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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1929)
Pho Will Be the lucky One in Mip Sure to See Pages 7, 8, 9, and 10 for Details WEATHER Fair today aad Friday; Light fogs daring forenoon; Variable wind. Mnxy tern perature Wednesday 4; Mia. S3; dear; No. wind. : BARGAIN RATE ' Oaly two more days. Statesman me year by man anywhere in Oregon fS.00. FOUMDEO 1651 SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 187 Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, October 31, 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTS Commission Gives Excitement Marks Wall Street Panic Work ITER PLAHT 0 W STARTED J'lilirS BUDGET i iim MEET- Order Looking 3F6 if lifts More Road First Section of Concrete Pipe to be Lowered In to Place Today Trench Dug 100 Yards Past Three Days; Other Work Is Being Pushed First actual construction on the Sew $275,000 water system which the.' Oregon-Washington Water Service eompany will install in this city, will be marked this af ternoon by the lowering into po sition of the first sections of con crete pipe for the line which will bring water from the Willamette river above Minto's island to the filtration plant which is to he retted at the corner of Liberty and Trade street. : 81 nee Monday, tha extractors In charge of pipe line construc tion hare had their huge power digger at work on excavation at the lowest point on the island which the line will traverse, jnst at the southeast corner of the present filtration beds. Trearh Excavated For Hundred Tarda Thig dredge, which is built to In ore 100 yards of earth in eight hours, has excavated the trench for the pipe for distance of over 100 yards In three days. It has a caterpillar running gear, and builds Its own road across the Tailed surface of the island. It Is being used here for the first time. Logs, large roots and rock of reasonable size make no differ ence to this powerful and seem ingly intelligent machine. If any one desires a thrilling ride, they may climb into its bucket and be hurled through space at the rate of 120 miles an honr, which is the speed at the end of the crane In high gear. However. Wednesday a road was being eleared above the trench, so that the machine niayhe driven back and its crane used to lower the eight tpot sections of, con crete pipe, weighing a ton and One-half each, into place. - The fJtpe have an inside dlame- (Concluded on Page , Column 8.) Salem Boys Chorus Now Reorganized The Salem Boys' chorus, which I has delighted the ears of count less music lovers in Salem and elsewhere for the past several years, went out of existence Wed nesday night, and in its place ap peared a new organization which appears destined to prove even more successful. The new chorus, which like the Widely known boys' chorus will be directed by Dr. H. C.'Epley, will Include in Its membership both boys and girls from the age Of eleven years- upward. Young folk from nearby communities and the rural district around Sa lem wUl be admitted as well as. .those living in the city. It will be sponsored by the lo cal Y. M. C. A., and proceeds of Its entertainments -will be placed In the r endowment fund of the - Y. - The boys' chorus . made the first donation toward the build ing .which now houses the Chris tian association. Tbt first" regular meeting of the new chorus wIU be held at h Y. building next Wednesday tight, November 0, and any boys tnd girls who wish to affiliate. - have been asked to report at Si St o'clock that evening. --t R. -1L Boardmaa, - physical di rector at the Y.t will assist in the direction of the chorus, his work being that of coaching the mem bers In fancy, drills which will be a feature of the entertainments t will prepare. Hop Yards and Other Big Industrial Plants Given Service by Health Group X4KrV Hota: T Chttuui today Bmutt ta t if taaata at a r - Sally article - Seaifa' t acquaint tfe atovle ef Msreia aaty la a eomprt Vaeaiv mbm wtta tat Tcrm tad ecopUa" . th Vria eoaaty hU4 haalta lrr trtio aa4 vita the ywaaanS anwr la which tha kalta atracraa wUl a carried forward waea th deMtrtioa vithdnvt at tka sad ei tfala yean ; KAnother phase of the services of the Marlon county child health de monstration and, the one with which the public is probably least familiar, la the Inspection and regulation to a certain extent of industrial groups. Including the bop yards, lain ber niUs and trait farms. These special Industrial cervices are carried eut, as one -might easily guess, by. the eounty bealth officer and the county and city sanitary inspectors. , all ,-. of whom It will be remembered are regular members , of the demon stration staff.. t - Six Projects, Including Parts of Roosevelt and Santiam Highways, to be Advertised For Next Meeting of State Body PORTLAND, ORE., Oct 30. (AP) The state highway commission, meeting here today, ordered six highway projects advertised for its next meeting, December 12. The projects are the Roosevelt highway, Central Oregon, Mitch-ell-Dayville, Santiam, McKenzie and Old Oregon Trail, The total mileage involved will range between 40 and 80 miles, depending on which of three sections is selected for the Old Bullet Sent Through Heart Of John M. Ivester, Ex press Employe SPOKANE, Oct SO. (AP) Two unmasked men entered the American Railway Express office Just before closing time tonight, shot the cashier dead, bound an other employe, ransacked the cash register and made their 'es cape. John M. Ivester, the cashier, was shot without warning as the two men, ostensibly customers, stepped into the office and hand ed a package to a clerk. W. J. Johnson, the clerk, was then cov ered with a pistol and forced into a back room, where he was bound. While one man guarded him the other took all the currency in the cash register and both escaped through the front door, and into downtown traffic. . Ivester died Immediately, It is believed, with a bullet through his heart. He the two men left the office they fired one shot at Johnson, as he lay pront on the floor of the back room. While the amount of money taken was unknown, Johnson said it could not have been "more than a few hundred dollars," as it was only the day's receipts, minus silver coins, which the men refused to take. Johnson said the -two men en tered the office five minutes be fore closing time and stepped up to a chest-high counter behind which he was working. Ivester was at work in a cage. One of the men, Johnson asserted with out warning shot Ivester, and the other ordered him to the back room. When the shot was fired, the clerk said, was the first he knew that the office was being held up. After Ivester was shot two per sons tried the front door of the office, but the man who did the snooting held it shut. Informing me pair mat tne oilice was closed for the day. Membership in Junior Chamber Made Less Easy Requirements for membership j m me nign scnooi Junior cham ber of commerce will In future be more rigid, as a result of a business session of the club held Wednesday, when It was voted to amend the constitution to permit entrance of only -commercial stu dents who have a C average or above. .- - The club "appoin ted Ernestine Porter, Margaret Perevola - and Russell Gardner members: of a committee to take charge ;of .the club stunt for the Girls league stunt day next Tuesday. - Further .plans were made for' the skating party to be held at Dreamland November 23 as a celebration following the annual football game with . Corvallls. Several special featnres wUl be scheduled tor that event. A combination of services la offered to the industrial camps and grounds, all with a view to assisting in making better condi tions for the men. Women and children who are employed. In the seasonal Industries, which In this county means largely, hops And berries the- sanitary" Inspector makes a preliminary visit to each yard before the harvesting time arrives. In eompany with the pro prietor or proprietress, the In spector' soes over -the - premises carefully, checking to See that liv ing .conditions are. of a standard that. will be healthful tor the em ployes to arrive later. Water is tested, and If impurity is found, recommendations are made on how to secure a better well, er remedy the situation In the old one; sew age. disposal is carefully checked, (Concluded em Paca S. Osmba S.) UEII MURDERED BY PI IF SUITS -vuregon Trail. The commission also an nounced it would receive bid3 for the bridge across the Rogue river at Gold Beach and Wedder burn. The bridge' department as sured -the commission, tho; struc ture could be completed in two years. Coast highway projects which will come before the commission at its next meeting will - be the grading from Y achats to the Lane county line, 2.8 miles, represent ing an expenditure of about ,250.- (Concluded on Page f. Column 1. SCHIlilL PDPIUfff no mm Census Reports Obtained From Fourteen Districts Of This County Census reports for 1929 from 14 rural schools were received Wednesday at the office of the county scnooi superintendent. The combined census of the 14 districts shows a decrease of 4 students over the previous cen sus, with a total of 704 for a. year ago and 40 for the enum eration just taken The Shaw district icier k record ed a decrease of 29 pupils, or 75 this year as compared to 104 last, while the largest single increase in these 14 districts was In the St. Louis section, with 82 chil dren of school age this year as against 71 last year. Following is a comparison of the census roll from these dis tricts for the two years: District 1929 Brlet Nob 11 1928 12 104 48 36 26 27 96 42 62 71 82 6 68 24 Shaw ...75 Witsel 29 Looney Butte 41 Fern Ridge 25 Clcfrerdale 21 Bethany 83 Brush Creek 41 Grassy Pond . . . . 61 St. Louis 82 Evergreen 73 4 Taylor West Woodburn .... 60 Maplewood 26 640 704 Tonight's : After waiting a whole yeear, glioa wiU tw abroad to do mischief tanfsbsVif there is Uauovre'ei Liquor Control Platform is Returned , Over Bone - Dry .Campaigners - rr - Premier Howard Ferguson Returned to Office by Large Majority TdRONTo; ont.; Oct. so (AP) At 8:45 p.m., tonight the Canadian Press announced victory for the conservative government of Premier Howard Ferguson In the Ontario general elections. The announcement wag- made on the basis of conclusive returns from 62 of the 111 ridings where contests were in progress. , Of these . 52 seats, the conservatives won 49, liberals 2 and progres sives 1.. - v. I I The election of Premier Fergu son over bis prohibitionist oppon ent, the Rev. T. H. Bradley, was conceded at 8:20 o'clock at which house he had piled up a majority of almost 1,900 votes. The principal Issue before the voters was the' liquor control act inaugurated by Premier Ferguson. In Its stead the progressives had demanded bone " dry legislation whUe the liberals declared for' a plebiscite when demand for a change should become manifest. Returns received at p.m., showed 61 conservatives had been elected, giving "Premier Fergu son's government a clear major ity. Three liberals, one progressive and one liberal progressive had been elected at that hour. Forty six seats remained in doubt, in cluding one deferred election. muses I 150 Expected to Gather in ; Salem From All Over Western Oregon .. One hundred f if ty " ' public health nurses from western Ore gon towns as far south as the Jackson county line will be in Salem Friday and Saturday for the annual regional meeting of the State Public Health Nurses' association to be held at the Woman's club house, 410 North Cottage street. All members of the Marion county Public Health association are invited to attend the sessions. The program is as follows: Friday, 10:00 A. M. "Sympo sium on Social Work," Mrs. Bra tier C. Small, presiding. Topics: "Rural Social Work," by Mary Annin, Eugene; "Pacific Coast Protective Society" by Mrs. Em ma Russell. Portland; "State (Concluded on Page f. Column 2.) the Night 4 J- 1 4ft ' seeking chaacrs any tratfc in fho and 10 IN MEET WhUe a crowd of frenzied nvestors was milling around the stock exchange in New York, bankers called a conference in an attempt to halt the worst financial crash in the history of Wall street. Above light la Albert Wiggin, head of the Chase National bank. At the left are Charles K. Mitchell of the Na tional Cfty bank and J. Pierpont Morgan (below) who called banker's conference in an attempt to steady the market. Bulls Resume Drive Upon Wall Street Stock Market Trading Will Be Sus pended Two and Half Days Enormous Volume of Business Cause of Action NEW YORK, Oct. 30. (AP) Harrassed by the vast volume of trading which has piled up during the past, week New York's horde of financial district work ers were granted a reprieve today with a decision of the governing board of the New York stock ex change to suspend trading for two and a halt days. The exchange will not open until noon tomorrow and will be closed all day Friday and Sat urday. The curb market and produce exchange securities mar. ket announced the same suspen sions but trading will be carried on as usual on the commodity exchanges. These include the New 'York cotton, coffe. and su gar, produce, rubber, silk, hide and burlap and Jute exchanges, the closing of which would be of little advantage to the stock ex change and Its members. The stock exchanges will open again on Monday as usual. Not since the war panic of 1914 has Jhe stock exchange been closed for two business days In succession but the governing committee - announced that in view of the physical condition of the brokers and clerks as result of the tremendous amount " of trading- the-move was imperative, Many employes are on tae -verge et exhaustion and the suspension wjai regarded by the committee as an "absolute necessity to rec ognise the purely physical and mechanical conditions and to af ford the overworked staffs suffi cient time to recuperate and re cover their strength., 2 With two Additional days. Ban dar, and the election holiday Tuesday brokers hone to untan gle, the mountain - or Business " (Concluded en Page . Column S.) Hallowe'en GhoSte to Make Raid Shrouded ghosts, hideous pump kin faces and mischievous gob lins are scheduled to appear in the gloom tonight to: frighten stately Salemitea. Hallowe'en eve ning pranks played without harm to property wOl be tolerated' by the police this year as usual. It Was learned at police head quar ters, but the practical Jokers that over-step these bounds -well, the cops are not saying, bat the seri ous expression on the faces of the city's "bestTepells. beware! -t Hallowe'en, or Hallow-even as It Is sometimes called. Is the eve ning of October SI and is known as the festral of All Saints On this evening witches and all sorts of mischievous spirits are sap posed to be abroad. It was con sidered quite sate . not to -be caught out alono on Hallowe'en: and even vaw . It Is ; considered;! good manners, at least.: tor elder ly people to stay indoors. J The belief in spirits abroad has faded out, yet the many pranks, still played -on this evening, the last of October, indicate that n- I usual agencies are at work. Bankers Support Move to Prevent Further Relapse NEW YORK, Oct. SO (AP) John D. Rockefeller today gave his support to the efforta of the New York heating group, headed by J. P. Morgan A company and of other powerful financial interests to stabilize security markets. Prior to announcement by Mr. Rockefeller that he and his son were buying sound stocks, the bankers express ed approval of the day's de velopments, but "made no formal comment On the sit uation. Informally, how ever, they did not conceal their gratification over re ports of large buying orders placed here from the world's leading financial centers. CALIFORNIA BLAZE DOES BIG DAK ALAMEDA, Cal., Oct SO (AP) Damage estimated to ex ceed $2,000,000 was done to the engine terminal here today by a stubborn daylong fire which ate out the ereosoted timber founda tions from the 700-foot loading wharf, leaving only a shell of concrete paving which neverthe less prevented firemen reaching the flames. - The conflagration waa declar ed ahder control today, although the . embers of what , had been a sturdy foundation for the big ter- Imlnal still smouldered, and fire lighting, iorces maintained a steady vigil, fearful, lest some mischievous wind carry the blase toward corners still untouched. The two large warehouses, fair ly well filled with canned goods and dried fruits, were smoked up a bit but apparently escaped serious damage. Macleay Sheep Take Prizes at Livestock Show The firm of O. H. and J. J. Thompsen of Macleay made the remarkable record of winning 10 out of 11 first prises on Shrop shire sheep at the Pacific Inter nailonal live stock show now be ing held in Portland. They also won, for the second consecutive year, the- Chas. J. Webb 'Silver trophy tor .the best open flock ot sheep la the show. Mr. Webb, who lives In Phila delphia, Pa,, is the owner of the Santiam woolen mills and deeply Interested In the sheep raising In dustry izuthe west, -" The Thompsen firm owns some three hundred head of sheep and exhibited 21 head at the stock show.. Q. W. Thompsen returned from Portland, on Wednesday. WORU FLIGHT PLANNED . V STOCKHOLM,; Oct, AP) An airplane flight-around the world from Sweden by way ot Si beria, Kamchatka, ' Alaska and New York is planned by the "Swed ish count, Douglas Hamilton; head of the flying school at Tstad, in the southern province of Sca nia. Low Mark Believed to Be Passed in Re cent Crash Terrific Stampede Is Halted by Counter Offensive NEW YORK, Oct. 30. (AP) Wall street experienced Its big gest "bull" market by all com parisons with any single day's up turn today, but it still had far to go to produce a ''bull" session that could compensate for the ter rific losses of either of the past two sessions, or of last Thursday. The most drastic decline In market h!st"ory, nevertheless, ap peared to have reached a definite bottom yesterday afternoon. At any rate the rally which set in then developed into a powerful upswing today which carried lead ing Issues up S to 50 points In a turnover of 10,727,300 shares, never before exceeded in a ris ing market. This turnover, however, seemed moderate in comparison with yes terday's 16.410,030 shares. The rebound of prices while nearly conceiting yesterday's net losses, left the level of prices still com paratively close to the bottom of the decline of the past six weeks. But the frantic efforts of the na tion's leading financial interests to prevent a complete debacle on the security markets appeared to be taking effect in a decisive man ner. Even John D. Rockefeller, Sr., who for several years has very rarely consented to speak for publication, added a statement to the growing list of reassurances as to' fundamental conditions and the intrinsic values of leading securi ties, which have come from Pres ident Hoover and most of the heads of the - nation's Jargest banks. DOG SAVES MAN CLOVIS, Calif., Oct. SO (AP) His little pet dog clambered up on his bed early today awakened Joe Miller, local blacksmith and warned him that his home was on fire. Miller escaped but the dog was burned to desth. Trip to California Is Prize in Contest to be Entered by Salem Girls Unusual In ita features a eon test sponsored by the . Grigaby Grunow company of Chicago, manufacturers of the Majestic ra dio, local Ma Jest !e dealers, Fox El sinore theatre nd Statesman will open here Friday. The contest Is designed to bring into constructive competition Sa lem girls of good character, an nounces Wsrde W. Robinson, Ore gon representative for . Grigsby Grunow who is here to supervise the start, of the contest. The girls will via. for the honor ot winning the title ot Salem Miss Majestic and ot Using a fine trip into Cal ifornia as first prise. While there she will be entertained by the Ma jestic Radio interests and Fox West Cogst theatres. - . - r The Miss Majcstle contest Is not the ordinary type of beauty nor popularity contest but one thai will be won strictly on the merit ot the contestant's effert in the Expenditures Amounting to $428,126.08 Approved By Special Group Less Than Hour Needed for Consideration of Next Year's Finances Less than an hour was reui-' ed for the city budget committe to adopt Salem's municipal bud get for 1930 at the annual Jneet ing Wednesday night, the ati mates of the city council's way and means committee being a cepted without any change, al though there was brief debate several items. Curtis Cross serv ed as chairman of the com mitre, with Fred Paulus as secretary. The total budget is S428,ll.S, and the tax levy will be approxi mately $395.62.08. a slight de viation up or down being expeoied In the two levies of two nittts each for fire department Ina nrnvementa and street repair. The millage will be in the neighbor hood of 22. The public hearing on the bwd- get will be held at the cousefi meeting November 18, but this is expected to be scarcely a gesture, as the budget for running 'ex penses of the city is within tbu six per cent limitation. Only three citizens, aside from member of the budget committee, city offi cials and newspapermen, were at the meeting Wednesday night. Lack of Kinking Fund Is Critk-i!Ni The lack of a sinking fund to -provide for retiring the incinera tor and airport bonds when tb-y mature, was criticised by Mr. Paulus. No item was contained in the budget for this purpose, la response to this criticism. Alder man Purvine, a member of tii ways and means committee, agreed that such a fund sbouid be accumulated, but explained that the charter amendments authorising these bonds does &ot permit it. On the incinerator bonds, 12, 000 falls due in 193$ and a like amount in 1937. On the airport bonds, 125.004 is due in 1938 and another $25,000 in 1939. Mr. Paulus contended that this would bring about an abriromally hitrh tax devy in each of those year?.. City Attorney Fred Williams, when asked about the matter, contended- that this would not be a considerable item seven to tt-a (Concluded on Pa?a , Column S.) Police Seek Bowman For Questioning While police in various parts ot the northwest were hunting fr Earl Bowman, alleged to be t be "man in the case," Vers Pack. 17 year old Junior 'high school stu dent who attempted to take her own life late Tuesday night, tts still hovering between life a&4 death at the Deaconess hospital. Physicians said the erisls In her case had not yet been reached. A complaint- charging Bowb&ss with contributing . to . the . delis quency of the Pack girl, was ftte here Wednesday, It was sign by Mrs. Ralph Dent, her ' sua.; . . New' angles ot the ease sreiw brought to light that day. It sas , reported that Bowman had rb- . married nearly. two months fee , fore to Octivia HJalmson, a friev of Vera'e. The physician - attending . tlai -wounded girl said Wedneensf night that her condition waa sur- - - tous. The bullet entered the W4f on the left side and passed. cn ' wsrd', piercing the walls of v stomach. An operation waa fevnd . necessary, and hemorrhages cach ed considerable loss of blood.. sale of radios and the accumula tion ot rotes being otherwise -offered. Beauty, form, public ap pearance, etc., hare nothing to n with this contest. The good feel ing and spirit of genuine sron manshlp in such contests hereto fore hss been unusual. , "T - After the recent Portland e test waa over the young ladfea who were winners formed a Kttse club to get even better acaualate and to arrange a farewell party for the young lady who was about Sr to leave on a trip to Honolulu en as first prise. The contestaa-c-L themselves, their mothers snd f there, as. wen as city officials c ' - tually took time to congratulate , ; Majestic dealers and representa tives on -the fine high type eaw test they were conducting snd uausuallr fine character of :ilm" V girls entered. , " ' - I Salem young ladles, married Concluded tvraga IS, onsnn av--s'fc