sone one, residence, to sone
three, business district, was pass
ed at Monday night's council
meeting. This ordinance was sub
stituted for one which proposed
to change a larger area to zone
four, unrestricted, and which drew
much opposition from the district
affected.
No one appeared to protest the
change, and it was stated that tbe
local option petition for establish
ment of a fruit processing plant in
that vicinity, carried signatures
representing 95 per cent of the
property affected.
Another ordinance changing the
fire sone provisions so as to per
mit warehouse construction along
Front street north of North Mill
creek, was passed under suspen
sion of the rules. It was stated
that one company Is ready to be
gin such construction there.
The proposal to change one lot
oa North 24th street from sone
one to sone three special, must
wait two more weeks, as notices
must be sent to th eproperty own
ers in the vicinity. This grange,
requested by T. W. Campbell who
wishes to establish a grocery store
in a dwelling, has been pending
for several months.
CALL OF TEXTBOOK
As September draws to a close.
more and more - Marlon county
boys and girls of school age are
answering the call of the text
book. Monday marked the first
day tor the new year in more than
SB schools of the county.
High school opened in Silverton,
Hubbard, . woodburn, Aumsrllle,
Stayton and. Marion, as did also
the grade schools - in these dis
tricts. 8alem schools, which open
next Monday, win be among the
last In the county to get the year's
program under way. Taro schools,
Shaw and Cloverdale, will open .as
late as Monday, October 7.
In addition to the schools al
ready mentioned, those which
opened yesterday were: Broad-
acres, Porter, Talbot, Waconda,
Donald, Grassy Pond, Et Louis,
Oak Grove, Howell, Mountain
View, Oakdale. Parkesville, Tur
ner, Belle Passl, Liberty, Sidney,
Mehama Gervais, Fern Ridge. Hall
and White.
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by William Shearer as having backed his navy propaganda activities
will probably be called before the senate investigating committee in
tlie near future, lieft Is Admiral Samuel Robinson (right) Admiral
C. P. Plunkett and (inset) Admiral W. V. Pratt,
Music Is
To Beam
Quality of Notes Produced by Artists Shown
Visibly Upon Cloth Screen; Delicate
Work Made Possible by Device
By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE
Science Editor, Associated Press Feature Service
NEW YORK, Sept. 16. (AP) Music was transformed
into a ribbon of light and made to write its "soul" char
acteristics on a cloth screen at Steinway hall today.
When low, pure tones were sounded, the strip rippled
smoothly, like wave motion travelling along a rope, but when
harsh, discordant sounds were
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VME5SED
Willamette Area Second to
None in Opportunities
Chamber Hears
With W. B. Dodson. general
manager of the Oregon state
chamber of commerce, as the
speaker of the day, the Salem
chamber got off to its winter pro
gram activities with an average
number of members in attendance
Monday noon.
"I have lived 20 years in this
valley with the constant view that
this is a second section to none
in its agricultural and industrial
opportunities," declared Mr. Dod
son. "Growth has been slower
than I had hoped for but I am
sure that the future for the val
ley is here."
Mr. Dodson went on to explain
that the federal government had
expended and would expend a
total of 1200,000,000 In reclam
ation of arid lands with a total
producing area. of not to exceed
two and one-q.uarter mUlion acres.
Oregon In the Willamette valley
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New Pool is
Enclosed by
Wire Fence
A fence was placed Monday
around the excavation made in
the . city auto camp ground re
cently with the purpose of estab
lishing a swimming pool - there,
it was stated at the council meet
ing that night by Hugh Rogers,
city engineer, following: a com
plaint by Alderman Rosebraugh
that the hole was dangerous.
Alderman Purvine questioned
the wisdom of making this ex
cavatlon, stating that he would
rot against any appropriation
for additional Improvements, and
that the-water available was not
suitable - for ' swimming. Alder,
maa Dancy replied that the ser
vice clubs and other organisations
were planning to finance the con
struction, and that the city health
officer had pronounced the water
sanitary if - chlorinated.
Changed
Of Light
made, the shining line writhed
and contorted like an agitated
snaKe. a or an graduations of
harmony, the line showed dis
tinctive waves, different tor each
sound, even down to discrepancies
In tone too tine for the ear.
Moving Picture Is
Substituted for "Still"
The instrument is a develop
ment which has been used for
some time to photograph voice
and music characteristics. The
new device substitutes a moving
picture for a "still." Its hear is
mirror, vibrating under control
of an electrical current from a
microphone that picks up the
sounds to be pictured. This mir
ror reflects a beam of light
through revolving mirrors. It
was developed by William Braid
White, accoustlc engineer of the
American Steel and Wire company,
and C Anderson, engineer of the
Westlnghouse Electric and Man.
ufactuiing company. v
Music students are given a nat
ter of a perfect sound and attempt
to reproduce it m the light. "It
seems certain," saw Mr. White,
tnat Improvement can be at
tained in this way, but it also
seems certain that no amount of
effort will transform a good clerk
into a great artist, for one of the
things demonstrated is that each
artist produces patterns as indi
vidual as his signature.
Master musicians are Interest-
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An old-new road was added te
the building program of the eoun-
ty Monday when crews started
work on a mile and one-half
stretch reaching from a point near
the Chapln farm in South Bottom
to an Intersection with the Mis
sion Bottom road. At one end of
the stretch is the Pierce Collard
farm while at the other Is the
Russell place.
In early days when wheat was
shipped from Lincoln to Portland
by boat the Toad was heavily trav
eled. In present days the road has
fallen Into disuse and until it was
cleared and graded last summer
the right-of-way was impassible.
No families now reside along the
mile and one-halt section but resi
dents on either end of the road
will use it. - -.-- -
The expense Is. to be borne by
the road district concerned but the
initiative in opening the road was
taken by the county eourt
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People To
Vote Upon
Franchise
Thompson is Only Member
Of Council Opposing
Bus Referendum
Highland Line is Expected to
Be Bought and Removed
From Service
PROPOSED FRANCHISES
BRIEFLY SUMMARIZED
It will not be effective
until and unless approved
by voters at pcclal election.
May 16, 1030.
It grants to Oregon
Stage, Inc., an cxclutJve
franchise for street busses
on established ronte for
fire years, provided that
tbe grantee fulfills all of its
obligations, and provides a
fine of 925 a day for any
unwarranted failure te
maintain service.
The company .hliall pay
925 fee annually for earn
bus.
It provides for bosses
every 20 minutes on the
present established routes,
from 6 a. m. to 11:30 p. m.,
except that on Sunday
mornings service shall be
gin it 8 i, m, Other tem
porary routes may he used
in case of large public gath
erings. Fares are limited to the
present scale.
Determination as to whether
Oregon Stages, Inc., shall have 91
exclusive franchise for operation
of street busses in Salem, was
quietly turned over to the voters
of Salem Monday night by the city
council by a vote of ten to one,
when the ordinance embodying the
franchise was passed after two
amendments had been Included In
it, tbe more important of which
provided that tffe franchise should
be referred to the voters at a spe
cial election to be held concurrnt
ly with the primary election May
1, 1929.
Little Debate Offered
By Council Members
Enactment with this reservation
was achieved practically without
debate, the only discussion being
as to the wording of this amend
ment, when it was under consider
ation In committee of the whole.
The other amendment provided
that the maximum schedule of
fares be the present schedule.
without any proviso as to th possi
bility that th public service com
mission might acquire Jurisdic
tion over this transportation sys
tem and change the fares. Such a
reservation was deemed unneces
sary.
Of the aldermen present, only
Thompson yoted against the ordin
ance, although Alderman Kowiti
intimated that as a private citi
zen he deserved the privilege of
voting against it next May, aad
Alderman Patton In response to a
question, said he also would prob
ably vote against It. He smiled In
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MOOXSHIXERS SENTENCED
ASTORIA, Ore., Sept. 16. 1
(AP) Morton Olney and Donald
Relsdorff, Hammond, Ore., were
sentenced each to one year in tbe
state penitentiary when they
pleaded guilty in circuit' court to
day to charges of possessing a
still.
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