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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1929)
The OREGON STATESMAN, Sakn, Oregon, Sunday Horning, October 23 1S23 ' PAGET LEGION CHIEF m IKES II 0. L Bodenhamer Expects To Put in Active Year as Vet Commander -By Stanley G. Thompson (Associated Press Staff Writer) LOUISVILLE-(AP)-A stocky man with a broad smile who weighs his ' words caret ally will direct the American Legion for the next 12 months. y Thls man Is 0. L. Bodenhamer of El Dorado, Ark. His program for the year waa. rammed up la seven simple words "To carry out the mandates of this conven tion." But these seven - words were fall of meaning, because the man dates of the convention extend ov er a wide scope of activities ana! contemplate possibly the greatest Tolume of work ever undertaken y any organisation 4evetea to the welfare of a 4roup of men, women and children.-- Bodenhamer' friends say there 1 nothing in the ambitions pro gram too big for him. They point to his past to prove their conten tion. The same year Bodenhamer went to El Dorado, they recall, gold came to the little commun ity of 4,000 population not yel low. gold, but black gold, pouring from scores of oil wells The boom started and thousands poured in. The man who only two years before had been discharged from the United states; ary, aa a ma jor had'adoptjexf 3 ticptto as his home and was determined that it should not .suffer the fate of mushroom boom -towns. Under his, leadership a group of citizens set themselves to direct ing growth Into channels that make for permanent prosperity and orderliness. They succeeded, say the friends. He has made money, It Is said, but In those boom days he could have made a great deal more If he had not been Interested in building his community for the future. He is in the real estate business. He Is on a commission engag ed in revising the tax system of Arkansas; he is on the park and playground commission of Ihis city. He is president of the Chamber of Commerce and high in the ranks of other business or ganizations. Bodenhamer is a native Tex an. A month after the United States entered the war he was training at a military camp. He left the camp a captain and was assigned to the 19th Infantry, regular army, serving most of the time1 at Camp Travis, Texas, where he was promoted to major. Heard Along Auto Row E. W. Fuhr, Chevrolet manager for the Pacific Coast region, wis a visitor at the Douglas McKay Chevrolet company Tuesday eve ning. According to him, this Is the finest Chevrolet year In his tory; more cars have been buDt in the first nine and a halt months of 1929 than during the entire year of 1928. One million two hun dred thousand Chevrolets have been built since the first of Janu ary. After more than three years ef disability "Dad" Rowland, well known Salem automobile man has thrown away his cane. "Dad" is selling used cars with the Capitol Motors company. &r. Beatty, rice president of the Commercial Investment Trust cor poration was a business visitor in Salem Saturday. Mr. Beatty s of fice is in San Francisco; he is manager of the company's bus iness west of the Rockies. Ray DeMerritt, salesmanager Douglas McKay, went pheasant hunting the first day of the sea son and got the limit. - W. R. Allen, formerly of Aber deen, Washington. Is selling Dor ants for the Salem Automobile company. The Valley Motor company has started on . Its winter schedule with two shifts In the shop.. Last winter the second shift waa pat on a month or two later than this. Present business points toward a -y ear-around two shift plan from now en." - Ralph Parker, formerly of the Parker Tire company, Salem, le now with the Douglas McKay sales fore. M. M. Swift, Willys-Overland representative from Portland, was in Salem Monday and Thursday on business with W. L. Anderson, Inc.; and Capital Motors company. H. W. Wooley,. vice president of the Salem Automobile eompany, returned- home from deer hunting in southern Oregon last week. Mr. Wooley brought home the limit. t Capital Motors eompany was well-repcsf ented at the recent Sil verton fair, with five cars exhib ited and four or five men on hand to display and demonstrate them. W. L. Phillips and W. T. Grief went to Portland Thursday on business with the Portland branch' of the Ford Motor company. , H. C. Flnley returned Monday from southern Oregon with a 140 pound four point deer. Flnley was gone two days and reports the Minting fine. ilr. Jack Gorman, production manager of . the Pacific Finance corporation, was a visitor in Salem Tuesday and Thursday looking- af ter business pertaining to the Ba le as branch office of whicn o Fred Wood Is manager. ; A- C. Stevens, weU-known auto mobile man of Portland, and L. B. Tambath. of State Motors, hunted pheasant la the Lebanon district Wednesday and bagged the limit. RED CROSS PROVIDES PLMi AND CbMFORTS FOR VETBSaNS 4. , President and Mrs. Hoover Receive Disabled at Write - House Garden Partyc? r ECREATION in the forCi of K picnics, visits to the theater j ". . . . i -t. - r a sbi io me motion picture shows, dances and card parties, arranged by American Red Cross workers for the disabled veterans and sick service-men In the Govern ment hospitals throughout .the country are universally commended by the authorities as of great value in aiding the men to recovery. Only ..hose men. who are in the hospitals In Washington, the na tion's capital, however, are able to attend quite the nicest party of the year that which the President and the First Lady of the Land are in habit of giving annually for dis abled and 111 veterans. The first of the White House garden parties for the veterans was given by President Harding, and It has since been an annual institution, lapsing only once or twice due to the ill ness of the First Lady. President and Mrs. Hoover this year gave a party, with Red Cross workers and Grey Ladles, who are constant visitors to the men In the wards, accompanying them. The Red Cross has workers la forty-eight Veterans' Bureau hos pitals, and In all regular Army and Navy Hospitals, at all camps and posts, and last year these workers arranged 20.352 recreation events. Junkers to Put Flying Wing in WASHINaTOIt-(AP) -Construction of a 40-ton all-metal "flying wing" Is planned by the Jankers airplane factory at Dessau, Ger many, reports K. S. Patton, coun sel at Leipzig. The huge plane, in which the fuselage would be eliminated, wpnld house engines.--passengers and cargo within the wing, re ducing air resistance to a mini WORTHY TWIN-TGNITION EIGHT PcxrDROMjIdtJTO 1 a. I TWIN-IGKITION SIX ' PWODFIOM$13TO$1 Le.b.1 SINGLE SIX PlXEO RtOM $91 S TO $1079 La.b.hMwy r 4 IOU always havv wanted a car that could UU "406" can do has nowarTivedVbringing new standards 6T performance to the high ways of the world. Q You will pdrtlcufarty notice and enjoy the ease of 1930 "400" steering the .snap of 1930 "400" acceleration the silence of 1930 "400" operation the fluent rhythm of 1930 400 motors-rthe luxurious road comfort provided for both driver and passeiv gers by these newest motor cars. QThe car you have always wanted to drive, is ready to bo drrVeru.Como In, or call for. an eppointment. $SS North CotEuaerdal Street ' - , rrdephtmm VtS9 mmimmmmammmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmwmwmmmmmummmmmmmmmwmwmMmMmmmmmmmmwm,, m .st , 11 rwv:"' - -?! II Mrs. James J. Davis, wife of the Secretary of Labor, a popular member of the Red Cross Grey Ladies, serves a disabled veteran at the White House Garden Party. Above President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover greet disabled veterans who are In Washington hospitals, at Garden Party on White Housojiawn. Red Cross Picnics Is proper season, visits to theaters, with a supper served can teen style by the Red Cross Chapter afterwards, and similar events were arranged for men able to leave the wards. For the mental cases, shows, dances and card parties are given at the hospital centers. Red Cross work for disabled veterans last year also Included handling a monthly average of lz 104 eases by the national staff and branch offlces. Red Cross Chapters to the number of 2.821 throughout the nation carried on service work mum and making possible the re pair of engines while In flight. The wing would be of great thickness. Junkers engineers con templating a cabin of more than six feet from door to ceiling which would provide sufficient room for placing of engines, storing of car go and seating passengers In comfort. Junkers engineers say their plans provide excellent visibility for the pilot, bnt say passengers would be at a disadvantage ia this respect. This factor, how ever. Is considered unimportant, inasmuch as the plane would be used primarily for long distance night flying. The huge plane is but One-of the Innovations planned Jy the SSOR TO A GREAT SUCCESS everyone has! A new generation of motor cars t 4 . - 1 1 7 L 4 Vuf I workers accompanied veterans. for the veterans and men still In the regular amy and navy, and assisted a monthly average of 88, 987 men and their families. War service work for the disabled and the man still In the service called for an expenditure by the National Red Cross of L J.000 during the year ending June SO, 1929, and Chapters expended an ad ditional Sl.l37.eoo. Support, la part, for this work comes from the an nual Roll Call for members which the Red Cross conducts each year from Armistice Day to Thanksgiv ing Day. Junkers company after a steady advance in airplane building over a period of 20 years, Patton re ports. In an effort to popularize fly ing and extend the market for airplanes, the company is said to be building a small all-metal two-seater plane powered with a 16 horsepower engine and equip ped with dual controls. Heavy migration from the Oi ark region to the north la revealed by all enrollment statistics In St. Louis schools. Those with axes to grind should journey to northern Ohio, which supplied four-fifths of the nation s grindstones. do what a 1930 Nash Answer Fnuned la Wetkl ;; r' ' Hltway Weekly report on condition of Oregon State highways by state highway commission. Pacific Highway Portland - Oswego - Oregon Ct-ty-Salem-Albany-Harrlsburg-J unc tion City-Eugene - Cottage Grove-. Roseburg - Grants Pass-Medford-Ashland-Callfornia State Line: paved. West Side Pacific Highway . City - Eugene: Paved. Columbia River Highway Astorla-Rainier-St. Helens-Portland: Paved. Portland-Hood Riv-er-The Dalles: Paved. The Dalles-Arlington-TJmatilla: Oiled maca dam, Old Oregon Trail Umatilla-Pendleton - LaGrande-Baker-Huntington-Ontario:. OUed macadam. Roosevelt .Coast Highway Clatsop, Tillamook and Lincoln counties. Astoria-Seaside: Paved. Seaeide-Mohler-Brighton - Lake Lytle-Rockaway-Garibaldi-Bay City-Wilson River: Oiled macadam. Wilson River -Tillamook - Beav er: Part paved, part oiled maca dam.' Beaver-Hebo-Neskowln - Devils Lake-Sileti River .- Otter Rock Newport: Part macadam; part oil ed macadam. ' 1 Roosevelt Coast Highway Douglas, Coos and Curry coun ties. Reedsport - Lakeside - North bend: Macadam. Free ferry across Coos Bay, ;7 aau to 11 p.m. Road from Drain to Reedspoilt open and in fair condition. North Bend-Marshfleld-Coquille: Paved. Coqullla - Bandon - Port Or-ford-Gold Beach-B rooklngs California State line: Part oiled macadam: part macadam. Free ferry across Rogue river at Gold Beach, 7 a. m. to 11 p. m. Coos Bay-Roeebnrn Highway Junction Pacific highway-Myrtle Point-Coqullle: part oiled maca dam, balance - macadam. Sur facing operations under way be tween Endlcott creek and Mystic creek. Green Springs Highway Junction Pacific highway-Keno -Klamath Falls: Macadam. Con struction operations between Keene creek and Jenny creek. Sloelaw Highway ' Junction Pacific highway - Che shire - Goldaon - Blachly - Rain- rock -Maple ton: Macadam. Maple- ton . Florence: Dirt road. Impass able in wet weather. Corvallis-Newport Highway Corvallls - Philomath - Eddy villa . Newport: OUed macadam. Tualatin Valley Highway Portland - HllUboro - Forest Grove - Carlton - SfcMlnnvfUe: Paved. Mt. Hoed Highway Portland . Government Camp Hood River: Paved to Multnomah County Hue, balance OUed maca dam. The DaOea-Oallfonkla Highway The Dalles - Dufur - Kauptn Wasco county line - Madras - Red mond - Bend - Lapine' - Crescent Fort Klamath - Klamath Falls: Oiled macadam. Klamath Falls - Merrill - Cali fornia state line: Oiled macadam Lakeview Junction to Merrill; bal ance macadam. Detour for through traffic; good condition. Orecon-Washhigten Highway Pendleton . Washington state line: Paved. Pendleton - Pilot Rock - Heppner - Ioae - Heppaer Junction: Part oiled macadam; balance macadam. SAVING A YEAR . . . NEW MUTVRANG8 CHRYSLERS PKCXONG EfeGtNZ LIFE AND KSXJGE GASOUNS CONSUMPTION WITH GREATLY INCREASED CAt SPEED ... While other engines arc strain ing to their utmost in turning up top speeds, the new Chryslers with Multi' Range Gear Shift and four-speed transmissions purr aJong nonchaJsiidy regis tering some 840 fewer engine revolutions per mile of car RANGE Qi cMtrsut MOTot ttooocr &4OQOOOREVOL0LON S Eitzgerald-Slier win Motor Co. CORNER C3IES2 CTA Road? Report Froa Oresea State Commission - ItcMjbxaviDeJXBIasaoolc HJdnray McMlnnvIIle - Sheridan: Paved. Sheridan - WQlamiaa - Grande Rondo - Hebo: OUed macadam. lanaatie Falls-Lakeview Highway Klamath Falls - Bonanza: Ma cadam, j Bonanza - Lorens Mill: Newly graded market road. Ia rongh con dition. . . Lorens Mill . Beatty-Lakeview: Macadam. . Fremont Highway Bend - Japine: Oiled macadam. Lapine - surer Lake Summer Lake: Dirt road. Summer Lake-Paisley:. Nine miles macadam; 18 miles fair dirt road. Falsley-Lakeview: Macadam. . Lakeview - New Pine creek California stats line: Partly ma cadamised, balance fahr dirt road. Central Oregon m&tiway Bend - Burns: First 12 miles under construction, traffic de- tonred over old Bend - Barns road,' fair condition: 127 miles fair dirt road. Burns-Crane: Macadam. Bums- Vale via Drewsey: Earth road, rough. Sherman Highway Biggs - Wasco - Grass VaUey - Rent: piled macadam; , Shaniko-Junctlon-The D a 1 1 e s-California highway: Macadam. John Day Highway Arlington - Condon - Fossil oiled macadam; Fossil-Spray, Day-ville-Mt, Vernon-John Day-Prairie C 1 1 y-Austin-Unity-Ironside-C o w Yalley-Brogan-Jamieson-Yale-O n tario: Macadam. ' Ochoco Highway Redmond - Prlneville - Mitchell: Macadam. Mitchell - Antone - Dayrille: Dirt road, fair condition. r Crater Lake Highway Medford - Trail - Prospect - Union creek-Fort Klamath Junc tion: Oiled macadam. Wallowa Lake Highway La Grande-Island City: Paved. Island Cltr-EIgln-Minam-Wal- lowa - Lostlno - Enterprise - Jo aVeTides Bssnttlal UtlSty Ocsrrtcs) JjJ emjej sIFpSsSemaSssslS la X2 States An Ia AUMhM Cnnadn 0SiMX'IsiU. 1917 AH Yr "WB. new aezma -nr ( ADDITIONAL FEATURES OOWH-DBATT CAISUtfTOt . STNCNtOMtZEO rOWfj SYSTEM AiCHiTomic soeiss rABAJUX SMNO SUSfOttJOtf t MCTAlWAJEf IT CAim r MTEt NAi-EXMMDMO IrYOCAUUC SAIX3 travel than other cars. For on of the no tsJbb achievements of the Chrysler MuItiUnge is its ability to develop highest speeds and greatest power with far less engina speed than wag ever before possible, Think what that means in AND UBERTT. ytnttmgmi MmmjMg TmUi VtiOUa ml hintijt Si i i iJiiiu nJit Mnmgrmml . , I I wnco n it mta V I CH seph Wallowa Lake: Macadam. rBa?-CarwsKpla Highway .- Baker Halfway: SO miles ma cadam and SO miles graded road bed, good condition. ' ' i L Redwood Highway Grants Pass Dear creek-Kerby-Califoraia stats lino: OUed maca dam. From state lino to Crescent City, 44 miles macadam. r - Kerby-OregoB Caves: 10 miles macadam; -t miles dirt road. ' v McKenafe Highway ' Eugene - Springfield - Water- vllle-Blme RIver-Belknap Springs- Sisters-Redmond: Macadam. Re- grading under way between Springfield and Walterrille. Drive carefully. Baker-TJatty Highway Baker-Unity: 25 miles maca dam, si mUes cushioned roadbed. Good condition. Pradleton-John Day Highway Pendleton-Pilot Rock-Laxlnka Ranch: Macadam. Laaiaka Ranch-Albee: Surfac ing operations under way. Albee-Ukiah: Surfaced. Ukiah-Ritter: Rough mountain road, steep grades. , Bitter Mt Vernon: Partially graded and surfaced, fair condi tion. EaterpriseFlora Highway Tb Lewiston, Idaho Enterprise - Flora: Improved road to Paradise, remaining sec tion rough country road to Ana tone. Saatiam Highway Albany-Lebanon: Oiled maca dam. Lebanon-Shea's Hill: Gravel road. Shea's HUl-Cascadlat Macadam. ' Willamette Highway Goshen-Lowelt: OUed macadam. ' Lowell-Oakridge: Rough but passable. Albany-Corvallis Highway ' Albany-Corvallis: Paved. Alsea Highway 1 ' Junction ' Corvallls - 'Newport high way-Alsea: Oiled macadam. Alsea-Tidewater-Waldport: Ma cadam. TJmpqna Highway Junction of Pacific highway at Drain through Elkton and Scotts burg to Junction with Roosevelt highway at Reedsport: Gravel road. Bridge at Scottsburg open for travel. 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